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HomeGuidesValheim Valheim: How to set up your own dedicated serverSet up your own Valheim server with these easy steps! Set up your own Valheim server with these easy steps! If you’re a bit confused about the whole idea of dedicated server hosting, or how to set up or join a dedicated server, this is exactly the guide for you. Below we’ll walk you through how to turn your current world into a dedicated server, how to port-forward and allow ports through your firewall, how to make yourself admin, and how your friends can join your game once it’s all set up and ready to play....

HomeNews Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time arrives on PC this yearIt’s also coming to Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S It’s also coming to Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S I’m just gonna say it: the nineties and noughties PlayStation-exclusive 3D platformers were the best games ever. Spyro,Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet And Clank - my nostalgia goggles may be on a bit too tight, but they just can’t be beaten. Over the last couple of years, some of these brill games have made their way to PC for everyone to enjoy, and this year the newCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Timewill join them....

HomeNews Destiny 2’s new Exotic bow has a wonderful rhythm of explosionsPaint targets, mark with a homing volley, aim, then detonate - and repeat Paint targets, mark with a homing volley, aim, then detonate - and repeat Season Of The Chosenhas arrived, and runs until May 11th. Caital, the Empress of the Cabal (and daughter of our doomdad, Calus), has arrived on Earth seeking forces to beat the Hive then the Darkness - but she demands our fealty....

HomeNews Epic Games are making a character creator with ridiculously realistic facesYou can download two sample creations right now You can download two sample creations right now Kick Keanu to the curb and Mads Mikkelsen too. Sorry lads, we dont need your very real human faces in video games anymore. Epic Games are working on a tool to create very real looking fake humans that they say can reduce the time it takes to make digital characters from weeks to just an hour....

HomeNewsEvil Genius 2 Evil Genius 2 shows off getting good at being badMiddle management is always evil Middle management is always evil You won’t be off on evil capers yourself, of course, oh no. That’s the curse of management. You’ll stay home to build and defend your lair while training minions who go out to get their hands dirty for you. You can see some of the evil unfold in this here video where the developers walk through some bits you’ll get introduced to in the tutorial....

HomeNews Though Quarantine might be due a name change Ah, earnings calls. They are mostly boring and investors asking about big numbers, but occasionally they reveal some interesting titbits about game developers' and publishers' plans. In Ubisoft’s quarterly earnings call yesterday, they talked about how they want to be less reliant on big AAA games, and instead want to put more focus on free-to-play games. They also mentionedRainbow Six QuarantineandFar Cry 6will be coming out this year, and even briefly touched on the new Star Wars game they’re making with Lucasfilm Games - though the details are still very hush-hush....

HomeDealsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Get Assassin’s Creed Valhalla for £35 / $42 in Ubisoft’s Lunar SalePlus loads of discounts on Immortals, The Division 2 and more Plus loads of discounts on Immortals, The Division 2 and more Ubisoft are throwing a bigLunar Saleto celebrate Chinese New Year this week, offering up to 80% off their biggest and best games, plus an extra 15% off selected titles until February 12th. Happily,Assassin’s Creed Valhallais one such game that can benefit from the extra 15% off deal, which means you can now pick up Eivor’s excellent Viking adventure for just£35 / $42instead of the usual £50 / $60....

HomeNewsHearthstone Hearthstone’s new Core Set will replace Basic and Classic cardsIt’ll arrive with the next expansion It’ll arrive with the next expansion In theirannouncement, Blizzard said the Core Set is “intended to provide a modern collection of starting cards to players of all types and make Hearthstone even more approachable for newcomers.” The Core Set’s due to refresh at the end of every Hearthstone year. When this happens, all the new cards will be popped into your collection automatically....

HomeFeatures How The Impossible Bottle makes text adventuring accessibleExamine article Examine article Joint winner ofIF Complast year was a text adventure game called The Impossible Bottle.You should try it!It’s free and works in your browser, and you play as Emma, a little girl who has to tidy up her house and help her parents before guests come over for lunch. At least that’s how it starts, because The Impossible Bottlegoes places, and the way it goes to those places is very clever, with several revelations and a central gimmick which I’ll do my best not to spoil here....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends new event gives you a rubbish shotgun then releases you into the wildMozambique here! Mozambique here! Apex Legendsis celebrating its second anniversary this month, and on top of the new season launching last week, a special Collection Event arrives today too. Simply named the Anniversary Collection Event, it’s bringing back a game mode which will have players jumping into Respawn’s battle royale fully kitted out with some of the most rubbish and, well, meme-iest gear available....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Cold War Zombies Firebase Z: What to do with Sergei’s HeadWhere and what is Sergei’s head? Where and what is Sergei’s head? Firebase Z, Cold War’s newest Zombies map, has a mountain of new stuff to see, do, and murder. One thing you might not quite understand comes in the form of a severed head lying around. Well, never fear. Here’swhat to do with Sergei’s head in Firebase Z....

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077 developers CD Projekt Red have been hackedA ransom note claims to have nabbed the source code for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 A ransom note claims to have nabbed the source code for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 This morning, CD Projekt Red revealed they’ve fallen victim to a cyber attack. Yesterday, they discovered an unknown hacker had gained “unauthorised access to [their] internal network”, leaving a ransom note claiming they’d nabbed full copies of the source codes forCyberpunk 2077,The Witcher 3andGwent, as well as internal legal documents....

HomeReviewsEncodya Encodya reviewA flawed cyberpunk adventure A flawed cyberpunk adventure Encodya’s had quite a journey, starting out as acrowdfunded short filmed called Robot Will Protect Youin 2018, before turning into a 2.5D point-and-click adventure. ListingBlade Runner’s environments and Studio Ghibli’s poignant storytelling among its inspirations, there’s quite a heart-warming story within its futuristic city. That city is Neo-Berlin, and the game takes place on its rough streets in 2062. Our focus is with Tina, a homeless 9-year-old orphan living on a rooftop, and SAM-53, the robot assigned to protect her since birth....