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HomeNewsSteelRising You can sign up to playtest French robot revolution game SteelRisingSpiders are testing the waters for their next action RPG in March Spiders are testing the waters for their next action RPG in March Robot-fueled French revolution gameSteelRisingwas first announced last summer and it seems those folks at Spiders may be spinning this one up somewhat soon. They’re planning a playtest for their next action-RPG and inviting you along to try it out if you like....

HomeNewsBeat Saber Beat Saber, the best VR game, has sold 4 million copiesAnd 40 million songs from DLC packs And 40 million songs from DLC packs Is this a story I’m writing as another excuse to say, “VR gaming is doing fine, actually”, or is it a story I’m writing as another excuse to say, “Beat Saberis thebest VR game? I’m a man of many motivations. Beat Saber, a rhythm game and the best VR game, has sold 4 million copies and over 40 million songs via DLC, so VR is doing fine, actually....

HomeNewsFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker arrives this autumn to end the MMO’s storyWill also involve travelling to the moon Will also involve travelling to the moon Final Fantasy 14’s next expansion is called Endwalker, and it’s coming this autumn. Revealed during a livestream last night, the expansion to the long-running MMO will also bring its story to a close while sending players to the moon. The teaser trailer makes me want to play this game I’ve never touched before....

HomeNewsBlue Fire 3D Hollow Knight-like adventure Blue Fire is out now90s platforming adventures meet modern hack and slash 90s platforming adventures meet modern hack and slash If you too grew up on a steady diet of Donkey Kong 64 and Banjo-Kazooie with various Zeldas for dessert, please turn your eyes toBlue Fire. This 3D platformer channels all those classics of yore into its platformy, hack and slashy, adventurey mix. It’s out now, so if you’ve had a hankering for action adventure puzzles punched up with challenging modern platforming, you can bite off plenty right now....

Symphony Of The Night fans, take note Bows, meanwhile, have two functions here. As well as serving as long-range weapons, you’ll also be using them to solve light environmental puzzles, bouncing arrows off metal walls to hit gears or cut ropes that are holding up obstacles in the way of your path. It’s a neat, if simple twist on the old ‘hitting switches to open doors’ motif - although you’ll be doing plenty of the latter as well to open up new areas of the map....

HomeNews Desperados 3 devs' next tactics game is something brand-newA new setting for their third real-time tactics game A new setting for their third real-time tactics game The studio behindShadow Tactics: Blades Of The ShogunandDesperados 3today revealed that their next real-time tactics game is something brand new, telling a whole new story all of their own. So no, it’s not Desperados 4, and it’s not Shadow Tactics 2 either. After two cracking games, I’m well up for whatever their third is....

HomeFeaturesThe Sexy Brutale Have You Played… The Sexy Brutale?One party, many deaths One party, many deaths It is a very good and original bookand yetI would not be surprised if Turton had gotten the idea fromThe Sexy Brutale. The Sexy Brutale is a time-loop mystery where you (a priest) are trapped in the same 12 hours at a masked party in a mansion-slash-casino, where all the guests keep getting murdered. Think the sort of house that contains a theatre, a bar, and a vivarian with a huge man-eating tarantula....

HomeGuides How to get the Ray Rifle R.A.I. K-84 Wonder Weapon in Firebase ZAll the steps to unleash Zombies' Ray Rifle. All the steps to unleash Zombies' Ray Rifle. Call of Duty Cold War’s Zombies’ Firebase Z is full of neat surprises and a whole lot of undead. I’ve been loving it so far, but if you want to get the new goodies, you’ll need to put together a few steps....

It got us thinking about other video games that feature playable characters with special mind powers. There’s no shortage of these folks, so that’s what we decided to focus on for this week’sMystery Steam Reviews. The PC Gaming Weekspot: Resident Evil Village! RE: Verse! Resi 4! Other Stuff!Watch on YouTube The PC Gaming Weekspot: Resident Evil Village! RE: Verse! Resi 4! Other Stuff!Watch on YouTube The PC Gaming Weekspot: Resident Evil Village!...

HomeNewsPotion Craft Potion Craft has brewed the cure for my crafting woesI feel properly crafty with my cauldron I feel properly crafty with my cauldron I’ve fallen out of love with the concept of crafting games lately because it so often boils down to stacks of items in my inventory that I press a button to process.Potion Crafthas reignited the excitement I used to feel about crafty games with its lovely, clever little demo about brewing potions for your shop....

HomeNews Probably don’t expect Diablo IV or Overwatch 2 this yearNews from the OTHER hot conference call du jour News from the OTHER hot conference call du jour Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment This morning, I imagine you are relistening tothat Handforth Parish Council meeting, cackling when that fella does his Gollum voice and texting your pals “YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY HERE”. That’s cool. That’s fun. But you know which conference calls are really cool?...

HomeFeatures The 9 best vending machines in PC gamesMachine, dispense a good list feature Machine, dispense a good list feature Jingle that pointless metal money over here, little human. You need a place to put all that ridiculous cash, and I know just the thing. Vending machines. They are like regular shops except imagine your Mars bar didn’t leave the shop assistant’s hand and you had to slap their arm to loosen it free and afterwards they just smiled at you as if nothing was amiss with vacant eyes like two pilot lights and a tin voice like someone speaking through an office intercom which suddenly erupts with high decibel hatred: “WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS OF VALUE”....

HomeFeatures The best free demos from the winter Steam Game FestivalYou want games? We got ‘em You want games? We got ‘em Steam has blessed us once again with the paralysing terror of having too much choice. Like a Friday night “what d’you wanna watch on Netflix? Like, a comedy or…?” of indecision, but lasting an entire week. Yes, it is another Steam Game Festival showcasing upcoming games and free demos for them, andthis time there are 500 of the things!...