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HomeHardwareFeaturesThe Medium The Medium’s ray tracing performance left my RTX 3080 quaking in its bootsScared of its own reflections Scared of its own reflections Bloober Team’s new spook festThe Mediumis one of the latest games on PC to make use of ray tracing and Nvidia’s performance-boosting DLSS tech, employing ray traced reflections, ray traced transparent reflections (yep, those are two different things apparently) and ray traced ambient occlusion to help drive up the old atmosphere meter and make its dual realities feel more immersive and realistic....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Call Of Duty: Blacks Ops Cold War’s new Zombies map is out nowAnd plenty of new Multiplayer stuff too And plenty of new Multiplayer stuff too Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’sSeason One Reloaded update is out now, which adds a new Zombies map set in the jungles of Vietnam, a new 6v6 Multiplayer map, and more. Just when I thought I’d exhausted my duty, it beckons once again....

HomeGuidesDyson Sphere Program Dyson Sphere Program Sorters: speeds, distances, filters, stacking, and moreLearn everything there is to know about Sorters in Dyson Sphere Program Learn everything there is to know about Sorters in Dyson Sphere Program Dyson Sphere Programrequires players to understand and master the use of Sorters. These infinitely useful and pliable little devices can ferry items from a belt into a building, or vice versa, or even from buildings to other buildings....

HomeNews Lawsuit alleges Activision infringed copyright with Call Of Duty characterWriter says Modern Warfare’s Mara is based on his creation Writer says Modern Warfare’s Mara is based on his creation Haugen is a writer and photographer who hoped to make a feature film called November Renaissance, and whosuccessfully Kickstarted a short film of the same name in 2017. Around this time he hired actress Alex Zedra to portray ‘Cade Janus’, a character intended for the movie, and took a series of photographs of her in that role....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft’s latest Caves & Cliffs snapshot is well moistPositively dripping with moss and vines Positively dripping with moss and vines Wonderful word, ‘moist’. The parrots of pop culture will tell it’s the worst word in the English language, but I think they need to spend less time around sleazebags and more getting proper moist. Lay back on salt marsh and listen to it gurgle. Lean against a mossy gorge wall while hiking along a river....

HomeNewsNuts Nuts, the first-person mystery about surveilling squirrels, is outNuts showing now Nuts showing now Nuts is out. That’s an elegant phrase I enjoy saying out loud, and it also happens to be true. That’sNuts, the first-person mystery about surveilling squirrels to find out what the bushy-tailed sneaks are up to when you’re not around. We’ve already got aNuts review, and while somewhat positive, Nate didn’t love it. Specifically, he found the repeated repositioning of your camera equipment involved a lot of slow trudging:...

HomeNewsRevita Revita is yet another action roguelike - but it sure looks coolWill I ever tire of action roguelikes? Will I ever tire of action roguelikes? At least once a month there’s a new action roguelike that makes me go, “Ooh!”. I end up playing some of these games, and I usually enjoy them too, but my appetite is never sated. Give me quick movement, give me air dashes, give me a power curve....

HomeNews Stellaris, the scifi 4X stratey game, is getting a new major expansion.Stellaris Nemesiswill add espionage tools that allow you to prevent endgame crises, and new “Menace” powers that let you “become the crisis”. This involves new spaceships which are able to eat planets. Top 12 Best Strategy Games to Play on PCWatch on YouTube Top 12 Best Strategy Games to Play on PC The announcement trailer above didn’t mean much to me, a Stellaris rookie, but developers Paradoxtalked about the additions more in a new development diary....

HomeNews The Back Page podcast reveals the stories behind game magazine coversSpecifically, “Covers… From Hell!” Specifically, “Covers… From Hell!” I can’t get enough Matthew Castle inside my head. I’ve said this before, but despite listening to him on both ourElectronic Wireless ShowandPC Gaming Weekspotpodcasts, I still crave more Matthew. Enter The Back Page podcast, a not-affiliated-with-RPS podcast Matthew records with former PC Gamer editor Samuel Roberts.It’s good! In particular, it’s good if you like games magazines and want to hear from people who love them and made them....

HomeNews Oh there ain’t no rest for the wicked, money don’t grow on trees Embracer Group, a vast web of European developers and publishers which includes THQ Nordic and Deep Silver, today announced they’ve swallowed up Gearbox. The gang behindBorderlandsandAliens: Colonial Marinesare merging with Embracer to become the seventh operating group within the family. The deal’s worth $363 million (£262m) to start. Gearbox say this is cool, and they’re planning to grow....

HomeFeaturesRez Infinite Have You Played… Rez Infinite?Fear is the mind killer Fear is the mind killer Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Rez has been around for almost 20 years at this point, blending block-rockin' beats with on-rails shooting and 4 a.m. ketamine-trip visuals. It’s gone through a few iterations over the years, with creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi edging closer and closer to realising the rhythm game’s full potential with each new version released....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft eye-tracking software makes big accessibility improvementsSpecial Effect’s free software EyeMine got a big update Special Effect’s free software EyeMine got a big update The video up above gives a quick overview of EyeMine’s new features, for those that aren’t as familiar with eye-trackers. You can spot the green bubble floating around the screen to indicate where a player is looking to control the game. For extra detail, theirintroduction videodigs deeper into the new features and improvements in V2....

HomeNews The consolidation of the games industry continues apace Not only did Embracer Groupbuy Borderlands devs Gearboxtoday, they also picked up Aspyr Media. Aspyr are mostly known for making Mac and Linux ports of other folks' Windows games, with a catalogue includingCivilization VIand Borderlands, though they are getting into making their own games too. Sounds like they’ll keep on keeping now they’re part of Embracer.Aspyr started out licensing games to make Mac ports, then later got into Linux, consoles, and pocket telephones too....