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HomeNewsHighFleet HighFleet is a futuristic action-strategy game about giant airborne shipsA mil sim simulating fake mil A mil sim simulating fake mil I love the interfaces in complex military simulations. Tiny bulbs, little switches hidden behind flaps, fuzzy polygons bleeping on a low-res display. I don’t actually want to pilot real military vehicles, however, soHighFleetappeals to me a great deal. It’s got the aesthetic of a military sim, but it’s bent towards a physicsy, action-strategy game about piloting enormous flying boats above a “mysterious future Earth”....

HomeReviewsHitman 3 Hitman 3 review"The name’s Seven… Forty Seven" “The name’s Seven… Forty Seven” You know what you’re getting into. The empathy-void assassin of theHitmantrilogy is an anti-Santa who only has a “naughty” list and never a “nice” one. He visits the rich and powerful once every couple of years, to shove lumps of coal down their throat because they’ve been selling AK-47s to babies. Here he is again in the final instalment of the most recent righteous murder trilogy....

HomeNewsProject: Mara Ninja Theory’s Project: Mara is set in this photorealistic apartment"We’re attempting to do lots of things we’ve never attempted to do before" “We’re attempting to do lots of things we’ve never attempted to do before” Ninja theoryannounced Project: Maraalmost exactly one year ago, saying it would be “a real-world and grounded representation of true mental terror.” They added that it’s an “experimental” game all based around one person and one location - the fancy apartment you can catch a glimpse of in the dev diary below....

HomeFeatures Nioh 2: The Complete Edition previewSpeed demon Speed demon I’ve logged many, many hours inNioh 2on the PS4, so I was excited to get hands onNioh 2: The Complete Editionfor PC, a preview build missing some technical features like HDR support and ultra wide resolutions that will be in the full build. It includes everything that’s in the base version of the action-RPG, of course, alongside all three DLCs. But the real draw here are the PC-specific features, which are mostly visual....

HomeFeatures Our favourite games of 2020New year, old games New year, old games Image credit:Fellow Traveller/Leoful Image credit:Fellow Traveller/Leoful What’s up gamers? It’s 2021 and that means it’s time to round up the team’s favourite games of 2020. You’ll already know our selections if you read our annualAdvent Calendar, but this post gathers all those words and games together in one convenient package. There’s also a lovely video that has footage of a few of them in action, if you’ve not partaken yourself....

HomeHardwareFeatures For the past two years,Samsung’s 860 EvoSSD has been the best SATA drive you can buy for your PC. Its random read and write times have been pretty much unmatched since it first came out in 2018 (indeed, onlySamsung’s 870 Qvohas managed to best it on write time), but despite still being best in class, Samsung are retiring it anyway and replacing it with the all-new 870 Evo.Shadow Empire || in 2 minutesWatch on YouTubeSamsung 870 Evo specs:Capacity:250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TBForm factor:2....

HomeNews The Medium and a bunch of Yakuzas arrive on Xbox Game Pass for PC this monthAlong with Control and Desperados 3 Along with Control and Desperados 3 Microsoft have revealed the next load of games arriving on Xbox Game Pass for PC this month, and I think youYakuzafans are going to be rather pleased. The Yakuza Remastered collection (containingYakuzas 3,4and5) will hit the subscription service on January 28th, along with Bloober Team’s brand new horrorThe Medium....

HomePodcastsHitman 3 The Weekspot podcast: Indiana Jones is coming back to fight nazis, probablyHe belongs in a video game He belongs in a video game After an extended Christmas break, video games are most definitely back. All it took was for The Mouse to remember that there’s money in these here hills, and for Ian to return and murder some people in a variety of environments, some of which are very hill-like....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends explosive new character Fuse arrives in Season 8As well as a new gun and big map changes As well as a new gun and big map changes In a press release, Respawn call Fuse “the laid-back explosives expert”. Get a load of his origin story in the new cinematic below. Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Usually, I like diving into the lore of these animations. However, with this one, I don’t have any idea what’s going on....

HomeNewsControl As if I didn’t already have a massive backlog of cool stuff to play on Game Pass, Microsoft have revealed thatControlarrives on Xbox Game Pass for PC on Thursday. Remedy’s spooky interdimensional shooter is already out on Steam, the Epic Games Store and even Xbox Game Pass for console, so it was just a matter of time really. I’m excited to jump back into it.The Game Pass Twitter accountannounced the good news yesterday, saying it’d be available on the subscription service on Thursday the 21st of January - a mere three days away....

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077’s trailer remade with the Super Mario movie is a wonder and a horrorThanks, I hate it Thanks, I hate it I was inspired after watching the “Super Mario Bros.” Film to create a new trailer for it… Using the Old#Cyberpunk2077trailer.I take no responsibility if you now want to watch the film.pic.twitter.com/XqU62WgVH2— Mangerive (@Mangerive)January 17, 2021To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings I was inspired after watching the “Super Mario Bros....

HomeNewsRustler Grand theft horse game Rustler rides into early access next monthDon’t forget your personal bard Don’t forget your personal bard I hope you’re not full up on early access announcements yet because I’ve got another one for you:Rustler, which has nicknamed itself Grand Theft Horse. This irreverent action sandbox styles itself as an homage to old GTA games with the historical accuracy of Monty Python. If equine heists are your thing, you can find it riding off into early access in February....

HomeFeaturesYakuza 5 More games need Yakuza 5’s weird pivot to J-Pop simMoving forwards I think we need more of this Moving forwards I think we need more of this Oh you lucky,luckylot.Yakuza 5(along with Yakuzas 3 and 4)will finally hit PC on January 28th, with not justYakuza’s main boy Kiryu to play as, but four other certified legends too. However, out of the four of them, only one doesn’t sport a giant back tattoo of a crane throttling a bear, or share ancestry with Marcus Fenix....