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HomeNewsFarthest Frontier Grim Dawn developers' next game is an old-timey citybuilderDysentery and rabies Dysentery and rabies It’s January, which means it’s almost time for YouTube to start serving me nothing but list videos about the most exciting citybuilders of 2021. It does this because I watch every one it recommends, every year. I’m bettingFarthest Frontierwill be high placed on some of those videos: it’s a middle ages-ish citybuilder about leading your people to survive harsh winters and miserable diseases, and it’s from the makers of well-liked action RPGGrim Dawn....

HomeFeatures Here are all the confirmed ray tracing and DLSS games so farGot a good GPU? Treat yourself to ray tracing, DLSS, or both Got a good GPU? Treat yourself to ray tracing, DLSS, or both Typical. I look away for five minutes, or two and a half months, and there are literally dozens of new games to add to the ray tracing and/or DLSS games list. Quite a mix, too: there’s monkeying megahitBlack Myth: Wukong, my current favourite indie shooterEcho Point Nova, the very imminent RPGDragon Age: The Veilguard, andConco- oh, wait, no....

HomeHardwareNews Nvidia’s RTX 3060 will hit PCs and laptops in FebruaryNvidia’s RTX 3060 will cost $329 on desktop, or $999 in a laptop Nvidia’s RTX 3060 will cost $329 on desktop, or $999 in a laptop Hot off the heels of theRTX 3060 Ti’s launch at the end of last year, Nvidia have finally announced the regular version of the RTX 3060. It will be launching in late February for $329....

HomeNewsRec Room Rec Room has a million monthly VR playersMaybe VR’s not dead Maybe VR’s not dead Rec Roomis sort of like Roblox: a place where people can make their own games and easily chat and play with friends. Where it most differs from Roblox is its early focus on supporting virtual reality, and its developers now report that the game has “over 1 million monthly active VR users”. That’s a lot....

HomeNews Riot and Bungie join forces to sue Valorant and Destiny 2 cheatmakers"When we become aware of a cheatmaker, you bet we’re going to go after them" “When we become aware of a cheatmaker, you bet we’re going to go after them” The lawsuit, which you can see in full onPolygon, says GatorCheats sell and distribute hacks that “enables players to manipulateValorantandDestiny 2to their personal advantage”. This includes things like automatic aiming (aimbotting) and revealing enemies through walls (wallhacks)....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera The best FFAR 1 Warzone loadoutHow to deck out the FFAR 1 with the best loadout in Warzone. How to deck out the FFAR 1 with the best loadout in Warzone. If you’re looking for tips to optimise your FFAR 1, you’re in the right place.The FFAR 1 assault rifle is an excellent choice forWarzone Pacific. Its ludicrously fast fire rate coupled with high damage values give the weapon a lightning-quick time-to-kill, and it’s always worth grabbing hold of one, either as your main weapon or as a close-range support option....

HomeFeatures TIL there was a Jackass: The GameIt’s another word for male donkey It’s another word for male donkey I’m still in the state of mind that you get over the Christmas break, where you see a movie that’s playing on TV in the middle of the day, and think “Eh, sure, I’d watch all of Miss Congeniality right now”, as you eat the last of the stale cheese and crackers....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Warzone Caldera best SMG: which is the best SMG in Warzone Caldera?Which Warzone Pacific SMGs are on top of the meta? Which Warzone Pacific SMGs are on top of the meta? Want to learn which is the best SMG in Warzone Caldera?SMGs often play a key role in yourWarzone loadouts. Paired with Assault Rifles and Snipers, you’ll be using submachine guns a whole lot in yourWarzoneadventures for close-quarters combat....

HomeHardwareNews Watch Nvidia’s CES 2021 RTX event right hereTune in at 9am PST / 5pm GMT. Tune in at 9am PST / 5pm GMT. Nvidia are holding their CES 2021 GeForce RTX event today, and you can watch it right here with us at9am PST / 5pm GMT. It’s widely expected that Nvidia will announce that their RTX 30 GPUs will be making the move to laptops this evening, but we might also see some more desktop graphics cards get announced as well, such as the hotly-rumoured 20GB RTX 3080 Ti, or maybe even what’s coming at the more mainstream end of Nvidia’s RTX 30 family....

HomeNewsEver Jane Alas, the Jane Austen MMO has shut downNot so happily ever after Not so happily ever after High society MMOEver, Janemanaged to snagnecessary crowdsource fundsto get off the ground way back in 2013. The socialising and gossiping online game went through both closed and public beta in the years since, aiming for a full launch at last in autumn 2020. Alas it’s gone the other way. Ever, Jane shut down its servers right at the end of 2020, it turns out....

HomeNews Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 raised $2.75 million for charityHere are a few of our fave speedruns from the week Here are a few of our fave speedruns from the week Seven-day speedrunning marathonAwesome Games Done Quick2021 has ended, raising a brilliant $2,758,847 million (around £2 million) for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s the second-highest amount ever raised at the event,right behind last year’s winter marathon, which is pretty good going considering this year was the first fully digital AGDQ....

HomeFeaturesJurassic World Evolution Have You Played… Jurassic World Evolution?Six foot turkey Six foot turkey I love Frontier’s trio of park-building games, but they are strange beasts. All three (that’sPlanet Coaster,Planet Zoo, andJurassic World Evolution, for the record) are slightly shallower management games than I usually tend to enjoy, but they make up for it with severe overperformance in every other regard. But then you’ve got “all the trimmings”, right? Layer on some honeyed parsnips, some stuffing, sprouts if you like, a bunch of little sausages, and an absolute beast of a gravy, and that big, bollock-necked bastard at the centre of the table achieves apotheosis....

HomeHardwareNews Intel unveil 11th Gen H-Series CPUs for ultraportable gaming laptopsEverything you need to know about Intel’s new H35 CPUs Everything you need to know about Intel’s new H35 CPUs Intel have just announced their first crop of 11th Gen H-series CPUs for gaming laptops. Comprising of three processors in total, this new trio of high-performanceTiger Lake CPUswill help usher in a new era of even thinner and lighter gaming laptops in 2021, with the first laptop designs coming in at just 16....