Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Setting sail for uncharted worlds

HomeNews Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Setting sail for uncharted worldsOff into the unknown. Off into the unknown. Screenshot Saturday Sundays! Batten the hatches, fill those hot water bottles and prepare to hunker down for the winter, readers. But before I vanish under fifteen layers of bedsheets, I reckon there’s time enough for one last roundup of Saturday’s screenshots this Sunday. This week: Pulpy space pirates, throwback online worlds, unfinished maps and unsettling sneaking....

December 13, 2020 · 4 min · 664 words · Timothy Gutierrez

Familiars packs a full-featured Pokemon clone into a single Tweet

HomeNews Familiars packs a full-featured Pokemon clone into a single TweetWait, you can do that? Wait, you can do that? When you spend half your day glued to Twitter, you get used to the occasional double- or triple-take. But I don’t think anything’s ever made me stop and shout as much as stumbling uponFamiliars- a browser-based monster-catching MMO that developer Loam has somehow managed to cram into a video embed, letting you embark on an honest-to-god online RPG without ever leaving Twitter....

December 12, 2020 · 2 min · 238 words · Charles Christensen

The RPS Advent Calendar 2020, December 12th

HomeFeatures The RPS Advent Calendar 2020, December 12thSmash and grab Smash and grab This is the RPS Advent Calendar, in which we reveal one of our favourite PC games of 2020 on each day. Headback to the calendarto open another door. Hell of a racket behind door 12 of our Advent Calendar. Sounds like an entire building is being destroyed - but not wantonly. With a very intense purpose, in fact....

December 12, 2020 · 2 min · 378 words · Gregory Williamson

A Way Out devs reveal new co-op adventure It Takes Two

HomeNewsIt Takes Two A Way Out devs reveal new co-op adventure It Takes TwoTo tango To tango Sometimes a relationship can be a man, a woman and their overenthusiatic talking book. At least, that’s what I assume the trailer forIt Takes Twois teaching us. It’s a new co-op game from Hazelight, developers ofA Way Out, where you play as a couple who’ve been magically turned into dolls. It looks very lovely, and it comes out on March 26th next year....

December 11, 2020 · 1 min · 186 words · Laura Davis

Among Us will have you murdering your pals on The Airship next year

HomeNewsAmong Us Among Us will have you murdering your pals on The Airship next yearWith thrilling new tasks such as wiggling a bag out of a bin With thrilling new tasks such as wiggling a bag out of a bin Innersloth gave us all a first proper look at their upcomingAmong Usmap, The Airship, at The Game Awards last night. Get ready to murder your pals on a big red plane, complete with ladders and floating platforms on which to make your escape....

December 11, 2020 · 2 min · 279 words · Angela Cruz

Ark 2 stars Vin Diesel?

HomeNewsArk: Survival Evolved Ark 2 stars Vin Diesel?A surprising quantity of celebrity A surprising quantity of celebrity “Is that Vin Diesel?” I asked, watching the announcement trailer forARK 2. “Have they copied Vin Diesel’s face?” Then he grunted. “IS THAT A REAL VIN DIESEL GRUNT?” Then he spoke. IT IS VIN DIESEL. Yes, Riddick/Groot/Dom stars in the sequel to Studio Wildcard’s dinosaur-hunting sandbox survival game, which is… what is this even going to be?...

December 11, 2020 · 4 min · 739 words · Benjamin Goodwin

BioWare's new Dragon Age 4 trailer teases the return of Varric

HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard BioWare’s new Dragon Age 4 trailer teases the return of VarricSolas is there too, obvs Solas is there too, obvs Here we go again. BioWare have revealed yet another tiny trailer forDragon Age 4, but unlike the many before it, this time there’s actually some solid info to take from it. We get a look at a new setting (which absolutely looks like Tevinter to me), an evil pouty Solas, and better yet, it sounds like everyone’s best dwarven bud Varric is back - literally, it’s him narrating the trailer....

December 11, 2020 · 5 min · 1002 words · Jason Anderson

Cyberpunk 2077's new hotfix addresses epilepsy triggers and copyrighted music

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077’s new hotfix addresses epilepsy triggers and copyrighted musicGet those cyberbugs out of the system Get those cyberbugs out of the system CD Projekt’s Red’s newest open world RPG has so far openeda world of bugs at launch, but CDPR have now released a hotfix for PC and PlayStation players to begin addressing some of the biggest issues. Among today’s changes are reduced epilepsy triggers during braindances, copyrighted music issues, and a lot of quest progression bugs squashed....

December 11, 2020 · 5 min · 1034 words · Amanda Rosario

Cyberpunk 2077: the best settings to improve your PC's performance

HomeHardwareFeaturesCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077: the best settings to improve your PC’s performanceWe tell you what settings to tweak to improve your PC’s frame rate. We tell you what settings to tweak to improve your PC’s frame rate. At long last,Cyberpunk 2077is finally out. Whether your PC is up to actually playing it, though, is another matter entirely. Like The Witcher 3 before it, CD Projekt Red’s latest open world action RPG is a real beast in the old PC performance department, and you may find your rig is struggling to maintain a steady frame rate as you hack your way round the bright lights of Night City....

December 11, 2020 · 7 min · 1286 words · Michael Richardson

Evil Dead: The Game is a co-op shooter coming out next year

HomeNewsEvil Dead: The Game Evil Dead: The Game is a co-op shooter coming out next yearI hope you’re in the mood for lots of zombies in 2021 I hope you’re in the mood for lots of zombies in 2021 Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Ash has rounded up some strange pals in the trailer above to ward off some nasties from the cabin you might recognise from Evil Dead films....

December 11, 2020 · 2 min · 305 words · Emily White

Hearthstone Battlegrounds - Best Heroes Tier List

HomeGuidesHearthstone Hearthstone Battlegrounds - Best Heroes Tier ListWe’ve got you covered - all of Battlegrounds' Heroes ranked. We’ve got you covered - all of Battlegrounds' Heroes ranked. Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds game mode allows players to fight it out auto-chess style. You’ll have the choice between either 3 or 4 Heroes depending on your bonuses. Which Hero do you choose though? Obviously, you won’t be able to take your pick of all of them, but we’ve put together a helpful guide to the very best options, so if they come up it’s well worth grabbing a top tier....

December 11, 2020 · 18 min · 3821 words · Patrick Nash

Loop Hero looks like a nifty deck-based Rogue-like

HomeNewsLoop Hero Loop Hero looks like a nifty deck-based Rogue-likeEscape the Lich and the loop Escape the Lich and the loop Loop Herois a nifty-looking Rogue-like game where you’ll strategically place enemies for your hero from your own hand of cards. Now, before anyone gets on me about calling it a Rogue-like, it’s got randomized adventures, gear, heroes that die, and an “infinite loop” that you’ll need to break out of....

December 11, 2020 · 2 min · 238 words · James Rodriguez

New Mass Effect teaser trailer has Liara in it

HomeNews New Mass Effect teaser trailer has Liara in itShe’s picking up some N7 armour from a snowy planet She’s picking up some N7 armour from a snowy planet I can hardly believe my eyes, but BioWare just revealed a teaser trailer for the nextMass Effectat The Game Awards - and Liara was in it. Blue space-wife Liara from the Mass effect trilogy was in the newMass Effectteaser, exploring a snowy planet and picking up a discarded piece of N7 armour....

December 11, 2020 · 4 min · 699 words · Tara Santos