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HomeNewsA Long Journey to an Uncertain End Pull heists as a sentient spaceship in A Long Journey To An Uncertain EndYour ex, I assume, is also a massive spaceship. Your ex, I assume, is also a massive spaceship. Don’tcha know it’s illegal for spaceships to have consciousness ‘round here? Set to take off sometime next year,A Long Journey To An Uncertain Endis the galaxy-hopping debut from Crispy Creative, a narrative management space opera that seems to imagine a version of Cowboy Bebop where the eponymous starship had the final say in all the semi-legal shenanigans....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends launches on Steam on November 4th with Season 7Steam-powered Apelegs incoming Steam-powered Apelegs incoming As announced earlier this year, battle royale ‘em upApex Legendsis going to be available on Steam. Electronic Arts have now put a date on those plans for you eager Apelegs-ers ready to make the move. You’ll be able to download it from Steam starting on November 4th when Season 7 begins.Respawn Entertainment say that all your account progression will carry over from the Origin launcher (er, sorry, theEA Desktop App) to the Steam version if you choose to take the leap....

HomeNewsMonster Prom 2: Monster Camp Devilish dating sim Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is out nowDare to date the demons Dare to date the demons Ah yes, one of the many valid spinoff arcs for animated stories: the one where the gang goes to camp.Monster Prom 2: Monster Campis the new sequel to teenage monster dating sim Mosnter Prom. This time the gaggle of monster teens is headed on a camping trip to the woods where—wait no I don’t think anybody dies....

HomeNewsApex Legends The best Apex Legends match I’ve had in ages ended in fisticuffsI forgot how fun it could be playing a competitive shooter in the opposite way it wants you to I forgot how fun it could be playing a competitive shooter in the opposite way it wants you to It was late game, a mere four squads left, when my pal “Fishhy” and I spotted another duo inside the building we were sat on....

HomeNewsFallout 76 The Brotherhood Of Steel stomp into Fallout 76 in DecemberThe brotherhood is back in town The brotherhood is back in town After that big Wastelanders update that added human NPCs and a legit storyline toFallout 76earlier this year, the story quests are rolling right along with the upcoming Steel Dawn update. Militant tech fanatics Brotherhood Of Steel are entering Appalachia while apparently doing what they do best: stomping around in power armor and scowling....

HomeFeatures My biggest ludological disappointment of 2019?Close Combat: The Bloody First, without question. Slitherine’s 3D take on Atomic’s gripping top-down wargame series should have been irresistible, but a host of bugs and questionable design decisions left many of the pages in its copybook looking like Rorschach tests. Curious to see what difference a year of fairly regular patches has made, I reinstalled last Friday. But I won’t because, despite all the improvements, CCTBF remains a wargame that yanks my chain, gets my goat, and pulls my plonker at least once a battle....

HomeNewsThe Outer Worlds The Outer Worlds is now on Steam and GOGIt’s the Spacer’s Choice, but is it now yours? It’s the Spacer’s Choice, but is it now yours? After a year of Epixclusivity[correction: oh god, and the Microsoft Store, I forgot],The Outer Worldstoday launches on Steam and GOG. Obsidian Entertainment’s sci-fi FPS-RPG feels a whole lot like a return to their days ofFallout: New Vegas, but in space. If you’ve been waiting for it to land on a store you like more, here you go....

HomeNews Civilization VI has gone all Sid Meier’s Pirates with a swashbuckling new modeSid’s back at sea. Sid’s back at sea. Have you playedSid Meier’s Pirates? Myself, I’ve only touched the short demo that came in an old Xbox mag some decades back. This month’s free new Civ 6 update ditches all that land-lubbing nation-building in an attempt to recapture the 2005 swashbuckler - sans the fencing minigame, sadly. Watch on YouTube...

HomeNews Cutesy Halloween adventure Costume Quest 2 is free on EpicA spooky sequel giveaway A spooky sequel giveaway Starting off our spine-tingling sequel giveaway,Costume Quest 2is the sequel to Double Fine’s adorable adventure-puzzler - one where kids find their home-made costumes turn ‘em into proper super-powered robots ‘n’ werewolves and such. If you thought “hey, that premise sounds like a decent kids cartoon, especially if you got theAdventure Timefolks to run the show”, then… thatsure did happen, yeah....

HomeGuidesGenshin Impact Genshin Impact Elemental Reactions: All Elemental Reactions and ResonancesIncluding the new Dendro element Including the new Dendro element Thanks to this, combat in Genshin Impact can feel like anything from a seven-way game of rock-paper-scissors to messing about with an extremely overpowered chemistry kit, with a delightful range of spectacular results. And with the arrival of Version 3.0 and the newly-playable Dendro element, there are even more variations to play around with!...

HomeFeaturesA Normal Lost Phone Have You Played… A Normal Lost Phone?Off the hook Off the hook Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Have you ever found a lost phone? If you’re not a complete wrong ‘un your first instinct was likely to find some way to reunite it with it’s owner. But there’s another urge, bubbling away just under the surface of your otherwise squeaky clean sense of morality....

HomeFeaturesImmortals Fenyx Rising Immortals Fenyx Rising might actually be great, for kids and adults alikeNo, but seriously No, but seriously Pointis, I am firmly of the opinion that kiddies are made of sterner stuff than we often give them credit for - and if we’re going to teach them that monsters are real we should then take the next logical step of teaching them that you can kick seven shades out of the monsters, cut them open and get your granny back....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft Java Edition will require a Microsoft account starting next yearBut don’t worry, it’s not merging with Bedrock But don’t worry, it’s not merging with Bedrock Mojang have decided that as of next year all of their games will require a Microsoft account to play, includingMinecraftJava Edition. Don’t panic just yet, because while this does mean that you’ll need to log in with Microsoft to play the Java edition, it’s not being merged with the Windows 10 (or Bedrock) version of Minecraft....