HomeReviewsI Am Dead I Am Dead reviewGhosts of summer holidays past Ghosts of summer holidays past Recently I have been blessed with a plethora of sweet, soothing games with a good sense of humour (likeSpiritfarer, for example).I Am Dead, from the developers of perennial RPS favouriteWilmot’s Warehouse, is a 3D puzzle adventure game about past and present and place, and is another tonic for these trying times. Watch on YouTube...
HomeHardwareNews Plus confirmed PCIe 4.0 support. Intel have unveiled the first details about their upcoming 11th Gen desktop Core CPUs today, confirming their rough release window and that they’ll have PCIe 4.0 support from the off. Code-named “Rocket Lake”, this new family of desktop processors will be arriving sometime between January and March next year, according to a newIntel blog post, succeeding their current line-up of10th Gen Comet Lake CPUs....
HomeNewsPUBG: Battlegrounds Jonathan Frakes dishes more PUBG lore that might point to a new mapIt’s home to the fountain of youth It’s home to the fountain of youth Celebrity cameos in games sure can dip into cringe territory but there is nothing, absolutely nothing, cringe-y about Jonathan Frakes narrating another lore teaser forPlayerunknown’s Battlegrounds. Regale me with the sordid, unsolved curiosities of Plunkbat, Mr. Frakes. Looks like PUBG Corp’s also planning a whole new website dedicated to lore for the battle royale....
HomeNews Our former Brendy has a new video games podcast, starting with Spelunky and Death StrandingHey, Listen! Hey, Listen! Brendan Caldwell, formerly/currently-ishof this parish, has launched a new video games podcast of his own and it sounds: well good. It’s named Hey, Lesson! and uses video games as a way into talking about the real subject behind them, with actual experts rather than just, y’know, podcasters. He’s released the first three episodes in one blast, talking aboutSpelunky 2and actual spelunking (and which animals get lost in caves), about The Last Of Us Part 2 and a post-humanity world, and aboutDeath Strandingand our cravings for social media ‘likes’....
HomeNewsPumpkin Jack Pumpkin Jack scares up spooky, kooky platforming on October 23rdYou can try it out in the Steam Game Festival too You can try it out in the Steam Game Festival too If there’s one thing I want more of in this world it’s Halloween games. No, not horror. Halloween—the heavily consumerist version they sling in department stores with plastic pumpkins, green witches, and ghost lawn ornaments. I’ve had my eye onPumpkin Jack, to that end, and am happy to hear that the 3D platforming spookfest is launching this month....
HomeNewsHades Top ofthe Hades speedrunning leaderboardright now is runner “Vorime”. Don’t let this 20-minute video fool you, the clock technically stops when you’re choosing boons and talking to NPCs. His actual clear time is an incredible seven minutes and 16 seconds. (Probably goes without saying, but this is spoilerific if you’ve not cleared a Hades run yet.) Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Vorime battles out of hell with the Adamant Rail (the Ancient Greek gun) with the aspect of Eris (which makes you deal more damage if you absorb your special ability’s blast), and a mixture of boons from Zeus, Poseidon and Ares....
HomeNews Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition begins now with hundreds more demosToo many to try in a week Too many to try in a week The year of digital festivals continues with yet another Steam Game Festival. For its autumn edition, Steam is once again offering hundred of free game demos for you to play paired with livestreams and developer Q&A’s throughout the week. The festival is on now and will run through next Tuesday, October 13th....
HomeNews Steam’s new Chat Filtering options let you fine-tune effing and blindingDon’t forget the jeffing Don’t forget the jeffing Valve have added new options to filter obscenity and slurs from chat on Steam and in some games, letting you level up without getting cussed out. With the new Steam Chat Filtering enabled, words caught in the filters are replaced with “***” or “♥♥♥”. The new options are pretty deep, letting you upload and download your own lists of banned words, see foul language from your friends but no one else, and more....
HomeNews This Quake mod lets you fight Sif from Dark SoulsThat’s so Raven Keep That’s so Raven Keep Quake’s a gritty fast-paced shooter where you dance around enemies and splatter them with beefy guns. Modder “Redfield” clearly thought, “But what if I inject someBloodborneinto it?”, and so Raven Keep was born. It’s a mod which throws players into a gothic castle where “Old Ones” (sound familiar?) have left some spooky chalices behind....
HomeFeaturesGenshin Impact Against all odds, Genshin Impact is one of the best games of 2020A free Breath Of The Wild ‘em up on PC A free Breath Of The Wild ‘em up on PC Genshin Impacthas a lot in common with Breath Of The Wild, including the ability to climb any surface, a pocket hang glider, the design of its enemies, and the need to stuff your pockets with cooking ingredients....
HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 enters early access today, and on Mac tooComing at 6pm Coming at 6pm Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Larian Studiosannounced last nightthat BG3 will be available on Mac too when it enters early access. Yesterday did also bring the news that it’ll needmore drive space than previously expected, though it’s not such a huge issue with this initial early access release. When it first launches in early access,Baldur’s Gate 3will contain the first of three acts, which Larian claim is “approximately 25 hours of self-contained content”....
HomeReviewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access reviewEarly bird catches the brain worm Early bird catches the brain worm Baldur’s Gate IIIearly access is a devil’s bargain: a cure for impatience, but at what cost? You can say that of any ‘pre-release’ release, but it feels apt here, given that act one of Larian’s epic RPG and Dungeons & Dragons revival is a trip through temptation country. There’s a Mind Flayer tadpole burrowing into your skull and an assorted cast of druids, healers, zealots and demons all promising to kiss and make it better....
HomeGuidesStar Wars: Squadrons Best X-wing loadout in Star Wars: SquadronsOur X-wing loadout gives you one of the Republic’s strongest ships Our X-wing loadout gives you one of the Republic’s strongest ships The X-wing is the pride of the Republic fleet inStar Wars: Squadrons, and it’s also a dang fine ship. Great damage and great survivability combine to create a fantastic base for ourbest X-wing loadout, which adds a tonne of mobility to help destroy any Empire ship that dares challenge you....
