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HomeVideosSpelunky 2 Spelunky 2 daily: “That lava’s still going to drip sometimes, right?“October 5th, 2020 October 5th, 2020 Welcome back to the Daily Death, in which I record my attempt at theSpelunky 2daily challenge, and encourage you to do the same with your own runs. Today: the world’s luckiest lava droplet. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Today’s apology: sorry for my sniffling throughout. I have chronic rhinitis and it’s at its worst first thing in the morning....

HomeNewsKentucky Route Zero Kentucky Route Zero’s robot band just released an EP of chill synth jamsSad robot love songs. Sad robot love songs. Looking back, I reckonKentucky Route Zero’s third act might’ve been the best of the lot. That it was the act to introduce wandering musicians Johnny and Junebug playing no small part in that impression. This week, the fictional duo took their music out of the supernatural road trip with an EP full of sad robot love songs - a perfect soundtrack for getting lonely with on these rainy October afternoons....

HomeNewsHades Supergiant lay bare the building blocks of Hades' underworldIt’s all gone to hell this Blocktober. It’s all gone to hell this Blocktober. Out of all the -tober suffix trends, I thinkBlocktobermight be my favourite. The now-annual level design hashtag has become a fascinating insight into the grey, blocky roots of all sorts of games. As a bonus, this year seesHadesdevelopers Supergiant jumping onto the bandwagon with a distressingly art-free look at the mythological roguelike’s level design process....

HomeNewsTraption Bakery Traption Bakery is a nonsensical bread-making puzzle boxMight just stick to the ol' oven. Might just stick to the ol' oven. As I understand, every single person over the age of 25 took up baking the second lockdown went into effect. Granted, I did not, and that’s probably because the process of baking seems about as complicated as its representation in upcycling puzzlerTraption Bakery. Released this week, Jon Prestidge’s lovingly-drawn construct ‘em up asks you to turn piles of garbage into a self-sufficient baking monstrosity....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 reveals the faces of eight races for early accessOh, and a cross-save feature Oh, and a cross-save feature The early access launch forBaldur’s Gate 3is just a handful of days away now—which is exactly how much time I need to prepare myself for the character creator in an RPG. Larian Studios have gone over the eight races and their several sub-races that you’ll be able to choose from during early access....

HomeFeaturesThe Sims 4 Custom content makers for The Sims 4 knock it out of the park yet again with this amazing toy kitchenNo such thing as too many cooks when they’re this cute No such thing as too many cooks when they’re this cute Further long term readers of my work may also know that I am not the biggest fan of children (and in the game!), but in this case I will make an exception, because I tested some of the custom animations out with a sweet little toddler and he wore a little chef’s hat and everything....

HomeNewsEVE Online Eve Online is adding a graphical setting to remove spaceships and also everything elseGet your spreadsheets, fleet captains Get your spreadsheets, fleet captains Eve Onlineis so closely associated with the joke about “spreadsheet” gaming that the first time I saw it years back I was genuinely surprised that it actually has pretty, 3D ships. I suppose I was expecting a very complex space-themed MUD. Well, now it’ll have an option to become that, sort of....

HomeFeaturesRaft Have You Played… Raft?Water, water, every where / Nor any drop to drink Water, water, every where / Nor any drop to drink Even though it only hit Steam in 2018, and has only existed in any form since 2016,Raftfeels like one of those survival games that has been in Early Access forever. That’s not a criticism, it’s just very much the mood the game has. It’s one of those ones you’ll play a bit of, forget about, and then look back a year later, only to find it’s grown a whole story and pigs you can fight....

HomeNews Star Wars: Squadrons is out nowMake it so! Make it so! Take your protein pills and put your helmet on, for the morning has brought the release ofStar Wars: Squadrons. EA’s new spaceship shooter has players boldly go into battle for both the New Republic and Empire, with a story telling both sides of the aftermath of Star Wars VI: The Undiscovered Country. On top of that, it has 5v5 multiplayer modes....

HomeFeatures Star Wars: Squadrons pays more homage to TIE Fighter than it had toGet into the screaming spaceship Get into the screaming spaceship My first mission inStar Wars: Squadrons(which I shall now call Squadwarns for the sake of ease), saw me jumping into a TIE fighter to have a nose around a big asteroidy space dock thing, looking for refugees from the recently-burst planet of Alderaan. My space boss reckoned those refugees might be hiding in cargo transports, so he told me to scan some cargo transports....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Warzone tips and tricks for beginnersReal, practical Warzone tips and tricks to prepare you Rebirth Island and Verdansk Real, practical Warzone tips and tricks to prepare you Rebirth Island and Verdansk If you’re looking to start strong with the latest season of the ever-popular Call Of Duty: Warzone, you’ve come to the right place. Below are70 Call Of Duty: Warzone tipsfor consistently surviving and dishing out death all across Verdansk....

HomeGuides Best MP5 loadout and class setup in WarzoneCan anything stand against this duo of SMGs? Can anything stand against this duo of SMGs? Looking for the best MP5 loadout in Warzone?The MP5 in Warzone has been a staple sinceModern Warfare’s release, and inWarzonethings are no different. Really, all that’s changed in the last 16 months is the addition of theCold WarMP5. Surprise, surprise; it’s also very, very good. Both MP5s are excellent choices in the current Warzone meta....

HomeNewsApex Legends Crossplay hits Apex Legends with next week’s Aftermarket eventDon’t expect to see too many console Legends. Don’t expect to see too many console Legends. Months afterRespawn let slipthat cross-platform multiplayer would be dropping intoApex Legends, we finally know when we’ll be able to team up with our console comrades. Beta testing for the feature kicks off alongside the Aftermarket Collection Event next Tuesday, letting you try out the bizarre new Flashpoint LTM with your Xbox and PlayStation pals - assuming they choose to let us PC folks in on the fun, at least....