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HomeNews EA’s subscription service is coming to Steam this month, but only the basic versionOut now for Origin, out on August 31st for Steam Out now for Origin, out on August 31st for Steam Electronic Arts have rebranded their Origin Access subscription service to EA Play, and announced that it will launch on Steam on August 31st. As before, it lets people play many of EA’s games for as long as they pay, with a pricier tier giving access to their newest games....

HomeFeatures Family is like a free version of Obra Dinn but for fake 80s musicYou spin me right round You spin me right round Having not actually been part of a London music scene, or the 80s, I can’t attest to how accurately Family represents those things specifically. But it does do a great job of replicating insular music scenes in general. You know the ones: everyone knows each another, sort of hates each other, and probably wants to fuck each other....

HomeNewsHades Hades leaving early access in autumn, able to bring saves to the new Switch versionCross-save confirmed! Cross-save confirmed! The rad roguelikelike hack ‘n’ slash action-RPGHadeswill leave early access in autumn, developers Supergiant Games say, alongside the launch of a newly-announced Nintendo Switch version. Players will be able to transfer their save files between the PC and Switch to carry their progress over, which is nice. Hades has already receivedits last major update before launch, so now we’re waiting on the final ending and a little polish when it launches full and finished....

HomeFeatures Have You Played… Rise Of Nations?Nothing beside remains Nothing beside remains Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Do you ever wonder why some games just don’t get talked about much? I don’t mean obscure games, either, or even mediocre ones. I mean games that were pretty great, but just sank like a stone in time, while others continue to float to the top of our memories....

HomeNewsFall Guys Streamer TimTheTatman finally won at Fall Guys so maybe there’s hope for me tooWe’ve all been Tim We’ve all been Tim Oh, but I am. I get the same last-second jitters in Fall Guys that I feel when I break the top ten in a round of PUBG. I sweat. My chest burns. Some mistake always mucks it up. I’ve only been playing Fall Guys for one night, so my saga of slip-ups isn’t quite as lengthy....

HomeHardwareNewsHypnospace Outlaw The Nintendo Switch is finally the portable PC of my dreams (sort of)Mouse and keyboard support is here Mouse and keyboard support is here If you tuned into Nintendo’s Indie World stream yesterday, you’ll no doubt have seen that the excellentHypnospace Outlawis finally beaming its way onto consoles in all its faux late 90s glory on August 27th. Its arrival on other platforms also brings with it a whole host of neat updates for those of us who have already enjoyed it on PC, too, including over 60 new pages to scroll through, two hours of additional original music, new HypnOS apps and games to play, and new custom HypnOS cursor themes....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends has started the new season with a new character, RampartAlong with Season 6 and a new crafting system Along with Season 6 and a new crafting system Apex Legends' sixth season started today, bringing with it big map changes and a brand new character who has a gun so big and special she gave it a name. Rampart (the Legend) and Sheila (the gun) arrived on the scene this morning, ready to drop into the new version of the World’s Edge map....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator It sure looks like Microsoft Flight Simulator evicted the QueenI fail to see the problem here. I fail to see the problem here. Microsoft Flight Simulatorpromises an entire world. It’s a stunning feat, one the game largely succeeds at, but it’s understandably flubbed a few locations here and there. At least, that’s the most reasonable explanation for why the global flyover has replaced Buckingham Palace with a brutal grey apartment complex - assuming, of course, the folks at Asobo and Microsoft haven’t just let slip a peek at their anti-monarchist politics....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator lets you go on excellent airborne safarisCome for the gorgeous graphics, stay for the delightful wildlife Come for the gorgeous graphics, stay for the delightful wildlife Reader, I’m not super fussed about planes. I didn’t thinkMicrosoft Flight Simulatorwould be for me, but this morning my eyes were opened. The game is gorgeous, most trailers and screenshots will attest to that, but that wasn’t what really caught my attention....

HomeNews Microsoft Flight Simulator’s “pre-load” was 90GB too smallTurdulence Turdulence Microsoft Flight Simulator’saccuracy is astounding. I was up far too early to get to the download gate on time, but now I’m just waiting at customs, sweating, while no-one has any idea when I’ll be able to get into the air. All because Microsoft doesn’t know how to pre-load a game. There’s a heart-breaking inevitability that something would go wrong with such an ambitious, internet-dependent game launch, but Microsoft haven’t done themselves any favours....

HomeNewsMortal Shell Mortal Shell is out now, offering some decent Dark Souls-ingIt’s not a new Dark Souls, but it is pretty decent It’s not a new Dark Souls, but it is pretty decent Look, comparisons toDark Soulsare trite, butMortal Shellis understood most quickly through comparison to the games which so clearly inspired it. Off you go through a ruined fantasy world, parrying and riposting as you duff up baddies, piecing together history from snippets of stories, and so on....

HomeNewsRogue Legacy 2 Rogue Legacy 2 has begun its quest through early accessToss the grandkids down the dungeon. Toss the grandkids down the dungeon. Well then,Rogue Legacy 2. It’s time to pick up where your predecessor left off and start a new lineage of dungeon-diving kiddos - prettier than before, but still squarely focussed on tossing your descendants down the dungeons. Afterslightly missing its planned July launch, Cellar Door’s sword-swinging sequel hit Steam early access today, a mere seven years after the first game....

HomeNewsTotal War: Three Kingdoms The first Total War: Three Kingdoms expansion will bring tigers to the battlefieldWhy would you play anyone other than the tiger warlord? Why would you play anyone other than the tiger warlord? Following a string of smaller DLCs, Creative Assembly have announced the first full expansion forTotal War: Three Kingdoms. Named The Furious Wild, it’s inviting you to delve into the jungles of Southern China to meet four new warlords....