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HomeNewsWe Should Talk. Relationship-managing story game We Should Talk. is out nowThe bad three words The bad three words In narrative gameWe Should Talk., both your drinks and your relationship might be on the rocks, but that’s up to you. You’ll piece together conversations with your pals at the bar and your partner at home, trying to pick the tone you’re looking for. It’s a neat conversational puzzle that will probably stress me out just as much in-game as it would in life....

HomeHardwareDeals This 144Hz G-Sync Compatible LG monitor is just £192 right nowA great alternative to the AOC 24G2U. A great alternative to the AOC 24G2U. Mybest gaming monitorrecommendation, the excellentAOC 24G2Uhas been pretty difficult to get hold of here in the UK for a number of months now, with prices steadily creeping upwards as stock levels continue to dwindle. Happily, a very good alternative has recently sprung into view in the form of LG’s 24GL650, which is one of Nvidia’s officially certifiedG-Sync Compatible monitorswith a 144Hz refresh rate and is now down to £192 over at Ebuyer....

HomeNewsWorms Armageddon Worms Armageddon gets a modernising updateNever too late for an update Never too late for an update If you’re not so sure about the recently-announced,Worms Rumblebattle royale game, you may be more excited to hear about today’s glow up for classicWorms Armageddon. Released today, version 3.8 adds all sorts of modern features to the old turn-based battlefield including more custom match options, windowed mode, and a few other neat new tricks....

HomeNews Beyond A Steel Sky continues the adventure game series after 26 yearsReturn to the ferrous firmament Return to the ferrous firmament In 1994, Revolution Software released their second game, a dystopian adventure game named Beneath A Steel Sky. Then they mostly madeBroken Swordgames for the next 20 years. Today, Revolution finally return to that ferrous firmament with the launch of a sequel,Beyond A Steel Sky. It’ll send us into an AI-controlled megacity to rescue an abducted child and definitely not get tangled in any sort of sci-fi conspiracy....

HomeGuidesDeath Stranding Death Stranding Half-Life cube locations: how to get the gravity gloveGetting the PC Half-Life exclusive stuff Getting the PC Half-Life exclusive stuff The PC version ofDeath Strandingis finally here. To make up for the long wait, there is someHalf-Lifestuff that has been added to the game. To get the items, you’ll need to find companion cubes with clues to their locations hidden in emails. While the most intriguing inclusion is the gravity glove thanks to its ability to drag in items from a short distance away from Sam, it’s not the only item available and we will be showing off how to get all of them....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator will ship on 10 (10!) disksRetro, but good retro Retro, but good retro The physical edition ofMicrosoft Flight Simulatorwill ship on 10 disks, and in 2020 this is a very easy thing to mock. I do honestly believe it has been literal years since I have even seen a single disk, and the idea of faffing about with 10 outdated retro-wheels makes me shudder. But it makes total sense!...

HomeNewsNo Man’s Sky No Man’s Sky adds haunted derelict ships in the Desolation UpdateSPACE HULK SPACE HULK! SPACE HULK SPACE HULK! The sci-fi vision ofNo Man’s Skyis mostly exploration and excitement, about seeing what procedurally-generated wonders might be on the other side of the next jump. The ‘Desolation’ update, released today, adds a touch more sci-fi horror as it sends players into derelict and alien-infested spaceships. These procedurally-generated freighter wrecks adrift in space have new loot to salvage, a bit likeSpace Hulkbut without the fascists....

HomeFeatures Our 15 favourite PC games of 2020 so farA baker’s dozen (plus two) A baker’s dozen (plus two) Halloo, gentle reader. Since we’re half way through the entire year of 2020 (yet somehow it is also still March?), we decided to run down, lasso and tie up some of our favourite games from the last six months, and force them into a nice list for you. 2020 still hasplenty of new PC gamesto come, of course, but these are the ones closest to our little hearts so far....

HomeHardwareFeaturesDeath Stranding Spot the difference between Death Stranding and its DLSS 2.0 techThe Where’s Wally of graphics effects The Where’s Wally of graphics effects When I first testedDeath Stranding’s DLSS 2.0 techin the run-up to the game’s release, I wasn’t able to show you what it actually looked like. I could tell you that switching it on would turn any RTX card into a 4K 60fps machine, but not how its clever, AI-driven upscaling wizardry affected the in-game visuals....

HomeHardwareNews Watching Henry Cavill build a PC gave me a heart attackGeralt builds a gaming rig. Geralt builds a gaming rig. Henry Cavill, everyone’s favourite Super-Witcher-Warhammer-miniatures-painter-man, has recently built himself a new gaming PC, and he’s documented the whole thing in a lovely, if very occasionally heart-stoppingvideo post on Instagram. His choice of components is actually pretty sound, ranging from a top of the line Ryzen 9 CPU to an RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, but it turns out that even his Geralt Witcher sense isn’t strong enough to tell him which way round his CPU is meant to go on his tiny motherboard....

HomeNewsOoblets Adorable critter-collector Ooblets is now out in early accessEverybody dance now! Everybody dance now! After three years of us cooing over it,Oobletstoday launched in early access. To be crudely reductive: it’s a bit ‘Stardew Valleymeets Pokémon, but cutesy’. There we are, growing crops on our little farm and befriending folks in the local town. We’re also growing little critters named ooblets, who we raise and train to compete - though rather than bite, claw, electrocute, and drown each other, they bust moves in dance-offs....

HomeVideosDeath Stranding Death Stranding tells the worst elements of open world games to take a hikeWalking Dead Good Walking Dead Good Having bounced off the opening exposition ofDeath Strandingon PS4 last November I was not anticipating falling in love with its craggy exploration on PC. And yet here I am, some 40 hours under my belt (along with a pair of spare boots and 30ft of climbing rope) and readily committed to 40 hours more....

HomeNewsDota 2 Dota 2’s summer event is a free raid-like roguelikeI did not Seer this coming I did not Seer this coming Could be a lark? Dota players will know Aghanim as “that bloke who makes cool staffs”. He’s been trapped in another dimension for eons and has now lured you in with him for the lols. That’s what I’m getting from the eyebrows in this (quite nice) cinematic trailer, anyway....