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HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard EA gave tiny, disappointing peeks at the next-gen Dragon Age and BattlefieldWelp Welp Though the next generation of consoles is coming in a few months, Electronic Arts did not use their ‘EA Play Live’ notE3 pressblast to reveal a slew of shiny new games. No Battlefield 6 (or 0, or -4, or however this works), noDragon Age4, no Need For Speed: Pure Gasping For A Bit Of The Ol' Zoomy Stuff, no nothing....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Here’s 85 minutes of Baldur’s Gate 3 gameplay to watchA whole lot of wizards A whole lot of wizards Following Saturday’s news thatBaldur’s Gate 3will(maybe) launch in early access in August, developers Larian last night showed more of the fantasy RPG - and what’s changed since we last saw it. Let’s see… the narrator has switched to second-person, the initiative system has been tweaked, and hey look it’s over an hour of new gameplay footage, there’s loads in here....

HomePodcasts Podcast: not-E3 best bits from the PC Gaming Show and Guerrilla Collective streamssad trombone sad trombone This week we’re being vaguely topical! Imagine that. Today, because we’ve come through what we might call phase one of the not-E3 livestreams (with phase 2 starting this weekend withthe EA streamand theSteam Game Festival) we decided to behave like proper games journalists. We pick out some favourites and standouts from the Guerrilla Collective streams and the PC Gaming show - links to the complete roundups of every trailer and announcement can be found at the bottom of the post....

HomeNews “Your ships don’t move like a ship would actually move in space because ships in Star Wars don’t move like ships would move in space. They move like ships move in Star Wars.” Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube The way the ships move is also, in part, taken from the original trilogy of films, as well as the more recent Rogue One. Frazier says that it’s designed to feel more “terrestrial” - Star Wars' space battles don’t really feel like they’re actually in space, differentiating itself from games likeStar CitizenandElite Dangerous....

HomeFeatures The 8 bleakest post-apocalypses in PC gamesOne Off The List One Off The List Post-apocalyptic videogames, the ultimate escape. How wonderful to venture to a strange land, so different from our own, and see what the world may look like an entire week from now. Well, today the PlayStation clan secluded themselves behind their barricades with The Last Of Us Part 2, leaving the PC tribe to suffer in the harsh elements of reality alone....

HomeFeatures The best steam festival demos: ACTIONLights, camera… Lights, camera… I can’t keep up, readers. A constant hoseworth of new games is one thing, but between mega bundles and a dozen streaming events, this month has become an avalanche of games. TheSteam Game Festivalhas flung heaps of promising games in our direction. Frankly, far too many of them look good. My brain cannot parse this kind of volume. So. Let’s stick with the action games, yeah?...

HomeFeatures The best Steam Festival demos: RPGsDirty roles, played dirt cheap Dirty roles, played dirt cheap Readers, I have put on my waders and made my way into the deep mill pool of theSteam Game Festival: Summer editionfree demos. There are a lot, so I confined myself toRPGs. This isn’t an exhaustive list, of course, even though I got overexcited and did far too many, but it’s hopefully going to give you a place to start....

HomeFeatures The best Steam Festival demos: RTS and city buildersTwo thirds of these games are about dwarves or pharaohs. Two thirds of these games are about dwarves or pharaohs. Since theSteam Game Festival: Summer Editionhas so many demos in it, we’ve all run off to harvest our own little crop to recommend, picking different genres as our guiding principle. As ever, though, the concept of “genre” has tripped me up like a rake in the dark, and left me flailing to define what connects the six games below....

HomeFeatures The best Steam Festival demos: strategy gamesA strategic interpretation A strategic interpretation The Oxford English Dictionary defines “strategy” as “any game that centres puzzle-solving or cerebral thought”. I’ve taken that surprisingly liberal definition, ran off to theSteam Summer Games Festival, and come back with an armful of videogames that vaguely fall under that umbrella. Some of them are definitely skirting the edges and getting their feet wet, but you should play them anyway....

HomeNewsIt Takes Two A Way Out devs announce co-op platformer It Takes TwoSounds a bit ‘2011 indie’ Sounds a bit ‘2011 indie’ To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings “You could say you’re almost controlling their emotions, you’re almost playing their emotions,” Hazelight founder Josef Fares said. “There’s even levels where we’re actually making a mechanic for their emotions, so again: marrying the story and the mechanics. And I think for the players that’s going to feel very new, different, and unique....

HomeNews Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls are out now on SteamRain on Detroit’s two souls. Rain on Detroit’s two souls. Trading years of PlayStation exclusivity for a PC debut locked on the Epic Games Store, three Quantic Dreams games finally found their way over to Steam.Detroit: Become Human,Beyond: Two SoulsandHeavy Rainhit Valve’s platform today - a trio of strange cinematic story-games about serial killers, Ellen Page’s invisible friend, and a robot emancipation movement that certainly holds no real-world analogue....

HomeNewsDIRT 5 Dirt 5 secures a filthy release date on Steam this OctoberHairpin, Left. Hairpin, Left. A splash of mud here, a battered bumper there. An engine held together with duct-tape and hope. Every car has a story, andDirt 5is no exception. This week, Codemasters got behind the wheel of their flashy new motor to deliver us a new trailer, crashing new story beats straight into Dirt 5’s career mode and confirming an October 9th release date for Dirt 5....

HomeNews EA put more resources into moderating bad behaviour, launching a Positive Play CharterNo racist, sexist, homophobic, or other abusive behaviour No racist, sexist, homophobic, or other abusive behaviour You can read the new Positive Play Charterover here. You’ll notice it is basically an expansion ofEA’s longstanding Rules Of Conduct. While the rules are the same, the Charter does state its intent, it’s writing in human language, it gives some direction on how to report people, and it’s more clear about consequences....