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HomeFeatures Priceless Play - the pick of the Itch Bundle For Racial Justice And EqualityHey, $.003 is basically free, right? Hey, $.003 is basically free, right? Before we kick off with my $.003 recommendations, thanks for being cool about this brief aberration in the Free Games Roundup! If you aren’t in a place to donate right now, I totally get it. Thankfully, there’s botha pretty hefty archiveof Priceless Play to turn to for free games,andmany of the developers who contributed games to the bundle also have free projects....

HomeNewsSea of Thieves Sea Of Thieves' spectral fleets land on Haunted Shores next weekGhastly galleons galore Ghastly galleons galore It may be the middle of June, butSea Of Thievesis preparing to get unseasonably spooky. Next week’s update for the high-seas pirate sandbox is Haunted Shores, a ghastly update that’ll set the Flying Dutchman’s spectral fleets loose upon the open ocean. Horrifying stuff, perhaps - but with eight new sea shanties, at least you can face the terrors of the depths with a song in your heart....

HomeNews Space Crew is the sequel to Bomber Crew, with a demo soonMore FTL-like than ever More FTL-like than ever Bomber Crewwas already a bit FTL-like, and its sequel is leaning in.Space Crewswaps the original’s World War 2 setting for outer space, but otherwise still looks to be a strategy game about telling your vessel’s crew what to do as you launch missiles and catch fire. The announcement trailer can be found below....

HomeNews Surprise! Torchlight 3 is out in early access right nowClickclickclickclick Clickclickclickclick With no warning,Torchlight 3launched into early access today. The action-RPG brings a whole heap more monsters to click on into they burst in a shower of coins and trousers. Torchlight 3 grew out of Torchlight Frontiers, which was to be a free-to-play persistent online game untilthey realised people didn’t want that. Sounds like the launch is having some server problems, mind, which are everyone’s problems because it’s currently online-only....

HomeNews The Outlast Trials brings co-op to the grim horror seriesBe murdered with up to 3 friends Be murdered with up to 3 friends First-person horror festOutlastis returning forThe Outlast Trials. The name and key art above were announced back in December, but the first trailer landed a few moments ago during the PC Gaming Show. We now know it’s a new co-operative take on the gore-smeared running away from the previous two games....

HomeNewsTrash Sailors Trash Sailors is a co-op raft ride through troubled watersAhoy there! Ahoy there! To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings So. Sail the raft around obstacles. Throw your hook to gather trash. Process it for resources for crafting and repairs. Shoot enemies. Whack enemies. Avoid traps. And all that all at the same time, all crowded onto a diddy raft. It’ll have local and online co-op for up to four players, or singleplayer if you’d rather....

HomeNews What are we all playing this notE3 weekend?Well? Well? Hello to you all on this, the first (second?) weekend of notE3. Mate, to hell with it, I’m calling it E3 - see ourE3 2020tag for all our news and thoughts so far from this week/fortnight/month/season. In particular, consult ourE3 stream schedulefor all the marketing events going on this weekend. So many shows.What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’re clicking on!...

HomeNewsPotionomics Witchy shop sim Potionomics has brewed up a new trailerDouble, double toil and trouble Double, double toil and trouble Here’s another charming—er, brewing—simulation for ya. Potion shop management gamePotionomicshas concocted a new gameplay trailer to announce Voracious Games' partnership with publisher Xseed Games. The new trailer shows off a card-based haggling system, a complex brewing menu, and some of the many flamboyant customers you’ll meet.To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeReviewsDesperados 3 Desperados 3 reviewCull cussing cowboys creatively Cull cussing cowboys creatively Claymore Game Studios, the newly formed outfit tasked with reviving the Commandos franchise, isin needof an Unreal Engine expert, a 3D artist, a 3D animator, and a senior level designer. Whoever secures the latter job will, if they are sensible, do nothing their first week except watcholdwarmoviesand playDesperados III. Proving that the superbShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogunwas no fluke, Mimimi have followed it with an Old West effort that’s every bit as brilliant....

HomeNewsDestiny 2 Destiny 2 has removed skill-based matchmaking for most PvP modesContentious! Contentious! Yesterday’sannouncementsays they have now removed skill-based matchmaking from all Crucible playlists except Survival (aka Competitive), Survival: Freelance (aka solo Comp), and Elimination. Trials Of Osiris was always based on the number of wins on your ticket instead, and will remain so. That’s all of Destiny’s ‘casual’ PvP modes free from skill considerations. So why’s this good? Bungie explain their goals include shortening queue times, improving the connection quality of matches, to “Provide more places where the outcome of the match isn’t as important as enjoying the experience”, and to “Play into the strengths of Crucible being a bombastic, frenetic action game....

HomeNewsGodfall Get a load of Godfall’s shiny weapons in the first gameplay trailerTime for a good old loot n' slash Time for a good old loot n' slash Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube “InGodfall, Aperion is on the precipice of ruin,“Counterplay say. “You are the last of the Valorian knights, god-like warriors able to equip Valorplates, legendary armor sets that transform wielders into unstoppable masters of melee combat. Players will tear through foes as they climb through some of the elemental realms and challenge the mad-god Macros who awaits you at the top....

Confirmed for PC To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings (Rambling late-night aside: I live in hope that Sabrina and Riverdale will cross over more in future. Who’s to say Betty’s serial killer genes (an actual plot point in Riverdale, this show is ridiculous and I adore it) can’t be demon genes?) Oh, I see Other Alice was on Twitter again: DW, we’re watching it toopic.twitter.com/hJsJwwTOQk— Rock Paper Shotgun (@rockpapershot)June 11, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeNews GTA Online content updates will continue into the next console generationNo word on GTA 6 though No word on GTA 6 though Sony opening their big E3 pressblast last night with the news thatGrand Theft Auto Vis coming to PlayStation 5 was perhaps a damp squib for them but good news for us on PC. With the game now confirmed for next-gen consoles, Rockstar have committed to continuing content updates for them - and PC....