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HomeNewsDeathloop Deathloop’s recursive assassinations arrive on PC this winterDeath? Merely a setback. Death? Merely a setback. ForDeathloop’s unfortunate leading man, getting shot in the gut is simply another learning opportunity. Following itsbrief cinematic showing at E3 last year, Bethesda finally gave us a bloody good look at Arkane Lyon’s time-locked assassin during tonight’s PlayStation 5 reveal stream - a slick-as-hell recursive bloodbath that’s bringing supernatural hunter-vs-hunted showdowns to PC this winter....

HomeNewsDestiny 2 Destiny 2’s new Exotic is mysteriously one-shotting bossesBlighting Lion comes out swinging Blighting Lion comes out swinging The Season Of Arrivals started inDestiny 2this week and while the whole season was kept a surprise up until launch, one arrival is a bigger surprise than the rest. Witherhoard, the new Exotic grenade launcher you can grab from the season pass track, will sometimes mysteriously spit enough damage to melt a boss....

HomeFeatures Every PlayStation 5 game coming to PCAlong with their trailers and release dates Along with their trailers and release dates Sony’sPS5 showcasewas full of ultra shiny game reveals this evening, but a surprising number of them are also coming to PC. In case you missed the stream or just want a handy reminder of what went down, here’s a complete list of all the PS5 games coming to PC that we know about so far, complete with all their brand spanking new trailers and PC release dates....

HomeNews Explore a city of robots as a lovely cat in StrayCome watch this! Come watch this! One lovely surprise in Sony’s E3 pressblast was the appearance ofStray, a game about a lovely little cat with a backpack who’s exploring a Kowloon Walled City-esque cybercity filled with robots. If that sounds familiar, it might be because it’s been around in the works for years, formerlycodenamed HK Project. I’d half-given up on ever seeing it again....

HomeFeatures Got Animal Crossing FOMO? Play A Short Hike insteadTake a hike, Tom Nook Take a hike, Tom Nook Red Dead Redemption 2may be a goodAnimal Crossing substitutefor people suffering from AC-FOMO at the moment, but I’d argue that the best PC stand-in for Nintendo’s cozy life sim is Adamgryu’sA Short Hike, which you can currently get on the cheap as part of Itch’s stupidly good valueBundle for Racial Justice and Equality....

HomeFeaturesOxygen Not Included Have you played… Oxygen Not Included?Throwing urine the deep end Throwing urine the deep end Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Oxygen Not Includedoccupies a similar space toFactorioand Rimworld in my list of all-time favourite games. All three are marvellous and near-impenetrable management games, oozing with character and complexity. The key difference is that inOxygen Not Included, it’s guaranteed that you’ll spend at least some of your time expunging whole pints of urine from your base before it can seep into your last remaining water reservoir....

HomeNewsHive Time Hive Time is in the Itch Bundle now tooBEES BEES They’ve only gone and done it. Those maniacs. Hive Timeis an obscure gem that squeaked into the very end of last year. It’s a game where you be bees. Now it’s part of what will surely be forever called simplyThe Bundle, mentioned only in hushed, reverent tones. Over 1000 developers have donated their games to the Bundle For Racial Justice And Equality, and they can all be yours, to keep, DRM free, for as little as £4/$5....

HomeNews Hyper Light Drifter follow-up Solar Ash is coming in 2021Sk8r or die Sk8r or die Heart Machine, the creators ofHyper Light Drifter, have announced a 2021 launch for their second game,Solar Ash. Formerly known asSolar AshKingdom, it’s a speedy, stylish, and sk8y one with some real big baddies. Check out the new trailer:To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThat shout is: very good.While this trailer still doesn’t show much, Heart Machinesaythey “will have more details about Solar Ash in the coming months”....

HomeNewsGhostWire: Tokyo I am well up for punching ghosts in GhostWire: TokyoFrom the makers of The Evil Within From the makers of The Evil Within Following a terse announcement last E3, Bethesda today gave a nice look atGhostWire: Tokyo, the next horror game fromThe Evil Withinstudio Tango Gameworks. I had expected ghosts and Tokyo. I had not expected we’d be punching them and ripping out their ghosthearts with our magic fists....

HomeNews I don’t know what Capcom’s Pragmata is and I’m okay with thatDeath Stranding vibes? Death Stranding vibes? Perhaps the most enigmatic announcement in Sony’s PlayStation 5 stream wasPragmata, Capcom’s new… video game? I will be honest: I do not know what it is. Capcom are not saying what it is either. I can tell you it visits a city on the Moon (or a hologram of a city?), where something weird is going on....

HomeNewsOdd Realm In case you missedthe news, theItch Bundle For Racial Justice And Equality, already the best deal in the history of games, just keeps getting better. An actual more than a thousand games for under a fiver? Absolutely unmissable. And here’s another reason why. I keep a list of games trying to do whatDwarf Fortressdoes. Unfortunately the nature of these games is so time consuming that progress on working through it is excruciatingly slow....

HomeNewsJourney Peaceful desert adventure Journey has made its way to SteamLeaving its Epic exclusivity behind Leaving its Epic exclusivity behind The twist on this is that you can’t actually communicate with these players with any sort of voice or text chat. In fact, you won’t actually know who helped you on your travels until you reach the game’s end credits. What you can do, however, is make little musical chirps to get your friend’s attention....

HomeNewsRealm of the Ghost King Realm Of The Ghost King: the good roguelikeBOO BOO You could fill a stadium with games that deserve a bigger audience. This marks thethirdtime I’ve written aboutRealm Of The Ghost King(including calling itone of the best unknown games of 2018, out of thousands). It’s now part of theItch Bundle For Racial Justice And Equality, and I hope it finally catches on. It is terrific. Even though it’s a roguelike....