HomeFeatures The 10 sunniest getaways in PC gamesOne Off The List One Off The List Oh right. Forget I said anything. Go back inside, lock the doors, and consider some of these perfect virtual holiday destinations. Please, trust us with your fake vacation. After all, what is a games journalist but a sort of really dodgy travel agent? Sapienza -Hitman Vacation Island -Vacation Simulator You have landed onVacation Islandto have fun, you are told....
HomeNews Tune in to USgamer’s Black Lives Matter charity stream this eveningRaising money for the Black Lives Matter Global Network Raising money for the Black Lives Matter Global Network To that end, the American contingent of our corporate family, USgamer, are hosting a livestream this evening in support of Black Lives Matter. They’ll be playing games and having chats with journos and hosts from other sites within our network, as well as the good folks from IGN, Kinda Funny, GameSpot and more....
HomeGuidesValorant Valorant: How to play ReynaHere’s everything you need to know about Reyna. Here’s everything you need to know about Reyna. Reyna isValorant’s first ‘new’ agent and a duelist who’s risky to play, but incredibly rewarding if you get things right. She absorbs Soul Orbs from enemies she takes out, and uses them to fuel her own abilities, buffing her health, increasing reload speeds and the like. There’s a big catch, though....
HomeNewsBattlefield V Battlefield V’s final update quietly arrived todayOnto the next one, then? Onto the next one, then? ForBattlefield V, the war is finally over. Oh, internet strangers will be blasting each other for months to come, don’t worry about that. But today’s final major update marks the last new front in Dice’s World War 2 campaign with two new maps and a warehouse of new vehicles, guns, gadgets and grenades....
HomeFeaturesTreachery in Beatdown City Drink cola and fight someone in Treachery In Beatdown CityThe ninjas are not the issue here The ninjas are not the issue here Treachery In Beatdown Cityis a rare name that would feel perfectly at home both now and in 1990. I mean, honestly, who would be treacherous in a place called Beatdown City? It’s just asking for a particularly righteous kicking. And that’s how it goes....
HomeNews Fortnite delays Season 3 in wake of Black Lives Matter protestsEpic are giving their team time “to focus on themselves, their families, and their communities” Epic are giving their team time “to focus on themselves, their families, and their communities” Epic Games have postponedFortnite’s end of season live event and Season 3 start date, due to the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests against racism and police brutality. The live event, The Device, will now take place on June 15th, with the Season 3 start date pushed back to June 17th....
HomeFeaturesA Total War Saga: Troy Hands-on preview - Total War Saga: Troy promises demanding, fast-paced strategyHectic of Troy Hectic of Troy Total War Saga: Troyis out on August 13thand will be free at launch, and having played a demo battle which pitted Achilles’ Acheans against Hector’s Trojans, I’m intrigued to play more. I’ve chosen the word “intrigued” deliberately, here. Because while the tactical depth of what I played was impressive, and rooted itself emphatically in its semi-mythical setting, its multi-skilled infantry and attention-demanding heroes required a lot of micromanagement, and punished any forgetfulness on my part with a rapid spiral towards defeat....
HomeFeaturesCreature In The Well Have You Played… Creature In The Well?Bumper addition Bumper addition Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.The Addams Family and The Twilight Zone are just TV shows to me, not pinball tables. I’ve never had an affinity for IRL bumpers and flippers. I do, however, quite like pinball-infused video games.The absolute joy that isYoku’s Island Expressopened my eyes to what a video game could do with pinball elements, a few years back....
HomeNewsHidden Folks Hidden Folks goes On Tour with musical stages and a pricing rethinkMusical monochrome mouth sounds Musical monochrome mouth sounds Hidden Folksnever needed instruments to be musical. This week, the hidden object sketchbook goes On Tour, bringing its quirky vocals to muddy festivals, basement discos and the studio floor. It’s free, too, along with all ofHidden Folks' previously-released DLC - at the cost of making the charming monochrome pixel-hunt a little pricier for newcomers....
HomeNewsKingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning is getting a remaster this yearIt’s called Re-Reckoning, because of course it is It’s called Re-Reckoning, because of course it is It seems a listing on the Microsoft Store went up a little earlier than intended yesterday, as it’s revealed that a remaster ofKingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoningis on the way. The hack and slash RPG originally came out in 2012, and despite having a pretty adoring fanbase,it didn’t quite reach the level of success players thought it would....
HomeNews Of course somebody recreated PT as a VR mod for Half-Life: AlyxIt’s just a hallway, how scary can it be? It’s just a hallway, how scary can it be? Half-Life’s always had horror in its veins. From body-horror aliens lurching down steel corridors to Ravenholme’s infested nest of parasites, sawblades and the living dead, the series has been pushing spooking with its shooting since day one. Sporting more intimate, high-fidelity spooks,Half-Life: Alyxis no exception - and witha modding kit out in the open, it was only a matter of time ‘til someone recreated Kojima Productions’ elusivePTin Valve’s new toolbox....
HomeReviewsQuantum League Quantum League review (early access)Chrono Trigger Finger Chrono Trigger Finger “If my third run headshots my opponent’s first run before my second run gets caught in the crossfire between both our first runs and killed, will my second run make it to the victory point in time? but then what about their third run? Should I just spray wildly in the direction of the victory point and hope for a tie?...
HomeNewsRust Rust’s new companion app lets you activate traps from your phoneI expect you to die, remotely I expect you to die, remotely I am glad thatRustis embracing its role as a game for wannabee Bond villains. The social survival game already let you build giant metallic fortresses from which to harangue new and naked players, but now you can take the next logical step and remotely activate traps from your telephone....
