HomeFeatures The 9 best road trips in PC gamesOne Off The List One Off The List Kick the tires, whistle at the paint job, spin the keys on your finger like a revolver and then shoot the car with the little laser of unlocking. It’s time to get back on the road. What’s that? Entire country in a state of unprecedented lockdown? I see. Well, lucky for you, we concern ourselves here only with pretend cars, the indoor joy of fictional journeys on virtual roads....
HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Xbox say they “set some wrong expectations” for yesterday’s gameplay revealsWhat is “gameplay” anyway? What is “gameplay” anyway? Yesterday’s reel of trailers and developer interviews was just the first in a series of monthly video events that Xbox have planned for the rest of the year which they’re calling “Xbox 20/20.” Xbox originallyannouncedthe event saying that the May edition would focus on “a first look at next-gen gameplay, trailers and sneak peeks....
HomeNews A pitch video for a new Prince Of Persia leaked years ago, and people only just noticedOh! Okay! Oh! Okay! It’s a a pre-rendered video used to help big the game to the big brass, giving an idea of what they’d want the game to be like but not actually a game. While we don’t know exactly when Ubisoft gave up on this idea, I should note that games are pitched, mocked up, passed over, and cancelled all the time at big companies long before we’d ever hear about them....
HomeNews All the PC news from Microsoft’s Xbox Series X showcase Did you misstoday’s Xbox Series X stream? While the first of Microsoft’s many planned streams for their new machine was naturally concerned with their new tellybox, there were still enough multi-platform announcements and trailers going around for us PC folks to get excited over. Here’s our rundown of what happened during today’s showcase.While there’ll be a deeper look at Xbox Games Studios' offerings in the coming weeks (hint hint,Halo Infinite), today’s stream showed off the third-party games headed to the new Xbox, well, box....
HomeHardwareFeatures AMD Ryzen 3 3300X review: the $120 Core i5 killerAn incredible gaming CPU for the money An incredible gaming CPU for the money AMD really outdid themselves when they launched their Ryzen 3000 CPUs last year, and theRyzen 5 3600was a particular highlight. It was excellent value in the face of Intel’s more expensive (and cooler-less)Core i5-9600K, and it’s been my processor of choice in both mybest gaming CPUrankings and myRPS Rigbuild ever since it came out....
HomeNewsCall of the Sea Call Of The Sea is a period mystery on a distant island, with fishmenI’d like to be, under the sea I’d like to be, under the sea To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Oh hey that voice is Cissy Jones, who was Delilah inFirewatch. That game does seem a likely influence in the sphere of walk-o-stories. The blurb introduces this one: “Set in the 1930s in the isolated reaches of the South Pacific, Call of the Sea sees you play as Norah, a woman who has crossed the ocean in a desperate search for her husband that has gone missing....
HomeNewsCombat Mission: Fortress Italy Colonel Croesus: Turn 6 My favourite Donald Sutherland performance has to be either ‘Kate Bush’s dad in the Cloudbusting video’ or ‘Éamonn Connor in Colonel Croesus, the 1970s war flick that inspired this communal Combat Mission scenario’. I know some critics felt he played the Irish nationalist turned Waffen-SS tank commander turned renegade treasure huntertoocamp, but for me he was the highlight of the movie. I still can’t look at an antimacassar without thinking of Connor/Sutherland....
HomeNews Fly Elite Dangerous fleet carriers in beta from MondayCarry me home Carry me home The gigantic space exploration MMOElite Dangerousis holding a beta to test its new fleet carriers from Monday 11th May up until the 26th.Carriers are, as you’d expect, massive capital ships (the largest available to players) capable of accommodating up to 16 smaller ships, and selectively allowing other people to dock and do business. Or, more funly, shutting them out just to be petty....
HomeHardwareFeaturesHalf-Life: Alyx I played Half-Life: Alyx on a Google Cardboard (sort of)Should have been called the Google Clipboard if I’m honest Should have been called the Google Clipboard if I’m honest I’ve been flitting between lots of different VR headsets over the last month or so, in my quest to find the best VR headset of all. But who needs to spend upwards of 400 quid when the £12 / $15 Google Cardboard can also be used to play big SteamVR games likeHalf-Life: Alyx?...
HomeNewsDisintegration Jetbike shooter Disintegration swoops in for a June launchFlying out for summer Flying out for summer Wear a crash helmet? Buddy, my entire head is a crash helmet.Disintegration, the flying motorcycle shooter debut from developers V1 Interactive, delivered a new trailer today - showing off more of its “evil robots fight sassy robots” story antics and pinning down a release date for next month. Disintegrationprepares for take-off with a new trailer diving deeper into the game’s story....
HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Microsoft showing off Valhalla and other games on stream right nowWatch live! Watch live! As they wind up to launch the new Xbox Series X later this year, Microsoft are starting to show off games coming to it. They’re saving their own games to show offin Julybut for now you can see a fair few shiny and new games (which, y’know, are also coming to PC).To see this content please enable targeting cookies....
HomeGuidesMount & Blade II: Bannerlord Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord troops: Tips for managing your armiesHow to recruit troops, increase party size, and command troops in battle How to recruit troops, increase party size, and command troops in battle How do you manage your troops in Bannerlord?Mount & Blade II: Bannerlordhas you commanding large armies in epic battles! But first, you’re going to have to win them over. Keeping their loyalty, feeding them, and upgrading them to stronger troop types will be the key to conquering the land....
HomeNews The Mass Effect trilogy might be getting the remaster it deservesIt definitely needs some calibrations It definitely needs some calibrations Say those three words and I’m yours forever:Mass Effectremaster. The rumour mill has lit up today following a titbit of news from EA stating that a HD remake or remaster of one of their games is planned to release sometime this year.VentureBeatclaim it’s going to be a remaster of theMass Effecttrilogy....
