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HomeNewsLego Horizon Adventures Lego Horizon Adventures follows Forbidden West with a co-op spin-off, and we won’t have to wait for it on PCTwo-player action game arriving towards the end of the year Two-player action game arriving towards the end of the year Image credit:Sony Image credit:Sony Surprise! The next Horizon game afterZero DawnandForbidden Westis also the next Lego game. Revealed during today’s Summer games Fest showcase,Lego Horizon Adventureslets series heroine Aloy romp around with a pal in two-playerco-op, and it’s coming to PC on the same day as it hits PlayStation....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, June 7)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #362 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #362 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeFeaturesPetal Runner Petal Runner is a slice-of-life Gameboy Advance style RPG about being a digital pet courierThe ‘pet’ in ‘petal runner’ is a play on ‘pet’ as in ‘pets’ as in ‘cats and such’ The ‘pet’ in ‘petal runner’ is a play on ‘pet’ as in ‘pets’ as in ‘cats and such’ Image credit:Nano Park Studios Image credit:Nano Park Studios Are Tamagotchis a thing now again? I’m getting a sense they might be, but I’ll always associate them with the nineties....

HomeNewsBella Wants Blood Playing Bella Wants Blood is satisfying in the same way pulling clogged hair from a shower drain isI wish I hadn’t touched it but I want to do it again I wish I hadn’t touched it but I want to do it again Image credit:Sonderland Image credit:Sonderland This week, we’re highlighting the best demos you can play duringSteam Next Fest, which starts June 10th. We’re calling thisWishlisted, in partnership with Eurogamer and VG247....

HomeNews Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 is coming in 2025, with more details in AugustAs per leaks earlier today As per leaks earlier today Image credit:Firaxis Games Image credit:Firaxis Games The way not-E3 games showcases work is that you open with something attention-getting an unexpected, end with the biggest game of the show, and pack the middling and mundane in the middle.Sid Meier’s Civilization VIIis surely one of the biggest announcements of this year’s (in-progress, as I type this) Summer Game Fest 2024, and yet it was buried in that middle section, as unassuming as Sid himself....

HomeNewsTears Of Metal Tears Of Metal is a normal night out in Scotland with slightly more co-op roguelike stabbingIron Brew Iron Brew Image credit:Paper Cult Image credit:Paper Cult Oh, this one looks nice, doesn’t it?Tears Of Metalis a rousing medieval stabathon that sees you retaking your Scottish island from a bunch of bad lads who’ve decided to come have a go, which was a bit silly of them, honestly. It’s a hack n’ slashco-oproguelike with some nifty looking strategy elements and a striking art style, but you can tell most of that from the trailer below:Tears of Metal - Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTubeThe press release speaketh:Tears Of Metal is a medieval hack’n’slash roguelike in which you’ll fight your way through battles of hundreds of characters alongside trusty companions that will grow in experience....

HomeNewsThe First Descendant The First Descendant brings Warframe style looter shooting this JulyI’m not that GaaSed about it I’m not that GaaSed about it Image credit:Nexon Image credit:Nexon The First Descendant│Official Launch Date Reveal│Summer Game Fest 2024Watch on YouTube The First Descendant│Official Launch Date Reveal│Summer Game Fest 2024 This one’s a four playerco-opjoint, where you’ll team up to shoot dudes, collect loot, shoot more dudes, collect more loot, tweak your loadout, pay a weekly shopping bill’s worth of cash for a fancy shirt probably, collect more loot, then fight a very large boss....

HomeNewsSkate The new Skate resurfaces with a surprise Tim Robinson appearance, snippets of gameplay and plans for a playtest expansionConsole players will be able to join the closed Insider programme later this year Console players will be able to join the closed Insider programme later this year Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Things that weren’t on my Summer Game Fest bingo card: a surprise appearance from I Think You Should Leave’s Tim Robinson....

HomeNewsWanderstop The Stanley Parable co-creator announces a tea-brewing sim that’s secretly not-so-cosyIvy Road’s Wanderstop gets pretty bleak for a shop-keeping sim, but who’s surprised? Ivy Road’s Wanderstop gets pretty bleak for a shop-keeping sim, but who’s surprised? Image credit:Annapurna Interactive Image credit:Annapurna Interactive When the Summer Game Fest trailer for “narrative-centric cosy game"Wanderstopsaid it was from the creator behindThe Stanley Parable, I thought I had surely entered a different dimension where The Stanley Parable was actually a wholesome shop-keeping sim rather than a zig-zagging office-based nightmare....

HomeNewsFishards This game will be deleted from Steam unless players can beat the developers at itHeroic last flop Heroic last flop Image credit:Rivernotch Game Studio Image credit:Rivernotch Game Studio Back in 2020, fresh out of high school and feeling unstoppable, Charles Maddock and a few friends “decided to code a game about Fish Wizards.” The result wasFishards,Magicka-inspired PVP arenaactionthat has you out-squirt, out-splash, and out-spellcast your mates. It’s a charmer, but after two years of dev, release saw it suffer the same sad fate as many multiplayer-only indies....

HomeGuidesWuthering Waves Wuthering Waves Jiyan best buildThe best weapon, Echoes, and team for Jiyan The best weapon, Echoes, and team for Jiyan Image credit:Kuro Games Image credit:Kuro Games Looking for the best build for Jiyan in Wuthering Waves?Jiyan takes the stage inWuthering Wavesas thefirst pullable Bannercharacter. He’s a strong DPS Resonator who can take on both single targets and crowds, and pulling him will instantly give you a pivotal frontliner who’ll summon radical dragons whenever he delivers an attack....

HomeHardwareFeatures All the Computex 2024 PC hardware announcements that are actually interestingThe Asus ROG Ally X! Nvidia Project G-Assist! Intel Battlemage, briefly! The Asus ROG Ally X! Nvidia Project G-Assist! Intel Battlemage, briefly! Image credit:Computex Image credit:Computex Taipei’s annual Computex event is always a big, circled, triple-underlined mark in the PC gaming hardware calendar. WhereasCESsplits its focus across tech, cars, and the occasional overdesigned white good, Computex is all computing, all the time, making it a prime source of reveals and showcases for the hardware bits that make games happen....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Best Sorceries in Elden RingHere are the best Sorceries in Elden Ring Here are the best Sorceries in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/From Software Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/From Software Looking for the best Elden Ring Sorceries?Sorceries are a type of magic inElden Ringthat scale with theIntelligencestat. UnlikeIncantations, which useFaithand Sacred Seals to cast, Sorceries are cast withStaffs. For a full range of the best Sorceries in Elden Ring that can be obtained in both early and latergame regions, see below....