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HomeFeaturesMass Effect Andromeda Have you played… Mass Effect: Andromeda (multiplayer)?Headbutting its way into my heart Headbutting its way into my heart Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.I playedMass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode for hundreds of hours. With my beloved Krogan, Klom, and my vastly overpowered Crusader shotgun, I would charge around the maps I’d come to know like the back of Klom’s helmet, blasting and headbutting my way through Reapers and Geth and Collectors and whatever else the game threw at me....

HomeNews Rogue Legacy’s lineage will continue with a sequelKeep it in the family Keep it in the family Forget dodging spikes or slaying foes -Rogue Legacywas a game about family. Specifically, training up your kids to be better dungeon-divers than you so they’d be ready to take up your mantle after an unfortunate spelunking accident. Fitting, then, thatRogue Legacywould establish its own legacy. Seven years after Rogue Legacy first picked up a sword,Rogue Legacy 2is preparing to take up that rusted mantle and live up to its family name with yet another trip down the dungeons....

HomeNewsStarborne Space MMORTS Starborne is now in open betaNot much to do for the next ten weeks? Try this Not much to do for the next ten weeks? Try this Not much to do for the next ten weeks? You might fancy a go onStarborne, a multiplayer real-time strategy game with thousands of players in each weeks-long match. After five years of alpha testing, today it launched into open beta and wants you to come have a poke....

HomeNewsDarkest Dungeon The Butcher’s Circus pits Darkest Dungeon’s grim bands against each other in PVPKnight Club Knight Club The circus has come toDarkest Dungeon! Grab ye olde candy floss, ride ye olde wooden rollercoaster. Let’s not bother with the clowns, there’s bloodsport to be had. Upcoming DLC The Butcher’s Circus is bringing grand old player-versus-player battles toDarkest Dungeon. After all, in a game about testing your luck against horrors in the dark, what could be more terrifying than taking on your fellow human being?...

HomeNews Bethesda aren’t planning a digital announce-o-rama for JuneNo foolin' No foolin' June is typically a big month for gaming announcements but as with many other things, the Covid-19coronavirusis putting a hold on that. Whether at E3 proper or in the week leading up to it, big publishers like Bethesda use the month to show off plans for the year. E3 is cancelled, as aremany other gaming events, and according to Bethesda it won’t be replacing their usual E3-concurrent presentation with a digital version....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Call Of Duty: Warzone has banned 50,000 accounts for cheatingThat’s a big number That’s a big number Big numbers are light yet refreshing, rarely leaving one full of knowledge but welcome as an effervescent sensation flowing over the lobes. Here’s a new one for you to enjoy for a few seconds: 50,000, which is the number of permanent bans issued inCall Of Duty: Warzonefor cheating so far....

HomeNewsHalf-Life: Alyx Half-Life: Alyx’s level editor “is the team’s focus now"It’s almost Hammer Time It’s almost Hammer Time Sandboxes are made for playing in and it’s no wonder players are eager to get their hands dirty.Half-Life: Alyxhas some of themost satisfying physics, and the level-editing tools Valve had planned to release with the VR game are sure to inspire some creativity. The Hammer editor didn’t launch with Alyx as intended, but a Valve member has shared that it’s the team’s next priority....

HomeFeaturesLoveChoice Have You Played… LoveChoice?You’ve already been here before You’ve already been here before Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.LoveChoiceremains one of the shortest, simplest games I’ve ever played, never mind written about. And to write about it in any detail risks spoiling why it’s so special.It can be yours for less than two quid. You should give it a go....

HomeDeals Humble’s Conquer Covid-19 bundle has over $1000 worth of games and ebooks for just $3045 games and more for £25 / $30 45 games and more for £25 / $30 Humble have announced a special one-week bundle to help support organisations tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Dubbed theConquer Covid-19 bundle, you’ll get over $1000 worth of games, ebooks and comics for just £25.50 / $30, and all of the proceeds will go to charity....

HomeNews Minecraft Dungeons is coming out a little later than planned due to the pandemic"We wanted to guarantee the health and safety of our teams" “We wanted to guarantee the health and safety of our teams” Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Dungeons is a standalone game set in the Minecraft universe, where you and up to four friends go monster and treasure hunting through procedurally generated blocky worlds. It’s very unlike your typical game of Minecraft, mainly because you can’t actually build anything....

HomeNews QuakeCon 2020 is cancelledGibbed Gibbed The Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center will not ring with the detonation of rockets or chugging of Bawls this August, for QuakeCon 2020 has been cancelled. Id Software’s 25th annual fragfest is called off due to the usual concerns and uncertainties of the Covid-19 pandemic. What began as a big ol' LAN party has grown into a big marketing event too, particularly after Bethesda bought the Quakelords at Id Software, though I suppose any announcements that Bethesda would’ve made at QuakeCon could be done online instead....

HomeFeaturesResident Evil 3: Nemesis Resident Evil 3’s fictional brands are more frightening than the monstersZombies: they came to town Zombies: they came to town Let’s start with Jill Valentine’s fridge, which you can have a good rifle through at the start of the game. We can see Jill is well into beer, and newsagent-brand fizzy drinks, with a bit of wine and a jar of jam for good measure. She also keeps unopened canned goods in the fridge, presumably for if she wants a nice glug of chilled beans in the dead of night....

HomeFeatures The 20 best VR games for PCVR is here to stay VR is here to stay We’ve concentrated on VR games that run on multiple platforms when compiling this list, though you will find a handful of Oculus exclusives among our top picks. We’ve also concentrating on looking at official releases rather than user-made hacks, as well as experiences that have been designed at least in part with VR in mind....