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HomeNewsEVE Online Sometimes a bad decision in Eve Online costs 150 billiono7 o7 This Tuesday, a pilot named “Lactose Intolerant” made the timeless mistake of transporting valuable cargo through a ‘safe’ area of space without taking proper precautions, like not doing that. The result was a ganking that cost him the ship and its cargo, worth an estimated 150 billion Interstellar Kredits. Or, to put it in normal people terms, about £1460....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends data miners have found some big scary doggos in the game’s filesOn the Prowler On the Prowler The last patchApex Legendsreceived was a big ‘un, introducing lots of new Apex content hidden away amongst our game files. Not all of it is in use yet, of course, it’s just tantalisingly hanging out back there, waiting for a new update to activate it… Or, waiting for a sneaky data miner to take a peek....

HomeNews E3 2020 is officially cancelledIt’ll return in 2021 It’ll return in 2021 Asrumours predicted, E3 has officially been cancelled. Like all the other events cancelled recently, it’s down to health concerns over the Covid-19 coronavirus. The highest-profile marketing event of the games industry calendar is binned.“After careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health and safety of everyone in our industry – our fans, our employees, our exhibitors, and our longtime E3 partners – we have made the difficult decision to cancel E3 2020,” the Entertainment Software Association said today....

HomeNewsHades Hades Nighty Night update includes punchy gloves and a tiny ratLike a rat out of hell Like a rat out of hell Grecian roguelikeHadeshas taken one more step towards leaving early access hell. The Nighty Night update came out last night, unleashing some new spikey gloves, a trip to a library, and a tiny, evil, rat. There’s loads more besides, but that new weapon, the Twin Fists of Malphon, is the highlight....

HomeHardwareNewsDOOM Eternal It’s no wonder that Doom Eternal won’t run at “true 4K” on Google Stadia any moreBut have you seen the new Ultra Nightmare 4K spec? But have you seen the new Ultra Nightmare 4K spec? WhenGoogle Stadiawas first announced at GDC last year, id boss Marty Stratton promised thatDoom Eternalwould run at “true 4K” when it launched on the search giant’s cloud streaming service. However, according toid’s updated specsfor the game, this is no longer going to be the case....

HomeNewsOri and the Will of the Wisps Ori And The Will Of The Wisps is out nowOoh it’s so pretty Ooh it’s so pretty To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Cian Maher relayed a lovely time with the game in ourOri And The Will Of The Wisps review, a few technical problems aside. He said, “Ori And The Will Of The Wisps is one of the most charming, engaging, visually striking and emotionally touching games I’ve played in a long time....

HomeNews The Epic Games Store now has a rudimentary wishlistMissing useful features Missing useful features And… that’s about it for now. You can sort the list and search it, though the store hardly has a bulging catalogue so it’s not super useful. “In future iterations, we plan to add email notifications when your wishlisted titles are discounted, or change status (such as a launch, or becoming available for pre-purchase),” Epic said inyesterday’s announcement....

HomeFeaturesThe Sims 4 The new Sims “Play With Life” branding has big boomer energyI cannot even I cannot even I get that if the last instalment in your long running game series came out a whole six(!) years ago, you need to remind new potential consumers that it exists. Especially if it runs on a games-as-a-service sort of a model. Enter, then, a new ad campaign? Branding? Thought experiment? for the Sims (and, more specifically,The Sims 4) called Play With Life....

HomeReviews Wot I Think: Black MesaSpit and shine, Mr. Freeman Spit and shine, Mr. Freeman Release:Out nowOn:WindowsFrom:SteamPrice:£15/€18/$20 What is the half-life ofHalf-Life? I would have long ago described Valve’s first-person shooter as my favourite game, but revisiting it last month in preparation forHalf-Life: Alyxmade clear how many parts of its design have aged. EnterBlack Mesa, a fan-made remake of the original Half-Life, insideHalf-Life 2’s Source engine. Over 8 years since wefirst reviewed its earliest release, the project is now complete....

HomeNews Call Of Duty: Warzone, a free new battle royale, is out nowWhere we dropping? Where we dropping? After dabbling with a battle royale mode in last year’s Call Of Duty, Activision have finally caught up with 2017’s hottest trend and today launched a free-to-play new battle royale.Call Of Duty: Warzoneis its name, and shooting lots of people until one team stand triumphant is its game. I’d thought myself done with trying new battle royale games but the idea of one with the slickness of CoD is tempting me....

HomeNews Command & Conquer Remastered Collection is coming June 5thI’m a mechanical man I’m a mechanical man TheCommand & Conquer Remastered Collectionwill deliver its overhauled versions of the original Command & Conquer and Red Alert (plus expansions) on June 5th, Electronic Arts announced today. Westwood’s cheery ‘n’ cheesy real-time strategy games from the 90s come with fancying-up including redrawn high-resolution artwork, support for mahoosive monitors, a revamped interface, remastered sound, and a new multiplayer backend....

HomeNews Get some insight into Microsoft’s game development when they stream their GDC talks next weekAfter the conference’s postponement over coronavirus concerns After the conference’s postponement over coronavirus concerns GDC may be cancelled for now, but that isn’t stopping Microsoft from releasing all the talks they had planned for the event. On March 17th and 18th they’ll be streaming all the sessions they had ready for the Game Developers Conference over on Mixer, meaning those who wouldn’t have made it their in the first place will be able to listen in, too....

HomeNewsHorizon Zero Dawn It’s official, Horizon: Zero Dawn is coming to PC this summerAloy-t to be excited about Aloy-t to be excited about It’s been two months since rumours started flying aboutHorizon: Zero Dawncoming to PC, and now, out of absolutely nowhere, it’s been confirmed. Horizon is a (soon-to-be former) PlayStation exclusive where you get to hunt giant robot dinosaurs, and it’s making its way to PC this very summer....