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HomeNewsMinecraft Mojang have postponed Minecraft Festival over outbreak fearsBlock party Block party Minecraft’s return to convention floors will have to wait another year. Concerns over the new coronavirus have convinced Mojang to call it quits on this year’s Minecraft Festival - a planned three-day Florida block party for all things Minecraft this September. Rather than risk the outbreak ending later rather than sooner, organisers are sticking to the online-only format that’s served them well the last two years as they prepare to try this live show lark again next year....

HomeNewsHalo: Combat Evolved Do go chasing waterfalls There’s a short list of things that I really must know about every game—or so I thought. Popular Twitter account “CanYouPetTheDog” cleverly identified one. Apparently we allreallywanted to know if we could pet digital dogs in games that have friendly fluffs. In one of those moves that makes you go “why didn’t I think of that?” the creator has now spun off a second account that lets you know if there’s a secret to be found behind a waterfall....

HomeNews Bleeding Edge has a cyborg dolphin in a crab mech and I love him with all my heartSo long and thanks for all the fish So long and thanks for all the fish Another day, another scarily-intelligent animal in a four-legged mech with an uncomfortably deep AI voice translating its thoughts. That’s right, I’m obviously talking aboutWrecking BallMekko, the final character revealed for Ninja Theory’s upcoming team-based brawler,Bleeding Edge....

HomeFeaturesFrozen Cortex Have You Played… Frozen Cortex?Cold Brains Cold Brains Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.We don’t get enough simultaneous turn-based games.Frozen Cortextakes teams of somehow sleek-yet-chunky robots and makes them compete in a wisely stripped down derivative of Americaball. It’s not as cruel as it may sound, and its amusing, gently satirical near future setting wisely keeps out of the way of the tactical sport fun....

HomeGuidesMount & Blade II: Bannerlord Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord release date, gameplay, factions exploredEverything we know about Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord Everything we know about Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord After nearly a decade of development, it looks likeMount & Blade 2: Bannerlordmight be finally upon us. This prequel to the much-beloved, much-modded open-world RPGMount & Bladelooks to expand greatly upon almost every aspect of the original. Below we’ve outlined everything you need to know about the game, fromBannerlord release datedetails togameplay previews,combat details,multiplayerandmodding tools, and much more....

HomeNews Offworld Trading Company and Gonner free on Epic now, A Short Hike next weekLose your head but not your profits Lose your head but not your profits Folks still like freebies ‘round these parts, right? Hope so, because there’s a pretty kickin’ lineup of games to snatch on the Epic Games Store over the next week.Offworld Trading CompanyandGonnerare both free right now. That’s one capitalism strategy simulator and one procedurally generated platformer for your library....

HomeNewsTactical Breach Wizards Tactical Breach Wizards is planning a beta for strategic spellcastersProfessional muggle muggers Professional muggle muggers Macho cops in tactical gear are out and what’s in instead? Wizards in riot gear and traffic-cop neon. Yup. Flashlights and lighning bolts are better for taking out crime syndicates than flashbangs.Tactical Breach Wizardsis a small-scale strategy game about breaking into rooms full of armed and mohawked baddies and incapacitating them with strategic spell work....

HomeFeatures The 20 best space games on PCBe pilots, pirates and space truckers Be pilots, pirates and space truckers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Video games are great at transporting us to different worlds, but none capture that feeling quite so perfectly as intergalactic space games - and 2023 looks set to be one of the biggest years for space games yet, with the launch ofStarfield,Homeworld 3and more all on the horizon....

HomeNews The EGX Rezzed Sessions lineup is confirmed, tackling topics from level design to Jason StathamFeaturing: us! Featuring: us! 12:30 Thursday - How not to pitch: tips from a commissioning editor 13:30 Thursday - Game Pass and chill: Indie marketing trends From new social media platforms like TikTok creating new opportunities, subscriptions models like Game Pass changing how games are sold and a new console generation on the doorstep - the way indie games are promoted and sold is changing drastically in 2020....

HomeFeatures The most satisfying architecture in PC gamesOne Off The List One Off The List If it’s not baroque, don’t fix it. Little architecture joke for you there, just to kick off a dry topic with a giggle. You see, appreciating architecture is for people in beige cardigans. Folks who subscribe to magazines printed on paper so thick you can still calculate the tree’s age. You know the type I mean....

HomeNewsGod of War (2018) Google snag a God Of War studio head for their new Stadia officeDon’t chop off the head, please. Don’t chop off the head, please. Googles new studio, located in the Playa Vista neighbourhood of LA, is a mere stone’s throw from Studstill’s old desk at Sony Santa Monica. That team was largely known for developingGod Of War, that PlayStation-exclusive series about a bald Greek bloke wot chopped up gods and monsters ‘til he had a midlife crisis, moved to Scandinavia, and become a dad in 2018....

HomeFeaturesFallen London How Failbetter’s artists drew the unknowable for Fallen London’s new mapNot built in a day Not built in a day As part ofFailbetter’s 10th anniversary, the studio has made an overhaul toFallen London. Its first game, and the one on which subsequent, exceedingly polite steampunk-ish exploration gamesSunless SeaandSunless Skieswere based,Fallen Londonis a browser-based story game that takes place almost entirely in text form. But a little less so today, since after some downtime yesterday, it has reappeared with a brand-spanking-new map....

HomeNews Ori And The Will Of The Wisps headlines Xbox Game Pass' latest offeringsPikuniku and Train Sim World 2020 also on the way Pikuniku and Train Sim World 2020 also on the way Xbox Game Pass for PC continues to please, as they’ve just announced this month’s lineup.Ori And The Will Of The Wispswill be available on Game Pass as soon as it launches on March 11th. Then we have the likes ofPikuniku,Train Sim World 2020,The Lord Of The Rings: Adventure Card GameandMother Russia Bleeds....