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HomeNewsTeamfight Tactics TFT Galaxies will shake up the auto-battler’s big spendersMoney money, honey. Money money, honey. Teamfight Tacticsis preparing to blast off into its next set, Galaxies, later this month. But while Riot arebringing some extraterrestrial changesto theLeague Of Legendsauto-battler, there are some more fundamental changes to make before heading into orbit - reworking Teamfight’s in-game economy and making significant changes to its cosmetic pass. Riot reckon that, lately, there’s just been too much gosh dang money floating around in TFT matches....

HomeFeaturesSuper Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition The comics about people who play videogamesLet’s play together! Let’s play together! TV shows usually suck at portraying videogames. I think we can all agree on this. When they’re not busy pressing random buttons on controllers linked to the wrong consoles, typical TV players spend their time being awkward around girls, rambling about the nature of reality, or murdering people because videogames make you evil....

HomeNewsThe Longing The Longing released today, inviting you to wait 400 days to escape a caveLong for The Longing no longer Long for The Longing no longer There’s lots of things you can do in the game other than wait, of course, you can explore, make your Shade a little home, paint, or even try to escape if you’re feeling brave. Alice Bee is doing aDiary Of The Longingand, in her most recent entry, she made her poor Shade (who she named Burnsy) trip out on mushrooms....

HomeNewsValorant Valorant’s first hero spotlight shows off flame-spitting PhoenixSo hot, he’s cool So hot, he’s cool Riot’s new tactical FPS,Valorant, has already shown that it can deliver some tense gunshoots. But what about the faces behind the iron sights? A hero shooter’s gotta have heroes that inspire, both in their loadouts and their charming, fanfic-ready personalities. Today, Riot gave us a brief look at Phoenix - a hot-headed English lad whose firey arsenal is more about control than simple, thoughtless arson....

HomeNews Why wait for Death Stranding on PC when we have… Walking Simulator?It’s almost exactly definitely like Death Stranding, but free! It’s almost exactly definitely like Death Stranding, but free! We’ll seeDeath Strandingon PC in June, Kojima Productionsannouncedthis week, but that doesn’t matter any more. Today saw the launch ofWalking Simulator, a free game about roaming the post-apocalyptic wastes of the near-future, delivering packages and chugging energy drinks. If you squint, imagine Norman Reedus’s locks brushing against your ear, and huff the gas from an old fridge, it’ll be almost exactly like you’re playingDeath Stranding....

HomeReviews Wot I Think - ARK: GenesisYabba dabba don’t Yabba dabba don’t Release:Out nowOn:WindowsFrom:SteamPrice:£28/€30/$35 It’s a little-known fact that the “ARK” in “ARK: Survival Evolved” is in fact short for “arsebark”. And that’s fitting, because that’s exactly what its latest DLC,Genesis, is like: a fart. Andwhata fart. Not an abrupt, spluttering guff, nor an undulating trouser howl that reduces its culprit to ever more contorted grimaces of shame as it continues....

HomeNewsDeath Stranding Death Stranding will let you take moody action shots with photo mode on PCDoes he hack a selfie-stick in that bag? Does he hack a selfie-stick in that bag? Make America Mailman Again simulatorDeath Strandingis coming to PC this summer and the details keep rolling in on what special goodies are coming with the second launch. Earlier this week it was theheadcrab hat for Sam. Now, it’s a photo mode....

HomeFeatures Hijong Park’s 1980s-inspired arcade games deserve your attentionEverything old is new again Everything old is new again The games industry (and the games press) have always had a weird relationship with old games. From the open hostility of publishers in the 2000s to the overdone retro stylings of the 2010s, we remain in an uneasy entente with our ancient past. Many will insist that very old games were better. Others have played them since, and found them wanting....

HomeNews Oh look, a Twitter bot leaked a new Star Wars gameWhat a Maverick What a Maverick Ain’t technology a beaut'? You press one wrong button and suddenly things just leak all over the floor—names and pictures and prices and dates mostly. This leak, courtesy of a Twitter bot that tracks updates and releases added to the PlayStation Network, has two of the four. It’s a (possible) name and an image for a new Star Wars game that we’re probably not meant to know about yet....

HomeHardwareFeatures The Razer Viper Mini loses a lot of what made the original greatHoney, I shrunk the mouse Honey, I shrunk the mouse It is, of course, still a couple of grams heavier than the Glorious Model O-, but its super skinny chassis really is for the teeniest of tiny hands. Dare I say…too tiny? Here’s wot I think. Indeed, I didn’t think it was possible for a mouse to be too small for my spindly fingers, but when I first got the Viper Mini out of the box it felt like it was a mouse made for a child....

HomeFeaturesOri and the Will of the Wisps The secrets of Ori And The Will Of The Wisps’ incredible musicCompose yourself Compose yourself It’s quite rare for a composer to be offered as the spokesperson for an upcoming game, but it’s also quite rare for a game to sound as good asOri And The Will Of The Wisps. So good, in fact, that it was Gareth Coker’s tinkling ivories that were first usedto announce the game at E3 2017, where he sat at his piano and played a live accompaniment to that incredible footage....

HomeReviewsSavage Vessels Wot I Think: Savage VesselsVoid if removed Void if removed Release:Out nowOn:WindowsFrom:SteamFor:£10.29 / €10.80 / $13 I did level four on my first go. That’s my crown and none of you can take it. Level three was a bastard’s hump and I struggled to get through it for hours, before I realised that I already had the supplies I needed to repair my ship. Those same supplies are also a requirement for the best weapons....

HomeNewsBloodstained: Ritual of the Night Bloodstained will not get a roguelike mode, despite hitting that $5m stretch goalRandomiser coming instead Randomiser coming instead The “roguelike” mode touted as a stretch goal on the 2015 Kickstarter campaign behindBloodstained: Ritual Of The Nightwill not be made, the developers have announced, to be replaced with a smaller feature. Roguelike Dungeon was the stretch goal for $5m (£3.9m), and the campaign hit that. The mode would rebuild the Castlevania ‘em up as a a roguelikelike, sending players to plunder procedurally-generated dungeons....