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HomeNewsOverwatch Overwatch League cancels South Korean matches in midst of coronavirus concerns"Please stay safe during this difficult time." “Please stay safe during this difficult time.” Blizzard have cancelled a series ofOverwatch Leaguematches that were set to take place in South Korea over the next few weeks, “in order to protect the health and safety of players, fans and staff”. This comes just a few weeks afterthey announced they were cancelling the games scheduled for China amid coronavirus fears....

HomeNewsRimWorld RimWorld just launched its first expansion, RoyaltyWith psychic warriors! With psychic warriors! Out of nowhere, sci-fi colony management simRimWorldlaunched its first expansion today. Royalty is its name, and adding a spacemonarchy with courtly flair but futuristic gear is its game. Befriending the monarchy sounds exhausting, with their posh demands and their harpsichords, but they can deign to give you access to high-tech troops and gear including technopsychic warriors and plasma swords....

HomeGuidesLegends of Runeterra Runeterra vault: how to get XP quicklyRegion rewards explained Region rewards explained Your card selection inLegends of Runeterramight be somewhat limited to start off with. In order to get more cards, you’ll either need to buy stuff from the store, or gain as much XP as possible. There are both weekly vaults and reward tracks that contain a bunch of free cards that you can use to build decks....

HomeFeaturesSpring Falls Spring Falls makes me feel things that can only be conveyed through Jake Gyllenhaal gifsThis game is much smarter than it ever left me feeling This game is much smarter than it ever left me feeling Spring Fallsis a puzzle game that I’d absolutely love to have made. Everything it does has a purity and elegance that makes me think of Matthew Brown’s wonderfulHexcellsgames, from the soothing ambient guitar chords in the background to the pleasing geometry of the levels....

HomeFeaturesFar Cry The original Far Cry is a bit of a hard sell, now it no longer has its looksPrimal Primal Oh my friends, we have become weak. Feeble little twigs, snapping at the mildest first-person breeze. Let me tell you about a time when we were made of sturdier stuff, way back in the distant fogs of 2004. This may sound a bit silly, but I feel likeFar Cryhas gone a bit forgotten....

HomeGuidesWolcen: Lords of Mayhem Wolcen guide: tips and tricks for beginnersAwaken to your power Awaken to your power It’s been several years in the making, butWolcen: Lords of Mayhemis finally out. This action RPG boasts a lot of options to customise your character to be whatever you want it to be. Maybe you want to build a muscle-bound chap that can throw fireballs, or perhaps a poison inflicting mage that wields a pistol....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare Activision unleash their full arsenal to silence Call Of Duty battle royale leaksPlug those leaks, fast Plug those leaks, fast Call Of Duty: Modern Warfareis probably getting a battle royale. At least, that’s if you’ve been following the leaked photos, trailers, and unintentionally-revealed menu options that have been popping up lately. Naturally, Activision are a bit miffed over these leaks. The publisher has taken a scorched-earth approach to stamping out these rumours - slamming takedown notices against leaked shots and issuing a subpoena against Reddit to get to the bottom of Call Of Duty’s worst-kept secret....

HomeNews The Bookshelf Limbo asks more than “what kind of comic would your dad like?“Off the shelf Off the shelf You’re looking for a comic for your father. You don’t think he’s ever read one, and god knows why you picked a graphic novel over novelty socks or ties. But you’re here anyway, atThe Bookshelf Limbo, a short free game that asks you to explore your own relationship with yer da, through the harrowing mental gymnastics of gift-buying....

HomeNews Create and explore bizarre stock image landscapes with Sok-WorldsLicense-free set dressing License-free set dressing Dreams? Never heard of it. Media Molecule’s swish toolset might be locked down to PlayStation folks, but those rascals at Dutch indie collectiveSokpophave already given us one better. The latest entry in their twice-monthly release catalogue isSok-Worlds, a set-dressing toy for making and exploring 3D simple collages. Who needs modelling, scripting and animation tools when Google image search is sitting right there, anyway?...

HomeNews Devotion’s short-lived horror will be preserved at Harvard UniversityInternational treasure International treasure I’ll probably never get to playDevotion. A year on from the Taiwanese horror game’sabrupt removal from Steam, there’s still no sign of it returning to sale. That doesn’t mean Red Candle Games' work needs to be lost to history forever, though. This month, the developers announced thatDevotion- and predecessorDetention- will be preserved in the Harvard-Yenching Library collection at Harvard University....

HomeNewsEVE Online EVE Online will let you hide a frigate inside your battleship, for emergenciesSpaceships, all the way down Spaceships, all the way down Dying is sort of a big deal in EVE. Ships cost money to replace, but so do your clones. Spare bodies cost more cash the more skills you have, and bricking it in deep space can also cost you any expensive implants (skill modifiers) you’re kitted out with....

HomeFeatures Mount & Blade 2 dated, Kickstarter unionised, and more of the week’s newsRead all about it! Read all about it! This week,Mount & Blade2 finally got a release date (well, for early access), Kickstarter unionised, and theGothic Remakegot the go-ahead. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming goings-on in our News Digest, and do also check outthe Weekly Updates Updatefor the week’s big patches.Mount & Blade 2 enters early access March 31stAfter seven years, it’s finally almost here!...

HomeFeaturesBehind Every Great One Priceless Play - 22 February 2020COLA for all! COLA for all! If you’ve been readingPriceless Playfor a while, you know that I’m a PhD student. Here in the United States, a significant part of being a PhD student is being employed as a Teaching Assistant, or TA. TAs do a lot of important work to keep a university running smoothly: we grade assignments and papers, facilitate classes, give lectures, and act as a liaison between students and faculty....