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HomeReviews Wot I Think - Kentucky Route Zero: Act VJust because it’s over doesn’t mean it’s really over Just because it’s over doesn’t mean it’s really over Release:Out nowOn:WindowsFrom:Steam,GOGPrice:£19/$25/€23 (season pass) This is the story of a journey’s end. But no homecoming can have meaning in isolation from the voyage that preceded it. This is why offering some critical judgement upon the fifth and (as far as we know) final Act of the interstate dream odyssey that isKentucky Route Zerois an exercise in absurdity....

HomeNews 343 Industries share progress on Forge for Halo: Reach, Halo 3, and Halo 2 AnniversaryIf you build it, they will also build it If you build it, they will also build it 343 Industries have released their January development update for theHalo: Master Chief Collectionand it’s a chunky one. The update goes over progress made on all of the Halo games that 343 are bringing to PC as part of the collection, from test flight plans to matchmaking playlists, and Halo Forge....

HomeNewsBattlefield V Battlefield V is sending players “Into the Jungle” in next week’s updateGet ready to drop into the tropical wilderness of Soloman island Get ready to drop into the tropical wilderness of Soloman island The next chapter inBattlefield V’s Tides of War campaign takes players into the tropical wilderness of a brand new map, Solomon Island. Appropriately named, Chapter 6: Into the Jungle, the update landing on February 6th is bringing a bunch of new weapons and gadgets, as well as three newElitesoldiers....

HomeNews After a good run of free game updates,Dead Cellsis getting its first paid DLC. Matt got to try out theBad Seed DLClate last year and chat with the off-shoot studio Evil Empire who created it for Motion Twin’s hacky and slashy roguevanialike game. The official gameplay trailer for the DLC has landed today with a date next month for its release.In December, Matt was impressed with the design for Bad Seed’s new enemies that were created specifically to pair with the layout of the levels they’re found in....

HomeNewsDota 2 Dota 2’s International 2019 documentary lured me in as a non-sports watcherIt goes on for Aegis It goes on for Aegis “They’re like monkey business men”, says Team Liquid member Kuroky, “they will GO”. Liquid are gathered around for a quick smoke before theDota 2International 2019 finale, about to face Team OG. They’re visibly nervous, despite Kuroky’s repeated insistence that they should “feel free”, and treat this like a scrim....

HomeFeatures Have You Played… Hardwar?Big flitty moth gf Big flitty moth gf Hardwaris one of the most under-appreciated games I’ve ever played. In recent years we’ve had a revival of free roaming spaceflight games with… sigh. Okay, fine,Elite-likes. I still wish we got a modern version ofHardwar. A remake that captured its novel feel, and expanded on its ideas. And not another bloody MMO. Hardwar still holds up really well, although good luck finding a copy since it vanished from Dotemu several years ago....

HomeFeatures How Shovel Knight’s last boss was designed four timesDig up, stupid Dig up, stupid When Yacht Club Games decided to styleShovel Knightafter the NES games that inspired it, they took that project seriously. Shovel Knight can’t fill the screen with 1000 bullets or radically switch up how it plays. It has to stay true to its inheritance, else, as programmer and co-designer David D’Angelo tells me, “It’d stand out as bizarre....

HomeNews It’s time to hit the road as Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! is out in early accessReady, steady, cook Ready, steady, cook Ah the long open road, nothing but you, your robotic companions and your trusty food truck travelling across post-apocalyptic America, serving up grub to- well, whoever’s left to order it I suppose. If this is the lifestyle you want a taste of then look no further, asCook, Serve, Delicious!...

HomeGuidesLegends of Runeterra Legends of Runeterra Expeditions - best cards to draftA spicy combination A spicy combination Drafting modes have been a very popular way to play collectible card games, andLegends of Runeterrahas its own spin on the mode. It’s called “Expeditions” and it works slightly differently from your conventional draft. For one, it takes about twice as long to finish as you get two tries before the game ends. We’ll be going over how to play expeditions, and which cards you should be picking for the best choices....

HomeFeaturesLegends of Runeterra Legends Of Runeterra’s mushroom man fills my heart with glee…and the decks of my enemies with mushrooms …and the decks of my enemies with mushrooms He is also lonely. His cheery quips about being ‘a fun guy’ mask a life of agaric isolation. “Oh, if mushrooms could talk,” he opines. We can dream, Puffcap man. We can dream. Legends Of Runeterrais OK. It’s growing on me. Many of the cards, in fact, have exactly the same effects as those inHearthstone....

HomeReviews Premature Evaluation: Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!Yes chef Yes chef Developer:Vertigo GamingPublisher:Vertigo GamingRelease:January 29th (early access)On:WindowsFrom:SteamFor:£11.39, $15, €12.49 TheCook, Serve, Deliciousseries of restaurant simulators are designed to dissuade anyone from ever considering becoming a professional chef. They are hardcore time-attack food prep games in which the vast breadth of the culinary arts are reduced to a combination of deft keystrokes, recipes become quickfire memory puzzles, your kitchen is a foodie mind palace and orders stack up like tetrominoes....

HomeNews Star Trek Online is celebrating its 10th birthday with Star Trek: Picard and Discovery cameosMake it so Make it so Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Seven and Michael are here in a new two-part episode called The Measure Of Morality, out today. Cryptic Studiosexplain: “This episode returns Captains to Excalbia, from the Original Series episode ‘The Savage Curtain.’ The Excalbians have decided to put on another test of Good and Evil, and your characters will play a major part in it....

HomeNewsFallout 76 Bethesda repatriate Fallout 76 theft victims through in-game clone meetupsYou wouldn’t steal a clone You wouldn’t steal a clone Last month, hackers stoleFallout 76items from player inventories while they were inside the game,literally pinchingthe shirts from their backs. Bethesda’s solution has been to create clones of affected players with their pre-theft inventories intact. If victims want to keep the gear they’ve gained since the hack and not switch to a month-old backup, Bethesda are offering an unusual experience: they’ll log in as your clone and meet you in-game to hand it all back, face-to-cloneface....