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HomeNews Netflix created an interactive timeline for The Witcher and now I understand what’s actually going onPlease sir, may I have some lore? Please sir, may I have some lore? I’m going to level with you, I’m extremely late to the party withThe Witcher. I never played the games or read the books, sothe Netflix seriesis very much my entry point to all of its extensive lore. And from what I’ve seen so far, it demands a fair bit of prior knowledge to truly understand what’s going on....

HomeNews No games are being released in FebruaryYou heard us: zero You heard us: zero This February, the videogame industry has conspired to give you the greatest gift of all: time. Time to clear your backlog, time to finish that needle felting project, time to reconnect with those old friends. That’s because there are no huge games coming out that month. When did that last happen - and what will you play, while the game release factory sleeps?...

HomeHardwareFeatures Razer’s Basilisk and Deathadder mice get new V2 modelsFaster sensors, new designs and more buttons Faster sensors, new designs and more buttons Razer’s Deathadder and Basilisk mice are some of the most populargaming miceon the planet, and today Razer have unveiled V2 models of each one. Upgraded with flashier sensors, superior switches, more buttons and braided, shoelace-like cables, the Deathadder V2 and Basilisk V2 are primed and ready to compete with all of ourbest gaming mousecontenders from 2019....

HomeReviewsMiniLAW: Ministry of Law Wot I Think: MiniLAW: Ministry Of LawThe machine stumbles The machine stumbles “I have ninety minutes to stop a nuclear bomb from going off, so I’ve given up on arresting and just started throwing people off buildings,” I told the RPS hivemind. This was a half truth. I’d been trying to figure out how to throw people off buildings all day. That is the problem withMiniLAW: Ministry of Law, the hectic dystopian action game from Lasso Games....

HomeNewsDisco Elysium Disco Elysium considered Twitter its competition for players' attentionLeave the memes at the door Leave the memes at the door In an interview withGameSpot, Kurvitz explains that contrary to the hand-wringing we’re all subject to about young ‘uns these days, people really do like reading. They read Twitter, text messages, chat apps, and Reddit among so many others. It’s just a matter of making the text “snappy” enough and displaying it well....

HomeFeaturesThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Exclusive: The Witcher TV show’s bathtub Geralt vs. The Witcher 3’s bathtub Geralt. Which bath is best?Splash splash, he was takin' a bath Splash splash, he was takin' a bath Corr, remember when we were all making fun of Henry Cavill’s wig? It seems only yesterday. And now we’re allhumming that stupid song. Can’t get enough of that there The Witcher on Netflix. Recently, VidBud Astrid walked over and was like “We should have an analysis of the bathtubs in The Witcher TV show and The Witcher 3,” and for a moment it was like the grizzling clouds parted and the sun shone on Brighton again....

HomeFeaturesWarcraft II Have You Played… Warcraft 2?Work work! Work work! Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.A lot of my HYP entries end up being games wot I watched my big brother play and then cautiously experimented with myself.Warcraft II(colon Tides Of Darkness) was, to an eight year old,amazing, especially with the Beyond The Dark Portal expansion.I don’t much dip my toe in the RTS genre these days, but when I was little they were the majority of what my brother played, and thus were the majority of what I played....

HomeNews We’re just two weeks away from getting our hands on Riot Games' shiny new League Of Legends CCG,Legends Of Runeterra, as it hits open beta on the 24th January.The beta marks the start of the very first ranked season, in which players will be able to climb from Iron to Master rank just like in League Of Legends. It’ll also bring three new guardians, six new boards, loads of updated cards, a bunch of improvements, and a friends list so you can challenge all of your pals....

HomeNewsNot For Broadcast Not For Broadcast is a hectic dystopian TV simulatorBleep the bad words Bleep the bad words I imagine that running the switchboards for a live television show is difficult but I must not have imagined hard enough becauseNot For Broadcastmakes it look even more hectic. The silly dystopian setting of an alternate 1980s is made up of a bunch of fake live action news sequences that remind me of the full-motion game scenes of yore like Tim Curry in Red Alert 3....

HomeFeatures Star Trek: Judgment Rites is a joyful anachronism from an impossible pastVVSOP2123 VVSOP2123 Judgment Rites is definitely the better game. Where I had to watch how 25th Anniversary ended on YouTube because I am physically incapable of finishing itsawfulfinal ship battle, in Judgment Rites you can switch the arcadey sections off entirely. Or have them be easy, rather than hard. I opted for easy, since it’s odd to remove their contextual presence, and they were all a cinch....

HomeFeaturesThe Longing The first week of The Longing: depressing royalist art and talking wallsClick to very slowly move Click to very slowly move Release:TBCOn:WindowsFrom:SteamFor:TBC You may recall that for some time now I have been quietly longing, lol, forThe Longing, a “sad Tamagotchi” game where you, a small servant to a subterranean rock king, must hang about while he has a nap for 400 days. 400 real time days. This game takes over a year to finish....

HomeNewsMight & Magic: Chess Royale Ubisoft are launching an auto chess battle royale this monthAuto battle royale Auto battle royale Last week I joked that thenext Frictional gamecould be an auto chess or battle royale game. Joke’s on me because Ubisoft are the ones doing that. Both at once, even.Might & Magic: Chess Royaleis launching later this month as a mashup of the two genres that 2019 did nearly (but not quite, it seems) to death....

HomeFeatures Streets Of Rogue launched a level editor, VVVVVV shared source, and more of the week’s updatesPatch this! Patch this! This week, the games industry is still grinding back into life after the holidays but did manage to crank out some good stuff. Streets Of Rogue launched its level editor,Destiny 2added a new Exotic, LoL started a new season,VVVVVVshared its source code, and even ye olde Doom got a substantial update....