I don’t even remember what it’s like to drink hot tea any more. I’m sure my family will get back to me if whatever they need to tell me is that important. The laundry can be in whatever state the universe decides to leave it in, I won’t even pretend to care. And my teenager…
The Rogue Trader Electrodynamic Cenobium riddle is one of the trickier puzzles in the starting system. While scouring the Mechanicus temple on Rykad Minoris for heretics, you happen upon a console servitor who asks you to recite the First Galvanic Hymn, promising a reward if you can prove yourself a worthy pilgrim. You’ll have to…
Recruiting capable Rogue Trader companions is a big part of the 40k CRPG, as you bolster your retinue with chainsword-wielding weirdos and mutant psykers from across the wild frontier of the Koronus Expanse. You’ll gather a fair few allies during the initial prologue, but there are more to find as you venture out into realspace. …
The Rogue Trader laboratory puzzle on Eurac V is one of the first you encounter in the 40k CRPG. Shortly after the prologue, you’ll head to this Navis Nobilite station in the hopes of recruiting a navigator to replace the one who got melted while helping your ship escape the warp. In the course crafting…
The Unidentified Ruins puzzle is one of the later challenges you’ll encounter in Rogue Trader while exploring the many mysteries of the far-flung Koronus Expanse. You’ll find this puzzle on a dead world in the Latotian’s Passage system, so you’re unlikely to encounter it unless you’re exploring far and wide. Nonetheless, it is tricky if…
Ugly ducklings. When we talk about some of our favourite games of all time, it’s natural to focus solely on the positives. After all, we love them for a reason, right? Yet no game is perfect. If there’s one thing we can agree on, it’s probably that. Even the very best of the best are…
When we welcomed Activision Blizzard to Team Xbox a few weeks ago, we reaffirmed our goal of bringing more Xbox games to more players on more devices. To that end, we made a commitment to the European Commission to enable European Economic Area (EEA) gamers to play current and future Activision Blizzard PC and console games that…
What a shodown! The Nintendo Entertainment System – or ‘NES‘ for short – may not have sold as many units as the PlayStation or Wii, but it remains one of the most influential consoles of all time. Not only did it resurrect the console sector in North America – arguably the world’s biggest market for…
What is it? Mass Effect but isometric, dystopian, turn-based, and not that much like Mass Effect. Release date: December 8, 2023 Expect to pay: $40 Developer: Owlcat Publisher: Owlcat Reviewed on: Windows 11, Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, RTX 3080 Multiplayer? Online 6-player co-op Link: Official website We’ve just defeated a cult, foiled a plot,…
Larian Studios collects a lot of data—as plenty of studios do—about their player’s habits in-game, and Baldur’s Gate 3 is no exception. For example, it shared the game’s most-played multiclasses back in September, leading to some interesting insights about how a strong character theme wins out over min-maxing power. Well, it’s time to look at…