Marvel Rivals players will be able to complete the luxury battle pass even after the season ends which is music to my busy ears

Marvel Rivals is launching this evening, and is available to preload on Steam now. When players finally get into the game, they’ll be greeted with the first battle pass, and some cosmetics for the 33 heroes which, all things considered, aren’t that ridiculously priced. “Marvel Rivals is free to download, and heroes, maps, and other…

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The best solo board games

Best of the best Best board games — Best co-op board games Just because you’re looking for the best solo board games, doesn’t mean you have to conduct that search alone. We’re here to help you find the perfect way to spend an evening with just you, your tabletop, and a lovely box of tokens…

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Charity event Jingle Jam is off to a lively start, raising £750,000 in a day with just under 2 weeks to go—plus, you can get 18 very good games if you donate £35

Sometimes, it’s nice to remember that videogames can be a force for good in the world—as is the case with Jingle Jam, a charity event founded by The Yogscast that’s already pulled in £750,000 in its first evening. At the time of writing, that number’s already jumped to £1,400,000. Not a bad start, not bad…

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I really want to believe Intel’s claim that the drivers for its new Arc B580 1440p graphics card suffer from ‘no known issues of any kind’

Intel’s new Arc B580 graphics card looks super promising for budget 1440p gaming. But if there’s any doubt over the new GPU, it’s driver quality. After all, the initial driver quality for the first-gen Intel Arc A series cards like the A770 was pretty diabolical. But don’t panic. Because Intel says the drivers for the…

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Dungeon Clawler’s early access is quickly becoming one of my favourite roguelikes, even as I get dunked on repeatedly by the cruel claw of fate

‘You can’t always get what you want’ is great life advice—it is also what I have been repeating to myself, through gritted teeth, while playing Dungeon Clawler this afternoon. Objectively, the concept of “what if Slay the Spire, but you barely control the hand you play” shouldn’t be working as well as it is for…

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Former Blizzard president thinks Marvel Rivals is a rip-off of Overwatch and that Black Widow is a copy of Widowmaker, or maybe he’s joking—it’s impossible to tell

Mike Ybarra, the former President of Blizzard Entertainment, has graced us yet again with a terrible take or a terrible joke concerning the upcoming release of Marvel Rivals—we honestly can’t decide which one it is. “Looks like Overwatch Marvel Rivals ships tomorrow,” Ybarra says. “Much like Light of Motiram (a clear copy of HZD) out…

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