Assassin’s Creed Shadows unlock times for each region

Assassin’s Creed Shadows drops out of the underbrush soon, and by our own Morgan Park’s account in his review, it’s a solid stealth-action romp. On March 20 (late March 19 in some regions), Assassin’s Creed Shadows will be unlocked for players worldwide—meaning lots of tall things to jump off and gubbins to collect. Whether Shadows…

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After launching as an Epic Store exclusive, World of Goo 2 dribbles onto Steam this spring: ‘We’re grateful to Epic for funding development of the game’

World of Goo 2, sequel to the beloved 2008 physics-puzzler about building towers and bridges out of wibbly wobbly slime balls, will slop onto Steam this spring following almost a year of exclusivity on the Epic Games Store. “ATTENTION Steam fans! We’ve been quietly readying World of Goo 2 for new platforms”, wrote developers 2DBoy…

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Razer is collaborating on a gaming CAPTCHA to combat AI-powered bots, and of course the first game to use it is the worst Web3 nonsense I’ve ever seen

One of the most annoying aspects of using the modern Internet is having to convince every other website that I am, in fact, a human, typically by clicking on little squares of traffic lights and bicycles. The irritation has been compounded since I learned that tools like CAPTCHA don’t really do much to deter online…

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Marvel Rivals’ devs like throwing in curveballs ‘to make the roster more interesting,’ meaning we’ll probably get more characters like Squirrel Girl and Jeff the Land Shark

Marvel Rivals’ roster is currently 37 heroes, all from various Marvel comics. There are a healthy mix of icons like Thor, Punisher, and Black Widow, as well as a more niche heroes who’ve never gotten the MCU treatment like Magik, Squirrel Girl, and Jeff the Land Shark. While NetEase plans to keep on adding fan…

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This Redditor rocked up to Best Buy and bought an RTX 4060 gaming PC for cheaper than its extended warranty, saving $1,195 and their friend from buying a console

Every now and then the universe grants me an opportunity to flex either my resentment or my sympathetic joy muscles, to say ‘wow, congratulations’ or ‘why are you so lucky’? This is certainly one of those moments. Yesterday, I was confronted by a Redditor claiming to have received a $1,195 (93%) discount for a gaming…

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