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With Diablo 4’s leaderboards update on the horizon, players are brainstorming what kind of builds will go the fastest. A group of expert build crafters might already have the answer: a sorcerer build that teleports through dungeons so fast that it barely looks like you’re playing Diablo anymore. Diablo 4 streamer Rob2628, along with sorcerer…
Six years after its debut, Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, the Beamdog-buffed update of BioWare’s famed 2002 D&D RPG, has got a big new patch featuring improvements to the UI, better HDR-bloom post-processing effects, more than 100 bugfixes, and “significant performance improvements across the board.” The patch was first announced in early December 2023 but only…
Need to know What is it? A live service take on ship-on-ship combat, with origins in an old cherished Assassin’s Creed game. Expect to pay: $60 Release date: Out now Developer: Ubisoft Singapore Publisher: Ubisoft Reviewed on: RTX 3060, Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAM Steam Deck: Not playable Link: Official site The appeal of Skull…
Across the history of PC gaming, plenty of genres have had the honor of being the most PC of genres—from the era of adventure games to the rise of FPSes—but the most PC gaming-ass genre of today is undeniably survival games. We are the birthplace and the proving ground for a style of game that…
I’ve conquered a small menagerie of foes in the demo for Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds, which is still available even though Steam Next Fest has come and gone. Shipwrecked on the shores of a faraway land, I’ve had to take on pirates and man-eating terror birds, while my adventurer allies seem convinced that I’ve been…
Following yesterday’s surprise assault on the Xzar system by the Automaton menace, the helldivers are in shambles. Squads are failing new Planet Defense campaigns in droves as players complain that the new civilian rescue missions are way too difficult. Helldivers 2’s galactic war is changing at a pace we don’t usually see in a multiplayer…
In a new Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League developer update, Rocksteady says it’s “top priority” is fixing persistent login and server problems that continue to plague the game. But it’s not an easy fix, because it’s not just one problem. Suicide Squad launched two weeks ago, on February 2, but some owners are still…
Every February, Kickstarter holds a month-long celebration of tabletop RPGs called ZineQuest, featuring all sorts of crowdfunded zines. What’s a zine, you ask? It’s a short, self-published book, in this context usually an adventure, a supplement, or a small, self-contained game. They tend to be a bit scrappy and weird, allowing creators to run with…
The Epic Games Store gave away more than 586 million games via its free games program in 2023, according to statistics revealed by the company as part of its year in review. The free games program featured 86 games that were freely downloadable for Epic Games Store users in 2023, amounting to a total redeemed…
Ubisoft’s long-awaited pirate adventure Skull and Bones is out today, and if you’re curious but put off by the unexpectedly steep price tag, I have good news: An eight-hour trial version is available, so you can see what it’s all about without paying a penny. I initially expected Skull and Bones to come in with…