PC Gaming
Without getting too deep into spoiler territory for those who haven’t played much Starfield yet, there’s a quest line in the main story involving temples. The first temple has a sort of puzzle inside that takes a few minutes to figure out, and there’s a nice reward at the end of it. When I finished…
“In Baldur’s Gate 3, when you wear shoes with metal on them, we wanted them to have a unique sound layer of metal clanks,” explains one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s sound designers, Glenn Goa, in a video demonstrating where he sourced the sound effect. “I made some sabatons in the forge (I learned blacksmithing) and…
It seems Lies of P’s chilling take on the tale of Pinocchio isn’t finished yet. A Neowiz job listing discovered by Okami Games has revealed that DLC “is planned for production.” I was iffy on Lies of P at first. The idea of “Pinocchio, but soulslike” was undeniably intriguing, but sometimes an overt embrace of…
Ghostwire: Tokyo came as a real surprise to me. When I first saw it I thought, “I’m not going to like this,” but when I finally got around to playing it I realized, “Whoa, I like this a lot.” Which is my way of saying that now that it’s free for Prime Gaming subscribers on…
Tsubame Industries is a startup from Japan whose whole business model is building giant mechs, edging us closer to the mech future I’ve dreamt of since watching Mobile Suit Gundam as a child. Ideally, though, with significantly fewer war crimes. The Archax is a four-wheeled, 15-foot-tall mech. Its cockpit features a series of monitors that…
As a city builder enthusiast and horrible mayor I’ve paved the way for plenty of disasters in my cities, like neglectfully letting peasants freeze by the dozens, losing my honey fortune to a heist, and chopping down a friendly enchanted talking tree just to get an amulet. But in new turn-based roguelike city builder Dotage,…
(Image credit: Microsoft) Since 2006, the Xbox controller has been the easiest controller to use on PC. The Xbox 360 gamepad made PC gaming with a controller convenient, and Microsoft has kept that going for nearly 20 years now. If you want a dead simple plug-and-play experience, the Xbox controller is the obvious choice, and…
Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update was supposed to be a relatively small thing, intended primarily to make life easier for modders rather than approaching the size of the feature-packed 1.5 update that once seemed like it would be Stardew Valley’s send-off. 1.6 has grown significantly in scope since then, to include things like “a major new…
Dredge is easily one of my favourite games of 2023—and considering how many bangers have released this year, that’s a pretty big deal. Its sinister blend of fishing and Eldritch horror had me hooked, and next month I’ll be able to experience even more thanks to its Pale Reach DLC. It’ll be taking things to…
There must be something in the water over in Eorzea—or a few backend bugs chewing their way through some Final Fantasy 14 code—because players have found themselves getting some unexpected power ups from totally random, persistent buffs. The issue, if you can call it that, began after Square Enix released the MMO’s latest update, adding…