Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…
Normally crime happens before the police arrive, but Darktide’s done things a little bit differently. Its first DLC class was the law-enforcing Arbites, and its second has just been announced as the law-breaking Hive Scum. Though technically, the Hive Scum is also here to enforce order—they’re fixers working for the crime lords of Tertium Hive…
Picking a favourite Baldur’s Gate 3 character is a bit like picking your favourite limb, but there’s little question that the best villain in Baldur’s Gate 3 is Raphael. The smooth-talking trickster cambion is as charming and charismatic as he is utterly, incontrovertibly evil, such that you kind of want to do what he asks…
Just nine months after its open-world roguelike Hyper Light Breaker hit early access, Heart Machine has hit the rocks. Per Game Developer, the studio is laying off an indeterminate number of staff and ending development on its most recent game, which encountered a rough reception when it launched into early access in January, with players…
The original Task Manager (that program you only ever open when something has gone wrong in your rig) originally launched way back in 1995. Now, 31 years later, its creator has put out a follow-up. About time, I know. Dave Plummer, former Microsoft Engineer turned YouTuber turned guy who really wants you to know he…
Bye bye, missed victories. A new update is in the works for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and while it may not quite be the drastic problem-solving patch that many of us are still hoping for, it looks like at least some bugs will be the target of the upcoming improvements (thanks, Serebii.net). It looks like…
Nintendo Europe has announced this afternoon that those of you with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership can play the entertaining Overcooked 2 for free for a limited period of time. The free trial for the cooperative cooking simulation begins this Wednesday and ends next Tuesday. Nintendo of America has yet to announce the same…
“Two legendary icons, two epic crossovers”. In case you missed it, it’s been announced Pac-Man is joining the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Season Pass. Pac-Man and the “iconic rival ghosts” will link up with not only Sonic’s crew but also characters from other Sega universes and beyond. Apart from this, there will also be a track…
It hurts to say it, but Deus Ex seems deader than Beth DuClare right now. While I hope the once and future king of immersive sims won’t stay down for long, the layoffs at Eidos Montreal and cancellation of an upcoming DX project have made the series’ future seem bleaker than ever. But according to…
Level up your laptop Now that Skylake is here, the DDR4 era has begun in earnest. That applies to both desktops and laptops, the latter of which G.Skill is targeting with the addition of DDR4 SO-DIMMs to its Ripjaws series. These are high performance modules with rated speeds of up to 2800MHz, available in capacities…