Justice is dealt. PEGI (Pan European Game Information) has announced that it has lowered the age rating for the smash-hit poker roguelike Balatro (thanks, Eurogamer). The game drew plenty of attention when PEGI rated it 18+ in Europe, citing its resemblance to the real-world game of poker as the main catalyst. It reasoned that players…
I see my quarry across the laundry room: two armed guards ready to put this whole place on high alert if they see me. I slip behind the out-of-order soap dispenser and unscrew the back. There’s four bars of soap. Jackpot. Along the first patrol route, I slide a bar of soap. He slips and…
Space piracy is a real problem in the future, but luckily there’s a new and exciting loss prevention system to meet the needs of cautious space travelers. That’s where you come in. In Skin Deep, you’re Nina Pasadena, a former assassin turned insurance commando, part of the deluxe insurance package for corporate starships. You’re frozen…
For me, open world games like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption 2 really only peak when I’ve fought my way through the missions and completed the main story and there’s not much left to do except… doing whatever the heck I want. Sometimes that’s making sure I’ve explored every single inch of the…
Something that I have always deeply adored about the Monster Hunter series is the fact that you can play the entire game in its own made up language, sporting the very unornamented name Monster Hunter Language. Well, you could, anyway. Much to my dismay, as Monster Hunter Wilds executive director Kaname Fujioka revealed to me…
Hidden amidst harsh sands and deadly dreamthralls, the Totem of Revelations locations in Avowed‘s third major region of Shatterscarp are much harder to stumble upon than their counterparts in Dawnshore and Emerald Stair. However, the Eyes of the Obscured provides some of the best perks of the bunch, especially for mages, so it’s worth finding…
Yeyian Tanto | Core i5 13400F | RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR5-5600 | 1 TB SSD | $1,099 $779.99 at Newegg (save $319.01)The Yeyian Tanto fairly often comes in at this budget price range and knocks its competition out the water, and it’s done so again here. In a price bracket where you usually…
I have a slightly unusual surname. It’s no biggie, just something I have to go over a few times with every customer service representative I’ve ever spoken to over the phone. No, not Edson, Edsert, or Edsner. E-D-S-E-R. Still, spare a thought for those with the last name “Null”, as apparently it still breaks web…
A recent update to Twitch’s enforcement system saw the process of punishing violations change. Instead of maintaining strikes against your account indefinitely, they will now disappear after various lengths of time to “reduce the risk that streamers lose their communities and livelihoods for low severity violations.” Despite only 4% of active streamers receiving any sort…
Say hello to ‘Ludocene’. A new tool billed as a ‘dating app for games’ is currently seeking funding via Kickstarter to ultimately help you find your next all-time favourite. Ludocene comes from the team behind the Family Gaming Database (which, full disclaimer, we are partnered with for accessibility information in our own game pages) and…