Hardware capability is one thing, but how a bit of kit looks is just as important to me. Unfortunately, that means I tend to burn my retinas on an awful lot of very ugly GPUs. Still, every now and then I’ll happen across something I’d be happy to give pride of place in my rig—and…
The next big crime drama game from RGG Studio is called Stranger Than Heaven. It’s a single-protagonist historical epic spanning the first half of the 1900s, following main characters Makoto and Yu as they rise in power as showmen and gangsters through mid-century Japan. That explains the codename from prior to its reveal: Project Century…
XEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says the European Union’s plan to restrict social media use by children, including a complete ban for anyone under the age of 13, is “terrible for the next generation of humanity” because of the impact it will have on the growth of creativity and expression. Announced today, the EU KIDS…
Nintendo has confirmed the next Spirit Board event that will be taking place in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . The event, which will last September 25th to 28th, feature spirits that debuted during the era of the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. Defeating these spirits will reward you more gold than usual. An announcement…
In honor of both Destiny 2: Shadowkeep and ReadySet Heroes releasing this week, we’re informally renaming this week’s post to “The Loot Drop.” Return to the moon and slay new Nightmares, or brawl through stylish dungeons – but always remember to grab the loot! For a full list of new games coming to PlayStation next…
Starbreeze recently handed Payday 2 off to a new studio, Sidetrack Games, so it can focus its efforts on salvaging the mess that is Payday 3. Whether Payday 3 can be saved is a wide open question, but as a new trailer for an entirely different game makes painfully clear, it sure doesn’t look good…
World of Warcraft‘s changing in a big way—announced a while back, Blizzard’s decided that you shouldn’t have to download a huge list of UI mods (addons) just to play at a competitive level with others, and will kneecap the ones related to combat in this week’s patch. Depending on when you’re reading this, it might’ve…
Gloomwood developer Dillon Rogers has released gameplay footage of upcoming tweaks to the game’s monster serum transformation system. What’s new is that we’ll be getting even more chances to use the monster juice, but I just hadn’t realized how far reaching the system as a whole really was. The video shows Gloomwood’s pragmatic protagonist, John…
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…
Lara Croft has been on a personal journey since 2013’s impressive Tomb Raider reboot, from inexperienced archeology grad to seasoned survivor. When we meet Lara in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, she’s no longer running; she’s hunting down the world domination-obsessed military organization Trinity and its leaders, attempting to get one step ahead and turn…