Articles by Imogen Beckhelling
Amazon’s Crucible launched with some pretty essential features missing
Let’s talk about Crucible‘s launch. Amazon’s hero shooter landed on Steam earlier this week, and honestly? It was a bit of a mess. In fairness, a lot of brand new online games face similar issues to what the new third person sci-fi shooter did, with matchmaking and connectivity issues plaguing players as they tried to […]
Kerbal Space Program 2 has been delayed until autumn 2021
Unfortunately, yet another game is being delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This time it’s space flight sim Kerbal Space Program 2 that’s been grounded – now we’ll be waiting until autumn next year to launch those little green men into the great beyond. “With everything going on in the world today due to the […]
Amazon’s free-to-play shooter Crucible is out today
Amazon’s first big PC game has arrived, and it’s inviting you to an alien planet to harvest its resources and take out enemy teams. It’s called Crucible and it’s a third person sci-fi shooter with some MOBA elements thrown in for good measure. Each game has you play as one of 10 Hunters, each with […]
Look for a nod to noted Total Warhammer 2 fan Henry Cavill in its next DLC
When he’s not playing everyone’s favourite Rivia man in Netflix’s The Witcher, Henry Cavill likes to chill out with some Total War: Warhammer 2. It’s a fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed by Creative Assembly, either. They’ve only gone and put a nod to him in the game’s upcoming DLC, The Warden & The Paunch. And […]
Overwatch’s fourth Anniversary event has some of the best skins yet
There are so many games celebrating birthdays this week! The Witcher 3 turned five, Red Dead Redemption turned 10, and now Overwatch is celebrating its fourth year. For Overwatch it means its Anniversary event has kicked off once more, and from now until June 19th you’ll be able to replay all the old seasonal Brawls […]
Head down to gloomy Kings Canyon for Apex Legends’ very first story quest
Season 5 has brought lots of lovely new things to Apex Legends: the new playable character Loba, huge changes to the Kings Canyon map, and even a rework for everyone’s favourite holographic trickster. The newness doesn’t stop there though, because last night the game’s very first story quest went live. These weekly quests are called […]
Amazon’s Crucible is a refreshing take on the hero shooter
It was only a matter of time before Amazon properly jumped into the gaming space, and here we are with their very own multiplayer hero shooter coming out tomorrow. Developed by Amazon’s Relentless Studios, Crucible is a new free-to-play third-person shooter. I’ll be the first to admit that those words put me off at first, […]
Overwatch’s latest Experimental changes are looking to make Bastion “more viable”
Jeff “from the Overwatch team” Kaplan has yet another home video for us. These lockdown developer updates have been great – here he is, just a man in his living room giving us the lowdown on some upcoming changes to Overwatch. This time round, he has details on changes to the Competitive Open Queue game […]
That bizarre Fighting Fantasy FMV game now has a demo
Remember that weird FMV game Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Adventure that came out a couple weeks ago? Well, it has a free demo now that you can play in your browser. Based on Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy book, it has you play through a good old-fashioned RPG all narrated by Eddie Marsan. I recognise […]