Game Review
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 […]
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2 remasters grinding onto PC in September
Sikk tricks and disastrous flips are coming to PC with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, a collection throwing together the first two sk8 ’em ups with a seriously overhauled look. Activision’s announcement calls this a “faithful remaster” with “all” the original levels, pro-skaters, and tricks, though only “many” of the soundtrack songs. And […]
Halo 2: Anniversary is now out on PC
Ian Halo’s remastered adventures continue on PC today with the release of Halo 2: Anniversary in the wee hours. Ian and his sexy pet search engine, Cortana, are continuing to get into sci-fi trouble with ringworlds, and this time we also get to play parts from an alien Arbiter’s perspective too. Halo 2 has been […]
Colonel Croesus: Turn 12
Today’s header image has been redacted in the interests of Suspense Sustenance. If you’ve been following this year’s experiment in co-op comment-driven wargaming, or are familiar with the star-studded, possibly fictitious 70s war movie that inspired it, you can probably guess what’s behind the spoiler Schürzen. (Colonel Croesus is an open-to-all game of Combat Mission: […]
Cassette Beasts looks like a PC Pokémon where you can smoosh critters together
If you go around cramming your pockets full of monsters, accidents will happen. Just look at Cassette Beasts, a newly-announced Pokémon-ish battler where critters can temporarily fuse together into powerful new forms. Presumably they’re gummed together with lint, a Werther’s Original, and one of the old pound coins shops no longer accept. Come see some […]
SSD deals of the week – 12th May 2020
Other PC components may be getting more and more expensive as supply chains slow and stock levels continue to fall, but the good news is that SSD prices have stayed relatively steady since the coronavirus outbreak, making it as good a time as any to upgrade your PC’s storage banks with one of our best […]
Disco Elysium should now run better on chugging old PCs
If you wanted to get your melon twisted by Disco Elysium but your PC, like its star, was too weak and crumpled in the face of the slightest pressure, good news: the developers have optimised the heck out of it. They’ve managed to cut the surreal detective RPG’s system requirement a whole lot, meaning more […]
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 […]