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The more I see of Minecraft, the more I’m convinced that we all live in a simulation. Possibly one that’s also inside Minecraft, and running some fancy shaders. I don’t make that claim lightly. Like all conspiracy theorists, I have proof that you cannot dispute. Prepare yourself for a reality check. Below are some dazzlingly

Screenshot Saturday Sundays! We’re the last stop on the road to another working week – so why not stay a while, rest your legs, and soak up some of our lovely selection of screenshots, vids and gifs? This week: moody melodies, grimy bikers, reckless taxis and a bothersome door. It’s dark and dreary in the

Fancy a walk in the woods, readers? Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest, a howling World Of Darkness narrative written by former Witcher devs and Wanderlust creators Different Tales, has opened its winding, text-based trails with a limited demo this weekend. Just try and stick to the paths while hiking, yeah? I hear

Things are getting hot outside – and in game! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone are heating up with a block of content offerings. Season 5’s Games of Summer chapter runs from August 28 to September 7, and features rewards to unlock, trials, competition, and trouble to get into. Stickers, calling cards, weapons, and more

Yesterday we got an extended look at Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, but news about Insomniac’s exciting action/platformer continues to trickle out.  In an interview with Famitsu, Insomniac revealed that its upcoming PS5 game features a performance mode that boosts the framerate from 30fps to 60fps. Naturally this performance mode comes with a hit to visual quality, which haven’t

As we all know at this point, I am a big fan of the ants in Obsidian’s new early access survival game Grounded. But the ants aren’t the only thing I ask about when I interview Obsidian’s Adam Brennecke, the game’s lead designer. In Grounded you play as a child, or group of children working

During Gamescom 2020, Sony provided an extended look at Insomniac’s upcoming action/platformer Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. This demo starts in an alien city when Ratchet and Clank pop out of a dimensional rift. The duo seems to be hunting down Dr. Nefarious when they get attacked by a group of hostile aliens. Insomniac’s use

Today’s Gamescom Opening Night presentation offered a look at a new Destiny 2: Beyond Light trailer. And while the video showcases a wealth of great action and shooting, the big takeaways were closer looks at the three new subclasses coming to the game, each of which uses Stasis, the new Darkness-infused power source that is

Marvel’s planet-gobbler, Galactus, is the new looming threat over Fortnite with Chapter 2: Season 4 starting today. The battle royale’s new season is one big Avengers-style crossover called Nexus War, and it’s brought loads of unlockable superhero outfits to dress up in while you battle the world-eater. Skins for heroes including Iron Man, She-Hulk, Wolverine

Final Fantasy was a popular name even back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and it was sometimes applied to games that weren’t technically part of the Final Fantasy series in order to catch the attention of a wider audience in North America. One such example is Final Fantasy Legend on Game Boy, which

Recently Alice0 has been telling us all about Blaseball, which is a free browser game simulation of a baseball league. Except it is called Blaseball and everything is weird. I started playing this week with the start of the 4th season on Monday (a new season starts every Monday and concludes on Fridays) and have

Microsoft today pulled the curtain back on three new one-of-a-kind Xbox One consoles, all to help celebrate the impending arrival of Wonder Woman 1984.  The Wonder Woman Golden Armor Xbox One X Console features 24-carat gold leaves, and the plan is for the console to be auctioned off to benefit Together for Her, a charity

‘Building’ is a pretty broad theme. There are a lot of games where you build things, after all, and they can be very different. Helpfully, then, I’ve split this list of the 20 best building games on PC into four sections, each covering a sub-category of this big, messy genre. There were some general criteria

Developer Dead Mage and publisher 11 Bit Studios have partnered with Humane Society International to raise funds for our animal friends. All proceeds from the new Paws and Claws DLC for Children of Morta goes to the Humane Society. The DLC adds a new animal shelter system to the Bergsons’ family home that a variety

Dell are holding another 72 hour flash sale in the UK today, shaving up to 14% off their range of G3, G5 and Alienware m15 R2 gaming laptops, as well as up to 40% off a wide variety of monitors, including the 240Hz and G-Sync Compatible Alienware AW2521HF. Read on for my pick of the

During the DC FanDome announce-o-rama last night, the creators of the Batman: Arkham series announced Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. They call this a “genre-bending action-adventure shooter”, sending a bunch of DC Comics villains to kill their mightiest heroes. It starts Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and King Shark, and not only will we

It was a big day for Suicide Squad at DC FanDome, a day-long livestream filled with reveals of upcoming games, comics, movies, and more. The Suicide Squad fun began with a behind-the-scenes look at James Gunn’s upcoming film. Later in the day we were shown the first trailer for Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill the

At today’s DC FanDome livestreaming event, WB Montreal announced Gotham Knights, a new combat-focused Batman experience that gives you control of Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, and Red Hood. In a teaser trailer that is in engine, we see these heroes and vigilantes using their special skill sets and degrees of violence. The teaser begins with a

Looks like your favorite procedurally generated democratic sports betting simulator may be stepping back up to the plate. The Grand Siesta is coming to an end, it seems. The Blaseball Commissioner (who I hear is doing a great job) announced in somewhat certain terms that Blaseball would be “back” on Monday, August 24th. If that

Did you check out our Wasteland 3 cover story? Lots of good stuff in there. Anyway, if you’re suiting up to brave the frigid cold of Colorado on August 28, you might want to take a peek at this new co-op trailer. That’s right, you can play with a friend as you meet interesting characters,

A Windows vista Microsoft Flight Simulator’s claim that it has the whole world all wrapped up in its terabytes was always going to provoke interesting challenges, and it passed one Reddit user’s test with flying colours. He took his plane to Napa Valley where the default Windows XP wallpaper, known as “Bliss”, was taken. His

With Marvel’s Avengers rapidly approaching launch, Marvel and Crystal Dynamics have released a new video detailing the major threats players will face when the game launches. Unlike Hydra, which uses military might and covert operations to accomplish its goals, or Thanos, who uses sheer force of will and mystical means to achieve his missions, A.I.M.

Death is only the beginning Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Of the two, I think I prefer death! HO HO HO. Death And Taxes is a genre-defying I-suppose-a-puzzle-game where you work as a new, junior Grim Reaper. This is an office

Today Microsoft posted some details about what it calls ”Xbox experience,” explaining a bit about how users will interact with their Xbox Series X and the improvements on the way.  It isn’t dense with new info, but some of the takeaways include increased loading speed for the home screen, along with a unified design across console,

Nothing beside remains Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Do you ever wonder why some games just don’t get talked about much? I don’t mean obscure games, either, or even mediocre ones. I mean games that were pretty great, but just sank

Larian Studios dropped some info about Early Access for Baldur’s Gate 3, which it is calling its “most ambitious RPG yet.” From system requirements to the amount of content, players got a heads up on what to expect. Larian said it anticipates Baldur’s Gate 3 will be in Early Access for at least one year, and

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Trying to write about Space Station 13 is inevitably a complete nightmare, as by the time you’ve explained what it is to any degree of adequacy, you’re approaching long read territory. But since this is a

WB Games Montreal has been teasing an announcement for nearly a year now, and it seems as though we might be a mere day away from finally learning what is on the horizon from the studio that put out Batman: Arkham Origins in 2013. While we know the main developer of the beloved Arkham series, Rocksteady

Capital fetters Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I feel like such a hypocrite whenever I bemoan the shortage of games about massive spaceship combat. Nexus – The Jupiter Incident may have given me 16 years to get round to it, but

Crikey, it’s been a hot minute since we last heard anything about Skywind, hasn’t it? Nevertheless, the colossal task of bringing all of Morrowind into Skyrim is still well underway, with the modders behind the project releasing our first look at the ambitious mod in over a year, by way of a spruced-up return to