NCSoft's Cinder City (technically CINDER CITY, but our style guide forbids such a loud use of caps) has been announced, and I feel like I've either been transported back in time, or just watched a clueless time traveller step out of a portal.Details are slim, bar a website and a trailer, but the game's X account promises it'll be "an MMO Tactical Shooter set in a dystopian world, with the...

Every developer handles leaks a little differently. Some might ignore them outright, while others quietly confirm the legitimacy before trying very hard to pretend it never happened. Infinity Nikki developer Infold, on the other hand, has gone for quite a different tactic: a dramatic plea paired with gifting all its players a mildly threatening hammer.The cosy dress-up gacha has been dealing with leaks pretty much since it launched—Infold keeps its...

The Beyerdynamic MMX 330 Pro is our favourite wireless audiophile gaming headset, and I should know, I'm the one who reviewed it. As I tested it, however, I came up with a couple of drawbacks—it's wired only, and you can't detach the mic. It seems like Beyerdynamic may have been listening, as it's just announced two new wireless models with removable microphones. But should you be a US resident, I...

Is a Windows 11 24H2 update nuking SSDs and HDDs? That's the startling claim reported by Neowin. Specifically, it's the KB5063878 update that's said to be to blame for "storage failures that cause drives to disappear, making them and their corresponding SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) unreadable by the OS."The report, based on a post by X user Necoru_cat, claims that "Phison NAND controllers are relatively prone to issues,...

While this is nothing more than a guess, I'm pretty sure that the average Alienware buyer isn't interested in a gaming laptop that's discreet, understated, or like any other model they could buy. They want that alien logo glowing away, promising unearthly performance, and getting exactly that when they flip the lid open and fire up a game.Well, that's certainly what you're getting with the new Alienware 18 Area-51 gaming...

Feel free to use our hints for today's Wordle whenever you think your guessing might need a bit of a boost. Get in on the fun early (even on the first line, if you like) and shape your opening guesses around them. Glance over them later on to give a tricky run a bit of a boost. Any time is the right time, and the August 19 (1522) answer is...

The handshake deal in FromSoftware games, the obfuscated difficulty option that's always been there since Demon's Souls, is co-op: Summoning phantoms controlled by other players or the computer⁠. In OG Elden Ring everybody's best friend was the Mimic Tear, a powerful summon to make a copy of yourself to fight by your side.This has held true in the co-op centric, roguelike spinoff Nightreign, with the sturdy tripod of a full...

BlackMill Games has been making World War 1 shooters for over a decade now, first with Verdun, and then with Tannenberg and Isonzo. Now it's making Gallipoli, which will shift focus to the Middle Eastern theatre, to dramatize the battles between the Triple Entente and the Ottoman Empire.While it's not as well-known as other WW1 campaigns, the landing at the Gallipoli Peninsula, and the ensuing long stalemate, was an especially...

One of the prevailing impressions of the Battlefield 6 beta, which wrapped up today after two gangbuster weekends, was that Battlefield has finally caught up to Call of Duty. It has its snappy gunplay, it has its attachments, and it will eventually have its free-to-play battle royale mode.EA believes anything CoD can do, it can do better—but what about annualized releases? According to longtime industry analyst Michael Pachter, that's exactly...

Immediately following a lawsuit filed by the state of Louisiana alleging that Roblox "is overrun with harmful content and child predators," Roblox Corporation has updated its policies on "romantic and sexual content" to prohibit material that even just "implies" sexual activity. Roblox is also rolling out new restrictions on unrated experiences that will limit their access to the developers working on them, and says it will implement new technology that...