Fair play to Norland's developer Long Jaunt, it doesn't do patches by halves. Back in March, the medieval colony sim's "damn big update" overhauled several of its most fundamental systems, stripping out character needs, reworking crime and punishment, and radically changing how your colony's horny lords give orders to peasants. Now, Long Jaunt is rolling out an even bigger patch that leaves virtually no part of the game untouched.Appropriately named...
It's a sad truth of this industry that some games simply get lost to time. Servers get shut down, listings get removed from storefronts, and releases we were once excited for get forgotten. That's if they even made it to launch in the first place.So, this is a quiz, but it's also a bit of a memorial. Let's test how short our memories truly are. All you have to do...
Late last month, Two Point Studios unveiled the first paid DLC for its excellent management sim Two Point Museum. Titled Fantasy Finds, it adds a dungeon's worth of treasures to discover and display. While impressed by the expansion's showing, I questioned the apparent lack of a new museum scenario for the campaign, which would have rounded off the package nicely.Well, excuse me while I wipe the dragon's egg off my...
Witchfire has been in development for nearly a decade at this point. But the "new" FPS from Painkiller creator Adrian Chmielarz has been gathering pace since its arrived on Steam in early access last year (following an initial launch on the Epic Store in 2023). The RPG-infused shooter has received two chunky content patches in the last seven months, and now developer The Astronauts has announced that its "biggest update...
System Shock 2 is a PC gaming classic, but much like its spiritual successor Bioshock, its final act isn't as strong as the rest of the game. Its final level—The Body of the Many—swaps out the twisting spaceship corridors of the game's earlier levels for what is basically a giant intestine, with you fighting through a resource-draining gauntlet of enemies. Unless you're extremely careful, this can leave you ill-prepared for...
Let's make sure this weekend's a real winner for you. Our Wordle tips can help refresh your general guesses, turning every new line into an opportunity. Make sure you combine them with our hint for the July 12 (1484) puzzle for maximum effect. And if all else fails, or those green and yellow letters just aren't turning up? Today's answer is here to make it right.I love being clever. I...
Underneath the piles of free-to-play monetization, daily login rewards, and horny cosmetics there's a hint of an enjoyable hero shooter in Mecha Break. For a certain type of mech obsessive, it's a paradise of steel, sparks, lasers, and giant swords. Every time you enter a match you watch your pilot buckle up, achieve full synchronization, and grit their teeth as they're about to be shot like a bullet into battle.But...
The multiplayer soccer game Rematch was a surprise departure for developer Sloclap, previously best known for the martial arts actioners Absolver and Sifu. But it turned out to be really good, and a genuine hit to boot: Currently there are 37,000 people playing Rematch on Steam alone.What's also a little surprising, Sloclap CEO Pierre Tarno said in an interview with Eurogamer, is that it's not necessarily die-hard soccer fans who...
8Bitdo Ultimate 2.4G | Hall Effect | Wireless | Charging dock | $49.99 $34.99 at Amazon (save $15)A premium controller that is somehow half the price of a PS5 DualSense right now. Assuming you like the ergonomics that most closely resemble a Switch Pro controller, you'll find a lot to love here: large face buttons, real analog triggers, extra grip buttons, hardware remapping, and Hall effect joysticks resistant to drift...
It took a few days for Blizzard to step in and fix the Diablo 4 bug that let sorcerer players stack enough damage bonuses to break the game. A day before the fun was over, streamer Mekuna decided to see if it was possible to clear the hardest dungeon in the game wearing no gear on their character at all.After a few attempts, he pulled it off: A deathless and...