I love metropolitan city builders, but once I'm done turning fertile riverside plains into a mess of eight-lane highways and coal plants, I can't help but wonder if I've maybe been a net negative for the world around me. When I saw Life Below on Steam—a city builder all about constructing reefs that opens its Steam description with "the ocean is dying"—I was flooded with the exact blend of guilt...
I really wanted to love the SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 Wireless, and in some ways, I do. It's very versatile, sturdy, and has reminded me of the very real benefits of removable batteries in gaming mice. It's also pretty well priced. Because of all this, I reckon it's ideal for some select use cases.However, I can't recommend it for use as a primary gaming mouse, not when there are...
The Kingmakers system requirements have just been revealed, and it is looking incredibly easy to run. Given how ambitious the game is, and the fact that it's built in Unreal Engine 5 despite those specs, I can only hope it runs as easily as it is to play.As spotted by PCGamesN, you have to go somewhere no person should ever set foot in to find the Kingmakers system requirements: the...
FromSoftware's clunky UI and coy descriptions are keeping me from truly loving Elden Ring Nightreign
Elden Ring Nightreign is quickly proving itself to be a bit marmite in reception—at least, on first blush. It's my opinion that the game'll likely pick up in opinion as the playerbase, like me, gets used to this bizarre, experimental, and harsh co-op game's eccentricities.Now that I'm well and truly submerged in the Nightreign soup, I'm having a grand old time. I'm familiar with the Executor's ins and outs, what...
Original Story: FromSoftware, I love thee dearly—but I think we can all agree that your multiplayer elements are always a little goofy. In the Dark Souls games and Elden Ring, the laborious process of summoning phantoms to your world is kinda part of the charm: a diegetic way to invite spirits beyond the rift into your RPG.Elden Ring Nightreign, on the other hand, has straight-up matchmaking. And even then, FromSoftware...
Our Wordle tips can improve every game, and the best part is they can be quickly skimmed over in just a minute or two. Truly taking them on board might take longer, but that's why we've got today's answer waiting below, as well as a brand new hint for the May 30 (1441) puzzle too.After three rows featuring not much of anything at all, my fourth attempt at not completely...
Sometimes all it takes to make a new subgenre is an apostrophe. With just one hardworking punctuation mark, the newly christened J'RPG describes a refreshingly French spin on Japanese turn-based roleplaying games, and players can't get enough of its irresistible je ne sais quoi.J'RPG is a particularly brilliant fit for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Sandfall Interactive's tale of saving dark-fantasy Paris from a series of increasingly unhappy birthdays boasts whimsical...
Sloclap is known for creating the Kung-Fu brawler Absolver, which was then followed up by a partnership with Kelper Interactive for another Kung-Fu brawler, Sifu. So, as you would expect, the next game from the studio is an online multiplayer five-a-side football showdown (that being real football, not whatever the Yanks play), called Rematch—Fifu was right there.Now, being the kid who was bad at sports (and thus always put in...
We're used to FromSoftware games being hard, but Elden Ring Nightreign can be mean. You're going to run into at least one evil Nightlord, confusing objective or under-explained mechanic in this co-op action game and wonder how the heck you were supposed to survive, let alone win the day.We've written a ton of Elden Ring Nightreign guides to help lessen its sting. You'll find all of them below, organized into...
Point 'n' click adventurers eat well in 2025: every week there's at least a couple of interesting ones released on Steam, like last week's Kathy Rain 2, or the week before that, Neon Hearts City. Despite my wishlist bulging with these things, I'm especially excited about The Drifter.Developed by Powerhoof, the studio responsible for Crawl and Peridium, The Drifter is a gritty, seedy take on the works of "King, Crichton...