Blades of Fire doesn't do itself any favours pairing Aran, its rugged action hero with godlike powers, a tragic past, and a broken heart, up with a much younger sidekick he insists on calling "boy" and "kid" far too often—but cracking through the Kratos of it all reveals a game that's trying to leave a more exploration-heavy mark on the cinematic action genre. These are places to be savoured, not...

If there's one thing I've learnt from my time with sims like Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, and that one game that gave me the historic opportunity to be the first person to write "Rudolf Hilferding" on this website, it's that I wouldn't cut it in a time of crisis. Material conditions would slam-dunk me into the dustbin of history like Kobe Bryant. I just don't have the mettle that let...

I have many interests, and about half of them involve my PC in some shape or form. But I moved country a few years ago, and this meant having to rebuild a decent chunk of my collection of tech. Corsair has shown off a version of one of its cases, with a DAC, which I might just have to pick up if it gets to market. An external DAC attached...

I've had to contend with far fewer dicey data management situations than all that spy-fi I watched at an impressionable age led me to believe—just like quicksand, it's just not a day-to-day thing I need to worry about. Well, TeamGroup has unveiled a portable SSD that'll allow me to live out my youthful Mission: Impossible fantasy with less of a bang and presumably at great expense.The Expert P35S is a...

Helldivers 2 released a huge milestone update today—a battle for Super Earth, and the inclusion of City Maps. I got my boots on the ground right away, dropping into a smoke-filled ruin of a city named Eagleopolis, the thrum of distant Illuminate ships and the warble of cruel, unflinching overseers flooding my senses.Our mission? To protect a missile silo from the alien advance. We set up our defences, dropped our...

Well, here's a twist. Instead of making a movie based on a blockbuster game like Minecraft or Super Mario Bros, someone made one based on a $4 walking simulator you can finish in about 25 minutes. And just based on the trailer, it looks a lot more faithful to the source material than most game adaptations.Both the film and the game it's based on are called The Exit 8, and...

We've cooked up a fresh clue for today's Wordle, written to give your guesses a boost and turn a few yellow letters green without spoiling all your fun. Try combining it with our tips for maximum puzzle solving effect, or use it early and alone to get your game off to a great start. Need something more? That's why the May 20 (1431) answer is waiting below.One green, one yellow—that's...

Arcade gaming has created some of the most immediately recognisable and iconic hardware in the videogame scene. Nothing quite spells old school charm quite like an arcade machine complete with a full complement of tactile buttons and switches. With arcade style fighting games still being huge in the tournament scene, these have continued to evolve into better, more portable and customisable hardware purpose built for the needs of the modern...

A rather sensational YouTube video appears to have set off a mild Steam review bombing directed at the Borderlands series.In March, Borderlands YouTuber Hellfire posted a video called "Take Two Spies on Borderlands Players," and in it they highlight the differences between the game's original end-user licensing agreements and the new one Take-Two applied to it, which it applies to all of its games.We should all be vigilant about what's...

Survival horror dungeon crawler Labyrinth of the Demon King is neck-and-neck with Avowed and Oblivion Remastered as my personal game of the year so far, which I absolutely did not expect when I loaded it up on my Steam Deck before a flight (I ended up playing it all five hours). But even more surprising is that its small development team is already promising new additions just a week after...