HomeNews Race The Sun devs reveal stunning neon Star Fox-like, hits early access next monthWhisker Squadrons: Survivor speeds onto PC on August 21st Whisker Squadrons: Survivor speeds onto PC on August 21st Image credit:Flippfly Image credit:Flippfly The developers behindRace The Sun’s minimalist gliding are now taking those high speeds to space in Whisker Squadron: Survivor, a neon-drenched homage to Star Fox. There are feline pilots, low-poly levels, and barrel-rolling in bullet hell heaven....

HomeNews Image credit:Nintendo Image credit:Nintendo The GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin will no longer come to Steam. Back in March, it was announced that the long-running emulator would get asurprise release on the storefront, but that was soon“indefinitely postponed”due to legal troubles with Nintendo and Valve. Now the team have cleared up the situation and are “abandoning” their efforts completely.“First things first - Nintendo did not send Valve or Dolphin a [DMCA Takedown] notice against our Steam page,” the team clarified in a recentblog post, before adding that “Nintendo has not taken any legal action against Dolphin Emulator or Valve....

HomeFeaturesXenonauts 2 Xenonauts 2 and its rude scientist have instantly won me overThe real secret of any great X-COM-like is having a smug bunch of brainiacs to come home to The real secret of any great X-COM-like is having a smug bunch of brainiacs to come home to Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Okay, small apology to XCOM’s scientists. It wouldn’t be fair to put them in quite the same smarmy class as Xenonauts 2’s chief science officer, as they’re both a heck of a lot nicer to you in person....

HomeHardwareDeals Grab the 2TB WD Black SN850X for $99.99That’s 50% off and a great price for this high-end PC/PS5 drive. That’s 50% off and a great price for this high-end PC/PS5 drive. Our favourite PCIe 4.0 SSD for gaming is less than $100 for a 2TB unit in the US, with Best Buy offering the WD SN850x for $99.99 after a 50% discount from its MSRP. This is a fantastic deal for a drive that performed admirably in our testing, recording the second-fastest real-world results behind Samsung’s more expensive 990 Pro and putting everything else we tested to shame - even PCIe 5....

HomeNews Microsoft and Activision Blizzard agree three-month extension for their proposed mergerThe never-ending acquisition The never-ending acquisition Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision Activision Blizzard’s CCO Lulu Cheng Meservey announced the three-month extension onTwitter. Meservey said that the board of directors from both companies approved the new deadline following global regulatory approvals andongoing renegotiationswith the UK’s Competitions And Markets Authority (CMA). Microsoft now needs to close the deal before October 18th or pay a termination fine that could cost billions....

HomeNewsOverwatch 2 Overwatch 2 and other Blizzard games are headed to SteamThe team shooter will land on Valve’s PC behemoth next month The team shooter will land on Valve’s PC behemoth next month Image credit:Activision Blizzard Image credit:Activision Blizzard Blizzard is going to offer its digital PC games outside of its Battle.net launcher for the first time, starting next month withOverwatch 2- though you’ll still need to sign in through Battle....

HomeNews Portal: Prelude’s fan-made prequel gets a fancy RTX remaster, and it costs nothing (except a powerful graphics card)Good luck running this on a potato Good luck running this on a potato Image credit:Nicolas ‘NykO18’ Grevet, David ‘Kralich’ Driver-Gomm Image credit:Nicolas ‘NykO18’ Grevet, David ‘Kralich’ Driver-Gomm After zhuzhing upPortalwith ashiny RTX version last year, Nvidia is at it again. This time, it’s ray-traced the cube-shaped edges ofPortal: Prelude, the fan-made mod that serves as a full-length prequel to Valve’s beloved puzzler....

HomeHardwareNewsRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart’s PC features include DirectStorage and extra ray tracingSystem requirements released intentionally this time too System requirements released intentionally this time too Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment It looked like theupcoming PC versionofRatchet & Clank: Rift Aparthad already exhausted its supply of glossy, Windows-exclusive features to show off; we already knew it’s coming withDLSS,DLSS 3,FSR 2and ray traced lighting and shadows....

HomeNewsEl Paso, Elsewhere Stylish vampire-blasting Max Payne-a-like El Paso, Elsewhere drops its release date in a hip-hop AMVBeats, blood and bullet time arrive in September Beats, blood and bullet time arrive in September Image credit:Strange Scaffold Image credit:Strange Scaffold El Paso, Elsewherehas looked great since the moment it first dived, slowly, into viewback in 2021. A little over two years later, theMax Payne-styled vampire-slaying slo-mo-shooter continues to look incredibly stylish as it drops its release date alongside an AMV for one of its hip-hop OST’s original tracks....

HomeNews The Definitive Edition of this cult RPG is one for the Undertale-likers in your lifeLisa: Definitive Edition is out now on PC Lisa: Definitive Edition is out now on PC Image credit:Serenity Forge Image credit:Serenity Forge Lisa: The Painfulhas been described to me asUndertalebefore Undertale. Or Earthbound after Earthbound (so, uh, Mother 3?). In other words, Lisa was a bit of a cult classic thanks to its freaky world, absurd humour, and brutal consequences....

HomeNewsSTONKS-9800 Trade stocks, play pachinko and live your best ‘80s life in chill city-pop investment sim STONKS-9800Numbers go up! Numbers go up! Image credit:TERNOX Image credit:TERNOX Ah, the 1980s. We all remember them. (Note: I was born in 1992.) Those days where you could just spend the day making it big on the stock market, before heading out into town to bet on horses, try your luck at pachinko and take it easy to a soundtrack of smooth city pop....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#760): How to solve the Wednesday July 19 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for July 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for July 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Making it to the middle of the work week can be a blessing, a curse, or even a bit of a shock, depending on how you’re feeling about life in general....

HomeNews Celeste and Toem join Game Pass soon, while Marvel’s Avengers leavesMicrosoft have announced the next batch of comings and goings Microsoft have announced the next batch of comings and goings Image credit:Maddy Makes Games Image credit:Maddy Makes Games 12 Exciting New Things We Learned From The Starfield DirectWatch on YouTube 12 Exciting New Things We Learned From The Starfield Direct Here’s the complete list of games coming to Game Pass over the next fortnight: Not an exhaustive selection but definitely a loveable one....