HomeNewsTest Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown delayed until early 2024Closed beta coming next month Closed beta coming next month Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crownis attempting to revive the open world racing series and features a 1:1 recreation of Hong Kong. It was first announced in 2020, with aninitial September 2022release date that slippeduntil 2023.It’s now been further delayed to “early 2024.” The new release window was mentioned during a livestream which featured over 20 minutes of Solar Crown in action....

HomeNews The FTC appeals court case loss against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard buyoutBack again Back again Image credit:Activision/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Activision/Rock Paper Shotgun The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is appealing therecent US court orderthat gave Microsoft the green light to close their proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Earlier this week, the case’s federal judge denied the request for a preliminary injunction against Microsoft and said the FTC had not successfully proven the deal could “substantially lessen competition....

HomeNewsTurbo Overkill Good reasons Turbo Overkillis an over-the-top first-person shooter about dual-wielding weapons, pulping monsters, and having a chainsaw for a leg. It was due to leave early access with the release of its final chapter on July 18th, but its lead developer has chosen to delay it instead. He has a pretty good reason: his development time had “been slowly sucked away as I’ve been coming to grips with fatherhood....

HomeNews Almost 90% of classic video games are “critically endangered” and it’s only getting worse, preservation study warns“It’s bad, folks. It’s really bad.” “It’s bad, folks. It’s really bad.” Image credit:stock.adobe.com/Victor Image credit:stock.adobe.com/Victor A recent study into the availability ofclassic video gamesappears to confirm what we all suspected: the vast majority of video games more than a decade old are pretty much impossible to find in their original forms, due to a mixture of technical challenges, licensing and commercial factors....

HomeNewsBattalion 1944 Bulkhead are offering refunds to all Battalion 1944 Kickstarter backersNow known as Battalion: Legacy Now known as Battalion: Legacy Image credit:Splash Damage Image credit:Splash Damage Developers Bulkhead are now offering refunds to all Kickstarter backers who supported World War 2 FPSBattalion 1944, also known as Battalion: Legacy. The studio described the development process as an Icarus situation where the team “flew too close to the sun,” and “were unable to accomplish all the goals” that were laid out in the initial Kickstarter plans, leading to these refunds....

HomeNews Check out these 10 striking games from the 10th annual ID@Xbox ShowcaseHellboy, Jackbox, Silent Hill-likes, a playable documentary and more Hellboy, Jackbox, Silent Hill-likes, a playable documentary and more Image credit:Sabotage Studio/Good Shepherd Entertainment/Attu Games Image credit:Sabotage Studio/Good Shepherd Entertainment/Attu Games Last night, Xbox held their 10th annual ID@Xbox games showcase and revealed a bunch of great new games coming to PC. There were gorgeous platformers, retro RPGs, party games, Silent Hill-esque spook ‘em ups, and even a playable documentary....

HomeHardwareDeals Crucial’s P3 Plus 2TB SSD is now $76 on Prime DayThis PCIe 4.0 drive was $180 last year This PCIe 4.0 drive was $180 last year SSD prices are getting crazy, right? There’s no other explanation for this latestPrime Day 2023deal, which sees the Crucial P3 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD available for just $75.99, down from $180 on Black Friday last year.That’s a phenomenal deal for a drive that can hit up to 5000MB/s sequential reads with 680K IOPS random reads and 850K IOPS random writes....

HomeHardwareDeals Get the 2TB edition of Samsung’s 870 Evo SSD for just £87 on Prime DayThe best SATA SSD out there, for less The best SATA SSD out there, for less Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun One of the go-to brands for all things storage in recent years has been Samsung. They’re resonsible for several of thebest gaming SSDsacross NVMe, SATA and external drives, and one of these successes - the870 EvoSATA SSD - is going cheap forPrime Day 2023....

HomeNewsRoblox Good god, Roblox is headed to Meta Quest’s VR headsetsThis can only end well. This can only end well. Image credit:@Dued1 Image credit:@Dued1 Our Favourite Games From Not-E3 2023Watch on YouTube Our Favourite Games From Not-E3 2023 “Traditionally, developing a VR experience required a team that had VR-specific experience and skills,” Roblox wrote in a blog post. “With Roblox, developers will soon be able to publish their existing experiences to support VR with little to no additional coding effort required....

HomeGuidesHonkai: Star Rail Honkai Star Rail: Where to go after Jarilo-VIHow to vote during An Invitation Without Proffer How to vote during An Invitation Without Proffer What should you do in the Navigation Meeting in Honkai: Star Rail?Honkai: Star Railmay be best known for its turn-based battles and large roster of playable characters, but there is actually a story going on as well, and at times you can’t ignore it. One of those times is during the Navigation Meeting at the end of the Jarilo-VI storyline, which locks you — the player — into the Astral Express’s Parlor Car and won’t let you leave until you’ve finished having an important conversation with your crewmates....

HomeHardwareDeals Our top gaming headset pick is over 50% off for Prime DayThe Logitech G432 is a cracking pair of cans, now cheaper The Logitech G432 is a cracking pair of cans, now cheaper Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Amazon Prime Day’s second day - riles me up that it’s technically not a day - of price cuts has served up something rather tantalising for those of us who like to wrap our ears in leatherette and blast the sounds of footsteps into our eardrums....

HomeHardwareDeals Prime Day cuts the speedy SanDisk Ultra 1TB microSD card down to just £85Perfect for the Steam Deck Perfect for the Steam Deck As far asSteam Deck-compatible microSD cardsgo, the SanDisk Ultra line is already one of the best for balancing value with speed. Now, thanks toAmazon Prime Day, the 1TB model is an even better match for Valve’s handheld PC – though you’ll need to be quick to grab one at just £85....

HomeNewsThe Banished Vault The Banished Vault’s giant space cathedral will be lifting off on July 25thA new strategy management game from the designer of Sun Dogs A new strategy management game from the designer of Sun Dogs Image credit:Bithell Games Image credit:Bithell Games The next game fromSun Dogsdesigner Nic Tringali ticks a lot of boxes for me. Like Alice0 wrote whenThe Banished Vaultwas first announced seven months ago, the idea of exploring space in “an interstellar gothic monastery” is obviously aninstant yes, but I’m also drawn to its neat, grid-like maps of its procedurally generated solar systems, as well as the haunting monochrome portraits of your band of exiled survivors....