HomeNewsDIG - Deep In Galaxies DIG: Deep In Galaxies looks like Caveblazers crossed with BroforceIn space with a grappling hook and couch co-op In space with a grappling hook and couch co-op I already spend a sizeable portion of my gaming time dying in roguelike platformers, and the Steam Deck has only made things worse. Now here comesDIG - Deep In Galaxies, a roguelike platformer that looks like a cross betweenNoita,CaveblazersandBroforce, with cosmic scale, destructible levels, double jump, a grappling hook and co-op....

HomeFeaturesMax Payne Have You Played… Max Payne?Maximum effort Maximum effort Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.AgentMax Paynehit the zeitgeist square in the forehead at the turn of the Millennium. I was only sixteen when Remedy’s monologuing undercover DEA operative dropped into my life like a… well, a man diving sideways in slow motion with twin pistols blazing. It was that kind of time....

HomeNewsEndless Dungeon Hold back the endless hordes when Endless Dungeon begins this MayAmplitude’s wave survival spin-off returns Amplitude’s wave survival spin-off returns Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Endless Dungeonis set withinAmplitude’s Endless universe, but it’s neither a 4X strategy game likeEndless Spacenor a turn-based tactics game like sorta-predecessor Dungeon Of The Endless. It’s instead a co-op action roguelike, which takes the spaceship exploration and wave defense of Of The and makes it real-time, frantic, explosive....

HomeNewsLike a Dragon: Ishin Like A Dragon: Ishin lets you kick back and carefully chop spring onions on a farmGame Of The Year Game Of The Year I thought my love affair withLike A Dragon: Ishin’s teasers had peaked, but no, my heart still swells at an alarming rate. And that’s thanks to a new trailer where Kiryu/Ryoma drop (kicks) his bruising samurai lifestyle to the side for a simpler, purer existence: chopping spring onions to a rhythm in what looks to be an in-depth farming side activity....

HomeGuidesMass Effect 5 Mass Effect 5 trailer, story, characters, and everything we knowPiecing together the Mass Effect 5 story Piecing together the Mass Effect 5 story When is Mass Effect 5, and what will it be about?BioWare’sMass Effectseries is one of the most beloved RPG series out there, telling a sprawling and hugely ambitious space opera tale of extragalactic invaders and heroes helping each other to survive through desperate circumstances.Mass Effect 5was announced back in November 2020, and since then BioWare has kept the excitement alive with a very slow dripfeed of footage and images with hidden secrets inside each one....

HomeNews Microsoft’s mass layoffs will affect Starfield, Halo Infinite, and Gears Of War developersStaff at the studios are among 10,000 workers being let go Staff at the studios are among 10,000 workers being let go Microsoft has announced mass layoffs that will affect the developers behindStarfield,Halo Infinite, andGears Of War.Bloombergreport that it’s not yet known what the scale of the job losses at Bethesda and 343 Industries will be, and Kotaku has alsoconfirmedthat The Coalition will also lose staff....

HomeNewsWorld of Warcraft NetEase staff take hammers to World Of Warcraft statue, calls Blizzard “unseemly and commercially illogical"As 14-year relationship nears its end As 14-year relationship nears its end Blizzard’s 14 year relationship with Chinese publisher NetEase willcome to an end on January 23rd, at which time World Of Warcraft will go offline for millions of Chinese players. As the date approaches, NetEase have livestreamed staff dismantling a giant WoW axe statue at their offices with hammers, and called Blizzard’s actions “brash, unseemly and commercially illogical....

HomeNewsSea of Thieves Today’s Sea Of Thieves mid-season update means you can own a pet rockEveryone, meet Dwayne. Dwayne, everyone. Everyone, meet Dwayne. Dwayne, everyone. Sea Of Thievesis getting a mid-season update today, bringing the chance to catch up on all the pirate gossip with a trusty pet rock pal. The pocket pebble is only an emote that you can buy from the Sea Of Thieves store, but the company might help you keep it together on the long, lonely journeys across the game’s seas....

HomeNewsProject Q Ubisoft’sProject Qwasrevealed in April 2022after several leaks. At the time, it was described as a “team battle arena” game with “a variety of PvP modes” that was in “early development.“Now Ubisoft say that they have cancelled it.The 14 Biggest Games Coming To PC In 2023Watch on YouTube"We can confirm we will no longer support the development of Project Q in order to focus on priority projects, to which our teams are being reallocated,” an Ubisoft spokesperson toldVGC, after leaks over the cancellation earlier in the week....

HomeHardwareNewsA Plague Tale: Requiem A Plague Tale: Requiem quietly adds ray tracing on PCStay in the shadows Stay in the shadows Something you could never accuseA Plague Tale: Requiemof is a lack of eye candy. As grim, gory, and engulfed in rats as this medieval stealth adventure is,mon dieuis it a looker on PC. For those among us with one of the brawniergraphics cardson the market, it’s just become even prettier too, via the slightly delayed implementation ofray tracing....

HomeNews Chill café visual novel Coffee Talk Episode 2 arrives this AprilBrewing up a storm on April 20th Brewing up a storm on April 20th Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Toge Productions Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Toge Productions Coffee Talkis one of my favouritevisual novelsfrom the last couple of years, and when developers Toge Productions announced they were making asecond episodeback in 2021, I raised a steaming hot mug of tea in celebration. Now, it’s time to brew up another one, as they’ve just announced its official release date of April 20th....

HomeNews Find out what’s next for SteamWorld next MondayThunderful are holding a “special broadcast” Thunderful are holding a “special broadcast” Image credit:Image & Form Games Image credit:Image & Form Games Thunderful Games haveannouncedthey’re going to be holding a special SteamWorld stream next Monday January 23rd, where they’ll be unveiling what’s next for the series. Taking place at 9.30am PST / 5.30pm GMT, it’s not clear what the SteamWorld Telegraph: Special Broadcast will entail just yet, but given we already knowseveral SteamWorld games are in developmentat the moment, here’s a rough guess-timate of what to expect....

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