HomeNewsTeam Fortress 2 Ex-Valve economist says play-to-earn could be “the apotheosis of misanthropy"Yanis Varoufakis talks NFTs, “a digital fiefdom in which Zuckerberg dreams of being the techno-lord”, and more Yanis Varoufakis talks NFTs, “a digital fiefdom in which Zuckerberg dreams of being the techno-lord”, and more PC Game Music Quiz | Can You Guess PC Classics From The Music?Watch on YouTube PC Game Music Quiz | Can You Guess PC Classics From The Music?...

HomeReviewsSucker For Love: First Date Sucker For Love: First Date review: a Lovecraftian dating sim that refuses to tone down the horrorPucker up Pucker up Be honest with me: when you read the words “Lovecraftian dating sim”, did your mind go straight to a joke about tentacle porn? Horror-themed dating sims are not exactly new, but it’s rare to be given the opportunity to date the eldritch gods themselves, and taken at face value, it’s hard to imagine where else this could be going....

HomeHardwareFeatures The best gaming microphones for PC: our picks of the best USB micsNow we’re talking Now we’re talking A lot of the best gaming microphones are either designed for streaming, or marketed to streamers. And yet, they can be a worthy addition to your peripheral collection even if you’ve never, ever said “What’s up, guys” into a webcam. A dedicated desktop mic can be called upon for casualDiscordchats just as surely as it can for barking push-to-talk instructions at multiplayer randos, should you be so inclined, and if you’ve chosen wisely you’ll always sound clear and intelligible....

HomeNewsTwo Point Campus Two Point Hospital follow-up Two Point Campus is coming in MayIt’ll be on Game Pass too It’ll be on Game Pass too After basically remaking Bullfrog sim Theme Hospital with their first game, Two Point Studios are preparing to return with a new comedy management game. Today they announcedTwo Point Campuswill launch on the 17th of May, inviting us to build and run universities. All I need to know is that it seems one of the courses you can run involves cooking giant pizzas the size of a minibus....

HomeNews Crysis 4 announced, start saving for a new graphics cardMaximum vagueness Maximum vagueness Crysis 4 (Working Title) AnnouncementWatch on YouTube Crysis 4 (Working Title) Announcement That teaser trailer offers about as many details on the game as anything else. “We are so pleased and excited to bring this news to you, and we really can’t wait to reveal more details about what lies ahead,” Crytek CEO Avni Yerli said intoday’s announcement....

HomeFeatures I sense a great disturbance in the share prices Point is, I’m mostly just pleased that Respawn are still around to make games featuring robots that surprise and delight us. And if they’re not allowed to do Titanfall 3, Star Wars is at least a rich field to till said robots. Lousy with robots, is Star Wars. But honestly, if anyone is going to makeStar Wars games(apart from BioWare, who have spent recent years makingDragon Age 4and / orcollapsing like a magnificent neutron star) then I’d root for Respawn....

HomeNewsDoom Improve your doomscrolling with the bot tweeting through DoomIt’ll take almost two years to tweet a playthrough It’ll take almost two years to tweet a playthrough Sometimes you’ll see ultraviolence. doom15646.pngpic.twitter.com/8kXJrgu1My— Doomscroll DOOM Bot (@DoomscrollDOOM)January 22, 2022 doom15646.pngpic.twitter.com/8kXJrgu1My Sometimes you’ll see a wall. doom15548.pngpic.twitter.com/M30J14tESi— Doomscroll DOOM Bot (@DoomscrollDOOM)January 26, 2022 doom15548.pngpic.twitter.com/M30J14tESi I wish it had better image quality (a side-effect of feeding in a YouTube video, I assume?) but hey, so it goes....

HomeHardwareNews Valve confirm Steam Deck launch date for February 25thWith the first units shipping on the 28th With the first units shipping on the 28th After ashort delayat the end of last year, Valve haveannouncedtheir portableSteam DeckPC is officially launching on February 25th. Sort of. The very first units won’t actually ship until February 28th at the earliest, but the 25th is the day Valve will be sending out their first batch of order emails to existing reservation holders....

HomeGuidesYu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel starter decks: best starter deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master DuelDiscover the best starter deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel and learn how to get every starter deck Discover the best starter deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel and learn how to get every starter deck Want to know the best Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel starter deck?Yu-Gi-Oh Master Dueldoesn’t give you long to learn the rules. After a quick tutorial, you face a substantial choice that will determine the shape of your duelling career....

HomeNews Blizzard announce survival game set in new universeThey’re looking for devs to join the team They’re looking for devs to join the team Blizzard have announced they’re making a survival game set in an “all-new universe.” There’s not much information on it bar two pieces of concept art, but they’re looking for artists, designers and engineers to join its development team.This announcement obviously comes at an interesting and troubled time for Blizzard....

HomeNewsFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Having recovered from success, Final Fantasy 14 is back on saleOceania gets a data center too Oceania gets a data center too After six long weeks,Final Fantasy XIVis back on sale. That’s after Square Enixstopped sellingthe MMORPG after the critically acclaimed life-hog overwhelmed its servers, causing massive server queues and network errors. Thankfully, those days are behind the game now. So yes, if you’ve been longing to check out itsexcellent Endwalker expansionor famoussmooth grapes, you can!...

HomeReviews Intel Core i5-12400F review: Core i5-12600K performance for £100 lessEven without E-cores, the Core i5-12400F is a gaming CPU bargain Even without E-cores, the Core i5-12400F is a gaming CPU bargain Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun There was cause for joy and concern alike when Intelrevealedthe Core i5-12400F, alongside loads of other new 12th gen Alder Lake CPUs. Here was a much more affordable, still gaming focused-alternative to theCore i5-12600K, yet it would lack the signature hybrid of fast Performance cores and flexible Efficiency cores that made that chip one of thebest gaming CPUsever made....

HomeHardwareNews Steam Deck’s Dynamic Cloud Sync streamlines switching between handheld and PCGame devs will need to support it, though Game devs will need to support it, though With theSteam Deck’sFebruary rollout bearing down, Valve are still unveiling the portable PC’s new tricks. The latest, as per aSteamworks Development blog post, is Dynamic Cloud Sync: a variation of Steam’s existing cloud save feature that ensures save files can sync between a player’s Steam Deck and PC even when the former is only suspended, rather than fully powered down....