HomeHardwareDeals Get a massive 2TB Crucial MX500 SSD for £164, just 8p per GBBulk storage at a big discount, plus a bonus 2TB external HDD deal Bulk storage at a big discount, plus a bonus 2TB external HDD deal The Crucial MX500 is one of the best ever SATA SSDs, so when its largest 2TB size went down to £164 on Amazon today I thought I’d let you know. This is the second-best price we’ve ever seen for the drive, which normally retails for north of £175....

HomeNews More bikes please, video gamesI want to ride my virtuabicycle, I want to ride my virtuabike I want to ride my virtuabicycle, I want to ride my virtuabike Today isWorld Bicycle Day, so allow me to say: more bikes in video games, please. The ones we have are nice, but more would be grand, ta. I’ll take more games about cycling. I’ll take more bikes in games not about cycling....

HomeNewsPalia Palia is a cosy, Stardew-inspired MMOWith pre-alpha launching this summer With pre-alpha launching this summer Image credit:Singularity 6 Image credit:Singularity 6 The influence of bothStardew Valleyand Breath Of The Wild cannot be stopped. Exhibit #23590:Palia, which seems to contain elements of both. The announcement trailer shows lush, green hills, players using gliders, and a focus on farming, home decorating and romanceable NPCs. What sets it apart is that it’s also an MMO....

HomeNewsSlipways Slipways offers grand strategy in under 60 minutes, and it’s out nowBuild a network of planets in this slick scifi strategy Build a network of planets in this slick scifi strategy I’m as excited aboutSlipwaysas any game coming out this year. It’s a pocket-sized 4X about building a network of planets, and each game is designed to be completed in under an hour. I loved its demo during the Steam festival, and the full game is out now....

HomeNews Square Enix’s E3 event will feature new game from Deus Ex studioBut it’ll probably just be another Tomb Raider game But it’ll probably just be another Tomb Raider game Eidos Montreal, if you don’t know, are the studio previously responsible forDeus Ex: Human RevolutionandDeus Ex: Mankind Divided. Watch on YouTube In fairness, Eidos Montreal’s last game was leading development of Shadow Of The Tomb Raider in 2018, and since then they’ve been handling additional development on Marvel’s Avengers....

HomeHardwareNews Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals: the best UK and US hardware dealsThe PC gaming deals cometh once again The PC gaming deals cometh once again It’s the second and final day of Amazon Prime Day today, and the time to grab this year’s best PC gaming deals in the UK and US is quickly running out. With Prime Day due to end at 11.59pm on Tuesday June 22nd, there’s not long left to grab some of this year’s lowest prices on the best SSDs, gaming monitors, mice, keyboards and headsets available right now....

HomeNews Baldur’s Gate 3 developers Larian Studios snatch up a seventh studioMade up of Divinity: Original Sin 2’s Nintendo Switch port developers Made up of Divinity: Original Sin 2’s Nintendo Switch port developers Like their upcoming mind flayer baddies,Baldur’s Gate 3developers Larian Studios have snatched some minds for a new studio. Larian have announced that they’ve snagged the development team from Spanish studio BlitWorks who they’ve previously worked with on porting their other big RPGDivinity: Original Sin 2to the Nintendo Switch....

HomeNews Check out slime stealth, shadow hopping, and other neat indie PitchYaGame submissionsA feast of indie games to gander at A feast of indie games to gander at Scrolling through oodles of videos of in progress indie games is always a treat. I hope everyone else has as big a sweet tooth as me because there are a heck of a lot of indie game goodies to check out thanks to the recent PitchYaGame awards....

HomeNewsGriftlands Klei’s sci-fi deckbuilder Griftlands has left early accessSpace-pirates, aliens, and card battles - what more could you want? Space-pirates, aliens, and card battles - what more could you want? Exploring backwater planets, recruiting pals and making important decisions that could come back to haunt you - I could be talking aboutMass Effect, but I promise I’m not (this time). These are the sorts of things you can get up to in Klei Entertainment’sGriftlands, which has now left early access....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft update 1.17 launches axolotls and goats and more next weekAxolotls ahoy! Axolotls ahoy! Minecraft’s big new Caves & Cliffs update is just around the corner—or part of it is, anyway. Mojang announced previously that they’d decided tosplit Caves & Cliffs in two, rolling out a summer and winter release this year. The first part of that major update 1.17 is arriving next week on June 8th. It’s got neither caves nor cliffs in it, though....

HomeHardwareFeatures Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti reviewNvidia’s new flagship RTX card is a big disappointment Nvidia’s new flagship RTX card is a big disappointment It’s been almost nine months since Nvidia kicked off theirRTX 30 serieswith theRTX 3080, and longer still since anyone has actually been able to buy a graphics card at its normal price. Indeed, as the great graphics card shortage of 2020 rumbles on, the solution doesn’t seem to be simply making more of what’s already available out in the wild, but introducing newer, more expensive ones to stretch that GPU pool even further....

HomeNewsOperation: Tango Operation: Tango looks like swell secret agent voice communication co-opHow much do you really trust your co-op pals? How much do you really trust your co-op pals? For those of us that like hollering at our pals in co-op,Operation: Tangosure looks like it’s worth getting some extra intel on. This co-op stealth puzzle game challenges you and a partner to take on roles as field agent and hacker to tackle secret missions with the power of your expert communication skills....

HomeDeals This half-price MSI B550 motherboard could be the heart of your next AMD PC£70 for one of the best-reviewed B550 motherboards is outstanding £70 for one of the best-reviewed B550 motherboards is outstanding If you’re planning to build a new PC or upgrade an old one to run AMD’s latest Ryzen processors, this deal is for you. The MSI MAG B550M Bazooka is one of the best recent AMD motherboards, and it’s been heavily discounted at Amazon today....