HomeNews Steam’s big summer demo week is called Steam Next Fest now, actuallyNew demos, new name, same wild numbers New demos, new name, same wild numbers It may only be March, but everyone’s looking ahead to the big summer bash, including Valve. They’d already announced that their demo blast week would be coming back again this summer but oh wait, it’s got a new name. The Steam Game Festival is no more....

HomeNews Try 25 more lo-fi spooky demos in the The Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021Creepy and crunchy, just like mom always made ‘em Creepy and crunchy, just like mom always made ‘em Once again, there are some seriously spooky looking games on offer.Chasing Staticup top there, whose demo is alsoon Steam, is an adventure set in rural Wales. It’s got some solid voice acting to go with its lo-fi visuals as you use your anomaly detector to hunt down the mystery of the missing villagers of Hearth....

HomeNewsWatch Dogs Legion Watch Dogs: Legion free trial starts Thursday, and you can preload nowHack the planet! Hack the planet! Ubisoft are running a free trial forWatch Dogs: Legionthis weekend, offering half of its open-world London and a fair chunk of the hacktivist story, as well as multiplayer. Sadly it’s only a timed trial, available until Monday, but you can at least preload now to be ready to go when as soon as the trial starts on Thursday....

HomeFeatures What’s better: wall-running, or breaking the fourth wall?War of the walls War of the walls Last week, you decided near-unanimously thatmechs are better than leaderboards. Mechs, please stomp on through to the next round of the competition. Some people have noted that I’m picking strange pairings. While I disagree, I am willing to placate them this week with a contest between two directly comparable things. What’s better: running along walls, or breaking the fourth wall?...

HomeNewsDisco Elysium Disco Elysium: The Final Cut refused classification in AustraliaBecause it depicts: “matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, and violence” Because it depicts: “matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, and violence” The Australian Classification Board are at it again with their strict rules, and this time around the detective RPGDisco Elysiumis on the chopping block. The game’s new edition The Final Cut is set to launch on March 30th, adding new quests and additional voice acting....

HomeNewsDota 2 Dota fans made an unofficial tutorial to help anime viewers start playingIt’s an impressive act of love for the game It’s an impressive act of love for the game Dota 2 does have an official in-game tutorial but it’s not, like, very good. Improving it is evidently a low priority for Valve, so players who are keen to share their love of the game have stepped up. Last month, a team launchedan Indiegogo campaignto fund development of an unofficial playable tutorial which might actually help would-be players....

HomeNewsHalf-Life: Alyx Half-Life Alyx is one year old and 40% offOne of our favourite VR games One of our favourite VR games Half-Life: Alyxwas undoubtedly the most memorable game I played last year. That’s partly because I played it during the first week of UK lockdown and the game puts you for several hours in the “Quarantine Zone” of City 17. But it’s also because it’s a groundbreakingVR game, and a brilliant prequel to my favourite game series....

HomeNewsAtomic Heart I can’t stop staring at Atomic Heart’s skin in this trailerThe protagonist definitely uses night cream The protagonist definitely uses night cream Atomic Heartis an upcoming sci-fi RPG set in a warped version of the Soviet Union. Robots are running rampant at a strange facility, and it’s up to you to find out what’s cracking. Let me tell you what isn’t cracking, though - the protagonist’s skin. A new trailer for the game’s mega-realistic photo mode shows off his flawless complexion....

HomeHardwareFeatures Seagate Barracuda Fast SSD reviewA great value external SSD A great value external SSD With more and more laptops and PC motherboards supporting the latest USB 3.2 Gen 2 standard these days, external SSDs such as theSamsung T7andCrucial X8are finally starting to come into their own. Touting maximum sequential speeds of well over 1000MB/s, they’re arguably some of thebest external SSDsyou can buy today, but that doesn’t mean that regular USB 3....

HomeDeals This RTX 2060 gaming laptop is down to £900 todayA saving of £200 off its usual price A saving of £200 off its usual price Nvidia’s newRTX 30 laptopsmight be the hot new thing for potential laptop buyers right now, but Amazon UK’s Spring sale has brought some intriguing discounts to some of their older RTX 20 series laptops, too. Chief among them is this RTX 2060-powered Asus TUF Gaming A15, which has £200 shaved off its price at the moment to bring it to a very tempting £900....

HomeNewsTrials Of Fire Trials Of Fire, tactical deckbuilder, leaves early access on April 9thClosing the book Closing the book Trials Of Firehas the most painfully generic name imaginable, so much so that despite having been presented the game in person and having edited several articles about it, I did not recognise it when I heard today’s news. TRIALS of FIRE Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube TRIALS of FIRE Launch Trailer Trials Of Fire is a fantasy roguelike that takes place within the pages of a fantasy book....

HomeNewsValheim Valheim patch makes farming with campfires harderPlus lots of other tweaks and fixes Plus lots of other tweaks and fixes Valheimgets regular small updates, but as small updates go, today’s was a reasonably big selection of tweaks and fixes for the viking survival sim. Among the changes are an increase in reinforced chest inventory space to 6x4, a tweak to make it easier to hit multiple enemies with a battle axe, and more buoyant boss drops so they’ll float on water....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Best LW3 - Tundra loadout and class setup in Call of Duty: WarzoneThe best LW3 - Tundra hitscan sniper loadout in Warzone. The best LW3 - Tundra hitscan sniper loadout in Warzone. If you’re looking for a solid, classic sniper build, then you’ve come to the right place.Warzone Pacificused to be a sniper’s dream. Nowadays, it’s a hardscoper’s nightmare, what with baddies rudely interrupting your sniping sessions with airstrikes, SMGs, and flanks....