HomeNews Diablo 2: Resurrected can load saves from the original D2, if you want?And if you still have them? And if you still have them? WhileDiablo 2: Resurrectedis giving Blizzard’s seminal action-RPG a honking great 3D makeover, the game beneath is similar enough that apparently you can even load your old saves to continue playing. If you have them. And if you’d want to? I think it would be in your best interests not to....

HomeNewsEuro Truck Simulator 2 Euro Truck Simulator 2 plans a trip to Moscow in Heart Of Russia DLCTurn around, we’re headed back east again Turn around, we’re headed back east again Get ready to update your itinerary becauseEuro Truck Simulator 2is making some new travel plans. The trucking sim is still scheduled to visit Iberia in April, but SCS Software have let on where they’re headed after. They’ll be venturing further east again in the Heart Of Russia DLC that’s just been revealed....

HomeNews It’s cute when GTA Online players name yachts after the man they robbed to pay for itGracias El Rubio Gracias El Rubio GTA Onlinehas historically been a stingy game. Making money s largely a grind to afford better tools to grind more efficiently, with the dream of one day maybe actually buying something fancy just for funsies. That grind became a bit friendlier in December with the launch ofthe Cayo Perico Heist, a mission to rob the party island of drug lord Juan “El Rubio” Strickler....

Do you love products? I know I do. You can eat products, you can wear products, you can smear products all over your body. Products are terrific. Publishers and developers have heard that you enjoy products, so they’ve taken to advertising some in their games. That’s why we’ve centred this week’s MSR on those video games that are trying to sell you stuff, like Lilt. Mmmmm, Lilt. The totally tropical taste....

HomeNewsOutriders Outriders demo patch will make its wild motion blur optionalIt’s releasing sometime “early next week” It’s releasing sometime “early next week” I’ve given the free demo for third-person looter-shooterOutridersa whirl, and it is very much what you’d expect from a game that requires shooting, alongside some looting. Although I did crash to desktop a lot, and the strength of the motion blur gave me a headache. That was less good....

HomeNewsStar Dynasties Star Dynasties sure looks like Crusader Kings in spaceFancy some feudal politics among the stars? Fancy some feudal politics among the stars? If you enjoy intrigue and strategy but prefer spaceships to horses, here’s a contender for you.Star Dynastiesconfirms what I think we all secretly fear: that no matter how far humanity progresses we’re all just one major catastrophe from throwing up our hands and reverting to feudalism. It looks a lot likeCrusader Kingsin space, which isn’t a bad thing....

HomeNewsAeterna Noctis This new metroidvania’s world reminds me of Hollow KnightIt’s a striking look It’s a striking look Every day I wake up craving a new game that will fill theHollow Knight-shaped hole in my heart, and I thinkAeterna Noctismight just about do it. It’s an upcoming 2D metroidvania that will have you slicing your way through evil baddies in settings that look like they’re straight out of Hollow Knight. You’re not a bug in this one though, you’re a human man with a cool shadowy sword who’s trying to regain his kingly powers....

HomeNewsCircuit Superstars Top-down racer Circuit Superstars has hit the early access trackLearn the tracks online or on your own Learn the tracks online or on your own Circuit Superstarshas been doing practice laps for a bit but it’s just gotten the green flag to head into early access. This top-down racing game sounds like it has a bit more under the hood than you might expect from its looks. So far it includes quite a few different motorsport varieties so you can hit the track in everything from open wheel cars to rallycross to eurotrucks....

HomeHardwareNews Would you wear $200 smartglasses to protect your eyes from your monitor?Razer’s Anzu glasses also double up as polarised sunglasses Razer’s Anzu glasses also double up as polarised sunglasses As more of us spend time staring at our gaming monitors all day, protecting your eyes from the blue light they emit has never been more important. If you’ve bought a new PC screen in the last couple of years, chances are there’s probably a blue light filter built right into your display....

HomeFeaturesThe Eternal Cylinder Apparently I might be weird for thinking everything in The Eternal Cylinder looks like a willy?I’m not though, I can prove it I’m not though, I can prove it The Eternal Cylinder - Strange New World TrailerWatch on YouTube The Eternal Cylinder - Strange New World Trailer Watching the progress of the Cylinder is oddly hypnotic. It crushes everything that doesn’t get out of the way. Look, I’m fully sure I’m not being weird about this....

HomeNewsElite Dangerous Elite Dangerous: Odyssey to launch in alpha on March 29thThe first alpha playthrough video looks a bit stiff The first alpha playthrough video looks a bit stiff Elite Dangerous’s next expansion is Odyssey, which is adding first-person shootybangs to Frontier’s galaxy-sized space sim. This much we knew already, but now Frontier have announced that the expansion’s alpha will begin on March 29th, and there’s an extremely stiff-looking playthrough of it below....

HomeHardwareFeatures An RTX 3080 laptop with one major stumbling block Indeed, its Intel Core i7-10870H CPU and 32GB of RAM still offer plenty of processing grunt for everyday desktop tasks and light photo editing, and its Cinebench R20 scores of 370 for its single core performance and 3369 for its multicore performance were pretty much bang in line with what I was expecting. Yes, those results might be 21% and 31% slower respectively compared to the Scar 15’s Ryzen 9 5900HX chip, but unless you regularly work with large video files or use a lot of intense creative applications in your day to day computing, then I’m not convinced you’re really going to notice the difference....

HomeNewsRanch Simulator Gritty Stardew-like Ranch Simulator is out in early accessIt’s got guns though, which is very un-Stardew It’s got guns though, which is very un-Stardew Are you tired of running a pleasant farm in the quaint fields ofStardew Valley? Then why not don your best plaid shirt, whip out a hunting rifle and get to building your very own homestead inRanch Simulator. It’s an open-world simulation game that launched in early access today, and it seems a whole lot like a gritty, realistic (ish) 3D version of Stardew....