HomeGuidesValheim Best Valheim seeds: a list of the best world seeds we’ve foundBest seeds for early Bosses, Traders, Swamps, and more Best seeds for early Bosses, Traders, Swamps, and more New to Valheim and searching for the best starting seeds?InValheim, every world is procedurally generated from a starting seed. This means that no two randomValheimmaps are ever quite the same; and not all worlds are created equal, as you’ll soon discover....

HomeNewsMilitsioner Upcoming immersive sim Militsioner looks fascinating “You’re arrested on this ordinary day in the provincial town where the Giant Policeman lives and works,” say developers TallBoys. “You haven’t broken the law, have you? Of course, someone must have been telling lies, but absolutely everyone thinks you’re guilty. Don’t stick around for too long.” So we’re trying to escape before we’re arrested, while the big bobbie is out to stop us....

HomeFeaturesLEGO City Undercover Have You Played… LEGO City Undercover?Glow brick Glow brick Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.For the best part of 15 years, most LEGO games were The Characters You Like In Those Films, But Now In Brick Form. Will Arnett hadn’t donned the cowl yet, nor was Chris Pratt singing about everything being more than decent, so Those Films weren’t even LEGO films....

HomeNews Jack Black cast as Claptrap in the Borderlands movieCue the Claptrap laugh track, Jack Cue the Claptrap laugh track, Jack In among all the oh so many video game movies and TV shows currently in the works is thatBorderlandsmovie which, it turns out, is calling up quite the cast. They’ve gone and cast Jack Black as comedic relief robot Claptrap, alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart, and Cate Blanchett.“I am so excited to reunite with Jack, this time in the recording booth,” director Eli Roth toldThe Hollywood Reporter....

HomeNewsKing’s Bounty II King’s Bounty 2 should finally arrive in AugustBut where’s the fun tone? But where’s the fun tone? I’ve not paid much attention toKing’s Bounty 2because, well, it keeps being delayed. Hey, it’s delayed again! But this time they’re acting like it’s the final delay, going as far as to declare a release date: August 24th. I’m still a bit disappointed that the latest in the hexy strategy RPG series looks so stuffy and serious, after the fun and foolishness of the games from a decade or so ago....

Sure, we could’ve tried to tie this week’sMystery Steam Reviewsinto the bedlam of Handforth Parish Council’s December Zoom call, or whatever happened during the American equivalent of the FA Cup on Sunday, but we decided to change things up this week. Last Thursday we put a poll up on theRock Paper Shotgun YouTube channelasking you what you wanted us to focus the next MSR on. And, whilst open-world video games gave it a run for its money, the winner was video games with animal protagonists / playable animal characters....

HomeNews Oh no, Steam keeps going downIt’s back! Wait, gone again. Now it’s back! No, gone. But back? It’s back! Wait, gone again. Now it’s back! No, gone. But back? Valve’s video game store Steam is currently busted, servers evidently having collapsed a few hours ago. It’s extremely common for Steam to collapse at the start of a big sale, though these issues started about 18 hours afterthe Lunar New Year Sale beganso huh, I wonder if that actually is the cause....

HomeGuidesValheim Valheim tips and tricks: A beginner’s guide to Valheim in 2023Use these tips and tricks to start strong in Valheim Use these tips and tricks to start strong in Valheim Looking for Valheim advice for beginners?Valheimis the Viking-themed indie title that came out of nowhere to hijack everone’s free time back in early 2021 — and it’s recently found its way to Xbox Series S|X. That means there’s now a whole new audience for this clever, satisfying, punishingsurvival game....

HomeGuidesValheim Valheim: How to find and mine IronHow to get Scrap Iron from Muddy Scrap Piles, and smelt it into Iron Bars How to get Scrap Iron from Muddy Scrap Piles, and smelt it into Iron Bars Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Looking to learn everything about Iron in Valheim?Iron is one of the strongest materials available inValheim, and key to crafting a new tier of weapons, armor, and tools to help you survive and thrive in this challengingsurvivalgame....

HomeNews Axiom Verge 2 is headed to PC after all, as an Epic exclusiveThe sequel to one of the best Metroidvanias The sequel to one of the best Metroidvanias Axiom Verge 2was announced for Nintendo Switch back in 2019 with a 2020 release date. No other platforms were announced at the time, but now it seems it’s coming to PC after all - as an Epic Games Store exclusive. The announcement was made during theEpic Games Store spring showcase, which highlighted new games coming to EGS this year....

HomeHardwareNews GeForce Now finally has a proper list of supported gamesCyberpunk 2077, Control and Watch Dogs Legion also join the cloud gaming service today Cyberpunk 2077, Control and Watch Dogs Legion also join the cloud gaming service today Nvidia’s cloud gaming serviceGeForce Nowhas been steadily improving since Ireviewed all the major cloud serviceslast year, and it now has the one thing I’ve been craving for absolutely ages: a proper honest-to-goodnesslist of all the games currently supported on it....

HomeFeaturesGears 5 Have You Played… Gears 5?Fenix right Fenix right Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Gears Of Waris a juggernaut: Microsoft have made tons of money from it, critics have heaped praise on almost everything (includingJudgement) with COGs on the box, and fans love it so much that they often gethorrible tattoos of the logo all over their bodies....

HomeFeatures It’s about time we got Persona 5 on PCFor real For real Hear that? The faint murmur of a sax solo, the trundle of a cat-shaped bus, a rippling bassline. If I listen closely, I can’t shake the feeling that my life’s about to change again.Persona 5 Strikersisn’t far off now, and I can’t wait to reunite with my high school homies in this hack-and-slash follow up to 2017’s endlessly stylish, turn-based JRPGPersona 5....