HomeNews Fallen London romance game Mask Of The Rose is fully funded on KickstarterAfter just one day it’s smashed its £90,000 goal After just one day it’s smashed its £90,000 goal Just one day after its fundraising efforts began, Failbetter Games' upcoming romantic visual novelMask Of The Rosehas been fully funded on Kickstarter. It’s a prequel to all of Failbetter’s games, set right after London sunk underground inFallen London. At the time of writing, backers have pledged a total of £99,203 of the £90,000 goal, and now it’s time to talk stretch goals - one of which would add an entirely new character option to the game....

HomeNews No, Microsoft are not making ZeniMax part of ‘Vault’ [updated]It’s been a confusing day It’s been a confusing day Microsoft announced their intention topurchase Bethesdaparent company ZeniMax last September. Currently, they’re still in the process of getting permission to take ZeniMax’s hand in corporate marriage from all the necessary legal and legislative bodies and all. As part of that process, Microsoft are apparently planning to create a new company called “Vault” that ZeniMax will be merged with....

HomeReviewsOmori Omori reviewLook at this photograph Look at this photograph OMORI 2020 TrailerWatch on YouTube OMORI 2020 Trailer The story ofOmori, a small RPG with a fervent fanbase released in the last few days of 2020, is built on such moments. Based on an independent manga of the same name, Omori is the story of a silent teenager who spends most of his time exploring elaborate retrowave fantasy worlds. When he’s not battling household objects or gators wearing sunglasses, he inhabits a blank room known only as “White Space” that contains his laptop, a black lightbulb, a box of tissues, and an extremely disturbing sketchbook....

HomeDeals Razer’s Viper Mini mouse can be snapped up for £25 todayAn ultralight price for an ultralight gaming mouse An ultralight price for an ultralight gaming mouse Technically, this promo code is for free next day delivery, which usually costs £5, but if you opt for standard delivery instead when you get to your delivery options at checkout, you’ll still get the £5 discount applied to your basket anyway. I’ve tried it myself and it does work, letting me pick up a Viper Mini up for a very agreeable £25 instead of its already discounted price of £30....

HomeDealsTrain Simulator See the world with Humble’s Train Sim 2021 bundleGet Train Simulator 2021 and 18 DLC packs for just £9 / $12 Get Train Simulator 2021 and 18 DLC packs for just £9 / $12 Going on a real-life train journey is still off the cards for a lot of people these days, but you can still experience the thrill of pulling into a station, spilling hot coffee over yourself and staring out the window at pretty scenery with Humble’s brand-new Train Sim Expedition bundle for 2021....

HomeNewsSonic the Hedgehog Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie better give Tails a horrible dog faceRepent, you absolute cowards Repent, you absolute cowards Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - Title Announcement - Paramount PicturesWatch on YouTube Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - Title Announcement - Paramount Pictures Technically the first film did alreadyreveal a ‘cute’ Tails in a post-credits scenebut I don’t see why they shouldn’t change him for the sequel. Everyone knows teasers aren’t canon....

HomeNews Tales From The Borderlands returns to digital stores next weekRhys and Fiona emerge from the vault Rhys and Fiona emerge from the vault Telltale Games' episodic Borderlands spinoff storyTales From The Borderlandswas removed from sale after the company closed along with many of their other games. Gearbox, developers of the Boderlands series proper, havenow announcedthat this particular narrative adventure is making a comeback next week on February 17th. It’s a classic Telltale romp with quips and quicktime events and episodes and all....

HomeNews Tencent buying a bit of Arma devs BohemiaBusiness as usual, Bohemia say Business as usual, Bohemia say DayZ 2020 Year in ReviewWatch on YouTube DayZ 2020 Year in Review Bohemia don’t say how big a stake they sold, nor how much they got for it. Tencent have their fingers in a great many gaming pies. They fully own a number of companies including Riot Games, Funcom, Digital Extremes, and Splash Damage, and hold a majority stake in Grinding Gear Games....

HomeFeatures The RPGs that made us: Legend Of The Red DragonWe’ll get to the dragon killing. First, we flirt. We’ll get to the dragon killing. First, we flirt. Growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, I was lucky enough to have a dad who happened to be in IT. It meant that from an early age I was banging away at keyboards, playing games like MadMaze on a laptop the size of a briefcase....

HomeGuidesValheim Valheim cheats: how to enable console commands, use creative mode, spawn items, and moreFull list of cheats and console commands in Valheim Full list of cheats and console commands in Valheim Looking for a full list of Valheim cheats and console commands?Valheim, like mostsurvival games, gives players a console from which they can enter various commands and cheats allowing you to control almost every aspect of the game, from teleportation to god mode to item spawning....

HomeNewsValheim Viking craft ‘em up Valheim has already sold one million copiesIt was even briefly the fourth most-played game on Steam It was even briefly the fourth most-played game on Steam Valheim Early Access Date Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube Valheim Early Access Date Reveal Trailer It’s not just sales that indicate how well Valheim is doing, however. In a press release, the devs say it became the fourth most played game on Steam yesterday, peaking at over 160,000 concurrent players....

HomeNewsAnthem Is it worth expanding the team? Or is time to dump the game altogether? OhAnthem. The only BioWare game even I can’t defend. BioWare’s attempt at a Destiny-style online multiplayer game crashed and burned when it launched back in 2019, and the developers have made an effort to reboot and improve it ever since. In May last year,they announced Anthem Next, which sounds like its biggest overhaul yet. But now even Next’s future is uncertain....

HomeNewsWarhammer 40,000: Battlesector Battlestar Galactica Deadlock devs are making a Warhammer 40K gameIn the grim darkness of the near future, there is only licensed Warhammer games In the grim darkness of the near future, there is only licensed Warhammer games After turning cyclical war into a video game withBattlestar Galactica Deadlock, Black Lab Games are now ready for a licensed adaptation of epic war, endless war, only war. Publishers Slitherine today anjnouncedWarhammer 40,000: Battlesector, a new turn-based strategy take on Games Workshop’s tabletop world of spacefascists....