HomeFeaturesAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Meet the developer who designed Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s fictional Isu languageYou may need to develop a sixth sense if you fancy learning it You may need to develop a sixth sense if you fancy learning it Henry tells me the plan to come up with the Isu language started out as a wild idea he didn’t think would actually happen. Some Isu text and its translation you can find in the present day sections of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla...

HomeNewsThe Plane Effect The Plane Effect looks like another quiet, creepy adventure gameTime to head home from corpo headquarters Time to head home from corpo headquarters “It is your last day, it’s time to clock out and head home. But where is home? What is home? Is someone watching Solo? Get lost in a time-and-mind bending adventure game, set in a dystopian future,” say the creators. The Plane Effect Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube...

HomeHardwareDeals This 1TB WD NVMe SSD is £30 off todayThe cheapest it’s been since Black Friday The cheapest it’s been since Black Friday If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your PC’s storage banks recently, then you’ll be pleased to hear there’s a swathe of SSDs on sale over at Amazon UK today. Our pick of the bunch is £30 off the 1TB model of the excellentWD Black SN750, their flagship gaming SSD that’s now the cheapest it’s been since last year’s Black Friday sale....

HomeNewsHexceed Hexceed is a relaxing, free Minesweeper-like puzzle gameMinesweeper with hexagons, basically Minesweeper with hexagons, basically I’ve been on a puzzle game kick recently - or for the entire past year, really. The calm, methodical solving of pretend problems is exactly what I need while I’m stuck indoors listening to podcasts. The latest isHexceed, aMinesweeper-ish hexagon clickerthat’s free to play on Steam. hexceed Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube hexceed Launch Trailer...

HomeNews Lawsuit alleges Valve are abusing power to keep game prices highCD Projekt and Devolver Digital also named as defendants CD Projekt and Devolver Digital also named as defendants A class action lawsuit has been filed in Calfornia federal court this past week against Valve and several game developers, alleging that Valve “abuses the Steam platform’s market power” to prevent other game distribution platforms, such as the Epic Games Store and Microsoft store, from competing on price....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator is heading to France nextAnd its UK update is now due the second week of February. And its UK update is now due the second week of February. Microsoft Flight Simulator’s 3rd update was due to give the UK some spilt and polish this past week, butit was delayed into February. This hasn’t stopped developers Asobo from talking about its fourth update, which we now know is planned for the end of March and which will focus on France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg....

HomeNews Report shares more tales of dysfunction at Amazon Game StudiosWhy Crucible sucked Why Crucible sucked I do love a long read about how things went wrong on a videogame, and Amazon Game Studios have gone wrong on several now. The latest report of dysfunction at the makers (and cancellers) ofBreakawayandCrucibleisover at Bloomberg, and it mirrors a lot of what had been reported previously, including that the executives in charge don’t understand games, and the games designed to meet corporate objectives without much heed paid to what people want to play....

HomeNews What’s the most underrated PC game ever?No matter how old or how new, what game didn’t get its due? No matter how old or how new, what game didn’t get its due? It used to be fairly easy to split PC games into three categories. There were the good games that everyone had played, the bad games that were rightfully forgotten, and a small pool in the middle of good games that never got their due....

HomeHardwareFeatures BenQ Mobiuz EX2710 reviewA compelling 144Hz gaming monitor for those after HDR on the cheap A compelling 144Hz gaming monitor for those after HDR on the cheap Gaming monitors with 144Hz refresh rates are increasingly easy to get hold of these days, and you don’t even have to spend an arm and a leg to get one either, as some of the best, such asAOC’s 24G2U, can be had for less than £200 / $200....

HomeNewsGlitchpunk Glitchpunk is GTA 2’s edgy younger cousinThe inspirations aren’t just worn on its sleeve but tattooed up the arm and down its back, too The inspirations aren’t just worn on its sleeve but tattooed up the arm and down its back, too Prepare yourselves for an influx of *punk games. After the roaring success of World of Warpunk, The Witcher: Wildpunk, and PLUNKPUNK, there is nowGlitchpunk. It’s a game that’s incredibly honest about its inspiration....

And, as I’m sure Joe R. would agree, there’s no better way to celebrate the inauguration of the United States of America’s 46th commander-in-chief than with a themed edition ofMystery Steam Reviews. The PC Gaming Weekspot: Resident Evil Village! RE: Verse! Resi 4! Other Stuff!Watch on YouTube The PC Gaming Weekspot: Resident Evil Village! RE: Verse! Resi 4! Other Stuff!Watch on YouTube The PC Gaming Weekspot: Resident Evil Village! RE: Verse!...

HomeNewsMinecraft This mod’s amazing contraptions made me reinstall MinecraftI even made my own server for it I even made my own server for it Minecraft’s automation stuff can do amazing things, but there’s often a disconnect between what the things look like (a pile of blocks with a piston attatched) and what they do (an intricate feat of redstone trickery that powers a recreation of Super Mario Bros.). Create mod fills in that gap with an array of parts that power physical builds....

HomeNewsTotal War: Warhammer II Total War teaser could point to Total War: Warhammer 3Is it DLC for TWW2 or a teaser for Total Warhammer 3? Is it DLC for TWW2 or a teaser for Total Warhammer 3? If you need more Total Warhammering in your life, well don’t despair, you’ll certainly get more. Creative Assembly have posted a new teaser video today indicating thatsomethingTotal War is coming, though exactly what it is remains a debate....