HomeFeaturesYakuza: Like a Dragon The joy of being a benevolent capitalist in Yakuza: Like A DragonMaking Ichi-bank Making Ichi-bank Hong Kong has a popular snack chain called Aji Ichiban. Despite the name, it’s not actually Japanese, but I do recall going to these stores a lot whenever my family and I visited, where we’d fill our suitcases with its giant pack range of Chinese pork jerky and dried mangos.Yakuza: Like a Dragon’s Ichiban Confections is also a snack shop, albeit one that specialises in Japanese rice crackers....

HomeNews Trump permanently banned from TwitchAnd Twitch have new policy changes on the way to better deal with hateful conduct And Twitch have new policy changes on the way to better deal with hateful conduct Two weeks ago,Twitch announced they were suspending former US president Donald Trumpfrom their platform, after he incited a violent attack on the US capitol. At the time, Twitch said they would “reassess” his account after his presidency ended....

HomeNewsValorant Valorant map Split is no longer an attackers' nightmareRiot added a cheeky new location to plant the Spike Riot added a cheeky new location to plant the Spike Do you ever playValorantand just do a little sigh when you see what map has been picked from the pool for your next match? For me, that’s Split (and also Icebox actually, but this post isn’t about that freezy fiend). Split’s always been a tough one for attackers, with its annoyingly tight choke points you’d need to funnel down, and far too many 50/50 angles for defenders to hide in....

HomeHardwareFeatures AOC Agon AG273QZ reviewA 1440p monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate, what could go wrong? A 1440p monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate, what could go wrong? Until recently, anyone looking to buy a 240Hz gaming monitor had to make do with a 1920x1080 resolution. That’s fine if you’re buying a screen that’s 24in or 25in in size, but when many 240Hz monitors stretch that resolution all the way to 27in, many of them become ill-suited to heavy desktop work due to their low pixel densities....

HomeNewsBalan Wonderworld Balan Wonderworld will release a co-op demo next weekPrep for the costume change Prep for the costume change Bright and colorful platformerBalan Wonderworldisn’t too far away from its March release date now but you can try it out next week if you’re keen. Square Enix have announced that you can hop in and give it a go on January 28th. You can even try out the local co-op bits if you’re planning to play along with a pal when it launches....

HomeNewsMinecraft Get to know glow squids in Minecraft’s latest snapshotThey light up your life and your signs They light up your life and your signs It’s been years since I’ve playedMinecrafton a regular basis but I still really enjoy when new features and creatures start showing up in game. Without fail, it means that the always creative Minecraft players will come up with unexpected ways to use them. The newest Minecraft snapshot adds some more parts of the upcomingCaves & Cliffs updateincluding the pretty glow squids and their glowing ink....

HomeGuidesHades Hades gifts: how to acquire and give Nectar & AmbrosiaNectar and Ambrosia can be given as gifts to strengthen your relationships in Hades Nectar and Ambrosia can be given as gifts to strengthen your relationships in Hades How do you give gifts inHades?Having played a fair bit of the godlike roguelite that is Hades, you may have found yourself wondering where you can get your hands on more Nectar, or even Ambrosia, Nectar’s rarer and more valuable cousin....

HomeFeaturesThe Blackwell Epiphany Have You Played… The Blackwell Epiphany?Point and haunt Point and haunt The Blackwell series began in 2006, a collection of 5 proper good point and click games featuring a girl and a ghost solving paranomal-ish mysteries.The Blackwell Epiphanyis the finale of them, and is actually the first Blackwell game I ever played. But it’s also a great game in its own right, and playing it first is what made me want to go back and try the whole series....

HomeNewsHorizon Zero Dawn Horizon Zero Dawn devs shift focus to sequel after latest PC patchPatch 1.10 has a load more crash fixes for ya Patch 1.10 has a load more crash fixes for ya Horizon Zero Dawnwas prettydarn buggywhen it came out on PC last year. It was a shame considering it was the first bug PlayStation exclusive to make the jump to PC. But Guerrilla Games have been steadily updating it to fix all sorts of problems, and yesterday the game received its 1....

HomeNewsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Skyrim modders are getting creative with this AI text to speech toolFus Roh Dear Fus Roh Dear The magic of AI-powered text to speech continues asThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimmodders get their hands on an application that generates speech from text based on voice samples from Bethesda games. It’s already inspired a trailer with AI-only voice acting and a new mod that givesSkyrimcharacters lines to compliment your dragonborn’s naked figure....

HomeNews Yes, Valve “definitely have games in development”, Gabe Newell saysBut will they ship them? But will they ship them? While he’s spending quarantine in New Zealand, the national news channel has gotten Valve guy Gabe Newell to sit down and pointedly not answer some of his very favorite questions. They did their best to ask about all the games that end with threes, but Newell of course declined to say anything on the subject....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Best DMR 14 loadout and class setup in Call of Duty: WarzoneThe best DMR 14 setup for Warzone The best DMR 14 setup for Warzone ‘How do I make my DMR 14 stand out?’, you ask. Well, we have the answer. The DMR 14 is a powerfulWarzone Pacifictactical rifle that’s capable of rattling off shots as fast as you can pull the trigger. While it isn’t as dominant and oppressive as it once was in the old dreaded DMR meta, it’s still absolutely useable in the right hands....

HomeHardwareFeatures Best gaming keyboard: the top mechanical and wireless keyboards for gamingOur favourite gaming keyboard picks for all budgets Our favourite gaming keyboard picks for all budgets Everyone say hello to the newest member of the best gaming keyboards club, Logitech’s g Pro X TKL. It’s one that’s rekindled my specific love for tenkeyless ‘boards, that welcoming, temperate middle ground between compactness and the actually-having-real-function-keys quality of fullsize models. Still, regardless of the form factor, I will maintain to my hopefully distant death that a well-crafted gaming keyboard will always serve its owner better than the plasticky office peripherals that many of us start out with....