HomeNews I adore every last one of Low Poly Animals' tragically blocky crittersBig Frog? Big Frog. Big Frog? Big Frog. Say what you want about modern games, but they’ve gotten pretty good at rendering fauna. IfRed Dead Redemption 2wants to show you a goose, it’ll damn well show you a goose. Last month, a new Twitter account popped up to remind us that this is a fairly recent development, cataloguing the smart, strange, and downright cursed wildlife created in the name of saving a few dozen polygons....

HomePodcasts Podcast episode 116: the best food in games specialFrostmourne hungers… for delicious barbecue, probably! Frostmourne hungers… for delicious barbecue, probably! Welcome again, dear listener, tothe Electronic Wireless Show, the best and most solidly on-topic PC gaming podcast the world has ever seen. This week, we invite you to be our guest, take a seat at our dinner table, and prepare for a hearty helping ofchat. About food. Because this week the topic is all the best food in games, you see....

HomeNews Star Wars: Squadrons devs say they’re not doing another Star War"Human error" is to blame for a job listing “Human error” is to blame for a job listing One week after a job listing said Motive were hiring for “an upcoming Star Wars action game”, theStar Wars: Squadronsstudio have said oops nope, not true, no Star War here. It was “human error”, they say. Typical humans. No, whatever it is they are making next (and they do hint they’re “working on something pretty special”), apparently we will not see a single Galaxy-class starship or Ferengi....

HomeVideos Video: Mystery Steam Reviews, but scary because Resident Evil has given birthStay together for the kids Stay together for the kids Let’s just pretend that Halloween is this weekend and we were very timely when choosing the theme for this week’s Mystery Steam Reviews, okay? Okay… GHOSTS! GOBLINS! SCARY THINGS! Yes, because it’s that time of the year again, we decided to test each other’s horror game knowledge (via Steam reviews) on this week’s episode ofThe PC Gaming Weekspot....

HomeNews What if BioWare announced Mass Effect 5 this weekend?It won’t happen, but come speculate with me It won’t happen, but come speculate with me N7 Day, orMass Effectday as you might know it, is right around the corner. This Saturday, a couple of BioWare devs and a load of the original trilogy’s voice cast are holdinga “very special” panel to celebrate. Now, there are suspicions and whisperings of what may or may not be said at this panel - it would be baffling if all this fanfare wasn’t to revealthe long-rumoured remastersof Commander Shepard’s adventures....

HomeFeatures What’s your favourite video game explosion?Ooooh! Aaaah! Ooooh! Aaaah! Remember, remember the fifth of November: gunpowder, treason, and plot. I myself see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. But while we commemorate gunpowder treason with fireworks on Bonfire Night, can you honestly tell me you remember with complete certainty whether we’re celebrating the fact that the plot was foiled, or that someone at least tried to detonate a king?...

HomeNews XCOM 2 is now on iOS tooTake the fight to the can Take the fight to the can Commander, it’s once again time to save the Earth - but this time you can do it from the comfort of your toilet seat.XCOM 2today launched on iPhones, iPads, I don’t know anymore. The iOS release comes with all the DLC too, enough game to occupy your attention for potentially thousands of bowel movements....

HomeNewsMobius Front ‘83 Zachtronics wargame Möbius Front ’83 strikes out todayLast America standing. Last America standing. It’s the mid-80s, and the United States Of America is about to face its most dangerous enemy yet - itself. Out today,Möbius Front ‘83is a new tactical wargame fromOpus MagnumandInfinifactorydevelopers Zachtronics, a dimension-hopping military strategy romp that sees the puzzle boffins take their shot at a more violent form of problem solving with troops, tanks and attack helicopters....

HomeGuidesApex Legends Apex Legends Gibraltar guide abilities, tips and tricksUse Gibraltar’s abilities to great effect with these tips and tricks Use Gibraltar’s abilities to great effect with these tips and tricks Want to learn how to master Gibraltar and his abilities in Apex Legends?WhenApex Legendswas first released, Gibraltar was a laughing stock, widely considered the least viable character to use in any match. Now, it’s a very different story, and every game will see several Gibraltars running around, throwing down Domes and Bombardments, making things very difficult for their enemies....

HomeNewsImmortals Fenyx Rising Immortals Fenyx Rising won’t let you immediately rush the final bossStop and smell the prose Stop and smell the prose Ubisoft’s Greek mythology rompImmortals Fenyx Risingis being launched into a pretty long shadow and no, it isn’t Zeus’s. Between the climbing and gliding and puzzles and oh so many other things, it has a more than passing resemblance to Breath Of The Wild. One thing it won’t share, though, is your ability to say peanuts to the grand quest and immediately go knock on the final boss’s door....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft’s first Caves & Cliffs snapshot adds copper, amethyst, and lots moreCaves & Cliffs excite me Caves & Cliffs excite me Minecrafthas another big update planned for next summer, but you don’t need to wait nearly that long to try out the Caves & Cliffs update. As Mojang do with Minecraft, a “snapshot” build has been released today containing some of the features and new blocks planned for next year....

HomeNewsPhasmophobia Phasmophobia PvP plans are offPvP “would turn the game into something completely different” PvP “would turn the game into something completely different” While the maker ofPhasmophobiadid once hint at plans to add a PvP mode to the smash-hit cooperative ghost-hunting game, they’ve now said naw that’s off. Didn’t fit what the game is. Makes sense.Phasmophobia’s a game of terse and unpredictable encounters with entities who behave in inhuman ways, and even the most murderous spirit is often inscrutable....

HomeReviewsTeardown Teardown review: a glorious crime caper about smashing open buildings like chocolate eggsHomes under the hammer Homes under the hammer Teardownis built upon a piece of technical wizardry that allows almost anything in the world to be destroyed. The destruction is completely granular. Take a sledgehammer to a wall, and you will crack open the plaster and brick at the exact position you struck. Drive a large boat into a wooden cabin built atop a pier, and the cabin - and boat - will crunch, splinter and collapse into the ocean....