HomeFeaturesThe Red Lantern The Red Lantern’s chill sledding adventure would be better if less stuff happened in itI said “Mush!” I said “Mush!” D’you like dogs? I like dogs. How aboutfivedogs? Hot diggidy daffodil, now we’re talking. InThe Red Lanternyou’re a musher who has decided to adopt a bunch of sled dogs and take ‘em over the Alaskan wilderness to a distant cabin that you’re pretty sure definitely 100% exists. This is, of course, how idiots die....

HomeNews Ubisoft are paying £1 million for one trailerSo that’s how much they cost? So that’s how much they cost? It’s no secret that big publishers spend small fortunes on marketing, but it’s rare that we get to put actual numbers to it. Here’s one: Ubisoft are paying approximately 11 million Swedish krona (around £940k/$1.23m) for one trailer. That’s according to the company who this week announced they’ve signed an agreement with Ubisoft to create a trailer....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Best JAK-12 loadout in WarzoneTaking a look at the best loadout for the JAK-12 shotgun. Taking a look at the best loadout for the JAK-12 shotgun. Are you looking to optimize your JAK-12?Then read on. A latecomer toCall of Duty: Warzone, the JAK-12 is a real beast when set up correctly. There are a few different builds to run with, given that slugs, frags and dragon breath are all an option here....

HomeNews Colourful shooty roguelike Gonner2 is out nowDon’t lose your head Don’t lose your head Roguelikes! Getcha roguelikes here! It’s a good time to be a fan of permadeath and trial and error. Yesterday, the excellentScourgeBringer left early access, last week we gotNoita, and today the colourful and chaotic platformerGonner2launched. I only played snippets of the first game, and it’s as weird and wonderful as it looks. The originalGonnerhad players travelling through procedurally generated worlds looking for a head armed with nowt but a gun and a backpack....

HomeReviewsDisc Room Disc Room reviewDisc can’t go unplayed Disc can’t go unplayed Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube It’s a hyper focused game, and very good at telling you what’s what. At an early point you enter a room with a circle in the middle. The circle glows as long as you stay inside its boundaries. It doesn’t seem to offer any extra benefit but the challenge of having less space to move....

HomeNewsThe Red Lantern Dog-sledding drama The Red Lantern is out nowI ever mention the time I worked with dog sleds? I ever mention the time I worked with dog sleds? Have I mentioned I used to work with sled dogs? While it’s only the most interesting thing I’ve done in the last ten years, I reckon I’ve bored the ears off everyone I know gabbing about it ever since.The Red Lantern, then, is a game for the part of me that’s desperate to pack on fifteen layers and get back into the snow with a band of huskies, riding off into the Alaskan sunset of an Epic Games Store release today....

HomeNewsGTFO GTFO adds matchmaking and new difficulties in its latest updateAs well as a freaky new enemy and a new weapon with which to kill it As well as a freaky new enemy and a new weapon with which to kill it Is the tense tactical zombo shooterGTFOtoo easy for you? Well, that shouldn’t be a problem much longer, because today’s update adds levels with multiple routes that can make it even harder....

HomeNews Hearthstone’s next expansion is Madness At The Darkmoon Faire, and adds PvP Dungeon RunsN’Zoth and friends return N’Zoth and friends return The Old Gods bloody love the circus, apparently. For the finalHearthstoneexpansion of 2020, Blizzard are taking us way back to 2016, the last Worst Year Ever (in real life), when C’Thun, Yogg-Saron, and the eldritch squad first came toHearthstone. Today they announced Madness At The Darkmoon Faire, arriving in November....

HomeNewsDeath Stranding Kojima Productions confirm they’re working on a new projectWhat a thrill! What a thrill! It’s no surprise that Kojima Productions are working on a new project, seeing asDeath Strandingcame out almost a year ago and Hideo Kojima has muttered about new things for a while, but it is now official. Today they declared “a new project is in development” and put out a hiring call for new staff. No hint of what the new game is, mind....

HomeNewsTenderfoot Tactics Make some weird goblin pals in Tenderfoot Tactics, out nowIt’s a beautiful open world with some turn-based tactics to dip your toes in It’s a beautiful open world with some turn-based tactics to dip your toes in I have watched the trailer forTenderfoot Tacticsthree times now. It looks: weird. It’s a turned-based tactics RPG with lots of roaming in a minimalistic yet super pretty open world. You play as a goblin escaping some spooky fog that has doomed your homeland, and along your adventure you collect other goblins to help you figure out what it’s all about....

HomeHardwareFeatures MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio reviewA beast of an RTX 3080 card A beast of an RTX 3080 card TheRTX 3080continues to be sold out almost everywhere, but when it does finally come back in stock, is it worth spending that little bit extra on one of the more expensive versions of Nvidia’s new flagship GPU? I’ve been testing the enormous MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio to find out....

HomePodcasts Podcast episode 114: the autumnal games specialThis one goes off the rails, not going to lie This one goes off the rails, not going to lie I won’t lie to you listener, the ratio of games to not-games chat on this week’s episode of the Electronic Wireless Show is pretty… it’s pretty low. This may be the least amount of games chat we’ve ever done. Nevertheless: here is a podcast....

HomeNewsScorn Scorn will envelop you in its Gigeresque guts in 2021Oh good, my gun’s full of guts Oh good, my gun’s full of guts To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings I kinda pick up the feeling of survival horror games like the early Silent Hills? Exploring spooky places in a non-linear, collecting items, solving puzzles, dodging fights when you can, and being a bit crap in battle when you can’t....