HomeNewsFalcon Age Befriend a bird in Falcon Age on Steam todaySquaawwk! Squaawwk! Having grown tired of ridding the Epic Games Store of frightened rodents over the past year, first-person bird ‘em upFalcon Ageis expanding its hunting grounds from the Epic Games Store. Part robot-bashing action and part virtual pet, Outerloop’s feathered debut arrives on Steam today, with 25% off for folks who adopt one of their virtual birds-of-prey for the next week....

HomePodcastsBaldur’s Gate 3 Podcast episode 112: the excuse to talk about Baldur’s Gate 3 specialRoll for perception Roll for perception Alice Bee is back from holiday in time for a massive CRPG to enter early access, so this episode is supposedly about our favourite companions in games, but is really mostly aboutBaldur’s Gate 3, Larian’s massive new Dungeons & Dragons-themed, reawakening-a-classic fantasy game. She and Matthew have both played a bit of it (Matthew a lot more than her), but we have a chinwag about it and the characters in it nonetheless....

HomeFeaturesBugsnax Preview: Bugsnax isn’t a horror game, but it’s still unsettlingFeeling a bit queasy Feeling a bit queasy I don’t watch much horror myself, so forgive me. But you know those trailers? The ones where there’s a cabin in the woods and a group of smiling high schoolers descend upon it? They flip up the trunk of their car, eagerly fling their suitcases on the wooden decking, and chortle about how they are going to have a rad time....

HomeNewsMortal Kombat 11 Rambo is joining Mortal Kombat 11Yes, the Vietnam vet with PTSD Yes, the Vietnam vet with PTSD To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The Ultimate edition includes the base game, ye olde Kombat Pack 1 of new fighters and skins, the Aftermath story expansion, and this new Kombat Pack 2. The character pack will be sold separately too, and packs Mileena (her in the purple with the sai and the gaping face-biting mouth), Rain (the purple one of those Scorpion-lookin' ninjas), and yup good ol' John Rambo....

HomeNewsSea of Thieves Sea Of Thieves devs made a pirate shanty tribute to Van HalenDance the night away Dance the night away Eddie Van Halen, song writer and lead guitarist of iconic rock band Van Halen, passed away this week. Across the internet, tributes have poured out for the legendary rocker, including a rather surprising one fromSea Of Thievesdeveloper, Rare. They’ve made a pirate shanty cover of the song Jump. It’s a bit weird, but you know what?...

HomeVideosSpelunky 2 Spelunky 2 daily: I strapped an explosive to my back then went to lava worldFuse meet match Fuse meet match I was worried about being overcautious after yesterday’s terrible run, in which I died on the second level. Spoilers: I was not cautious. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Currently the daily challenge is the only part ofSpelunky 2I’m playing. I don’t do a warmup run beforehand, or continue to play the regular mode once I’ve consumed the daily....

HomeVideosSpelunky 2 Spelunky 2 daily: Today was always going to go badlyAt least it was short At least it was short To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Today’s apology: I’m posting this a day late, because for some reason the post didn’t go live when I hit publish. Hooray. Expect another video along later tonight. Today’s second apology: I’m still experimenting with how I’m recording these, and there’s still work to be done on audio quality....

HomeNews The Winamp Skin Museum really whips the llama’s assOver 65,000 skins to browse! Over 65,000 skins to browse! In the late nineties and early noughties, no video game forum was complete without a ‘post your desktop’ thread, and no desktop screenshot was complete without a snazzy Winamp skin displaying your personality and illicit MP3 collection. What a treat it is to scroll through the tens of thousands of skins onthe Winamp Skin Museumand see the exciting, strange, colourful, and horny range of old Winamp skins....

HomeNewsDemon Turf You should play Demon Turf’s demo before it disappearsConquer your demons in this platformer Conquer your demons in this platformer Steam’s Game Festival: Autumn Edition is now in full swing, and it’s offering us lucky lot the chance to play hundreds of free game demos until next Tuesday, October 13th. I’ve had a good rummage through the store and plucked outDemon Turf, a stylish 3D platformer with 2D characters where you play as Beebz, a raucous young demon with an attitude....

HomeNews A chainsword, a gun firing bullets from another timeline, and Destiny 2: Beyond Light’s other new ExoticsREV UP THE SWORD REV UP THE SWORD To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Bungie get into more detail about the Exoticson their site. They are: Without hard numbers and experience to back up the descriptions, it’s hard to tell which will be really be great. Hunter blink sounds nice, but Wormhusk Crown already makes my Dodge murderously rude in PvP....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 offers workarounds for crashes while working on fixesA hotfix is coming A hotfix is coming Larian Studios launchedBaldur’s Gate 3into early access last night, and were quite clear that the fantasy RPG might have a few issues needing fixing. And yup, it does. Multiplayer has particularly been a problem for some folks, with several issues causing crashes. The developers, Larian Studios say they’re working to release a hotfix patch for pressing problems “as soon as possible” but, for now, they warn of what not to do....

HomeNewsHades Hades composer teaches how to play one of its lovely songs in this videoA tutorial from the legendary musician Orpheus himself A tutorial from the legendary musician Orpheus himself Supergiant’s games all have pretty wonderful soundtracks, and their new Ancient Greek roguelikeHadesis no exception. We have composer Darren Korb to thank for that, and this weekend he released a video tutorial teaching how to play one of Hades' delightful tunes....

HomeFeaturesSea Salt Have You Played… Sea Salt?The ol' snipple snapple The ol' snipple snapple My mate Greg is one of those people who’s phenomenally gentle and kind-hearted, but has a surprisingly brutal taste in media. He introduced me to a big chunk of the metal bands I listen to, and loves films with plenty of fights. I remember as teenagers, we spent an impossibly hot summer’s day watching Gangs Of New York, then roaring Daniel Day Lewis quotes at each other through mouthfuls of doner kebab afterwards....