HomeFeaturesOstranauts Ostranauts is a hugely ambitious space game, but I think it’s going to workSpace to grow Space to grow “This is all just an excuse for me to build a universe, right?” says Daniel Fedor, as I settle in for an evening watching him playOstranauts. And he’s serious. The sandboxy space sim, which hit early access on September 10th, and which is a sort-of sequel to acclaimed oddball RPGNEO Scavenger, has some properly deep worldbuilding....

HomeNewsOverland Overland now has all-dog squads in newest updateFor when the going gets ruff For when the going gets ruff Despite being very, very bad at its turn-based tactical survival, I quite enjoyOverland. I always welcome a reason to jump back in and utterly fail at surviving an apocalyptic road trip across the country. Finji have given me another fantastic reason to get back behind the wheel. In its newest update,Overlandadds an “all dogs” setting that guarantees your squad will only be made up of furry friends....

HomeNewsThe Sims 4 The Sims 4 will add 100 new skin swatches with an emphasis on dark skin choicesA skin tone slider is on the way too A skin tone slider is on the way too Maxis have given some new details on their commitment tofixing dark skin tonesinThe Sims 4. An October update will address existing graphical issues with darker skin tones while a later update in December will add one hundred new skin swatches and additional customization controls for Create-A-Sim....

HomeNews You’ll need to download Destiny 2 again for Beyond Light, to save spaceIt will be 30-40% smaller It will be 30-40% smaller This was to be the week Bungie launchedDestiny 2: Beyond Lightbut, like everything else this year, the expansion ended up delayed. This week has at least brought news about installing Beyond Light come November, both good and bad. Good news: thanks to some revamped technoguts, the game should take up less drive space and Bungie should be able to patch any urgent problems faster....

HomeNews Blizzard co-founder opens new studios with loads of ex-Blizzard folksBut what are they making? But what are they making? Mike Morhaime, the co-founder and former CEO of Blizzard, has opened a new video games venture with two studios stacked full of fellow ex-Blizzard folks. Dreamhaven is the company name, under which sit two studios, Moonshot Games and Secret Door. Open their doors and you’ll find folks including longtimeStarCraftII game director Dustin Browder and originalHearthstonegame director Eric Dodds....

HomeHardwareNews Here’s where you can buy an RTX 3090, along with the 8K TV you’ll need to go with itRIP your wallet. RIP your wallet. Update: many retailers are now out of stock of the RTX 3090, so here’s an update on UK and US availability. Nvidia’s monstrousRTX 3090is upon us. Launching today at 6am PT / 2pm BST, Nvidia’s so-called “BFGPU” will allegedly bring 8K gaming to the masses - a rather pointless endeavour if you ask me, especially since the only 8K displays you can actually buy right now are mostly extortionate 8K TVs....

HomePodcasts Podcast episode 110: the ‘if you could have one superpower’ specialBeads. Bees!? Beads. Bees!? Our diversions this week are less likely to involve the term “bumeggs”, but we do spend ages talking about whether or not a character inResident Evil7 has a beehive for a bum or not. Also, it turns out that we mostly want special abilities that facilitate the acquisition and consumption of food. We did record this around lunchtime, in fairness....

HomeNewsRocket League Rocket League’s servers died after it went free-to-play yesterdayThings are back up now, but they were down for a good few hours Things are back up now, but they were down for a good few hours Rocket Leaguewent free-to-play yesterday, which, naturally, caused loads of new players to hop into those funky little football cars for a few matches. The game’s new competitive season began, too, bringing in a load of returning players as well....

HomeNewsSquad Tactical shooter Squad has finally launched out of early accessFancy some modern-day tactical action? Fancy some modern-day tactical action? To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Squad officially launched yesterday, and the Version 1.0 update was a big’un. It bumped the player cap up to 100 soldiers per server, added a new map set in Fallujah along with the new Middle Eastern Alliance faction, put in the new 4v4 vehicle deathmatch mode Track Attack, and fixed and tweaked and optimised a whole lot....

HomeNews Amnesia: The Dark Descent is now open sourceOpen season in Brennenburg Open season in Brennenburg In the run-up to the release ofAmnesia: Rebirth, Frictional Games are continuing to show love to their first Amnesia game for its tenth anniversary. Paying tribute to the modding community that’s played no small part in Amnesia’s longevity, Frictional have now released the source code forAmnesia: The Dark DescentandAmnesia: A Machine For Pigsfreely online.“It feels like we could have released this source code a long time ago,” they say in theirannouncement post....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 We’ll have to Baldur’s wait just a bit longer Larian have popped up just a week beforeBaldur’s Gate 3’s planned early access launch to say that they’re pushing the launch back to October 6th. Don’t panic, everything is not on fire. It’s just a delay of one week. The cheeks have even changed the studio’s name on Twitter to “Baldur’s Late” as a result. Larian say that they’ve run into a few unexpected delays and stability issues that they want to solve before launch....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 sure is going to have some risqué romance scenesWho are we going to Baldur’s Date? Who are we going to Baldur’s Date? After a long day of questing and slaying, it’s only right for an adventuring party to return to camp for a good wind down. InBaldur’s Gate 3, that’s where things get steamy, Larian Studios say. Camp is where the party can talk about the day’s adventures—whether they agree about the player’s choices or not....

HomeGuidesCrusader Kings III Crusader Kings 3 System requirements: can you run it on your PC or Mac?Before you buy, make sure your machine can take it. Before you buy, make sure your machine can take it. What are the minimum and recommended system requirements for Crusader Kings 3?Crusader Kings 3is a pretty demanding game specs-wise. With about a thousand things going on at all times, CK3 can be taxing on your machine....