HomeNews Halo 3: ODST drops onto PC next weekaka The Halo With The Cast Of Firefly aka The Halo With The Cast Of Firefly Halo’s long-overdue missing PC releases will continue withHalo 3: ODSTnext Tuesday, the 22nd of September, Microsoft announced today. ODST was one of Bungie’s last Halo games and it turns away from jacked supersoldier Master Chef to focus on some regular squishy humans: Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. The game has a good squad of these, borrowing voices from noughties sci-fi stars including Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, and Adam Baldwin off Firefly and Tricia Helfer offBattlestar Galactica(plus Nathan Drake, just because)....

HomeNews Jackbox Party Pack 7 bringing more daft party games in OctoberFrom nonsensical presentations to more Quiplash From nonsensical presentations to more Quiplash Jackbox Games have announced a release date of October 15th forThe Jackbox Party Pack 7, their latest collection of daft multiplayer party games. It’ll bring back an old favourite with Quiplash 3, as well as debut four brand new games involving everything from giving rambling talks to drawing characters who battle each other....

HomeFeaturesCrusader Kings III One of the strange things aboutCrusader Kings 3is that the sheer size of the world means that even the mightiest empire will still operate in perhaps a quarter of the map at most. When you’re a small realm, or one squished into a corner like Ireland or Kham, you can spend the entire game without proof that most of the world even exists. It’s a good thing. I like it....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator Twitch Plays is a strange beast. You’d think that allowing loads of viewers in Twitch chat control all the actions in a video game might be a disaster, and yet the hivemind never seems to disappoint. Twitch chat has tackled Pokémon,(kinda) beat Dark Souls, and they even managedto beat a chess grandmasterat his own game. But now they’ve taken to the skies inMicrosoft Flight Simulator, managing to perform a barrel roll and even land a plane together....

HomeNewsDwarfheim Co-op RTS DwarfHeim will launch in early access in October, and gets a new demo todayHeigh-ho! Heigh-ho! Pineleaf Studio today announced an early access launch date of October 22nd forDwarfHeim, the intriguing cooperative RTS where players take on different roles. You’ll need someone in charge of your army, naturally, though you’ll need a town to support that army, but how will you build a town without miners? Division of labour is the answer, splitting tasks across players who’ll need to work together if any of this plan is to work....

HomeNewsDwarf Fortress Dwarf Fortress shows off its new UI with a lunchtime shrineA meal deal for the mountain king! A meal deal for the mountain king! Feeling peckish, halflings? Bay 12 Games are still stirring away atDwarf Fortress' new and improved Steam version, but they’ve popped out of the kitchen a mo to give us a taste of the sprawling mountainfolk sim’s spruced up new interface - turning a simple stone room into a temple to meal deal sandwiches with a streamlined new painting tool....

HomeNews Great big gaming digi-vent PAX X EGX kicks off todayComing to a front room near you Coming to a front room near you Fellow nerds, rejoice! Since EGX and PAX weren’t able to put on physical events this year, PAX Online and EGX Digital have joined forces forPAX X EGX(sadly not, as I have been told I should not call it, PACKSEGGS). Starting right now today, Saturday the 12th you’ll have nine full days of your favourite gaming shows, but from the comfort of your home!...

HomeNewsKena: Bridge of Spirits Kena: Bridge Of Spirits delayed into early 2021Bridge closed until further notice. Bridge closed until further notice. Once again, the stress fires of 2020 have knocked another game’s release plans out the window. This time it’sKena: Bridge Of Spirits, a whimsical adventure debut from the folks at Ember Labs. The developers announced this week that their stylish first steps into the world of videogames will now release in the early months of next year, following a shaky adjustment to the awkwardness of working from home....

HomeNewsDeath Rally Classic Absolute car-nage. Quick, I say Remedy, you say… well? If you saidDeath Rallyand notMax Payneor Control, you’re either a massive clever-clogs or you looked at the header of this story. To commemorate the studio’s 25th birthday, the developers are making their very first game free to keep forever. Great news, if you’re into bloody car combat racers from the grindhouse depths of 1996. These days, Remedy are best known for their third-person supernatural Twin Peaks ‘em ups....

HomeNewsFoundation Watch the Foundation devs show me how to play their game competently for EGX DigitalThe experts have arrived The experts have arrived It is no secret that I both really love early-access medieval city-builderFoundation, and am alsonot very good at it. Luckily, I was able to wrangle Polymorph Games' creative director Philippe Dion and community manager Andy Ashton to show me how it’s done, in a combined interview and let’s play for EGX Online....

HomeGuidesCrusader Kings III Crusader Kings 3 armies: How to increase, raise, and replenish levies and armies in Crusader Kings 3Need an army? You’ll need to raise some levies. Need an army? You’ll need to raise some levies. Here’s how to raise and replenish your levies and armies in Crusader Kings 3. Top 12 Best Strategy Games to Play on PCWatch on YouTube Top 12 Best Strategy Games to Play on PC...

HomeNewsIron Harvest Dieselpunk mech RTS Iron Harvest now has campaign co-opFriends who mech together wreck together Friends who mech together wreck together Alt-history mech rompIron Harvestlaunched on September 1st and is already shoveling its first update out. You can now stomp through the campaign in co-op with a friend or go head-to-head in a new multiplayer map. The developers are planning further updates throughout September with more maps, a ranked mode, and other additions....

HomeNewsOstranauts Neo Scavenger “spiritual sequel” Ostranauts is now exploring space in early accessYou thought life on Earth was hard? Try space You thought life on Earth was hard? Try space The crew behind the fantasticNeo Scavengerhave returned to the universe of their post-apocalypticsurvival gamewithOstranauts, a “spiritual sequel” about struggling amongst the cold stars rather than on the ruined Earth. Launched into early access this week, the sci-fi life sim makes us the captain of a spaceship trying to scrape out a living while dealing with the mechanical problems (and many buttons) of our vessel as well as the emotional and physical needs of our crew....