HomeFeaturesElite Dangerous RPS Asks: what have you kept?Nostaljunk Nostaljunk I was looking through my crate of ancient technology when I rediscovered my oldest possession: myFrontier: Elite IIgame box. It has been with me for 27 years. Jobs, houses, relationships, pets, and my waistline have all been left behind, but it has not. When I got rid of the system it was played on, my trusty Amiga CD32, I kept the game....

HomeFeaturesThe Sims 4 The Sims 4 x true crime is the best new YouTube series of 2020Name a more iconic duo Name a more iconic duo Have I told you lately, reader, that I really, properly, stonkingly love how weird each and every single one of us are? Even if we manage to keep it on the quiet (which we may not: recently, my predilection for eating dry, buttered Weetabix for breakfast was shared at a company-wide meeting), we all have strange and specific depths....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator Tuesday will bring the long-awaited launch ofMicrosoft Flight Simulator, the first proper new entry in the revered aeroplane sim series in over a decade. It looks quite fancy. When exactly you’ll get to play MS Flight Sim is a bit of a complicated matter, depending on which store you’re going through. Get the game on Steam and bish bash bosh it’ll unlock for everyone in the world at the same time....

HomeNews Epic’s Fortnite beef with Apple and Google is just, but weaponising fans is irresponsibleWe’ve seen how this can go wrong We’ve seen how this can go wrong Epic introducedthe new payment systemas a way to get V-Bucks cheaper, which obviously was exciting to Fortnite players. Then once the game was removed from stores because of this, Epic launched lawsuits accusingAppleandGoogleof “monopolistic” and “anti-competitive” behaviour and screened a propaganda video in Fortnite’s in-game cinema....

HomeNews Morrowind-to-Skyrim overhaul Skywind returns with a new trailerUgly Daedroth, aintcha? Ugly Daedroth, aintcha? Sure, it’s been over seven years since the team at The Elder Scrolls Renewal Projectbegan work on their massive Morrowind overhaul. But that’s no reason to give up hope - after all,Black Mesaspent over twice that time in development andsomehow, miraculously, came out this year. Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Our 15-minute demo picks up in the bowels of a ship outside the city of Sadrith Mora....

HomeNews Submarine shooter Zodiac XX is a gorgeous anime throwbackSet the ocean ablaze Set the ocean ablaze Let’s make this clear right off the bat -Zodiac XXmight be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Breaking from beneath the waves earlier this week, Virtuoso Neomedia’s latest creation is a hot-as-hell anime dogfighter that follows a band of gorgeous cel-shaded studs as they wreck megacorporations under the sea in slick-as-hell watercraft. It’s pure arcade bliss, and it’s out now - assuming you’ve got a Humble subscription....

HomeNewsA Total War Saga: Troy A whole 7.5 million people claimed A Total War Saga: Troy for free yesterdayNow they’re all headed to war Now they’re all headed to war I don’t know how many folks are said to have fought in the Trojan War but I wager it’s fewer than those about to participate in its digital recreation. Ancient strategy rompA Total War Saga: Troylaunched yesterday and folks were able tograb it for free for the first 24 hours....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Highlander Mage deck list guide - Scholomance Academy - Hearthstone (August 2020)How to play Highlander Mage in the Scholomance Academy meta. How to play Highlander Mage in the Scholomance Academy meta. Whilst this may not be as impactful as the original Reno’s ‘heal to full’ effect, the anti-aggro effect is very similar. A lot of Beast Hunter decks would cower in fear at such a strong board clear that leaves a 4/6 body on the board....

HomeNews Pony Island developer’s horror deck-builder Inscryption plays a new trailerThe name’s likely not the last of the puns The name’s likely not the last of the puns Spooky deck-builderInscryptionhas drawn and played another trailer to tease you into its weird mashup of card, critters, escape rooms, and like five other genres probably. Brewing up a genre stew is apparently something of a thing for developer Daniel Mullins Games who you may know from past gamesPony IslandandThe Hex....

HomeNewsSpelunky 2 Spelunky 2 aiming for PC release in OctoberNo need to go spelunking for that date No need to go spelunking for that date There was a bit of mumblin' and grumblin' when long-awaitedSpelunky 2got a PS4 release date announced without mention of a PC date. The bad news is there’s still no date. The good news is that Mossmouth have given their goals for a timeframe and hey—it’s soon!...

HomeFeatures The 5 most fun decks in Hearthstone’s Scholomance Academy expansion♪ Do-dee-do-dee-doo, Instructor Fireheart ♪ ♪ Do-dee-do-dee-doo, Instructor Fireheart ♪ Colourful Blizzard card battlerHearthstoneis now a week into its new expansion,Scholomance Academy, whose theme appears to be “Harry Potter, but there are orcs as well”. As ever, the injection of a bunch of new cards into the game has shaken up the meta, and there’s the usual frenzy of analysis going on to determine which classes and archetypes are going to be behind the big win rates this season....

HomeFeaturesIL-2 Sturmovik: Desert Wings - Tobruk The Flare Path flings Tomahawks (about the sky)Cliffs of Dover swaps chalk for sand Cliffs of Dover swaps chalk for sand In Britain at least,Desert Wings – Tobruk’srelease couldn’t have been timed much better. Convincing yourself you’re buzzing WW2-era North Africa in a sweltering airborne sweat lodge is much easier when your skin and flightstick are clammy with briny body dew. Not that this generously proportioned IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover expansion is wholly reliant on real-world weather for its perspiration production....

HomeNewsA Total War Saga: Troy A Total War Saga: Troy is out now, and you can get it for freeSing to me, o deals Sing to me, o deals War totally continues today with the launch ofA Total War Saga: Troy, the latest strategic rumble from Creative Assembly. The Saga subseries focuses on particular regions, in this case the Bronze Age dust-up round the city of Troy as told in The Iliad (I think it’s an episode of The Simpsons?...