HomeNewsMagic: The Gathering Arena Magic: The Gathering Arena’s new Jumpstart mode gives players semi-random preconstructed decksInteresting! Interesting! Just ahead of its cardboard launch,Magic: The Gathering Arenatoday debuts the new Jumpstart game type in digital form. Jumpstart’s an interesting one, giving both players two curated 20-card packs each containing half a deck to smash together into one. Jumpstart has 46 different pack themes too (including angels, devils, dogs, dragons, cats, pirates, unicorns, dinosaurs, minotaurs, and minions), so you end up with something a bit weird but not wholly random....

HomePodcasts Podcast: Chiefing Death (a pun)It’s about Halo and Death Stranding It’s about Halo and Death Stranding To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Though the discussion on Halo is actually pretty enlightening, if I do say so myself, including whether it holds up, chats about which is the best one, and memories of an ex-boyfriend of mine, the highlight of the podcast this week is probably our chat aboutDeath Stranding....

HomeNews Pottergame’s wizarding world is bizarre, glitchy and deeply criticalDid you reach the bonus bean room? Did you reach the bonus bean room? Have you packed your broomstick, reader? Are you ready to learn spells, master potions, reckon with some unsavoury facets of a beloved children’s book series, and gorge yourself irresponsibly on flavoured beans? Release this week,Pottergameis a wonderfully broken mess of an homage to Hogwarts - a broken, nostalgic collectathon that’s at once a shovelware joke and a cutting criticism of the Potterverse....

HomeNewsRogue Legacy 2 Rogue Legacy 2 delays its early access launch into AugustRogue release Rogue release I’m afraidRogue Legacy 2will be waiting a few more weeks before taking its place in the roguelike pantheon. Developers Cellar Door today announced that the procedural, generational dungeon-crawler needs a little more time to polish its armour, and won’t be launching this month as planned. Instead,Rogue Legacy 2will enter early access at the later date of August 18th - and promises to be a heftier package than initially planned....

HomeNews Roguelite Superhot follow-up Mind Control Delete is out nowCTRL ALT REPEAT CTRL ALT REPEAT < “https://assets.rockpapershotgun.com/images/2020/07/superhot-mind-control-delete.jpg">Superhotwas well good, wasn’t it? What if you could go back to it, again and again, knowing that each new session would give you a completely fresh fight? After a few years in early access, procedural gauntletSuperhot: Mind Control Deletedelivers just that. The standalone expansion is out now - and if you’ve boughtSuperhotat any point before today, it’s already yours....

HomeHardwareDeals This HP Pavilion 16 gaming laptop is a real bargain at $750GTX 1660 Ti graphics and a 512GB SSD GTX 1660 Ti graphics and a 512GB SSD It can be tricky finding a decent gaming laptop for under $1000 these days, but if you’ve been scouring the web for the bestbudget gaming laptop dealsaround, then this new one from Best Buy is a real steal. Normally $900, the HPPavilion16-a0023dx is now down to just $750, which gets you a GTX 1660 Ti graphics chip, a brand-new Core i5 processor and a generous 512GB SSD with a 32GB Intel Optane drive to boot....

HomeHardwareFeaturesDeath Stranding Death Stranding PC performance: how to get the best settingsA graphics settings special delivery A graphics settings special delivery Hideo Kojima’s post-apocalyptic postman simDeath Strandinghas finally arrived on PC, and thank goodness we were in when the doorbell rang, because we’ve been eagerly awaiting this special delivery for quite some time.Death Strandingcomes packed with a swathe of upgrades for PC, including 4K resolutions, unlocked frame rates,ultrawide monitor support, specialHalf-Life missionsand, of course, a great big photo mode so we can enjoy taking delightful pictures of Norman Reedus, sorry, Sam Porter Bridges' gurning face....

HomeDeals Get 11 Warhammer games for $13 in the latest Humble BundleOr £10.50 in the UK, which is less than £1 a game. Or £10.50 in the UK, which is less than £1 a game. Attention, strategy fans, there’s a new Humble Bundle afoot that’s packed to the brim with classic Warhammer games, including all threeDawn Of Wars, the excellentBattlefleet Gothic: ArmadaandVermintide: End Times. Running from now until July 28th, there are 11 Warhammer games here up for grabs for very agreeable sum of just £10....

HomeNews Hearthstone: Scholomance Academy expansion will introduce dual-class cardsComing in early August Coming in early August To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings So, dual-class cards! Taking another page out of Magic: The Gathering’s book, Scholomance Academy will introduce 10 allied class pairings, and either class can use the cards in them. These are “designed around mechanics and strategies they both share,” Blizzard say. Scholomance will also introduce Spellburst, a new keyword for Minions and Weapons which means the card has a one-time effect when you next cast a spell....

HomeFeaturesHyper Scape Hyper Scape feels more like Quake than a battle royaleExcept when it doesn’t, obviously Except when it doesn’t, obviously If you do like battle royale games, I think it already goes without saying that you should checkHyper Scapeout. It’s set in virtual reality, which I like. The map’s a dense sci-fi city, with tall buildings and jump pads that make me itch whenever I’m stuck on the ground. The ground is for losers, and people will probably shoot you from above....

HomeFeaturesOoblets Ooblets is a sickly sweet Poké-like, but it’s got me hookedPokést Moon Pokést Moon Oobletsis what it looks like. That can be a bit of a cop out as descriptions go, but I saw almost no footage of it before guessing it was a cross between a Harvest Moon farming/fix-up-the-town game and a Pokémon-style monster collector, and so it is. Farming takes very little hard work, but it’s still nice to see everything grow....

HomeNewsSnowRunner SnowRunner season one adds a Russian map and free map-modding toolsBeware the thin ice Beware the thin ice Vehicular disaster simulatorSnowRunnerhas launched its first chunk of seasonal content today. You’ll want to bring those snow chains because there’s a decent bit to plow through. Season Pass holders will be headed to an icy lake in Russia while all other players will have some new map-modding tools and missions to play with....

HomeHardwareFeatures BenQ EX2780Q review: a great 144Hz gaming monitor with one major flawStanding in the way of success Standing in the way of success The PC Gaming Weekspot: Flight Simulator! Halo Infinite! Fable! Other Stuff!Watch on YouTube The PC Gaming Weekspot: Flight Simulator! Halo Infinite! Fable! Other Stuff! We’re almost spoiled for choice when it comes to great 2560x1440 gaming monitors these days, but the BenQ EX2780Q is another strong contender that’s worthy of your consideration....