HomeNewsSnowRunner SnowRunner is adding a frozen new map next weekHow’s that for an icebreaker? How’s that for an icebreaker? Let it not be said thatSnowRunnerdoesn’t have enough snow to run (well, drive) through. The rough n' tough truck sim is adding more routes to get stuck in with Lake Kovd, a treacherous frozen quagmire packed that’ll arrive with the game’s first season pass update later this week. Hope you’ve brought tyre chains, because it’s about to get real slippery in old Russia....

HomeNews Watch Devolver Digital’s notE3 stream here todayStarting at 8pm (noon Pacific) Starting at 8pm (noon Pacific) The festivities of notE3 ramp back up this weekend, starting at 8pm (noon Pacific) today with D3: Devolver Digital Direct, a stream of announcements and trailers from the rapscallions with buckets of irony and larger buckets of fake blood. We already know it’ll have the first gameplay trailer forthe newly-announced Shadow Warrior 3. I would feel confident guessing they’ll announce at least one game with rude ‘tude and Doseone tunes....

HomeFeatures What are we all playing this weekend?Well? Well? NotE3 resumes this weekend with both Ubisoft and Devolver Digital hosting their own announce-o-blast streams. Six weeks into whatever the hell we’re calling this summer games marketing-o-rama, man, I miss E3. Bring back E3. While I’ve expressed some frustrations with it over the years, I didn’t realise the alternative was an endless sprawl of endless streams largely showing the same games over and over....

HomeNews Far Cry 6 is coming in February 2021, PlayStation leak revealsOff to a new place, Yara Off to a new place, Yara Update: And here’s a wee teaser video in response: Anton would not be pleased. See you on Sunday at#UbiForward.pic.twitter.com/HieToJzDxp— Far Cry (@FarCrygame)July 10, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Anton would not be pleased. See you on Sunday at#UbiForward.pic.twitter.com/HieToJzDxp— Far Cry (@FarCrygame)July 10, 2020...

HomeHardwareNewsDeath Stranding Get Death Stranding for free when you buy an Nvidia RTX graphics cardSpecial delivery Special delivery The offer applies to all RTX graphics cards, as well as gaming laptops and gaming desktops with an RTX card inside them, too, giving you a choice of everything from the£285/$295RTX 2060all the way up to the £1000 / $1000+RTX 2080 Ti. You’ll have until August 31st to redeem your free game code, although naturally even if you buy an RTX card today and get it beforeDeath Strandinglaunches on Tuesday, July 14th, you’ll have to wait until the game comes out before you can start playing....

HomeFeaturesDemocratic Socialism Simulator Have You Played… Democratic Socialism Simulator?NATIONALISE GOOGLE NATIONALISE GOOGLE Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.InDemocratic Socialism Simulator, a turtle will pop up and ask what you want to do about the housing crisis. Fox News will slander you, and the New Pork Times will demand your comment on “the blackface incident”. You’re the newly elected president of American, see, and it’s your job to bring about socialism....

HomeFeaturesFallout 76 Public teams improve, but don’t solve, Fallout 76’s social problemsNot a team player Not a team player Fallout 76recently kicked off itsnew seasonal update system. The opening season is called “The Legendary Run”, and gives the game another new arbitrary point-tracking system, this time called “S.C.O.R.E.”. More significantly, it’s also opened up the option for players to create and join teams with unfamiliar players. I’ve been giving that a go and it’s… well, an improvement....

HomeGuides Terraria bosses: how to summon and defeat themHow to unlock Hardmode How to unlock Hardmode With all the updates toTerraria, there are just over 30 bosses to fight now. Some are completely optional fights, but others stand in the way of unlocking new NPCs and a harder difficulty setting. For each boss, there’s some setup required to give you a fighting chance. This doesn’t just mean having the right equipment....

HomeGuides Terraria NPCs list and moving in requirementsHow many NPCs are in Terraria? How many NPCs are in Terraria? As you explore the world ofTerraria, more NPCs will flock to your town with the intention of moving into rooms you build for them. Most NPCs can sell items from explosives to ammunition for guns, but other NPCs can provide services for a small price, for example the nurse can heal you to full health....

HomeFeaturesDerail Valley The Flare Path: Derail Valley DiaryThe parable of the greedy engine driver The parable of the greedy engine driver My favourite Thomas the Tank Engine book is ‘Zlatko the Shunter’, the one where Thomas travels to Yugoslavia for his holidays, makes friends with aSeries 621, and becomes a committed market socialist. Sadly, the little orange Zlatkos that are everywhere inDerail Valley: Overhauledhave nothing to say on the subject of planned economies, worker self-management, and the perils of unchecked incentivisation....

HomeNews Valve’s list of cancelled games includes a Dark Souls-like RPG, a new Left 4 Dead, and Half-Life 3Oh, dreams… Oh, dreams… There are a couple more familiar titles that were scrapped after Valve realised their Source 2 engine wasn’t quite up to snuff to take on more ambitious games. The likes of Left 4 Dead 3, which would have been an open world zombie-fest set in Morocco. Then, of course, there’s Half-Life 3, which is known to havebounced around for years....

HomeNews American Truck Simulator will encourage sightseeing with Viewpoint cinematicsStarting with Idaho Starting with Idaho As a frequent virtual tourist inAmerican Truck Simulator, I am delighted to hear that developers SCS Software are adding feature catering to Sunday drivers like me who really want to admire the scenery. No, they’re not letting us get out of our cabs and walk around the world, but they are adding little nodes you can visit in certain places to watch a cinematic scene of local highlights....

HomeFeaturesCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077’s new Westbrook concept art looks like a spaceship crashed into a golf courseThe bigger they are, the harder they fall The bigger they are, the harder they fall Ever since theNight City Wirethe other week, CDProjekt Red seem to have opened the dam onCyberpunk 2077info. The slow drip-feed of news about their upcoming action RPG, based on the famous TTRPG and set in a futuristic neon dystopia of high-tech body modding and greedy megacorps, has increased, and now we’re getting a steady trickle of new art andray traced screenshots....