HomeGuidesMinecraft: Dungeons Minecraft Dungeons bosses guide: how to beat Heart of EnderAll bosses and mini-bosses explained All bosses and mini-bosses explained Minecraft Dungeons has the hero face off against the Arch-Illager and his minions. Leading them are some unique bosses, from a Corrupted Cauldron in the Soggy Swamp to the Redstone Monstrocity in Fiery Forge. The Arch-Illager is also quite a tough boss, mostly because of his spooky second form. While having the right gear can help keep you alive, having a strategy for each fight can make all the difference....

HomeGuidesMount & Blade II: Bannerlord Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord companions: where to find them and why you need themAll the companion stats All the companion stats Recruiting people to your cause in Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord is key to achieving your goals, whatever they may be. The most valuable people in your army will be companions, who are people that can be assigned roles and who can be upgraded in similar ways to your player controlled character....

HomeNewsTownscaper Procedural building toy Townscaper will let you construct lovely seaside villagesTalk of the town Talk of the town Townscaperis more of a toy than a game, perhaps, but it’s lovely to look at. You’ll click to add or subtract cube-ish chunks from your creation, which the procedural building system will turn into coherent structures. Carve a hole through the center of a building, voila arches. Build two giant towers beside one another, zam there’s some cute wash lines connecting them....

HomeFeatures Respawn on storytelling, lore, and Season 11 of Apex Legends"Storytelling in a BR game is kind of our thing." “Storytelling in a BR game is kind of our thing.” Online multiplayer gamesaren’t usually designed to tell stories. For the most part, they’re built around their competitive nature, with titbits of lore to help establish a unique world for players to get invested in. However, the line between these online games and more story driven experiences is starting to blur, as games likeApex Legendsbegin to throw more narrative into the mix....

HomeFeatures The 9 most extreme sports in gamesOne Off The List One Off The List Football. Tennis. Conkers. What do these historic, reputable sports have in common, I ask you. That’s correct, they are not extreme enough. Please, quiet now. I am here to do the talking. Yes, there are sports videogames, your FIFAs and your Mario Tennises. But they do not fulfill the desire within all of us for the extreme, the radical, the pushing of it to the max....

HomeFeatures The Flare Path Talks to a Test PilotA life aloft A life aloft His relationship with whirlybirds began atFarnboroughin 1962, as did as his move into test flying. Appointed to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford as the naval test pilot, he was involved in a series of catapult launch, arresting, autothrottle and head-up deck landing approach trials before packing his duffel bag for Singapore and a new role as a V....

HomeNewsPoly Bridge 2 Wacky physics puzzle game Poly Bridge 2 is out nowWe’ll burn that bridge when we get to it We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it Why did the truck cross the road? Because the bridge was out, obviously. Or at least it will be if you’re as bad at the wacko physics puzzle gamePoly Bridge 2as I likely would be. If you are, the second installment, like the first, lets you call in help from Twitch viewers....

HomeReviewsMount & Blade II: Bannerlord You will die in chaos - Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord multiplayer verdictThe peasants are rewarding The peasants are rewarding Brendan:Infantry! Ready your shields! Okay, move to– hang on. Sin, why is your shield not readied? We are trying to play the multiplayer inMount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, so we can pass a substantial sneer or cheer in its direction, and you have not even readied your shield....

HomeFeaturesDishonored Arkane’s Harvey Smith on why the pub in Dishonored is a perfect rebel baseMichael Collins? In The Hound Pits? Michael Collins? In The Hound Pits? Dunwall is renowned for its striking dystopian aesthetic, blending blinding walls of light with spindly steampunk stilt walkers. But the most memorable part of gorgeous action-assassin hitDishonoredhas, for me, always been the boozer where you hang out with your pals between missions: The Hound Pits....

HomeReviews Atomicrops reviewTough taters Tough taters Straight off, Atomicrop’s menu theme sets the tone. A chaotic, twee audio collage full of cartoony guffaws that sounds like it was composed on a banjo made out of a milk carton. It’s nauseatingly gleeful, and I want it to play every time I enter a room for the rest of my life. This is a world of mutant spuds and carnivorous plants, where you can marry a grasshopper and work together to kill the sun with a peashooter....

HomeNewsDarkest Dungeon Darkest Dungeon launches PvP today, alongside a free weekendStab your friends Stab your friends Roll up, roll up, The Butcher’s Circus is (about to be) in town. Merciless RPGDarkest Dungeonis set to launch its PVP mode later today, letting you pit your band of stressed out adventurers against those of a stressed out person in the real world. The new mode is completely separate to the singleplayer campaign, and comes with new trinkets and reworked Heroes....

HomeNewsThe Long Dark GeForce Now asks developers to opt-in before streaming their gamesAlways ask permission Always ask permission See, GFN has been shedding games since coming out of beta. Big publishers like2K Games,BethesdaandActivision Blizzardpromptly pulled GeForce Now support from their libraries - with the latter claiming there was a"misunderstanding"over contractual agreements and free trial periods. Canadian survive ‘em upThe Long Darkprovided a simpler explanation whenleaving the service: Nvidia didn’t check with devs before putting games on its shelves....

HomeFeaturesThimbleweed Park Have You Played… Thimbleweed Park?Pick up game Pick up game It may be a spiritual successor to games likeManiac Mansionor Day Of The Tentacle, butThimbleweed Parkhas a definite X-Files, or even Twin Peaksian vibe. Two FBI agents turn up to investigate a murder. A young woman investigates the dark secrets of her family. Her dead father navigates the afterlife as a sad ghost. A very sweary clown tries to get his life back together....