HomeFeaturesValorant The beeping of the bomb is one of Valorant’s best tricksBeep is death Beep is death That wasn’t the bomb. I got shot because I panicked too early, andValorantis very good at making you think you’re about to explode. This is Riot’s newfangled shooter, a hybrid ofOverwatchandCS:GOthatI’ve praised in the past. I like how abilities (and, in fairness, my opponents' inexperience) let me do stufflike this. The real masterstroke, though, is the beeping noise the bomb makes....

HomeNews Bethesda would like everyone to stop asking about The Elder Scrolls 6 for a few yearsPete Hines wants fans to cool it Pete Hines wants fans to cool it The Elder Scrolls 6exists, in name at least, but that’s the only thing we know about it that isn’t total conjecture. Oh, and thatSkyrim grandma Shirley Curry will be an NPCin it. Obviously, folks want to know more than that, no matter how many times Bethesda say it’s a long, long way off....

HomeNewsSid Meier’s Civilization 6 Civilization 6’s New Frontier Pass will include six DLCs starting this monthSix seasons of Civ Six seasons of Civ Rome wasn’t built in a day, nor wasCivilization 6, I suppose. The strategic colonize ‘em up is going to spend a year rolling out new paid (and some free) updates. Firaxis Games say “we want to bring you more content—more Civilization—but in a way that keeps the game fun....

HomeNewsCombat Mission: Fortress Italy Colonel Croesus: Turn 10 The Crab Club, Wikipedia informs me, is a bally exclusive establishment. As the taxonomists on the door are reluctant to admithermitandking“crabs”, the pair ofmine thrasherscurrently leading the Comment Commanders' subterranean gold rush, have precious little chance of gaining admittance. Crabmeat 2, the tip of the Allies' southern pincer, barrels into SILVER like an AFV that realises that Steiner and the gold will disappear into the Ligurian Sea in five turns' time....

HomeFeaturesOccupy White Walls Have You Played… Occupy White Walls?Entry is free Entry is free Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Occupy White Wallsis a virtual gallery MMO. You’re supposed to slowly build up your own gallery, employing improbable architecture and the help of an AIthat learns what art you like. I don’t do that. I spend all my time hopping into other people’s galleries instead, never knowing what’s around the next art corner....

HomeNews Larian Studios, ZA/UM, and lots of other indie developers are having their own showcase in JuneIndie game guerrilla marketing Indie game guerrilla marketing I was just a tad sad when E3 organisers announced that they wouldn’t be doing their own big digital event aftercancelling the physical conferenceamid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Not to worry though, we lose one E3 and get like, five to replace it apparently. A bunch of indie developers and publishers have all squaded up to do their own thing which they’re callingGuerrilla Collective, from June 6-8....

HomeFeatures The best farming games like Stardew Valley on PCThe cream of the crop The cream of the crop Image credit:ConcernedApe/Phoenix Labs/Humble Games/Monomi Park/Soda Den Image credit:ConcernedApe/Phoenix Labs/Humble Games/Monomi Park/Soda Den Look, we all know that the behemoth that isStardew Valleyisn’t going anywhere soon. Heck, it recently got another update. So sure, we’ll all be playing it for years to come, but sometimes you want a bit of a switch up - a crop rotation to keep the soil fresh, if you will....

HomeNews The Steam Summer Sale dates have leaked, probablyHere we go again Here we go again Ah yes, the inevitable precursor to always-anticipated Steam Summer Sale has arrived: the part where folks find out and holler about the dates ahead of time. If you’ve been eyeing a new game on Steam’s store lately, perhaps tuck your wallet away for a while yet. According to one of the folks behind (unaffiliated) Steam Database, they believe the big summer sale will run for two weeks from June 25th to July 9th....

HomeNews Tokyo Game Show is going online-only this yearSeptember’s show is cancelled September’s show is cancelled The long list of cancelled events keeps pushing deeper into the year, with the Tokyo Game Show now cancelling its September expo due to the pandemic. The organisers are planning to run an online event instead. TGS is more of a public show than the marketing-o-rama that is E3, but it does tend to bring a few announcements and other goodies each year....

HomeGuides Valorant vs CS:GO - How are they different?They might seem pretty similar, but there are some key differences. They might seem pretty similar, but there are some key differences. There are, however, some glaring differences. Many are small, but some are huge and definitely set both games apart from each other. We’ve sunk a tonne of time into both games (I’ve spent a little too much time in CS:GO), and firmly believe they’re pretty different, actually....

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Watch not-Keanu rampage in this Cyberpunk 2077 fan film trailerDo you feel cyber-lucky? Do you feel cyber-lucky? Fans of the not yet released neon enthusiast simCyberpunk 2077have put together a lot of projects while waiting for its September release. The latest is fan film called Phoenix Program, a story set in the same world and even using some of the game’s characters. A teaser trailer was released on Saturday....

HomeNews Rumour: Diablo 2 is getting a remastered release this yearBack to hell Back to hell That’s all according to French siteActuGaming(viaPC Gamer), who claim to have insight on several unannounced Blizzard games from “sources close to the studio”. Alongside three mobile games and plans for future Warcraft expansions, sources claim a Diablo 2 remake titled “Diablo 2 Resurrected” is reportedly on the cards for a late-2020 release. Lending some weight to these rumours, ActuGaming editor Julien Blarypre-empted the reveal of Overwatch 2, Diablo 4 and World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands on Twitter....

HomeNews Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Snail photography, smart fridges, shadows and spinesBad chiropractic practice Bad chiropractic practice Let’s kick things off this week with a lovely photograph of an alien snail. Be a real shame if anyone, say, mulched it into toothpaste. Thrilled to announce my new project, a collaboration with the supremely talented@WritNelson!—Photograph the alien inhabitants of an idyllic world - soyour employers can turn them into toothpaste.CELLULAR HARVESTComing to@itchiothis summer!...