HomeNewsTonight We Riot Tonight We Riot is an unashamedly political protest brawlerThere’s power in a riot There’s power in a riot Shadowy oligarchs control the media, politics is riddled with corruption, the rich get richer and the poor go broke. It all sounds ridiculous, I know, but such is the premise ofTonight We Riot, a mass protest brawler released this week that wears its politics boldly in a red bandana ‘round its neck....

HomeNewsCombat Mission: Fortress Italy Colonel Croesus: Turn 8 ZINC, the rough-hewn chamber with the shack in its centre, has already cost the Comment Commanders Robert Duvall (Colonel Croesus) and John Nettles (Corporal Wood). Will it also claim the life of Charles Bronson (Sergeant Nemchik)? Despite the west-facing “armour arcs” that sprout, like convolvulus flowers, from Crabmeat 2’s path line into ZINC, Connor gets off the first shot in Turn 8’s crucial armour duel....

HomeDeals Square Enix are selling 54 Eidos games at a steal, for charityIt’s for a Just Cause It’s for a Just Cause In hopes of coercing you into staying inside for a few hundred hours more, Square Enix are now offering a sizeable chunk of Eidos' decades-long lineage at 95% off. That’s over £530 worth of overwhelmingly great games going onSteamfor £28.38/$39.24, with 100% of the proceeds going to charities and food banks across North America and Europe....

HomeNewsDwarf Fortress Here’s a peek at Dwarf Fortress’s upcoming non-ASCII mapsHello, world! Hello, world! As part of its eventual launch on Steam, daunting simulationDwarf Fortresshas been planning a big visual overhaul. “Now with graphics!” Bay 12 proclaim on the store page. In a new little update, they’re giving us a look at what the generated world maps will look like with these non-ASCII pixels—though, yes, you’ll still be able to use the symbols if you prefer....

HomeNewsCannibal Cuisine Oh dear, Cannibal Cuisine looks like Overcooked but cannibalsEat or be eaten Eat or be eaten Yell at yer friends in 1-4 player co-op while working under time pressure to serve up meals to an unforgiving god in Overc—er sorry,Cannibal Cuisine. It’s certainly got a familiar vibe to it, so if you liked the frantic food prep of that other friendship-ender perhaps you’ll like doing it with a new secret ingredient: tourists....

HomeVideos The classic PC games music quizName that game… from that tune Name that game… from that tune At this stage, you’ve watched everything worthwhile on Netflix and played through a decent chunk of your Steam backlog, so why not try something different on this May bank holiday. Yeah? You up for that? Great. Now, go grab a biro and a piece of paper and see how well you fare in our classic PC games music quiz....

HomeFeatures Very silly Hearthstone decks: The Fist Of SadnessFist of not much fun Fist of not much fun TheHearthstonemeta has been a bit of a mess recently. Thenew Demon Hunter class smashed through the entire gamelike a massive concrete dog through wet tissue, and although two balance patches were swiftly applied to rein in the madness, I’m gonna be honest and say I’m not entirely certain what’s going on now in terms of the best decks to use....

HomeFeatures What are we all playing this long weekend?Well? Well? Well look at that, another long weekend for us here in the UK. With the early May bank holiday coming on a Friday, we’ll be running a reduced service until Monday. Be nice to have a day to just stay at home, y’know? Do those home things.What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’re clicking on!But you, dearest reader, what are you playing?...

HomeHardwareFeatures AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs made a huge impression when they launched last year, with many of them speeding straight in mybest gaming CPUrankings, while theRyzen 5 3600continues to be my CPU of choice in theRPS Rig. The only things missing from their initial line-up last year were their entry-level Ryzen 3 CPUs. At long last, AMD are finally filling out their budget CPU ranks with two new processors today - the $99 Ryzen 3 3100 on test here and the slightly more expensiveRyzen 3 3300Xat $120....

HomeNewsDIRT 5 Dirt 5 skids into release this OctoberFilthy Filthy Microsoft just wrapped up their firstXbox Series X show-off stream, kicking offDirt 5’s debut appearance with a roaring new trailer. While it’s all but required to flaunt your new console with some flashy cars, Codemasters have confirmed that Dirt 5 will hit PC alongside its Xbox and Playstation release later this year.Watch on YouTubeNot to be confused with the stoic, oh-quite-serious rallying of the Dirt Rally games, the Dirt series is a more arcadey flavour of racer - jeeps and jalopies and all sorts of weird and wild off-roaders tearing up the track together with nary a co-driver in sight....

HomeNews GTA Online alien suits are free this week, fuelling the green vs. purple warsAre you green or purple? Are you green or purple? Presumably for one week from today, the Green Martian Bodysuit and Purple Martian Bodysuit are both free to pick up from any clothes shop.Hit the cashier to see Outfits, then look under Outfits: Arena War then Bodysuits. They usually cost $358,000 each, which is far beyond ‘impulse purchase’ territory for many....

HomeFeaturesMinecraft Have a grand old time watching loads of scaffolding collapse in Minecraftclickety-pop, clickety-pop clickety-pop, clickety-pop I’m a big fan of elaborate castle/tower builds inMinecraft. People manage to tease some spectacularly baroque excess from just a meagre few varieties of textured cube, and ten years after I first came across the game, I’m still seeing entirely new ideas every time I have a poke around for inspiration. Reddit user and YouTuber Kyle Blane, whose work I encountered today, is a bit of a wizard with the grey stuff, but his latest build had a surprising standout feature....

HomeNewsCaptain Forever Pilot DIY spaceships with your friends in Captain Forever multiplayerI love you, Captain Forever I love you, Captain Forever Captain Foreveris a bit special to me, because there was a period where twelve-year-old me played it every lunchtime in one of my school’s computer rooms. It’s a roguelike where you roam about blowing up spaceships and snaffling their gear, building up your own DIY spaceships. I adored it.My glasses are undeniably rose-tinted, but they don’t blind me....