HomeNewsWildfire Burn down the town in stealth witch game Wildfire this MayLight it up Light it up If you need some more period piece stealth to tide you over untilDesperados 3, stealth platformerWildfiremight just do it. As one of few magic users left in the world, you’ll use your abilities to burn, freeze, and grow the environment as you protect villagers and outwit the enemies hunting you down. It’ll be burning down the house on May 26th....

HomeNewsDestiny 2 Destiny 2’s new event does not have the oomph this season needsGuardian Games are a disappointment Guardian Games are a disappointment Last night saw the start of the Guardian Games inDestiny 2, a new three-way competition between Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks to,in Bungie’s words, “test your skills in a series of daily class challenges” and ultimately “prove that your class reigns supreme”. In reality, the competition is just another set of bounties in a game already too focused on bounties....

HomeFeaturesUntitled Goose Game How Untitled Goose Game made a game out of everyday itemsFrom tulips to teapots From tulips to teapots Untitled Goose Game is a game about being a horrible goose, about making a mess and watching hapless Brits try to clear it up again. But under all that, it’s a game about things. Apples, hair brushes, keys, mallets, toy planes, tulips, teapots. After all, it takes things to mess things up....

HomeFeatures How video games consistently fail GandhiVictorious pacifism Victorious pacifism Gandhi is one of the most unique figure in history. His adherence to non-violence, his establishment of a full-fledged philosophy behind it and, above all, hissuccess, are practically without precedent. Kings, empires and leaders can often blur into each other. The locations change, the dates are different and the numbers differ, but the essence remains the same. Gandhi was something completely different, and yet games try to represent him with the same pieces they use for everyone else - and so they always make him something far less than he was....

HomeNewsITTA Itta is out today, the bullet hell boss rush game about grief and hopeItta bitta boss rushin' Itta bitta boss rushin' If you’ve not heard ofItta, that’s alright. It’s got plenty of familiar touchstones to help you along your way. It’s a stew with chunks of big bass boss rushing, action-y bullet dodging, and grim indie game sadness. It’s out today, so you can skip off to try it if any of those hooks entice you....

HomeNewsSea of Thieves Recruit a kitty as your first mate in Sea Of Thieves' Ships Of Fortune update todayRevive your friends with the help of your new pet cat while hunting other players for gold Revive your friends with the help of your new pet cat while hunting other players for gold Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Now, what is obviously the most important part of the Ships Of Fortune update is that cats are available to buy as pets....

HomeNews Steam Labs' new experiment tries to solve the tagging problemWhat’s in a tag? What’s in a tag? Valve wrotea ton of wordson the subject today as they’re wont to do but really it all boils down to this: users and developers both get to assign tags to games but nobody can ever agree on an exhaustively correct list when there are so many redundant tags in Steam’s system. Lots of games are tagged as “RTS” but not all of those are also tagged with “Real-time” and “Strategy....

HomeFeatures The legacy of fy_iceworld, Counter-Strike’s divisive and hugely popular custom mapAccording to designers at Valve, Digital Extremes and more According to designers at Valve, Digital Extremes and more I remember playing aCounter-Strikemap in 2001 called fy_iceworld. It was a small simple grey killbox of a map that virtually anyone could’ve made within the first few hours of downloading the editor tools. fy_iceworld quickly became one of the most popular and divisive CS maps at my school....

HomeGuidesValorant Valorant: How to play PhoenixOur evolving agent guide for Phoenix. Our evolving agent guide for Phoenix. Probably one of the most Counter:Strike-y of the lot (because he has flashbangs, alright), Phoenix has a fantastic toolkit for people who like to scout ahead, get into scuffles, and lead the charge. Below we’ll glance over Phoenix’s abilities and provide some strategy advice to help you get the most out of them. He’s a lot of fun to play as his skills force you to be proactive and take the fight to the enemy....

HomeHardwareNews AMD have two new budget Ryzen 3000 CPUs on the wayThere’s a lot to process There’s a lot to process After claiming several top spots in mybest gaming CPUlist last year, AMD have just announced they’ve got two moreRyzen 3000 CPUson the way for desktop PCs: the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X. Based on AMD’s Zen 2 core architecture, these are set to be AMD’s fastest Ryzen 3 processors to date....

HomeNewsAmerican Truck Simulator American Truck Simulator’s new sound engine makes engines sound greatHONK HONK HONK HONK The simulated traffic ofAmerican Truck Simulatoris now packing some satisfying upgrades under the bonnet, with a new sound engine helping make the world feel more real. Other vehicles sound more present as they trundle past, and I feel the wind whipping in my hair when I use another new feature: the ability to wind your windows down....

HomeNews Artifact 2.0 will have a singleplayer campaignOh hi, Legion Commander Oh hi, Legion Commander Valve have been drip-feeding us details about the return ofArtifact, but now they’ve opened the flood gates. Thelatest blog postabout their card ‘em up digs into all sorts of nuances, from revamped mana curves to fiddly initiative rules. They’re also muttering about a ranked progression system similar toDota Underlords’, and a singleplayer campaign that will continue the story from theCall To Armscomic....

HomeNewsMount & Blade II: Bannerlord Bannerlord mod makes everyone 65% of their normal size - but not horsesMOUNT and blade MOUNT and blade The Smol Warsis a very simple mod. A single file, even. Just a change of numbers that reduces every character in Bannerlord down to 65% of their original size. That’s it. Now imagine the human pyramids they must have to form to get on the horses at all....