HomeNews Roundguard reinvents Peggle as an oddball dungeon-crawlerFantasy zorbing Fantasy zorbing Roundguardisn’t shy about itsPeggleinfluences. And why should it? With no sign of another PopCap Games peg-pusher anytime soon, there’s a pachinko-shaped hole waiting to be filled. ForRoundguarddevelopers Wonderbelly Games, that means reimagining Peggle’s laser-focused arcade high-score chase as a roguelite dungeon-crawler.All that’s missing is a little Ode To Joy.Pegs are now potions, treasure, hazards and - worst of all - monsters to slam into with your massive spheroid bod....

HomeNews In lieu of a live show, GDC takes its developer sessions to TwitchOpen the vault Open the vault When this year’s Game Developer’s Conference wasunceremoniously postponed over coronavirus outbreak fears, it threw a lot of wrenches at people’s calendars. But the postponement also meant the loss of GDC’s most valuable assets - hours and hours of lengthy sessions from some of the biggest names in the biz. But losing the Moscone Centre doesn’t mean those talks need to be gone for good....

HomeNews More warning this time, yeah? We’ve had our shot atHalo 2before, back in 2004. But being a Vista exclusive and Games For Windows Live test subject, it didn’t get much of a fair rap. Arriving on Steam and the Windows Store sometime this year, Bungie’s Two Towers gets a second shot with its own Anniversary remastering sometime this year. Like the first game, Halo 2’s been given an audiovisual touch-up....

HomeNewsWalking Simulator A Month Club Vol. 1 Walking Simulator A Month Club’s first volume goes free in a “self-isolation” saleGo outside Go outside Being cooped up shouldn’t mean missing out on the heat death of the universe. To help fight off those quarantine blues, Connor Sherlock’sWalking Sim A Month Club Vol. 1is completely free until the end of March in a “self-isolation” sale. The first volume in Sherlock’s Patreon-funded worlds lets you explore over a dozen alien hiking routes - from colossal megastructures to decaying wildernesses and quiet meadows - all without putting yourself at risk of infection....

HomeNewsBorderlands 3 Borderlands 3 lands on Steam with a hefty discountThere’s PC crossplay as well There’s PC crossplay as well Image credit:Gearbox Software Image credit:Gearbox Software The six months of Epic Game Store exclusivity forBorderlands 3are officially up and he rootin' tootin' loot ‘n shootin’ game launches on Steam today. If you’d been waiting to play, you’ve missed a couple seasonal events and a DLC but there seems to be plenty more where all that came from....

HomeNews EGX Rezzed is postponed due to coronavirus concernsNow happening in summer Now happening in summer “Having monitored the situation around Covid-19 constantly over these last few weeks and following many hours of conversation internally and with our partners, we have taken the incredibly difficult decision to move EGX: Rezzed to summer 2020 with date and announcement forthcoming,” they say intoday’s announcement. “We did everything that we could to try to run the event as planned, but ultimately, maintaining social distancing is neither feasible at, nor in the spirit of, the interactive and community nature of Rezzed....

HomeGuidesOri and the Will of the Wisps Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Baur’s Reach avalance: how to escape the highest peakNo time for a wipe out! No time for a wipe out! At the top of the Baur’s Reach, the highest peak in Ori And The Will Of The Wisps, Ori finally finds what he’s looking for. Unfortunately, Shriek has other plans and triggers an avalanche with her noisy behaviour....

HomeGuidesOri and the Will of the Wisps Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Sand Worm: how to escape the ruinsThat’s a big worm That’s a big worm Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Sand Worm guide I hope you’ve been practising burrowing and grappling. This entire section must be done in one go and is very, very hard to do right first time....

HomeFeatures The 9 unluckiest characters in gamesOne Off The List One Off The List It’s Friday the 13th, the day of Saint Badluck, patron saint of ladders and casinos. And it is a fabulous holiday. Out there, parades are getting ready to be rained on, and children are looking forward to tonight’s shenanigans, when they will dress up as mirrors and knock on doors, declaring: “sweets or I’ll smash myself”. I love Friday the 13th....

HomeFeaturesUltimate Admiral: Age of Sail The Flare Path: Dogs and LobstersQualified Ultimate Admiral admiration Qualified Ultimate Admiral admiration I pride myself on being able to spot game flaws lickety-split, but it took me two whole days to put my finger onUltimate Admiral: Age of Sail’skey shortcoming. Game-Labs' new surf-and-turf RTS is horribly,unforgivably, short of dinosaurs. Compare and contrast: A)Having landed on a small tropical island to gather fresh fruit and fill water barrels, the crew of HMS Vortigaunt run into a party of Spanish sailors engaged in the same activity....

HomeNewsMinecraft The writing of censored journalists has been republished inside MinecraftAn important censorship loophole An important censorship loophole I’ve seenMinecraftbuilds for just about everything, but it’s a rare day that a blocky build in-and-of itself fights for a global ideal like press freedom. In honor of World Day Against Cyber Censorship yesterday, a new in-game library has opened its doors called The Uncensored Library. Players can download a copy of the library to explore offline or join the server where copies of journalists' writing that was banned in their home countries has been republished inside Minecraft’s in-game books....

HomeGuidesWolcen: Lords of Mayhem Wolcen builds: best abilities to burst your enemiesBuilds for both the campaign and end game mode Builds for both the campaign and end game mode Luckily, there are some builds out there for new players looking for a bit of direction that cater to all types. From bloodthirsty warriors that spin axes repeatedly, to mages that want to see things explode. We’ve got a collection of the best builds right here for you to use, including one that we’ve found to be very handy indeed that we made....

HomeNews Yes, Baldur’s Gate 3 will build on the series' existing story, say LarianSpell it out for us, Swen Spell it out for us, Swen Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3is well out of the bag now and despite the lengthy gameplay reveal that Larian hosted at PAX East last month I have oh so many questions. So do you lot, it seems. Larian hosted an AMA yesterday to answer them all and though there were afewthings they declined to answer, we’ve mostly rolled well on our Persuasion checks and come out with new details....