HomeNewsKingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders Ye olde Xbox strategy Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders marches onto PCOnwards, to battle! Onwards, to battle! Long before I was into this PC gaming lark, my wee brother and I would horde demo disks for the original Xbox (not to be confused with the Xbox One - thanks, Microsoft). Why shell out 40 quid for a full game anyway, when less than a tenner a month got you five to fifteen bite-sized gems?...

HomeGuidesBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 release date, gameplay details, and everything we knowLearn the expected release date and everything we know about Baldur’s Gate 3 Learn the expected release date and everything we know about Baldur’s Gate 3 Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios Looking for everything you need to know about Baldur’s Gate 3?D&D fans rejoice!Baldur’s Gate 3, theRPGset in the Forgotten Realms and adapting the D&D 5E ruleset, is almost ready to fully launch....

HomeNewsCrusader Kings III Crusader Kings 3 details Lifestyles and all their weird perksYour lover can even save your life Your lover can even save your life Big ol' kingdom managerCrusader Kings 3has put out another development update and it’s a chunky one. This month, Paradox Interactive developers take a really deep dive on all of the Lifestyles—like classes, but for your management self, not combat self. There are five different Lifestyles that your ruler can specialize in, all with different perk trees and focuses that let you decide how you’ll keep an iron grip on your land and lords and all....

HomeNewsEVE Online Eve Fanfest is cancelled due to coronavirus and “prioritising safety"CCP are cancelling early CCP are cancelling early Eve Online’s big fan event in Iceland is now the latest to be cancelled over public health concerns surrounding spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). CCP announced today that in order to prioritise the safety of attendees, staff, and the local community, Eve Fanfest 2020 is being cancelled. The event was scheduled for April 2-4 in Reykjavik, Iceland....

HomeNewsEverQuest EverQuest players plan to flood a server with ogres to convince devs to bring back classic PvPOgres rise up! Ogres rise up! This Saturday, hundreds of classicEverQuestplayers plan on flooding one of the game’s servers in protest of the lack of a vintage PvP server. The 21-year-old MMO still hasa pretty thriving community, including several servers running older versions, but the game currently has just one official PvP server and it’s on modernEverQuest....

HomeNews Here’s the first actual teaser video for Frictional’s next horror gameThey’ve dug up another They’ve dug up another If you’ve not heard, those folks who done underwater horror gameSomaand haunted house horror gameAmnesia: The Dark Descentare working on another thing that is almost certainly ahorror game. And look, it’s a scary desert game this time around. Probably. We don’t know for sure yet because so far they’ve led players on an ARG—that’s alternate reality game—looking for clues about what their next proper video game might be....

HomeFeaturesLuna The Shadow Dust Luna: The Shadow Dust’s picture book charm is only skin deepDust bunnies Dust bunnies There’s no denying thatLuna: The Shadow Dustis exceptionally easy on the eyes. It’s a sumptuous point and click puzzler that sees you move from one lovingly hand-drawn room to the next, as you work your way up a strange and mysterious tower. You’re never explicitly sure why you’re heading skyward, since the game prides itself on its wordless storytelling....

HomeGuidesStardew Valley Stardew Valley cheats and console commands (v1.5)Cheating made easy in Stardew Valley! Cheating made easy in Stardew Valley! Watch on YouTube Stardew Valley cheats and console commands (v1.5) Broadly speaking there are two ways of introducingStardew Valley cheatsinto your game - with mods and without mods. My advice is: please,pleaseuse mods. I know using mods can be scary if you’ve never done it before, but I’ll walk you through every step, and it makes things so much easier....

HomeGuides TFT Set 3 champions: all the new origins and classesAll confirmed champions All confirmed champions Much like the previous season change, Teamfight Tactics Set 3 changes the entire roster of champions in the game. This time every champion is themed around the space theme, with some champions taking inspiration from established concepts from within theLeague of Legendsuniverse. So expect to see cybernetic variants of Fiora, or the “Star Guardians” that have an uncanny resemblance to the Sailor Moon team....

HomeFeaturesBroken Lines The Flare Path: Broken LinesAntony Beevor never mentioned this Antony Beevor never mentioned this If your hometown is full of Pilsner-swilling Schützen at the moment, if you can’t pass a pub without hearing strains of ‘Lili Marlene’, or walk down a tram aisle without tripping over a Karabiner 98k butt, blame the makers ofBroken Lines. Realising that the Wehrmacht was desperately in need of some time off, thoughtful Danish developer PortaPlay has left them out of the £20 “WW2” tactical RPG that has been effortlessly monopolising my monitor for the past few days....

HomeNews The Foxer * * * SOLUTIONS a) flying tiger, copenhagen (Stugle, mrpier)b) peseta monument, malaga (phlebas, Rorschach617)c) penny arcade expo east, boston (phlebas, unacom)d) dutch mint, utrecht (Stugle)e) john o' groats, scotland (Gothnak)f) trevi fountain, italy (Gothnak)g) beau street hoard, bath (SpiceTheCat)h) copper coin building, guangzhou (Teek, phlebas)i) loon dollar monument, echo bay (phlebas, phuzz)j) penny factory, NYC (unacom)k) lithuanian banknote, kaunas (unacom)l) tanner canyon/beach, grand canyon (Teek)

HomeNews This weekend’s ESL Pro Tour event has no arena audience after health authorities revoked the licenseYet more coronavirus concerns Yet more coronavirus concerns This weekend, the ESL Pro Tour Masters Championship stops at Poland’s Spodek arena for three days ofCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveandStarCraft IImatches in the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020. The arena can hold 11,500 spectators but while IEM Katowice sold out, it has no crowd. Last night, barely 15 hours before the event started, Polish authorities revoked its mass event license due to concerns about that there coronavirus....

HomeReviewsConglomerate 451 Wot I Think: Conglomerate 451’Neon' ‘Neon’ Release:Out nowOn:WindowsFrom:GOG,SteamPrice:£17/€20/$20 My latest big brain critic realisation is that dystopian sci-fi settings are a clever way to make basic (and possibly tedious) elements of interacting with your game, suddenly thematic. “Hmmm, I’ve been clicking on this menu for a while,” You think. “This isn’t very interesting.” And then the screen goes all crackly or whatever, and a disembodied voice materialises and says: “The year is 2483, and all humans do is click on menus....