HomeHardwareFeatures Cloud gaming compared: are any of the services worth paying for?Spoilers: probably not Spoilers: probably not It’s been a long time coming, but 2020 could be the year that cloud gaming throws off the shackles of its muddied past and finally lives up to its promise of delivering lag-free, blockbuster gaming without the need for bulky, expensive hardware. There are still plenty of kinks that need ironing out, but with the launch ofGoogle Stadia,GeForce Nowand the stream-an-entire-PC outfitShadow, cloud gaming has never looked healthier or had more support from the industry’s big players....

HomeNewsDead Cells Dead Cells visits a greenhouse today in its Bad Seed DLCI feel my head is burning I feel my head is burning Splendid ‘n’ deadly roguelikelike platformerDead Cellstoday launches its first paid add-on, Bad Seed. Rather than increasing the length of the game, Bad Seed increases its breadth, adding two new levels as alternatives to two early-game murderzones. The verdant Arboretum and sour Swamp have their own new monsters too....

HomeFeatures Have You Played… Wiz ‘N’ Liz?piesigknowsis piesigknowsis A 1993 Amiga game from Lemmings-makers Psygnosis* (who Istillread as pie-sig-know-sis in my head), Wiz ‘N’ Liz (while we’re on the subject, I always read “‘N’” as a sort of brief straining sound), was a liquid-fast platformer where you played as a couple of aged wizards, sprinting around bizarre, oversaturated landscapes collecting rabbits. On researching it for this piece, I remembered justwhat a brute its soundtrack was, too....

HomeNewsParanoia: Happiness Is Mandatory Paranoia: Happiness Is Mandatory has been secretly pulled from saleWhich one of you did this? Which one of you did this? After launching on December 10th,Paranoia: Happiness Is Mandatoryhas, at some point in the past few weeks, been pulled from sale without warning or explanation. Based on the tabletop role ‘em up Paranoia, the dystopian RPG launched as an Epic Games Store timed exclusive in December then vanished in… late January?...

HomeReviewsTotally Accurate Battle Simulator Premature Evaluation: Totally Accurate Battle SimulatorA mammoth task A mammoth task Developer:LandfallPublisher:LandfallRelease:Out nowOn:Windows, Mac, XboxFrom:SteamFor:£11.39, $15, €12.49 When I was seven years old, my dad broke our Atari ST. We had been playing about with some primitive CAD software, plotting out simple shapes to render low polygon urns when he fell eerily silent. His face slackened, transfixed. His eyes became locked to the screen. Clicking over and over, the man began adding vertices anywhere they would fit, hundreds of them, tracing the outline of some impossible, non-Euclidean solid....

HomeGuidesLegends of Runeterra Runeterra player icons: how to change themA new face A new face You may have noticed during your games ofLegends of Runeterrathat some players have different icons next to their name. There’s plenty to choose from, but we all know deep down the only three correct choices are a ghost shark, a Poro with a mallet, and a cat in a goddamn robot suit. There is good news, in that all these player icons are free and you can change your icon to one of these in just a few clicks....

HomeGuidesTemtem Temtem Gyalis: location, full move set, and should it be in your party Found late intoTemtem’s Early Access campaign, Gyalis is one of the weirdest looking creatures so far. It’s a Crystal/Melee type that is supposed to look like a praying mantis made out of rubies. It can be a force to be reckoned with on the right team though, as long as you know when best to use it....

HomeReviewsTales From Off-Peak City Wot I Think: Tales From Off-Peak City Volume 1Sounds good Sounds good Release:Out nowOn:WindowsFrom:Humble ChoicePrice:Available for all Humble Choice subscribers. Coming to other platforms in Spring. So, let’s be real up front: I was dreading playingTales From Off-Peak CityVolume 1.. For whatever reason, my brain has barely any appetite for unlocking locked doors, solving mysteries, unravelling conspiracies or piecing together intricately implied backstories. A lot of adventure games just ain’t for me, because I’m a brute and a philistine....

HomeNewsAnthem BioWare confirm they are “reinventing” AnthemBioWare’s GM says they too wanted more from Anthem BioWare’s GM says they too wanted more from Anthem There’s no question thatAnthem’s had a tough run so far. Tough enough that you might imagine BioWare would let it rot at the base of the family tree while turning back to its other established series. Arumor last yearsuggested that BioWare would stick it out and attempt to put a shine on the new futuristic FPS universe....

HomeNews Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit a new record high playercount this weekendYou take the point You take the point While Counter-Strike has long seemed one of those games that might just have found its final form and will now be around forever, I am surprised that it’s still breaking its own records. Over the weekend,Counter-Strike: Global Offensiveset a new record for the number of people in-game online at the same time, beating a record set in April 2016....

HomeNewsDragon Ball FighterZ Dragon Ball FighterZ’s third season is introducing Kefla and a brand new GokuYou get a Goku! And you get a Goku! You get a Goku! And you get a Goku! Dragon Ball FighterZis heading into its third year of content, introducing some new DLC characters and a some updates to the fighting game’s systems. On February 26th season three will drop, with new the new fighter Kefla following shortly after on February 28th....

HomeGuidesLegends of Runeterra How to play Legends of RuneterraMastering the basics Mastering the basics Legends of Runeterratakes a lot of inspiration from other collectable card games, putting aLeague of Legendsspin on the game’s theme. But the biggest departure for many will be how turns are structured. We will teach youhow to play Legends of Runeterra, as well as explain the less obvious things about the game. How to play Legends of Runeterra guide OurHow to play Legends of Runeterra guidewill walk you through how turns work, the different types of cards that you can play, and what each of the keywords mean....

HomeGuidesTemtem Luma Temtem: How to catch Temtem shiniesLearn how to catch Luma Temtem Learn how to catch Luma Temtem Want to know how to get Luma Temtem?As you rush around and catchTemtemin patches of tall grass, there’s a chance that you might find a rare Luma Temtem. These Luma Temtem are incredibly rare variants that have a different colour pattern and three perfect stats. That makes them worth finding for both collectors and fighters, but did we mention that they’re rare?...