HomeNews For the second year running, the Glaad awards look like they’re missing the mark on celebrating queer representationOverwatch and Apex Legends amongst “Outstanding Video Game” nominees Overwatch and Apex Legends amongst “Outstanding Video Game” nominees Glaad (formerly known as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) have brought their media awards back for the 31st year, and for the second year in a row they’re recognising video games “for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community and the issues that affect their lives”....

HomeHardwareNews I’m worried that MSI’s new HMI gaming monitor is going to kill me in my sleepThis is definitely a Portal turret in disguise This is definitely a Portal turret in disguise There have been plenty of new monitor announcements over the course of this week’sCEStech jamboree, but none have been more terrifying than MSI’s Optix MEG381CQR. This curved 38in ultrawide display is one of several new gaming screens coming from MSI this year, but it will be the first to incorporate Human Machine Interface elements, or HMI for short....

HomeGuidesLeague of Legends League of Legends - Best Jungler Champions 2020Our selection of the very best junglers in the game right now. Our selection of the very best junglers in the game right now. One of the most interesting and challenging roles you can play inLeague of Legendsis that of the Jungler. For newcomers in particular this is not an easy role to grasp. Regardless of whether you’re new to the game or a seasoned veteran though, we wanted to highlight our pick of the best Champions that you can make use of in this role....

HomeNews Magic: Legends looks to turn the card game all Diablo-yCome, gather Come, gather Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Magic: Legendswill have us bash and zap monsters as different classes of Planeswalker, the all-powerful wizards we play as in the card game. Magic’s five elements of magic are here formalised into classes, like the Mind or Geomancer. It looks like wizards will still be summoning creatures like their cardboard counterparts....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter World Iceborne Banbaro guideBaa-Ram-You Baa-Ram-You The first monster that Capcom showed us for Monster Hunter World Iceborne was the Banbaro - a stag-like wyvern that is generally quite peaceful. However, if you cross it, it will use its antlers to scoop up boulders and trees to charge at you relentlessly. Banbaro can therefore be a bit of a handful to hunt if you’re going in unprepared....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter World Iceborne Barioth guideA chilly encounter A chilly encounter Perhaps your first real challenge in Monster Hunter World Iceborne is the frosty savage itself - Barioth. On top of just being a really, really fast, it has some rather brutal melee attacks and ice tornado projectiles that can easily overwhelm you. Preparation is key to winning this fight and it is possible to beat it....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter World Iceborne guideWelcome to Hoarfrost Reach Welcome to Hoarfrost Reach Monster Hunter World’s first big expansion takes hunters to the rather chilly land of Hoarfrost Reach. The new stuff isn’t just limited to what you discover in the frozen tundra, as Iceborne includes new monsters to hunt in familiar and new locations, as well as new techniques and Master Rank equipment. There’s a ton more besides this and we’ll be going through as much as we can....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter World Iceborne Nargacuga guideLurking in the darkness Lurking in the darkness Monster Hunter World Iceborne Nargacuga guide OurMonster Hunter World Iceborne Nargacuga guidewill explain the strategies for defeating the Nargacuga, detail all of its weaknesses and resistances, and show the loot table for all the items you can get for defeating this beast. Monster Hunter World Iceborne Nargacuga guide contents Those new to hunting monsters, or if you just need to find a particular monster guide to get up to Hunter Rank 16 - needed to start the Iceborne expansion - should head over to ourMonster Hunter World guidehub for a plethora of guides....

HomeNewsMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter: World’s Iceborne expansion is now out on PC tooBrrrr! Brrrr! A chill wind blows today, carrying the distinct scent of dinosaur dung.Monster Hunter: Worldhas just launched its Iceborne expansion on PC, sending hunters to icy new lands to fight tough new monsters (and tougher versions of old monsters). We’re arriving late as Iceborne hit consoles in September 2019, though here the PC delay means I’m getting a more authentic and holistic experience because my flat is chuffing freezing....

HomeNewsSavage Vessels Savage Vessels looks like Teleglitch with spaceshipsScrap escap Scrap escap Savage Vesselsis a top-down roguelike shooter with “physics and hard survival”, in which you fight hostile robot spaceships and scavenge parts to improve your own vessel. It looks rather promising, as you can see in the below trailer. Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Full disclosure: I misread the title as “Salvage” and got excited because salvage games are one of my favourite things that basically don’t exist....

HomeNews Steam to start selling soundtracks independently of gamesDANCE DANCE The virtual hills are alive with the sound of music, thanks to Steam wresting soundtracks from the videogames they were yoked to. As of today, developers can sell soundtracks independently rather than as DLC, which means you won’t need to buy or download the games themselves. Videogames are defunct now. Let us all escape into the superior medium of sound....

HomeNewsSundered Sundered is the latest Epic Games Store giveawayThe hand-drawn metroidvania The hand-drawn metroidvania Thursday is freebie day on the Epic Games Store, with a new game rotating in to be free for keepsies for the next week. This time it’sSundered, the hand-drawn metroidvania from the studio behindJotun. Our former John (RPS in peace) declared it “a completely wonderful metroidvania” in hisSundered reviewso do have a look.Watch on YouTubeJohn stamped Sundered with our Recommended seal in 2017, saying:“The result is a completely wonderful Metroidvania, but at the same time, another Metroidvania....

HomeHardwareNews Alienware’s Concept UFO PC does an incredible Nintendo Switch impressionHello? Is that Alienware? Yes, Nintendo’s lawyers here. Hello? Is that Alienware? Yes, Nintendo’s lawyers here. I’m calling it now. Alienware’s Concept UFO PC is hands down the most exciting thing to come out of this year’sCEStech fest. It’s effectively a Nintendo Switch, but it plays PC games, which, let’s face it, is all any of us have ever wanted ever since the Switch first came into existence....