HomeHardwareNews AMD FreeSync 2 HDR is dead, long live FreeSync Premium and Premium ProNow there are three FreeSync standards to wrap your head around Now there are three FreeSync standards to wrap your head around On top of announcing their newRadeon RX 5600 XTgraphics card and a bunch of new 3rd GenRyzen 4000laptop processors yesterday, AMD also announced some changes to their variousFreeSyncstandards at this year’sCES. Until now, we had regular FreeSync and FreeSync 2 HDR, the latter offering exactly the same variable refresh rate tech for super smooth, tear-free gaming as regular FreeSync but with added HDR support....

HomeNewsDestiny 2 Destiny 2’s latest Exotic quest is unusually simpleA zappy little gun earned with little busywork? Huh! A zappy little gun earned with little busywork? Huh! Last night,Destiny 2launched a quest for season pass holders to get a new Exotic-rarity gun, Devil’s Ruin. It’s weird. Many recent Exotic quests have involved grinding through a whole lot of busywork, and this mostly skips that. You can get Devil’s Ruin in twenty minutes....

HomeNews Exclusive: two new Magic: The Gathering cards revealed - including punchy goatsPunchy goats and magic soldiers Punchy goats and magic soldiers Next week, on January 16, the latest card set will hitMagic: The Gathering Arenaahead of its physical release on January 24. It turns out that developers Wizards Of The Coast weren’t joking when they said their PC-based online game would stand right alongside the traditional game. Theros Beyond Death is a new set in a series of four based on the Greek mythology-inspired plane of Theros....

HomeNews Here’s some of the best moments so far from Awesome Games Done Quick 2020Even if you don’t know the games, these runs are worth a watch. Even if you don’t know the games, these runs are worth a watch. Awesome Games Done Quick(aka AGDQ) has started yet again, and just four days in has already blessed us with some unforgettable moments and absolute must-watch PC speedruns. The clips I offer up to you today involve one speedrunner whacking out a real life model to explain a glitch, one speedrun where everything went wrong but everyone had a fabulous time anyway, and one game developer exclaiming “frick cancer in the bum....

HomeNews IGF finalists announced, confirm RPS is correct about everythingWhat a fine list What a fine list The Independent Games Festival Awards haveannounced their finalists, once more reflecting the esteemed opinions of RPS writers. Sad mutant blueberry simulatorMutazioneis the favourite for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and is also in the running for the Art, Audio and Narrative awards. Two thirds of Alices agree that it is well good. Other grand prize contenders include AI and sadness visual novel Eliza, uplifting flap-aboutA Short Hike, irresistible card-pusher Slay The Spire, and irritable waterfowl punter Untitled Goose Game....

HomeHardwareNews LG enters Nvidia BFGD arena with 12 OLED G-Sync Compatible TVsBFGD TVs are go BFGD TVs are go It’s all gone a bit quiet on theNvidia BFGD(or Big Format Gaming Display) front recently, but this year’sCEStech celebration has finally yielded some very promising news. LG are entering the fray this year with 12 G-Sync Compatible OLED TVs. That’s right. Proper OLED TVs, not extortionate over-pricedG-Sync Compatible monitorsmonitors.You may remember that LG added G-Sync Compatible support for a couple of their 2019 OLED TVs at the end of last year....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter World Iceborne Glavenus guideCuts through like butter Cuts through like butter Glavenus is yet another returning monster for Monster Hunter World Iceborne, and this one is rather unique. The main gimmick here is that Glavenus likes to use its massive tail like a cleaver, igniting it for extra power, and burning anything it touches. It also has a short temper and will frequently become enraged, making its attacks deadlier....

HomeHardwareNewsWolfenstein: Youngblood Six months after launch, ray tracing finally comes to Wolfenstein: YoungbloodBetter late than never, I guess Better late than never, I guess Wolfenstein: Youngbloodwas one of Nvidia’s bigray tracing gamesof last year, and it was even one of the free games you could get if you bought a new RTX graphics card over the summer. However, whereas its other freebie stablemate Control teleported its ray tracing support in at launch, Wolfenstein: Youngblood positively dragged its cybernetic heels over it, with months and months passing after its initial July release date without any word on when it might finally pitch up....

HomeFeaturesWildermyth Wildermyth knows that levels are badI am not a number I am not a number In one of the dark, combative corners of my mind there’s been a post brewing for years now about how levels are wrong and bad and hold back far too many RPGs. It wasn’t really until playingWildermyththat I could put forward a strong enough game to prove it, though. I’ve played a lot of it over the last couple of months....

HomeFeaturesWolfenstein: Youngblood Wolfenstein: Youngblood’s impossible 80s setting makes you want to save the worldBig hair, don’t care Big hair, don’t care Alternate history first-person shooter (of Nazis, specifically)Wolfenstein: Youngbloodis a spin-off from the main Wolfenstein games. It’s set in 1980, and developers Machinegames don’t go halfway on it. The game is soaked with 1980s references, from early electronica and synthpop in the French Underground to 3D glasses and UVK Tapes (VHS tapes but, um, more Nazi-like)....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Combo Priest deck list guide - Descent of Dragons - Hearthstone (January 2020)Our advanced guide to playing Combo Priest in the Descent of Dragons meta. Our advanced guide to playing Combo Priest in the Descent of Dragons meta. In this edition of our Combo Priest guide, we’re highlighting the most competitive version of the deck that’s seeing play right now. We’ve also added in loads of strategy and Mulligan advice to help you pilot the deck to your best ability....

HomeNewsDisaster Report 4: Summer Memories Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories gets an April release dateEscape an earthquake this April Escape an earthquake this April The game places you in the shoes of an unfortunate visitor to a city who gets caught in the epicentre of a giant earthquake. Over the course of the story you’ll need to navigate aftershocks, fires, collapsing buildings and debris to survive - at least, this is what the Steam store page tells me, it’s all rather dramatic....

HomeFeaturesCalm Down, Stalin Have You Played… Calm Down, Stalin?Let your Communistic hands tremble Let your Communistic hands tremble I have somewhat of a reputation, which has often preceded me, of being a big Communist. This is because I have a habit of letting my ideological stances leak into my work, like a glass of red wine on the beige carpet of the games industry. Because of this I get sent a lot of notionally “on-brand” games, and one of those isCalm Down, Stalin....