Alright, let’s get something outta the way before we start. Yes, this lad’s got nae clothes on. But more importantly, look at that upper body strength, holding on one-handed even while slapped. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Dan (@danfergusonn) April 26, 2020 Aussie developer Sam Ferguson’s selling some delightful pastel absurdity here, in what seems to be a first-person follow-up to the incredibly-named Ascent Of Grob’s Domain....

It’s a fantastic - if sad - start to Season, and gets straight to the heart of the adventure ahead of you. This is a world where prayers, rituals, and prophecies hold great weight, and where you’ll be exploring the fragility and fickleness of memory. Underpinning everything is a deeply profound sense of melancholy - and here I was expecting some relaxing two-wheeling through lovely-looking landscapes. Well, turns out Season is a lot more than a pretty travelogue....

Update: Sega have responded with a statement saying they didn’t mean to “dredge up painful memories” or “appear disrespectful”, and have changed the Steam description. Read it in full below. “Golden Axed may be janky, may be buggy, may be an artifact of its time, but it offers a unique glimpse into the prospect of a project that could have been, and a rare peek behind the curtain at the sometimes tumultuous world of video game development,” Sega said on its Steam page, unaware the curtain would soon be thrown wide open to reveal much tumult....

“We know many of you were hoping to see more from us this week but we’re not ready for prime time just yet and we won’t be part of the EA Play Live show on Thursday,” they tweeted. “It’s still early and we are committed to doing this thing right, which means it’s gonna take some time. “Our number one goal is not to blow it. For you, for us… for Skate....

Enderal’s creators SureAI released the final update to their huge Skyrim conversion mod just last month. They also announced that they’re currently working on their own game. One that doesn’t require owning Skyrim, that is. Enderal’s plenty a game in its own right, other than the dependency. Due to work on their new game, SureAI said they wouldn’t be working on a Special Edition version of Enderal. Thank goodness for modders....

Slayers Unleashed codes give you access to a variety of ways to improve your in-game power, including rolls and rerolls, stat resets, and power and EXP boosts. Read on for a list of currently active codes in Slayers Unleashed and instructions on how to redeem them. On this page: Slayers Unleashed codes list How to redeem Slayers Unleashed codes Expired Slayers Unleashed codes Slayers Unleashed codes list [February 2023] Last checked on: 13th February, 2023 When you’re typing in a code, make sure you have ;code at the beginning....

BioWare have also released a few bits and bobs in celebration of Dragon Age day, including posters for upcoming Netflix show Dragon Age: Absolution, which is out on Friday. I hope it doesn’t do a Dota. That’s Solas, then: “ancient Elven god of lies, or heroic rebel against tyranny - depending on which story you believe.” I’m inclined to believe the first one, given that Varric reports his current aim is to tear down “the veil that splits our world from the raw magic of the fade” and destroy the world....

You’ll be able to share any gadgets you’ve made with other players through Steam Workshop, but first you’ve got to construct them out of whatever bits and pieces you like. Rummage around in the drawers provided to find circuit boards, joysticks, buttons, and all the other stuff people with their own soldering irons keep laying around. If you spot anything that someone else made and want to know how to make it yourself, then you can download it and pull it apart to reverse-engineer your own version, Evil Licorice say....

But then, these are also games where spymasters can plot to murder themselves, and where a horse can become Pope. For all the thrill of forging a dynasty over the course of six centuries of roleplaying, there’s no denying that some of the finest moments in Crusader Kings come from those times when things get silly. Crusader Kings 3, for my money, achieves an even more deft balance than its predecessor....

Though it can be played on a pancake screen, I’ll be using it in VR. You pop on your headset and start making noise into your mic. The game will start generating music and graphics to compliment your atonal screeching. VR is at a stage where I want to try everything that’s not a horde mode shooter (unless it’s Alyx). This sort of interaction is intriguing: “Emergent music harmonizes with you, as you navigate through strobing tunnels-of-light, impossible shapes, and deep into a meditative trance....

Horizon: Zero Dawn was going to be one of those nifty-looking console games I’d begrudgingly accepted I’d never play. But that might not be the case for much longer. Earlier today, Kotaku reported that Guerrilla Games’ open-world dino-hunter could appear on PC as soon as this year, according to three anonymous sources “familiar with Sony’s plans”. Of course, Sony has yet to make an official statement on the matter. Right now, I recommend taking all this with a pinch of salt....

You’ll be creating plots on all sorts of exotic planets in Space For Sale, but you’re not just developing these properties, no sir. You’re also acting as a galaxy-wide landlord, which means fulfilling the needs and wishes of all your otherwordly tenants. Seriously, if it isn’t Tom Hook under the hood there, he sure could stand to learn a thing or two from Mirage Game Studios’ small protagonist, that’s for sure....

Since then, it’s been a tough rotation. To My Side, Lesser Emerald Spellstone and Rhok’delar rotated out of standard format, leaving spell-focused Hunters with little to work with. There’s a new version now though, and it’s a very different kind of deck. This one is aiming for the face. In the latest version of our Spell Hunter guide, we’re highlighting the best version of the deck for the new meta....

Here’s how to turn off the ‘always run’ function in Spelunky 2. How to turn off auto-run in Spelunky 2 In order to turn off auto-run in Spelunky 2, find your way to the options menu. This can be found either from the main menu underneath ‘Play’ and ‘Online’, or after pausing the game at any time. Here’s which options you should look for: It’s that easy! Now your spelunker will be trundling along at a much slower, more casual pace....

In GreedFall 2, you’ll play as a native of the island of Teer Fradee. You’re “uprooted by force” from the island and taken to the continent of Gacane, an “old world ravaged by war and scarred by the Malichor plague and the political scheming” according to the press release. That’s as opposed to the original game, in which you played a Gacane colonist arriving on the island of Teer Fradee, where the natives were attempting to fight off the invading settlers....

I’ve always found that Stardew Valley’s yearly updates are quite good about introducing changes that make the game better without shaking up everything you know about it. I’ve never booted up Stardew after a major update and felt lost and confused. Such is the way with update 1.5. The beach farm map is fresh and new but it won’t completely change the routine you’re familiar with. Here’s a look at the entire thing and, actually, hold on....

Given the Steam Deck’s battery life… let’s say inconsistencies, best practice typically involves adjusting these performance settings on a game-by-game basis anyway. Custom profiles are therefore a welcome streamlining of the process: you could, for instance, whack a charge-saving 30fps cap on Elden Ring, play for a bit, then quit out in a Malenia-induced rage and switch to some relaxing 60fps Aperture Desk Job without any additional settings fiddling. And it’s not just the frame rate cap: these profiles cover everything in the Quick Settings menu’s Performance tab, including Variable Rate Shading (VRS), the TDP and GPU core clock controls, and FSR upscaling....

Steam and Pixmain have handily broken down the games featured among Enter The Dragon into some lovely coloured dragons themed around genres, so if you’re into horror you can check out the Black Dragon or the Yellow Dragon if puzzles and narrative appeal. They’re flogging three ‘Way of the’ bundles at a discount too, themed around mind, spirit and fist. You might have heard Pixmain’s name before thanks to Inked: A Tale of Love, which was re-released in an enhanced form last August....

Normally £190, this model of Steelseries’ excellent Arctis Pro can now be had for £150, which is the cheapest it’s been since March. It also beats last year’s Black Friday price, where it only dropped to £170 for the week leading up to the big day o’ deals itself last November. The Arctis Pro + GameDAC has been one of my favourite gaming headsets ever since I tested it back in 2018, as it’s not only super comfy and produces great sound, but you also get tons of settings and extra audio inputs thanks to its excellent USB DAC....

E3 2022 proper was cancelled completely back in March, but with GeoffFest now seemingly coalescing around other confirmed showcases, including the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase and Future’s PC Gaming Show (which are both scheduled for June 12th), this year’s video games Christmas should hopefully feel a bit more like E3s of yore. At least in theory, anyway. “I think everything’s going to be really compact within a matter of weeks as the industry sort of represents itself to the wider world in June, with everyone sort of doing events,” Keighley told the Epic Games Store....