Except. Except. I found it incredibly sinister. I don’t mean to be a parody of myself, but I really felt like I was playing a metaphor for being a terrible murderer. This doesn’t mean Hadr is bad, by the way. I did find the controls a little frustrating. I suppose a game where you play as a floaty cloth necessitates the controls being, well, floaty. I got stuck on things a lot, and it did often take me a while to actually be able to cover something in the correct way, such that it would disappear....

One scientist hanging with his pal in a corridor casually opines, “I don’t think we should hurt everyone.” From start (“Hi, welcome to Black Mesa,” says the tram. “In the column, to ensure the safety and comfort of Black Mesa research center, the very personal in his hand”) to end (“Exposure to Cicero? I’ll go,” G-Man tells us), Google Translate Edition mangles a whole lot of game. I do not know how Gordon has been renamed Cicero but I’m here for it....

Below is a list of all the armor piece categories in Halo Infinite, as well as details on how to unlock new pieces to customise your armor cores, and information on how to enter the Armor Hall to apply them. Halo Infinite armor list: types of armor pieces There are a few different types of armor pieces you can collect in Halo Infinite, and you can combine them (with a few restrictions) in a huge variety of ways to customise your Spartan and make them look truly unique....

Even those with a bubbling hatred of sport were able to pick it up quickly. It was a standard team-based sports game where you had to get the ball into the opposing goal. But, because of the basketball-like point zones, squeaky bum time kicked in from the moment a match began. Nothing was certain; your opponent could nab a worldie for five points without much warning. In a 2v2 situation, #IDARB could be really good....

We know this. We all know this. It doesn’t make it any easier. Kind Words might be the most important game ever made. It might also be the most timely. It’ll never be acknowledged as influential, at least not to the degree that your Half Lives and Dwarf Fortresses are. It might not even have any direct impact on games at all. But what it’s done for people has no comparison in any other game....

Oh look, now I’m holding rock! Can you switch to paper fast enough? Nope, now I’m holding scissors! Oh, and now it’s paper! Now rock again! Now paper! What will you do?… Oh. You can just jump over me and keep running. Fair enough, I suppose. It’s a great game. Frustrating if you take it too seriously, but a fountain of fun. My favourite thing was when you crouch all the way down and stay there, and then start moving from side to side....

Murder At Castle Nathria is Hearthstone’s 21st expansion, introducing 135 new cards to acquire. The mystery centres around the death of Sire Denathrius, who was the final boss in the Castle Nathria raid from World Of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion. See, Denathrius had invited 10 Legendary guests to a dinner party at the castle, and every one of them had the means and motive to do him in. You’ll have to assist detective Murloc Holmes and his companion Watfin to reveal the killer – through the medium of Hearthstone cards, obvs....

Solasta: Crown Of The Magister is a bit of a mouthful and it looks like character creation won’t be any less complex. I’m known to spend 30 minutes picking just a hairstyle and class in the most simple of character sheets, so Solasta’s adherence to Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition rules means I’ll spend even longer picking a deity, background, race, and more. Unlike upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3—a D&D 5e adaptation that looks to be adding a lot of Larian Studios’ personal flair—Solasta seems by-the-book....

And when Bugsnax explores love, characters of all genders and sexualities get fair treatment. The game gives queer and straight relationships equal weight without explainers or caveats. Its characters respect non-binary people by using the right prounouns without question. In Bugsnax, queer people can just be, which is unfortunately rare in video games. Bugsnax’s queer representation feels effortless, but I could tell that the creative team put plenty of care into their portrayal of queer and non-binary folks....

In this guide, we’ll explain how to increase your tool and weapon tiers through better crafting in New World. How to craft better tools and weapons in New World There are a number of factors involved in your character’s ability to craft in New World. Available crafting recipes are determined by your character’s various Trade Skills, the crafting stations they have access to, and the quality of the resources they have in their inventory....

Unlike when installing a new CPU, there are no manufacturer-specific sockets to worry about here, as all graphics cards are designed to fit into the same PCIe slot that’s present on pretty much every motherboard. There’s some light screwdriver-wielding required, but even so, upgrading your graphics takes should only take a few minutes. Not a bad time investment when, in terms of performance gains, it’s probably the most significant change to your PC you can possibly make....

Desktop Goose has been out for a while, but it’s one of the many hundreds of games now available as part of the stupendously good value Itch Bundle For Racial Justice And Equality, which has just ticked over an incredible $7 million. But the goose isn’t all bad. Occasionally he’ll bring you notes of encouragement saying you’re doing a good job, and it actually made my heart swell to one hundred times its normal size....

Note that to get this price, you’ll need to use code TND-10 at the checkout - a long-running code that seems to apply to other products as well, FYI. It’s important to note that Intel is a better value option than AMD in some respects, at least when it comes down to each firm’s latest CPUs. Ryzen 7000 requires DDR5 RAM and more expensive motherboards, so you end up paying a bit more for a complete system than you do for an equivalent Intel CPU, which supports cheaper DDR4 in addition to DDR5 - and seems to have more affordable motherboards as a result....

“I loved Devil Daggers from a pure aesthetics point of view. I really liked the fact it was such a specific vision, and I have an interest in how people were trying to emulate those old PlayStation looks, recreating that nostalgic feel with modern technology,” Betts tells me. Using visuals like this gives the game a macabre look, making it seem as though objects and colours are slightly warped. When I played, I started to notice that, despite the spooky look, Betts hadn’t used any black to darken the environment....

According to a Tweet posted by publishers Dotemu, they’re giving the game some extra time so that it can be “as explosive as possible on release.” Fair enough! They haven’t yet been more specific than next year as to when it’ll be ready. The game’s a twist on the older run and gun arcade series Metal Slug, with more focus on - as the name might suggest - tactics. Everything’s on an isometric battlefield now, with weapon upgrades and skill perks to make your squad stronger after clearing procedurally generated levels....

Coming to PC Game Pass soon Hi-Fi Rush (yesterday, out of nowhere!) Inkulinati early access (January 31st, day one) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R (January 31st) Darkest Dungeon (February 2nd) Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game Of The Year Edition (February 7th) It’s not a huge list, but it’s a decent list. Hi-Fi Rush is a surprise new game from the studio behind The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo, a rhythm action game I hear great things about....

I got to play in the beta version of Yes, Your Grace late last year and, like Alice Bee, I’m pretty sure it’s one of the most exciting games of 2020. YYG has a sort of Game Of Thrones meets Reigns vibe where you’re constantly trying to keep all of your competing interests at equilibrium but everything is a disaster anyway. I’ll be shocked if there’s no deadly wedding. That’s a medieval drama law now....

Granted, this new SSD is a very different proposal to the relatively affordable, for-everyone KC2500. The Fury Renegade is an all-out speed freak of a PCIe 4.0 SSD, promising up to 7300MB/s read speeds and up to 7000MB/s write speeds on the 2TB model that I’ve been testing. All for the high, high price of £308 / $425: double what you’d pay for the 2TB version our current best SSD for gaming pick, the WD Blue SN570....

“Over the weekend, our analysis confirmed source code for League, TFT, and a legacy anticheat platform were exfiltrated by the attackers,” Riot said. “Today, we received a ransom email. Needless to say, we won’t pay.” The company explained that issues with League Of Legends could crop up in the future because of the disruption the attack caused. Riot said they’ll concentrate their efforts on reducing the potential for any new cheats that could emerge due to the source code theft....

What I’m writing to you about today still isn’t one of those exciting things, unfortunately, but it is nonetheless very important. When we relaunched our RPS Supporter Programme last year, we did so on June 17th, which means its one-year anniversary is just around the corner. It also means that those of you who signed up for our yearly supporter tier will be coming to the end of your subscription soon, and I wanted to explain a little bit about the renewal process as it’s… err, a bit convoluted....