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Power that’s not painfully expensive Unless you’ve had your head under a rock for the past six months, you probably already know that virtual reality headsets–namely the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive–are the new hotness when it comes to PC peripherals. VR is all over the media, but what keeps getting repeated over and...

“Not fully tested” isn’t something I like to hear in association with roller coasters, but here RollerCoaster Tycoon World is having a crack at Early Access. Your £30/$50 (wince) buys “the core features and content of the game”, including the campaign, sandbox and scenario modes, 10 coasters, 30 flat rides, 4 themes, “a full (albeit not fully balanced)...

Wildstar has received its first major content dump since going free-to-play in September last year. Destination Arcterra invites you to explore a frigid continent in following the tale of Drusera and the Entity. Along with its telegraphing, dodge-rolling combat system, Wildstar’s story was a joy, so more of that, please. There’s also a new dungeon below the wastes, unlocked...

Dark Souls games are difficult, yes, but they’re also amazing horror games, albeit with a dark fantasy veneer. The trailer above isn’t necessarily in keeping with the ‘spirit’ of Dark Souls 3, but it’s thoroughly enjoyable to imagine Miyazaki’s world as a straight-to-video B-grade horror film. Oh, and there are some grief glimpses of gameplay footage...

Phil Spencer announced at Microsoft’s //Build/ 2016 conference earlier today that its Universal Windows Platform will support mods and overlays. Few details were provided at the time, but Spencer later elaborated on how both will work as part of a media Q&A. Basically, overlays—for example FRAPS—are a fairly uncomplicated implementation, only requiring the creator to port their software from a Win32...

In this episode: Jeremy introduces Wes to the puzzle solving area of NetHack: Sokoban! We dive deeper into Sokoban in another later episode, but this one offers an overview and history of Sokoban puzzles. Wes also makes another new discovery: cream pies that can be used as weapons. NetHack from aaaa to Zruty is our newest Let’s Play...

It’s a positive thing that Microsoft wants to bring some of its first-party Xbox exclusives to PC, but one awkward question remains to be answered: where is Halo 5? During a media Q&A at Microsoft’s //Build/ 2016 conference today, Phil Spencer addressed that very question, while attempting to explain why some games will remain exclusive to particular...

Just because an antivirus suite is free doesn’t mean it won’t cost you something. There’s security software that shackles your system with upgrade nags, dimwitted scanning slowdowns, and other bloat that pokes open more holes than it patches. Some A/V packages give you just a sample, with hidden fees awaiting once you install and get...

Back in December, the free-to-play FPS Tribes: Ascend was updated for the first time in two years, shortly after which developer Hi-Rez Studios talked to us about how it had screwed up the game, and more importantly, what it was doing to try to bring it back. The December patch was a small step forward “for...

Fallout 4 isn’t the only game getting a survival mode: Ubisoft has announced that something very similar, with a slightly different name, is coming to Far Cry Primal. Called, wait for it, “Survivor Mode,” it will add a number of new features that will make the game more difficult, and even make permadeath a selectable option....