What's better: air control, or an AI-controlled friend just running about helping me fight?

For many people, this result will turn the world on its head. This week, it’s a question of control. What’s better: air control, or an AI-controlled friend just running about helping me fight? I don’t think he had considered that one such force might be sheer force of will. ThenQuake, and Destiny, and… And of course air control is vital to many platformers from any camera perspective. We can imagine a better world....

June 22, 2022 · 1 min · 186 words · Brenda Bauer

Wordle answer (Thursday 23 June 2022): Wordle word of the day #369 and hints

What will today’s answer be? Below we’ll help you to find the correct Wordle answer with our usual three hints. Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd Aprilinstead! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers.

June 22, 2022 · 1 min · 49 words · Amy King

Neon White review: a slick, stylish speedrunner with parkour demon murder

Its perdition with extra steps, then, but is it any fun? Dear reader,Neon Whitekicks ass. The challenge comes from balancing offense and traversal in a thrilling economy of speed. This emphasis on speed means that even small mistakes can cost you dearly. Thankfully, a quick tap of the F key restarts the level from the beginning if you mess up. I ended up tapping F quite a lot. In addition, replay ghosts and shortcut hints help to shave precious seconds off the clock....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 315 words · Stephanie Molina

No, you won’t need a Core 10th Gen CPU or newer for Intel Arc graphics cards

AMD simply call the same tech Smart Access Memory (SAM) instead. Because of this, Resizable BAR must be enabled for optimal performance in all applications. Some manufacturers may vary in naming the option in the systems firmware configuration page.

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 39 words · Patrick Grant

Raft sails out of early access after four years with a huge update

That was maybe 2018. Now, Raft has finally launched out of early access and whoa what is this game now? Undersea cities to explore? A whole post-apocalyptic story? Friendly wildlife like whales and turtles? Have a look at the cooperative survival wonders in the new trailer, below. Raft debuted as a pay-what-you-want prototype doodad in December 2016, and even thenit was fun. A formal Steam Early Access launch followed in May 2018, andit was fun then too....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 125 words · Brianna Robinson

SpellForce: Conquest Of Eo is a strategy RPG with 4X DNA and "do or die action"

The heroes themselves are unique individuals, all with their own personalities and backstories. The goal, Wagner told me, is to condense the experience so that its always exciting. Automatically resolving fights is also an option, if youre more of a big picture mage. Each one has multiple outcomes and some tough moral choices are promised. At the time of the demo, they were approaching 600 individual stories, all handwritten. This is where Spellforce gets really exciting, as all the moving parts begin to interact....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 98 words · Holly Daniels

The Razer Basilisk Ultimate Hyperspeed is down to $80 at Amazon ($150 MSRP)

A great deal on Razer’s flagship wireless mouse, with 11 programmable buttons. That’s a pretty solid price for what you’re getting! Thanks for joining me once again, and we’ll see you on the flip side. Do people still say that?

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 40 words · Stephanie Chapman

The trials and terrors of benchmarking The Cycle: Frontier

Dodging death in pursuit of frame rates SinceThe Cycle: Frontieris having itssecond (???) All of these, it turns out, also make Frontier a benchmarker’s nightmare. A pain in the arse as well as the feet. Another close call broke out into a full-on gun battle, but I wasnt a combatant. But then Ive also played enoughDayZto know that Friendly!

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 59 words · Krystal Mccullough

Wordle answer (Wednesday 22 June 2022): Wordle word of the day #368 and hints

Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd Aprilinstead! Awful - a common, flexible, and powerful denunciation of something bad. For example: “that performance was simply awful”. Or: “I really feel awful today”. That would be a really AWFUL thing to do. Another day, another Wordle. Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 81 words · Jose Reed

Screenshot Saturday Mondays: rotoscoping, water, and metroidvanias

Admiring more upcoming indie games Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This time, come admire some rotoscoping, Ponging, and two very different metroidvanias.

June 20, 2022 · 1 min · 40 words · Rebekah Morris

Sonic Frontiers is less Breath Of The Wild and more Super Mario Odyssey

It’s way more fun than it looks, trust me The blue hedgehog is back! He goes very fast in his latest instalment,Sonic Frontiers! And lots of fans naturally think it looks terrible! The scepticism is understandable. Just seeing it with your eyeballs doesn’t do it justice. Yes, it’s a weird departure for Sonic, but I am here for it. Traditionally, Sonic games burst with colour and energy. And there’s a lot of spiraling into the sky as you stumble into floating platforms and curly rails....

June 20, 2022 · 1 min · 184 words · Rachel Lyons

Spidersaurs is a run’n’gun platformer that dares to mix the world’s scariest animals

Coming to Steam and your nightmares this year Dinosaurs are cool and scary right? Spiders arent so great but theyre definitely biologically intimidating to humans too. Combine the two and you getShantaedevelopers WayForwardsSpidersaurs, which describes itself as a 2D co-op runngun action game. Its coming to Steam soon, say WayForward. Try not to get the theme tune stuck in your head when you watch the trailer below. The game isnt a new one per se, having launched along with Apple Arcade back in September 2019....

June 20, 2022 · 1 min · 147 words · Timothy Harris

Terra Nil's demo takes Steam by storm and then mops up after itself

Not bad for a chill game about rewilding a barren planet. BroforceandGenital Joustingdevelopers Free Lives are behind Terra Nil, and its another typically diverse experience from them. Terra Nil certainly makes you feel like youre scoring wins foranenvironment even if its nottheenvironment. The demo is fairly short but very sweet. Some new machinery like excavators becomes available too. These can make more riverbed, but pollute the surrounding tiles. To manage that, though, I had to increase biodiversity in the landscape by introducing more biomes....

June 20, 2022 · 1 min · 169 words · William Mcfarland