Total War: Pharaoh may not have war hippos, but it has fire, shoving, and deep history

Theres a lot of mystery surrounding it, and we wanted to uncover it. Pharaoh wont constrain players to just the four Egyptian lords it offers, either. We dipped our toes in the era forTroy, and solved some of the issues there. But to fully do it justice we needed a wider scope. A classical Total War historical game, and this is what Total War: Pharaoh aspires to be. As tactical options from one era become unviable or impossible, they take entire dimensions of battle with them....

June 1, 2023 · 3 min · 460 words · Jordan Alvarez

Wordle hints and answer (#712): How to solve the Thursday June 1 Wordle

Stuck on the Wordle word for June 1? Read our hint or find the answer below! Today is one of the latter types. Good luck, and I hope you find the hints here that you gotta get you through! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd April! This musical adjective refers to something upbeat, brightly-coloured, and attention-grabbing. What letter does today’s Wordle begin with? Today’s Wordle word begins with J....

June 1, 2023 · 3 min · 427 words · Kathleen Morales

XCOM and Civilization studio Firaxis Games suffers a round of layoffs

2K Games also added that Firaxis remains focused on developing critically acclaimed video games. The cuts at Firaxis are probably a part of that program.

June 1, 2023 · 1 min · 25 words · Elizabeth Schmidt

How System Shock 2 made Stephen Kick and Nightdive Studios

Hey, Ive got this far. Lets see how far I can take it. Oh yeah, weve got theSystem ShockIP, said the insurance company. What do you want to do with it? Do you want to make a sequel? Up until that point, Kick had dedicated his life to creative pursuits. He had no business background, and none of the acumen required to understand contracts or negotiate licensing fees. More to the point, he had no more than $5,000 to his name....

May 31, 2023 · 4 min · 665 words · Spencer Combs

Pick up an MSI RX 6800 16GB graphics card for £430 in this UK deal

A great choice for 4K gaming thanks to its hefty VRAM allocation.

May 31, 2023 · 1 min · 12 words · Kristina Garcia

Retro RPGs meet the world of pro wrestling in WrestleQuest, releasing this August

Repeat too many moves; they’ll get bored and buff your enemies. Take advantage of tag-team combos and such; theyll be entertained. WrestleQuest comes out on August 8th for PC viaSteamandThe Humble Storeand consoles. Theres also a free demo available to try out now. August happily looks like a fun time for turn-based throwbacks between this andSea Of Stars.

May 31, 2023 · 1 min · 58 words · Anthony Grant

Telltale can "no longer sell" Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People

Meaning it’s now Strong Bad’s Cool Game For People Who Bought It Before June 1st. Thank you so much for playing. Maybe Strong Bad will get lucky and return for a second time. Homestar Runners creators The Brothers Chaps also co-wrote all five episodes of the game. Those retro Homestar Runner games have along and interesting histroyas Abby Denton wrote back in the day.

May 31, 2023 · 1 min · 64 words · Donna Parsons

The Tartarus Key review: an absolutely nails thriller-puzzler that's worth the effort

Personally I know, sure as eggs is eggs, that I would absolutely go to pieces. It’s the kind of head melting I haven’t had since playingOld Gods Rising. Rescuing everyone is by no means guaranteed, though. It really is difficult, though. Despite that, it’s solvable - you just have to take your time. There’s a room where you oughta match colours of handwriting with grid coordinates. It also runs the gamut of thriller themes, in a subtle but pervasive way that I really liked....

May 31, 2023 · 1 min · 99 words · Cathy Crawford

This claymation game makes me deeply uncomfortable so of course I need to play it

Its so uncomfortable - and dont even get me started on that monster Morph. Like, just clicking through the screenshots make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Its awful, and wonderful. you’re free to watch the trailer below. The bit where the lumps of clay wriggle inside the gun’s bullet chambers goes through me. The Steam page gives some insight into what you’ll be doing in this nightmare world....

May 31, 2023 · 1 min · 132 words · Leslie Davis

What's better: An enemy which can't see you but can sense you, or it only moves when you're not looking?

Last time, you decided thata silent protagonist is better than combat style ratings. It was a 60/40 split, and I’m surprised/glad it was this close. We are now one decision closer to knowing the best thing. This inevitably means it’s so deadly that if it could see you, it would instantly murder you. You, ah, don’t need to go anywhere, do you? Gordon Freeman can try crawling around to evade the murderous tentacle beasts inHalf-Lifeor lob grenades to distract it....

May 31, 2023 · 2 min · 387 words · Charles Scott

Why Citizen Sleeper’s cast of interstellar nobodies matter

No more heroes One of my absolute favourite elements ofCitizen Sleeperis how you essentially play as a nobody. They now find themselves on a dishevelled space station called Erlin’s Eye, desperate and alone. A single grain of sand in a vast desert. The Eye is an unruly backwater station on the edges of a complex solar system. It’s the kind of place where folks who have nowhere else to go get washed up....

May 31, 2023 · 1 min · 165 words · Kim Crane

Wordle hints and answer (#711): How to solve the Wednesday May 31 Wordle

Stuck on the Wordle word for May 31? Read our hint or find the answer below! Talk about a good deal! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd April! What letter does today’s Wordle begin with? Today’s Wordle word begins with A. What letter does today’s Wordle end with? Today’s Wordle word ends with E. How many vowels are in today’s Wordle? Today’s Wordle word contains 3 vowels....

May 31, 2023 · 2 min · 421 words · Stuart Fisher

Xbox tease a Fable announcement ahead of showcase

Xboxs official social media channels seem to be teasing something to do withFable. Heres that tease: Do you love GAMES as much as we do? A new Fable game is in development at Playground Games - the UK-based studio behind the brilliant Forza Horizons. I loved them and would be happy with anything Fable-adjacent at this point. Microsoft were also maybeteasing Psychonauts 3over the weekend. But well need to wait until theXbox Games Showcaseairs on June 11th before we see any answers....

May 31, 2023 · 1 min · 82 words · Oscar Henderson