Our favourite indie games from EGX 2022

Rachel: I had a loop around my favourite part of EGX - The Leftfield Collection! The first one I spotted wasThe Wings of Sycamorebecause of its gorgeous paper-doll art style. Flying the plane feels awesome, and the delicate pen and ink world is fun to explore. Definitely one to watch. Each level takes a few minutes, and you create lovely miniature dioramas. The strangest one wasTelusfax, a game set inside the teletex system of an old tv set....

September 27, 2022 · 2 min · 319 words · Amanda Henderson

Overwatch 2's new player accounts will be limited to fight "disruptive behaviour"

Blizzard explained what they’re calling their “Defense Matrix"in a blog post today. Game modes and in-game chat “rapidly unlocks”, while characters dribble out over 100 matches. Unlocking Competitive mode requires new players to win 50 Quick Play matches before it unlocks. Limited accounts aside, the use of machine learning to detect disruptive behaviour and cheating is interesting. “The text file is then deleted no later than 30 days after the audio transcription....

September 27, 2022 · 1 min · 72 words · Tiffany Krause

Rick lands in MultiVersus today, while a new update doubles levelling time

Youll need twice as much now. Developers Player First Games have tried to rein in infinite combos, too. you’re able to get a look at Rick by watching the trailer below. Player First have substantially fiddled with MultiVersuss character mastery system with todays patch. Not a great move for beginners. The update also introduces a system that’s meant to neutralise infinite combos. The devs are keeping an eye on the changes, and are after some feedback from players....

September 27, 2022 · 1 min · 138 words · Brandy Mitchell

Serial Cleaners review: stealth-action body disposal makes for bursts of bloody fun

Making the act of evidence disposal an action-packed affair that makes it a great game to play in bursts. The game’s characters are an interesting enough bunch whose disposal missions carry different contexts depending on their background. And as Psycho, you’re free to chuck objects at unsuspecting guards to knock them unconscious. Really, though, it’s Lati who’s the best of the bunch.

September 27, 2022 · 1 min · 62 words · Stephen Stewart

Steam is swapping Lunar New Year sales for a new spring sale instead

Valveoutlined the news in a post on the Steamworks blog. The first spring sale will happen next year from March 16th to March 23rd. That’s three full sales away, however.

September 27, 2022 · 1 min · 30 words · Stephanie Chapman

Teen suspect in GTA 6 hacking case pleads not guilty

“The teenager has been remanded to a youth detention centre.” The suspect is thought to be connected to hacking group Lapsus$. They also said that it would have no “long-term effect” on development of Grand Theft Auto 6.

September 27, 2022 · 1 min · 38 words · Desiree Lopez

The Finals shows environment destruction and grappling hooks ahead of closed playtest

Its new trailer shows players grappling and ziplining between buildings, and those buildings being destroyed chunk by chunk. you’ve got the option to see the lineage. That destruction looks far more granular than anything in Battlefield. It’s maybe not quite as freeformTeardown, but it’s certainly more so than Rainbow Six Siege. I hope this one is good.

September 27, 2022 · 1 min · 57 words · Jorge Chavez

Wordle answer (Tuesday 27 September 2022): Wordle word of the day #465 and hints

Wordle number 465, to be exact. That, I’m sure you’ll agree, is a whole hell of a lot of Wordles. But that’s just how popular Josh Wardle’s simple little daily word guessing game has become. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd April! Wordle September 27 hints Some days, Wordle is easy. Other days, it’s downright rotten in its difficulty. The word is… SOGGY....

September 27, 2022 · 2 min · 332 words · Keith Lopez

Jeremy Corbyn played a Doom mod that lets you kill Margaret Thatcher

This is what hes doing instead of singing God Save The King at the party conference then. first brought Thatchers Techbaseto our attentiona year ago, and the mod actually reached its first anniversary on Saturday. Oh, and CyberThatcher claiming the United Kingdom as the tenth circle of Hell. I bet Jeremy did when he got home.

September 26, 2022 · 1 min · 56 words · Jennifer White

Judgment mod adds cut actor Pierre Taki back into the game

Judgment wasnt available on PC until this month, when Sega finallyreleasedthe whole series to date on Steam. Taki portrayed Hamura, a captain of the Matsugane family, who are members of the Tojo clan. Theyre the massive crime family that Yakuza protagonist Kazuma Kiryu was part of. Expected out in 2024 is the next mainline Yakuza game,Like A Dragon 8. The Judgment Collection is onSteamfor 84/$99/99. you’re able to grab each game individually too....

September 26, 2022 · 1 min · 81 words · Connor Maldonado

Screenshot Saturday Mondays: skeleton wrestling and squirrel muggings

Admiring more interesting 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. Honestly a perfect version ofMetal Gear Solid’s frisking in Squirrel With A Gun (coming to Steam). If a squirrel climbed you, would you be in a position to stop it robbing you? Squirrel can now climb humans! Use it to yoink some pocket goodies such as extra magazines....

September 26, 2022 · 1 min · 113 words · Mallory Conley

Time-travel adventure Oxenfree II: Lost Signals delayed into 2023

The game is being published by Night Schools owners Netflix, whoacquiredthe company in September last year. The devs said they were also aiming to create more localisations for the game. Oxenfree II wasrevealedin April 2021, and is set five years after the events of the first game. Of course, those pesky radio signals are back again. Alice Bee wenthands-on with Oxenfree IIin June. The game will be available onSteam, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4 and 5 when it arrives....

September 26, 2022 · 1 min · 79 words · Nathaniel Rodriguez

Wordle answer (Monday 26 September 2022): Wordle word of the day #464 and hints

Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd April! The word is… BRISK. Today’s Wordle answer is “BRISK”, a word with decidedly chill connotations. If you want to brag about your win, then do so via Wordle’s spoiler-free sharing functionality! How to play Wordle Wordle is a very straightforward word guessing game. The aim is to guess the correct five-letter word in just six guesses....

September 26, 2022 · 2 min · 253 words · Lucas Smith