I adore the terrible banter of Elden Ring player messages

“Visions of snake” PlayingElden Ringbefore its official launch was an honest experience. I’d flick the game online and see a few messages scrawled on the ground in glowing chalk. Since the game’s release, the player messages have taken on a different complexion. Before, I trusted in our small community trying its best to get by. Now I must treat every message with caution as they fight amongst themselves. You might think getting your hands onElden Ringbefore its launch would be super cool and super awesome....

March 7, 2022 · 3 min · 466 words · Stephen Melton

RimWorld pulled from sale on Steam in Australia, as an affront to public morality, decency, and propriety

On the bright side, apparently RimWorld is coming to consoles? You know, RimWorld stuff. And that’s without getting into the wonders/horrors of drugs, which Australian censorsso often frown on. With a classification outright refused, they can’t sell it. But this rating did not only apply to the presumed upcoming console versions. Evidently (and unusually) it’s retroactive, because Steam no longer sells the game in Australia. “I’m sorry this news was so sudden and for anyone who is frustrated by this....

March 7, 2022 · 1 min · 113 words · Jody Barber

Train Life dev's next game is a taxi tycoon simulator

That’s the taxi bit. you should probably be a skillful but effective driver for your customers." According to Jaśkiewicz, it’s all about the city’s variety. You also need to expect the unexpected. Passengers will have their own patience levels, too, and some will be chattier than others. If you ignore their attempts to make conversation, they may take offence and give you a bad score. “Being a boss will come with different challenges....

March 7, 2022 · 1 min · 73 words · Jane Cowan

Your Elden Ring saves should now be safe from Steam Cloud issues

That ssshould be fixed now, by a Steam patch Valve released on Friday. But do be cautious if you’re asked. The page even advised manually backing up your local saves. Elden boy Ed says he saw this problem last week and was prompted to pick his saves. Thankfully, he chose wisely. But I’ve seen quite a few people lamenting losing hours of progress. just revamp your Steam client to the latest version....

March 7, 2022 · 1 min · 151 words · Chelsea Peterson

Hitman 3's Elusive Target Arcade mode gets new contracts

IOI laid out all the changes and their content roadmap for therest of March in a new blog post. Hitman 3 had a rough start to its second year, as aclusmy Steam launchled tohasty compensation. New content continues to dribble out regardless. Finish any of the three and you’ll unlock a new gun, the Sieger AR552 Tactical. While Elusive Target Arcade contracts are permanent, time-limited Elusive Targets remain.

March 5, 2022 · 1 min · 68 words · Zoe Allen

Lost Ark Engravings explained: how to find and use Engraving books, gear, and Ability Stones

If youre having trouble parsing Engravings and getting your build set up, this guide is here to help. Each Engraving has three levels, which require 5, 10, and 15 nodes to activate. An Engraving is not active unless it isat leastlevel 1. So, you need at least 5 nodes of an Engraving to activate it. So, Mayhem and Adrenaline are both active at Engraving level 1, while Grudge is inactive....

March 4, 2022 · 2 min · 309 words · Tracie Johnson

Microsoft suspends sale of products and services in Russia

The post also offers an update on Microsofts efforts in protecting Ukraine’s cybersecurity from Russian attacks. “We are announcing today that we will suspend all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia. While they’re stopping sales, Microsoft will continue their work to protect Ukraine systems from cybersecurity attacks. “We have also acted against cyberattacks targeting several additional civilian sites. We have publicly raised our concerns that these attacks against civilians violate the Geneva Convention....

March 4, 2022 · 1 min · 106 words · Charles Turner

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 review: DLSS for less

And yet, these are not normal times. MSIs version also comes with some nifty customisations. Its whisper quiet even under load, and maintained a relatively chilly 61-63 degrees Celsius during sustained benchmarking. RTX 3050 performance: 1080p benchmarks But enough about counting coins; lets count frames instead. With High tweaks, these results rose to 101fps and 89fps respectively. Even the old GTX 1650 didnt take such a big hit. With ray tracing specifically, however, its not always asking too much of the RTX 3050....

March 4, 2022 · 1 min · 208 words · Christina Ryan

Paradise Killer to be splattered with new secrets, sexy demons and sick tunes later this month

New stuff on PC? Why, that’s what we write about! Thank our lucky stars. Hold onto your butts for March 16th. Not too long to wait, then. Feast your eyes on the trailer below. Even if that stuff is as yet very undefined. I know cheevos are the most important thing to you, readers. It was, after all, one of ourfavourite games of 2020.

March 4, 2022 · 1 min · 64 words · Dennis Miller

RPS GOTY Revisited: 2007's Portal remains a lodestar for very good games

Does Portal hold up? Why even bother asking? Shut this whole article down. Of course it holds up. But obviously that is not the case, because we’re talking about Portal. If anything it’s even better than I remember. It’s fuckin' Portal. Portal is not that. You should go and play Portal right now. Push toddlers aside and blast through red lights if necessary. You play Portal now and you might’t conceive of it existing in 2007....

March 4, 2022 · 2 min · 264 words · Teresa Pena

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 development has "shifted to the sidelines", GSC Game World say

“But we will definitely continue.” “We wanted to show how the cutscenes were created. Took time to watch videos, write scripts and speak with actors. “The previous week was ages ago.” The video then shifts to footage of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. “Our country is forced to fight for existence again. Seems like this is the price of freedom. This video is our answer to ‘How are you guys?’...

March 4, 2022 · 1 min · 132 words · Robert Walter

Thailand's Elden Ring advert is a journey that... goes places

A reminder that video game adverts can be good Remember when video game adverts were good? We just aren’t treated to the same level of grandeur nowadays. A few frames, Guns N' Roses, “RATED M FOR MATURE”. That’s our lot. But Thailand clearly puts out good video game adverts. Give it a watch below, you won’t be disappointed. More confused and emotional, perhaps. First off, thanks to industry analyst Daniel Ahmad for bringing the advert to our attention over onTwitter....

March 4, 2022 · 1 min · 184 words · Michael Horton

The Settlers is delayed yet again "to a later date"

Will The Settlers finally see the light of day before the end of 2022? Over 1000 current and former Ubisoft employees signed an open letter demanding reform.

March 4, 2022 · 1 min · 27 words · Angela Cain