Steam Deck release date “still on track” for February, says Valve

First and foremost, were on track to ship Steam Deck on time. You should start seeing such labels on Steam game listings soon.

January 14, 2022 · 1 min · 23 words · Megan Kennedy

The best Genshin Impact Qiqi build

Despite her forgetfulness and undead status, she makes a great addition to any team as a healer. This guide will show you how to create the best Qiqi build inGenshin Impact. As a 4-piece set, the Ocean Hued Clam will grant you a 15% Healing Bonus. Finally, if youre looking to exclusively focus on Qiqis healing, theMaiden Belovedset is the way to go. As for Violetgrass, youll be able to find these flowers growing on cliffs in Liyue....

January 14, 2022 · 1 min · 151 words · Jeff Peters

Why all the best game developers play Tarot

Card mode I’m not sure I trust the Page of Cups. As imagined by Pamela Colman Smith and A.E. Or is he thinking about offering us the cup? The set of his jaw is ambiguous. So when I see the Page of Cups, I know that a creative opportunity is coming my way. Every Tarot card has its reverse interpretation, however. Draw the Page of Cups upside down, and the joy of insight becomes jealousy and stagnation....

January 14, 2022 · 3 min · 577 words · Linda Ortiz

Hitman 3 will go roguelike in Year Two's Freelancer mode

Plus, the whole trilogy is coming to Game Pass. Year Two starts on the 20th of January, one year to the day after it first launched. This means its Epic Games Store exclusivity is up, so Hitman 3 will come to Steam. That’s not the only new platform. The whole trilogy will be available on Game Pass too, for both PC and Xbox. Newness starts on that day too, with Elusive Target Arcade mode....

January 13, 2022 · 1 min · 189 words · Mary Henry

In defence of Cyberpunk 2077's constant phone calls

“Hey V, got a minute?” On a stretch of futuristic tarmac, something clicked. Yellow quest markers hadn’t built my relationships inCyberpunk 2077. When a job needed doing, then they’d steer me in the right direction. But for those initial sparks of story, my cellphone had been key. Chats and texts buzzed into my brain at all hours. “Hey V”, “V, got a minute? “, “V!” Characters would get in contact with me, not the other way around....

January 13, 2022 · 2 min · 422 words · Melissa Perez

Learning to fly with the Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flight

The kind of thing you might ownif your PC resembles a bisected turbine. apparently judged me incapable of looking out a Cessnas windows. Much like how Ive been skipping the theory sections in my piano book. This was a mistake. Even so, none of this was the VelocityOne Flights fault. I did, eventually, need to return to school for learn take-off and landing procedures. Its a sensation that just wont come off as well with the click and drag of a mouse....

January 13, 2022 · 1 min · 124 words · Lisa Frederick

Monster Hunter Rise: 10 things I wish I'd known before playing

Turns out almost any other sword would have been a better choice. Investigating its contents reveals that it contains a handful of useful items, including First Aid Kits and Rations. Don’t forget to pick up everything! Another thing you’ve got the option to do here is order a serving of Bunny Dango. Your Palico and Palamute companions will get their own serving and enjoy the benefits as well. However, you shouldn’t let the timer put you off....

January 13, 2022 · 1 min · 197 words · Lori Rogers

Monster Hunter Rise: How to lock on

The monster you’ve selected in this way will also be the target of any camera focussing you do. This arrow shows your current best route towards the locked-on creature. Monster Hunter Rise features a couple of different camera options to help you do this. PressEscand scroll through the menu until you reachSystem controls > Camera Style.

January 13, 2022 · 1 min · 56 words · Tiffany Jordan

Museum Of Mechanics: Lockpicking has cracked its way onto Steam

I’d rather pick a thousand more locks in Oblivion than hack another Pipemania computer terminal inBioShock. EnterMuseum Of Mechanics: Lockpicking, a curated, playable exhibition of lockpicking minigames throughout the history of videogames. It’s now available via Steam, with a bunch of new additions sincewe last wrote about it. As an exhibition, its first rate. A lot of games have come up with their own take on lockpicking, it turns out....

January 13, 2022 · 1 min · 140 words · Cynthia Franco

Project Zomboid beginner's guide: tips and tricks for surviving the apocalypse in Project Zomboid

One cut is all it takes to start the downward spiral towards death. Honestly, thats all Project Zomboid is. Lots and lots of death. As the game makes explicitly clear when you start a new save, this is how you died. Hopefully, we can help fend death off for as long as possible. We cover everything from those very first moments to setting up a base and finding a car....

January 13, 2022 · 5 min · 880 words · Garrett Daniels

Riot Games outline five-year strategy, including plans for more TV, movies and music

“To be clear, we arent asking anyone to forget about this chapter and move on. The post makes no mention of thelawsuit brought against Laurent himself last yearby a former assistant for alleged discrimination. Riot’s own investigationallegedly found “no evidence” of harassment. The rest of the Laurent’s post outlines what Riot want to achieve. It’s a lot of corpspeak about being “bold” and ‘redefining’ fandom and so on. It also includes a lot of changes that directly impact staff....

January 13, 2022 · 1 min · 136 words · William Manning

Sands Of Salzaar review: a sparkling, but occasionally muddy action RPG gem

It’s mostly the structure. Sands Of Salzaar drops you into a world of dynamically warring factions. It’s no clone, though. There’s one about a quarrelling father and son having a blacksmithing contest you must judge philosophically. Recruited NPCs have personality traits, and occasionally interact and ask for your opinion. Whatever you choose, battles arechaotic. Not in a cruel sense, but more an innocent kind of delight. Awe at spectacle rather than an expression of superiority....

January 13, 2022 · 2 min · 254 words · Susan Montgomery

Spelunky 2 and The Anacrusis are out on Game Pass today

A fine offering Roguelike platformerSpelunky 2is out now on PC Game Pass. I’m less excited and more angry, actually. Spelunky 2 is a tough-as-nails platformer where you descend into a world of procedurally generated biomes. Snakes and moles and pits filled with spikes are out to get you. It’s not a lot, to be fair. None of it went in, I’m sorry. At one stage, hiswhole life revolved around a jetpack....

January 13, 2022 · 1 min · 137 words · Eric Yu