I would not have predicted the first Audiosurf would still be receiving patches in the year 2020, but here we are. You’ll notice the improved widescreen scaling on ultrawide monitors, but apparently the scaling has been tweaked for 16:9 monitors as well. Where previously the placement of corkscrew twists was random they’re now set to coincide with a “big moment”. As the patch notes explain, “Corkscrew twists were completely random, but now they highlight a big moment in the song. There’s still t

Announced in 2002, StarCraft: Ghost was a third-person take on the StarCraft universe developed especially for consoles – the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube in particular. The game did get decently far into development, though: this gameplay trailer has been kicking around for years. But now someone has leaked what appears to be an extended gameplay video of an early Xbox build, apparently discovered on an old devkit. The video above, uploaded by YouTuber Leerz Meneses, depicts an offscreen pl

Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. StarCraft 2 (Image credit: Blizzard) Developer: Blizzard EntertainmentPublisher: Blizzard EntertainmentYear: 2010There isn’t another feeling on Earth or in the Koprulu Sector quite like watching the countdown timer for a StarCraft 2 ladder match tick down. Getting good at StarCraft makes you feel like you’re actually getting smarter. It’s the desire to feel that surge of triumph again that kept me cli

State of Decay 2 has been a Microsoft Store exclusive since it launched in 2018, but will be arriving on Steam on March 13. When it does it’ll be the Juggernaut Edition, a significantly expanded version of the original (and the Microsoft Store version will also be upgraded). New in the Juggernaut Edition are an extra open-world map called Providence Ridge, an improved post-tutorial experience to introduce the mechanics, a new category of heavy melee weapons, various graphical improvements, more

The Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition is an ongoing project aiming to modify the PC port of Silent Hill 2 with various improvements—some fixing issues that were present in the original console release and others that are specific to the port. There’s some real attention-to-detail in the changes, even to the point of changing the mouse cursor in the menu so that it matches the cursor used in the PC versions of Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room. Full instructions for downloading and installin

The third season of Netflix’s thoroughly decent Castlevania series was delayed from its original December release date, and will now be arriving on March 5—all at once as is their way. There’s a trailer for it showing plenty of action and horror and swordplay. The first two seasons of Netflix’s Castlevania had some great anime-style fight scenes and it doesn’t look that’s about to change. Hopefully this third season finds a bit more time for the heroes, who spent most of the previous season hang

I was surprised to hear that Oregon would be Rainbow Six Siege’s first map rework of 2020. Turns out it’s very touchable—so much so that Oregon’s rework feels like a different map entirely. You can see what I mean in Game Informer’s Void Edge gameplay video below, which captures great angles of Oregon’s new guts. There’s also a new hallway adjacent to Meeting Hall that connects Big Tower to Kitchen and relieves Meeting Hall as a choke point. For more on Oregon and Void Edge’s exciting new operat

You know that moment in Rainbow Six Siege where you need to bust through a wall but don’t have a breaching charge? Shrugging off most of the sci-fi gadgetry seen in Siege, Oryx breaches walls with nothing but his meaty juggernaut body. Among Siege’s roster of stealth and intel experts, Oryx stands out as an ultra aggressive roamer. One press of his Remah Dash ability barrels through soft walls and leaves behind a hole equivalent to a breach charge. Oryx and Iana are a cool mix of new and old tha

When last we checked in with Katana Zero, last year, they’d just added a crucial update where you can pet the cat. What followed was a pretty quiet period from askiisoft, developers of Katana Zero, as they worked on another game. This is, frankly, good because Katana Zero was good and I want as many more hours of it as they are willing to make for me. Thank you for your patience with this.February 14, 2020Our Lauren Morton quite liked the action and flexibility of the samurai time-slower, giving

Here’s a weird one for you, fellow tactics and history nerds: Strange, glorious strategy RPG Banner of the Maid is now available localized into English on Steam. The game has been available on Steam in Chinese for about a year, and seems to have done pretty well on the Chinese market. The full game, and the DLC, are localized to English. In terms of historicity and strategy genres, the rock-paper-scissors of musket, cannon, and cavalry actually sounds like a great fit for a strategy JRPG. You ca

Asus has updated its ROG Huracan G21 line of compact gaming desktops with some new hardware options, giving buyers more and faster CPU and GPU options than what was previously available. On paper, it has the potential to be one of the best gaming PCs. (Image credit: Asus)For graphics and gaming, the new GPU options include Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2080, 2070, and 2060. Other than being relatively compact (and now more powerful), the Huracan is designed to make upgrades an easy affair. Ports on the f

When the error model shows up in a mod or a map they’re pretty hard to miss. But it looks like even Valve itself, on the cusp of releasing a new Half-Life game, can still fall victim to the notorious Source Engine error model. But if you enlarge the image and look at the top left-hand corner, you can see a Source Engine error model sticking into frame. It’s the good old error model. Somewhat appropriately, being a Half-Life game, you can only see the lower half of the model.

Dell is celebrating this Presidents Day the best way they know how, by offering deep discounts on a ton of gaming hardware. But today’s best gaming laptop deal is the powerful Alienware m17 with an RTX 2070 8GB graphics card (Max-Q), an i7-9750H CPU, 16GB RAM, a 256GB SSD/1TB (+8GB SSHD) hybrid drive, and a 1440p display for $1,499. That’s a massive $750 off this very pricey system, a solid 30 percent saved, which makes this a genuinely good deal. With all the money you saved, you should conside

Despite watching my family play Street Fighter 5 ever since its release, I was reluctant to try it out for myself. Picking up a game with a learning curve as steep as Street Fighter felt like a huge commitment—not something to take lightly. I was advised by my other half—a Street Fighter addict who’s been playing these games ever since he could hold a controller—to pick Ryu to learn the basics. As the best Street Fighter player in the house, my other half was my go-to guru. Street Fighter 5: Cha

Under the working title The Avatar Project, it was initially announced back in 2017. Massive is internally split, with different teams working on The Division and on The Avatar Project independently. The studio has also been hiring for positions on the Avatar team, including an AI programmer, an animator, and an associate producer. Guessing when The Avatar Project will come out is difficult. Regardless, Karabanov’s comments suggest we’re a very long way away from hearing any more about The Avata

Remedy has announced in its latest financial report that it has three games currently in development, including its own take on Destiny/Division-style live service game. CrossFireX is intended to be a big push for the series into the West, so having a studio like Remedy working on it makes complete sense. According to Virtala, Vanguard is aiming to combine “long-term service-based multiplayer experiences with some of Remedy’s unique game features”. At least one of these expansions is due for rel

The first test flight for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary on PC has begun, letting the lucky chosen few test out a hefty chunk of the game for a limited time. First, it was Halo Reach on December 3, 2019, and now it’s the turn of Combat Evolved Anniversary. Notably, Halo: Combat Evolved already has PC and Mac versions. Much like Halo Reach, it’s almost guaranteed that Combat Evolved will be included in the Xbox Games Pass for PC, or as a standalone purchase on Steam. Halo: Combat Evolved Annive

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is doing rather well for itself thanks to Netflix’s recently-released The Witcher series. As spotted by PC Games Insider, The NPD Group claims that, compared to December 2018, December 2019 saw a massive 554% increase in sales for physical editions of The Witcher 3 across all platforms. We’ve known that Netflix gave CD Projekt Red’s game a bit of a boost for a while now, although the exact number of that bump hasn’t been clear. It’s not just The Witcher 3, either: the fi

One aspect of it that fell short, however, was elemental affinities—arc, void, or rolar—which affects what mods can be placed on armor. “Changing an armor Affinity type will cost 1 Upgrade Module. The next season will also see a major change to seasonal mods: The seasonal armor mod socket will be now house mods released during the seasons before and after the armor piece was released: Armor with a mod socket from Season of Dawn will be able to equip mods from Season of Dawn, the preceding Season

A couple of weeks ago Bethesda gave us a rundown of the reputation system coming to Fallout 76 when the Wastelanders expansion arrives on Steam this April. This week, they dished up some information about “Allies,” a sort of limited version of the NPC companions from previous Fallout games. Finally, Fallout 76 is getting sexy. However, no matter how many Allies you recruit, only one will be able to inhabit your base at a time. Fallout 76 Wastelanders is scheduled for April 7.