I dismount when I spot a black cat on the path ahead, sprinting over to get a look at his eyes. So I’m back on the hunt, picking up and inspecting every black cat I spot like a cute old grandma squeezing peaches at the grocery store. Before long I pick up a black cat and turn the camera to look at it in the face. Calico’s star-shaped island will be divided into five areas: the mountains, a city (inspired by Seattle), flower field, deep forest, and magical forest. (Image credit: CatBean Games)Bac

This intricate What Remains of Edith Finch build from YouTuber JessHarts is no exception. Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Jess Harts) Image 2 of 4 (Image credit: Jess Harts) Image 3 of 4 (Image credit: Jess Harts) Image 4 of 4 (Image credit: Jess Harts)The layoutKnowing your way around all the build tools and cheats definitely helps any build, but it’s only the beginning of the process. (Image credit: Jess Harts)(Image credit: Giant Sparrow)And there is a ton of detail in the Edith Finch house. Imag

The exact collection of strangled vowels that echoed down your hallway probably haven’t yet been heard in a Sims game, but their emotional delivery is the core tenant of speaking The Sims’ iconic language fluently. “We went with Simlish to solve the creative problem of the user created story,” says Robi Kauker, audio director for The Sims. “It would be wrong for the creators not to define the language … in The Sims, the game gives that creative role to the player. The player develops the stori

You don’t really know EVE Online until you’re crammed into a hot tub full of drunk, naked Finnish players and two developers chatting excitedly about chaos and wormholes. They did not predict the pale parade of nude, drunk EVE players shuffling to and from the sauna and hot tub. It’s a radical experiment to save EVE Online. But there’s just one problem: “The conditions of EVE Online are not perfect,” Pétursson explains, “and EVE Online lacks a good ability to renew itself in this way.” Whether t

After a bit of a rough ride that included two renamings, a move to the Epic Games Store, and a delay, Human Head Studios has announced that its Viking action-RPG Rune 2 will be out on November 12. With that decision made, you’ll set out on a quest to prevent Loki from destroying Midgard, mainly by beating the hell out of everything you see. You’ll also collect resources, discover artifacts that can weaken the Real Gate, and craft new and more powerful weapons that enable new and more powerful be

What are the best addons in WoW Classic? World of Warcraft Classic has been out for almost 15 years, and its user interface shows it. By default WoW Classic addons are located in Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/_classic_/Interface/AddOns folder—this is where to unzip the new files. Look for the World of Warcraft folder, then the _classic_ folder inside, then ‘Interface’, then ‘AddOns’. Questie(Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment/AeroScripts)One of the biggest conveniences in modern Warcra

Fallout 76’s latest patch hasn’t gone down very well among the citizens of post-apocalyptic West Virginia. Amid the new cosmetic items are a pair of utility items. Together, they cost 1200 Atoms, so you’d need to buy a 500 and 1100 bundle, amounting to £12/$15. These items, then, cost more than a lot of people paid for the game itself. Players worried it would be a slippery slope, allowing other utility items into the shop.

Even as open worlds become ever more common, Ubisoft remains the publisher most closely related to the genre. Syndicate, the last single-city Assassin’s Creed, clocked in at around 30, or half that if you just did the story. Technically, yes, there are story arcs in Odyssey that are roughly the size of other games, but they’re not complete, standalone experiences. But it’s not just the size of the maps that makes Ubisoft’s more recent games such intimidating time sinks—it’s their density. If you

Remedy has revealed its plans for Control, now that it’s out in the wild. Jesse’s misadventures inside the Oldest House will continue in a pair of paid expansions, The Foundation and AWE, but before that players will get some free DLC to tide them over. Control is a game that demands a lot of screenshots, but it’s tragically devoid of a photo mode. The Bureau of Control would probably be pretty interested in Wake’s holiday in Bright Falls. Since Control ends a bit abruptly, more opportunities to

Exit the Gungeon takes the dungeon crawling of Enter the Gungeon and sticks it on an elevator, which sounds a bit stressful. It’s another frantic bullet hell romp, but you and your constantly changing gun will need to escape the titular Gungeon by travelling up, shooting your way through elevator shafts and shifting rooms. Unfortunately, while Enter the Gungeon launched on consoles and PC, its spin-off will debut on Apple Arcade first. It’s just launching on Apple Arcade first, however, and may

Nevertheless, PCIe 4.0 models are the fastest around, for those who can take advantage of the speedy read and write performance. To take full advantage of a PCIe 4.0 SSD, you’ll need a compatible platform. MSRPs are high on both drives—$599.99 for the 2TB model and $399.99 for the 1TB model. Newegg has the 2TB model listed at $429.99 and the 1TB model for $229.99. Here’s a look at some PCIe 4.0 SSD options:Patriot is not the most expensive, though.

And he’s been very successful at it, establishing his Spiderweb Software studio as a reliable developer of deep, complex fantasy RPGs. For all their depth, the primitive visuals in Spiderweb games can be off-putting. The good news for RPG fans who aren’t sure whether they want to put up with that is that a demo is available at spiderwebsoftware.com. (Demos are available for just about all Spiderweb games, if you find yourself falling down that particular hole.) If you’re ready to commit, Queen’s

The Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum is marked down to $110 from the original $200 price point. It’s a killer headset that delivers 7.1 Dolby Surround and 7.1 DTS Headphone: X Surround Sound. The Artemis’s younger cousin, the G935 Wireless Headset, is down to $99.99 as well. Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum| $110 (save $89.99)A great platform-agnostic gaming headset with incredible sound that can easily hookup to all your favorite devices and consoles. If you just need a quality wireless headset for

(Image credit: MSI)It’s been a few months since MSI introduced its Prestige PS341WU monitor, an ultrawide 34-inch display with a 5120×2160 resolution, built primarily for creators. It only has a 60Hz refresh rate and a comparatively underwhelming 8ms GTG (gray to gray) response time. MSI rates the brightness at 450 nits, though it must reach at least 600 nits peak, because it’s a DisplayHDR 600 certified monitor. One of the requirements of the DisplayHDR 600 tier is being able to hit 600 nits. T

After scrapping World of Warcraft’s Recruit A Friend programme back in June, Blizzard has now revealed what it’s being replaced by. The good news is that the new Recruit A Friend programme will net you more rewards, but unfortunately it’s probably going to make you even more of a pusher. Whenever one of your recruits adds game time to their account, they contribute to your rewards, starting at one month. After unlocking the 12-month reward, you’ll get a game time reward instead, doled out every

During a Q2 earnings call, GameStop CFO James Bell announced that “We are on track to close between 180 and 200 underperforming stores globally by the end of this fiscal year.” Bell also mentioned during the earnings call that the majority of of GameStop stores worldwide are profitable, but said “we have a clear opportunity to improve our overall profitability by de-densifying our chain.” And this year’s closures won’t be the last of them. He went on to say, “we are applying a more definitive, a

It’s still an excellent sight, however, as it means there’s one less monster left in each difficult, puzzley level. Goreball is a game about flinging a big ball around, which you do by aiming with the mouse and holding left click. When you release, the ball will shoot off ahead you, with the strength of the shot depending on how long you’ve held down the left mouse button. It’s great fun though, because the goreball of the title—that ridiculous bouncing pinball—feels hugely satisfying to use, ag

Recently the company ran a “World Cup of Games” competition on social media, asking people to vote for their favorite games. With almost 100,000 votes the winner was Rainbow Six Siege, beating out Minecraft in the final round. As the KFC Gaming Twitter account said at the time, “The turnout from the community was huge… guess we’ll have to put together a reward for the R6 Siege family”. Sure sounds like there’s going to be an esports event sponsored by KFC announced on September 23. I do feel lik

Gears 5 is out today, but it’s technically been available to all owners of the Ultimate Edition and Xbox Live Game Pass Ultimate users since September 5. Unfortunately, the early launch was marred with issues, like players not being able to find multiplayer matches or not being able to connect to the servers. As a token of our appreciation for your patience and support during this weekend’s Early Access, we’re awarding 5 days of Boost (Faster progression) and 600 scrap (Craft Skills or Supply ca