Final Fantasy 14 is becoming more approachable as a solo experience
(Image credit: Square Enix) Patch 6.1 has just been released for Final Fantasy 14. It’s the first major update for the game since the Endwalker expansion launched in December and has added a new 24-man raid, a new dungeon and
Upgrade your Steam Deck’s GPU by turning it into a jury-rigged monstrosity
(Image credit: ETA Prime) Turns out you actually can upgrade the graphics in Valve’s Steam Deck with an off-the-shelf GPU. So long as it’s an AMD Radeon card, and you don’t mind pulling the SSD out of its slot, you
Vicarious Visions is now officially merged into Blizzard
(Image credit: Activision) Vicarious Visions, whose most recent games include Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, is no more. The studio announced today that it has now merged with Blizzard, and will work exclusively on
Deus Ex art director reveals new game about the horrors of humanity
(Image credit: Rogue Factor) Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, known for his work as art director on Eidos Montreal’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, is heading up a new game called Hell Is Us at Rogue Factor, the developer
Make the upgrade to this 27-inch 240Hz LG gaming monitor for $180
(Image credit: LG) This 27-inch 1080p LG Ultragear gaming monitor—currently at its lowest price on Amazon for $179.99—is perfect if you’re ready to make the move to 240Hz but not looking to spend all that much. The display usually sells
American Truck Simulator returns to its roots in the upcoming Montana expansion
(Image credit: SCS Software) You won’t find many more prosaically-named videogames than Euro Truck Simulator and its transatlantic cousin American Truck Simulator. They are exactly what it says on the box: Trucking sims set in the Europe and the US.
Bugsnax is finally releasing on Steam, also coming to Game Pass
Bugsnax is about catching snack food-themed bugs—sandopedes, grapeskeetos, weenyworms—and feeding them to grumpuses, furry explorers who crave bugsnax and whose body parts become the bugsnax they consume. It’s a cute, sweet, charming body horror game that released on PlayStation and
Skyrim mod adds Red Dead Redemption 2’s sketchbook journal
(Image credit: Bethesda) One of the rather charming things about Red Dead Redemption 2’s Arthur Morgan is his habit of sketching some of the places he’s been in his journal. Rather than just keeping a dry questlog, Arthur writes down
A new Subnautica game is in development
(Image credit: Unknown Worlds) The 2018 sci-fi survival game Subnautica is brilliant, and the 2021 followup, Subnautica: Below Zero, is a worthy successor; both games were also significant commercial successes. In light of that, it should come as no surprise
Final Fantasy 14 players can’t decide how to eat an egg
(Image credit: Square Enix) Mrhappy1227, a popular Final Fantasy 14 creator, has a point. The MMO is soon getting a new Eat Egg emote—an emote that looks impractical, maybe even disturbing, if you’ve never considered the possibility someone could eat
Old School Runescape mod fired in 2018 for stealing player gold wins unfair dismissal complaint
(Image credit: Jagex) In 2018, Jagex fired Old School Runescape moderator Jed Sanderson (opens in new tab)—known to the community as Mod Jed—for “gross misuse of moderator privileges”: Specifically, that he was stealing huge amounts of in-game currency from other
This Unreal Engine 5 Superman flight demo blew up on Twitter, and now its creator wants to make it an actual game
Unreal Engine 5 left early access this week, and while I was struggling to make an island with a cinderblock on it (the next Dear Esther?), game developer Volod was putting together something much more obviously fun—a little superhero experiment
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising lands on PC in early May
For fans of the old Suikoden series, last year’s reveal of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes was big news indeed. That 2023 JRPG will be a spiritual successor to the classic PS1-era series, and it brings a vibrant mix of 2D
12.5 minute Elden Ring speedrun record skips all but one boss
(Image credit: Mitchriz) With extremely specific character positioning and a PC that’s able to maintain a framerate stable enough to make the glitch possible, he was able to propel his character directly onto the steps before the final fog door
Among Us makes it to Jeopardy
There are few things Canadians enjoy more than Jeopardy questions about our homeland: It gives us an opportunity to feel smart and smug while the American players on our television screens try to figure out who Don Harron was. Now
The official Wordle companion bot is here to tell you how bad you are at Wordle
(Image credit: New York Times) For many of us, Wordle is the way we start our day. We spend a few minutes trying to solve the daily five letter word puzzle, groan a bit about the answer or celebrate when
Live polygraph test for accused Call of Duty cheater ends before the good part
(Image credit: Full Squad Gaming) A livestreamed lie detector test designed to decide the fate of an accused Call of Duty: Warzone cheater abruptly ended this week after doubts of the polygraph’s validity and the person conducting it surfaced. As
Idris Elba says he grew up playing Commodore 64 games, never ever pirated them
(Image credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images) The New York Times has delivered (opens in new tab) my favorite headline in a while: “Idris Elba, a Gamer, Was Keen on Joining Sonic the Hedgehog 2.” That’s how the article appears in search
There’s a fix for Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga insisting on a 60 fps cap
(Image credit: TT Games) Thanks to PCGamesN, we now have a fix for one of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s few graphical hiccups: its stubborn insistence on defaulting to a 60 fps cap on launching the game or Alt+Tabbing
Intel responds to Alder Lake CPU bowing issue
(Image credit: Future) Intel’s latest generation Alder Lake chips are some impressive silicon, taking some of the top spots in our list of the best CPUs for gaming. That said, it hasn’t been all good news for the latest-gen chipset:
There’s a fix for Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga insisting on a 60 fps cap
(Image credit: TT Games) Thanks to PCGamesN, we now have a fix for one of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s few graphical hiccups: its stubborn insistence on defaulting to a 60 fps cap on launching the game or Alt+Tabbing
Intel responds to Alder Lake CPU bowing issue
(Image credit: Future) Intel’s latest generation Alder Lake chips are some impressive silicon, taking some of the top spots in our list of the best CPUs for gaming. That said, it hasn’t been all good news for the latest-gen chipset:
Valve looks back at the Steam Deck’s first month, and what’s ahead
(Image credit: Future) It’s been a month since the first Steam Decks went out, personally hand-delivered by Gabe Newell, and Valve has marked the occasion with a blog post (opens in new tab) looking back over the last month’s worth
Shotgun some cosmic horrors in Forgive Me Father
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This streamer ate 17 cursed meals to raise money for a gaming PC
(Image credit: Savannah Mortenson) Maybe you’re familiar with the subgenre of internet cooking videos that teach you how to make some horrifying concoction that is invariably suspended in aspic, or has way too much processed American cheese jammed somewhere it
