Harry said at a YMCA event in London, reported by the BBC. “It’s created to addict, an addiction to keep you in front of a computer for as long as possible. Harry expressed similar concerns about social media in general, saying that it is “more addictive than alcohol and drugs.” And adults as well: The BBC reported in 2018 that Fortnite was cited as a contributing factor in 200 divorces in the UK since January 2018. Other research is somewhat more skeptical: That BBC report notes that Oxford Uni

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Microsoft wants to give you more reason to use the Game Bar, Windows’ built-in tool for capturing video and screenshots while you’re playing games. In the next build of Windows coming for Xbox Insiders, Game Bar’s getting some new features, including a Spotify widget and embedded meme-making tools for slapping some crazy text onto your screenshots. Jokes about billion dollar companies making meme tools aside, Microsoft’s ideas for Game Bar are cool—it’s expanding the overlay with a number of wid

Breach is an ambitious co-op dungeon crawler with echoes of Shadowrun, The Secret World, and Devil May Cry, released in January by a team of former BioWare and EA developers calling itself QC Games. Yesterday, QC Games announced that it is pulling the plug on both the game and the studio. “Unfortunately, today is the last official day for QC Games, as we begin winding down internal operations on Breach,” it wrote in a “thank you” message. Breach Starter Packs and QC Points will no longer be avai

The Witness, the lovely but baffling 2016 puzzle game from Braid creator Jonathan Blow, is now free on the Epic Games Store. Click here, click “free,” and just like that, it’s yours for keepsies. I’ll be honest, I didn’t like The Witness as much as I wanted to. That’s not to suggest that it, or any game, has to be finished to be enjoyed—just an FYI that The Witness is super-tough. The Witness is free for the taking until April 18.

BioWare issued a hasty public response to the report, but it was so evasive and dismissive that it only served to cast the studio in an even worse light. Yesterday, however, BioWare general manager Casey Hudson reportedly sent a memo to employees, obtained by Kotaku, clarifying the studio’s complaints about the report but also acknowledging that, by and large, it was accurate. “The article mentions many of the problems in the development of Anthem and some of our previous projects. These problem

If you do, then you will very likely get a kick out of the trailer for The Prophet and The Warlock, a new DLC release for Total War: Warhammer 2 that’s set to come out on April 17. The Prophet and The Warlock adds two new Legendary Lords to the game: The Skink Prophet Tehenauin, commander of the Lizardmen’s Cult of Sotek, and Warlock-Engineer Ikit Claw of Clan Skryre. Both new Legendary Lords will join the fight for control of the Vortex with unique faction mechanics. “Additionally, all Lizardme

Last we checked on Fallout 76 player Vault101manguy, he had built a murder maze filled with fake doors and one furious Deathclaw, and was busy luring unsuspecting players into it to see if they could get out alive. By building a disco filled with dead, gyrating Brahmin. What’s a Brahmin disco? If Stefon from Saturday Night Live were to describe it, he’d probably say it’s got everything: dead mutated cows, flashing traffic lights, powered tesla arc traps, Dan Cortese…Basically, it’s that thing

It’s fun to window shop the best gaming monitors money can buy, like Acer’s Predator X27. But the for more frugal, whether out of necessity or sensibility, there are more affordable options. Falling into the mid-range category is Acer’s V277U, a 27-inch IPS monitor that is on sale today for $219.99. This monitor is a serviceable option for anyone wanting to game at 1440p without needing a ultra-high refresh rate. Some online stores give us a small cut if you buy something through one of our link

Another challenge in Fortnite this week is utilizing the Treasure Map loading screen in a fun new way to keep up with this season’s pirate theme. X usually marks the spot, but in this scenario, it’s a knife! It’s pretty easy to figure out the general location, but lucky for you we know the exact knife-point treasure location for easy battle stars. You can see in the image above that the knife is stuck right into the map on the eastern side of the island, south of Lonely Lodge. The Battle Stars c

Gigabyte is rolling out a pair of solid state drives that will light up your PC with speedy performance. Offered under its Aorus brand and shipping (presumably soon) in the add-in card form factor, these new SSDs slide into a PCIe 3.0 x4 port and deliver read and write speeds that are several times faster than SATA-based SSDs. Both are rated to offer up to 3,480MB/s of sequential read performance, though the 1TB model is the overall faster of the two. By going with an AIC form factor, it’s able

Among the best gaming monitors, you’ll notice a ubiquitous trend. Of these, adaptive synchronization stands out as a must-have, and LG’s currently on-sale 34UM59-P display offers just that in the form of FreeSync. At $259.99, the LG 34UM59-P is available for $70 off its $329.99 list price at B&H Photo. Seeing as the LG 34UM59-P leverages FreeSync rather than G-Sync, you will need an AMD graphics card to truly relish the benefits of its built-in async functionality. It’s a shame it didn’t make th

Alliance War is the next expansion coming to Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls: Legends CCG, adding more than 100 new cards inspired by the war that never ends in The Elder Scrolls Online MMO. “Cards with Expertise have a bonus effect at the end of the turn if you’ve played an action, item, or support card that turn,” Elder Scrolls: Legends community manager Christian Van Hoose explained. “If it’s able to survive subsequent turns, it’s easy to envision Fighters Guild Elite delivering some game-ending

are excellent point-and-click romps with good gags, squabbling protagonists and, yes, quite a few puzzles. While previous Ben and Dan adventures have been firmly rooted in LucasArts romps like fellow duo Sam and Max, times have changed. Dan reckons the future is in indie platformers, so he’s a bouncy bloke who jumps around and pushing massive crates and stuff, as platformer protagonists do. And thank goodness it’s still funny, with the gentle mocking of adventure game conventions now joined by p

It’s one of relatively small number of motherboards based on Intel’s new-ish B365 chipset. Like the much more commonly found B360 chipset, B365 lends itself to cheaper alternatives. Intel quietly added the B365 chipset to its lineup last December, as our friends at Anandtech noted at the time. The chipset is built using the company’s 22-nanometer fabrication process and is similar to the B360 chipset overall, but with a few key differences. The B365-Prime serves us a pair of PCIe 3.0 x16 slots a

Fallout: New Vegas, normally reactive, stops short of letting you continue the game and enjoy the ultimate consequences of your actions once the credits roll. Not so in the new FPGE mod, however, which creates a functional post-game ending. With FPGE, you’ll find the world reacting to your big decisions when you return to Nevada. “After two weeks, Hoover Dam is taken over by the respective faction and the fighting stops,” reads the description on Nexus Mods. And if you’re thinking of taking a tr

After watching Draugen’s new story trailer—check it out above—I’m champing at the bit to explore a quiet Norwegian fjord that, obviously, hides a menacing secret. We can’t even get through one horror trailer without them. It looks like it’s changed quite a bit in the last five years. From what we’ve seen of this version, the horror is dialled down a bit and the influence of fellow first-person horror game Amnesia is not quite as obvious. It won’t be long before Draugen’s secrets are revealed, as

We Happy Few’s first DLC misadventure is out today, and it’s quite the departure from the drugged-up dystopia you might be familiar with. Psychedelic fascism is out, vintage alien robots are in. There’s a lot of gloom mixed in with the whimsy in Wellington Wells, but in the underground robot-infested lab, things look a bit more lighthearted. In They Came from Below, you’ll be playing Roger, previously an NPC, and heading down to Doctor Faraday’s secret lab with your boyfriend, James. The robots

There are no maps or things pushing you to complete missions or objectives in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, according to creative director Patrice Désilets. In a new video, he breaks down what our hirsute ancestors need to do to survive as they start their long march through evolution. Going for a wee wander or a quick snack isn’t without its dangers, unfortunately. You might come across something nasty out for a slither, or some other predator looking for a tasty ape. Ancestors: The Humanki

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