That’s the setup for Moons of Madness, a sci-fi horror game set on the distant world of Mars, which as Newehart discovers to his great consternation is not nearly distant enough to escape the clutches of various Lovecraft-esque horrors. A Funcom rep said the Secret World connection leaves the basics intact while enabling Rock Pocket to more fully flesh out the Moons of Madness setting and story. “The great thing is that the Secret World universe fuses perfectly with the Moons of Madness setting,

If you’re looking to start a new gaming build, an eminently sensible place to begin is with a quality motherboard. Today, and for today only, Amazon is offering the ASUS Prime Z370-A II mobo for $112, which is a respectable 36 percent less than the normal selling price, pushing this board well below its cheapest ever price. But the ASUS Prime Z370 is half that price, and still offers decent wireless, good overclocking potential, and those all important M.2 slots for newer SSDs. The closest compa

I wanted to love those powers, but I didn’t, at least in the short amount of time I played. Control has only one gun, but that one gun is actually many guns. I was reminded of Vanquish’s similarly sweet gun animations , but Control’s gun animations feel even more alive. Last year Remedy posted a closer look on Youtube, though the gun model looks like it’s probably unfinished here. Control is out on August 27, at which time I will promptly ignore its story and psychic powers to play around with i

Metro Exodus’ first big patch, the Ranger Update, has arrived. It promises to improve performance and squash bugs, adds Ukranian localisation and provides more support for RTX cards, but the headline attraction is the New Game + mode, available once you complete the game for the first time. As well as getting access to this arsenal, you’ll be able to customise the game with a bunch of modes and settings. All other weapons and attachments previously unlocked will be available in the Aurora workbe

Observation, No Code’s spooky sci-fi thriller, is only a couple of months away. Now it’s just coming to “PS4 and the Epic Games Store”, so it looks like Epic got itself another exclusive. While Observation is shaping up to be quite a bit different from No Code’s previous horror game, both tell their stories unconventionally. Observation is due out on the Epic Games Store on May 21. Like other Epic exclusives, it may end up on Steam and other stores in the future.

Elden: Path of the Forgotten bills itself as a Lovecraftian ode, and while he’s the last person that needs another videogame ode, the trailer has piqued my interest. It’s a medieval cosmic horror RPG that’s light on exposition and heavy on handsome pixel art. As the titular Elden, you’ll traipse around what looks like a very striking fantasy world, unfortunately full of monsters inspired by Lovecraft’s nightmares. “This is a gruesome top-down pixel RPG which deliberately evokes the mystery of th

Hello again, old friend; the Razer DeathAdder Elite is on sale at Amazon for $37.99 instead of $69.99, a deal valid for today only. It also saves you 46 percent ($32) on what some argue is one of the the best gaming mouse options for PC. What’s more, you can make a saving on the excellent Razer Firefly Chroma Cloth mouse pad to go with it. As we mentioned in our top gaming mouse feature, it’s the perfect choice for most gamers. For more mouse mat recommendations, visit our list of the best mouse

If the allure of a powerful gaming laptop, and being able to transport your gaming library around is a strong one for you, then this deal is for you. Over at Amazon right now you can save a neat $400 on a highly-specced Alienware M15 right now, making it $1599. The bad, or maybe just slightly less good, news is that the deal is only available today: until midnight PST. This is a standout deal in the gaming laptop market, where prices can be prohibitively expensive, bordering truly ridiculous, so

Beyond a Steel Sky will be developed by Revolution Software, the studio behind the original game, which in more recent years has become known for the Broken Sword series. It promises a “thrilling story of loyalty and redemption set in an eerie and terrifying world of AI-driven social controls,” threaded with humor and featuring art by award-winning comics artist Dave Gibbons, who also provided the background art for Beneath a Steel Sky. One thing it didn’t say, though, is whether this is an evol

If you don’t care about spoilers or you already know who I’m talking about: his name is, informally, Woo Guy. Below, you can watch Woo Guy say hello to a few streamers. Most of the streamers get absolutely clocked by the guy, the pristine shooting star: Woo Guy. I could not have predicted a bird man would fall from heaven. But it also made me laugh for about a minute straight: A bird man, swoop-falling from the sky, wooing on the way.

If you already own No Man’s Sky, you’re about to own it in VR, too. As part of this summer’s Beyond expansion, No Man’s Sky is getting the full virtual reality treatment. And as with every other update that’s arrived in the years since No Man’s Sky launched, this VR update is free if you already own the game. I spoke to Sean Murray at GDC last week about No Man’s Sky VR, and he told me it’s more than just a simple retrofit for virtual reality. Have a few more screenshots below, and read more abo

The new races in question are the viera (pictured above), the bunny-eared ladies popularized in Final Fantasy 12, and the hrothgar (pictured below) who are inspired by the macho, horned cat-men of Final Fantasy 10. The viera were first announced during the European Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival in Paris earlier this year. During that reveal, only female versions of the viera were shown, causing players to worry that viera would be Final Fantasy 14’s first gender-locked race. It’s frustrating bec

The hugely positive feedback of contextual pinging has left Rainbow Six Siege players understandably jealous, and Ubisoft is taking notes. Apex might be popularizing it, but the OG here is Siege and the Rainbow Six games that came before it. But Siege’s pings lack any context unless they’re backed up by a vocal callout or laborious chat message. Over the weekend I asked Twitter whether Siege should get Apex-style contextual pinging. “Would LOVE something like this.” Evan explores toxicity more i

Real-time photorealism specialist Quixel has shared a stunning new teaser called Rebirth, a cinematic that blends “the power of Unreal Engine” with real-world scans from the Megascans Icelandic collection that “represents a new way of crafting computer graphics”. While the video doesn’t tell us much about the project or how it came to be, Rebirth is a breathtaking example of how seamlessly skilled artists can now blend real-life with exceptional computer graphics. The Rebirth team houses experts

Meet NodePanel 2:Better game server hosting, built with gamers in mind. We’ve created a unique control panel that provides you with real-time access to your servers. It doesn’t matter if you’re a hardcore gamer, parent, or just getting into gaming; NodePanel is easy to use.

Sekiro mods are already appearing on Nexus Mods only a few days after launch. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice runs well on PC in our experience, but there’s always room for improvement. Here’s our roundup of the best Sekiro mods. Install Sekiro mod engineLink: Nexus ModsMany mods rely on the Sekiro mod engine to work. For more on Sekiro, check out our Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review.

You may remember Vadim from Nuclear Throne Together, which added an online mode to Vlambeer’s twin-stick shooter, as well as similar mods for Spelunky, Wasteland Kings, and other games. Now he’s done the same for Caveblazers, adding online co-op to the 2D roguelike platformer. Vadim has written a blog post about the process of creating the Caveblazers Together mod if you’re interested in a look behind the scenes. Vadim says that he’ll keep the mod updated, and may add achievements in the future—

The soundtrack for Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines included plenty of licensed songs by the likes of Lacuna Coil, Chiasm, and the Genitorturers, as well as an original track by Ministry and Al Jourgensen, but its score composed by Rik Schaffer was also an essential part of its atmosphere. Among them was game developer and streamer Outstar, who contacted Schaffer to ask if he was contributing to Bloodlines 2. He replied, “I contributed an hour of music to the OST and am the main composer. !Jus

The creators of ElDewrito, the Halo Online mod that was blocked last year, have claimed they hastened Microsoft’s decision to bring Halo: The Master Chief Collection to PC. They claim the success also prompted 343 Industries to bring forward their plans for The Master Chief Collection on PC. The collection has “always been planned to be eventually on PC”, but the ElDewrito team is the reason it is happening “right now”, RabidSquabbit said. “They mentioned to us that our success with ElDewrito li

Game designer Goichi “Suda51” Suda, of No More Heroes and Killer7 fame, is stepping back into the ring to write a DLC story for Fire Pro Wrestling World, developer Spike Chunsoft has announced. Suda51 cut his teeth on the long-running wrestling series, and directed Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout in 1993. He wrote a famously dark story for Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special a year later, and it sounds like whatever he has planned for Fire Pro Wrestling World—which came to Steam in 2017—will