Al Lowe worked on a number of games during Sierra’s glory days, but it was Leisure Suit Larry that made him a legend. The thoroughly skeevy (yet somehow likable) polyester aficionado is probably Sierra’s most enduring character, and in fact a new Larry game, Wet Dreams Don’t Dry, was released just this month. It’s a lot of fun to watch: Lowe’s warmth and enthusiasm come across as fully genuine, even when he corrects Metal Jesus that it’s not a Disney game, it’s an Al Lowe game. The IP rights wer

Have you updated to the latest version of Windows 10? As Techradar reports, statistics from ad company AdDuplex show that as few as 2.8 percent of Windows 10 PCs have applied the big October update of Windows 10. But here we are, two weeks after the rollout resumed, and only one of our PCs has the latest version of Windows 10 (ver. After pausing the update in October, Microsoft published a blog post detailing how it handles each Windows release. You may be able to prompt version 1809 now by tell

Just Cause 4 is headed to PC (and consoles) on December 4, and if you plan on playing it and own a Radeon graphics card, AMD has a new set of optimized drivers available. AMD doesn’t mention any other specific game optimizations for its Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 driver package, only Just Cause 4. So, if you’re not planning to play Just Cause 4, there’s no pressing reason to update. The other issue affects Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey—the game is prone to crash at certain locations o

The company has partnered with Quantum Cloud, a startup that developed a cloud-based cryptocurrency mining platform, to push the idea that gamers can generate extra income by donating their spare GPU cycles. As Asus explains on some of its GPU product pages: “Quantum Cloud is a simple and secure service that lets you effortlessly earn extra money by putting your idle GPU to work. Simplifying the business of mining digital currencies (in this case, Quantum Dots) and tapping into spare GPU cycles

Bethesda has banned a group of high level Fallout 76 players for life as a result of their homophobic attack on others in the game. “The site asked for a video file of the incident but the accepted file types weren’t video files. What if they said all those things to someone that was playing solo and didn’t have anyone to talk to? And while Fallout 76 players can permanently block others, AJ said that’s not good enough. PvE and roleplaying servers are two fixes our our Fallout 76 reviewer Chris

It gives you the tools and experience of a master criminal, but only so long as you’re willing to play the role. He is, after all, a thief rather than a murderer, and good enough at it never to need such a crutch. Thief GoldLooking Glass could make even a basic guard feel like part of the world, rather than just another enemy. It’s that kind of moment, emergent yet natural, that really defines Thief as an experience more than simply a series of missions in an FPS. Even now it remains the master

Most of Newegg’s ‘Cyber Week’ sales have been somewhat lackluster, but this promotion is definitely worth highlighting. A handful of accessories are currently 30 percent off, including headsets, PS4 controllers, flight sticks, and racing wheels. You can see the full list of discounted accessories here, but keep in mind that the 30 percent off doesn’t apply until you enter code EMCEESP67 at checkout. Here are some of the best deals:Most of the accessories on sale are primarily designed for consol

Overwatch’s new hero, Ashe, is currently playable on the test server. Now that the Overwatch free trial is over, you’ll have to buy a copy if you want to keep playing. Blizzard has given us 100 Legendary Edition keys to distribute to our readers, and as usual, we’re doing that by way of a randomized raffle. Drop your email into the form below or at this link to enter. Note that we won’t see your email address and Godankey won’t keep it: it’ll only be used to send keys to 100 random winners.

The October 2018 update is once again rolling out to Windows 10 PCs, and subsequently 3DMark will finally gain its new ray tracing test called Port Royal in January 2019. “3DMark Port Royal is the world’s first dedicated real-time ray tracing benchmark for gamers. You can use Port Royal to test and compare the real-time ray tracing performance of any graphics card that supports Microsoft DirectX Raytracing,” UL Benchmarks explains. Purportedly to avoid any testing bias, UL Benchmarks garnered in

Abbey Games quietly makes very clever, playful strategy outings, like unconventional god sim Reus and tactical exploration game Renowned Explorers, and now it’s back on religion, showing off the first footage of Godhood. It puts you in the divine shoes of a newborn deity who has to nurture their tribe of believes while taking on other gods. It seems to be taking a different direction from Reus, which was more about using your powers to transform the environment, shaping the world for their human

I first wrote about Mage’s Initiation for a preview five long years ago, and now the adventure-RPG hybrid finally has a release date. There aren’t many adventure romps in the style of Quest for Glory kicking around these days (which is disgraceful). In Mage’s Initiation, you’re a teen wizard about to be unleashed upon the world to put your skills to the test via three quests. Mage’s Initiation uses three different adventure game interfaces, which you get to pick at the start but can switch betwe

Total War: Three Kingdoms sees Creative Assembly overhauling its diplomacy system and, by extension, trade, alliances, vassals—really most of the campaign. These systems have developed considerably since the days of the original Shogun: Total War, but they tend to lag behind those found in other 4X and grand strategy games, favouring broad, generic deals and alliances. If you’re offering to sell another leader some land and they’re eager to make a deal, you can get more out of them. It strengthe

Even though their fights level cities, there’s something good and pure about gigantic robots battering the oil out of each other. Override: Mech City Brawl promises nothing but that, with 12 behemoths duking it out across cities all over the world and, from the looks of it, the moon. Up to four players can team up to pilot one mech, with each responsible for a different part, just like Megazord or Voltron. Lamentably, that mode wasn’t available when T.J. Hafer played for his Override: Mech City

Valve’s card game collaboration with Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield launched on Steam this week to a mixed reception, and one of the most common criticisms was aimed at Artifact’s monetisation. Along with the initial cost of the game, cards can be purchased for real money on the Steam Market. The most expensive one right now is Axe, and it will set you back around £17/$21. Artifact currently costs £16/$20, making the card more expensive than the game. Theoretically as more Axes ap

“Every scene in the entire game is simultaneously setting something up and paying something else off. “I’ve seen people watch the story backwards, or jump around all over the place in a multitude of ways that we never imagined. “We don’t pause the game for any reason,” says White Paper Games cofounder Pete Bottomley. “There are a few more linear areas of the game, mostly for hidden tutorialsation purposes, but instead of pausing the game we just allow time to continue ticking away. That far into

If your wallet still has some energy after Black Friday, My Favourite Magazines is hosting a 48 hour sale with 25 percent off guides and specials. It’s already started and will run until 8:30 am GMT on December 2. Just use the promo code READ25 at checkout to get your 25 percent discount. Guides and specials are one-off magazines on everything from gaming to photography. Grab the PC Gamer 2019 Annual , collecting our biggest reviews, features, diaries and our top 100, or the PC Hardware Handbook

Amazon seems to be rolling out a new “Part Finder” tool to check the compatibility of PC parts. On some PC component product pages, a widget at the top lets you select the brand and model number of your existing rig to check if the part is compatible. From what I can tell, Part Finder isn’t as full-featured as tools like PC Part Picker’s Compatibility Check, and it only works for systems that actually have a model number—prebuilts and laptops, that is. As it stands, if you’re building your own P

The latest update from BioWare boss Casey Hudson doesn’t tell us a whole lot that we don’t already know. “If you’ve been following these blogs, or myself and Mark Darrah on Twitter, you know we’re also working on some secret Dragon Age stuff,” Hudson wrote. “Dragon Age is an incredibly important franchise in our studio, and we’re excited to continue its legacy. It’s been four years since Dragon Age: Inquisition, after all, and it was really good—the kind of game that usually ensures at least one

Dark Souls YouTuber Lance McDonald has built his reputation on uncovering all sorts of fascinating bosses, enemies, and systems that were removed from Dark Souls games prior to release. And in his latest video, Lance shows off a bizarre system he found hidden in an alpha version of Dark Souls 3 that allows him to sacrifice enemies and create bonfires just about anywhere he wants. When enemies die a cult death, the player can then pick up their body and drag it anywhere in the world. You might jo

Dual Universe, the ambitious sci-fi MMO that got a McDonald’s before it got a release date, is now officially in alpha testing. The alpha release features a significantly increased land mass, with an area that’s close to the size of Great Britain, according to developer Novaquark. Building is the big hook in Dual Universe: Novaquark aims to create a massive interplanetary MMO that can support millions of players on a single server, and that enables those players to build out the universe as they