The multiplayer survival game Scum will be taking the latter approach in its upcoming Wild Hunter update, which will enable players to customize their wangs using the same attribute points that determine strength, stamina, and intelligence. But the opposite is also true: You can shrink your dink to boost those attributes beyond what they’d normally be. Owners of the Scum Supporters Pack will get an additional two inches on their unit, which they can swing around as a badge of honor or sacrifice

There’s a new official trailer for Phoenix Point, the X-Com successor currently in the works by creator Julian Gollop and Snapshot Games. It shows off the game’s odd enemy creatures, strategy layer and physics-based combat, as well as its pretty mean-looking bosses. Me and Tom played and covered the first backer build about six months ago. Honestly, what’s exciting is how it differs from Firaxis’s XCOM: the precision aiming that lets you target specific bits of an enemy, for example. Phoenix Poi

If you have room for a 44 GB download you can grab a free trial of Dynasty Warriors 9 from the game’s Steam page. Online you can play with six characters, though only two will be available at any given time on a rotating daily schedule. In story mode you can play as three characters from the 90-strong full roster. It features a huge open world but it’s mostly empty, and it spreads the combat thin across huge areas. The free trial seems generous, though, and you might have a better time with it t

Skyblivion is a massive project that intends to port Oblivion into Skyrim’s advanced engine. “This includes all enhancements developed by the team such as our Landscaping Overhaul, Interior Overhaul, City Overhaul, Weapon/Armor Overhaul and much more,” reads a post on the Skyblivion site. The final mod will be free, and is designed to be compatible with the Skyrim Special Edition. You’ll need to own Skyrim, Oblivion and their DLC packs to install the final mod. It’s a volunteer-driven project, s

The direct XCOM comparison doesn’t quite work for Mutant Year Zero. The latest video covers the details, and there’s an explanatory blog post on the Mutant Year Zero site. “Sneak attacks and ambushes are crucial throughout Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. The oddest moment in the trailer sees the sniper duck grow moth wings so he can gain crit bonuses by hovering above enemies. Mutant Year Zero is due out on December 4.

Genesis LPMud is one of the oldest online multiplayer games in the world: it’s been running for nearly 30 years. “It’s been created over so many years that nobody knows how big Genesis really is,” Magnus informs me. It’s nothing the game decides, it’s what the players decide.”And that roleplaying is what really elevates Genesis in the eyes of its players. Another big change was the creation of a fancy new website in 2010 with detailed explanations of the game world and a forum for players. “It’s

Ukrainian studio Frogwares has just released a new trailer for its forthcoming Lovecraft-inspired adventure The Sinking City (not to be mistaken with the recently released Call of Cthulhu). The video focuses on the game’s newly improved character animations, and it’s true, when you look at the comparison sections of the trailer, that they look less… uncanny, than before. Unlike the previously released Call of Cthulhu, Th Sinking City is an open world game with action elements. It seems to take

The Quiet Man, which released today, stars an Abercrombie & Fitch model—actually a bodyguard, I think—who seems to be obsessed with a woman who looks like his dead mom. A quiet gameThe troubles start with an artistic premise that demands an amount of creative ingenuity that I quickly realized was not present. During the live action cutscenes and interactive 3D fights, footsteps and punches are muffled crunches, and all dialogue is inaudible (except at the very beginning), heard as synthesized ch

Contrary to popular belief, mechanical gaming keyboards don’t have to cost a small fortune. Right now, you can get HyperX’s Alloy FPS Pro keyboard with Cherry MX Blue switches for just $49.99 on Amazon. The Alloy Pro has a solid-steel frame with a minimalist 87-key design and N-Key rollover. The keyboard’s USB cable is detachable, so if something happens to the included cord, you only have to replace the cable (and not the entire keyboard). You can buy the HyperX Alloy Pro from the link below.

Arnt Jensen, the co-founder and art director of Limbo and Inside developer Playdead, said in October that the studio is working on “a fairly lonely sci-fi game [set] somewhere in the universe.” “It will be a little bigger game than the other two. “I’ve been tired of the limitations in 2D games. “In our game there is a lot between the lines of feeling emotional so people can draw their own conclusions.” And, as with previous Playdead games, he warned that fans shouldn’t expect the studio to commi

You can just as easily jump into Fortuna without doing any prep work, you just might hit some annoying barriers now and again. Just understand that Fortuna, like Warframe’s first open-world zone the Plains of Eidolon, might not be that friendly to newcomers . Fortunately, these are pretty easy and they kind of act like a guide to help familiarize you with Warframe’s different features. When Fortuna launches later in November, you’ll find a new mission on Venus where you can access it. It hasn’t

The World of Warcraft: Classic demo will officially open its doors to the world on November 2, which is tomorrow. “We’ll start with a playtime limit of a cumulative 60 minutes and a cooldown of 90 minutes.” On the upside, demo players will begin at level 15, so they’ll at least have some abilities and quests to tackle straight away. The World of Warcraft: Classic demo will be available to BlizzCon Virtual Ticket holders beginning on November 2, when the big show starts. A launch date for the ful

That’s a blasphemous thought as far as PC hardware companies are concerned, so it’s no surprise that Corsair’s two newest all-in-one liquid CPU coolers have even more lights than the previous models. Corsair’s new H115i RGB Platinum and H100i RGB Platinum are the newest additions to the company’s Hydro series lineup. They’re also the first to incorporate RGB fans, as opposed to having RGB lighting just on the pump head. Same goes for the RGB fans, each of which is equipped with four addressable

A new Anthem update takes a look at the ultimate abilities of Javelins, the heavily-armed, highly-mobile suits of power armor that players will slip into before venturing out into the dangerous game world. Ultimates are powerful special abilities that players can wheel out when situations get particularly hairy. It’s a fairly common multiplayer mechanic, and it doesn’t sound like Anthem will stray too far from the well-established basics: Ultimate abilities hit hard but must be charged up before

Kartridge, the Kongregate digital storefront that was announced earlier this year, is now in open beta. More than 250 games are currently available on the platform, which Kongregate said will offer “compelling community features [and] substantive rewards” including Kartridge Tokens that can be put toward new game purchases. The platform features user reviews and game ratings, but Kongregate is aiming for a much greater focus on curation and moderation than what you’ll encounter on certain other

Tequila Works is the developer of games like Rime and Deadlight, and also helped make last year’s excellent reverse-Hitman game The Sexy Brutale. Rime was conceived as a very personal project and thus we consider it a success. We envisioned sequels for Deadlight and Rime (and if you have finished those games you can imagine how tough that was!). What are the challenges of being visible on PC these days as a developer of what could be called mid-sized games? Gamers don’t differentiate games in te

Welcome back to The PC Gamer Show , our weekly livestreamed podcast. You can catch the show live on Wednesdays at 1 pm PDT on our Twitch channel , or after the fact at any of the links below. This week we’ll be talking about our the most pointless accomplishments in PC gaming, Intel’s 9th generation of CPUs, and how weird Henry Cavill looks as Geralt. A quick note: It’s come to our attention that some old episodes of The PC Gamer Show have disappeared from iTunes, and that new ones aren’t appear

In addition to gaming desktops and laptops, Maingear now offers a line of gaming chairs, and it’s just the beginning of its product expansion. “I purchased a gaming chair for myself and within weeks it was already falling apart. That poor experience inspired us to design what is now the FORMA gaming chair. A gaming chair is the foundation of your gaming experience, and with FORMA we have given gamers the support and performance to be next. There three models available: Forma R Nero in red and bl

One was waddling around on land for the first time after graduating from the Cell stage to the Creature stage, and the other was the row about DRM. But in three of the first four stages Spore struggles to cede control to the player and let them make meaningful decisions. The Creature stage is where you jam legs on your pondlife and push it out onto solid ground. The Tribal stage is just the Creature stage with tools and clothes. I’m fond of the Creature stage, but only because I like putting insec

Total Chaos is a Doom 2 mod that runs on the GZDoom source port. It drops you into coal mining country on a spooky island where everything is definitely fine and monster-free. The mod features six chapters, eight enemy types and a bunch of guns. According to the mod’s creator “you will mostly be relying on tireirons, pickaxes, shivs, and garden tools” to bludgeon enemies to death. While you’re waiting, why not check out our collection of some of the weirdest Doom mods ever.