Valve’s CCG Artifact is a little different from most in that it won’t be free to play. Even more interestingly, players will be able to buy and sell cards as part of an “open” economy on the Steam Marketplace. “We definitely want to make sure [Artifact is] a reasonable price for people to play. We would not want to see all the decks be $500 decks. If digital cards are your thing, don’t miss our full hands-on and Q&A session with Valve right here.

We’ve heard of sticking keyboards in a dishwater to clean out the cruft (with mixed results), but motherboards, memory, and bare naked motherboards? Or as JayzTwoCents puts it, an overclocking beef (albeit a friendly one) between him, Bitwit, Gamers Nexus, Paul’s Hardware, Linus Tech Tips, and now overclocking guru Der8auer. The latest one to emerge is from Der8auer, and in it he explains how and why he uses a dishwasher to clean his components. For him, this has been the easiest way of removing

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Last month a Redditor posted a photo of “Borderlands wig made out of foam by Goldvester Cosplay”, showing a recreation of Gaige’s hair from the Borderlands 2 Mechromancer DLC. Here she is as Snow White from The Wolf Among Us. @telltalegames Snow White makeup done with @KATVONDbeauty, @TooFaced, and @JulepBeauty cosmetics. Though characters from Telltale games, comic books, and cartoons like Archer are popular inspirations, most of the cosplayers bringing cel-shading to life focus on the Borderla

Madden 19 has a story mode called Longshot, and it’s hilarious. Compared to Madden 18’s story mode, Longshot 19 is actually a lot weaker. However the games themselves can feel context-free and empty, even in franchise mode where you’re dipping in and out of menus between games. There are some nice new touches in Madden 19, like being able to see into your coach’s office as he takes calls and taps at his keyboard, but it’s no replacement for human drama—even dumb human drama. In Ultimate Team pla

Red Dead Redemption 2 will have online multiplayer like GTA Online—which the developer wants to be “as robust as Grand Theft Auto Online, once it’s found its feet creatively.” That’s according to Rockstar’s Dan Houser, who has revealed a load of new information on the incoming open-world western. In conversation with Vulture, Houser said Red Dead Redemption 2 is a 60-hour game—having recently cut five hours by removing one ill-fated love interest of protagonist Arthur Morgan. On that, Houser say

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s launch day digital sales on PC have more than doubled over last year’s Call of Duty: World War 2. This is the first Call of Duty game to be released on Battle.net rather than Steam, which had previously been the series’ home for a long time. As thrilling as sales numbers are, the most important thing about Black Ops 4 on PC is obviously what we think of it. “With Black Ops 4, Treyarch is giving us exactly what they think the legion of fans want,” says Steven T. Wright

When Elite Dangerous isn’t making Phil really, really fucking think about life, it’s letting us blow up asteroids. Entering a staged beta on October 30, two weeks tomorrow, the online space trader’s biggest endeavour of this year promises “significant additions” to its exploration, mining and multiplayer. Here’s an announcement trailer:With that, Chapter Four brings with it a new Analysis Mode that lets players scan and tune their scanners to uncover stellar bodies and various other phenomena. O

Two other cards, Mana Wyrm and Aviana, are also having their cost increased. “Giggling Inventor is one of the most powerful and popular cards we’ve ever created. However, Giggling Inventor has stepped beyond its intended role, and we don’t feel that it should be as effective as it currently is.” Mana Wyrm will now cost 2 mana instead of 1, which is an even bigger deal than the Giggling Inventor change—it’s only one point, but that one point doubles the cost, which is a significant nerf. The high

Image credit: WikipediaHollywood actor Mark Strong will lend his voice to Battlefield 5. Strong is among Star Citizen’s star-studded Squadron 42 cast, and now the Hollywood Reporter reveals the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy actor will voice the incoming WW2 shooter’s prologue and epilogue sequences. I enjoyed Tom’s words on why Battlefield 5’s changing war zones could make him love the series again, so much so, I want to quote this paragraph about its Rotterdam map:Rotterdam feels like several maps

Submissions for Minecraft’s ‘Cat Contest’ are live now through November 12, 2018. After that deadline, the community team will use a highly-respected cat media judging technique called ‘eyes’ to ‘look’ at all the entries, narrowing them down to three finalists.” “They’ll join the game as part of the Village and Pillage update next year, becoming a part of Minecraft furever.” 33.3% Would the cat appeal to other Minecraft players? Again, entries for Minecraft’s Cat Contest are live now through Nov

Breath of the Wild’s PC mod scene is bizarre and amazing, wrote Lauren Morton last year, and it’s still throwing curveballs today. Bowsette—the Bowser-Princess Peach crossover that first stormed the interwebs last month—is the latest star to enter Hyrule via emulation. (Before we continue, this from Wes on how the Cemu emulator’s devs got Zelda: Breath of the Wild running in just a few hours is worth a gander.) Observe:For those interested, the Bowsette in Breath of the Wild mod isn’t available

Dragon Quest 11 has received a pretty substantial patch that let players unlock the framerate of the game, as well as fixing a few crashes. Back in September, we detailed how to unlock Dragon Quest 11’s framerate by editing an ini file, but now the game lets you choose between 90fps, 120fps, 144fps and an unlocked framerate. They break down like this:LowAntialiasing Quality: NonePost-Processing Quality: NoneShadow Quality: NoneScreen Percentage: 65%Display Mode: WindowedResolution: 1280x720Mediu

Previously, you could configure a Neuron or M-class system in either a Phanteks Enthoo Evolv or Fractal Design Define Mini C enclosure. “The all-new exclusive Neuron from Origin PC was born from a desire to create the perfect combination of power, styling, and features,” said Kevin Wasielewski, OriginPC CEO and co-founder. “It’s our most unique chassis to date, offering Origin PC’s industry-leading performance, customization, and free 24/7 lifetime support in a space-efficient mid-tower.” Origin

As reported by Sam Horti over the weekend, this mod turns Skyrim into a tropical rainforest. PlayerTw0’s wonderful Real Rain SE, on the other hand, turns the climate controls in the opposite direction—giving us realistic rainfall like never before. First introduced to the original Skyrim a few years back, Real Rain SE brings the project to Skyrim Special Edition. More information on Real Real SE can be found on its Nexus Mods page. There, creator PlayerTw0 says it’ll “make you run for cover and

What happens if you have to rely on the factory warranty? This same scenario would be a lot less painful with the addition of a retailer warranty. With Intel also offering a 3 year warranty on their processors, the benefits of a retailer warranty are pretty obvious when it comes to CPUs. EVGA extended the warranty of these power supplies to 12 years; this means that even the best warranty from Newegg is only ⅓ the length of the factory warranty. The value of a retailer warranty is going to vary

From looking at screenshots of Project Warlock you’d think it was like any other homage to ’90s shooters. It looks very much like a properly modern-day homage to Doom, Hexen and Wolfenstein, complete with perk points, weapon upgrades, stats and spells. It’s coming to GOG as a timed exclusive on October 18, and I think it’ll be worth checking out. It’s interesting that it’s a GOG exclusive too, following in the footsteps of Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, the card game set in The Witcher’s worl

There are countless mods that make Skyrim even colder and harsher than it already is, but Project Rainforest, a Skyrim Legendary Edition mod, does the opposite. Snowy tundras turn to tropical grasslands, frozen lakes to warm swamps, and icicles to lily pads. It changes the whole of Skyrim, Fort Dawnguard, Falmer Valley, and parts of Solstheim from the Dragonborn DLC. Creator sa647 says that a version of the mod that works with Skyrim Special Edition will be coming “soon”. As the comments below p

So far the videos at Old Telltale Stuff focus on the studio’s middle-period, games like Sam & Max, Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Awesome People, Back to the Future, and the first season of The Walking Dead. The highlight so far has been an alternate version of the scene from The Walking Dead where Lee runs a gauntlet of zombies. Made as a way of letting off steam toward the end of production, it shows a side of the team that Tales from the Borderlands would really allow them to develop. (Spoilers f

Great moments in PC gaming are short, bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. Papers, Please Developer: 3909Year: 2013In Papers, Please you play a border guard scrutinizing people as they try to leave the fictional state of Arstotzka. When he comes back he has a passport but no entry papers. Then he comes back with no entry papers, but now he has an entry ticket. Jorji returns again and again, becomes a friendly constant, easy to deal with compared to the people whose pa