The folks at Humble Bundle have a couple of new things underway, including a Female Protagonist Sale with games discounted by up to 90 percent, and a new Humble Overwhelmingly Positive Bundle, a badly-named collection of very good games. First up, the bundle, which features Wuppo, Simulacra, and Subsurface Ciricular for a minimum price of $1. Beat the average, which is slowly climbing toward a still-very-reasonable $5, and you’ll also get Nuclear Throne, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight and

AMD’s top-of-the-line graphics card, the RX Vega 64, has been gradually falling in price over the past few months. Sapphire’s Nitro+ model has now dropped to just $469.99 on Newegg, which is about $50-100 less than what other versions are currently listed for. This Vega 64 GPU has 8GB of HBM2 memory, with a core clock of 1373MHz and a boost clock of 1580MHz. The card comes with free PC copies of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Strange Brigade, and Star Control Origins. You can buy the Nitro+ Vega 64 f

To celebrate Fanatical’s Bundle Blast , we’ve teamed up with the online retailer to offer ten lucky winners the chance to win a Steam key bundle of their choice. You can see a selection of the included games above: a lot of our recent favourites are in there, like Two Point Hospital, Frostpunk, Monster Hunter: World, and relationship-tester Overcooked 2. Fanatical currently has the Slayer bundle running this week until the 4th, from 89p, with some pretty impressive games at the second and third

The former is the standard open world system of picking up a quest and then being told exactly where it is on the map. To the point where I hope it becomes the new standard in open world games. It makes exploration feel satisfyingly organic in a way that eludes most open world games, and gives Odyssey a persistent sense of discovery and adventure. But in a big budget open world game like this it feels completely new, and is a real breath of fresh air. But it’s Exploration mode that’s really made

What on Earth happened between XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2? The canon fiction says that the player loses the Enemy Unknown campaign and the aliens take control of the planet. And how damn cool would it be if the original XCOM: Enemy Unknown Gas Station had XCOM 2 gameplay, enemies and updated art?” Familiar locations like the gas station have been weathered to reflect the aftermath of the Enemy Unknown campaign. Completing these missions unlocks reimagined versions of XCOM: Enemy Unknown armo

Larian Studios is a big deal these days for its Divinity: Original Sin RPGs, but as the new hour-long Gameumentary film on YouTube demonstrates, achieving that success was a long and very difficult journey. “It was a stupid name, like a few other names we had,” Vincke admits in the early going of the video. It just doesn’t work.’ Every single time when somebody gets involved, because of the way that we work, maybe because of who I am, it just doesn’t click—it doesn’t work.” I find the older hist

Inside creator Playdead is currently working on a science fiction project, it has been revealed. During the course of the interview, he revealed that the game Playdead is currently working on is set in a science-fiction universe. “The next game [is] a fairly lonely sci-fi game [set] somewhere in the universe.” Playdead currently has around 40 employees roughly divided equally between young designers and experienced industry veterans. The current milestone Playdead is working toward is a small ga

CD Projekt has responded to a demand for payment by The Witcher’s original creator, Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Eurogamer reported that CD Projekt received the demand yesterday, in which lawyers acting on Sapkowski’s behalf filed a demand of payment of PLN 60m, (£12.4m/$16.1m) in additional royalties. CD Projekt posted a PDF copy of Sapkowski’s original demand online. The Company had legitimately and legally acquired copyright to Mr. Andrzej Sapkowski’s work, i.a. CD Projekt still intends t

While in theory anyone can be a victim of swatting, it’s a phenomenon particular to the tech and games industry. In a blog post on the Seattle government website, Seattle Chief of Police Carmen Best wrote, “The Seattle Police Department has received requests to create a registry where residents concerned about swatting can communicate those concerns to their local 911 Center. While ensuring first responders are dispatched to that call for service as quickly as possible, the call taker will simul

As reported by Eurogamer, too, the game appears to have a title (or at least a working one), according to the BBC’s Lizo Mzimba:Am told this is from a yet to be announced RPG currently titled Harry Potter Magic Awakened, although other titles including Magic Forever are also in the mix. Original story follows:Footage of what appears to be a new Harry Potter game has leaked online. The video also demonstrates wizard-duelling, and using magic to repair a destroyed stone bridge. But rumours circula

SteelSeries just bred itself a couple of new gaming mice, including one with a detachable tail for wireless operation. The new Rival 650 Wireless does actually come with a USB cable, but it’s mainly for charging the mouse when it runs out of juice. “The Rival 650 Wireless uses the quantum wireless 2.4GHz wireless system with 1,000Hz (1ms) polling for incredibly low latency and to ensure a strong, consistent wireless connection,” SteelSeries says. The Rival 650 Wireless and Rival 710 are availabl

NZXT has built up an extensive line of cases over the years with a constant evolving product line. Every so often, it will have a sale on slightly older models to make room for the newer stuff, as is taking place right now. From now through October 4 at 7 pm PST, you can save a few bucks on a Phantom or Manta case. Savings run as deep as $60, applicable to the Phantom 820 in white or black—both models are on sale for $189.99, down from $249.99. A few others that are on sale include:There are var

We have been hearing about the imminent launch of Intel’s 9th generation Core processor family for the past several months, including information about specific model numbers, specs, and even what kind of thermal interface material (TIM) Intel will use (solder, thankfully). But if all you really want to know is what kind of packaging they will ship in, today’s your lucky day. The answer to that is: something that looks like a Destiny engram. It seems pretty clear that AMD’s resurrection in the h

On an average day, about a dozen new games are released on Steam. You play as Lunais, who’s seeking revenge after her family was murdered and an “ancient Timespinner device” was destroyed. Timespinner has been eagerly anticipated by its funders, and the game has already amassed a “very positive” rating on Steam. As you navigate the unusually colourful world, you’ll be indulging this passion all the time. “Explore an emergent storyline filled with random encounters and turn-based tactical battles

GOG celebrates its 10th birthday today with discounts across the store for classics old and new. For more quality 2018 mech strategy, try Battletech, which is 30 percent off in the sale this week. How would you like 75 percent off one of the best RPGs ever? How about 60 percent off another one of the best RPGs ever? Our Top 100 number one winner 2018 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been swept up in the sale too.

New to Forza Horizon 4, super wheelspins are exactly what they sound like: three spins in one. Unlike normal wheelspins, which you accrue every time you level your avatar up, super wheelspins are showered on you more sporadically. Buy super wheelspins for 150FP at the #Forzathon ShopThis is the simplest method: a straightforward transaction in the #Forzathon Shop. Check your messages for giftsThe first day Forza Horizon 4 launched, I saw a message from Playground Games pop into my inbox. Earn su

X4: Foundations, the newest entry in Egosoft’s series of space simulators, will launch later this year, the developer has announced. It details a host of new features and explains how the game differs from previous entries. The trailer starts by emphasising any ship featured in X4 will be flyable by the player, addressing one of the main criticisms of Rebirth that players were stuck in a single ship for the duration. One interesting twist is that X4 will have no central plot. But then, so did X-

I’ve been interested in the first-person narrative adventure Kursk ever since it was announced back in mid-2015. It’s based on the story of the Russian attack submarine by the same name that was lost with all hands in 2000, a disaster the Russian navy concluded was caused by a faulty torpedo that exploded while the sub was conducting exercises. Kursk (the game) isn’t a straight-up retelling of the event that simply rolls along to is inevitable conclusion. “Get to know the crew of Kursk submarine

It also specifically prohibits ISPs from charging online services access fees to reach customers, otherwise known as paid prioritization. NET NEUTRALITY IS NOW THE LAW IN CALIFORNIA!Governor Brown just signed our #SB822, which contains the strongest #NetNeutrality protections in the nation. He doubled down on calling California’s net neutrality regulation illegal, adding that “it also hurts consumers.” California’s net neutrality law prohibits this sort of thing. To see why you should care, read

“Second-quarter PC shipments grew globally for the first time in six years, according to Gartner. We’re prioritizing the production of Intel Xeon and Intel Core processors so that collectively we can serve the high-performance segments of the market. That said, supply is undoubtedly tight, particularly at the entry-level of the PC market,” Swan added. Instead, Intel ended up releasing 10nm mobile chips in low volume, as it aims to deliver 10nm parts more broadly in holiday 2019. Swan said that 1