The chip that AMD is billing as the “world’s most powerful desktop processor,” the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, is now available and shipping to customers. AMD’s claim that the 2990WX is tops in the high-end desktop (HEDT) market is based in part on its high core and thread counts. “With the 2nd Gen processor family we took that challenge to a whole new level – delivering the biggest, most powerful desktop processor the world has ever seen.” You would be better off buying a second generation AMD R

Devolver Digital has announced a new platforming title named GRIS, coming to PC later this year. A key feature of GRIS is that its systems are closely bound up with the character’s emotions. Gris’ dress will play a central role in the game, representing her growth visually and granting her new abilities. In addition, new routes and pathways will unlock throughout the game as she comes to terms with the traumatic events in her past. The game will make its playable debut at GamesCom later this mon

A quick glance at Half Life: Echoes immediately shows it is one such mod. Created by first-time modder James Cockburn, Half Life: Echoes retells the story of Black Mesa’s alien outbreak from what the developer cryptically refers to as a “new perspective”. It’s a fitting theme for the mod, which basically aims to exaggerate all of the strongest elements of the original Half Life. That said, I do now want to see a Half Life mod that retells the Black Mesa disaster from the perspective of Donkey Ko

In a departure from the traditional celebration method of cake and a party, detailed hacking simulator Hacknet is marking its third launch anniversary with a special “educational” pricing plan. The pricing system includes both standard versions of the game, and special “educational” versions intended for younger players, which removes any explicit language from the game. Although primarily intended for entertainment, Hacknet’s simulation is based on real cyber-security principles, while its user

Villainous gives us the opportunity to step into the shoes—or tentacles—of six of Disney’s most iconic animated villains. Disney movies occupy special places in all of our hearts, and Villainous leverages these connections to draw us into its world. In Villainous, Hook’s Villain deck is filled with cards that let him dig into his own Fate deck. It’s remarkable how fully realized each Villain is, given that each player plays a game of Villainous the same way. Each villain’s strategy is unique and

Perhaps the team was trying something new, or trying to move into a different market—either way those games exist now as oddities. Impossible Creatures (Relic Entertainment)Relic is famous for its RTS games, most notably Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, and Homeworld. Before id Software, Commander Keen and Doom there was this, a straightforward platformer about a man called Dave who gets into scrapes. I’m sure it’s fondly remembered by some ’90s PC players—it only really seems obscure in relation

But the multiplayer survival game was about to turn into a ghost-infested war zone, and each competing faction was battening down the hatches. Rend is pleasantly collaborative and working with your faction is genuinely rewarding, but I’m less convinced by the invasions and PvP. Rend is pleasantly collaborative and working with your faction is genuinely rewarding, but I’m less convinced by the invasions and PvP. Rend is uncommonly beautiful for a survival game. The hours spent hacking away at tre

Sega has released a new trailer for Total War: Three Kingdoms, introducing the campaign map for the next entry in the Creative Assembly’s long-running strategy series. The video combines sweeping shots of the campaign map with brief cutscenes that add some context to the setting. The map also appears much more animated in general, with far more detail on besieged cities, and trade-routes bustling with merchant carts. There’s not much to be gleaned regarding how Three Kingdoms’ campaign will play

With the rise of Patreon and programmes that give official commercial support has come the opportunity to legitimately make a living through modding. Schwab runs his modding through Patreon, where he has 3,079 patrons. That’s a tidy income, especially for someone living in Maringá, where living costs are two thirds cheaper than New York City. ARK Star is the culmination of an ambition that got its creator, Daniel ‘Pirate’ Altman, into serious modding. He soon carved out a name for singleplayer c

A major leak for Forza Horizon 4 has revealed the racer will likely feature a level inspired by Halo: Combat Evolved’s Silent Cartographer Mission. Halo’s Warthog has featured in Forza Horizon before. With a little bit of work, players could unlock the vehicle in Forza Horizon 3. In July, fans spotted an icon on a beach on the Forza Horizon 4 map that resembled a Pelican dropship. The leak also included dozens of other images of Forza Horizon 4.

Ubisoft is offering another free weekend for its wildly successful tactical FPS Rainbow Six Siege. In a slightly unusual interpretation of the word “weekend”, Siege will be freely available to play from Thursday 16th of August, continuing through until Monday 20th. On PC, the free weekend commences from 6pm, while console players will receive access to it earlier in the day. The free weekend coincides with the first ever Rainbow Six Major championship in Paris, where sixteen teams will compete f

Rakuen is an affecting adventure game that flew under the radar a little when it was released last year, but has since racked up an Overwhelmingly Positive user review score on Steam. Its story of a hospitalized boy who travels to a storybook fantasy land with his mother captured a lot of hearts, and also a lot of tears. Its creator Laura Shigihara has been working with animator Slamacow to create an original 3D animated series set in the world of Rakuen, which will be called The Farmer in the S

Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy Developer: idYear: 1991Great moments in PC gaming are short, bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. He appears in one level during the shareware game Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy, which describes him as “the second dumbest creature in the universe. His thought patterns go, ‘swim swim hungry, swim swim hungry.'” Not to mention assorted callouts, including the classic bit of digital graffiti “DOPEFISH LIVES”. The Dopefish in Fifa ’09 Th

We’re trying out a new format for our weekly list of new games on Steam you might have missed, with a separate entry for each week’s collection. As always, these are five of the smaller games that might have otherwise escaped your attention in the glut of titles that come out on Steam every day. EXAPUNKSSteam pageReleased: August 10Developer: ZachtronicsPrice: $20You may know Zachtronics as creator of puzzle games like Opus Magnum, Spacechem, and Infinifactory. He’s also the brain behind hacking

It’s great when a game comes from somewhere just far enough outside your cultural sphere to be tinged with strangeness as well as familiarity. They’ve been working on their game since 2016, when they were about 14 years old. Bansal tells me it wasn’t easy for the two of them to make a game in their spare time while also attending high school. Their game was released on Steam last week, though that doesn’t mean they’re finished yet. “We are still committed to Alter Army and will be making regular

Here are the coolest and most creative case mods at Quakecon this year. Certainly the star attraction at BYOC is this Ready Player One PC, an attention-getter due to its height and brightness in the massive, darkened LAN party zone. Don’t panic, it’s not a real hamster! This beautiful case is my personal favorite, built by a case modder named Brandon. Lord knows why I couldn’t find it since it’s a PC full of lost souls.

Former Dallas Fuel pro Félix “xQc” Lengyel has been suspended from Overwatch—again. Now he’s been suspended for persistent “abusive language” directed at other players in-game, leaving his place in next month’s Overwatch World Cup with Team Canada in doubt. The 15-day suspension will lift before the start of the World Cup, but the rules of the tournament dictate that all players’ accounts must be in “good standing”. It’s unclear whether the suspension will impact his ability to play: according t

CrossCode, the 2D sci-fi RPG that’s proving a big hit in Early Access, will launch in full on September 20, developer Radical Fish Games has announced. I’d never heard of it until last month, but the Steam user reviews suggest it’s worth keeping an eye on. 96 per cent of its nearly 2,500 user reviews during Early Access have been positive, and it was chosen as one of Steam’s top-rated, least-played games last year. In a blog post announcing the release date, Radical Fish detailed exactly what wi

Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom’s free Adventure Pack, which expands a dungeon and adds a new quest line, is out now. The free DLC adds extra floors to the Faraway Forest dungeon and adds a “brand new story” in which Evan must defeat the Demon of Anguish. The quest line introduces two new bosses to fight—Blackhart and Zeta—and spans the whole game world. The Adventure Pack also adds new items and outfits for Evan as rewards for both the quests and for beating the new, expanded dungeon. To grab th

Bethesda’s collectible card game The Elder Scrolls: Legends, which has been out on PC for more than a year, will only launch on consoles that support crossplay with PC and mobile versions of the game, Bethesda has said. At E3, Bethesda announced that the game would come to consoles later this year, which everyone presumed meant it would release on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. However, Bethesda’s Pete Hines told GameInformer that it will only come to consoles that support ful