Earlier this year, Discord rolled out a Colorblind Mode and a new, Steam-like Games Tab hub. Today, the VOIP app has announced it will start selling games. The Verge reports the Discord Store won’t house the same number of games as, say, Steam, but will instead aim for a “local bookstore” catalogue of staff-picked choices. Likewise, its ‘First on Discord’ initiative is designed to give users access to 90-day exclusives, and a universal library. Nitro was our attempt at cosmetics, now we’re addin

When Torchlight and Hob developer Runic Games was shut down last year, the developer said: “For those that love the Torchlight series, there will be some news coming.” Today, Perfect World Entertainment and Echtra Games have announced Torchlight Frontiers—a new shared world action RPG and the “next evolution” of the Torchlight series. “Additional details about Torchlight Frontiers will be revealed at a later date,” says Perfect World. Torchlight Frontiers will be a living, breathing universe tha

Yesterday, we caught a glimpse of Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s brutal stealth kills, deadly tombs and cave-swinging. Now, publisher Square Enix has revealed the difficulty of these puzzles, set-tos and traversal set pieces can be independently adjusted to suit individual playstyles. Across four settings—Easy, Normal, Hard, and Deadly Obsession—players can choose how much or how little assistance they desire across combat, exploration and puzzles. And on ‘Hard’, Survival Instincts are disabled ent

When PES 2019 revealed its system requirements a few weeks back, we learned it was in-line for a 12-team playable demo on August 8. Which means PES 2019’s 12-team playable demo is out now. I’ve never been to Schalke’s VETLINS-Arena, but I once watched a game from the very back row of the Camp Nou. The PES 2019 demo also offers players a taste of its new features—including its ‘Visible Fatigue’, which impacts team performance and behaviour, and its new shooting mechanics and ball physics. If you’

After appearing on consoles last week, Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season has a PC demo. Now, you can sample the opening scenes, which Vikki wrote about last month. Spoilers, obviously, here’s what’s in store:As Sam Horti detailed last week, The Walking Dead’s Story Builder lets you re-make all your tough decisions before Final Season. Because, honestly, who hasn’t made some dodgy choices over the course of Clem’s journey from vulnerable kid to hardened survivalist? Telltale’s The Wal

PUBG’s latest War Mode limited-time event asks players to whip out the frying pan and head into the fire. Set exclusively on debut island Erangel, 30 players across three teams spawn with 20 frag grenades, a Molotov, level 3 armour and a frying pan. Felled players respawn in planes above every 30 seconds—as per War Mode’s standard—and offing enemies nets your team three points. “If no team reaches 100 points before the time limit,” says developer PUBG Corp, “the team with the most points wins.”

I went full-on space pirate for a day in No Man’s Sky. Base vandalismThe things No Man’s Sky multiplayer lets you do to strangers, and the things it doesn’t let you do, are both pretty weird. I landed at a player’s base with intention of being an evil No Man’s Sky griefer. They had probably been playing No Man’s Sky for under an hour. That’s what a few hours of being a dick gets you in No Man’s Sky (except that car, that was already mine).

Today, EmuParadise, a longstanding emulation hub around since 2000, announced that it will no longer host ROMs on its site because it is not worth risking the “potentially disastrous consequences.” “Many of you are aware that the situation with regards to emulation sites has been changing recently,” site founder MasJ said in a statement. Due to the heightened risk of legal action, EmuParadise says it will no longer offer games on its site. We run EmuParadise for the love of retro games and for y

But basically, it’s a Priest deck that uses the new 1-Mana 0/2 minion Test Subject, and the new 0-Mana spell Topsy Turvy. But basically, you’ll play Vivid Nightmare, Divine Spirit, and Topsy Turvy on your Test Subject. This will kill the Test Subject, returning you the spells, and leaving a 0/1 Test Subject from Vivid Nightmare on the board with a Divine Spirit effect. Don’t worry, just play Vivid Nightmare to get more charging 32/1s to clear the way. According to its data, Test Subject Combo de

It is the self-described “dumbest game known to mankind,” yet Cookie Clicker is still clicking to this day. It’s now five years old, and it just received an update to celebrate the milestone. Cookie Clicker turns 5 ! Then I placed my cursor on the “Legacy” tab and it told me I need one trillion cookies to advance to the next level. Similarly, I have no idea if the promised updates are real, or if it’s just more ironic cyber-humor in the same vein as Cookie Clicker itself.

Valve opened the gates on the 2018 Dota 2 short film contest at the end of May, and fans of the MOBA wasted no time submitting their videos. There’s also some sizable prize money up for grabs: $25,000 to first place, $10,000 to second place, $5,000 to third place, and $500 to the rest of the top 10. The key points are that entries must be 90 seconds or less, they must be original films created for the contest, and they must pertain to Dota 2. Kobold Blues , by Erick Wright and his team. The Fina

60 Seconds! studio Robot Gentleman announced today that its upcoming space-age survival adventure 60 Parsecs! Similar to its predecessor, 60 Parsecs! And once things go sideways, they tend to stay that way: 60 Parsecs! 60 Parsecs!

Deathgarden is a digital game show about a big, armored goon with a gun, who’s out to murder five smaller, quicker, gunless people trapped inside a procedurally generated virtual garden—the Deathgarden! Developer Behaviour Interactive announced today that it will be turned loose on Steam Early Access on August 14, and for the first week of release it will be free for everyone. And they’re not entirely unarmed: Runners carry crossbows that can destroy Hunter gadgets, like turrets, and apply statu

Asmodee Digital has updated their Steam release schedule for the coming months, giving updated times on delayed digital board game releases and announcing some new ones. Among the new is Gloomhaven, which we’d previous covered, and a dungeon crawler inspired by long-lived, love it or leave it card game Munchkin. Coming in Q3 are The Lord of The Rings: Living Card Game, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic, and Bang!. Coming in Q3 2018:The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game is an adaptation, rather than

League of Legends developer Riot Games has issued a statement saying that it has “a zero tolerance policy on discrimination, harassment, retaliation, bullying, and general toxicity,” while at the same time acknowledging that it hasn’t “lived up to our own values” in some areas. “[He] went in, presented exactly as I did and the whole room was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is amazing.’ But sexist attitudes and gender discrimination are clearly problems that the studio is grappling with, something it ack

How likely are you to play a game if it’s not released on Steam? I don’t play much Overwatch, but I have no problem with Battle.net. All of Steam’s competing clients are totally usable these days, with the one big exception of the Windows Store. Tom Senior: Quite likely, but less likely to play a game not on SteamI’m quite likely to buy a game I want if it’s not on the Steam store. I’m less likely to play a game that’s not on Steam, however.

Dell’s Inspiron gaming desktop can often be found on sale in various configurations. That is again the case today over at Office Depot, and it is one of the lowest prices we have ever seen. Office Depot is selling the Inspiron desktop (model 5675) for just $549.99, down from its regular price of $799.99. What you do get, however, is a Ryzen 5 1400 processor paired with a Radeon RX 570 4GB graphics card. Go here to grab the Ryzen 5 1400 + Radeon RX 570 from Office Depot, or here to get the A10-97

NZXT is partnering with game publishers to create themed versions of its popular cases, the latest of which is the H700 Nuka-Cola, the second officially licensed chassis in its new CRFT line. Like the introductory H700 PUBG that came before it, NZXT is limited the release of its H700 Nuka-Cola to 2,000 units. It sports a custom paint job for Fallout fans, while retaining the same overall features and amenities found on the regular H700. In addition, NZXT is offering an all-metal, Nuka-Cola theme

After seven years of development and billions of dollars in funding, Magic Leap is making available its augmented reality headset, the Magic Leap One Creators Edition, to developers and early adopters. Google is one of the company’s that has invested in Magic Leap. Like HoloLens and Glass, the Magic Leap One is geared towards AR experiences that blend virtual elements with the real world. Whether Magic Leap’s efforts will be the worth the wait when it eventually launches something for consumers

eBay occasionally releases site-wide coupons that are only valid for a day or two, and now the company has done it again. The new promotion will take 15% off most items, with a minimum purchase of $25 and a maximum discount of $100. The coupon code can only be used once, and applies to the entire purchase price—so you can add multiple items to your cart and get 15% off everything (up to $100). The promotion does not work with items from the Coins & paper Money, Gift Cards & Coupons, and Real Est