Controversy engulfed the turn-based tactics game Tiny Metal ahead of his release last year when Tariq Lacy, a former marketer and PR manager on the project, claimed that funding for the project was actually drawn from money raised for another game called Project Phoenix. Tiny Metal failed to achieve its 2016 Kickstarter goal, but Project Phoenix pulled in more than ten times its $100,000 target—and so, according to Lacy, Creative Intelligence Arts, the company behind Project Phoenix, effectively

Fortnite Funkos soon won’t be the only figurine game in town: McFarlane Toys announced today that it will create a series of “premium collectible figures, related accessories and resin statues” based on Epic’s hit battle royale. “The developer’s art team at Epic Games wants to bring that same attitude into the creation of their toys, and everyone here at McFarlane Toys will be doing all we can to bring Fortnite fans the very best products,” McFarlane Toys founder Todd McFarlane said. I think pla

After 10 more hours of play, and a plenty more between the rest of PC Gamer, it’s clear that Monster Hunter: World has a significant crashing problem. The exact timing hasn’t been detailed, but we’d expect to see it before Monster Hunter: World launches on PC on August 9. Monster Hunter: World automatically saves after missions, but any significant crafting or item management between hunts goes down the tube. CPU reqs vs What I’m running Recommended: Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 3770 3.4GHz or Int

Tens of thousands of people are busy exploring No Man’s Sky again, discovering all sorts of weird and wild sights in the procedurally generated galaxy. The moon, called Dagnor III, circling a planet named Crobia, was an ‘Empty Moon’, with no creature or plant life present. To me, though, it will always be the Moon Vagina of Dagnor III. A floating chocolate-dipped donutVia Reddit, posted by Lunitari696Mmm, delicious! A frigate of hungy ghostsVia Reddit, posted by phoisgood495You can acquire friga

If you are wanting to build a gaming PC around AMD’s second-generation Ryzen platform, head over to Newegg and check out this combo deal for a Ryzen 5 2600X CPU and Asus TUF X470-Plus Gaming motherboard. You can save $60 when buying them as a bundle. The CPU is listed at $229.99 and the motherboard sells for $149.99. Save for perhaps buying used, you can’t beat that price even by shopping around. AMD’s Ryzen 5 2600X is a 6-core/12-thread CPU with a 3.6GHz base clock and 4.2GHz boost clock.

Valve has removed a game called Abstractism from Steam after a “pretty reputable and experienced” Steam Community Market trader reported over the weekend that he’d been “scammed” by an item from its Community Market. Other suspicions were aroused by the July 23 announcement of item drops in Abstractism, a purported dynamic drop system with increasing gaps between drops. “You need 15 minutes to receive the first drop, 30 minutes for the second drop, 60 minutes for the third drop and so on,” the d

There was only one problem—Thunderbolt is proprietary Intel technology, and Intel hasn’t certified any implementations on Ryzen or Threadripper. “Thunderbolt 3 certification requires a few things from the CPU side like graphical output which we haven’t been able to do. Fast forward to now and Thunderbolt still is not available on any Ryzen or Threadripper motherboards that we are aware of. But he did get it to work without any major issues, albeit without hot plug support. As Wendell explains, t

Last month at Computex, AMD shared the first details on its second-generation Threadripper processors, noting they would launch to the public sometime in the third quarter of this year. However, AMD also stated at Computex that the highest end chip will have 32 cores and 64 threads, presumably the Threadripper 2990WX. They include some basic specs:AMD Threadripper 2990X: 32 cores / 64 threads, 3.4GHz base clock, 250W TDP32 cores / 64 threads, 3.4GHz base clock, 250W TDP AMD Threadripper 2970X: 2

After writing about the 20-map, 30-puzzle-boasting Destroyed Aperture earlier this month, I’ve had a hankering for Portal 2 mods. Designed to recapture the story-lite “simplicity” of the original Portal, After Hours aims to give players “much harder puzzles that cater to long-term Portal fans first,” so says creator ABNTGeneric. There will be multiple original characters, voice acting, and a cohesive story line that fits snugly into the existing Portal universe.” Here are some of those:I’m kind

It was a big weekend for No Man’s Sky. Following the release of the Next expansion, Hello Games’ space sandbox drew a peak concurrent playercount of around 97,000 players on Sunday. That’s not quite half the total the 2016 launch drew on Steam, which was just over 212,000 concurrent users, but it’s close, and not bad for a game that’s been out for two years. We’ve been among the players exploring the features of the new expansion. In other words, if you own the game but haven’t played in a while

Our everything we learned from E3 2018 and more roundup backs that up—and the FPS/RPG’s latest frame-by-frame trailer breakdown talks cyberassassination, the setting’s cultural roots, and the Trauma Team. In short: Night City sounds brutal. “In Night City, Arasaka specializes in protective services and the distribution of their Japanese-made products throughout North America. “Night City is home to many shops, restaurants, and decor that draw inspiration from Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Ind

In practice however the game has a penchant for rambling Tarantino-esque dialogue that goes on far, far too long. Almost every day starts with one of these long cutscenes, before finally letting you get to the game map. In fact I have to confess that this review comes with the caveat that I haven’t seen the end of the game, simply because I’m not good enough to get there. I haven’t played the first This Is The Police, but I can’t help but feel like the sequel simply adds too much. The game feels

In-game TV shows and radio stations can enhance our enjoyment of their worlds. Below, we’ve collected a few of our favourite radio stations and TV shows from inside games. Max Payne 2’s Address UnknownDamn, I love how many TV shows are in Max Payne 2. I love Chatterbox, and wish all of GTA’s humour-centric radio stations had a similar tone. —Samuel RobertsFallout 4’s The Silver ShroudRadio stations feel like much more than an afterthought in Bethesda’s Fallout games.

Announced via Twitter, FM head honcho Miles Jacobson says Football Manager 2018 averages 500,000 hours per day on Steam, with 553,806 hours clocked yesterday alone. Jacobson says over 270 million hours have also been recorded since launch on Steam last year, and that its peak concurrent players yesterday was 67,524. Steam Charts identifies the same—and suggests peak concurrent numbers have jumped following this summer’s World Cup. Last week I was happy with nearly 60k concurrent players of #FM18

As a lifelong Celtic supporter (and season ticket holder of 21 years), there really was no way I could skip this one. Konami has unveiled Celtic Football Club as Pro Evolution Soccer 2019’s latest official partner club. Which means the SPFL double treble winners’ likeness will be captured in-game alongside its Celtic Park stadium. Formidable left back Kieran Tierney, goalkeeper Craig Gordon, captain Scott Brown, and French sensation Moussa Dembélé are raring to go. We’re delighted to announce @C

Now, it seems the same datamining group has uncovered GTA Online’s second Red Dead Redemption 2 weapon: the as-yet-unreleased stone hatchet. Similar to its RDR 2 golden revolver counterpart, the stone hatchet appears to be unlocked via a treasure hunt, this time handed down by Maude Eccles. Look, see:Once in possession of the stone hatchet, completing a series of tasks will unlock the same weapon in Red Dead Redemption 2. At present, RDR 2 remains a console exclusive—but if there’s anything in t

So just how serious is Serious Sam 4? Anyway, back to the hands-off time I had with the game:The demo deposits Sam ‘Serious’ Stone in the middle of the French countryside. My experience of Serious Sam is of this omnidirectional drip-feed of screaming jerks—this is more akin to a Total War battlefield. This charge is where the demo ends, but the uptick in scale speaks to the scope of Serious Sam 4. Despite seeing so much of what’s going on under the hood of Serious Sam 4 there’s plenty yet to be

HyperX today announced the Pulsefire FPS Pro RGB, its third gaming mouse in just over a year, and its second in the Pulsefire FPS series. For this newest model, HyperX plucked the Pixart 3389 sensor from its Pulsefire Surge and plopped into the same frame as the Pulsefire FPS. With a Pixart 3389 sensor on board, the Pulsefire FPS Pro RGB can ramp up to 16,000 dpi. Beyond the sensor and RGB lighting upgrades, the Pulsefire FPS Pro retains the same body as the non-Pro model. The HyperX FPS Pro RGB

Games are not built in sequential order, one level or area after another until the job is done. “Even when you do show a finished game you often have to change things so it presents better as a demo. The first level in most games is a crappy demo. Haley Uyrus, marketing manager of Failbetter Games, shares how the team brought Sunless Skies, to EGX Rezzed. Adventure gamesAdventure game developers across the industry reported that the slow-paced narratives of these titles and the concentration nee

That sentence alone offers insight into the action adventure’s quirkiness—which is what Sega Europe’s John Clark suggests makes it work in the west. Chatting to gamesindustry.biz, Sega Europe’s executive vice president of publishing reckons Yakuza 0’s commitment to its original vision is responsible for its success. Languid conversations, weird minigames, and a “world where the sublime meets the ridiculous and the ridiculous is sublime”, and all. “From my experience of Japan as a market, what we