Zachtronics, the maker of Spacechem, Ironclad Tactics, Shenzhen I/O, and most recently the outstanding Opus Magnum, is working on a new game called Exapunks. Your Exapunk hacking skills come to you by way of Trash World News, an underground computer mag that carries tips, tutorials, secret information, and “searing commentary.” The game will include two printable issues of Trash World News, which Zachtronics said will be “essential to playing the game.” They’ll basically serve as Exapunk’s instr

It’s literally only treacherous staircases, Sierra-style sudden death, and a text parser for interacting with stairs. Snail Trek is an authentic, Sierra-inspired adventure with thoughtfully crafted puzzles and a hilarious story. He was right: I am that audience, and Snail Trek is a delightfully clever throwback full of smart touches like autosuggest and autocorrect. Many adventure games, past and present, expect the player to hunt for what they need in incidental clutter. In Snail Trek, curiosit

NZXT is best known for its line of computer cases, and less so for its power supplies, of which it hasn’t released a new model since 2016. NZXT is rolling out a new digital PSU line, and like some of its coolers and lighting products, the new PSUs offer real-time power monitoring and control through the company’s CAM software. “Our E Series PSUs are another step in completing this vision.” NZXT partnered with Seasonic, a well-regarded manufacturer in the PSU space, to build its new E Series. The

Para Bellum’s big mid-season patch is on its way to Rainbow Six Siege, and with it a big balancing pass on nine operators. Many of these changes were previewed on last week’s test sever , but there’s plenty of new changes on the way. In response to new statistics showing the win rate and pick rates of all operators, Finka specifically is in an awkward spot. They’re happy with how Maestro is performing, but think he might be too strong in the Pro League. Interestingly, the post also mentions plan

They’re usually equipped with 4GB of RAM, a spinning hard drive, and maybe a 1366×768 screen. The Lenovo IdeaPad 330 is an exception, with its latest-gen Intel processor, 1080p screen, and 8GB of RAM. Right now you can get it for $499.99 from Newegg, a savings of $200 over the MSRP. This config of the Lenovo IdeaPad 330 has an Intel i5-8250U processor, a 256GB SSD, 8GB of RAM, and a 15.6-inch 1920×1080 display. You can buy the IdeaPad 330 from Newegg.

AMD is still maintaining a performance embargo for its mid-range B450 chipset, but that hasn’t stopped its hardware partners from releasing information about their specific products. We’ve also spotted some B450 motherboards selling on Newegg. The B450 chipset supplants AMD’s previous generation B350 chipset and adds some new features. Otherwise, B450 motherboards should provide users with cheaper alternatives that perform roughly the same as X470 hardware. They include:AB350 Gaming 3 —> B450

Amazon has essentially created a new shopping bonanza in the same vein as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, through its Prime Day event that takes place each July. On its fourth annual Prime Day, which concluded yesterday, Amazon again reported records sales, and the PC category contributed to it. Specifically, of the 100 million items Amazon sold during the 36-hour event, the “PC and accessories” category accounted for 5 million of them. As it relates to item sales, however, a 5 percent chunk is n

“That means all the perks are coming back, all the airdrops are coming back, combat goes back to its day one form. Literally every aspect of the gameplay will be what you remember,” Van Veld said. To help bolster the player base, The Culling will also be made free to play when the Day One update goes live. Van Veld didn’t get into exactly now that will work, but said that more information will be released later this week. Whether that translates into a viable game is another matter entirely, but

(Image: © Pixabay via manseok – https://pixabay.com/en/hard-disk-a-hard-disk-drive-1071668/)Western Digital, a major player in the storage market, is erasing one of its three mechanical hard drive factories from existence, The Register reports. The 1 million square-foot factory is located in Petaling Jaya, near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. It’s the second-largest of WD’s three HDD factories—the company also operates a 1.7 million square-foot plant and a 730,000 square-foot facility, both

The best Fallout: New Vegas mods fill its casinos with NPCs, its thoroughfares with traffic, and its streets with new weapons. With the latter in mind, let me vouch for Cloud Grenades—a new project from Hopper31 that inserts the toxic gas clouds from New Vegas’ Dead Money DLC into grenades. ), Cloud Grenades turn the blood red noxious mist into a throwable bomb. “Everything is fair game,” adds Hopper31, “and anything killed [can] be reduced to a pile of cloud residue”. More information on Hopper

Until 5:34 pm, I’d assumed I play PC games like a Totally Normal Person. Here’s how I play PC games, which was quickly coined The Wes Maneuver:A: PinkyW/S: Ring fingerD: Middle fingerR/F/C/etc. But it did not even occur to me, until last Wednesday at 5:34 pm, that anyone else would press the WASD keys differently. This is how I rock my PC games, and I always have. And if you see someone out there using their pinky on A, ease them into the wider world of WASDing gently.

It was probably a matter of time, then, before Epic’s ever-popular battle royale ’em up rolled out a range of big-head-wee-bodied Funko Pop figurines. To further quote this here press release, Fortnite’s Funko merchandise will be available to buy at a “broad array of retailers” worldwide as of “Holiday 2018”. Which should allow plenty of time to alert Santa Claus, or at least a Funko Pop version of Santa Claus. I myself missed the boat with Funko Pops, but understand it’s serious business for so

Yesterday Blizzard released patch 8.0 for World of Warcraft, effectively signaling the beginning of the next expansion, Battle for Azeroth. After years of worrying if World of Warcraft’s best years are behind it, Legion is a strong argument otherwise. When I first played Legion, I found one of World of Warcraft’s most exquisitely detailed and designed zones to date. Throughout the length of the expansion, Blizzard tried to update Legendaries and make them less terrible but the damage was done. T

Most Hearthstone players have, at one time or another, employed outside assistance in an attempt to boost their winrate. Alex Zeir is the creator of Hearthstone Deck Tracker , widely considered the go-to tool for players looking to boost their percentages on ladder. Nonetheless, Hearthstone Deck Tracker has always adhered to Blizzard’s (admittedly vague) guidance regarding third-party software extensions. “We’re actually very mindful of that paper and pencil tweet,” says Andrew Wilson, CEO of He

And (almost) every game in the Resident Evil series on sale excites me. It’s a busy time for Capcom’s flagship survival horror series, and, as part of its Capcom Sale, Fanatical has discounted everything from Resident Evil 0’s HD remaster to last year’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. I also thoroughly enjoyed 2015’s Resident Evil HD Remaster (£6.39, 60 percent off)—and I’d even go to bat for the following year’s Resident Evil 0 Remaster (also £6.39 with 60 percent off), despite Andy’s reservations.

He’s the country’s most unwell man—having recently overcome Lightheadedness, and having now caught a bad dose of Cubism. Check out the trailer above to see Two Point Hospital’s, ahem, unorthodox treatment of this most unusual ailment. Know also that Two Point Hospital now has a launch date: August 30, 2018. Due next month, Two Point Hospital is hilarious until the corpses start piling up. Head this way for the rest of our Two Point Hospital coverage.

The more you see of Theme Hospital’s spiritual successor Two Point Hospital, the more you crave its particular mix of the comically absurd and the fiendishly satisfying. Sure, some people might die, but it’s nothing that hiring yourself a janitor with a ghostbusting skill—because in Two Point Hospital the dead tend to linger, scaring other patients—can’t keep under control. Unlocking each new item is satisfying, and I was watching my kudosh more closely than my actual hospital finances. These li

Rockstar has kept us waiting when it comes to news on Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC. Red Dead Redemption 2 PC briefly appeared on LinkedInAn anonymous Rockstar employee’s LinkedIn profile used to list Red Dead Redemption 2 as coming to PC, before it was changed. This is the closest thing to a smoking gun on Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC so far. When asked about the possibility of Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC last year, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick only had this to say. There is a

Despite rumblings from some corners of the interwebs, GTA Online’s incoming nightclub update did not land yesterday. All of which marks another pretty underwhelming week for GTA Online. A range of vehicle upgrades are on sale—with engine upgrades, handling upgrades, brakes, transmission, turbo, suspension, and spoilers all 30 percent less their regular cost. Check out this week’s vehicle discounts this way, the most appealing of which, I reckon, is the Nagasaki Shotaro. The promotional material

It’s since brought Darkest Dungeon, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Nuclear Throne and Hollow Knight’s soundtracks to life—each with its own gorgeous sleeve art. In the wake of yesterday’s Gods & Glory announcement, Hollow Knight’s next expansion is getting the game-to-vinyl treatment too. It comes with an art print insert, a ‘Grimmchild’ enamel pin, embossed lettering on its jacket, and a Gods & Glory expansion download card. In his review, Tom Marks billed Hollow Knight’s soundtrack as “sullen but e