In the event you’ve been missing Dungeons & Dragons cartoons since the last one was cancelled 33 years ago, the folks at Wizards of the Coast have a bit of a surprise for you: A trailer for D&D Beyond, the digital service that accompanies Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. The stream also announced the new adventures for 2018, called Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Waterdeep, one of the better-known cities in Dungeons & Dragons’ Forgotten Realms, is getting two adven

Until now, I wasn’t sure how many Burgle Rogue players there were, but judging by the angry reaction to Hearthstone’s latest balance patch, it’s way more than I imagined. However, while most of the changes in the update are broad and fundamental, some changes target specific cards. Before this update, her Battlecry replayed all the non-Rogue cards you’ve played in the current game, regardless of what they did. But because the change to Tess’ Battlecry has been classified as a bug fix, no refund

In a small update to Fortnite with massive implications, Epic Games has finally nerfed shotgun damage (and restored trap damage from 75 to 150, thank goodness). “It’s something we’ve been keeping an eye on, but broadly speaking we feel Shotguns are a little too strong in their current state.” What that means is no one with full shields and full health can get instantly killed with a well-aimed shot from a pump shotgun. Tactical shotgun damage (67/70/74) hasn’t been nerfed, but they’ll face the s

Lust for Darkness, the eldritch sex adventure that bears the distinction of being the very last game I voted for on Steam Greenlight, will be out on June 12. Lust for Darkness follows a man named Jonathan Moon, who receives a letter from his wife a year after she went missing. It guides him to a secluded mansion that also serves as a gateway to Lusst’ghaa, an alien dimension that was similar to our own until its people undertook to transform themselves into literal non-stop sex machines. You can

In short, starting soon, Valve will allow ‘everything’ to be published on the Steam store, so long as it isn’t illegal or “straight-up trolling.” The solution, according to Johnson: “Valve shouldn’t be the ones deciding this.” “If you’re a developer, we shouldn’t be choosing what content you’re allowed to create. “With that principle in mind, we’ve decided that the right approach is to allow everything onto the Steam Store, except for things that we decide are illegal, or straight up trolling. W

If you press G in Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, a newly released parody of battle royale games, your character starts beatboxing. It’s got the bones of a battle royale game, but it’s mostly a playable punchline. For last year’s gag, Landfall made Totally Accurate Battle Zombielator, or TABZ, which is exactly what it sounds like. Imagine my horror upon looking down and discovering that I, too, am one of those inflatable tube men. The good news is this gave me a chance to dress my inflatable tub

G.Skill has been testing the limits of DDR4, however, and is currently showcasing a range of performance kits at Computex, the fastest of which is a Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-5066 kit. “Chasing after the fastest possible memory speed, G.Skill once again breaks the limits and presents the Trident Z RGB DDR4-5066MHz extreme dual-channel kit built with Samsung 8Gb ICs, which is the highest frequency dual-channel memory on live demo display at Computex 2018,” G.Skill said. We take that to mean

Realm Royale, the free-to-play battle royale game from Paladins developer Hi-Rez Studios, is now available in Early Access on Steam. To celebrate the not-quite-full-release of the game, Hi-Rez is holding a “continuous 130+ hour stream” featuring developers and community members that won’t stop until sometime on Sunday. Realm Royale supports five different character classes—Warrior, Mage, Hunter, Engineer, and Assassin, each with its own unique abilities—and craftable weapons ranging from convent

The Battlefield 5 minimum system requirements were revealed last week, and as we noted, “If you can run Battlefield 1, you’ll easily run Battlefield 5.” That’s because the minimum specs for the two games were identical—good news for players who will be coming at it with less-than-cutting-edge hardware. Recently, incorrect minimum PC specs for #Battlefield V were published as placeholders. We haven’t announced our minimum or recommended specs for Battlefield V yet. Stay tuned!June 5, 2018The syst

EVGA already offers some of the longest warranties in the business on its power supplies, with certain models backed for a full decade. EVGA announced it’s adding two additional years of warranty coverage to nearly all new models purchased from June 5 (yesterday) through the end of the year, at no extra charge. On some models, that means an extension to 12 years, such as this SuperNova T2 750W unit with 80 Plus Titanium certification. Here’s a breakdown:-L Suffix: Upgrade to 4-year limited warra

Go here to check out the fine print, but the short of it is, just enter coupon code PICKDADSGIFT in the ‘redemption code’ field when buying an item. That will knock 20 percent off (up to $100) eligible items bought and paid for by 7:00 PM Pacific today only. We’ve already highlighted a couple of deals today, including an MSI GeForce GTX 1080 for $399 and Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti for $368. The Rift is already the cheaper headset between it and HTC’s Vive, and with the coupon code, it’s an even b

Chrono Trigger, the SNES JRPG from 1995, launched on Steam in February. Likewise, the update targets slow down in certain areas, balances the difficulty of some mini-games and fixes “several” bugs. “A fourth patch will be released for Chrono Trigger in late-June, which will continue to make improvements to the game’s overall UI, along with final changes to menu UI and the title screen,” adds the post. Following Chrono Trigger’s official updates via its Steam page. For unofficial nips and tucks c

For a moment, popping out of cover to snipe a demon in the bowels of an Imperial ship, Inquisitor—Martyr feels like a good Warhammer 40,000 game that’s bringing new ideas to the action RPG genre. I’m surrounded by half a dozen Imperial Guardsmen laying down laser fire on a swarm of little gremlin-like nurglings. I retreat and try to take cover, which requires you to find a yellow cover blob and hold the space bar. Combat needs to flow beautifully through hordes of foes. Alternatively, if you’re

Update: The 1070 Ti is already out of stock. There are still plenty of great deals on eBay if you use the below coupon code. eBay is currently having a site-wide sale, and we’ve already highlighted a GTX 1080 for $399. If you’re on a tighter budget, you can also get a GTX 1070 Ti from Zotac for just $367.99. This card is being sold by Newegg, and has dual-fans with a core clock of 1607 MHz (boosts to 1683 MHz).

Update: The GTX 1080 is already out of stock. There are still plenty of great deals on eBay if you use the below coupon code. Thanks to a site-wide eBay sale, you can now buy an MSI GTX 1080 for just $399.99 (after coupon code and rebate)—$220 less than the current Amazon price. The card is sold by Newegg on eBay, with a base clock of 1708MHz and a boost of 1848 MHz. This specific card is 312mm long, so you might want to double check that it will fit in your case.

In March, Telltale teased The Walking Dead’s final episodic season with an image that closely reflected its first outing. Both now wholly desensitised to their zombie apocalypse environment, series protagonist Clementine and young AJ talk below about death and suicide as a survival measure. “Clementine, now a fierce and capable survivor, has reached the final chapter in her journey,” says Telltale in a statement. “In this gripping, emotional final season, you will define your relationships, figh

Sega and Creative Assembly have released the first-ever in-game cinematic for Total War: Three Kingdoms, the historical(ish) RTS inspired by the 14th-century epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao is a talker, but also a doer: His talent for “grand speeches” is backed up by an affinity for “breathtaking siege battles and legendary duels.” The “romanticized version” of history in Total War: Three Kingdoms means powerful generals will have the ability take on large numbers of enemies single-h

Steam’s Not a Metroidvania sale gathers Guacamelee, Salt and Sanctuary, Sundered and Dead Cells. Ska Studios’ Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D Dark Souls-a-like. With 40 percent off, Guacamelee’s Super Turbo Championship Edition costs £6.89/$8.99, Salt and Sanctuary costs £8.15/$10.79, and Sundered costs £9.29/$11.99. With 33 percent off Dead Cells costs £11.38/$13.39. Together, the Not a Metroidvania sale gathers the lot for £28.56/$36.12.

Crowdfunding site Indiegogo has announced it “will be working with a collections agency to attempt to recoup funds disbursed” by backers of Retro Computers’ Sinclair ZX Vega+ project. Revealed in early 2016, the Sinclair ZX Vega+ was billed as a handheld games console based on the ZX Spectrum personal computer. It emerged licensing issues between former directors Paul Andrews and Chris Smith, and Retro Computers itself had complicated things further still. The post continues: “Unfortunately, the

In State of Mind, the world is split between a dystopian reality and a utopian digital alternative. The digital world, meanwhile, is simulated based on all this information harvested about real people. Mass surveillance and transhumanism are far from new themes in popular fiction, but it’s the presentation of the split between these two worlds that’s intriguing about State of Mind. Real world Berlin looks like a Blade Runner riff—bright lights and slightly grimy. State of Mind is a contemporary