A new cinematic for Overkill’s The Walking Dead introduces the game’s third survivor, Grant, a kindly grandfather-type with a penchant for storytelling who appears to be on a quest to reconnect with his granddaughter. He’s clearly a man with a job to do, and he’s going to do it. It’s a cinematic trailer and so how (or even if) that translates into gameplay is an open question. Overkill’s The Walking Dead is a “four player co-op action FPS” which sounds a lot like the Left 4 Dead games, and it’s

There are plenty of SSD options at every price tier—from basic $36 SATA drives to high-end NVMe M.2 cards with blistering-fast speeds. The latter tends to be fairly expensive, but Newegg currently has a 960GB Samsung model for just $199.99. That’s over $100 less than the next cheapest 1TB NVMe drive, and it’s cheaper than all the 1TB SATA SSDs at Newegg. It features up to 1GB/s sequential read speeds, and up to 820MB/s sequential writes (both 128KB). Random write performance (19k IOPS) is a litt

The developers of the cult hit 4x Sword of the Stars, Kerberos Productions, are making a foray into board games, bringing their roguelike SotS spinoff The Pit to the tabletop. Launched today on Kickstarter , The Pit: The Board Game is a cooperative dungeon crawl for 1-4 players. First released in 2015, Sword of the Stars: The Pit was a relatively well-regarded and much-expanded-upon adaptation of the 4x’s campy sci-fi world into a roguelike. The Pit: The Board Game looks like it differs from the

We called APB Reloaded one of the best free-to-play MMOs available—in 2013. CEO Matthew Scott acknowledged that APB Reloaded needs a lot of work, but promised regular communication with players as that work progresses. Personally I don’t think Unreal 4 is going to have a big impact on the look or speed of the game. But for APB Reloaded to have long-term viability, transitioning to Unreal 4 is something we need to do.” Can APB Reloaded be brought back to some kind of relevance by a new publisher?

The folks at DeSync Studios liked the Line Tower Wars mod in Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne so much that they made a game based on it. That’s not all their new tower defense game, Unleashed, has to offer, but for my money it’s the most promising bit. For the uninitiated: Warcraft’s Line Tower Wars mod turns it into a tower defense game where you build your own paths. As opposed to tower defense classics like Bloons or more recent fare like Sanctum, you don’t just place towers on a pre-existing course

Subaeria is a puzzle-platformer built around roguelike elements like permadeath and procedural generation, and it’s finally officially out on Steam. I say finally because we first wrote about Subaeria in October 2014 and I say officially because it entered Early Access nearly a year later in September 2015. Suffice it to say, Subaeria’s been a long time coming. It’s an undersea mix of platforming and puzzle solving that’s centrally about fighting indirectly. “Each play-through is procedurally ge

It’s on sale at Newegg today for $55, and comes with a $10 AMC movie theater gift code. It’s one of a small number of name brand 240GB SSDs currently going for $55 or less. Here’s a look at each one:The Toshiba drive is the only one that comes bundled with a free $10 AMC gift code (delivered via email), if that’s worth anything to you. As for the drive itself, it’s a 2.5-inch SATA 6Gbps SSD with 64-layer 3D BiCS NAND flash. It’s rated to deliver up to 555MB/s of sequential read performance and u

Spring has sprung, finally, and that signals not just better weather and more abundant sunshine but also the start of the Humble Store Spring Sale. The seasonal sale includes deals on triple-A and indie games, special Spring Sale rewards, and a nice freebie, too: The Flame in the Flood, a roguelike survival game on a river running through “forgotten, post-societal America.” You’ll get one stamp for every $5 spent in the store, and one for each daily visit to the Humble Store. The Humble Store Sp

Indie connoisseur Devolver Digital is holding a massive sale on Steam this weekend. Dozens of the publisher’s best games are up to 90 percent off through Monday, May 14. I’ve highlighted some of the best deals below, and you can browse the full catalog here . If you’re looking for something a little more offbeat, have a look at Omnibus ( $2 at 80 percent off ), Hatoful Boyfriend ( $5 at 84 percent off ), Always Sometimes Monsters ( $2 at 80 percent off ), The Red Strings Club ( $10 at 33 percent

Update: Another strange tweet has appeared on the Bethesda feed, bearing the same shade of pink and “5-14” numerics but otherwise having no obvious connection to the Big Ben tweet from earlier today. It’s reasonable to assume that Bethesda is going to keep this up for awhile, so keep an eye on its Twitter account if you want to follow along. Original story:Bethesda tweeted an image of Big Ben today, the hands of the famous clock painted pink and leaving a bright smear as they travel across the f

Graphics card prices have been falling back to ‘normal’ over the past month, and the end of the GPU shortage is finally in sight. The important takeaway is that DRAM prices were plummeting. You don’t have to look far to see how DRAM prices have skyrocketed over the past 18-24 months. Unofficially, it sounds as though contract prices for the graphics card manufacturers have gone up—just to account for the higher cost of DRAM. But even with the increased production it could be some time before DRA

Now it’s rolling out a new software testing tool to help verify certain parameters on monitors that bear one of those badges. The initial tool is aimed at “professional and lab-level users” who want to test and evaluate their HDR displays. One of the biggest parts of the DisplayHDR standard is peak luminance measured in nits. The way the tool works is it projects various display patterns onto the screen, which are then interpreted by the colorimeter. Here are the parameters that the testing tool

Corsair’s new Obsidian 1000D ‘super tower’ case is so big you can fit both an extended ATX (E-ATX) and mini-ITX system inside, complete with their own power supplies, provided you have a need to do so. The primary reason someone might to build two PCs in a single case is to consolidate a gaming setup and separate streaming system into one convenient package. Not everyone needs a dedicated PC for streaming, of course, but for those who do, this is an option. “Created to house the world’s most epi

None of the new laptops are particularly potent from a gaming standpoint, but they’re relatively cheap, and come with discrete graphics options. The new models are broken down into Lenovo’s refreshed IdeaPad 330, 330S, and 530S product families, all of which come in different size options. Here’s how the starting prices shake out for each new model:Lenovo IdeaPad 330 14-inch: $350Lenovo IdeaPad 330 15.6-inch: $250Lenovo IdeaPad 330 17.3-inch: $500Lenovo IdeaPad 330S 14-inch: $500Lenovo IdeaPad 3

EA’s Battlefield games are well-known for their Easter eggs, some relatively simple and others ridiculously complex. Found in the Fort de Vaux map of the They Shall Not Pass expansion, the door is labeled “Isolement”—French for “Isolation.” But what makes it noteworthy are the sounds coming from behind it, which you can hear in the video below. There’s also speculation about a zombie mode of some sort, driven by the sounds emanating from behind the door. Previous rumors have set the new Battlefi

In both subtle and broad ways, mods can put a different spin on a game and give something familiar a whole new twist. Below are five mods for giving you a more realistic playthrough of GTA 5. Realism Dispatch EnhancedThe only thing more ridiculous than the criminals you portray in GTA 5 are the cops that respond to your crimes. Realistic Damage SystemIf you want to play GTA 5 without feeling like a superhuman bullet-sponge, the Realistic Damage mod transforms you into a genuine human being. Here

As part of the turn-based 4X ’em up’s spring update, new diplomacy tinkerings to Joint and Third Party War means players can now ask others—be that pals, strangers or AI—to join battles they’re already engaged in. “There’s been a lot of discussion in the community about Joint Wars. “First, Joint Wars may be declared using a Casus Belli, which will require a denouncement from at least one of the players. Civ 6’s spring update also adds 12 new Historical Moments—from the World’s First City with 25

Not Tonight drops you into a fragile future where Britain’s far-right government is systematically exiling those of European descent—people such as yourself—and you’re struggling to survive by hopping between gigs as a bouncer at pubs and events. If you’re a PC Gamer Club Legendary member, you’ll be getting a code for the Not Tonight beta in your inbox soon. The beta starts today. The end date is undecided, but it will run for at least a week, and Not Tonight will fully release later this summer

By alerting you to discounts on both Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 I’m torn. Here I am recommending two brilliant videogames at two great prices, yet I’m also showing little regard for your spare time. In Vermintide 2, you’ll get combat and level design that’s feverishly fun. Fanatical has Pillars of Eternity 2 on sale for £25.73/$38.99 with a 22 percent discount. Before you go, here’s Pillars of Eternity 2’s campaign launch trailer:And here’s a head-lopping Vermint

By swapping the murky depths of Fallen London for the vast High Wilderness above, Sunless Skies is bigger and brighter than forerunner Sunless Sea. Keen to maintain the “peril and dread” of the latter, though, developer Failbetter Games has given Skies a Threat update—which adds weather, worship and a smattering of new scouts. Sunless Skies’ Threat update also adds new scouts, by way of the Star-Smitten Bat, the Intrepid Cavey, the Ratronaut, and the Kickstarter-exclusive Cyclopean Own. Skyfarer