Alas, it is not to be. But we do have the patch notes. The “Zebra” error is apparently a general networking error. Beet and Kale is anybody’s guess. Don’t forget that the planned 6v6 Iron Banner mode that was supposed to roll out today has been delayed because of the “Anteater” error, so free-for-all Rumble mode, with the reduced player count, is returning for the week.

“Ransomware” is malicious software that works basically like a computer virus, except that instead of destroying your data, it locks it down until you pay whatever ransom the creators decide to extort. The WCry ransomware unleashed last year, for instance, spread quickly and caused particular grief amongst hospitals in the UK, leading to wards being closed and patients turned away. Case in point: The PUBG Ransomware discovered by MalwareHunterTeam (via Bleeping Computer), which encrypts all your

Like the countless Humble Bundles that have come before it, the new Humble Strategy Bundle offers a selection of good games for just $1: In this case, Dungeon of the Endless, the Endless Space Collection, Planetary Annihilation: Titans, and Company of Heroes 2 – Whale and Dolphin Conservation Charity Pattern Pack. Moving on, paying more than the average price will also unlock the Empire: Total War Collection, Endless Legend – Classic Collection and the Endless Legend – Tempest DLC, and 66 percen

Covering just the contemporary Star Wars landscape, here’s a guide to the best board games Star Wars has to offer based on what your gaming preferences are. For strategists: Star Wars: RebellionGet it hereIf you want to re-fight the rebellion against the Galactic Empire on the grand stage, retelling the Star Wars epic in your own way, then Star Wars Rebellion is absolutely the game for you. For armchair strategists: Star Wars Risk (2015)Get it hereNot actually a proper, boring Risk game at all,

However, if you’re looking to build a small form factor PC, $10 right gets you a mini tower. That’s the price after rebate for a Rosewill mini tower enclosure on Newegg today. However, if you’re looking to go cheap, you can certainly build a system in this case while reserving the bulk of your budget for other parts. This is a steel mini tower that’s compatible with micro ATX motherboards. Not cutting edge obviously, but still a big step up from a makeshift case made of cardboard, and it barely

Asus today announced a trio of new laptop models, two of which sport displays with a 120Hz refresh rate for fast-action gameplay. The models include the ROG Strix GL503, ROG Strix GL703, and TUF Gaming FX502. As for the TUF Gaming FX504, it’s a 15.6-inch laptop with three different display options, all with a 1920×1080 resolution. This laptop is also relatively thin and light for a gaming laptop, measuring 10.31x 15.11 x 0.98 inches and weighing 5.07 pounds. Asus equips the TUF Gaming FX504 with

Corsair is known to offer ‘Special Edition’ versions of its Dominator Platinum DDR4 memory kits, like the Torque SKU it released last year. Apparently a white LED kit. The company’s new Dominator Platinum Special Edition Contrast retains the premium focus of previous SE kits, but with a “crisp monochrome look” with an integrated white LED top bar. “Dominator Platinum Special Edition Contrast is built to standout when it comes to performance, just as much as styling. There are two kits available,

Mid-90s RPG classic Chrono Trigger debuted on Steam in February, but the decision to apply a pixel smoothing filter, and the visual mushiness that resulted, left a lot of fans unhappy. Square Enix moved to address that dissatisfaction today with a patch that enables visual improvements including an “Original” graphics options, and also dropped a couple of before-and-after screens demonstrating the difference. The updated visuals may not be an exact replica of the old-school Chrono Trigger graphi

Stardew Valley multiplayer could be finished as early as next month, according to a recent tweet from creator Eric Barone. Update on Stardew Valley multiplayer: still making good progress on fixing bugs, if all goes well it should be ready in about a monthApril 10, 2018In February, publisher Chucklefish said the multiplayer update has entered QA testing. “Work on the new features is done, and we’ve sent all the new text off to be translated into the different languages,” Barone said at the time,

That includes Oregon, which signed into law its own net neutrality regulations, CNET reports. Oregon’s net neutrality law isn’t as far reaching as the one Washington put on the books last month, and the one that California is trying to enact. Washington pretty much ignored a provision the FCC put in place to prohibit states from enacting their own net neutrality rules, as the agency saw this sort of thing taking place. More than half of US states have either enacted or are trying to enact their

Lieve Oma is a narrative game by Florian Veltman, who made it as a tribute to her grandmother and, more broadly, “people helping us become a responsible and caring person.” You play as a child walking through a vibrant forest with their grandma, splashing in leaves and picking mushrooms as you go. It’s short, sweet, and available on Itch for whatever price you want, possibly free. Likewise, Jody called it an excellent and comparable narrative experience in his write-up on Where the Goats Are, a

Masters of Anima is the new game from Space Run studio Passtech that sees a young lad named Otto, an apprentice of Anima, questing to become a Master so he can marry his fiancee Ana—who by the way is being held hostage by a bad dude named Zahr. It’s also out today on Steam, and that means it’s time to kick back and watch a launch trailer. As Otto earns experience and becomes more powerful, he gains the ability to summon different types of Guardians, who bring different and more powerful abilitie

GTA Online’s latest weekly update adds a host of Gunrunning-focused perks and discounts. For the next seven days, the so-called ‘Contraband Week’ targets “subterranean entrepreneurs”, who deal in illicit goods. Which in practice sees Bunker-made materials netting players double GTA$ and RP by way of Sell Missions—while Research teams operate 50 percent faster than usual. Elsewhere, this week’s offers see double RP and GTA$ extended to Target Assault Races for another week, while Mobile Operation

We all know that solid state drives are faster than mechanical hard drives, and if you haven’t already made the switch, you should. So, it’s not an end-all, be-all analysis, but a quick peek at the potential impact different storage devices can have on game load times. In this case, he tested seven different drives, including a mix of NVMe and SATA SSDs and a single HDD. One thing that’s interesting to note is that almost every NVMe SSD loaded the game faster than the SATA SSDs, save for Kingsto

It was a shock to go back to The elder scrolls IV: Oblivion. Guild troubleWith the book collection in the bag I waited out some arcane research timer by trying to join the Mage’s Guild. The Mage’s Guild has all the worst problems. The Mage’s Guild has all the worst problems. For example, there’s a Mage’s Guild quest involving a Ring of Burden which made me laugh unexpectedly.

Solo developer Coyan Cardenas (aka the entirety of studio Memory of God) grabbed our attention with Where the Goats Are, a minimalist, melancholy farming sim about a goat-herding grandma that’s kind of like Stardew Valley but with crushing loneliness and goats. Backed by publisher Surprise Attack Games, today Cardenas announced The Stillness of the Wind, a minimalist, melancholy farming sim about a different goat-herding grandma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life te

Today, the studio released a batch of “infinitely replayable” quests bundled together in a new Endless Mode. Each time you clear a quest in Endless Mode, the enemies in the Dealer’s deck get more difficult. Endless Mode was teased back in December as the first of many 2018 updates, the big new entree ahead of multiple side dishes. Our own Eric Watson rather enjoyed Hand of Fate 2 despite its lackluster combat. “Hand of Fate 2 more than makes up for it in the vastly improved strategic layer, and

At the first ever Football Manager World Esports Championships competitor Dan Fry, showed prolific digital managerial skills to net a £15,000 win. The FMWEC saw 64 players battling it out at Insomnia 62—the UK’s largest gaming festival—to become the world’s best digital dugout director. Nominated charities include the Norwich Community Sports Foundation and The Nest. That’s a serious win for Mr. Fry, but I’ve been known to take Football Manager pretty seriously too. Try telling me it’s only a ga

Worlds Adrift is an ambitious physics sandbox that remembers your story , said our Andy at the tail-end of 2016. Boss Studios’ sandbox MMO has since undergone a number of playtests and a closed beta—and now targets Steam’s Early Access. When it does, it’ll cost £19.49/$24.99 and takes on board a boat/airship-load of player feedback that’s helped sculpt what exists today. “At times, this completely shifted our production’s scope, and as a result, helped us truly hone Worlds Adrift’s vision, and h

With this in mind, SH42913’s GunShot Wound mod adds a degree of realism to Grand Theft Auto 5’s firefights and considers how you may, or may not, recover thereafter. First launched in February, GunShot Wound has now shipped its final variation—bringing with it five states of wounds and bleeding: None, Light, Medium, Heavy and Deadly. “My script has a wound and bleeding system that totally changes gameplay [to] make it more realistic and hardcore,” explains SH42913 on the mod’s GTA5Mods page. “Af