City of Brass, the first-person roguelike that pits players (and their whip) against a ghoul-infested city inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, is almost out of early access. The release version of the game will come with bug fixes, balance changes, Mixer integration and the 13th and final level. The Innermost Chamber is the city’s ultimate trial, which Uppercut promises will take every skill and trick you’ve learned to overcome. If you picked it up during early access, you’ll also net yours

So of course everyone wants a slice of the pie that’s currently dominated by PUBG and Fortnite. Overwatch has already experimented with several different modes, from PvE horde romps to small duels, but a battle royale mode would be a considerably greater challenge. “A lot of times when I hear some of our fans pitch it, they’re like ‘Oh, just put a card in the Arcade one day that’s a battle royale mode,’ and I’m like ‘Fuck, that would be awesome,’” Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan told Kotaku. Maps

The first and longest running iteration of digital Magic was released way back in 2002 in the form of Magic: The Gathering Online or MTGO. While I question the validity of MTG Arena as an outlet for the professional player, what I don’t question is the enjoyability from a more casual perspective. Currently I don’t see a way for MTG Arena to usurp Magic Online as the most accurate Magic: The Gathering experience. Programming every old set into MTG Arena in order to play older, competitive formats

Yes, Skyrim VR is now available on PC. Skyrim was the game I most wanted to play in VR. The shine of VR has also worn off, and I confess that having Skyrim on Switch suits me a lot more now that I carry it everywhere. That said, I apparently can’t stop buying Skyrim, so I’ll inevitably end up exploring Whiterun in VR sooner rather than later. Skyrim VR is out now for £39.99/$59.99/€59.99 on Steam and the Humble Store.

Six months after it launched, Monolith has announced that Middle-earth: Shadow of War’s Orc-filled loot boxes, or war chests, are going to be plucked out of the open world action romp, along with all traces of microtransactions. Shadow of War’s loot boxes were widely criticised at launch. “The core promise of the Nemesis System is the ability to build relationships with your personal allies and enemies in a dynamic open world,” reads Monolith’s blog post. In Shadow of War, for example, you can f

Chasm is a procedurally generated Metroidvania which has been in development for quite some time. Initially Kickstarter-funded back in 2013, it attracted nearly $200,000, demonstrating that back in 2013 the thirst for games like this was real. It’ll release this winter, or summer if you’re in Australia, New Zealand or anywhere else in the southern hemisphere. While much has no doubt changed since 2015, I enjoyed Chasm quite I bit when I wrote it up. Given the success of Dead Cells (which I have

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan and lead engineer Tim Ford revealed in a “super-special” Overwatch developer update video that, as we kind of expected, there will be more to this year’s Uprising event than just the return of the Uprising brawl. In fact, Blizzard is changing the name of the event to “Overwatch Archives,” to reflect its broader focus on the organization’s past adventures. “The idea there is that there are all of these cool past moments in Overwatch history. That means more content

For the game I played, we had three players: my friend and me, plus a hapless stranger we grabbed at the last second. Music played, and at certain times, two of the robots lit up, meaning the people holding them had to touch each other somehow (to complete a circuit in the hardware). They’re currently working to release the hardware and code base as a platform for other devs to make music games with. This one was more strictly a rhythm game. The game’s original concept had more players and was l

Semblance is a pretty puzzle-platformer where your character—an adorable blobby thing named Squish—and everything else is made of soft, squishable dough. Well, everything except for the parts of the world that have been infected by horrible crystals that feed off the world’s softness. This beautiful, moldable world is Semblance’s central and most intriguing idea. By ramming and pounding soft platforms, Squish can literally shape the world around him, raising and contorting platforms to fit the s

The Tapanga Machete may not be the most dangerous weapon in PUBG—it is literally a knife in a gunfight—but it might be the most practical. The Man At Arms: Reforged guys take their weapon creation a little more seriously than that, however, as seen in the very sweet PUBG machete they created in the latest episode of their webseries. It may not be as elaborate as, say, the Greatsword of Artorias they forged a couple of years ago, but it’s still a damn nice blade: Beautiful, deadly, and I bet it’l

If you need a break from shooting cultists in the face in Hope County, consider shooting cultists in the face within the pages of custom maps hosted in Far Cry 5 ’s Arcade mode. Take a look at some of our favorite maps released so far collected here. NikoWZRD smoothly connects each section with natural transitions hinting at a higher mastery of the map editing tools. The FacilityAuthor: Gypo1428Type: Bounty HuntDownloadHomage maps were peppering the Arcade even before Far Cry 5 turned 24 hours o

The recurrence of casual racism among esports pros, and the apparent ease with which it keeps being broadcast, is honestly distressing. Is it really so hard to stream for a couple of hours without doing something racist? The moment passed quickly and without invective, but despite Corona’s claims of ignorance and intent, there’s no doubt that the gesture is racist. Shortly after that happened, Colombian soccer player Edwin Cardona landed in trouble for doing the same thing during a game against

HP is selling an Omen desktop with an Intel Core i7-8700 processor and GeForce GTX 1070 graphics cards for $1,300 today, versus its $1,700 list price. As configured, the Omen comes with 8GB of RAM, 1TB hard drive, 500W power supply (80 Plus Bronze certified), and Windows 10 Home 64-bit. Other features include 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, HP 3-in-1 memory card reader, headphone/mic combo port, two USB 2.0 ports, and four USB 3.0 ports. HP also touts a tool-less door for easy access to the syste

Early Access farming sim My Time At Portia gained several new features in a major update last week, namely the update’s namesake: livestock. The update also added the option to ride horses, though for now you have to rent a horse from MacDonald Farm. Developer Pathea Games says a future update will add the option to raise and ride your own horses. But hey, at least you can also ride your rent-a-horse with your romantic partner, which leads us to the livestock update’s lovey-dovey additions. My T

GOG’s latest weekly sale includes a healthy mix of revitalized classics and modern indie darlings. The sale is live now and runs through 3 pm Pacific on Monday, April 9. You can view the full selection here, and some of the best games and deals below:If you’re looking for more cheap indie games, have a look at Humble’s 19th indie bundle, which is available through Tuesday, April 10. Chipping in $6 or more gets you SOMA, one of our favorite horror games of 2015, and $14 or more gets you quirky FP

Well good news—for the low price of just $69,000, you can take possession of 100 graphics cards, along with more than a dozen power supplies and a whole bunch of other hardware. It’s all part of a Craigslist ad to dump a cryptocurrency mining setup and cash out while profits are down. Basically, it’s a ready-to-run mining operation for someone with deep pockets, and a desire to play the long game. Doing a quick price check on Newegg, the motherboards, processors, power supplies, RAM, and SSDs co

That said, GDDR6 memory manufacturing schedules give reason to believe that Nvidia is targeting a July launch for its GeForce 11 series, or somewhere shortly after. Some of those will include autonomous vehicle hardware, but Gamers Nexus was told to “expect GDDR6 on most, if not all, of Nvidia’s upcoming gaming architecture cards.” If it is, then it’s reasonable to expect Nvidia’s next round of graphics cards to show up shortly after SK Hynix starts mass producing GDDR6 memory chips. SK Hynix is

SpyParty, “a competitive espionage game about subtle human behavior,” has been around for a very long time: Development began in 2009, and we listed it as among the vanguard of “The Future of Indie” in 2011. It’s come along slowly but surely since then through some major updates and a beta, and on April 12 it will finally make its way to Steam. “We want there to be aspects of different eras living in the same space simultaneously, so one person uses a pocket watch while another person uses a mob

They include Dell’s XPS 15 2-in-1 and HP’s Spectre x360. Starting with Dell, this is the first time it has offered an XPS 2-in-1 in a 15-inch body. HP has started taking orders for its 15-inch model Spectre x360 with Intel’s Core i7-8705G processor inside. Configuring a Spectre x360 with an Core i7-8705G processor, 16GB of DDR4-2400 RAM, and 1TB NVMe SSD costs $1,970. A similar configured Dell XPS 2-in-1 with a 4K resolution panel runs $2,750.

The iOS version of Fortnite that Epic announced last week is now free for everyone. https://t.co/qU3S8QAQ9KApril 2, 2018First, it will only work on specific devices: the iPhone SE, 6S, 7, 8, and X, and the iPad Mini 4, Air 2, 2017, and Pro. The iPhone 5S, 6, 6 Plus, and iPad Air, Mini 2, Mini 3, and iPod Touch will not run it. Hillman does not want you playing the game in class. “Idk if it’s possible, but I told them I’d write you and they didn’t believe me,” Mr. Hillman wrote.