The good news: Chrono Trigger, the much-loved Square RPG released for the SNES in 1995, is now available on Steam. The bad news: It does not look good. There are a few issues with the Steam release that have inspired complaints. Even if this is your first foray into Chrono Trigger and you’re not coming into it with any “Good Old Days” expectations, that kind of thing is just cheap. And in case you were wondering, no, you didn’t miss anything: Chrono Trigger arrived on Steam without any prior ann

Solo developer Jason Rohrer, well known for auteur games like Passage and Gravitation, revealed his next game today: One Hour One Life, a multiplayer survival game set in a persistent server where players work together to advance civilization. As you may have deduced, you only have one hour-long life to work with each time, though you can create as many characters as you want. Rohrer puts it best:”I was this kid born in this situation, but I eventually grew up,” he writes on the game’s official

Intro the Breach, FTL developer Subset Games’ latest, is finally out, and it’s fantastic. It’s singing a different tune than FTL, but the same level of care has gone into it. If you’re interested in playing both of Subset’s greats, you can get FTL’s Advanced Edition for free if you purchase Into the Breach from GOG on or before Tuesday, March 6. It’s $15, and if you already own FTL, you can also get a gift code for a friend. For more on Into the Breach, check out composer Ben Prunty’s deep dive

Death Trash. Death Trash is a gross, gritty RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland which happens to contain a city named Fucktopia. FukTopia, meanwhile, is a 2D fighting game which has clearly borrowed Death Trash’s art style and descriptions—so much so that Death Trash developer Stephan Hövelbrinks recently accused FukTopia developer Freeminds Studios of plagiarism. Death Trash. Agreed, but in Death Trash this makes perfect sense because it offsets the grimdark elements, balances them.

It seems that case makers are mostly focused on mid-tower (and smaller) enclosures these days, though you can still find a full-tower chassis if that’s what you’re after. There’s also a $30 mail-in-rebate available, so you’re looking at $110 once you cash that in. If you prefer the black version, that one is listed at $160, with a $30 mail-in-rebate bringing the price down to $130. Next to it are two USB 3.0 ports and two USB 2.0 ports, along with separate mic and headphone jacks. Follow this li

The Witcher series of books are getting a Netflix adaptation, and back in December we learned that producer and writer Lauren Hissrich will be Geralt’s showrunner. Hissrich has previously executive produced Daredevil and The Defenders for Netflix, written episodes for both shows (and for The West Wing, in the early 2000s). Hissrich wrote brief descriptions of The Witcher’s major characters. “On Feb 23rd, I finished the first draft of the pilot,” Hissrich tweeted. Here’s my process on #TheWitcher

“With the new In-Game Purchases interactive element coming to physical games, parents will know when a game contains offers for players to purchase additional content. “I’m sure you’re all asking why we aren’t doing something more specific to loot boxes,” she said (via GamesIndustry). So it’s very important for us to not harp on loot boxes per se, but to make sure we’re capturing loot boxes but also other in-game transactions.” An update on in-game purchases from your friends at ESRB: pic.twitte

Last year was a big one for cryptocurrency mining, and it culminated with a shortage of graphics cards and grossly inflated prices. According to a new report by Jon Peddie Research (JPR), miners purchased over 3 million add-in board (AIB) graphics cards worth around $776 million in 2017, with AMD emerging as the primary benefactor of those sales. “Gaming has been and will continue to be the primary driver for GPU sales, augmented by the demand from cryptocurrency miners,” said Dr. Jon Peddie, Pr

This time, three cards are leaving Standard: Ice Block, Coldlight Oracle, and Molten Giant, which will also be reverted to its pre-nerf stats. Ben BrodeIce Block will come as no surprise to most players, though will no doubt sadden Freeze Mage afficionados . “I do expect players to be a little bit sad to see Ice Block go”, said Brode. I asked him whether, as rumoured, Wild Growth had been considered for the Hall of Fame this year. However, don’t expect these cards to be meta-defining for the obv

Grand Theft Auto’s Pfister Comet has been one of my favourite rides since its Vice City intro—second only to the Banshee. The Porsche 911/996 GT2-styled brief now welcomes its SR edition to GTA Online, alongside a pretty impressive aircraft sale, and double GTA$ and RP bonuses on Special Vehicle, Gunrunning, Air Quota and Rockstar-created Transform race missions. At $1,145,000 of in-game dough, the Comet SR boasts top tier speed, which compliments its maxed out traction stats. Again, I’m a fan o

Cooler Master is releasing a mesh white version of its MasterCase H500P mid-tower that was first introduced in black around five months ago. All of the panels can be easily taken off, ideal for CaseModders looking to paint their PC,” Cooler Master says. You can also disassemble the black version, though if you’re interested in painting over the factory color, mesh white serves as a better primer (unless you want to add graphics to a black background). To go along with that, the case supports ins

If I have one criticism of Sonic Spinball, it’s that it never spawned a sequel. Announced last year (I somehow missed it at the time), and due at some point in the first half of this year, Villa Gorilla’s Yoku’s Island Express echoes Sonic Spinball while adding a splash self-professed Studio Ghibli influence. “It takes some of its direction from Studio Ghibli films, where nature is infused with spirit and life, but combined with a strong focus on painterly, hand-made visuals where all the locati

With a population of 30,000, the free city of Novigrad is the cosmopolitan heart of the Northern Kingdoms. The city sits on the northern shore of the Pontar, at the point where the river empties into the Great Sea. Located in the eastern part of the city, The Bits is an overcrowded district in the grips of extreme poverty. This is the religious heart of the city, home to the Great Temple of the Eternal Fire. Industry is also an important part of city life, and some areas of Novigrad are devoted

I played over one hundred hours of Final Fantasy 15 on PS4, and I’m pleased it’s coming to PC in what should be its best iteration yet. “In Final Fantasy 15, we actually started development with a Windows edition in mind, and did everything in parallel.” Given the recent explosion of Japanese console games coming to PC—including recent, excellent ports of Final Fantasy 10/10-2 and Final Fantasy 12—I ask if the developers think the PC market has changed in the past decade. “It’s very much to do w

If there’s a circumstance that jetpacks can’t make better I’m yet to hear it. Fortnite understands this, which I imagine is why jetpacks are “coming soon” to its Battle Royale variation. At this stage it’s unclear when or even how jetpacks will be applied. Epic hasn’t officially announced anything either, and whether jetpacks will be cosmetic items or have tangible in-game value remains to be seen. I suspect Epic will rely on its official channels to make the reveal whenever it’s ready, however

The group stages of CS:GO’s portion of the Intel Extreme Masters at Katowice 2018 are underway. I don’t know enough about the CS:GO esports scene to pass judgement/back a potential winner, but Ninjas in Pyjamas is some top tier team naming. Group stages run through March 1, with playoffs on March 2, playoff semi finals on March, and the competition’s grand final on Sunday, March 4 at 4pm GMT/8am PT. Elsewhere at Katowice 2018, PUBG and Dota 2 held their respective run-ins last weekend—marking Do

In the grand tradition of modders remaking old Bethesda RPGs in newer Bethesda RPGs, modding crew Road to Liberty is recreating Fallout 3 in Fallout 4. The video above, which the team released late last week, shows how (part of) the underground Metro network looks when redone with Fallout 4’s prettier tools. Perusing the Capital Wasteland website, it’s clear the group is making steady progress – there are plenty of screenshots showing some of the most memorable areas in Fallout 3’s vanquished Wa

This year’s top “major” publisher is Bethesda Softworks, with an overall Metascore of 79.9 across 12 “distinct titles,” enough to move it up from the mid-sized publisher rankings it led two years ago. “In all, 91 percent of the company’s 2017 products were positively reviewed—the best rate for any publisher.” So while Bethesda didn’t have any “great” games (Metascore of 90 or higher with a minimum of seven reviews), 91 percent of its total qualified as “good,” with a Metascore of at least 75. “E

This year’s Tennocon, Digital Extremes’ convention celebrating Warframe, will take place on July 7 at the London Convention Center in London, Ontario, the studio announced today. Tickets will go on sale on February 28, while a $20 “Digital Pack” with a Glyph, Sigil, Armor set, in-game currency, and other items will be available for purchase beginning on April 3. Tennocon 2018 will feature developer-led panels and workshops, Warframe-related activities, game kiosks, and “a gamut of surprises.” –

It’s been almost five years since we first looked at Ghost of a Tale, a fantasy RPG about a mouse named Tilo who goes on an adventure through a world populated only by animals. Today, the studio firmed up the March 2018 launch window with a proper date of March 13 on PC, with Xbox One and PS4 versions to follow. Ghost of a Tale follows Tilo on his quest through Dwindling Heights Keep in search of his true love, Merra. Gallat said in the launch date announcement that the game should last 8-10 hou