AOC is using the Intel Extreme Master esports event in Katowice as a launchpad for its new Agon AG3562UCG6 Black Edition, a 35-inch ultrawide monitor with an MVA panel and 1800R curvature. Attendees at the event will be the first to see the new display in action. Built for fast action gaming, AOC’s new monitor has a 3440×1440 resolution with a 120Hz refresh rate. It also supports G-Sync to keep the visuals smooth and stutter free, assuming it’s hooked up to a PC with a GeForce graphics card insi

Intel has begun shipping microcode updates to its OEM partners to deal with Spectre and Meltdown, and presumably they don’t come with the unwanted side effect of bricking PCs or random reboots. “The new microcode will be made available in most cases through OEM firmware updates,” Intel said. Looking ahead, Intel is planning to release more firmware updates for a wider range of processor families. Going back even further, Intel’s 1st generation Arrandale and Clarkdale chips have firmware updates

Abandon Ship’s been on our radar since giving its first public demonstration at the PC Gamer Weekender 2017. Now it’s ceremonially launched itself into Steam’s Early Access initiative and celebrates with a trailer. Full, ahem, steam ahead:At present, Abandon Ship’s main story takes “between 7-10 hours” to complete depending on how much you choose to explore. “There is also a separate mode that focuses on Combat and takes about 30-40 minutes to play through,” so says the game’s Steam blurb—before

From its boss rushing to its sun praising and dragonslaying, Darkest Dungeon’s player-made mods breath new life into a game obsessed with death. But it needn’t be all doom and gloom and paranoid masochistic alcoholism—Blackest basement’s (uploaded by mikolaj007) Mspaint dungeons mod adds a welcome splash of colour to Darkest Dungeon’s otherwise dank and depressive oubliettes. At present, the work-in-progress project applies a custom map and custom font, while reworking the quest selection backgr

I’ve just spent 15 minutes in a white, empty room attempting to understand steganography. Steganography, I’ve learned, is a form of cryptography whereby a secret message is hidden within another seemingly innocuous one. I’m playing Cypher—Matthew Brown’s latest venture following CrossCells, SquareCells and HexCells—and I’m stuck on puzzle three:Typing “hint” into a podium that faces the conundrum informs me to look for a different perspective. Granted, I’ve nearly lost the plot on more than one

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is getting a new map next month, despite the fact dealing with cheaters has preoccupied PUBG Corp of late. To mark the beginning of its newest season, the last-person-standing ’em up is also in-line for two new cosmetic crates: The Fever crate, and the Militia crate. From back to front, the Militia crate treats battle royalers to an ‘Erangel resistance force’ outfit and/or ‘Miramar frontiersman’ rig out—dropped randomly among the game’s four existing crates free-of-

Fear is not an illusion, new League of Legends Champion Kai’Sai Daughter of the Void. Lore-wise, here’s Riot on the Daughter of the Void:To survive among predators, Kai’Sa became one. Stranded for years with no hope of rescue, Kai’Sa endured through sheer will and a symbiotic second skin adapted from a living Void creature. Now the Daughter of the Void emerges an apex hunter torn between two worlds: the one that birthed her, and the one that made her. Here’s more of her in motion:Please read mor

Lordran, the dusky, desolate world of the original Dark Souls, is a famously punitive place. According to Cody, the first Global Restart Day for Dark Souls occurred in 2016. Return to Lordran offers a way for them to restore an essential part of the ‘launch’ Dark Souls experience. “A few of my friends picked up Dark Souls in a sale and I told them about this event. Having invasions and such is cool for reminding them that Dark Souls is a dangerous and unforgiving place.

Batman—Paladin Decal and Player Banner. Cyborg—Roadhog Decal and Player Banner. DC—Player Banner (previously released in Collector’s Edition). Flash—Wheels, Venom Decal, Player Banner, and Speed Force Boost (wheels and player banner previously released in Collector’s Edition). Wonder Woman—Wheels, X-Devil Decal, and Player Banner.

If you’ve been holding off on buying any Ubisoft game in anticipation of an inevitable sale, well your patience has just paid off. Or at least, it will if the game you want is among this new Humble Store Ubisoft sale, which offers some big discounts on Ubisoft games both old and new. All of Ubisoft’s 2017 games are featured: you can get Ghost Recon: Wildlands for 55 percent off, Assassin’s Creed: Origins for 33 percent off, and For Honor for 67 percent off. If you’re looking to pay less than a f

Codemasters has released a new trailer for Onrush, the studio’s forthcoming arcade racer. As you’ll notice, it’s tonally at odds with any racer Codemasters has released of late, with the focus being on speed and “absolute carnage” rather than mastering finicky hairpins. You may not notice, but the trailer shows each of the game’s eight vehicle classes, each of which has “its own unique style, handling and abilities”. The blogpost doesn’t describe each class in detail, though they will vary betwe

YesLink: Official siteClicking on a villager in Age of Empires: Definitive Edition conjures up a portal to 1997. Don’t worry, the Definitive Edition will remind you of that, and of why Age of Empires was overshadowed by its much-improved sequel. Age of Empires manages to do a lot with very little, however. And while this is undoubtedly, as promised, the definitive version of Age of Empires, it’s not really the Age of Empires that makes people swoon when they remember it. With ‘Definitive Edition

Stage one of Overwatch League was full of tremendous matches that showcased the best talent in the world. The winless Shanghai DragonsA dubious cloud formed over the Shanghai Dragons when China’s best professional Overwatch team, Miraculous Youngster, announced in November that their roster would be moving on to other games. Since Florida didn’t sign any new talent heading into stage one, they were undoubtedly easier to read than other teams. The Dallas Fuel turned in a disappointing performance

Elite Dangerous: Beyond – Chapter One, the first part of the third season of Frontier Development’s sci-fi space sim, will go live on February 27. Crime-and-punishment changes include a new Advance Tactical Response unit that will pursue repeat offenders, a “hot ships” feature that will associate crimes with a player’s ships, and increased consequences for bad behavior enables through new notoriety levels. Thargoids are the mysterious, hostile alien race that ply the spacelines on oddly beautifu

Note: This post contains some spoilers for Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s first few hours. As we’ve already wrote, Kingdom Come does an incredible job of putting you in the shoes of a lovably oafish nobody. Like most RPGs, Kingdom Come has conversational skill checks that open up new dialogue options. My cowardice in Kingdom Come haunts me in a way no decision in an RPG ever has. Like a lot of aspects of Kingdom Come, its ambitions are often let down by its execution.

Releasable zip tiesFor $11, you can have a pack of 100 reusable zip ties in varying lengths and in both black and white. Zip ties are a common sight in our tool kits, but typical zip ties limit our ability to make changes down the road. Luckily there is a product that offers the best of both worlds, reusable zip ties. Our hardware gets more and more capable and the amount of devices that take up precious USB ports increases. A drive dock might prove useful for bringing them back to life.

Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, both formerly of the now-defunct EA outfit Visceral Games, co-founded Sledgehammer Games in 2009. “Following the incredible success of Call of Duty: WWII, Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey have decided to transition from their duties at Sledgehammer Games to new executive duties inside Activision. “These changes have created an opportunity to elevate one of the key leaders at the studio, Aaron Halon, to lead Sledgehammer Games. We congratulate Aaron and are t

I had a chance to speak with Sherlock about what makes a videogame a videogame, how he creates his own work, and what is next for his Walking Simulator a Month Club. Connor Sherlock: I started making games while Dear Esther and Proteus were coming out, and the term walking simulator was being reclaimed as a genre title, much to the chagrin of the aforementioned creators. What led to making games that focus on landscape to the exclusion of everything else? How did you end up making a new walking

EA and Criterion announced earlier today that a remastered version of the brilliant 2008 open world racer Burnout Paradise (which actually came to PC in 2009) is in the works, an interesting spot of news that I completely ignored because the announcement said it’s coming to the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and that’s it—no mention of PC anywhere. Fortunately, Criterion followed up on Twitter to reassure everyone that a PC version is also in the works. PC version expected later this year folks.Februa

What Remains of Edith Finch programmer Evan Rogers released his solo passion project, Legendary Gary, earlier today. Legendary Gary stars—you guessed it—Gary, though at first glance he’s far from legendary. By night, players jump into Legend of the Spear, a fantasy adventure with turn-based combat that happens to be Gary’s favorite RPG. “The battles in Legendary Gary are designed to be a stress-free exercise in problem solving.” Here’s a look at Legendary Gary in action: