As if the nuclear apocalypse, having my wife murdered and my son stolen wasn’t bad enough, Fallout 4’s Mongrel dogs are about to get tougher. I hate Fallout 4’s Mongrel dogs at the best of times, thus the idea of them becoming more socially aware in battle makes me feel a little queasy. Greslin’s Pack Attack Fallout 4 mod is responsible for this, as it attaches a script to all Mongrel dogs that continually evaluates the canine’s “current immediate social environment and threat situation”. “This

With EG needing only one of those maps to retain its championship, momentum had swung from one side of Ubisoft’s circular arena to the other. In the final minute of the round, Penta fails to get the defuser down. Montagne (Penta) and Jäger (EG) are left alive, with Jäger in something resembling a retake scenario. It’s championship point for Penta. As Siege looks to establish itself further as an esport in 2018 and beyond, this finals was some proof of the game’s watchability and potential.

Fallout modder Hein84 makes some of Fallout 4’s most popular texture mods, including Vivid Landscapes, which made it onto Chris’s list of best mods for the game (going over that list just makes me want to reinstall). Best of all, you can scale it up and down based on the power of your rig. You can download 1K, 2K or 4K versions of Vivid Fallout—All in One to match the power of your PC. If you’re not sure, you might want to opt for the ‘Best Choice’ version instead, which balances texture quality

Undervolting can reduce CPU temperatures comparable to deliding your CPU. Mild overclocking will usually not require a boost in Vcore values, but under more extreme cases, the CPU will demand a higher Vcore to sustain higher frequencies. You can lower your CPUs Vcore gradually until the system crashes under load. Doing this can reduce CPU temperatures significantly, and is a much better way to achieve better cooling than even upgrading your CPU cooler. In fact, undervolting can reduce CPU temper

I can’t stop playing open-world RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance, but its not without its eccentricities. Archery is one area that players have been calling for improvement and, predictably, modders have answered. There’s already mods that will make your arrows fly faster and add a reticle while aiming your bow, as well as a simple way to remove the immersion-breaking air trails from any arrows you fire. Arrows fly pretty slowly in the game, and this Faster Arrows mod will speed them up. If you wan

After much refinement—not least mouse and keyboard support—Oxeye Game Studio’s Cobalt returned to PC late last year with Cobalt WASD. In doing so, the original game was almost completely transformed as the developer learned what makes the perfect PC-centric platformer along the way. Following their stage presentation at the PC Gamer Weekender 2018, our livestream host Zoe caught up with Oxeye’s Daniel Brynolf and Pontus Hammarberg who talked us through some typical round-based matchups. As you’l

We’ve had some big hitters here on the PC Gamer Weekender 2018 livestream, but we’re just as interested in what PC gaming’s smaller studios are up to. Gathered within PQube’s Indie Showcase, the following videos look at some of the publisher’s typically colourful, quirky and outlandish wares. Razed, described as a 3D Sonic-meets-Super Meat Boy by way of a 3D bit trip runner. Stay, a retro-styled indie game about a kidnapee who’s locked in a trap room. Here’s PQube’s Matt Pellet with more informa

At Rainbow Six’s biggest tournament in its two-year lifespan, the Six Invitational in Montréal, the Siege dev team revealed a handful of significant changes coming to its multiplayer shooter in 2018, all in addition to the new operators and maps coming in Year Three. Here are five major changes coming to Rainbow Six Siege. This system could be a tremendous change for Siege if and when it’s implemented at all levels of play. – New Maps and Operators.- Pick and Ban System.- Hereford Base Map rewor

It wants to do the same in the future, and for its Guilty Gear games that will mean streamlining the number of systems in order to attract a wider audience, series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari has said. Speaking to Destructoid, Ishiwatari said that Guilty Gear games in the past have been “too complicated” for some players, and that Arc is keen to simplify them to “expand the userbase”. “After releasing Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 it’s clear what we need to improve on. “But if we implement everything the

With Warhammer: Vermintide 2 fast approaching, developer Fatshark Games recently showcased its Overwatch-like supers and RPG elements. To this end, while the incoming sequel’s tone and atmosphere appears to reflect its forerunner, Vermintide 2 looks to be moving in some different and interesting directions. “Being passionate fans of the Warhammer IP, we’ve always wanted to create a Warhammer sequel that both stayed true to the beautifully dark atmosphere of the world but also brought new ideas a

2011’s Frozen Synapse was a wonderfully streamlined tactical squad combat game, which combined a wide variety of weapons with smart asynchronous multiplayer. Its sequel’s been on our radar for quite some time—featuring on our start-of-year strategy games of 2018 list—and promises more of the above within a procedurally generated city made up of embattled corporations. Like its forerunner, planning is everything—and you’re only ever one poorly executed strategy away from meeting your maker. Talki

Alan Wake and Max Payne developer Remedy Entertainment’s mysterious upcoming third-person action game, codenamed P7, will release in 2019, the company has announced. We don’t know much about P7 yet, other than it’s a “cinematic third person action game” set in a “new Remedy-created universe” that will offer a “long-lasting experience”. Remedy also plans to launch a third, unannounced project during 2018, the financial statement revealed. Again, we don’t know much, other than they’ll be hiring ne

Launched in December last year, Spellforce 3 marks the series’ first full entry in over a decade. Combining high fantasy with real-time strategy, Leif spoke warmly of it in his review —and you might have taken it for a spin yourself on the PC Gamer Weekender 2018 show floor. If you remain unsure, though, we invited developer Grimlore Games onto the Weekender’s livestream to tell us what its hybrid fantasy undertaking is all about, and why we should be excited. Chatting to our host Zoe, here’s Ke

Excellent real-time wargame Steel Division: Normandy 44 has just deployed its second DLC package, and it’s a meaty one. Back to Hell adds seven historically accurate missions, such as Operation Deadstick, an airborne campaign that formed part of the Normandy beach landings. Alongside the new missions, Back to Hell adds four divisions to solo and multiplayer skirmish: 7th Armoured Division “Desert Rats”, Demi-Brigade SAS, 2nd Panzerdivision and Festungs Gross-Paris. In total, you have 58 new unit

Despite being shown a hands-off demo at Gamescom, Joe described Biomutant as one of the most exciting games at last year’s event. Playable for the first time at the PC Gamer Weekender 2018, developer Experiment 101 joined our livestream to chat about the hybrid action role-player’s systems, classes, combat and more. Alongside our host Zoe, here’s Stefan Ljungqvist on anthropomorphic kung fu fables, character customisation, weapon combos, physical and mental biomutations and—well, why don’t you c

MMO The Elder Scrolls Online has just added two new dungeons as part of its Dragon Bones DLC pack: Scalecaller Peak, the burial site of a long-dead Dragon Priest that’s now full of cultists, and the ancient Dwarven ruin of Fang Lair, which is packed with necromancers. And yes, there will be a dragon to fight—or the reanimated bones of one, at least—and you’ll get a Dragon Priest mask as soon as you set foot in one of the dungeons. ESO Plus members get the DLC automatically, and for everyone else

Surviving Mars is Haemimont Games and Paradox Interactive’s incoming city builder that’s set on our fiery neighbour. Complete with mysterious anomalies, criminal colonists, and disasters back on Earth that can disrupt your new man-made environments, Surviving Mars is due March 15, and will launch with full mod support . On today’s PC Gamer Weekender 2018 livestream, Zoe sat down with developer Haemimont Games to find out how players will set about building mankind’s first home away from home on

Yesterday, LG explained how it plans to “forge its reputation” in the PC gaming market this year on the PC Gamer Weekender 2018 livestream. If you’re at the PC Gamer Weekender today, you might fancy swinging by the LG Lounge to try out its latest hardware. Designed to replicate the in-home experience of PC gaming on the show floor, the LG Lounge is equipped with 34″ full HD curved LED G-Sync gaming monitors. Try Psyonix’s Rocket League out for size—and if your skills are up to scratch, you could

The first two DLC characters for fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ have been revealed. Goku’s father Bardock will arrive alongside Broly, one of Goku’s sworn enemies. The DLC pack will also contain extra loot for anybody that owns Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 in the form of character outfits and accessories. Nathan gave it a big thumbs up in his review, and it’s taken the fighting game community by storm. Which characters from the Dragon Ball Z universe would you like to see in future DLC?

Next month Rainbow Six Siege gets two new operators, the first of eight due as part of the Year Three Pass . LIONOn paper, Lion’s ability is absurd: three times per match, he can reveal the position of any and all enemies who are moving. Another huge caveat: everyone in the match, attacker and defender, receives a three-second warning before Lion’s ability triggers. In practice, disciplined defenders can mitigate Lion’s ability. Lion and Finka will become Siege’s 35th and 36th operators on March