But today, Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick announced that the project has been put on hiatus. The vision began to change,” Kick wrote. The more that we worked on the game, the more that we wanted to do, and the further we got from the original concepts that made System Shock so great.” “We are taking a break, but NOT ending the project,” Kick wrote. System Shock is going to be completed and all of our promises fulfilled.”

I disagree with the Steam description for Meanders not because it’s strictly wrong, but because it’s underselling the game. Meanders is an unabashedly simple first-person platformer whose 40-odd levels are filled with stuff to interact with. There’s only one way to find out, so pull your socks up and press the button. Every level is a new box of questions and experiments, and failing never gets frustrating because Meanders has absolutely no loading times. In any case, even if it’s only two hours

The Ballad Singer has four protagonists with their own personality and backstory, but playing this choose-your-own-adventure/visual novel/RPG you might not meet all four of them. Feeling a bit skeptical about the feasibility of this idea, I went to The Ballad Singer’s creator, Riccardo Bandera, for the details. Bandera talked me through some of the details of The Ballad Singer’s story system with help from Curtel Games’ marketing manager, Lorenzo Colnaghi. Build your own balladHow, I wanted to k

That changed in a big way earlier this month when Digital Extremes revamped and re-tiered more than 150 of Warframe’s firearms according to their practical and desired power levels. To increase one’s Mastery Rank, players have to first level up individual pieces of gear by completing missions and killing enemies. So Digital Extremes took every aspect of a weapon, from accuracy to secondary firing modes, into account when determining the new progression. It’s supposedly temporary, but existing fa

Warhorse Studios, maker of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, recently said it’s listening to player feedback about the medieval RPG’s save system and lockpicking minigame, and may be making some changes to both. One mod has already appeared to let players save the game whenever they want, and now there’s a mod called Sectorial Lockpicking that makes picking locks a bit easier. In KCD’s lockpicking minigame, the lock is represented by a circle, sort of like a wheel. In the meantime, here’s what the Sect

The Apollyon’s Legacy time-limited event in For Honor got underway yesterday, featuring a new co-op game mode called Test Your Metal that pits team of four players against the bosses of the game’s campaign. These become stronger with each round, and each week of the event will also see more powerful enemies join the fight. emote, the new Blackstone Elite and Iron Legion color swatches, Apollyon’s Might embossing, themed weapons, and the Age of Wolves battle outfit. Everyone who logs into the gam

Atari has announced plans to move into the painfully trendy (and also potentially quite risky) sphere of cryptocurrency via a partnership with a company that’s building a “blockchain-based digital entertainment platform.” According to a Fortune report, the company will actually launch two separate currencies: The Atari Token, to be used on digital gaming platforms, and the Pong Token, for online casinos. “Given our technological strengths with the development studios, and the global reputation o

If you’re looking for low budget gaming laptop but don’t want to dip all the way down to integrated graphics, you might be interested in the Asus FX503VD. It’s a 15.6-inch laptop with a Core i5-7300HQ processor and GeForce GTX 1050 GPU, and it’s on sale at Newegg for $700. The asking price is actually $750, but if you apply promo code 80212EDSS06 at checkout, it will trim $50 off the sale price. For gaming, the GeForce GTX 1050 GPU isn’t terribly exciting. However, it’s better than integrated gr

That’s because Asus includes an extra set of Omron switches that doubles the rated 50-million click lifespan to 100 million clicks. The extra set of switches offer a different click resistance, which is also why they’re included. However, Asus is pitching both angles (longer life, different feel), along with a “push-fit” socket design that is supposed to make it easy to swap switches. This feature also extends the lifespan of the mouse because worn or broken switches can simply be replaced,” Asu

(Image: © Flickr via Thomas Cloer)The number of class-action lawsuits filed against Intel over Meltdown and Spectre have grown tenfold over the past month. The company revealed in a filing (PDF) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it now faces 30 customer class-action lawsuits and two securities class-action lawsuits related to recently disclosed CPU vulnerabilities. The securities class-action lawsuits allege violations of securities laws “by making statements about Intel’s prod

That’s because Intel’s newest graphics driver has the ability to automatically configure game settings in a handful of games. This is a beta feature that is compatible with 6th generation Core processors (Skylake) and newer. It also works with upcoming 8th generation Core processors with Radeon RX Vega M graphics, otherwise known as Kaby Lake G, that’s probably the more interesting scenario. Intel’s upcoming Core G-series processors are full-fledged quad-core Kaby Lake chips with a separate Vega

Stress not on this sunny Los Santos afternoon, as the San Andreas Treasury Department is treating GTA Online players to $250,000-worth of free cash. To secure your share, simply sign into the game from today through February 26 (one week from Monday). Better still, all in-game money spent during this time is subject to a ten percent rebate on every dollar—with up to $1 million-worth in cash back. To all the Los Santons (Los Santonians? out there: let us know how you’ll spend your free moolah in

The winners are now in, and lilyophelia’s Endless Romance has secured first place. With mention of terrorist attacks and weaponised viruses—alongside some pretty unsettling imagery—this isn’t your typical lovestruck affair, though. Endless Romance is a quest mod that adds romanceable heroes, 34 new events, 85 unique choices, 19 different endings, three epilogues, and eight buildable Histories. Speaking to that last part, the mod’s creator says: “[Endless Romance] adds a large assortment of build

Farming Simulator 17’s Platinum Edition added pigs for the first time in the series’ history. I see a barn, a dog, some horses (I think), a ruggedly handsome man, and a truck in the following Farming Simulator 19 announcement trailer. I suppose that wee dog is cute, but for the sake of context let me show you one of the pigs:So cute. Anyway, pigs or not, Farming Simulator 19 comes with an overhauled graphics engine and promises the “deepest and most complete farming experience” to date. Farming

At least that’s the case in Stellaris’ incoming Apocalypse expansion, which caters to both aggressive and pacifist playstyles. Observe:Falling smack bang (quite literally, it appears) on the opposite side of pacifism, the above outlines how players will utilise Apocalypse’s Titan weapons. A Marauder empire spends most of its time in-fighting but sometimes a Great Khan can emerge. “Under the leadership of a Great Khan, a Marauder will start to expand and attack its neighbours. Should you not have

The PC Gamer Weekender kicks off tomorrow at the Olympia in London (you can still save 20% on tickets with the code PCG!). Come to our official Twitch channel from 13.00 GMT on both Saturday and Sunday to see a huge array of guests. Final Fantasy XV Windows EditionSunday13:00. PQube Indie Showcase #116:30. PQube Indie Showcase #217:00.

Hot on the heels of the Vlandians and Aserai , Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has unveiled the Calradic Empire—one of the medieval action role-player’s most important factions, which Taleworlds describes as “in some ways the centre of gravity of the game.” The developer went a ways to framing the Empire’s historical context last week, but now explores what they’ll get up to in-game. “The Empire will deploy powerful heavy cavalry, sturdy spearmen, and skirmishers, and our upgraded command system sho

He didn’t of course, and as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ credits rolled, I couldn’t help but think: What now? Launched in 2016, Lucas Vinicius’ Gang and Turf mod brings the PS2-era mechanic to GTA 5. Gang related Like the gang warfare system of GTA: San Andreas, Gang and Turf highlights neutral territory and gang-occupied areas with colour-coded map markers. As we already know, crooked cops are ten a penny in San Andreas. More information on Lucas Vinicius’ Gang and Turf mod, including install

It’s going to be a big year for Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro, the director behind cult favorite Deadly Premonition. And now there’s another project: Swery is directing The Missing, to be developed by his studio White Owls and published by Arc System Works. In the announcement video for The Missing above, Swery says “Arc System Works has given me an opportunity to create something entirely new,” and cheekily adds “frankly, this title will blow your mind. Swery’s voiceover at least hints at the tone a

Each room is a puzzle that neither player has enough information to solve alone. We have to communicate our surroundings to one another and discover what the puzzle actually is before attempting to solve it. After successfully shouting words at one another in each room a new door opens, leading us to our next set of escape rooms. In her room, my partner looks at eight symbols, two of which look a bit like an hourglass. That’s the real challenge in We Were Here Too.