Point-and-click adventure game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time is a “very ambitious, clever step back in time that deserves its cult following , and a fair bit more besides”—so said Richard back in 2014. That’s all changed, because the game has now surfaced on GOG, where it will cost you $5.39/£4. Richard’s piece does an excellent job of exploring the 1996 game in-depth, but let me summarise. The game has two modes: Adventure, which is the main story, and a tour mode where you can just explore th

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds keeps blasting through milestones for concurrent players: in September it was 1 million, in October it was double that and now, following its Early Access exit, it’s hit the three million mark. To put that in perspective, the next highest game, Dota 2, has a record of 1.29 million (although it hasn’t broken 1 million since February). @PUBATTLEGROUNDS has finally reached 3 million concurrent players! But I’d be surprised if player numbers tailed off anytime soon. Alo

Are you ready to battle hundreds of rat men, and then hundreds of Chaos Warriors, then probably a hundred or so more rat men? The super-promising co-op vs. horde sequel Warhammer: Vermintide 2 will be playable at the PC Gamer Weekender in the London Olympia on February 17-18, and the developers will be taking to the stage to share how they brought the dark world of Warhammer to life, and the many ways they have built on the first game. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 appeared on the cover of PC Gamer ma

A team-based online title pitting co-operative crews against human and AI players, Guns of Icarus: Alliance will be playable throughout the PC Gamer Weekender. This is the definitive version of the original Icarus (subtitled Online), with all the tweaks and modifications you would expect, plus the addition of tactical PvE combat. Find some friends and make a crew at the PC Gamer Weekender. More info on Guns of Icarus can be found in the usual spots—the game’s official website, over on Twitter an

It has been another great year for free PC games. From adventure games to puzzle games, city building games, shooters and more, we’ve rounded up a varied collection of our favourite free experiences from 2017. A Landlord’s DreamA cyberpunk adventure game in a run-down apartment complex, and a game that feels a lot like a forgotten Phillip K. Dick story, brought to life with great attention to detail. Zero-KA neat take on a traditional RTS with terrain deformation, projectile physics and cool uni

December 31, 2016, was the 20th anniversary of Blizzard’s great action-RPG Diablo, and to celebrate it held a Darkening of Tristram event in January of this year that recreated the original game’s dungeon in Diablo 3, complete with a pixelated graphics, stiffer animations, and other old-school visual elements. It was “beautifully done,” as we said in our look at how Blizzard pulled it off—and it’s coming back. Explore the depths and you’ll discover familiar enemies and iconic items, all brought

It wasn’t a great year for CCP Games, the studio behind the space-spreadsheet MMO EVE Online. In October the company ended development of its VR projects, laid off almost 100 people, and closed two of its four offices. But in spite of all that, job listings on the CCP site suggest that it’s getting ready to dive into something new. “CCP is currently building a team in London to lead development on a new and highly ambitious MMORPG,” the lead designer listing says. I’ve emailed CCP to ask what’s

I thought I’d get the same enjoyment from hidden object games, but never quite did. For starters there’s no plot, no story vegetables to click through before you’re allowed to eat dessert. A crocodile delivers a rarrr that sounds like an old man, cars honk at each other by going NOOT NOOT, it’s all so damn delightful. Once you’ve uncovered enough of the hidden stuff you get the option to move on to another level or stay behind and keep playing. Hidden Folks chucks out the mediocre story and adve

But you still need raw storage for all your games, especially now that games are reaching 100GB or more in size. Western Digital and its subsidiary HGST were the first to announce hard drives with 12TB of capacity, filled with helium and available with SATA interfaces. Why’s the UltraStar He12 great? Performance wise, the He12 spins at 7200RPM and packs either a 6gbps SATA or 12gbps SAS interface, and is capable of dishing out roughly 250MBps. If you want the beefiest hard drive on the market, t

Valve News Network reported a couple of weeks ago that the venerable online shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive might be getting a battle royale mode at some point in the future. But modder Kinsi wasn’t willing to wait for it to happen, so they went ahead and created one of their own. While PUBG is commonly cited as the battle royale standard-bearer, Kinsi said the inspiration for Go4TK came from a different game. “With Go4TK my aim was to combine two games that I like: King of the Kill and

A leak on the PlayStation Store that was captured by the quick-fingered folks of Reddit has revealed—unofficially, of course—that the next Destiny 2 expansion, set to come out in March, will be called Gods of Mars. The expansion will feature new stories and missions set in Clovis Grove and Charlemagne’s Vault, with themed weapons, armor, and gear, co-op activities, multiplayer arenas, and a new enemy faction, Charlemagne’s Remnants. “Destiny 2 Expansion II: Gods of Mars sends your Guardian on a

Pathologic 2 is one of the games I’m most looking forward to in 2018. It’s the remake of creepy adventure game Pathologic, which came out in 2005 and is considered one of the major influences on the modern survival horror genre. Click ‘full screen’ in the top-rightI like the look of the game’s looting system, too. Click ‘full screen’ in the top-rightThe game’s reputation system has been similarly tweaked. Lastly, the team gave an update about the progress of the game’s setting.

But gambling in games is a tradition—a tradition like save-scumming when you’ve just lost a lot of money gambling in games. When you’ve got enough hard-earned caps to spare, the casinos in Fallout New Vegas have slot machines (except for the Ultra-Luxe), blackjack, and roulette. The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionNot all gambling games feature dice and cards: some feature swords and shields. Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasThere are lots of ways to gamble in San Andreas, everything from blackjack to vid

If you’re undecided about whether to air cool or liquid cool your CPU, DeepCool’s new Baronkase Liquid will make the decision for you. The case comes with its own all-in-one liquid cooler, the company’s Captain 120EX, with a specially designed flow indicator to make the flow rate of the coolant clearly visible. It installs optionally at the top of the case, with an extension cord connecting at the bottom so you don’t have a thick power cord dangling from the top. One of the 2.5-inch drive mounts

Valve’s upcoming Dota 2 digital card game, Artifact, is playable right now and the PC gaming giant is lining up esports teams including Virtus Pro to try out an early build, according to a report. VP General Manager Roman Dvoryankin spilled the beans in an interview with Russian site Cybersport.ru (translation via Reddit), saying that the organisation is planning to put together an Artifact team and that the game is currently playable at Valve HQ. Several World esports Association members have p

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ transition to version 1.0, marking its exit from Early Access, added a fair chunk of content. You can now run around the new desert map, Miramar, shoot new weapons, drive different vehicles and experiment with the climbing system. But unfortunately, some players have had their fun ruined by performance issues, with servers plagued by lag and rubber-banding. Specifically, they reduced “the bottleneck during the game server launch phase and also resolved some server

“Gaming Disorder” may soon be classified as an addictive behavior by the World Health Organization, which listed it alongside gambling disorder in a beta draft of its International Classification of Diseases for 2018. “Disorders due to addictive behaviors include gambling disorder and gaming disorder, which may involve both online and offline behavior.” This does not mean that gaming disorder is a done deal: The caveats note that the draft is not final, is updated on a daily basis, and is not ye

It’s been a few years since we lost spoke of InnerSpace, the airborne/underwater exploration game that was announced and then successfully Kickstarted in 2014. In InnerSpace, players must collect the last remaining memories of the Inverse, an ancient, abandoned “world of inside-out planets where gravity pulls outward instead of in.” I like that idea very much, thanks, and I also like how far InnerSpace appears to have come over the past three years. The 2014 announcement teaser was lovely, but t

Music of the Spheres was intended to be a “musical companion piece” for the original Destiny, co-created by Marty O’Donnell, Michael Salvatori, and Paul McCartney. (Yes, that Paul McCartney.) The album can be heard on Soundcloud, embedded above, or downloaded (check this Reddit post for current links) for offline listening. Neither, as far as he knows, does Destiny 2 publisher Activision, which as far as he knows doesn’t own the Destiny IP. Music of the Spheres includes an extended mix of Hope F

NZXT focused on adding smart touches all throughout the case, in the name of allowing you to create a powerful but well managed build. The H700i looks fantastic on a desk but all of the innovation here lies in the interior chassis. NZXT markets the H700i as a “smart” case thanks to the inclusion of a new smart hub powered by the company’s CAM software. These features already set the H700i apart from the crowd but the cable management on the backside was the icing on the cake. Cable management is