SteamWorld Dig. The SteamWorld name got its first big boost with SteamWorld Dig in 2013. SteamWorld Heist set a precedent for radically different genres fitting under the SteamWorld umbrella. SteamWorld Dig 2 followed in 2017, but Heist’s release and subsequent success proved that SteamWorld could conceivably include yet more genres. SteamWorld Dig and Dig 2 are great because they put a unique spin on Metroidvania-style exploration.

Do you remember the spiffy looking X399 Designare EX motherboard Gigabyte released in October for AMD’s Threadripper processors? Well, now there’s a version for Intel’s Core X-series processor, the X299 Designare EX, with the same visual flare. Similar to the X399 version, the X299 Designare EX is flush with armored bits. Beyond the armored bling, the X299 Designare EX has eight DIMM slots supporting up to 128GB of DDR4 memory, or up to 512GB when using registered DIMMs. Gigabyte says it outfitt

Domina is a gladiator management simulator about turning slaves into elite killing machines. At least, that’s what Chris said in his wholly positive take on developer DolphinBarn’s offbeat sim, and I trust him. Domina is also Steam’s latest daily deal: it’s $5 at 50 percent off on Steam through 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern) tomorrow, Wednesday, December 6. Chris knows more about Domina than I do. All I can offer you is Steam user Silicon_Assassin’s review: “Same price as a pint and I got much

Czech developer Amanita Design is currently holding a small sale on Itch.io. The sale runs through 3 pm Pacific this Saturday, December 9, and includes four of Amanita’s best adventure games. We called it a different kind of adventure that quickly grows on you in our review, and it still holds up as one of Amanita’s finest. Next there’s Machinarium, a veritable steampunk sister to Botanicula. If you’re hungry for more Amanita, have a gander at the official trailer for their next game: Chuchel, t

StarCraft pro Lim “Larva” Hong Gyu is really good at his game of choice. So good, in fact, that he recently wrapped up a game in the finals of the Zotac Cup Masters Showmatch by playing with his foot. But Zotac, the hardware manufacturer that gives the tournament its name, saw it in a different light, and apparently intends to ban Larva from all future Zotac Cup competitions. “We also want to promise not to invite any professional or non-professional players with a similar track record from part

But 2000:1: A Space Felony is a game about bad things happening in space that goes back further for its inspiration—all the way to 1968 and the Stanley Kubrick movie it draws its title from. But 2000:1: A Space Felony says, “What if… no? What if instead, after the bad things in space happened, a kind of rubbish detective showed up to investigate? Did they use the space wrench in the space kitchen? It’s better at being a homage than a parody, playing classical music while you serenely drift pas

A few of Samsung’s 850 Evo SSDs are on sale, so if you’re looking for an excuse to upgrade your storage, this is it. It can be a little tricky navigating SSD deals, as pricing tends to fluctuate based in part on the NAND flash memory market. Even so, Samsung’s 850 Evo SSDs appear to be lower than usual right now at Amazon. Looking at Amazon’s pricing history, the 250GB model has generally been going for around $100 for most of the year. It’s dropped in price more recently, with its current $140

Korea is coming to Civilization 6, led by the formidable Queen Seondeok, the first Queen of Silla, which along with Baekje and Goguryeo made up the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Korea’s unique district in Civ 6 is the Seowon, an upgrade to the Campus, which provides a fixed yield of science. The in-game queen reflects her real-life counterpart with the Hwarang unique ability, which grants bonuses to science and culture in all cities with an established governor. Details about the coming Korean civ ar

Customers who buy a Radeon RX 560 graphics card may get a bit less than they bargained for. When the Radeon RX 560 first came out, AMD listed the card as having 16 compute units and 1,024 stream processors. It was easy to spot the difference because of the slightly different model names, but now some regular Radeon RX 560 cards are shipping with downgraded specs. The takeaway here is that If you are in the market for a Radeon RX 560, pay close attention to the specs. For example, this PowerColor

Newegg is once again selling Sony’s DualShock 4 wireless controller on Ebay at a discount, this time for $32.50. That’s a bit cheaper than last week when the controller was on sale for $37. It’s largely a matter of preference between the DualShock 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One wireless controller. That said, one of the things we like about the DualShock 4 is how durable it feels. If you want to pounce on this deal, you can choose between black, sliver, and gold color options.

If you’re reading this then you’re probably away from your computer because Destiny 2’s first expansion, Curse of Osiris, just launched. Eververse exclusive armor setsWeapon ornamentsImage 1 of 8 An ornament for the new exotic Telesto. Image 4 of 8 A new ornament for Mida Multi-tool Image 5 of 8 A new ornament for Rat King. ShipsImage 1 of 7 Image 2 of 7 Image 3 of 7 Image 4 of 7 Image 5 of 7 Image 6 of 7 Image 7 of 7 The remaining Legendary ships. SparrowsImage 1 of 4 Image 2 of 4 Image 3 of 4

Destiny 2 server maintenance is complete, the 1.1.0 update is live, and the Curse of Osiris expansion is now available to play. The recharge rate of second grenades has also been slowed, so you won’t be able to toss them out quite so quickly anymore. The recharge rate of Arcbolt grenades, and also Firebolt, have been “normalized” to match the other grenade types. And the grenade recharge rate on the Starfire Protocol chest armor for Warlocks has been adjusted to compensate for the overall reduct

Once upon a time, when PC games were packaged in cardboard boxes the size of a copy of War and Peace, they also came with manuals. Baldur’s GateDeveloper Black Isle/BioWareYear 1998As well as an in-depth guide to the game itself, the hefty Baldur’s Gate manual also boasts a well-written guide to its setting, Faerûn. These little extras you’d sometimes find hidden in big-box PC games were always a delight to discover. FalloutDeveloper Interplay ProductionsYear 1997One of the most fondly-remembere

A couple of months back, James spoke about how Dark Souls mods were on the cusp of becoming weird as hell. Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin now has a level editor and file repacker which lets users reshuffle enemies and/or remove them from the game’s levels entirely, facilitating a different type of weird altogether. Imagine strolling through the Iron Keep, Lost Bastille or Belfry Luna without your shield raised, your riposte readied or you Estus in-hand? The level editor itself is GUI bas

Just under three weeks ago, WB Games announced Middle-earth: Shadow of War would receive five free updates before the end of the year. Today marks the arrival of Online Fight Pits—Gladiator-esque combat arenas wherein players can train their followers. He’s bloody, he’s hungry, from the Slaughter Tribe: Ar-Gul the merciless.” “Online Fight Pits allow players to train up their Orc followers by pitting them against Uruks and Ologs from other gamers’ armies around the world,” so says WB Games in a

In his review, Nathan Brown said Street Fighter 5 is “so, so good for the genre-savvy” but that it “does nothing to help you grow as a player.” Part of this was down to the fact SF5 shipped without a story mode, and a best-of-three versus mode and, crucially, an arcade mode. In Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition, the base game’s 60 characters will be available to steer through six different narrative paths—culminating in 200 different illustrated and animated endings. The post says selecting Arcad

Since launch early last year, Darkest Dungeon has given us a wonderful official expansion in Crimson Court and a host of neat unofficial player-made mods. Now, developer Red Hook Studios has unveiled ‘The Color of Madness’—a new slice of DLC that’s due next Spring and features extraterrestrial beings. In something akin to Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, aliens have crash landed on Miller’s farm on the outskirts of the Hamlet. The Color of Madness also brings with it Comet Shards that can be used

We’ve just been teased with what definitely looks like an ideal off-road vehicle, and it’s coming “soon” exclusively to PUBG’s desert map. Exclusive to the desert map. I’m guessing someone can correct me in the comments if it’s a different kind of truck (perhaps Lee Majors himself). When will the new map and new truck (and new guns) actually arrive? Well, PUBG 1.0 is due out before the end of the year, so that leaves only about 4 weeks.

Following a tease late last week, Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthon has just released Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator. As the name implies, it’s ostensibly a pizzeria simulator spin on the series, featuring a whimsical (and not scary) looking bear doling out pizzas to whimsical looking human characters. Cawthon is describing this as a “Five Nights at Freddy’s adventure with a lighter touch”, though I’d be surprised if there wasn’t something horrendous buried in there. Early Steam

We got our first look at Gorogoa in late 2013, a little more than a year after it won the 2012 Indiecade Award for visual design. At the time it was slated for release in mid-2014, and boy did that sure not work out. But after telling so many people the game was coming this year, it’s nice to finally keep a promise. “The gameplay of Gorogoa is wholly original, comprised of lavishly illustrated panels that players arrange and combine in imaginative ways to solve puzzles. “Gorogoa isn’t just a gam