Silverstone this week launched its Primera PM02, a mid-tower enclosure with a unique looking front panel design that adds a bit of character to traditional rectangular case. The Primera PM02 first popped up earlier this year in prototype form. It doesn’t appear that Silverstone made any obvious changes to the design since then, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In addition to a vented front panel with a sort of raindrop motif at the bottom, the Primera PM02 stands out with a tempered glass si

“Just installed the newest firmware (3B6QCXP7) on my Samsung 960 Pro 1TB and now my M.2 drive freezes all the time. Opened a ticket with Samsung and they reported this issue is getting bigger,” Overclock.net forum user WaXmAn wrote. “A few days ago, I updated the firmware of my 960 Pro 1TB to version 3B6QCXP7 (using Magician 5.1), it’s a crap! I tried everything—unplugging the disk from the laptop (Alienware 17r4), clearing the CMOS, and also deleting the partitions and reinstalling everything a

Cloud Imperium Games has rolled out a new way to throw money at the crowdfunding colossus known as Star Citizen: The ability to pre-purchase plots of land. UEE Land Claim Licenses can now be had for $50 for a 4km x 4km “lot,” or $100 for an 8×8 “estate,” zoned for commercial, residential, or industrial use. CIG said that advance land claim purchases will help fund the development of Star Citizen, but they will also be available for purchase with in-game credits and “otherwise earnable through pl

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, and there’s every chance you’re now sick of the sight of special offers. Well know that Amazon’s Cyber Monday Deals Week is still in full flow for the most determined bargain hunters among you. It’s here you’ll find Destiny 2 for $25.99—with a 57 percent discount on its recommended retail value. As you might have spied, Destiny 2 debuted on PC last month and we’ve since published a load of helpful guides, informative news stories, and mouthwatering fo

Time was, indie developers used to be just that: indie. “Indie dev is a minefield now,” says Paul Kilduff-Taylor, co-founder of Mode 7 Games, the indie developer behind the Frozen Synapse series. A lot of games are being made at the moment, and the great majority of them would self-identify as ‘indie games.’ “Team 17 are good at identifying and working with what I’d call ‘mid-size’ indie games and turning them into mega-hits, and so on. But indie game production is becoming ever more complex and

Following its VR-exclusive Battlezone remaster earlier this year, Rebellion has unveiled Battlezone Combat Commander—a modern remake of 1999’s FPS-meets-RTS Battlezone 2. First, here’s that:Besides being visibly prettier, Combat Commander comes with mod support—”for the game’s two-decade old modding scene”—and online multiplayer cross-play across GOG and Steam for up to 14 players. The game’s Steam variation also includes cloud saving. If this is your first experience of Battlezone, Rebellion pr

Darkest Dungeon is one the most challenging games I’ve ever played. The latest mod that’s caught my eye is shishiwashi’s Boss Rush—and I can’t decided if it’s a cool idea or the work of a twisted sadist. By adding the quest ‘The Galaxian Convergence’, Boss Rush asks players to venture into a “huge-sized epic raid” that is “very hard but not impossible to beat”, so reckons the mod’s creator. “Keep your eyes open and do not tread lightly,” the mod’s creator warns. More information on the Darkest D

After much speculation, Capcom confirmed Okami HD in September—a reworked and repolished version of the 2006 original that’s due on December 12. It’ll support 4K resolution on capable PCs, and now has a trio of new trailers. The first, named Celestial Brush: Inferno, teases environment manipulation and a majestic pipe-smoking bird:The second, named Celestial Brush: Veil of Mist, appears to portray sacrificial slaughter and nightmarish, spike-studded spiders:And the third, named Demon Introductio

Got a mod that isn’t compatible with the latest version of Minecraft? Some mods require you to roll back to an older version of Minecraft, and some require you to install older legacy versions of Forge. Click save, then select the version from the ‘Play’ menu and your older mods should work without any issues. Mods such as:Technic Pack : A huge bundle of mods that overhaul many aspects of the game to massively up the number of buildings and contraptions you can construct. Find dozens more in our

When I reported on Skate-like skateboarding game Session a few weeks back, it had a free demo and was on the cusp of launching a Kickstarter campaign. With 22 days left on the clock, it’s accrued more than £13,000 over its goal and has now turned its head towards stretch goals. Since we are nearly halfway to our first stretch goal, here is how we’ll do it. Every time we reach a stretch goal, you will have the chance to vote for your next target.” Check out its free demo for a taste of what’s to

Originally part of the Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors mini-game pack (a mini-game pack, it should be added, which never commercially released), Desert Bus is among the most boring games of all time. As the name implies, you’re on a bus, driving through the desert, from Arizona to Nevada. The banality of the project is exactly what makes it special though, and over the years its established a cult following and even the Desert Bus For Hope charity initiative. The launch follows last week’s ann

The Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition does not play like that. Here’s the pitch for The Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition, from the mod page: “[Insert generic sales pitch here.]” What makes Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition a really interesting mod, even if you were fine with the original combat system like I was, is that it completely removes the concept of leveling from the game. Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition feels like it brings that back, and then some. You can grab Enhanced Edition on Nexus Mods here.

Electronic Arts’ exclusive deal with Disney to make games based on Star Wars should have been a godsend—a contractual coup that could carry the company forward for years to come. “The one thing we’re very focused on and they are extremely focused on is not violating the canon of Star Wars,” he said. Not to mention you probably don’t want Darth Vader in pink. No offense to pink, but I don’t think that’s right in the canon.” It matters in Star Wars, because Star Wars fans want realism.”

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2018 will see the release of three new expansions for Hearthstone, lead artist Ben Thompson told Metabomb at a recent press event in the UK. “At this point we feel it’s best to continue to add mission content to the actual release set for several reasons,” Thompson said. “There’s a lot of solid single-player content that happens with each and every set, there’s certainly a subset of players who like those, and even prefer those in some cases. I think that made Hearthstone less fun and it was jus

It’s with more than a hint of irony that the hapless robot’s in a game subtitled ‘Hero of the Universe’. Gabriel Koenig, the game’s creator, began development with this concept: “a game that you can’t ever win by doing what you intend to do.” Jettomero can’t be a hero, because heroes don’t unwittingly murder hundreds of innocent civilians. And Jettomero can’t not murder hundreds of innocent civilians, because it’s got all the coordination of a toddler taking its first steps. In the final game wh

Today, however, the studio announced that it will instead take to the Bungie blog to talk about the current state of the game, including its plans to address complaints about XP and progression. “Tomorrow, we had planned to conduct the final stream prior to the launch of Curse of Osiris to show off some of the weapons and armor the expansion includes. Instead, we are investing all our efforts into delivering some higher priority information about Destiny 2,” Bungie wrote. As you can imagine, not

Initially introduced in January of this year, HDMI’s huge 48 Gbps bandwidth was heralded as being 8K 120Hz capable, which is more resolution than any current GPU can handle. A look back at the spec overview, however, shows that 10K resolutions are possible at 50Hz, 60Hz, 100Hz and 120Hz. 5K is 78 percent more pixels than 4K, and 10K is four times as many pixels as 5K. That would be more than 14 times as many pixels as 4K, or more than 55 times as many pixels as 1080p. There’s no word on when dev

Seven: The Days Long Gone is an isometric open-world RPG with a focus on stealth and thievery. While the previous trailer focused on protagonist Teriel’s sneakier abilities, the latest trailer focuses on how he fights when stealth goes south. Funnily enough, though, some of the combat system’s most interesting components are the ones tied to the stealth. Just as Teriel can insta-kill enemies from behind or above, he can execute knocked-down enemies. Which serves to illustrate Seven: The Days Lon

The farm that you build yourself is the best part of Stardew Valley, but the convenience and coziness of Pelican Town, the nearby hub city which most villagers call home, makes it an equally beloved spot. Artists DrGluon and Loverrlee were so smitten with it, in fact, that they recreated Pelican Town using The Sims 4’s build mode. The result is a stunning, faithful model of one of Stardew Valley’s most iconic locales. To get a better look, you can download the build for yourself and place it in