Trek Wars: Revival is a mod by Captain Kavok that lets you add Star Trek factions to Empire at War, Petroglyph’s excellent Star Wars RTS. The perfect opportunity, I thought, to pit a selection of iconic Star Wars and Star Trek factions against each other in a series of epic space battles. The resultsWell, I was going to use the results of these battles to determine if Star Wars or Star Trek was the better space-faring franchise. But in the end it was a draw: two wins for Star Wars, two wins for

Two weeks ago, we learned Tencent was still pursuing the acquisition of PUBG creator Bluehole —having had a bid turned down prior to the online shooter’s runaway success. Now, it appears the Chinese tech giant has secured the rights to officially release PUBG in China. Last month, the Chinese content watchdog criticised PUBG for deviating from “socialist core values”. According to Reuters , this consideration is central to Tencent’s takeover, with the latter saying this in a statement:”[Tencent]

Black Friday is almost here, bringing with it the typical deluge of deals on PC games, peripherals and hardware. HP’s self-proclaimed hottest deal targets the new OMEN by HP Desktop, netting those interested £500 off its recommended retail price. By using the e-voucher BLACK11 on the HP store this Black Friday, you can get the OMEN by HP 880-072na Gaming Desktop, GTX 1080ti for £1,999. “The OMEN Desktop is geared with a cutting-edge design, the industry’s latest hardware, and easy upgradability

Despite its launch issues, Call of Duty: WW2 has spent the last few weeks getting its trenches in order. Now, developer Sledgehammer Games has announced its Thanksgiving double XP weekend will launch a day early, and that the previously delayed PC emblem editor will land on December 8. When it does it’ll launch alongside the new Winter Carentan Map, within which the game’s first Seasonal Community Event—named ‘Winter Siege’—will take place. WW2’s Thanksgiving double XP weekend has also been brou

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ second test server for its PC version 1.0 went live earlier, however has since been pulled to undergo “emergency maintenance”. (Update: test servers are now again live.) Found scattered around the Erangel island, the DP-28 is a light machine gun that carries 47 rounds and supports 4x scopes and RDS sights. The AUG A3, on the other hand, is a bullpup assault rifle that houses 5.56mm rounds and is a care package-exclusive. pic.twitter.com/HrSniMUjVPNovember 22, 2017A

Belgium’s Gaming Commission today declared that loot boxes in videogames are a form of gambling, and said that it would take the matter to Europe in pursuit of a ban against them. Rep. Chris Lee of Hawaii posted a video to YouTube in which he calls for “future protections for kids, youth, and everyone when it comes to the spread of predatory practices in online gaming.” The video specifically addresses Star Wars Battlefront 2, the game that pushed the loot box controversy off a cliff. In the vid

Why have we seen such a surge in loot boxes in 2017? Who decides whether loot boxes are going into a game, and when is that decision made? For the development team, this means meetings on everything to do with the items that go into the loot boxes. In addition to loot boxes, Call of Duty: WWII has a wide variety of modes to capture as wide an audience as possible. Expecting to throw your wallet at the game and beat players who don’t purchase loot boxes is a big stretch.”

With each weekly reset in Destiny 2, hunter class vanguard Cayde-6 offers up five chests to find planetside. You’ll need to visit him at the Tower first to purchase Treasure Maps (for a hefty 4800 glimmer each) before you can even start chest hunting. They’re not marked on the map, with their locations hinted at by a riddle, plus they’re always secretively tucked away in a dark corner or perched on a precariously high ledge. They’re not always easy to find, and setting aside an hour or so to do

This week’s stream, which you can watch in full above, took a look at Mercury. Adventure timeLike many players, I had assumed the Infinite Forest to be some kind of procedurally-generated horde mode activity. After that, you’ll access it via the Adventure side quests which are picked up in the usual way—ie from beacons—on Mercury. It’s not clear if Heroic modifiers are coming to the base game adventures too, but I wouldn’t bet on it. The event is also billed by Bungie as the most rewarding, beca

In the Indie GIF Showcase, we dig up the best-looking new and upcoming indie games and explore what makes them special. Are you a developer with a game to submit? Were it not for sci-fi action RPG Hellpoint, developer Nodacoy Games might have easily called their 2D action game by the same name. Instead, we’re looking at Heckpoint, a deceptively brutal game where everything, including your face, is destructible. From a graveyard to a cyberpunk city to a surprisingly tranquil forest, Heckpoint is

Last week, Belgium’s Gaming Commission announced that it had launched an investigation into whether the loot boxes available for purchase in games like Overwatch and Star Wars Battlefront 2 constitute a form of gambling. Today, VTM News reported that the ruling is in, and the answer is yes. “The mixing of money and addiction is gambling,” the Gaming Commission declared. Belgium’s Minister of Justice Koen Geens also weighed in, saying, “Mixing gambling and gaming, especially at a young age, is da

Blizzard’s Black Friday sale on Battle.net is a lot like Blizzard itself: There’s not a whole lot in the way of variety, but what they’ve got is really good. The standard edition is on for $40, while the version with the expansion pass bundled in is $68, and the digital deluxe is $75. But you can actually do a little better on the standard release at Green Man Gaming, which has it on for $36. (GMG’s Digital Deluxe pricing comes in higher, though, so you’ll want to stick with Battle.net if you’re

Layered over a complex fort-building system, Fortnite BR has since veered off into completely different direction than PUBG, opting for a weirder arcade arena that makes for plenty of funny ways to die. Tree of lifeOne strategy for winning in battle royale games is to avoid battle as long as possible. An an advanced strategy is to pretend you are a tree, and that you in fact have no bearing one way or another on the big cartoon battle happening around you. Dome improvementSourceThe building syst

After a rocky launch, it’s really blossomed in recent months thanks to big updates like the recent Millennium Edition overhaul. That secret was Totino’s Quest, an homage to the total conversion Doom mod Chex Quest, which was made to promote Chex cereal and distributed via boxes of the stuff in the ’90s. Totino’s Quest is a fully playable game within Strafe that is randomized every day—and it’s far from the only one. Totinos Quest included, Strafe hides seven secret games in all. Glunt reckons St

For more game deals, we’ll be continuously updating this Black Friday PC game deals list throughout the week. Tuesday be damned, GOG has kicked off its Black Friday sale with deals of up to 90 percent off on more than 300 games, and a free copy of Starcrawlers for spending $15 or more. Or you can just go straight to the free stuff with MDK, the third-person shooter from Shiny that’s yours for the taking for the next two days. Instead, let us peruse the shelves:The GOG Black Friday sale runs unti

The Humble Bundle fall sale is in full swing, and in addition to free copies of Brutal Legend, it’s filled with big discounts on great indie games. The entire sale is a goldmine, but publisher Devolver Digital’s library is especially rich. Note that some games are on sale through Tuesday, November 28, but others are only discounted until this Friday, November 24. Here are some highlights for the shorter sale which ends this Friday:While these games are on sale through Tuesday, November 28:

That funding, according to claims made by Tariq Lacy, a developer who worked as a marketing and PR manager on the game, actually came from the Project Phoenix Kickstarter. That said, absolutely no funding from Project Phoenix has ever been shifted or used for any purpose with TINY METAL. “We’ve said within Project Phoenix Kickstarter updates that we have a private investor for Tiny Metal who is open to providing funding for Project Phoenix if we do well with Tiny Metal,” Peirce said. “Tiny Metal

Today is Tuesday, and somehow that means it’s time for the Black Friday sales to start rolling. No, I don’t get how that works either, but you’re here for deals, not consumer spending pattern analysis, and so let see what’s cooking over at Origin. EA’s Black Friday sale isn’t as all-encompassing as, say, Steam (which hasn’t actually started yet) but that’s not to say there aren’t some deals to be had. Such as:There’s some non-EA stuff in there too, like The Witcher, For Honor, and the Batman: Ar

As of its launch out of Early Access Battlerite offers 22 heroes, putting it at the low-end of the MOBA scale in terms of character count. As is custom for free-to-play MOBAs, a rotation of heroes are available to play in 2v2 or 3v3 PvP modes. This makes the heroes in Battlerite much more well-rounded and complex than in the average MOBA. Battlegrounds harkens back to traditional MOBA design with larger maps that have multiple objectives both teams have to compete for, like Heroes of the Storm.

Meanwhile, Reddit user e_la_bron has been busy creating some totally not real, but still totally awesome custom Hearthstone cards based on Overwatch heroes. Custom Hearthstone cards are always a good time, (check out these Destiny and Game of Thrones sets), but it’s especially interesting to see beloved Overwatch abilities filtered through Hearthstone mechanics. Image 1 of 58 Image 2 of 58 Image 3 of 58 Image 4 of 58 Image 5 of 58 Image 6 of 58 Image 7 of 58 Image 8 of 58 Image 9 of 58 Image 10