Much of Mass Effect was an evolution of KOTOR/Jade Empire—three party members, basic tactics, fixed classes. While in retrospect this might seem ‘typical BioWare’ it’s worth remembering that Mass Effect had its share of controversy back in the day. Still, even Mass Effect 3 still had characters chastely taking showers in their underwear. The Geth are a great example of Mass Effect peeling back its layers. Crappy as those five minutes in some sixty hours are though, obsessing over them does Mass

My biggest criticism of Deck 13 and Focus Home’s The Surge when I took it for a spin earlier this year was its overly linear junkyard setting. I was pleased, then, when the mech brawler revealed its incoming DLC promises to be “more open and colorful, though no less deadly.” Named A Walk in the Park, the expansion drops players in CREO World—an amusement park first designed for the organisation and their families. We’ve already seen some screens, however here’s some moving pictures:”Forget your

The last time we checked in with Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Obsidian’s upcoming fantasy role-player teased barfing pirates and animancy cats. Its latest trailer adopts a more combative stance—with bloody showdowns, magic firefights, and rampaging golems. “And there’s at least one really big feature that’s really complicated, and we need to put some time into it before players look at it—but it’s a very cool feature.” Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is due at some stage next year. Details o

Announced earlier this year, Attack on Titan 2 was confirmed for PC in September. Now, a new video boasts some giant limb-slicing in-game footage, and really shows off what slaughtering preposterously tall people is all about. When Attack on Titan 2 arrives next year, players will get to create their own Custom Scouts, or fill the boots of some of the manga series’ most recognised stars. Expect the likes of frontman Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackerman, Miche Zacharias, Nanaba, Gelgar, Ymir, Armin Arler

Tannenberg, the First World War online FPS from the makers of Verdun that was announced in May, is now available for purchase on Steam Early Access. Unlike certain other WWI shooters you may have played (I’m talking about Battlefield 1), Tannenberg, like Verdun, is a more true-to-life recreation of the Great War: Weapons are clunky, movement is slow, and death comes quickly. The battle of Tannenberg itself, for instance, is a good example of an encirclement battle, a pattern repeated several tim

In the ensuing months, Bungie, AMD, and Nvidia worked to further tune performance, though most of the gains were relatively small. GTX 1080 Ti performance improved by as much as 20 percent, but only at 1080p—1440p framerates were within a few percent of our beta results, and 4k performance was basically tied. GTX 1070 and GTX 1060 3GB results in contrast were mostly unchanged, regardless of resolution. Yesterday, Nvidia released its new 388.31 drivers, which are Game Ready for Battlefront II, bu

The new drivers are optimized for Battlefront 2, but also come with additional performance tweaks for Destiny 2 and Injustice 2. Destiny 2 has been out for a few weeks now and has its own Game Ready driver release back in October. Nvidia’s latest GPU driver release also contains a handful of bug fixes. They include:Micro-stuttering occurs in games when GPU monitoring tools are monitoring GPUpower (“Power” monitoring enabled). You can grab the latest driver release through GeForce Experience, or

I submit that the cutest creature in the world is the red panda. And, just as you can breed different kinds of cats together, you can breed raccoons with cats (or other raccoons) too. Makes sense that the way to generate a red panda is to order my raccoon to have sex with a red cat. I pick a very red cat indeed, a Somali, a cat I can safely say could be none-more red, and mate it with my not-red raccoon cat. I’m certain I’ve got the genes I need to create the red panda of my dreams, I just need

Former Overwatch pro Dennis “INTERNETHULK” Hawelka died last week at the age of 30. To commemorate his passing, Blizzard has announced the Dennis Hawelka Award, to be presented at the end of each Overwatch League season “to the player that we deem to have had the most positive impact on the community.” Celebrating impact and mentorship – introducing the Dennis Hawelka award. “From all of us here at the Overwatch League and Blizzard Entertainment, we send our deepest condolences to Dennis’ loved

The ESRB said in October that loot boxes, despite their inherent randomness, are not a form of gambling. Developments, perhaps, like the Belgian Gaming Commission’s announcement that it’s investigating whether Overwatch and Star Wars Battlefront 2 should be classified as gambling. The issue, of course, is the inclusion of loot boxes. And that’s the problem: You’re spending money, but you don’t know what you’re getting. But it could also open the door to regulation of other, unrelated media—anyth

Both entered Steam Early Access today, but loosely defined genre aside, they’re worlds apart. Developer Applava expects Blazing Beaks to remain in Early Access for roughly six months. Deep Sky Derelicts, meanwhile, is one you may remember from its reveal last month. Deep Sky Derelicts will be in Early Access for six to seven months, Snowhound says, and will also be more expensive once it officially launches. The Early Access build—which Snowhound says is “a complete and polished gaming experienc

Bookmark our main Black Friday and Cyber Monday hub pages here: Black Friday PC gaming hardware deals Black Friday PC games deals Cyber Monday PC gaming hardware deals The deals hubs are already in place, primed and ready for an injection of deals this year. Of course, our focus will primarily be on deals for PC gaming hardware and deals on games. Where to find the best Black Friday deals for games, consumer electronics, and other gadgetsThe best gaming deals: GamesRadar+ Just as we are the auth

Four-person German developer Rest.less Games did, and they were so enamored that they decided to make a game out of it. The Quest Giver is a “fantasy guild manager sim” that plays like a point-and-click game, not unlike Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale. It’s currently on Kickstarter, with Rest.less Games asking for $17,689 to bring it to life. There’s a parodic, almost human interest theme to The Quest Giver that keeps it grounded in the struggles of dealing with hot-headed, hurrying adventurers.

Short Trip is an experiment in digital illustration by Australian artist Alexander Perrin. Dreamy Japanese railways weren’t the only source of inspiration for Short Trip. Stylistically, Short Trip masks these difficulties quite capably. Experiences like Short Trip, designed to be played right there in a browser, provide sweet moments of respite. Accessibility was also a big goal for Short Trip.

Apart from issues with Mercy’s Res, the Overwatch World Cup also showcased how strong and versatile the current tanking meta is. After some buffs to her attack speed and deployable shield, however, Orisa has been seeing more play time both in competitive queue and in professional settings. Roadhog rides againIn the tank meta last year, many teams used Roadhog as the third of fourth tank. Lucky for fans watching the World Cup, we were treated to some excellent hooks and deadly Roadhog setups. Be

In Light Fall, an upcoming 2D platformer from Canadian developer Bishop Games, the world has gone dark and your only friend is grumpy old owl named Stryx. That is, if you don’t count the controllable ‘shadow core’ that is both your constant companion and the center of the game’s platforming. By summoning and placing the shadow core, you can create floors to jump off and walls to run up, operate ancient machinery or open paths by blocking lasers or projectiles. “Revisit the world of Numbra and ex

Electronic Arts ran face-first into the wall that is gamer anger over Star Wars Battlefront 2 today, as executive producer John Wasilczyk, associate design director Dennis Brannvall, and producer Paul Keslin volunteered as tributes for a Reddit AMA. One point EA did commit to is a change to the progression system. Some of the vagueness in the responses is unavoidable, since Star Wars Battlefront 2 isn’t even out yet—it goes live on Friday. And Keslin said EA is “committed to continuing this dial

I offer all this as context, and to acknowledge that there are broad issues with the way Destiny 2’s endgame (or lack thereof) works right now. For the rest of this piece I’ll be focusing purely on Curse of Osiris’ campaign, which I played on PS4 at Bungie’s office last week. Curse of Osiris begins a few months after the events of the Red War from the main game. What comes after Osiris Curse of Osiris is the first of two DLC expansions included in the Destiny 2 season pass. Those weathered looki

Just like door-busting television deals, we’ve seen some killer deals on 4K displays and high refresh rate gaming monitors. Luckily for us, newer graphics cards Nvidia’s GTX 1080 Ti make 4K gaming truly playable. For us fortunate PC gamers, this means 4K gaming displays are discounted too. On a higher refresh rate monitor, even simple mouse movements while browsing the web are more satisfying. We’ve already begun seeing this with 4K gaming monitors and 1440p 144Hz down to around $300 and 1080p 1

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