Odd Gods is an RPG about time, in both its story and its systems. And then you get talking, sitting by the campfire and he asks you what music you’re into. In Bill & Ted they travel through time and collect famous historical characters to join their party, to save the world. You do collect historical characters along the way, you can meet people but it still ties back into our main theme. Say you’re in a one-on-one stand-up melee fight, sword versus sword, against a highwayman.

A new Heroes of the Storm patch that brings World of Warcraft dragon queen Alexstrasza to the fight is now live on the PTR. Alongside the new hero, the update also brings in numerous improvements to AI, a large number of bug fixes, and what appears to be a fairly major overhaul to Li Li. Blizzard didn’t say why Li Li is being so dramatically changed, but it likely has to do with her relative lack of utility at top skill levels—this Reddit thread is several months old but nonetheless has some int

Rocket jumps are synonymous with early first-person shooters, especially Quake, the game that truly popularized the practice of launching yourself skyward with either the blast or recoil from firing a rocket launcher. And you can really see that reckless DNA in The Flesh God, a new 2D platformer that’s taken rocket jumping to its logical extreme with a beefcake protagonist who pretty much only moves by firing a rocket that’s as big as he is. “You have your gun, and that’s all you need,” develope

AMD and Intel just announced early today a major partnership to join forces, combining Intel’s CPU technology with AMD’s graphics. First, in speaking with AMD and Intel, it’s clear this isn’t the death knell for all Intel Graphics solutions. Moving over to the biggest chip on the package, the AMD GPU is quite large, particularly for a mobile product. While Intel’s Iris Pro is pretty decent for low to mid-range gaming laptops—Steam user stats indicate Intel graphics to be hugely popular—it won’t

With the release of today’s patch, they’ve made good on their promise: neutral legendary Marin the Fox is now available for use in-game. Marin is a Soulbound card, meaning he can’t be crafted or disenchanted, so it’s lucky that you just have to log in to claim him. It goes to show how much fun one free card can inject. You can learn more about the expansion here, and read the full patch notes for today’s update in this blog post. At Blizzcon, Hearthstone director Ben Brode said logging in today,

Reddit user eag424 made this recreation of the 5th Marine Division’s patch from WWII, and it looks quite cool. ERROR [EMBLEM] NOT FOUNDHeh, fooled you, didn’t I? It was actually a heading I wrote to imitate a real error message. So it goes for Reddit user joshshoewah’s playful jab at the server troubles some players have reported over the weekend. This has been niceAs the sun sets on this emblem showcase, it also sets in this emblem where the sun is setting.

If you are in the market for a new power supply and don’t want to spend a fortune, Frys is offering Thermaltake’s Smart 700W model for $30 after a $20 mail-in-rebate. However, Thermaltake does cover the basics with 80 Plus certification, a low noise 120mm fan, and a decent 5-year warranty. Thermaltake opted for a single +12V rail design, with a total of 54A available. There is plenty here to power a high-end system, though if you’re in doubt about what you need, you can use an online PSU calcula

Deep in EVE Online, in the backwater system of Molea, you’ll find something something unlike anything else in all of its virtual galaxy. Their name is Azia Burgi, and they’re the only gravekeeper in EVE Online. “Suddenly I was the person who collected corpses.”There is no such thing as a proper grave in EVE Online, so Azia makes due. And, what’s more perplexing, is that death in EVE Online isn’t permanent. In true EVE Online fashion, they even set up a website and spreadsheet to track all of the

To address this, Logitech is launching an accessory kit that lets you see its keyboard in VR. The kit consists of a Logitech G gaming keyboard, a Vive Tracker that attaches to the upper-left corner of the keyboard, and a software development kit (SDK) for developers. Once connected, Logitech’s software plops a virtual keyboard on top of the real one, allowing you to see both the keyboard and your hands. Whether you are using a keyboard for gaming, communication or productivity, it is an effectiv

I often forget just how good the original Watch Dogs was (here’s Christopher’s review for a reminder). Yes, it basically gave you what you expected from an Ubisoft third-person action game, but it had enough fresh ideas to make it worth playing. The game will be free from tomorrow for a week via Ubisoft’s digital distribution platform Uplay. So, the deal opens up 4pm GMT/11am ET tomorrow, but you can preload the game before that. Some accounts have been having issues accessing the deal, an issue

Nintendo is built upon first-party software, and it’s fair to say that much of Sony’s success with the PlayStation has come from the same place. Microsoft did pretty well for itself with the Xbox 360, too. Xbox boss Phil Spencer told Bloomberg that’s a shortcoming the company hopes to change with increased investment in in-house game development, a process that could include launching new development studios, or acquiring some that are already out there. That means first-party Xbox games are at

In February, 12 former developers from Irrational Games—of System Shock 2 and Bioshock—announced their new studio, Ghost Story. It later emerged that the they were working on a “small-scale open world” game that drew inspiration from Shadow of Mordor’s Nemesis system, and now we know that the title will be a first-person immersive sim. The news comes via a job listing from the studio, which is looking for someone to join its art team for the game, described as an “ambitious project in the immers

“Currently, most enthusiast mobile PCs have Intel Core H-series processors plus higher-powered discrete graphics, resulting in systems that average 26mm in height. “Our collaboration with Intel expands the installed base for AMD Radeon GPUs and brings to market a differentiated solution for high-performance graphics,” said Scott Herkelman, vice president and general manager, AMD Radeon Technologies Group. The idea came from Intel, which approached AMD about collaborating on a new chip, executive

Torchlight and Hob developer Runic Games is sadly no more after its publisher Perfect World shut it down last week. The most interesting for me is that before Perfect World decided to publish Torchlight (which is a brilliant action-RPG, by the way), Microsoft came very close to snapping the title up. Runic had “extensive meetings” with Microsoft and even went through company vetting to gear up for the arrival of the game. “We pitched Torchlight to Microsoft and had extensive meetings, a company

With Phil on deadline and Andy in a different county, Samuel and Pip discuss a slew of indie games, as well answering about four weeks’ worth of questions from our various channels. Download: Episode 55: Bombfunk MCs . You can also subscribe on iTunes or keep up with new releases using our RSS feed . Discussed: Bomber Crew, A Mortician’s Tale, WunderdoktorStarring: Samuel Roberts , Philippa Warr

A group of Elder Scrolls modders have banded together to make Witanlore: Dreamtime, an action RPG about humanoid bears called Ursines and their spirit totem animals. The Druid Gameworks team—who were previously responsible for popular Oblivion mods such as Kvatch Rebuilt and Reclaiming Sancre Tor—put their game on Steam Early Access in January but have hit some financial trouble that could derail the project. The final game will have a fully open world, but the Early Access version is so far lim

Turbo mode was one of the headline announcements when Dota 2’s Dueling Fates update hit. It’s also the best thing Valve have added to the game in years. I think Turbo mode got a bit lost in the excitement about two new heroes—one new character is such a rare occurrence in Dota so two is like early Christmas. I think the best thing here is that pretty much everything about the game is set up to lower toxicity. But it was nice that most people on the team were typing variants of “it’s fine—it’s on

We got our first glance of a new hero and a new map alongside some fascinating insights about the early days of the game in the Overwatch Archive panel. One user has uploaded part of that panel to YouTube, and the footage shows the very first play test of the game, featuring a Tracer that couldn’t even hold guns yet—she had to shoot lasers out of her eyes. The quick-talking former pilot was the first hero that the team fleshed out, which meant that most of the early footage shows intense 12-play

Call of Duty: WWII’s social hub isn’t all that social at the moment. High player volume since launch has caused connectivity problems across all platforms, and one of the fixes has been to make Headquarters a solo experience for now, Sledgehammer Games said yesterday. That, along with deactivated leaderboards and a couple of performance updates, appears to have fixed the problems, Sledgehammer said. The connectivity problems also caused some players to lose ranks, which isn’t ideal. I’m sure tha

NOW PLAYING In Now Playing articles PC Gamer writers talk about the game currently dominating their spare time. The best of these is Sega’s excellent Yakuza series, but they’re not on PC, so I’m playing Way of the Samurai 4 instead. I’m not expecting it to be good—Andy’s review of the PC port, released in 2015, warns that it’s “fundamentally a bit rubbish”. But as long as it’s entertainingly rubbish, I’ll consider my evening a success. For a second I worry that Way of the Samurai 4 might be play