Cyberspace adventure Hypnospace Outlaw is getting an update next week that will open the gates of its retro virtual internet to mods. The modding update will launch with some mods ready to go, and if you fancy making some yourself, you can start straight away. Along with some launch mods, guides will be available to get you ready to start mucking around with the game yourself. If you want to start making one now, you can find out more on the official Discord server, where you also might be able

Winning three games in Quick Play, Competitive, or the Overwatch Arcade will earn you a new player icon. Six victories will net a pair of new sprays, and for nine you’ll take home the Dr. Ziegler legendary skin. You can also score more Mercy sprays for watching Overwatch streamers on Twitch: One spray for watching two hours of streaming, two sprays for four hours, and three new sprays for six hours of viewing. Mercy’s Recall Challenge is live now and runs until December 2. Now, have a look at th

One is a new generation FireCuda 520 SSD, and the other is the other is a FireCuda Gaming Dock. Starting with the former, the FireCuda 520 SSD is one of a handful of drives that leverages the PCI Express 4.0 bus for incredibly fast read and write speeds. For sequential reads, it tops out at 5,000MB/s, which is par for course among current PCIe 4.0 SSDs. Seagate is offering the FireCuda 520 SSD in three capacities, those being 2TB ($429.99), 1TB ($249.99), and 500GB ($124.99), available now at pl

Walmart isn’t shying away from some early Black Friday gaming deals on a cheap gaming monitor from Dell. The Dell 24-inch S241HGF FreeSync gaming monitor is currently on sale for half-price at $149.99. The Dell S241HGF is a 1080p Free Sync compatible gaming monitor with a TN display at 144Hz (overclocked to 155Hz) with a 1ms response rate. For $150, you’re getting a pretty decent budget gaming monitor for gamers who only play in 1080p or need a second monitor to play consoles. Make it a point to

After a week in early access release for BlizzCon attendees and pre-purchases, Blizzard’s new autobattler Hearthstone Battlegrounds is now open to everyone. There are three free packs up for grabs in the form of a legendary quest which requires you to complete two full games of Battlegrounds, but given the interest in Hearthstone’s first new mode in forever, I doubt that will feel too onerous. The 15.6.2 patch that Blizzard said it was working on last week, to address the surprising number of He

When your online handle is “winedave,” you’re perhaps setting yourself up for certain expectations. I’m surprised from looking at winedave’s profile on Nexusmods that he hasn’t made any wine-related mods, but that’s forgivable considering the quality and utterly perfect name of this mod, Rum Induced Mountains. They’re so detailed, you’re definitely going to need a Skyrim install modified with some other realism mods to make sure they fit in. So far this is the only winedave mod explicitly motiva

(Image credit: Edmund McMillen)Edmund McMillen, he of The Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy and The End is Nigh fame, has just released a new game. The Legend of Bum-Bo is a “puzzle based deckbuilding roguelike” which undoubtedly looks like a McMillen game, except it has a gloriously unusual cardboard cut-out aesthetic. Co-developed with James Interactive, it’s described as a prequel to The Binding of Isaac, and one of its features is “poop”. “…Players collect hordes of items that can be modifi

It appears that Echo Fox, the esports organization founded in 2015 by three-time NBA champ and Sharknado 3 actor Rick Fox, is no more. The echofox.gg website has been disabled, and a rep for Echo Fox investors told esports site Win.gg that all operations have been halted. “There is no Echo Fox. The collapse of Echo Fox follows shortly after the conclusion of an ugly battle between Rick Fox and other investors in the company, which came to public attention earlier this year when Fox said he was s

(Image credit: Codemasters)The list of Google Stadia launch games was revealed earlier this week, and while Codemasters’ Grid reboot won’t be among them, it’s still expected to launch this year. When it does, it’ll come with a new multiplayer mode unavailable on PC or consoles, boasting up to 40 cars on track at the same time. Speaking on the differences between developing for Stadia and more conventional platforms, Green singled out the technology’s streaming nous. “Perhaps the area with the bi

Logitech’s G903 mouse was one of the first peripherals to pair wireless charging with wireless connectivity. Today, you can grab this awesome mouse at Best Buy for $79.99 ($70 off). The G903 was the first gaming mouse to feature Logitech’s Powerplay technology, pairing this mouse with the Logitech’s Powerplay mat allows it to constantly top off its power supply, so you’d never have to stress about whether you’re going to lose power in the middle of a marathon gaming session. This mouse also feat

He can also get his hands on a double-bladed lightsaber, which he’ll be able to switch to mid-combo. On his galactic jaunt, Cal will visit Bogano, Zeffo, Kashyyyk, Dathomir, a fight club on Umbara and the Inquisitor fortress at Ilum. While most of the levels will let you explore the planet a bit, the Umbara and Ilum are the exceptions. It looks like Darth Vader will be popping in to say hello. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is due out on November 15, but more details are likely to slip out before

This massive WQHD panel from Alienware is currently available well below it’s lowest price ever at Newegg today. The 34-inch Alienware AW3418DW is currently available for $649.99 ($700 off). This slick WQHD monitor has a 120Hz refresh rate and comes equipped with Nvidia’s G-Sync technology, providing you with the same anti-tearing support that V-Sync provides with a reduced impact on performance. Unless you’re desperate for faster response time, or aren’t using a machine capable of pushing past

If you have $1,499.99 to drop on a large format gaming display (not to be confused with big format gaming display, or BFGD) and simply can’t wait for the rash of Black Friday deals that are right around the corner, then heads up—Acer’s big and bad Predator CG7 is now available in the US. For one, this is a 43-inch monitor with 4K resolution and native 120Hz refresh rate, which can be overclocked to 144Hz. Some people (and it varies by panel) even rate VA higher than IPS. It’s not clear what the

Gigabyte has added an interesting feature to its newest Aorus RGB memory kit, one that allows it to run faster in certain motherboards with minimal fuss. Even without the boost feature, Gigabyte’s new 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600 memory kit is the fastest one it has released so far. On certain Aorus X570 and Z390 motherboards, there is an Aorus Memory Boost setting in the BIOS that will apply the necessary settings to increase the frequency up to 3733MHz. Compatible motherboards include the following

It earned the designation for its upcoming Optix MAG161, a portable gaming display. Think of it as a gaming laptop display, without the laptop. As noted by Hexus, Asus might take issue with MSI receiving an innovation award for a portable gaming display. That’s because its ROG Strix XG17 introduced earlier this year is the same thing, only a tad bigger (it’s a 17.3-inch display). The ROG Strix Go XG17 opens the door to immersive after-hours action on a big 17.3-inch screen at up to 240Hz.

Electronic Arts commonly offers early access to its new games (like Battlefield 5, for instance) as a preorder bonus, and ten-hour trials to Origin Access basic subscribers. That will not be the case for the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, however, as EA said that it doesn’t want spoilers to leak out before everyone has a chance to get their hands on it. Instead, Origin Access members get these exclusive cosmetics!https://t.co/d60pgYLOaX pic.twitter.com/kkEU8LMbvLNovember 11, 2019Origin A

November 11 is observed as Remembrance Day by Commonwealth member states as a time to commemorate the sacrifices of soldiers who died in the line of duty. To help reinvigorate that connection with history, the Royal Canadian Legion commissioned Remembrance Island, a custom map available in Fortnite Creative Mode. “We know some young people are losing the emotional connection to, and meaning of, Canada’s military past,” Royal Canadian Legion communications manager Nujma Bond told the CBC. “As tim

We checked out some Monster Hunter figurines last year, shortly after Monster Hunter: World made its way to PC, and some of them were pretty sweet. But none of them are anywhere as sweet—or maybe “grotesquely ostentatious” is the term I’m really looking for—as the 24k Gold Rathian statuette, and the Silver Rathalos constructed of platinum, offered by Japanese collectible manufacturer U-Treasure. The Gold Rathian measures approximately 15.5 by 11 cm, stands roughly 7.5 cm in height, and weighs ab

If you’re in the market for a gaming headset, you don’t have to wait for Black Friday. Corsair’s Void Pro RGB headset has now dropped to $59.99 at multiple retailers, a $10 drop from the usual price, and $40 off the original MSRP. While other variants of the Corsair Void Pro have been cheaper, this wireless model with RGB lighting has traditionally been more expensive. The model on sale offers 50mm neodymium speaker drivers, a wireless range of about 40 feet, a maximum battery life of 16 hours,

Oculus VR CTO John Carmack was given a lifetime achievement award today at the third annual VR Awards, recognizing not just his contributions to VR in his years at Oculus but also “an illustrious career which has spanned over several decades.” “As the hardware and technology continues to evolve, John will no doubt be leading at the forefront of innovation for virtual reality.” The Accenture VR Lifetime Achievement Award is the first to be handed out by the VR industry, which is still very much i