I blew a full weekend’s worth of gaming on the recent Call of Duty: WWII multiplayer beta, and I have to agree that it was “pretty damn fun.” Nonetheless, Sledgehammer said in a post-beta update that it’s aware of problems with hackers, and has plans to deal with them. Video option video memory indicator. Warnings about video memory over-commitment. As we pointed out in our after-action report, the “quit” button is buried deep within the options menu, which is both entirely senseless and a hassl

Forza Motorsport 7 rolled out earlier this week, and it’s quite good. That did not go over well, particularly given the language used in the original Forza Motorsport 7 listing on the Microsoft Store, which noted (via Windows Central) “additional benefits including 100% CR bonus Mods, VIP Driver Gear, and more.” That’s no longer the case, however, as Turn 10 has now decided that the VIP credit booster will be made permanent, as it was in the previous game. “This new system will work like it did

Seagate just expanded its IronWolf and IronWolf Pro HDD families for NAS applications and BarraCuda Pro for desktops to 12TB. “With the 12TB Pro products, Seagate buyers are overcoming capacity constraints in their systems and can access vast amounts of digital data anytime, from anywhere.” Both lines are intended for NAS boxes—the IronWolf targets home users, and IronWolf Pro takes aim at commercial and enterprise NAS solutions. Reliability is always an important factor, though even more so whe

The memory maker introduced a handful of new DDR4 memory kits today, all of which sport high-performing Samsung B-die DDR4 chips. G.Skill says its new kits are specifically intended for Coffee Lake setups consisting of one of Intel’s newest generation processor and a Z370 chipset motherboard. For those who favor capacity over speed, one of G.Skill’s new offerings is a Trident Z RGB 64GB (4x16GB) kit of DDR4-3733 RAM. One of them consists of four 8GB modules timed at 18-19-19-39, and other consis

For better or worse, Assassin’s Creed: Origins is an RPG now, so reckons Tom after going hands-on with Ubisoft’s latest sandswept sandbox this week. Due on October 27, the developer has now revealed the minimum and recommended system requirements you’ll want to ascertain before descending into the desert. In practice, all of that means you’re shooting for this:MinimumOS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only). RecommendedOS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit v

Amanita Design, the developer of Samorost, Machinarium, and Botanicula, teased a new project late last year called Chuchel. Today the studio released the game’s first proper teaser, and by all appearances that early impression was exactly right. Amanita described the game’s lead character, Chuchel, as “an angry hairball, basically, who is as pleasant as screaming kids and as intelligent as a potato.” “Chuchel looks and plays like a point-and-click adventure game—you point at things, you click on

Seven: The Days Long Gone is an isometric RPG that will let you go anywhere and steal everything. Co-developed by IMGN.PRO and Fool’s Theory, previous glimpses have uncovered parkour, stealth, slaughter and some gorgeous world design. Onto that:Be it in stealth or murderous melee, The Days Long Gone’s combat looks great however I’m most interested in sneaking and thieving my way around its sprawling world. Here’s Ryłko on that:Exploration and investigating surroundings was our main idea behind S

We would have had something like Coffee Lake three or four years ago if AMD’s Bulldozer family of processors had been more competitive. With Intel’s 8th Gen Core desktop processors, Core i7 moves to 6C12T (6-cores/12-threads), Core i5 goes to 6C6T, and Core i3 becomes 4C4T. That’s because architecturally, Coffee Lake doesn’t really change anything that I can see from the existing Kaby Lake designs. Image 1 of 16 Image 2 of 16 Image 3 of 16 Image 4 of 16 Image 5 of 16 Image 6 of 16 Image 7 of 16

Yager’s Spec Ops: The Line was as brutal as it was brazen, but was ultimately a commercial failure. This fact alone is enough to rule out a sequel, however its lead writer has spelled out some other reasons the 2012 shooter won’t be revisited. In response to one Twitter user’s query about why Spec Ops: The Line won’t get a sequel, Walt Williams responded rather explicitly: “Because it was a brutal, painful development and everyone who worked on it would eat broken glass before making another. Be

Porting games is a difficult task for devs, even if they’re porting to the same platform they make their games on: the PC. In this context, the difference between a ‘good’ and ‘bad’ PC release can come down to how much time and money you can throw at your title. Creating a PC port of a game from a previous console generation also has its problems. And a bug causing weapons to degrade twice as quickly in the 60fps PC port for Dark Souls II took a full year to fix. As Image & Form Games CEO Brjann

Earlier this week, Digital Extremes hinted that Warframe’s Plains of Eidolon update might be with us sooner than expected. Now, the developer has confirmed it’s coming next week. And when it does, it’ll bring with it the much-anticipated open world ‘Open Zone’—a non-procedurally generated, hand-crafted environment said to offer “exploratory daytime activities and towering night-time battles”—as well as new weapons and a new warrior, among others things. Plains of Eidolon also adds a number of re

Reviewed on: GTX 1080, Intel i5-6600K, 16GB RAMMultiplayer: NoneLink: Official siteThe orcs are the real stars of Shadow of War. In Shadow of War you get to visit this place before they claimed it as their fortress, back when it was the city of Minas Ithil in Gondor. In comparison, Shadow of War is almost entirely self-serious and in love with its own sense of grandeur. Continuing the war theme, conquering enemy strongholds—or nemesis fortresses as the game describes them—is one of Shadow of War

We always recommend waiting for the review before buying a game, but if you’re absolutely sure you’re going to be getting Middle-earth: Shadow of War, then you might as well save some money on it. Over on Bundle Stars you can save 25 percent on the special Gold Edition of Shadow of War, which includes the Slaughter Tribe Nemesis, Outlaw Tribe Nemesis expansions, as well as the Blade of Galadriel and Desolation of Mordor story expansions. Plus, you get a Gold War Chest, all of which totals over $

I’m going to make a new stable in Fire Pro Wrestling World. I’ve set myself an objective of Promethean arrogance: I’m going to create a compelling sports entertainment story using members of the PC Gamer team. He reaches Big Daddy Savage, who charges in and chokeslams Bobby Bobby (yes, that’s really his name) for a muscular win. Sam leaves the ring, disgusted with himself, but maybe, just maybe, relieved to be a safe distance from Bob Ross. He draws a deep breath, grabs Bob Ross and hammers him

In the wake of Hideo Kojima’s ill-fated Silent Hills, a number of psychological exploration horror games have since surfaced that echo its first-person P.T. Successfully crowdfunded last year, it’s now dropped 22 minutes of eerie in-game footage. As showcased by the folks at IGN, the below excerpt starts off typically calm, if a little off. Skip to around the 17.15 mark for that, but I’d recommend watching from the beginning if you have time. Visage was originally expected in early 2017, however

If you’ve been putting off having a look at Road Redemption—the spiritual successor to Road Rash that was Kickstarted back in 2013—because it’s in Early Access then now is the time to give it a look. This is the motorbike combat game with the very modern conceit of procedurally generated levels, in addition to the more nostalgic joys of riding a motorbike very fast and thwacking other riders as you overtake them. I had a play of the Early Access version recently , and had quite a good time. Rand

Zelda isn’t the protagonist in Zelda games. At least, he isn’t if you’re using this mod – which replaces the pleasant blonde boy / man with everyone’s favourite generously limbed meme. You need to emulate Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and then you need to load this mod into it. It’s the work of modder Hefty, and in case you don’t know what the hell Sanic is: it’s derived from a legendarily not-very-good tutorial video for how to draw “Sanic Hegehog” (Sonic the Hedgehog, in case you’re very green).

Divinity: Original Sin 2 includes a brilliant GM mode, and it’s great for storytellers who want a tabletop RPG experience sans the tabletop. This is the “Data” folder in your Divinity: Original Sin 2 installation folder, typically C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonDivinity Original Sin 2Data. Alternatively: Setting up the tools through GOGIf you bought Divinity: Original Sin 2 on GOG, you just need to download the tools (listed as “Editor” under “Game Goodies”). Extract the “Editor”

Former League of Legends developer Aaron “Riot Sanjuro” Rutledge has parted company with Riot Games in the wake of an unfortunate outburst on the official League of Legends Discord server in which he predicted that streamer Tyler1 will “die from a coke overdose or testicular cancer.” “Free tyler one to make 100k+ a year on being a dick in a game he didn’t make,” Rutledge wrote. Things really went off the rails, though, when he appeared to suggest that his bad experiences with the streamer were b

What’s important is that the music inspired by a racing game went on to inspire a new wave of indie racing games. But even at the height of that moral panic the reality was so much tamer than Hotline Miami. Despite the obvious craftsmanship of both game and soundtrack, Hotline Miami was lucky to find the success that it did. If Hotline Miami represents the high point for synthwave-influenced games, the following year would see its low point. Five years after Hotline Miami and six years after Dri