Having earned nine times its Kickstarter target, multiplayer “sim-JRPG” Re:Legend is now as funded as it is adorable. Developer Magnus Games seeks to blend the life sim elements that make games like Stardew Valley so hard to put down with an involved monster-breeding system—and top it off with four-person multiplayer, no less. To help fill in the blanks, I talked with Magnus Games co-founders Welson Gan and Dong Chee. Magnus Games: We’re currently still planning to release in June 2018, but may

Solid state drives with triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash memory are typically more affordable than ones with multi-level cell (MLC) or single-level cell (SLC) NAND chips. To that end, Adata’s Ultimate SU800 256GB SSD can be had for $80 today. You have to apply promo code EMCSRKBE6 to get it for $80, but it’s the only hoop to jump through—there’s no mail-in-rebate attached to this deal. Adata rates this drive’s sequential read and write performance at up to 560MB/s and 520MB/s, respectively. Wh

What used to be a laptop that sold for around $2,500 can now be had for $1,599 after mail-in-rebate. We are talking about the 17.3-inch Asus ROG G752VS-XB72K, which pairs an Intel Core i7-6820HK processor with a GeForce GTX 1070 GPU. Using promo code EMCSRKBE3 knocks $100 of the price, and there’s also a $100 mail-in-rebate available. Asus is marketing this as a VR-ready laptop. Aside from the internal hardware, it has four USB 3.0 ports to go along with a single USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port.

Now we can blame our losses on the Chosen, three characters introduced in the recent War of the Chosen expansion that have hijacked XCOM 2 completely. They’re the best thing to happen to the series since its reintroduction, and some of the greatest videogame villains since Shadow of Mordor’s Nemesis system. Like all the best pantomime villains, the Chosen are chatty sallys—yammering on during missions, and even spilling over into the menus, telling you how much you suck and how you’re doomed to

Famed overclocker der8auer has once again delidded an AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor, this time with a retail chip he purchased off the shelf. And since this is a retail chip as opposed to an engineering sample, it’s likely that all Threadripper processors are built this way. This particular processor is a Threadripper 1950X. It’s the top-end Threadripper CPU with 16 cores and 32 threads, along with 1.5MB of L1 cache, 8MB of L2 cache, and 32MB of L3 cache. Bear in mind the Threadripper 1950X i

The two companies have collaborated on multiple occasions before and have once again teamed up on an RGB monoblock that is compatible with several X299 motherboards. Specifically, the new monoblock can be installed on the Asus Prime X299-A, Prime X299-Deluxe, and TUF X299 Mark 2. It can also be applied to the TUF X299 Mark 1, but only if the thermal armor is either removed or modified. There is also a 4-pin RGB LED strip that connects to the motherboard’s 4-pin LED header, assuming it’s supporte

Almost every gaming headset that gets released seems to employ a neodymium magnet driver, usually with an emphasis on size. Gigabyte has chosen to go in a different direction with its Aorus H5. In an attempt to make its newest headset stand out, the Aorus H5 uses large 50mm beryllium metal drivers that are supposed to offer superior sound output. Beyond the large beryllium drivers, the Aorus H5 features cushioned earcups and a lightweight frame. Gigabyte did not say when the Aorus H5 will be ava

Since their debut in 2010, Humble Bundles and the Humble Store have put out a lot of sweet deals on games. The second Humble Indie Bundle came in December with Braid, Cortex Command, Machinarium, Osmos, and Revenge of the Titans, and approached $2 million in sales. “After the first Humble Indie Bundle, we were overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity,” co-founder and COO John Graham said. Along with the individual Humble Bundles, the Humble Store and Humble Monthly subscription service are also big

It hasn’t taken long for modders to start tweaking XCOM 2 mods to work with War of the Chosen. When you start XCOM 2: War of the Chosen you can then turn individual mods on and off using the mod checklist. Stop Wasting my TimeOne of the very best XCOM mods returns for War of the Chosen. It adds each armour tier from Enemy Unknown and Enemy Within in three separate mods: tier one, tier two and tier three. The XCOM 2 mods for Wrex, Grunt, Liara and Mordin have all been updated for use in War of th

Today we’re excited to redouble our focus on a vibrant and important area of gaming with a channel dedicated to them: PC Gamer Indie. Indie games have been an inseparable part of PC Gamer’s coverage for years but this channel will help us make those stories more frequent, deeper, and wider-ranging. Indie games are everywhere, rampaging, and will not stop. I think that gives a good idea of how broad PC Gamer Indie will be. If you want to help support this work, you can subscribe to the PC Gamer C

Game developers and players continue to find ways to raise money for people affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and just after I wrote about Final Fantasy XIV players and their sponsored march across Eorzea, I spotted the Hurricane Relief Bundle on Itch.io. The Hurricane Relief Bundle collects 50 games and other assorted goodies from 37 developers, put together by IGF finalist Loren Schmidt. Donate $20 and you’ll get the likes of 50 Short Games, Death Ray Manta SE, Tetrageddon Games and Maia

Fantasy Strike, which launched on Steam Early Access yesterday, could be one solution. A couple of years back, I had a chat with Seth Killian when he was still working on the now cancelled F2P PC fighter, Rising Thunder. They require players not to just remember elaborate button combinations, but to be able to pull them off perfectly. Fantasy Strike, at first glance, looks a lot like Street Fighter, but it’s a very different type of animal. “We need months of time to develop the technical aspect

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With the launch of Dungeons 3 less than a month away, the devilish imps at Realmforge Studios have put together a trailer breaking down exactly how it’s different from its predecessors (the theme seems to be ‘bigger’), while showing off plenty of evil-on-good violence and good ol’ fashioned dungeon-building. And the whole thing is narrated by The Stanley Parable’s Kevan Brighting, who also stars in the game. The Dungeons series takes liberal helpings of Dungeon Keeper and mixes in a dash of Over

I love everything about Spintires. I love the mud and the trucks and the way that the game takes what is a slightly silly premise so seriously. The semi-sequel, updated version, Spintires: MudRunner is due out on October 31, but in the meantime, why not watch this needlessly dramatic trailer? This new edition offers updated graphics, five new environments, a challenge mode and 13 extra vehicles, on top of everything that comes with the vanilla game. Without the discount, it will set you back $30

After hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit the US, Final Fantasy XIV players mobilised to raise money for Direct Relief, a humanitarian charity focused on providing medical assistance to the vulnerable, including victims of natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes. The community managed to raise over $21,000. The original goal was $1,000, and to reach it players were encouraged to create a Lalafell character and march across Eorzea. A 12-hour livestream was set up and, according to a post on

Ark: Survival of the FittestLike H1Z1, Ark: Survival of the Fittest is another arena-style battle royale game, and is similarly a spin-off. FortniteEpic has announced a new battle royale mode for their base-building romp, Fortnite. MODSPlayerUnknown’s Battle Royale in Arma 2, Arma 3Before PUBG, Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene created DayZ: Battle Royale, an offshoot of the original DayZ mod for Arma 2, inspired by the Japanese film. A lot of Battlegrounds’ features started in PlayerUnknown’s Batt

With Total War: Warhammer 2 launching this month, Sega and Creative Assembly have put together another trailer, this time showing off the diverse locations you’ll be slaughtering your enemies in. The first Warhammer’s battles were impressive, the set piece fights in particular, but most random encounters took place in featureless plains. Warhammer 2, on the other hand, is full of maps rich in forests, hills, cliffs, rivers and buildings, offering lots of tactical opportunities. Geography can win

LawBreakers didn’t have a great launch, and its fortunes haven’t improved since then, with player numbers so low that they might as well be zero. Cliff Bleszinski isn’t ready to throw in the towel, however, and believes changes to the multiplayer shooter, its marketing and his own attitude could bring back the players. He took it all back when he announced LawBreakers, of course, but there’s still the hint of a chip on his shoulder. At the end of the day, I didn’t want to make the exact same arc

“The Cuddle Fish is an adorable companion creature,” the update reads. “You may find Cuddle Fish eggs hidden around the world. Those eggs can be incubated in an Alien Containment module, and will eventually hatch into a Cuddle Fish.” There aren’t really any other benefits to having a Cuddle Fish, but there doesn’t need to be any other damned reasons to have a Cuddle Fish. The video below shows off the Cuddle Fish in action.