Welcome to our list of the best space games on PC. Whether you’re trading or pirating your way around the Milky Way or being hunted by a monstrous alien on a stricken orbital station, these are the best space games you can play on PC right now. Star Wars: Empire at WarYear 2006Developer PetroglyphDeveloped by Petroglyph, a studio founded by Westwood veterans, this real-time strategy is one of the best Star Wars games on PC. It’s part Star Wars space opera, part brilliant Star Trek episode, and o

When Dishonored 2’s Death of the Outsider was revealed at E3, its launch trailer (featured above) showcased Billie Lurk slaughtering five baddies before rescuing her mentor Daud. With that, the star of the forthcoming DLC’s show was immediately clear—however Daud was once considered as the standalone expansion’s central protagonist. Speaking to Billie’s mentor, I suggest to Bakaba and Carrier that Michael Madsen’s voice feels made for the role. As for the Dishonored timeline post-Death of the Ou

I had an awkward moment with the original Destiny, which was repeated a year later with The Taken King expansion. The campaign in Destiny largely acts as context for the endgame, where the real action (and grind) happens. Before we get into the guts of the campaign, I also want to state that Destiny 2 really is going to be a bigger game. As I said at the start, the story is almost inconsequential when it comes to weighing Destiny 2’s charms. But the reason you’re going to want to play Destiny 2—

Retailers don’t really need an excuse to put big sales on, but you have to admire Newegg’s dedication to its themes. This week, the NFL season is starting up again, so obviously you can save big on technology in Newegg’s Kickoff to Savings Sale. None of the deals are football related, but here are some highlights anyway:These deals are lasting until Monday, so you’ll have time to watch a whole bunch of NFL games and then still browse a few deals before they go away. Some online stores give us a

Yesterday, Garry’s Mod creator Facepunch Studios unveiled S&box—a prototype that aims to “take a powerful game engine (UE4 right now) and build a hotloading C# layer on top of it”. Overnight, a handful of Reddit threads reckon S&box is Facepunch’s way of announcing Garry’s Mod 2. We reached out Facepunch’s head honcho Garry Newman to ask what exactly S&box is, if it is in fact Garry’s Mod 2, and when we might expect to learn more about it. “There’s a lot of “is this Garry’s Mod 2”, the honest an

To mark the occasion, we’ve partnered with Bundle Stars and are giving away the game’s Serpent God Edition—which comes packing a host of limited edition collectibles. Speaking of the original, it’s selling on Bundle Stars at the moment with a 70 percent discount, while its DLC is subject to some savings too. “It’s the first of this week’s daily flash deals from Bundle Stars, badged as ‘Best of Star Deals Week’. Put simply, this is the best Star Deals at the best ever prices. Check Bundle Stars e

Scorn describes itself as an “atmospheric first-person horror game” that’s split into two parts. “Atmospheric” perhaps sells Scorn short, which is why you should probably check out the following video for yourself before we go on. With its gore-splattered hallways, weird faceless winged beasties and vacuous steampunk-meets-the depths of hell vibes, Scorn’s world looks gorgeous and terrifying in equal measure. Developer Ebb Studios suggests its open-ended world is “lived-in”, and that the game’s

When I first sat down to see Digital Extreme’s new game, The Amazing Eternals, I was skeptical to see how it could distinguish itself from the pack. For one, The Amazing Eternals is one-part card game where each hero has a deck that they draw from during a match that gives them new weapons and abilities. But my favorite part of The Amazing Eternals is the ‘70s pulp vibes it puts out. The characters (called Eternals) each belong to a camp of retro genre fiction, like horror, sci-fi, or super hero

Grandma Gamer Shirley Curry was at PAX West this year, so we decided to meet up and test out our parenting skills on Think of the Children, a game about frantically keeping your wayward babies alive. If you’re unfamiliar with Shirley Curry, she’s the 81-year-old Skyrim YouTuber who has over 240 thousand subscribers. I wrote about her last year, touching on the good and bad of becoming a YouTube celebrity at 81. She was kind enough to let me steal her away at PAX West so that I could force her le

Tribes: Ascend, may it rest in peace , won’t be the end of the jetpacking FPS genre. Archetype Studios just put Midair on Steam at the end of last month, but how is it learning from the rise and fall of Tribes: Ascend? I spoke with Chris Matthews, CEO at Archetype, to get a sense of what Midair is doing differently. For one thing, base infrastructure should be more critical in this 16-on-16 multiplayer FPS: you’ll spawn with a default loadout, so you’ll have to hit an inventory station each time

BioMutant, the open world adventure about a squirrel-looking creature with a sword, is by all reports something worth anticipating. So far we’ve only had brief glimpses of the game, but this lengthy 25 minute video will probably be enough to figure out whether the game is for you. Captured by IGN, the video apparently shows the opening missions of the game, and there’s some good footage of how combat will play out as well. It kinda looks like Ratchet & Clank crossed with, um, most open world act

First held in 2010, Games Done Quick is a biannual series of speedrunning marathons—Awesome and Summer—that raise money for charity. And we’re not talking chump change here, either: The 2017 Summer Games Done Quick event brought in well over $1.7 million for Doctors Without Borders, while the January AGDQ event earned $2.2 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Over this past weekend, the GDQ folks held a special event in support of victims of Hurricane Harvey, which deluged much of eastern

August seems to have been a good month for Oculus, with the Oculus Rift gaining more momentum on Steam. According to Valve’s latest Steam survey data, the headset has increased its market share on the platform by 8.1%, the largest leap in a single month. With these gains, the Oculus Rift is sitting at 43.8%, while its main competitor, the HTC Vive, has a 52.3% share, down 7.7% compared to July. Last month, HTC brought in a strategic adviser after they made $513 million in losses for the fiscal y

We are still waiting for a 4K monitor to emerge that ticks all the rights boxes in terms of features we would like to see supported. While we are waiting, Philips is looking ahead to the eventual jump to 8K with its 328P8K, a new professional grade monitor that has a 7680×4230 resolution panel, Anandtech reports. As the model name suggests, the 328P8K is a 32-inch class (31.5-inch panel) monitor. Not to worry though, if you just purchased a 4K monitor (or even a 1440p display), there is no call

With Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Blood Orchid update arriving tomorrow, Ubisoft have put together a new trailer featuring all three of the game’s new operators, along with their unique abilities, as they get down to business in the Theme Park map. The trailer gives us another look at Hong Kong operators Ying and Lesion, as well as the new Polish operator, Ela Bosak. If you want to see them in action rather than in a cinematic trailer, take a gander at the Gamescom stream below. As well as thre

A new EVE Online expansion is coming in October called Lifeblood, bringing with it new technologies for extracting resources—and, as is the way of the universe, increased pressure from jerks who want to screw things up for everyone. EVE Online: Lifeblood will see the introduction of Upwell Refineries, which “will revolutionize how consumable resources are harvested and processed in New Eden, [and] become the premier structure for capsuleers to use when collecting, processing, refining and reproc

Starbound, the spacefaring sandbox, will be filled with criminals awaiting capture and judgement, making work for bounty hunters, in the 1.4 update. Players will be able to become a space cop, arresting naughty humans and aliens for the Peacekeeper faction. If you decide to walk down the path of a righteous crook-snatcher, you’ll need to hit up the bounty board, beginning your mission to clap some naughty criminal in irons. Sometimes you’ll have to take targets alive as well, using the Peacekeep

SteamWorld Dig 2, sequel to the charming Metroidvania and mining game, finally has a release date. The PC version will then launch “a few days later,” according to developer Image and Form Games. A bit vague, then, but at least we’ll almost assuredly be getting our hands on it before the month is over. And this is great news, as its predecessor, even during a time that’s filled with Metroidvania romps, was compelling underground adventure. You’ll need to dig deep beneath the planet, unlock upgra

Riot actually began looking into “big, long-last problems” related to IP, rewards, and leveling last year. IP is also being merged with blue essence to create a new in-game currency, although it will continue to be called blue essence, or “BE.” And since IP is being merged with blue essence, IP boosts are no longer available for purchase. “If you already have active IP boosts, they’ll just turn into XP boosts when preseason hits. XP boosts will also be repriced to cost what IP boosts do today (s

Phantom Doctrine walks and talks like XCOM: it’s a turn-based strategy game where you guide agents across sprawling, gridded maps to execute infiltration and combat missions. Developer CreativeForge Games isn’t watering down the brutality of the Cold War in its conspiracy-rich strategy game. For example, enemy agents can be implanted with a secret phrase, then released from your base. Another neat piece of Phantom Doctrine is the way information is amassed as you play the campaign. Games like Ph