Abject’s Soulshammer 40,000 mod now unofficially brings Space Marines to Lordran. We’ve covered Dark Souls modder Abject’s work in the past—from Shovel Souls to Fidget Souls; from Epic Sax Guy to BloodSouls—and their latest is, typically, tongue-in-cheek and good fun. Have a gander:As is standard with Abject’s creations, you’ll need DSFix in order to change the base game’s icons and HUD. As well as 40K Space Marine models, Soulshammer 40,000 also adds a Bolter, Chainsword, Backpack and Armour. M

Despite sounding like a marketing term, the game’s PC design lead Ted Timmins tells me “no asterisk” is instead an indicator of inclusiveness across desktops and consoles, no matter the hardware you’re playing on. We’ve actually been inviting people below our current plan for minimum specs into the technical alpha so we can test a number things on the performance side. This game looks so great regardless of the device you’re playing on. Timmins adds: “We’ve actually added a 540p mode, so you can

Users are reporting that the Steam version of Sonic Mania needs an internet connection in order to boot. Those trying to access the game while offline are prompted to connect by a pop up box – though once the game’s open, a connection is no longer needed. Meanwhile, users are similarly miffed that the game uses Denuvo DRM software, despite the Steam listing previously making no mention of it. “Like you, we’ve noticed an error in the Steam store not mentioning the DRM for Sonic Mania,” an officia

Update: We reported a few minutes ago that Ark refunds were being allowed on Steam regardless of how long players had owned the game, or how many hours they had played. That was true for a while today, but Valve has fixed the issue, and the standard refund rules appear to be back in effect. Refunds also don’t appear to work for those who bought Ark as part of a bundle or from other key retailers. It’s currently unknown if the Ark refunds are intended by Studio Wildcard and Valve—a resetting of t

Do you ever get the feeling that you’ve got to make a move to a town that’s right for you? Because it’s time to take yourself down to Junkertown, which is now playable on the Overwatch PTR. Junkertown is a new Escort map located in the Australian Outback. We also took note of the fact that Junkertown is quite a departure from the more “pristine” environs of the Overwatch maps we’ve previously seen, which I suppose is appropriate for the place Junkrat calls home. Junkertown is live now on the Ove

It makes Bethesda’s all-in approach a confounding surprise, but by bringing Skyrim, Fallout, and Doom to VR, the company is in a good position to change the pace. Waiting for the FalloutI enjoyed Fallout VR more than Skyrim VR at least, because the world running on a PC looked a lot better and my ability to turn in a full circle was unrestricted. I can’t help but compare my time with Skyrim VR with Lone Echo , an incredible game that was built to showcase everything VR can do right now, and noth

What would Destiny 2’s debut on the PC be without a discovery of our own? Quick spoiler warning: if you want Destiny 2 to stay a complete and total surprise, turn back now. Here be giant space fish. And yeah, whales aren’t fish, we know. I think it’s just a big fish monster and I’m going to shoot it.

The Nvidia Shield Portable (originally released as simply the Nvidia Shield) is an Android-powered portable gaming device that looks basically like an Xbox 360 controller with a five-inch LCD screen stuck to it. The handheld debuted in 2013 and was actually pretty okay—powerful, but a little too bulky for gaming on the move. After its release and failure to catch fire commercially, Nvidia moved to a conventional tablet design, but not before whipping up at least one prototype for a planned, but

A few modifications turned a limited edition boat-shaped case from Lian Li into this orange-lit jewel of the QuakeCon fleet. Getting perfect bends in rigid coolant tubes is not easy, and this case gets every line in precisely the right place. #4: Oh God Run It’s A GhoulYou may remember the incredible Nick Valentine case from last year’s QuakeCon roundup. #3: The Right Case In the Right PlaceFull disclosure: I walked past this damn thing at least 20 times before I realized it was a PC. The entire

This is the first time we’ve had the opportunity to look at two X299 boards side by side, to identify whether one is better than the other. Ultimately, we had two choices: either the high-clocked 4.3GHz Core i7-7740X, or the 10-core Core i9-7900X. We went with the middle ground, at least until Intel starts shipping six and eight-core samples out to us reviewers. The M7 ACK is a brand new refinement of MSI’s gaming line. The M7 ACK is a solid all-around motherboard.

Even so, I can’t shake the feeling that this new “Marauder Tribe” trailer for the upcoming Middle-earth: Shadow of War isn’t quite what ol’ JRR had in mind when he envisioned the fearsome, ferocious Orcs. Maybe it’s the way they strike a pose and bust a move as they work to demonstrate their commitment to “power” and “respect.” Then again, Shelob isn’t quite the same as I remember her, either. The Marauders aren’t the only “themed” Orcish tribe on the menu: Previous trailers have introduced the

“Up to four teams parachute into a periodically shrinking kill box strewn with a lethal assortment of guns, explosives and Weaponized Vehicles. Minus the gunned-up cars, that’s Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, and while Rockstar doesn’t mention the monstrously successful Battle Royale game by name, it’s clearly aiming to capitalize on its success. The move also validates our recently-shared opinion that GTA Online should have a Battle Royale mode—and even better, our prediction that it would event

While we’ve seen plenty of survival games enter Steam Early Access over the years, it’s not often we see one actually leave. Ark: Survival Evolved, which arrived on Early Access back in 2015, has managed to buck the trend and is now a full release on Steam, at the somewhat controversial price of $60 (twice what it cost for nearly its entire EA run). There was also the time the studio said it was withholding sheep unless it won an award, a stance that was pretty quickly reversed. You’ll find Ark

One of them is a bundle package consisting of an Intel Core i7-7700K processor and Gigabyte Aorus GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 motherboard. There is also a $15 mail-in-rebate available, so you’re looking at $180 once that comes back in the form of a pre-paid card. The Core i7-7700K is an unlocked chip with 4-cores/8-threads running at 4.2GHz to 4.5GHz at stock. It has three PCIe x16 slots, three PCIe x1 slots, six SATA 6Gbps ports, two M.2 connectors, a U.2 connector, and an assortment of USB 3.1/2.0 ports

Earlier this month, Blizzard rolled out new “Free-For-All” and “Team Deathmatch” game modes on the Overwatch PTR, where they could be put through their paces before being released to the world at large. Today the studio announced that those paces have been put, and that both modes are now open to everyone on the Overwatch Arcade. Team Deathmatch is slightly more organized, as two teams of six battle to be the first to 30 kills, a process complicated somewhat by the fact that Mercy resurrections

In a recent blog post, Microsoft let it be known that Steam content will run on Windows mixed reality headsets. Microsoft was careful with its wording, saying that its partnership with 343 Industries will “bring future Halo experiences into mixed reality.” Microsoft provided some basic clarification on the PC side, breaking things down into categories—Windows mixed reality PCs and Windows mixed reality ultra PCs. Mixed reality PCs will consists of desktops and laptops with integrated graphics. U

The Destiny 2 early access PC beta got off to a bit of a rough start yesterday, but it sounds like Bungie managed to get it smoothed out quickly—and more relevant to our immediate interests, it’s now open to everyone. Those of you who have been playing in the early access beta will need to update, which may require a Battle.net restart. For everyone else, just fire up the client, select “Destiny 2” from the games list, and hit the “Install” button. It’s a 16GB download, which is nothing to sneez

The Chosen and the resistance factions are woven seamlessly into the familiar XCOM 2 campaign structure. The Chosen have their own introductory cutscenes and missions, and will turn up in key campaign missions to give you something extra to deal with. War of the Chosen gives you plenty of soldiers and resources to develop this flexibility. Resistance soldiers use these to level up on their special skill trees, but you also build a pool of points for your generic XCOM soldiers. A day in War of th

Cooler Master decided to go against the grain with its new MasterSet MS120 combo. The MasterSet MS120 consists of a keyboard and mouse packaged together. “We created a keyboard that mirrors the highly popular mechanical Cherry MX Blue switches and made it affordable while maintaining functionality. The result is a keyboard that “looks and feels premium,” according to Cooler Master. Pricing for the MasterSet MS120 is set at $90 (£80)—not too shabby when you consider it is easy to spend that much

Microsoft has been saying for several months now that lower cost mixed reality headsets are headed to Windows 10. Dell is one of the company’s hardware partners that plans on taking advantage of mixed reality experiences being introduced with the Fall Creators Update and has shared some more details about its upcoming headset. The Dell Visor (VR118) is essentially Dell’s take on HoloLens—it features the same technology as Microsoft’s headset, including inside-out tracking cameras, with a 360-deg