The Day One edition of the game, which despite the swanky name is just the game and the preorder bonus (more on that down below), will go for $50, while the Digital Deluxe edition, which includes the season pass, will be $80. As for that preorder bonus, it’s a “Special Swords Set” of five blades: The Jade Katana, Siren’s Sabre, Cloudcutter, The Bleeding Edge, and Greenling Glaive. For those who prefer to keep things simple, the season pass will be available for standalone purchase. The Day One e

This led to some heavy criticism being flung at Noctua, though subsequent testing of the fans by a third party showed it was largely unwarranted. After extensively testing the fans, he found no virtually no difference in noise or airflow. Here is Noctua’s official statement on the matter:Noctua has production sites in both Taiwan and China, all of which operate to the same strict quality standards. between fans originating from different production sites, but these variations have no measurable

Board game company Fantasy Flight clearly realized that shortcoming, because it announced a Fallout: a Post-Nuclear Board Game today, with a modular hex-based board making up the Wasteland and card decks designed to simulate Fallout’s roleplaying decisions. Game Informer got some hands-on time with the new game and laid out how it plays. The most interesting element of the board game, according to Game Informer, is how it adapts Fallout’s choices into a deck-based mechanic. “Throughout the game,

Last week we learned that The Evil Within 2 will push its psychological horror leanings “much harder” than its predecessor, and now series mastermind Shinji Mikami has recommended playing on the game’s ‘Casual’ setting. Speaking to Japanese publication Famitsu (via Siliconera), Mikami and Tango Gameworks’ John Johanas discussed some of the features heading to the survival horror sequel—a list which includes dropping the original game’s multi-chaptered structure and in turn including less loading

Here are nine games where we think a battle royale-esque mode could be explored to great effect. Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom PainMGSV has the tools, maps and precise combat for a great battle royale game. Imagine having that gorgeous set of islands and glittering blue oceans in a battle royale contest. Approaching a point like that in a battle royale mode would be incredibly tense. “I just want to listen to a bit of poetry and some nice music!” Dear Esther battle royale does not care what yo

All Walls Must Fall is a third-person tactical shooter based in an alternate timeline in which the Cold War never ended. The precise rules of time travel in All Walls Must Fall are deliberately vague. The game goes into combat mode when guns are drawn. New enemies, missions, rooms, environments and all of West Berlin are due before launch, which will be in “at least 6-12 months” time. All Walls Must Fall is out now on Steam Early Access.

Orwell was one of the surprise hits of 2016, a surveillance-themed adventure sim which our reviewer described as “a novel perspective on totalitarian surveillance”. That serialised adventure is getting a follow-up this year, in the form of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength. Like last year’s game, this sequel will be serialised as well, and is being described as a “season” by developer Osmotic Studios. “Inspired by the rise of fake news, the social media echo chamber and the death of ‘truth’ – Orwell

At the beginning of June, Hello Games launched Waking Titan—a hype-stirring ARG for its open-world space roamer No Man’s Sky. Complete with strange cassette tapes, snippets of vague information and an expected deluge of Reddit back-and-forthing, the alternate reality game was said to offer clues tied to NMS’ incoming update 1.3. Other users also point out that the console features an extra icon that isn’t listed on the ARG’s site. As for the new ship image, complete with mountainous backdrop, Re

I’ve played two of the six cases in The Darkside Detective, a winning so-called ‘micro-adventure’ game from developer Spooky Doorway. The dad isn’t too fussed about his little girl’s disappearance, while the mother is in tears—and the nanny is acting suspiciously. You eventually come across the ghosts of Poe and Lovecraft, arguing about who’s work is scarier, along with other renowned authors from history knocking around the library’s different floors. moments in The Darkside Detective as you st

It’s the middle of August and sales are starting to come thick and fast. For the next week on Newegg, you’ll be able to get cheap components for your PC in the Back to College sale. Just before we jump into the highlights of the sale, it’s also worth noting that you can save extra money by paying with Masterpass. Check out some of the highlights of the Back to College sale below:Of course, there’s a lot more on sale too, so check out the sale page for the full list of offers. Some online stores

It’s science fiction week on the Humble Store, meaning you can save up to 75 percent on 20 different games. Head on over to the Sci-Fi Week Sale page to see them all. Whether you’re looking for the base game of Elite Dangerous, the Horizons expansion, or the Commander Deluxe Edition, they’re all 33 percent off. There’s plenty more on offer too, and you’ve got all week to take advantage of the low prices before they blast off. Some online stores give us a small cut if you buy something through on

In its place came Direct—a system that allows developers the chance to get their games on Steam for a $100 fee. At the time, Valve said this: “With this transition to Steam Direct, we’ll be keeping an eye on new submissions and making adjustments as necessary. In the seven weeks since Direct came into play, over 1,000 games have landed on Steam. In the last four weeks, 730 have arrived—and around 215 games have launched on the platform in the last week. First week of July 2016 – 28 games release

This week you’ll probably want to keep some extra distance between you and the mobs of flesh that chase you around in Killing Floor 2. In KF2’s final Weekly Outbreak event, “Boom,” zeds explode when they die, hurting anyone or anything around them. Larger zeds explode like a miniature nuke, dealing even more splash damage. Survive Boom on Suicidal difficulty and you’ll earn the “Mind Blown” headgear, a stylish cosmetic that makes it look like mushroom clouds are coming out of your ears. This con

Don’t Knock Twice is the latest game from Wales Interactive—the studio behind the likes of Master Reboot and Soul Axiom. Said to portray a “psychologically terrifying” urban legend, Don’t Knock Twice is set within an abandoned grand manor, littered with clues and items that players must leverage in order to succeed and, crucially, survive. Due to release on both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift VR headsets, Don’t Knock Twice can also be played traditionally minus virtual reality support. Wales Inter

In his warm review, Leif praised Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice as a “powerful portrait of the strength of will over personal demons.” Dying too many times in Hellblade results in having your save file wiped entirely. From what I understand, Hellblade isn’t as difficult as, say, Dark Souls whereby repeated deaths are integral to the game’s learning curve. If you’ve suffered a Hellblade save file wipe, let us know in the comments below. Update, and another spoiler warning: The folks

Rainbow Six Siege has surpassed 20 million registered players and is now “here to stay”, so reckons Ubisoft. To this end, as part of its long-term update strategy, the developer has announced a “data cleanup” of sorts that requires a pretty hefty patch on PC. Pretty substantial, then, but necessary as the Y2S3.0 (Year two, season three) patch will reset the “foundation that future patches are built upon”, and will help establish a new “baseline” the developer will update the game client from her

It only takes a few fleeting seconds watching this video before it sinks in that, yes, this indeed is a Cliff Bleszinski game. The pacing, the music, the unfortunates getting stabbed in the face mid-air, the mild taunt asking if you’re “skilled AF”. Well since you asked, edgy trailer, I am not skilled AF. Although the game is technically out tomorrow in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s already available on Steam so you can go ahead and frag non-skilled AF players right now, preferably in mid-air. T

You needn’t worry about Dota 2 excitement diminishing: this year’s International prize pool has managed to eclipse last year’s by nearly $4 million. The total is currently sitting on a pretty $24,000,545, and while the International is currently playing out as we speak, players are still able to contribute to it via paying for battle passes. It’s pretty astonishing when you consider that, in 2012, the prize pool was an utterly poverty stricken $1.6 million. It’s steadily increased since then, wi

Two modders known for creating custom skins for Street Fighter have received DMCA takedown notices from Capcom. In addition to Capcom’s apparent objection to the modders profiting from the skins, some of the skins used copyrighted material from properties such as Marvel. He says he removed links to his mods from YouTube and Reddit posts to avoid further DMCA notices, though he also promised to continue modding. Brutal Ace cites, in addition to the DMCA, harsh backlash from Reddit—reportedly unha

Ubisoft recently announced the forthcoming rollout of the third season of For Honor, which will include a couple of new classes—the Gladiator and the “There Can Be Only One!” That’s good news for fans of the game, but its player numbers have continued to slide, and are now deeply entrenched in sub-2000 territory. That’s a problem with an elusive solution, but the free weekend announced today sure can’t hurt. Preloading will begin on August 8, and any progress earned during the free period will c