It’s been almost a year since we last checked in on Dusk, the fast-paced FPS that channels Quake, Hexen, Doom, and other great, over-the-top shooters from back in the day. Dusk will features 33 levels spread over three separate episodes, and a bunch of “needless options,” like an FOV slider, framerate cap, and individually adjustable saturation, contrast, hue, and tinting options. The gameplay in the trailer is fast, silly, ridiculously violent, and pure 1990s. How it will hold up over the cours

For Brutal Doom creator Sgt. Mark IV, all you need is a Patreon project and a profound passion for demons and gore to create great things. Brutal Doom continues to get meaningful updates long after its release in 2012, and its latest patch, V21, will include two new guns among some other improvements, like splashier fluid animations. The entry on the weapon reads:”Unmaker: Demon-tech weapon that hurts pure demons a lot, demon-humans very little, tech demons some. Mark doesn’t have a release date

When Acer announced its decked out Predator X27 monitor last April, it referred to the display as a “jaw dropping showstopper.” That’s because Acer is delaying the launch of this bad boy until the first quarter of 2018. After seeing a Twitter post for Acer announcing the delay of its Predator X27, we reached out to Asus to see where it stood with its own beastly 4K monitor. To recap, the Predator X27 sports a 27-inch panel (Anandtech says it’s an IPS panel) with a native 4K resolution (3840×2160

It was a year ago almost to the day that we reported about the unhappy demise of AM2R. “Ori is one of the many games I was able to enjoy lately. I feel like I’ll be right at home working with this team,” he wrote. Guasti expressed his gratitude to supporters of AM2R, and said that he would continue researching and expanding his new project in his free time. Ori and the Will of the Wisps was announced at E3 back in June.

For Destiny 2, Activision and Bungie is doubling down on that strategy with two new, equally-irrelevant sponsorship deals. Rockstar and Pop-Tarts may be “renowned lifestyle” brands but their relevance to Destiny is zero. (And yes, that’s taken from a real quote. “In collaboration with Rockstar Energy Drink and Pop-Tarts, we chose strategic, renowned lifestyle partners in major markets to bring the Destiny 2 universe to life,”Activision senior vice president of production management Byron Beede s

Every Monday, Build of the week highlights a unique rig from the web’s most dedicated PC building communities. For more pictures of Arctic Horror and information on the build process, check out the official build log . Arctic Horror components:While I could see which components were included, some were missing details. I mean, if we knew everything about the Alien, it would lose the horror, right? The components were right on the build log page, and I missed them.

For a collection of mods designed for a no-fast-travel playthrough, Geralt of Rivia’s Pro Witcher 3 mod is a bit of a laugh because Geralt has never traveled faster than this. So fast is Geralt that while sliding from place to place with the mod, you may actually arrive before the game has had time to load all the locations’ models. That sounds a bit immersion breaking, but then presumably so is turning Geralt into a pro snowboarder, minus the snow and the board and the Red Bull endorsement. I’m

In practice, it won’t always be that straightforward, as evidenced by Gigabyte’s X299 Aorus Gaming motherboard—apparently it won’t play nice with Skylake-X. Clicking on the Support tab and expanding the CPU support list reveals the same thing. If you’re the type who typically upgrades your CPU and motherboard at the same time, then this is no big deal. The rear I/O panel contains the following connectors:1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)6 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (5Gb

If you’re looking to build a fast system around one of AMD’s Ryzen processors, here’s a heads up that the Ryzen 7 1800X is on sale at Amazon for $420. That’s not the lowest we’ve ever seen it, though it does appear to be the cheapest price around at the moment. AMD’s Ryzen 7 1800X is an 8-core/16-thread processor clocked at 3.6GHz to 4GHz. It’s a bit of a tougher sell these days with AMD aggressively pricing its not-yet-released Threadripper 1900X at $549, which is also an 8-core/16-thread proce

Spelunky creator Derek Yu hinted at something new a couple of weeks ago when he tweeted a screenshot of what appeared to be a new game, accompanied by the hashtag #UFO50. Right around the same time, two other indie developers, Jon Perry and Eirik Suhrke, tweeted different images using the same hashtag. “UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games from the creators of Spelunky, Downwell, Time Barons, Skorpulac, and Madhouse,” the website at 50games.fun explains. “Jump in and explore

Now we have details for the entire lineup:The Core i9-7980XE features a 2.6GHz base clockspeed. That’s not terribly exciting, though we’re not real concerned with base clocks since Intel’s chips do a good job of hitting Turbo clocks as needed. The Core i9-7980XE will also have 24.75MB of L3 cache, the most of any Core X-series chip, along with 44 PCIe lanes and a 165W TDP. Moving down the list, Intel also filled in the blanks for its Core i9-7920X, Core i9-7940X, and Core i9-7960X processors. Th

Dakotaraptor means “plunderer of Dakota,” owing to the fact that bones of this feathered dinosaur were first discovered in South Dakota in 2005. Well, I’ve played plenty of survival games before, so I know how to begin: by cutting down some trees. I’m not a stinky caveman, stranded bush pilot, or astronaut trying to establish a colony on a hostile alien planet. I’m a baby dinosaur! Being a baby dinosaur is hard.

Ark: Survival Evolved is famous for its ferocious bestiary. “Found along the Island’s many inland waterways, Lutra Peloso have become exceptionally adept at hunting and foraging. “There are few creatures which provide the companionship that Lutra Peloso does. The latest Ark Digest also includes a promise from Studio Wildcard to continue the development of Ark: Survival Evolved once it goes into full release on August 29. “There has been a lot of questions regarding what will happen to the develo

Boss rush mods are often good fun, and ex1k’s latest for Fallout 4 is a cracker. Named ‘The 7 Stages of Justice’, the project marks the creator’s first handling of the game’s creator kit and riffs off some very recognisable foes from the Metal Gear Solid series. Located in an underground bunker next to Vault 111, named Barku’s Hiding Place, 7 Stages invites players into seven interlinked arenas—each of which houses an MGS-flavoured boss. Upon entering Barku’s Hiding Place, you’re first faced wit

To my surprise it hasn’t, however indie developer Jaydeb’s Morph Girl is an FMV game inspired by Japanese horror flicks. Make decisions that could save or endanger Elana’s life from an entity of unknown intent – and her own grief. “Inspired by low-fi Japanese horror movies of the late 90’s, Morph Girl adopts an FMV, family VHS tape inspired aesthetic to evoke the most intimate and invasive fears and anxieties surrounding the invasion of one’s home. Unlock all 6 endings and find your conclusion t

Since its late 2015 launch, Rainbow Six Siege has bolstered its environmental destruct ’em up grounds with new DLC, new operators, new maps and a host of substantial updates. It’s now surpassed 20 million registered players, and now also enjoys 2.3 million daily active users. As such, Ubisoft has now labelled Siege “a shooter that is here to stay.” “Our community is growing and so is our ambition to make Siege a shooter that is here to stay,” says product director Nicolas Lefebvre. If you’re yet

Specialisations, or perks, have been a staple of the Battlefield series from 2142 right up to Hardline. In a Reddit post, developer DICE has outlined all the specialisations that are coming “sometime soon” to the PC Community Test Environment (CTE) before going into the game proper. Each player will get to choose three from a list of seven generic specialisations and two that are class-specific (so, 15 total). Everyone will start off with the same three generic specialisations (decreased damage

CS:GO’s Tec-9 is often the pistol of choice on the Terrorist side: it’s cheap, deals decent damage and has a high rate of fire. But now Valve has announced a nerf to the gun that will kickstart wider changes to pistols in the game. The changes will “emphasise aiming while retaining the weapon’s high mobility”, Valve says—basically, you’ll have to pick your shots rather than just spamming left click. There’s no details yet on what pistol is up next, or how other weapons will be changed, but expec

Tacoma, the latest game from the creators of Gone Home, is by all reports very good. Our reviewer Andy Kelly wrote as much, deciding that it’s “a smart and thoughtful science fiction mystery featuring a cast of believable, nuanced characters.” So if that sounds like something you’d be keen on, then GOG has a pretty good deal right now: buy the game there, and you’ll get Event[0] free. By pure coincidence, Andy also reviewed Event[0] when it released late last year, and it’s pretty good too. Chec

So is the case in Middle-earth: Shadow of War, which will allow you to buy things like loot chests and XP boosts if you couldn’t be bothered earning them the normal way. You’ll be able to purchase loot chests, war chests, XP boosts and bundles of all of these. Loot chests contain gear “of varying rarity”, while also sometimes containing XP boosts. War chests reward with new Orc followers, again “of varying rarity” as well as Training Orders which can help customise the Orcs in your command. It’s