Legends of Runeterra is a League of Legends card game with more than a passing resemblance to Hearthstone and Artifact—but it isn’t just a simple clone. In this guide I’ll teach you how to play Legends of Runeterra while also explaining how turn order works, what keywords do, and how to level up champions. How to play Legends of RuneterraIf you’ve played Hearthstone or Artifact, you’ll immediately get the gist of Legends of Runeterra. (Image credit: Riot Games)Legends of Runeterra combatCombat i

Except the Start Menu was good, and the Windows key, uncomfortably jammed between age-old mainstays Ctrl and Alt, was dangerous. But in the ’90s, the Windows key terrorized me, coldly destroying my gaming adventures time and time again. The Windows key did not stop being a scumbag when Windows moved onto 98, or 2000. Over the years, though, as some of us got keyboards that could shut down the Windows key, it started on the long road to redemption. And starting with Windows Vista in 2007, after a

Surviving the Aftermath follows the general philosophy of its predecessor, in that you’ve got to build a colony for humans in an inhospitable environment. The survival management genre is still relatively new, yet Surviving the Aftermath—simply Aftermath from here on out because it’s the apocalypse and who has time for formal names?—has a surprisingly conservative start. Straight away, however, there are some much appreciated conveniences that make surviving the end of everything just a wee bit

Paradox Interactive hosted its annual convention in Berlin today, kicking things off with a flurry of announcements, including the reveal of Crusader Kings 3, the sequel to one of the best strategy games on PC. After eight years and a billion expansions, Paradox is finally moving onto Crusader Kings 3, which will of course contain more lots and lots of lovely map porn and murderous dynastic intrigue. Surviving the AftermathParadox has turned Surviving Mars, or at least the surviving part, into a

Gaming desktops don’t always have to cost an arm and a leg, right now you can grab the HP Omen Obelisk for $1,399 ($600 off). The Obelisk comes equipped with an Nvidia RTX 2080 GPU, 16GB of HyperX DDR4-2666 RAM and a 256GB SSD. However, you always have the option to upgrade to the best CPU for gaming down the line, and the Obelisk’s motherboard can currently support anything up to a 9900K. This desktop has excellent potential and delivers the ability for awesome gaming right out of the box. Whil

Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the latest chapter in the tale of the eternal conflict between the relentless hordes of the undead and the relentlessly upbeat armies of greenery, was announced and launched, partially, in September. The idea was that after the initial rollout, new modes and features would be added over a six-week stretch leading up to the full release, which took place today. The shooter genre is undeniably more mainstream than tower defense, but the original game is

Indeed, many gamers around the world have taken notice of your company’s actions, understandably calling for boycotts of Activision Blizzard gaming sites.” We urge you in the strongest terms to reconsider your decision with respect to Mr. Chung. Blizzard has already reduced Blitzchung’s punishment, but it remains substantial: He remains suspended from Hearthstone competition for six months. It’s a very slight climbdown, and unlikely to satisfy the letter’s notably bipartisan authors. All of this

The update that brought Photo Mode to Remedy’s outstanding shooter Control today also delivered another, unexpected surprise. Numerous commenters took the change as a stealthy insertion of DRM and while nobody seemed quite sure who to blame—Remedy, or publisher 505 Games, or the Epic Games Store—the situation didn’t help alleviate the persistent suspicion that surrounds Epic for some gamers. Remedy issued a statement saying that the intent was to use the Epic Store launcher “to validate future p

Surviving the Aftermath was announced earlier this month as the sequel to Surviving Mars, the Martian colonization sim released last year by Haemimont Games and Paradox Interactive. This new survival management sim is actually set on Earth, albeit an Earth that’s a whole lot more banged up than the one we’re used to. But the ultimate goal remains the same: Attract survivors, collect resources, build your society, and deal with the inevitable messes that result. Surviving the Aftermath is being m

Federations, the next DLC for Stellaris, was announced today at PDXCon, Parardox Interactive’s annual fan convention. The focus this time is on diplomacy, after previous expansions have fleshed out the military, economy, and internal politics of the sprawling space 4X. Federations have been a part of Stellaris from the beginning, building bridges of cooperation between sovereign empires. Members of the Galactic Community can propose resolutions that each of the other members will be able to vote

Paradox Interactive announced at PDXCON today that the excellent 4X strategy game Age of Wonders: Planetfall will get its first full expansion in November. In case that resurgent existential horror doesn’t put enough trouble on your plate, Revelations also adds a new NPC faction called The Forgotten. “The first expansion allows players to explore deeper into the Planetfall universe, uncovering how the collapse of the Star Union empire has awakened beings from its mysterious past,” game director

The new fighting machines aren’t listed in the announcement, but a list of eight mechs appears on a readout in the trailer and that’s probably not a coincidence. The further it moves, the harder it hits, which could give fast-moving light mechs a real leg up when things get hairy. “Heavy Metal brings a greater level of diversity to Battletech by including eight new ‘Mechs and a variety of devastating weapon systems that will change the way players destroy their opponents,” Harebrained Schemes co

The next DLC for Hearts of Iron 4, La Resistance, was announced today at PDXCon, Parardox Interactive’s annual fan convention. The expansion is themed after the French resistance who continued to clandestinely resist the Nazis at home, and has a focus on espionage and asymmetrical warfare. If you don’t care to play the game of shadows, you can easily set your agency up to counter enemy spies and focus on more conventional warfare. They can be recruited from different regions and will perform bet

Prison Architect’s Psych Ward DLC is leaving the confines of consoles and finally coming to PC, letting wardens run their own highly questionable prison for the “criminally insane” in November. Other inmates can also loose their cool and join the ranks of the criminally insane if you treat them poorly. Its representation of mental illness, however, leaves a great deal to be desired. The PC version comes with some exclusive additions, like padded solitary cells, a new warden, psychiatrist office

Buydig has got a cheap gaming monitor deal that’s worth a look. The LG 34GK950G-B normally goes for $896.99 but with coupon code ‘GAME’ it brings down the price to an attractive $649. The LG 34GK950G-B is a 34-inch ultrawide curved LED IPS panel gaming monitor with a 120Hz refresh rate. This G-Sync compatible curved ultrawide monitor has got three game modes and a custom Sphere Lighting array. The $649 price tag makes it more approachable than some other curved ultrawide of this size on the mark

That’s not so with G.Skill’s new “extreme low latency” 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4-4000 memory kits. “Previously, the best CAS latency that memory kits at the DDR4-4000 level could achieve was at CL17. This is surpassed by the new DDR4-4000 CL15-16-16-36 32GB memory kits running under 1.5V,” G.Skill says. With the new ultra-efficient DDR4-4000 CL15 memory kit, the memory read bandwidth breaks 61GB/s in AIDA64 with a few additional tweaks, along with over 58GB/s in memory write and 65GB/s in memory copy ba

The Viper Ultimate uses Razer’s new “HyperSpeed” 2.4GHz wireless technology. “As tested and confirmed by TUV SUD PSB, a globally recognized certification institute, Razer HyperSpeed is 25 percent faster than leading wireless gaming mice. With the lowest click latency, it has the fastest transmission speed in any wireless mouse, registering swipes and clicks instantaneously,” Razer says. We’ll reserve judgement until we’ve hand an opportunity to test the Viper Ultimate. The Viper Ultimate is avai

Electronic Arts has unveiled new jerseys coming to FIFA 20 in conjunction with the Premier League’s No Room for Racism campaign, an effort to bring awareness of, and help eliminate, racist abuse and other forms of discrimination in football—or, as we refer to it on our side of the water, soccer. Along with the jerseys, EA will also add “special FUT Kits, stadium dressing, and LED boards all carrying the No Room for Racism” message. A launch date hasn’t been announced, but the real-world No Room

A new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare trailer showcases some of the game’s PC-exclusive features, including support for 4K resolutions, uncapped framerates, ultrawide monitors, and multi-monitor setups. (The trailer was actually uploaded at 21:9 resolution, which is why—unless you have an ultrawide monitor—you’re seeing those funky black bars across the top and bottom.) “Developer Beenox has been working closely in conjunction with Infinity Ward to ensure the PC version of Modern Warfare sets a new

“Aw, that’s cute” is not something I thought I’d say about My Friend Pedro but here we are. The slow-motion murder platformer extravaganza now has a ‘tiny player mode’ and it’s properly adorable. This comes as part of the Code Yellow update, which adds 14 modifiers to the skateboard shoot-a-thon including cinematic camera mode, big head mode, adjustable focus speed, and adjustable player speed. According to publisher Devolver Digital’s blog post announcing Code Yellow “nearly half a million folk