The robots need to get close and destroy each extractor to win, while the guards can disable all three robots to secure a victory themselves. As the extractors dwindle, so does the mobility of the guard team, and the final moments of a round frequently climbed in tension and chaos when battling over a final extractor. The other guard class, the Striker, felt more oriented for defense with his slower-firing rifle, EMP grenade, and tossable airstrike marker. Guards are limited in their movement; t

Elex is an interesting, and potentially very fun, action RPG set in a “science fantasy” world. That means you’ll get to stroll around impressive mountainous fantasy environments while, hopefully, shooting things to death. At least, this is what the game’s latest gameplay trailer appears to promise. There appears to be swords and shields too, don’t you worry about that. The game launches October 17, and it’ll be interesting to see whether Piranha Bytes manages to transcend its reputation as a cre

It’s been a few months since we last saw any activity on the No Man’s Sky front, when Hello Games released the 1.22 patch that brought “exocraft” buggies to every planet in the galaxy. Run that through an ROT13 converter and you end up with a proper hexadecimal string, 706f7274616c, which when converted to ASCII leaves a single word: Portal. Passageways to exciting new planets, or even an entirely different galaxy, possibly one more in line with initial player expectations? Or it could be someth

No one had found this planet or its moon in the years since the launch of Elite: Dangerous. FelipeWhile the planets and moons of Elite: Dangerous are frequently drab brown orbs. The moon Felipe discovered was a gorgeous ice moon laced with streaks of faint coral. After João Pedro’s funeral, desperate for something to distract him, Felipe tells me he booted up Elite: Dangerous. With no way to rename the moon on his own, Felipe decided to reach out to the Elite: Dangerous subreddit to share João P

BioWare has announced the details of the next Mass Effect: Andromeda patch, which will bring expanded male romance options for Scott Ryder, adjust the dialog for NPC Hainly Abrams, improve the character creator, and add “experimental” support for Dolby Vision HDR technology. Two new heads have been added to the character creator, one male and one female, as have a new complexion options and a greater range of skin tones. Speaking of the Ryder kids, the update will also make alien super-hunk Jaal

After performing a factory reset on the non-HDR monitor, HardwareCanucks performed a second comparison, and this time the SDR looked much better than before, with the HDR monitor even looking worse in some scenes. In some cases, it still does—the sky doesn’t look as washed out as it does on the non-HDR monitor. In those cases, the non-HDR monitor arguably presents a superior picture. Some scenes also look muted on the HDR monitor versus the non-HDR panel. The fact that the SDR display had to be

Valve said earlier this year that the curtain was coming down on Steam Greenlight, and that a new service called Steam Direct, which will enable developers to put their games on the platform directly for $100, will take its place. Today, that transition began in earnest, as Valve has announced that Greenlight is now closed, and that Direct is set to go live on June 13. Since Greenlight launched in 2012, nearly ten million players have cast more than 90 million votes for Greenlight submissions, a

For a period of time, the monitor market grew a bit stagnant with nearly all of the top-end models boasting a 30-inch IPS panel with a 2560×1600 resolution. If you’re not ready to advance from 1080p and just want a decent option at a good price, you can snag an LG 27-inch monitor for $150. Or if you want to get it even cheaper, BuyDig is selling an open box version of the same monitor for just $99. LG’s 27-inch monitor sports an IPS panel with a 75Hz refresh rate and 5ms response time (1ms with

Perhaps things are changing, as HP just announced a refreshed lineup of Omen products, including an external graphics docking station (shown above). Let’s start with the docking station, or “Omen by HP Accelerator,” as HP calls it. One the somewhat more unique Omen products is the Omen X. HP actually unveiled the Omen X last year as a concept product. HP will sell the Omen 27 first on June 8 for $800, followed the Omen 25 on June 26 for $280.

Chris Avellone announced his involvement in the development of a new isometric RPG called Pathfinder: Kingmaker last month, based on the popular pencil-and-paper Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. And today, developer Owlcat Games began what has become the next natural step in indie RPG development: The Kickstarter campaign. It is a living thing shaped by your alignment, your allies, and your ability to lead your people,” Owlcat explained in the Kickstarter pitch. The initial Kickstarter goal will ena

Sci-fi city builder Aven Colony has officially set a release date, planning to launch on July 25. Last year, Evan described an early version of it as “SimCity in space, but with sand worms,” which is a strong pitch. While a beta version of Aven Colony had briefly been sold on itch.io, this will mark the actual, full launch of the game. Aven Colony is available to pre-purchase for $30 on Steam right now. In related news, we’ve been given exclusive keys for an early demo of Aven Colony to give awa

A new adventurer is ready to descend into Darkest Dungeon, wielding a flail soaked with his own blood and leaving “a toxic mixture of fear, awe, and disgust” in his wake. The Flagellant, a member of an extremist branch of the Church, is a high-DPS frontline fighter and healer who draws fearsome power through personal martyrdom. These mechanical complexities place him “on par with the Abomination,” developer Red Hook Studios said, and “a rather tough hero to play well” because of his dependence o

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The sometimes “mysterious disappearance” of third-party AV software when upgrading to Windows 10. Microsoft not giving third-party AV makes sufficient time to ensure compatibility prior to major new updates being rolled out. Kaspersky seems to be the only one making this kind of noise about Microsoft’s handling of third-party AV software, though the company previously stated that it’s not alone. Complaints aside, Kaspersky is one of the better third-party AV programs for gamers. We still prefer

Styx: Shards of Darkness is a very good stealth game shackled to a very irritating protagonist. How much you’ll be able to enjoy the former very much depends on your ability to stomach the latter. It’s a prime candidate for a demo, then, and luckily Cyanide and Focus have just put one up on Steam. It’s only vaguely a tutorial and is as expansive and open as the rest of the game. During or after the demo, you’ll be able to upgrade to the full game, which is on sale, retaining your progress.

While Awesomenauts is the easiest MOBA to recommend to new players, those new players immediately face a two-part tutorial narrated by a robot with an incredibly annoying voice. It’s a minigame that gives you something to do while waiting to rejoin play instead of stewing on your failure. Custom mode lets you try out these, as well as offline split-screen play, which is something I wish more MOBAs had, though perhaps it’s uniquely suited to Awesomenauts’ side-on view. (During the wait there’s a

For Honor is looking very poorly after coming down with a serious case of not having many players. Ubisoft’s multiplayer game of duelling warriors has shed around 95 percent of its playerbase on Steam in just a few months. At launch, For Honor boasted 45k concurrent players, down from over 71k during the beta. After the launch of Shadow and Might, there was a tiny jump, according to analytics site, Githyp, with almost 5k concurrent users, but that figure has dwindled again, back to pre-DLC numbe

Quaint and lovely though it looks, when you shove the lid off the game’s sarcophagus, you’ll find it has a nastier streak than Imhotep. A falling Kingdom Rating spells trouble. I’d already managed, mostly through slipshod financial management, to send my Kingdom Rating plummeting, and a lack of colourful pottery was apparently the final straw. Attempting to perk up the Kingdom Rating by chucking down more buildings to produce resources can risk worsening any debt. In these circumstances, playing

When new employees start at NZXT, they build the PC they’re going to use at work. For them, NZXT has come up with a new way to order a custom-built PC, called BLD, that puts games first. BLD, which launches today, is built on top of years of game performance data collected by NZXT’s CAM software. But I don’t think the algorithm and data can replace human advice, at least not yet. And NZXT plans to ship systems for free within 48 hours, a fast turnaround for a custom-built system.

Despite being one of the best-known names in strategy, Chris Taylor has had a challenging five years. But now Taylor is back after a stint at Wargaming, and he’s making a new RTS. “My goal is to put RTSes on more screens than ever,” Taylor told Eurogamer. I want to change, fundamentally, not only the way we play RTS but the way we access the RTS experience.”But what does that actually mean? “The way the design works is when you’re on PC, it’s going to feel like a PC game.