The publisher said it wanted to focus its efforts going forward on “key franchises and studios,” and apparently neither Io nor Hitman qualified. Which would be a shame: Io has so far done an admirable job of supporting the game with regular updates, new Elusive Targets, seasonal events, and more. It also announced plans for a full second season late last year, which would presumably be put in jeopardy by Square Enix’s lack of interest. Furthermore, work on the second season is already “halfway t

We loved Alien: Isolation when it came out back in 2014. Andy’s review says it’s “the game the Alien series has always deserved. A deep, fun stealth game set in an evocatively realized sci-fi world.” If spooky games are your thing, or if you love the Alien universe and haven’t tried out Isolation yet, then it’s your lucky day. You can grab the Alien: Isolation Collection on Bundle Stars for 82 percent off for the next 24 hours, taking the price down to £6.29 or $8.89.

While the Asus Z170 Pro did not make our cut as one of the best Z170 motherboards, it’s a crowded field and one we might have strongly considered if its sale price was its normal price. As it stands, this $195 motherboard can be had for $90 at Newegg. You’ll also have to plug in a promo code (EMCSRFBB5) to knock $10 off its $135 sale price. The Z170 Pro has some cool features, such as five-way optimization via a single click and a dedicated onboard water pump header. For external connectivity th

News broke yesterday that several of HP’s laptop models dating back to December 2015 contain a keylogger as part of an audio driver provided by Conexant. In the wake of media and user scrutiny over the issue, HP is providing a fix. ModZero said it tried contacting HP and Conexant about the issue, but was shrugged off by HP Enterprise and flat out ignored by HP Inc. and Conexant. As news spread of the keylogging audio driver, HP has begun pushing out a patch through both Windows Update and its ow

Ahead of its release on May 16, Deck13 Interactive has released a scene-setting trailer for robot brawler The Surge. The game sees you using a mechanical exosuit to battle enemies. And you can even tear the metal limbs from your opponents and use them yourself, which is just rude, frankly. The chirpy-yet-slightly-sinister tone of the trailer is very Starship Troopers, then it ends with two big lads in metal suits battering each other, which is how all trailers should end. You can watch it below.

According to a tweet by Remedy Entertainment, Finnish creator of Alan Wake, its atmospheric horror game will be “removed from stores” (including Steam) on May 15 because of “expiring music licenses.” One of my favourite things in Alan Wake is the song that plays over the end credits of each episode, including Up Jumped The Devil by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and In Dreams by Roy Orbison. But it seems the inclusion of these songs has forced Remedy to remove the game from Steam. The developer is ‘c

Mirage: Arcane Warfare is the next game from Torn Banner Studios, creator of the excellent Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. The game launches on May 23, but in the meantime you can take part in an open beta on Steam. The beta runs until 6pm BST/1pm ET on Sunday, May 14, and will be the final beta before the game is released in a couple of weeks. A closed beta exclusive to players who pre-ordered the game has been running for a month, but now anyone can dive in. To take part yourself, click the big gr

Samuel, Andy and Phil return from a podcast break to discuss the latest PC games, and to impart their years of collective wisdom on the best sausages you can buy in Waitrose. We also answer your questions, offer varying opinions on Prey, and find out whether PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS is better than its name. Download: Episode 43: PCGAMER’S SAUSAGECHAT You can also subscribe on iTunes or keep up with new releases using our RSS feed . Discussed: PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, Prey, Little Nigh

GSC Game World’s Stalker series is a wonderful collection of genre fluid shooters that’re equal parts RPG, horror and survival. The latest modification to catch my eye, however, is a little different: it takes place prior to the world’s demise. The mod then jumps back to 2014 and tasks players with saving, or at least attempting to save, the planet from nuclear decimation. “The main action takes place in 2014 and represents the continuation of the original trilogy,” explains akmc47u on the mod’s

Dirt 4—Codemasters’ follow-up to 2015’s Dirt Rally—was announced in January, however hasn’t shown us much since besides a brief look at its muddy cars and weather conditions. Its latest trailer, however, depicts how its fast cars and complex tracks reflect the so-called “fear factor” of the sport in reality. Chatting to seasoned pros—including Kris Meeke, double world champion Petter Solberg and the Hansen brothers (I swear I didn’t lift that directly from the press release)—the following short

Jon Shafer, lead designer of Civilization 5, has joined Paradox Development Studio to work on a new grand strategy game. The news was announced at PDXCon today in Stockholm, Sweden, though we were not told the name of the game Shafer is working on, nor any other details about it. “I’ve been a fan of Paradox’s games for years now, and moving onto the team behind some of my favorite titles is an exhilarating moment for me,” said Shafer, whose new title at Paradox Development Studio is Game Directo

Paradox Interactive has announced a new sandbox city-building strategy game called Surviving Mars. It’s being developed by Haemimont Games, they of Tropico notoriety, and is planned for release on PC in 2018. “In Surviving Mars, players will lead a colonization effort on the surface of Mars, from the very first rovers and supply drops to the construction of suitable habitats for brave settlers from Earth. Every colonist will be vital to the mission as the colony struggles to gain a foothold wher

At PDXCon in Stockholm today, Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes announced they are partnering to bring us the new turn-based tactical strategy game Battletech. You can watch the first trailer above. “We couldn’t miss the chance to work with Harebrained Schemes given how big of fans we are of their work on the Shadowrun Returns series. The opportunity to reintroduce our strategy-minded players to the tactical roots of the BattleTech universe makes this partnership even sweeter,” said Jo

Day three of the MSI Group Stage begins today and Flash Wolves will need to be at their best if they wish to add to their record wins. Mouz will face Vega today at 09:30 PDT / 18:30 CEST, while Liquid will clash with Secret 12:00 PDT / 21:00 CEST. The Group A match begins today at 04:30 PDT / 13:30 CEST, while the Group B match between X6 Gaming and Afreeca Freecs Blue start at 03:00 PDT / 12:00 CEST. Hearthstone: Global GamesThe Hearthstone Global Games tournament enters week five of play today

Note that this is not a WHQL release, and the only note is that the driver resolves the stuttering issues ‘some’ users are seeing in Prey. Most driver updates from Nvidia come via the GeForce website, or through GeForce Experience, but if you’re playing Prey on an Nvidia card and notice the stuttering, you’ll have to manually update drivers. ), but minimum fps even on high-end cards like the 1070, 1080, and 1080 Ti will dip well below 60 fps. With the 382.19 drivers, the game averages 141.5 fps,

First, unlike previous Nvidia GPUs, there’s a new core type, what Nvidia calls a Tensor Core. With eight Tensor cores per SM, that works out to 1024 FLOPS per clock per SM, and in the case of the Tesla V100 that’s 81,920 FLOPS per clock. With a peak clockspeed of 1455MHz, that works out to nearly 120 TFLOPS—at least for use cases that can utilize the Tensor cores. So potentially there are another 256 CUDA cores and 32 Tensor cores disabled. Given the massive size of the chip, that’s not too surp

Previously in beta, Prey’s first post-launch patch has now rolled out officially on Steam. The v1.2 update offers a wide range of fixes, both big and small, including a fix to prevent corrupted save files. Meanwhile, once the patch is installed you’ll no longer be able to take advantage of a glitch which previously allowed infinite item duplication while Recycling. A few mission and narrative-related glitches have been fixed up to, but to prevent spoilers I’ll let you read about those in the ful

A couple of years ago the internet was abuzz about a video depicting the chase scene from Terminator 2, remade in GTA 5. That was a very impressive feat, but now it’s time to be even more impressed: someone has remade (almost) the entirety of Terminator 2 in GTA 5. The work of Kramer’s Media, the remake is entirely in Russian, but you don’t need to understand that language to enjoy the video. The video, which is embedded below, wasn’t achieved with GTA 5’s vanilla assets, instead using a bunch o

Microsoft on Thursday announced a new set of motion controllers for its Windows mixed reality platform. Like the ones available for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Microsoft’s controllers offer six degrees of freedom, but without the need to install external cameras. Microsoft’s motion controllers look similar to the ones available for the Vive and Rift. That includes Acer, which is planning to bundle the controllers with a mixed reality headset for $399. While that’s nothing to sneeze yet, it rem

In what I would have to call the unexpected rumor of the day, and perhaps the year, it’s come to light that a new Thief game may be in development. “Thief is an action epic poised to be the next great multi-platform franchise,” the site says. Even so, Straight Up’s description is a huge oversell: As good as it was, the Thief series has never achieved more than cult status. It’s no coincidence that two out of three Thief studios—Looking Glass and Ion Storm Austin—went under shortly after releasin