Winging it I love a courtroom visual novel and after dealing with the wonderful nonsense of the Ace Attorney andDanganronpaseries, I barely batted an eyelid atAviary Attorney’s schtick of playing as a bird-brained lawyer (who is literally a bird). At first glance, it seems kinda gimmicky, but this short visual novel has a special flair for melodrama that can turn a boring, stuffy courtroom into a theatre of drama and spectacle (plus some lavish visuals to boot)....

Or delay access to first-party games by six months after they launch Microsoft may be considering a lower-priced tier of theirGame Passservice, with a few adjustments from the current standard options. A Spanish-language survey shared onResetErahas allegedly shown the company asking current subscribers whether they’d be up for cheaper Game Pass for PC and console, if that reduction came with a delay for first-party games or running ads. It’s worth taking this with a heavy pinch of salt though, as there’s no confirmed source to the survey....

…partly so they can find another crypto sponsor Riot’s legal motion also argues that they’re suffering reputational damage, given FTX has turned out to be specifically fradulant rather than just regular crypto fradulant. Top execs there literallyhad a secret chat called “Wirefraud”, which is why Bankman-Fried was trying to avoid testifying before the House Financial Services Committee by hiding in The Bahamas. He’s nowbeing triedwith wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy and money laundering....

Explore a futuristic world full of giant skeletons and levitating bikes Sandy hoverbike-riding climb ‘em upSable’s being given away for free on the Epic Games Store up until 4pm GMT on December 19th. That’s today, if you’ve not checked your advent calendar yet. This one’s got my attention because I’m a sucker for a fishing minigame, something Sable added in afree updatejust last month. It’s also a relatively peaceful game to add to your pile ahead of the beckoning wintertide break, thanks to the complete lack of combat....

Come admire these interesting and attractive indie games! Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. Twitter is still alive, against all odds, so let’s admire more indie games. This week, my eye was caught by a cute frogfishing scene, several handcrafted horrors, modular synths, and cryptid photography. Come see! For this#screenshotsaturdaywe have Lucy, the beautiful and reserved French stowaway, looking at the recently sprouted seedlings and wondering about herself and the rest of the crew of this nautical#SliceOfLife#VisualNovel....

This free skiing game is an RPS Christmas tradition As fun as it is to declare something “a tradition” and blithely repeat it year after year to entertain myself, it has been quite magic to see other people anticipate and adopt the things I’ve declared RPS Christmas traditions. That’s all you need to form tradition: people who want to experience something together. No matter how slight or daft the thing is, what really matters is that we do it together....

Sonic is dead; long live Sonic After all these years of going fast, it would appear that Sonic (T. Hedgehog) has finally arrived. He’s thrown off the shackles of individuality and joined the open-world herd withSonic Frontiers, a game that sees the blue blur himself canter and gambol across primarily barren environments that closely resemble the default assets that ship with certain game engines. Do I seem embittered? Perish the thought....

The tech, and Deck, that defined this year How was your year for PC hardware, reader? Pick up anything nice, or got any old favourite gear still going strong? I’m still very happy with the4K gaming monitor I got for a pittance, and have spent the past twelve months becoming increasingly convinced that tenkeyless keyboards are, in fact, thebest keyboards. The Steam Deck nailed a new way to play PC games...

Looking foxy On the nineteenth day of Christmas my true love gave to mea partridge in a pear treea little fox with a can-do attitude. Sadly, he doesn’t speak the same language as me. It’s the little Zelda-like fox who could,Tunic! Katharine:After playing and not liking Tunic’s demo very much, I went into this very clear Zelda homage with a bit of trepidation. I was sad I didn’t get on with that earlier demo, what with Zelda being my favourite thing on the entire planet (sorry, PC), and I was worried that its Soulsian-like combat would prove too gruelling and off-putting....

No need to pony up a penny People likeThem’s Fightin' Herds, an accessible fightin' game about controlling ponies that punch other ponies. I don’t know whether it’s as good as its name, but I do know it’s the latest game Epic are handing out in their 15 days of Christmas freebies. Grab it now, keep it forever - but only if you click the button before the next game lands....

Yes please to Satisfactory but underground If ‘Satisfactorybut underground and with destructible terrain’ sounds appealing, you might want to stop reading this and start downloadingTechtonica’s demo - then come back and finish reading this, so I still feel useful. It’s a first-person factory-building game set in an alien cavern complex with pretty bioluminescent plants. I am excited to lose dozens or hundreds of hours to it when it launches on early access....

Level up your exercise routine JRPGs can be grindy affairs at the best of times, but imagine playing through one while actually swinging about CloudStrife’s cumbersome giant blade. Custom controller maker Super Louis 64’s done just that, crafting a Buster Sword that lets him play throughFinal Fantasy 7 Remakein true Cloud style. When he shared a clip of his antics onTwitter, Super Louis insisted the whole game is playable using the big knife....

Hints and the answer to this Wordle word If you’re going to be seeing some extended family soon and don’t want to embarass yourself with a bad Wordle streak, then you’re in the right spot. In this guide, you’ll find three clues for the Wordle answer today, along with the answer itself a little further down. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December!...