Satisfactory's update 6 revamps weapons, creature AI and exploration

One step closer to hitting 1.0 Satisfactory’s update 6 is now available in the scifi craft ‘em up’s early access release. It makes several sweeping changes to the game, including revamping existing weapons, adding new locations to enhance exploration, and, uh, a boombox, so you can blast music while you build. There’s a new update trailer below. The changes to weapons include nine new ammunition types for the Rebar Gun, Nobelisk Detonator and Rifle....

September 20, 2022 · 2 min · 283 words · Debra Jones

Steam Deck shipments get further ahead of schedule, Valve now fulfilling Q4 orders

Picking up steam This time, Valve have also updatedSteam Deck’s store pagewith the revised order availabilities, and it’s good news even if you don’t already have an preorder on the way: anyone making a new order will join the Q4 gang, meaning their Deck should arrive by the end of December. Not a bad wait, considering some early reservists had to twiddle their thumbs for nearly a year before they could twiddle those thumbsticks....

September 20, 2022 · 2 min · 262 words · Billy Martin

Steam's latest sale has discounts on hack-and-slash and character action games

The Steam Bash Bash runs for the next week Valve have been running a series of themed sales events throughout the year, and the latest is live as of yesterday. The Steam Bash Bash features discounts on “hack-and-slashers, spectacle fighters and more” and it’s running until September 26th. There are also demos and glimpses of upcoming games. You can findthe Bash Bash here. Steam’s taxonomy basically treats all the games as subgenres of hack and slash, and also includes character action games and musou games....

September 20, 2022 · 2 min · 225 words · Lauren Rich

Stellaris' free 3.5 Fornax update adds a new beginner-friendly difficulty setting today

The paid Toxoids species pack is out too Sci-fi strategy epicStellarissees the launch of its paid Toxoid species pack today, but there’s a substantial free update coming in the form of the 3.5 Fornax patch too. Paradox have added a new difficulty setting aimed at easing in new players aboard Stellaris’ long-running interstellar skiff, along with some new adjustments they’re hoping will challenge more experienced players. The update also rebalances relics, improves UI and AI, and brings back Culture Workers....

September 20, 2022 · 3 min · 567 words · Anthony Fritz

The best perks in Modern Warfare 2

These are the best Basic, Bonus, and Ultimate perks available in Modern Warfare 2 Which are the best perks in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?Perks may not be as immediately important as weapons as part of aCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2loadout, but they’re not to be underestimated. You can take 4 out of the 20 Perks on offer in Modern Warfare 2 into each match, and they all offer something unique and valuable that can help you stay alive and reach the top of the scoreboard....

September 20, 2022 · 4 min · 725 words · Katherine Mckinney

There's an Iron Man game coming from Motive and Marvel

Let’s hope you can battle Controller, Living Laser and Unicorn Marvel also said that Motive’s Iron Man would take place in its own universe, and be an original story. No Armor Wars tie-in for Disney Plus to look forward to then. There had beenrumblingsonline that we might see something of Motive’s Iron Man game during the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase earlier this month. That didn’t happen, and Skydance New Media’suntitled Captain America and Black Panther projectwas teased instead....

September 20, 2022 · 2 min · 292 words · Sandra Espinoza

Warhammer 40K: Darktide's closed beta will take place in October

There’s still time to sign up Warhammer 40K: Darktide is surely one of the most exciting games still to release this year. Before everyone gets to wield chainswords on November 30th, developers Fatshark are running a closed beta weekend and they just announced the dates: October 14th-16th. The closed beta test will be available to players via Steam and the Microsoft store and will offer a limited seleciton of the weapons, maps and enemy types from the full game....

September 20, 2022 · 1 min · 207 words · Joseph Abbott

Wordle answer (Tuesday 20 September 2022): Wordle word of the day #458 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Thankfully, today’s Wordle word is a very common one. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll be easy to find the solution. If you want some extra help, look below for our list of Wordle hints that give you a nudge in the right direction without spoiling the whole answer. And if you want to find the solution, then scroll below the video to find the Wordle answer today, along with an explanation of the word’s meaning....

September 20, 2022 · 6 min · 1085 words · David Webb

Return To Monkey Island review: a perfect new entry into a beloved old series

Sometimes you can go back To plant my piratey flag up front, I am an extremely huge fan of the Monkey Island series, and am therefore almost exactly whoReturn To Monkey Islandis aimed at. After several adventures with other devs, sometime-mighty pirate Guybrush Threepwood (a name that invites as many tedious jokes as Benedict Cumberbatch, which is a trap I won’t be falling into) is back with his some of his original progenitors Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman - Gilbert being the director for the first two Islands Monkey....

September 19, 2022 · 5 min · 956 words · Megan Bates

Wordle answer (Monday 19 September 2022): Wordle word of the day #457 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word In reality, Wordles are often a lot trickier than they first appear, and the word of the day seems so elusive you might start to question whether it’s a word in the English language at all. Rest assured, the answer is there - and below we’ll reveal it for those of you who want to know, along with an explanation of the word’s meaning....

September 19, 2022 · 5 min · 1009 words · Regina Oneill

AMD's fastest gaming processor is down to $375

The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is the last, best CPU for AM4 motherboards. The ‘world’s fastest gaming CPU’, according to AMD, is on sale in the US today. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is down from $450 to $375 via Antonline’s Ebay store, an awesome price for an extremely quick eight-core and 16-thread processor blessed with AMD’s new stacked L3 cache design, which allows it to beat almost every current-gen CPU in gaming performance....

September 18, 2022 · 2 min · 322 words · Nicole Hansen

The GTA 6 leaks benefit precisely no one

80 videos of alleged in-game development footage have found their way onto the internet, because of course they have A huge number of videos purporting to show in-game development footage forGTA 6have been plastered across various internet forums this morning, because apparently no one can wait until a video game is actually anywhere near finished before they feel compelled to spoil it for all and sundry. The 80-some clips seemingly show everything from full, in-game scenarios to clearly unfinished bits of grey boxing, but you won’t find a link to them here, because the truth is, they’re simply not worth looking at....

September 18, 2022 · 4 min · 751 words · Daniel Russell

The ROG Zephyrus G14, my favourite AMD gaming laptop, is $300 off at Best Buy

Balancing power and portability, with Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU, RX 6700S GPU and 16GB DDR5. Asus' Zephyrus G14 is my favourite all-AMD gaming laptop, and today the latest generation model is going cheap at Best Buy. This specification packs in a Ryzen 9 6900HS processor, Radeon RX 6700S GPU, 1TB NVMe SSD, 16GB of DDR5 and a 14-in 1440p 120Hz screen - and it’s been discounted from $1650 to $1350, saving you $300....

September 18, 2022 · 2 min · 347 words · Christine Solomon