And dogs, and CJ from GTA San Andreas, and… Less than a week afterStraylaunched, the smash-hit cyberpunk cat adventure has dozens of mods available with new looks for our little friend. My favourites are when modders make the game’s cat look like their own real cat, and show me photos of that pretty cat. Then… you have some weirder options, like turning it into Garfield (in both realistic and cartoon forms) or a horrifying quadripedal version of GTA: San Andreas star CJ....

What about your weekly gaming rhythms, reader dear? Every Monday,Super Auto Petsshakes its big bag of animals and draws a fresh selection for its ‘Weekly Pack’ mode. SAP is my favourite auto-battler, and offering a whole new meta every week has me coming back long after I would’ve stopped playing. I do enjoy the flow across a week as builds rise and fall on an accelerated timescale before everything is wiped clean and starts over on Monday....

Will it arrive quicker than other PlayStation console exclusives before it? Fed up with waiting for big-name console games to come out on PC after they’ve landed on current-gen consoles? Good job that a Naughty Dog artist has said thatThe Last Of Us Part 1remake will be launching on our beige box of choice “very soon” after coming to PS5 on September 2nd then. Senior Environment Texture Artist Jonathan Benainous made thecommentto a The Last Of Us fan who tweeted at him about the PC version....

A new low-water mark for this category of GPU. RTX 3080 graphics cards have hit a new low-water mark on Ebay, where a 10% off code (HOT10) has brought them to £660. This is the price for a Zotac Trinity model, but if you prefer Inno3D’s designs then you can get one of their cards for just £10 more. Either way, you get an impressive level of performance for half the price that some were paying just a few months ago....

Signed, sealed, delivered, I’m paws Looking at signs in open-world catventureStraymakes me think I’m due for an eye-test. The code language in the game appears a lot like something that should be legible, but it’s not. At least, not straight away anyway. Luckily, these things don’t ever stay cryptic for long. HalfGlassGaming’s Josh Wirtanen has proffered a handy guide to how to read the chapter titles, signs and music sheets, with help from the growing Stray community....

But they’re delaying the next season while they fix issues Rumours began to circulate over the weekend that Ubisoft were planning on cancelling their free-to-play fantasy sports gameRoller Champions. The rumours grew to the point where Ubisoft have commented on them to say: nuh-uh. In a statement posted on Twitter, its developers say “Roller Champions isn’t getting cancelled, and Ubisoft fully supports it.” Here’s the tweet and full statement: Hello Champions!...

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word In this guide, you’ll find three hints that you can use to guess today’s Wordle answer. If you’d rather just cheat for an easy win, or you want to learn more about today’s word, then simply scroll down a little further to find the Wordle answer itself. Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle July 26 hints...

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word In this guide, we’ll provide three helpful hints that you can use to guess today’s Wordle answer and earn the top spot in the family Wordle contest. If you’d rather just cut to the chase, you can also find today’s Wordle answer itself by scrolling down a little further. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December!...

Fire lasers at glowing weak spots Last year,the demo for Ex-Zodiac offered a sugar rushof Star Fox-inspired checkboard floors, glowing weak spots, and hibber-jibber radio chatter. NowEx-Zodiachas entered early access, and it looks like it’s got more going on than straight homage. Fox McCloud never rode a motorbike, for one. Here’s the launch trailer: While riding a hoverbike through a future city looks extremely cool, it’s still undeniably Star Fox-inspired, including the stomping mech robots whose weak spots you’re shooting from the back of that hoverbike....

It takes a long time to build a game from blocks It goes on to list those benefits as: it’ll be easier to release Hytale on multiple platforms; it’ll have performance benefits; it’ll make it easier to patch and update the game in future.

Lots of flips and free actions I’ve been experiencing Marvel fatigue for, oh, around seven years now. To compensate, I decided to watchMarvel’s Midnight Sunslatest trailer while pretending it wasn’t about Marvel superheroes, but just a Firaxis-made tactics game with character classes who have wildly divergent skillsets. The video focuses on the spider-powered class - and heck, it does look pretty cool. Here’s the video: The fella with the spider skills is based around quick, agile attacks....

Topdown ultraviolence with TF2 classes Hotline Miamiinspired a lot of topdown, ultraviolent copycats, most of which failed to replicate its propulsive action.Midnight Mercenariesdoes it better than most - while also being a free fangame that mixes that Hotline Miami structure with characters and weaponry fromTeam Fortress 2. Here’s a trailer which lays it out: Midnight Mercenaries really does hew closely to Hotline Miami. After a brief tutorial, you wake in your apartment and receive a phone call giving you an unusual job to do....

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle July 24 hints Need a little assistance getting to the Wordle answer today? Here’s a handful of hints for you: Today’s Wordle answer is:POWER. Power is one of those words that conjures up strong images, yet is surprisingly versatile as both a noun and a verb. It can refer to a high level of political, military, or social influence, for example, or to the capability to effect an outcome....