Assuming you take “basics” to mean “massive complicated things” Sorry everyone, I might have to start doing that Token RPSStarfieldLiker thing again. The Shattered Space expansion, out on September 30th, probably won’t refurbish theRPG’s reputation as anoverall miss– but it does ditch the proc-gen planet bloat for a single handcrafted hellhole, a true Bethesda speciality honed by years of Fallouts and Elder Scrollseses. And, if its - sadly hands-off - Gamescom showcase is any indication, it might just double down onStarfield’s own strengths as well....

The rhythm is gonna get ya We’ve been distracted by Gamescom, several game releases, the rapid dwindling of the British summer. Or I assume we have, for why else would we not have yet posted about the Steam Rhythm Fest, which began on Monday and runs until August 26th at 10am PT/6pm BRDST*. *British Rapidly Dwindling Summer Time. As per all Steam fests, this one offers a collection ofdiscounts and demos on a theme....

Heist, heist, baby As with other SteamWorld games, it’s framed in a light, family-friendly story featuring dastardly dieselbots and mildly troubled heroes. You are Captain Leeway, commander of a pirate submarine bobbing within a “sea” which is really a planet-sized bowl of water floating in space. Unfortunately, the water is going bad, making the clean H2O required for steambot engines scarce. Our heroes are out to discover what’s behind this water crisis....

The Stone Of Madness gets new story trailer The Spanish monastery in question is located high up in the Pyrenees, and inevitably reminds me of Umberto Eco homageThe Abbey Of Crime. As with that Abbey, you’ll experience it by day and by night, taking charge of five characters with different skillsets as you probe the monastery’s secrets and search for an escape route. Time flows continuously, and the hour at hand determines the challenges and opportunities in store....

Not only is it “punk”, they’re “cranking it to 11” If you’ve been necromantically dreaming of aCallisto Protocolsequel, I’m afraid the monkey paw finger hasn’t just curled - it’s jammed itself right up your nose and scratched an FU on your hypothalamus. Developers Striking Distance and publishers Krafton have revealed[REDACTED], a scifi roguelike dungeon crawler set in the same universe. The square brackets are part of the title, yes, and they’re also calling it “punk rock” - a combination of factors that fills me with a rage so obliterating, I can barely perceive the announcement trailer, below....

Not Xpected I recently wrote abouta game that aimed to recreate the old magicof Tokyo Xtreme Racer, a series of late-night, urban racing games that hadn’t had a new (non-mobile) entry in 18 years. Oh, what a neglected niche those indie developers were filling! Yeah, a new Tokyo Xtreme Racer was just announced from original developers Genki, and it’s targeting a Steam release next year. Here’s a teaser trailer which is really just a set of logos for previous games:...

You’re only as olden as you feel Ubisoft have announced Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era, a fresh instalment in the exceedingly olden turn-basedstrategyRPGseries, which began life underNew WorldComputing in 1995. The new game will “return to the world of Enroth and the origins of the legendary saga”, inviting “both veterans and new players” to go on a quest to Jadame, “a mysterious continent in turmoil”. Expect new factions, biomes and creatures, together with such M&M standbys as castle management, army clashes, hex-based maps, and, who knows, maybe some heroes....

Full game out in October Wilmot Works It Out is, of course, the sequel to Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg’sWilmot’s Warehouse, again published by Finji. That game was about organising a warehouse. This game is about doing picture puzzles, around 60 in total. The puzzles are delivered to Wilmot’s doorstep by an affable postwoman. You drag each parcel into the middle of his house and shake out a jumble of rounded squares, then set about sliding them together....

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Discover everything you need to know about F.A.C.U.L AI (FPS AI Companion who Understands Human Language) in this tech demo trailer forArena Breakout: Infinite. Arena Breakout: Infinite PC Rock Paper Shotgun is better when you sign in Sign in and join us on our journey to discover strange and compelling PC games.

A keybind for every class I’ve never really understood the charm of ultrawide monitors. I dare boldly to maintain that there is such a thing as Too Wide, a point beyond which the extra visual estate becomes a waste of electricity, unless you watch the screen in pairs. I can only assume people who use ultrawide monitors live in constant terror of flanking manoeuvres and demand the maximum amount of peripheral vision....

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