Move over, Zwift! One of the coolest mod ideas is GTBike V, which basically lets you turnGrand Theft Auto Vinto Zwift, pedalling a bike in the real world to ride a virtual bike around Los Santos. Now a new version has added multiplayer, letting you trundle around the same city independently or join up for group rides. It almost makes me want to get the kit to hook my bike up....

And it’s the heatsink-equipped model, ideal for PC and PS5. The WD Black SN850 is one of the best-reviewed NVMe SSDs on the market, one of those ‘second-gen’ PCIe 4.0 drives that can hit blistering read speeds of up to 7000MB/s. Today, the heatsink-equipped model is down to a historic low price of £140 for a 1TB model, or £255 for a 2TB model. Either way, you’re getting a top-spec drive at a very competitive price....

And over 100 monsters to tame I played Pokémon Red back in the day and I’ve never been able to go back to the simplistic JRPG since. Each game in the series hews so closely to the formula - and rightly so - that I don’t have the appetite to play through it a second time. I’m all for other people making their own original spin on that monster-taming formula.Coromon, out now on Steam, looks like it might be less a spin on those older 2D Pokémon games than a straight homage, however....

Patch 6.1 gets a trailer and launch date Final FantasyXIV’s patch 6.1 is edging closer, close enough that it now has a released date, April 12th, and a new trailer. The trailer is below, showing some of the main scenario quests which continue the story from the end of the recent Endwalker expansion. Everything is so decadent in Final Fantasy, I love it. The costumes alone would bankrupt a movie studio attempting ot make a live action adaptation....

Plus other bug fixes The Sims 4’s My Wedding Stories expansion launched back in February, but plentiful bugs have meant the trip down aisle hasn’t been a smooth experience for players helping their sims tie the knot. Now a new patch has released which fixes some, but not all, of the issues. At least the patch notes are a delight. “Sims who bend to their spouse when performing a “Spousal kiss” will no longer rub their ear into the other Sims face, but will use their lips to kiss their spouse instead,” is one of the bulletpointsin the complete patch notes....

A game about a game A lot of JRPGs are gorgeous, but the Ni no Kuni games have the borrowed luster of Studio Ghibli’s involvement. That’s why I’m interested inNi no Kuni: Cross Worlds. It’s not quite the third game in the series, but rather a PC and mobile spin-off currently available in Asia that’s making its way west this summer. All the Ni no Kuni games are about players from our-ish world being drawn into a fantasy land, and so it is in Cross Worlds....

It’s developer-created but “unofficial” A Short Hikeis one of my favourite games and I’ve completed it twice, once on PC and once on Switch. Now I’m thinking of having another go thanks to A Short Hike 99, an “unofficial” multiplayer mode created by original developer Adam Robinson-Yu as an April Fool’s gag. Is it still a gag if you actually make the thing? 🐦 A Short Hike 99 - a multiplayer mod 🐦this was supposed to be some sort of april fools joke but i don’t wanna confuse anyone so I’m just gonna drop some factsFACTS👇⭐️ it’s a rough mod🚫 this won’t be an official game mode (sorry!...

Here’s how to complete every NPC side quest in Elden Ring Looking for a list of all Elden Ring side quests?The Lands Between inElden Ringare populated with strange and wonderful NPCs, each with different side quests to keep you busy and reward you with powerfulweaponsandarmorsets. Some can even secure you alternateendings. With over 30 side quests to complete, it can get a little daunting knowing where to start and which to prioritise around hunting downbosses....

Four US senators have written a letter to the FTC, urging caution Four US senators have voiced concerns aboutMicrosoft buying Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, urging the Federal Trade Commission to consider the impact on workers before approving the proposed merger. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Cory Booke raised this in a joint letter to the FTC chair yesterday. Considering that Actiblizz are facing many, many, many accusations of discriminatory and abusive working conditions, and that the CEO whoreportedly intervened to protect one alleged harasseris still happily with the company, they’re worried that the merger might make things worse....

We’re actually quite different, you and I The most despicable, awful and down right evil thing I’ve ever done in a video game was during a Dark Side playthrough ofStar Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic. At the end of the side quest Honest Debt, you convince a man to either spare or gun down a rather horrible chap who wronged him greatly. There’s nothing particularly remarkable about that - I’ve encountered the same thing dozens of times in games - but what comes after is a real doozy....

When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year April Fool’s Day mostly exists to demonstrate that marketing people are not funny, but I do like when developers follow through and actually make daft jokes reality. Case in point: renovate ‘em upHouse Flipperhas added two apartments from F.R.I.E.N.D.S. for you to fix up. You can refresh the 90s vibes of Rachel & Monica’s flat, and make Chandler & Joey’s flat at least somewhat resemble a place fit for human habitation....

This time, it’s looking all 3D and fancy Hyper Light Breaker will invite us to the land ofOvergrowthto explore (with the help of tools including a wall-dash, hoverboard, and glider), bash baddies, and batter bosses. Across runs we’ll unlock weapons and items, and help build up a settlement in a very pretty overgrown city. I am strongly into overgrown cities. The developers, Heart Machine say that Breaker is “neither a sequel nor a prequel” to Drifter....

Hello, it’s the list goblin. Every month I bring fun lists to share. My hideous goblin features and desperate hunger for SEO crumbs hide a generous heart. People don’t expect kindness from a creature such as I. But life is full of twists, and so are video games. Remember whenBioShockpulled the rug from beneath you so hard you cracked your head on the wet tiles? Remember when the dragon scales fell from your eyes during The Elder Scrolls:Skyrim?...