The strange journey to reach the Divine Tower of Liurnia explained Trying to figure out how to reach the Divine Tower of Liurnia in Elden Ring?You’re in for quite a journey, let me tell you. Reaching the second Divine Tower of the game is far, far more involved a process than reaching the first - and, very oddly, you won’t actually be able to reach it until you’ve defeated your third demi-god....

Here’s how to reach the top of the Divine Tower of Caelid Want to know how to get to the Divine Tower of Caelid in Elden Ring?The Divine Towers are important buildings to track down in Elden Ring, because each one will allow you to restore a different one of the Great Runes you earn by killing the major bosses of the game. The Divine Tower of Caelid is where you must go to restore the Great Rune belonging to General Radahn, and it’s well worth doing so as soon as you’ve beaten him....

We interview Valve’s co-founder on hardware plans and consolidation in gaming I recently had the chance to grill Gabe Newell – Valve president and co-founder, plusbrain tech enthusiast– about theSteam Deck. What followed did indeed start with a look at Valve’s portable PC, including the lessons learned from the company’s past hardware attempts, but it soon swerved into a wider-ranging discussion on cryptocurrency, NFTs, consolidation issues affecting the games industry and whether there might be whole new Steam Decks in the future....

Valve head speaks on “criminal activity” around NFTs and why Steam stopped accepting cryptocurrency FromUbisofttoKonamito theEpic Games Store, games companies are doubling down on NFTs as fast as others arebacktracking on them. Valve, on the other hand, aren’t likely to get involved any time soon, owing to “a lot of criminal activity and a lot of sketchy behaviours”. That’s according to co-founder Gabe Newell, who recentlyspoke to usabout his concerns around crypto....

What’s the story, storming glory? It makes a huge difference to your emotional investment when you have a named rival to chase during races, and Grid Legends leverages McKane’s presence to great effect. I genuinely wanted to beat him and the rest of the core cast every time I saw their names in front of me. Complementing this is the returning Nemesis feature, which turns AI opponents nasty if you bump into them too much....

Game recommendations straight from the source Over the course of mySteam Deck reviewtesting, the majority of games I tried ran without issue. Some didn’t get on with SteamOS’s Proton compatibility software, and others needed a bit more work on the ol’ anti-cheat, but I wouldn’t be surprised if most Steam games end up rated as Verified or Playable in Valve’scompatibility review programme. What, then, are some of the very best games to play on the Steam Deck?...

Everything you need to know about fast travel in Elden Ring Want to know how to fast travel in Elden Ring?FromSoftware are generally quite kind when it comes to allowing you to quickly travel between its various checkpoints, andElden Ringis no exception. You can freely fast travel between Sites of Grace with the touch of a button. Which is great, because the world of Elden Ring is mind-bogglingly large. Below we’ll explain how to unlock the ability to fast travel in Elden Ring, and the limitations of fast travel in different situations....

Here’s how to unlock the ability to level up and the best stats to prioritise Want to know how to level up in Elden Ring?As you tackle the Lands Between and uncover each majorboss location, you’ll need a healthy dose of runes to get you through. Unlike some of the otherbest RPGsfrom FromSoftware, you can’t level up from the start inElden Ring. Instead, you’ll need to explore Limgrave until you meet a specific NPC....

Lower your shield How can you two hand your weapons in Elden Ring?Putting down your shield in order to two hand your weapon can be an effective if risky combat strategy inElden Ring, although the game itself doesn’t give you many pointers as to how or why this can be done. On this page, we’ll quickly go over how to two hand wield your weapons in order to deal more damage....

I’ve finished countless runs, killed every boss, and didn’t see any of it If you’re unfamiliar with FromSoftware’s oeuvre, Dark Souls is a series of third-person adventure games famed for their punishing difficulty and obtuse narratives. I don’t know what it is about the series that makes my visual issues worse than other games. Perhaps it’s that everything’s an unsettling shade of grey or maybe I can no longer parse motion in artificial three-dimensional spaces....

Nightmare on Sesame Street It’s no secret that I lovehorrorgames, but lately I’ve been going through a bit of a dry spell when it comes to finding upcoming titles to get excited about. I picked up theMy Friendly NeighborhoodSteam Next Festdemo to kill half an hour without many expectations, but what do you know, it’s shot right to the top of my indie horror wishlist. My Friendly Neighborhood is the tale of a derelict children’s TV studio menaced by chipper puppets, who’ve decided to take matters into their own felt-covered hands to get their show back on the air - and, unlike a lot of recent indie horror offerings, it allows your character to fight back with gusto....

Here are the rules. Like last time, these Time Capsules aren’t intended to be a definitive list of the best games from any given year. They’re all personal favourites, but the most important thing is that they’re all games we’d recommend people play today. They might be the best example of its genre, or they contain some kind of valuable lesson for future generations of game designers. It’s also this specific version we think people should play, too, so remasters and remakes may mean that certain games are missing from their original release year (and we’re going by PC release dates here, naturally, not when they first came out more generally)....

Even with some software snags, the Steam Deck is an ambitious and impressive handheld PC Praise and curse theSteam Deck, for it has stolen 20 years of my life. A few minutes into playing on this – the first serious attempt at a handheld PC from a major gaming entity - and I am once more a child, alternating between sinking into the sofa to redirect energy into my thumbs and wanting desperately to rush round my friends’ houses to show them thecool new thing....