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Valiant Tactics EX comes to Steam on March 29th In the run-up toTotal War: Pharaohat the end of last year, a slightly strange question popped into my head: “What if someone made a Total War game that also had the handsome anime looks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses?” Clearly, it was also a question on the minds on Japanese indie developers ThinkGames Inc, who have just announced their debut gameValiant Tactics EX....

Here’s the best places to farm Aluminum in Lightyear Frontier Looking to get Aluminum in Lightyear Frontier?Aluminum is an important resource inLightyear Frontier, especially for the first few sets of Mech upgrades. As such, you’ll need a steady supply of Aluminum, especially in the earlier sections of the game. Luckily, we’ve listed the best spots below to farm for Aluminum for maximum yield. All Aluminum farming spots in Lightyear Frontier...

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Below you’ll find a list of clues to help you solve today’s word and preserve your streak. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

Plunderstorm offers rewards including a pet crab and parrot mount Just when I thought I was past being surprised by games addingbattle royalemodes, Blizzard today announced one forWorld Of Warcraft. Plunderstorm will drop 60 pirates onto the Arathi Highlands to fight monsters, loot chests, level up, acquire abilities, and beat the hell out of each other as a storm closes in. It’s initially due to run only for several weeks and will use wholly separate characters, though you can unlock cosmetics for your main wizards....

Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #281 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by a meaty walking truck, opportunities for hubris, slime cleanup troubles, submarine dilemmas, and more. Check out these attractive and interesting indie games! I particularly appreciate the blue sparks when blasting electronics in Hong Kong revenge shooterBetter Than Dead(coming to Steam):...

It will have full Steam Deck support, too Solo developer Billy Basso’s enigmatic MetroidvaniaAnimal Wellhas been dated for May 9th, publishers Bigmode announced yesterday. In it, you’ll explore a vast labyrinth of tunnels, solve puzzles and escape its many mammalian-based horrors, all of whom are out to gobble you up in one fell swoop - though as a strange, tiny little blob creature the size of a chicken nugget, it’s unclear both what you are, and why exactly you’re so appetising to them....

Everything you need to know about Amazon’s Spring sale TheAmazon Spring Saleis back, refreshed and renamed as Amazon Spring Deal Days. Maybe because there’s so many of them: this flowery festival ofbuying stuffbegins on Wednesday March 20th and runs all the way through Monday March 25th. And I thoughtPrime Daywas getting too long, sheesh. On the upside, this should mean more chances topick up some quality PC gaming hardware on the cheap....

We play ex-Bethesda developer Nate Purkeypile’s first indie game A heaving expo floor is not a great place to sample a first-person open world hunting game that wants you to monitor your own heartbeat, butThe Axis Unseenmanages to be pretty atmospheric regardless. It helps that I’m hunting Bigfoot. Hefting my magical bow, I peer around a tree trunk at the creature as he wanders down a slope of vivid orange grass sprinkled with pale blue rock....

Our weekly news liveblog, and the week’s most appetising game releases It’s GDC week over in San Francisco at the moment, and such a high concentration of video game developers in one place can only mean one thing:The Mawhas turned its ever-dribbling gaze to America’s west coast, and is preparing to bask in all the fresh learnings being shared about how last year’s best video games were made and created. Edwin is one the ground there for us, so we wish him well in his news gathering and interview appointments....

Our new series about generative AI and its use in games suggests some words to use If you’ve ever tried to play a hardcoreRPGthat’s way above your brain’s pay grade, or got lost in tutorials that use complicated words and bizarre jargon, then you’ve probably felt right at home reading headlines about AI recently. Why are people angry that this character has seven fingers?Why does Nvidia want me to talk to a robot about ramen?...

Stuck on the Wordle word for March 18? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?If you’re struggling to finish today’s word, we have a helpful list of hints to give you a guiding hand and maintain your streak in the process....

GOG teaming up with Amazon’s cloud gaming platform While cloud gaming is very much not at a point where I want it to be the main way I play games, if I ever will, I do appreciate having the convenience as an option. Being able to play a game away from my PC can be handy. So it’s neat that GOG have announced they’re teaming up with Amazon to make select GOG games playable through theAmazon Lunacloud gaming platform “soon”....