Starfield’s lead quest designer joins other ex-Bethesda devs - plus Obsidian and BioWare vets - to work on upcoming open-world RPG Wyrdsong

Will Shen was also a writer on Skyrim and multiple Fallout games It sounds like quite the team of RPG talent is assembling behind upcomingopen-world gameWyrdsong, the debut title from newfound studio Something Wicked Games. On top of its existing staff made up of former Bethesda, Obsidian, Respawn and BioWare devs, the lead quest designer forStarfieldhas joined the team. Before heading up quest design on this year’s sprawling sci-fi adventure, Will Shen also worked as a quest designer and writer for other Bethesda games includingSkyrim,Fallout 4and Fallout 4’spretty darn good DLC Far Harbor, on which he was lead designer....

October 18, 2023 · 2 min · 371 words · Mark Anderson

The final faction in Frontier's Warhammer RTS is magical chaos cult The Disciples Of Tzeentch

They join the Stormcast Eternals, Orruks and Nighthaunt Frontier Developments have announced the fourth and final faction coming to their Warhammer RTSAge Of Sigmar: Realms Of Ruin. The Disciples Of Tzeentch are a clan of magical chaos demons that specialise in long-range attacks, and they’ll join the Stormcast Eternals, Orruk Kruleboyz and the Nighthaunt when the game launches on November 17th. Long-range debuffer lads sound like they’ll cause rightful havoc in Realms Of Ruin’s various multiplayer modes, and some of the units shown off in the trailer above look proper nasty....

October 18, 2023 · 2 min · 410 words · Katie Wells

The spiritual successor to Invisible, Inc. is finally here

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint just launched in early access, and already it’s a real keeper If XCOM and Invisible, Inc. had a secret one-night stand in the back of aCyberpunk 2077taxi, the resulting lovechild would probably look a lot likeCyber Knights: Flashpoint. It’s the next game from the Trese Brothers, the makers ofStar Traders: Frontiers, and I’ve been playing its opening missions over the last couple of days. It’s good, folks, and there’s a lot to dig into with its release into early access this week....

October 18, 2023 · 8 min · 1508 words · Maurice Bell

This 1000W SFX-L 80+ Gold power supply is down to $150 at Newegg

A good price for these specs, especially from Corsair. Building a small form factor PC with thegreat PC casesI keep writing deals posts about? Need a great SFX-L power supply to go with it? Newegg are currently offering a deal on Corsair’s SF1000L, a compact 1000W 80+ Gold rated fully modular power supply - it’s down to $150, from $180. That’s still a lot, but this is quite a fair price for a 1kW PSU from a well-known manufacturer, let alone an SFX-L one as these are often more expensive due to their level of miniaturisation that is required....

October 18, 2023 · 2 min · 288 words · Nicole Aguilar

Vampire Survivors’ free winter update lands tomorrow with a chilly new stage, frosty character and a big ol’ Okami fox to fight

I’m already a big fan of whatever a Glass Fandango is Vampire Survivorsis the gift that keeps on giving, dropping alocal multiplayer mode,flashy new engineand a whole bunch of other free stuff on top of a game that is already more than well worth its modest price tag. In the case of the screen-filling slay-’em-up’s next big update, it’s now a Christmas gift that keeps on giving, with a Santa’s sack worth of winter-inspired additions on the way....

October 18, 2023 · 2 min · 395 words · Courtney Bryant

What's better: Present decisions deciding past events, or that puzzle where switches turn on some things while turning off others?

Vote now! Last time, you narrowly decided thata diegetic HUD is better than quick restarts. That result was a narrow victory—53% vs 47%—which shows how important it is to engage with the formation of scientific consensus. If you disagree with the newly established fact, well, you can’t quick-restart your way out of this one. Onwards! This week, I ask you to decide between two different ways your decisions can have unusual outcomes....

October 18, 2023 · 4 min · 744 words · Tricia Grimes

Wordle hints and answer (#851): How to solve the Wednesday October 18 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 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?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough....

October 18, 2023 · 6 min · 1190 words · Zachary Meza

World Of Horror review: a weird and wonderful horror adventure in time for Halloween

The combat is kind of annoying but it almost doesn’t matter Being as much of an insufferable, online-but-ultimately-in-quite-a-basic-way person as I am, I’m a Junji Ito girlie. The horror manga artist has an immediately recognisable style that intersects detailed, line heavy art with strange and upsetting concepts, and some of his short stories have acquired a sort of semi-memetic status (“This is my hole! It was made for me!"). If you’re at all familiar with Junji Ito’s work you will look at unforgiving almost-text-adventureWorld Of Horrorand go “Huh, that’s inspired by Junji Ito....

October 18, 2023 · 7 min · 1380 words · Ashlee Jordan

Xbox haven't "done an A+ job" of "revisiting" our old franchises, says Phil Spencer

Microsoft exec hoping to bring back a few on Game Pass Back in the glorious Xbox One years, when every Microsoft executive was engaged in the act ofputting one foot in their mouth while shooting it simultaneously, there was a giddy period of marketing conducted by means of Phil Spencer’s T-shirts. He’d rock up on E3 stages like a cabaret dancer, touting tees with various new or elderly videogame licenses on them, and whipping older fans into a frenzy of speculation as to possible remakes or sequels....

October 18, 2023 · 3 min · 618 words · Patrick Lee

Call Of Duty MW3 release date and pre-order details

When does Modern Warfare 3 release? When is the Modern Warfare 3 release date?As surely as the sun rises in the east, Activision will continue to release a new Call Of Duty game every year. This year it’sCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and while it’s very clearly still a bread-and-butter COD game, the minor changes and the strong map pool have the potential to make this Activision’s best Call Of Duty game in years....

October 17, 2023 · 4 min · 759 words · Eric Hendricks

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty missions list

Here are all the main story missions in Phantom Liberty and their ending paths Wondering what every main mission in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is?Phantom Libertyis quite a hefty expansion toCyberpunk 2077and the world of Night City, and the vast majority of its new content takes place through its main missions. These main missions are split up intofour endingslater on in the main questline (with one bonus unnamed path occurring if you pick certain options to end the DLC early)....

October 17, 2023 · 2 min · 385 words · Larry Bailey

Cyberpunk 2077's new ending is its most heartbreaking, and worth returning for

Careful what you wish for “I am most moved and always have been by stupid courage — the kind when, against all odds, the hero just keeps going,” William Goldman once said. This is a thing Goldman I have in common. To help you tell us apart, a point of difference between Goldman and I is that he expressed his love of stupid courage by writing Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, whereas I express mine byreally likingCyberpunk 2077....

October 17, 2023 · 9 min · 1840 words · Michael Mcbride

Devs from Rockstar, Necrosoft and more slam Epic and Songtradr for "trashing" Bandcamp as layoffs announced

“At least” 50% of staff affected, according to Bandcamp United union The fleetingly Epic Games-owned online audio distribution company Bandcamp have shed “at least” half their staff in the course of beingsold off to Songtradras part of mass layoffs at Epic this summer. That’saccordingto the union Bandcamp United, who are even now restarting discussions with Epic in the hope of obtaining a better outcome. It’s terrible news for those affected, of course, but it also doesn’t bode well for the future of independent music....

October 17, 2023 · 4 min · 694 words · Ruth Lopez