You can’t beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it Counter-Strike 2players have discovered a novel method of peek-shooting, the Michael Jackson Peek, which makes them look like the King of Pop, doing one of his slip-slidey dance moves. You might say there’s been an outbreak of Smooth Crime, hee heeee! Sorry, I wish I were cool enough to explain this properly. It’s probably best you just watch the footage below....
Prepare yourself for a “surreal, psycho-horror dreamscape” I was mixed on Dambusters’Dead Island 2- I thought the combat had flair but not much depth, loved the game’s decadently disastrous Los Angeles, but hated how exploration boiled down to nosing around for crafting materials. The game’s first story DLC expansion, Haus, amps up the weirdness of the environments by transporting you to a “surreal, psycho-horror dreamscape” in blissful Malibu. There are flashes of Glass Onion and The Menu here, but I was reminded just as much of the eerier parts of Bioshock, that underwater monument to crackpot billionaires with far too much time on their hands....
Just, don’t forget the gods It’s a beautiful day on the island. The waves are nibbling playfully at the shoreline, the farmyard animals are shuffling about happily in their pens, your little sister is bouncing around being a perfect nuisance like always. Time to get busy, then. The cows need to be milked, the eggs need to be gathered from the chicken coop, the seeds need to be sowed and watered....
Come and sample your next favourite indie game Myself and other members of RPS will be there doing various things over the next few days - primarily playing as many games as we can get our hands on, both in the Rezzed Zone and the alsoexcellent-looking Leftfield Collection. You can expect more in-depth highlights of the best games we end up playing to appear on the site over the course of the show, and if there’s anything specific you’d like us to check out, let us know in the comments below....
Let’s shine a light on this one Raise a light to the dark fantasy world and it’ll reveal a more dribbly parallel universe you can warp between at almost any time. This spooky lantern might open up some cool realm-hopping twists on your grim adventure, and the game as a whole might instil a sense of exploration sure to please souls fans after a familiar hit of uncertain peril, but its finer details chip away at your patience....
Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #123 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....
Pushing the boat out Whereas most games begin by getting you into the action as quickly as possible,Saltsea Chroniclesopens with a quick note about its save system. It’s a small, but important detail in this story-driven adventure game, as throughout its nine-to-ten-hour run time, you’ll be faced with various decisions about where your crew of post-apocalyptic drifters will explore next, as they set sail in search of their missing captain Maja....
Splitting it out I’m honestly a little surprised by how much I’m enjoyingStar Trek: Infinite. It is not the ultimateStar Trekstrategy game, but nor is it a bog standard 4Xstrategyin an unfortunate 80s leotard. “Lets you play your own Star Trek story” is a fair summary of what it’s about, even if the bulk of that story in practical terms is building space stations to claim territory, and filling up planets with farms, cities, and empire-specific labour camps, forums, and whatever hippie garbage the feds have....
Here’s how to complete Starfield’s main mission and become Starborn in One Giant Leap How do you reach Unity and become a Starborn in the One Giant Leap final mission?The time is here to complete theStarfieldmain story. It’s a journey that has spanned solar systems, put you in grave danger, bewildered you with puzzles, riddles, and so much more. Now, it’s time to make a big decision. Before you journey onwards to the unknown, we’d recommend making sure you’re happy with how much XP you’ve earnedleveling upand that yourskill pointshave been put to good use....
Here’s how to successfully work your way through epic battles to complete the artifact collection in Revelation How can you retrieve the final artifacts and complete your collection in the Revelation mission?Revelation marks the penultimateStarfieldmain mission and goodness, it’s a doozy. There’s layer upon layer of Starborn battles as you take on waves of enemies before reaching a final showdown with the Emissary or the Hunter. If we’ve not made it clear enough, there’s a lot of fighting in Revelation, so make sure you’re stocked with thebest weaponsyou can acquire, spend yourskill pointswisely (hint, Persuasion), and learnhow to disable turrets....
iOS and Android Isolation sequel to be “sunsetted” by November Blackout currently costs about $0.99 or £0.79 oniOS,Androidand theAmazonstore, and is absolutely worth the pocket change if you have any affection for the Alien universe. It’s a sequel to the acclaimedAlien: Isolation, once again starring Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda, but instead of playing hide-and-scream with the Xenomorph yourself, you get to cower in a duct with a CCTV display, switching cameras and remotely opening doors to usher fellow humans to safety....
Every heist needs a demo expert Despite the extremely upsetting news about what nate has been having for breakfast this year, we maintain our composure to deliver an episode of The Electronic Wireless Showpodcastall about theSteam Next Fest, currently running until next Monday the 16th. You’ve got a whole weekend of free demos to try, and we’ve knocked back a few to regurgitate into your open mouths as suggestions for what to try first....
Platform owner reports “an uptick in sophisticated attacks” on Steam devs Valve are introducing text message verification for game developers using Steamworks, following what the platform-holders describe as a limited incident which saw hackers taking over several Steamworks accounts and adding malware to their games. Reportedly, fewer than 100 Steam players have been affected by the malware – I hope you’re not among them. It’s not clear which and how many projects have been affected by the hacks, but the incident appears to date back to late August, and victims include NanoWar: Cells VS Virus developer Benoît Freslon,who told GameDiscoverCo’s Simon Carless on Xitterthat all of his accounts were hacked using a token grabber....
