Classic shmup Radiant Silvergun will arrive on PC this month after 25 years

I’m going to play this on a Steam Deck Radiant Silvergun, widely considered one of the best shoot ‘em ups ever made, is finally coming to PC. Developed by Treasure, who are perhaps best known for Silvergun’s successorIkaruga, it’ll arrive via Steam on August 18th with local co-op, online leaderboards and downloadable replays. Radiant Silvergun is a vertically-scrolling shmup that gives you seven weapons to play with right from the start: three primary attacks, three secondary attacks created by combining them, and a sword....

August 3, 2023 · 1 min · 147 words · Wanda Lopez

Dave The Diver's quality-of-life update will make button mashing optional

Among other accessibility tweaks Dave The Diveris an unusual mixture of deep sea exploration, sushi restaurant management, and a thousand other ideas. It’s also been a smash hit since its release from early access in June. In a new update video from developers Mintrocket, they seem as surprised by its huge success as anyone, while also outlining their roadmap for coming quality-of-life updates. New content is on the way, the developers say, but not before a quality-of-life update designed to address player feedback....

August 3, 2023 · 2 min · 292 words · Savannah Johnson

Diablo 4's 1.1.1 patch revises controversial nerfs to the Sorcerer and Barbarian classes

Mounts can also break through barricades Diablo 4is walking back several changes from its big Season 1 patch which had made the gamean even bigger slogand proved to be overwhelmingly controversial with fans. Blizzard had previously spoken about the upcoming 1.1.1 plaster update during a developer livestream, but the newpatch notesdetail everything we can expect, including crucial fixes, tweaks to mounts, and big buffs for the Sorcerer and Barbarian classes. The patch drops on August 8th....

August 3, 2023 · 2 min · 272 words · Darryl White

Final Fantasy creator's dioramic RPG Fantasian could be headed to PC soon

Hironobu Sakaguchi suggested it months ago and a SteamDB listing now suggests the same Fantasian’s escape from Apple Arcade lockdown wouldn’t be unprecedented either. Slapstick comedy thingamajigWhat The Golf?, chill village management gameOutlanders, and Lego Brawls have all made their way over to other systems after their Apple Arcade exclusivity periods were done. And I’m crossing all fingers and toes that Fantasian makes the same jump. Fantasian is a turn-based RPG thatharks backto the PSXFinal Fantasygames, all while throwing in some very smart contemporary twists for good measure....

August 3, 2023 · 2 min · 233 words · Glenn Moreno

Get Logitech's classic 720p webcam for $13

Not high-res, but it’ll do the job. Logitech makes a ton of good PC stuff, but their HD webcams have been a cheap-and-cheerful go-to for years. One older model that sits on top of a bunch of monitors is the C270, an HD webcam that normally retails for $25. Today though, a $5 coupon on Amazon brings this webcam down to $13 and change, making it a sensible pickup for anyone that needs a webcam for streaming or video calls....

August 3, 2023 · 1 min · 201 words · Mr. Charles Lucas

How Baldur's Gate 3 morphed Larian Studios into wild new shapes

“If that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes” The distance from the roof of the Counting House to the nearest building in Baldur’s Gate is vast, by design. The waterfront bank where the city’s great, good and gangster store their gold stands with its back to the sea, while a long and well-guarded bridge extends from its maw, like a money-hungry tongue. Legend says its top two floors are entirely without windows, the House an eyeless god to the citizens who reside on the hillside that slopes down toward the docks....

August 3, 2023 · 8 min · 1671 words · Darius Ponce

Is Starfield multiplayer?

Will it be possible to play Starfield multiplayer in the future? Can you play Starfield multiplayer?Given the breathtaking scope ofStarfield, Bethesda’s new open-world RPG containing a thousands planets to traverse and explore, it’s only natural to ask: can I bring along a friend so we can discover all ofStarfield’s delights together? Or are you limited to just sharing your journey with the many NPCStarfield companions? In this quick guide we’ll answer the question of whether Starfield will be multiplayer or have a co-op mode that allows you to play the game with your friends or family members....

August 3, 2023 · 3 min · 452 words · Nicole Bryant

Pour one out for Losiir, the unsung hero of Baldur's Gate 3's intro

Pick Lae’zel and you’ll meet this doomed Githyanki WithBaldur’s Gate 3finally out of early access, I’m sure many of you will be busy creating your own custom characters right now as you begin your journey through Larian’sRPGepic. But I implore you to take a moment to remember the great Losiir, a Githyanki soldier who most of you will probably never meet. That’s because he only shows up if you pick Lae’zel as your origin character, because who else would be there to do her fancy sword lunge from above if not a gender-swapped version of basically herself?...

August 3, 2023 · 4 min · 739 words · James Estrada

Professional weird little guy Wheatley distills everything I love about Portal 2

He’s awful, but also really great I could do “the joy of Portal 2’s retro science”, where you fall through the floor into the old school Aperture Science labs and see the 60s-ish version of all the big buttons and testing chambers you were put through in the first Portal. I could do “the joy of the corrupted personality cores in Portal 2”, a group of corrupted AI spheres including Rick The Adventure Sphere, which is largely just Nolan North making up his own action theme song....

August 3, 2023 · 4 min · 761 words · Amber Davis

PSA: Don't miss out on Baldur's Gate 3's hero introductions when picking your character

Entertaining back story alert In the run-up toBaldur’s Gate 3leaving early access, developers Larian Studios have understandably put a lot of emphasis on the game’s custom character creation, what with it being much more firmly ingrained in the world of Dungeons & Dragons and role-playing more generally than, say, their previous Divinity games. But before you jump into creating your favourite D&D build, do take a moment to watch the Introductions for each of its fixed origin characters, too....

August 3, 2023 · 4 min · 730 words · Nichole Gonzalez

Return Of The Obra Dinn is the perfect recommendation for folks who don't play games

Is your granny a Miss Marple fan? She’ll love this merchant murder mystery I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve recommended people playReturn Of The Obra Dinn. It’s the one game I’m confident recommending to anyone to folks who play games frequently, but also to those who don’t. My biggest triumph was recommending it to my dad, a 62-year-old retired manufacturing manager from Wales, who loved it so much he not only recommended it to a friend (who also loved it) but also said my mum should try it too - and I agree!...

August 3, 2023 · 2 min · 365 words · Deborah Delgado

Starfield Early Access release date

Here’s how to get Starfield early access and when the early access period begins Wondering how to get Starfield early access?Bethesda’s first single-player RPG in almost a decade,Starfield, is finally here. Within just a few short hours,Starfieldearly access will launch, allowing you to jet off into space and plot your own journey among the stars. It’s an incredibly thrilling prospect, and with over 1000 planets to explore, it seems to also be a rather gargantuan task....

August 3, 2023 · 2 min · 390 words · Elizabeth Daniels

Steam survived the onslaught of players downloading Baldur's Gate 3

The huge RPG couldn’t be pre-loaded Baldur’s Gate 3came out earlier this evening. It couldn’t be pre-loaded before launch and having already installed the Early Access versionwasn’t an alternative, which means a lot of people were trying to download the 122GB RPG at the same time. Steam held up to the onslaught - mostly. Steam makes various stats available, including bandwidth used in the past 48 hours. You can seethe Baldur’s Gate 3-shaped spikefrom the moment where bandwidth usage leapt from under 20,000Gbps (gigabits per second) to a peak of 146....

August 3, 2023 · 1 min · 161 words · Robert Wilson