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Gordon Freeminifig In the almost 20 years sinceHalf-Life 2refined what first-person shooters could be, it’s been modded into just about every form you can imagine. Fromcomplete virtual reality conversionsandreal-time strategy gamesto fan-made remasters impressive enough toearn a thumb-up from Valve, there seems to be no limit to whatHalf-Lifehas been, is and could be. Enter the latest mod to take Gordon Freeman’s seminal adventure and twist it into yet another surprising shape....

Impressive work from 343 Industries and modding team Digsite Halo is a series where you explore ancient places and uncover secrets left behind by an alien civilisation of engineers, so it’s fitting that developers 343 Industries and modding team Digsite have been doing a bit of Halo excavation of their own in real life. Over the weekend, Halo’s community team posted a new blog post detailing the results of a year-long partnership with Digsite to restore lost features from Halo’s cutting room floor to theMaster Chief Collection- including never-before-seen maps and weapons from the archives ofHalo: Combat Evolved, as well as some vehicles from the series’ earliest days as a third-person shooter and real-time strategy game....

Admiring upcoming indie games 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. Followinglast week’s chat about Twitter’s collapse, I did try to include a few Mastodon posts this week. Turns out, something is wonky somewhere, and they did not display properly on the page. Ah. I’ll see if we can fix that. Still, read on for a selection of attractive and interesting indie games from That One Social Media Network....

One Squeenix shareholder dreams of Xenogears. What’s your pick? Capcom and Square Enix were both recently asked about whether more remasters and remakes were planned in the future. Both publishers gave non-committal responses but we know more redos/reimaginings/remakes are coming. Of course they are. Seemingly every publisher under the sun is onboard the remake train and it’s only a matter of time before your favourite game gets a nostalgic refresh. So, dear readers, what older games would you like to see return?...

Stuck on the Wordle word for July 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?In our humble opinions, there is no better way to supplement your day with a bit of brain-teasing linguistic goodness than with a dailyWordlepuzzle! Every day, Wordle presents 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....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 9? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?If you need a quick way to wake up your brain this Sunday, and coffee isn’t quite doing the trick, then I have just the thing for you. It’sWordletime! Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

After two years Magic martial arts, grapple hooks and rooftop-hopping makeNaraka: Bladepointone of thebest battle royaleson PC. Now it’s going free-to-play next week on Thursday, July 13th. “All in-game content is available to free players, including all game modes, events, cosmetics, character customization, etc.”, saystheir free-to-play FAQ. You’ll need to unlock cosmetics and all but four starter heroes with Hero Coins, however. Free players can earn a maximum 35 Hero Coins per-week through play, with a single character costing 100 Hero Coins....

Watch out, Ecco The Dolphin Over the past two years, a slew of game publishers have announced plans to intergrate the blockchain andNFTsinto future projects. Sega were among them, registering a trademark last year forSega NFTs. Now Sega co-chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi says they’ll keep their biggest series away from the blockchain, and called play-to-earn games “boring.” “The action in play-to-earn games is boring,” Utsumi toldBloomberg. “What’s the point if games are no fun?...

Yuji Naka had admitted guilt Yuji Naka, the co-creator of Sonic The Hedgehog, has been found guilty of insider trading. The former Sega and Square Enix developer has been given a suspended sentence of two years and six months, and ordered to pay two fines totalling ¥173 million (around £948,000). Before joining Square Enix, Naka had a lengthy career at Sega, working as lead programmer on the original Sonic The Hedgehog and eventually becoming president of Sonic Team....

Until July 10th Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Realms Of Ruin’s open beta is live now. You’ve got until July 10th if you want to give the Stormcast Eternals or the Orruk Kruleboyz a spin in Frontier’s real-time strategy game. The beta includes 1v1 multiplayer matches or fights against the AI and is designed to test both network stability and overall game balance. Frontier warn of afew expected issuesin the beta, including errors when matchmaking during peak times, time-outs while queuing, crashes, and UI inconsistencies....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 8? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Let’s all collectively celebrate the dawn of a new weekend by engaging in the best daily word game on the interwebs:Wordle! Every day, Wordle presents 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....

All the best deals on PC gaming gear from non-Amazon retailers I am, regardless, contractually obliged to remind everyone that we have aPrime Day PC gaming deals hub, with separate guides toPrime Day graphics card dealsandPrime Day Steam Deck accessories deals. 27in, 2560x1440, 144Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync Premium 14in, 2560×1600, 165Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, RTX 4080, 1TB SSD Scroll on for the full list, or hit these shortcuts to jump to each section....

Season Of The Malignant starts this month, new hot priest included Diablo 4’spermanently dark and dour world is doing the impossible in Season 1: getting even worse, somehow. The first seasonal update called Season Of The Malignant is coming on July 20th, developer Blizzard announced in last night’s livestream. The game’s first season brings another hellish threat from everyone’s nemesis/crush Lilith, a new questline, characters, powers, the first season journey, and yup, the first battle pass....