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A standalone experience focused on the 2v2 battles, out now Six months ago, MMORPGTemtemintroduced a mode that let you jump straight into the game’s 2v2 turn-based battles, ignoring the busywork of quests, creature-catching, and all the other Pokémon-isms. Showdown was the mode’s name; something for the animal fight pit lovers in the room, rather than the plain old animal lovers. That mode has now been spun into a free standalone release aptly calledTemtem Showdown, out now....

Three years after The Initiative’s flashy trailer, we’re still at least two years out - if not longer - from Joanna Dark’s return The much-anticipated reboot ofPerfect Darkis still “in the earliest stages” of development and at least two years away from being released, according to a new report. According to a former dev, that impressive-looking CG trailer was impressive for a good reason: it was “very obviously way far ahead of anywhere the game was at”....

A great choice for PC - plus PS5 and Series X. Two or three years on, things have settled down and these HDMI 2.1 monitors are now much more affordable - if not yet exactly cheap. One such example is the Acer Nitro XV282KKV, a 28-inch monitor with a 4K 144Hz refresh rate on PC, that’s down to £409.98 plus £5 shipping at Ebuyer. That’s nearly £200 off its UK RRP and an awesome deal for a monitor with these specs....

Stuck on the Wordle word for June 26? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?It’s a brand new day, and the sun is high; all the birds are singing that you’re gonna… spend a bit of time teasing your brain with a good oldWordlepuzzle! Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s how the song goes. 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?...

“This feels unnecessary and disrespectful to the people who worked on these games” Therecent release of the Yakuza series on GOGhas been tempered by the notable removal of several developers and even entire studios from the games’ credits. As Reddit user Timo653first noted, theYakuzaComplete Series - which includes all seven numbered entriesfrom prequel Yakuza 0 through Yakuza 6, but not spin-offs such asLike a Dragon- available via GOG misses out a number of individual developers and support studios from the credits at the end of each instalment....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 25? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?I may be biased (or contractually obligated to enjoy the games I write about), but there are few activities better suited to quickly waking up a sleepy brain than 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?...

Press the T button to wait According to testimony delivered by Microsoft’s Phil Spencer in court, Elder Scrolls VI is still “five-plus years away.” Spencer had been speaking about what platforms the next Elder Scrolls game might appear on during day two of hearings asthe FTC seek an injunction to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. “I think we’ve been a little unclear on what platforms it will launch on given how far out the game is....

It will have better physics and a richer simulation “We polled a bunch of things, and the one thing from all [different kinds of player] was that people wanted more stuff to do. We said, ‘okay, cool, fair enough, let’s go make things like that.’ But we are not a game,” said Neumann. “So we’re not making game-y type missions at all. What we’re doing is accurate aviation activities. We’re working with lots of organisations across the planet that do these things....

Just what the doctor ordered My purchase last year of a Steam Deck rekindled my long-dormant love for arcade racers. High quality and modern entries in the genre are few and far between, though. EnterNew Star GP, which looks like it might fill the whole in my heart that’s been there since I played F1 Pole Position on the SNES in 1993. Here’s the announcement trailer: The arcade racers I liked best always had more going on under the surface than they first appeared....

But it’ll have a large font mode to help During an appearance on Kinda Funny Xcast,Starfielddirector Todd Howard was asked whether the upcominginterstellar ball-pitRPG would support the Steam Deck. “We’ll talk about that later down the road,” said Howard. During a brief conversation about accessibility10m 25s into the conversation, Howard said thatStarfieldwould have a “large font mode, which really is important in an RPG where there’s a lot of stuff to read, so it comes into play with obviously accessibility, but also various monitor sizes....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 24? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?If you’ve stumbled upon this guide by accident: welcome, dear traveler! Take off your shoes, pull up a flame-retardant beanbag by the fire, and whip out your phone or computational device of your choice. 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?...

A-Clive and kicking Yoshi-P has addressed the PC port plight once again, last week during aspecial pre-launch livestreamwith other directors of the game. According toPC Gamer(thanks, fellow comrades) Yoshi-P stated the PC version is in development, but needs work on optimisation. PC Gamer reported that Yoshi-P cited the “lack of loading screens when travelling between locations and transitioning from cutscenes to gameplay” as a particular problem, and that Squenix have been too busy with the PS5 version of the game to work on the PC version....

Let the Activision Blizzard acquisition courtroom drama begin Yesterday marked the first day of proceedings in the legal battle between Microsoft and the US Federal Trade Commission as theFTC seeks a preliminary injunctionon Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. The injunction would further prevent Microsoft’s acquisition deal of Activision Blizzard from going through. Several of Xbox’s high profile figures testified at the first day of trial, including the likes of Sarah Bond, corporate vice president of gaming partnerships and business development at Microsoft, Bethesda head of publishing Pete Hines, and Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty....