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Come look at its delightful character selection screen The tactical deck-building and chaotic shooting ofFriends Vs Friendslaunches on May 30th, developers Brainwash Gang have announced. ThinkNeon White, but your handful of cards can blast pals away across beautifully stylish and dynamic maps. The RPS Treehouse has been excited about its multiplayer mayhem for a while, as Friends Vs Friends’demo at PAX Westwas a heart-thumping good time. Treat yourself to the newest vibrant trailer below:...

Season One is coming in July The hack-and-slashing world ofDiablo 4is alreadyset to be massive, but next month’s launch is only the beginning. Blizzard have detailed the action RPG’s post-launch plans which include quarterly seasons, rotating cosmetics via an in-game shop, and of course, a battle pass - all of which was revealed during last night’s developerlivestreamand ablog post. Quarterly seasons bring with them new legendary items, battle passes, expected balance changes, and questlines....

Potentially called Mortal Kombat 1 Warner Bros. Discovery casually name-droppedMortal Kombat 12earlier in the year, when an earnings call revealed the fighter was “set to release this year, with ambitious launch projections.” The relaxed announcement wasn’t followed by any flashy marketing (outside of a few funny Ed Boontweets) until now. Developer Netherrealm have been dropping small teasers that potentially point toward a series reboot, or a timeline cleanse, or a return to the series' past....

Death Stranding meets Paratopic in That Which Gave Chase It’s a beautiful spring day, so what better time to close your shutters, put on your headphones, and tether your sled dogs to head out into frozen wastes? I’ve had a wonderfully unnerving time playingThat Which Gave Chase, an hour-long indie horror game where you play as a musher in charge of a sled dog team taking a scientist back to an abandoned expedition....

G-G-G-Ghost! After playing the the demo at last year’s PAX West, then playing the samedemo againat this year’s PAX East, andthenplaying it a third time from the comfort of my own home as part of this year’s LudoNarraCon, I think I’m slightly obsessed withDemonschool. At its core, Demonschool is a turn-based tacticalRPGwhere you play as demon hunter Faye and her gang as they try and protect their island from becoming prime real estate for a demon takeover....

This bold behemoth highlights the benefits – and costs – of OLED gaming screens Gaming monitormakers are slowly getting on board with OLED as a viable panel type, somethingI’ve been perfectly happy about– even when the monitors themselves initially look, let’s be honest,a bit much. That’s likely going to be a common reaction to the Philips Evnia 42M2N8900, the OLED-powered headliner of Philips’ all-new gaming monitor range. At 41.5in diagonally, it dominates space like aSaudi architecture proposal, and makes its 4K resolution a necessity as much as a luxury....

Little Postman delivers the goods Fans ofMonument Valley’sEscher-like staircases andCarto’slevel rearrangement, allow me to introduce you to an indie that unites both of those pleasures under one small roof. Solo developer Atlas Imaginal releasedLittle Postmanlast week as a “personal exercise” to test their game-making knowledge and communicate with players in non-verbal ways. The results are a series of nine down-tempo headscratchers that are out now, for free. Little Postman follows our yellow-hooded courier as they sail from one archipelago diorama to the next, all of which are captured on polaroid pictures and served to us for puzzle-solving purposes....

Bugs are Qui-Gon Star War Jedi: Survivor’srelease a few weeks ago was marked with technical woes on all platforms and a particularly wonky PC port. EA already issued a fewpatchesto improve performance, and now they’re back with another update to further tackle stuttering and fix an Imperial cargo ship full of bugs. The fourth patch hit consoles earlier this week and landed on PC last night. The main fixes will soften hitches during traversal, improve performance for VFX, and update “data handling when toggling raytracing, improving non-raytraced performance....

Windows-based Steam Deck rival lacks the usual ROG tax The finalAsus ROG Allydetails slipped into place today, as Asus confirmed the price and June 13th release date of itsSteam Deck-bothering handheld Windows gaming PC. And it’s honestly not as expensive as I was expecting, given the premium positioning of ROG-brandedmonitorsandkeyboards: £699 in the UK and $699 in the US. That’s more than the topmost Steam Deck model, but the ROG Ally is promisinggenerally higher specs....

They don’t release lions in football You can listen above, or onon Spotify,iTunes,Stitcher, orPocket Casts. You can find theRSS feed here, and you can discuss the episodeon our Discord channel, which has a dedicated room for podcast chat. Music is by Jack de Quidt. LinksWe recorded this particular episode on Wednesday afternoon, so hopefully not too much has changed by the time you listen on Thursday. But you never know....

Don’t, necessarily, keep on truckin' The worst part aboutstrategy gamesis the shuffling. I give up on most 4Xs in the midgame, because shuffling more icons around is too wearying. No Total War sinceMedievalhas truly enraptured me, because pathfinding for every army added nothing but hassle. It’s why I love the model ofImperialism, where everywhere is one turn, no shuffling away. It’s also why I’m a little surprised how engrossingFoxholeis as a strategy game....

Stuck on the Wordle word for May 11? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?These days,Wordleis just as much a part of our morning routine as a cup of coffee, a slice of toast, and a long stare into the void! 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?...

That’s £20 cheaper than Amazon. Samsung’s 990 Pro 2TB drive is thefastest gaming SSD we’ve ever tested- even afterwe looked at next-gen PCIe 5.0options! That makes it well worth keeping an eye on for price drops, and today we spotted a great deal on the drive over at Tech Next Day. Here, you can use the codeTND-10to pick up the drive for just £159, a solid tenner off its previous price and significantly cheaper than any other retailer (eg £179 at Amazon)....