Dell's 27-inch 1440p 280Hz gaming monitor is down to £430 after a 20% discount

The Dell Alienware AW2723DF is a terrific performer with plenty of extras. The Dell Alienware AW2723DF is one of the best 1440p 240Hz monitors on the market, and now this popular model has dropped to £430 after a 20% discount at Dell’s UK store. If you’re a student or your employer’s part of Dell’s discount scheme, the monitor becomes even cheaper - just £408.50. So what makes this system so good?...

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · 405 words · Richard Forbes

F1 2023 coming in June and will bring back story mode

With its first female driver

May 4, 2023 · 1 min · 5 words · Melissa Burgess

Free-to-play Pokémon TCG Live will fully launch on PC this June

The trading card game is currently in open beta The older Pokémon TCG Online will be removed from storefronts and have its servers shut down on June 5th to make way for the newer version, although you’ll still be able to transfer your account and most cards over to the newer software, according to anFAQ page. The Pokémon Company says the game will be “sunsetted,” which makes it sound like TCG Online will fly off in a Bye-Bye Butterfree-typefarewell scene....

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · 237 words · Catherine Shaw

How The Pale Beyond charts its own course from a melting pot of real-life polar expeditions

Bellular Studios on the mix of inspirations for their grim survival story “What will ye do, when steel hearts break, and courage does abscond?” reads the penultimate line ofThe Pale Beyond’s poetic prologue. Actually, it’s less of a poem and more a call to action: how on earth will you keep a ragtag bunch of sailors alive in the harshest conditions on the planet? If you hadn’t already twigged, The Pale Beyond is a narrative survival sim that puts you in the frostbitten boots of First Mate aboard The Temperance - a coal guzzling steam ship that set out on a polar expedition in search of its sister, The Viscount, which went missing five years prior....

May 4, 2023 · 9 min · 1734 words · Angelica Thomas

Logitech's Wireless Starter Kit is ideal for Steam Deck, media PCs and more

Compact and capable, keyboard and mouse. Back in February weposted a deal on Logitech’s K400Bluetooth keyboard/trackpad combo device, which offered a convenient way to control Steam Deck, media PCs and other gizmos that don’t come with built-in desktop-friendly controls. Today we’re back with a similar deal on the Logitech Wireless Starter Kit, which bundles a K380 keyboard and M185 mouse for £40 (down from £50). Both elements are surprisingly high-quality for the price, with a nicer-looking and better-feeling scissor switch keyboard with circular keycaps and a compact 2....

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · 264 words · Jonathan Campbell

LudoNarraCon returns to Steam with over 35 demos and 140 discounts

Featuring Citizen Sleeper, Immortality, and our very own reviews editor Rachel Watts Digital festival LudoNarraCon is back for its fifth year, showcasing games that are all about story-telling and narrative. It kicks off today, May 4th, at 10am PT/6pm BST and runs until next Monday, May 8th. The event is being hosted on Steam where you can sample 36 demos, enjoy discounts on over 140 games, and watch 15 panels through a livestream....

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · 335 words · Jessica Walker

Move over Returnal, Luna Abyss is your next favourite bullet hell shooter

Keep several eyes out for this one Take one look atLuna Abyssand you’ll probably go, ‘Wait a minute, this looks like first-personReturnal!’ And having played the first mission of the game at GDC, I can confirm that yes, this is very much in the vein of first-person Returnal. It’s a fast-paced, bullet hell shooter set on a strange alien moon where everything’s out to get you, but the shift in perspective makes everything in its titular abyss feel closer and more intimate, calling to mind the frantic, confined gun fights ofDoomandQuakemore than Housemarque’s seminal roguelike - games that creative director Benni Hill tells me were formative experiences for him growing up....

May 4, 2023 · 7 min · 1281 words · Steven Smith

Park Beyond's array of simulation systems is more dizzying than its weird rides

We need to make the kids drink more cinnamon coffee For the past while, I’ve been playing a closed beta build ofPark Beyond, and let me tell you, I am very bad at it. I can just about (by the skin of my teeth) make a profitable park, but my god, that park will have the worst layout you’ve ever seen in your cursed, vomiting in the bins at a Disneyland life....

May 4, 2023 · 4 min · 772 words · Kaitlyn Davis

Redfall: PC performance, system requirements and best settings guide

Trying in vein You’ve probably head by now thatRedfallis afew virgins short of a vampy picnic, mainly by un-virtue of its undercooked co-operative cryptid blasting. But there are plenty of PC performance problems to contend with as well, despite it getting a helping hand fromDLSSandFSR 2.1. Like the previous Iffy PC Port of the Week,Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Redfall’s issues are many and diverse, with bugged out graphics options and framerate inconsistencies that made this one of the trickier best settings guides I’ve cobbled together....

May 4, 2023 · 7 min · 1460 words · Jennifer Hanna

Saints Row gets a combat overhaul next week alongside map expansion

Saints Grow Last year’sSaints Rowreceived a rough reception, leading developers Volition to becomepart of Gearboxand to pledge that they were “supportingSaints Rowfor the long-term.” That pledge bears fruit on May 9th with the release of the Sunshine Springs update, which includes a new district, a combat overhaul, and many quality-of-life improvements. The new district, for which this update is named, is a “sprawling resort area” and Saints Row’s first map expansion....

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · 233 words · Jennifer Rivera

Star Wars Jedi Survivor Jedha collectible locations: All chests, treasures, essences, and more

Where to find every chest, treasure, essence and more on Jedha Looking for every collectible on Jedha in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor?Jedha is the second-largest planet inStar Wars Jedi: Survivor, with over 150 collectibles to track down amidst its desert dunes. If you’re on the hunt for every chest, scroll, essence, and any other collectible on Jedha, then you’re in the right place. In this guide, we’ll break down the location of all collectibles on Jedha, so that you can get every last morsel of collectible goodness from its sandy grains....

May 4, 2023 · 23 min · 4881 words · Noah Medina

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S2 Episode 14: the optional content cometh

I’m the problem, it’s me On account of not loads happening in the last week apart from theActiblizz acquisition news, which I do not want to talk about under any circumstances, the Electronic Wireless Showpodcasttalks this week about DLC, because a couple of good games got some DLCs - good, but different games getting different kinds of DLC expansions. Thus we discuss DLCs in general and what the difference is between a live service game and a game that is supported with DLC for years....

May 4, 2023 · 1 min · 199 words · Pamela Durham

Tiny Life is a leaner, lo-fi take on The Sims that's just entered early access

What if The Sims, but tiny? Perennial favouriteThe Sims 4is about to get some much-needed competition in the life sim arena. Not only have we got upcoming gamesLife By YouandParalivesoffering more customisation options, more features, and more polish thanThe Sims, but now there’sTiny Lifeas well, a new entrant that asks the question: what if The Sims was simply smaller? Tiny Life has just released into early access, and it’s aiming to scratch that Sim-itch in a leaner, pixelated package....

May 4, 2023 · 2 min · 318 words · Austin Montoya