Posts

Gimme a week Ahead of an upcoming open playtest, Blizzard have released their latest developer design video onDiablo 4, this time tackling player choice and the action RPG’s different classes. My favourite detail is that you can become a werewolf and “do werewolf things”. Although getting to that stage may take a while, as associate game director Joseph Piepora recentlysaidit would take around 150+ hours for an average player to hit the Level 100 cap....

“We look forward to continuing to collaborate with Sega branches worldwide.” Employees at Sega Of America’s Irvine offices have announced plans to unionise and have filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board. This means Sega management can now voluntarily recognise the union, or wait for the union election to take place. The newly announced Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS for short) is composed of around 144 employees working across several departments, including QA, marketing, localisation, product development, and live service....

Galactic councils are getting a big boost That new Origin is called Under One Rule and it’s adding eight new civics focused on leadership, giving players more wartime strategies and opportunities to roleplay. The rest of the Origin has new ship art, story content, 12 new veteran classes, and two new tradition trees. On top of extra job roles for your leaders, they’re also becoming more dynamic with the expansion, allowing you to recruit them, customise them with different traits and veteran classes, then watch until they move onto either retirement or the afterlife - whichever comes quicker....

You’ve got Mail Time There’s something very sweet about playing as a postal carrier. As we’ve seen in games such asTiny EchoandLake, it can be a relaxing and enjoyable job delivering mail in a small community, and that’s the pitch-perfect tone that solo developer Kela van der Deijl has managed to capture in their cutesy mail-delivery gameMail Time. After playing theSteam demo, I can tell you that it’s one of the most charming games I’ve played all year, and it looks like I’ll be able to play the rest soon because Mail Time is out this week on Thursday April 27th....

That’s 69% off - nice - and an absolute bargain for what you get. The EVGA Z20 optical mechanical keyboard is a super-solid option with a boatload of features - and it’s currently 69% off at Amazon UK, bringing it down to a measly £39.98. This is an awesome price for a keyboard of this size and quality, and well worth picking up even if you’ve already got a mechanical keyboard - or if you’ve never tried one before....

Hardhat Wombat gamifies one of nature’s greatest oddities Knowing that wombats' dump is little stackable cubes was one of the fun facts I learned at school (it was either a rhetorical proof for or against the existence of God; I forget which). This knowledge comes in handy for understanding the gameHardhat Wombat, coming from George Fan (ofPlants Vs. Zombiesfame), with Andy Hull (of programmer onSpelunkyfame). Out later this year, it’s a combination puzzle-platformer and conscruction game in which you play a wombat, wearing a hard hat, who constructs increasingly complex things out of his own feces....

Four ports, 65W, 15% off its usual price, UK only. The Steam Deck is a handy device, but its 45W charger isn’t the most convenient to lug around as it only charges one thing at a time and takes up a fair amount of space. That’s why I tend to opt for a multi-port charger, so I set out to find one recently that would charge my Steam Deck, MacBook, Pixel smartphone and Pixel watch all from a single point....

Admiring more strange and pretty 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. This week, genuinely by chance, my eye was caught mostly by first-person shooters. Come for those, stay for the impressive puppet tech, the giant snake, the cute dog, and the colossal crocodile. Check out all these interesting and attractive indie games!...

Learn what comes with each edition of Star Wars Jedi Survivor Want to know what comes with each edition of Star Wars Jedi Survivor?Cal Kestis and loveable droid BD-1 return this week inStar Wars Jedi: Survivor, and those eager to set off on a new adventure can pre-order their copy in advance for some extra goodies. Those pre-order bonuses are on top of what comes in each edition of Star Wars Jedi Survivor, which we’re here to explain for you....

Viewfinder is a perspective puzzler that you’ll definitely want to examine from all angles Steam Puzzle Fest kicks off today, offering tons of discounts on all of your favouritepuzzle games. Really, though, one of the best experiences you can have this Steam Puzzle Fest week is by downloading thefree demofor upcoming puzzlerViewfinder. Developed by Sad Owl Studios, I had a sneaky peek at this at GDC last month and was properly blown away by it....

Good thing you can build a wedding arch because I’m in love As our shuttle hits the ground, the world erupts into smoke, chaos, and confusion. Samantha, one among my ragged band of survivors, breaks down sobbing on the ground and I direct Maki, a veterinarian, to do something about it. She punches Samantha full-on in the face, knocking her unconscious (“Oh, I guess that’s what ‘knock out’ means,” I realize a moment too late)....

Flying by the seat of your dice rolls For all its flamingo thigh stews, misshapen clothes model characters and pizza-themed DJ-ing,Betrayal At Club Lowis an old-school, dice-throwingRPGthrough and through. Every interaction you have at Club Low is determined by the rolling of dice, whether it’s simply attempting to spark a conversation with a hard-of-hearing bartender, or bluffing your way into VIP backrooms where your blown fellow agent Gemini Jay is currently being grilled by the intimidating Big Mo....

Just another day of growing crops and solving a homicide in Grave Seasons I do love me a goodfarming sim, and I also love a good detective game, so imagine my brain exploding when I sawGrave Seasonsfor the first time, a farming murder mystery hybrid in the works by developer Son M and their studio Perfect Garbage. It’s still very early in development (like there isn’t even a Steam page for it yet), but it’s still an incredible-sounding concept, as every time you start a new game, a random NPC will be selected to become a serial killer....