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Roots Of Yggdrasil nails its inkwash visuals and sound Steam Next Fest may be over for another few months, but luckily some game demos are still alive and kicking. This is excellent news, as it means you’ve still got time to giveRoots Of Yggdrasila go, a chill, Viking citybuilder that has such strongOkamivibes with its inky, cell-shaded visuals, strong black outlines, and flute and harp-driven soundtrack that I kept having to remind myself I wasn’t just playing a spin-off of Clover’s seminal Zelda-like....

Save your money I thinkWanted: Deadwants to be a singleplayer, third-person action game with kickass combat and a colourful cyberpunk universe that slides effortlessly between gritty and silly. And I’m guessing it wants players to experience the joys of shredding goons, and a story told through unpredictable cuts to karaoke and anime. I’m sad to report that it isn’t any of these things. Aside from the tiniest glimpses of cool when a combo comes together, the game clearly doesn’t know what it wants to be, or if it did once upon a time, its original vision must’ve gotten lost under a dogpile of ideas....

When can you start playing Wild Hearts in each region? When can you start playing Wild Hearts?Wild Heartslooks set to be one of the most promisingMonster Hunter-esque games in recent times thatwasn’treleased by Capcom. Set in a perilous fantasy world inspired by feudal Japan, players can band together or embark solo on monster hunting missions against gigantic Kemono, using both their weapons and the unique Karakuri - deployable buildings and traps that can help control the battlefield....

Stuck on the Wordle word for Feb 14? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis a puzzle game that we all know and love. Of course, love isn’t always easy, and neither is Wordle. It challenges you with guessing a five-letter word in just six tries each and every day, and sometimes you’ll struggle to find even one letter in the correct spot....

The zombie fest moves up one week Dead Island 2has been a long time coming, suffering from multiple delays and being passed around a gazillion different dev teams. But today, the game’s official Twitter announced the zombie slasher had gone gold and would be arriving a week early on April 21st, breaking the decade-long tradition of delay-related news. Theannouncement tweetincluded a very tongue-in-cheek video, beginning with a flurry of sassy comments such as “Ok but are you ever going to release this game?...

For better or worse, this sequel is in thrall to its tabletop counterpart When I say thatBlood Bowlused to be a dead game, Cyanide’s Gautier Brésard is quick to correct me: “I would say that it was a community-managed game.” In fact, for the two decades that the tabletop Warhammer bloodsport was out of print, fans worked diligently to ensure it wasn’t out of mind - creating a ‘living rulebook’ that ran to six iterations....

Romero’s work was the inspiration behind a game in Tomorrow x3 Last July, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow came out, anovelset in and around the games industry. The book follows three aspiring game developers from their time as kids to their careers in the industry, in part detailing the games they make along the way, and found itself on several best seller lists on its release. Over the weekend, veteran game devBrenda Romerocalled out the novel for excluding her from the acknowledgments, despite the similarity, confirmed by the author elsewhere, between Romero’s board game Train and an in-book video game Solution....

This 24.5-in model is a great choice for FPS, MOBA, racing and more. Dell’s excellent budget 240Hz gaming monitor, the S2522HG, is down to $150 at the brand’s US store today. That’s a 50% reduction from its regular price and a great deal for any 240Hz monitor, let alone a modern Fast IPS monitor that has garnered a barrage of warm reviews. So who’s this monitor for? With its 24.5-in span and 1080p resolution, this 240Hz model is a great choice for owners of entry-level to mid-range PCs that want a fluid experience in faster-paced games, especially competitive titles like Call of Duty, Counter-Strike andDotA....

A good way to pick up high-end kit for less. Amazon is having one of its semi-regular Warehouse promotions in the UK, where you can get a host of PC peripherals (and other stuff) at an additional 30% off the listed price. This makes it a good opportunity to pick up (often barely) used gear, like headsets, external drives, mice and keyboards, especially higher-end stuff that would otherwise be out of reach....

A snappy comedy I’m such a sucker for cartoony animation in games. I’ll play anything that looks like it’s been lovingly hand-drawn and bonus points if the animation is deece.Later Alligatoris one such game I picked up for that very reason as the goofy gators in the game’s trailer and screenshots initially caught my attention. The animation is great for sure, but one thing I was not expecting is how funny and utterly charming this point-and-click adventure is....

Blurred lines Overwatch 2’sthird season releasedlast weekwith a new Antarctic-themed map, a promised Valentine’s dating sim, and, of course, another battle pass featuring various in-game cosmetics. Blizzard had already announced that this battle pass would have in-game currency for the first time, allowing players to buy their choice of cosmetics, rather than just the passes’ selection of skins and souvenirs. But fans onReddithave accused Blizzard of deliberately misleading players with these rewards....

Come admire these 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. This week, we quite a lot of wet things, from ships and waterfalls to fish and a cat, fishing. Check ‘em out! Hoverboarding and grapple-hooking and big monsters continue to look wild in Withersworn (coming to Steam): Grapple Surfing vs Giant Sandworm#screenshotsaturday#indiedev#gamedevpic....

Also the magic demons are hot Have you ever planned to do a bunch of personally improving stuff on a Sunday morning like go for a walk down to the old pier or read 30 pages of an extremely political sci-fi book about aliens made of wool, but what you do instead is sit on the sofa playing an aggressively monetised mobile game while repeats of Modern Family run on the TV?...