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Celebrating its 5th anniversary with a time warp Of course, that’s just one way they’re celebrating the milestone, alongside an anniversary event and new DLC. Deep Rock Galactic’s post-launch content updates have all been free, with ongoing development funded by new sales of the game and cosmetic bundles. Apparently there’s been a “repeated question” from players, however, about how to support the game. “For those of you who want to show your continued support of Deep Rock Galactic, we have put together a most decadent, most luxurious, most supportive package of cosmetic DLC and extra goodies,” saysa post about the anniversary plans....

Rad planet? With the world continuing to disintegrate around us in real-time, it can be tempting to cast our eyes skyward in the hope of finding a better future. If KeokeN’s Deliver Us games are anything to go by, though, life in outer space isn’t all that peachy either. InDeliver Us The Moon, you may remember the scientists in charge of the moon’s Earth-saving energy beam tech ended up having a bit of a Rapture moment, sabotaging all their good work (and the future of Earth in the process) and buggering off to goodness knows where to start life afresh in their newly birthed utopia....

A 462x month-on-month increase in revenue Dwarf Fortresssellinghalf a million copies on Steamin just a few weeks already indicated that its creators, the Adams brothers, were due a windfall. Now the latest earnings report from Bay 12 Games is here to put an exact dollar figure on that success. Here’s a tease: revenue in January was up over 462x since December. The success of Dwarf Fortress’s polished-up Steam release has already led to Bay 12bringing a new programmer onto the project for the first time....

A galaxy of stories I’ve never actually finished a game ofStellaris. I doubt I’m the only ardent fan of the game that hasn’t done so. The best thing about it, as is so often the case with 4X and grand strategy games, is the very beginning. That opening half-hour of limitless potential and giddy curiosity is utterly spellbinding. I don’t know if any strategy game does it better. Part of the game’s wonder is just its increased scope....

Hi-fi beats to rage to Sometimes I want to describe games in the most high-brow way possible. I might smugly write something like “it elevates the genre” while sipping wine and eating cheese, musing on how a game pushes the media forward as an art form. Other times I just want to write that a game is really bloody good, actually, and I like it lots. Hi-Fi Rushfalls into the latter category....

Characters from the Hunting Ground series make an appearance, too Capcom’s monstrously bigMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreakis receiving its fourth free title update on February 7th. Sunbreak’s latest update adds new Event Quests, Anomaly Research content, paid DLC, and two new Elder Dragons to hunt. I don’t think any of these additions are as exciting as the giantSweetcorn weaponintroduced last year, but I digress. The most exciting parts of the new update are, of course, the new Elder Dragons....

Spirited Thief launches this summer While I rob dark dungeons and luxurious castles, in my free time, I often think about how easy it would be with a friendly ghost to help me out.Spirited Thiefallows you to play out that fantasy in a series of top-down, turn-based, stealthy heists. Better yet, it’s sneaking onto PC this summer and has ademoavailable now. Spirited Thief’s heists are split into two halves. First up is the recon, as the spirit Trin floats through the level scouting enemy positions, spotting traps, and most importantly, locating the treasure....

Hope you’re not claustrophobic Okay, we all agree that the ocean is kind screwed up right? Like, we’ve all seen thatYouTube video showing how deep the sea isand unanimously agree that it’s, like, terrifying? As much as I loverelaxing subaquatic city buildersandexploring underwater alien worlds, I want games about stuff in the sea that makes my skin crawl to think about. EnterFull Fathom. So, Full Fathom isn’t out yet, or even has an official release date, but I just love the idea and look of this game....

This Fast IPS monitor is a firm favourite - and even cheaper with employee/student discounts. Dell’s S2721DGFA is one of the best 1440p gaming monitors on the market thanks to its use of an LG Fast IPS panel, blending the plus points of both TN and IPS displays. Normally this monitor costs north of £300, but today it’s down to £279 at Dell UK, a great price that can be dropped further to £251 if you have a student or Dell Advantage employee account....

Forspoken’s direct storage, The Last Of Us TV show, and becoming a cyborg Fear not, regular listeners: some things have stayed the same. Nate has built a strange tower on top of the Cavern Of Lies, within which we must pass his strange trials, and the episode ends with a check in with Henry Cavill and a new round of recommendations. NewsWe record on Tuesdays, so it’s possible something may have changed with these stories in the meantime, please don’t write in....

Sibling chivalry Can I tell you a secret? I’m terrible atBattle Brothers. I’mstillterrible at Battle Brothers, even after playing it on and off for a few years. It’s a bit likeBlood Bowl, oddly, in that it’s all about mitigating risks. And like Blood Bowl, despite having a decent head for tactics and planning on the fly, I am hopeless at sticking to them when I see a new idea, thus: terrible....

Delete After Reading is coming on March 14th Delete After Readingis a delightful looking text-based puzzler that will be familiar to anyone who’s played Simogo’s excellent (albeit sadly iOS-only game)Device 6, only with fewer spooks this time. Like Simogo’s surreal thriller, most of Delete After Reading plays out like you’re reading a novel, where scrolling through paragraphs of text will reveal images, clues and puzzles you can interact with. As the devs put it, Delete After Reading is a “game you can read, and a book you can play,” and looks and sounds really quite rad....

Don’t prepare for Titanfall Titanfall Legends’ cancellation comes amid a tricky week for publisher EA. At the company’s earning report on Tuesday, EA announced that they would also be cancelling Apex Legends Mobile and suspending development on a Battlefield mobile title. The focus on single-player makes this news sting a little more than usual, considering how beloved Titanfall 2’s campaign was with fans. I remember it felt like a platformer had a baby with an FPS, and the result was this bonkers, frenetic shooter about small acrobats and military Optimus Primes....