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PC code only just arrived this morning You may have already heard that several outlets haven’t had review code forForspoken, Squeenix’s magical parkour isekai game that’sout todayand that some people have already decided they hatebecause of the dialogue. I was actually pretty excited to review the game, and was hopeful that the dialogue would make sense and work in context. But unfortunately we, too, are one of the outlets who don’t have code, so no PC review from us for a while....

Playful puzzling rewards curiosity After almost 14 years, I am still delighted byWindosill. It’s still a joy to poke and prod at the wee indie puzzle game, tugging on orbs, spinning carousels, and jabbing at the many beaks and eyeballs and mouths and noises emerging from an ever-shifting box. It’s such a reward for curiosity. And it still looks great too, with that unaging smooth vector art from developer Vectorpark. Now it’s out on Android phones and tablets too....

No word when that’ll be yet, though A fix is on the way for the security vulnerabilities discovered earlier this week inGrand Theft Auto Online, Rockstar have said today. Players began efforts to alert Rockstar to the issues en masse over the weekend, after some nefarious types took advantage of the issues to disrupt the game for other people. Rockstar Support havetweetedthat a security-related update is coming, but didn’t give a specific timeframe for it yet....

Everything we know ahead of The Lords Of The Fallen release Now the sequel, unhelpfully namedThe Lords Of The Fallen, is getting closer to release. And we thought it high time to summarise everything that we’ve learned about the game so far, and every way in which it strays from the original formula. Below we’ll go over The Lords Of The Fallen’s expected release date and platforms, as well as trailers, story, gameplay, and multiplayer details....

Better dig your magic sword out of the loft, Shadowgate’s back Back in the days of 1987, fantasy point-and-click adventureShadowgatewas notoriously deadly. The type of thing that fell very much into the ‘touch anything and you’re dead’ bracket of early adventure games. Getting eaten by sharks, burned to death by a dragon, and the awkward fate of being dragged into space through a shattered mirror were just some of the ways you could cop it on the black and white Apple Macintosh original....

A £400 discount on a machine with 12th-gen Core i7, 1TB NVMe SSD and 16GB RAM. It’s rare to see a £400 discount on an RTX 3070 Ti gaming laptop, but that’s the situation today as the MSI Katana GF66 is reduced on Amazon UK by 25%. This model is well-equipped too, with a 12th-gen Core i7 12650H processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, a 1TB NVMe SSD and a 15-in 144Hz display....

Will fix crafting, progression, stability before seasonal content Warhammer 40,000: Darktidedevelopers Fatshark have announced that they’re delaying the co-op horde shooter’s seasonal content in order to focus solely on addressing “the feedback that many of you have.” That feedback is best witnessed via the recent Darktide Steam reviews, which sit at “Mostly Negative” after 8471 submissions. Specifically, Fatshark say they’re going to improve crafting, stability and performance. “We take enormous pride in our ability at Fatshark to deliver a game that millions can enjoy....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 24? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Below, you’ll find three handy hints that you can use to solve the Wordle answer today. If you’re on your final guess and just need to know the answer, then simply scroll past the video. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Wordle today: Hints for the Jan 24 Wordle word...

Details of ARK 2’s expected release date, platforms, and more When will ARK 2 release on PC?ARK 2, the sequel to hitsurvivalgameARK: Survival Evolvedis officially on its way, and this time around it’s inviting some pretty big names to play around in its open world, where dinosaurs roam free and humans eke out a way of life however they can. A tie-in animated series will feature a mind-bogglingly stellar cast, withVin Diesel’s character carrying over into the game itself....

Everything you need to know ahead of Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora’s release What is Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora, and when is it coming out?It’s a big time for Avatar fans, with the recent release of Avatar: The Way Of Water predictably having surpassed $2 billion worldwide at the box office, and the opportunity to jump into the jawdroppingly beautiful (and deadly) world of Pandora for ourselves seemingly just around the corner....

Along with some changes to DMZ for Warzone 2 Ed dived in when the game launched back in October and reckoned it was already pretty slick in hisCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (multiplayer) review. “Aside from a couple of overcomplications,” he said, “the game still excels at delivering an arcadey shootybang that’s paced well, with a wealth of modes and weapons to satisfy all types of player.” Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is available to buy fromSteamandBattle....

Good times and great illustrations in Tet While Lunar New Year celebrations continue (I’m enjoying all the fireworks over my neighbourhood at night), you might fancy joining in by playingTet. This lovely little free indie game has you zooming through minigames to prepare a dinner for a Vietnamese Lunar New Year party before all your guests arrive. Chop this, fry those, and don’t forget to wash your hands! Designed and hand-drawn by Swiss-Vietnamese illustrator Charlotte Broccard, it’s a lovely five minutes of fun....

Former lead writer on Mass Effect 2 and 3 Dragon Age: Dreadwolfapparently hit alpha in October last year, suggesting development was advancing as planned. Now production director and BioWare veteran Mac Walters has left the studio - one of several lead developers to depart over the past couple of years. “As some of you already know, at the end of last year I decided to leave BioWare,” wrote Walters in apost announcing the move....