Steam Deck repair centers are open now

For those who break their Decks Valve have opened repair centres for the Steam Deck. These are where you’ll send your handheld PC if it develops a problem, either so Valve can fix it free-of-charge if it’s still under warranty, or so they can diagnose the problem and quote you a repair price if it’s not. “If your dog gnaws on your thumbstick and breaks it, this is not covered by warranty,” say Valve....

September 10, 2022 · 2 min · 331 words · Heather Lowe

The blazing-fast PCIe 4.0 Crucial P5 Plus SSD is down to £59 for a 500GB model

Up to 6600MB/s in terms of sequential read speeds. The P5 Plus isn’t listed amongstthe best gaming SSDshere on RPS, but I’ve had the pleasure of testing it over on Eurogamer, where it’s listed as one of thebest PS5 SSDs. The P5 Plus also excels in a PC, where the strong sequential speeds cut down on file transfer times and make working with 4K video footage easy. In terms of OS and game load times, the random performance is also strong, with a rated random read/write speed of 360K IOPS and 700K IOPS....

September 10, 2022 · 2 min · 222 words · Laura Sullivan

The Division: Heartland's first trailer gives little away about the free-to-player shooter

It’s set in the heartland, dontchaknow BeforeannouncingabazillionAssassin’s Creedgamesduring tonight’s Ubisoft Forward stream, the publisher did first show a handful of other games. Among them was a first look at The Division: Heartland, a free-to-play spin-off from the Clancyverse shooter, which was described as an “action survival shooter.” You can watch it below. While The Division 1 and 2 were set in New York and Washington D.C., Heartland shifts the action to a small, fictional town called Silver Creek in “heartland” America....

September 10, 2022 · 2 min · 262 words · Jason Savage

Uncharted: Legacy Of Thieves Collection will arrive on PC in October, leak suggests

Someone updated the Epic Games Store a bit hastily It seems like that will change soon. A recent, hastily-removed update to the collection’sEpic Games Store pagedeclared that it would release on October 19th. The revision to the store page wasn’t up for long, but was capturedby Twitter user Wario64. “The Uncharted: Legacy Of Thieves Collection, remastered and optimized for PC, hits Epic Games Store on Oct. 19th, and if you pre-purchase it, you’ll get a snazzy new Fortnite glider in the shape of Sully’s seaplane,” says the text on the image....

September 10, 2022 · 1 min · 200 words · Betty Hernandez

Wordle answer (Saturday 10 September 2022): Wordle word of the day #448 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle September 10 hints If you’re finding today’s Wordle to be a little bit of an enigma, don’t despair. Here are three handy hints to help you arrive at the Wordle answer today: It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle. The word is… LOFTY. Lofty has several rather disparate meanings....

September 10, 2022 · 5 min · 967 words · Suzanne Stein

Amy Hennig's untitled Marvel game has its first teaser trailer

It’s set in Paris and Wakanda during World War 2 As previously announced, Amy Hennig’s game for Marvel was shown during this evening’s Disney games showcase. As wasleaked, it’s about Captain America andBlack Pantherworking to fight against Hydra during World War 2. What I didn’t expect at all was that the game still wouldn’t have a name, although there are a few other details to glean from the most teasery teaser trailer....

September 9, 2022 · 2 min · 264 words · Sydney Liu

Betrayal At Club Low review: a delicious snack-sized espionage RPG set in a nightclub

Pull shapes, roll dice, and toss pizzas Our undercover man has been compromised and you’ve mere hours to extract him from a nightclub using every tool in your agent’s toolbox: deception, wisecracks, dancing, drinking puddle water, and baking pizza. That’sBetrayal At Club Low, the latest game from Cosmo D, set in the same strange city asOff-Peak,The Norwood Suite, andTales From Off-Peak City. This time, it’s an honest-to-goodness RPG, full of skill checks, strange solutions, multiple endings, and so very many dice....

September 9, 2022 · 7 min · 1306 words · Ricardo Kirby

Details from Amy Hennig’s Marvel game emerge ahead of today's Disney & Marvel Games Showcase

The project allegedly stars Captain America and Black Panther in World War 2 Some details from Skydance New Media’s in-development Marvel game appear to have leaked, ahead of the game’s debut at Disney D23’s games showcase later today. The game is alleged to star national superheroes Captain America and Wakanda’sBlack Panther, and take place during World War 2. Skydance’s project is being headed up by former Uncharted director Amy Hennig, helmer of such unfortunately cancelled projects asVisceral’s Star Warsaction-adventure....

September 9, 2022 · 2 min · 331 words · April Cannon

Foxhole is adding player-built trains and factories as it hits 1.0 this month

Keeping logistics players happy Foxholehits 1.0 later this month after years in Steam Early Access, and the update will bring the most exciting possible addition to the massively multiplayer war game: trains. Also, player-built factories, and several other features which should make players focused on the logistics of warfare very happy. There’s a new trailer below ahead of its release on September 28th. For context, Foxhole looks, at first glance, like a real-time strategy game, with a camera positioned high above the scurrying soldiers below....

September 9, 2022 · 2 min · 246 words · Matthew Cannon

Gremlins cutie Gizmo arrives in MultiVersus, and he’s just in time for the latest update

Gremlins’ Gizmo has finally landed inMultiVersus, just a few days later than originally advertised. The Warner Bros. licensed brawler’s also been given an update that’s meant to improve hitboxes and hurtboxes, and rebalances characters. Watch the introductory trailer for Gizmo below. He’s a mogwai, you know, not a gremlin. I was misinformed! Gizmo wasrevealedas MultiVersus’ next fighter at the start of this month by devs Player First Games. Apart from the obvious cuteness factor, the little feller’s voice-over is pretty funny....

September 9, 2022 · 2 min · 385 words · Rebecca Drake

Marvel Snap will play its multiverse of superhero cards this October

Matches take 3 minutes - pretty snappy Marvel Snap, the card game from some former HearthStone devs featuring a multiverse of Marvel superheroes, now has a release date. It was announced during this evening’s Disney & Marvel games showcase that it would launch on October 18th. Your Marvel Snap deck consists of 12 cards, with each card featuring a superhero or villain from the Marvel universe. Or multiverse, rather, since there are multiple versions of the same characters....

September 9, 2022 · 1 min · 189 words · Mckenzie Rivera

Marvel's Midnight Suns' new release date is this December

After two delays so far After several delays,Marvel’s Midnight Sunshas a new release date. The new strategy game from XCOM developers Firaxis will launch on December 2nd, as announced during this evening’s Disney/Marvel games showcase. Midnight Suns was supposed to launch in March, then slipped until October. It was thenannounced last monththat it had been delayed until “later this fiscal year”. It now has a specific release date again. The new release date was announced as part of D23, Disney’s multi-day event in which they announce the new versions of the million things they own....

September 9, 2022 · 1 min · 186 words · Marissa Schaefer

Nier: Automata’s secret church is finally enshrined on NexusMods

The greatest mystery of the year returns Cast your mind back to a few months ago, when the sun was shinier and the leaves were greener. Remember all the furore overNier: Automata’s supposed secret church? Well, now you too can play the greatest trick the Internet ever pulled on people who enjoy Yoko Taro games a bit too much. SadFutago’s TheNier: Automata Church mod is finally ready to download fromNexusMods....

September 9, 2022 · 2 min · 344 words · Megan Miranda