With a new Danny Baranowsky soundtrack Rift Of The NecroDancer was teasedjust a couple of weeks agoat the end of a trailer for the newest Crypt Of The NecroDancer expansion. At the time, there was no info other than a logo, but as of yesterday there’s a full reveal trailer. We now know that Rift Of The NecroDancer is a standalone rhythm game, akin toGuitar Herowith combat. Here’s the trailer:...
Unlocking insurance fraud and more via the Empire Table How do you unlock Criminal Ventures to make fast cash in Saints Row?Insurance fraud is such a popularSaints Rowmini-game that the developers had tohastily clarify that it would still be includedafter this latest outing was confirmed as a reboot rather than a sequel. However, you have to put a bit of work in before you’re allowed to participate in this or any of the othercriminal venturesthat are key to growing your empire in the latest game....
Ultra-quick NVMe with DRAM and a gaming focus, but it won’t come cheap It’s read speeds that are more useful for games, and although game loading and data streaming are tricky tasks that can slow your storage down, higher maximum speeds still often represent faster real-world performance – something thebest gaming SSDswill demonstrate. The 990 Pro’s 7450MB/s rating (an upgrade on theSamsung 980 Pro’s 7000MB/s) should therefore put it in good stead against other speed freaks like theWD Black SN850and theKingston Fury Renegade, even if the latter has a slightly nippier write speed limit....
Plus many other options If there was any PC graphics option I could choose to tweak in real life, it would be “Clutter”. My flat forever has it set to Very High, but Skull And Bones will let PC players cycle it down to Low with only a few clicks. It’s one of many options highlighted in the “PC features” trailer, which also highlights 4K HDR, ultrawide monitor support, ray tracing and other graphical wizardry available in Ubisoft’s pirate ‘em up....
Feels like a fun 7/10 adaptation of a Canadian sci-fi TV show Being told “You have to power through the boring bit until it livens up” often makes me go find something else, but it’s worth it withChorus. The singleplayer spaceship shooter hit Game Pass in June, and all you need to know is: once you power through the boring bit, you get to play as a spacewitch pilot who fights with guns and magic while weaving through the innards of battleships and megastructures....
Numbers are going up on a daily basis according to Valve Valve have revealed that daily reservations of theSteam Deckare higher than at any time since the handheld launched in February this year. The official Steam Deck Twitter account shared the coy stats in atweetbut, as ever, neglected to go into detail about just how many are being snapped up. Good job they’re pumping outmore Decksthan even Valve expected, at least....
Game Director Tom Heaton says this year’s Dark Pictures Anthology game is the most gruesome “The thing we’re doing withThe Dark Picturesis exploring different sub genres of horror,” explains game director Tom Heaton. The Dark Pictures Anthology is, well, a horror anthology, each a compact standalone scary game where you explore and deal with QTEs and hazardous choices, in the vein of Supermassive’s smash hitUntil Dawn. The idea, says Heaton, is that each one takes one or two horror sub-genres and mines them, maybe subverting the tropes here and there....
Making me eat my feelings This week on The Electronic Wireless Showpodcastwe give thanks to listener Tom Fakelastname, who emailed in to ask us about the moral quandaries in video games that we feel are the most meaningful. Matthew isn’t here this week, which means we are very well behaved. I talk about BioWare games a normal amount, and Nate tries (and, in fairness, succeeds) to find a way to make moral choices a thing that you can apply to the sort of games he likes....
Strategy/RTS hybrid will have you counting the costs of victories as well as defeats Not that all the other wars were just a bit of goofing around, but World War One – a conflict remembered more for its bleak, arduous trench warfare than any great triumph over evil – seems like a particularly unusual source of inspiration for astrategy gamethat will, presumably, be played for fun. Nonetheless,The Great War: Western Front, a combination of macro planning and tactical RTS battlingrevealed this week at Gamescom, has elected to lean right into WW1’s complexities and difficulties rather than dance around them....
Mirroria’s edge One of the advantages to games heading westward long after an initial release in Asia is that there’s sometimes a stack of existing update content already waiting to be localised. Perhaps that’s how Tower Of Fantasy, which released two weeks ago, is already teasing its first piece of additional content. Find a trailer for it below. Called “Vera 2.0”, the update seemingly adds a new area called Vera, which mostly consists of a desert excellently called Gobby in which you’ll find a huge cyberpunk city called Mirroria....
Learn how to reveal the full world map in Tower of Fantasy Want to reveal the Tower of Fantasy world map?TheTower of Fantasymap is split into six sections. However, they are initially greyed out on the world map, blocking you from seeing landmarks such as main boss locations, spacerifts, strongholds, and ruins. If you want to reveal the Tower of Fantasy map, you’ll need to locate and activate six little robots....
A fun - if familiar - bash through hordes of enemies Feeling proud is a nice sensation isn’t it? I’ve felt proud a number of times at this year’s Gamescom so far, marked first by an excellent McDonald’s choice (honey crisp chicken and bacon) on the first evening, followed by a doner kebab that put it to shame. And in a non-savoury twist, today it was being a member of the first squad to complete theWarhammer 40K: Darktidedemo mission – the sweetest feeling of them all, and a perfect team-bonding exercise....
Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle August 25 hints Need a little assistance with the Wordle answer today? Here are some clues to set you on the right lines: It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle. The word is… CLOWN. A clown is a comedic entertainer, typically dressed in exaggerated costume and make-up and performing physical comedy....
