All today's Xbox Developer Direct 2024 streams in one place

HomeNews All today’s Xbox Developer Direct 2024 streams in one placeAvowed! Hellblade 2! Ara! Diablo 4! Elder Scrolls! Indiana Jones! Avowed! Hellblade 2! Ara! Diablo 4! Elder Scrolls! Indiana Jones! Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft Today’s the day ofXbox Developer Direct 2024, a select showcase of forthcoming Microsoft-published games, from sorcerousRPGsto intricatestrategygames, which begins at12pm PT, 3pm ET and 8pm UK. Wait, stop! Come back here, you silly goose. You don’t need to go anywhere....

January 18, 2024 · 4 min · 658 words · Mr. Ronald Anderson

Animal-loving horror Zoochosis is an open homage to The Thing

HomeNewsZoochosis Animal-loving horror Zoochosis is an open homage to The ThingYou can pet the giraffe, but maybe don’t You can pet the giraffe, but maybe don’t Image credit:Clapperheads Image credit:Clapperheads In this latest, gruesome escapade fromSparky Markydevelopers Clapperheads, you are a zookeeper working the night shift. Your job, initially, is to feed the incarcerated animals and clean up after them while giving them an occasional pat on the nose. But Something Is Wrong....

January 18, 2024 · 2 min · 339 words · Patricia Nelson

Beaver colony sim Timberborn's biggest ever update brings a tidal wave of pollution and disease

HomeNewsTimberborn Beaver colony sim Timberborn’s biggest ever update brings a tidal wave of pollution and diseaseYou liked good water? Well, have some bad water You liked good water? Well, have some bad water Image credit:Mechanistry Image credit:Mechanistry Your favourite beaver-based colony simTimberborn’s latest big update has arrived, and honestly, I’d say your poor beavers won’t appreciate it one bit. The main reason being, it adds a new ecological hazard called Badwater, that doesn’t only make your water bad, but your crops and beavers at risk of being bad....

January 18, 2024 · 6 min · 1177 words · Yvette Wright

Everything announced at today's Xbox Developer Direct 2024

HomeNews Everything announced at today’s Xbox Developer Direct 2024Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, Avowed and more Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, Avowed and more Image credit:MachineGames Image credit:MachineGames Today’s Xbox Developer Direct stream offered updates on some of 2024’s biggest Microsoft games, including MachineGames' Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, Obsidian’sAvowedand Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga:Hellblade2. If you missed the stream and want a quick roundup of all the news, games, release dates and trailers featured, we’ve gathered it all together in this post....

January 18, 2024 · 8 min · 1543 words · Douglas Spencer

Everything we know about Black Myth: Wukong

HomeGuidesBlack Myth: Wukong Everything we know about Black Myth: WukongHere’s everything we know about this Journey to the West-inspired Soulslike Here’s everything we know about this Journey to the West-inspired Soulslike Image credit:Game Science Image credit:Game Science If you want the full run-down on all the details behind this extravagantSoulslike, you’re in the right place. Let’s dive into everything we know so far about Black Myth: Wukong, from the expected release date to story details to a brief rundown of the controversy embroiling it....

January 18, 2024 · 6 min · 1075 words · Jason Wright

Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is first-person, stealthy, and coming 2024

HomeNewsIndiana Jones and the Great Circle Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is first-person, stealthy, and coming 2024Whip it Whip it Image credit:MachineGames Image credit:MachineGames Theleaks were right. Machine Games' next Nazi-biffer is called Indiana Jones And The Great Circle. It was shown for the first timeduring this evening’s Xbox Developer Direct, where we got to see first-person punching and whipping, some tomb raiding, and plenty of Indy’s face in cutscenes....

January 18, 2024 · 5 min · 1059 words · Deanna Jones

Intel's Core i3 12100F is a value champion CPU for gaming - and it's down to £88

HomeDeals Intel’s Core i3 12100F is a value champion CPU for gaming - and it’s down to £88Golden Cove cores and PCIe 5.0/DDR5 support are impressive at this price. Golden Cove cores and PCIe 5.0/DDR5 support are impressive at this price. Get the Intel Core i3 12100F for £88 (was £99) The Core i3 12100F is relatively straightforward as a product, as it doesn’t use the hybrid architecture found in higher-tier chips with both P-cores and E-cores....

January 18, 2024 · 2 min · 316 words · Phillip Scott

Left 4 Dead's ratty cousin Vermintide 2 is finally getting a Versus mode, with alpha tests in the "near future"

HomeNewsWarhammer: Vermintide 2 Left 4 Dead’s ratty cousin Vermintide 2 is finally getting a Versus mode, with alpha tests in the “near future"A tail worth telling A tail worth telling Image credit:Fatshark Image credit:Fatshark Wake up, mayflies! FatShark have detailed the closed alpha forWarhammer: Vermintide 2’s long-awaited Versus mode, in which the doughty Ubersreik Five go up against four player-controlled Skaven Pactsworn (translation: ratty supervillains) in addition to the rank-and-file AI-controlled rodent hordes....

January 18, 2024 · 3 min · 439 words · Michael Mckinney

My favourite small form factor PC case is down to a low price on Amazon UK

HomeDeals My favourite small form factor PC case is down to a low price on Amazon UKThe Cooler Master NR200P is easy, cool and capacious. The Cooler Master NR200P is easy, cool and capacious. The Cooler Master NR200 is a brilliant small form factor PC case - and now it’s heavily discounted at Amazon UK. This is a Mini ITX case which allows 360-degree access to the components therein, with space for a 240mm AiO or 155mm high air cooler, triple-slot graphics cards up to 330mm in length and seven fans in total....

January 18, 2024 · 5 min · 1031 words · Sean Gallagher

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super review: what the RTX 4070 should have been

HomeHardwareReviews Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super review: what the RTX 4070 should have beenSupe’s on Supe’s on Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun It’s been two wholegraphics cardgenerations since Nvidia last tried the whole Super-branded refreshthing, and from what I recall of that sweaty 2019 summer, most of the updated RTX 20 series cards were meek rejigs ofGPUsthat didn’t really need replacing in the first place. Having tried the new RTX 4070 Super, though, it looks like Nvidia aren’t just redeeming the Super badge – they might just right the wrongs of the RTX 40 family as a whole....

January 18, 2024 · 3 min · 626 words · James Kelley

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, January 18)

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, January 18)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #221 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #221 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

January 18, 2024 · 3 min · 577 words · Rachel Ford

Obsidian's first-person fantasy RPG Avowed is coming this autumn

HomeNewsAvowed Obsidian’s first-person fantasy RPG Avowed is coming this autumnIt looks… like 2006? It looks… like 2006? Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment Tonight’sXbox Developer Directbrought an update onAvowed, Obsidian’s first-person fantasyRPG. A new trailer provided a substantial look at combat, including pistols, dual-wielding swords and wands, as well as a slightly updated release window: this autumn. A deep dive into Avowed.Watch on YouTube It looks… fine? A ‘fine’ that I’m deeply ambivalent about....

January 18, 2024 · 2 min · 367 words · Renee Hernandez

Payday 3 forms "strike team" focused on making the co-op FPS finally "meet your expectations"

HomeNewsPayday 3 Payday 3 forms “strike team” focused on making the co-op FPS finally “meet your expectations"Players have many gripes about the heisting threequel Players have many gripes about the heisting threequel Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver “We’re well aware that many of you aren’t satisfied with the game the way it is in its current state,” developers Starbreeze said inyesterday’s blog post. “In order to turn your feedback into action, we’ve put together a strike team of veteran developers from the design, community, communication and production teams with the focus on bringing Payday 3 up to where it will meet your expectations....

January 18, 2024 · 2 min · 317 words · Alexis Taylor