Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition is free to play on Steam this weekend, and you really should give it a go. You can play it for free until February 20 and experience everything the strategy game has to offer. If you like what you played, you can grab the game for 40% off now
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Tom’s a bit smitten with PS VR2, but I, a Virtual Reality Sceptic, have my doubts. So Tom donned the headset in an attempt to convince me that yes, Sony’s newest VR platform is the real deal, and well worth the buy-in. In fact, he says, it’s the most exciting leap forward in gaming since
Returnal is Housemarque’s most interesting, and most ambitious game. It builds on everything the studio perfected over the years – the satisfying arcade-inspired combat, the particle-filled visuals, and the tightly structured levels that always leave you wanting more. If you’re fan of Housemarque, you can safely expect all of those qualities to be present in
Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll stand a far better chance if you think strategically. That’s the case in Wordle too, of course, but it’s even more important in
Far Cry 6 is available to play for free this weekend on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. PC users can try the game out through the Epic Games Store and the Ubisoft Store. New players will have access to the full game, including the crossover missions, Rambo: All the Blood, and The Vanishing, a Stranger Things
Every single time I started to like Wild Hearts, the game almost instantly did something to make me put my controller down in frustration and walk away. Yet, the next day, I’d come back genuinely excited to play more. Whether I’d ripped off my headset in disgust after clipping through a rock and eating a
Audio player loading… Ubisoft has finally confirmed a Splinter Cell remake is on the way from the developer behind Far Cry 6, bringing the beloved stealth series back after a long absence. The Splinter Cell series has been supplying fans with stealth action-adventure since the first entry was released in 2002. Known for its ground-breaking
Starfield is no longer the most wishlisted game on Steam. That title now belongs to Sons of the Forest. This is according to SteamDB (thanks, ComicBook), which lists the Endnight Games survival horror as being on 187,986 wishlists compared to Starfield at 183,004. Sons of the Forest is the highly-anticipated sequel to The Forest, which
As a new season for Call of Duty: Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 arrives, I find myself re-living the same feelings I had with the 2019 game and its battle royale spin-off. My plight is that of any discerning shooter fan; I continue to expect more from Call of Duty, as the series remains
Audio player loading… Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is still on track for release later this year. We now have a slightly better idea as to when we’ll be playing it, though for now Sony is keeping the full release date under wraps. Since its reveal, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 hasn’t been shown off all that much by
Dambuster Studios has announced its long-awaited zombie slaying sequel, Dead Island 2, will be released one week earlier than previously announced. The game will now be released on Friday, April 21 after originally set for February before it was delayed to April 28. Dead Island gameplay trailer Announced last year, the game is set in
CD Projekt Red has released a hotfix for The Witcher 3 next-gen that it says addresses performance issues relating to the last patch. The last patch for the game, update 4.01, was supposed to fix performance issues on both consoles and PC but made things worse on the latter. The Witcher 3 next gen –
Audio player loading… Hogwarts Legacy, the full-fledged, open-world RPG set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is out now. Developed by Avalanche Software, Hogwarts Legacy offers Harry Potter fans the chance to craft their own adventure in familiar locations from the series, stepping away from the timeline of the books and films to tell
Flashback to six years ago and For Honor, the fresh new IP from Ubisoft, has just debuted to mostly good – but not glowing – reviews. Its proposal, competitive medieval melees, is attractive enough, mainly due to its unique combat system, but the server infrastructure is wonky at best and the mainstream appeal isn’t there.
Hideo Kojima, as the auteur game designer that he is, often has a unique approach to creating something new. In the instance of Death Stranding 2, Kojima has revealed that he created Elle Fanning’s character specifically with the actor in mind.Catch the reveal trailer for Death Stranding 2 here.According to Kojima, speaking on his Brain
Audio player loading… Is the Nintendo Switch worth it in 2023? Nintendo’s portable powerhouse was a huge success when it launched back in March 2017, making it the company’s fastest selling home console to date, but that was six years ago – a whole other generation of consoles has been released since then. The Nintendo
Audio player loading… It’s been ten years since the release of the last Armored Core game, the series that FromSoftware was best known for before it released Dark Souls in 2011. Set in a future where great big mechs are piloted by mercenaries fighting it out in a hellscape of permanent warfare, it’s hard not
Electronic Arts has signed a new deal with the English Premier League, solidifying the relationship between the two. According to a Sky News report, EA Sports is ready to sign a six-year deal with the Premier League that sits around the £488 million ($522 million) mark. The extension is said to be worth more than