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Go on a cute camping trip in Wide Ocean Big Jacket, from the Little Party gang
A lovely little story
By the by, Final Fantasy 7 Remake's PS4 exclusivity now ends in April 2021
So... a PC release after that?
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Go on a cute camping trip in Wide Ocean Big Jacket, from the Little Party gang
One game I keep telling people to go play is Little Party, the lovely pottering story about a mum doting on her daughter's sleepover. Developers Turnfollow this week launched their latest, Wide Ocean Big Jacket, and hey it's really nice too, okay. Play it now or suffer me going on about it. Wide Ocean Big Jacket is another familial tale, this time about a camping…
Humankind vid diary gives another peek at Amplitude’s Civ ’em up
The prospect of the studio behind Endless Space and Endless Legend trying their hands at a Civilization-style 4X strategy game is an enticing one, enough for us to declare Humankind one of 2020's most exciting new games. Amplitude Studios aren't yet ready to tell us when exactly we'll get to play Humankind, but they are ready to starting telling us more about it. The first…
By the by, Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s PS4 exclusivity now ends in April 2021
Square Enix still have not announced a release for Final Fantasy VII Remake on any system other than PlayStation 4, but they're certainly staying up to date with what they're not saying. They've recently updated the JRPG's box art to echo its recent one-month delay, now saying that it's a PS4 exclusive until April 10th, 2021. What happens then? Ah, who knows. Could be anything.…
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Fallout 76 coming to Steam in April alongside new NPC update
Update: Hi there, it's me, the idiot who somehow thought we were in April. This month is, in fact, February. How is it only February. All this will happen on April 7th, not February 7th. Is it really still only February? After fifteen months exclusive to Bethesda's own store on PC, Fallout 76 has now finalised a Steam launch date of April 7th - also…
After 21 years as a Rockstar Games big cheese, Dan Houser will leave the company in March. He's co-written almost every Rockstar game since 1999, including Grand Theft Auto from London through to V, Bully, Max Payne 3, and the Red Dead Redemptions. That's made him a big influence on the tone of Rockstar's games. I wonder how that might change once he's moved on.…
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Destiny 2’s Empyrean Foundation brings a quick way to farm Timelost weapons
The last two big additions on the calendar for Destiny 2's Season Of Dawn arrived today: a new final boss in The Sundial and, more practically, an easy way to farm squillions of the seasonal weapons and get your dream rolls. Saint-14 and Osiris today launched the Empyrean Restoration effort, asking Guardians to donate leftover Polarized Fractaline to help charge the Tower Obelisk so it…
Oh huh, King’s Bounty 2 looks more like a modern RPG than I’d expected
I'd fully missed the quiet announcement of King's Bounty II last year so today I am surprised by: 1) its existence; 2) how serious it looks; 3) how much it looks like a modern RPG with an over-the-shoulder camera. King's Bounty is a tactical turn-based strat-o-RPG of the genre you might know best from Heroes Of Might & Magic (though KB predates HOMM), with wee…
Blizzard are fixing some Warcraft 3: Reforged problems, but don’t expect dramatic changes
The launch of Warcraft III: Reforged last Tuesday was not a return to glory for Blizzard's vintage fantasy RTS. The prettied-up remaster's changes are less dramatic than Blizzard have advertised (particularly the cutscenes), it's got quite a few bugs, and players can't even go back to the original unadulterated Warcraft 3 because Blizzard 'updated' it to the same troubled client as Reforged. Blizzard last night…
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This Half-Life mod ran the dialogue and signs through Google Translate until they became nonsense
You know the cyberjape of running text back and forth through Google Translate in different languages until it comes out as wacky nonsense? Someone has done to that Half-Life. The new mod Half-Life: Google Translate Edition has garbled Valve's game, from changing sign textures through to recording new lines of dialogue. I played a bit (and recorded a wee video) and yeah, I still find…
5 days ago
Coronavirus cancellations, an Apex surprise, and more of the week’s news
This week, several esports events in China have been cancelled due to the new coronavirus going round, Steam done an oopsie, and Apex Legends murdered its next character. Read on for more of the week's PC gaming goings-on in our News Digest, and do also check out the Weekly Updates Update for the week's big patches.
Kentucky Route Zero’s end, Monster Hunter fixes, and more of the week’s patches
This week, Kentucky Route Zero launched its final act, Monster Hunter improved performance, and GTA Online is giving away cash. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming patches in The Weekly Updates Update.
Feature: Well?
Ha ha shut up with your 'February' nonsense, no one's buying it. Second week of January, that I'd believe. I'd also accept the third week of March. But February 1st? That's either way too soon or way too late. Pull the other one. Look, keep this up and I'll give you a pinch and a punch for the first of the month (no returns, obvs).…
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E3 organisers say they’re trying really hard not to leak media’s personal information again
Last summer, it came to light that the organisers of E3 had left personal details of thousands of media people (including some of our own) in a file anyone online could access. Welp. It didn't exactly make anyone keen to return to that cacophonous hellhall. But this year they're really trying not to leak addresses, phone numbers, or anything, for real. In an update about…
You've seen the memes but have you sown the greens? All and sundry (and sundried) are today invited to play Farming Simulator 19 for themselves for free, as it's the latest giveaway on the Epic Games Store. Maybe you'll try a 360 noscope furrow, or maybe you'll be drawn into the quiet world of virtual agriculture. My work sim of choice is trucking but yeah…
Sega Europe start using recyclable packaging for all PC games
After a satisfactory trial run with Football Manager last year, Sega Europe have announced that they now plan to use "fully recyclable packaging" for all of their physical PC game releases. Their initial recyclable boxes are made of recycled cardboard with recycled paper manuals too. This scheme will start in earnest with the launch of Total War: Rome II's new Enemy At The Games Edition,…
Blizzard cancel Overwatch League matches in China over coronavirus concerns
Blizzard have cancelled Overwatch League matches scheduled to take place in China in February and March, owing to concerns about the new coronavirus going round. First identified in China in December, the virus has now killed 170 people. A Chinese League Of Legends tournament also recently was cancelled due to the virus. Blizzard say they plan to return OWL to China later this season.
Star Trek Online is celebrating its 10th birthday with Star Trek: Picard and Discovery cameos
When Star Trek Online launched into 2010, Star Trek was dead as a TV show, living on only in rebooted movies which seemed not wholly fond of the shows. Ten years later, two Treks are boldly on the go - and the MMORPG taps both of them for its latest contentblast, named Legacy. A new quests call back to Trek old and new, revisiting some…
Feature: Hack the planet!
As Cyberpunk 2077 is running late, here’s a broad spread of cyberpunky fun
Now that Cyberpunk 2077 is delayed from April to September, what are you to do? You've grown a lurid blue mohawk, your leather jacket is almost worn in, and your prescription mirrorshades are ready for collection at Specsavers - but for what? You might as well use this time to explore all games cyberpunky, from edgy and nihilistic griping about how the future sucks to…
Destiny 2 needed to roll back characters after emptying spacewallets
Last night's new Destiny 2 patch had the unintended consequence of deleting many players' hard-ground cash and upgrade materials, causing Bungie to take the MMOFPS offline for nine hours while they fixed it. Their solution was to roll characters back to their state before the patch, which has the unfortunate side-effect of wiping out everything players did between the patch launching and the emergency maintenance…
GTA Online and Red Dead Online are giving away free cash and guns
Across the next fortnight, GTA Online players can claim $2,000,000 of crimecash for free just for logging in, while Red Dead Online players can scoop a free Bounty Hunter license as well as some free guns and ammo. Rockstar announced the freebies today while crowing about "another record-breaking holiday season" for both multiplayer modes, spaffing all sorts of claims against the digiwall. For example: December…
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