SpellForce 3 review | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on June 9, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1419 words  |  Patria Henriques

The old school RTS continues to gather strength, with help from some friends in high level places. Describing a game as a mash-up of two other well-known titles is lazy, but you know what? It's fun and sometimes useful, as in the case of SpellForce. 'Baldur's Gate meets Age of Mythology' is the sell, and third time out for this particular series I'm committed to updating the labels of the imaginary Venn diagram for the benefit of those unfamiliar with the game's role-playing strategy formula. [Read More]

Starting The Face of the Enemy mission - finding the Prime Candidate Program

 Posted on June 9, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1445 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Previous page Page 14 of 19 Next page It turns out that you didn't have to visit the Panopticon at all - Dylan arrived at Central Executive all by himself. He doesn't seem to be hostile, which is nice, but he also seems to be very infected by the Hiss. The Face of the Enemy is the seventh mission in Control. On the advice of Dylan, you need to head back to the Containment Sector and investigate the Prime Candidate Program. [Read More]

Valheim's aggressive monsters have been told to calm down

 Posted on June 9, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  411 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Good news for anyone particularly attached to their Valheim buildings, as developer Iron Gate has tweaked the AI to make monsters slightly less keen on smashing up structures. Iron Gate recently made a change to enemy AI that made monsters much more aggressive towards buildings, and players started to complain the monsters had become a bit too rowdy. Enemies were seen running past players to destroy their buildings instead, while some monsters became so confused about what they should be attacking that they essentially froze in place. [Read More]

AMD Radeon RX 6600 review: damp squib

 Posted on June 8, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1137 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Page 1 of 6 Next page A new graphics card has arrived: the $329/£299 RX 6600, little brother to the RX 6600 XT that launched back in August. It's intended to compete against Nvidia's RTX 3060, which also has a $329 RRP, as well as older graphics cards like Nvidia's RTX 2060, 2060 Super and 2070. The pitch here is pretty simple: it's faster than those older cards, competitive with the RTX 3060, and its position at the bottom of AMD's current GPU stack should mean that it can be made in large quantities. [Read More]

Black Ops - Cold War: Warzone Season 1 release time, and what's new in Season 1 explained

 Posted on June 8, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  678 words  |  Patria Henriques

Season 1 of Black Ops - Cold War: Warzone is almost here - ushering in the first full season for Treyarch's 2020 shooter, and a reset for the numbering of Warzone's seasons. As always, there will be a new Battle Pass to purchase, which will have a variety of rewards which will be shared between Black Ops: Cold War and Warzone. This page outlines the Black Ops - Cold War and Warzone Season 1 release time and some of what you have to look forward to in the (new) Warzone Season 1. [Read More]

EA shuts down "older" Facebook games The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society

 Posted on June 8, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  502 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

EA has announced its intention to shut down Facebook games The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society. EA said it took the "difficult decision" to "retire" what it described as its "older" Facebook games after witnessing the number of players and amount of activity for each title decrease. "For people who have seen other recent shutdowns of social games, perhaps this is not surprising," EA said in a statement. [Read More]

Fallout: New Vegas is now backwards compatible on Xbox One

 Posted on June 8, 2023  |  1 minutes  |  161 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Xbox One has added eight new titles to its library of backwards compatible Xbox 360 games. The big one this time is Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian's beloved take on the post-apocalyptic gangster city. We've also got Ubisoft's own take on post-apocalyptic survival with I am Alive, Twisted Pixel's comedy caper Comic Jumper, and No Mans Sky developer Hello Games' first claim to fame, Joe Danger. Other added titles include Blood Knights, Crystal Quest, Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara, and Red Faction Battlegrounds. [Read More]

Final Fantasy 15 reveals first female version of mechanic Cid

 Posted on June 8, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  274 words  |  Fernande Dalal

A new trailer for Final Fantasy 15 has revealed the first female version of series staple Cid, a recurring - albeit constantly reinvented - character who appears in most franchise entries as a mechanic. This latest iteration of the character - whose full name is Cidney - is sure to be a divisive choice. A young, blonde woman with a Southern US accent, this new Cid helps address criticism that the game had yet to reveal any primary female characters, what with its boy band cast and all. [Read More]

Guild Wars 2's move to Steam has been indefinitely delayed

 Posted on June 8, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  367 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

ArenaNet has confirmed its MMO Guild Wars 2's release on Steam has been indefinitely delayed. ArenaNet first revealed Guild Wars 2 would be making its way to Steam back in August. Originally scheduled for release in November, the plan was to release alongside its Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire expansions. Now, however, the Steam release has been "put on hold for the time being", with no revised release window detailed. [Read More]

Hardcore WW2 shooter Hell Let Loose hits PS5 and Xbox Series X and S in October

 Posted on June 8, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  276 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Hell Let Loose launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S on 5th October, publisher Team17 has announced. Black Matter's WW2 shooter has an open beta on PS5 only from 16th to 20th September. The new trailer is below: Hell Let Loose is a 50v50 WW2 strategic shooter with an RTS twist. Check out Chris Tapsell's impressions of the PC version, which launched this summer, for more. There's cross-play functionality between the two console platforms, Black Matter said. [Read More]