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An illustration of a beholder enemy in Dungeons and Dragons - the big floating eyeball that has many eyeballs on stalks coming out from it. It's presented here in a kind of gold, embossed way, with only gold lines on a deep red background. It's a very fetching image!

Feature

Dungeons & Dragons and the thrill of nearly losing everything in a game

Dicing with danger.

Oct. 7, 2023 Robert Purchese

48 comments

Six fantasy heroes assemble moodily in front of an ominously swirling dark sky.

News

Baldur's Gate 3 now lets you change your name thanks to Hotfix #9

Unintended undergarments also removed.

Oct. 6, 2023 Matt Wales

8 comments

News

Stardew Valley creator teases an important addition in 1.6 - hats on cats (and dogs)

Meowdy purrdner.

Oct. 6, 2023 Liv Ngan

3 comments

A promotional illustration for The Lamplighters League showing three agents surrounded by Eldritch beasts and enemy soldiers deep in a crumbling temple.

Review

The Lamplighters League review – rip-roaring tactical adventure let down by dreadful real-time stealth

Pulp friction.

Oct. 6, 2023 Matt Wales

26 comments

An Art Noveau-styled image of a feminine character on the edge of a fest, with a pipe in hand, peering out beyond the camera. They're wearing many layers of what looks like fantasy garb.

Feature

What we've been playing

A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

Oct. 6, 2023 Robert Purchese

113 comments

For the King 2 promotional art showing four adventurers surveying a mysterious castle that stands in the distance before them.

News

For the King 2's tabletop-inspired RPG action gets November release date

Initially available on Steam.

Oct. 5, 2023 Matt Wales

2 comments

Guide

Pokémon Go A Paldean Adventure, rewards and best Choose Path choice

Will you choose Sprigatito, Fuecoco or Quaxly?

Oct. 5, 2023 Lottie Lynn

Guide

Pokémon Go Detective Pikachu Returns Event Timed Research quest steps, Collection Challenge and research tasks

Detective Pikachu returns to Pokémon Go!

Oct. 5, 2023 Lottie Lynn

1 comment

A floating skeleton enemy from Metal: Hellsinger

News

This month's Humble Choice offers horror for Halloween

Delightfully devilish.

Oct. 4, 2023 Liv Ngan

5 comments

News

Team shooter Gigantic returns for "limited time throwback event" five years after it was shut down

A big surprise for fans.

Oct. 4, 2023 Liv Ngan

3 comments

A screenshot from Warcraft Rumble showing the player's army following a U-shaped path, viewed from above, and tackling enemies along the way.

News

Blizzard's free-to-play strategy game Warcraft Rumble launches in November

On iOS and Android.

Oct. 3, 2023 Matt Wales

10 comments

Promotional artwork for Fortnite's Chapter 4, Season 4, showing a number of characters running into the foreground while a building explodes behind them.

News

Fortnite mandating individual age ratings for all content starting in November

As it 'evolves into multi-game ecosystem'.

Oct. 3, 2023 Matt Wales

3 comments

Baldur's Gate 3 His Majesty the cat, as a bald sphynx cat

News

Latest Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix makes His Majesty the cat bald once again

That's one clean-shaven puss.

Oct. 3, 2023 Liv Ngan

13 comments

Guide

Slowpoke 100% perfect IV stats, shiny Slowbro and Slowking in Pokémon Go

Everything you need to know about Slowpoke’s Spotlight Hour.

Oct. 3, 2023 Nic Bunce

Key art from Frostpunk 2 showing a largely black scene and portrait of someone's face, but their goggles are reflecting a blazing fiery image, in which a city appears to be on fire. Oh no.

Feature

Weather is no longer the primary threat in Frostpunk 2 - people are

It's a riot.

Oct. 2, 2023 Robert Purchese

13 comments

An image taken from a Frostpunk wallpaper. We see over the shoulder of an explorer wrapped in warm winter wear, standing in a frozen landscape, caked in snow. They are looking out onto a city in a distance. Hope - perhaps.

Blog

We're giving Frostpunk keys to yearly supporters, and temporarily discounting the annual price

Snow news day.

Oct. 2, 2023 Robert Purchese

38 comments

Artwork of a chained shark from Sunless Sea.

News

Sunless Sea studio Failbetter Games reaches "mutually agreeable settlement" with former creative director

Drawing "a line under their long-standing disagreements".

Oct. 2, 2023 Tom Phillips

11 comments

Pikachu artwork used on the exclusive trading card, inspired by Van Gogh's self-portrait Grey Felt Hat (1887).

News

Scalpers reselling exclusive Pokémon Van Gogh Pikachu trading card for hundreds of pounds

It was a free add-on for Pokémon Center orders until stores sold out.

Oct. 2, 2023 Liv Ngan

10 comments

Lords of the Fallen promotional image showing a bedraggled main character looking out over a burnt orange and brown landscape witha giant five-fingered hand in the far distance jutting out from the horizon

Feature

What to Play This October

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

Oct. 1, 2023 Chris Tapsell

44 comments

News

The Pokémon Company apologises for the "disappointment" caused by scalpers buying up all of its Van Gogh items

"We are actively working on ways to provide more promo cards for fans in the future."

Sept. 30, 2023 Vikki Blake

20 comments

A gameplay screenshot of Cities Skylines 2 showing a busy city intersection at night

News

Cities: Skylines 2 console release gets delayed

Game still hits PC in October.

Sept. 28, 2023 Liv Ngan

6 comments

News

Pokémon Van Gogh exhibit includes exclusive Pikachu trading card

UPDATE: Beware of possible scalpers.

Sept. 28, 2023 Tom Phillips

7 comments

Baldur's Gate 3 promotional screenshot showing Shadowheart ponder a mysterious device.

News

Baldur's Gate 3 latest hotfix doesn't address dismissed companions dumping their belongings on you

Wyll you please take your inventory back?

Sept. 28, 2023 Liv Ngan

8 comments

Stardew Valley farmer carries some corn towards a farmhouse

News

Stardew Valley 1.6 includes new late-game content and another major festival

A bountiful harvest.

Sept. 28, 2023 Liv Ngan

4 comments

Guide

How to get Zygarde in Pokémon Go

How to catch the Order Pokémon in Pokémon Go.

Sept. 28, 2023 Jessica Orr