Are you tempted by PlayStation 5’s exclusive games?
So, big news – the PlayStation 5 came out today. Well, it did for folks in the US, in the UK we’ll be waiting until November 19th to get our hands on one (booooo). In my mind, the PS5 is…
Take an educational tour of Half-Life: Alyx with new developer commentary tracks
Half-Life: Alyx is a brilliant game. A remarkable return to form for the long-dormant Valve flagship. But there was something crucial missing from the prequel’s launch. That’s right – I’m talking about those tiny yellow speech bubbles wot let Valve…
Plague Inc: The Cure tasks you with fending off a familiar pandemic
I wouldn’t blame you if Plague Inc: Evolved cuts a little too close to home right now. Fortunately, Ndemic are reversing their infectious simulation with The Cure, an upcoming expansion that tasks you not with spreading your monstrous diseases, but…
Lawsuit claims Fifa uses dynamic difficulty to sell more loot boxes
A new class-action lawsuit accuses Electronic Arts of using dynamic difficulty to pressure players into buying more loot boxes in the card-collecting Ultimate Team mode of Fifa and other sports games. The plaintiffs claim the games use a dynamically difficulty…
Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds mode is a weaponised jumble sale
“Right then,” snarls a puce-faced ogre of a man, after drinking the last crumbs from a bag of roast beef Monster Munch, “the dog or the spoon?”. And sure enough, there in front of him, on the battered plasterer’s table…
Xbox Series X review: should PC gamers buy one?
Console generations haven’t troubled PC folk in recent years. The very nature of our hardware means we’re not defined by a single machine for a set period of time, and it’s us who get to choose when and what to…
My favourite thing about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the freedom
A few of us are having a grand old time in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which I am now informed is the 22nd entry in Ubisoft’s flagship series about exploring different historical settings, meeting interesting people, and brutally murdering them for…
Podcast episode 117: the best small details in games special
This week, dear listeners, the Electronic Wireless Show podcast urges you to think small, as we take a look at our favourite little details in games that don’t need to be there, and yet are. The strange Easter eggs, the…
Get some of today’s best VR games in Humble’s Fall VR bundle
With the launch of the Oculus Quest 2 last month, I’ve been rediscovering a lot of great VR games lately, including the surprisingly gory The Walking Dead: Saints And Sinners, the thrilling spy puzzles of RPS favourite I Expect You…
Bugsnax is kinda bug, kinda snack, and kinda out right now
Bugsnax – everyone’s talkin’ bout them, y’know? After giving us all earworms back at its not-E3 reveal, we’re finally free to chow down on Young Horses’ absurd menagerie of bugs wot happen to also be snacks. The bug-hunting, problem-solving expedition…
Fallout 76’s Brotherhood Of Steel update launches on December 1st
Fallout 76 is wrapping up the year with another free update of new features and quests. This time, the new storyline is focused on Fallout’s iconic metalheads the Brotherhood Of Steel. Bethesda have now announced that the Brotherhood are showing…
Phil Spencer has played Elden Ring and calls it FromSoftware’s “most ambitious”
Oh, Elden Ring. I thought maybe you’d been a fever dream. FromSoftware partnering with Game Of Thrones man George R.R. Martin to make an action RPG? Couldn’t be. Oh but it is real, it’s still in development, and Xbox boss…