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Which Is The Best Uncharted Game?

Ever since Nathan Drake leapt, punched, shot and stole his way into our hearts all the way back in November 2007 with the PS3 action adventure Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, developer Naughty Dog has gone the extra mile with each subsequent installment in the series, expanding the sprawling ambition of the Uncharted games while maintaining the essence of the treasure hunting, action platforming beats and compelling characters that made the first game so essential in the first place. Out of the entire Uncharted franchise then, which spans some fifteen years and multiple consoles, which is the best Uncharted game? Well, we’ve got the answer to that very question right here. Please note though – spoilers do follow, so be aware.

So What Is The Best Uncharted Game Then?

The best Uncharted game in the opinion of this humble scribe is Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. An entirely fresh entry in the series that was built from the ground up for the now humble PS4 all the way back in 2015, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is a proper globetrotting, treasure hunting adventure without equal. With sky-high stakes that reach far back into the past of the Drake family and establish their troubled upbringing all the way through to the current day, we see the pair form new friendships and alliances as they attempt to track down the lost treasure locked within a forgotten pirate city. Quite simply, Uncharted 4 presents a charming, spectacle-stuffed action adventure that effortlessly sits at the apex of the entire series.

A Massive Globetrotting Odyssey With Unparalleled Eye-Opening Sweep And Spectacle

Though the Uncharted games have long prided themselves on providing players with a wealth of breathtaking locales for wannabe treasure hunters to lose themselves in, Uncharted 4 goes a step further and then some. From long lost catacombs hidden underneath the snow-dappled peaks of the Scottish Highlands to a long forgotten pirate city in deepest Madagascar, a sprawling Panamanian prison and even the aristocratic heights of an exclusive antique auction for the super-rich on the picturesque Italian coast, Uncharted 4 is a true globe-trotting odyssey with sweep and spectacle that is simply without peer in the Uncharted franchise.

The Introduction Of Nadine Ross

Even though Nathan Drake is certainly recognised as the leading man of the Uncharted franchise, developer Naughty Dog has always done sterling work in introducing new and compelling characters to the series that can ably stand on their own two feet. Falling directly into this hallowed category is Nadine Ross. Making her debut in Uncharted 4, Nadine Ross first appears as an archvillain-adjacent, hard-nosed mercenary with a thing for putting her foot in Nathan Drake’s rear end, but it isn’t long before a series of betrayals take place and Nadine finds herself doubting those initial allegiances. With a pair of iron fists that are only equalled by her acerbic wit, Nadine Ross rapidly became a fan favourite character and played an effective yin to the yang of Chloe Frazier in the superb series spin-off, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

Some Of The Best Set Pieces Ever Seen In An Action Adventure

Another defining aspect of the Uncharted series that arguably aids in fashioning its Hollywood adjacent veneer is the penchant for high-octane and spectacular set pieces that have long separated it from its genre peers. With Uncharted 4, developer Naughty Dog has completely outdone themselves here. From a breathtaking jeep and bike chase through multiple Madagascan villages that results in the sort of screen-filling chaos that one would normally associate with a Michael Bay flick, through to an action-packed sword fight in the rapidly burning hull of a pirate ship hold filled with treasure, Uncharted 4 looks and plays every bit like a Hollywood action movie on steroids and I for one, am absolutely here for all of it.

An Emotional Look At The Past, Present And Future Of The Drake Family

Essentially bookending the adventures of Nathan Drake as far as we currently know them, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, gives players a deep dive into Nathan Drake’s formative years and more importantly the various scrapes, adventures, trials and tribulations that Nathan got into with his brother, the equally roguish and mercurial Sam Drake. As well as beautifully fleshing out Nathan Drake’s past, Uncharted 4 boasts a post-game coda that gives players a glimpse at the future of the Drake family in a beautifully low-key playable sequence. Certainly, it’s a neat epilogue of sorts that potentially serves to set up a range of different directions that the series could take moving forward.

A Much Needed Humanising Of Nathan And Elena

As was the case in many of the previous Uncharted games, the relationship dynamic that exists between Nathan Drake and Elena once again takes center stage in Uncharted 4, but this time they feel much more like a real couple then they arguably ever have. Though Nathan Drake and Elena both find themselves swept up in all manner of skirmishes and scrapes, Uncharted 4 makes sure to take plenty of time to show the pair during their more slice of life moments. From managing businesses, to enjoying a meal together to even playing a competitive game of Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted 4 makes the mundane feel worthwhile as it shows that there is much more to our lovable protagonists than just shooting dudes in the face, stealing treasure and escaping death by the skin of their teeth. More of this please, Naughty Dog.

What’s The Best Way To Play The Best Uncharted Game?

No longer purely exclusive to Sony’s beloved last generation console, Naughty Dog have since remastered and released Uncharted 4 as part of the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection for PS5 and PC – the latter of which is arriving this October. Included alongside Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, which coincidentally is the runner up for the best Uncharted game, Uncharted 4 gets the royal remaster treatment with full 3D audio, practically instantaneous load times and an array of visual presets which allow players to choose from a native 4K resolution presentation running at 30 frames per second, a performance mode that locks in at 1440p resolution at 60 frames per second and finally, a 120 frames per second visual preset that runs at 1080p resolution for lucky owners of HDMI 2.1 compliant displays. Quite simply, these visual options all serve a common purpose to underscore the incredible environments, highly detailed character models and evocative Hollywood spectacle that Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has perfected.

Everything You Need To Know About Marauders

In case you missed the memo, Marauders is a hugely promising tactical first-person looter shooter for PC (try saying *that* fast five times in a row) that comes from indie developer Small Impact Games and is being published under the Team17 label.

Looking set to be one of the highlights in an increasingly crowded looter shooter genre, we’ve got the system requirements, gameplay details and everything else that you need to know about Marauders right here in this handy guide. Onward!

What Is The Setting Of Marauders?

Even among its peers, Marauders boasts something of a unique setting. In the alternate 1990s timeline of Marauders, the Great War of 1914 never ended, resulting in mankind essentially mining and industrialising the Earth to within an inch of its life. With Earth rapidly becoming uninhabitable, people are looking to the stars to make their fortune and it’s here that the titular Marauders look to make their mark, seeking out precious salvage in the many derelict hulks that are drifting throughout space all the while trying to avoid being murdered at the hands of others looking to do the same in a dark, diesel-punk universe.

How To Play Marauders – How Does The Game Work?

As mentioned previously, Marauders is a first-person multiplayer looter shooter that has players battling it out to scrounge up as much salvage and loot as possible before attempting to escape with their lives. Like most things in life however, Marauders is a little more sophisticated than that. Essentially split into two sections, when you’re not romping around abandoned galactic husks scavenging everything in sight, filling your enemies with lead and stealing their loot, you’ll be flying around the cosmos in your fully upgradeable ship, forever on the lookout for bigger and more bountiful sites to loot.

How Do The On-Foot Sections Play?

Arguably the bread and butter of Marauders, you’ll be spending much of your time stalking the various dark and foreboding corridors of Marauders’ many abandoned ships, ruins and even asteroids as you seek to scoop up as much precious loot as possible in order to turn a healthy profit. When it comes to the face-shooting side of things Marauders doesn’t disappoint, funnelling wannabe space pirates down suitably gloomy corridors and other such areas as they attempt to nab as much loot as possible all the while engaging other Marauders and ensuring that they don’t end up going six feet under as a result.

It’s a supremely taut experience that is enhanced by the fact that developer Small Impact Games has fully implemented accurate bullet simulation into the game, too. This means that every shot counts and the emphasis is more on patience and strategising, rather than just charging in and trying to blast anything that moves.

How Do The Spaceship Sections Work?

When you’re not shooting faces and generally robbing just about everything in sight, you’ll be piloting your ship from a third-person perspective as you attempt to escape to the safety of any of the nearby warp gates so you can get the heck outta dodge. Getting to one of these gates though won’t be easy, because not only will you find opposing space pirate folks trying to blast you and your ship into a fine red mist, but some of these scoundrels will also attempt to board your ship with a vague hope of murdering everyone within and making off with your painstakingly earned loot. Luckily, not only can you pilot your ship around the cosmos, but you can also have friendly Marauders take up gunnery positions on your ship in a bid to see off potential galactic robbers, while a wide variety of craftable weapons enables players to bolster their ships yet further still to even the playing field.

How Do You Craft Weapons And Items?

As well scooping up a whole heap of valuables that can then be sold on for a hefty chunk of change, Marauders also allows players to collect all manner of materials and components which can in turn be crafted to fashion new weapons and items. Specifically, Marauders allows players to craft all sorts of armour types, firearms, melee weapons, weapon attachments, useful items such as bags, bandages and even sizable weapons to be bolted onto the side of Marauders variety of space bound vessels. In short, if you have a crafting itch, Marauders looks set to scratch it.

Can Marauders Be Played Solo Or Is It Multiplayer Only?

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Whether you’re something of a lone wolf or a social butterfly, Marauders absolutely has you covered. From day one Marauders allows players to go at it alone in solo, or band together with up to three other like-minded space pirates as you loot, shoot and raid your way across the dieselpunk cosmos.

Marauders Game System Requirements – Can My PC Run Marauders?

With its highly detailed character models, environments, lighting and shadow effects, it’s fair to say that Marauders needs something of a relatively beefy rig to perform at its best. With that in mind we’ve got both the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Marauders below.

Minimum PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 running at 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X running at 3.4 GHz
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 with 2GB RAM or AMD R9 280x with 3GB RAM
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

Recommended PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 running at 2.8 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 running at 3.6 GHz
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 7 1070 with 8GB VRAM or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT with 8GB VRAM
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

Will Marauders Be Coming To Console?

Currently, Marauders is only set to release on PC with no PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X or Nintendo Switch version of the game confirmed as of this writing. However, given Team 17’s history of establishing a broad multi-platform portfolio for many of its previously published games, we wouldn’t be surprised at all to see a console release announcement within twelve months of the PC release. A matter of ‘when’, rather than ‘if’ is the way of things I’d say.

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Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection – The Story so Far

The Uncharted series is one of the most popular and famous game series ever created. The adventures of Nathan Drake are examples of how to do cinematic gaming, filled with stunning locations, exhilarating plot beats, and characters that feel real. It also helps that they’re cracking third person shooters too, with the action ramping up dramatically over the course of the games.

For the first time Uncharted will be coming to PC in the shape of Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. This bundles together Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, showing off Uncharted at its absolute best.

But what if you haven’t played the previous games? Fear not, we shall get you up to speed on the Uncharted storyline so you’re ready to jump into Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves armed with knowledge.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

The first game in the series introduced us to treasure-hunter Nathan Drake, reporter Elena Fisher, and Nate’s mentor Victor “Sully” Sullivan as they hunt for a treasure related to Sir Francis Drake. They discover the coffin of Sir Francis Drake which contains his diary, including the location of the mythical city of gold: El Dorado.

On a mysterious island they find that they were wrong, El Dorado was never a city; it was a golden idol. This island is covered in Spanish ruins and the remnants of a Nazi expedition. As they race to find the idol before a criminal gang does, they discover a dark truth. The idol is cursed, causing mutated undead Spaniards and Nazis to attack both Nate and his enemies.

As they attempt to flee, the criminal gang attempt to take the idol from the island in order to sell it as a bioweapon. Nate is eventually able to defeat the gang, dropping the idol into the sea to never be seen again. Able to finally escape, Nate, Sully, and Elena all bond as they depart the island with a few chests filled with treasure.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Now this is where Uncharted steps up a gear. The game’s roster is packed out with former associates of Nate, Harry Flynn and Chloe Frazer. They team up to steal a Mongolian oil lamp connected to legendary explorer Marco Polo, however, when in the midst of the heist, Flynn betrays Nate leading to his arrest.

Some months later Chloe and Sully help Nate escape and reveal that Flynn has been working for a war criminal named Zoran Lazarević. The lamp contained a map to the lost city of Shambhala, a place Lazarević is heading to in order to locate the legendary Cintamani Stone.

Chasing through Nepal, picking up Nate’s now ex-girlfriend Elena Fisher on the way, and fighting off the monstrous guardians of Shambhala, they manage to corner Lazarević in the city. There they find that the Cintamani Stone is actually the sap from the tree of life which has the ability to grant power to whomever drinks it. Despite Lazarević imbibing the sap and becoming more than human, Nate is able to defeat him. With Shambhala crumbling around them, Nate, Chloe, and Elena all make their escape. The game ends with a hint at a reunion for the estranged Nate and Elena.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Set two years after Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, this installment in the series splits some of the narrative between the current day and 20 years hence, showing how Nate met Sully in the first place and how he got Sir Frances Drake’s ring.

In the present, Nate and Sully team up with new character Charlie Cutter to hunt down a mysterious figure named Katherine Marlowe who had been interested in buying the ring from Nate. With the help of Chloe Frazer, they trace Marlowe to an underground library where they receive a map that helps them locate two halves of an amulet, though Marlowe and her associate Talbot manage to steal one half of it.

Their journey takes them to Yemen where Elena Fisher pops up, now Nate’s wife, though they have recently gone their separate ways. Nate is captured first by Marlow and Talbot and then after escaping captured once again by a pirate working with them by the name of Rameses. Aboard Rameses ship, Nate manages to escape yet again, but sinks the ship, killing Rameses.

Back in Yemen Nate sneaks aboard a cargo plane, but destroys it before falling out and having to parachute down to the desert. Nate does not have a great deal of luck in this game, truth be told.

Rescued by a Bedouin troup led by a man named Salim, Nate is reunited with Sully and together they follow Marlowe into the city of Ubar, where legend has it King Solomon imprisoned a Djinn. When there, Nate drinks from a fountain and begins to suffer terrible hallucinations, with the entire city’s water supply being tainted. Nate manages to stop Marlowe’s plans to steal the hallucinogenic vessel at the heart of the city, causing the city to collapse. Marlowe falls into a sinkhole, taking Drake’s ring with her, with Salim coming to the rescue of Nate and Sully.

The game ends with a reunited Nate, Sully, and Elena, with yet another hint at a reconciliation between Nate and his spouse.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Though released fourth, this PS Vita game serves as a prequel to the entire series with Nathan Drake and old friend Jason Dante investigating a poisonous secret behind the city of Quivira, one of the mysterious Seven Cities of Gold.

Their adventure takes them across Panama as they look for the Golden Abyss, a gold-lined cavern that holds treasure beyond imagination. Once there they find that the gold has become irradiated due to nearby uranium deposits, a poison which killed the inhabitants of Quivira. Dante at the end betrays Nate but ends up sealed in the Golden Abyss, trapped forever. Nathan Drake makes his escape along with Sully and new friend Marisa Chase, deciding to keep the Golden Abyss secret for all time.

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Gotham Knights Characters – Meet the Family

Gotham Knights is taking us to somewhere we’ve never been before: a Gotham without Batman. The dark knight himself has died meaning that Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood have stepped up to be the thin caped line that stops the city from falling into chaos.

Superhero games depend on their characters and in Gotham Knights this is even more true, as you have four playable characters to inhabit as well as multiple foes on whom to bring the beat-down. We’ve compiled a list of all the currently known Gotham Knights characters, read on to meet the Bat-family.

Gotham Knights Characters List

Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)

Tech genius, acrobat, and expert sleuth – if there’s a fitting person to take over for Batman in terms of skills then Batgirl is it. The daughter of James Gordon, she’s been an aid to the caped crusader many times over, first as Batgirl, then as Oracle, and finally as Batgirl once more.

Robin (Tim Drake)

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Tim Drake is the most recent incarnation of Robin and is the youngest of the four Gotham Knights characters. Unlike other Robins, Tim Drake discovered Batman’s identity on his own and wasn’t an orphan – at least, at the start of his story.

Red Hood (Jason Todd)

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Ah Jason Todd. He’s had a rough old time of it, first as a street punk, then as a rebellious version of Robin, then killed by the Joker in a brutal storyline, before returning from beyond the grave thanks to Ra’s al Ghul’s intervention. Since then he’s used the Red Hood persona, crossing the line between antagonist and hero many times.

Nightwing (Dick Grayson)

The original Robin eventually grew up and separated himself from Batman by becoming Nightwing. Mostly associated with the city of Bludhaven, he still pops across to Gotham to help out when he’s needed. With the death of Batman, Nightwing has never been needed more.

Alfred Pennyworth

The butler to Bruce Wayne, he acted as a father figure, mentor, and often doctor to the world’s greatest detective. Defined by his relationship with the Waynes, it’s yet to be seen how he’ll react in a world without Batman.

Renee Montoya

It’s fair to say that the Gotham Police Department isn’t the most competent on the planet and in fact are known to take a few bribes here and there. Not Renee Montaya. Created for the legendary Batman: The Animated Series, she’s one of the few honest cops left and has even joined the heroes’ side as one incarnation of The Question.

Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries)

Once used as a punchline, Mr. Freeze eventually became something more with a tragic backstory involving him searching for a cure for his wife. His role in Gotham Knights is one of antagonist, though with Mr. Freeze there’s usually something more going on.

Harley Quinn (Harleen Quinzel)

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Former prison psychiatrist, Harley Quinn eventually chucked that all in after being manipulated by the Joker. There’s no mention of the Joker appearing in Gotham Knights and with Harley Quinn operating more on her own in recent years, it seems she doesn’t need the clown prince of crime anymore.

Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot)

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Normally entirely a villain, the Penguin appears to be playing a bit of a different role in Gotham Knights. He seems to be offering help to the heroes, something which is definitely out of character for this tuxedo-clad mobster. Though, as with Mr. Freeze, there’s usually something going on – we’ll have to wait to see if he’s playing both sides.

Clayface

There are many different backstories for Clayface and a few different alter egos, at the moment we don’t know which Clayface we’ll be facing off against in Gotham Knights. But one thing remains the same, this malleable monster is one of Batman’s most deadly foes and will be a handful and a half for the Gotham Knights.

The Court of Owls

One of the more recent inventions in the Batman universe, they are a shadowy cabal who have been entwined with Gotham since its founding. These bird-faced crimesters have their fingers in everything and are sure to be behind much of what’s afflicting Gotham this time around.

Batman (Bruce Wayne) – Deceased

Oh Batman, how little we knew ye. Well actually we knew him pretty well since he’s one of, if not the, most famous superheroes ever. In Gotham Knights he’s unfortunately departed this mortal coil. Will he make a return as he is wont to do? We’ll have to see.

Commissioner Gordon – Deceased

Joining Batman in the beyond is James Gordon, the honourable cop at the head of the GCPD. Without the twin heads of Batman and Commissioner Gordon keeping crime at bay, it’s no wonder that Gotham has gone a bit wrong in their absence.

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The Best Meta Quest 2 Games

The Oculus Quest 2, now known as the Meta Quest 2, is a fantastic bit of kit that has managed to bring completely wireless, room scale virtual reality to players around the world at a wallet friendly price.

Generously awash with all manner of experiences, apps and games, we’ve made this definitive guide which outlines the best Oculus Quest 2/Meta Quest 2 games that you can get right now.

Beat Saber

One of the most singularly enjoyable games on any VR platform, Beat Saber has long been recognised as one of the best Meta Quest 2 games that money can buy and for good reason. Taking a blissfully straightforward concept and then wrapping an extraordinarily compelling arcade-like structure around it, Beat Saber quite simply has players wielding two energy sabres and mashing them through waves of incoming blocks against the thrum of some crazy, foot-tapping beats.

It’s supremely enjoyable stuff that effortlessly nudges players toward the sort of high score chasing behaviour that was so prevalent in the now largely forgotten arcade scene. Throw in multiplayer functionality along with a seemingly inexhaustible selection of music and Beat Saber easily earns its place as an essential Meta Quest 2 game that everybody should buy.

Echo VR

Echo VR is a hyperkinetic, zero-g sports title that has two teams of four players taking on each other in super competitive games whereby the object is to throw a Tron-style disc into the goal of the opposing team before they do the same to you.

Completely free to play and absolutely bursting with new seasons and frequent content updates, Echo VR has gained a massive following since its release and is certainly one of the better free Meta Quest 2 games that you can get right now.

Ghost Giant

Perhaps the most emotionally charged Meta Quest 2 game you could ever hope to play, Ghost Giant puts the player in control of the titular towering spectre as you attempt to help Louis, a deeply sad and lonely little lad who is trying to find his way through the world after a heartbreaking loss.

As the ethereal Ghost Giant you’ll help Louis navigate the painterly village of Sancourt, removing obstacles in his path, gently encouraging him to find himself again and also helping out his friends in this absolute tear-jerker, showing that games can still be wholesome and warmly sensitive while also being utterly compelling to play.

Gorilla Tag

Still in active development in Meta’s App Lab but free to play for anyone who has a Meta Quest 2 headset, Gorilla Tag pretty much does what it says on the tin but with a twist, Gorilla Tag might just have the most unique movement in any VR game released to date. Instead of using buttons or a complicated combination of trigger movements to achieve traversal, Gorilla Tag instead has you swinging and leaping around a retro jungle solely through the use of your hands and arms, making movement feel a lot more satisfying than in many other games that boast a similar concept.

From basic tag to infection mode where one gorilla is infected and must infect their fellow gorillas, Gorilla Tag is a wonderfully offbeat and zany platformer that rarely fails to elicit a smile from those who decide to take the leap into its leafy realm.

Moss

A beautiful action adventure third-person perspective platformer, Moss puts players in control of Quill, a diminutive mouse hero with a big heart who must awaken a long forgotten magic in order to rescue her uncle from the icy talons of death and despair.

Marrying together pixel-perfect platforming with satisfying combat, Moss also brilliantly casts the player as a disembodied spirit that can remove obstacles in the world, allowing Quill to proceed on her magical journey. A great little adventure that packs in a ruthlessly adorable protagonist, Moss is a superb Meta Quest 2 game that deserves a place in everyone’s collection.

Pistol Whip

Look, Pistol Whip is one the best Meta Quest 2 games around right now because it makes you feel like John Wick, which is great because everyones wants to feel like they’re John Wick. Earning itself a permanent slot in my Meta Quest 2 gaming diet, Pistol Whip is a rhythm based, first-person shooter that has you blasting guys while dodging and weaving between incoming fire to the beat of some pulse pounding music.

Throw in a range of different modifiers (including the ability to shoot with a gun in each hand, naturally) and a constant stream of updates that continually refine the game while adding in all new levels to play, Pistol Whip is absolutely the game that you use to show off your shiny new Meta Quest 2 headset.

Rec Room

It’s certainly fair to say that there isn’t another game quite like Rec Room on the Meta Quest 2, that’s for sure. A massive sandbox where players can come together to chat, play games made by other creators or even just leap headfirst into an entirely customisable universe where anything from puppies and tanks to huge sprawling cities can be created, Rec Room is a constantly evolving free Meta Quest 2 title where the only limits are those belonging to your imagination.

Resident Evil 4 VR

Transplanting Capcom’s much loved eighteen year old survival horror classic into VR is no mean feat and yet what developer Armature Studio has achieved is nothing short of jaw-dropping. Not only does Resident Evil 4 VR shift the entirety of Resident Evil 4 into VR, but it does so with verve, allowing players to interact with the environment and the objects within it in such a way that it echoes Valve’s superb VR showcase Half-Life: Alyx.

A timeless survival horror effort that has protagonist Leon S Kennedy attempting to rescue the daughter of the U.S. President from a shadowy cult in the darkest corners of Spain, Resident Evil 4 is a thickly atmospheric offering that has lost nothing in its leap to VR. With upgraded visuals courtesy of Unreal Engine 4 and additional Mercenaries content thrown in for kicks, Resident Evil 4 VR is as essential as games get on the Meta Quest 2 headset.

Everything you need to know about Victoria 3

Paradox Interactive are masters of grand strategy, from the Crusader Kings series to Europa Universalis and beyond, they’ve made some of the strategy games that have defined the genre. Now, they’re back with Victoria 3, the followup to the classic Victoria II, and it looks like it’s doing everything right.

In Victoria 3 we’re going to get a strategy game that delves deep into the 1836-1936 time period with almost infinite replayability and boundless decisions to make. It’ll test strategy veterans and provide a way in for newcomers, making it both the most challenging and more accessible game of its type yet seen.

Victoria 3’s shaping up to be something extremely special, here’s what you need to know.

What is Victoria 3?

In Victoria 3 you’ll take on the role as the leader of a nation, with over 100 countries to choose from taken from the time period between 1836 and 1936. Where some strategy games take a narrow view of their subject, Victoria 3 is more holistic with you dabbling in politics, research, diplomacy, building, trading, and more. You really are the head of a nation and nations are tricky to run well.

That sounds like a lot to chew on but in Victoria 3 Paradox Interactive have overhauled the tutorial experience, helping new players and returning players get up to speed faster than ever before. One key part of this is everything having context, a click of a button can tell you not only what an option does but also why. This helps you learn so much more about how the game’s systems work and what you’re doing, helping ground the player in the reality of their decisions.

Your choice of nation and playstyle will determine much of how your nation proceeds through the game, and these choices can reflect your chosen values for a nation. Do you want them to be isolationist, expansionist? Do you want to focus on your population’s happiness or exploit them? Questions like these make up the bread-and-butter of the core gameplay, with even darker less salubrious options available for the more tyrannical ruler.

Overall it looks to be the game that fans have spent years clamouring for. More accessible, more deep, more of everything. It even looks stunning, with a fresh new lick of paint that makes the whole thing sparkle.

Victoria 3 Release Date

Despite waiting years for an announcement and release, Victoria 3 has received a release date that means you won’t have to wait too long to get your hands on this slice of strategy. Victoria 3 will release on the 25th of October, 2022, so set your alarms now.

Victoria 3 System Requirements

You’ll need more than a Victoria steam engine in order to get the most out of this game. Here’s what you’ll need:

Minimum Requirements:

OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3250 or AMD® FX 8370
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD® R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® HD Graphics 630 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8

Recommended Requirements:

OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit or Windows® 11
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K or AMD® Ryzen 5 2600X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD® RX 590 (8GB)

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Everything you need to know about Destiny 2: Lightfall

Destiny 2: Lightfall is the next chapter in the ever-evolving story of the long running FPS MMO. All Destiny 2 expansions introduce new gameplay features and narratives but Lightfall looks to take us to places we could never have expected.

Announced during the Destiny 2 Showcase for 2022, we got to see plenty of what’s coming for the game. It’s going to be a busy time for Destiny 2 fans, here’s everything you need to know about the next expansion.

What is Destiny 2: Lightfall?

If you’ve been playing Destiny 2 for a while you’ll be used to regular expansions, if you’re new to the game and this is your first expansion there’ll be a lot of changes to get used to.

Lightfall, like the expansions before it, will introduce a ton of new stuff. There’ll be a new campaign, new dungeons, new raids, and a new season full of updates that mean the game never stands still. With this expansion there’ll even be a new subclass – the first since Destiny 2: Beyond Light – which means there’ll even be new ways to play.

Let’s dive into the new stuff you’ll be getting to grips with.

Everything new in Destiny 2: Lightfall – Gameplay, Raids, Locations

tons to do in lightfall, more info coming soon

The first big change introduced with Lightfall is the unveiling of an entirely new location. It turns out that the Last City on Earth was exactly that, the last city…on Earth.

On distant Neptune an off-shoot of humanity has weathered the storm of the Collapse and thrived in secrecy. Their city, Neomuna, is now under threat by the dark forces of The Witness, led by the former Cabal emperor Calus.

The players will be heading there to fend off this invading army and learn more about The Witness’ plans for the solar system, looking to further the Light vs Dark narrative expanded upon in the previous expansion, The Witch Queen. Lightfall serves to set up the final expansion for this narrative arc, tentatively named The Final Shape.

In addition to new missions, campaigns, activities, and raids that are so far unnamed, we’ll be getting some long awaited overhauls to key gameplay systems.

New Lightfall UI and Gameplay Systems

Destiny 2 players rejoice! What you’ve been begging for is finally coming. That’s right, a Looking for Group tool will be integrated into the game, making finding someone to help you get your Gjallarhorn will be far simpler in the future.

Not only will we be getting an LFG tool but an entirely new revamp of the new player experience is planned. This will see players gaining ranks through completing certain activities, with higher levels denoting mastery of high-end combat encounters. Players will also be able to reward others with commendations, helping everyone take note of players who go above and beyond in the fight against evil.

But that’s not all, there’s one final new gameplay element coming with Lightfall, and it’s a big one.

Destiny 2: Lightfall Subclass – Introducing Strand

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With the release of Beyond Light players received their first Darkness-powered subclass, Stasis. Now with Lightfall the second Darkness subclass will be introduced – named Strand.

This green-tinged subclass revolves around consciousness and allows Guardians to manipulate connections between living things, themselves included.

What does this mean for the game? It means each class will get a new subclass that will open up new ways to play, from Warlocks gaining telekinetic matter-summoning abilities to Titans growing colossal green claws to allow them to hulk out.

Oh and one more thing. Everyone’s getting a Strand grappling hook that can be used to swing about, Spider-Man-esque. Even if there’s nothing to hang from the Strand swing can be used to grab onto midair. Suddenly movement is getting a big upgrade.

Release Date and Platforms

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Destiny 2: Lightfall will be released on February the 28th, 2023 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox App, Google Stadia, and PC on Steam and the Epic Games Store too.

Trailer and Narrative Primer

It’s not a Destiny 2 expansion without trailers full of action and mystery, ready to get your blood pumping. Check out the Lightfall reveal trailer above to get your first taste of Strand, the city of Neomuna, and some more titbits:

Bungie also released a short video explaining a little about the battle between Light and Dark, so if you need some more lore in your life, grab some here:

Or if you prefer to read your narratives, we’ve compiled all the info you need about the stories you can’t play anymore in the Destiny universe over here.

Destiny 2: Lightfall System Requirements

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If you’re looking to venture into the outer reaches of the solar system you may need to check if your rig can handle the journey. Get the system requirements below and see if you PC is up to the task.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 3250 3.5 GHz or Intel Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB or GTX 1050 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 105 GB available space

Recommended Requirements:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: System Windows® 7 / Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
Processor: Processor Intel® Core™ i5 2400 3.4 GHz or i5 7400 3.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1600X 3.6 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or GTX 1060 6GB / AMD R9 390 8GB Memory 8 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 105 MB available space

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Everything you need to know about F1 Manager 2022

Designed with wannabe Formula 1 racing moguls in mind, F1 Manager 2022 allows players to immerse themselves in all of the strategic aspects of the world’s fastest motorsport. Naturally, our F1 Manager 2022 guide will provide you with the details on everything from the F1 Manager 2022 release date, early access and PC specifications, through to key features in F1 Manager 2022 in order to ensure you stay in pole position.

F1 Manager 2022 – What Is It All About?

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The first thing that should be made clear about F1 Manager 2022 is that you won’t actually do any of the driving stuff. I know it might seem obvious, but it’s still worth mentioning all the same and after all, there are plenty of actual F1 racing games that let you do just that anyway. The focus of F1 Manager 2022 is instead on providing the player with complete control over all aspects of their Formula 1 team, allowing substantial creative freedom to change everything from the roster of drivers and pit crew, through to the engineering of the cars themselves and the numerous sponsorships and other fiscal responsibilities that a Formula 1 head cheese would be expected to deal with.

It’s also worth noting that despite its title, F1 Manager 2022 also lets aspiring motorsport bosses take control of Formula 2 and 3 teams too.

How Do You Build A Team?

In F1 Manager 2022 building your team is not some sort of trite activity, but rather a sophisticated tactical effort which demands that you create a hugely successful network of interworking groups to address every aspect of your Formula 1 management career. This essentially means fashioning a best-in-class team from scratch that includes maintenance personnel, drivers, admin staff and more in order to not just try and keep pole position in every season, but keep your finances and operations in the black too.

Your team in F1 Manager 2022 isn’t static either. As the seasons and years go by the performance of everyone on your team will begin to decline, luckily though you can scout out up and coming talent from other Formula 1 teams to keep yourself afloat.

How Does Car Engineering And Customisation/.

Though obvious, it cannot be understated just how crucial it is to master car design in F1 Manager 2022. Dovetailing into your overall management strategy, F1 Manager 2022 has you choosing parts and tweaking the racing profile of your ride.

As such, F1 Manager 2022 permits players to elect for a balanced design or focus on specific aspects, such as acceleration, tyre durability and so on depending on the dynamic requirements of the races and seasons ahead. Essentially, if there’s an element of Formula 1 racing that needs managing and monitoring, you’ll be taking full control of it in F1 Manager 2022.

What Actually Happens During Races?

Though players cannot take part directly in the racing side of things in F1 Manager 2022, those races are still played out in fully rendered glorious 3D visuals, with all the detailed recreations of global Formula 1 racing tracks, car models, dynamic weather conditions, crashes and more that ably reflects a contemporary broadcast of the world’s fastest motorsport.

Additionally, rather than relegating players to the role of an ineffectual observer, F1 Manager 2022 provides players with a substantial amount of creative control over the race itself, allowing players to adjust everything from in-car racing behaviour, pit crew management, under the hood pit tweaks and much, much more.

Does F1 Manager 2022 Support Multiplayer?

In its current iteration F1 Manager 2022 does not support multiplayer and is a single-player offering only. However as with just about any game, it isn’t entirely implausible that some sort of patch or update might arrive further down the line enabling players to compete with their mates for motorsport management supremacy.

F1 Manager 2022 Release Date – When And Where Can I Play It?

The F1 Manager 2022 release date has been confirmed as August 30, 2022. It’ll be getting a full release on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, as well as PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S platforms. Sadly, no F1 Manager 2022 Nintendo Switch release appears to be on the horizon, effectively consigning Frontier Developments Formula One management title to the pits on Nintendo’s super popular console platform.

F1 Manager 2022 Early Access – How To Play F1 Manager 2022 Before Release

If you want to get into the F1 Manager 2022 early access period ahead of its official release date, it’s remarkably easy to do so. Quite simply, anybody that digitally pre-orders F1 Manager 2022 can get early access to the game five days ahead early on August 25, 2022. In addition to providing five days worth of play via F1 Manager 2022’s early access period, anybody who preorders the game will also get a very welcome 10% discount off of the price to boot.

Can My PC Run F1 Manager 2022?

Don’t let the fact that F1 Manager 2022 is a management sim fool you – developer Frontier Developments has packed in some highly detailed cars, environments and a veritable truckload of effects work to boot in order to make F1 Manager 2022’s races as close to the real-life spectacle as possible.

Thankfully though, the F1 Manager 2022 PC specifications are fairly restrained for the most part, meaning if you’ve got a reasonable gaming rig from the last three years or so, you’ll be fine to watch your driver tear up the track just like that Lewis Hamilton lad with little issue.

Minimum PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX-8370
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or AMD R9 280x (3GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

Recommended PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10, 11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1080 or Radeon RX 580 (4GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

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Top Rocket League Tips and Tricks – Rocket League Beginner’s Guide

Looking for a beginner’s guide to Rocket League? We’ve got you covered. Rocket League celebrated its 7^th birthday this year and Psyonix’s hit keeps going strong. Having switched to a free-to-play model back in 2020, there’s never been a better time to jump in for some car football. However, if you’re looking to get involved in competitive play, you’ll want to know the best Rocket League tips currently going.

At its core, Rocket League remains the same multiplayer game it was back in 2015.

We’re still competing in (usually) 3v3 teams to score the most goals over a 5-minute match,

controlling a rocket powered vehicle to shoot instead of using our feet. Rocket League’s an easy game for newcomers, you can’t tweak these cars for a performance advantage, it’s a difficult one to master.

Rocket League Tips

Within this list, you’ll find several tried and tested Rocket League tips and tricks for any newcomers. Just remember that like with anything, practice makes perfect and while we can’t score those impressive aerials for you, this advice can give you a competitive edge when starting out. With that in mind, here’s our top five Rocket League tips for improving your game.

Adjust the camera settings

I know what you’re thinking. You came in expecting advice on how to score stylishly and you’ve found us talking about camera settings? I’ll concede this isn’t the most exciting tip but hear us out, camera settings are crucial. Rocket League’s default settings showcase the action ahead decently, but should you wish, the game lets you individually tweak several key aspects, like field of view or distance.

This tip isn’t here to tell you exactly what this should be changed too. You might find other players have listed their own settings online, which is perfectly fine, but everyone has personal preferences. If you’re finding it difficult to land those specific shots or you’d like to see more of the arena, consider giving these a tweak. This could be the difference in securing that winning shot and losing the match.

Rotate between positions

Rotations are the key to any successful team coordination with Rocket League. If you’re looking to get serious in 3v3s, I’d suggest finding two friends willing to play, mainly because you’ll have a much easier time convincing them to follow a plan than random online players. That’s because rotations involve changing positions on the field to better assist your teammates, doing what benefits them instead of chasing personal glory.

Assuming you’ve not chosen 1v1 mode, you can’t always be the person taking shots and intercepting your opponent’s strikes. Talk with your squad, discuss who’s lining up the pass and who’s taking that shot, maybe hang back slightly if you know the ball’s not going in. You can’t win a team game by acting alone, make sure they know what you’re doing

Don’t go ball chasing

This tip is essentially an extension on my rotation advice and for good reason, ball chasers are a common problem in 2v2 and 3v3 matches. In a game where you’re aiming to score as many goals as possible, it’s naturally tempting to rush in for that hit, and we’ve all made this mistake when starting out as rookies. However, this can ultimately lose you the game and some prime scoring opportunities.

Why? It can put you out of position. When a teammate’s already dribbling up the side, they don’t need you gunning it right behind them, ready to strike if something goes wrong or to take the shot for them. If there’s no one in the middle, a good pass from said teammate suddenly amounts to nothing. By then, you’ve missed a goal scoring opportunity and frustrated teammates in one go. Just remember that you don’t need to take every shot.

Use boost carefully

Boosting is an essential part of any Rocket League strategy. Letting you store up to 100 boost units, players demolish an opponent’s car, take aerial shots, or simply move across the field at pace. Unfortunately, this gets quickly consumed and while each stadium has no end of boost pads, I’d recommend saving them until an appropriate time. After all, how many assists have we failed to convert because we couldn’t reach the ball in time?

Once you’ve hit maximum speed, further boosts are unnecessary and while it’s a sensible plan to keep your tank replenished, you don’t necessarily need to go out of your way collecting them. You’ll find smaller ones littered around an arena which restore 12 units, alongside 6 larger orbs that restore 100 units, though these take much longer to respawn. Remember that your teammates need a boost too, they’ll (maybe) thank you later.

Defend From the Back Post

Rocket League doesn’t enforce set positions like in football/soccer but when it comes to 2v2s or 3v3 matches, sometimes players hang back to act as a goalkeeper. If you’re winning a match and are taking a cautious approach, there’s no shame in acting defensively, of course, but this isn’t the best strategy. Ideally, you’ll want to place your car by the back post, the one furthest from whatever side of the goal the ball’s at.

That’s because you’ll have a better reaction window to intercept an aerial shot. If you’re positioned by the near post, there’s a much better chance your opponent can shoot this straight over your head. If there’s a teammate close to said opponent, that frees them up to attempt a direct tackle without compromising defence. Ultimately, it’s a better way to counter side shots than waiting in the middle.

All TMNT Games Ranked

Ever since the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles leapt from the comics and into the small screens of our childhood back in the late 1980s, there has been a veritable slew of TMNT video games for fans to get stuck into. From some classic arcade efforts to more recent entries that have sought to recreate the halcyon days of TMNT video games, our handy guide will break down all the TMNT games ranked, letting you know which TMNT video games do the most justice to those heroes in a half-shell.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Arguably the worst TMNT game ever released, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles attempted to cash in on the love of its newfound audience with a hybrid action adventure approach that combined top-down exploration with side-scrolling platforming and combat when it released on 8-bit console and 16-bit home computer platforms in 1989. The problem however, is that this take on everyone’s pizza gobbling ninja turtles was generously stuffed with unfair level design, less than satisfying combat, sluggish platforming and a ridiculous level of difficulty.

A bigger problem for parents at the time however was that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shared a very similar namesake with the much, much, much better TMNT: The Arcade Game which released at around the same point. Naturally, this resulted in plenty of excited young folk being bought the ‘latest’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for their birthday or the holidays only to be confronted with this abomination.

TMNT: Mutant Melee

Based off of the largely crummy 2003 TMNT animated television show, TMNT: Mutant Melee released for PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and PC back in 2005 and is just extravagantly terrible. Essentially an arena based fighter that tried to evoke the likes of Capcom’s superb Power Stone but seemingly failed to even capture the merest hint of that game’s lofty essence, TMNT: Mutant Melee had an utterly threadbare ‘adventure’ mode that was linked together by dreary and repetitive text based exposition and two multiplayer modes – a king of the hill and survival variant and that’s your lot. Deathly boring, poorly made and boasting toilet bowl production values, TMNT: Mutant Melee’s main claim to fame is that it is quite easily the second worst TMNT game ever made. Avoid like an asbestos-covered pizza.

TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan

Developed by PlatinumGames (yes, *that* PlatinumGames) for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC, Mutants in Manhattan has the dubious distinction of not only being a highly derivative, poorly optimised and massively un-fun roaming brawler, but it also happens to be PlatinumGames biggest misfire in years. Sluggish, uninspiring and just downright unenjoyable, TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan cements its place as not just a stain on PlatinumGames’ usually lofty calibre of work, but also as one of the most enduringly bad TMNT games ever made. Bravo, I guess?

TMNT: Tournament Fighters

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Effectively transplanting the one on one, two-dimensional scrappery of Street Fighter II into the realm of our half-shelled heroes, TMNT: Tournament Fighters might have borrowed an eyebrow raising amount of concepts from Capcom’s legendary fighter, but it also had a few neat tricks of its own too. Chief among these was that the game was much more accessible than Street Fighter II, with a streamlined control system that allows for special attacks to be pulled off with just a couple of button presses, while a special red ball power-up that appears during matches can also be used to turn the tide of proceedings. Oh and the SNES version of Tournament Fighters is the one you want, since the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive edition of the game has fewer moves and is much more sluggish than its Nintendo counterpart.

TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, releasing exclusively on the Game Boy Advance and based off of the 2007 movie of the same name, TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles re-imagined the events of that film as a side-scrolling brawler for Nintendo’s diminutive handheld. Filled with gorgeous sprite art and foot-tapping soundtracks, TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was both wildly better and different than the PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PSP, Nintendo DS and PC versions of the same game, thanks to a dogged focus on super satisfying side-scrolling brawling action and the inclusion of neat features such as being able to summon other turtles for support during battles. Certainly one of the better TMNT games, TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles only misses out entering the upper echelon of the best TMNT games thanks to a lack of cooperative play.

TMNT: The Arcade Game

One of the most fondly remembered coin guzzlers of the late 1980s and early 1990s, TMNT: The Arcade Game was pretty much everything you wanted from a TMNT game. With its vividly colourful visuals, variety of accurate sound samples and a bop-worthy rendition of the theme song that masterfully mirrored its cartoon counterpart, it’s no surprise that TMNT: The Arcade Game gained so much attention all those years ago. More than that though, TMNT: The Arcade Game was basically TMNT meets Final Fight as it allowed players to choose from each of the four half-shelled heroes as they progressed from left to right, smashing up the Foot Clan before finally facing off with Shredder and the alien overlord known as a Krang. What’s not to like, eh?

TMNT: Turtles in Time

Building upon what Konami had wrought with TMNT: The Arcade Game, TMNT: Turtles in Time gives players more of what they loved from its 1989 predecessor, but this time console folks finally got a great game that ably matched its arcade equivalent, too. Exclusive to Nintendo’s SNES console in home markets, TMNT: Turtles in Time built upon its side-scrolling brawler predecessor by enabling players to slam enemies into one another while also permitting the use of a devastating power attack to even things up during busy scenes. Certainly one of the better TMNT games around, it would later be remade and ported to the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles in 2009 under the guise of TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled with gorgeous new 2.5D visuals and extra modes. Annoyingly though, this seemingly all-singing, all-dancing remake of TMNT: Turtles in Time didn’t include any of the original levels seen in the SNES version of the game which, y’know, wasn’t ideal.

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge takes the side-scrolling arcade brawler concept that the 1989 arcade original game came up with and brilliantly expands on it in every meaningful way you can possibly imagine. Developed by Tribute Games, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge simply fires on every cylinder, with opulent sprite work, charm infused animations and backgrounds that do a tremendous job of evoking the source material, paired with six-player cooperative play, super responsive brawling gameplay and the sort of bouncy, boundless energy that any game based on the heroes in a half-shell should ooze from every green pore. Absolutely essential for both fans of TMNT and side-scrolling brawlers alike, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge sits at the zenith of the best TMNT games and is quite simply unmissable unless you have a tragic aversion to fun.

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What Is Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed?

After THQ Nordic and porting studio Black Forest Games breathed new life into the first Destroy All Humans! title, it perhaps came as little surprise that two would unite once more to bring Destroy All Humans! 2 to an all-new audience in the form of Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed. Just what is it though?

If you want to know when the Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed release date is and what the recommended system requirements are, we’ve got answers to all of those questions and more right here in our handy guide.

Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed – What’s It All About?

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Originally released all the way back in 2006, Destroy All Humans! 2 was (unsurprisingly) the sequel to the first title which launched just one year before. Boasting a much larger selection of locations for its villainous, glib alien protagonist, Crypto, to wreak havoc across in addition to a range of new abilities for him to use, it built upon the foundations of its predecessor in all the ways that a decent sequel should, all the while maintaining the absurd, action-adventure trappings of the first game.

More than that, this sequel also transported the action into the swinging 60s and wasted no time in leveraging the psychedelia of the period alongside hefty doses of Cold War tropes that are used for more than a few on-the-nose laughs. Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed meanwhile, takes that sequel and completely overhauls the visual side of things thanks to a complete rebuild in Unreal Engine 4, ensuring that while the game plays just like you remember from 2006, it also resembles much more contemporary fare into the bargain.

Is It A Remake?

Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed is a remake and it certainly ranks as one of the better ones from a technical perspective. Completely remade in Unreal Engine 4, it boasts all-new assets, character models, textures, lighting effects, shadow effects and more to bring Crypto’s second outing bang up to date. While Black Forest Games have completely remade the game from a presentation standpoint, it’s also equally important to note that the basic gameplay of Destroy All Humans! 2 remains completely intact.

However, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing new. Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed does also boast a couple of other neat additions such as giving players the ability to use all of Crypto’s skins from the game and alter the paint job on his flying saucer.

How Does It Differ From The First Game?

Like any good sequel that is worth its weight in bucks and pounds, Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed builds upon its 2020 prequel (which itself was also a full remake) in a range of interesting ways. First off, while the offbeat open-world, action-adventure shenanigans that defined the first game remain intact thanks to much larger and varied maps which take in fictionalised versions of London, San Francisco, Siberia and Tokyo, it goes a step further by allowing Crypto to bodysnatch other humans, using them to access previously unreachable areas and generally provide more variety to the proceedings.

In addition, Destroy All Humans! 2 not only also provides Crypto with a freshly upgraded arsenal to unleash his vengeance upon the KGB goons that have destroyed his precious mothership, but it also taps into its evocative 1960s setting by giving Crypto a hugely fun ‘Free Love’ ability that forces his victims into a psychedelic musical groove, making them temporarily forget his presence as a result.

Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed Release Date – When And Where Can I Play It?

The Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed release date has been confirmed as August 30, 2022. It’ll be getting a full release on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms. Sadly though, it doesn’t look like it will be released on PS4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch platforms at this time, as Crypto appears to be going all in with this remake of his second adventure from a technical standpoint.

Does Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed Have Multiplayer?

Yes! Not only does Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed have multiplayer, but it has the *really great* type of multiplayer that lets you play through the entire campaign in split-screen mode with a local flesh and blood buddy. Honestly, just about every developer should strive to do this, so bravo on Black Forest Games for maintaining the split-screen campaign co-op shenanigans that made the original game so much fun to play with a friend back in 2006.

Can My PC Run Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed?

Given that Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed has been built from the ground up on Unreal Engine 4 and is not set to release on any of the last generation consoles, it’s perhaps not that surprising to discover that the Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed PC requirements are similarly beefy. So if you find yourself wondering whether or not your PC can run this game we’ve got answers to that very question below.

That said, if your PC rig was able to run the 2020 remake of Destroy All Humans! just fine, then you’ll have little issue here as other than the larger storage needs, the requirements between the two games are extremely similar to say the least.

Minimum PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: AMD / Intel CPU running at 3.0 GHz or higher: AMD Kaveri A10-7850K or Intel Pentium DualCore G3220 or newer is recommended / Ryzen 5 2400G (for systems using an integrated GPU)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11.0 and Shader Model 5.1 support
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 50 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

Recommended PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: AMD / Intel processor running at 3.4 GHz or higher (AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or Intel Core i7 6700K or newer is recommended)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 12.0 and Shader Model 6.0 support
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 50 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

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Everything you need to know about Thymesia

If you want to learn everything you need to know about Thymesia, then you’re in the right place. Thymesia is the latest game to take on the genre of Soulslikes, but this one’s clearly aiming more for a Bloodborne and Sekiro feel than it is Dark Souls. As we’ve not had many games attempt that as of yet, it’s an interesting time to be a fan of getting beaten up in games by enemies with too much health.

Thymesia described itself as being a “gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system.” You take control of someone called Corvus, and you have to use powers fuelled by disease to find out what’s happened to you and why you have no memories. That’s all basically window-dressing for being a plague doctor who has no interest in helping people, but does want to figure out why there are weird monsters all over the place.

With all of that in mind, here’s everything you need to know about Thymesia including its release date, gameplay, and a trailer too. So, let’s get stuck in, but make sure you’ve had your vaccine first because this plague looks rough.

Thymesia Release Date

The Thymesia release date is August 18th, 2022. The game is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. So, as long as you’ve got one of the current-gen consoles or a semi-decent PC, you’ll be able to get stuck in. If you don’t have those and only have a Nintendo Switch, you’ll be glad to know that it’s coming to the handheld hybrid via a Cloud version too.

While Thymesia was initially meant to release on August 9th, it got pushed back byt the developers so they had a little bit more time to work on it. Hopefully, that means that we’ll all have a more polished game, and the devs will get a nice break afterwards as well.

Thymesia Gameplay

Thymesia’s gameplay looks to be incredibly fast-paced, with players having to dodge, parry, and use special abilities in order to take out tough enemies. As this is a Soulslike, you can expect even the most humble of enemies to be able to take you to task, so you’ll need to figure out your own playstyle using a mix of Corvus’ weapons, plague weapons, and raven abilities to whittle down different enemy types.

What’s really cool is that you can apparently seize weapons from both enemies and bosses and use them against the monsters. There’s a lot there, and it seems like you’ll be able to mess around and find your own style as you delve deeper into the game. This seems especially important, because if you take a look at the trailer, it shows off a huge array of different areas, enemies, and abilities to use.

Thymesia Trailer

If all of that has you absolutely itching to watch what it’s like, then good news, there’s a trailer. It shows off various areas filled with different colour palettes filled with humanoid and monstrous enemies all trying to attack Corvus and failing as Corvus brutally dismembers nearly all of them while looking incredibly cool. It’s an undeniably stylish game, and it’s a beautiful thing to watch in motion.

Of course, the trailer is being played by someone competent who knows the game inside and out, so don’t expect to look that cool straight away, or possibly ever. Still though, it’s a very pretty take on a pandemic, which makes a nice change from real life at least.

If you’re keen to see how things look on Switch, then you’re in luck because there’s a Thymesia trailer specifically for that. We’re not going to vouch for a cloud version on Switch, but aside from the slightly blurrier graphics, it still looks pretty smooth, which is always a nice thing.

Thymesia System Requirements

Is your rig beefy enough to take the fight into the mean streets of Thymesia? Check out the system requirements here.-

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64 Bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 16 GB available space

Recommended Requirements::

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64 Bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 16 GB available space

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All Destiny 2 Expansions in Order

Destiny 2 is so massive that you’d need a good expansion list just to see how far it’s come. It’s only made more complex by things like going free-to-play, but not completely, having content locked away and then unlocked, and also whatever is going on with Eris Morn, everyone’s favourite goth space wizard.

Thankfully, if you’re hoping to figure out what’s going on in the world of Destiny 2, we’ve gone ahead and made a Destiny 2 expansion list for you. We’re not going to dive into the stories of each in too much depth, that’s what YouTube is for, but we’ll give you a little overview of what each expansion brought in.

Destiny 2 Expansion List

Naturally, if you want the full story you should also try and catch up on what happened in Destiny 1, at the time simply known as Destiny, but again, YouTube is your friend here. With that out of the way, let’s dive into the Destiny 2 expansion in order.

Curse of Osiris: December 5, 2017

it's osiris and the sadly departed safira

Curse of Osiris takes place after The Red War of the original Destiny 2 campaign, with the Tower in tatters after an assault, and things generally looking dire. You, of course, save the day, but not without a few casualties on the way. Curse of Osiris then came in and allowed players to visit Mercury, where you have to fight through different Vex monstrosities to try and rescue the legendary Osiris and his Ghost, Safira.

Warmind: May 8, 2018

Warmind focuses, unsurprisingly, on the main Warmind of the Destiny 2 universe. Players had to try and fight off enemies across the galaxy while also fighting off a big old Hive worm god called Xul, and also deal with the increasingly tricksy Warmind Rasputin. On the plus side, we did all get to explore Mars for a bit, and that was pretty cool.

Forsaken: September 4, 2018

Forsaken was kind of a doozy. That’s because from hereon, the expansions became yearly instead of bi-yearly, making each one more sizable and meaty. This expansion saw players exploring the Tangled Shore, and the Dreaming City, both of which had their own unique qualities. This expansion added a new super for each Guardian Subclass along with the new Bow weapon, which everyone knows is for nerds who are particularly charming.

Buy the Destiny 2: Legacy Collection here (includes the Forsaken Pack).

Shadowkeep: October 1, 2019

Shadowkeep was the final expansion before the great reset of Beyond Light, but we’ll get to that shortly. It was also the first expansion released after Bungie and Activision Blizzard had split up, which technically makes it an indie game. Here we found ourselves back on the Moon fighting off Nightmares of the enemies players had defeated in the past. It was very cool, very red, and decidedly more spooky than a lot of what Destiny had done before.

Buy Destiny 2: Shadowkeep here.

Beyond Light: November 10, 2020

This is where things get a little complicated. At this point, Bungie made the game free-to-play, but also removed The Red War, Curse of Osiris, and Warmind from the game and plonked them into the Content Vault. They also vaulted Mercury, the Leviathan, Mars, Io, and Titan too, to try and keep the game looking slim. Along with that, we got the new Armour system, the Cosmodrome from OG Destiny reappeared, and players got to grapple with Stasis on Europa, the first Darkness power Guardians have had.

Buy Destiny 2: Beyond Light here.

The Witch Queen: February 22, 2022

Here we have the most recent expansion, which is humungous, a word which isn’t used enough in our opinion. This saw guardians facing off against the incredibly cunning Hive god of cunning, Savathûn on her throne world. This is because she’s somehow made Light Guardians out of some Hive, which is incredibly creepy. This expansion also saw the beginnings of a subclass rework across the board, with Void classes being up first, and the other classes coming along in different seasons.

Buy Destiny 2: The Witch Queen here.

Future Destiny 2 Expansions

That brings us up to where we are now, which leads us all to wonder about future Destiny 2 expansions. Well, we’ve got some good news. The next two expansions, which should come in 2023 and 2024 are Lightfall and The Final Shape respectively. Not much is known about either of these, but we can expect new destinations to be a mix of old and new places, and probably a few more systems to wrap our poor exhausted minds around. We doubt we’ll see the end of the Destiny story in this game, but who knows what the future holds for Ghosts or Guardians, which ironically, is the name of our favourite post-metal band.

Everything You Need To Know About Skull and Bones

It’s been five years since Skull and Bones was first revealed and the wait is almost over. Inspired by the naval warfare of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Ubisoft’s latest sees players take to the seas in a new open-world adventure, refreshing these mechanics inside an original setting. However, it’s not been the smoothest ride for the French publisher, who’ve reportedly suffered major development issues along the way.

Thankfully, things appear to be back on track and a recent Ubisoft Forward presentation gave us a confirmed release date. Crucially, that also provided a fresh look at Skull and Bones’ gameplay, breaking down the progression system, ship and character customisation, crafting, the open-world systems it’ll use, and more.

We’ll get more into that shortly but for now, here’s everything we know about Skull and Bones.

Skull and Bones Release date

Ubisoft confirmed during the Ubisoft Forward presentation that Skull and Bones will launch on November 8, 2022. It’ll arrive on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (via the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Connect). If you’re a fan of cloud streaming, we’ve got excellent news, it’s coming to Google Stadia and Amazon Luna too.

Sadly, if you’re hoping for a PS4 or Xbox One release, you’re out of luck this time. Despite Ubisoft mostly sticking to cross-generation launches these last two years, Skull and Bones is skipping last-gen consoles. Back at E3 2017, Ubisoft had announced it was due to arrive on both consoles with a confirmed 2018 release window. Likely due to the protracted development cycle and delays, these last-gen plans have since been scrapped.

Skull and Bones Gameplay

Skull and Bones sees us playing as a pirate across the Indian Ocean. Having been shipwrecked, we’re now out to scout for resources, building up a low-tier ship to become the most feared swashbuckler across the seven seas. This starts by visiting Sainte-Anne, our pirate den and in-game hub, where we can meet other players, buy ship upgrades, and plenty more. Across this open world, we’ll be scouting for materials to craft equipment, alongside fighting AI pirates and fearsome animals, like sharks, for resources

You can play solo or team up with friends, but it’s worth noting that there’s no campaign in the traditional sense. This isn’t your standard story-driven adventure and as a live-service game, Ubisoft has a post-launch roadmap in mind for future updates, so you won’t hit credits after a “last” mission. You’ll find some story elements within, just don’t go into this expecting a full narrative experience.

Fittingly, Skull and Bones tracks progression through the Infamy system, presenting players with new opportunities as your reputation grows. This can be improved through hunts, raids, exploration, completing NPC contracts, and more. Those contracts often involve bounty hunting or finding treasures, which raises our infamy. Completing these also rewards us with blueprints, and that brings us onto our next point.

Crafting plays a key role in Skull and Bones. Here, players can create new weapons, fresh armour, upgrade your ship, or build entirely new vessels, providing you’ve got the right blueprint and materials. Obtaining the best ships doesn’t come easily, so be prepared to sink considerable time in here. So far, we’re aware of three ship types with different hull types for better customisation, and we could see more revealed later on.

First, there’s Cargo Ships. These let you carry considerably more loot but contain several drawbacks, like slower speeds and reduced firepower. Second is Navigation Ships, which prioritise manoeuvrability to become the fastest vessels going, making them great for scouting and retreating. Just be prepared for reduced loot space if this is your choice. Finally, Firepower Ships are for those looking more towards combat, loading up more guns than the other two. Basically, it’ll all come down to personal preference.

Skull and Bones Multiplayer

As mentioned before, Skull and Bones can be played alone but Ubisoft’s gearing up for a multiplayer experience too.

Using a shared open world, you can play alongside 20 additional players on your server. They can’t hurt you around Sainte-Anne since this is considered “safe waters”, but you can be targeted further out. Making matters worse, anyone carrying significant loot will be classed as a high value target, which is visible to other players. Furthermore, contracts can be carried out with friends, letting you team up in exchange for splitting the earnings.

Or… if you’re after a more competitive touch, you can compete against five players in Disputed Waters. This is a PvP mode where you’ll fight each other’s ships to the death, stealing the loser’s treasure. It’s reminiscent of what Skull and Bones originally promised when Ubisoft first revealed the game. While this aspect has been changed over development, there’s still plenty here that you can do with others.

Skull and Bones Trailer

Ubisoft’s released several for Skull and Bones trailers and videos previously back in 2018. However, thanks to significant changes made during the game’s development, those are largely irrelevant at this stage. Sure, the game still retains that basic premise but if you’re looking to get a good look at this, all you need to worry about is the Ubisoft Forward presentation. This took place on July 7, 2022, giving us a fresh look at Skull and Bones’ gameplay systems.

If you’re curious to learn more, you can watch this in action below:

Skull and Bones System Requirements

Naturally, anyone playing Skull and Bones on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Google Stadia or Amazon Luna won’t need to worry about system requirements. However, if you’re on PC and hoping to learn what setup is needed, we’ve got bad news: Ubisoft hasn’t formally confirmed the Skull and Bones system requirements, not just yet.

Considering it’s only running natively on new-gen consoles, we’d expect you’ll need a mid-range setup to hit Skull and Bones minimum requirements. Admittedly, that’s speculative but given the November launch, we can’t imagine Ubisoft won’t release these details soon. We’ll keep this updated as we learn more.

The Best Post Apocalyptic Games On Steam

What are the best apocalyptic games? Taking a glimpse at far-flung, ruinous futures is compelling, not least because it makes us confront just how humanity would succeed or fail when civilization decides to crumble around our ears. When it comes to video games, we find ourselves generously spoiled with not just the quality of post apocalyptic offerings, but the sheer variety of them too. So without further ado, these are the best apocalyptic games on Steam that you can buy right now.

The Best Post Apocalyptic Games On Steam

Days Gone

Though on first glance Sony Bend’s open world zombie shooter would seem to err towards the usual zombie mashing fare, Days Gone separates itself from the pack by introducing a level of spectacle not usually associated with the genre. Cast as Deacon St. John, a grizzled drifter travelling across a broken Pacific Northwest looking for a reason to live after losing his wife, players must scavenge supplies, confront violent gangs and attempt to stem the flow of the undead as the narrative begins to reveal the genesis behind the outbreak. With hundreds of zombies on screen at any one time that terrifyingly flood the landscape combined with the thrill of riding a massive motorbike across a vividly rendered open-world, Days Gone is the narrative driven, open-world zombie mashing extravaganza that you’ve always wanted.

Buy Days Gone for PC here.

Fallout: New Vegas

Widely and rightly regarded as the best Fallout game ever made, Fallout: New Vegas boldly transplants the series into the degenerate dust bowl of (Las) New Vegas where a ruling despot and rival gangs have essentially turned Sin City into a quagmire of violence and betrayal.

Anchored by some tremendously written characters, plotlines and proudly boasting a pitch black streak of comedy courtesy of developer Obsidian Entertainment, Fallout: New Vegas still remains one of the very best apocalyptic games that you can buy right now.

Buy Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition here.

Frostpunk

Put in charge of the last city on Earth in the midst of a frosty apocalypse that has rendered large swathes of the planet uninhabitable, Frostpunk is all about managing your modest, close-knit society to ensure that they survive the seemingly endless winter by any means possible. In a world stuffed with no good moral choices, Frostpunk is all about achieving a level of survivability that is often at odds with your own moral compass, all the while trying to innovate and embrace new technology to ensure that your city thrives long into the future.

With a number of dynamic story scenarios and a wide variety of customisable scenarios to boot, Frostpunk is a thoughtful post apocalyptic offering that will keep you busy for the weeks and months to come.

Buy Frostpunk here.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Eschewing the usual scorched earth and frosty tundras that often tend to permeate post apocalyptic settings, Horizon Zero Dawn instead envisions a verdant, lush world where nature has started to regain her domain and humanity finds itself pushed to fringes of the planet as it deals with an insurgent machine menace.

A third-person, open-world adventure RPG with style and flair to spare, Horizon Zero Dawn roundly succeeds in providing players with a rollicking post-apocalyptic yarn underpinned by some incredible visuals and tremendously versatile and satisfying combat to boot.

Buy Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition here.

Mad Max

A card carrying member of the club of movie tie-in games that aren’t face-palmingly awful, Mad Max comes from Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios and more than does justice to its source material. Putting players in the ragged, strappy boots of the titular mad lad, Mad Max is a hyper violent third-person open world adventure that has the apocalyptic aussie driving across a parched hellscape, cracking skulls, ramming thugs off the road and upgrading vehicles in the pursuit of an apparently mythical paradise.

Aesthetically drawing heavily on 2015’s superb Mad Max: Fury Road movie, Mad Max is a hugely underrated post apocalyptic game that demands your attention.

Buy Mad Max here.

Nuclear Throne

Completely different from any of the other post-apocalyptic games in this feature, Nuclear Throne is a top-down, roguelike shooter with an abundance of charm. Rather than putting players in control of some rugged survivor or armed-to-the-teeth mercenary, Nuclear Throne instead asks that you provide agency to different mutated blobs that each have their own strengths, weaknesses and special abilities.

The kicker however, is that as you progress through the game you unlock special temporary mutations, such as extra health, the ability to explode corpses and more that all allow players to shape their own play style with aplomb. Absolutely drenched in a ‘one more go’ vibe, Nuclear Throne remains to this day a superb post apocalyptic yarn that is both surprisingly sophisticated and also immediately gratifying.

This War Of Mine

Rather than thrusting a weapon into the hands of the player or otherwise blessing them with a talent for murdering other folk with reckless abandon, This War of Mine instead approches the aftermath of an apocalypse-feeling war in a different way. Putting players in charge of a band of vulnerable civilians against the backdrop of a civil war that has decimated their neighbourhood and killed many of their friends, This War of Mine tasks players with not only keeping their ragtag band alive, but happy too.

Make too many immoral decisions in the pursuit of survival and soon your friends will abandon you, or worse still, become depressed and eventually pass away. This War of Mine is a relentlessly grim post apocalyptic survival offering that is as enjoyable and deceptively deep as it is harrowing to experience.

Buy This War of Mine here.

Tom Clancy’s The Division

the division, one of the best post apocalyptic games out there

Though the notion of a third-person looter cover shooter isn’t necessarily a fresh one, the post apocalyptic setting of Tom Clancy’s The Division allows Ubisoft’s offering to be more than the sum of its parts. Unfolding in a snow mottled New York City struggling to recover from a widespread chemical weapon attack, Tom Clancy’s The Division depicts a picturesque but partially ruined take on the Big Apple, with the scars of warfare between local gangs evident everywhere from Times Square to Central Park and all the streets in-between.

A handsomely made cover shooter with a decent progression system that is best enjoyed with friends, Tom Clancy’s The Division certainly makes a stand as one of the better post-apocalyptic games available.

Buy Tom Clancy’s The Division here.

Homeworld: The Story So Far

One of the most beloved and critically well received real-time strategy series out there, the Homeworld games have long enthralled players with a blissfully epic mix of intergalactic strategy and compelling storytelling. With a number of different games, expansions, remasters and more making up the series, join us for the story of Homeworld so far as we chronicle the past, present and future of this indisputably legendary RTS series.

Homeworld

The first game to be developed by Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War and Company of Heroes studio Relic Entertainment, Homeworld was and remains a science fiction RTS quite unlike any other. As the commander of a vast fleet of exiled Kushan or Taiidan ships that must seek a new home on a far-flung planet, Homeworld’s premise is certainly one with both sweep and scope that neatly dovetails into its real-time strategy beats.

Embracing a story driven single-player campaign and viewing the action from a spherical view across all three axes, Homeworld charts the journey of the fleet through sixteen different levels, each filled with its own primary and secondary objectives that must be completed. Chiefly in charge of a gargantuan mothership that cannot move but can manufacture other ships, Homeworld is all about scooping up the resources in each area, constructing improved craft and defending your fleet from threats whenever necessary in full three-dimensional combat.

Much more than just a science fiction RTS in space, Homeworld makes you feel like you are part of a greater whole, a journey from exile into deliverance that wonderfully echoes and updates the spirit of The Oregon Trail with newfound verve and aplomb.

Homeworld: Emergence

Formerly known as Homeworld: Cataclysm (thanks to some legal wrangling from Blizzard on account of the word ‘cataclysm’ already being trademarked for its third World of Warcraft expansion), Homeworld: Emergence is a Homeworld expansion pack which boasts a single-player campaign that takes place fifteen years after the event of the original game.

Unfolding on the newly reclaimed world of Hiigara, Homeworld: Emergence tracks the plight of the Kushan as they deal with internal fighting, hostile external factions and the rise of an all-new, horribly infectious enemy known as “the Beast”. Even though Homeworld: Emergence relies on the same engine as the original game and the same design, a range of new features have been added such as transforming ships, new craft designs and much smaller fleets, resulting in more focused battles against pockets of enemies, rather than the epic encounters that defined the base game.

Homeworld 2

Released some four years after the first Homeworld, Homeworld 2 retains the three dimensional, real-time strategy mechanics that made the original such a compelling prospect, in addition to the threading of an all-new narrative through the numerous missions of its sprawling single-player campaign.

A direct continuation of Homeworld’s story that assumes that the Kushan are the canonical good guys, Homeworld 2 has the now established Hiigaran forces attempting to ward off an invasion from the Vaygr, a vicious race of galaxy conquering marauders that are hellbent on destroying the planet of Hiigara. As was the case with the missions seen in the first Homeworld, Homeworld 2 has players manoeuvring a sizable fleet in three-dimensional space, engineering new ships, fighting massive space battles and more besides. Also as before, while the mothership is the backbone of your fleet (and will result in a quick trip to the main menu if it gets blown into bits), Homeworld 2 allows players to control a much wider number of ship types than ever before, adding further wrinkles to the series’ established tactical formula.

Most keenly though, Homeworld 2’s narrative is one that blows wide open the potential for many more entries in the series, with the Sajuuk progenitor starship that is obtained at the end of the game capable of accessing a series of hyperspace gates that allow the Kushan to expand far beyond the borders of Hiigara.

Homeworld Remastered Collection

Developed by Gearbox Software and released by Gearbox Publishing a decade after the release of Homeworld and Homeworld 2, the Homeworld Remastered Collection did the whole world a favour by allowing an all-new generation to experience these (inter)stellar science-fiction real-time strategy games for the first time.

Boasting an invigorated audiovisual presentation that encompasses higher detail models, support for 4K resolution, reworked special effects, recreated cinematics, full mod support and fully remastered musical score and voice samples, the Homeworld Remastered Collection is arguably the best way to experience this pair of incredible, intergalactic real-time strategy offerings. Wonderfully, the Homeworld Remastered Collection also includes the ‘classic’ versions of Homeworld and Homeworld 2 which, you know, is quite nice.

Buy the Homeworld Remastered Collection here.

Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak

And now for something a little bit different. Shifting the focus away from the deep space exploits of previous Homeworld games, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak instead narrows its focus a little and invites players to take part in a deadly ground war on the surface of Kharak, depicting events that occurred more than a hundred years prior to the first Homeworld title.

With Kharak slowly dying thanks to an ever expanding desert, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is a prequel that has players directing a vast land force under the command of Rachel S’jet, the ancestor of the Kushan commander from the first Homeworld game, who must lead her people to salvation as they desperately reach to the stars as a means to unshackle themselves from their dying realm.

Boasting the same resource gathering gameplay and technology research elements as the mainline Homeworld titles, Deserts of Kharak augments that central concept with thunderous battles that include all manner of ground and air vehicles, forcing players to improvise the sort of flanking and ambush tactics that the previous Homeworld games couldn’t really allow.

Buy Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak here.

Homeworld 3

Initially crowdfunded on the Fig platform, Homeworld 3 is due to release in the first half of 2024 and looks set to combine traditional Homeworld combat beats with the environmental action seen in Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. In Homeworld 3, not only will players be duking it out in the glittering cosmos as before, but vast space derelicts lend an additional wrinkle to the proceedings, providing both players and their enemies with substantial creative latitude to evade and flank their foes effortlessly in full three-dimensional space. Elsewhere, not only does Homeworld 3 include a range of all new ships to get to grips with, but it also promises a new co-operative game scenario as well as a range of player versus player skirmish and team-based battle modes to boot.

Story-wise, Homeworld 3 takes place many, many years after the events of Homeworld 2, depicting a galaxy that has grown reliant on the hyperspace gates discovered in the previous game. However, those very same gates have now begun to fail, forcing the inhabitants of Hiigara to look inward to uncover the mystery behind the sudden deterioration of this technology upon which the galaxy has relied on for so long.

Help us Make the Best Gaming Soundtrack for the Summer

Ah summer. Hot weather, cold drinks, a view of the sea, and summery tunes filling the air. Well, we can’t help with some of these – it may not even be summer where you are right now. No matter what time of year it is where you are, it’s always time for some summer vibes. That’s why we’re here to put together the best summer music gaming soundtrack ever created.

But we need your help to do it.

Build the Greatest Summer Gaming Playlist Ever

We’re asking you to choose the tracks in our playlist. We’ve added a few already – you can check them out below – but we can’t decide everything.

Fill out the form below and every day until the 29th of July, 2022 we will add more tracks from your suggestions.

Let’s fill this summer with brilliant tunes from the best games and surround ourselves with the love for all things gaming.

Listen to our Summer Gaming Playlist on Spotify

Got Spotify? Head over to our playlist and start listening today. This playlist will get bigger over the coming days, fuelled by your suggestions, and soon you’ll have a ton of new summery vibes to chill out with.

Listen to our Summer Gaming Playlist on YouTube

Prefer not to use Spotify? We’ve got you covered – we’re replicating the playlist on YouTube. Check it out below:

Shop Green Man Gaming’s Summer Sale 2022

Getting gaming summer tunes in your ears is one thing but you might also want to play some games too. Our Summer Sale 2022 is packed full of the best games at even better prices, with bonus packs and more to help you get the best start to your summer. Shop today, it’s time for deals.

The Best Video Game Soundtracks Ever

The best video game soundtracks are the ones that stick with you. There are plenty of good soundtracks that feel good in the moment, but the ones that stick around once the game is said and done are what we’d consider the most impressive of the bunch. It’s not like there’s a small number to choose from either, have you seen the number of games that have come out? How on Earth are you meant to pick the best video game soundtracks from among them?

Well, good news, we’re going to go ahead and do it for you. That means you’re not allowed to disagree with you, because we don’t see you making a list about the best video game soundtrack ever, do we?

The Best Video Game Soundtracks Ever

This list has been genuinely troublesome to work out. We’ve decided to go with the songs that are at their best in and out of the game, which means we’re aiming for a set of absolute bops. Let’s dive into the best video game soundtracks ever then.

Transistor

You could easily change this with Bastion, Pyre, or Hades, because every soundtrack that Darren Korb, Ashley Barrett, and their team over at Supergiant Games have released has been absolutely sublime. The mix of wonderfully relevant lyrics, the stunning melodies, the haunting and enchanting voices of both Korb and Barrett make for some of the best music around in and out of gaming. If you’re ever in the need of some emotional tinder, then listening to anything from Transistor is sure to set a flame inside of you, and the unnerving remixes push it above the other options here in our opinion.

Persona 5

“You’ll never see it coming!” Well, you probably did. If you’ve played Persona 5, you don’t need us to preach the gospel of the bouncing soundtrack to you. The menu music alone is enough to make any Persona 5 player have flashbacks and start talking about their favourite relationships in the game, and it’s easy to see why. Just put the soundtrack on at a party and watch the guests light up as the songs flow from one to the next. Or don’t. We’re not the boss of you or parties.

Jet Set Radio

The Jet Set Radio soundtrack is an excellent way of injecting a little bit of rebellious joy into your earholes. The soundtracks from Hideki Naganuma are absolutely unreal, and combine a mix of completely original songs along with licensed music as well.

The mix is heady, and makes for some intensely upbeat tunes to work to, workout to, or just vibe to. It’s impossible to listen to this soundtrack without a smile on your face, and if you don’t believe us, just go ahead and try. We’ll not accept any kind of proof showing it is, in fact, possible to be sad while listening to Jet Set Radio, because we don’t want to hear it.

Risk of Rain 2

As with the Supergiant Games, you could easily swap this for the original Risk of Rain too. The musical compositions created by Chris Christodoulou are some of the most intricate and mixed of any game. Songs flow from heavy metal into funk without missing a beat, and each track will take up residence in your brain while refusing to pay rent, and you’ll just be happy they decided to drop by.

The Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack edges out the original purely because it feels as though it shows how much Christodoulou has improved, and the more recent tracks made for the Void Survivors DLC are something else entirely. It’s a soundtrack that truly feels out of this world.

Buy Risk of Rain 2 here.

Katamari Damacy

“NANA-NANANANANA-NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NANA-NA-

NANA-NANANANANA-NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NANA-NA-

NANA-NANANANANA-NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NANA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA”

That’s how the opening song of Katamari Damacy starts. If you’ve played the game before, then that alone has probably led to you booting up the OST and listening to it. If you’ve not played the game before, then rectify that immediately you fool, you absolute buffoon, what’s wrong with you?

Apologies, it’s rare that gatekeeping spews forth from us, but Katamari Damacy is a magical, nonsensical, universe-defining game that absolutely has to be played by everyone so go and sort that out. Once you’ve done that, go and listen to the OST and your life will improve notably.

Buy Katamari Damacy Reroll here.

Minecraft

Minecraft, to us, is the epitome of the word vibes. We’re not even 100% sure what vibes are if we’re being honest, but whatever they are, the Minecraft soundtrack fits it. There’s something intensely calming about nearly every song on the OST. It’s probably partly due to how relaxing the game itself can be, but it’s still impressive how good the music is even out of context.

Dark Souls

This nearly didn’t get included, but here we are, simping for FromSoftware like fools once again. Every soundtrack FromSoftware has created has been fairly sublime, but perhaps the crowning jewel of the series, at least musically, is the simple “plin plin plon” of Gwyn’s theme.

The sheer power of those three notes is unparalleled, and akin to the opening note of Welcome to the Black Parade. Even more impressive is the fact that they then go back to that same “plin plin plon” at the end of Dark Souls 3 as you’re beating down the Soul of Cinder.

Buy Dark Souls Remastered here.

Everything you need to know about Gotham Knights

Gotham Knights is a game a fair few people are looking forward to. It sees us all returning to the world of the Dark Knight, but not in control of everyone’s favourite edgy billionaire. Well, there’s one good edgy billionaire and it’s Bruce Wayne, even then, he could probably do more good by just investing in public projects instead of living out his leather-infused fantasies. Presumably, someone in Gotham realised this too, because Batman is dead.

The good news though, is that Gotham Knights has a cast of different heroes to choose from, each of whom is edgy and traumatised in some way, because Batman shouldn’t be in charge of children. With that out of the way, let’s get into everything we know about Gotham Knights.

Everything you need to know about Gotham Knights

First up, if you’re eying up Gotham Knights thinking “oh, this’ll be a good co-op game for me and my mates,” then we’ve got news for you. Whether that news is bad or good is mostly dictated by how many friends you have. Gotham Knights will have drop-in drop-out co-op, but only for two players. It’s also designed to be taken on in co-op more than in single-player, so keep that in mind.

Gotham Knights release date

First up, you’ll be glad to know that the Gotham Knights release date is October 25, 2022. It’ll be released on PC, the Xbox Series X and S, and PlayStation 5. That means that you’ll be able to tuck into this dark and gritty game just before Halloween, which is good, because you could also be dressed up as one of the characters while doing so. Maybe you just play games in cosplay already anyway, we’re not here to judge you. We’ll never judge you for dressing for the job you want, or just wanting to empower yourself. While we’re not expecting Gotham Knights to be delayed, it is worth keeping in mind that the last few years have been tough on game developers, so we’d also not be surprised to see it kicked back a few months.

Gotham Knights characters

There are four playable Gotham Knights characters; Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin. All of these characters will have slightly different abilities and suit different playstyles, but generally speaking, they’ll also all be capable of being stealthy or just throwing down. It’s up to you who you play as and how you do so, so you can pick the one that suits you best.

Batgirl is Barbara Gordon, who is the daughter of Commissioner Gordon and will likely be the character closest to the original Batman in terms of gameplay and abilities. She’s a badass that uses martial arts, tonfa, her incredible skill with technology, and probably an array of gadgets to take out foes.

Nightwing is the original Robin, Dick Grayson, but he’s gone through a rebellious phase and come out still an emo. He uses Escrima sticks to beat down enemies, and relies on his circus training to dole out over-the-top and inefficient flip attacks that look very cool.

Red Hood is another ex-Robin, but this one is Jason Todd. He uses guns. That’s basically his whole thing, but this time around they’re non-lethal guns.

Finally we’ve got Robin, who is Tim Drake. Tim is a master of psychology, so will be using a mix of that and his quarterstaff to take down opponents.

Gotham Knights story

The Gotham Knights story is set, as we’ve already said, after Batman has died. While the specifics of the story are unknown, largely due to the fact that this is an original story and not one inspired by a comic book, we do know that it’ll focus a lot on the Court of Owls.

The Court of Owls is a secret society that aims to control Gotham from the shadows, and its members tend to be wealthy and powerful people as a result. It’s also a recurring enemy of Batman and his bat-crew, so it’ll be interesting to see how it’s all handled here. We’re assuming it’ll have the Court using a mixture of their own assassins and classic Batman villains to enact whatever plot they’re plotting, but we’ll need to play the game first to be sure of the finer details.

Gotham Knights gameplay

While the gameplay will differ slightly depending on which of the four Gotham Knights characters you’re playing as, the general flow of things seems to be fairly faithful to the Arkham Knight games. That means you’ll be fighting, countering, and throwing down against a lot of enemies and also using gadgets to solve puzzles, and doing some stealthy stuff as well.

We’re really hoping that a focus will be put on allowing players to play their own way, which will mean you can choose to play the game as a stealth or action game. The interesting wrinkles will come from the co-op play; as different characters working together should allow for an array of cool strategies. Ultimately though, this is an action game, so you should expect action.

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If you’re now ready to dive into a world full of criminals and superheroes, grab your copy of Gotham Knights here. If you’re pre-purchasing you’ll even get the 233 Kustom Batcycle Skin, making your vigilante justice a little more stylish. Get a great deal on Gotham Knights when you shop with us, we’re not Robin you.

The Best Sci-Fi Horror Games

Often reaching into the unknown and providing cautionary tales which revolve around mankind’s infatuation with twinning technological advancement to its own evolution, science fiction provides a creatively fertile container for developers to kick out some truly terrifying horror games. With so many sci-fi horror games to choose from, we’ve managed to whittle down a list of the best sci fi horror games that you can get on PC. Just make sure to bring a clean change of underwear with you because, well, y’know.

Best Sci Fi Horror Games On PC

Alien: Isolation

If there is another game that more lovingly reconstructs the aesthetic of its movie source material on a granular level than Alien: Isolation, I have no clue what it could be. With its faithfully modeled retro monitor screens, flashing buttons, beeping displays, distant noises, shadowy corridors encrusted with part-time lights and occasional, melancholic glimpses into the ocean of stars that lay far beyond, Alien: Isolation does a tremendous job of perfectly encapsulating everything the look of the first two Alien movies and in doing so, provides a tailor made foundation for developer Creative Assembly to fashion one of the best sci fi horror games ever made.

Set fifteen years after the events of Alien and told entirely from a first-person perspective, players find themselves cast as the daughter of series heroine Ellen Ripley and must sneak around the halls of the massive Sevastopol space station in a bid to uncover the truth behind Ellen’s disappearance.

What follows is a deadly game of cat and mouse with the titular xenomorph in which direct confrontation is suicidal folly and concealing yourself in the many lockers and shadowy crevices of the massive ship are the only way you’ll survive as you inch your way through. Almost distressingly taut, gorgeous to look at and never anything less than frequently horrifying thanks to some hugely on point sound design and the always stressful, yet iconic motion detector, Alien: Isolation is one of the best sci fi horror games full stop.

BioShock

Set in the briny Atlantic deep of the year 1960, BioShock boasts perhaps the most unique and compelling setting out of any game in this feature. Unfolding in the aftermath of a ruined underwater utopia where its tyrannical leader attempted to foster a society that would completely secede from the world above, BioShock has players stalking their way through a fallen society filled with genetically altered mad folks in the throes of a civil war that threatens to destroy whatever remains.

Absolutely dripping in atmosphere, copious amounts of body horror, some great storytelling and introducing one of gaming’s most recognisable figures, the Big Daddy, BioShock is truly an ageless sci-fi horror game that everybody should play.

Buy BioShock here.

Dead Space

Look, I know that Dead Space might be something of a lazy go-to for features like these but EA’s 2008 horror gem has absolutely earned its place here for a handful of very, very good reasons. A moody third-person action adventure with a dash of Event Horizon thrown in for kicks, Dead Space has you both running from and tearing apart Necromorphs – horrific corpses that have been twisted up into a series of deeply murderous configurations and which are basically the stuff of nightmares.

Dead Space also just absolutely oozes atmosphere and dread, thanks in no small part to its deep space setting, creepy enemies, superb lighting, crunchy combat and more dismemberments than you can shake a hairy stick at. Dead Space is also getting an all-singing, all-dancing remake in 2023 too, so I’m sure that will be perfectly lovely.

Metro Exodus

A hugely ambitious survival horror effort that unfurls in a compelling post-apocalyptic Russian setting, Metro Exodus is the latest entry in the Metro series of first-person shooter efforts that has players sneaking, running and gunning their way across a landscape decimated by deadly factions and irradiated monstrosities.

With its massive areas that each permit a non-linear approach, some best in class visuals and a real sense of place rooted in a decaying future, Metro Exodus tells a sweeping saga of sci-fi horror that spans the spring, summer, autumn and winter of a devastated country and the few straggling survivors that remain.

Buy Metro Exodus here.

Prey

Rather than a sequel to the 2006 original, Prey is instead a full-throated reboot of the franchise which does a commendable job of coming across like a combo of two legendary games, namely System Shock and Half-Life. That is to say that Prey is good, very good indeed. After waking up on the Talos I space station which is orbiting our moon in 2032, Prey thrusts players immediately into a living nightmare as a series of failed experiments has created an insidious, endlessly evolving foe that is able to mimic the physical characteristics of objects that it comes in contact with.

Widely regarded as one of the best games to come out of Dishonored studio Arkane, Prey marries innovative combat, a freewheeling approach to exploration and a truly unique enemy to create one of the best sci-fi horror efforts of recent years.

Buy Prey here.

Resident Evil 2

Though Capcom’s seminal horror sequel arguably made its bones back in 1998 on the humble PlayStation console, its latest remake on contemporary systems more than matches that legendary source material. Eschewing the fixed perspective and pre-rendered backdrops of the original game, 2020’s Resident Evil 2 instead transplants the action kicking and screaming into a vividly and fully three dimensional, third-person perspective horror odyssey that ranks among the best games in the entire franchise.

Though the broad beats of the story more or less follow the narrative trajectory of the original game, like all the best remakes Resident Evil 2 manages to keep the essence of the original intact, all the while adding in all new areas, enemies, storyline situations and of course, fresh Resident Evil 4 style third-person gunplay and an entirely new audiovisual presentation. Quite simply, Resident Evil 2 easily earns its place as one of the best sci-fi horror games out right now.

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System Shock

The spiritual predecessor to not just the BioShock games, but also narrative and systems driven first person shooters in general, System Shock has certainly earned its place as one of the best sci-fi horror games of all time. In the far-flung future players take control of a newly awakened operative on a space station (it’s always space stations *tsk*) locked down by a deadly narcissistic AI that has decided to murder half of the crew on board and turn the other half into a roving band of cybernetically enhanced horrors. Your mission, as you may have guessed, is to liberate the station while uncovering the cause behind the murderous self-awareness of the SHODAN AI.

Though mixing up first-person perspective combat, environmental storytelling, puzzle solving and hacking systems in a three dimensional cyberspace were all fresh concepts when System Shock released nearly thirty years ago, it’s really System Shock’s main protagonist, SHODAN, that steals the show. Continually taunting the player throughout the game with utterly disturbing and narcissistic dialogues that sound like Amazon’s Alexa would if she existed in Hell, SHODAN’s reputation for being one of gaming’s most iconic villains is both well-earned and undimmed by the intervening years since System Shock’s release. For those of you that aren’t of a particularly ripe vintage like me and missed System Shock’s debut all the way back in 1994 on PC, you’ll be pleased to know that this sci-fi horror classic is getting a full-throated remake on current machines that looks to be very, very faithful to the original game.

And in case you were wondering, yes, SHODAN would totally body Skynet in a scrap.

Buy System Shock: Enhanced Edition here.