AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 is the all-games-welcome DLSS 3 alternative that the first version should have been

Without compromising on the ability to deploy it in theoretically any DirectX 11- or 12-based game, too. More consistent frame timings! All welcome changes for the discerning Fast Game Liker, and thats not to mention the added customisation options. And yet, these latency reductions do make AFMF 2feelbetter than it did previously. Then theres just… how it looks. Honestly, if AMD have made improvements to the accuracy of individual frames, its hard to tell....

July 30, 2024 · 1 min · 101 words · Breanna Miller

Beta Decay is a low-poly dystopian RPG whose grimy cover-shooting shows promise

Whew, that’s alot. But hey, I am here for something ambitious and interesting, of which it ticks both boxes. The second ambitious thing? I mean, sounds fantastic! There is yet more. Survival mechanics, like eating and drinking and sleeping, are crucial to keeping your character alive. I… am unsure how I feel about this. And it’s perhaps the one thread that’s kept me from being a total sceptic. I long for those old days!...

July 30, 2024 · 1 min · 85 words · Joseph Keller

Booby-trapped base-building FPS Meet Your Maker has another free trial

Sound like good wholesome fun? You might want to check out the current free trial on Steam. It’s not clear from theannouncement releasehow long the trial will last. It’s also not entirely clear how long Meet Your Maker will last. Behaviourmade another, much larger round of layoffs in June. All that notwithstanding, Meet Your Maker can be a hoot and a holler. Lava cube above the floor spikes, is it?

July 30, 2024 · 1 min · 70 words · Kevin Ferguson Jr.

Grassy green JRPG Visions Of Mana gets free demo a month ahead of release

However, actual progress from the demo won’t carry over to the full game, we’re told. An absolutely bone-shattering debilitation to have when one is a games journalist. So far it looks very colourful and cheery, if a little conventional. It’s still one of our75 most anticipated games of the year. it’s possible for you to see the fluffy little dragon guy fighting alongside our heroes in the trailers. The full game is due out August 29th....

July 30, 2024 · 1 min · 109 words · Kyle Miranda

Here's a free demo for Cleanfall, horrible "alchemic" lovechild of Spelunky, Noita and tower defence

I enjoy the militant reductiveness of this character motivation. But all of these things are contemptible details to be swept up and bagged and thrown in the dumpster. If your house will ever be clean again, you’re gonna wanna fix the world. A clean world means a clean house. So, fix the world. Pretty sure this is how Genghis Khan got started. Cleanfall takes the form of a 2D platformer roguelite with a surprising tower defence element....

July 30, 2024 · 1 min · 101 words · William Allen

Creepy card game Arsonate is a very short race to be the last person burning

He wants to do this using cards. There are 47 of them - a forest of silhouettes, laid across the blood-stained table between you. Every turn, you flip a tree card to reveal a flame. When the flames spread to a players Tower card, its game over. Integral to this are fire cards that trigger events. Each game of Arsonate should take under 30 minutes, and there are three possible endings....

July 29, 2024 · 1 min · 140 words · Daniel Arellano

Enshrouded's latest update adds a new survival preset, complete with hunger and backpack drops on death

Plus plenty of quality of life improvements How do you like yoursurvival games? A nice bit of wood chopping while the birds chirp? Gathering some mushrooms while you deflect a little goblin’s swings? Stumbling parched through a desert as a bed of scorpions prick your ankles with deadly venom? Otherwise, there’s new customisation options and some quality of life tweaks, too. We’re talking hunger and dropping your backpack on death - fun....

July 29, 2024 · 1 min · 148 words · Jonathan Miller

"AI protections remain the sticking point" for today’s SAG-AFTRA game actor strike

“Enough is enough. “The video game industry generates billions of dollars in profit annually. “From what I’m seeing, no one asked any of my peers either.” Dont be a scab now.

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 31 words · Mark Gibson

Balatro can run Doom – or can it?

Literally nobody asked for it, but… Chaotic poker-themedroguelikedeckbuilderBalatroquickly captured hearts and frazzled minds when it released earlier this year. A simple solution, though one that quickly caught theapproving attentionof Balatro dev LocalThunk. Thus spake UwUDev: “It’s super laggy and I often have big lag spikes but it works. I’ll see later if I can optimize it because it’s really unplayable x)”. Wait, if the creator says its unplayable then can we truly say Doom is running?...

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 90 words · Rose Johnson

Earth Defense Force 6 players on Steam will only need to sign into Epic once, say publishers in apology for "lack of advance notice"

The latest entry in theco-opant-control shooter launched yesterday, and critics reckon it’s a decent time. Still, its currently sitting at an angry red ‘mostly negative’ on Steam. “For this game, to enhance cross play and online functionality. Online play requires signing in to your Epic Games account. We apologize for the lack of advance notice,” reads the statement. “Signing in to your Epic Games account is required the first time you play online....

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 167 words · Jennifer Parker

Final update to Morrowind-like RPG Dread Delusion adds a big nautilus with a town built inside its shell

Very few people would play it." Well sir, have you heard of a little open world RPG calledDread Delusion? It’s pretty good. To get inside the floating beast you’ll need to have unlocked the airship. For one thing, there is a mapanda compass in Dread Delusion. But it is one concession to players keen to experience the Morrowindy RPG without getting hopelessly lost. Dread Delusion doesn’t want a broad audience....

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 87 words · Steven Russell

All new Talismans in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

Aged One’s Exultation Effect Madness in the vicinity increases attack power. You’ll eventually encounter one of the multi-eyed enemies known as the Aging Untouchable. Ailment Talisman Raises resistance to the last ailment suffered. Go northeast of theGreatbridge, NorthSite of Grace, and look to the broken bridge that overlooks the river. A chest with the Talisman will be there. Beloved Stardust Shortens casting speed for sorcery and incantations by the utmost, but increases damage taken....

July 25, 2024 · 4 min · 820 words · Brian Wallace

AMD Ryzen 9000 delayed after first chips fail to meet "quality expectations"

Ah well, theres always oh, wait. Those are the only two. Not something that demands a full recall-and-replace operation, as AMD are undertaking.

July 25, 2024 · 1 min · 23 words · Sarah Pittman