Crucial's P5 Plus NVMe SSD is down to £91 at Amazon UK

A good price for one of the best value PCIe 4.0 drives. The Crucial P5 Plus is one of those drives that turn up in these deals articles a lot. That means maximum sequential reads of 6600MB/s and writes of 5000MB/s. Random speeds are also competitive but not chart-topping: 630K IOPS reads and 700K IOPS writes. The WD SN850x is almost as powerful and does costless than 100, for what it’s worth....

December 7, 2022 · 1 min · 72 words · Melinda Ramos

Dwarf Fortress review: the legendary colony sim gets a welcome facelift for Steam

High score or ho-hum? How the heck do you reviewDwarf Fortress? Its like being asked to review Lord of the Rings. Thing is, I never really got very far. Id find a good tutorial, lose a few fortresses to horrible mistakes and then really get established. Then the cycle would start again. Here are the basics. First is the absolutely staggering level of detail. There are wheels within wheels that mesh with mind-boggling intricacy, generating memorable moments galore....

December 7, 2022 · 2 min · 260 words · David Marsh

Elden Ring's new PvP arenas all have different rules

The colosseum there features two modes, “United Combat and Combat Ordeal”. Whoever has the most when the timer hits zero wins. The Royal Colosseum in Leyndeel, meanwhile, is all about duels. No respawns, just a good ol' 1v1 showdown. The Caelid Colosseum includes all the modes above, but lets you summon Spirit Ashes. Convenience is swell but player-enforced customs are special. The Colosseum update also added some new hairstyles, along with various balance adjustments....

December 7, 2022 · 1 min · 74 words · Matthew Jimenez

Gabe Newell shrugs off Microsoft's legal commitment to keep Call Of Duty on Steam

We’re all gentlemen here If you haven’t heard, Microsoft are currently trying to buy Activision Blizzard. That’s good for competition and good for consumers. Thank you@Nintendo. Here’s Alice Bee’s piece onwhy the consolidation of the games industry is bad, actually. Activision Blizzard are currently the subject of a number oflegal actions,labour disputesand allegations ofworkplace harassment. The latest news can always be found under ourActivision Blizzardtag.

December 7, 2022 · 1 min · 65 words · Lisa Ford

Grab AMD's incredible Ryzen 5800X3D gaming CPU for $300 after a $150 discount

Thanks to Ebay’s holiday voucher code. Well, it’s all to do with its cache. With me so far? So in terms of gaming performance, the 5800X3D is a bit of a value champion!

December 7, 2022 · 1 min · 33 words · Danielle Dixon

GTFO is bringing back every campaign, continuing today with "cult classic" Rundown 2.0

They plan to re-release all the others, too. How nice of the awful mutant zombie horrors to stick around. I didn’t wind up playing much GTFO, despite enjoying my time with itin an early preview. you could buy GTFO for 35/$40/40on Steam.

December 7, 2022 · 1 min · 42 words · Cassandra Parks

Aliens Versus Predator Classic 2000 is free to keep right now

Grab ye olde grudge match over on Rebellion’s storefront UK publisher Rebellion is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary. There is a minor catch. Being 23 years old, AvP is a little acid-damaged around the edges these days. The terrors of its Marine campaign have certainly diminished in the wake ofAlien: Isolation. But it’s still worth having in your Steam library for a couple of reasons. The three campaigns are all enjoyably different....

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 85 words · Katie Armstrong

Dead Island 2's showcase was mostly just a bad live action short film

Let me tell you now: that is not true. So you could watch that below. That trailer doesn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know. Dead Island 2 is set in an LA of obnoxious characters, many zombies, and much melee combat. I don’t want either of these things. Ed played Dead Island 2back in Augustand found it a surprisingly polished, does-what-it-says bit of undead pomp. That’s fine with me....

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 97 words · Andrew Whitaker

Dwarf Fortress is available on Steam right now

The primary goal of the Steam release is to address these long-running accessibility issues. It even chucks in some in-game tutorials that’ll get you acquainted with the basics. Someone check the sky for swine. We plan to add the Adventure and Arena modes to these versions of Dwarf Fortress very soon." you could also check out the video above, in which Nate plays the game with co-creator Tarn Adams. Dwarf Fortress is available onSteamnow for 24....

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 76 words · Justin Mercado

Elden Ring is opening PvP colosseums in a free update tomorrow

Duels, free-for-alls and team fights Elden Ring’s Colosseums are about to get a lot busier. There’s no more information than this in thepost announcing the update, sadly. I imagine the same is about to happen again with Elden Ring.

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 39 words · Cheryl Wallace

Here are the Witcher 3 mods supported by the next gen update

In a poston the CDPR forums, Vinthir explains the situation. In short, CD Projekt isn’t making special allowances for any existing mods. The full list, which features 71 mods,can be viewed here. Of the 71 mods checked, 37 are compatible with the next gen update. Understandably though, many visually-focussed mods don’t make the cut. The most notable casualties, though, are the blood and gore mods.

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 65 words · Jerry Owens

Gwent won't get any new cards after 2023

Six years of active development seems like a pretty good run, to be fair. Can Ioffer yousomeMarvel Snapin this trying time?

December 5, 2022 · 1 min · 21 words · Mary Jacobs

Blizzard Albany QA testers vote unanimously in favour of unionising

GWA Albany are partnered with the larger Communications Workers Of America union. “We still believe our entire Albany team should have the right to vote. This is about fundamental fairness and rights for every member of the team.” Blizzard Albany primarily work on the Diablo series, including Diablo 2 Resurrected and the upcomingDiablo 4. Microsoft say theywon’t block the unionisation effortsand in June signed alabour neutrality agreementwith the CWA.

December 3, 2022 · 1 min · 69 words · Debra Hill