Latest articles by Rick Lane
Neil Newbon definitely wants to play Astarion again, and if whatever studio that makes Baldur’s Gate 4 recasts him, he’ll totally ‘hunt them down and gut them like a fish’
News "I hope I get to play him again."
Following massive player fall-off, Amazon's MMO Lost Ark is getting an update to make levelling faster and address a 'known progression pain point'
News "These changes will help make progression more accessible."
Literary masterpiece The Count of Monte Cristo is being adapted as a clicker game about getting educated to escape prison
News Click for freedom.
Days Gone’s upcoming survival arcade mode will introduce endless hordes and ‘exploding freakers’, and I’m beginning to think it might be the best way to play the game
News Horde assault mode aims to turn the open world game into a survival roguelite.
Superb city-builder Against the Storm will round off its roster with a DLC of bats, who 'take pride in enduring what breaks others and cannot stand being favored'
News The DLC will launch alongside a free content update, though both are still "months away."
In 'a bit of an experiment' Rust's latest update makes softcore mode even softer, and some changes may be brought over 'to the vanilla game in future'
News New jungle biome also teased.
Pacific Drive's 'largest ever' update adds endless expeditions to the vehicular survival game, but it's a big change to how saving works that has me pondering a reinstall
News "The main storyline and expeditions routes can be completed in parallel, so you’ll benefit from progress in either!"
Dishonored and Prey's director says 'I could see myself working on Dishonored 3 right now' but the chances of that happening is in the realms of 'science fiction'
News "I had a document about Dishonored 3."
'Sweet Liberty, the automatons are invading Minecraft!' Helldivers 2 player commemorates the game's most famous battle by recreating it in Mojang's survival game
News Digging for freedom.
Terra Invicta, the space 4X from the creators of XCOM's Long War mod, just got a massive update that adds exofighters, improved diplomacy, and 'advanced weapons' for its alien menace
News New patch brings "improvements across Earth and space".
After a whopping 13 years in development, the Battle for Middle-earth's Extended Edition mod finally gives the beloved RTS the full Peter Jackson treatment
News "Middle-earth Extended Edition returns".
Abiotic Factor's next update will bring a whole new upgrade system and fix attacks on your base: 'We've heard a lot of feedback about base assaults and how they just kinda stink'
News Cold Fusion is coming soon.
How to install GTA 5 mods on PC
Five alive Get all GTA V’s mod-cons with this handy guide.
Get up to 85% off some of the PCs weirdest adventure games, all to benefit 'humanitarian relief in Ukraine'
News The Amanita for Ukraine deal runs until April 2.
Blades of Fire just showed off its first five minutes of gameplay, and I think it might be channelling God of War too heavily
News Chaos Blades of Fire.
Vampire survival RPG V Rising gets a big update next month, bringing a new biome, multiplayer duels and the 'biggest combat overhaul yet'
News Invaders of Oakveil lands in late April.
The modder who added seamless coop to Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3 is now doing the same with Dark Souls: Remastered
News Mod is "nearing completion".
I played the 21 worst Thief missions in existence and had a far better time than I expected
On the level Revisiting TTLG's Total Crap competition.
This whimsical adventure game sees you play as a retired Sherlock Holmes whose beekeeping hobby keeps getting interrupted by pesky crimes
News Sell an apiary? My dear Watson!
'Game changing' ArmA Reforger update adds attack helicopters, mortars, and destructible buildings: 'nowhere on the battlefield is safe anymore'
News "Solid cover is now temporary, destruction is everything".
After 16 years, The Dark Mod finally has guards as perceptive as in Thief: 'The days of seeing knocked-out AI in the middle of a bright spotlight get ignored are over'
News "A solution evaded us for years."
Quell your fears, Ultramarines! Just because Space Marine 3 is happening doesn't mean the end of support for Space Marine 2: 'There are surprises even dataminers haven’t found out about'
News "No one is abandoning the game."
'We want to increase the cost of silence': Hunt: Showdown 1896's latest update brings a new event, a massive list of bugfixes and a tougher challenge for stealthy players
News Quiet play has been 'undervalued' in the past.
