Enlarge / Illustration of the Apollo lunar lander Eagle over the Moon. (credit: Getty Images) [/url] On Friday, a retired software engineer named Martin C. Martin announced that he recently discovered a bug in the original Lunar Lander computer game's physics code while tinkering with the software. Created by a 17-year-old high school student named Jim Storer in 1969, this primordial game rendered the action only as text status updates on a teletype, but it set the stage for future versions to come. The legendary game—which Storer developed on a PDP-8 minicomputer in a programming language called FOCAL just months after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic moonwalks—allows players to control a lunar module's descent onto the Moon's surface. Players must carefully manage their fuel usage to achieve a gentle landing, making critical decisions every ten seconds to ***** the right amount of fuel. In 2009, just short of the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing, I set out to find the author of the original Lunar Lander game, which was then primarily known as a graphical game, thanks to the graphical version from 1974 and a 1979 Atari arcade title. When I discovered that Storer created the oldest known version as a teletype game, I interviewed him and wrote up a history of the game. Storer later released the source code to the original game, written in FOCAL, on his website. Read 7 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article
The wide world of co-op shooter games covers everything from Helldivers 2 to Far Cry 5, and the best games in the genre offer experiences that are well worth embarking upon with companions. Shooters can translate exceptionally well to cooperative gameplay, with basic pick-up-and-play appeal still leaving the potential for strategic depth and meaningful collaboration. Gunning down enemies is also a lot less monotonous in co-op, even when the hordes just won't stop coming. View the full article
Terminals are commonly found everywhere in Fallout 76, but only some are hackable devices you can only use if your character has the right perks. Every hackable terminal is found at various locations with different difficulty levels that only those with certain skills can try to access. A rare achievement/trophy can be earned when you bypass all the firewalls on these types of terminals in the Wasteland. View the full article
PC case maker Lian Li has just teamed up with Automobili Lamborghini to make a fish tank case clad in the sports car maker's famous yellow trim. The succinctly named Lian Li 011D Evo RGB Automobili Lamborghini is available in only 6,498 units, which the rev heads among you might notice is the same number as the cylinder capacity on several Lamborghini cars. With its two glass walls providing a wide view of your case's components, the Lian Li 011D has been a very popular case with PC gamers for a while now, setting a template for some of the best PC case designs on the market today. We've also seen it used in many eye-popping mods, including this water-cooled Acid Rain PC build. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This new Lian Li case could revolutionize gaming PC design Lian Li just changed PC power supply designs for the better View the full article
Details are slowly surfacing about Gears of War: E-Day, and one feature confirmed by developer The Coalition is the inclusion of ray-traced lighting, shadows, and reflections in the game. These early signs point towards this tent-pole Microsoft exclusive being a much prettier visual experience on PC than on console. The recent Gears of War: E-Day reveal was a complete surprise, with many believing the next game in the series would be the hotly anticipated Gears of War 6. Instead, we have a prequel story letting us see the events that built up to the other games in the Gears franchise. More surprising is the fact that the inclusion of ray-tracing support is the only real detail we have about the game so far. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Gears of War game is not actually GoW 6 Gears of War's Cliff Bleszinski hopes it can "get back to the *****" Gears of War creator Cliffy B says 'woke' claims "p*** me off" View the full article
Game design director Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer for Teamfight Tactics addressed fans’ questions on June 14 in a Twitch stream, dropping teasers of a permanent item mover mechanic, much like Golden Remover. Moving items around isn’t a new concept within TFT. The team has been experimenting with the idea for some time, from benching a champion to remove an item (Shimmerscale trait) to Augments offering a Golden Remover. A permanent Golden Remover is even available through the game mode Pengu’s Party, featuring two traits from every past set in TFT in conjunction with gameplay from Set 11 Inkborn Fables. During Mortdog’s Q&A stream on June 14, the dev addressed questions about moving items around freely, saying the TFT team was “looking into this pretty heavily.” View the full article
The Magic Deceiver may be one of the coolest new Archetypes in A Dance of Masks DLC for Pathfinder WOTR, and this guide will cover everything you need to know about how this Arcanist Archetype works, alongside how to use Magic Fusion to create your own spells.Magic Deceiver Archetype guide for Pathfinder WOTR Dance of MasksThe Magic Deceiver Archetype for the Arcanist class has the unique ability to use Magic Fusion, which allows you to fuse two spells into one and create a spellbook of created spells. There are also six different Ways of the Deceiver that can grant you abilities to fool enemies and manipulate magic. This guide to the Magic Deceiver Archetype will ***** into the different Ways of the Deceiver, the best Magic Fusion spells, and how all your abilities work.Main stat: CharismaHigh saves: WillClass skills: Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (World), Lore (Religion), Lore (Nature), Use Magic DeviceProficiencies: All Simple Weapons.Ways of the Deceive...View the full article
There’ve been a ton of Jackbox Party Packs over the last near-decade, each following a fairly similar structure: one or two standout games you’ll want to replay, a couple you might dip into every now and then, and at least one you’ll try once and then never bother with again. With 10 different packs to pick from, it becomes an increasing fuss to remember which pack has which game in, and then boot it up just to play its highlight before repeating the process when you choose to play something else. Read more View the full article
Former Dragon Age lead writer and Summerfall Games co-founder David Gaider has strung together some opinions on Xitter - the original spawning ground for all opinions - about the full reveal video for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, expressing broad enthusiasm for the new RPG’s narrative tone, combat system and environments, while offering a more ambivalent analysis of BioWare's decision to let players seduce every last member of their party. Read more View the full article
Fans of Stardew Valley have long appreciated the depth of gameplay and storytelling in the farming sim, and one player has found a useful trick to assist those grinding away towards unlocking Perfection. Achieving perfection in Stardew Valley is no easy task, and this latest tip for the community has already aided a number of players. View the full article
Ark: Survival Ascended has released its third DLC map, The Center, which poses new challenges compared to the previous maps. Ascended has continued to release its past DLC for the upgraded game. Luckily, all these DLCs are free upon purchase of the game, though Studio Wildcard had added paid DLC as well. Though Ascended has had a rough reputation due to its high spec requirements, many of its improvements have accomplished the goal of being an upgrade. View the full article
What is Glory used for in Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance? Glory is a returning currency from the original game, but new SMT 5 players might be confused when they spot it early on. Whether from finding Mimans for Gustave, breaking Treasure Boxes, or finding Amalgams, it's not completely clear what it's used for until slightly later in the game. It turns out, like many RPG games, Glory is for a specific type of skill. However, it's easy to be daunted when thinking about how to invest what you've built up. Like our Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance review points out, the game is filled with complex systems that make you feel clever once you master them. So, let's get into exactly what this special currency in SMT 5: Vengeance is for and how you should use it. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance review - a great JRPG turned heavenly One of the best RPGs on Nintendo Switch is coming to PC Atlus sues Shin Megami Tensei MMO fan group for copyright infringement View the full article
Respected leaker eXtas1s has claimed that Xbox Game Studios' next game could be spearheaded by *********'s Creed creator Patrice Dsilets, co-founder of Panache Digital Games. Dsilets served as creative director for *********'s Creed, *********'s Creed 2, and *********'s Creed: Brotherhood, but also directed Ubisoft's 2003 action-adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Panache Digital Games, which Dsilets co-founded with JeanFrancois Boivin, released its first-ever video game, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, in 2019. Now, a team-up with Panache Digital Games and Xbox seems likely. View the full article
There's one big issue that's always meant I could never properly get stuck into any MMOs. I'm the chosen one, I'm told, the only person who can save the world from some impending *****. It all rests on my shoulders. Well, if that's the case, why are there 20 other people around me being told the exact same thing by that lying quest-giving NPC? It completely shatters my immersion. Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail fixes that issue. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: FF14 server status and maintenance times - is FFXIV down? FF14 Dawntrail is making a big and much-needed change to dungeons As FF14 Dawntrail ups the challenge, Yoshida wants to help new players View the full article
Cities: Skylines 2 has found a delightfully straightforward solution to the very real-world problem of greedy landlords demanding excessive rent payments. The city-builder sequel will simply delete all its virtual leeches in its next patch, helping to bring down the cost of living in your digital metropolis. Read more View the full article
EA has outlined changes coming to Madden NFL 25, namely a new physics system called "***** tech." Madden NFL 25 is the next entry in the yearly football series, and fan excitement is through the roof. With Madden 25 on the horizon as well as the return of College Football, football fans are in for a treat this summer. View the full article
You want something that's fun, gratifying, and simple to play, but also has tension, strategy, and stakes. It's quickly dispiriting, if every time you spawn you're instantly shot down by a *******. At the same time, running, gunning, and racking up ****** en masse is an experience of ever-decreasing thrills. Battlefield and Call of Duty occasionally hit this ideal middle spot, but there's one large-scale WW2 FPS that does it better. Mixing all-out warfare with the squad-driven tactics of Company of Heroes, ***** Let Loose is now available to try for free. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: One of 2023's best indie games is now on ***** ***** Let Loose devs "deeply apologize" after glitch-filled trailer ***** Let Loose is being review bombed on Steam after glitchy trailer View the full article
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Diablo 4s Game Manager, Rod Fergusson, hinted that Season 5 will not follow the same 12-week schedule as previous seasons, making it shorter, so Season 6 can launch with the Vessle of Hatred Expansion. View the full article
Starfield's Trackers Alliance missions set a terrible precedent, both for the game itself and for the industry as a whole. The latest Starfield update, revealed alongside the Shattered Space DLC during Summer Game Fest, includes a fair bit of new content. From new missions to entire new planets, players will find they have a lot more to do in the Settled Systems after installing the new update. View the full article
Konami has revealed eFootball Season 7: King of the Continent. Headlining the free-to-play game’s latest major update is the addition of two tournament-style campaigns – ********* Cup and ********* Cup. These are launching to coincide with Euro 2024, which kicks off in Germany today, and the Copa América, which begins on June 20 in the US. Read More... View the full article
David Gaider, a former BioWare writer who worked on Baldur's Gate 2 and helped establish the setting of Thedas, shared his opinion on the romance system in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Though BioWare has famously pushed the envelope when it comes to inclusion in video game romances, some fans have seen Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a step backwards. Whereas Dragon Age: Inquisition and Mass Effect: Andromeda had explicitly gay characters, the companions in The Veilguard are all designed as romance options for the Rook, regardless of gender. View the full article
With just days until FromSoftware rolls out its highly anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree expansion for Elden Ring, the studio has officially shared release times for the DLC, as well as the specifications needed to run the expansion on PC platforms. Shadow of the Erdtree releases on June 21, 2024, and is poised to be one of this year's biggest gaming releases, offering Elden Ring players the chance to step back into the world of The Lands Between, as well as new, uncharted areas. View the full article
Blizzard has revealed everything players will get when they purchase the Overwatch 2 Rose Gold Mercy Bundle, which is being released as part of a charity campaign to help fund ******* ******* research. The Overwatch series has a strong history with the ******* ******* Research Foundation, and its past charity drive resulted in one of the most popular skins in the series. View the full article
A remaster of Final Fantasy Tactics, the grid-based strategy spin-off from the RPG series that easily ranks as one of the best Final Fantasy games ever made, is reportedly in the works - giving hope of its first official PC release. Read more View the full article
Bulgarian game dev Pavel Kolev, better known as Pavel, the creator of Disney Lorcana Pixelborn, was shot down by Disney a second time in less than a month—and the community isn’t happy about it. Pavel’s creation of Pixelborn before the release of Disney Lorcana‘s The First Chapter was a life raft for many players who couldn’t get their hands on physical cards due to printing and shipping issues. Heading into the fifth Lorcana set, Disney decided Pixelborn shouldn’t exist and asked Pavel to shut it down. The Bulgarian game dev complied without a ****** and spawned another idea called Pixelborn Connect, a webcam platform featuring ranked play among players who already own Disney Lorcana cards. Disney quickly reached out to Pavel and “advised him not to proceed with the project or make it public,” according to the game dev. View the full article
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Enlarge / Illustration of the Apollo lunar lander Eagle over the Moon. (credit: Getty Images) [/url] On Friday, a retired software engineer named Martin C. Martin announced that he recently discovered a bug in the original Lunar Lander computer game's physics code while tinkering with the software. Created by a 17-year-old high school student named Jim Storer in 1969, this primordial game rendered the action only as text status updates on a teletype, but it set the stage for future versions to come. The legendary game—which Storer developed on a PDP-8 minicomputer in a programming language called FOCAL just months after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic moonwalks—allows players to control a lunar module's descent onto the Moon's surface. Players must carefully manage their fuel usage to achieve a gentle landing, making critical decisions every ten seconds to ***** the right amount of fuel. In 2009, just short of the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing, I set out to find the author of the original Lunar Lander game, which was then primarily known as a graphical game, thanks to the graphical version from 1974 and a 1979 Atari arcade title. When I discovered that Storer created the oldest known version as a teletype game, I interviewed him and wrote up a history of the game. Storer later released the source code to the original game, written in FOCAL, on his website. Read 7 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article