The MEG Trident X2 is a long-running line of gaming PCs from MSI that's available in a range of configurations, all based on a mid-size tower case with an aggressive angular design. The MSI MEG Trident X2 14th gen is the latest update to that case design, with a touchscreen on the front and a new range of current top-end hardware, including Intel's latest 14th gen Core processors. The configuration we're reviewing includes an Intel Core i9-14900KF and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, making this MSI machine comfortably the most capable gaming PC we've yet reviewed. That's not all that's required to secure a spot on our best gaming PC guide, though, so let's see what else this PC has to offer. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MSI's new fans go cable free, but that's not even the best bit Your RGB lighting could be damaging your graphics card MSI motherboard chipset issue prompts redesign, offers replacements View the full article
Like so many, I've been longing for a sequel to the excellent L.A. Noire. Sadly, Rockstar Games is unlikely to revisit it as it puts the finishing touches on GTA 6. There's hope on the horizon, though, as Shadows of Doubt is the detective game you've been waiting for. Following its growing fanfare on other platforms, Shadows of Doubt PS5 and Shadows of Doubt Xbox versions are finally in the works. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
Square Enix has given fans an update on the status of the third and final part of its Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy. The update arrives via interviews published in the newly released Final Fantasy 7 Remake Ultimania book, excerpts of which have been translated by Final Fantasy enthusiast Audrey. In it, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth creative director Tetsuya Nomura reportedly said the third game’s main story has already been completed, and that he thinks voice recording could start in the near future. Read More... View the full article
Feeding in League of Legends is probably a term every player dreads, as the match quickly becomes one-sided when you realize the opponents can always rely on their heavily fed player to give them a significant advantage in teamfights. Being a jungler in low Elo, my biggest nightmare is to land in a League game where I find teammates who unintentionally feed ****** champions, spam ping my location to get my help, and shove the ****** in their lanes. But the gank usually just donates more ****** to the ****** champion because they’re untouchable. View the full article
April 12, 2024: With the launch of the Fallout TV show, we're taking a trip down memory lane to reshare some of our classic Fallout coverage. This post was originally published in October of 2017. Tim Cain was at PAX when he first saw Vault Boy as a living, breathing entity - it was a cosplayer of 16 or 17 years old, hair gelled to replicate that distinctive swirl. 'This is weird', he thought. Feargus Urquhart remembers walking into Target and seeing that same gelled haircut and toothy smile, not on a fan this time, but emblazoned across half a meter of cotton. 'How is it that a game that we all worked on somehow created something iconic?', he wondered. 'How did it show up on a t-shirt in a department store?' In the years since, Bethesda has taken Fallout into first-person, online, and the pop culture mainstream. Vault Boy has become as recognizable as Mickey Mouse. The series' sardonic, faux-'50s imagery now feels indelible, as if it has always been here. But it hasn't. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Fallout returns to Nvidia GeForce Now, just in time for TV show The Fallout show finds the Bethesda spark that Starfield lost Fallout episode one is free on Twitch as Watch Parties briefly return View the full article
From The Elder Scrolls Skyrim to Diablo 4 and Baldur's Gate 3, inventory management is typically one of the most time consuming and frustrating parts of many games. While the likes of Resident Evil 4 and its briefcase Tetris have found innovative ways to toy with the system, the next evolution looks to be coming up with smart ways to make sorting your loot both essential and enjoyable. Following the breakout success of Steam multiplayer game Backpack Battles comes Megaloot, a new roguelike game where meticulous loot management is very much the key to success. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
They say you should never go back. Shouldn't return to things you once loved in another time and place as, chances are, the reality will not live up to the memory. Did I really love classic JRPGs in the 1990s? I remember that I did, with titles like Chrono Trigger, Suikoden, Secret of Mana and many taking up days of my life. But if I went back and played them today, in 2024, would my positive memories be tarnished? Were they really that good?.. Read more.View the full article
Griffins in Dragon's Dogma 2 are rare, formidable enemies that can provide plentiful experience points when *******. They can be found regularly in a few spots throughout the map, but they may also swoop down on the player while riding an ox cart. Players must use their most potent arsenal to ***** the griffin before it can flee—unless players ride back to their nests, too. View the full article
I'll never forget the desert sands of Journey. It's one of those games that looks like very little at all but in practice sits with you long after the credits have rolled and you've reclaimed your hard drive space. Now, many others are venturing out onto the dunes to find out what all the fuss is about, with Journey hitting an all-time peak player count on Steam, four years after launching on the platform. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Twelve PC games you shouldn't miss in June Journey is coming to Steam Journey comes to PC via the Epic store next week, and it's $5 right now View the full article
The Avatar Elements event in Fortnite has its own battle pass, and to advance in it, you need to gain Chi. And quite a lot of it.Fastest way to get Chi in the Fortnite Avatar eventWith the Fortnite Avatar event, the Elements pass and Elements quests became available, as well as all the bending abilities. The Elements quests will earn you Chi upon completion that’ll contribute to the Elements pass to earn you rewards.There are 11 stages to the Elements pass, with each stage requiring 1,000 Chi. The pass has a free track and premium track, so even f2p players can earn cool cosmetics. Considering how the Elements quests are dropping (new quests every few many days), your progress will be very limited, so unfortunately you can’t beeline the Element pass till completion.Screenshot: PC InvasionThe fastest way, then, to earn Chi is by looking at the quests available to you currently and picking the easiest ones to focus on for your next Battle Royale match....View the full article
Enlarge / Is a name like "Suyu" ironic enough to avoid facing a lawsuit? (credit: Suyu) [/url] Nintendo continues to use DMCA requests to halt projects it says aid in the piracy of Switch content. Discord has shut down the discussion servers associated with two prominent Yuzu forks—Suyu and Sudachi—while Github has removed a couple of projects related to the decryption of Switch software for use with emulators or hacked consoles. The takedowns are the latest aftershocks from Nintendo's federal lawsuit against Switch emulator Yuzu, which led to a $2.4 million settlement weeks later. Yuzu voluntarily shut down its Github page and Discord server as part of that settlement, though archived discussions from the Discord are still accessible. That settlement includes a section prohibiting the makers of Yuzu from "acting in active concert and participation" with third parties in the distribution or promotion of Yuzu or any clones that make use of its code. But there's no evidence that anyone enjoined by that settlement is actively working with Suyu or Sudachi on their projects. Read 6 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article
A Starfield jump scare has shown the horrors that lurk in the Settled Systems. While Bethesda's sci-fi RPG does have plenty of action and exploration at its core, there are some moments of horror throughout the game, particularly when fending off some of the alien life forms across the galaxy. View the full article
Looks like Avatar has made its way to Fortnite. Rather than controlling blue people, you’ll be in control of one of the elements: Earth, Wind, Air, or *****. The elements add another layer to the combat that can be hard to counter. The Air Element can help you get around in the form of the Air Wheel. However, you can do some cool things with it like jumping long distances. To learn how to use the Air Wheel and jump in Fortnite, you should read this guide. Fortnite: How to jump while using the Air WheelUsing the Air Wheel has a learning curve to it, but once you understand the movements and their timing. Getting around and doing things like the Chakras Quests can become easier. However, obtaining the powers might be a little out there. Screenshot: PC InvasionLocating the Air Element can be a task since there are a few spots for the shrine to appear. I found one in North Grand Glacier, but there are others if you’re not near the area I mentioned. Once you go up ...View the full article
Four new Avatar Mythic weapons have entered Fortnite: Firebending, Earthbending, Airbending, and Waterbending. If you want to get one of these every match, then make sure to memorize where you can get them!How to get the new Avatar mythic weapons in FortniteThere are two ways to get the four new elemental Mythic Avatar weapons in Fortnite.Generally, there is a small chance of getting one of the element bending weapons when looting any chest in the world, but that’s not a realistic practice to make headway for your Chakra quests, especially if you want that Appa Glider!If you want a guaranteed way to get a bending ******* of your choice, then make sure to head to an Elemental Shrine. Below is a map of all Elemental Shrines in the game, and what bending ******* they’ll produce.Screenshot: PC InvasionRed dots = ***** Shrines that will have Firebending.Green dots = Earth Shrines that will have Earthbending.Dark blue dots = Water Shrines that wi...View the full article
FF7 Rebirth's longest quest chain is worth completing for some of the strongest accessories in the game. This guide teaches you how to beat all of them. View the full article
Helldivers 2 mission modifiers can provide an interesting way to shake up the challenge of fighting Terminids or Automatons, but they work best when the changes add to the thrill of the gameplay rather than enhancing tedium. Although finding the right kind of balance in a game that's intended to reward complex strategy and high-level play can be difficult, Helldivers 2 is generally good at landing in the sweet spot. It's not completely consistent, but one new Helldivers 2 Booster could help counteract a particularly frustrating mission modifier to keep the game as fun as always. View the full article
Friends, there is trouble a-brewing down the radioactive watering *****. While Amazon's Fallout TV adaptation has launched to pretty positive verdicts, a contingent of Fallout players are up in arms over its portrayal of the Fallout timeline. In particular, it's being claimed that the show has written the events of Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas out of the canon, despite reassurances from Bethesda Game Studios design director Emil Pagliarulo. Dare you read on? Let me just load up my Junk Jet with piping, hot Fallout Season 1 spoilers... Read more View the full article
Some of the folks who've been dedicating a good chunk of the week to watching some - or a lot - of Amazon's Fallout TV show, just as fans like you and me have, are people who've actually worked on the games. In fact, one of them, original Fallout co-creator Tim Cain, might have spotted a reference to that first game in the series that seemingly wasn't even explicity planned by the showrunners. Yep, amid the array of really interesting sets and dialogue exchanges you really should be paying attention to, the show might well have ended up with some little homages to the games that inspired it which weren't in the script. How? Well, thanks to some actors with a keen eye for improvising - the only question is what actually influenced that improv. In a new video on his very good YouTube channel that sees him discuss the show, Cain talks about attending the big Hollywood premiere for it - his invite came via a casual email from Todd Howard, you know, like we all get on the regular. As he describes around the ten minute mark, while watching the first two episodes as part of that, the developer spotted something and was immediately pretty sure he knew where it'd come from. Read more View the full article
Evil Empire is giving some fans a chance to play The Rogue Prince of Persia early. The studio's offer arrives in the form of a newly announced The Rogue Prince of Persia closed alpha test. View the full article
Image: Nintendo In 2015, Nintendo released Super Mario Maker for the Wii U, a game that allowed players to make and share their own 2D Mario levels. In 2021, the company ended the ability to upload courses, the game having been eclipsed by its sequel on the Switch. But in January 2024, Nintendo announced an end to all online services for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games on April 8th. For Super Mario Maker, that meant the millions of player-made levels would be unceremoniously shuttered. Or at least, it would have been unceremonious, if it weren’t for a group called Team 0%. The group had been trying to beat every uncleared level in the game for years, which was made easier once they had a fixed target in 2021. When the announcement came that the Wii U’s... Continue reading… View the full article
The downside of digital ownership has reared its ugly head for enjoyers of Ubisoft's open-world multiplayer racer The Crew. The publisher has revoked its licence for those who owned it on Ubisoft Connect, almost destroying fan ambitions to revive the game in both an offline and online format... Read more.View the full article
Fortnite has vaulted the Wings of Icarus, the Chains of Hades, and the Thunderbolt of Zeus due to the start of the Avatar: The Last Airbender event. This Fortnite season, Chapter 5 Season 2, is also known as the Myths & Mortals season, as it's all about the great Olympian bosses and how they've taken over the Battle Royale island. Due to its exciting theme, many fans were anticipating its release back in early March; they were hopeful that they would be able to try out lots of unique items and explore completely different locations due to the wide range of stories and legends in ancient Greek mythology. View the full article
Need anything from the shop? Mushroom milk? Fresh tarts? Mystical bejewelled skull? I'm just popping out to Dépanneur Nocturne, a lovely little game which came out in 2020 and I kept forgetting to post about. It's a small first-person explore-o-chatter set within a corner shop in a magical, mystical Montreal, full of things to admire, find, poke at, and chat about with the owner. And it'll only cost you about as much as a pint of semi-skimmed and loaf of Kingsmill from your own local shop. Read more View the full article
There are some advantages to being a medieval peasant. Twitter hasn't been invented yet, for instance, so your exposure to the worst opinions in the world is pretty limited. But there are, on balance, a lot more downsides. Healthcare is a tad iffy. You haven't got any central heating. Back-breaking labour is the norm. And, if you live in my Manor Lords village, you're probably getting really bored of eating eggs and stepping over corpses... Read more.View the full article
Water Chakra Avatar quests are available now in Fortnite. One task requires the player to find and ******** a cabbage cart. This guide covers how to ******** a cabbage cart in Fortnite.Fortnite: How to ******** a cabbage cartWhile there are many different spots on the Fortnite map with cabbage carts, I’ll provide you with an easy way to accomplish this quest. Head to the location shown in the image below, where you will find a tunnel with tracks leading into it.Image: Epic GamesYou’ll know you’re approaching the right area when you see a large tunnel (the tracks are also visible on your in-game map). Right next to the tunnel entrance is a cabbage cart. Land here and ******** it.Screenshot: PC InvasionThe good news is that you only have to ******** one cabbage cart to complete the quest. That’s all there is to it: you have successfully completed Fortnite’s “******** a cabbage cart” quest.All Water Chakra quests in Fortnite...View the full article
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Like so many, I've been longing for a sequel to the excellent L.A. Noire. Sadly, Rockstar Games is unlikely to revisit it as it puts the finishing touches on GTA 6. There's hope on the horizon, though, as Shadows of Doubt is the detective game you've been waiting for. Following its growing fanfare on other platforms, Shadows of Doubt PS5 and Shadows of Doubt Xbox versions are finally in the works. Read the rest of the story... View the full article