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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The Avatar: Elements event is now live in Fortnite and Korra’s Waterbending abilities are no longer the only Avatar-themed Mythics on the island. The first part of the Avatar questline in Fortnite requires you to visit an elemental shrine, which is the first step to mastering all four elements.The Avatar: Elements event adds Firebending, Earthbending, and Airbending Mythics on top of the existing Waterbending Mythic item added alongside Korra earlier this season. You can also find Zuko, Katara, Toph, and Aang as NPCs at specific spots around the map. Completing their quests and using Bending abilities will level up your Avatar event pass and unlock free and paid rewards like the Appa glider and Aang skin.Where to Find Elemental Shrines in FortniteScreenshot: PC InvasionThere are eight elemental shrines on the Fortnite island as a part of the Avatar: Elements event. There are two elemental shrines per element, and we’ve marked their locations for you on the m...View the full article
The Avatar: Elements event has finally begun in Fortnite, and the Appa Glider is available to all players — but only those able to master the elements.How to unlock the Appa Glider in FortniteThe Appa Glider has got to be the coolest item in this whole Avatar event, so getting it will require some dedication. On the Elements Quests page, you’ll see at the top of all the quests are the “Element Bonus Goals” quests.Screenshot: PC InvasionThe top quest requires you to open six Chakras to gain the Appa Glider for free. This is quite a tall task, and is only open for 3 weeks. Don’t think that you can breeze through the quests immediately, however, as the Chakras will only be available at certain times. Once you’ve opened all the Chakras, you’ll be able to gain the Appa Glider and fly around with the adorably fluffy companion.How to open Chakras in FortniteSo what are these six Chakras that you’ll need to open to gain th...View the full article
Every detail about Genshin Impact 4.6, including its release date, the new character’s abilities, the character banners, story updates, and events has been revealed through the official livestream. Version 4.6 is following up on Version 4.5’s content, but is bringing a load of content, especially when compared to the previous version. The game is still getting only one new playable character, but, as was first seen in several Genshin Impact 4.6 leaks and rumors, it is also getting an entirely new area with a new world boss, as well as important character quests that connect to a new weekly boss. View the full article
Honkai: Star Rail has given players an insight into Aventurine's kit before his debut in the second phase of version 2.1. Honkai: Star Rail will soon receive a new update and celebrate its anniversary in a memorable way. The Festive Gifts login event, which gives away 30 free pulls, will be available in the second phase of 2.1, alongside some other time-limited festivities like Cosmodyssey and Vignettes in a Cup. Moreover, players will get 1,600 Stellar Jades through the in-game mail system. View the full article
Back before the modern era of No Man's Sky, Starfield, Elite Dangerous, and Outer Wilds, the best space games on PC included '90s classics such as Star Wars: TIE Fighter and the Wing Commander series. Chris Roberts, the creator of the latter of those, would later go on to develop the massive, ambitious crowdfunded space sim Star Citizen - but before that he gave us Freelancer, a memorable narrative-driven adventure with a straightforward setup that unveils a mysterious alien threat as it progresses. Now, new Steam game Underspace has arrived as a spiritual successor to Freelancer, and following a successful initial launch its developer lays out its initial post-release update plans. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Classic '00s space game gets a spiritual sequel, made by Skyrim legend Skyrim's Thomas the Tank Engine modder has his own RPG on the way View the full article
Stellar Blade is set to grace your PS5 very soon, and from Friday, April 19, you'll be able to pre-load Shift Up's maiden voyage into console gaming ahead of its Friday, April 26 release date. Though the Stellar Blade file size was previously leaked, it now looks like Eve's bizarre otherworldly adventure will be even more forgiving when it comes to storage. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Stellar Blade's lack of microtransactions on PS5 gets even better The Stellar Blade demo is hiding more enemies, but there's a catch Stellar Blade demo arrives on PS5 very soon (for real this time) View the full article
We'd love to see what Larian Studios' headquarters looks like right now because there are likely heaps of award statues on every surface. Baldur's Gate 3 continues to be an unstoppable force on the awards circuit, this time sweeping up some wins at the BAFTA Game Awards. Not only did the acclaimed RPG scoop four new shiny trophies, but it also captured the hearts of PS5 and Xbox players with the fan-voted EE Players Choice Award. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Baldur's Gate 3 is discounted for the first time on Xbox in new ***** Larian Studios will move away from D&D in one of two brand-new games Cancelling Baldur's Gate 3 DLC has brought "excitement" back to Larian View the full article
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) [/url] In a deckbuilding game, you start out with a basic set of cards, then upgrade it over time, seeking synergies and compounding effects. Roguelikes are games where ****** happens quite often, but each randomized "run" unlocks options for the future. In both genres, and when they're fused together, the key is staying lean, trimming your deck and refining your strategy so that every card and upgrade works toward unstoppable momentum. “Lean” does not describe the current scene for roguelike deckbuilder games, but they certainly have momentum. As of this writing, Steam has 2,599 titles tagged by users with “deckbuilding” and 861 with “roguelike deckbuilder” in all languages, more than enough to feed a recent Deckbuilders Fest. The glut has left some friends and co-workers grousing that every indie game these days seems to be either a cozy farming sim or a roguelike deckbuilder. I, an absolute ******* for deckbuilders for nearly five years, wanted to know why this was happening. Read 37 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article
When is the Genshin Impact 4.6 release date? It seems like no time at all since we made our way back to Mondstadt for 4.5, but the next update is already right around the corner. Genshin Impact 4.6 is rumored to introduce a whole new area in Fontaine, and the story content within has major implications for HoYoverse's fantasy world, along with new world quests, domains, and bosses. This next Genshin Impact update also brings with it a new round of Genshin Impact banners to pull from - and this time, a Fatui Harbinger might well be on the cards. Arlecchino is the latest five-star to join the roster of Genshin Impact characters according to HoYoverse's drip marketing, and we already anticipate she'll be climbing up our Genshin Impact tier list in no time. There's plenty more to discover in the free PC game's next update, so get caught up with the Genshin Impact 4.6 release date and livestream news right here on PCGamesN. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Genshin Impact codes for April 2024 Genshin Impact events - all current and upcoming events What is the current and next Genshin Impact banner? View the full article
There's something about Hong Kong's neon-lit streets that almost demands that games be set there. It's a setting that somehow never gets tiring and even when the game in question has a few problems, like Wanted: *****, it still makes us fall in love with it. Well, sort of. The beleaguered action game has had a rough landing, overshadowed at launch and with more than its share of issues, yet it still managed to carve out a place in many of our hearts. Now, over a year after launch, the first major patch aimed at reviving its fortunes has just landed. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab a free Steam key for 2023's most underrated action game Cult classic action game plans comeback after "challenging release" 2023's most underrated action game gets much-needed boss overhaul View the full article
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered has released Update 2 for the game, bringing a huge number of fixes for the trilogy across all platforms. The update for Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered focuses on all three titles, although the third title has the most extensive list of changes this time around. View the full article
When it works - when it runs smoothly - Cities Skylines 2 traffic is one of the most satisfying things to behold in all of videogames. You make the perfect road system. You carefully pinpoint your junctions and roundabouts. And then it just flows, every single one of your Cims traveling effortlessly from home to work and back again. When it doesn't work however, traffic, as part of the broader Cities Skylines 2 simulation, becomes a nightmare. As Colossal Order continues to try and improve its beleaguered city building sequel, two essential new Cities Skylines 2 mods are here to improve some of the game's most aggravating aspects. If you want a better eye on your Cims' daily habits and a new way to manage and comprehend traffic, these are vital. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Cities Skylines 2 mods New Cities Skylines 2 DLC is literally the worst-rated thing on Steam The best city building games on PC 2024 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 on October 4, 2017. One of the most memorable quests in Fallout New Vegas is called Come Fly With Me, where you launch a rocket from the REPCONN test site. Once you have gathered the supplies needed to fix the missile, you are treated to a cutscene of the rocket blasting towards the sky, backed by Richard Wagner's rousing classical song, Ride of the Valkyries. Obsidian put extra effort into making this sequence look, sound, and feel as good as possible. Lead designer Josh Sawyer wanted to see how it looked for himself once it was finished. But, unfortunately, his viewing was rudely interrupted by a tap on the shoulder - an NPC really wanted to talk to him about bottlecaps. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Fallout New Vegas mods Fallout New Vegas mod overhauls the aging movement and FPS mechanics Get every game in one of the best RPG series ever for just $25 View the full article
Equipping your system with speedy and spacious storage is becoming more important by the day as games demand more from our drives, making an SSD deal like this one, for the Crucial T500, a godsend. At almost half price, you'll be hard pressed to find a better value pick for internal storage, especially given the likely future of the storage market. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab the fastest gaming SSD for its cheapest ever price, with $175 off Crucial T705 review - an SSD that puts speed above all Crucial is reportedly cooking up the fastest ever PC SSD View the full article
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The promised land of minute but mighty laptops with few compromises has never felt as fully realized as it does with the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) sitting on my desk. While falling just shy of perfection, its minor flaws do little to get in the way of what's otherwise a superb system, inside and out. So much so, in fact, that alternatives have a hard time competing. Serving as my daily driver, I've been gaming away on the Asus Zephyrus G14 for just a little under a month. In that time, it's more than proven itself as the best gaming laptop I've used in this particular form factor. Its size naturally comes with some constraints, which mainly affect performance and price, but this squeeze is barely noticeable, as this laptop it never fails to keep its cool both metaphorically and under load. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Asus' solar powered PC gaming Thor hammer isn't a joke after all Your Asus motherboard could already support new AMD Zen 5 CPUs Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2024) review View the full article
I tried to look up the plot of Bore Blasters, because my focus when playing the game is entirely on exploding dirt, but it turns out the Steam store page doesn't bother to explain any kind of plot either. Thus, the purity of Bore Blasters. Some facts can be divined from the earth, though: you play a dwarf, piloting a small ship akin to Robotnik's flying hedghog *******, and are dropped off on a small, discrete, gem-bearing chunk of dirt. This you pulverise, in a downward direction, with the aim of finding a huge chest of gems at the bottom somewhere. Your drill is the machine **** on your ship, your efforts governed by about two minutes worth of depleting fuel and a hull that can take three hits total. It's cyberpunk by Gimli. Read more View the full article
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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