Risk of Rain 2 hits Steam early access to “overwhelmingly positive” reception

Risk of Rain 2

Risk of Rain 2, the sequel to 2013’s hugely popular 2-D rogue-like action platformer, has been released on Steam early access. The game was shown off at the Gearbox PAX East panel, and to everyone’s delight, it arrived on Stream shortly after. Risk of Rain 2 features one massive change from the original – the … Read more

GOG team with Blizzard to bring Warcraft 1 & 2 available digitally

Warcraft 2 Battle.net Edition

Classic real-time strategy games Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft 2 are finally available to download digitally. Blizzard Entertainment’s jewels have been bundled together on GOG.com. It was a few weeks back that Blizzard and GOG hooked up to re-release the original Diablo, and much to the delight of Warcraft fans they’re at it again. … Read more

Yacht Club Games reveals new 8-bit platformer Cyber Shadow

Cyber Shadow

Yacht Club Games, the studio that brought us the fantastic platformer Shovel Knight, has officially announced its latest title – Cyber Shadow. Developed over the last decade by Aarne “MekaSkull” Hunziker, Cyber Shadow is an 8-bit-style action platformer that looks to have taken much inspiration from the Ninja Gaiden series. Check out the trailer below, … Read more

Fortnite’s patch 8.20 is live

Epic Games has just released patch 8.20 for Fortnite, making several changes and tweaks to gameplay as well as introducing additional new content. The new limited time mode, The Floor is Lava, is the most notable addition, which I’m informed is a rather popular game in school playgrounds. The Fortnite version will unsurprisingly see players … Read more

SteamWorld Quest: The Hand of Gilgamech heading to the Nintendo Switch on April 25th

SteamWorld Quest: The Hand of Gilgamech

Image & Form Games has just released a new gameplay trailer for their forthcoming RPG card-battler SteamWorld Quest: The Hand of Gilgamech, and with it announced a release date for the game. SteamWorld Quest will launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch on Thursday 25th April, priced at £22.49. We're so excited to reveal that SteamWorld Quest … Read more

Xbox One games for under a fiver

Gaming Deals

It’s been a while since we’ve updated our deals section, so what better way to return to form than with a trio of tastily priced Xbox One games? Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition First up we have Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition on Xbox One, available as a Download Code from Amazon UK for a mere £3.60. … Read more

Morrowind is free today to celebrate 25 years of The Elder Scrolls

Morrowind

In celebration of 25 years of The Elder Scrolls series, Bethesda are giving away The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind for free and offering big discounts on other Elder Scrolls titles. “On March 25, 1994, Bethesda Game Studios invited players to embark on a journey to the fantastical world of Tamriel. 25 years later, we still … Read more

Warframe giving away free skins to celebrate sixth anniversary

Warframe really is the game that keeps on giving, and for once I’m not just talking about amazing new content (although that’s coming very soon). This week, the free-to-play giant will celebrate its sixth birthday, and to celebrate the milestone players are being rewarded with some unique birthday skins.   The Warframe anniversary page boasts … Read more