Once bitten, twice shy, is not a good aphorism for zombies. They’re not very shy at all>. In fact, some of them are positively bold. They’ve wreaked havoc with this week’s Steam Charts, taking over nearly half the entries. Which, admittedly, saves me thinking up a bunch of other stupid shit to write.
Yes, click through, read on, for the bunch of stupid shit I did> write.
If you’ve ever decided to build your own PC, you’ll know there are some bits of the upgrade process that are easier to work out than others, especially when it comes to finding the right motherboard for your new CPU. The first step is easy. Most people know whether they want to have an Intel or AMD CPU, but untangling the mess of motherboard sockets and all the different chipsets? That’s a whole other kettle of fish.
I’m here to help. Below, you’ll find an in-depth guide of which motherboards are compatible with which CPUs, as well as everything you need to know about all the different types of chipsets and sockets you’ll see when buying a new motherboard. If you’re thinking about making the jump to Intel’s 8th or 9th Gen Coffee Lake processors, or fancy one of AMD’s Ryzen chips but don’t know which motherboard you should get, read on.
Peter “Durante” Thoman, the tinkerer whose unofficial tools have helped improve wonky PC versions of console games including Dark Souls and Deadly Premonition, has officially founded his own company dedicated to porting and polishing games. He’s consulted professionally on several PC ports since rising to fame and adulation, including The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Of Cold Steel and Rez Infinite, but his new PH3 Games will make a real go of it. Thoman doesn’t name any games they’re working on now, and of course they’re only one studio, but it’s good to hear he’s out there, doing his thing.
I ve never understood why The Room is called The Room and not The Box. Yes, the box is in a> room, but your eyes are so drawn to this ornate toy that you don t ponder what is happening around you. And it really is a good game about boxes: the mystery of what s inside them, the thrill of prising one open and er, that s about it. But that s arguably everything that is good about boxes. (Okay, so stamping them flat for recycling is also good fun, but that would make for quite a brief puzzle game.) The important thing, is that Fireproof do both of these things very well.
Psst. Hey, you. Yeah, you there. Do you want to hop in a hovercraft and skate off among beautiful landscapes, racing to deliver illicit items like fresh fruit? Sure. Just keep it on the down low, yeah?
Smugglecraft is a game about being an bootlegging, debt-saddled courier in a world where travelling and trading are severely restricted, and where everything is extremely colourful and pretty to whiz by. You can take a peek at it in the trailer below.
Blizzard have announced that they ll be tweaking the ranking system for collectable card game Hearthstone next month, making climbing the ladder a slightly less grindy experience.
Beginning on February 1st, players at most levels will only need to gain three stars by winning games in order to advance a rank, reduced from its current five.
Developers Analgesic Productions have announced that dreamily atmospheric clean em up sequel Anodyne 2: Return to Dust will launch in May.
If you ve not seen the game in action before, it s a Zelda-y, mixed graphics adventure RPG, and, well, you should probably take a look at the teaser trailer, which has really quite a lot packed into its short 30 seconds.
The less-discussed Fortnite sibling, PvE survival shooter Fortnite: Save The World is changing how its loot boxes work. Potential buyers will now be able to see exactly what s inside the store s llama pi atas, enabling them to make a more informed decision about whether or not they want to pay to take a metaphorical mallet to them.
Sundays are for finally reigniting your D&D campaign – organising a game with friends in four different time-zones is both wonderful and infuriating. Could the same be said of the best writing about videogames from the past week?
I’m a little in awe of Braden Moor. Waypoint’s Patrick Klepek has been documenting the man’s ongoing attempts to beat a ludicrously hard Super Mario Maker level of his own devising. Month after month, he streams his every defeat. It’s legitimately inspiring.
Freewheeling haul ’em up American Truck Simulator will be expanding into Washington State sometime this year, allowing players to explore from evergreen forest to concrete cargo port, and to travel under the ever-watchful eye of Seattle’s Space Needle.
Here s a teaser trailer, though it has nary a truck in sight: