Killer7 is out now on PC, and one of the weirder things you can play this week. It’s a hallucinatory adventure-slash-first-person shooter hybrid about seven assassins (who may actually be one person) hunting ‘terrorists’ that are apparently howling, self-destructing demons. It’s bizarre, profane, allegorical, drenched in blood and a little bit punk. Originally launched in 2005 by Grasshopper Manufacture (and directed by Suda51), it’s still holding up great thanks to its sharp, semi-abstract aesthetic. There’s a trailer below, but don’t expect to make much sense of it.

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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus, Bulwark Studios’s tactical dungeon crawler based on the Games Workshop mega-universe is out now. It pits the Adeptus Mechanicus (an especially barmy bunch of cyborg engineer-cultists) up against the Necron; what you’d get if you put Warhammer Fantasy’s Egyptian undead and The Terminator in a blender. Systems-wise, it’s a blend of FTL’s choice-filled exploration and XCOM-like tactical combat, with your squad of mad monks facing down waves of robot mummies. Below, a launch trailer and a longer peek at its systems.

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It was a sad day indeed when AMD’s three free games bundle came to an end at the beginning of November (bye bye, free Assassin’s Creed Odyssey), but the good news is that today marks the start of a brand new, and arguably even better, AMD games bundle to celebrate the launch of their new Radeon RX 590 graphics card. If you fancy grabbing free copies of Devil May Cry 5, The Division 2 and the shiny new Resident Evil 2 remake, read on.

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Underworld Ascendant is out now, OtherSide Entertainment’s crowdfunded spiritual sucessor to Ultima Underworld. For the younger among us, or those who had better things to do in the early 90s than trawl imaginary dungeons, that means it’s a first-person action RPG with a focus on puzzling out creative solutions to problems. There’s stealth, parkour and multiple ways through every level, with your choices on a three-branched skill tree affecting your options later on. It also has a very glowy high-fantasy aesthetic that reminds me a bit of Trine. The launch trailer lies beneath.

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As Hunt Showdown continues its journey through early access, developers Crytek today launched a big update adding their PvPvE weird west FPS’s second map. Named Lawson Delta, it explores a less rugged corner of Louisiana with a prison, a fortress, and even a train station. Well lah-di-dah, aren’t these unholy hordes spoiled with modernity.

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The world ended this week. We documented the whole thing. But the RPS podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show, will not go quietly into the abyss of human history. It’s not going to be felled by the atomic blast of Fallout 76. It s going down screaming. Screaming about the best post-apocalyptic games out there, that is.

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With Fallout 76 releasing much earlier than it was supposed to (thanks Bethesda), there’s no better time to emerge from Vault 76 and make your mark in the world of Appalachia. We have had the beta to get a head start, seeing explosions with Bethesda adding that all progress made will carry over to the main game when it comes out, having as much information as possible will give you a massive head start.

However, this is not the typical Fallout game with an online mode, as there are a lot of other changes – from how Perks work to setting up your own CAMP. This guide will go over some of these major changes, as well as explains things like hunger and thirst, Bobbleheads, mutiplayer, and more. (more…)

Fallout 76 introduces Atoms for the first time. These are meta-currency that you can exchange in Bethesda’s in-game store for cosmetic items and are normally obtained either by exchanging real-world money, or by completing challenges. Since there are an awful lot of challenges in the game, some of which have multiple tiers, it can be a little daunting to figure out which challenges to go for next. So in order to help you get to personalising your character rather than focus on scrolling through menus, this guide will list all the available challenges in the game. (more…)

After a surprisingly long time in Vault 76, the residents are finally allowed to emerge and repopulate the post-apocalyptic world. Since Fallout 76 is an online game, making your own unique character is your way of making your mark on the world. As there was a party the night before, you can make them as fresh faced or permanently hung-over as you wish. The important thing is that you make what you want to, rather than struggle with the controls. This guide will go through the character creation tools, how they work, and how to make your perfect Vault 76 resident. (more…)

EA have added a first-person camera view to The Sims 4, giving the opportunity to watch lives unfold from inside characters’ heads. See through the eyes of an idiot guided by wonky logic and incomprehensible whims and desires, watching their hands touch and do things you know are foolish. And in the game. Oh, and a new expansion is out today.

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