Rejoice wandering emperors, for Civilization 7 will be Steam Deck verified at launch All roads lead to Rome especially when you’re playing on the bus Image credit:2K Games A quick one: Firaxis have confirmed that Civilization 7 will be Steam Deck verified at launch. It’s a pleasant surprise, given that 2016’s Civ 6 is still only listed as “playable” on Valve’s oversized Switch. I like this news about as much as I’m terrified to realise that Civ 7 is just under a month away....

Resident Evil Code Veronica and 0 remakes are rumoured to be in development at Capcom Boulder punching enthusiasts said to be devastated Image credit:Capcom Resident Evils Code Veronica and 0 will be the next entries in the survival horror series to get the remake treatment, according to rumours. “A remake of Resident Evil Zero & Code Veronica in development right now,” claimed user Dusk Golem on Le Epic Musk Zone. The claim was casually corroborated by trustworthy sort Andy Robinson of VGC....

Shadows Of Doubt review: a buggy yet brilliant detective sim of grand ambition Criminally good <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/shadows-of-doubt-review-header.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“People walk the streets and warm themselves by a fire in Shadows Of Doubt. A “bestest best” sticker badge has been awarded to the game. - 1”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Fireshine Games Developer: ColePowered Games Publisher: Fireshine Games Release: Sept 26th On: Windows From: Steam Price: £20/$25/€25 Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7-11700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Windows 10 For years, a dangerous and charismatic game has evaded the grasp of many designers....

Smash your to-do list while watching the world roll by in free train window productivity tool On Track Good for what rails you Image credit:Gigatank 3000 Once upon a time, my favourite place to write was on trains. Specifically, laidback intercity services with nobody else in the quiet car and certainly, none of those screeching smaller bipeds, or “children” as they are scientifically known. That idyll is now lost to me thanks to Covid: I have vulnerable family members and continue to be careful about social distancing....

So you think you can type the word ‘pistol’ over and over again without making a mistake? Typing Break will put your confidence to the test Psito pitsol pistol! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Gamirror Games / Tholus Games As anyone who has edited me over the years will know, I am not a great typist. Or, ironically, as I originally spelled it: typoist. Additional letters slip in with every other keystroke, characters within words are all jumbled up, and the crime I’m most often guilty of is skipping out whole words entirely as I rush to get to the end of a sentence....

Sons of the Forest 1.0 makes a big performance upgrade on early access, with or without FSR 3 The new upscaler is nice, but this full release runs quicker regardless Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Endnight Games Since I’m apparently on survival game duty for the rest of my days, and we’ve just had a firm reminder of how wobbly an early access launch can be, it seems like a good time to check in on that there Sons Of The Forest 1....

Space Marine 2’s getting a second year of DLC, and a big anniversary update for you to dig your chainsword into You Power Axed for it Image credit:Saber Interactive If you like getting Warhammered and having a scrap as a space marine, then here’s some good news. Following the release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ’s siege mode last week, developers Saber Interactive have confirmed that it’ll be getting second year of free and paid updates....

Star Wars Outlaws review: a perfectly ok bit of star war Don’t make a fuss. I’m just plain Yogurt Image credit:Ubisoft Developer: Massive Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft Release: August 30th 2024 On: Windows From: Ubisoft / Epic Price: £60/€70/$70 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-12600K, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2070, Windows 10 When we talk about a game having a sense of place, it’s often about how adroitly it covers up the necessary falsehoods of a world contrived to accommodate the player character....

Starfield console commands and cheats list The most useful Starfield console commands, and how to use them on Xbox Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Looking for the best Starfield console commands and cheats? Using Starfield console commands can put a fun spin on the game, especially if you have already played through the main campaign and are eagerly awaiting the Shattered Space Expansion . With console commands in Starfield you can unlock all powers, traits, unlimited Credits and even god mode....

Starfield names list: All 1011 names VASCO can say Including a list of the funniest and rudest Starfield names <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/starfield-vasco-names-header.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“VASCO the robot in Starfield stands inside the player’s ship. A speech bubble next to him says “WELCOME, CAPTAIN ERECTUS!”. - 1”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios What are all the Starfield names that VASCO can say? If you’re gearing up for a new Starfield playthrough ahead of the Shattered Space expansion , it’s handy to have a list of all the names VASCO can say before completing the character creation....

Static Dread is Papers, Please but you’re a lighthouse keeper besieged by Lovecraftian monsters “Gosh…” Image credit:Solarsuit.games I’ve often thought lighthouse keeping would make a fine second career, albeit mostly because in my head, it would give me endless time to write (and finish Baldur’s Gate 3 ). You won’t have much time to write in Static Dread , sadly. The world has ended, the oceans teem with squirmy, extra-dimensional lifeforms, and it’s your job as the apparent sole surviving lighthouse keeper to distinguish vessels loaded with eldritch horrors from vessels loaded with people who need saving from eldritch horrors....

SteamWorld Dig is free on Steam for the next couple of days? Ah, go on then A couple other titles from the series are on sale too Image credit:Image & Form Chances are if you like the SteamWorld series that this won’t matter very much to you, but for those of you (like me) who’ve never touched a single game, here’s something neat: SteamWorld Dig is completely free on Steam right now ....

Surprising nobody, the Logitech G502 Hero mouse is up to 64% off on Prime Day Greetings, old friend Yes, this is a peripheral that’s spending its apparently immortal life wafting in and out of the sales, but there’s a reason why it’s still going: it’s a bloody good mouse , especially if you prefer a more solid-feeling, weightier style of rodent. I’d still be using mine if I hadn’t, uh, lost it....

System Shock 2 remaster has a release date, but don’t expect a revolutionary upgrade Cybernetically enhanced Image credit:Nightdive Studios Six years ago Nightdive Studios announced they were doing a remaster of sci-fi sequel System Shock 2 , which they were calling System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition. But back then they were also busy working on a full-blown remake of the original System Shock . Turns out that first outing to Citadel Station took priority....

Tenet of the Spark is basically an entire game’s worth of Titanfall 2’s time travel level, so I’m already in Believe it Image credit:Roar Games People love to go on and on about how good Titanfall 2’s campaign mode is, and they’d be right to do so, but really we all know there’s one specific level we have in mind when it comes to the sidelined shooter: the time travel one....

The Battlefield 6 beta’s hacking problem shows the difficulty in playing cat and mouse with cheaters A quick defeat for Secure Boot Image credit:EA The Battlefield 6 open beta is over, and encouraging whispers of its oo-rahhable player count – peaking at over 500,000 on PC alone, so sayeth SteamDB – have been tempered with widespread reports of invading cheaters . That’s despite BF6’s new and unusual requirement to enable Secure Boot , a BIOS-level security feature in Windows, ostensibly to prevent such do-badding....

The best Skyrim mods Free ways to keep Skyrim your forever game Skyrim is now over twelve years old, but its modding community remains as vibrant as ever. Whether you want to overhaul the fantasy RPG ’s graphics, add new companions to carry your burdens, or pursue adventures on all-new terrain, generous creators have built something that will satisfy. The only thing that’s changed is that, as more have been released, it’s become harder to find the very best Skyrim mods....

The creators of Duskers are making a twisted dungeon roguelike driven by love and contempt for chess Which may also be a predatory Skinner box in the Pony Island vein Image credit:Misfits Attic / Shochiku Duskers developers Misfit Attic have revealed Below The Crown, a chess-flavoured fantasy roguelike with an Inscryption -style meta-layer and some sexy 80s CRT visuals. You are a wizard, tasked with Gathering A Party and braving an offbrand Tron dungeon to retrieve some gold....

The Last of Us 2 will reportedly follow Part 1 onto PC, but potentially not until next year Development has apparently already finished, suggesting it might wait until the next season of the HBO show Image credit:Sony/Naughty Dog The Last of Us Part II will follow its predecessor onto PC, according to a new report - but despite development on the PC port supposedly being completed months ago, we might be waiting until 2025 for a release date....

The Maw: what’s new in PC games this week? Pirate Yakuza, Avowed, Peripeteia, Ale Abbey and maw Image credit:Sega Last week the Maw fattened itself upon the fizzy nectar of human romance. I’m not sure what it’s in the mood for this week. Perhaps some nice buttered abbots? Sprinkled with freshly plucked silicon ants? And a side helping of heavily salted gangsters? With some crusty cyberpunk cities for dessert? Let’s have a look at this week’s new PC games, then....