Monthly Archives: April 2019

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice’s Hanbei the Undying is a handy NPC, sticking around to let you beat him up as you hone your skills. As his name suggests, he can deal with a lot of punishment. He’s also the subject of a new spin-off Manga that’s in the works, starting on May 27.  Sekiro Gaiden: […]

Following a stint in beta, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest will release on Steam on May 15. It’s an isometric RPG with tactical, turn-based combat, created by a small team with experience working on the Legend of Grimrock series. Andy seemed pretty keen on the idea back when the game was announced in […]

It was looking touch-and-go for Firmament, the next game from the creators of Myst, when it headed into the final stretch of its Kickstarter campaign $350,000 short of its funding goal. But thanks to a late push it got over the line—and then some, with fans backing it to the tune of $1.43 million.  The […]

In an odd play, Nvidia has omitted Turing’s NVENC from their shiny new budget 16-series offering, the GTX 1650, which is otherwise built around Turing microarchitecture. Each of Nvidia’s graphics card architectures, on which many of the best graphics cards are based, going all the way back to Kepler, has included a new encoder block. […]

BlizzCon 2019 won’t be kicking off until November, but Blizzard will start selling tickets to its annual fan celebration next week. Tickets will go on sale on May 4, but if you miss out, a second wave will be sold on May 9.  They’ll be pricey, though. The cheapest tier is a $229 pass that […]

Logitech makes some of the best wireless accessories (and some of the mice in our best gaming mouse roundup). Now you can get the high-end Logitech G703 wireless gaming mouse for just $69.99 from Amazon. That’s a $30 reduction from the original price, and $10 below the previous cost. This mouse is special for a […]

Dungeons & Dragons company Wizards of the Coast announced today that it is opening a new studio in Austin, Texas, that will be headed up by former BioWare stalwart James Ohlen. Ohlen left BioWare last year after a 22-year career, during which he amassed design and writing credits including the Baldur’s Gate series, Neverwinter Nights, […]

Mortal Kombat 11 lands on PC (and consoles) tomorrow, and in anticipation of the game’s release, AMD has made available a new Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 2019 driver package (version 19.4.3) for some of its best graphics cards to ensure those fatalities go without a hitch. There’s not a lot of extra fluff in the […]

Do you have $600 burning a hole in your pocket? Even if that’s the case, it still wouldn’t be enough to purchase HyperX’s new 16GB Predator DDR4-4600 memory kit—you’ll need to scrounge together $11 more, and that’s before tax. It’s one of two new high-speed memory kits HyperX launched today, the other being a cheaper […]

Capcom is opening up Street Fighter 5 for a two-week free stretch on Steam from Tuesday, meaning anyone can jump in and battle with 20 playable characters across a number of modes. The free period will run from this coming Tuesday April 23 at 1pm PT until May 5. During that time, you’ll be able […]