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Merry Monster Hunter Wilds day to all those who celebrate. Capcom's dino-basher has been going from strength to strength since Worlds became a breakout hit back in 2018, and Wilds doubles down on that open world monster-mashing experience with style. It's a great time to start playing Monster Hunter if you're new to the series, and we've got a whole Monster Hunter Wilds walkthrough to help you every step of the way through the main campaign.

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has published an open letter detailing the company's plans for 2025, including new ways of collaborating, mobile improvements, and more monetisation.

Coming down with a case of monst-itis.

Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for February 28th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Less than 0.5% of manufactured cards are reportedly hit by this problem.

First up, an apology. In Tuesday’s newsletter, I laid out how to watch (and what to expect from) Amazon’s Alexa press event. But aside from unveiling what Alexa+ will be capable of, there was no silly hardware and no upgraded Echos, but lots of demos. We learned Alexa+ will be included with an Amazon Prime subscription, and the company will also offer the enhanced digital assistant separately, for $20 per month. At the moment, Prime costs $15 per month in the US. So that's weird. Meanwhile, Appl...

Don't worry, not long to go now. Nintendo UK has released a remixed song from Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition on YouTube, presenting an updated version of the classic track 'Don't Worry'. Titled 'Don't Worry ', it does admittedly sound pretty close to the original, but there's enough variation here to make it worthwhile, we think. The music cuts off pretty abruptly towards the end too, so this particular upload presumably isn't the full track, but it at least gives us a tantalising tr...

At this point, I’m comfortable calling Balatro one of the best roguelikes ever. LocalThunk’s deckbuilder earned a well-deserved spot among the best game nominations at The Game Awards. It’s become such a household name that it joins elites such as Slay the Spire and Hearthstone as some of the best known in its genre. But if you’ve been playing as much as I have, you might be wondering how you’d stack up against your friends. Now a Balatro mod allows you to do just that, because the best card gam...

Two upcoming Civilization 7 updates could provide the biggest fixes for the 4X game’s worst problems. The user interface in Civ 7 has been a consistent source of criticism so far. You’ve probably also been frustrated with the map generation, the behavior of CPU-controlled rival leaders, and the fact that the game ends at the conclusion of the Modern Age. But Firaxis has a sweeping improvement plan - with the Crossroads of the World DLC also on its way, there’s reason to believe that Civilization...

Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds has soared to a peak of over 1 million concurrent players on Steam just hours after its launch, catapulting it into the Steam record books. The game launched to an immediate audience of 880,806 players at midnight EST / 9 p.m. PST, and has climbed to a peak of 1,076,024 players...

2K and Firaxis have revealed the updates roadmap for Civilization VII, along with dates on when to expect some of it and we're set for some big changes.

The co-op adventure Split Fiction from Hazelight Studios (It Takes Two) and EA releases March 6th, and the good news is that it will be easy to play on Linux / Steam Deck.

Nintendo Switch Online's retro game collection is losing its first game - in Japan at least.

The list of weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds run the gamut from oversized sword to oversized hammer all the way to oversized axe. There are 14 weapon types to choose from, each with their own distinctive play style, benefits, and drawbacks. The weapon you choose to wield in Monster Hunter Wilds determines the range of...

Working out the best weapon for beginners to start with in Monster Hunter Wilds can be daunting when there are 14 weapon types to choose from. While the game asks you a couple of questions early on to recommend weapons based on your preferred playstyle, these do not factor in their ease of use —...

We have a brilliant gaming monitor deal from Corsair that will get you a 4K, 144Hz, 32-inch gaming monitor for free, if you buy a Vengeance i8300 gaming PC. If you're already in the market for a new PC, this one comes stacked with power courtesy of an RTX 5080 GPU, Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, 64GB of RAM, and two 2TB SSDs. Following our RTX 5080 review, we deem this new Nvidia card to be the best graphics card for under $1,000. It has decent 4K gaming performance, which is key to this offer, and if y...

MercurySteam, the developer behind Metroid Dread, has announced its next game: Blades of Fire.

Watch along with me as we get our first proper look at AMD's next-generation RDNA 4 GPUs.

These guys get it.

For reasons totally unrelated to the release of Monster Hunter Wilds, Palworld developer Pocketpair has given its team a "special holiday" today, 28th February.

Years ago I wrote a piece about what I presumptuously defined as the "emerging" subgenre of city games that respond to the climate crisis, with its attendant catastrophes of unchecked capitalism and resurgent fascism. Today, it feels dangerously like that subgenre is "sub" no longer. We are engulfed in strategy sims where society is the rind between the formless terrors without and the only-human abusers within. The geography is clogged by Last Cities and Final Bastions Of Humanity, all of them ...

Strong sails. Yesterday's Pokémon chatter meant that we had to put Famitsu's Japanese charts on the backburner for a minute, but fear not, here they are! It has been a big one for Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, with SEGA's latest wacky RPG claiming the top two spots in its debut week as PS5 and PS4 sales (or should that be 'sails'?) combined for a little over 105,000 units.

If you want to fully control your GPU on Linux you may want to check out the latest update to Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT), which brings in various new features.

Monster Hunter Wilds looks set to be a smash hit for Capcom, with the game hitting nearly a million concurrent players on Steam overnight, but the response to the game so far from those played is not all positive, according to Steam user reviews.

Want to tweak your new hunter? Here's how.

Someone stop that dang bird from wandering off already.

Necrosoft Games have organised a big California Fire Relief Bundle that's hosted on itch.io. Your chance to get a whole load of games while supporting relief efforts.

Apple is expected to embrace a new camera system design for some models in its upcoming iPhone 17 series, and the latest purported CAD images don't deviate from what we have been hearing lately about Apple's new lineup. If you do not like the sound of an iPhone with a camera bar, look away now. Seasoned leaker Sonny Dickson shared the following images in a post on X (Twitter), commenting: "Everyone seems to be sharing the same ‌iPhone 17‌ CAD, so I thought I'd share the ones I've seen." The firs...

The Elden Ring Nightreign network test proved a surprise success, giving a handful of lucky players an early taster of this multiplayer spin-off on PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X/S ahead of the 30th May release. Nightreign's central hook is a compelling, too: a blend of Souls combat and Fortnite-inspired PvE multiplayer with plenty of strategic depth, though the game marks the return of some familiar technical limitations from Elden Ring - including performance issues in both quality and frame-r...

Monster Hunter’s combination of fearsome beasts and giant weapons is back. In Monster Hunter Wilds, players explore a new land — previously thought to be uninhabited — in the hopes of solving the mystery behind a new giant beast. Wilds has everything we expect from Monster Hunter games: challenging fights across lush landscapes, and the...

Monster Hunter Wilds has already climbed to a colossal Steam player count within its first few hours. The long-awaited successor to Monster Hunter World and Rise, Capcom’s two best-selling games ever, Wilds is already shaping up to contend for that title based on its early response. It’s not all good news, however - as expected based on the beta test and review reports, optimization concerns have left many unhappy. Currently, the initial review score for the new RPG sits at ‘mixed,’ with frame r...

Monster Hunter Wilds allows you to deploy your Palico and have it join you on quests to aid you in battle. Palicos are the adorable, bipedal cat companions of the Monster Hunter series. In Monster Hunter Wilds, you get to design a Palico that accompanies your hunter throughout their journeys (which you can change appearance...

Back in July 2024, Dungeonborne was thriving. At its peak, it attracted close to 40,000 simultaneous players on Steam, a higher total than even mainstream launches like Frostpunk, Dragon’s Dogma 2, and Hell Let Loose. For a game that seemed to come out of nowhere, it was a huge success. Now, as I write this less than 12 months later, there are six people playing Dungeonborne - the most concurrent users it’s had in the last 30 days is 36. A one-time rival to cult favorite extraction RPG Dark and ...

Lala Barina is one of the new creatures lurking in Monster Hunter Wilds. The twitchy spider moves erratically, and to make matters worse, its thorax can open to resemble a blooming rose. It’s a beautiful spectacle, except for the spores that can paralyze you and a deadly tail attack awaiting within the petals. Despite being...