July 2022

Audio player loading… Xbox has partnered with preservation society National Trust (opens in new tab) and some British creatives to make a Minecraft model of Corfe Castle. The rather complex, impressive build was sponsored by Xbox UK as part of the National Trust’s festival of archaeology, encouraging people to create “their own version of the ruin using the foundations.”   To that end, this first build was done by a YouTube video maker named Grian, whose work is highlighted in the video above and on YouTube. (opens in new tab) By working off of historical photos and consulting with an…

Audio player loading… The Indonesian government has blocked popular gaming sites and web services after they did not register for a new set of licensing rules. The organization responsible for the block, a government communication ministry known locally as Kominfo, has attracted widespread criticism on Indonesian social media following the enforcement, with “BlokirKominfo” (“Block Kominfo”) trending. Websites and services blocked include Steam, Epic Games, Battle Net, Ubisoft, Origin, Nintendo, Yahoo, and PayPal. PayPal has since been temporarily unblocked to allow Indonesians a five day window to withdraw their money. The new rules, first announced in November 2020, give Indonesian authorities…

You’re now just a short scroll away from the answer to today’s Wordle, and if you’d like to read some hints and tips for the July 31 (407) puzzle you’ll find those (and more) here too. There are days when Wordle is an exciting mental challenge, a careful piecing together of the available clues after a series of educated stabs in the dark. And then there are days like today. Today it just seems to fall into place with little help from me, I just typed in a few words and the answer seemed to materialise out of thin air….

Audio player loading… Midnight Society, the development studio founded by Dr. Disrespect, has revealed the name and some background details about the multiplayer FPS formerly known as Project Moon. It’s called Deadrop, and according to the Midnight Society website (opens in new tab), it’s set in the year “2020.b”, when self-governed megastructures called Refiner States turn toxic atmospheric pollutants into a valuable addictive substance called “space dust”. The summary goes on: “Once Government-owned facilities, the lucrative ‘DUST’ trade has now led to the forced occupation of the REFINER STATES by competing factions fighting for control of the towers and the…

Thank Gordon we’re past the days of needing boot disks and understanding conventional memory and how to free up more of it just to play games on PC. That doesn’t mean it’s always easy to get games running nowadays, whether because your hardware is south of the minimum requirements, or you want to play an older game that’ll only run in a virtual machine or emulator. Maybe you’ve used a VPN to play an online game that’s not available in your territory, or had to revert to a previous that was compatible with your setup. Heck, maybe you rebuilt a 1998 PC…

Audio player loading… One of the most famous Counter-Strike videos of all time has been hit with the inevitable bogeyman of YouTube: Somebody’s copyright claimed it that doesn’t own it. The 35-second video has been a perennial joke in the CS scene since it was uploaded in 2007, and even has a spray in CS:GO dedicated to it.  In the clip, a knife-swinging player trolls their teammate—who is rapping Snoop Dogg and Pharell’s Drop It Like It’s Hot into voice chat over a very grainy 2007 microphone. Following the other player around and swinging his knife, original uploader Kinetik001 gets…

Audio player loading… Punk developer and former industry underdog Studio ZA/UM continues to expand and hire new talent for a follow up to PC Gamer’s 2019 Game of the Year (opens in new tab), Disco Elysium. The details in these job posts might just shed some light on the studio’s anticipated next project. Several months ago, ZA/UM brought on new writing talent, and the latest job posts, spotted by user An_Italian_Meal on Reddit (opens in new tab), are for an environment concept artist, lead environment artist, as well as a sales and monetization specialist. Arguably the most eye-catching thing here…