Tag: OVERFLOW

While everyone was distracted with Diablo 4’s gigantic loot update on the test server over the weekend, players found some clues for the next season’s theme ahead of its official announcement. On the season 4 PTR,  or the “public test realm” for beta testing upcoming changes, you will occasionally see text pop up while killing…

Intel’s XeSS upscaler might not quite have the developer support of something like Nvidia’s DLSS, but it’s proven itself quite a competent performer. Now the most recent Intel XeSS 1.3 SDK has been released, and Intel has been keen to show off some significant performance improvements and improved visual quality to boot. The most recent…

Since I first wrote about the demo for cosmic horror adventure game Desolatium all the way back in January 2022, I’ve been hired full time by PC Gamer, gotten Covid, adopted a dog, and traveled out of the country three times. You know what hasn’t changed? Desolatium still looks rad as hell. The Lovecraftian (literally…

(Image credit: Blizzard) When Hearthstone Battlegrounds’ Duos mode was announced in November last year, Blizzard said to expect the launch in early 2024. We now know that April 16 is the day players will begin buddying up to take on lobbies. The full blog post is here.  I’m a long-time enjoyer of the auto-battler spinoff,…

Phase 3 launches for Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery today, and players will once again explore a WoW Classic update with no advance community testing. Not having a Public Test Realm (PTR) for Classic means some things will be broken, developers said in a PC Gamer interview—and that’s okay. Not just okay, Blizzard argued, but…

Golden age pirates: murderous villains or freedom fighters? It’s the latter view that French studio Savage Level hopes to express with its first game, a tactical RPG that stars Captain Flint, the fictional pirate whose buried treasure is sought after in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. “This game gives us the possibility of informing the…

If you’re currently trying out the Diablo 4 public test realm and its preview of season four, you might be curious about how the new Tempering and Masterworking mechanics function. While gear in the game currently drops with all its affixes, in season 4 you’ll be able to Temper an item at the blacksmith, adding…

The Elder Scrolls Online is having its 10th birthday this week—to celebrate, I was invited to have a chat both the game’s creative director Rich Lambert, as well as several players deep in the housing community’s paint.  To be clear, I haven’t played this game since 2019, but I’ve always been sinking time into at…

Multiplayer games like Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) thrive on community and teamwork. Befriending other players is a common practice, and it can lead to amazing gameplay experiences and lasting connections. But what happens when your friends list starts to overflow, or you encounter players who are no longer a good fit? How To Unfriend In…