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• Windows 11 launches October 5th, but will you upgrade?
• The Age Of Empires 4 devs on bees, cheats, and "the John Wick of medieval cities"
• I need a million more games like Mosaic Chronicles, stat
• The best Genshin Impact Yanfei build
• So where is the HD remake of Mavis Beacon's penguin typing game?
• The best Genshin Impact Rosaria build
• KeyWe review: extremely cute, but this is no way to run a post office
• See the Dead Space remake here on today's stream
• What was the best game at Gamescom and why was it DokeV?
• Blast big alien bees in the demo for retro Metroidvania shooter Biota
• Valheim's Hearth & Home update will let you vomit all your tasty new foods
• Take Inkulinati's sketchy medieval tactics for a turn in its new demo
• Sega veteran Yakuza series director in talks to leave for NetEase

Windows 11 launches October 5th, but will you upgrade? Posted: 31 Aug 2021 10:11 AM PDT Microsoft today announced plans to launch Windows 11 on October 5th, inviting us to a world of exciting new features like rounded corners and a new default desktop wallpaper. As new named versions of Windows goes, 11 seems a smaller upgrade than from, say, Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, or from Window 8 to straight-up not owning a PC at all. Still, it has a few handy features for gaming. And it will roll out as a free upgrade from 10, if you want it. Read more

The Age Of Empires 4 devs on bees, cheats, and "the John Wick of medieval cities" Posted: 31 Aug 2021 10:00 AM PDT With the October 28th release of Age Of Empires IV looming, last week’s Gamescom event saw a clutch of new reveals for the medieval strategy extravaganza, including a new trailer, a couple of live interviews, and - my personal favourite - an unexpected short documentary about trebuchets. In just three minutes, it told us a surprisingly large amount about history’s finest rock-chuckers, including the fact that they were sometimes armed with such strange ammunition as diseased livestock, dead bodies, and bee hives. Naturally, then, when I spoke with AoE franchise creative director Adam Isgreen and game director Quinn Duffy following the show, there was one question I needed to ask more than any other. Indeed, so urgent was I to know, that I entirely forgot to say hello or introduce myself, instead opening the interview by blurting, “so, we’ll be able to shoot bees, then?” I certainly know how to make an entrance. Read more

I need a million more games like Mosaic Chronicles, stat Posted: 31 Aug 2021 09:41 AM PDT A while ago, I wrote about the weird stained glass puzzle game that is Glass Masquerade 2. Unfortunately I tore through all the puzzles on that pretty quickly. But thank goodness, now there is a new one! Let me welcome you into the early access puzzles of Mosaic Chronicles, which are a bit weird, but I want more of them asap. Read more

The best Genshin Impact Yanfei build Posted: 31 Aug 2021 08:53 AM PDT Want to learn how to create the best build for Yanfei in Genshin Impact? Animalistic demigod, maritime lawyer, Pyro Catalyst wielder — Genshin Impact's Yanfei certainly has a lot of plates spinning. This young polymath from Liyue has achieved a lot in a short time, so if you end up with her in your adventuring party, you'll be unsurprised to learn that she performs best when leading the charge as your DPS main with the help of her trusty book of elemental power. It's worth noting that Yanfei compares favourably to fellow Pyro Catalyst user Klee. While Klee undeniably outdoes Yanfei in overall power, she's a 5* character who's only available during limited events; while Yanfei is a 4* character who can be pulled at any time, and yet with the right build can be just as useful in your party. Read on below for our tips and suggestions for putting together the best Yanfei build. Learned and bookish Yanfei carries a Catalyst as her weapon of choice. Unlike other weapon types in Genshin Impact, which focus on more traditional melee combat attacks, Catalysts enhance the wielder's elemental attacks. Read more

So where is the HD remake of Mavis Beacon's penguin typing game? Posted: 31 Aug 2021 08:25 AM PDT We're drowning in remakes and remasters. Big publishers are rereleasing every game which is older than three years and sold at least thirty copies. Some of these remakes, I suspect, sold as few as seven copies. But they're 'IP', precious intellectual properties to be recycled and rebooted and combined in new forms until the sun burns out in the sky. So why have we still not seen the one we actually need: a $500 million remake of the Mavis Beacon minigame where you type words to make penguins jump across ice floes. Read more

The best Genshin Impact Rosaria build Posted: 31 Aug 2021 07:45 AM PDT Want to learn how to create the best build for Rosaria in Genshin Impact? Cryo Polearm wielder Rosaria joined Genshin Impact's hero line-up with the v1.5 update in April 2021. A member of the Church of Favonius in Mondstadt, Rosaria is extremely bored by her religious devotions and would much rather be following her own path instead. In-story she's not much of a team player, but nevertheless she'd probably jump at the chance to join your adventuring party if it means getting out of daily prayers and choir practice. Since Rosaria isn't a big fan of teamwork, unsurprisingly she works pretty well as a self-reliant DPS main. However, her Cryo elemental skills actually mean she's also quite well-suited to a more supporting offensive role if you prefer. Read on below for our suggestions on the best Rosaria build in Genshin Impact. Rosaria's weapon focus should be on dealing critical damage with her polearm, and there's no better weapon for her purposes than the Staff of Homa. While wielding this, Rosaria will enjoy an increase of 20-40% in her HP, as well as a scaled Attack bonus based on her max health. She'll gain a further Attack bonus if her health slips below 50%, so this is an excellent weapon choice if you're putting her at the forefront of your party. Read more

KeyWe review: extremely cute, but this is no way to run a post office Posted: 31 Aug 2021 07:44 AM PDT Gun to your head, if you were forced to staff a post office with flightless birds, which kind would you pick? Personally I'd go with ostriches, because they are both tiny of brain and aggressive of temperament (plus their long necks would reach high shelves and they would be very fast at delivery). But the good people at Stonewheat & Sons are clearly cowards, because they picked kiwis, the little avocado-shaped birds of New Zealand. Although, bonus points for featuring cassowaries as mail carriers, a species whose first Google autocomplete suggestion is "cassowary attack". KeyWe feels like a name that was generated pun first and ask questions later, which is a design method I have immense respect for. In this case, your two little kiwi pals must run a small regional Telepost office that has almost terminal levels of whimsy. The telegram machine is split into separate groups of keys that spin, swap places, and, worst of all, do not follow the standard QWERTY layout. Packages are labelled according to the personal notes enclosed with them: set up this scarecrow as soon as possible, but remember his stick body is very fragile. The mail room is also run by an octopus. Read more

See the Dead Space remake here on today's stream Posted: 31 Aug 2021 06:44 AM PDT EA will today give a wee work-in-progress peek at their remake of Dead Space, 2008's sci-fi horror shooter about removing legs from monsters like a cruel child playing with a spider, except here sometimes the monster is a cruel child who's also a spider. Dead Space is a good'un but, like so many other games getting remakes and remasters these days, still basically fine. I'll be curious to see what's dramatic enough to warrant a full-on remake. This Twitch stream will be at 6pm today (10am Pacific), and you can watch it here below. Read more

What was the best game at Gamescom and why was it DokeV? Posted: 31 Aug 2021 06:30 AM PDT Out of all the games announced at this year's Geoffscom, action adventure game DokeV was easily my highlight of the show. Unlike everything else, which made some sort of sense, this game took a bold choice and made none. It made no sense at all. All we got was a barrage on the senses, and I respect that rogue attitude. Instead of opting for a PowerPoint presentation like its peers, it just blared K-pop at everyone for three minutes and then moseyed off like it was nothing. Read more

Blast big alien bees in the demo for retro Metroidvania shooter Biota Posted: 30 Aug 2021 03:17 PM PDT Suiting up as a mercenary member of the Gemini II squad to dive into a mine crawling with alien creatures to harvest precious Viridium sounds sounds right off the back of an ancient cartridge box. That's definitely by design, because B.I.O.T.A is a Metroidvania 'em up with a rather retro face. It's also a shooter with some nice modern concessions like manual saves and teleportation escapes for those of us who have nightmares about the platformers of yore. You can take a shot at it in Biota's demo before it launches in full later this year. Read more

Valheim's Hearth & Home update will let you vomit all your tasty new foods Posted: 30 Aug 2021 01:51 PM PDT As we learned last week thanks to that snazzy animated trailer, viking action craft 'em up Valheim is summoning its major Hearth & Home update in September. We've gotten teasers on quite a bit of the update's features over the past couple months—from new building pieces to special treasure chests, and more. The latest detail is that you'll be able to vomit. Yes, that's actually a thing you might want to do on purpose. Iron Gate demonstrate your nasty new ability in a quick developer update. Read more

Take Inkulinati's sketchy medieval tactics for a turn in its new demo Posted: 30 Aug 2021 12:52 PM PDT Medieval manuscript battler Inkulinati is amusing just in its trailers, but there's more slapstick enjoyment in playing it yourself. If you'd not gotten the chance before, not to worry. You're getting another swing at this rather Monty Python-inspired tactical game about nuns and hares battling it out as commanded by your quill. Inkulinati has another demo on for those of us who enjoy a bit of body humor and other silliness with our serious strategy games. You can snag it to try for yourself right now. Read more

Sega veteran Yakuza series director in talks to leave for NetEase Posted: 30 Aug 2021 11:30 AM PDT Sega's long-running Yakuza series already said goodbye to in-game hero when they retired old protagonist Kiryu Kazuma with their latest Yakuza: Like A Dragon. The series, and Sega, may be about to lose another familiar face with a lengthy career. Long-time Sega director behind the Yakuza series and Super Monkey Ball games Toshihiro Nagoshi is reportedly in talks to leave the company after 32 years. If he does make the leap, Nagoshi is expeted to start a new team beneath NetEase—the company currently behind mobile games including Diablo Immortal. Read more

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