‘God Was There After All’ - Cradle of Filth Keyboardist Quits Band Mid-Tour, Dani Filth RespondsCradle of Filth's Zoe Smerda (ne Federoff) has exited the band mid-tour and both she and band leader and namesake Dani Filth have issued statements about the sudden exit.What Did Zoe Smerda Say About Her Exit From Cradle of Filth?In an initial posting to her social media, the keyboardist and backing...

Just because the Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for a few months doesn't mean Nintendo won't have a few tricks up their sleeves.

I don't know about you, but any game that gives me the chance to experience life as a royal of some sort is always intriguing. None of us will ever be in that position, so it's quite an alluring power fantasy.

Text-based games were a thing long before Disco Elysium, and they'll exist long after it has exited the public consciousness. Right now, however, it is a core part of the social zeitgeist and has led to a resurgence of text-heavy RPGs and narrative games. Citizen Sleeper and Norco are two of my favorites to achieve relative success in ZA/UM's wake, and more are on the horizon. Rue Valley and Esoteric Ebb, in particular, but also a game called Livber: Smoke and Mirrors. This transplants Disco Elysium's text-heavy narrative into a horror setting, and I'm ready to be freaked the heck out. Continue reading Viral horror game Livber: Smoke and Mirrors is basically spooky Disco ElysiumMORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best horror games, Best indie games, Best PC games

Washing up from a shipwreck is not the worst thing in the world. You're on an unfamiliar beach but at least you're alive. But in the case of Beyond the Map, which mashes up the survival mechanics of Valheim with the action-RPG combat of Diablo 4, most of the island's inhabitants want to murder you. Out now in Steam Early Access, it challenges you to juggle base-building and crafting with leveling up your character to the point where you're not lunch for the nearest werewolf analog. What could possibly go wrong? Continue reading Diablo 4 meets Valheim in ARPG Beyond the Map, out now in Steam Early AccessMORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best hack and slash games, Best crafting games

Asteroids Bennu And Ryugu Could Be Siblings – And We Might Have Found Their ParentHumanity has collected samples from three asteroids: the stony type, Itokawa, and the carbonaceous Ryugu and Bennu. Carbonaceous asteroids are the largest class, so it wouldn’t be too surprising that both Ryugu and Bennu are among them; still, their similarities might be a lot deeper than previously thought. New...

Think You Know What A Bald Eagle Sounds Like? Think AgainThe bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is one of the most recognizable animals out there, one of its most distinctive traits (besides its white head) being that powerful screech featured in TV shows, movies, and America memes alike… or at least, that’s what we’ve been led to believe.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please...

Australia Has Its Very Own "Area 51"Australia Has Its Very Own "Area 51"Some say they're hiding UFOs Down Under.Pine Gap is a highly secretive facility in the Australian outback.Image credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock.comIn the heart of Australia’s scorching Red Center, some 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) from the nearest city, lies a top-secret military communications base that few people know...

New World Screwworm: What Is It, And Why Is It Hitting The Headlines?Waking up this morning, you may have seen the news that the US has reported its first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm – and most likely, along with the words “flesh eating parasite”. Those are some scary sounding words, but what exactly is New World screwworm, and how concerned do we really need to be?The...