It shows no signs of slowing down either, which means Hearts of Iron IV could follow its older brother-in-arms Crusader Kings II in building a truly momentous library of premium downloadable content. But not everything’s going to be worth buying right away, and you’ll need help deciding which expansions are worth prioritising.
Which is where we come in. Like our guides to EU4 DLC and CK3 DLC, we’ve put together an overview of each of Hearts of Iron IV’s expansions, providing a top line view on what’s in each pack and whether it’s worth getting straight away or not.
The Helldivers 2 release was met with glorious praise for explosions and friendly fire and then marred slightly with some Helldivers 2 server issues, but now we’re back. We’re so back. While you can meander along, taking missions on a whim, there isn’t anything better than a focused plan, and a team of players who can help you execute that plan. That’s where this Helldivers 2 farm spot comes in, it’ll net you medals and XP in no time at all.
The Warzone mid-season update buffed the LW3 Tundra by greatly improving the aiming stability on the sniper rifle. If players weren’t getting the most out of this weapon prior to the Season 3 update, they will certainly feel a difference now. The LW3 Tundra was already a threat at long range, but this latest buff has transformed the weapon into a must-have weapon for players that want to avoid getting up close and personal.
However, even if you use the best M1916 Warzone loadout, it’s tricky to overcome its weaknesses. It has low bullet velocity, so its ability to take out enemies from far away is lacking compared to other rifles. Missing a shot can also be fatal as the M1916 has a low fire rate, so you have to keep moving so you’re not caught out by enemies retaliating with sniper fire of their own.
Really though, none of these questions matter as much as the burning issue here, which is this: with so many excellent vermin-based games to choose from, how could we possibly narrow it down to just one, SEO-friendly list of the best rat games on PC?
Rats have fought and died for their place on this list. They’ve overcome danger, adversity, prejudice, suspiciously-placed custard creams filled with poison, derision, complete lack of search interest, and many other trials to finally make their way here.
Our list of the best Resident Evil 4 Remake weapons will be indispensable against regular Ganados and the most formidable Resident Evil 4 Remake bosses, helping you survive every tense encounter in one of the best PC games of this year.
Resident Evil 4 Remake best weapons The abundance of weapons invites experimentation, but it’s easy to lock yourself into a sub-optimal loadout if you’re not careful. Our list of the best weapons is specifically geared towards surviving your first playthrough – bonus weapons may easily outclass standard weapons, but including them here won’t do you much good if you’re yet to unlock them.
Rimworld is a colony management game with a very simple premise: you must ensure the survival of a ragtag bunch of colonists, each with their own randomly generated skills, backstories, and idiosyncrasies. Depending on the AI storyteller settings, your experience might fall anywhere between a ‘wholesome farming game’ and a ‘relentless cascade of disaster’. If you’re ready to move on from the horrors that have befallen your colonies during the mod-free experience of Rimworld, then our collection of the best Rimworld mods is for you.
Some of the best PC games of all time are those that allow total player freedom, but there needs to be a bit of clarity when looking at what makes a great sandbox game. They have, since the days of Elite and Ultima, referred to open-world games filled with choice and diversions. But revisionist history would describe them as “games like Minecraft”. For the purposes of this exploration of the best of the bunch, we’re taking a look at them all.
Unsurprisingly, most of the best PC games don’t include much hanky panky. Well, some do, and you’ll find them in our list of the best sex games. We all know, meanwhile, that The Sims has always featured relatively subtle WooHoo, but what if you could make it all a little less… vanilla? Well, while some of the best The Sims 4 sex mods are still relatively PG, you’ll find features listed here that wouldn’t fly on Stardew Valley.
Nothing beats the thrill of doing things on the down low, which is why some of these are the best PC games. Stealth games highlight that neat joy of entering a space and leaving it unchanged except for the briefcase you need to extract or that one person who was your target now lying dead without anyone having noticed – the alarms going off at the precise moment you coolly walk away from the scene undetected.
Properly charting a course to the brightest of these luminaries while avoiding wasting one’s time on buggy or bland black holes is essential for anyone wanting to truly expand their Stellaris experience. As we’ve done in other mod recommendations, the mods are generally divided into categories. In this case, we’ve looked at total conversion mods, mechanics mods, ‘immersion’ mods and finally cosmetics.
As usual, most mod choices are subjective so take this guide more as a means of how to search for mods rather than strictly which mods to get although we’ve done our best to look into what some of the current favourites are.
Warzone Pacific Season 3 has altered the way sniper rifles work by introducing a number of key buffs to this underutilised weapon class. The best Warzone ZRG loadout received plenty of improvements, including a huge boost to its max damage range, the ability to one-shot to the head at any range, and a head damage multiplier buff.
You first need to unlock the ZRG to use it in Warzone and Cold War.
Developed by Evil Empire, one of the studios responsible for the critically acclaimed Dead Cells DLC, The Rogue Prince of Persia utilizes the series’ key elements, while tying in roguelike game mechanics to make the game infinitely replayable. Here’s everything you need to know about The Rogue Prince of Persia, including its estimated release date, the early access launch, and more.
The Rogue Prince of Persia early access release date The Rogue Prince of Persia launched on Steam Early Access on Monday, May 27, 2024.
While it’s early days, we’ve put together a guide collecting everything we know so far about Warhammer 3 DLC. The main insight we have into Creative Assembly’s plans for the game come from a developer roadmap released in May 2022. We also indulge in some speculation in terms of what we think could be coming down the line. Without further ado, here’s everything we – and now, you – know about Total War: Warhammer 3 DLC.
The Immortal Empires map is so big that our illustrious editor Rich mentioned in his Immortal Empires gameplay impressions that it took him over a minute to navigate around the map, with 44 seconds alone just scrolling from one side to the other. Only Paradox grand strategy games come close to this kind of scale, but they don’t offer the same kind of visuals as Total War games. It’s no wonder Immortal Empires is releasing in beta to being with.
She’s a Sentinel controller, with most of her abilities aimed at gaining map control. This could be securing flanks when pushing a site, or providing lots of information on defence. All of Killjoy’s abilities unleash robotic gadgets, whether that’s the small Alarmbot which hunts down nearby enemies, or her ult which detains enemies in a certain radius, rendering them highly immobile and vulnerable to attack. You can view all of Killjoy’s abilities below, including the concept art of the adorable mech chicken-thing that operates the Turret.
As we enter a brand new year for Valorant, we’re keen to see what Riot has planned for the hero shooter. A graphical update is very unlikely, so you can rest easy knowing the system requirements are unlikely to change any time soon and you won’t need one of the best graphics cards to get the game moving.
Here are the Valorant system requirements in 2024: To meet Valorant minimum requirements, you technically don’t need a graphics card at all, at least not a dedicated one.
Chapter 4 Season OG of the ongoing Battle Royale game adds in a brand new map based on the one that was available back in 2018. It’s been faithfully recreated, with Epic Games adding some modern twists to keep things fresh. Ziplines can be found placed where they previously weren’t all the way back during Fortnite 2018, making areas accessible for Zero Build players (a mode that wasn’t available for players in the original Chapter 1 version of the game).
The RPG action-adventure game has been met with mixed reviews, in our Death Stranding review roundup we noted that IGN gave it 6.8/10, but Trusted Reviews gave it 5/5, they say, “Death Stranding is unlike anything else out there in the gaming medium right now” and Gamespot also rewarded Death Stranding a high score of 9/10. How long is Death Stranding, though? According to the critics it can take anywhere from 50-100 hours depending on how committed you are to doing everything.
The Drum Gun has also had a little recolour as it is now a Shadow Drum Gun – however it’s stats seem equivalent to the regular counterpart from when we were last seeing off Midas. Speaking of which, we last saw Fortnite’s golden boy when he activated the Doomsday device and flooded the entire Fortnite map back in Chapter 2 Season 2, but he’s back with a vengeance. Or at least, a ghostly apparition of him is.