From 2010 to 2014 Richard Cobbett (opens in new tab) wrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random games back into the light. This week, while most of the games based on the Alien series are too well known for Crapshoot, there is… another.

Dark Seed was an odd little game, and not what most people expected. Not quite. Definitely not what it seemed to be at first glance—a dark horror game that would give the world endless nightmares, which the publisher claimed at the time had caused the art team to have to seek counselling after exposure to HR Giger’s freaky biomechanics horror show. (A claim that, while possible, does rather seem to lie somewhere between ‘hyperbole’ and ‘complete balls’). Was it a good game? Not really. But it did at least turn heads, some of them covered with veins harvested from long dead science gods, so let’s pay a visit to the house that Hell made, and only an idiot named Mike Dawson would actually buy.

It doesn't look so bad on the outside. But inside? The estate agent must have giggled all week.

It doesn’t look so bad on the outside. But inside? The estate agent must have giggled all week.

Dark Seed is really the story of a great estate agent more than anything else. The in-game description of the mansion Mike somehow managed to buy—on a writer’s budget incidentally—goes as follows: “Your house seems somehow out of time, a relic of a dark past, or perhaps a dark future.” 



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Ah, the wait is finally over. The Elder Scrolls 6 (opens in new tab), here at last, and a full six months before Starfield to boot. All my favorites are here: The Master Chief John 117, An immortal destruction golem powered by The Duke (opens in new tab), the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum. English post-punk legend and Sisters of Mercy frontman Andrew Eldritch for some reason. I may have gotten the wrong Elder Scrolls 6.

Coming courtesy of Nexus modder stupidcatgirl (opens in new tab), The Elder Scrolls 6 presents a bold vision of the long-awaited open world RPG that’s basically just Morrowind but like, really messed up and stuff. Stupidcatgirl’s previous work includes Morrowind 2 (opens in new tab), the beloved sequel to Morrowind, as well as Morrowind 666 (opens in new tab), which seems to be Morrowind in hell, and you can see elements of those projects in The Elder Scrolls 6.





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As reported by VGC (opens in new tab), original Gears of War lead designer Cliff Bleszinski made a recent appearance on the XboxEra podcast (opens in new tab) to talk about his long career in videogames. They touched on a wide variety of subjects, but one of the most interesting tidbits was that Bleszinski was particularly keen on making Gears of War 4 a first person shooter before he left Epic Games and the company sold the Gears franchise to Microsoft.



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Preserve your hard-won Wordle (opens in new tab) win streak with our vast range of Wordle help. Brush up on the basics with our tips, guides, and archive of past answers, find guidance with the March 11 (630) clue, or give yourself an easy victory by skipping straight to today’s answer.

I’m really not sure how I reached today’s Wordle answer with guesses to spare—I’d been doing OK up to that point, but I hadn’t found anything revelatory. I suppose sometimes you just have to make that brave leap into the dark and see where Wordle takes you. 

Wordle hint

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A Wordle hint for Saturday, March 11



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It’s been a long haul for The Outlast Trials (opens in new tab), the four-player horror game from Montreal studio Red Barrels. It was announced in 2019 as a co-op twist on the hit Outlast horror games, and while a planned 2022 release didn’t happen, we did learn that PC Gamer news writer Joshua Wolens has a friend he wants to “subject to ethically unsound scientific experiments (opens in new tab) for progress and profit”—his words, not mine—so at least we didn’t go away empty-handed, right?

Anyway, following a closed beta test in October 2022 that attracted nearly one million sign-ups, Red Barrels announced today that The Outlast Trials will finally launch into early access on May 18.



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For years World of Warcraft players have wanted a non-healer class that can help allies from afar, a mix of support and DPS. Recent datamining from the game’s upcoming patch 10.1 (opens in new tab) suggests that the wait might almost be over.

Admittedly, the evidence for a ranged support class specialization is slim, but it would fit with the recent direction of the MMO. The entire Dragonflight expansion was pitched as a return to the game’s high fantasy roots, and Blizzard keeps adding features (opens in new tab) that players have wanted for years.



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Destiny 2’s Root of Nightmares World First winners have been confirmed by Bungie. Over on Twitter, the developers congratulated team Hard in the Paint (HITP) on the achievement.

The Root of Nightmares raid was released on March 10 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. Members of HITP streamed their raid run on Twitch, and they completed it in around 2 hours and 24 minutes, according to the record on the Destiny 2 raid report site. It took Bungie another couple of hours to confirm the validity of the completion, resulting in the above congratulatory tweet.

The next fastest clear after HITP was done in 2 hours and 33 minutes. The Destiny 2 raid report site is still updating with team clears, and interested people can check it out to see new clear times and rankings.

Root of Nightmares is currently in Contest Mode and there’s a Power cap of 1780 to keep things fair for the World First race. Certain Exotic weapons are disabled during Contest mode as well. Contest Mode usually lasts 24 hours for raids, but it has been extended by an extra day (a total of 48 hours) for Root of Nightmares. For more information, check out our Root of Nightmares Contest Mode explainer.

All players who complete the Root of Nightmares raid while Contest Mode is active get an exclusive emblem, and anybody who completes the raid before March 21 has the opportunity to purchase a Root of Nightmares-themed raid jacket they can wear in the real world.

Note that completion of the raid before the stated date just allows you access to the jacket; you’ll still have to shell out money to obtain the item. If you want it, the Root of Nightmare jacket is $150.

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Back in December 2022, Fortnite became a “graphical powerhouse overnight (opens in new tab)” with a move to Unreal Engine 5.1. Epic described the shift as “a generational leap in visual fidelity,” which of course required a bit of an adjustment to the game’s hardware requirements. Epic also warned that, with the release of Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2, Windows 10 would become a requirement. 

It wasn’t kidding: Chapter 4 Season 2 went live today, and Windows 7 and 8 are now officially out.



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Xbox controllers are on sale at various online retailers right now, with some models as low as 30% off.

Starting with Walmart, you can get the standard Carbon Black Xbox controller for just $39 (normally $60), while the Robot White model is $44 (from $60). There are a few other colors and pattern options available as well, like this Electric Volt variant for $49 (normally $65), and the Mineral Camo pattern for $54 (down from $64). Some models are eligible for same-day pickup or local delivery, while the rest are available with Walmart’s standard 3-day shipping.

If you can’t find the color or style you want from Walmart, Amazon has several Xbox controllers on sale as well. You can get the Robot White option for $44 (normally $60), and the Deep Pink, Shock Blue, or Electric Volt colors for $49 each (normally $65). The white model of the Xbox Elite Core Series 2 controller is also on sale at Amazon for $110 (down from $130) and is eligible for Amazon Prime overnight shipping.

Whether you buy from Walmart or Amazon, these are some of the lowest prices we’ve seen for these color options in the past few weeks, so this is the perfect time to expand your Xbox gamepad fleet with new colors or upgrade to the Elite Series 2 Core controller.

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Game devs always love giving their “very hard” mode some kind of goofy name. You know: “Insanity,” “Nightmare,” “I am Death incarnate!,” “Hell Bastard Apocalypse,” something cute like that. The ultra-difficult “Mad Chainsaw Mode” hidden in the Resident Evil 4 demo (opens in new tab) is one of the first to truly feel like it deserves its epithet, though.

Mad Chainsaw mode menu screen describing its intense challenge, run-limited nature, and that it will not be in the final game

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First reported by Eurogamer (opens in new tab), you have a random chance of unlocking the mode each time you start a new run of the demo⁠—it’s unclear if you have to finish it once to unlock the opportunity. Mad Chainsaw Mode ramps up enemy HP, poise, and aggression while also mixing up their placement, and I hear tell that beloved Chainsaw Guy Dr. Salvador (where’d he get his degree, anyway?) is swapped for his crazy-strong Mercenaries Mode alter-ego Giant Chainsaw Man (opens in new tab) during the big dust-up at the end of the demo. But I didn’t make it that far.



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