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Ever wanted to role-play a nefarious super-villain complete with fawning minions, create fairy tales collaboratively, or play your part in a doomed heist? Take a look at these wildly imaginative storytelling games, where thinking fast, dramatic improvisation and letting your creativity run rampant will get you ahead. As a bonus, most of these storytelling games don’t require a board or pricey pieces, with simple rules that even the least seasoned tabletop rookie can follow. Leave the loot behind with our round-up of the best creative storytelling party games available to play right now. Gloom card-game: delightfully grim improvisational storytelling There are tragic misadventures aplenty to be had in Gloom. Each player assumes control of a freakish family of misfits and eccentrics, who are controlled through randomly selected Events cards – haunted Sims style. Among them is sinister clown “Mister Giggles” of the circus-folk clan, and Lord Slogar: a literal brain … [Read more...] about Best role playing games and creative storytelling games – light up your imagination

Although games seem to be on an eternal quest for the highest visual fidelity (what are we up to, like 8K now? 10K?) there’s no overstating how important audio is to our favourite gaming experiences too. Whether it’s something as grand as a powerful and awe-inspiring score we want to envelop us, or a need to detect a much smallest detail such as footsteps creeping around the corner, a good gaming headset is vital. From big-budget options to those of you looking to get the best value for your money, we’ve gathered together five of the best available this year. SteelSeries Arctis 3 Sometimes you want the convenience of one product to do everything. Easily one of the main advantages of the Arctis 3 is its compatibility with every device you would ever want to play a game on. So, if you want to hop from the PC to your PS4 or Xbox One, or maybe take them on the road with your Switch in handheld mode, you can. Mobile devices are supported too! The Arctis 3 doesn’t … [Read more...] about The best gaming headset in 2018

Naturally, traditional retailers aren’t the only ones to celebrate the annual Black Friday deal celebrations; digital stores get in on the act too and today Microsoft has thrown the doors open to their discounts on the Xbox Store, featuring plenty of deals for savvy shoppers on a range of games via Xbox Live. These deals are live today for Xbox Live Gold members, who get a four day headstart before the offers go live to everyone else on November 19th. However, Microsoft are also currently offering a promotion where you can get a month of Xbox Live Gold for just £1 so you can get on board this deal locomotive as soon as possible with absolutely minimal damage to your wallet. With so many games on sale in this promotion we couldn’t possibly list them all, so here’s just some of our highlights. The sale runs through until 10am GMT on Tuesday, 27th November. Red Dead Redemption 2 Special Edition for £67.49 Forza Horizon 4 for £32.49 FIFA 19 for £35.99 … [Read more...] about Xbox Live’s Black Friday Sales go live offering savings of up to 40% on hundreds of top Xbox games

You can save £245 on a high-end Lenovo gaming PC over at Laptops Direct. This curious looking cube combines professional gaming performance in a unique portable design, including an integrated carry handle. Featuring an i5 processor, smooth graphics with a FEForce GTX 1070 and an SSD hard-drive, it’s a great looking, high powered gaming PC that’ll handle 4K effortlessly. Also comes with a one year guarantee. £849 Lenovo Ideacentre y710 Cube at Laptops Direct Buy Now … [Read more...] about 4K capable and portable Lenovo gaming PC cube hits lowest price ever at Laptops Direct

Featuring a 21:9 UltraWide FHD display, this immersive 25” gaming monitor is 12% off at Ebuyer. Featuring a black stabiliser feature which helps spot enemies hiding in the dark, and Dynamic Action Sync for attacking enemies with less lag time. You can also customise your workspace by resizing multiple windows into one split screen, besides a multitude of other features that making this perfect for both games and work. £147 LG 25UM58 25″ Ultrawide IPS Gaming Monitor at EBuyer Buy Now … [Read more...] about Nab 12% off an immersive LG 25″ Ultrawide IPS Gaming Monitor

If you’re looking for a high-quality gaming headset for cheaper than you’d normally find them, you can head over to Argos’ eBay outlet this week. There, you’ll find that Argos is selling off all its old stock of the Titanfall-themed Turtle Beach Atlas gaming headset, compatible with Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC, for only £34.99. £34.99 Turtle Beach Titanfall Ear Force Atlas gaming headset from Argos via eBay Buy Now … [Read more...] about Turtle Beach’s Titanfall-themed Atlas gaming headset for Xbox and PC down to £35