Ah, the humble tilde button, so useless. Unless, that is, you're playing a Bethesda game built on a variation of the Creation Engine. In that case the humble tilde key (~) unlocks the console, a gateway that lets you mess with the game logic. Give yourself superpowers, spawn weapons and monsters, speed up time and complete the game with one tap of the Enter key.
Aside from Rock Band heading to virtual reality and Double Fine surprise-announcingPsychonauts 2, Shadow Complex was probably the high-point of Thursday night’s Game Awards. It’s just a remaster of the 2009 game, but this remaster’s being offered for a pretty sweet price: Free.
From now until the end of December you can head to the Shadow Complex site and download a copy of the game, though it’s worth noting this version comes attached to Epic’s own launcher—it’s neither wholly standalone (a la GOG.com) nor packaged through Steam. It sounds like you’ll need to wait until next year if you want to get the game through your usual channels.
Fallout 4 is a pretty great game. We liked it a lot, but unfortunately, it’s not a perfect PC release. A few graphical options aren’t available up front—they require a bit of digging and .ini file editing in order to get comfortable. Luckily, we’ve had the game long enough to have it mostly figured out—so if you want to change the FOV or unlock the framerate, here's what you need to know:
