Ahead of the release of 343 Industries and Xbox Game Studios' Halo Infinite, the Project Magnes UNSC Archives have been released.
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In order to deliver a more polished experience, Gato Salvaje Studio has delayed their real-time-with-pause RPG The Waylanders to February 2, 2022.
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On November 4, the first reviews for Shin Megami Tensei V were published. And while a number of those reviews drew ire from a certain segment of the SMT community, one in particular garnered more heat than most. The IGN review for the game scored it a very respectable 8, but some readers were nonetheless quite upset…
The ongoing demand for rare and valuable Pokémon cards has led to a frenzy out there, as people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on unopened boxes and rare cards. Celebrities and popular influencers have got involved over the last two years too, blowing up the situation further. It's gotten to the point where…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons' substantial update has brought not only a wealth of new content, but also some old favorite items fans have longed for. This includes gyroids, those cute and unusual little decorative fixtures last seen in 2017's Pocket Camp. Yes, they've made a return, and a subset of the game's player…
As Kotaku reported last weekend, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl details have leaked online, a couple of weeks ahead of the Switch release date. As a result, Nintendo is attempting to play whack-a-mole against all the videos popping up, showing features from the game that were supposed to be under wraps,…
As the first and only paid DLC, Animal Crossing: New Horizons's Happy Home Paradise expansion has a lot to live up to. And it does.
The PlayStation 5 only launched a year ago this week, but already hackers appear to have made massive breakthroughs in potentially jailbreaking the latest Sony console. Both theFlow0 and Fail0verflow posted screenshots on Twitter over the weekend indicating they managed to unlock the PS5's debug mode and access the…
Of the very many Pokémon games in circulation at the moment, perhaps Pokémon Smile is the one you're not so aware of. Announced in June last year, then released that very same day, it is an AR mobile app designed to get kids to brush their teeth properly. Oh, and it's really, really good. Some 17 months later, The…
Rainbow Six Siege is getting a new tier of cosmetics with exotic weapon skins. Ubisoft announced them as part of the Y6S4 patch notes, and it looks like they're going to be quite a bit more visually appealing than the weapon skins that have been in the game up to this point - but they're only going to be available as part of the battle pass.
The exotic weapon skins are more than just new textures - they actually change the 3D models of the gun in question, and add new bits of animation, too. After some early time looking at the High Calibre content, our resident Siege expert Jordan reports that these aren't quite so out there as, say, Valorant's dragon weapon skins, but they are eye-catching in a way other Siege weapon cosmetics have not been.
But, of course, these exotic weapon skins provide yet another avenue for Siege monetisation, which could prove controversial among fans. But hey, at least that new UZK50GI SMG feels rad. You can see more of our hands-on thoughts about the new season at that link.
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We've come a long way since the days when we complained about Dark Souls being capped at 30fps. Now, we're complaining about Elden Ring being capped at 60fps, instead. Bandai Namco has provided an early look at Elden Ring's specs and resolution targets across platforms, and it looks like the game won't be taking advantage of your 144hz monitors.
In a new specs chart on the official site, Elden Ring is shown supporting frame rates "up to 60fps" on PC. That implies a hard cap at 60fps, just as we saw in Dark Souls III. We've reached out to Bandai Namco for further information and will update if we learn more, but for now, it seems unlikely that we're going to get a fully uncapped frame rate.
That page also notes that the game supports resolutions "up to" 4K, with no word on non-16:9 aspect ratios. Dark Souls III did not support ultrawide resolutions by default, though modders fixed that issue - and, indeed, have recently fixed the frame rate cap, too. Hopefully we'll see the same thing happen with Elden Ring.
The next Rainbow Six Siege update is called High Calibre, and there's plenty of new content arriving in the fourth season of Year 6. Alongside a host of balance changes and tweaks, there's a new operator joining the roster. Thorn, otherwise known as Specialist Brianna Skehan, is a Technical Weapons Expert from Ireland's Emergency Response Unit. She's a Defensive Operator, with a particularly spiky gadget.
High Calibre also introduces a significant change to the UI - no more Blue Team and Orange Team. Instead, your opponents are always red, and your team is always blue. If you prefer orange to red for your enemies, this can be changed in the accessibility options.
There are plenty more UI changes and reworks arriving - and in the event you encounter any problems, the R6 Fix site has also been overhauled and brought up to date so you can easily report issues, allowing the developers to directly communicate with players. Here's everything we know so far about Rainbow Six Siege Year 6 Season 4, High Calibre.
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Ubisoft has just unveiled Rainbow Six Siege's 24th seasonal update, Operation High Calibre. It includes the usual assortment of updates: a new operator, a map rework for Outback, and a haul of customisation, balancing, and quality of life changes.
Arguably, the new Irish defender, Thorn, isn't the most exciting addition. What makes her and this update special is the fact that she comes packing a .50 GI SMG called the UZK50GI. While there's still a regular flow of new operators to the game, they've all been using familiar firearms upcycled from older operators for the past couple of years. Thorn's new SMG is one of the hardest-hitting full-auto guns in the game - similar to Frost's 9mm C1 - and those .50 GI rounds are also handy for popping holes in walls or the floor. It does have some drawbacks, including a pitiful magazine capacity of 22 rounds and a slow rate of fire. If you're not all that fussed on new hardware, then she can also equip the M870 shotgun and either the 1911 TACOPS pistol or the C75 Auto as secondaries.
Of course there's a lot more to the best Rainbow Six Siege operators than weapons, and Thorn's Razorbloom Shell gadgets are primed to make an impact on Siege's lineup of trapper ops. The Razorbloom Shell is a throwable, sticky fragmentation mine, and she has three at her disposal. These can be hidden anywhere you can hide Ela's Grzmot Mines and have an activation radius of three metres. Once activated the attacker has a couple of seconds to either find and destroy the gadget, or get out of the blast zone - a direct hit is lethal.
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Back 4 Blood is a fun and gory follow-up to Turtle Rock's legendary Left 4 Dead games, but the lack of any way to progress the campaign in the zombie game's single-player mode left some cleaners scratching their heads when it launched a month ago. The developer has now revealed Back 4 Blood's near-term roadmap, and it looks like solo players are getting some much-needed love before too long.
Coming in December to Back 4 Blood is a solo offline mode with campaign progression, according to the roadmap posted to the game's official Twitter account. While the campaign is meaty fun with a group of friends, as Jordan Forward points out in our Back 4 Blood review, it was frustrating to have no way to earn rewards while playing solo with bots. Adding this in will be a welcome change for players whose friends live in awkward time zones or who aren't into the whole zombie-blasting thing.
First, though, there are quality of life improvements and 'major bug fixes' on the way in November, although Turtle Rock hasn't laid out exactly what that means for the next patch. In December, along with the single-player mode, Back 4 Blood will also get new supply lines, a new area where you can practice fighting different types of ridden, a new card type, and some new cards.
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Dozens of online games were unplayable for parts of the weekend due to a Denuvo domain going offline. Service has since been restored, but the downtime angered players in both single-player and multiplayer games that use the anti-piracy and anti-cheat tech, which has routinely been criticised for its impacts on game performance.
VGC reports that players took to social media platforms like Reddit and Twitter Sunday to flag downtimes in their favourite games. These included new releases like Football Manager 2022 and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as older titles like fighting game Mortal Kombat 11 and strategy game Total War: Warhammer.
In a statement provided to PC Gamer, the company stated: "A Denuvo domain was unreachable yesterday afternoon CET. The problem was fixed after we got notified from our automatic system control. After the fix, there was no whatsoever restriction or limitation for the gamer. Denuvo is working to implement further improvements to avoid such downtime in the future."
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Want to know where all the Call of Duty Zombies Vanguard easter eggs are? Hidden easter eggs are present in every Call of Duty Zombies game, and they typically contain references to the Zombies lore and expand on story details. Vanguard is no exception, with plenty of Zombies easter eggs to find in the form of audio messages left by NPCs that give more insight into the ongoing story.
Before you can listen to these secrets in their entirety, you should ensure that listening to them won't get you killed by a zombie shuffling towards your location. Therefore, we highly recommend you check out the Vanguard Zombies perks guide for a list of these powerful power-ups, as well as our Vanguard Zombies artifacts and abilities and Call of Duty Vanguard guns for details on what you should put in your loadout.
Of course, knowing where these easter eggs are in the first place is most of the challenge, so to make it as easy as possible for you, we've listed all of the currently known locations for Vanguard Zombies easter eggs. These easter eggs currently include all of the radios that Gabriel Krafft broadcasts from, the intel gathered on Von List and Kornifex, and some runes connected to the other Dark Aether entities.
So, you can't wait for Black Friday and you're hunting for the best deals on some new PC gaming gear? Well you've come to the right place, as we've navigated the jungle that is the Amazon storefront to bring you the best deals for all your PC gaming needs.
Whether you need to replace your old components or are simply looking to treat yourself, as you deserve, there's plenty of great deals to be had ahead of the holiday rush that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday. So, rest assured, our deals have got you covered whatever you're looking for.
We've found the best prices available on Amazon for SSDs, gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, and monitors, all ready and waiting for you to kit out your setup with. As much of a treasure trove as it can be, it's not the only storefront worth exploring. You can find great deals at the Razer Store too and Secretlab should have your gaming chair needs covered.
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It's November, which means it's time for spooky in-game events - wait, no, that was last month. Either way, Assassin's Creed Valhalla is getting in the Halloween spirit with a bunch of spooky additions for title update 1.4.0, which will be another big download for us on PC. After downing those GBs, we'll have access to Tombs of the Fallen, a handful of new skills, and the Oskoreia Festival.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla title update 1.4.0 launches on Tuesday, November 9 at 4am PST / 7am EST / 12pm GMT. It'll be a 20.31GB download on PC - it's similarly sized on Xbox consoles, but quite a bit smaller on the PlayStation boxes, for reasons that are surely mysterious and spooky.
The Tombs of the Fallen, which previously leaked thanks to an early trophy update, are the big additions this time around. These are four puzzle-focused challenges that you'll find scattered across England, and will be accessible as long as you've unlocked the settlement in the main storyline.
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Are you using a VPN? If not, is that because you're wary of the costs associated with a subscription? Well, if so, now is the right time to get one. With Black Friday inching closer every day, more and more VPN deals are popping up from several of the most well-known providers.
Using a VPN will grant you tonnes of neat benefits while using the internet. Not only do they make your internet connection more secure (which is valuable, but not exactly fun), they can also give you access to the region-exclusive features of various online services, and free you up from service provider induced bandwidth restrictions. It's nice to have two people streaming in the same house where both of them get to enjoy HD picture quality.
For your convenience, we've gathered together six of the best VPN deals for you to enjoy this Black Friday. Every service is slightly different, so we've given a small overview of what each provider can give you, along with the details of the discounts they're currently providing.
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Want to know the best way of making money in New World? In MMOs such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, and Final Fantasy XIV, making vast sums of coin fast takes a bit of time and effort. While there is no way to create a massive pile of coins to swim in (like Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales), you can always buy a big ol' house and fill it with all sorts of fancy furniture.
New World houses are not the only thing you can buy with tons of cash. If you want the best New World weapons, you have to spend some coin on specific resources at any town's trading post - which are shops where players can sell their unwanted equipment and desirable resources to make a profit. There are a couple of ways to make a fortune in New World, and while they're both straightforward to execute, you also need to spend some time doing some rather mundane tasks.
Another way to obtain coins is from quests, so if you get bored of the more repetitive methods outlined below, you can always opt to finish tasks given to you by the townsfolk in each of the towns.
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Last week we got treated to the announcement (and confirmation) of the Ogre Kingdoms as Total War: Warhammer III's pre-order incentive, as well as a new firm release date. What also got announced at the same time were two physical editions for the game - the 'Day One' and the 'Limited' editions - the details of which you can find out on the strategy game's updated FAQ.
The physical editions themselves are not what we're interested in though, it's what comes with them - namely, both editions come with a printed version of Total War: Warhammer III's campaign map, giving us our first official glimpse as to what the game's strategic playgroundc is going to look like. As you can imagine, this has Total War fans quite excited.
As we only have the promo images for the physical editions as a source, part of the campaign map is obscured by other features, but that hasn't stopped people from attempting to fill in the blanks. This is made easier as it seems that Warhammer III's campaign map will feature elements of the Old World from the Warhammer I map, namely the northern parts of the Empire, as well as the Chaos Wastes and the area around Kislev.
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Forza Horizon 5 will be out officially tomorrow, November 9 - although folks who pre-ordered the premium edition have been busy hooning away all weekend. It arrives with an impressive suite of accessibility features, from its colourblindness options to its settings for difficulty and game speed. But the open-world racing game is getting another feature in the near future: picture-in-picture sign language interpreters for cinematics.
A recent Xbox Wire post that details a range of Forza Horizon 5's accessibility features also notes that the team at Playground Games is currently in the process of implementing support for both American Sign Language (ASL) and British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters for the game's cutscenes. Interpreters using sign language will appear in a picture-in-picture display near the bottom of the screen at appropriate times, the post explains.
"We're constantly listening to the community to make Forza Horizon 5 an inclusive experience for everyone to enjoy," writes Mike Brown, Forza Horizon 5's creative director. "We want everyone in the world to be able to experience our game, and with more than an estimated 400 million gamers with disabilities across the globe, it is vital that all players be able to tailor their gameplay in a way that works best for them."
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Elden Ring is coming to PC February 25, 2022, and publisher Bandai Namco has shared some new technical details about the new Soulsborne game. Developer FromSoftware recently shared 15 minutes of extended gameplay, which you can watch here, and also announced the game's pre-order bonuses and several collectors editions.
In an FAQ article, Bandai Namco states that Elden Ring will support a maximum resolution of native 4K, HDR, and frame rates of up to 60fps. Unfortunately, it appears that FromSoftware has implemented a frame rate cap, as it did previously with its previous game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. However, as with previous Soulsborne games, it's likely that this will be circumvented through mods.
While it won't be available at launch, ray tracing support should add another layer of gross incandescence to Elden Ring's world. Currently, there's no indication that AMD FSR or Nvidia DLSS will be available to help boost fps, but we'll update this page if and when that changes.
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Wondering what the best guns are in Call of Duty Vanguard? After an entire year of Cold War-era weaponry, it's time for something different. We're going back to WWII in this year's Call of Duty game, giving players an arsenal of old timey weapons to get their hands on. You should recognise a number of classic weapons in the list, including the legendary Kar98k sniper rifle.
Compared to the guns found in Warzone, Activision's battle royale game, Call of Duty multiplayer weapons are usually slower. However, Vanguard's time to kill speed has been tuned to ensure these weapons are equally as powerful. How they fare against the best Warzone guns remains to be seen - we'll find out when the Vanguard integration kicks in after the game releases on December 3.
We've assembled a list the best weapons in Vanguard as well as their level requirements. This year's Call of Duty game has given certain weapons up to ten attachments, allowing players to customise their favourite guns exactly to their liking.
HP seemingly loves spilling the beans when it comes to new gaming PC products, from AIO machines listing unannounced AMD Ryzen 7000 chips to spec sheets featuring an Nvidia RTX 3080 Super. Thanks to yet another leak linked to the company's hardware, we now know that the green team's RTX 3080 Ti could debut alongside a new Intel Alder Lake gaming CPU within an Omen branded laptop.
According to a Geekbench listing spotted by Benchleaks, the HP Omen 17-ck1 gaming laptop will feature a mobile Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti and an i7-12700H Alder Lake-P mobility CPU. Based on the Ampere GA103 SKU, the green team's new enthusiast-grade GPU should perform similarly to an RTX 3080 desktop graphics card, while Intel's unannounced chip comes equipped with 14 cores and 20 threads.
Nvidia and Intel's unannounced components are undeniably the star of the show, but it's worth mentioning that the new Omen also comes with 32GB of RAM, making this HP machine a portable powerhouse. That said, the rig's 90,114 Vulkan score places it slightly behind current RTX 3080 laptop offerings, something that could be linked to a lack of optimised driver support.
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Riot Games is teasing a crossover between League of Legends and Among Us. The developer's new RiotX Arcane Progress Days trailer features a shot of some Among Us crewmates tootling around in LoL-inspired duds. One crewmate we see is dressed as an enforcer from the Arcane show's Piltover city, while the other looks like League of League's inventor Heimerdinger.
If you've been out of the loop, Riot has been celebrating the launch of the Arcane Netflix show with various crossovers with games like Fortnite and PUBG alongside in-game events for League of Legends. Progress Days is the next one, and it's themed around an in-show holiday that sees the people of Piltover celebrate all things tech.
While details about a League of Legends and Among Us crossover are thin on the ground, we don't think you'll be left waiting for too long to find out more. Innersloth revealed on Twitter that we're getting a five-minute Among Us livestream tomorrow (November 9) to see what's coming in Among Us' next major update. The developer has only confirmed roles for the show, though there are plenty of other goodies on the way.
Update - November 8, 2021: You can now check out our very own Forza Horizon 5 review! Catch the link below.
The big day approaches for racing game fans. Forza Horizon 5 launches on November 9, but ahead of that date we've now got a good idea of what's headed our way. The Forza Horizon 5 reviews have begun rolling in, letting us know what's on the near horizon (hah) and whether Playground Games' latest will be worth your hard-earned pennies. So far, it seems the answer is a big, resounding 'yes'.
Reviews for the upcoming PC game are positively glowing across the board. The racing game, which takes players to the "vibrant and ever-evolving open world landscapes of Mexico", is sitting at a pretty stellar 91 on Metacritic across both PC and Xbox Series X, and 92 on Opencritic across all platforms. There are full marks among the critics' scores, with plenty of reviews putting it very near the top end of the scale, too - so it sounds like it's a not-to-miss for fans of the series and racing games more broadly.
In our Forza Horizon 5 review, Phil Iwaniuk scores the game a nine-out-of-ten, calling it, "familiar, excellent, and polished to a degree that hardly seems possible," adding that, "if you love taking vintage Porsches for joyrides through environments that'd have a poet bawling then you're going to be very happy here."
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Searching for the best MP40 loadout in Call of Duty Vanguard? The MP40 dominated the Vanguard beta back in September, and it's even better in the full game with all the attachments unlocked. Using the right combination of attachments, you can turn the MP40 into a weapon capable of killing an enemy in just two shots. The funny thing is that these shots have to hit limbs - if you land a shot anywhere else, you'll have to use three bullets instead.
Similarly to the best Kar98k loadout, the stock version of the MP40 is actually very good. It only takes four bullets to down an enemy, and the impressive rate of fire on this weapon results in a low time to kill speed. When compared to an assault rifle like the STG 44, the MP40 is lighter, features less recoil, and can empty an entire clip much faster than other Call of Duty Vanguard guns in the same category.
With ten attachments to improve this weapon, our loadout focuses on building the game-breaking two shot MP40. Here's everything you need to build the best MP40 loadout in Vanguard.
There's nothing quite like replacing your 60Hz display with one of the best gaming monitors that sports a higher refresh rate. While the ability to game at 1440p or 4K on your gaming PC is an undeniably sharper experience, it comes at the cost of fps, which is arguably more important for esports titles. If you're someone who plays competitive FPS or MOBA games, then the Samsung CRG5 24-inch 1080p 144Hz curved gaming monitor may be a perfect fit for your needs. Better still, it's just under half price on Amazon US.
The 46% discount brings this display down to just $149.99, from its $279.99 list price, saving you a chunk of change to the tune of $130. This should leave you with more than enough cash to grab a gaming mouse - after all, high polling rates are just as significant as your newly acquired high refresh rate.
If you're a UK shopper, Amazon UK are offering a 16% discount on the CRG5, making it £151.97, a reduction of £28.02 from its £179.99 price tag.
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Want to know what the best perks are in Call of Duty Vanguard? The WW2 game is right around the corner, so it's worth taking a closer look at the Call of Duty Vanguard perks to start theorycrafting loadouts. The current list of perks comes from the Vanguard open beta - more perks will join the list closer to the Call of Duty Vanguard release date.
Vanguard's WWII setting has brought about some changes to the perk system. For example, radars in the 1940s aren't like the ones we've seen in Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare - they're primitive in comparison. You can upgrade your radar using a perk, but you have to sacrifice a number of powerful abilities as a result. Picking the right set of perks for your playstyle is crucial to winning matches in Vanguard.
The perks you should choose directly correlate with your favourite Call of Duty Vanguard weapons. It's also important to note that you may need to switch up your perks depending on what the current meta is. If everyone is using subsonic rounds to stay off the radar, this makes the Radar perk useless. Keep track of what your opponent's loadouts contain to stay ahead of the curve. Here are the best perks in Call of Duty Vanguard.
There are only two kinds of people: those who love material possessions, and the experience collectors. Who's right?
That's my prevailing thought after a week with Forza Horizon 5 (which you can buy here), the biggest and in many ways the finest in a series whose standards have never dropped below 'really, really good.' I've put on fire-retardant suits, driven up an active volcano, and released thermal vents. I've chased storms through the jungle and documented ancient temple ruins and statues. As cars para-dropped out of cargo planes I took them under control and literally hit the ground running - don't spoil the moment, I know cars don't run - along spectacular point-to-points. I've also already started grinding the 34-mile Goliath race for credits and XP. Do I want experiences, or do I want stuff?
I haven't been out with the tape measure, but developer Playground Games says the Mexican open world map in Horizon 5 is 50% bigger than the UK in Horizon 4. The bad news for the local denizens is that gaming's most preposterous festival is pitching up here, defiling the natural beauty of the landscape with a fleet of tents emitting loud drum and bass songs at all hours.
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Black Friday is on the horizon, and retailers are already gearing up for the big day. If you're savvy with sales, though, you'll know Best Buy already has a bounty of bargains and deals, especially when it comes to gaming PC accessories and peripherals. However, just like physically rummaging through the sales, pinpointing the best deals online is somewhat of a chore, so we're here to help steer you towards all the best savings Best Buy has to offer.
Best Buy's annual festivities haven't kicked off just yet, but you'll be able to find great deals on the tech trader's online site. If you're in the market for a new gaming monitor, you'll be pleased to know that there are already various discounted screens available from HP, LG, Samsung, and Asus.
Naturally, not everyone's looking to completely overhaul their gaming setup during the holidays. So, if it's just a new gaming keyboard or mouse you're after, you'll want to keep an eye out for Best Buy's Razer, HyperX, Logitech, and Corsair offers.
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Even all these years after release, a Civilization VI strategy guide is always handy as new players are always discovering this seminal 4X game for the first time. Even if you're a Civilization veteran, it might be time to dust off your internal Civilopedia and reacquaint yourself with the basics of world domination.
To help facilitate this, we've put together a beginner's guide explaining many of the basic concepts of the strategy game, from where to found your first city, to diplomacy, warfare, and the game's victory conditions. Use this primer as a way to get acquainted with the game, before tackling more complex strategies and elements.
Please note that certain aspects of Civilization VI change dramatically depending on what Civ 6 DLC you own. For example, Gathering Storm introduced environmental hazards and pollution, as well as the Diplomatic victory. Barring a few cases, we're sticking to universal concepts that can apply no matter what version of the game you're running, although to be honest vanilla Civ VI pales in comparison to how the game plays with both of the primary expansions. We've also not mentioned content from the recent New Frontier Pass either, although you should read our thoughts, as well as this overview of the most recent balance patch, to get an idea as to what state the game is in currently.
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The problem with coming Back 4 Blood is that soon you'll want more blood, and more blood. Thankfully, Left 4 Dead creators Turtle Rock have detailed more of the post-launch plans for their new zombie-smashing shooter, laying out the content roadmap for the next few months and into next year. Before paid expansions start rolling in 2022, this year we should expect to see new free stuff including a solo offline mode with progression, a new card type, new cards, and more.
The League Of Legends spin-off animated series Arcane started on Neflix this weekend, giving fans a glimpse at Jinx and Vi's rather dark beginnings. Over the last week or so, the developers have been celebrating the arrival of the show in other games too, with Jinx-themed Valorant skins and even a crossover with Fortnite. The festivities are carrying on this week in League Of Legends and Legends Of Runeterra as well, with new "interactive experiences", game modes and more.
Well, here's a bit of a bum note in the otherwise upbeat tune of Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs: the new chips are apparently tripping up games that use Denuvo DRM. Not all of them, fortunately, but Intel has listed over 50 games that might suffer compatibility issues across Windows 10 and Windows 11 when using an Alder Lake processor. These include big names like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Total War: Three Kingdoms.
Want to know the best Combat Shotgun loadout in Call Of Duty: Vanguard? Running and gunning with a shotgun is an iconic Call Of Duty activity, and there are plenty of good shotguns to try in Call Of Duty: Vanguard. The Combat Shotgun is the best shotgun in Vanguard, so it's an ideal weapon to use when sliding around corners to obliterate the enemy team. We expect the Call Of Duty: Vanguard meta to change frequently, so expect this guide to be updated often as the Combat Shotgun receives tweaks and moves around in the meta.
Looking to find the best Shotgun in Call Of Duty: Vanguard? Combining the stopping power of a sniper rifle and the close-range dominance of an SMG, Shotguns in any FPS are mostly ranked based on their capacity to one-shot-kill enemies. In Call Of Duty: Vanguard, every Shotgun has the ability to one-shot-kill, so the key thing to consider is the effective range at which you can do so.
Below we'll walk you through the very best Shotguns in Call Of Duty: Vanguard and what makes them so great compared to the competition. We'll also reveal a secret combination of attachments you can use on certain Shotguns to turn them into some of the most ridiculously overpowered guns available in the game.
How can you enable or disable crossplay in Call Of Duty: Vanguard? Call Of Duty: Vanguard is the latest entry into the long-running FPS franchise. A lot has changed in the 18 years since COD first entered our lives, but at least one thing remains consistent: players' desire to team up with their friends in multiplayer, regardless of which platform they're playing on.
If you feel like you might at any point want a copy of Metal Gear Solid 2 on PC, you should probably buy it today. Konami have announced that starting today, they plan to temporarily remove MGS2 (and 3, though that's not on PC) from digital stores while they renew licenses for historical footage used in the game. They plan to start selling them again once the licenses are renewed, but that would require Konami successfully accomplishing something, and do you really trust them to do that?
Comedian Dara Ó Briain has an old bit where he talks about video games, and the difficulty barrier that games have compared to other kinds of media. "You cannot be bad at watching a movie. You cannot be bad at listening to an album. But you can be at playing a video game. And the video game will punish you, and deny you access to the rest of the video game."
Don't worry; I'm not about to take out a cane and start hammering away at the skeletal, equine remains of the "difficulty in games" debate. But I always remember that joke. I like him miming a book quizzing you on what the major themes of the text are so far, and then woomp-ing closed if you can't answer, and I thought of it again recently while playing Inscryption.
Want to level up fast in Call Of Duty: Vanguard? Keeping up with the competition is key to success in multiplayer games, and Call Of Duty: Vanguard isn't about to break the mould. You'll want to earn XP fast in order to rank up as often as possible, of course. However, multiple parallel XP paths are all the rage these days, and Vanguard complicates things a bit by having three completely separate XP systems active in the game.
With less than three weeks to go before the launch of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Square Enix announced a two-week delay for the MMORPG's fourth expansion. Previously due on the 23rd of November, it's now expected on the 7th of December. Sounds like they need more time to work on stability, though game director Naoki Yoshida's explanation was a little more dramatic, offering his "sincerest apologies for the inconvenience caused to our players and colleagues due to my own shortomings."
Romuald Capron left Arkane Studios in October, just under a month after the release of their time-looping stealth 'em up, Deathloop. But after 16 years at the company, the studio director wanted to try something new, and is currently working on a free educational game named PowerZ. I spoke to Capron about what this new project will entail, and how it felt to leave Arkane after such a long career there.
Want to know the best MG42 loadout in Call Of Duty: Vanguard? Like several other best guns in Call Of Duty: Vanguard, the MG42 is available straight away at level 1, meaning you can work on unlocking attachments from your very first match. You won't need to spend time pondering over every type of grip and barrel though, because we have the best MG42 loadout right here for you. We expect the Call Of Duty: Vanguard meta to evolve rapidly, so expect this guide to be updated with any tweaks that are made to the MG42.
Looking for the best BAR loadout in Call Of Duty: Vanguard? It will take a bit of work with the BAR in order to unlock its full potential, but let me tell you now: it's worth the effort. With the right setup, the BAR is capable of killing an enemy with two shots to the body, and with the right attachments landing those two shots is incredibly easy to do.
Below we've detailed the exact attachments you need to unlock and equip in order to make the best possible BAR loadout in Call Of Duty: Vanguard. We'll also go over some great secondary weapons to use alongside the BAR, along with our recommended picks for Perks and equipment.
Today Third-party developers released new assets about upcoming aircraft and scenery add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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Today publisher Gamuzumi announced that the romance visual novel Would You Like to Run an Idol Café? is coming to consoles.
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Today Nintendo and Atlus launched another new trailer of the upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V, showing story and gameplay.
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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai has officially made its way into the mobile puzzle dungeon crawler, Puzzles & Dragons. In this limited-time collaboration, players will be able to take advantage of unique crossover rewards, including access to the following: Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai dungeon will give players a chance to receive collab items […]
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While fans still have to wait a bit to get an update on their favorite adoptive father-son dynamic to return in the Star Wars universe, they can at least get their hands on some adorable Grogu and Mandalorian merchandise while they wait. Created in collaboration with Lucasfilm, furniture retailer Yogibo has created a Star Wars […]
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To celebrate the upcoming anniversary of the original Xbox's release 20 years ago, Microsoft decided to see how the Gen Z generation (1997 and 2012) would react to playing the first console in the series. And just as you'd expect, the results served to make any millennial feel terribly old. As you can see in […]
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This weekend just gone by was a big one for esports as both Riot Games and Valve held publisher-backed 'Major' events for their two flagship franchises, League of Legends, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Both saw incredible viewership numbers that smashed all previous records, with League of the Legends Worlds 2021 between Damwon Gaming and Edward […]
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With Forza Horizon 5 officially launching this week, players will get to explore a whole new open-world map. This time, the Horizon Festival takes us to Mexico, offering some of the most beautiful visuals we've seen on the Series X, the series' incredibly fun racing gameplay, and more cars and events than you can shake […]
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Ever since the initial reveal of Horizon Forbidden West, the follow-up to Guerilla Games' popular action-adventure title Horizon Zero Dawn, it's easily become one of the most highly anticipated games for the PS5. We've gotten a neat trailer showing it off, along with a few other dev blogs going into Aloy's skill trees and abilities. […]
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People can start farming in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and here's how to find crops, start a farm, and begin making recipes.
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We're in the last week of Atlus SMT V videos, and both Ishtar and Belial star in the two latest trailers to appear.
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At Indie Live Expo Winter 2021, Persona series Composer Shoji Meguro's new game Guns Undarkness appeared. This indie PC game is currently in development and will appear both in Japan and worldwide. Meguro will act as its composer and developer. Guns Undarkness places people in the shoes of essentially mercenaries. Each person acts as a Private Military Company (PMC) member. Your team's goal is to deal with opponents following nuclear war strikes hit countries. While there are turn-based battles and it is an RPG, you're also attempting to sneak into spaces. So while you will fight, you also have to […]
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons time travelers discovered Timmy and Tommy's shop will hold a Nook Friday sale on Black Friday 2021.
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This title will be a single-player action spin-off of the MMO shooter game currently available on Steam.
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Both traditional and Alolan Vulpix appear alongside other popular Pokemon in the new installations.
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When the Elden Ring Network Test begins this month, people will have five character classes to choose from during it.
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Nintendo announced the official Black Friday 2021 Switch deals, which include a bundle and discounts on games like Xenoblade Chronicles and Fire Emblem.
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Another key visual will be dropping next month ahead of the 2022 premiere.
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The free game trial runs from November 10–16 and you can pre-load it now on your Switch It's a minor...
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More cards, modes, and ways to deal with the Ridden It seemed pretty clear that Back 4 Blood was going to get...
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Meeting of the mind-rippers Here's an interesting date night. The horror aficionados at Bloober Team will be partnering with the...
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The island moves at your pace So we've had a weekend with the new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and...
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You can toggle between every version on the site Wondering what the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Switch version looks like?...
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Televisual Violence It appears that shooting has wrapped on HBO's upcoming TV adaptation of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us....
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Also, raytracing is coming in a patch The Elden Ring closed network test is almost here. I want to say "Elden...
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The team is taking some more time to polish the experience Another game is pushing its release date into a...
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Vi and Jinx are the focus You can't really escape League of Legends' Jinx, as she's been chosen for all sorts...
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Goth Gubbins Howdy, shmup fans, here's a heads up that pre-orders are now live for Strictly Limited Games' physical editions...
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This comes directly from the development team Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker leveling is going to be just as straightforward once...
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Ask and you shall receive (eventually): Back 4 Blood is getting a solo offline mode along with campaign progression in December. Granted, it's a bit late in the making. But solo players of the Left 4 Dead successor will no doubt feel rejoiced over the news. Back 4 Blood is an excellent co-op shooter from the makers of Left 4 Dead, but it wasn't perfect. The game had some balance issues that needed to be ironed out, and the team at Turtle Rock Studios is working on it. In a bizarre move, the game seemingly punished those who wanted to play the campaign solo. While you could do it, and get matched up with bots, you couldn't earn progression points. No doubt the decision was made to funnel players into multiplayer matchmaking, the meat and potatoes of the game. However, not everyone wanted to team up, and they were left baffled as to why they couldn't progress on their own. The developer did respond to this back in October, and soon it will implement the ... 
Elden Ring is still a few months off, but lately we've been getting a plethora of news and reveals. Last week, we got a fresh, 15-minute look at the game. And earlier today, publisher Bandai Namco offered an idea on how the PC specs will line up. Like Sekiro before it, Elden Ring will have a 60 fps cap, and resolutions up to 4K, when it launches on PC. The publisher also confirmed that Elden Ring will have support for ray tracing, but that will come later as a patch. Some PC owners may be understandably annoyed at a 60 framerate cap. After all, these days many of us strive for anything at 120 frames per second or above. As an upcoming 2022 game, you'd expect one as hotly anticipated as Elden Ring would provide the option for our high-frequency monitors. Unfortunately, Elden Ring will be locked at 60 fps on PC when it releases in February. And there it will stay until the inevitable mod comes along to break it from the confines. Considering how fast the community worked w... 
Every year, BioWare celebrates Mass Effect on November 7 — dubbed N7 Day. Normally, it involved folks on the BioWare staff reminiscing about the famous series, or maybe releasing some skins. Last year the team announced Mass Effect Legendary Edition, a remastered collection of the original trilogy. Yesterday, however, N7 Day went off without much of a tremor. But BioWare did provide some fun polling results, as well as drop teaser art for the next Mass Effect game — which hints at something to do with the Geth. BioWare began its celebrations by releasing the results of a series of polls. Want to know who everyone's favorite companion was? If you've played through the games, this answer should come as naturally as the sunrise. Yes, it's our favorite Turian, Garrus, sweeping up both the Most Popular and "most likely to survive the suicide mission" polls. You just can't leave your boy behind. The polls also revealed that 93% of players sa... 
PC Invasion and EPOS have teamed up for a giveaway of the EPOS H6PRO Closed Acoustic Gaming Headset! EPOS is a manufacturer of high-quality enterprise and gaming headsets with "more than 115 years of experience in audio innovation." The H6PRO headset came out recently, and we managed to give it a test run. We liked it, scoring it an 8/10 and saying its "audio performance is top-notch, the design is elegant but cool, and the headset is clearly built with quality materials." And you may be able to win one yourself. To enter, simply scroll down to the giveaway widget below. This is a Twitter-based giveaway, and you can increase your chances by following the instructions. The giveaway begins on November 8, 2021 at noon ET, and will end on November 15, 2021 at noon ET. About the H6PRO gaming headset Tap into exceptionally detailed audio with the H6PRO, a closed acoustic gaming headset that seals out ambient noise. Its detachable boom microphone is positione... 
Intel's Alder Lake family of CPUs are set to start at prices as low as $119 USD, according to Canadian retailer DirectDial. Twitter user "@momo_us" pointed out the pricing in a tweet, showing different SKUs in CAD. These SKUs are actually for the non-K series chips, which are not as expensive as the higher-powered counterparts. The lowest-end K-chip, which is the Core i5-12600KF starts at the price of $264. So, this starting price of $119 for a non-K variant will save a customer a whopping $145. For budget-conscious builds, this will be a very viable option. Price wars Since the announcement in late October, Intel has begun rolling out the 12th generation Alder Lake CPUs, as we reported recently. This next-generation CPUs from Intel are built on a 10nm process and are not only more power-efficient, but also offer better gaming performance. With the recent wave of shortages and closures affecting the global supply chain, the launches of products in recent mo... If you need GTA with you wherever you go.
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We will be returning to the wizarding world soon.
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A welcomed option.
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