To find out, I reached out to PNY who sent over their XLR8 Verto Epic-X RTX 4080 card. Priced at £1369 in the UK and $1199 in the US, this isn’t the cheapest RTX 4080 available, but its 2205MHz rated boost clock fits the reference spec perfectly. Its design is a good representation of current trends in custom GPU designs too, being slightly thinner than the FE design (138 vs 140mm) but longer (332 vs 310mm) and taller (66 vs 61mm)....

To access this quest, you need to be Trainer Level 5 or above. It’s also a branching quest, which means it will play out slightly differently depending on a certain choice you make. Below you’ll find all of the A Mega Moment quest steps and rewards in Pokémon Go. On this page: A Mega Moment is also a branching quest, which means, at a specific point, you’ll be asked to pick between three different options....

Following the release of Season 6 in November 2020, the Go Battle League underwent a number of significant changes - increasing the number of ranks to 24 with the highest ranks being marked by special names (Ace, Veteran, Expert, Legend), new rewards and an increased length. Despite these changes, the overall structure of the Go Battle League in Pokémon Go has remained the same - players are still placed Ranks that reset at the end of every Season....

As before, you can select a Buddy to join you and earn Candy as you explore, but now, your chosen Pokémon will appear on the map, can aid you in battle, and be played with and fed in AR mode. As with the Friendship system, you can develop a relationship with your Buddy over time - giving you a series of rewards as you become more and more attentive. On this page:...

The sea dragon-like Skrelp and the shrimp-like Clauncher became available in Pokémon Go for the first time today - but not to those using older versions of the game’s app. What’s happening is that these Pokémon’s in-game models aren’t loading - meaning they’re invisible - though they’re still technically on the map and can be caught using Pokémon Go Plus or Gotcha devices. Developer Niantic has now acknowledged the error and advised players to update their game to the most recent version - which, ironically, players were holding off on to avoid different bugs this new version introduces....

Whether you are buying a Red or Green version ticket or neither at all, this gives the event some extra objectives to complete - and, of course rewards which can be useful for completing the event’s Collection Challenges. For ticket holders, you’ll also be able to participate in the Kanto Special Research, which differs depending on the version ticket you have purchased. On this page: It’s also important to remember that this Defeat All Challengers research will only be available during the Kanto Tour event hours and, once it ends, this research quest will disappear forever....

Nintendo and Niantic today announced they will work together on multiple new projects, the first of which will be a mobile AR Pikmin experience due to release in 2021. “The app will include gameplay activities to encourage walking and make walking more delightful,” Niantic exec Kei Kawai said. “This will be the first title created by our Tokyo Studio since it was established in April 2018.” An initial piece of artwork for the game shows the garden strategy series’ original three Pikmin varieties carrying various types of fruit....

With Peridot, Niantic seems to be gunning for the now-vacant Neopets market (RIP Neopets), with cutesy Pixar-esque characters, Tamagotchi-style gameplay and - because this is a Niantic game - a good old nudge every so often to get you off your sofa. “We want it to be a standalone pet simulation game,” producer Ziah Fogel told Eurogamer this week via Zoom call, when asked why it was building a new app separate to Pokémon Go....

The way Pokémon Go has handled Mega Evolution - a popular mechanic from the monster franchise’s main games - has been criticised since its arrival in August 2020, although it has been improved over time. These upcoming potential changes - which, to be clear, are yet to be finalised and announced by developer Niantic - seem like they’ll go a lot further to address recurrent gripes and encourage more regular Mega Evolution as part of daily play....

The game was surprise announced earlier this year, showing players a glimpse of the new world, and the Gen 9 Pokémon that live there. So far, we’ve seen a handful of new Pokémon coming to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, ranging from towering legendaries to humble starters. This Pokémon Scarlet and Violet new Pokemon list collects every confirmed Pokémon announced for the game. We won’t be covering leaks, so this information is up to date with the latest announcements from Nintendo and The Pokémon Company....

There are a variety of how to raise your Friendship with your Pokémon, including having them hold the Soothe Bell. You can also find a character, called the Friendship Checker, who will tell you how close you truly are to your Pokémon. This is incredibly useful as some Pokémon only evolve when they have a high Friendship level. On this page: Each Pokémon has their own Friendship stat with you and it depends on how well you treat it....

Whether because you keep winning every single standard match and want a new challenge or just to shake things up, Ranked matches can offer a different kind of thrill. Starting in the Beginner category, it will take you a while to get all the way to Master, so knowing what to expect will already put you in advantage. This page will explain how to unlock Ranked matches and how the Ranking system works so you can climb up the online ladder in an efficient manner....

I find it funny how realising I was queer took less time than completing the Temple of Light puzzle in RuneScape. You’d think I’d solve the puzzle long before having a personal revelation, but I wanted to brag about completing it without a guide and, well, let’s just say the amount of time it took falls into the territory of embarrassing. Thankfully, Mourner’s End Part II, as the quest was known, didn’t destroy my love of RuneScape, but while the game satisfied my longing for adventure (and lava capes), what teenage Lottie was truly looking for was LGBTQIA+ characters and narratives....

Free for Life is, according to Paradox, focussed on implementing the Prison Architect community’s most requested features so “players can spend more time managing their compound rather than navigating menus”. To that end, it brings a range of enhancements, including an improved scheduler and prison log - the latter enabling players to more easily check inmates’ activities, as well as “uncover misconducts ahead of time and keep track of who gets released, reformed, or reoffended”....

LunaCheats, a popular site that sold GTA Online hacks, now contains a single message notifying visitors it had pulled its cheat menu services and ceased all maintenance and development. The website said it will donate its proceeds to a charity chosen by Take-Two. “We apologise for any and all problems our software has caused to the Grand Theft Auto Online community,” the message reads. GTA Online has always had a problem with hackers and modders on PC, but it is thought the issue ramped up when the multiplayer game was made free to download from the Epic Games Store in May 2020....

Here, we’ll provide and quick rundown of a full PUBG Emotes list, as well as an explanation of how to use emotes in PUBG, now they’re all live in the game itself. To use Emotes, first bring up the Emotes menu by pressing [~] on US keyboards, or [`] on European ones - either way, it’s the key that’s under your Esc key in the top left of the keyboard that it’s set to by default....

It’s yet another offering in Ubisoft’s 35th anniversary celebrations, which have previously seen the publisher tucking into its pockets of yore and slinging the likes of the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles trilogy, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, and Anno 1404: History Edition at PC players. Rayman Oranges, which celebrates its own milestone this year in the form of its 10th anniversary, is a bit of a treat - a side-scrolling platformer that immediately revitalised Ubisoft’s ageing mascot with some wonderfully inventive level design and a gorgeous hand-painted 2D aesthetic when it released back in 2011....

These come in the form of codes, and once redeemed, you can collect them in game. However, it isn’t explicitly outlined where they are - which is where this page comes in. Below are how to redeem the War Horse, Nuevo Paraiso, Throughbred, boosters and more in Red Dead Redemption 2. On this page: For more help, our Red Dead Redemption 2 walkthrough explains the requirements for fully completing the game’s many story missions....

Neatly transposing the dank horror of Resident Evil 7’s bayou setting to a European backdrop that strikes a similar tone to Resident Evil 4, Village looks like it’s set to take the first-person formula of the 2017 reboot into stranger, more spectacular places. It’s familiar stuff, then, with a sprinkling of new features - combat is more crunchy, with the ability to counter punch, guard or push enemies back, which comes handy when you’re being hunted down by the all-new lycans - but the real meat is in the set-pieces and story....

Alongside that Best Game award, Returnal came top in BAFTA’s Audio Achievement amd Music categories, while Jane Perry scored a win in the Performer in a Leading Role category for her portrayal of Returnal protagonist Selene Vassos. Returnal wasn’t the only multi-award winner, however; Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart successfully beat the competition in BAFTA’s Animation and Technical Achievement categories, while Hazelight Studios’ It Takes Two was named best Multiplayer game and best Original Property....