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Set in a cursed Roman city stuck in a timeloop, this puzzle-solving investigative adventure has gained a huge amount of popularity and a Writers’ Guild award for its script. Originally a mod for Skyrim, it launched separately for PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X back in July with numerous upgrades. As a cloud game, you’ll be streaming this Nintendo Switch version while connected to the internet....

The game unfolds mechanically in a very similar way, introducing new ideas slowly. After a couple of hours’ play, I’ve only seen a few of what I suspect will be many gameplay ideas overall, and most of them mini-games. But the core idea is resource-gathering and crafting. When you’re in the wilds, Potion Permit feels like an old-school action RPG, in that you hit enemies with a button-press and then roll around to dodge their attacks....

Artemis will be a metaverse game featuring NFTs, as announced on Nathan Brown’s Hit Points. “I’m just going to do what I’m going to do,” he said. “[Artemis is] this thing that we want to create, and it’s going to give people a lot of fun, a lot of pleasure, and a lot of meaningful things to do. But it doesn’t matter if it’s called the metaverse. I don’t care what people want to call it....

Hackers have exploited the ban feed, which alerts players when someone has committed a bannable offence, to display images on other players’ screens. The images being displayed by hackers range from the light-hearted to very much not-safe-for-work. On the more hilarious side, a squawking chicken has been appearing in key moments for some players. Check out the gameplay clip from streamer Athieno below: But some have been more serious, depicting nudity and extreme acts of violence....

It’s an optional questline that has you journeying all over the map and visiting some of the wonderful easter eggs that the game contains. This quest seems to be available from Chapter 2 onwards, although we did it while we were in Chapter 3. There are no other requirements though, so feel free to get it started nice and early so you can get a helpful cash injection to fund your gang....

Previously, you could only take in-game photos with Arthur’s physical camera or the console share buttons, and you were constantly limited by the range of the device and unable to add filters and effects. We’re going to show you how to activate Red Dead Redemption 2’s photo mode, list all of the available features and photo mode controls and where to find saved photos, so you can learn how to take - and then share - quality campfire glamour shots of Dutch and the gang....

Speaking to IGN, Redfall game designer Harvey Smith revealed, “whoever hosts the session, or whoever initiates the session… their progress is persistent for them. But [for] other people, it’s not. In terms of what missions you’ve unlocked and such, the host, their progression matters.” He went on to explain, “if you sign on with a friend and they’re halfway through the game, and you play the second half of the game with them and then you need to go back and you want to play on your own, you’ll be starting at the beginning of the campaign with a character”....

Mark Scicluna, who worked as a senior illustrator and graphic designer on Red Dead Redemption 2, LA Noire Remastered and Bully Anniversary Edition, has created some amazing retro illustrations of other games outside of Rockstar (via GoombaStomp). These include everything from Metal Gear Solid to Crash Bandicoot. Taking inspiration from the likes of DC comics of old, these illustrations immediately evoke memories of a time since passed, but with a modern twist....

In a statement announcing the news on Twitter, Respawn called Titanfall, which launched for Xbox and PC in 2014, a part of its DNA - a game that “showcased the ambitions of the studio” and one that “continues to be a beacon of innovation that we strive for in all of our games”. Despite its professed fondness for the title, however, it will be delisted on all digital storefronts starting today and will be removed from all subscription services from 1st March next year....

There are a couple of key points with Ride 4 worth stressing. First of all, it’s not a new game - it came out last year and its next-gen patch arrived a little after launch. It’s just that the viral video has done a remarkable job in bringing the game to the attention of the audience some time after the fact. Secondly, in terms of the presentation itself, what we’re seeing here is a combination of factors that combine to create something magical - and a key aspect of that isn’t actually the technology at all, but rather the gaming ability of the player....

“This was an especially difficult outage in that it involved a combination of several factors,” David Baszucki, Roblox founder and CEO, said in a blog post. “A core system in our infrastructure became overwhelmed, prompted by a subtle bug in our backend service communications while under heavy load. This was not due to any peak in external traffic or any particular experience. Rather the failure was caused by the growth in the number of servers in our datacenters....

This AMD Advantage laptop’s Ryzen 5900H, an eight-core sixteen-thread processor that offers excellent content creation performance and good gaming performance too, which ties in nicely with the 240Hz display for playing esports titles at high framerates. The RX 6700M is also capable, so you should have no problems tackling even recent games at 1080p and high settings. The AMD CPU/GPU combo also translates into long battery life, with 10-12 hours being typical for light workloads....

The new Alienware Aurora R13 desktop is a unique looking gaming PC and it’s currently available for £1579.01 from Dell, which is £400 off the standard retail price. This is a pretty big saving on a new pre-build desktop PC. Inside is a 12th gen Intel Core i7-12700KF CPU. This has 12 cores and 20 threads, and can turbo up to 5GHz. This is ideal when pushing the computer to its limits, or if you’re juggling multiple apps at once....

If you’ve not already grabbed the fancy Limited Edition Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Nintendo Switch OLED model, electrical bits ‘n bobs outlet Currys looks to have posted the cheapest pre-order price for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet yet. Using the code STARTER20 at the checkout will knock 20 per cent off the list price, bringing the total down to £39.99. The code works for both games in the same order too, so if you wanted to cop both Scarlet and Violet, you’d save a tenner on each....

Prime Day is always a great time to get a new TV for your living room or bedroom for less, and today is no different now that the Sony Bravia KE65A8/P 4K TV has a seriously impressive £500 reduction for Prime members. This 65-inch TV is certainly big enough to be the focal piece of the room, and its size will suit all the latest blockbusters and TV shows you plan on watching....

It’s an IPS panel with a full HD resolution, so you’ll get great clarity and wide viewing angles when absorbing content, whether it’s a film or game. But the star of the show is the blazing fast 240Hz refresh rate. Along with the 1ms response time, this makes it a perfect monitor for fast paced games, shooters and online games. So if you’re a fan of Doom Eternal, Rocket League, Call of Duty or Apex Legends, you’ll be able to see more of the action, so long as you have a PC that can keep up....

The adaptive sync technology and the 75Hz refresh rate means you’ll get minimal tearing when playing fast paced games such as competitive online titles, whether it’s on an Xbox Series console, PlayStation 5 or PC. You also won’t have an issue connecting this to a PC, thanks to HDMI, VGA and also DisplayPort support. There’s also a built-in USB hub, helping you clear any clutter from your desk or PC....

The original Total War: Medieval 2 released for PC all the way back in 2006, giving players control of a medieval faction and the tools of government, military, economy, diplomacy, and religion required to shape its historical course across three continents. But while Medieval 2 is undoubtedly an oldie at this point, its combination of large-scale real-time battles and compelling turn-based strategy on a global map is a treat, with Eurogamer contributor Alec Meer going as far as to call it “the most detailed and absorbing strategy game to stalk the Earth” at the time of its initial release....

There are other spots where you can pick them up though - and a pretty large number of them in total - so below we’ve listed all Prayer Beads in Sekiro with exactly how and where you can get them, to help you track down and cross off each and every one. On this page: As you’ll see below, most of the Prayer Beads you’ll find are tied to mini bosses of varying degrees of difficulty....

To get the game working with RT, author Sultim Tsyrendashiev delivers extensive modifications - not just in terms of the renderer (which is running via the Vulkan API) but also in terms of its core art assets too. For path tracing to work and for light to propagate around a scene, textures need updating with elements like normal maps and material values - so the author of the path tracer has gone in and tweaked all the game’s textures to have these characteristics....