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HomeHardwareFeatures Alan Wake was the first game I upgraded my PC for, and I’d do it again for Alan Wake RemasteredWould you remedy that frame rate too? Would you remedy that frame rate too? Heck, back then I wasn’t even trying to play Alan Wake at the time, either. While the PC version didn’t come out until 2012, I first came to Alan Wake a year later in 2013, according to my Steam achievements, and man alive, my PC just wasn’t up to snuff....

HomeNewsBattlefield 2042 Battlefield 2042 shows off new specialists, who all seem very familiarIf it ain’t broke If it ain’t broke EA have dropped new gameplay showing off five ofBattlefield 2042’s specialists doing things like pulling the trigger, laying down turrets, pulling the trigger, and healing friends with a needle gun. They look good, if very, very predictable. First up, we’ve got Webster Mackay. He’s a soldier alright. And he’s one equipped with a grappling hook that lets him get up to those high spots and backstab any camping snipers....

HomeGuidesVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt Bloodhunt Blood Resonance types: Which Blood Resonance should you choose when feeding on mortals?Here are the different Blood Resonance types in Bloodhunt and what they do Here are the different Blood Resonance types in Bloodhunt and what they do Want to learn what the different Blood Resonance types in Bloodhunt do?It’s possibly the most complex and novel system in Sharkmob’s new vampiricBattle Royale, which just launched in Version 1....

HomeNewsDeathloop Deathloop concept art shows its characters being absolute fashion iconsI will empty my wallet for a jacket like Colt’s I will empty my wallet for a jacket like Colt’s Hello, who is the stylist that designs theDeathloopcharacters' outfits and will you come to my house and design me some too, please? We’re less than a week away from playing Arkane’s 60s-themed stealth ‘em up, and I’m utterly enamoured with the excellent clothes main characters Colt and Juliana get to wear....

HomeNewsFinal Fantasy IV Final Fantasy IV’s pixel remaster is out now on SteamThe best of the old Final Fantasies The best of the old Final Fantasies Final Fantasy IV’s pixel remaster is now available on Steam. It follows the release of the pixel remasters of I-III in July, with V and VI both due in the near future. It’s also arguably the firstFinal Fantasyto resemble what the series would become, in terms of characters and its battle system....

HomeNews Fortnite now has an Unreal Engine 5 tech demo lady skin, for some reasonYou can now buy a skin of Windwalker Echo You can now buy a skin of Windwalker Echo Last year, Epic Games revealed Unreal Engine 5 witha pretty Tomb Raider-style tech demo, showing a Lara Croft-like lady travelling through some ancient caves and ruins. At the time, I thought: “Ooh, wouldn’t it be great to play through that!...

HomeNews Hideo Kojima is a luxury brandHis final “handmade” Death Stranding trailer is out now His final “handmade” Death Stranding trailer is out now Hideo Kojima has been tweeting about the final trailer forDeath Stranding: Director’s Cutfor weeks now. He wants you to know that it was “self-edited”, “handmade”, that heobsessed over it. He sounds more like someone selling artisinally roasted coffee beans than a Sony-funded blockbuster that contains Monster Energy product placement....

HomeNewsMarvel’s Midnight Suns Marvel’s Midnight Suns new gameplay video reveals how this deckbuilding XCOM-like will actually playSuper friendly headquarters Super friendly headquarters Afterannouncingtheir new tactical RPG at Gamescom the other week, Firaxis held a 20 minute livestream forMarvel’s Midnight Sunsyesterday, giving us a brand-new look at the game’s card-based combat system, its RPG elements and a deep-dive on how Wolverine, Sabretooth and big bad Lilith will play in-game. And from the looks of things, it’s all shaping up very nicely indeed....

HomeNewsSurviving Mars Quick! Surviving Mars is free to keep for the next few hoursGet your butts over to Steam to claim it Get your butts over to Steam to claim it This is a PSA to all you fans of city-building sims:Surviving Marsis free to keep on Steam right now, and you have until the end of the day to grab it. To be fair, Surviving Mars is less a “city” builder and more a colony builder, where it’s your job to set up a home on the little red planet for humans to populate....

HomeReviewsTales Of Arise Tales Of Arise review: a tale worth tellingRise up, rise up Rise up, rise up These are the JRPGs that actively make me seek battles because it just feels good to leap a metre off the ground and punch an eagle in the face. These are the JRPGs that make me wonder why the protagonist wears a heavy, half-broken mask that probably screws with his peripheral vision. (Then I tell myself that my dumb anime son can do whatever he wants....

HomeReviewsThe Artful Escape The Artful Escape review: musical odyssey is a one hit wonderRad Shred Redemption Rad Shred Redemption I don’tquitehave the pizazz of a Bowie. The persona that emerges through my dialogue options and sartorial choices is more of a Marty McFly: a guitar-shredding virtuoso decked in a Buddy Holly outfit. The game only took me two and a half hours to beat, but you could spend considerably longer perusing the costume creator that pops up halfway through....

HomeNews Call Of Duty: Warzone is headed to the Pacific for its new mapRevealed tonight alongside new modes Revealed tonight alongside new modes Call Of Duty: Warzoneis headed to the Pacific for its next map. It’ll launch alongsideCall Of Duty: Vanguard, and the first footage of the new locale was shown during tonight’s Vanguard multiplayer reveal. You can watch the full video below, which has details of new modes and maps that will be included in this weekend’s beta....

HomeNewsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt Free-to-play Vampire: The Masquerade battle royale is out in early accessBloodhunt, not Bloodlines Bloodhunt, not Bloodlines Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhuntfelt too early to be played when Alice Bpreviewed it back in June. How much of a difference does three months make? Sharkmob’s free-to-play battle royale isnow in early access, so you can find out. Bloodhunt - Official Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Bloodhunt - Official Announcement Trailer...