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HomeNews World Of Warcraft’s pre-expansion patch is out now, overhauling a lotMate I was level 50 years ago Mate I was level 50 years ago WhileWorld Of Warcraft: Shadowlandsis delayed, the pre-expansion patch introducing many of its big changes has arrived. Here’s one to start: WoW’s level cap is now 50. It’s come all the way the down from 120 as Blizzard rescale everything. The new starter zone is in too, easing newbies in on a new island....

HomeFeaturesLegendary Gary Have You Played… Legendary Gary?Everyday heroes Everyday heroes Over time, Gary’s world and the RPG world start to blend. Conversations Gary has at work play into his experiences in Legend Of The Spear, until even the small garden growing out the back of his Mum’s house starts to play a role. As the story unfolds you’ll see the lengths to which Gary will go to make his ordinary existence less mundane....

HomeNews King Arthur: Knight’s Tale returns to a grimmer, darker kingdom next yearThat rascal Arthur’s been up to no good. That rascal Arthur’s been up to no good. No, notthat Knight’s Tale. While I’d love to be proved wrong, I’m afraid Paul Bettany probably isn’t going to show up to give your latest tussle a bombastic shoutout in NeocoreGames’King Arthur: Knight’s Tale. Announced today, the developers of dimly-lit action RPGs likeVan HelsingandWarhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyrare returning to their Arthurian past for a nightmarishly dark, tactical-RPG twist on the English legend....

HomeHardwareFeatures Oculus Quest 2 reviewA worthy if divisive successor to the Oculus Rift S A worthy if divisive successor to the Oculus Rift S When I tested theOculus Questearlier in the year, it was one of the most freeing VR experiences I’ve ever had. It was also one of the most uncomfortable. Ditching the cable for wire-free VR is definitely the way forward as far as I’m concerned, but not when the headset in question crushes my nose, pinches my cheeks and makes me feel like I wanted to rip it off my head after just 30 minutes of use....

HomeNewsQuake Have you playedQuake? If you have you’ll, like me, probably have wondered why Episodes 2 and 3 don’t end with a boss fight. This week, former Id designer Sandy Petersen explained some of the hacks he and American McGee tried bashing together to fill those boss-shaped holes, from a tower-block sized rotter to a giant grotesque spiderthing wot would’ve chased you around the entire map. McGee, for his part, had been working on an object scaler, and decided to test it out with a colossal undead bloke....

HomeFeatures Ready Player One and “let’s talk about your DeLorean for a minute"The man actually says we have to “make good art” The man actually says we have to “make good art” Every few months the internet gets back around to the “shhh let people enjoy things” phase of its ever-repeating cycle. I agree that there is no need to make fun of someone for enjoying a thing. But sometimes, when I see people deploying “let people enjoy things”, I want to respond “let people not enjoy things”....

HomeNews Rockstar have reportedly grabbed Ruffian Games, making them Rockstar DundeeWhy not rename them Rockstar Norther? Why not rename them Rockstar Norther? In September,one tweeterposted a screenshot of Rockstar’s careers page listing Rockstar Dundee too, though it’s nottherenow. Mysteries. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Ruffian Games formed in 2008 with folks from a number of now-defunct Scottish studios, including Realtime Worlds and Rage. They have connections to Rockstar in tangled web of the Scottish games industry, including creative director Billy Thomson, who was a level designer on GTA in its top-down days....

HomeNewsTerraria Terraria’s actual final update has landedIt’s called Journey’s Actual End It’s called Journey’s Actual End Update: The patch is live! I’ve updated this post with the patch notes so you know what to expect from Journey’s Actual End.Who says you don’t get more than one chance at a happy ending? Not theTerrariadevelopers Re-Logic, that’s for sure. Today, they’re releasing their, uh, second final update for the 2D mining and crafting game....

HomeNewsTorchlight III Torchlight 3 has finally ventured out of early accessFull steam ahead for a goblin smackin' Full steam ahead for a goblin smackin' Dungeon diving loot ‘em upTorchlight 3leaves early access today. Eight years after its stellar hack ‘n’ slash predecessor, with a studio closure and a complete pivot away from a shared-world online vision, it’s kind of amazing the game’s even made it this far. But now, Torchlight 3’s long journey towards being a pretty alright goblin-puncher finally comes to an end....

HomeNewsValorant Valorant ushers in Act 3 with an icy new map todayWith a brand new agent scheduled to arrive later this month With a brand new agent scheduled to arrive later this month Valorant’s third Act drops today, and it’s bringing a bounty of lovely new things to Riot’s guns and wizards first-person shooter. The first and most notable of these is a cold new map called Icebox. Then there are updates to ranked play and the deathmatch game mode....

HomeFeatures Best Crusader Kings 3 modsPass the duchy Pass the duchy Six weeks after the release ofCrusader Kings 3, and there are already over 1200 mods, tweaks, and more to download. Paradox’s grand soap opera is as much fun to fix as it is to play, it seems. Crusader Kings 3 Gameplay And Impressions | Royal RPG Meets Grand StrategyWatch on YouTube Crusader Kings 3 Gameplay And Impressions | Royal RPG Meets Grand Strategy...

HomeNews Call Of Duty: Warzone’s infinite Stims exploit fixedNo more lurking in the gas waiting for everyone to die No more lurking in the gas waiting for everyone to die Alongside numerous hackers, players inCall Of Duty: Warzonehave had to contend with a new exploit which granted infinite healing. How fun! Players who used the Stim item could repeatedly juice up, letting them live in the deadly gas and wait while everyone else blasted each other to death....

HomeNewsFortnite Epic can continue to support Unreal Engine on Mac and iOS for nowThough the lawfight’s far from over Though the lawfight’s far from over While Epic and Apple’s legal battle over app stores isn’t due in court until next year, one important matter is settled for now: Epic will get the keep the Apple developer accounts which let them update and maintain Unreal Engine on Mac and iOS. Apple had threatened to disable those too, not just the accounts Epic use for Fortnite, until a judge approved Epic’s appeal fora temporary restraining order....