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HomeHardwareNewsDeath Stranding Death Stranding’s DLSS tech will turn any RTX card into a 4K 60fps machineBoosting those frame rates post haste Boosting those frame rates post haste We’ve still got two weeks to go until Kojima’s post-apocalyptic deliver ‘em upDeath Strandingcomes out on PC, but as myearly performance testsshowed yesterday, even GTX 1060 owners should be able to run the game at 60fps on max settings at 1080p. However, Nvidia have since confirmed thatDeath Strandingwill also be getting DLSS 2....

HomeFeaturesOstranauts Ostranauts is a jaw-dropping space sim, trapped in a brutal interfaceAh dinnea ken if I can take any more, Captain Ah dinnea ken if I can take any more, Captain Based on its intensely confusing demo, I’ve concluded that I really like everything aboutOstranauts, except for actually playing it. Admittedly that’s a fairly significant obstacle, and it seems I’m not the only person facing it. But it also seems developers Blue Bottle Games are acutely aware of where the pain is coming from, and it looks like they’re holding off on launching into early access until it’s been alleviated a bit....

HomeNews Paradox have bought a mobile games studio, PlayrionPlanning to make Paradox mobile games Planning to make Paradox mobile games Continuing their remarkable expansion,Crusader KingsandStellariscompany Paradox Interactive today announced they’ve bought Playrion Game Studio, a French crew focused on mobile games. Maybe you know them from Airlines Manager? Paradox say that owning Playrion will help them bring more of their game worlds to mobile. No hints as to what might be next, mind....

HomeFeatures Syscrusher is the most fun I’ve had in an FPS all yearIt’s the system It’s the system I’m still drip feeding on the endless treasures fromThe Bundle. It’s healthier than bingeing, and you get more out of it that way. And that’s how I stumbled acrossSyscrusher, a tiny game about shooting robots. It’s simple enough that to describe it would almost be a disservice. You use a pistol, shotgun, autogun (“NEATO”, as your character responds to its description), and rocket launcher to fight a linear path through the robots defending the tower of a malevolent AI....

HomeNews UK should regulate loot boxes as gambling, House Of Lords report recommendsBut will the government listen? But will the government listen? A year after forming to look into everything from casinos to loot boxes, the Select Committee on The Social And Economic Impact Of The Gambling Industry published their report today. You can read that in fullin his here PDF. Over the past year, recommendations to regulate loot boxes in the UK have come froma Parliament committee,NHS England’s director for mental health, andthe Children’s Commissioner....

HomeNewsFallout 76 Fallout 76 coming to Xbox Game Pass For PC on July 9thOh, and Out Of The Park Baseball 21 too Oh, and Out Of The Park Baseball 21 too The Xbox Game Pass subscription service hasreleased its listof new additions for July. There are a couple extra options for Xbox One players, but us PC folk will be getting access toFallout 76and Out Of The Park Baseball 21. Out Of The Park has been added to the catalog today, whileFallout 76is coming on Thursday, July 9th....

HomeNews Fortnite: Save The World leaves early access, but isn’t going free-to-playThe end of an era The end of an era You will be forgiven for thinking thatFortnite: Save The Worldhad already left early access. This is what many see as a strange appendage toFortnite Battle Royale, but is actually the original PvE game that arguably birthed an entire epoch - all, apparently, while remaining in early access. It’s a brazen assault on the fabric of meaning, but it’s also maybe not all that weird, because developers Epic Games say that yesterday marks the point where “development of new content will slow down”....

HomeNewsStardew Valley Go swimming in Stardew Valley with this new mod With lockdown keeping me away from my favourite swimming spots, I am delighted to see a newStardew Valleymod which lets your farmer swim in its rivers, ponds, and sea. It looks: so relaxing. You can even dive down to walk around on the bottom and collect treasure and resources, which does give slightly me the fear. Fish’s domain, down there....

HomeFeaturesSatisfactory How Satisfactory’s developers lied to their players, and why the players loved itPipemania Pipemania Satisfactory’s Update 3 is one of gaming’s great bait and switches. For months, developer Coffee Stain had been denying that its first-person factory-building game would ever have pipes. Why would they? You could already transport liquids on conveyors, so what was the point? And then in February, the studio presented a magnificently overblown trailer which confirmed the opposite of what they’d been claiming for all this time....

HomeGuides How to unlock the Crossbow in Modern Warfare and WarzoneA hard one to cross off your list. A hard one to cross off your list. With the Crossbow in Warzone, you’ll be able to one-shot baddies and take chunks of their armour off with a surprising amount of ease. However, it’s a bit of a slog to unlock, especially in Warzone.Below we’ll break down how to unlock it as easily as possible....

HomeNewsMinecraft: Dungeons Minecraft Dungeons' first DLC Jungle Awakens is out nowJungle japes are go Jungle japes are go If you’ve already hacked and slashed and tumbled your way throughMinecraft Dungeons' campaign, you can grab your enchanted boots for another spelunking. The first DLC for Minecraft-but-Diablo is out now. The Jungle Awakens DLC sends you into the overgrowth to battle the Jungle Abomination. Even if you don’t grab the DLC, a free update including a new secret mission has been added for all players....

HomeFeaturesNewCity NewCity lets you build cities on a massive scaleBigCity, more like BigCity, more like The first thing that tends to strike everyone aboutNewCity, is how massive its cities are. They makeCities: Skylinesmetropolises look poky, and cities from 2013’sSimCitylook like quaint little villages. There’s no doubt about it:NewCityis all about urban sprawl, and actually comes close to being able to replicate the terrifyingly massive size of actual, real world cities. Indeed, in the later stages of the session I played with it, I kept zooming out and having the uncanny sensation I was looking out of an aeroplane window....

HomeNews Worms Rumble will ditch turns for 32-player actionA holy hand-grenade to the formula A holy hand-grenade to the formula When Team17 firstteased a new Worms gamecoming in 2020 they called it “worms like you’ve never played before.” They’ve now officially announcedWorms Rumbleand yeah, it is definitely not your traditional Worms game. I was joking when I said “Worms battle royale confirmed” months ago but, well, here we are. The 32-player Worms action game will host a beta later this month and release in late 2020....