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HomeHardwareNews Actually, this is our first proper glimpse at Intel’s Xe GPU, but details are still thin on the groundXe-ing is believing Xe-ing is believing Earlier this week, we got our first glimpse ofIntel’s Xe GPUin action when they showed a live demo of it runningDestiny 2on one of their new Tiger Lake laptops during theirCESpress conference. At the time, the GPU code-named DG1 was buried deep inside the laptop, but now Intel have released some official images of the desktop version of their upcoming Xe graphics card as well....

HomeFeatures Behind the scenes of the games that brought Pokémon to PC before TemtemI know it’s my destiny I know it’s my destiny See, PC players are used to having to make do and mend, so there are in fact already Pokémon games that you can play on your computer. They’re ROM hacks, and they’re sort of like the Yu-Gi-Oh cards you might have brought home after being on holiday when you were younger: just as good as the official ones but, you know… not necessarily official....

HomeNewsFallout 76 Bethesda want you to test Fallout 76’s Wastelanders updateThe “work in progress” needs willing testers. The “work in progress” needs willing testers. Since its launch,Fallout 76players have been hoping for human NPCs and the stories that follow them to return to the wasteland. Bethesda must have agreed that its irradiated West Virginia was lacking because they announced the Wastelander update last year to bring human companions and related quests to the game....

HomeNewsDestiny 2 One ofDestiny 2’s oft-forgotten Exotic weapons, the Wish-Ender bow, has been unusually popular this entire season thanks to a bug. Since the Season Of Dawn started in December, Wish-Ender has been dealing almost triple its intended damage, making it deadlier than most weapons in many modes. After an odd silence, Bungie now say they’ll fix it next week. Some players aren’t best pleased because bows are a bit blah and this made Wish-Ender feel special....

HomeNews Fantasy Flight Interactive are closing their doors just two years after opening"I’m proud of the team and the game we’ve dedicated ourselves to for the past few years." “I’m proud of the team and the game we’ve dedicated ourselves to for the past few years.” Studio head Tim Gerritsen took toLinkedInto report the news, writing: “It’s with great sadness that I have to report that the decision has been made to close Fantasy Flight Interactive next month....

HomeFeaturesWesterado: Double Barreled Have You Played… Westerado: Double Barreled?The good, the bad and the 8-bit The good, the bad and the 8-bit I don’t have the facts to back this up, but it is unlikelyWesteradohad the same budget and team size asRed Dead Redemption 2. Not to go all Digital Foundry on you, but I estimate that there are more graphics in one of Rockstar’s physics-enabled horse gonads then there are in the entirety of Ostrich Banditos’ virtual frontier....

HomeFeatures The 8 coldest monsters in PC gamesOne Off The List One Off The List I have spent the winter holidays making a list, checking it twice, trying to find who is naughty on ice. But unlike the popular red-clad demon of the north, my list is reserved for terrors, demons and critters larger than 4 feet tall. I’m talking about cold monsters. They’re very chic this week. You see, while Nic has been battering majestic species of endangered giganto-moose in ourMonster Hunter World: Iceborne review, I have been working hard to catalogue the frostiest freaks this side of video gaming....

HomeHardwareNews Crucial’s new Ballistix MAX RAM lets you 3D print your own lightbarRAM-ping it up RAM-ping it up While most of theCESexcitement has centred around new graphics cards likeAMD’s Radeon RX 5600 XT, CPUs and strange new concept devices likeAlienware’s Switch-like UFO PCthis year, Crucial have something a little different on their CES booth this year: a new line of next-generation high-performance RAM that lets you 3D print your own personalised lightbar....

HomeFeatures Forget Tiny Living, in The Sims 4 builders have achieved greatness with Grand DesignsIf you build it, they will come If you build it, they will come I loveGrand Designs. I can’t help it. There is something soothing about watching people with more money than sense trying to build a mansion fit for the Hollywood Hills half underground in North London, forced to come to terms with the limits of their own ambition....

HomeFeaturesBloodstained: Curse of the Moon Have You Played… Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moon?What a horrible night to have a curse. What a horrible night to have a curse. While the main Bloodstained game was a tribute to the Metroidvanias,Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moonmore resembles the old Castlevania games, right down to aping Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse’s character swapping. But a long time has passed since Castlevania III came out in 1989, and I think enough refinements have been made that mean Curse Of The Moon is distinct enough....

HomeNews League Of Legends kicking off the new season with a Warriors coverHere we are, don’t turn away now Here we are, don’t turn away now Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Check out theLoL 10.1 patch notesandTeamfight Tactics 10.1 patch notesfor the changes coming with Season 2020. LoL isn’t my MOBA of choice and boy howdy its makers areall sorts of awfulbut I do still like that they set aside a chunk of the marketing budget to just make songs and music videos....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter World Iceborne Beotodus guideGoing ice fishin' Going ice fishin' Your first foray into the frozen wilds of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne will pit you up against the Beotodus. Think of this ice fish as the more aggressive version of Jyuratodus, as it has some very powerful strikes that inflict the nasty Iceblight status ailment. If you’re struggling to hunt Beotodus, or are a bit rusty to hunting monsters, this guide will get you up to speed....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter World Iceborne Brachydios guideBeware its explosive fists Beware its explosive fists Look, there are a lot of silly designs in Monster Hunter World Iceborne, but I still think that this hench lad with a rockabilly mohawk takes the biscuit. Brachydios doesn’t just wear that protruding thing on his bonce for show though, as secreted within is an explosive slime that it uses to coat its fists, before pummelling the ground like a toddler having a massive tantrum....