Face-Off: The Last of Us Remastered
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Striking at the opportune moment, Naughty Dog's award-winning The Last of Us is now available to PlayStation 4 owners in remastered form - giving both newcomers and double-dippers alike a chance to play the game in lush 1080p at 60 frames per second. For impressions of how the adventure holds up on next-gen hardware when played from a fresh perspective, be sure to check out our earlier tech analysis from Digital Foundry chief Richard Leadbetter.
[Read More]Farming Simulator is coming to PS3 and Xbox 360, and this is the trailer
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
Farming Simulator, the farming simulator, is coming out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the first week of September, and this is the trailer.
For the console version a new American backdrop has been added to the European environment that PC players will know well. This doubles the size of the gameplay area, developer Giants Software said.
It's inspired by typical America farms, and includes new locations and bigger fields.
[Read More]Football Manager 2022 review - the obsession made real
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Football Manager 2022 ramps up the emphasis on the modernness of today's game. It's the most accurate, most joyfully compulsive entry yet. Let's get the shameful business out of the way first. Every year on Football Manager, I choose to manage Manchester United. United - or, ahem, Man UFC - are the team I support here in the real world, and that's about as far as my thought process goes when starting up a new FM save.
[Read More]Haruka won't fight in Yakuza 5
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Yakuza 5 lets you play as series' protagonist Kazuma Kiryu's adopted daughter Haruka, but you won't be able to fight as her. Haruka won't battle street thugs, series producer Toshihiro Nagoshi told Japanese gaming magazine Dengeki PlayStation (via Andriasang). She will have a different sort of battle element, though it's unclear exactly what that will be. Presumably it will tie into her new role as a pop-star in training.
[Read More]Here are the Moon and Dreaming City weapons returning to Destiny 2
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Good news, Guardian - Bungie is releasing more Moon and Dreaming City weapons with new perks, including the fan-favourite Twilight Oath.
"Back in January we announced that four weapons from the Dreaming City and four weapons from the Moon were being reissued with new perk pools but had not brought them all back yet," the developer explained in its weekly update. "In our next update, currently scheduled for [6th July], we will be reissuing the remaining Moon and Dreaming City weapons with new perks.
[Read More]Here's a first look at the new Horizon Zero Dawn graphic novel
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Horizon Zero Dawn's story will continue this year in a new graphic novel series, Liberation, from Titan Comics. It's the second Horizon Zero Dawn series to come from Titan, after the successful first run shifted more than 60,000 copies of its initial issue. Liberation's first issue launches on 14th July and is available to pre-order. Future issues then release in the run up to the franchise's big sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, due at some point later this year.
[Read More]Intel Pentium G4560 review: the ultimate budget CPU?
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
So here's a thought. Buy a Core i5 or Core i7 processor for gaming and the bottom line is this: on the majority of titles out there, its resources are highly underutilised. The GPU is the primary bottleneck during gaming, sometimes leaving your CPU with a significant amount of untapped overhead. So the question is this: can you spend less on your CPU and still get a great experience? And more to the point, what processor can keep your graphics card fed with data while offering exceptional value?
[Read More]Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editions hit Xbox Game Pass for PC in November
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editions hit Xbox Game Pass for PC on 2nd November, Mojang has announced.
The Minecraft: PC Bundle includes both the Java and Bedrock Editions, it was announced during the Minecraft Live event.
There's cross-play via Windows 10, Windows 11 and consoles, and you can quickly switch between the different editions from the unified Minecraft Launcher. The new trailer is below:
Minecraft has been available on Xbox Game Pass on console for some time, but this is the first time the enormously popular PC version has been made available on Microsoft's subscription service.
[Read More]Respawn admits "we broke our promise" with Apex Legends' current loot box-riddled event
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Respawn has responded to the furore around Apex Legends' controversial Iron Crown Collection event, admitting it broke its promise about how loot boxes would work in the game, and announced plans to sell coveted cosmetics directly.
This week Respawn's otherwise brilliant battle royale hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons with the arrival of the hotly-anticipated Iron Crown event.
But anticipation quickly turned into disappointment when it emerged the event was riddled with loot boxes.
[Read More]Sniper Ghost Warrior 3's multiplayer mode isn't in the game at launch
Posted on June 27, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 launches today - but without its planned multiplayer portion.
Developer CI Games has previously spoken about the game's multiplayer - several maps for it are included in the game's season pass. But play the game today and you'll find it's not included. Instead, multiplayer modes will be released via an update at some point in the future.
CI Games only announced this today - the day the game goes on sale, and the day its review embargo lifts.
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