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After early first sightings in Japan, the new CUH-1200 series PlayStation 4 - or C-Chassis - is now starting to circulate UK stores. With little fanfare from Sony to mark its arrival, the console bears several noteworthy changes over earlier PS4 models. Its physical design gets some choice tweaks, but reports of lowered noise levels also point to it addressing one of the console's longest running bugbears. But is the improvement really that radical, and if so, is it worth upgrading if you've already committed to an earlier model? [Read More]

UPDATE 16/11/16 10:02am: We've seen reports and discussion of reduced performance on PlayStation 4 Pro since the introduction of patch 1.04 yesterday, leading to speculation that the Pro features are disabled in the new update. Temporal anti-aliasing has been been tweaked, but we can rule out the disabling of Pro enhancements as our data is taken from the game running the 1.04 update. We've also just re-ran a small section of campaign tests and see no obvious impact to performance. [Read More]

Respawn has moved to reassure concerned Titanfall 2 players after reports of a security vulnerability caused some to uninstall the game. Respawn tweeted to say it was investigating the reports, which emerged yesterday and caused something of a panic within the Titanfall community. Respawn then followed that tweet up to say its engineers believe they're dealing with "a simple exploit that can be used to crash games". "We do not believe there are any more serious risks to affected players or their machines," [Read More]

Friend or Foe, Good or Bad? The answers are 'foe' and 'bad', I'm afraid. Spider-Man: Friend or Foe has 'filler release for the young 'uns who don't yet know better' written all over it from the moment you start mashing those buttons in earnest, and scarcely gets any better hours later. It's a game with precious little content, piss weak combat, and some of the blandest graphics yet to hit the 360. [Read More]

If you were hoping for something cool, interesting or even fun from Tekken 7's PlayStation VR mode, I'm sorry to report that it's none of those things. What it is is low effort - and it made me feel a bit sick. The PlayStation 4 version of the fighting game includes a VR mode on its main menu. Select this for two options: VR Battle and VR Viewer. Both must be played with the headset and DualShock 4 controller only. [Read More]

It's true, we've covered Rise of the Tomb Raider so many times over the past couple of years that we've even given it a YouTube playlist - but this is by no means a bad thing. It simply demonstrates the love and care developer Nixxes has poured into maintaining the game over the years. From supporting the ageing Xbox 360 to the PlayStation 4 Pro and PSVR all the way up to the Xbox One X, Nixxes has become the caretaker for Crystal Dynamics' most recent outing. [Read More]

When we finally got a first look at God Of War Ragnarok during the PlayStation Showcase last week, Sony also confirmed the game is the last of the Norse mythology series. This took everyone by surprise, since the Greek mythology series had three mainline games. Now, in an interview with God of War YouTuber Kaptain Kuba, Santa Monica Studio's creative director Cory Barlog explained the decision. "There are several reasons, I think one of the most important reasons is [time]," [Read More]

Tried and trusted gameplay is boosted with a generous, if slightly monotonous, serving of genuinely fresh content in this budget prequel. It's ironic that one of the first publishers to earn gamers' ire for ropey DLC is now one of the few publishers to be doing expansions properly. Bethesda was rightly notorious for its decorative horse armour, sold separately for players of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, but it's now making amends with add-ons that are not only substantial, but robust and distinctive. [Read More]

Animal Crossing has a huge amount of items to help players decorate, but kitchen furniture is often in short supply. Thankfully, there are ways to get around this problem using the custom design feature, and by using some clever kitchen decorating techniques. If you want to build your own Reddit-worthy ironwood kitchen, we also have advice on how to build the elusive ironwood kitchenette. On this page: How to find kitchen items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons explained Tips for designing an Animal Crossing: New Horizons kitchen Custom design tricks to decorate a kitchen in Animal Crossing: New Horizons How to craft an ironwood kitchenette and get other ironwood items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons How to find kitchen items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons explained Finding kitchen furniture in Animal Crossing may take some time, and unless you're willing to trade with other players for items, you'll have to try a series of different methods to receive random items of furniture. [Read More]

Pottering around a Viking-era version of your home in Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an enormous amount of fun - as I discovered from my adventures in Gloucestershire - but could it also encourage others to visit your country? That's what Tourism Ireland is banking on, as the organisation has teamed up with Ubisoft to use Assassin's Creed Valhalla in a promotional campaign. Assassin's Creed Valhalla's first expansion, Wrath of the Druids, brings Viking protagonist Eivor across the seas to embark on new adventures in Ireland. [Read More]