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Oblivion is a game about weirdos. How will they look in the remaster?
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Vue lecture
The new trailer for Remedy's co-op FPS features explosive pink goop and flying desk chairs, so it's still looking like the silliest thing they've made
FBC: Firebreak is looking just as surreal as the game it's spun off from, with none of the seriousness.
Rebellion's CEO says 'it looks like we want to do more Atomfall' but it will depend on whether the studio can 'find the resources to do it'
"It's nice when marketing comes back to you and says 'yep, we underestimated our high-level success.'"
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The Forever Winter's April update introduces a 'devastating' railgun you'll need to build with buds, DLC skins and more to my favourite extraction shooter
Despite the huge March update, it's not slowing down this month.
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Nintendo confirms the Switch 2 price is staying at $450 in the US despite tariff turmoil, with preorders starting April 24
Accessories will be more pricey "due to changes in market conditions," however.
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Phil Spencer is 'really happy' with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, hinting there might be more Nazi punching adventures in the future: 'We do think there's life in that franchise'
But he also wants Microsoft "to do our own games and our own franchises".
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After a disastrous recent update and a flurry of attempts to fix it, Path of Exile 2's next patch will bring 'two highly sought after improvements'
Grinding Gear Games will launch update 0.2.0g "as soon as we can".
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Looks like PCIe 5.0 WD Black SSDs are hopefully definitely maybe possibly on the way, at long last
We've got whispers of rumours and taken down listings, all with those big WD letters on the side.
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Corsair's custom shop Drop announces possibly the best thing to come out of Starfield
The collab focusses on the very customisable CSTM80 ten-keyless mechanical board, but that means you can get most of it separately too.
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Cherry's new MX Northern Light is its 'most refined linear switch to date' and a 'love letter to the keyboard community'
The company is aiming to deliver the smoothest linear switch in town.
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Star Wars Outlaws DLC A Pirate's Fortune announced for May 15
Yo ho ho and a season pass for me.
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Shawn Levy of Deadpool & Wolverine fame is directing Star Wars: Starfighter, a standalone movie starring Ryan Gosling
Set after the events of Rise of the Skywalker.
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Today's Wordle answer for Friday, April 18
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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Path of Exile 2 backlash gives Last Epoch a 150,000-player boost as the competing action RPG launches a major update
As one action RPG stumbles, another accelerates past it.
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Co-op submarine survival simulator Barotrauma has a free weekend on Steam, so dive in with friends and experience the most comically horrifying deaths you can imagine
It's the first free weekend for the submarine horror game since it went 1.0 in 2023.
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Thanks to Baldur's Gate 3's new Swashbuckler subclass, it no longer sucks to be a pure Rogue
A three-level dip no longer.
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Rematch, the soccer game from the maker of Sifu and Absolver, is holding an open beta this weekend
Here's your chance to see what it's all about.
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Rivals Hover League is the new standard for vehicular arena-based combat
A high-octane experience like nothing you've ever seen before: hover hard, hit harder.
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22-year-old MMO MapleStory is getting the 'old school' treatment with the original lead game designer in charge of new classic servers
MapleStory Classic World was revealed as part of the game's 20th anniversary.
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Forget Baldur's Gate 3's new subclasses: Patch 8's most disgusting power gamer combo is the Rock That Makes You Stupid paired with a sneakily revamped level 2 spell
Resonance Stone + Shadow Blade = Sicko Mode.
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Path of Exile 2's 0.2 update wasn't all bad: The endgame finally feels like it's headed in the right direction
Path of Exile 2's 0.2 update wasn't all bad: The endgame finally feels like it's headed in the right direction
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You should buy our favorite co-op survival game of 2024 on sale now for $20—because the price goes up to $35 in May
Abiotic Factor is getting a $10 price increase just before it's 1.0 launch, but you can save $15 if you grab it in April.
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds skill trees and levelling guide
All the special unlocks in each skill tree and how to grind all your skills just a little faster.
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The brilliant insect adventure Botanicula is free on the Epic Store for the first time
Don't miss this one.
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MSI RTX 5060 Ti 16G Gaming Trio OC review
The best of the lot but its price tag might be insurmountable.
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'It unfortunately won't be happening in the foreseeable future': Fortnite's Arcane skins continue to be in crossover jail as Riot boss confirms they won't be back anytime soon
A real shame for new Fortnite and Arcane fans.
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Roblox's latest legal entanglement is with the creator of the viral 'Apple' dance who took TikTok by storm: 'Kelley is an independent creator who should be compensated fairly for her work'
Kelley Heyer is taking the behemoth platform to court.
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'I kept trying to talk to them': Marvel Rivals players are finding their friends' names are being used by bots
It's not me, it's my bot.
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We called its first cyberpunk setting 'cooler than Night City,' and now the studio behind The Ascent says it's making 'the kind of game that every developer wants to work on'
Details are sparse, but Neon Giant says its next game is "ludicrously ambitious", first-person, and focused on "player agency and creativity."
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There's no two ways about it—I love the Lumon blue, retro styling of this Severance-inspired keyboard
A trackball? In MY keyboard? I'll roll with it.
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US-made chip prices could soar if the rumour that TSMC might charge 'as much as 30%' more for its Arizona chips pans out
So tariffs on foreign chips and hiked prices on domestic ones?
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Baldur's Gate 3's excellent new photo mode is full of details, dances, and poses for your cat—as well as 7 different ways to vogue, because why not
Subclasses? New builds? I'm out here voguing in the Forgotten Realms.
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds has fixed the classic survival crafting trope of endlessly chopping down trees thanks to an excellent spell system that does the hard work for you
How am I supposed to play other survival crafting games without my spectral axe?
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The LA Times gives mealy-mouthed AI the last word on its opinion pieces
Is it raining? Yes—and also no.
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Tempopo review
Tempopo is great, but could use something a little more.
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Tempest Rising review
Tempest Rising is a rollicking RTS just like mama Westwood used to make.
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