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How to change factions in Gray Zone Warfare
By Kristina Ebanez - Destructoid | May 02, 2024 - 16:56Choosing a faction is one of the first hurdles to tackle, as it ultimately shapes the rest of your playthrough. What's more, you may start second-guessing your choice later down the line, inclining...
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THQ Nordic Digital Showcase Set For August With New Announcements And Updates On Games
By George Yang - Gamespot | May 02, 2024 - 16:47THQ Nordic has announced that it will hold the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase on August, 2, 2024. It airs at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET.The company stated that there will be brand-new announcements during the sh...
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Baldur's Gate 3 dev spills the secret sauce: Players love finding a place, then 'ending up 2 hours and 3 puzzles later in a sacrificial chamber of a cult that murders giraffes'
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 16:47I wouldn't say I love giraffe murder, but I'm picking up what Farhang Namdar is putting down.
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Helldivers 2 Is Putting On A Clinic When It Comes To Games As A Service
By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | May 02, 2024 - 16:45Helldivers 2's next battle pass is just around the corner. Arrowhead Studios announced that the Polar Patriots Warbond, featuring new weapons and Arctic-themed armor, will drop on May 9. It’s the thi...
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The top SSD for gaming is down to £150 for 2TB in Amazon's Gaming Week sale
By Mark Harrison - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 16:44Amazon's Gaming Week sale has lots of deals on gaming accessories and hardware, including a decent discount on the heatsink version of the 2TB WD Black SN850X SSD, which is still the best SSD for gam...
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Flexispot E7L adjustable standing desk review
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 16:44One of the best ways to make use of an awkward corner.
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The top SSD for gaming is down to £150 for 2TB in Amazon's Gaming Week sale
By Mark Harrison - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 16:44Amazon's Gaming Week sale has lots of deals on gaming accessories and hardware, including a decent discount on the heatsink version of the 2TB WD Black SN850X SSD, which is still the best SSD for gam...
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Fallout 3 leads Amazon Prime Gaming monthly games for May
By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | May 02, 2024 - 16:41Fallout 3 is available this month for free as part of Amazon Prime Gaming. The Fallout series is definitely having a moment thanks to Amazon's new TV show, so it makes sense to capitalise on tha...
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Total War: Pharaoh is getting a free expansion-sized update that adds 4 new factions, including Troy
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 16:40It's going full Bronze Age.
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Apple's Gorgeous 5K Monitor Gets Big Discount At Amazon
By Darryn Bonthuys - Gamespot | May 02, 2024 - 16:39If content creation is your bread and butter, there's a good chance you'll be looking for a display to help you create the best videos and images possible. There's no shortage of these to pick from, b...
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Alan Wake 2 hasn't turned a profit 6 months after release and there's no Steam release in sight, but Remedy says it's in control
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 16:39Plus, we've gotten updates on the multiplayer Control spin-off and the Max Payne remakes.
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Deliver Us Mars Developer Keoken Interactive Lays Off Nearly Entire Staff
By Marcus Stewart - Gameinformer | May 02, 2024 - 16:38Keoken Interactive, developer of Deliver Us The Moon and Deliver Us Mars, has laid off nearly its entire staff. The studio’s two founders are the only remaining employees. Founders Keon Deet...
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Keyboards big and small: three enthusiast options reviewed in spring 2024
By Reece Bithrey - Eurogamer | May 02, 2024 - 16:30What is an enthusiast-grade mechanical keyboard? It depends on what you're into - it might be a super-fast gaming board for esports, an ultra low-profile work keyboard equally adept for Mac or Window...
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Universal Orlando Confirms Three Super Nintendo World Rides, Including Jumping Donkey Kong Coaster
By Wesley LeBlanc - Gameinformer | May 02, 2024 - 16:19Universal Orlando Resort has released a new video detailing what to expect at its Florida-based Super Nintendo World when it opens as a land in its Epic Universe theme park next year. In it,...
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Mesopotamia is coming to Total War: Pharaoh alongside over 80 new units
By Nic Reuben - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 16:01For someone who’s spent an embarrassing amount of my life staring at virtual maps, I am a downright directionless dunce when it comes to geography. Not ‘the country of Africa’ bad, but certainly not...
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Mesopotamia is coming to Total War: Pharaoh alongside over 80 new units
By Nic Reuben - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 16:01For someone who’s spent an embarrassing amount of my life staring at virtual maps, I am a downright directionless dunce when it comes to geography. Not ‘the country of Africa’ bad, but certainly not...
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Amazon Prime Members Get 9 Free Games In May, Including A Trip To Fallout's Wasteland
By Darryn Bonthuys - Gamespot | May 02, 2024 - 16:00It's the start of a new month, and like clockwork, new free games are available for Amazon Prime members starting today. Subscribers to the Amazon gaming service can pick up 10 PC games this month, an...
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Total War: Pharaoh getting four new factions as part of free update
By Victoria Kennedy - Eurogamer | May 02, 2024 - 16:00Sega and Creative Assembly have announced a collection of new features and cultures coming to Total War: Pharaoh as part of an upcoming free update.The game's campaign experience will be reworked to...
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FFXIV: New European Data Center to be added in preparation for Dawntrail
By Paula Vaynshteyn - Destructoid | May 02, 2024 - 15:58If there’s one thing common to all previous expansions of Final Fantasy XIV, it’s the insanely long queue times and error messages while attempting to log on. With that in mind, it seems that Square...
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Finally, You Can Play Tetris On The Side Of A 7-Eleven Slurpee Cup!
By John Walker - Kotaku | May 02, 2024 - 15:50You know how you’re always saying, “I wish I could play Tetris on an unwieldy plastic Slurpee cup that doesn’t actually function as a drinking vessel,” and we’re all like, “Shut up, Steve”? Well now y...
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How to defeat Echo Knight in No Rest For The Wicked (tips and tricks)
By Darrus Myles - Destructoid | May 02, 2024 - 15:50Echo Knight is by far the most difficult boss encounter in No Rest For The Wicked for numerous reasons. No matter which is preventing you from bringing him down, this guide will help conquer this se...
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Starfield’s May update is great, but upcoming vehicles are the most exciting bit
By Filip Galekovic - Destructoid | May 02, 2024 - 15:40Even though Bethesda's hotly anticipated next-gen Fallout 4 update fell flat on its face, the same cannot be said about the latest Starfield update, which is genuinely great. The most exciting bit a...
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Take-Two Interactive Is Closing The Studios Behind Rollerdrome And Kerbal Space Program 2
By Wesley LeBlanc - Gameinformer | May 02, 2024 - 15:33Take-Two Interactive, the company behind games like Grand Theft Auto V that also acquired mobile giant Zynga in 2022 in the second-biggest deal in games history, has closed Roll7 and Intercep...
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Hellblade 2, Paper Mario, and 17 Other Games To Get Excited For In May
By Claire Jackson - Kotaku | May 02, 2024 - 15:30We’re heading into the fifth month of 2024, and naturally, we have a full calendar of days and weeks of fresh new games to dig into. This month we’re looking at the anticipated sequel to Ninja Theory’...
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Helldivers 2’s Polar Patriots Warbond will heat things up next week with spicy new weapons
By Jamie Moorcroft-Sharp - Destructoid | May 02, 2024 - 15:25Arrowhead Game Studios today announced the Polar Patriots Warbond for Helldivers 2, which will be released late next week, just in time for players to buy the new gear they need for the weekend....
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Take-Two will reportedly close OlliOlli and Kerbal Space Program studios
By Oli Welsh - Polygon | May 02, 2024 - 15:19Image: Roll7/Private Division Roll7 and Intercept Games to be shuttered amid layoffs Bloomberg reports that Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive will close two game...
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Call Of Duty File Text Might, Maybe, Possibly Point To New Game Reveal This Month
By Evan Campbell - Gamespot | May 02, 2024 - 15:13Activision Blizzard might be aiming to unveil the next Call of Duty game this month. That's because dataminers uncovered references to a reveal in the latest update for Call of Duty Warzone.On X (form...
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No more Elden Ring DLC after Shadow Of The Erdtree, says Souls boss Miyazaki
By Nic Reuben - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 15:04As reported by Chinese outlet Campfire Camp, spotted by GamesRadar, and machine translated by Ian Games of the Ian Games Network, and then delivered fresh to your eyeballs by me, Nic Reuben of Reuben...
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No more Elden Ring DLC after Shadow Of The Erdtree, says Souls boss Miyazaki
By Nic Reuben - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 15:04As reported by Chinese outlet Campfire Camp, spotted by GamesRadar, and machine translated by Ian Games of the Ian Games Network, and then delivered fresh to your eyeballs by me, Nic Reuben of Reuben...
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In a golden age of Star Wars board games, these are the best options
By Charlie Hall - Polygon | May 02, 2024 - 15:00Photo: Charlie Hall/Polygon Epic strategy games, fast-paced card games, miniatures games, and more Always in motion is the future of the Star Wars universe... at least when it...
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Super Nintendo World confirms Orlando 2025 opening
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | May 02, 2024 - 14:56The third Super Nintendo World location will open next year in Orlando, Florida, Universal Studios has now confirmed, and include the theme park attraction's extra Donkey Kong expansion from the of...
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D&D lore buff discovers Elminster's likely been leaving magic items strewn around Baldur's Gate 3 like a fantasy wizard Santa Claus
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 14:52Mystra's comin' to town.
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Professor Layton development boss eyeing erotic and violent games
By Victoria Kennedy - Eurogamer | May 02, 2024 - 14:36The CEO of Level-5 - the studio behind the family-friendly Professor Layton series, Snack World and Ni no Kuni - has said he hopes to one day make a darker game with more violence and eroticism.Speak...
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The Manor Lords dev has the "ideal" approach to early access, says Hooded Horse: "It's not like, vote on the next feature"
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 13:51Medieval city builder Manor Lords was Steam's most-wishlisted game prior to release, and has now managed the feat of transmuting that anticipation into broad enthusiasm and very healthy sales. Not...
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The Manor Lords dev has the "ideal" approach to early access, says Hooded Horse: "It's not like, vote on the next feature"
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 13:51Medieval city builder Manor Lords was Steam's most-wishlisted game prior to release, and has now managed the feat of transmuting that anticipation into broad enthusiasm and very healthy sales. Not...
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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite mod gives the game a much needed cel-shaded makeover
By Michael Beckwith - Destructoid | May 02, 2024 - 13:35While Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was a solid fighting game, it was unfortunately overshadow by its flaws, among them being its less than handsome graphics. It's been nearly seven years since its la...
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How to build Warzone’s overpowered Model 1887 Akimbo Lockwood MK2 loadout
By Matt Porter - Destructoid | May 02, 2024 - 13:17Another major Warzone patch means another overpowered weapon, with players on Rebirth Island now torturing their enemies with an Akimbo Lockwood MK2 loadout that is reminiscent of the Model 1887s fr...
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Trouble connecting to your VPN? Microsoft admits that a recent Windows security update is preventing virtual connections
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 13:14The April security update is to blame.
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Sea Of Thieves has gone all Lock Stock in Season 12 with double-barreled guns and, er, skeleton summons
By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 13:10Remember that bit in that Guy Ritchie film where Dexter Fletcher shoot a guy and then throws a glowing jar over his soldier that summons a bunch of skeletons to help him out? Me too! Must have been t...
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Sea Of Thieves has gone all Lock Stock in Season 12 with double-barreled guns and, er, skeleton summons
By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 13:10Remember that bit in that Guy Ritchie film where Dexter Fletcher shoot a guy and then throws a glowing jar over his soldier that summons a bunch of skeletons to help him out? Me too! Must have been t...
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WoW's released a short cinematic ahead of the War Within's pre-patch—and I'm just happy these characters are talking like actual people, now
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 13:02Shadowlands was merely a setback.
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Master of horror John Carpenter doesn't 'need to see' the Borderlands film, may have quit Diablo 4 for the same reason he dropped Red Dead 2: 'I can't even get on that horse'
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 13:02On the bright side, he loved Horizon Forbidden West and had a grand time with God of War.
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Original Transformers intro gets stunning shot-for-shot remake in Tears of the Kingdom
By Michael Beckwith - Destructoid | May 02, 2024 - 12:55Despite The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom being nearly a year old, imaginative fans are still using its Zonai devices and Ultrahand mechanic to craft incredible creations. For instance, some...
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Manor Lords publisher says the game's success has gone 'well beyond what we could have hoped'
By PC Gamer | May 02, 2024 - 12:51"But ultimately Greg's making the decisions and driving the development: he is the developer."
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Rabbit And Steel gives you the thrills of an MMO raid without the preceding mega-grind, and it has a demo
By Ed Thorn - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 12:47I haven't ever raided in an MMORPG like World Of Warcraft for several reasons, one of which is the time commitment. I've never put in the many, many hours needed to earn the requisite gear nor partie...
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Rabbit And Steel gives you the thrills of an MMO raid without the preceding mega-grind, and it has a demo
By Ed Thorn - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 12:47I haven't ever raided in an MMORPG like World Of Warcraft for several reasons, one of which is the time commitment. I've never put in the many, many hours needed to earn the requisite gear nor partie...
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All three remastered Mass Effect games and their DLC are 90% off on Steam
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 12:35I don't tend to do a lot of videogame discount posts because I have a mortal fear of enriching my backlog, but when I see the entire Mass Effect trilogy and all of its expansions for around the pri...
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All three remastered Mass Effect games and their DLC are 90% off on Steam
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | May 02, 2024 - 12:35I don't tend to do a lot of videogame discount posts because I have a mortal fear of enriching my backlog, but when I see the entire Mass Effect trilogy and all of its expansions for around the pri...
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Unity appoints former EA and Zynga exec as new CEO, following pricing controversies and layoffs
By Victoria Kennedy - Eurogamer | May 02, 2024 - 12:26Game engine company Unity has appointed a new CEO, following the retirement of John Riccitiello last year. Matthew Bromberg will be stepping into the role later this month, Unity has announced....
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth fourth top-selling US game this year, but reportedly remains far behind Remake
By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | May 02, 2024 - 12:17Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is the fourth top-selling game in the US so far this year, behind the likes of Helldivers 2 and Dragon's Dogma 2. That's according to sales tracking from numbers company...
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