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Each round is two minutes long and you’ll need to win three to claim your household chintz. Don’t leave it too long to start laying the smackdown, though, because after a while a ring of fire will pop up to push combatants into the centre of the arena. Lovely. If you’re level 20 or above then you’re good to go, but if you want to chat about arenas to understand a bit more about them then apparently there’s a fight promoter called Maximum Marcellus who’d gladly talk your ear off....

“With the studio now focusing on our new projects (Senua’s Saga, Project Mara & The Insight Project) we have decided that there will be no further content updates for Bleeding Edge,” they said. It’s not being shut off completely, mind you. The game will still be available on Xbox and PC (on Steam and Xbox Game Pass), it just won’t have any more new stuff going forward. Bleeding Edge launched less than a year ago, back in March, and at the time I thought it looked kinda cool....

There’s also one other big thing that Soulsborne games deliver on. As any seasoned player knows, it’s not a FromSoft game without the laughs. While there’s plenty of humour in the cliff falls and silly invasions, I’m talking in a more literal sense. The NPCs often round off their sentences with a chuckle. But so far, Elden Ring lacks the despairing “hahaha” of old. And it makes me sad.

“Appears” is very much the operative word here, though, as until we know what’s going on with AMD’s rival Big Navi GPUs (which are due to be unveiled on October 28th), it’s impossible to say whether the RTX 3080 is the 4K graphics card you should actually consider buying right now. Admittedly, the current stock shortages have largely put paid to that dilemma. The RTX 3080 is rarer than hen’s teeth at time of writing, and most retailers aren’t forecasting a proper re-stock until well after AMD’s big launch, at which point we’ll have a much better idea of exactly how the RTX 3080 stacks up in the next-gen 4K gaming area....

That means the two biggest leaps in overall gaming performance are free for anyone to use (even me). I await the tweet from the first developer who implements both in their game at the same time, warning us of the graphics singularity that they’ve unleashed. 60 games currently have DLSS support, the most recent addition being Red Dead Redemption 2, and it’s still a big deal when a game implements it....

Obsidian’s short tease didn’t say much besides dour fantasy drama, shambling skeletons, and a suggestion that, just perhaps, war never changes. Set in the same world as Pillars Of Eternity, Avowed looks to be zooming right in behind your fantasy lad’s eyeballs. We get a very brief render of swords and casting hand held aloft, flourishing a spell before the Balrog Of Morgoth (probably) comes stomping out of his furnace to crush some skulls....

And not just any old pet monkey, this is a pet monkey with the capacity to alter the course of history at any given moment, its idiot monkey paws tipping the balance of power one way or the other, determining the fate of epochs and chaperoning the fortunes of generations. When Old World is not being a typical 4X game – in which you build out your cities, develop tiles into resource-producing farms and quarries, and send scouts out to explore the map, scraping away the fog of war like fingernails on a continent-sized scratchcard – it plays more like an interactive novel....

As favourite games of 2019, the RPS regulars have been gushing over Mobius’ stellar space-puzzler since its launch that year. For instance, here’s vidbud Matthew laying out why he reckons it’s one of the best adventure games ever made. Put behind the controls of a rickety wooden spaceship, Outer Wilds tasks you with taking your people’s tentative first steps in the great expanse. That the sun’s going supernova in 20 minutes is only a small complication, of course - but thanks to temporal shenanigans, you’ll be booted back to the start of the cycle each time....

On this page, we’ve put together an illustrated list of every skin for every hero in Overwatch 2. We’ve also included a step-by-step guide to transferring your Overwatch 1 skins into the sequel, and everything you need to know about unlocking new skins in Overwatch 2. How to transfer skins from Overwatch to Overwatch 2 If you played Overwatch 1 on PC, then your skins will carry over automatically into Overwatch 2 thanks to using the same Battle....

I know that’s very boring, but it’s also positive, isn’t it? Oxenfree was good, and Oxenfree II looks to be doing those same things that made Oxenfree good. A 2D, side-on supernatural thriller with radios. Good thing remains good! In a world where sequels to beloved media seem to only get progressively worse, I’ll happily take it (especially since this one is a Netflix-published project now). And although it’s directly related to the first game, the characters and happenings in Oxenfree II are distinct enough that it’s going to be accessible if you’re new to the series....

On Ultimatum’s launch day, players were struggling to get through Path Of Exile’s login queue off the bat. “At the rate that it was emptying, it’d be at least two hours to get everyone into the game,” Grinding Gear explain in a post about the many issues they faced on launch day. Later on, they say “the realm freaked out and dumped most of the players out, then continued to do this roughly every ten minutes or so for the rest of the day....

With only one sleep left until Christmas, it must be time to play Dracula Cha Cha. Made by Lobo (aka Infectuous), Dracula Cha Cha tells the festive adventures of everyone’s favourite nonreflective aristocrat. Inspired by Konami’s Tomena Sanner, it has the Count automatically strolling along, with one-button controls for jumping, Dracula karate, and minigames. He’ll dance the twist against the Grinch (or zombie Santa?), play rock-paper-scissors with reindeer, take a test to graduate school, go bowling with a lion, pull sick motorbike stunts, and more....

Below, we’ll cover everything you need to know to hotwire a car in Project Zomboid, so that you can use any car that you find without hunting for a key. How to hotwire a car in Project Zomboid There are two ways you can hotwire a car in Project Zomboid: Choose Burglar as your occupation Level up your skills to reach Level 1 Electrical and Level 2 Mechanics If you want to use the Burglar occupation, check out our Project Zomboid character builds to find a strong thief build that uses this occupation to make looting and fighting much easier....

In a post on Twitter, the union, which goes by the name ZeniMax Workers United, said: “Today we, a majority of QA workers at ZeniMax, are proud to announce the launch of our union,” adding “We are empowered to advocate for ourselves & build a future where we can thrive alongside the company.” Detailing their plans in the subsequent thread, ZeniMax Workers United outlined what it hopes to attain for the new union’s members: The vote to form the union will take place in four weeks time....

Quake is everywhere. Everyone’s heard of Quake. But does anyone care? A couple years ago, I sure didn’t. I thought it was just a more boring, less colorful Doom. But then I learned about its difficult history, a fascinating mess of cursed magic. Despite its success and influence, Quake couldn’t escape Doom’s shadow, just barely held together, and eventually caused half of id Software to leave. Doom’s success left the company under heavy pressure for a follow-up....

You can play Quordle for free on its site. The layout is a little overwhelming at first but yup, that’s four Wordles at once alright. You do at least get nine guesses to nail them all. Along with the obligatory daily puzzle which is the same for all players, it has a practice mode so you can get used to Quordle’s quirks. Quordle is inspired by the Wordle variant Dordle, which has two grids....

There’s something comically horrible about three people with revolvers in their outstretched arms striding towards an unsuspecting deer twenty metres away. A real air of slapstick to the scene. Looks like they’re bandits trying to rob it. Yeah it looks a bit cheap and cheerful, but almost anything can be a park with pals and first-person ranching sounds fun enough. I volunteer to be in charge of chickens and demolition....

In this guide, we’ll break down all Gold Bar locations in Red Dead Redemption 2. We’ll also explain where to sell Gold Bars, as you’ll need to track down a fence rather than using a standard merchant. How to get Gold Bars in Red Dead Redemption 2 Here are all the ways you can get Gold Bars in Red Dead Redemption 2. Story: Complete Chapter 2 We’re not going to spoil anything here, so just know that once you’ve completed chapter 2 of the main campaign, you’ll receive some Gold Bars....

There aren’t any explicit mentions of Redfall in the EULA. Redfall had been set to release in summer, but was delayed until early 2023 back in May. That would leave plenty of time for an open beta ahead of the game’s launch. Although there’s still no firm release date, the open-world vampire hunting game’s coming to Steam, the Epic Games Store, and is due to arrive on PC Game Pass on release day....

Capcom say the demo will let you play through the earliest bits of the remake. “Featuring a slice of the full game that launches on April 3rd, you’ll step into the shoes of Jill Valentine as she attempts to make a desperate escape from Raccoon City as it rapidly descends into chaos,” they say. It will likely be the same bits that Capcom livestreamed a couple weeks back in a very cursory, non-spoiler fashion....