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According to The Information (warning: there’s a pricey paywall), Netflix have approached a number of “veteran game industry executives” about joining the company. The report says Netflix are exploring launching an Apple Arcade-style bundle of games, with no ads. For context, Apple Arcade is basically an iOS version of subscription services like Xbox Game Pass. A Netflix rep told Polygon that the company is “excited to do more with interactive entertainment”, as well as some marketing talk about how their users “enjoy engaging more directly with the stories they love”....

Speaking of witching, CD Projekt Red announced a new mobile game today, The Witcher: Monster Slayer. It sounds a bit like Pokémon Go with Witcher monsters. “My initial interest in The Witcher came from a chance experience with the Witcher games,” Cavill explains in the doc. “Then I heard that Netflix were making a show, and so I hunted down the opportunity to play Geralt, and when I had my first meeting with Lauren [Schmidt Hissrich, the showrunner], she had mentioned it was based on the books....

The First Cases, due out in late September, is published by Microids and developed by Blazing Griffn (whom you may remember for buying and remastering multiplayer subterfuge game The Ship). In it you play as Hercule Poirot, untangling one of his first ever cases as a young detective in pre-war Belgium. It involves the rich Van den Bosch family celebrating an engagement, trapped by a snow storm at their manor....

Keep on reading and we’ll show you exactly how to invite friends to play with you in New World. If you’re just getting stuck into playing New World, a great place to start learning would be our New World tips and tricks page! New World: how to play with friends There are two ways to play with friends in New World: Walk up to them in-game and open up their player menu to invite them into your party....

Keep reading to learn what the max level is in New World, and what this level cap means for its players. What is the max level in New World? Currently the New World level cap is 60, meaning that is the maximum level you can reach no matter how much XP you accrue throughout your travels. That’s a whole lot of points to put into your five core attributes! At Level 60, New World’s end-game content will kick in, involving high-level dungeons, invasions, and plenty of opportunities to have fun in both PvE and PvP situations....

Not every player has been doing this of course, but I’ve seen more than enough clips online of folks crawling like fleshy crabs among crowds of terrified onlookers. Perhaps this is the effect of the queues. Their brains have turned to mush, unable to comprehend that they’re finally in-game. They could be doing quests! Fighting beasts! But no. Or maybe this is what they wanted to play New World for in the first place....

But I fell off the game not long into its release, and earlier than I did other MMOs. Ultimately, I struggled to find the time to grind out the levels required to participate in the cool PVE or PVP stuff, as the level gate is less generous than my past flames Final Fantasy XIV or World Of Warcraft. It’s a shame, as I like New World’s vibes-based levelling as a whole, which gives you XP for cracking on with whatever takes your fancy, be that killing things or doing carpentry....

“Most of these mods are being uploaded by cowards with sock puppet accounts deliberately to try and cause a stir,” the site’s admins say. So if people can’t behave, they’ll allow no US politics on the Nexus until the presidential election is well and truly settled. “Recently we have seen a spate of provocative and troll mods being uploaded based around current sociopolitical issues in the United States,” Nexus owner “Dark0ne” explained in Thursday’s announcement....

We already saw a bit of Nightwing when Gotham Knights last swooped down from the rooftops last month, along with another fellow former Robin: the Red Hood. I’m a bit disappointed there wasn’t something about the other two squires of Batman set to feature in the game, Batgirl and Tim Drake’s Robin. Hopefully we’ll get to see more of them in the months before Gotham Knights is released. At least Warner Bros....

Unfortunately, Nolla’s announcement is pretty vague on the details of exactly what to expect from the update. As a matter of fact, that list above is pretty much exactly how they describe what’s coming. Even more vaguely, they tease “other surprises” too, hinting that there might be a new game mode to boot. Something there is a little more explanation of is the game’s upcoming Twitch integration, which will allow streamers to have their viewers vote on in-game events for “creative surprises”....

Nvidia are due to hold their Computex keynote on June 1st at 6am BST, which corresponds with the May 31st 10pm PDT time shown in the teaser video. Computex is a big tech show traditionally held in Taiwan around this time of year, and is sort of like the hardware equivalent of E3. Both Nvidia and AMD are due to give big presentations at this year’s Computex show, so there should be lots of big announcements landing over the next week....

Third party RTX 30 cards are still in the process of being announced, so it’s possible we may yet see some more third party cards adopt a similar design to Nvidia’s three Founders Editions. However, as you can see from the images below, Asus’ upcoming line-up of Dual, TUF Gaming and ROG Strix RTX 30 cards all have their fans in the usual, downward facing position, with a bare backplate facing up toward your CPU....

If you managed to entirely miss the years of cute dancing gifs and little creatures, Ooblets is a town life simulation game about befriending these odd little monsters with dorky names. “Complete daily challenges, earn badges, help the Mayor save the town from questionable forces, and unlock the secrets of Oob,” Glumberland say. You can grow crops in your garden, dress to impress, and decorate your house. All the things I love to do in games and entirely neglect in real life....

Contents What are Gorlek Ores? Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Gorlek Ore locations What are Gorlek Ores? Gorlek Ores are one of the many types of collectable items hidden throughout the world of Ori And The Will Of The Wisps. They can be given to Grom, the leader of the small colony that remains in the ruins of Wellspring Glades, which is east of the Wellspring. Grom can use the Gorlek Ores to rebuild the village, giving you access to new facilities in that area, as well as making it a far safer place to live in for its inhabitants....

To draw a firm line in the sand, I asked (nearly) every member of team RPS to hop on a call with me to discuss their favourite game from the show before gluing all their responses together to create the video that you can watch at the top of this post. Not only was it a genuine treat to chat to my lovely colleagues for a bit, it was also great to hear what they had to say about eight equally exciting games....

Today Horaszdóttir augers yet more games, speaking through us. Hear the crack of distant gunfire, the roar of an enraged enemy, and the thump of heavy bass and synth. Today we are called to action! (Please note that Horaszdóttir is not accepting criticism over how we have divided up games between RPG and action.) Resident Evil Village What is it? Survival horror with guns and giant women who will step on you....

Outer Wilds is the Epic-exclusive sci-fi game that isn’t The Outer Worlds. It debuted as an Epic exclusive on May 28th last year, so the Steam release will be coming shortly after Epic’s standard year ends. Developers Mobius Digital have made such a clever, interesting, and surprising little solar system full of puzzles and mystery. Here’s our Matthew’s video review full of praise, for starters: Or fans of the written word can turn to Brendy’s Outer Wilds review gushing “I have loved my time trekking across the dust or ice of these distant dirtballs, seeing the curvature on the horizon and wondering ‘what’s over there?...

The first game by a new studio made up of former by narrative folks from the likes of Failbetter Games and Inkle Studios is, as you’d expect, focused on its story. “A hidden collection of postcards in the cellar reveals a story of intrigue and espionage,” Stave Studios say. “Avoid leaving footprints, and drop diversions in your wake to stay one step ahead of the Swiss Police who are hot on your tail,” all while crossing, double-crossing, and double-dog-crossing your spy’s collection of contacts....

If you’re fairly new to Overwatch 2, then allows us to catch you up with our list of every character in the game. Below we’ll go into detail on each of the 35 characters in Overwatch 2 and their abilities, along with handy tips and information on their strengths and weaknesses, and how to play them effectively. Overwatch 2 characters list Here’s the full list of all Overwatch 2 characters:...

“Competitive play at lower skill tiers already sees a tremendous amount of hero composition diversity in their matches, and we don’t think they need a system like hero pools to encourage even more,” the devs say. As someone who recently ranked in Platinum, this is a pretty welcome change. Players at my rank (myself included) struggle to counter a lot of heroes as is without a bunch of them getting banned every week....