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The vast and the furious.
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A load of balls
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Wear sunscreen
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Subverting rules, or being pandered to?
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You can sign up to get free access to MetaHuman Creator
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Two plus two equals four
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The Weekspot podcast #033: Enoch great, Enoch terrible
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Feature: Outriders' DLSS does a lot more than just improve performance
It also adds in extra details missing at native resolution
News
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Emily Is Away <3 has made its launch Facenook official today
Emily is typing...
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Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is now letting alpha players scan space plants
Sample the local flora when you land
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What's better: rocket jumping, or fiddling with environmental objects?
Subverting rules, or being pandered to?
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Baldur's Gate 3's new hotfix makes loaded dice odds be ever in your favor
Lifting the curse of the RNG
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Wasteland 3's first story expansion launches in June with new conflicts
Head on down to Steeltown
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Square Enix deny they're considering selling
Following rumours that potential buyers were interested
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Ubisoft announce E3 2021's Ubisoft Forward stream
Promising announcements and such
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Outriders inventory wipes possibly continuing after wipe-fixing patch
Square Enix are investigating reports
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Resident Evil 4 is coming to VR
It'll launch exclusively on the Oculus Quest 2
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Warzone players can now respawn as zombies, it is okay
And there's a new pistol that's totally broken
Deals
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Get Razer's £500 gaming chair for free with this RTX 2080 Super laptop
The bundle also includes a free keyboard, headset, water bottle and backpack, all for £1800
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Amazon's Spring Sale ends today and these are the best deals
Get 'em before they go
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Gamesplanet are having a big RPG and adventure game sale this week
Spend £8 / $8 and you'll get The Council: The Complete Season for free
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The 500GB WD Blue SN550 SSD is back down to its Prime Day price of £50
The 2TB model is also back at its all-time low of £179 today, too
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Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes
Reviews
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Outriders review: A dopamine-dispensing closed loop for your monkey brain
Shiny space-trousers
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Same thing we do every night, reader...
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Kiryu's final chapter hits hard
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It's life, Jim, but not quite exactly as we knew it 20 years ago
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I want more games to redefine what 'survival' means
Mainly so I can be good at survival games
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I'm sorry, but I don't get Loop Hero
I'm simply too lazy for it
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