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Creators of popular Roblox game Adopt Me! have founded their own studio

Posted: 12 May 2021 02:56 PM PDT

Game platform Roblox has spawned all kinds of hits, a super cute one called Adopt Me! among them. The social pet-raising and home-decorating simulation has grown popular enough, among the most top-played Roblox games, that its creators have announced they've opened their own studio. The Adopt Me team will continue working on new updates to the game under their new name Uplift Studios, a name that seems plenty fitting for the situation.

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Amazon MMO New World enters closed beta (again) in July

Posted: 12 May 2021 01:57 PM PDT

Amazon's next attempt at releasing a video game is approaching again. After multiple delays, their MMO New World is entering closed beta in July. Amazon have even posted a flashy new trailer and committed to their August launch date. Their 17th century fantasy colonial world is really going to set sail this time, it seems. I'm not sure I have faith that it will break any new ground for MMOs, but I do honestly hope it fares better than their online shooter Crucible.

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Indie showcases Wholesome Direct and Guerrilla Collective returning in June

Posted: 12 May 2021 12:36 PM PDT

If you'd thought that the return of official E3 2021 would mean fewer individual online showcases this year, you'd have been wrong. Everyone seems to have enjoyed running their own events, publishers and indie game groups both. Two of last year's indie game focused reveal o'rama livestreams are coming back again this summer. The Guerrilla Collective showcase and Wholesome Direct will both premiere in June with a heck of a lot of indie games to check out.

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Total War: Warhammer 3's new trailer shows off Kislev's big, awesome bears

Posted: 12 May 2021 11:30 AM PDT

Kislev and Khorne are going head to head in the newest Total War: Warhammer 3 trailer that just landed today. The next part of Creative Assembly's series is giving some serious love to the snowy folks of fantasy Russia with cavalry bears, magical bears, and other pretty cool looking icy units. You can spot the lot in the new cinematic trailer right here ahead of the gameplay reveal that's still scheduled for tomorrow.

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This incredible 34" LG ultrawide is finally back in stock - plus more gaming monitor deals

Posted: 12 May 2021 11:03 AM PDT

One of the best ultrawide monitors is finally back in stock at Amazon US. The LG 34GP83A is essentially the 34" ultrawide version of the company's 27GL850, a monitor that was in almost every tech outlet's best monitor roundup after it debuted last year. The ultrawide version uses the same kind of 'Fast IPS' panel, providing excellent motion clarity plus the accurate colours and wide viewing angles IPS screens are known for. It's a great combination that makes for a strong all-around monitor, and perhaps it's no surprise that the 34GP83A has been almost impossible to find at MSRP for months - until today, when it finally reappeared online for $799.

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This AMD Ryzen 5 5600X at £255 is this week's best CPU deal

Posted: 12 May 2021 10:13 AM PDT

The Ryzen 5 5600X is a terrific CPU for gaming, providing the incredible single-core speeds of AMD's Ryzen 5000 series and six cores of multi-threading power at a very affordable price point. Its UK RRP is around £280, but today it's available at Currys PC World for just £255 when you use code FNDDGAMING.

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There’s now an official Kingdoms of Amalur map cushion

Posted: 12 May 2021 09:34 AM PDT

There's a real hint of necromancy about THQ Nordic. The mega-publisher has resurrected a few games over the past few years, with Kingdoms of Amalur probably being the one that made me go "Huh?" the most. Well, there’s more "huh" to go around, because they just opened up a new merchandise store and are selling Kingdoms of Amalur cushions with the game map on them.

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Save mom's video store by doing 90s teen crimes in The Big Con this summer

Posted: 12 May 2021 09:11 AM PDT

Summer's approaching, so it's time to figure out what kind of wacky character development you're going to have during the scorching months. If you hadn't come up with a plan yet, you can always go with one of the classics: going on a cross-country road trip with a con man to somehow save your mom's video store from mobsters. That's what local sarcastic 90s teen Ali is doing in The Big Con this summer, anyhow. I hope she makes some lasting memories, because I've got bad news for her about the eventual longevity of her mom's VHS store.

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I want more of Phantom Brigade’s simultaneous turns

Posted: 12 May 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Sometimes you want to write about two things, but don't quite have enough for either. I've noticed mech games, for example, are having a bit of a moment these last few years. It's not huge, and I don't see them absorbing everything like survival games or bloody roguelikes, but they're definitely picking up. It's a bit of a thin premise for a whole article though, right?

And then there's simultaneous turns. I want to cheer them on, to bewail the lack of games that dive into that rift between turn based and real time tactics and scheming. But so few games do it that I haven't found the champion I need. Thank goodness, then, for Phantom Brigade.

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Apex Legends' powerful new bow has already been nerfed

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:43 AM PDT

It's been just over a week since Apex Legends' ninth season started, and Respawn have already had to tone down one of its new additions, the Bocek Bow. Unfortunately, it just did a bit too much damage, so its numbers are being brought down, and its charge time increased. It's not a huge surprise. Most people I've played Apex with over the last week or so have all had a moment where they've stopped to say: "Huh, this feels a bit too strong".

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We’ll see two hours of Overwatch 2 PvP next week

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:16 AM PDT

Blizzard will be putting a bandage over Jeff Kaplan’s departure from Overwatch by showing off a heck of a lot of Overwatch 2 next week. In the first post-Jeff Overwatch talking head, new game director Aaron Keller made a brief announcement detailing the May 20th stream, which will focus on PvP.

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Scarlet Nexus is a 'brain punk' action game with some freakish monsters

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT

What if monsters were a kind of weather? That is the question Scarlet Nexus asks, in the form of an anime hack 'n' slash featuring swords and psychic powers. In this future, wub wub music gives way to smooth jazz as you control a crowd of militarised teens who struggle to flirt effectively, yet are entrusted with the future of humanity. Think Nier combat with a Persona 5 palette and some light friendship management. I had the chance to play the opening hours as one of its two playable protagonists (startled boy swordsman Yuito or straight-to-business mind ninja Kasane). I chose Yuito, because he too seemed not to know what was going on around him at any given moment.

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Animal Crossing-like Hokko Life arrives in early access next month

Posted: 12 May 2021 06:46 AM PDT

PC players will soon be able to experience some of that Animal Crossing-esque village life without having to shell out for a Nintendo console. The cosy sim Hokko Life will have you start fresh in a new town called Hokko, where you can make friends with loads of talking animal pals, catch bugs and fish, work on your interior design skills, and live a lovely peaceful life. It looks delightful, and it comes out in early access on June 2nd.

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Bless this fantasy city builder for its orc positivity

Posted: 12 May 2021 06:10 AM PDT

Readers will know that I love city building games, dating back to spending a lot of time as a child playing titans of the genre Zeus and Pharaoh. But because these were my introductions to the genre, I don't really go in for the big town-planning-paloozas like SimCity, because I find having to efficiently place sewage systems a bit stressful. I like chill things that e.g. definitely involve having to build a bakery supply line (see: Foundation).

Distant Kingdoms is an early access city builder - a little feature-light in some places right now, but with an imaginative angle I am enjoying a lot. It's a fantasy setting where you can choose from four standard fantasy races (human, dwarf, elf or orc) and, eventually, will have a bustling city where they all mingle together. And my favourite thing about it so far is that there isn't some tortured allegory for real life racism. All the races are basically described as, like, "a great bunch of best pals! :D" but with different hobbies. And my most favourite thing is that also applies to the orcs. They are chill hippies who like meditation and farming and I love them.

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Stargate: Timekeepers is a new RTS from the Phantom Doctrine devs

Posted: 12 May 2021 04:52 AM PDT

I know Stargate is a massive long-running series, but I have only ever seen the film (and maybe one or two random episodes). It's bad and cheesy but in the most entertaining way, so naturally I think that's how a Stargate game should be. I sure hope Stargate: Timekeepers is going to be like that, at least. It's an upcoming real-time strategy game coming to PC, developed by CreativeForge Games (who made Phantom Doctrine), and published by Slitherine (who previously pubbed Starship Troopers: Terran Command).

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Resident Evil Village's latest horror mod is a baby-faced Chris Redfield

Posted: 12 May 2021 04:39 AM PDT

A new monster emerges from the Resident Evil Village mod scene every day. Every. Single. Day. I’m still shaking at what they did to Lady Dimitrescu in the demo, but the newest, and possibly darkest, assemblage of assets flips came earlier this week when baby Rosemary was replaced with the model of the very adult Chris Redfield. Now, though, that same modder has reversed that flip to create something even more abominable. Instead of the adult Chris masquerading as the baby, the baby has become the man.

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Destiny 2's Season Of The Splicer kicked off last night with more problems than I can fit in a headline

Posted: 12 May 2021 03:58 AM PDT

Destiny 2 launched its new season last night, and it's simultaneously reminded me of why I loved Destiny, and why I don't think I want to ever play it again. The Season Of The Splicer has a lot going on: cool new alien threats and allies, a new six-person fireteam mission, a needlessly complex transmogrification system, as well as some old and new places to explore.

It also magically has crossplay now, because the launch went a bit haywire and Bungie managed to turn it on early.

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Dota 2’s The International tournament will return this August

Posted: 12 May 2021 03:27 AM PDT

It seems brave to stamp a date on anything happening this year, but Valve have announced that their Dota 2 tournament of tournaments, The International, will be held on August 10th in Stockholm this year. The teams will be going through the group stages between August 5-8th before battling it out for a chunk of the $40,018,195 prize pool. That prize fund was left over from last year's cancelled tournament.

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Samsung's 1TB 860 Qvo SSD has dropped to just £70

Posted: 12 May 2021 02:20 AM PDT

Amazon UK have added some more great SSD deals to their Gaming Week sale today, with new low prices to be found on three of Samsung's best SSDs for gaming. Chief among them is the 1TB 860 Qvo, Samsung's budget-friendly high capacity SSD that's dropped to a record low of just £70, making it almost as good as yesterday's (sadly now defunct) Crucial MX500 deal.

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Have You Played... Doritos Crash Course Go!?

Posted: 11 May 2021 11:30 PM PDT

Long before brands were falling over themselves to get a jelly bean version of their mascot in Fall Guys, Doritos and Microsoft were partnering up to bring you the actual best Takeshi’s Castle game: Doritos Crash Course.

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