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Dead By Daylight will be free on the Epic Games Store next week

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 12:07 PM PST

Next year's free game on the Epic Games Store will be a big'un: Dead By Daylight. I've been impressed by the 1v4 multiplayer horror game, watching it steadily grow into one of Steam's most popular after a while looking like it might slip a way, so that's a nice get. But before then, Epic are currently giving away a whole other manner of slaughter, the hunting sim TheHunter: Call Of The Wild. You know, you can skip guns and just play that as a very pretty walking simulator.

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Check out our Steam Autumn Sale game recommendations

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 10:40 AM PST

Where does one even start with Steam Autumn Sale? With discounts on thousands of games, to find gems takes either a lot of trust in The Algorithm or- oh hey, or recommendations from your friendly neighbourhood PC gaming website. We've had a good rummage and turned up 20 Steam sale game recommendations for you, big and small, cheap and dead cheap, across a spread of genres. Read on for our picks.

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The fantastic Fnatic Streak65 mechanical keyboard is just £83 for Black Friday

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 09:21 AM PST

Keyboards are one of, if not the most, integral part of a PC set up. Second only to the monitor. Therefore, finding a good one is imperative - especially for anyone spending long stints gaming while using said keyboard. Within the stellar range of gaming keyboards on offer, there are a few different types: ones with lights, mechanical, compact, wireless - I could go on. The beauty of Fnatic's offering is that it covers most bases, so you really can't go wrong with it.

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Babylon's Fall combines crispy combat with the Destiny power grind

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 09:00 AM PST

Katharine and I went hands-on with Babylon’s Fall last week, that online action RPG by PlatinumGames which falls in and out of memory as the years tick by. Still, when an invitation to the third phase of its ongoing closed beta test arrived, I couldn’t help but get excited. These are the folks behind NieR: Automata and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, after all, and now they’re making a live-service, co-op slasher. Sign. Me. Up.

As it stands, the closed beta only showed a very small, very early build of the game, but we’ve got some thoughts. Combat, exploration, and co-op were all on offer here, and there’s a fair amount to unpack. Look beyond the early build jank and there’s definitely potential.

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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters details its toxic villains

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 08:47 AM PST

Warhammer 40k has a bunch of interesting gods, and I have to say my least favourite is Nurgle. He's a big plague monster that infects everything with grossness, and uh oh, he's the big bad in the upcoming turn-based tactical RPG Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters. Developers Complex Games have released a new dev diary talking about how his minions will bring plague across the land and, admittedly, it looks quite cool. But also: yuck!

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EWS podcast episode 165: the best drinks in games

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 08:00 AM PST

This week, based almost entirely on the fact that we have been enjoying Rio Tropicale (other fizzy drinks are available) the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is doing an episode all about our favourite drinks in games! We didn't think we'd manage to get a whole show out of it, but boy did we.

Also tune in to learn about Matthew's new (and extremely one-sided) rivalry with an Olympic swimmer, a cavern of lies featuring bar tender Ed Harris, and a digression so self-indulgent we talk about how self-indulgent we are, and decide that it is a good thing.

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Multiplayer games need to capture nods and smiles

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 07:30 AM PST

Recently, I’ve moved out of the city and into a little village in the middle of nowhere. Look outside the window and I see trees, maybe a little house nestled atop a hill. I walk past sheep and hope they don’t shuffle away from me this time, as it could mean we’re finally mates. At night it gets really dark, darker than you think is possible. An owl screeches and it scares the bejeezus out of me.

Yeah, it’s nice out here. But getting into the village by car is a challenge. The roads are wobbly and narrow, with little patience for noisy machines. This means I’ve had to stop and let other cars pass a lot. At first it was irritating, but now I’ve come to enjoy it. Getting a wave or a flash of the lights warms the heart and can turn a bad day into a good one. It strikes me that multiplayer games lack this fleeting comradery, which is a shame.

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Let’s Build A Zoo review: an absorbing tycoon game that relishes chaos

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 06:30 AM PST

Don’t let Let’s Build A Zoo's appearance fool you. It has the gorgeous pixel art and presentation of a classic tycoon game, as well as all the simulation aspects you’d ever want. But buried under that business management exterior is a game equally interested in exploring moral choices, and one that leaves me thankful it pauses before I have to make a decision.

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Black Friday deal alert: the speedy WD Blue SN570 SSD hits its lowest ever price

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 06:24 AM PST

Anyone who’s seen our guide to the best early Black Friday SSD deals will know there are serious savings to be had on the WD Blue SN550. Now, though, the newer and even faster WD Blue SN570 has been throughly Black Friday’d as well, hitting new price lows in both the UK and US.

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If Amazon make a Mass Effect TV show, Liara should be the main character

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 04:55 AM PST

Amazon Studios are "nearing a deal" to develop a TV series based on Mass Effect, according to a recent Deadline report. Excellent stuff. I'm all for it! If Mass Effect were to be adapted into anything, I'd much rather it be a potentially long-running series rather than a film so it has enough time to establish its excellent sci-fi setting. However, we need to talk about what story Amazon could potentially take from the games. To me, it seems likely they'd follow the trilogy, which I reckon is the right move. But I don't think we need to see more of Shepard's side of things, you know? They should put Liara front-and-centre instead.

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The best gaming headset is just £30 in this Black Friday deal

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 03:49 AM PST

With Black Friday mere hours away, you may be looking at all the early deals on PC hardware and wondering whether it’s better to wait out for the chance of even bigger savings once the clock strikes twelve. You can, at least, rest assured about the Logitech G432, our longtime best gaming headset pick turned Black Friday bargain: it’s dropped from an original £70 to £30 on Amazon UK, and we understand it’s going to stay there until end the end of Cyber Monday on November 29th.

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Battlefield 2042 Update #2 has improved bullet spread and nerfed hovercrafts

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 02:58 AM PST

After releasing Battlefield 2042 in an unready state, Dice today took a step towards fixing and finishing it by releasing a wee patch which tweaks weapon balance and fixes some bugs. Bullet spread on all guns except shotguns is reduced, for starters, making them more accurate. The ludicrous hovercraft is less murderous too. And they've wiped out bugs including one which left players stuck downed, unable to respawn. Read on for more.

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The Steam Autumn Sale has started

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 10:13 AM PST

After limbering up your spending hand with smaller Black Friday sales in other digital games stores, I hope you're ready for big one: the Steam Autumn Sale is now on. From now until next Wednesday, Valve's PC game store has... so many discounts. So many. This brings the start of Valve's Steam Awards too, with nominations now open.

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Halo Infinite's multiplayer is the most stable FPS I've played all year

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 09:00 AM PST

Both of this year’s blockbuster FPSes, Call Of Duty: Vanguard and Battlefield 2042, launched with something up their sleeves: bugs. Even after some patches, these darn creepy crawlies aren’t shaken off so easily. These games are plagued by crashes, glitches, and general instability, to the point where playing them can be as fun as wading through a swarm of locusts.

Halo Infinite, though? The multiplayer component that had a bunch of flight tests? Pretty solid. Sure, a few bugs and matchmaking issues, but for the most part, it’s the most stable multiplayer FPS I’ve played this year. What was 343’s magic pesticide? Time. Simple as. Something Vanguard and Battlefield 2042 are only just catching up on.

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This Black Friday deal slashes £52 off the Logitech G Pro X headset

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 06:19 AM PST

Logitech is one of the more reliable brands when it comes to PC accoutrements like mice and headsets. One such offering is the Logitech G Pro X, a longtime resident of our best gaming headsets list, and Amazon has a juicy Black Friday deal that makes it very nearly half price.

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EA's Origin store has a Black Friday Sale too

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 06:12 AM PST

As the deals deals deals continue to mount mount mount ahead of Black Friday, Electronic Arts have launched their own discount blast for PC games. Origin's Black Friday Sale has some pretty cuts prices for some pretty good games, including 42% off the Mass Effect remasters, 50% off the Command & Conquer remaster, and even some games which aren't remasters, like 63% off Star Wars Jedi and Squadrons.

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Booo, the only Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday deal this year is a £50 / $50 game credit voucher

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 05:22 AM PST

Bad news, deals friends. If you were hoping to pick up a sweet Black Friday deal on the Oculus Quest 2 this year, then you're probably going to be disappointed. Oculus have just announced their official Black Friday deals for their standalone VR headset, and all you're going to get is a £50 / $50 voucher to spend on today's best VR games rather than a discount on the headset itself. Don't get me wrong, it's a decent amount to kickstart your VR library, but the credit voucher also has some niggly conditions attached to it that make it a lot less satisfying than a simple £50 / $50 discount off the regular headset price.

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The Sims 4's next update lets you meddle with your neighbours' lives

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 05:13 AM PST

I've always seen The Sims series as the ultimate life-meddling games. It's one of those, well, sims, where it's all too tempting to recreate friends and family you know in real life and send them on a path you've chosen. Right now in The Sims 4, players are limited to making life choices for these Sims they've created, doomed to watch Neighbour Sims do their own thing. But on November 30th, the Neighborhood Stories update will let you influence what these NPCs do, from starting families to changing careers.

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Battlefield 2042 is getting three major patches this year

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 04:35 AM PST

Battlefield 2042 isn't in the best place right now. It's a game lacking many classic Battlefield features, and in amongst those empty spaces? Bugs. Lots of em. Dice know this and they've detailed three updates to address some of these issues, all of which are due out by the end of this year.

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The Epic Games Store's Black Friday sale has begun

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 04:02 AM PST

Black Friday is fast approaching, and the sales have already started. If you're after a game or two (or ten) this week, the Epic Games Store's sale is live now, offering discounts a bunch of new and old stuff. They're got deals on Far Cry 6, Outer Wilds, Inscryption, Humankind, Red Dead Redemption 2, and loads more.

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Black Friday deal spotlight: Achieve lightning speeds with the 1TB WD Black SN850 for just £120

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 03:44 AM PST

The world of PC parts can be mighty confusing, especially with so many different options popping up almost daily. New technology here, there and everywhere. Sometimes it can be all too overwhelming to figure out what parts are good for a fast computer, but don't worry - we're here to help.

WD - or, Western Digital - have been on a crusade to rival Samsung's computer bits for a while now, and may have finally achieved it with this SSD. In layman's terms, it will kick your computer into super speed, running games and operating system super fast and quick like. This particular SSD supports the PCle 4.0 standard, allowing for much faster read and write speeds than the older 3.0 interface. As Katharine found in her WD SN850 review, this drive is also both faster and cheaper than its big PCIe 4.0 rival, the Samsung 980 Pro.

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Epic buy Rock Band studio to make musical things in Fortnite

Posted: 24 Nov 2021 03:08 AM PST

Epic Games have bought Harmonix, the studio behind rhythm games including Rock Band and Fuser, to help support their boring attempt to "build the metaverse". The Fortnite and Unreal Engine overlords say that Harmonix "will collaborate closely with Epic to develop musical journeys and gameplay for Fortnite". The battle royale has seen some fancy musical performances, with elaborate in-game events to promote pop stars including Travis Scott and Ariana Grande, but hopefully Harmonix aren't consigned to advertising for eternity?

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Black Friday 2021 early Logitech deals: the best deals on Logitech mice, keyboards and headsets

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 07:19 AM PST

Early Black Friday deals are about to become, well, not so early, now that the big day is only hours away. Even so, there are more than enough good prices on genuinely good hardware, and it turns out that a lot of these have a name in common. Join us, then, for a jaunt through the best Black Friday Logitech deals we've found.

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Black Friday 2021: gaming keyboard & mouse deals

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 04:09 AM PST

Tomorrow is Black Friday and the gaming mouse and keyboard deals are coming in faster than ever. There are already some good discounts available on some of our favourite mice and keyboards, and undoubtedly more deals to come on Black Friday itself and into Cyber Monday.

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