Some GPUs get more than double the frames since launch Six months is a long time. In that half-year you could fully grow a patch of delicious strawberries, plant the seeds, then grow another. Or you could squirm through three and a half successive Liz Truss premierships. Or, asCities: Skylines 2developers Colossal Order have done, you could take thetechnical messof your long-awaited citybuilding game and reconstruct it into something that performs… okay, notwell, butbetter....

Here are the best Dragon’s Dogma 2 mods you can download right now Looking for the best Dragon’s Dogma 2 mods?AlthoughDragon’s Dogma 2has been out for a while, the game is still steamrolling ahead with more mods now available than ever. We’ve gone through the rich offerings ofNexus Modsand picked out the most popular and useful out of the bunch. This includes quality-of-life fixes like more stamina and ways to make the game more streamlined with the removal of pesky mechanics likeDragonsplague....

“We’re going to take our time and find the right partner, the right approach, and the right product that could represent the future of Baldur’s Gate” With Larian having now officially handed the reins of theBaldur’s Gateseries back to Dungeons & Dragons owners Wizards of the Coast (and their Monopoly-making parents at Hasbro) - with the developerssaying they have no plans to make any DLC or a sequel- the ball for a Baldur’s Gate 4 now sits in Wizards’ court....

How to collect tonnes of Wyrmslife Crystals in A New Godsway Looking for a walkthrough for the main quest A New Godsway in Dragon’s Dogma 2?With lots of running around the map and farming for Wyrmslife Crystals, A New Godsway will be one of the toughest quests yet inDragon’s Dogma 2, unless of course you’ve been straying off the main story path to tackle drakes in your spare time. Never fear if this isn’t the case....

How to complete Convergence and obtain the Godsbane Blade Looking for a walkthrough for the main quest Convergence in Dragon’s Dogma 2?After the lengthy story quests that saw you entering Battahl inDragon’s Dogma 2, it’s nice to have a bit of a break. You’ll enter a minor dungeon in this quest, but as you’ll see in the followingConvergencewalkthrough, the most memorable moments in this brief mission consist of meeting a shadowy figure and obtaining a mighty weapon (which happens to need some repairs) - the Godsbane Blade....

Here’s how to visit the Dragonforged and the Oracle in Flickering Shadows Looking for a walkthrough for the main quest Flickering Shadows in Dragon’s Dogma 2?Now that you’re in Battahl, the second main region ofDragon’s Dogma 2, it’s time to investigate a new capital city, meet some key characters, and advance the plot. While this quest isn’t particularly difficult, it’s an essential one for introducing your Arisen to the Dragonforged, the Oracle Luz, and the Trickster vocation....

Here’s how to venture to a new region in Nation of the Lambent Flame Looking for a walkthrough for the main quest Nation of the Lambent Flame in Dragon’s Dogma 2?You’ve reached Act 2 ofDragon’s Dogma 2, and a whole new world awaits you. Battahl is a gorgeous sand-covered land full of cliffs, gorges, and tonnes of danger hidden within its windswept contours. Entering Battahl is an ordeal in itself, especially if you’re not playing as a Beastren, and reaching the capital city of Bakbattahl is an arduous journey....

They have some big, bad cards to play if they get a second season If you’ve been narked about favourite bits ofFalloutnot yet appearing in Amazon Prime’s unexpectedly good live-action show, hold your horses. In an interview, the showrunners have talked about holding back certain “iconic elements” to do them in a hypothetical second season right rather than cram in all the greatest hits—and also so the show didn’t “seem like it was written by people who just like spent 10 seconds reading the Wikipedia page for Fallout and didn’t bother to like bring in some deeper cuts....

Save over $50 on the Crucial T500. The Crucial T500 is one of the best-performing PCIe 4.0 SSDs on the market right now, going toe-to-toe with both the WD Black SN850X and the Samsung 990 Pro SSDs when hardware ed James tested it last year. You have to spend a bit to get the top performance, especially now with memory manufacturers slowing production and SSD makers offering fewer discounts as a result....

Former L.A. Noire developer Jenn Sandercock on the overlap between feast and play Rockstar were unimpressed, however. They thought Cake Day was evidence of poor productivity and, according to Sandercock, badgered Team Bondi leadership into forcing her to only share cake during official lunch hours. “Apparently the higher ups thought our entire office slacked off ALL the time because we had cake once a week,” Sandercock wrote. She herself was told “that I was jeopardising my career”....

I’ll take it over another year of mass layoffs Sega said as much only a few days ago. They’veannounced a series of fan celebrationsforSonic Adventure 2’s Ultimate Lifeform, beginning in the traditional style with a Shadow-themed MotoGP bike and an associated LEGO tie-in. And now, the earth quakes underfoot as we learn viaThe Hollywood Reporterthat Keanu Reeves, forgotten star of 90s romantic drama A Walk in the Clouds and also those recent John Wick films, will play Shadow in the forthcoming movie adaptation Sonic 3....

Contort your thumbs now, my lord I remain the least qualified person alive to appraiseManor Lordsan actualstrategy game– my village stewardship is proving inept, even by medieval posho standards – but Ihavedelayed economic and social ruin long enough to know it runs well on theSteam Deck. Just as it’ssmooth low-end performer on desktops,Manor Lordscan easily keep its head above 30fps in handheld mode, and that’s usually more like 40-45fps with the right visual settings....

A triple whammy As a big fan ofOri And The Blind Forest, I amveryexcited for Moon Studios' new ventureNo Rest For The Wicked, an onlineARPGwhich swaps the cutesyness of Ori and that ickle wickle forest for top-down fights against abominations slathered in muck and entrails. A new early access release trailer highlights said fights, alongside the devs saying that there’s going to be no microtransactions, no always-online requirement, and no anti-cheat software bundled in....