Preserving a core team between games is an “understated and really unseen element of game design” Cyberpunk 2077’s lead quest designer Pawel Sasko has shared a few thoughts on the next Cyberpunk game, the mysterious “Orion” project. It’s at a very early stage, with a core team that currently includes Cyberpunk 2077 game director Gabriel Amatangelo, narrative director Igor Sarinski and Sarah Gruemmer, expert quest designer, who worked on the storyline for Judy Alvarez in the previous game....

NES, SNES, Game Boy and Genesis games are all good, but when will Trespasser get the redemption it deserves? Jurassic Parkis cracking open the amber of some of the 8 and 16-bit console games based on the dinosaur movie franchise, bringing its NES, SNES, Game Boy and Genesis outings to PC next week. Fingers crossed, the anniversary return of the series’ earlier video games might lead to some of its overlooked adaptations getting their chance in the spotlight....

Everything you need to know to Prestige in Modern Warfare 3 Wondering how to Prestige in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3?If you’ve already played hundreds of hours ofCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3multiplayer, you might’ve already hit level 55 and are hoping to take it to the next rank. Previous Call of Duty games featured the Prestige system, which allowed players to continue ranking up after reaching the max level cap as long as they hit certain XP thresholds....

A simple wireless keyboard/trackpad with months of battery life for a third off. Sometimes, all you need is a wireless keyboard and touchpad mouse to get things done. Whether it’s selecting the next movie on your living room media PC, changing settings on your racing rig or getting your Steam Deck set up just the way you want it, having a convenient, all-in-one wireless option can be just the ticket....

Good luck to anyone wanting a decent version of MGS1, though Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eaterarrived for the first time on PC with a resounding “oof” last month, launching alongsideMetal Gear Solid 1and 2, plus the twoMetal Geargames, in the extremely barebonesMaster Collection. Among themany, many complaintsdirected at the PC collection of Hideo Kojima’s assembled sneakathon (Snakeathon?) are the lack of any in-depth PC graphics options, including being locked to 720p - or worse for MGS1, emulated at a brutal PS1-era 240p and 50Hz when playing its PAL version - and inaccurate aspect ratios during both gameplay and cutscenes....

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #155 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

Give those ghosts a glow up Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away is a film about a spoilt young girl who is obliged to work at a bathhouse for supernatural creatures, after her parents are turned into pigs by a wicked witch.Spiritteafrom Edmonton, Canada-based Cheesemaker Games is Spirited Away in the guise of aStardew Valley-style management sim. Released today, it casts you as a wholesome young entrepreneur who has just arrived in a town full of rogue supernatural creatures....

The eyes, THE EYES You might have heard of the “horseshoe theory” in political science, which holds that far-left and far-right groups are actually closer to one another in terms of values and objectives than the political centre, coming together like the prongs of a horseshoe. I would like to propose an analogous theory for horror games and cute games whereby past a certain point of cuteness, the videogame in question teeters over dramatically into dread and nausea....

Starfield is back on top by a few hundred players, but for how long? The number of people playingStarfieldon Steam has slipped under the concurrent player count for the 12-year-oldThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, just two months after Bethesda proclaimed the sci-fi exploration epic as their biggest game launch to date. Skyrim’s recent overtaking of Starfield followed a week where the two games grew closer and closer in the rankings, with fewer than 200 people separating their respective player counts....

Expects “interventions” - including cuts to products, office space and jobs - to be made in the next six months Unity have said that they expect to lay off staff in the coming months, following the engine maker’s catastrophic rollout of their new pricing plan earlier this year and as they turn towards a more “focused” offering, including the likes of AI, for growth. In their latest Q3 earnings report (viaThe Verge), Unity acknowledged the disastrous introduction of theirproposed runtime fee announced in September, which was ripped to shreds by devs for its suggestion of charging them every time a player installs a game....

The lowest price we’ve ever seen for a 1TB 2230 SSD. Want to upgrade the game storage in your Steam Deck? Micro SD cards are one way, but you can get larger sizes and much better performance with an internal SSD upgrade - you just need a 2230-sized NVMe SSD, a screwdriver and a little time. Lucky for you, Solidigm’s P41 Plus 2230 1TB SSD is down to $46 at Newegg, the lowest price we’ve ever recorded for an SSD in this form factor and a great deal....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 13? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough....

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #154 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....