I have this model and it’s pretty awesome. Mechanical gaming keyboards used to be premium options available to very few, but now they often go on sale for extremely low prices - even from big names. Today HyperX joins that list of big-name bargains with their Alloy Origins full-size mechanical keyboard dropping to just $32 when bought from GameStop in the US, versus its original price of $109.99. That’s a great bargain for a keyboard with red (soft linear) mechanical switches, optional RGB lighting and a high-quality metal chassis....

Black Friday starts in early November, apparently. Glorious, makers of excellent ultralight mice and mechanical keyboards, have kicked off their early Black Friday sales over at their US site (with fast international shipping). They’re currently offering both a range of keyboard-and-mouse bundles and sales on individual products, so I thought I’d take a look at the sale and recommend a few items that I’ve personally tested and have recommended for Digital Foundry....

Intelligent systems Early on inThe Talos Principle 2, one of your soon-to-be robot pals says to you with a completely straight face, “We’re here to solve this puzzle, not to discuss philosophy.” I can almost see Croteam’s writing team now, chuckling inwardly to themselves as they do a big silent wink to camera from behind the robot’s eyes. You’re not fooling me, Croteam. I’m here to solve puzzlesanddiscuss philosophy, and I know you are too....

One drop of blood at a time Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2has named its first playable race: the Brujah, who love to settle brouhahas with brutal melee combat. A brief, fifteen second trailer showed a little of that combat in action in The Chinese Room’s rebooted take on the RPG sequel. Find it below. I almost titled this post “Video game announces marketing beat,” because that’s a little what this feels like....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 7? 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....

Quality-of-life features from the original also on the way Cities: Skylines 2devs Colossal Order have said that the game known as the Builder of Cities and Destroyer of Framerates (at least, known as of me typing this) won’t get any paid expansions while they’re still getting its performance up to scratch. Cities: Skylines 2 hit PC last month to mixed reviews, with most (but not all) of the criticism directed at the game’s surprisingly demanding CPU and GPU specs and its extremely rocky performance, which seems to be about as smooth as driving on a Tory-funded road full of potholes....

“Have you heard of portals? What about copyright infringement?” Devolver have released a Let’s Play for robo-philosophical puzzlerThe Talos Principle 2in which the Let’s Player is GLaDOS, nemesis of Valve’sPortalgames, with whichThe Talos Principlehas a few things in common. They’ve brought on original Portal voice actress Ellen McClain to narrate the footage, and the result is genuinely quite funny. As you’d expect, GlaDOS isn’t that impressed by Croteam’s work. I score this a 7/10 on the Hoot And/Or Holler scale....

Season OG runs just four weeks - much shorter than the typical three-month span of a new Fortnite season - with each week moving the map, weapon selection and vehicles onto a new season of Chapter 1. The opening tribute to Season 5 (aka the Shopping Cart & Pump Shotgun era) will last until November 9th, which will bring back elements from Season 6 (aka Quad Bikes & Six Shooters, my favourite country music album)....

Hold your party members tight An achievement added toBaldur’s Gate 3’s GOG release has teased the possible addition of a new permadeath mode for the D&DRPG- meaning that if your whole party dies, your save will be permanently wiped. In a game where play time counts can end up in the hundreds of hours, that’s a fairly terrifying prospect. The apparent reveal comes via Reddit userScornz, who spotted that a new legendary achievement called Foehammer had popped up in the GOG version of Baldur’s Gate 3....

“AI copilot” and character runtime engine discussed Much like Weyland-Yutani linking arms with Skynet, Microsoft have teamed up with Inworld to bring the latter’s “generative AI” tools to Xbox studios. This “multi-year co-development partnership” will “build a powerful toolkit that harnesses artificial intelligence to enrich the narrative and character creation elements of game development”, according to Inworld CEO Ilya Gelfenbeyn. You might recognise Inworld as the tech used by thatGTA 5 mod about AI cultists in which characters speak AI-generated dialogue, which Rockstar blocked from distribution over the summer....

All MW3 missions and their rewards detailed How long is the Modern Warfare 3 campaign?This year’s Call Of Duty campaign sets itself apart from the rest with the introduction of “open combat” missions, reminiscent of PvE encounters in Warzone’s DMZ mode. TheCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3campaign is split into 14 missions in total, and 6 of them are open combat, meaning you are let loose in an open map, free to complete the mission however you like....

Use our map to find every weapon and item location in the MW3 campaign’s Crash Site open combat mission Looking for all the item locations in the Crash Site MW3 mission?As one of several open combat missions in theCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3campaign, Crash Site plonks you down in the middle of a map filled with hidden crates containing powerful fully-kitted weapons and other useful items. Finding them can be tricky, particularly since the Crash Site mission has a fairly stealthy nighttime focus....

Use our map to find every weapon and item location in the MW3 campaign’s Gora Dam open combat mission Looking for all the weapons and items in the Gora Dam mission of the MW3 campaign?Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3introduces non-linear open combat missions to its campaign, and Gora Dam is the final one you’ll experience before the end of the campaign. In this mission you take control of the iconic soldier Ghost, and are tasked with defusing four bombs across a large seaside Konni outpost....