You can get 1TB of fast SSD storage for £65 in Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale

The WD Blue SN570 is even cheaper than usual Hello, yes, it’s me, once again banging on about theWD Blue SN570. I just think it’s neat: a highly affordable yet remarkably quick M.2 SSD, with multiple capacities to choose from and regular sales making it even cheaper. Speaking of, today is the last day of theAmazon Prime Early Access Sale, which has the 1TB Blue SN570 down to £65. The Blue SN570 is a PCIe 3....

October 12, 2022 · 1 min · 211 words · Deborah Doyle

2K confirms user data stolen and placed on sale after recent security breach

They’re still urging folks to change their password 2K Games have confirmed that personal data was stolen during a security breach last month. The game publisher had previouslyannounced that their support services had been hackedand asked users not to open any links received from them via email. They’re now contacting users whose information was accessed and made available for sale by the hackers. The email 2K has been sending affecting to userswas shared via Reddit, as spotted byVGC....

October 11, 2022 · 2 min · 271 words · Cynthia Mason

Best Amazon Prime Early Access Sale PC gaming deals - day 2

All of the best UK and US hardware deals in the Prime-exclusive sale If you don’t have an Amazon Prime membership, you can also sneak in by signing up for Prime’s 30-day free trial - but be quick, as the Early Access Sale ends at midnight tonight. There’s more on this workaround and everything else you need to know in ourPrime Early Access Sale FAQ, and if you’d like some tips onhow to get the best Prime Early Access deals, there’s some o’ those further down as well....

October 11, 2022 · 8 min · 1605 words · Courtney Mcdaniel

Blizzard and Overwatch 2 struck by third DDoS attack in a week

Right after the hero shooter was down for emergency maintenance A DDoS attack on Blizzard caused issues forOverwatch 2players earlier today, following on from similar attacks on the company during the free to play shooter’s launch last week. The latest attack came just after Overwatch 2 had finished a period of emergency maintenance. Although Blizzard have confirmed the DDoS attack has now ended, the recurring attacks aren’t exactly a good sign for a game already beset by technical issues....

October 11, 2022 · 3 min · 441 words · Tyler Lawson

Call Of Duty leaker claims footballers are lined up to be Modern Warfare 2 operators

The lanky soccer kind, not the burly American kind You could see world-famous ballkickers Messi, Pogba, and Neymar battling inModern Warfare 2later this year if a Call Of Duty leaker’s claims are on the money. TheGhostOfHope hastweeteda list of what they say are upcoming operators for the military FPS sequel, launching later this month. Among the other spots are a potential return for thecontroversialRoze skin, and Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s protagonist Nick Reyes....

October 11, 2022 · 2 min · 399 words · Kimberly Spencer

Coral Island early access review: a pretty Stardew-like that makes farming a little easier

Working hard or hardly working, am I right? Coral Islandself-describes as a “reimagining of farming games”, but if we’re being real it doesn’t reimagine theStardew Valleytemplate totally differently. The titular island, and your overgrown plot of farmland on it, has almost the same layout as Stardew Valley, and the tasks you do - growing stuff, keeping animals, making friends with locals, exploring a mine five levels at a time, and appeasing local spirits by giving them bundles of different crops - will also be very familiar to any DewHeads (that’s what we call ourselves)....

October 11, 2022 · 6 min · 1084 words · Devin Gonzales

Deathloop takes place in the same world as Dishonored, creative director confirms

Die-hard Dunwall fans can bin their Pepe Silvia charts now Time-bending sci-fi shooterDeathloopis one of the possible futures of theDishonoreduniverse, Arkane’s Dinga Bakaba revealed during a recent episode of the Xbox podcast. Bakaba was the creative director on Deathloop, and lead designer forDishonored 2and Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider. He’s finally spilled the tea, confirming players’ suspicions that the two Arkane series beginning with a D and featuring magical abilities are linked....

October 11, 2022 · 2 min · 382 words · Isaac Tanner

Dusk's developers are making a Fallout-inspired CRPG with first-person combat

With folks from the Fallout fan community New Blood Interactive have made a name with various flavours of retro first-person shooter, including Dusk,Amid EvilandGloomwood. They’re branching out into nostalgic throwbacks for other genres, however. To mark the 25th anniversary of the orignalFallout, CEO Dave Oshry showed new footage from their unnamed, unannounced CRPG. You can see the game in action with its first-person combat view in the tweet below: Since today marks the 25th anniversary of#Fallout, maybe it’s time we show you how we’re changing the perspective of combat in@NewBlood’s CRPG - and how it differs from our main inspiration....

October 11, 2022 · 2 min · 276 words · Matthew Cox

EA show first teaser trailer for EA Sports PGA Tour, just as 2K's PGA Tour 2K23 comes out

EA’s swing will now come next year The game will also feature a full career mode, a Create-A-Player feature, and the inclusion of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Brilliantly, EA Sports have timed this teaser trailer to coincide with the release on October 14th of 2K Sports' similarly-namedPGA Tour 2k23. 2K’s effort features Tiger Woods, male and female golfers, and the FedEx cup, but lacks the major tournaments and famous courses already announced for EA’s swing....

October 11, 2022 · 1 min · 131 words · Robert Craig

Evercore Heroes is a MOBA where teams race to finish dungeons the fastest

But I worry for its longevity If you’re a fan of MOBAs but aren’t a fan of battling other human beings over the internet, then Vela Games’Evercore Heroesmay pique your interest. It’s a competitive PVE game where teams of heroes fight it out to finish a dungeon run the fastest. And having seen a brief presentation of it behind closed doors, it looks like a good time - albeit one taking heavy inspiration from its main competitors....

October 11, 2022 · 3 min · 638 words · Kelly Garcia

Get a Dell 1080p 165Hz gaming monitor for £129 after a £110 reduction

An incredibly low price for a monitor of this quality, ideal for responsive 1080p gaming. Gaming monitors don’t have to be expensive. Right now you can pick up Dell’s excellent G2722HS 27-in 1080p 165Hz monitor for just £129 after a massive £110 discount, courtesy of a HUKD discount code. That code isHUKDG2722HS, so just enter it at the checkout to get this monitor for an unbelievable price. It’s incredibly rare to see a 27-inch 1080p 165Hz monitor for this price, much less one from Dell who is one of the best monitor brands going....

October 11, 2022 · 2 min · 357 words · Tara Gray

Have You Played... Sharkey's 3D Pool?

Where’s Jacques Derrida been hiding all these years? Oh my word, I’d forgotten about Sharkey’s 3D Pool. What a grand old game. Apparently it was quite technically impressive for its time, as one of the very first 3D pool or snooker games. I wouldn’t have known anything about that as an eight-year-old playing games after school. Much like I knew absolutely nothing about how to play pool well. I mainly just liked the noise it made when a ball was potted....

October 11, 2022 · 2 min · 326 words · Lisa Phillips

Lady Dimitrescu is losing some height in Resident Evil Village’s Mercenaries DLC

Honey, I shrunk the giant vampire goddess Capcom are making literal big bad Lady Dimitrescu a wee bit shorter forResident Evil Village’s The Mercenaries Additional Orders DLC, out later this month. Game director Kento Kinoshita toldPolygonthat although playable Lady D is still taller than any other character in Mercenaries, she’s been shortened to “a little under nine feet tall” from hercanon heightof around nine feet six inches. Kinoshita also went into some detail about Additional Orders’ other characters, including punch-maestro Chris Redfield....

October 11, 2022 · 2 min · 363 words · Richard Cervantes MD