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The full story of what’s happening is hazy Steam has existed in a grey area in China, technically not following rules which require all games be approved yet never drawing the ire of authorities. Many have long expected it to eventually be banned, though, especially after Valve partnered with Perfect World to launch the limited Steam China. This might now be happening. Maybe. Or it’s possibly being hindered, at least. This all started with a big stink on Christmas Day that led some to declare Steam had been banned by the Great Firewall which restricts access to many sites outside China, but the reality is not so clear cut....

Eye on the prize It’s an ingenious system, as you’re not only fighting against the hordes of enemies that appear onscreen, but your own ineptitude. The key to averting your friends' fates is to collect handfuls of meteor dust, which can extend their life force by 24 hours. These are hidden away in chests around Unsighted’s frequently stunning open-world map and five main dungeons, often requiring some nifty footwork and platform puzzling to reach and unlock....

Margin orders If you’re anything like me, when you start a game you will almost invariably try to run off into the woods or swamp and aggressively ignore anything even passably resembling a main story. After hours of feeling like a brave rebel by doing this inVagrus - The Riven Realms, I realised it’s how you’re supposed to play it. This is not a game about some Epic Quest or grand campaign....

We saved the best til last Every year our clone forms degrade, and Katharine spends the winter break copying each consciousness into a new body. Don’t worry: we can’t feel a thing! Since our new forms are still coming online from their time spent in the primordial flesh soup vat of the RPS Treehouse, we can’t post over Christmas, so we’ve prepared some Christmas Cracker jokes instead! You can help fund the research into longer-lasting clone bodies with theRPS supporter program....

Bonne Année! In a macro sense, this game covers just two cases - one where a bit of jewelry has gone missing, and another later on (and in the intervening years Poirot goes from uniformed officer to plain clothes detective) involving blackmail before a wedding. But within those, you get a bunch of different sub-mysteries. Who is secretly in a relationship, and with whom? What exactly is going on between the journalist and the union boss?...

A very delicious pun Every year our clone forms degrade, and Katharine spends the winter break copying each consciousness into a new body. Don’t worry: we can’t feel a thing! Since our new forms are still coming online from their time spent in the primordial flesh soup vat of the RPS Treehouse, we can’t post over Christmas, so we’ve prepared some Christmas Cracker jokes instead! You can help fund the research into longer-lasting clone bodies with theRPS supporter program....

Escape reality with these VR headset discounts This month’s refresh of your guide to the best VR headset deals brings back an old friend. Temporarily, at least: attempts to shift remaining stock of theOculus Rift S, rest its bones, mean UK denizens can grab one for a lot less than its Oculus Quest 2 successor. There are also some tasty discounts on the HTC Vive CosmosElite, both here in Britland and over in the US....

Learn how to put together the best possible Ningguang build Want to learn how to create the best Ningguang build in Genshin Impact?As the owner of the Jade Chamber, which floats amid the skies of Liyue, Ningguang is a highly influential (and rich!) businesswoman that seems to have a hold on most of Liyue — perhaps that’s why she’s such a great DPS despite her 4-star rarity. This guide will show you how to create the best Ningguang build inGenshin Impact....

Learn how to put together the best possible Gorou build in Genshin Impact For details of Gorou’s best build — including weapons, artifacts, party composition, and levelling requirements — read on below. How to build Gorou for a support role in Genshin Impact Alternative:Sacrificial Bow Gorou’s strengths lie primarily in his Elemental talents, and so I don’t recommend equipping him with a 5-star weapon unless you’re in the enviable position of having a spare Elegy for the End lying around....

Can’t find graphics card stock? Allow us Aw, basically all graphics cards, what have they done to ya. At this point there’s little to be gained in recapping the myriad of supply/demand problems that have left gaming GPUs either out of stock or tragicomically expensive, but hopefully there’s some value in turning our list of the best graphics card deals into a list of graphics cards that aren’tquiteas overpriced as their peers....

Solid deals on solid state drives Every gaming PC needs a place to stuff the games. And the OS. And all the other applications, files and whatnot. In ye olde days a mechanical hard drive would suffice, but now it’s a much wiser move to equip your build with an SSD for drastically superior speeds. And where better to find the right one than our guide to the best SSD deals?...

Put your wallet away Games are increasingly expensive, but there are still plenty of great experiences to be had without paying a single penny for them, just like the ones you’ll find below in our list of the best free PC games you can play right now. From newer releases to old-timey classics, our unordered list is packed with the best free PC games available. Best free PC games Our picks could have easily stretched to three times as many games as we’ve squeezed in below, which means you might have many suggestions for games we’ve missed....

Everything you need to get this lightning-fast LMG going Looking for the best MG42 loadout in Warzone Pacific?Warzonehas a new map and with it a pile of new weapons to play with. The MG42 is a standout among the newLMGs. With one of the highest fire rates in the game, this hulking LMG can drop players faster than just about anything else in the category. All that power comes with a few drawbacks, however....