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Launching next week after end of open beta Hit manga and anime series My Hero Academia is the next pop-culture licence to take a shot at thebattle royalecrown, as the superhero series launches free-to-playonline multiplayer gameMy Hero Ultra Rumblenext week. For those unfamiliar, My Hero Academia takes place in a world inhabited by those with quirks - superhero-like powers that range from invisibility and super-strength to teleportation or, uh, doing everything a frog can do....

Selling Actiblizz cloud gaming rights to Ubi will ensure “open competition”, CMA says The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority have “provisionally” approved Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, removing the last major legal obstacle to the completion of the deal. The CMAblocked the deal in Aprilthis year over concerns that it would “alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market”, and might lead “to reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the years to come”....

$31 off for a great-feeling gamepad that works on PC and Xbox consoles. Xbox’sEliteSeries 2 controllers are a great pick for PC and Xbox consoles alike, but they’re also pretty darn expensive. Thankfully, you can pick up the cheaper Core version for significantly less money, especially if it’s on sale - which is the situation right now! Amazon US are selling the Elite Series 2 Core in white for $99, a solid reduction from its usual price of $130....

Learn what you get with the free Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update versus what you can expect if you purchase the DLC What do you get in update Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update vs. the Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC?If you’ve heard about both but aren’t sure what to expect with eachCyberpunk 2077, you’re not alone. While Phantom Liberty promises to be a major DLC with an all-new storyline,Cyberpunk 2077players who haven’t purchased the DLC can still anticipate many changes with the 2....

Stuck on the Wordle word for September 22? Read our hint or find the answer below! 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. Wordle can be tricky, you see, and it’s not unusual to look for a little bit of help if you want to preserve your year-long winstreak....

More than fine Here’s a release date trailer: The pack includesApollo Justice: Ace Attorney,Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies, andPhoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, as well as the previously DLC-only ‘special episodes’ released for the latter two - “Turnabout Reclaimed” and “Turnabout Time Traveler”. The pack also includes an art library, cutscene viewer, and an “Animation Studio” in which you can loop animations over a selected background, which seems like a good meme maker....

Affairs of the Shadowheart TheBaldur’s Gate 3"no possibility left unpossible" choice-and-consequence train continues with the revelation that, if you break up with a lover in the game, you can slowly repair the relationship and spark a bit of your old chemistry. This might not sound earthshattering to anybody from outside the videogame world - what are you doing here? Run along and watch your silly non-interactive movies and TV shows - but it’s quite novel for a fantasy RPG in the BioWare tradition....

The Chinese Room want you to “play with your food”, instead After the closure of original developers Troika, a long-awaited sequel announcement,delaysand layoffs at Hardsuit, asecret change of studio(which led tofurther layoffs at Hardsuit),preorder refundsand thebelated revealthat a developer best known for (very good) non-combat narrative experiences would be taking the reins, the only thing I really want to hear aboutVampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2is that it’s definitely, absolutely going to reach the finish line....

“It was a rough few years…” In RockPaperShotgun’s ownCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty review, Graham summed it up as “perhaps the best expansion ever made”, which has gone down a treat with the developers. “Is it? Maybe!” cinematic designer Michał Zbrzeźniakposted. “I mean, the amount of work that was put into it results in what I think is one of the most robust and content rich expansions. But we also needed to really redeem ourselves!...

Build “anything, everything”, but mainly Fortnite I love creative tools in videogames, from drawing Worms levels in Deluxe Paint to optimising r_speeds inHalf-Lifemaps to using Minecraft worlds to generate 3D renders. That love has only been amplified by having a kid whose first instinct in any game is to create his own character, unit, level - whatever is available. The best creative games inspire that creativity by having some innate flavour of their own, though....

Consider starting a new game TheCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty expansion releasesnext week, but before that, we haveCyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 update, a free rework that adds vehicle combat, smarter cops and new skill trees and perks, including the ability to play a sort of Wild Magic hacker and a skillset I can only describe as Big Hammer Go Brrrrrr. CD Projekt tech support have shared region-specific download availability for the update, together with some advice for new and returningCyberpunk 2077players taking the plunge....

A great price for audiophile-grade open-back headphones suitable for PC gaming. Hifiman’s Ananda open-back headphones aren’t what I would call the most obvious choice for a gaming headset - they lack a microphone and debuted at $999, for one - but they also sound incredible, are super comfortable and are currently $600 off at Amazon in the US… so I thought this might interest the audiophile gamers out there! Reviews of the Ananda areextremely positive even at its original $999 price point, with mostjournalist and enthusiast reviewspointing towards the incredibly wide sound stage, impressive clarity and neutral sound delivered by the planar magnetic drivers - qualities that can work just as well in competitive or cinematic gaming scenarios, perhaps with a little EQ-ing....

You don’t have to stop at every location in the Settled Systems to find the Starfield ship modules you need. How do you get new Starfield ship modules?If you’re playingStarfieldbut have questions about where to get ship modules — particularly if you want ship modules from specific manufacturers — then we’re here to help. There are plenty of places to purchaseStarfieldship modules, though some ship components require you to visit specialty dealers or areas to get the specific parts you need....