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Sneaking up on Codename Red Ubisoft have been pretty tight-lipped about AssCreed Red. We know it’s set in Japan. Ubisoft said we can “live a very powerful shinobi fantasy.” And this one comes from Ubisoft Quebec, the studio that led development on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, also known as the best RPG-ish one. Expect a world map that’ll turn your eyes into mush as you tackle every marker. Ubisoft’s recent AssCreeds have been real endurance tests due to their never-ending size, but thankfully, the series is taking a small break with this year’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage....

Now known as Battalion: Legacy Developers Bulkhead are now offering refunds to all Kickstarter backers who supported World War 2 FPSBattalion 1944, also known as Battalion: Legacy. The studio described the development process as an Icarus situation where the team “flew too close to the sun,” and “were unable to accomplish all the goals” that were laid out in the initial Kickstarter plans, leading to these refunds. Bulkhead announced plans to refund players last year after cancelling the console ports, although all backers are eligible for a refund regardless of pledge tier, platform, or time played....

Hellboy, Jackbox, Silent Hill-likes, a playable documentary and more Last night, Xbox held their 10th annual ID@Xbox games showcase and revealed a bunch of great new games coming to PC. There were gorgeous platformers, retro RPGs, party games, Silent Hill-esque spook ‘em ups, and even a playable documentary. There’s loads to chew on, so I’ve rounded up some of my personal favourites for your perusal. Hellboy: Web Of Wyrdwas announced late last year as an action roguelike starring our titular horn-headed demon friend, and we now have our second look at the game....

This PCIe 4.0 drive was $180 last year That’s a phenomenal deal for a drive that can hit up to 5000MB/s sequential reads with 680K IOPS random reads and 850K IOPS random writes. The Crucial P3 Plus is a drive that we’ve covered before, so allow past me to take it away: The one failing that this drive has it that its QLC NAND and HMB cache doesn’t quite have the stamina of a design with TLC NAND and a DRAM cache, eg if you’re capturing 4K video directly to the drive for sustained periods....

A promising start When I played a timedearly demoofForever Skieslast year, my key question about this airborneSubnautica-like was how it would successfully guide its players across its boundless world of ruined, rusting skyscrapers, overgrown plant tendrils and swampy, toxic clouds. As we searched for a rumoured cure that would save what’s left of humanity back in the depths of space, would we be ping-ponging from perilous rooftop to perilous turbine pad unaided as we bobbed along the nauseous expanse below?...

The best SATA SSD out there, for less This price cut makes the 2TB 870 Evo a particularly cost-effective upgrade to your PC or laptop storage, which may be a looming necessity given the expanding size of PC games. The more recentCall of Dutygames can easily exceed 100GB, and Microsoft’s upcomingStarfieldrequires 125GB of storage, just to name a couple of examples. SATA SSDs aren’t as fast as PCIe/NVMe SSDs, but they are cheaper, while still being an awful lot quicker than any mechanical HDD....

This can only end well. Roblox, the frighteningly massive andfrequentlycontroversialonline sandbox used by players to create all manner of custom games, is heading deeper into the realm of virtual reality with the announcement of official support for Meta Quest. An open beta will launch for the Headset Formerly Known As Oculus in the next few weeks, promising the ability to playpopular Roblox gamesin VR, as well as creating new ones designed around the experience....

A wild Prime Day deal on a case that normally retails for $115 I’m not sure how long this deal will last, so I’ll be brief. The NR200 is an easy case to work in and fits surprisingly large components given its small volume, accommodating up to a 280mm radiator (or 155mm tall CPU tower cooler) and triple-slot graphics cards. I’ve personally used this case with an Asus RTX 3090 Strix inside, and photos online suggest even the RTX 4090 FE can fit....

Making a game for myself out of daily technical frustration Like many people, I am required to use Microsoft Teams for conference calls by my job. Like many people, I find Microsoft Teams is rubbish and it gives me problems every single day. I have never joined a Teams meeting simply by clicking the link. I must always refresh stalled screens, sign back in, repeatedly tell it no don’t use the app, or some other technical hiccup....

How to vote during An Invitation Without Proffer What should you do in the Navigation Meeting in Honkai: Star Rail?Honkai: Star Railmay be best known for its turn-based battles and large roster of playable characters, but there is actually a story going on as well, and at times you can’t ignore it. One of those times is during the Navigation Meeting at the end of the Jarilo-VI storyline, which locks you — the player — into the Astral Express’s Parlor Car and won’t let you leave until you’ve finished having an important conversation with your crewmates....

No deal to maybe-deal The UK’s Competition And Markets Authority (CMA) have said that Microsoft could face a “new merger investigation” over the company’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Just yesterday, Microsoft and the CMA released a joint statement to say they’ve paused their legal feud to negotiate, which means Microsoft will need to somewhat restructure the deal and the CMA will then examine it again. The UK regulatorpreviously objectedto the acquisition and cited the potential anti-competitive side effects on the cloud gaming market....

The Logitech G432 is a cracking pair of cans, now cheaper Amazon Prime Day’s second day - riles me up that it’s technically not a day - of price cuts has served up something rather tantalising for those of us who like to wrap our ears in leatherette and blast the sounds of footsteps into our eardrums. The Logitech G432 wired headset is on sale for a solid £35: that over 50% off the list price, so it’s a hefty discount for our top pick of thebest PC gaming headsets....

Glooms day I remember playing the firstOxenfreeso clearly. The nervousness of not truly understating the supernatural forces its cast of troubled teens was up against, the heightened tension of uncovering the buried secrets of Edwards Island, and - what I loved the most - the finely tuned undercurrent of dread that quietly crept through the game. It conjured a sense of unease in me that I couldn’t shake loose, and it was a feeling that clung to me throughout my entire playthrough....