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Fus Ro Dah’ing across Skyrim Somehow the glitchlessElden Ringrun will take place over 80 minutes, rather than the daunting weeks and months it usually takes to beat. The big highlight (aka: unbelievable superhuman feat) is the 2-hour run of The Elder Scrolls Anthology - yes, that’s all five mainline RPGs from Elder Scrolls: Arena toSkyrim. I can only assume the run will take full advantage of Bethesda’s jank to slingshot across the map....

Snicker-snack Last week it was revealed that after literal years of pushing, American McGee is officially not getting a thirdAlicegame. We at the Electronic Wireless Showpodcasttake a look at the history ofAlice: Asylum, the game that would never be, as well as the game design bible that was, it seems, the last great hope for the project. We also give American McGee friend of the show status, as consolation. In hardware news, James clues us in on theNvidia RTX 4070, andCyberpunk 2077’s new Overdrive Mode, which requires a GPU that less than 1% of Steam owners currently own....

Choose from a 27-in Dell or 28-in Innocn, both with warm reviews. 4K monitors are brilliant for watching movies, playing pretty games and getting work done, and you might be surprised how affordable 4K monitors are these days. Case in point are these two big reductions on 27-inch and 28-inch 4K monitors on Amazon, available from Dell for $249.99 or Innocn for $199.99. Both models use IPS panels for wide viewing angles, gorgeous colour reproduction and good motion handling, paired with a 60Hz refresh rate that’s fine for office work and slower-paced games....

I’ve tested it and it’s a good ‘un. One of my favourite Steam Deck accessories is £10 off today, bringing it to an all-time low price and more than justifying the article you’re reading right now. The item in question is Jsaux’s excellent now-£30 Docking Station, which holds your Steam Deck at a comfy angle while charging it and providing a ton of extra ports. Which ports, you might ask? These ones:...

3.0.0 brings two free modes and more Today saw the release of theChaos DwarfsDLC forTotal War: Warhammer 3, which is pretty cool if what you like is beards and spending money. If you only like beards, today also saw the release of the free update 3.0.0, Mirror Of Madness, which includes two new game modes, a new legendary hero, and more. Here’s a trailer for the Mirror Of Madness: The first new mode is The Trials Of Fate, in which you take control of the newly ascended Daemon Prince of Tzeentch as you travel through time to fight in ancient Warhammer battles....

Different or better, pick one After two hours ofXDefiant, I came away with a rather different thought in my mind than I expected. More than anything, I was impressed at just how good we have it in the multiplayer FPS genre at the moment.Apex Legends,Warzone 2,Overwatch 2,Valorant,Rainbow Six Siege. That’s some unbelievably tough competition.XDefianthas to either give players something completely different, or absolutelynailthe basics. It’s opted for the second path, and having played several matches against a medley of press people and content creators, I’m not convinced Ubisoft’s new arena shooter is up to the challenge....

From Cococucumber, the folks behind Echo Generation Cococucumber - the folks behind the beautifully oddEcho Generation- are ready to release their next voxel adventure, the fairytale slasherRavenlokcoming to PC, Game Pass, and Xbox consoles on May 4th. It’s clearly riffing on Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland as our protagonist, the titular Ravenlok, moves to a new inherited house, gets sucked through a magical mirror and steps into a trippy, mushroom-filled land. From there, she needs to fight this realm’s off-brand Queen Of Hearts and save the remaining, slightly weird, storybook denizens....

Roguelike puzzlerDesktop Dungeonswas first released a decade ago, and the remasteredDesktop Dungeons: Rewindlaunches next week on April 18th. Developer QCF Design evidently have a lot to celebrate and they’re doing so in style. Owners of the original game will be able to grab the remaster for free when it comes out. At no extra cost. QCF announced the news on theirSteam blog, writing, “Could we have done it without you? No....

Ahead of next week’s gory launch Developer Dambuster Studios have shared the system requirements for their zombie masherDead Island 2ahead of its release on April 21st. Most of the game’s requirements seem pretty standard for a modern open-world game, although you’ll need some pretty powerful CPUs and GPUs to run the sequel at recommended settings and above. Ripping into hordes in graphic details might cost you. Here are the PC system requirements for minimum, recommended, high, and ultra settings:...

Get to know the latest, 1440p-focused RTX 40 graphics card Update:OurRTX 4070 reviewis now live! Also it’s on sale now but that’s less important. Nvidia have announced the GeForce RTX 4070, a 1440p warrior joining theRTX 4070 TiandRTX 4080in a collection of largely 4K-minded RTX 40 series GPUs. The green team also pitched the RTX 4070 Ti as a powerful Quad HD component, though between its 4K capability and RTX 4080-busting price, I still say it’s best paired with a4K monitor....

Global games In an attempt to beat MS Flight Sim’s world tour of countries, Game Pass is now expanding to more places. Microsoft has launchedPC Game Passin 40 new countries, after releasing a preview version earlier this year. Those of you who participated in the preview will be treated to two free months of PC Game Pass, “no further action needed.” The following countries now have access to PC Game Pass:...

There’s always a disturbance in the Force Star Wars Celebration was held last weekend and the much-anticipated sequelStar Wars Jedi: Survivoris speeding toward us on April 28th. All of this nostalgia and excitement means there’s still fun to be had in a galaxy far far away, and luckily, there’s a 14-game Star Wars bundle on Fanatical to celebrate. It’s currently enjoying a deep 80% discount for a limited time. The Star Wars Collection on Fanatical is usually £76/$100, but with the whopping discount, you can grab it for £16/$21....

Friends with tentacles Frogwares are in a bit of a tight spot at the moment, being as they are a Ukranian studio. If I was trying to make video games in a warzone and: a) my last game was a big sexy prequel to my long running Sherlock Holmes series; b) the one before that was aLovecraftian detective gamewith pretty recent assets; and c) my back catalogue contained a Lovecraft-themed Sherlock Holmes mystery, then I’d probably do what they’ve done withSherlock Holmes The Awakened....