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Supposedly to show “justice has been served” Extraction shooterEscape From Tarkovhas been battling cheaters for years, with seemingly mixed results. Developers Battlestate Games are stepping up their efforts not only to ban cheaters but to show other players that “justice has been served”, by releasing the usernames of thousands of players banned for allegedly cheating. The Escape From Tarkov Twitter accounttweeted outa list of “over 4,000 cheaters” over a week ago....

Mars Horizon 2 puts players in charge of a space agency that desperately races toward discoveries with the angst of a Cold War scientist. But, instead of sprinting toward the moon, your agency is now racing to discover the first signs of alien life. Your interplanetary missions will have you investigate other planets, collect anomalies, and discover biosignatures for extraterrestrials. While deep space travel is all well and fun, you’ll still need to do some managing in thismanagementgame, who woulda thought?...

A nice $90 discount, courtesy of Woot. JBL are well known for their speakers and other audio products, so it’s not really a surprise that their Quantum series of gaming headsets tend to offer pretty excellent sound, with an apparent focus on immersion and simulated surround. What is a surprise is that the company’s Quantum 600 wireless headset is down to $59.99 on Woot, a nice $90 reduction from its current Amazon price of $149....

What do a character’s Path and Element mean in Honkai: Star Rail? Who do you play as in Honkai: Star Rail?As a gacha game,Honkai: Star Railwill feature a large roster of playable characters for you to collect. Early previews suggest that engaging with those gacha mechanics will be a bit less optional than in HoYoverse’s previous titleGenshin Impact, which is honestly not great news for F2P fans. However, even if you limit yourself to judiciously plugging in your free currencies, you’ll roll a new character pretty frequently....

Departure date announced, all aboard! When can I play Honkai: Star Rail?Honkai: Star Railis HoYoverse’s hotly-anticipated follow-up toGenshin Impact. Switching out the studio’s signature ARPG style for a more strategic (but still very roleplay-oriented) gameplay approach,Honkai: Star Railpromises a whimsical trip through a sci-fi galaxy aboard the titular space train. If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, the good news is that you don’t have long to wait before you can experience Honkai: Star Rail for yourself....

A slower pace of life, with food rationing I’m the sort of person that likes the idea of a rural, low-tech lifestyle, where you have a lovely little wooden house and know all your neighbours, and all your food is locally sourced from the farm down the road - but I’m self-aware enough to know that I’d hate it in practice. In the case of new town builderOutlanders, I’d have to share a house with five other people, the farmer just died of old age, and my leader wanders around doing nothing while occasionally issuing edicts forcing me to have children....

Plus Europa Universalis 4 and Surviving The Aftermath Yesterday’s Paradox Announcement Show saw the reveal of some new games, including the turn-based strategyThe Lamplighters League, and a sequel to their hit city builderCities: Skylines 2. But, with a bucketload of ongoing games, Paradox weren’t content with the newbies, and announced a blast of DLC. Flagship historical grand strategiesCrusader Kings 3andEuropa Universalis 4,as well as colony builderSurviving The Aftermath, are all getting expansions....

Life By You is getting a full showcase on March 20th Paradox pulled a nifty trick when they supplanted EA’s urban city builder with their own, and they’re now hoping to strike twice withLife By You, a competitor toThe Sims 4, complete with all the top-down interior design and people management you’d expect. We only have a very brief glimpse at Life By You, but developer Paradox Tectonic and former Sims boss Rod Humble are holding an announcement event on March 20th - so, we’ll see more of the life sim later this month....

Yours not to reason why The Light Brigade has no direct relation to the British light cavalry unit made famous in the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (which, if you head over to thepoem’s Wikipedia page, you can hear Tennyson himself read out via a phonograph recording from 1890 – Cool Factz!) But there is one bit of connective tissue, namely that charging into the fray is generally a bad idea....

Tankards of rum all through March Piratical PvPvE adventureSea Of Thievesis five years old this month and developer Rare are setting sail on a month-long celebration full of community weekends, a feature-length documentary, and a brand new swashbuckling season. Sea Of Thieves Season 9 starts on March 16th and it’s carrying a boatload of quality-of-life features, new cosmetics, and changes to world events. To begin the celebrations, the Marauders Medley Event kicks off today, which is essentially a greatest hits tour of past SoT updates....

Where to get the keys for the Village house in Wo Long Looking for the keys to open the Taoist’s house in Wo Long?Wo Long: Fallen Dynastyhas various side quests to complete, but most of them come in the form of optional sub battlegrounds to complete. There are, however, some side quests that span multiple different regions - one of which is the trek to locate the various Taoist’s House keys in the Village....

Where to find every Marking Flag and Battle Flag in The Battle Of Hulaoguan Pass Looking for all the flag locations in The Battle Of Hulaoguan Pass region of Wo Long?If you’re having trouble fighting your way through a particular level in Koei Tecmo’s excellentWo Long: Fallen Dynasty, the issue may be that your Morale Rank is too low to deal with the enemies there. You can help keep your Morale Rank high by planting all the flags across the region, but finding them - particularly in a large area like The Battle Of Hulaoguan Pass - can be rather tricky....

Stuck on the Wordle word for Mar 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Is 626 consecutive days enough time to say thatWordlehas proved it can stand the test of time? The inital reaction of many players at the prospect of having to wait a whole day before playing again is likely negative, but you quickly come round, as Wordle slots itself comfortably into our daily routines....