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Woof, this one hurts Speaking toIGN, TellTale’s CEO Jamie Ottilie outlined some of the reasons for the delay, including the COVID-19 pandemic, a switch from Unreal Engine 4 to UE5, and an attempt to avoid crunch mode - something that was common at the original TellTale before their closure. Speaking of crunch, Ottilie says, “you can’t plan a business around it.” He also explains that “it has been incredibly difficult to recruit the last two years”, due to COVID and the general competitiveness in the games industry, so grinding devs down with crunch is a no-go....

Plus: a cheaper alternative that also comes with a heatsink. The Crucial P5 Plus occupies a unique place in the SSD ecosystem, offering high-end PCIe 4.0 performance while costing less than commonly-cited alternatives like the WD SN850x and Samsung 990 Pro. Today the 2TB size of the drive is down to £163, a 34% reduction that makes it particularly tempting to pick up. For reference, the Crucial P5 Plus is able to hit 6600MB/s for sequential reads and 5000MB/s for sequential writes, while in terms of random performance it’s also quite high up the SSD totem pole: 720K IOPS for reads and 770K for writes....

When is a remake not a remake? When it’s a jar Back once again to prove that I will literally never get tired of an “-er? I hardly know her!” joke, it’s episode five of series two of theElectronic Wireless Showpodcast. This week we return to a subject we’ve touched on before, but in more detail. With EA asking if people would like remakes ofDead Spaces2 and 3, andThe Outer Worldsgetting a remastered Spacer’s Choice Edition, we’re having a big old thinkeroo about remakes and remasters - including which games we’d most like to see remade....

The devs from Tributary tell us about their “Game Of Phones”, out today At first glance,King Of The Castlemight look similar to other medieval political sims; something likeReignsorYes, Your Grace, where you ascend the throne, rule a kingdom, and make decisions that will impact your gold reserves, military strength, or alliances. That political manoeuvring is intact in King Of The Castle, but this time up to 24 of your friends (or thousands of Twitch viewers) can join your campaign, hopping into the shoes of nobles from various regions....

Release times differ on PC and console for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty What time does Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty release?Wo Long: Fallen Dynastyreleases on March 3rd, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the reason a full half of the RPS Treehouse are off that day is so that they can play it over a three-day weekend. If you have similar plans, you’re proabably eager to know just when you can get stuck in....

Team Ninja’s most approachable Soulslike yet It’s easy to labelWo Long: Fallen Dynastyas aSoulslikethat’s basicallyNiohandSekiromashed together. To some extent, that’s true. But I think Wo Long is Team Ninja having sanded off some - not all - of the edges from the overwhelmingly complex Nioh, to craft an action RPG with even crisper combat than its predecessor. And crucially, it’s more approachable as a result. Clever ranks and meters reward, whether risk-taking is your jam or you’re more of a careful type....

Stuck on the Wordle word for Mar 2? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis an incredibly popular word puzzle game that really needs no introduction at this point, but I still need to write one every day, so I’m in a bit of a conundrum. One thing that does bear repeating is that Wordle, for all its simplicity, is not always easy to complete, especially with that 24-hour time-limit hanging over your head....

Also yeah, he does regret posting that Episode 3 story “I was deranged,” saysHalf-Lifewriter Marc Laidlaw of his decision to publish the plot of Episode 3 as fanfiction. “I was living on an island, totally cut off from my friends and creative community of the last couple decades, I was completely out of touch and had nobody to talk me out of it. It just seemed like a fun thing to do… until I did it....

What is an esport, really? Professional and amateur players are invited to take part in qualifying rounds starting today, and the series will culminate in the Olympic Esports Week in Singapore - a live in-person finale airing between June 22-25. Here are the nine featured sports and their accompanying games: The Olympics isn’t the first sporting event that’s tried to ride the popularity of esports. Last year, the Commonwealth held their own esports Championship Event featuringDota 2andRocket League....

A warm treat If you’re a fan of visual novels, you’ve likely come across developernpckcfor their work onA Pet Shop After Darkand A Year Of Springs - one of thebest visual novels on PC.They’re now bringingTavern For Tea- a lovely-looking tea-brewing sim - to PC, after it launched on mobile a few years ago. The setup is similar to the equally chillCoffee Talk, but this time you’re replacing the coffee with some teabags....

Night City in any city I prefer to play games on the Steam Deck whenever I can, (my bed is comfy) but its portability probably makes 2077’sconstant phone callsand text messages feel more natural. Yes, I would like to be inundated with texts from criminal overlords while I’m on a TFL train. Although I’d probably keep my brightness down, just in case an NPC sexts me on the bus. A Steam Deck verified tag comes just in time, as Cyberpunk’s first big expansion Phantom Liberty is due sometime this year....

A magical deck builder, a shooty roguelike, and a Vampire Survivors-esque spin-off of Deep Rock Earlier this month, the studio behindDeep Rock Galacticannounced that they were branching out (or digging in) to publishing with theirnew initiativeGhost Ship Publishing. Today, the team held a fifth-anniversary livestream for their hit co-op shooter, and they also announced the first three games they’ll be releasing as a publisher, including a Deep Rock Galactic spin-off, a top-down shooter, and a spell-slinging roguelike - all coming from indie teams based in Denmark....

A smaller 3x2 macro pad for budding streamers and macro champs. The Elgato Stream Deck Minidebuted for £70 or $100, but now it’s down to £54.99 on Amazon UK. That’s a handy 21% off and a fairly decent cost of entry and a historic low price for a useful macro-pad, with easy integrations for streaming apps, media and general automation. We covered the full-size Stream Deck when it wasbriefly reduced to £90, but we’ll quickly go over the idea behind the Stream Deck if you’re not familiar with it....