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Back on the Ishimura with fresh eyes Dead Space’s remake treatment has produced a piece of gory greatness, someSteam Deck wobblesnotwithstanding. Vid bud Liam touched on the visual upgrades in hisreview, but since it’s been shaking my bones even harder than the original did, I wanted to dive even deeper into the mottled flesh of the modernised Dead Space to examine how all those new polygons and effects aren’t just there to please nerds....

Civil war Marvel Snapis several rare things at once: a licensed superhero game that’s fun; a card game that’s graspable and allows for casual play; and a free-to-play game that doesn’t feel warped by microtransations. As of today, it now has a PvP battle mode to enable friends to pit their decks against one another. It’s either making a good thing better, or it’s the beginning of the end of all the things I mentioned above....

It’s getting Sirius The job listing forsenior multiplayer designermentions co-op and PvE settings, a variety of game modes, “class design,” and “social activities.” It’s hard to speculate so early on, but I wouldn’t be opposed to hanging out in Kaer Morhen - or any of the other Witcher schools - in between missions. Although, my fondness for Gwent might turn into a compulsion if you let me play it with friends....

Surprisingly decent for PC gaming, but best for trains, planes and buses. Sony’s WH-1000XM line of noise-cancelling headphones is brilliant - I’ve used a pair of XM4s while working for years - and they’re actually pretty decent for PC gaming too, especially if you’re in a louder environment. That’s why I thought I should tell you that these WH-1000XM5s are discounted to £249 on Sony’s UK site when you use codeUPGRADE50to knock £50 off the price....

To allow more time for polish Star Wars Jedi: Survivorhas been delayed by six weeks. In a statement released on Twitter, developers Respawn Entertainment said that the action-adventure sequel would no longer meet its March 17th release date and will instead draw laser swords on April 28th. “For the last three years, the Jedi team here at Respawn has poured its collective heart and soul intoStar Wars Jedi: Survivor, and we are proud to say the next chapter in the tale of Cal Kestis is content complete,” begins the statement, which is credited to game director Stig Asmussen and the development team....

A racing festival? Whatever next Test Drive Unlimited was set on a Hawaiian island modelled after O’ahu and theForza Horizongames each focus on a festival of racing events. If those two games were to come together in a high speed collision, the mangled wreckage might look likeThe Crew Motorfest, Ubisoft’s newly announced game about a racing festival on the island of O’ahu. The reveal trailer is below. My strained metaphor breaks when you watch this, because it doesn’t look like mangled wreckage, it looks like a pretty racing game....

A 12 month delay has seen improvements across the board, and launch is just the beginning 12 months later,The Settlers: New Alliesis all the better for it. An extended delay is never an easy decision to make, yet the team at Ubisoft Düsseldorf (formerly Blue Byte) has seen this additional development time as an opportunity to reach out to those most familiar with the series. “We learned [more] than just what was needed for the game,” creative director Christian Hagerdorn tells me during a recent preview event....

Also the Sims sequel will have multiplayer, but it isn’t an MMO The latest update also offered news on Project Rene, the eventual successor toThe Sims 4. The key takeaways: it’s not an MMO but it will have multiplayer as well as singleplayer, and it’s years away from release. You can watch the full stream here, ora breakdown of the main pieces of news. Currently, sims go from swaddled immobile baby to walking, babling toddler....

Integral’s USB-C portable SSD supports speeds of up to 500MB/s. Portable SSDs are jolly useful for quickly transferring large files, like Steam game file backups or 4K videos, from device to device. I’ve said before in similar blogs that I use one to ferry videos from my computer downstairs to my TV, but I also rely on one to quickly set up a PC for performance testing and copy game files to my Steam Deck....

Stuck on the Wordle word for Jan 31? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?One of the cleverest things about the simple daily word guessing gameWordleis that each day might be easy for some but completely stump others, and it all depends on how your mind is working on the day, and the starting words you choose to use. Even an incredibly obscure word could be guessed very quickly if you happen to choose a starting word with 3 or more of the right letters....

After a $100 promo code, down from a $1499 MSRP. It’s not often that you see an OLED TV for less than $800, and it’s even less common to see an OLED gaming monitor for that kind of a price - especially when it’s Gigabyte’s well-respected FO48U, a 48-in model that supports 4K 120Hz over HDMI 2.1 or DisplayPort. It’s got USB-C charging, KVM functionality, FreeSync/G-Sync… and it cost $1499 when it launched two years ago....

Hellcard is heading to Steam early access on February 16th It’s been a hot minute since the papercraft Diablo-likeBook Of Demonslast stomped through these monster-infested halls, but developer Thing Trunk are back today with news of the next chapter in their dungeon-crawling fantasy series.Hellcardwill continue the story of Book Of Demons when it launches into Steam early access on February 16th, but instead of slicing up devil flesh in traditional hack and slash fashion, this time you’ll be building decks of cards to tackle each dungeon layer as a roguelike....