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They did this so we’d write about it Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two, have had aGoat Simulator 3ad taken down because it included the goat photoshopped over some ofthe leaked GTA 6 footagefrom a couple months back. Goat Sim developers Coffee Stain Studios knew this would happen, and they knew people would report on it when it did. I am facilitating shenanigans, and I can hear that damn goat laughing at me from within the black void of its copyright takedown notice....

It is their duty Two weeks ago,after much hoo hah, the Federal Trade Commisionlaunched a lawsuitwith the aim of blocking Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Yesterday, a bunch of CoD players did the same. The private consumer complaint from the 10 #gamers claims the deal would give Microsoft “far-outsized market power in the video game industry”. Power to ‘em. Power to the gamers. Watch on YouTube Their arguments are much the same as the FTC’s....

Here, kitty kitty If you want to open today’s door on the RPS Advent Calendar you’re going to have to jump and pull on the handle, or scratch on the door until someone comes to open it for me. Unfortunately, today you don’t have opposable thumbs - but you’re way better at climbing, which is going to come in useful. You’re a cat lost in a big city. Of course, it’sStray!...

Infinity Ward say it’ll be back within the week Call Of Duty: Warzone 2devs Infinity Ward have locked down DMZ mode’s recently opened Building 21 after a “significant infiltration”, but say it’ll be operational again within the week. For now, the keycards needed to enter Building 21 are disabled. It seems like these keycards may have been the reason for the lockdown, although Infinity Ward have yet to explain just why Building 21 is shutting its doors temporarily....

Vote now! Last time, you decided by a narrow margin thatbecoming overpowered is better than a chunky manual. With no chunky manual to teach you a game’s systems, I guess you’ll be busy experimenting with that for a while. This week, I’ve had a queer fancy to (for once) make you pick between things which have absolutely no connection. What’s better: seasonal events, or dynamic snow? I know, it’s a bit of a silly choice, but hey, it’s the last week of work before Christmas, let’s goof off....

Hints and the answer to Wordle #550 Below, you’ll find three helpful hints that you can use to solve the Wordle answer today. If you’re just here for the answer itself, then you’ll find it a little further down. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Wordle December 21 hints The Wordle answer today is a tricky one, but you don’t need to figure it out alone....

I’m praying it lets you pet Attack Of The Clones’ honking lizard Respawn showed a little more of upcoming sci-fi SoulslikeStar Wars Jedi: Survivorat The Game Awards earlier this month, but they didn’t mention that you’ll be able to tame the galaxy’s beasts and ride them. In an interview withGame Informer, Jedi Survivor’s director Stig Asmussen discussed some of the features that distinguish the action RPG from its predecessor Fallen Order, including mounts and new fighting stances for Cal Kestis’ trusty lightsaber....

A chill puzzle adventure coming next year Here’s the announcement trailer: “Climb everything” is really all I need from a video game synopsis to be onboard. It helps that the gecko looks so perfectly animated, with its cute little arms working overtime and its tail slinking along behind it. I believe this guy can control a boat. Although the trailer above shows some dashing and darting in combat, The Gecko GodsSteam pagedescribes it as “combat-light” and leans heavily into it as a “chill” experience about solving puzzles and exploring the remains of a lost civilization....

Thanks to years of work from modders on The Force Engine project It’s okay everyone, call off the search. I’ve found my Christmas game. LucasArts shooterStar Wars: Dark Forceshas been given a modern makeover by The Force Engine project, and they’ve just released version 1.0 to the public after three years' work. During that time, the team’s reverse engineered Dark Forces and added a whole bunch of mod-cons, such as support for modern high resolutions and mouse-look....

It’s the fancy version with the art by Dave Gibbons The Winter Sale continues over on GOG, and they’re giving away Revolution Software’s classic point-and-clickBroken Swordfor free until Thursday. It’s the Director’s Cut too, which adds some more stuff for nosey American tourist George ‘Goat-wrangler’ Stobbart and French journalist Nico ‘Curtains’ Collard to investigate. Good grief, I can’t even remember the last time I played a Broken Sword. The first one is a classicadventure gamefrom a time when they were beginning to fade from PC, goat puzzle notwithstanding....

You can try the free alpha playtest on Steam The skeleton-smashing and lock-picking action of first-person dungeon-crawlers combines with the PvPvE tension of Escape From Tarkov inDark And Darker, which currently has a free alpha playtest running. Alone or with a party of pals, you head into dungeons to mash AI-controlled monsters and fill your pockets with loot. Other players are out there doing the same, and might come to claim your goodies, especially as you’re all competing for the limited escape portals that let you keep your shinies....

Paranormal proclivities If I were only allowed to give a single, solitary reason for tryingControl, I’d probably settle on this: it has the most satisfying “throw desk at face” interaction I’ve experienced in a game. Yes, even more so thanHalf-Life 2. Maybe it’s the slower flying speed of the desk, giving you more time to anticipate the blow. Maybe it’s the recoil of the face. Or maybe it’s just how the desk, or whichever piece of office fixture you’re telekinetically hurling, impacts in a hilarious explosion of shards and scraps....

More info on a free arena mode update, too We gave the brawler a Bestest Best in ourSifu reviewfor being a unique twist on classic action games. “If you get good enough at Sifu, you could probably run through the entire game without dying once," Jai Singh Bains said. “It’s the ultimate, get annoyed, put the game down, come back later and make tons of progress, type of game. I will say though, at one point, I was so frustrated with myself I thought I was going to eat my controller....