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Go for the AIs, Boo! Go for the AIs! Choosing a character portrait is one of the key decisions to spend hours mulling over in any decent CRPG. That’s why it’s awesome to see someone using the power of publicly accessible AI to generate fantasy mugshots for classic examples of the genre such asBaldur’s Gate. Indie app dev and documentary editor Alex Hay has created some great examples, whichhe’s sharedon Twitter with Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition devs Beamdog and their CEO Trent Oster....

Wattage bazookas meet real bazookas Cycling in video games leans towards the extreme and the exciting:bombing downhill at murderous speeds,professional racing,treasure hunt, and such. I’d like to see more of the mundane too. For many adults, a bicycle is simply a way to get to work, to the shops, or to see your pals. So after battle royale shooterPUBG: Battlegroundsadded bicycles, I decided to commute around the stag & hen weekend warzones by bike as much as possible....

What a bunch of bananas It’s fair to say that this hasn’t been the coolest week on record in many places around the world, so I’m givingFortnitethe side-eye for the No Sweat Summer event that’s running until August 9th. It’s a bit daft, as you’d expect from Epic Games’ battle royale by this point. You’ll get the opportunity to boogie down, race boats and help rebuild Tilted Towers. Watch the trailer below and marvel at how they can all dance without keeling over....

Get a slice of the action There’s so many dodgy things I could say aboutResident Evil Village’s upcoming DLC’s The Mercenaries Additional Orders mode and its inclusion of a playable Lady Dimitrescu, along with magnetic Nic Cage wannabe Karl Heisenberg and perennial favourite Chris Redfield. Instead, I’ll be a nice lad and keep shtum. Aside from the extra characters, Additional Orders brings more stages and some other improvements to Mercenaries that Capcom haven’t elaborated on....

Which are the best characters in MultiVersus? As we know,fighting gameslike MultiVersus live and die by their roster of characters and their movesets. Thankfully, Player First games have done a commendable job of making all 19 characters in the game viable in both 1v1 and 2v2 matchups. But there’s always a meta which arises after every major update. Below we’ll walk you through our MultiVersus tier list for both 1v1 and 2v2 play, along with our opinion on each of the characters in the game, their strengths and drawbacks, and our reasoning behind their position in our tier list....

Permadeath and speedrun modes are in the game, along with more sophisticated AI A new video revealing more details about what to expect fromThe Last Of Us Part 1remake has been shared by developers Naughty Dog following what some of their senior staff call “disheartening and frustrating” leaks. The video shows off new modes coming with the remake, such as speedrun mode and the brutal permadeath, along with more sophisticated AI for NPCs....

The update is out now and includes mod support on Steam X-COM creator Julian Gollop’s turn-based tactics sci-fi strategyPhoenix Pointhas seen its final official update on PC to coincide with the release of a complete edition of the game. Out now, Phoenix Point: Complete Edition includes all six DLC released to date. You can take a look at everything included in the package by watching the trailer below. Devs Snapshot Games say the ‘Hastur’ update finally introduces the long-requested feature of Steam Workshop support to let players muck about designing their own content for the game....

Navigating the graphics card rumour mill It’s kind of remarkable how little we really know aboutNvidia’s next gaming graphics cards, the RTX 40 series.AMDare openly working on next-gen, RDNA 3-based Radeon GPUs, and Intel are gearing up for the full launch of theirArc Alchemistcards before the end of summer – yet there’s not been so much as a single presentation slide on Nvidia’s wares. Not the kind of hype-building you’d expect, given how many of the current generation’sbest graphics cardshave GeForce badges....

Refund Me If You Can is harder than it looks A new indie horror game released today has challenged players to beat it within Steam’s two-hour window to claim a refund. Creatively styledRefund Me If You Can, the game puts you in the unenviable shoes of Sarah as she tries to evade monsters in her nightmare and escape a darkened maze. If you did take up the challenge like RPS vid-bud Liam did then you’d have two hours to beat the game, and two weeks from purchase to claim your refund....

Keep up! On this week’s episode of theUltimate Audio Bang, we turn our attention to shooters and their demands. They all want our undivided attention and for Hayden and I, it’s fast becoming a bit much. Believe it or not, we’re adults with clothes to fold and ovens to pre-heat! Daily quests and inane challenges aren’t bringing us back, if anything, they’re beginning to drive us away. Although, we do spin some positivity into the mix....

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle July 23 hints If you want some help coming up with the Wordle answer today, see if these clues can be of assistance: Today’s Wordle answer is:MIDGE. A midge is a small insect, typically found in swarms near water and during hot weather. They’re also a pest to plants and, hey, this is the second time in three days that the Wordle solution has been the name of an insect that’s a particular annoyance to gardeners....

The next Avatar film The Way Of Water is out this December On the delay, announced in their latest earnings report, Ubisoft said they’re “committed to delivering a cutting-edge immersive experience that takes full advantage of next-gen technology, as this amazing global entertainment brand represents a major multi-year opportunity”. The publisher credited the delay to the “ongoing constraints on productions across the industry”, adding that developers Massive Entertainment were working to put in place “the most efficient working conditions to ensure both flexibility for our teams as well as strong productivity”....

Following in Raven QA’s footsteps Quality assurance testers at Blizzard Albany have publicly announced their intention to unionise. Organising under the name GWA Albany, the team of around 20 employees is asking parent company Activision Blizzard to voluntarily recognise the union. “QA is currently an undervalued discipline in the games and software industries. We strive to foster work environments where we are respected and compensated for our essential role in the development process,” wroteGWA Albany on Twitteron Tuesday....