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Developer Supermassive Games rose to prominence with Until Dawn, a narrative horror game back on the PlayStation 4. It evoked nostalgia for ’80s-style horror movies, in which a group of irritating teens get their comeuppance for being so damn irritating. Obviously, that means they often got killed in a host of grisly ways, either due to story needs or by your own hand. Since then, the company has experimented with the episodic The Dark Pictures Anthology....

Starbreeze has confirmed that the publishing rights to System Shock 3 have been sold back to OtherSide Entertainment. Speaking in a statement on its website, Starbreeze’s acting CEO, Mikael Nermark, said that the decision was ‘mutually agreed’ between both parties, and that it was the ‘best solution’ for Starbreeze. Starbreeze had previously acquired the rights to System Shock 3 back in 2017, in a deal that saw the company help finance the game’s development....

Someone might have to take Microsoft back to the mechanics, after an early build of Forza Horizon 4 was accidentally pushed to the Microsoft Store on PC and offered to some users to download over the weekend. It seems the issue effected those who had pre-ordered the upcoming racer’s Ultimate Edition found a download starting such as user daten-shi on Reddit who noticed the 90GB file. The files were unable to be launched, and data-miners found them to be encrypted, but the official Forza Twitter account acknowledged the leak in a Tweet, informing those effected that they could safely uninstall the data, although those with capped broadband connections will be undoubtedly displeased....

Temtem’s developer Crema Games says that the servers should be stable now, so you might even be able to log in and play. Temtem releases on Monday to such enormous and unexpected demand that the game’s servers just couldn’t keep up. Super long wait times were common, and even if you could get in and make your character, the game’s loading times and chunky performance made it basically unplayable. According to the game’s official Twitter account, however, those issues should be largely resolved....

In an recent interview with NintendoLife, Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov said that the J-piece is his favourite block in Tetris. ‘I have to work hard when I’m on the left corner, so every time, the J-piece is better than L-piece because on the right side I have no problem. I don’t know why. Probably because I always rotate clockwise. J-piece is my saviour, it’s very helpful. T-piece is also very good, but my favourite is J-piece....

Burning time while awaiting news on the fate of Fortnite, Tfue pulled off a risky stunt by smashing a keyboard on stream. Veteran YouTuber and Twitch streamer Matt “Dellor” Vaughn was recently banned permanently from the platform following an outburst that ended with him smashing a keyboard on his head; Twitch justified the ban by pointing to “self-harm” as the reason (not to mention multiple past infractions). Many Dellor fans have rushed to his defense, namely Tfue, who protested Dellor’s ban by smashing a keyboard across his knee after saying, “can we get some ‘free Dellor’ in the chat, please....

Persona 5 is one of the most stylish games ever created in terms of art style and presentation, but also with the crazy amount of interesting costumes to choose from. Aside from the already creative designs of the Phantom Thief outfits, in-game and DLC costumes help spice up dungeon crawling and grinding. Some costumes are just plain weird on purpose, and others are costumes from previous Persona titles and other Atlus games for that sweet cross-promotion....

The Call of Duty franchise tends to remake some of the most iconic weapons. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is no different with the release of the M82. This weapon is CoD‘s take on the semi-automatic sniper rifle, better known as the Barrett. The Barrett has featured in numerous titles. Included, is Call of Duty: 4, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops 2, and more. Arguably, the M82 is not as strong as other weapons in the sniper rifle category such as the LW3 Tundra or Pelington 703....

This The Gifted review contains spoilers. The Gifted Season 2 Episode 11 Man, tonight’s cold open was pretty on the nose. It’s not The Gifted‘s fault, but it was probably to their benefit that the delay got me in the mood for some righteous, “they made their beds, fuck ’em” fury. This week was all about everyone* realizing what a mistake they’ve made and reevaluating their lives. Unfortunately for everyone involved (including The Gifted), very few of the characters made defensible choices coming out of those reevaluations....

This The Good Place review contains spoilers. The Good Place Season 3 Episode 7 “The Worst Possible Use of Free Will” presents a compelling argument for never tearing down sets. When Michael, Janet, Eleanor, Tahani, Jason, and Chidi left their fake heavenly neighborhood via train at the end of season 2’s “Best Self,” they looked back at their old digs wistfully. This could be the last moment they spent in the celestial location that was their home for literally hundreds of years....

The Hitman Trilogy will be coming to Xbox and PC Game Pass on January 20. This was announced as part of an update from IO Interactive regarding the future of the game. The developer also announced that the Hitman Trilogy is finally coming to Steam on the same day. It’s great news for anyone who’s been wanting to try out the Hitman series but hasn’t yet for whatever reason. Hitman Trilogy‘s arrival on Xbox and PC Game Pass coincides with the start of Hitman 3‘s Year 2 content update....

The ninth iteration of Dota 2’s The International is about to get underway. Yesterday’s revelation of groups and group stage matches brought a new level of excitement for fans around the world. The tournament is set to begin tonight, August 14. The International’s group stage presents two groups of nine teams that compete in a round robin format, meaning each team will eventually play all the teams in their group. This part of the tournament goes on for four days, the end of which sees each team fall into their rightful spot in the group....

The western market is getting the NES Mini in November, but the NES began life in Japan back in July 1983 as the Famicon, and Nintendo is obviously making a mini version of this too. Announced overnight, the Famicon Mini is exactly what you’d expect, shrinking down the classic “family computer” to something which measures only 14cm x 10cm and bundling in 30 classic titles. Something which differentiates the Famicon Mini from the NES Mini – apart from its looks – is the fact it features two hardwired controllers as standard....

Finishing The Quarry doesn’t have to be the end. According to a new interview by SegmentNext, spotted by GamesRadar, The Quarry will have a “death rewind mechanic,” which you’ll earn following the game’s completion. It’ll allow you to quickly return to a state before making a choice that led a character to their doom. It’s a feature not found in other games by its developer, Supermassive. According to Game Director Will Byles, the feature offers you three “lives” during the course of your run....

Publisher Deep Silver and developer Volition have declared that their upcoming reboot of Saints Row has officially gone gold. That means the game is content complete and locked in for its intended release date of August 23. That does mean we’re still a month out from launch, but hopefully that’ll give the team chance to squash any lingering bugs and make sure that any day one patch is as complete as it can be with no more delays....

Technicolor Animation Productions’ Sly Cooper TV series (they’re the same folk who brought us the Sonic Boom TV show, in case you wondered) will launch next year with 52 episodes planned for its first season. Details come courtesy of PGS Entertainment (via Resetera), confirming the first 26 episodes will begin airing in October 2019, each one lasting around 11 minutes. What’s more, episodes 27 through 52 will roll out in July 2020, bringing the first season to a close....

Who remembers the winter of 1985? In the UK, it was one of the coldest for many years, although east-west tension was beginning to thaw as US president Ronald Reagan met with Mikhail Gorbachev in November. I was 12 years old and unworried by historic political meetings or war in the middle east. All I wanted to do was play computer games. And I wanted to play them on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum....

The joints are a little creaky now. The fists don’t slip into their hiding place quite as they should these days, and the paint on the nose cone is beginning to peel. All the same, there’s something majestic about my ageing Jetfire toy, which dates back to the height of the Transformers craze in the middle of the 1980s. Whether it’s in its ‘disguise’ as a fighter jet, or transformed into a humanoid robot, or standing hunched over in its unique ‘Gerwalk’ mode, Jetfire has real style and presence....

Strixhaven: School of Mages has some of the most powerful cards and players will require a draft Tier List for them to choose the best one of the lot. So in this guide, we have ranked the cards in STX from best to worst. Strixhaven: School of Mages Draft Tier List Here is a draft tier list for Strixhaven: School of Mages from best to worst. So that is all for our guide on Strixhaven: School of Mages Draft Tier List....

Succubus is out today and brings with it hours of sheer violence and some truly distasteful content. There’s a lot to keep your eyes peeled for, so here are some Succubus tips to chop in half in front of your friends. Here’s an extra short one: if all else fails, hit it ’til it dies. Killing non-combatants always heals some You may have to use finishers on enemies to get health back, but that doesn’t extend to the older folks and demon babies you see around the levels....