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This week’s update for RuneScape has introduced new content for three different skills. Jagex has added the Garden of Kharid to RuneScape, and it’s designed to expand the Farming, Runecrafting, and Thieving skills. You can visit the garden by heading north of Al-Kharid, where you’ll find a new herb patch and a large variety of rewards that are up for grabs. The creation of the Garden of Kharid follows the events of the Elder Gods storyline....

The latest update to Dota 2 added a new feature called Supporters Clubs to the MOBA, but more importantly, it also revealed the date for The International 10 in 2021. With the whole world battling a global pandemic, Valve had no choice but to postpone The International 10 last year. Now, the Aegis of Champions is back in play. The International will be held during August in Stockholm, Sweden. The group stages will run from August 5 to 8....

genDesign, the studio of Fumito Ueda, has started the new year with a new teaser image, and the message ‘May this be a happy and fruitful year’. The image shows a long-haired figure sitting in a beam of light on a raised stone dais. Alongside is what appears to be the body, or at least part of the body, of a giant monster. People are getting excited about this, as Ueda is known for making games with really big monsters in it, meaning it could be a teaser for a new game....

The Last of Us: Part II’s creative director has revealed that Ellie will be the only playable character in the upcoming post-apocalyptic sequel. Speaking with IGN, co-lead game designer Richard Cambrier was quizzed if players would be able to step into the shoes of any other characters, to which he replied, ‘We aren’t saying anything about that.’ Fair enough, mate. Despite this, Neil Druckmann then quickly chimmed in saying, ‘Ellie is the only playable character in the game....

Yesterday, Sony live-streamed its latest State of Play presentation that revealed important updates for upcoming games to the PlayStation 4. However, it is no doubt that the biggest news announced during the live stream is the release date of Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated game, The Last of Us 2. The sequel is set to release on February 21, 2020, and yesterday’s presentation also unveiled the latest trailer for the game. In the preview, players were shown new gameplay and story details for The Last of Us 2....

Today Naughty Dog released one more video clip comparing the graphics of The Last of Us Part 1 against The Last of Us Remastered. This time around we get a brief but compelling look at the Capitol and how it was rebuilt to look much more realistic and detailed. As we saw before, the lighting, the materials, the textures, and even the 3D models on PS5 all show massive differences when showcased side-by-side with The Last of Us Remastered on PS4....

Our quick take The Last of Us - 4.5 / 5 Story Gameplay Graphics Multiplayer To recap As the PS3 prepares to be replaced by the PS4, it’s pleasing to see that games like The Last of Us are pushing the envelope and making our jaws drop. It’s not perfect, but it still is a must-play game.

Now, it’s no picnic being the fabled Hero of Time. Link, in his various incarnations, has been doing the whole hero thing since 1986’s The Legend of Zelda, and there have probably been many times that he’s been tempted to quit it all and go and live in a beach house in Malibu (or whatever the Hylian equivalent of that would be). Like his fellow Nintendo hero Mario, though, he leaps into action time and again....

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock had a hit on their hands in 1994 with Jan de Bont’s “bomb on a bus” outing, Speed. The movie grossed over $350 million off a $30 million budget, and generated a sequel, which Reeves wisely chose to eschew involvement in. Five years later, he had another low-ish budget hit with The Matrix, which made a terrific profit and spawned two sequels through Warner Bros....

Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Ti graphics card goes on sale today, offering largely RTX 3090 to 3090 Ti level performance at $799 in the US and £799 in the UK. That’s the narrative, anyway - but how many cards will actually be available at the MSRP/RRP? It’s an important question, because as the old saying goes, there are no bad products, just bad prices. The RTX 4070 Ti is quite a strong option at $799, given its level of performance - particularly for those upgrading from Pascal (GTX 10-series) and Turing (20-series) GPUs or AMD’s equivalents....

Note: Minor spoilers for The Shining and Ready Player One lie ahead… Think about The Shining. What springs to mind? Is it the river of blood flowing through the Overlook Hotel? The sinister Grady Twins tormenting poor Danny Torrance? Maybe it’s Jack Nicholson crashing an axe through the bathroom door and shouting “here’s Johnny!”? Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror strikes a chord with different viewers in different ways, mainly because it’s just so jam-packed with unforgettable screen moments....

The Sims 4 Mermaids is one of the most unique occult races that’s been added to The Sims 4, and is the key one involved in The Sims 4 Island Living, the 2019 expansion pack for the ever-popular life simulation game. Themed around life on the tropical island of Sulani, this Sims 4 expansion focuses on beach holiday activities from sunbathing to snorkelling, as well as on the conservation of the natural environment, and the aforementioned new occult creature type - mermaids!...

Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most iconic video game characters out there. Debuting in 1991 on the SEGA Genesis, Sonic offered speedy gameplay alongside careful platforming. Since then, the games have seen success and failure, but a love for the character has remained constant. Next year, Paramount Pictures will release the first Hollywood adaption of the character. The film received plenty of negative reception when the first trailer went live, with the chief criticism being the title character’s design....

We were all completely in the dark as to what exactly The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe was going to be. The description said it was a “re-imagining” and, well, that’s not even remotely true. Instead, it’s the original game with a significant amount of new stuff added onto it. This new stuff is, surprisingly, just as good as the original material. It’s pretty much impossible to go into what exactly you can expect to see here without spoilers, so stop reading now if you want to go in fresh....

A home version of arcade hit Star Wars: Battle Pod will be released for the small sum of £24,000 plus shipping, Bandai Namco has announced. Battle Pods will be available to order beginning June 18. Star Wars: Battle Pod is an arcade aerial battle game featuring a fully immersive Dome Screen where players pilot star fighters in five stages inspired by the original trilogy. Additional stages are promised at a later date....

With 2022 firmly underway, we’re already starting to see some decent price drops on gaming peripherals like keyboards and mice. Whether you’ve finally finished building that new PC over the holidays or recently purchased a pre-built PC or gaming laptop, you might be looking for those all-important finishing touches for your setup. Or as the saying goes: new year, new… PC accessories? There is also a promotion for 33 percent off 3-months of Xbox GamePass for PC, which will give you access to plenty of games to put the Rival 5 to the test....

You can’t continue working on an empty stomach in The Survivalists. That’s why you’ll need to cook food from all the scraps you’ve found on the island. Here’s our cooking mini-guide to help you out. Note: For more information, visit our guides and features hub for The Survivalists. The Survivalists: Campfire cooking guide To start cooking in The Survivalists, you’ll first need to construct a Campfire via Blueprint Mode. This only requires 6x pebbles, but you do need 1x timber to stoke the fires....

This week, the latest episode of Jordan Peele’s newly rebooted Twilight Zone tackles aspects of the #MeToo era with the chilling episode “Not All Men.” When a meteor shower seemingly causes all the men in small town to turn into murderous rioting monsters, the episode explores just exactly where the problem comes from originally, and more importantly, how women can fight back. The episode also borrows a few beats from one of the best episode of the original series; “The Monsters are Due On Maple Street....

Welcome back to The Video Game City Week. Next stop: statues. The Horseback Monument Statues are important. With egg still drying on the bronzed face of Margaret Thatcher’s newly unveiled Grantham statue (too controversial for its intended spot in Parliament Square), it’d be hard to argue otherwise. If you want to learn about a city, just look at its monuments — they mark the past, freezing idealised moments in time. But just as importantly, they point to the future — a figure’s raised sword directing our eyes towards a desired horizon....

Beneath all the glamour and champagne that comes with Hollywood stardom, there lies a cold reality: acting’s still just a job. Even the most celebrated actors lose their lustre eventually; sooner or later, even the biggest stars stop getting calls for the best parts in the biggest movies. Few movies of the 1970s, though, were as laden with ageing stars in unusual or flat-out bizarre situations as The Visitor. It’s a sci-fi horror film that, on the face of things, looks like a typical product of its time....