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Sony has confirmed that Resident Evil Requiem is the first game to use the new and improved version of PSSR for PS5 Pro users, with a new option to use it for games that support the original version coming next month.While playing Resident Evil Requiem, it was one of the few games where I’ve genuinely been blown away with how good it looks. Walking down the street in first-person as Grace at the start of the game is one of the best graphical showcases the PS5 Pro has had since the opening mountain of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.…

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The thing you need to understand about Fogpiercer is that this deckbuilding roguelike, in which you control a train battling Mad Max-style road bandits, knows the secret joy of artillery. It is one of the few games that recognises that while it’s satisfying to hit an enemy with a shell from a howitzer, it’s even more satisfying to target the space next to them and use the force of the blast to give them a sideways shove into a wall. It’s a mechanic that puts Fogpiercer into the same fine company as Into The Breach.

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What are the latest Marathon Twitch drops? Bungie’s extraction shooter has already dished out freebies throughout development, and we’re expecting to see plenty more when we can finally set foot on Tau Ceti IV in full. Marathon has slowly regained steam following its sub-optimal first impression, now cementing itself as one of the year’s most exciting FPS games. If you haven’t stayed in the loop, check out our Marathon release date guide to see how it’s evolved between its poorly-received closed alpha. For now, though, let’s dive into the Marathon Twitch drops, and how to claim them. Marathon Twitch drops…

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“The next era of PC performance will be defined not by more compute, but by memory scale”, begins a new blog post from former creator of the best RAM for gaming, Micron.The blog post really begins as it means to go on, and by that I mean, it’s horrifically tone-deaf. For context, we’re in the middle of a global RAM shortage, and about two months ago, Micron decided to shut down its consumer brand, Crucial, meaning gamers and PC builders now have even fewer products to try and get their hands on.The blog post, entitled “The new performance bottleneck: How…

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Nightsoil is a sombre little top-down narrative adventure about a gong farmer – that is, a collector of human waste – in 1854 London, at the height of the cholera epidemic. Gong farmers were, I understand, required to work after sunset, to avoid causing revulsion among the decent folk. In this case, you’re a gong farmer at the end his tenure, working his final shift alongside his trusty carthorse Ol’ Boy, while reminiscing about his bygone youth and the happier days that might have been.

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For Ultrakill fans, the long wait for its eighth layer of shooter Hell is finally over. The new Fraud level has been dangled in front of players’ noses for a while now. After being hit with delays, fans endured a final round of torture as last-minute issues saw its release set back by several hours. However, it all seems to have been worth it. With a 97% score, Ultrakill was already one of the best FPS games on the entirety of Steam based on user reviews, and now it’s got a huge new player count record to shout about too.…

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As work on new RPG Divinity cracks on over at Larian Studios, 2023 Dungeons & Dragons gem Baldur’s Gate 3 continues to soar on platforms like Steam – and its continuing popularity is an understandable point of pride for the developers.In a recent online post, publishing director Michael “Cromwelp” Douse explains how, after checking the Steam “Top Sellers” charts, he noticed that Baldur’s Gate 3 was in the third spot, right after the likes of the brand-new, hotly anticipated horror title Resident Evil Requiem and the ever-popular Counter-Strike 2 from Valve. Seeing as it’s been nearly three years now since…

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Midsummer Studios announced their existence in May 2024 with a promise to “revitalise the life sim genre”, but now, they’re closing down. Co-founder and former XCOM developer Jake Solomon confirmed the news on social media this week, saying goodbye with some brief pre-alpha footage of Burbank – a build-your-own-TV-series project with a lot of generative AI in it. “We built a studio, we made a game, and I’m really proud of both,” Solomon writes. “Before we close the doors at Midsummer Studios I’d like to share a glimpse of Burbank, the game we poured our hearts into.”

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Where do you get the forklift key in Resident Evil Requiem? On the hunt for Emily and the final of the three quartzes Grace needs to escape, you’ll find yourself in the building’s basement. To free Grace and get out, you need to get three cores that control electricity on the floor. Along the way, you’ll find a forklift that’s blocking the way, and you need to find the key to get past it. Much like in other Resident Evil games, you’ll need to keep moving forward in another direction, eventually stumbling across the key before heading back to where…

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A brand new battle plan has been mapped out for yet another attempt at bringing G.I. Joe to the big screen, and they’re calling an undoubtedly divisive choice to help get the job done. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that formerly disgraced screenwriter Max Landis has been hired to pen a new script that brings the toyline to life. It’ll mark the first significant gig he’s been given since the writer of Chronicle and Bright was accused by eight women of emotional and sexual abuse, leading him to be dropped by various agencies in 2019.Landis won’t be the only…

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