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The Talos Principle 2 has a Steam demo ahead of its full release later this year, as the sequel to the well-loved 2014 puzzler is out really soon. With a bit of a cult following and many comparisons to Valve’s iconic Portal, this sequel could very well be one of the best puzzle games of the year.

‘It’s a very purified state of mind’.

Almost cracked it. Many companies have tried to capitalise on the problem of drifting Joy-Con sticks, and the usual tactic is to rely on Hall Effect technology, which uses magnets to get around the issue of wearing components. CRKD is the latest to tout a drift-free experience using this technology by way of the Nitro Deck, a hunk of plastic you slide your Switch console into, rather than controllers you slap on its sides. It features all the face buttons, shoulder buttons, sticks, and whatnot t...

Staff at CD Projekt Red are uniting with others in the Polish video game industry to unionise. The union was formed after CDPR announced a third wave of job cuts in as many months, driving developers to unionise as a means of "improving their workplace/industry standards in a way that has legal power and amplifies their voices". "We started talking about unionizing after the 2023 wave of layoffs when nine per cent of Reds (that is roughly 100 people) were let go," the union explains on the Gamed...

The first Call of Duty MW3 beta nerfs are already live, before the multiplayer trial version of the next CoD game even arrives on PC. While PC players are yet to get hands-on with the Modern Warfare 3 beta, developer Sledgehammer Games is already bringing the nerfs for the best tactical equipment in MW3.

Cozy up with Nintendo’s new Animal Crossing bundle this weekend.

Valve is just as surprised as you by those colossal Steam hits that seem to appear out of nowhere, as the company behind PC gaming's biggest storefront releases a 25-minute video detailing just how it uses both player habits and bespoke curated segments to link you up with your next favorite game.

As we creak ever closer to spooky season and a possible second Silent Hill Transmission – the last was just before Halloween 2022 – it seems Bloober Team has quietly been updating the backend of Silent Hill 2 Remake's Steam page. In fairness, the store description and its accompanying tags have been tweaked routinely throughout the year, but according to Steam DB, there's been a flurry of activity through September and now October, including confirmation of language subtitles (Brazillian, Portug...

Late last year, Amazon Luna and Ubisoft deepened their partnership by allowing subscribers to stream the developer's games that they already own on PC. So it doesn't really come as a surprise that Amazon has chosen to team up with Ubisoft to debut a new feature on its cloud gaming service: The capability to buy games from the platform and not just stream them. Subscribers can now purchase select Ubisoft games from the developer's portal on Luna, and the selection includes several Assassin's Cree...

After a few weeks of controversy over potential overheating in the new iPhone 15 Pro models, Apple this week released a software update to help address the issue, which the company says is not the result of the new titanium casing or other thermal design problems. Apple is also continuing work on the next round of more significant software updates led by iOS 17.1, and we're keeping tabs on everything that's new. Notably, the latest watchOS 10.1 beta enables the Double Tap feature that was one of...

Keep your eyes peeled for these great films to stream this month.

Castlevania: Nocturne may have only premiered on 28th September, but a second season is already in production. That's according to director Samuel Deats and the official Castlevania Twitter account, which not only confirmed the news yesterday but also shared a brief teaser, too. You can check it out the trailer below, which Deats says contains the "actual storyboards, layouts, and animation" coming to season 2:

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile has been delayed to 2024. Confirmation came in the action-packed Call of Duty Next event earlier this week, when co-studio head Chris Plummer said the delay was down to the team wanting to "polish up" the mobile spin-off. This means that the original "fall (Q3) 2023" window has now been pushed back to spring (Q2) 2024.

While Warhammer 40k's roots are bedded deep in the tabletop gaming world, it's nevertheless become one of the most prolific videogame IPs of the modern era. There are some greats among them, including Dawn of War and the original Space Marine, but the middling reception to recent releases like Darktide has left me more skeptical of the brand's place in videogames than I'd like. Now, I'm pinning my hopes on the prodigal son's return, which is truer than ever following our Space Marine 2 interview...

Dark and Darker hotfix 16 is here, and developer Ironmace has rolled back the game after its last update caused items to be duplicated, while also apologizing for “drastic balance changes that wasted players’ time and effort.” The hardcore dungeon-crawling RPG, which is still yet to return to Steam, has seen its random modifiers on items returned to previous values, reverting many of the changes from hotfix 15, and players will all receive five Bluestone Shards as an apology for any inconvenienc...

ChatGPT might be powered by homegrown chips in the future, if OpenAI does indeed decide to make its own. According to Reuters, the company is currently exploring the possibility of making its own artificial intelligence chips and has even evaluated a potential acquisition. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously blamed GPU shortages for users' concerns regarding the company API's speed and reliability, so he reportedly made acquiring more AI chips a priority.  In addition to being able to address GPU s...

Ubisoft might be looking into adding a toggle for an Assassin’s Creed Mirage visual feature that many players think makes the world of virtual 9th-century Baghdad look worse, as the newest stealth adventure attempts to emulate a real-world side effect of camera photographs.

Counter-Strike 2 games can go on for a while, so there’s nothing quite as frustrating as losing a game you had in the bag for reasons outside your control. We’ve all been there; you’re pretty sure you’ve got the other team beat but one person on your team suddenly drops. You’re already close to victory, though, and the four of you can probably close it out - but one of your teammates decides otherwise, and forces a surrender vote through by themselves. No more, however, thanks to the latest set ...

Staff at Cyberpunk 2077 studio CD Projekt are forming a union in an effort to represent and provide a voice for “all Polish gamedev workers” while improving industry conditions, after around 9% of the company’s development studio CD Projekt Red were laid off earlier this year.

Tell us! Do it now! The weekend is here once again folks, so it's time to sit down, relax, and play some games. Before we do so, however, let's just go over what's been going on this week. First, we got another teasing look at Hotel Chocolatier, the new game from the creator of Stardew Valley, and it's looking mighty fine indeed. We also learned that Nintendo plans to continue to support the Switch well into FY24/25, which... yeah, that seems obvious.

We came this close to a total party kill in Dungeons & Dragons the other day, which means our whole group was nearly wiped out. And it really rattled me. I think it rattled the whole group. Even the Dungeon Master seemed shaken by it, which I didn't expect. And when he told us that in the 12 years he's been DMing, he's never had an entire group go that close to a total wipeout before, I began to understand why. He was convinced we were done for. I think we all were. Honestly, I never realised a ...

Ah Rust, the perfect game for relaxing and enjoying the scenery, right? Wrong. It's a nightmare zone full of death, paranoia and the most irritating players you'll find in a multiplayer game. It's been made that way by design, of course - the driving idea behind Rust is survival, and having to watch your back for other players is a key part of this. Base-building becomes a matter of outwitting other players with solutions such as fake walls, impenetrable cave bases, and chests hidden under bear ...

Third-party developers revealed an upcoming airport bundle for Microsoft Flight Simulator, while two more scenery add-ons have been released. 

Wordle today: The solution and a hint for Saturday's puzzle.

Today EA Sports released an extensive video of the upcoming UFC 5 focusing on the new visual features you can expect from the next game of the MMA franchise. 

A new entry was announced in March. Back in March of this year, Bandai Namco announced it was working on a brand new Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi game. Now, in an update, Dragon Ball fans have discovered a trademark for "Sparking! Zero" was filed in the US at the end of last month. The Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series is known as the Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! series in Japan and the original three titles all include "Sparking!" in their name.

Save some coin. In case you missed it, this week Sega and Atlus have released the Persona Collection on the Nintendo Switch eShop. It contains Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable for the price of $89.99 / £74.98 or the regional equivalent. If you buy this bundle instead of the games separately, you can save around $10 / £15.

"Thank you for the journey". It's hard to believe, but the original Pokémon journey starring the Pallet Town trainer Ash Ketchum and his electric pal Pikachu has finally called it a day. If you weren't already emotional about this, The Pokémon Company has now released a special tribute video highlighting Ash's journey in just under a few minutes and thanking fans for supporting this long-running series for 25 seasons.

Castlevania: Nocturne S2 is in production and the wait "won't be quite so long this time," says director.

Biotech company 23andMe, known for its DNA testing kits, confirmed to BleepingComputer that its user data is circulating on hacker forums. The company said the leak occurred through a credential-stuffing attack. A credential-stuffing attack involves user information that has already been compromised (usernames and passwords, for example) from one organization, which a hacker obtains and attempts to reuse with a second organization — in this case, 23andMe. Because of the nature of credential-stuf...

You Will Die Here Tonight is as interesting as it sounds. The name is eye-catching, but the gameplay and premise are even more so. If you take a look at any of the game's screenshots or trailers, you may notice a nostalgic chill go down your spine. Developer Spiral Bound Interactive created its debut game as a "love letter" to beloved classics, including the first two Resident Evil games and The House of the Dead. The developer has just revealed You Will Die Here Tonight's specific release date,...

Plus a bunch of horror movies streaming in time for spooky season.

Chasing a buncha blinking lights in zero-G was enjoyable once. Once.

A reference to a "remastered" version The Last of Us Part 2 has been spotted on the profile of a Naughty Dog developer, lending further credence to suggestions an enhanced version of the game is on the way. Hints that a new edition of The Last of Us Part 2 was in development at Naughty Dog first surfaced back in July, when the game's composer, Gustavo Santaolalla, referenced a "new edition" that would enable players to interact with his banjo-playing cameo in the town of Jackson, selecting from ...

With every new operating system release and new iPhone, there are complaints about issues with battery life, and this year is no exception. There are often periods of rapid battery drain following an update or release due to behind-the-scenes syncing, but sometimes problems can persist longer. Battery life problems can be caused by new features Apple has implemented, bugs that need to be fixed, or simply an uptick in usage after an update. Whatever the cause, we've rounded up some suggestions on...