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The last few months have been bloody brilliant for RPGs, a period stuffed with massive, triple-A titans, gorged on inflated budgets and turgid with years of work from dozens or even hundreds of people, that have competed to devour hours upon hours of my time. And yet for a couple of weeks now I've been consumed by Moonring, another open-world RPG, but one that is largely the work of one man, and available on Steam for free. Moonring is Fable co-creator Dene Carter's sonnet to the Ultima series, ...

YouTube creators may be able to upload music that sounds like it was actually sang by famous musicians one day. According to Billboard and Bloomberg, the video hosting platform is developing an artificial intelligence tool that can mimic the voice of recording artists. It was also hoping to introduce the feature during its Made On YouTube event in September, where it debuted other AI-powered creator tools including a generative green screen. Obviously, its plan didn't push through, and it was ap...

Developer Parabole just released Kona II: Brume, a follow-up to their chilly adventure from 2017 that has you step back into your role as Detective Carl Faubert.

Did no-one tell Auntie Ethel that punching down is in poor taste?

Diablo 4 pets have long been a request of the game’s community, and while we don’t have any companions that can follow at our heel quite like those of Diablo 3, Path of Exile, or Diablo IV’s newest rival Last Epoch, there are a couple of furry friends that you can bring along on your adventure, and you can pet the dog if you want. Yet while cats get a little attention in the latest store update for Diablo 4 Season 2, Blizzard still remains unwilling to let us actually show them any love.

The KDE team are hard at work to make the next major release of the KDE Plasma desktop environment, my current favourite desktop and the one used on the Steam Deck. Now, we actually have something of a proper roadmap to Plasma 6.0.

Zen Studios, the team behind the Pinball FX series, is reportedly one of the latest companies to have been hit by layoffs this year. As shared by Videogamelayoffs (via VGC), an unnamed source from the studio revealed 32 members of staff from the Hungary-based developer had lost their jobs earlier this month. Zen Studios was one of the many studios acquired by Embracer Group in 2020, when the Swedish video game and media holding company acquired the developer through Saber Interactive.

Even with its easily-expandable storage, it can still be difficult to install every game you want on your Steam Deck, especially as modern PC games continue to demand more storage to contain their huge worlds. Thankfully, this brand-new 1.5TB SanDisk Ultra microSD may help solve our handheld woes, in addition to providing fast read speeds, and not hurting our wallets too much.

Today third-party developers shared news about a relevant aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator and released a brand-new airport. 

And the 'play to earn' Habbo X project remains in alpha.

The X.Org Developer's Conference - XDC 2023 has been going on for the last few days, and there's some good talks happening including a nice overview across two talks going over the state of HDR and Color Management.

What is the best MW3 AMR9 loadout? The AMR9 is a lightweight and versatile SMG that can be customized in various ways to suit your playstyle, whether that's improving the gun’s range or adding extra firepower so it operates more like an AR. The AMR9 gives the MW3 Striker loadout a run for its money to be the best SMG in MW3. We've decided to steer into the AMR9's strengths of being mobile and snappy, as well as being pretty fun to use, so have gone for a class setup and loadout to improve its mo...

On Sunday, October 15, fans eagerly tuned into the Minecraft YouTube channel to watch Minecraft Live 2023, hoping to catch a glimpse of all of the new content coming to the game - but they were in for an extra treat. Amidst the buzz of these highly-anticipated announcements, the spotlight also shone on a segment showcasing some of the most influential Minecraft content creators from all corners of the blocky world as they shared their own adventures in Minecraft.

Treat yourself to spooky spawns in the first part of this year’s Halloween event.

Starfield Steam sales are down, as the latest Bethesda RPG drops a number of places on Valve’s store just over a month since launch. At the same time, two other games from the Skyrim creator - Elder Scrolls Online and the once-troubled Fallout 76 - make significant gains on the latest Steam chart, jumping in popularity both globally and in the US specifically. Baldur’s Gate 3 meanwhile manages to remain in the Steam top ten after launching in early August.

The best dress designs will share the prize pool, and the overall winner will be featured in-game.

Following three years solely on the Epic Games Store, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2’s recent Steam launch was a largely happy occasion – save for it carrying over the same always-online requirement as it has on Epic. Yesterday’s 1.1 patch for the Steam version has now made offline play possible, but in a move that simultaneously makes loads of and absolutely no sense, it’s only available on the Steam Deck.

Oppo's first two horizontally folding phones caught our attention with their shorter 9:8.4 "golden" aspect ratio, but with the brand new Find N3, the company sided with a more conventional design, which is backed by some new software tricks to boost the multitasking experience. Not to mention an upgraded set of Hasselblad-branded rear cameras, a vastly improved folding durability, and the alert slider inherited from OnePlus — as we've already seen on the recent Find N3 Flip. The new foldable AMO...

Whether working, relaxing, or up close to the action, this chair provides the perfect support.

Flour, egg, banana, butter, salt. Given the ingredients at hand, I thought this was a decent attempt at making banana bread. The free cooking game Little Chef disagreed, and dubbed my dish 'Eggy Mess'. Everyone's a critic. But it's fun to puzzle out potential recipes, dragging ingredients into the pot, brushing my cursor against little physics-simulated spoons and plant fronds, and discovering what fresh horror I've concocted. It's free and playable in your browser, so hie thee to Itch.io and ge...

Immersive sims like Dishonored or System Shock can be very fulfilling, but they are also oddly stressful. After all, the flipside of the genre mantra of solving problems through imaginative application of the tools is that when you achieve a boring solution, that's all your fault. Did you miss the final jump while trying for a complex, third-storey infiltration in Deathloop, resulting in a sadly non-immersive firefight in the courtyard below? Did you fail to combo those magical abilities and ter...

The ninth annual Google for India event had a big announcement: the company plans to manufacture its Pixel phones in India, following steady growth in the country's demand for the devices. Google's senior vice president for Devices and Services, Rick Osterloh, positioned India as one of the company's most important markets for Pixel devices. Google aims to begin rolling out locally produced Pixel 8 smartphones in 2024, eventually expanding to other Pixel models. Google's contribution to the "Mak...

The best mid-range gaming CPU... returns with mildly higher clocks and price tag.

When I asked you - the Eurogamer readers - whether you had any questions for Remedy Entertainment's Sam Lake, I wasn't expecting quite the outpouring I got. I thought maybe there'd be a couple of dozen questions, perhaps more, but you submitted well over 100. It's a lot more than I imagined would come in, so thank you. It's a really encouraging precedent for doing similar things in the future. I asked Sam Lake your questions at the end of last week ahead of his visit to EGX. Sorry it's taken a f...

Yep, that's nice. Tech company Ayaneo is pumping out more hardware iterations than we can possibly keep up with, but its latest effort is of particular interest thanks to its remarkable resemblance to Nintendo's own DS line. Yes, the Ayaneo Flip DS is on its way (thanks, The Verge) and boasts a 7-inch 120Hz display screen with an additional screen housed in that classic clamshell design popularised by the Nintendo DS. A second iteration has also been announced called the Ayaneo Flip KB, only thi...

If you have a personal WhatsApp account and a business one — or two accounts of the same nature — you'll soon no longer have to carry two phones to be able to access them both. WhatsApp will finally let you add two accounts to one device, as long as you have a second phone number or a phone that supports eSIM or dual/multiple SIMs.  You won't even need to log out of one account to be able to access the other. To have simultaneous access to two accounts, go to the app's Settings page and click on...

The team is already working on the next patch. Wargroove 2 arrived on the Switch last month and if you haven't already heard, it's rather excellent. Here on Nintendo Life, we scored the sequel a 9 out of 10 - calling it a brilliant take on the tactics genre. Now, in an update, developer Robotality and publisher Chucklefish have released an update for the Switch version of the game based on the "initial feedback" they've received. There are also bigger update plans for the game's multiplayer and ...

Back in February, Meta launched a Telegram-like feature for Instagram called "broadcast channels," which introduced a one-way messaging feature to the app. It gave creators a way to update their followers without having to post on their main page. Now, the company is expanding broadcast channels' availability and is also bringing it to Facebook and Messenger. Creators and public figures with Facebook pages will now be able to send messages, including photos, videos and voice notes, to their comm...

Get them while you can. If you got hold of Sonic Superstars earlier this week on the Nintendo Switch, here's your reminder that there's also some free DLC you redeem.

The game hasn't even been released yet. Nintendo is already taking action against leaked Super Mario Bros. Wonder gameplay footage and it reportedly includes mod videos that show the flowers in the game swearing.

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If you think we won't sneak in a sly reference to New Vegas just because it's not a Bethesda RPG you don't know us very well.

"While supplies last". If you're planning on attending Nintendo New York's midnight launch celebration for Super Mario Bros. Wonder this week, there will be some special items up for grabs. Apart from the game itself, Nintendo's store will also be offering a special "framed art print" of Super Mario Bros. Wonder that you can display. It's limited to one per person and will be available while supplies last.

Airflow without fans.

Netflix today said that it is increasing the cost of some of its subscription plans in the United States, the UK, and France. Prices will be going up for the Basic and Premium plans in those three countries. In the United States, the price of the Basic plan will increase from $9.99 to $11.99 per month, while the price of the Premium plan will increase from $19.99 to $22.99 per month. The ad-supported tier price will remain the same at $6.99 per month, as will the $15.49/month Standard plan. Netf...