In an unusual move, developer id Software's free-to-play shooter Quake Champions is transitioning into a paid product, eight years after its original release. As part of the same move, the Microsoft studio is killing off the Microsoft Store version, meaning it's now only available on Steam.
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The FF14 Regalia mount returns courtesy of A Nocturne for Heroes, with just three weeks to snag the FF15 car if you want it for Evercold.
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Now's the time to pounce. Earlier this year, Nintendo increased the price of the Switch 2 across multiple regions, including the UK. While the console launched at £395.99 back in June 2025, its price was raised to £419.99 thanks to global component shortages. Right now, however, you can pick up a Switch 2 for £354.99 from either Argos or Smyths in the UK. This is comfortably the cheapest price you can currently find for the console anywhere in the country, saving you a cool £65 – enough to add a...
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I’m not saying that the reveal of Beat Saber’s "biggest update ever" was timed to coincide with a swell of VR interest induced by the new Steam Frame. But I am going to infer it, without evidence, before immediately moving on to what the sweaty sword-slashing rhythm game can expect when said update lands in Spring of 2027. First and foremost is an entire new mode, Flux. This sees Beat Saber ditch the sabers and dial up the beating, demanding your own bare hands punch, prod, and slap their way th...
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a ridiculous amount of stages... but are they all death traps? Brian David Gilbert consults the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to discover how many violations each stage has... and how much money they need to pay.
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Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave adds numerous quality-of-life tweaks to the game that seem small on the surface, but significantly boost the fun factor
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Castlevania's bestiary is terrifyingly large. In this Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert tries, multiple times, to understand the monstrosity of Dracula's domain, and ends up with something strangely hot.
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Qualcomm has launched a new chip that will enable AI features on small audio devices.
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The Mega Man robot masters were helpful before they became evil. But just how helpful were they? Brian David Gilbert locks himself in a studio to rank which ones were useful enough to be worth the risk of a robot uprising.
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Should you read every book in Skyrim? And what are the top five books in Skyrim? Brian David Gilbert is once again put in a suit and locked in a room in order to answer those eternal questions in this episode of Unraveled.
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Play it, for goodness' sake. Nintendo has announced that Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the latest title to receive a free trial for Switch Online subscribers. Available in both North America and Europe, you can download the full game from the eShop at no extra cost, with availability lasting until 30th September 2026. Save data will also be stored, so if you decide you want to go ahead and purchase the game outright, you can carry on from where you left off.
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Everyone knows the Zelda timeline is pretty incomprehensible. So in this episode of Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert puts every piece of Zelda media, canonical and noncanonical, into the timeline to make it a bit easier to understand.
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A budget mini keeb that somehow manages to feel high-end.
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Welcome to anime Hell.
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As you may be aware, they didn't invent irony until 1996, so 'Always' has none of it
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Obsidian will remain a "distinct" Obsidian with their own "creative identity and strengths", despite no longer operating independently of fellow Xbox-owned RPG makers Bethesda. That's according to Jill Braff, president of Bethesda and Microsoft's casual games division, in a memo sent to staff at the former following this week's layoffs and reorganising of studios at Xbox.
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I'm not sure what's more surprising: that Xbox never had a Platinum Trophy equivalent, that Xbox feels the need to have a Platinum Trophy equivalent, or that it's adding a Platinum Trophy equivalent now while restructuring the company.
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VAXEE sent over another mouse to take a look at with the VAXEE NP-01 Ergo Wireless (8K), so I've been using it for a few weeks to see what I think
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I don't know about that one, chief.
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Rockstar’s modding guidelines, recently updated in advance of GTA 6, say much about how you can’t dream up unofficial story missions, or give the upcoming instalment a cheeky unofficial PC port. But they don’t say a goddamn thing about crowbarring DLSS, DLAA, and FSR into 2008’s Grand Theft Auto IV, which is exactly what ChunkLeChuck’s DLSS IV mod has gone and done.
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See, now we want to know more. 1080° Snowboarding is one of the most commercially successful and critically-acclaimed N64 titles, bringing gorgeous visuals, realistic gameplay, and some kick-ass music to the console, making it one of the coolest titles around at the time. In an interview with Hyrule Interviews, however, veteran Nintendo producer and graphic designer Jim Wornell states that the game actually had "a ton of questionable stuff" removed in order to clear certification.
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Make sure to redeem these new Race Horses codes on Roblox and you’ll be swimming in the free rewards it takes to keep a horse racing with the best.
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As pros and prolific streamers remain divided on League of Legends, Riot says that it's nervous about making sweeping changes to the MOBA.
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This fix could hurt my wallet.
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Dressmaker has won itself rave reviews, as creator Jonathan of Cozy Lives expresses their delight at players calling it their “dream game.”
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Lightweight glasses with a pocket-size compute puck, micro-OLED displays, Snapdragon XR2 Gen 3 chip; however, just a 70-degree FOV and no controllers included.
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Revolut is trialing a new facial recognition system in the UK that could be convenient but controversial.
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Researchers and the Prime Minister of Australia have revealed more instances of OpenAI's agents going rogue.
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Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has a memorable cast of heroes, but which one would be the best hang?
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Ubuntu maker Canonical announced they're going to be pushing out Linux kernel upgrades more rapidly, due to the increasing amount of security issues
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The times when a pair of pants prove newsworthy are tragically rare, and when they are it's usually not a good thing. Thankfully, a community discovery in World of Warcraft: Forever has remedied that.
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Avengers: Doomsday's release date has been moved up in the UK, where it will be available two days before its US premiere.
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Daredevil: Born Again will end after season 3 on Disney, which hopefully doesn't spell the end for Matthew Lillard in the MCU
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Seems like Bethesda Softworks are ready to say goodbye to Quake Champions as this is seemingly the final major update, and it's now a paid game
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After nearly a decade as a free-to-play game, Quake Champions is dropping all that nonsense in favour of being a nice and simple premium release on Steam. That means no more battle passes, no more loot boxes, no more premium currencies. They've even got rid of the store. If you've played the game through any free events on Steam in the past, then you will be upgraded to a full version of the game automatically. And if you've bought any premium currencies in the past two months will be refunded. ...
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