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STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl May Have Just Been Given a December 2023 Release Date
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl may have been given a December 1, 2023, according to distributor Plaion’s website.
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DSOGaming just posted:
Red Dead Redemption 2 DLSS 3 Mod can improve performance by 50%
Modder ‘PureDark’ has shared a video, showcasing his upcoming DLSS 3 Mod for Red Dead Redemption 2. According to the modder, DLSS 3 Frame Generation can improve performance by 50% in Red Dead Redemption 2. In order to capture the following gameplay footage, PureDark used an AMD Ryzen 7 5800 with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX …
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Eurogamer just posted:
Overwatch 2 is now Steam's "worst game of all time"
It was only released on Steam two days ago, but Overwatch 2 is already breaking records, albeit probably not the ones Blizzard was hoping for. In just 48 hours, the free-to-play hero shooter has become Steam's "worst game of all time".
Despite peaking at around 75K players and amassing thousands of reviews, the shooter has leapt to the top of Steam's chart of the ...
https://www.eurogamer.net/overwatch-2-is-now-steams-worst-game-of-all-time
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun just posted:
Relive your Command & Conquer glory days with the free demo for Tempest Rising
While we continue to hope and wait for news of another Command & Conquered Remastered Collection, I'd recommend giving Tempest Rising a look to tide you over, especially now there's a free demo for it over on Steam. You don't have long to give it a pop - it will disappear on August 28th - but this base-building RTS harks back to the C&C ...
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Gamespot just posted:
Overwatch 2 On Steam Has Overwhelmingly Negative Reviews
For the first time ever, Blizzard has launched a game on Steam, but the company's first title on Valve's digital storefront--Overwatch 2--isn't being received very well by players.Overwatch 2 came to Steam on August 10, and people wasted little time making their feelings known. The game currently has an "overwhelmingly negative" aggregate review score after nearly 50,000 ...
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Kotaku just posted:
Fan Painstakingly Ports WipeOut, Dares PlayStation To Shut Him Down And Make Its Own Remaster
WipeOut was Sony’s initial first-party exclusive for the original PlayStation when it launched back in 1995. The anti-gravity racing game was phenomenal. Now it’s abandoned. So one dedicated programmer took it upon himself to excavate the game’s leaked source code and make it playable for free in any web browser.
https://kotaku.com/sony-playstation-wipeout-remaster-free-pc-port-ps-plus-1850728999
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PCGamesN just posted:
GTA and RDR2’s biggest roleplay communities have joined Rockstar Games
The development team behind the leading Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 roleplaying communities are now officially part of Rockstar Games, the GTA 5 developer announces. FiveM and RedM are the primary multiplayer modification tools used by the best RDR2 and GTA RP servers, and the developers behind it have now joined Rockstar, as we await fresh ...
https://www.pcgamesn.com/grand-theft-auto-v/fivem-redm-rockstar-games
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Eurogamer just posted:
Lollipop Chainsaw remake delayed to 2024
The upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw remake has been delayed from 2023 to the summer of 2024.
Developer Dragami Games announced the delay today, alongside a fresh name for the project: Lollipop Chainsaw RePop.
Dragami blamed the delay on a need to ensure the game reached "the best possible quality experience", something which required it to "extend the development period".
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https://www.eurogamer.net/lollipop-chainsaw-remake-delayed-to-2024
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DSOGaming just posted:
Remnant 2 Patch 08.10.23 brings further performance optimizations
Gunfire Games has released Patch 08.10.23 for its third-person action-survival shooter, Remnant 2. According to the team, this latest update brings further performance optimizations, packs some Quality-of-Life improvements, and resolves a number of bugs. Going into more details, Patch 08.10.23 for Remnant 2 features ongoing optimizations to improve overall ...
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/remnant-2-patch-08-10-23-brings-further-performance-optimizations/
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DSOGaming just posted:
NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 537.09 fixes DirectStorage performance issues in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
NVIDIA has just released a new hotfix driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 537.09 fixes DirectStorage performance fluctuation issues in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Alongside this fix, the NVIDIA hotfix driver 537.09 features all the tweaks, fixes and improvements ...
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Eurogamer just posted:
Animal-splicing tycoon sim Let's Build a Zoo gets Aquarium Odyssey DLC next week
Let's Build a Zoo, the cheerful tycoon game with a penchant for animal splicing, is almost ready to swim with the fishes; it's previously announced Aquarium DLC finally has a release and will be making a splash on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch next Thursday, 17th August.
Let's Build a Zoo, for the uninitiated, offers a mix of familiar zoo ...
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IGN just posted:
'We Want to Save This Job': Inside the Marvel VFX Workers' Fight to Unionize
After years of crunch, impossibly tight turnarounds, and drastically low pay, Marvel's VFX workers are embarking on a potentially groundbreaking attempt to unionize. IGN talked to several organizers and VFX workers who broke down what they're fighting for, and what led them to this point.
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Eurogamer just posted:
Games Done Quick's all-women charity speedrunning event returns this weekend
If it's quick you want then it's quick you'll get this weekend, as Flame Fatales - the summer all-women charity speedrunning event from the Games Done Quick team - returns for another seven days of impressively speedy gaming feats.
Flame Fatales gets underway this Sunday, 13th August, at 5.30pm BST. That marks the start of a half-hour pre-show, but ...
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Kotaku just posted:
Baldur’s Gate 3: The Kotaku Review
Baldur’s Gate 3 has been propped up as a big-budget, computerized approximation of a tabletop role-playing game, but that’s not entirely accurate. Sure, as an RPG rooted in Dungeons & Dragons’ Fifth Edition ruleset, complete with dice rolls, big decisions, and enough customization options for your build, appearance,…
https://kotaku.com/baldurs-gate-3-bg3-review-dungeons-dragons-rpg-larian-1850726491
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Gamespot just posted:
Stock Up On Steam Deck Games For Cheap With This Awesome Bundle
The beauty of the Steam Deck is that if a game has earned a Verified label on it, it means that it'll work just fine on the portable PC gaming system, no questions asked. Just install, launch, and you're good to go. If you've been looking for a few more Steam Deck Verified games to add to your collection, then check out the Summer Edition of Fanatical's Build Your ...
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PC Gamer just posted:
The 26-year-old Quake 2 just got the remaster of my dreams, plus a big expansion
This is a serious remaster, with crossplay, co-op, new graphics options, the source code for modders, and more.
https://www.pcgamer.com/quake-2-remaster-release
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun just posted:
Baldur's Gate 3 review: the rumours are true, this is a really good RPG
It's possible you've already played some of Baldur's Gate 3, with Larian Studios having had their massive fantasy RPG in a successful early access for just under three years. It's very good. But if you're one of the many who haven't, the premise is thus: an ancient evil has, as ancient evil is wont to do, arisen once more to threaten the great ...
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/baldurs-gate-3-review
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun just posted:
Quake 2 remaster released, includes Quake 2 64 and new expansion
Surprising few but delighting many, id Software and Bethesda have released a Quake 2 remaster to inaugurate this year's Quakecon. An enhanced edition of the 1997 game, it includes the mission packs The Reckoning and Ground Zero alongside levels from Quake 2 on N64. All that for £8 or $10, plus a brand new expansion titled Call of the Machine, ...
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/quake-2-remaster-released-includes-quake-2-64-and-new-expansion
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IGN just posted:
Emmy Awards Delayed to 2024 Amid Hollywood Strikes
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will now take place on January 15, 2024, the Television Academy and FOX jointly announced on Thursday amid ongoing strikes from two of Hollywood's largest unions.
https://www.ign.com/articles/emmy-awards-delayed-2024-amid-hollywood-strikes
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Kotaku just posted:
Destiny 2 Taps Keith David As Zavala To Replace The Late Lance Reddick
Ever since John Wick and The Wire actor Lance Reddick suddenly and unexpectedly passed away earlier this year, Destiny 2 fans have been wondering what would become of his iconic character, Commander Zavala. Today, Bungie announced that veteran actor Keith David, beloved for his video game work in Halo and Mass Effect,…
https://kotaku.com/destiny-2-lance-reddick-keith-david-zavala-final-shape-1850725305
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