Your biggest Hogwarts Legacy questions, answered
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Octopath Traveler 2 brings back one of the most ridiculous video game Easter eggs
Party members from Octopath Traveler 2 huddle around a fire in the woods Acquire/Square Enix In search of small-talk ammunition for the next party? Here it frickin’ is Continue reading…
YouTuber trumps Razer with massive six-foot mechanical keyboard
110 massive MX-style switches, a space bar the size of an actual keyboard and a whole lot of hot glue...
Everything You Should Know About Marvel Snap’s Game-Changing New Season
Another four weeks has ticked by already, and Marvel Snap has entered its fifth season pass: Into The Quantum Realm. Timed to match this month’s release of the third Ant-Man movie, Quantumania , things are getting super-teeny, with the ironically enormous-headed M.O.D.O.K.
How to open eye chests in Hogwarts Legacy
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Apex Legends’ heroes are getting a class overhaul
Apex Legends season 16 won’t feature a new character, but its battle pass will deliver the usual range of armor and weapon skins. | Image: Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts Inside the perks and ‘paradigm shifts’ that will remake the battle royale in season 16 Continue
Game Pass’ February lineup brings Madden 23 to Xbox and PC
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Razer Leviathan V2 Pro
An intelligent soundbar with some of the qualities of a gaming headset.
Dead Space’s changes open possibilities for the series’ future
Image: Motive Studio/Electronic Arts The “new” Isaac begs the question: What else could Motive tweak? Continue reading…
After a long train of farces, The Day Before devs put out statement decrying 'disinformation' about their game
"Destroying is easy. Creating is difficult".
Stacked microLEDs could bring us the ultimate gaming monitor
Vertical pixelation could bring us "higher-resolution displays in a smaller footprint".
The Saga Of Microsoft Buying Activision Blizzard Just Took A Wild Turn
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick recently went on TV to say the UK would become “Death Valley” if it didn’t approve his company’s $69 billion sale to Microsoft. We now know why. The country’s Competition and Markets Authority announced provisional findings on Wednesday that
Hogwarts Legacy Demiguise Statue locations: How to get Alohomora
Collect the Demiguise Moons to unlock doors.
Krafton opens triple-A studio in Montréal to adapt Korean fantasy novel series
The PUBG Battlegrounds maker hopes to expand the studio significantly over the next three years.
Peloton bikes are some Black Mirror shit and unfortunately I’m into it
Image: Channel 4/Netflix Don’t think, keep pedaling! Continue reading…
6 Ways To Improve Your PS5 Controller’s Poor Battery Life
With the years-long PlayStation 5 shortage finally easing up a bit lately , odds are decent you might be a new PlayStation 5 owner. There’s a lot to love about Sony’s most recent console; but if you’ve spent any amount of time gaming on it, then you know the DualSense gamepad’s
Star Wars Jedi Survivor shows off slick prequel-style combat and a weird walk
Looks like we're collecting jackets this time around folks.
15 game demos to try before Steam Next Fest ends
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Nintendo responds to falling profits with 10% raise for Japanese staff
Illustration: Inkee Wang for Polygon Move contrasts with widespread layoffs in Western tech companies Continue reading…
UK regulator knocks back Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal
Publishing the provisional findings of its investigation into the merger, the CMA said it believes the move will harm Microsoft's rivals and "result in a substantial lessening of competition."
Whisker Squadron: Survivor is a neon Star Fox roguelite that you can play on PC right now
Enjoy some barrel-rolling cats.
This Mass Effect/The Office mashup convinced me Michael Scott is the canonical Commander Shepard
Basically the same series, when you think about it.
Finnish studio Fingersoft is letting staff work shorter six-hour days
Those who opt-in will earn 90 percent of their full salary, and Fingersoft claims the new option is a "better alternative" to the four-day work week.
How to solve the Ghost of Our Love treasure map in Hogwarts Legacy
You'll need a spell to help you figure it out.
Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs rumoured to be massively faster than 12th Gen Alder Lake
45% IPC boost alone, clocks and cores could add even more.
Screen Australia backs 11 local game devs with over $1.5 million in funding
The cash has been handed out to devs working on projects with a budget of less than $500,000.
Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials: How to solve every challenge
Ponder these puzzles for extra gear slots.
Q&A: Ditching objectives to create carefree city-builder, Gourdlets
Gourdlets is a whimsical city-builder that shuns preordained goals to let players find joy in the simple act of creation.
Wordle hint and answer #599: Wednesday, February 8
Today's Wordle: Help with the #592 puzzle.
'Shift Happens' is a gorgeous book about the story of keyboards
A complete history in two volumes.
Make the great Lord Sauron himself jealous with this LOTR keyboard
Servants of Mordor can now prove their undying allegiance to the Dark Lord with this Lord of the Rings gaming keyboard.
Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight Levels Remade In Unreal, Actually Playable
This is now, by my count, the fourth time we’ve posted about a Dark Forces x Unreal Engine remake. It is, however, the first time I’ve been able to post about one that is downloadable and properly playable by you, today, right now. Read more...
Bobby Kotick Says UK Will Become 'Death Valley' If Microsoft Purchase Isn't Approved
There are serious concerns being raised around the world over Microsoft’s planned $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, with opposition coming not just from Xbox’s competitors but everyone from Google to Nvidia as well . You would think such a precarious situation would
Where to find Slurp barrels in Fortnite
Here's how to hunt down those barrels of slurp juice to clear one of the newest weekly challenges.
Production has begun on EA's singleplayer Iron Man game
Boy, I wonder what they'll call the hardcore difficulty option.
Halo Infinite Adds Fan-Made Map Playlist, Fixing Huge Problem
Halo Infinite has had a rocky life. While it launched to critical acclaim, its multiplayer offerings have felt lacking, even compared to older Halo games’. One of the biggest problems facing the shooter is its lack of maps. And while 343 has added some over the last few
Here's when to earn Hogwarts Legacy Twitch drops for special cosmetics
Hogwarts Legacy has five cosmetics to earn exclusively through Twitch Drops.
Final Fantasy 14 dispute ends in the death of its most popular mod
GShade briefly became malware before it was wiped from GitHub.