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007 First Light sounds like it’ll be getting Hitman-style post-launch missions, but with more “actiony things” Also, it probably won’t have really luxuriously rendered loos. Image credit:IO Interactive The bald man always hungers for more folks to drown in toilet water, so IO Interactive have kept feeding their Hitman a steady stream of post-launch targets with each entry in the World of Assassination trilogy. It sounds the devs’ll be taking a similar approach with 007: First Light , albeit with some Bondy twists....

Abiotic Factor’s next update brings in an upgrade system, a chilly new zone, and best of all, functioning bins Bin it to win it Image credit:Deep Field Games Right, anybody fancy a new Abiotic Factor update? Well, it’s not ready just yet, but developer Deep Field Games did share a look at the game’s upcoming Cold Fusion update that looks like it’ll be a beefy one. As you can probably guess by the title of the update, there’s a bit of a chill coming, specifically in a new area called the Residence Sector....

After a rough reception and evidence of art theft in Marathon, morale is reportedly in “free-fall” at Bungie “The vibes have never been worse” Image credit:Bungie Bungie aren’t having a very good week are they? First there were those accusations of Marathon using assets without permission from the artist 4ant1r34l (Antireal), which Bungie admitted to taking place . Then yesterday there was a livestream featuring game director Joe Ziegler and art director Joseph Cross which was filled with chat messages about said asset usage for practically the entire stream....

After seven years, Spelunky creator’s retro compilation UFO 50 will release in the second half of 2024 For real this time Image credit:Mossmouth It’s been a hot minute since we last wrote about UFO 50 , the 50-games-in-1 8-bit retro collection from the makers of Spelunky , Downwell and friends. It’s been MIA for several years now (and no wonder, given these are 50 full-sized games being made by several different, and likely very busy, developers), but at long last, Spelunky creator Derek Yu has posted an update on Steam saying the project is finally nearing completion....

Ah yes, here’s Megabonk’s Halloween update, just in time for Christmas The Knightmare Before Christmas Image credit:Vedinad Who’s that I hear coming down my chimney? Why, it’s… Megabonk’s “Spooky” update? No, that doesn’t sound quite right to me either, and yet it is in fact the truth of this world. As you’ve probably already gathered by the name of the update, this is one that was meant to be out for Halloween, but developer Vedinad needed a touch more time for it....

Alienware’s Aurora R16 with an RTX 5070 Ti is reduced, and it comes with Battlefield 6 Take me to your deals. Image credit:Dell If you’re looking for a discount on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 T i PC, discounts are popping up all over the place. Yesterday, I pointed out iBuyPower is cutting prices ahead of Labor Day , and now Dell’s gaming brand, Alienware, is getting in on the fun with a discount on its popular Aurora R16 with an NVIDIA 5070 Ti that brings it to $1,699....

All 26 Stoneville Whimstars in Infinity Nikki Here’s how to find and solve every Whimstar in Stoneville Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Papergames Looking to collect all 26 Whimstars within Stoneville in Infinity Nikki? Stoneville is a small and fairly vertical region found to the west of Breezy Meadow in the fantastical world of Miraland. And, as with all the different world regions in Infinity Nikki , it’s packed with Whimstars that you can collect to unlock new skills and Outfits in the Heart Of Infinity....

All Black Myth: Wukong Chapter 4 bosses and where to find them All 18 boss locations in Chapter 4 of Black Myth: Wukong Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Looking for all the Chapter 4 boss locations in Black Myth: Wukong? Chapter 4 has a few very challenging bosses to keep you on your toes as you enter the latter half of Black Myth Wukong ’s story. But as always, finding them is no easy task....

All Content Warning monsters and how to escape them Here are all known monsters in Content Warning and how to escape them Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Landfall Publishing Looking for a list of all Content Warning monsters? Content Warning is a co-op horror game where you record monsters and other spooky occurrences in a bid to go viral, wrack up the views on SpookTube and ultimately, make money. As such, Content Warning comes with a long list of monsters with their own challenges and attacks....

All working Borderlands 3 SHiFT Codes for February 2026 Free Keys! Image credit:Gearbox Maybe you’re playing Borderlands 3 for the first time ready for the movie, or doing a Borderlands marathon just to remind yourself what’s what and who’s who in the world of Pandora. Either way, you’re going to want some SHiFT codes to make the most of looter shooter chaos. In our Borderlands 3 shift codes guide, we’ve rounded up all the working shift codes (spoiler: they all give you free in-game stuff) and how to redeem them, so you can get kitted out with some of the best guns out there....

An Alienware Area-51 with with an RTX 5090 has a 31% discount for Black Friday The most powerful GPU around? Image credit:Dell The Black Friday weekend is almost over (although Cyber Monday is just hours away), and while we’ve covered how you can get an Alienware RTX 5080 build at a discount , Dell’s deals extend to the RTX 5090, too. Right now, you can snag an RTX 5090 PC from Alienware with a 23% discount , bringing it down to $4,249....

Animal-loving horror Zoochosis is an open homage to The Thing You can pet the giraffe, but maybe don’t Image credit:Clapperheads I think we’re well into “milking the gimmick” territory for bodycam horror games now - last week’s Digested may have been one giant snake too many - but Zoochosis does have the additional virtue of being heavily inspired by the cute doggy scene from The Thing. And also, perhaps, Five Nights At Freddy’s ....

Apex Legends’ new Battle Pass plans promise greater rewards, but for more of your real-world money No more Apex Coin freebies Image credit:EA Ever since the hat was invented by Valve Corporation in 2009 , mankind has grappled with questions of fairness, worthiness, and pride – at least as they pertain to microtransations in free-to-play games. Shooty battle royale Apex Legends is the latest to posit an answer, that being “the Battle Pass should cost more money”....

Arc Raiders boss boasts of being able to AI generate guns from Youtube videos, but says it’ll never replace “the human aspect” Though it may replace certain humans Image credit:Embark Studio Embark Studios CEO and former EA guy Patrick Söderlund has been chatting about the usage of generative AI and machine learning in Arc Raiders , the forthcoming looter shooter with the neat motorbike helmets. He’s of the opinion that while generative AI tools at large are “pioneering” inventions that “should completely change how this industry functions”, “the human aspect is still essential”....

As everyone questions if extraction shooters will ever get mega popular, Arc Raiders lines up another playtest Run a marathon in my shoes Image credit:Embark Studios I feel like all I’ve been seeing the past few days is people asking if Marathon will be the game that finally brings extraction shooters into the mainstream. No one seems to be quite sure, mostly because it isn’t done or out yet. The thing is, it’s not the only extraction shooter due out this year that’ll put that question to the test, as Arc Raiders is one the way still too....

As The Sims Project Rene switches to being “mobile-first,” EA vaguely tease the series’ “next evolution” Darwin couldn’t predict this one <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-sims-4_qNnJAR6.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“As The Sims Project Rene switches to being “mobile - 1”> I think as long as you make a new year’s update post before the incredibly arbitrary date of January 13th, you’re still able to do so without me thinking “come on, it’s almost February”, which is exactly what EA did with their new years Sims update post ....

Assassin’s Creed, please remember how silly you used to be Oi oi what’s all this then Image credit:Ubisoft Quebec Assassin’s Creed Shadows is special to me, in the sense I don’t usually sit through whole games I’m not especially enjoying just for more opportunities to watch storms and gales, orange leaves whipped up by horse footfall, and flashes of illumination from distant lightning. It is a game that transforms weather from the subject of idle small talk to excited big talk....

Avowed: Best Marius companion build Here are the best abilities for Marius, your Ranger dwarf companion in Avowed Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Obsidian Wondering what the best build is for Marius, your second companion in Avowed? Marius is the self-proclaimed ‘best tracker in the Living Lands,’ and you’ll run into him the midst of a bar fight. Crack some skulls together and Marius will gladly accompany you on the remainder of your quest, questioning your decisions with standard dwarven gruffness whenever he can....

Bandai Namco’s rather glorious-looking Baten Kaitos RPG remasters are now on Steam One of the Gamecube’s best beloveds returns to challenge today’s card-battlers Image credit:Bandai Namco Edwin backstory fragment #345: the greatest usage to which I have ever put my failing grasp of mathematics is determining how many different RPGs I could buy using the “same” money, by dint of trading them in promptly at Gamestation for carefully calculated diminishing returns....

Battlefield 6’s second beta weekend kicks off today, with EA making some playlist and matchmaking tweaks Back into the booms you go Image credit:EA The dawn of the second Battlefield 6 open beta weekend is here. Before it got underway, EA made a few tweaks based on feedback from last week’s bout of FPS ing about, with the headliners being some playlist changes and the introduction of custom match searching....