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Assassin’s Creed Shadows review

Assassin’s Creed Shadows review

Alongside its tea ceremonies, rangu poetry and Sumi-e ink drawing, Assassin’s Creed Shadows makes several mentions of the Sakura festival, Japan’s annual cherry blossom celebration. The brief appearance of…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ new Anvil engine features impress on PS5 and Series X

Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ new Anvil engine features impress on PS5 and…

Assassin’s Creed Shadows marks a series milestone as the first entry developed with a total focus on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. It’s a bold transition with a…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows review: How Ubisoft learned to stop worrying and embrace imperfection

Assassin’s Creed Shadows review: How Ubisoft learned to stop worrying and…

You’re probably familiar with the Japanese art of ‘kintsugi’, quite literally meaning ‘golden repair’. Kintsugi is part-philosophy, part-art form. It revolves around the act of repairing broken pottery or…
Helldivers 2 players just held off “insectile Fascism” and the reward is another fun choice: fight “the Incineration Corps” or stop more planets going pop

Helldivers 2 players just held off “insectile Fascism” and the reward…

Right, you’ve clearly not had enough Helldivers 2 stuff to think about today, March 18, so you’ll be glad to hear that the latest Galactic War major order’s pretty…
Atomfall, Blizzard Arcade Collection headline Xbox Game Pass in late March

Atomfall, Blizzard Arcade Collection headline Xbox Game Pass in late March

We’re halfway through March, which means Xbox Game Pass is about to add another heaping helping of gaming goodness. The second half of the month will see co-op action-roguelike…
PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now

PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh…

Ben Porter, director at the consultancy firm NewZoo, is giving a GDC talk this week that picks out some highlights from the firm’s annual look at the state of…
Lego Pokemon is officially gonna be a thing in 2026, so prepare to seriously consider gluing the credit cards of the biggest nerds you know to the ceiling

Lego Pokemon is officially gonna be a thing in 2026, so…

Pokemon’s teaming up with another very successful company to create yet more things that you’re gonna have to exercise some serious restraint not to blow all of your savings…
The Samsung 9100 is faster SSD, but its speed isn’t for everyone

The Samsung 9100 is faster SSD, but its speed isn’t for…

PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro owners, as well as most PC users, don’t need to get worked up about PCIe 5.0 SSDs. Sure, they boast much faster advertised speeds…
Ratings board gives away Silent Hill f’s gut-churning tricks, listing face-slicing, arm-sawing and, worst of all, ‘exposed buttocks’

Ratings board gives away Silent Hill f’s gut-churning tricks, listing face-slicing,…

The ESRB—Entertainment Software Rating Board—is, notionally, there to stick age ratings on games that make sure little Timmy and Sally aren’t scarred for life by the torture scene in…
Monster Hunter Wilds players are using cheats to create hunts with absurd rewards

Monster Hunter Wilds players are using cheats to create hunts with…

While the vast majority of Monster Hunter Wilds players are tackling the game as intended, a select few nefarious hunters are using cheats to engage in unauthorized hunts, which…