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  Review: The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-07-2023, 11:00 AM
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  Review: The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

  An easy purchase for new players but maybe a hard sell for existing owners.
  
  It was not until I reinstalled the original PC release of The Outer Worlds that I was able to really appreciate the improvements made with the release of The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition. Initially, I believed that this looked exactly like the same game that I had played on PC back in late 2019 when it first came out.
  
  "I'm just not seeing what makes this Spacer's Choice Edition worth...

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  Poll: What Platform Do you Game on the Most?

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-06-2023, 07:40 PM
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  Poll: What Platform Do you Game on the Most?

  5 Voters

  Consoles (Ex: PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, etc.)	20.00%	1 vote
  PC (Including Steam Deck)	80.00%	4 votes
  Mobile (Ex: iOS or Android phones/tablets)	0%	0 votes
  Standalone VR (Ex: Meta Quest 2)	0%	0 votes
  Other (Ex: No preference or maybe you play only at arcades or those handheld Tiger Electronic games)	0%	0 votes

  The poll is expired.

  Do you prefer consoles? PC? Maybe mobile is your preferred platform?
  
  This month's poll is a bit generic if only because I really don't know what to ask right now and this is the easiest thing that came to mind. The question is simple: Which sort of platform do you prefer to play games on?
  
  Do you like playing on consoles? Do you prefer to play games on PC? What about mobile games? Maybe you prefer to spend most of your time on your phone playing this, that, or the other....

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  Last-gen Versions of Hogwarts Legacy Delayed by a Month

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-06-2023, 06:26 PM
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  Last-gen Versions of Hogwarts Legacy Delayed by a Month

  The release shifts from April to May.
  
  Though Hogwarts Legacy has been out for a little while now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, the last-gen release was nowhere to be seen. That's because that last-gen version was expected to be out on April 4, 2023. Now, that April release has been pushed back further, meaning that PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners won't get to play until May 5, 2023.
  
  The official Twitter account for Hogwarts Legacy says that this delay is...

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  How to Fix Both Nvidia's and AMD's Broken Driver Updates

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-06-2023, 05:41 PM
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  How to Fix Both Nvidia's and AMD's Broken Driver Updates

  Both companies just released new GPU drivers that could potentially harm your system.
  
  This hasn't been a good week for those of you who use video cards from either Nvidia or AMD. Chances are, that's probably all of you reading this. Both companies released new video drivers that could possibly cause either increased sustained CPU usage after exiting a game or, in the case of AMD, destroying your Windows install.
  
  Let's start with Nvidia's relatively minor issue first. If...

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  Cities: Skylines 2 Coming Soon

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-06-2023, 03:53 PM
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  Cities: Skylines 2 Coming Soon

  A next-gen city builder is coming.
  
  Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order just announced Cities: Skylines 2. This will be a full sequel the the awesome 2015 city building game Cities: Skylines. Sadly, today's announcement was a little light on the details about what fans can expect in this full-fledged sequel but there are at least a couple of interesting bits to share.
  
  First off, we know from today's announcement trailer that Cities: Skylines will be out in 2023. The...

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  Wrestlin' Nation: Dozens of Additional DLC Superstars Coming to WWE 2K23

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-06-2023, 02:15 PM
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  Wrestlin' Nation: Dozens of Additional DLC Superstars Coming to WWE 2K23

  24 new playable wrestlers is still technically "dozens."
  
  2K announced the roadmap for post-launch Superstars that will be added to WWE 2K23 in the months ahead. They have a lineup of 24 additional playable wrestlers that you will get to optionally purchase as separate packs or that will be included with the Season Pass, the Deluxe Edition, and the Iron Edition of WWE 2K23.
  
  The additional Superstars include the likes of the Steiner brothers, Zeus (not the Greek...

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  Sonic Creator Admits Guilt in Insider Trading Case

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-03-2023, 11:50 AM
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  Sonic Creator Admits Guilt in Insider Trading Case

  Yuji Naka says he "knew the facts" in a public admission in the first day of court.
  
  This week saw the start of the trial against Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic and Balan Wonderworld, as he stands accused of insider trading. The trial concerns Naka's ownership of shares worth $1 million and $20,000 respectively in both ATeam and Aiming Inc. These two companies worked with Square Enix on the creation of mobile games such as Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier and Dragon Quest...

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  Meta Quest 3 VR Headset Allegedly Coming Later this Year

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-02-2023, 07:06 PM
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  Meta Quest 3 VR Headset Allegedly Coming Later this Year

  Thinner, more powerful, and more expensive.
  
  According to a new report by The Verge, Meta recently shared an internal presentation where the company outlined the next several years of virtual reality releases. According to the report, Meta will release three new Quest headsets, smart glasses in 2025, AR glasses in 2027, and something Meta is calling a "neural interface" smartwatch.
  
  The Verge says that this roadmap was shared with employees in Meta's Reality Labs...

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  Dead by Daylight Film Announced

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-02-2023, 06:07 PM
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  Dead by Daylight Film Announced

  From the production studio that brought us The Purge and M3GAN.
  
  Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are teaming up with Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive to create a film based on the asymmetrical multiplayer game. Details on this announcement are light but we do know that it will expand upon the Dead by Daylight universe rather than attempt to be a straight adaptation of the game.
  
  The movie is still probably ages away from being released. At present, Atomic Monster's...

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  Pwnage Announces New Ultra-light StormBreaker Wireless Mouse

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-02-2023, 05:27 PM
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  Pwnage Announces New Ultra-light StormBreaker Wireless Mouse

  The new mouse boasts a total weight of just 53g.
  
  If you're into having an ultra-light mouse for your gaming rig, you may be interested in checking out the upcoming StormBreaker mouse from Pwnage. Clocking in at a total weight of just 53g, this mouse uses a body made out magnesium to achieve that lighter weight. They also cut a bunch of holes in where having a solid piece of material really isn't necessary, like a lot of these ultra-light mice are doing these days to help keep the weight...

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  Counter-Strike 2 Reference Included in Latest Nvidia Driver

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-01-2023, 07:01 PM
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  Counter-Strike 2 Reference Included in Latest Nvidia Driver

  Is the long-awaited Source 2 release just around the bend?
  
  For a few centuries now, fans of Counter-Strike have been longing for their beloved FPS to receive an engine update to Source 2. After all, other Valve titles have received the treatment, some of which having been updated almost a decade back like Dota 2.
  
  This week, rumors of the mythical Source 2 release of Counter-Strike flared up when the official Counter-Strike Twitter account updated their Twitter banner....

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  New Deep Rock Galactic Game Trades Co-op FPS with Single-player Bullet Hell

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-01-2023, 04:43 PM
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  New Deep Rock Galactic Game Trades Co-op FPS with Single-player Bullet Hell

  This new game is quite the departure from its origins.
  
  Funday Games and their publisher, Ghost Ship Publishing, just announced Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. Gone are the co-op first-person shooter shenanigans that fans have come to know and love from the original Deep Rock Galactic. In Survivor, it's just you versus an onslaught of baddies.
  
  Funday Games is calling this a "survivor-like auto-shooter." You can probably think of this as Vampire Survivors but with...

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  Atlas Fallen Dated for May 16

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-01-2023, 03:40 PM
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  Atlas Fallen Dated for May 16

  Release date announced along with new screenshots.
  
  Focus Entertainment and development studio Deck13 Interactive say that their fantasy action-RPG Atlas Fallen will be out on May 16. This release will have you battling giant creatures in "superpowered combat" on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
  
  New screenshots were also released today showing off the game in action. You can find those below along with a little refresher on what this game is all about....

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  EA Fires Over 200 Apex Legends QA Testers via Zoom

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-01-2023, 03:03 PM
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  EA Fires Over 200 Apex Legends QA Testers via Zoom

  Of all the ways to let someone go, doing it via a Zoom call and after a night shift shouldn't be one of them.
  
  On February 28, EA tried to quietly lay off over 200 quality assurance (QA) testers from their Baton Rouge office. These QA testers were primarily working on the Respawn Entertainment developed battle royale game Apex Legends. The initial reporting about these layoffs came to light via Kotaku, who says that the layoffs happened via a Zoom call.
  
  The process of laying...

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  Final Fantasy 16 is Probably Coming to PC but Not for a Very Long Time

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 02-28-2023, 05:12 PM
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  Final Fantasy 16 is Probably Coming to PC but Not for a Very Long Time

  So is this PC version that "doesn't exist" actually announced now or...?
  
  Earlier this year, Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida said that if you wanted to play the new Square Enix developed RPG you should just "buy a PlayStation 5." He sure seemed to indicate at that time that a PC release of the game just wasn't in the cards yet.
  
  Of course, this is assuming you ignore the initial trailer reveal of Final Fantasy 16 that included...

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