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Resident Evil Veronica remake already proving popular for Capcom, as wishlists reach an impressive milestone

Capcom revealed the news in a post on X, thanking players for their enthusiasm, and casually dropping links for the game’s store pages across the different platforms. Though far from having a one-to-one ratio with sales, wishlists are increasingly becoming an important metric. It helps publishers gauge interest, and on platforms like Steam, boosts the

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You can try the newly-launched Switch 2 port of Final Fantasy 14 for free, right now, if you have a spare 117GB

Perhaps the best news is that the game arrives on Nintendo’s hybrid console with a free trial, which includes quite a bit of content: the base game and three pretty sizeable expansions in Heavensward, Stormblood and Shadowbringers. You can download this now, and play today, at absolutely no cost. You will, however, have to set

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Sick of rage quitters? This indie dev has created a very funny answer to those inclined to tilt (and turn)

Khao Mortadios is the name of this developer from Astrobard Games, who posted a quick video of their upcoming indie game Generic Fighter Maybe on social media. This video shows something all fighting game fans will be familiar with: a lengthy game-winning combo resulting in an annoying rage quit right before the round is won.

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced patch makes the very important change of letting you hide Edward’s blowpipe

Where there's a will, there's a Kenway. The highlight feature of 1.0.6 is the addition of an option to hide the Blowpipe. This simply lets you remove the Blowpipe from the protagonist’s 3D model so it no longer appears on his back. To hide the Blowpipe (which sounds like a euphemism for something), you simply

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Rumours of an unannounced Elder Scrolls game are bogus, sadly

The bio, belonging to former associate game designer Griffin DeClaire – one of many developers impacted in recent sweeping Microsoft layoffs – said they had been working on an “unreleased Elder Scrolls title”. But Griffin not clarifying this meant The Elder Scrolls 6 has resulted in some people inferring that another Elder Scrolls game was

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Gamers report a BIOS update is bricking their Legion Go handhelds, and Lenovo is quoting over $250 to fix the issue outside of warranty

Though it’s a chunky handheld gaming PC, we highly rated the original Lenovo Legion Go (though we liked the Legion Go S SteamOS a fair bit more). Unfortunately, owners of the two-year old hardware are now reporting that a recent BIOS update is bricking their handhelds. The BIOS update in question is version N3CN42WW for

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Don’t be alarmed if you get an ‘account banned’ message in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on PS4 or PS5, you may not actually be banned

Though the ports have many technical shortcomings, one issue in particular has been a sticking point, and it is related to the game’s server security. Immediately at launch, players were exposed to the hacks and cheats plaguing the PS3 and Xbox 360 originals, but Activision has been making headway into preventing those exploits from ruining

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Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista could take over Kratos role in God of War live-action show, report claims

Sons of Anarchy actor Ryan Hurst had previously been cast in the role but tore a bicep while on set, meaning he wouldn’t be able to resume his physical role until the injury had healed in four-to-six months’ time. Show owner Amazon decided to recast Kratos as a result. Variety reported that Bautista was in

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Gigabyte is launching B550 AM4 motherboards and recommending four-year-old CPUs because the memory crisis is really that bad

You don’t need me to tell you the memory crisis is looking bleak, but, well, the memory crisis is looking bleak. So bleak, in fact, that Gigabyte has just unveiled a new series of AM4 motherboards. Yes, the socket we thought we’d be done with by now. The B550 X Series, as Gigabyte calls it,

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Arctic announces price rollback thanks to a US gov tariff refund, which will continue until ‘every single dollar Arctic received… has been paid back to our customers’

PC cooling company Arctic has secured a tariff refund from the US government. The company isn’t simply content to sit on the cash, though. As a result of the refund, Arctic is rolling back prices on its cooling components for US customers. On top of that, the company has also pledged to put the money

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