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Well, its international break again and good time to take stock. Prem wise not sure how Sunderland have managed it, but they keep on flying high. Home form is so crucial and its a very intimidating place to go. So many teams having a stutter. Man City a small resurgence, Liverpool free falling. For once it does keep it very interesting week to week for sure. Can't see Wolves or Burnley staying up currently. Not enough in their teams for me. I'm loving watching Moyes take Everton up the table though. Decent team, some good English talent in them. I hope they make Europe. Championship...ahh, well i'm trying hard not to think about it. Blackburn are in a sorry state, on and off the pitch. I don't know how the next few years will go tbh. I was probably hoping we could somehow be forgotten and sneak up the table. You never know as its far too early. Frank Lampard's Coventry City (IYKYK 😉) have been excellent upfront. Unless they start to bottle it, they should be now clear favourites...although their defence really haven't been tested and are pretty poor back there. I fancy Middlesborough still. Losing a Manager and still winning, thats tremendous value for money. A very good squad too. I think everyone else maybe in false positions. Lots of teams aren't performing well but have gathered points. I still wouldn't have put Sheff Utd, Southampton and a few other big names down the bottom though. Maybe Sheff Weds could pull off the unthinkable and stay up?

Console and Deck... YES Please!! The rest... no thank you The specs are nice, if there is a way to sideload an app to it (Plex or Jellyfin), then I am all over this! Models 512GB model and 2TB model Steam Machine will ship in a bundle with Steam Controller and will also be available standalone Specs CPU: Semi-custom AMD Zen 4 6C / 12T up to 4.8 GHz, 30W TDP GPU: Semi-Custom AMD RDNA3 28CUs 45GHz max sustained clock, 110W TDP Supports 4K gaming at 60 FPS with FSR Ray tracing supported Over 6x more powerful than Steam Deck 16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM 512 GB & 2 TB SSD models micro SD card slot for expanded storage/ portable catalog Internal power supply, AC power 110-240V I/O DisplayPort 1.4 Up to 4K @ 240Hz or 8K@60Hz Supports HDR, FreeSync, and daisychaining HDMI 2.0 Up to 4K @ 120Hz Supports HDR, FreeSync, and CEC Ethernet 1 Gbps USB-C 10 Gbps, 3.2 Gen 2 4x Type USB-A ports 2x USB 3 in the front 2x USB 2 in the rear 2×2 Wi-Fi 6E, dedicated BT antenna Integrated Steam Controller 2.4GHz radio Other features Works with other controllers, accessories,and PC peripherals Wake with Steam Controller Runs SteamOS Familiar, gaming first user experience Fast suspend / resume Steam cloud saves, and all the other Steam features you’d expect Customizable LED bar Personalize with colors and animation Reflect system status (e.g. downloads, booting, updating)

Fine.... Once things calm down over here, I will grab this... we need more farm games with guns.

I kind of feel like Blackburn have turned a corner, at least on the pitch, I'm pretty ignorant about the rest. As for the Prem, I did not foresee LFC having some major issues, it's definitely been a more interesting league the last couple of years. Just waiting for the Arse to bottle it again 🤭 Please.

I checked and my Gamepass subscription for December increased to £22.99. I have now cancelled the subscription and I doubt I'll ever own another Microsoft console ever again. Xbox 360 was a great console and experience, and they have completely fumbled the ball since then.

This is a decent look at the console/PC offering.

So, after 7/8 years in early access Tarkov 1.0 gets released in just over a week. Finally releases on Steam too. Apparently there's going to be a storyline, they've been keeping things close to their chest so don't know much more than that. To experience the full version means I will have to wipe my character, which will be a fucker but I'll definitely be doing it.

Ok so I've hit level 20, been playing every night since I bought it on Saturday. This game is basically e-crack. Anyway, I've learned quite a bit, some of it isn't in any of the millions of Youtube videos and I had to figure it out myself so I'll drop those pearls of wisdom all over bones' mum the thread. Firstly, and this is imo one of the three biggest things to know about this game, is that you can drop in for any reason you want. Sometimes I'll just grab a free loadout, hoarde as much shit as I can and then extract. This is howI strongly suggest everyone start, as picking fights WILL lead to some of the most hilarious, devastating and embarrassing deaths. These robots are out to kill, and kill you they will. For your first hour or two, the free loadout will be your friend. You have nothing to lose so can go balls-to-the-wall with it, and if you die, nothing lost. Secondly is the attitude towards loot. Loot is everywhere in this game. Find a building? Full of loot. Find a car? Could have loot. Kill a robot? Full of loot. Kill a dude? Full of loot. It's everywhere, and habit says that you need to hoarde as much as you can. Whilst this is good when you're running low on resources, you can also end up collecting a load of shit which isn't useful at that point in time. You'll also suffer from "gear fear", ie. dropping in and then getting killed, losing all your shit in the process. This hurts the first few times, but once you adjust your mentatlity to realise that you can hustle up most of that stuff again in a few rounds with a free loadout and it's all gravy. Don't be too precious about loot, you're gonna lose it anyway. Thirdly is the unlocks and upgrades. Stuff like workbench upgrades, Scrappy upgrades, skills, etc are all permanent. These are your focus, the gear and loot is merely a way of getting there. Fourth is don't pick fights randomly. These robots are absolutely ruthless and WILL fuck you up if you're caught off guard or aggro then when you're not prepared. Even the tiny ones can be a pain in the ass and many will also call for backup, so make sure you're prepared before engaging. Rule no. 1 is never, ever engage out in the open, as they'll retaliate and your peace will be shattered in to a small little skirmish of death. Make sure you've got cover, make sure you've cleared out the room you're using as cover, and be aware of your surroundings. I've got shitloads more but I'll leave it at this for now. There are also tons of third party resources which help a ton, I'll link to them later. Get on this game. It's bloody good and bloody entertaining. Often hilarious.

Did not expect something like this but its early access release is imminent Assetto Corsa Rally on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Assetto Corsa Rally is a high-fidelity rally sim built for precision and challenge. With 3D laser-scanned stages and cars, professional co-driver support, and dynamic conditions, it delivers a demanding...

yea, thats where I am at as well. Especially once the Steam console/ pc comes out. Shit I might even sell all of my 40k stuff to get that thing sooner. I could put it in the living room and then the wife and I can game again

Just when you thought Bethesda couldn't sink any further, they've just released Fallout 4 Anniversary for £53/$60 and in the process broken the majority of established mods. They are also now offering 'their' own paid mods for an extra £20. So basically they have repackaged something you could've bought for £14.99 a month ago, butchered every mod in the process - some of which had 6+ years of work on them so they can reintroduce their paid mod fetish which has failed 3 times already. This company is beyond being creatively and morally bankrupt. I can't see how they will survive beyond 2030 even with a new Elder Scrolls game. Microsoft also need to shoulder a huge portion of the blame as they've done nothing for the studio who still rely on outdated tech and concepts.

If they do, they'll probably demand £39.99 for it!

So, theprice of the Steam version is live and quite surprisingly there's a discount on it for the next 48 hours. 32 quid for the standard edition is decent. £19 to add the co-op PVE mode. Still, i won't hold my breath on anyone picking it up 🙃 Save 25% on Escape from Tarkov on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid...

Jokers. Its been 14 years now since the last Elder Scrolls and at this point I wouldn't trust Bethesda with boiling an egg 🙈

Jimmy Broadband did a video on it recently, looks ok i suppose but early access can get to fuck : )

Wait... you gotta feed chickens in this game? Farming with guns? maybe I will check it out

I've had about 4/4 successful extractions this evening but the last one was absolutely chaotic - I only went in to the Dam location to see if I can get some apricots for the chicken as part of the challenge but I ended up getting in several firefights. I downed a couple in a 3 way battle after craftily springing on the wounded ones and then evaded about 3 other battles in and around the water treatment extraction elevator which was very tense and I don't think anyone there wanted to lose their gear so we seemed to exit one at a time🤣 The experience is more chilled the earlier in the day but come the evening it's very PVP-heavy and nobody can be trusted.