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Spec Ops: The Line was a standout game for me. Although it's been popular at deep discounts and is rated very well, it really does deserve more recognition. It's basically a military-themed Gears of War set in Dubai with a powerful story

Yeah reviews seem to be a bit mixed - on the one hand the game seems quite archaic in terms of design and tech but on the other, it's like a typical Bethesda experience with lots to see and do. I really don't know what to expect and I'm also taking into account how the game may start off slow before it really gets going. Either way, at least it's something new and original to experience!

Starfield gets the mod of mods, the granddaddy of them all: script extender | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Hold on to your spacesuits.

1080ti will run this game just fine... ...in 720p

They are lucky teams like Luton and Sheff Utd are in there else they'd be prime contenders for relegation🤣 I love how shit they are as a business - literally just hijack other team's potential targets and then overpay by £40m taking it well over one hundred million and then the player turns out to be a total flop that wouldn't get into the QPR team! £1.5bn and find yourself behind Brentford lol!

If you're just using 1080p then you can expect to run most modern games at almost-maximum settings. There may be some issues with certain games especially the RAM hungry ones like TLOU but otherwise that's a half-decent rig that will keep you going for at least 4 years before you even have to consider really toning things down. £250-300 is a very fair price.

I love how there are hundreds of mods already and the game is still 4 days away from release🤣 A few picks I will mark for myself that others may be interested in:- Neutral LUTs - No Color Filters WWW.NEXUSMODS.COM Removes the color filters from the game, making the colors more uniformly neutral with deeper blacks. Starfield Upscaler - Replacing FSR2 with DLSS or XeSS WWW.NEXUSMODS.COM Replacing the in-game FSR2 with DLSS/XeSS Achievement Enabler WWW.NEXUSMODS.COM An achievement enabler for Starfield. Stops your save from being marked as modded. Starfield FOV WWW.NEXUSMODS.COM Change Your FOV! Smooth Ship Reticle (120fps Smooth UI) WWW.NEXUSMODS.COM Fixes the spaceship targeting reticle looking choppy. Also includes an option to boost every UI element to 120fps! Quantum Reshade WWW.NEXUSMODS.COM MAJOR REWORK! Quantum reshade brings you closer to the reality YOU want. Make your game look like reality with new groundbreaking imaging tech and emulation-ReShade

2 hours probably wont be enough - I hear it takes several hours before the game really gets going plus I have so many refunds on record plus the funds I used to buy this with, I dare not submit yet another request🤣

A part of me is regretting getting Starfield over this now🤣

Volition were always on thin ice after Agents of Mayhem. They were then given a reprieve and a huge budget for a new Saints Row game and then general feel from the community and their veteran developers was this was the last chance saloon. They made a catastrophic tonal change that did not resonate with the massive community and many longstanding fans had their points instantly dismissed so it created a lot of friction on either side. Embracer who have got themselves into some pickles of late likely did not want to continue paying 150-odd full time employees and then bankroll another future flop. If they had just made a traditional Saints Row game instead of going all vegetarian Watch Dogs then they probably would've been fine but this rebranding was always going to be poorly received. What also didn't help and just like Disney these days, the people they hired had no respect for the brand or the source material which makes it an incredibly hard sell.

This is gonna be a necessity Having issues with Starfield's FOV? Well you're not alone, but luckily there's already a fix | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Grab the tweaked .ini file now 2023 and Bethesda still can't incorporate a FOV slider in-game jeez! Good job the Creation Engine and configs are so moddable/editable..

Go woke, go broke strikes again Saints Row studio Volition has been closed down "effective immediately" WWW.EUROGAMER.NET Volition Games, the studio best known for its work on the Saints Row series, has been closed down "effective immediatel… 30 years and a monumental budget down the shitter thanks to awful design decisions.

I feel like I've been watching the same Belgium team for the past 20 years! Gareth needs to stop picking his buddies and focus on the future irrespective of the work and services those old experienced players have provided.

The way I see it, if people have been paying £50 for PSN which is a complete rip-off in itself then what's another £20 on top? Sony are yet to justify even the basic price they've were charging since 2013 let alone any rises. Anyone that has reservations about this increase should absolutely get out of it now if they have an alternative. Microsoft will go the same way in time so finding an alternative there wont make a difference - there's already been Game Pass increases and limitations and Xbox Live wont be fifty notes forever either. If you have access to a PC then every platform being free is still one of the most overlooked benefits. I've only been saving my PS5 for single player exclusives because there is no way I am paying £50 (now £70) just for something I can do for free on Steam, UbiC, Bnet, EA Play plus the rest. If Sony actually had a full streaming service and backward compatibility library in play for a fixed non-tier price then it would be worth considering but in its current form, PSN is a scandalous charge especially when Sony are leeching off of other people's servers and services 95% of the time. You're essentially paying top-dollar for patches.

Looks like this game is getting a new name - 'Dayworld' LMAO! The Day Before looks to be getting a new name, as November release date inches closer WWW.EUROGAMER.NET The developer behind upcoming zombie MMO The Day Before has filed a new trademark for something known as Dayworld, sugg… This game just keeps on clowning itself I honestly think it's just a prank as well as being a scam.

Reviews are slowly drifting in and it's not looking too good from the big boys. 75% on PC Gamer and a 7/10 from IGN and Gamespot so far. These are perfectly good scores however this game was supposed to be the masterpiece across the board that justified Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda and it being the huge console seller to bring Xbox closer to Playstation. Early indications suggest this isn't gonna be it although review scores are largely subjective and should be taken with a pinch of salt. Regardless, I expected a bit of a better media reception.

Very disappointed with Spurs last night. Same old culprits making the same old mistakes. I would've personally just fielded a full-strength side instead of relying on players that have proven time and time again that they aren't good enough and also don't have a future at the club. There's probably 4 that still need offing and another 5 brought in which includes like-for-likes and a new recognised striker. Sanchez is about as good as Gary Doherty was back in the day.

I definitely agree - I'd also much prefer to walk around a crafted planet with purpose than some barren wasteland generated by algorithms like in No Mans Sky. I think a lot of people who have genuine concerns are just a bit worried that the game isn't going to be as open or seamless as originally promoted especially with Todd Howard and Bethesda's track record.

The pandemic was a once in a generation situation which brought on many exceptional circumstances and the treasury was ultimately called upon to ensure the continuation of the economy and for the sake of the public. Welfare makes up a huge portion of taxpayer funding and this is something people and businesses relied on, en masse during this time. The entire economy would've hit a brick wall and people would've been burning through any and every penny they had to their name irrespective of savings and future earnings.

The boundary situation kinda leaves me in two minds - on the one hand there will still be plenty to explore and that includes crafted and generated material. On the other, things like boundaries, loading screens and invisible walls will add a certain level of tackiness and restrictions which could greatly impact immersion. Bethesda have pretty much said you can land and go anywhere on any planet so if there is a hint that you can only land in zones which are then further limited to a closed off boundary then that will be another atrocious lie by them and quite a bad one too. Thankfully those that have paid £25 more will get to play the game a week early so lots will be uncovered and reviews will also be in by then but I seriously hope this isn't an instance of cracks showing.

Geezer got arrested🤣 The Starfield Leaker Has Been Arrested, His Apology to Todd Howard Not Enough to Avoid Jail WCCFTECH.COM The story of the infamous Starfield leaker hasn't ended well, as the man was recently arrested for theft of property, among other things

25 years on from the original Way too early to judge but does look interesting. Not too sure about some of the futuristic elements but at least it's not too whacky. Defo keep my eye on this

Because Microsoft have made it abundantly clear that all 3rd party games must release on both the Series consoles simultaneously unless there are exceptional circumstances. Larian had to negotiate with Phil Spencer a way which BG3 could be played on the S and meet MS's requirements without the product being withdrawn at either end. This is not a normal circumstance and proves how difficult it is to meet the requirement set by Microsoft having this console in place. Losing local co-op on a game of this nature is an absolute hammer blow and this is a rare case of users knowing a feature has been removed - how many games in development and that have been released whereby features have been omitted because they are having to work in-line with the Series S. VRAM is the most critical aspect of these consoles so this BG3 issue is stark proof and this is also a 6 year old game with a fairly tried and tested engine. Developers have been very clear on the limitations and restrictions going on for a year now. EA release FIFA on Switch simply for extra money - they launched the same game 4 years in a row with merely squad updates and they are very clear about this. FIFA 22 was still FIFA 19 in everything but name. It's not comparable because Nintendo do not have any stipulations that multiplatform games are to launch simultaneously with their rival counterparts and what is expected of them. EA are not doing it to cater to Nintendo fans - they are just oozing as much dosh as possible and are self-publishing through Nintendo's open market. MS's publication contract requires that softwares are compatible with all current systems and this is where devs are being challenged and limited. There are absolutely stacks of interviews and information about this all over the net. You also mentioned mobile phone upgrades and that just highlights my point - Apple stop supporting older models to push users towards newer iterations and because maintaining older and outdated frameworks hamper growth development of apps and services. There is also not one developer in existence who looks at Steam's hardware survey to determine how to make a game - they do not limit themselves in this way. If they want to swerve MAC, Linux, Win7+ because it holds them back or wastes time then they will do this and many do. It's not 'elitist' to be concerned about how the Series S is holding things back and certainly developers must feel rather frustrated - people bought into this current gen with huge expectations. The S is a bizarre bridge between the One X and Series X and just another Microsoft unit filler. Starfield and Baldurs Gate 3 may be huge games but they can be ran at max settings on a 8 year old PC. Those are games that have been in development for 6+ years as it is but for proper next gen titles, they will likely have to be scaled back just to suit a minority and their publication contract with Microsoft.

Those games were released after their mainline counterparts were completed and did not impact development. The big complaint from developers and publishers currently is them being restricted and having to essentially scale back or produce two different versions of their games simultaneously - this not only reduces the quality and potential of the product but can see timescales increase. Resident Evil 2 N64 is a perfect example because the project was offloaded to a small studio, who in a year were able to optimise the already-completed Playstation build and release it as a standalone a year later. This did not impact the original game, it did not hold back development and an N64 version was not taken into consideration throughout either. It was a welcome surprise but the gap between the PS and N64 was not as wide as it it is with the S and Series X especially in terms of internal technologies and optimisation scales. Nowadays developers are having to produce games with the S in mind - it's nothing more than an Xbox One X.2 integrated into this generation. Sure it has an attractive price-point for for £200 more, you could get the big brother and use it the entire generation. Plop it on finance and you can pay for it over 5+ years rather than pay £250 now and then another £450 down the line. The S will probably stop receiving support before 2025 and a lot of developers will have already twisted Microsoft's arm in mandatory support by then because it's going to prove more and more unworkable. Many developers including Remedy and Larian (who are struggling with developing Baldur's Gate 3 for Xbox currently) have been pretty vocal about this Control Developer Explains Why Xbox Series S Is a Problem for Devs GAMERANT.COM One of Remedy Entertainment's devs chimes in on the Xbox Series S, explaining why the low-spec console is a problem for the developers.