J4MES OX4D
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Called this in January Call of Duty dips into 'pay-to-win' with $12 bundle that gives you actual gameplay advantages | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM A new premium operator comes with special "DMZ boosts."
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That's nice snapshot but this is what I am referring to:-
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Mordhau FREE on Epic until the 20th https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/mordhau
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Even more RE4
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Top sellers is just the daily revenue garnered from the product - with the game loaded with microtransactions and still costing £40, it's always gonna spike at the top now and then especially on days where there are minimal releases or just cheap indie games. The game has actually lost another 8.3% of players on Steam since season 3 launched and two days ago it dropped to less than 31,000 at peak time.
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This could be the final nail in the coffin for Redfall before it's even released.
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More Resident Evil 4
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IGN put of a gameplay video which does the game a further disservice in many ways. This is probably the worst video they have ever put out and that's saying something. This is part of their First campaign which promotes the latest releases but I haven't seen anything this bad and it's actually a brutally unfair reflection of the game by the way they've played it and how the video has been crafted. Painful
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They've basically added some minor backdoor microtranscations it seems but you play the game properly and you wont even notice or need them. I think they are for upgrades and stuff which can be earned quite easily by playing so I can't understand why anyone would want or need these. Stinks of something Ubisoft would do and have already done with their Assassins Creed titles. Thankfully I haven't seen anything in-game regarding these or a store so it's not noticeable whatsoever. Silly from Capcom though.
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I grabbed the remake a couple of days ago as I got a good deal with a voucher and had some spare time over Easter. So far so good and a very faithful remake. It's a much tougher game than the original - as the controls are significantly improved, they now throw more aggressive, faster and greater number of enemies at you to compensate the difference and it works. A couple of very tough sections in the first few hours that were fairly routine in its predecessor. I don't think the puzzles are as good in this one (so far) and some of the voice acting from a couple of characters is noticeably weaker but it's still great to see how things have changed and/or been improved in areas.
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I think Redfall will be DOA. £60 is an absolute joke for a game that is unlicensed and if you and your buddies wanted to buy this for co-op, it works out at spending £240! It's on the game pass but all that does is suggest that to mitigate the lost direct sales through users playing this way, they've bumped up the unit price which means real players who want to own the game get ripped off by paying an inflated premium and the game pass users who will try it out for 10 minutes or for a couple of weeks will get a free ride that brings in little revenue or success for the developers. Microsoft may have threw it on the pass because they know it would probably do worse than B4B even if they dropped it to £40. Arkane's demise is quite sad really.
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Mad day of football - Leeds thought they were heading to safety after beating Forest last week only to get dicked 5-1 at home to Crystal Palace today! Arsenal blew a 2-0 lead at Anfield to draw 2-2 despite Liverpool missing a penalty and several chances. Title race is now wide open. Chelsea languishing in the bottom half after spending £600m is also fucking hilarious!
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Resident Evil 4 Remake
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The game just gets easier and worse the more you play. The best bit is actually the tutorial but from then on, you just repeat the same areas with the same brain-dead AI doing the same things and getting more OP as the game progresses despite the dynamics not getting any harder. Interesting idea on paper but it just doesn't work especially with just 4 areas to explore. I think I ducked out after about 10 and if I played on another 15 to complete it, it would've been the same thing just repeating each level 10 times. The tutorial is actually the best part.
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Dying Light Enhanced Edition FREE on Epic until the 13th https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dying-light Shapez FREE on Epic also until the 13th https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/shapez-0929c9 Battlestar Galactica Deadlock FREE on Steam until the 9th Save 100% on Battlestar Galactica Deadlock on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision...
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I'm still using Windows 98😎 People really need to upgrade especially for security reasons. This is why I wouldn't turn my nose up at a free Windows update. I was a bit apprehensive going from 7 to 10 initially but it had to be done and it being free was a bonus. Can't stay locked to obsolete operating systems forever especially from a security standpoint.
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Keep forgetting this game exists. Totally free now and just had another update
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Those OG PS3's were bloody noisy too and were vacuums for dust! I think my unit must have been a 40gb one - it had the grey trim, no disc backward compatibility and 2 USB slots. From what I remember, I picked that one because it had a good deal - summat like saving £30 and getting MGS4 thrown in whereas the high-end units were still full-whack everywhere and in terms of the package, would've cost me almost £100 more. Don't think it was as low as 20gb though so I'm pretty sure it must have been 40gb and even then, that was more than enough but I certainly missed out on the backward compatibility aspect. I did buy a few PS1 games from the Store though and that's something Sony have really let people down with last gen and this with their PS Now and tiered PS+ framework. I had the awful Xbox 360 arcade to start with and then got a matte black slim 360 around 2011 which was an exceptional machine and about the 50th console iteration of its kind! Both the OG PS4 and XB1 were absolutely hideous in comparison to this gen of machines IMO.
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Oh and this is the unit type I had but I can't for the life of me remember what model it was. There were several first generation releases with variable HDD differences (20gb up to 160gb or something) and a different number of USB slots. The other difference between the models was some had a grey trim and other ones (larger capacity and 4 USB slots) had a chrome/shiny silver trim. Mine was just grey but it looked less tacky than the shiny ones I felt although my system was inferior in terms of disk space and slots. Thankfully we didn't have to do complete installs back then or suffer huge updates. Here is an example of the high-end first generation ones with the chrome trim and I also believe they had off-disc backwards compatibility for most PS2 games whereas other units didn't. Safe to say it was quite a messy launch just like the Xbox 360 and their Arcade units which still had memory cards, no HDMI support and no built in wi-fi capabilities. Not sure how things changed with the Slim and Super Slim iterations though. I really liked the design of the original PS3's though!
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The Xbox Live infrastructure was significantly better especially in terms of social features and the interface plus the exclusivity on content was quite important back then too. I used to play on both systems and Playstation was by no means all that inferior though and being free was pretty astonishing really. Also the PS3 offered a better resolution and cleaner image which was very noticeable chopping between both. PSN is absolutely horseshit value now though and although players will get their monies worth to play online, I think Sony have done a really poor job going forward for users. Failure to lay the groundwork during the PS3 era was pretty pivotal because going into the PS4 gen a decade ago, it was a culture shock having to suddenly stump up £50 for something you were getting for free a few weeks previous and there was very little benefit in comparison. The PS Now debacle, a lack of backward compatibility and now this convoluted tier system as they look to compete with game pass just persistently frustrates me personally. If Sony made their units exclusively backward compatible and had a clear single tier of PS+ then it would be so much better. No matter how many games they giveaway each month, it's not good enough and them being very passive during the early days of PS+'s inception was the catalyst for the mess ever since.
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A new handheld device to rival the Steam Deck They originally revealed this as an April fool but it was clear it wasn't and is the real deal
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Yeah basically when the PS4 dropped, PS+ was required to play online games against other players on that system. You could still connect to the internet and access features designed for the single player without it, but for anything PvP or co-op you then needed a PS+ subscription. PS3 you could access any online title without an attached subscription or restrictions. I was actually able to play the original Destiny without needing a PS+ subscription on PS4 but I couldn't access PvE/P events - if I tried to join one, it would bring up the Store Homepage. PS+ on the PS3 from what I remember was very limited and different to what it is now - it was more surrounding exclusivity bonus discounts, free trials of paid games and access to some PS1 classics. I'm not sure if there was any additional features bundled in since the PS4 launched and prior to the PS3 support getting pulled about 4 years ago but it was a very barebones service back in the day from what I remember. I've managed to dig up an old article with their reasoning for the charge Sony explains why PS Plus is required for PS4 online play - GameSpot WWW.GAMESPOT.COM Shuhei Yoshida says due to "large investment of resources" for online play, keeping service free would have been "absurd."
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Xbox Live servers were far better in terms of stability, lower latency and capacity. COD games ran strictly peer-to-peer in those days so things like this were key. This is what Xbox customers were paying for with their monthly/annual live subscription. The difference between Black Ops on the 360 and PS3 was night and day for example. The platform itself was far more fleshed out and polished compared to PSN's clunky, slow and rather bland interface. There was also the infamous PSN hack which caused a 6 week outage back in 2011. Can't complain though as getting all these services for free was brilliant value so compromises and a lack of quality had to be expected. PS+ on the PS4 was absolute dire value for money though but it's something Sony had to do to remain sustainable.
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Chelsea sacked Potter too which means they'll try and scupper Tottenham's approach for Nangelsmann.
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You could play any PS3 multiplayer game without PS+. Only since the PS4 was PS+ a requirement to play games online against other users. I didn't have to pay Sony a penny from COD4 to MW3 and every other online game in between.
