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Valorant's New Performance Score Could Rewrite How Competitive Shooters Measure Skill

Most fans of tactical shooters can probably agree that there's rarely a more satisfying sight than having your name at the top of that scoreboard. Sometimes, it doesn't even matter whether the match went well; if you have the most kills, you're the king of the world, and that's that. However, ValorantPatch 13.06 seems...

Final Fantasy Game is Permanently Shutting Down on October 6

Unfortunately, yet another Final Fantasy game is on the verge of shutting down, so anyone interested in playing will need to make sure that they do so ASAP. The vast majority of the Final Fantasy games Square Enix has released over the years are single-player. However, the franchise has occasionally offered multiplayer...

Turns out you can download more battery as Valve's latest update for Steam Frame adds up to 12%

Valve has pushed yet another update for SteamOS on the Steam Frame. It includes power efficiency improvements, eye tracking accessibility, and improved streaming reliability. Also something about grabbing handles?Improved power efficiency and battery lifetime during both streaming and local gameplay, with gains of up t...

Delisted Doctor Who Infinity Now Available On Humble Store

Doctor Who Infinity, a story-driven, episodic match-three puzzle game, was delisted in 2022 after Tiny Rebel Games' license with the BBC expired. However, if you missed out on what DWM called the "best Doctor Who stories ever told in a video game," you can grab it right now on the Humble Bundle store for just $12.

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Just Made Three Houses Look Surprisingly Small on Switch 2

One of the biggest changes Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has from its predecessor, Three Houses, is its approach to the main protagonists and their stories. Instead of having to stick to one path and narrative for a single playthrough, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave allows players to jump back and forth between the four p...

PS5 gets "AI-guided upscaling" a bit like PS5 Pro's, and it's available now in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei

AI image upscaling is coming to PlayStation 5, Sony has announced, and it's available already in two games: Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei. Read more

PUBG extraction shooter Black Budget canned less than a year from reveal, after Krafton decide it won't "deliver an experience players could enjoy over the long term"

PUBG: Black Budget, an extraction shooter spin-off of Krafton's battle royale, has been cancelled after just under a year of closed alpha testing. Krafton cited a lack of faith that Black Budget's "current direction" would lead to "an experience players could enjoy over the long term" as the reasoning behind their call...

New FPS Official Releases Confirmed For October

October has the year's strongest lineup of new FPS games, with picks spanning a wide range of subgenres. Obviously, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 sucks most of the oxygen out of the room, but you don't have to pick up Activision's game to get your fill of first-person shooting. Throughout October, we will get our hand...

I hate having to prove my brand loyalty just for the chance to buy hardware at full price

Nobody likes scalpers, man—it's already hard enough to get the latest and greatest hardware, let alone with some enterprising bad actor and their bots buying up all the available stock, and then charging an even greater fortune for sought-after bits of kit. That said, I'm not really a big fan of the anti-scalper measur...

Which Ghost Of Yotei Trophies You Need To Buy Fox Plush And Other Rewards

A little over a year ago, PlayStation launched a rewards program that grants people who have unlocked certain in-game trophies access to real-life merch. That program has now been expanded to include even more Ghost of Yotei goodies, including a plush version of Atsu’s trusty fox.