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• Crusader Kings 3 is getting an RPG-style inventory system
• EPOS H3 Hybrid review – not a great headset for gaming PCs
• After New World, Amazon is publishing Lost Ark, and the beta’s already hit Steam’s top ten
• The best Call of Duty Vanguard Volk loadout
• Destiny 2’s Trials of Osiris is returning to card-based matchmaking and flawless pool
• Call of Duty: Vanguard release time confirmed
• Rune Factory 4 comes to Steam in December, bringing the series to the Stardew Valley crowd
• Warfare in Victoria 3 will be a radical departure from other grand strategy games
• Skyrim’s expansive lore library is now 45% off on Amazon
• There might be more Intel Arc GPUs coming to gaming PCs than expected
• Best computer speakers 2021 – let the gaming music play
• League of Legends heads to the Epic Games Store
• The best Genshin Impact Hu Tao build
• Epic’s next free game is not a game
• The best Call of Duty Vanguard M1928 loadout
• Europa Universalis 4’s “important” 1.32 patch brings a whopping 450 items
• Elden Ring release date: the latest details on Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin’s game
• Total War: Warhammer 3 release date, pre-orders, and everything else we know
• Here’s what’s in all four editions of Elden Ring, and the pre-order bonuses
• Intel Alder Lake gaming CPUs reviews round-up – what do the critics think?
• Football Manager 2022 review – peerless planning
• Total War: Warhammer III gets new release date and day one Game Pass PC launch
• Elden Ring has a Breath of the Wild-style map system
• Best Black Friday deals on gaming RAM
• New World update brings changes targeting coin selling, exploits, and bugs

Crusader Kings 3 is getting an RPG-style inventory system Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:30 PM PDT We've already gotten a look at the artefacts you'll be able to place in your throne room in Crusader Kings III's upcoming Royal Court DLC, which was recently delayed to next year. But it turns out there's quite a bit more to the new artefact system than furniture and draperies. You'll be able to wear certain artefacts for certain bonuses, and they'll wear out with heavy use. If you have a claim to an artefact, it can even be used as grounds for war. The latest Crusader Kings III dev diary provides some new details into the grand strategy game's upcoming DLC feature, and it makes for interesting reading. Crusader Kings has always been a role-playing game, sure - you're playing the role of a medieval ruler of some kind - but Royal Court is going to make that even more explicit. Your character will have a new paper doll-style inventory screen, which is where you'll be able to equip certain kinds of personal artefacts. Wearing artefacts will grant certain bonuses specific to that weapon or piece of jewellery. The Uyghur Brooch, which is shown in the diary, might grant a +15% bonus to fertility and a 0.18 per month boost to prestige gain, for example (naturally, these stats are all subject to change prior to launch). View the full site RELATED LINKS: Crusader Kings 3 review, The best Crusader Kings 3 mods, Play Crusader Kings 3

EPOS H3 Hybrid review – not a great headset for gaming PCs Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:10 PM PDT EPOS has wasted no time in cementing itself as a premiere headset brand in the wake of its split from Sennheiser, standing tall as masters of the microphone. The EPOS H3 Hybrid tries to continue this legacy by riffing off the design of the original EPOS H3 that came out a few months ago, and while it succeeds in doing a little more than just cutting the cord, it might not be the best gaming headset out there for PC gamers. Instead of chucking Bluetooth compatibility into its flagship headset and calling it a day, EPOS wants the H3 Hybrid to be a one-stop shop that pairs with virtually any device - and in some cases, two at the same time with one wired and the other wireless. It's not the first to make multi-connectivity a headline feature, but I sure can't see enough of it when the Nintendo Switch still requires you to run your voice chat through a third-party platform. But if a PC is your main gaming device, it's difficult to justify the $179 / £149 MSRP when the hybrid wireless connection comes with caveats and there are several alternatives. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Best SSD for gaming, How to build a gaming PC, Best gaming CPU

After New World, Amazon is publishing Lost Ark, and the beta’s already hit Steam’s top ten Posted: 04 Nov 2021 01:47 PM PDT Amazon Game Studios brought us New World just over a month ago, and despite early issues, it's been a staggeringly popular entry in the MMORPG scene. But Amazon announced earlier this year that it would be publishing the South Korean MMO Lost Ark worldwide, presumably confident that the two games would not be eating into the same audience. Either way, Lost Ark is now in closed beta testing, and even with a limited rollout, it's popping off on Steam. The Lost Ark closed beta launched earlier today, and has reached a peak of 87,635 concurrent players, as SteamDB shows. That's the tenth-highest peak on Steam today, ahead of such perennial favourites as Destiny 2, Dead by Daylight, and Rainbow Six Siege. For comparison, New World's open beta reached a peak of 141,668 players a few months ago. The closed beta lasts until November 11 at 11:59am PST / 2:59pm EST / 7:59pm GMT. You can get guaranteed access by picking up a founder's pack, starting at $14.99 / £13.20 / €14.99, or you can head to the official site to sign up for a free invite. View the full site

The best Call of Duty Vanguard Volk loadout Posted: 04 Nov 2021 01:23 PM PDT If you're wondering what the best Call of Duty Vanguard Volk loadout is, then here's how to build this powerful assault rifle to dominate the battlefield. With impressive base stats, the Volk is a worthy choice as one of the best Vanguard guns and ideal for players looking for a good allrounder to win close to long range fights. The Volk suffers from poor recoil control, but is described as being quick and mobile. It certainly is a lightweight assault rifle, so we're able to sacrifice mobility to balance the Volk's range and recoil. The Volk's versatility makes it great for players who don't have a specific playstyle, and want to adapt to the different Call of Duty Vanguard maps without tinkering with their loadout. We've focussed on creating a loadout that improves the weapon's control and recoil, while complementing the mobility and increasing the range. Although this assault rifle is best used in medium range, our Vanguard Volk loadout includes attachments that can span close and mid to long range combat. View the full site

Destiny 2’s Trials of Osiris is returning to card-based matchmaking and flawless pool Posted: 04 Nov 2021 01:11 PM PDT The data is in, and Bungie's latest experiment with Trials of Osiris matchmaking is going in the bin for now. The win-based matchmaking system seen in the most recent Trials resulted in players spending significantly less time in the FPS game's competitive mode, and Bungie says that between the data it collected itself and the feedback it's gotten from players, the experiment was definitely a learning experience. When the next Trials of Osiris goes live November 12, it'll be running on the familiar system - you'll track your wins on a card you pick up from Saint-14, entering a special matchmaking pool once you've gone flawless for seven games. The advantage to this was that if you're a player who struggles to go flawless during Trials, you can wait until the Sunday reset when all the players who have gone flawless shift into the flawless pool, pitting you against other similarly skilled players. However, Bungie has explained that there are problems with this approach - for instance, the timing of the reset is inconvenient for players who live outside of US time zones, and players who only manage to squeak out a flawless must suddenly face other flawless players exclusively, creating a massive difficulty spike. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Destiny 2: Beyond Light review, Destiny 2 exotics, Play Destiny 2

Call of Duty: Vanguard release time confirmed Posted: 04 Nov 2021 11:49 AM PDT Activision Blizzard has revealed when exactly you'll be able to play Call of Duty: Vanguard on PC. The developer has taken to Twitter (below) to share a nifty infographic that spells out when the new war game will release in your region. Call of Duty games are chonky beasts at the best of times when it comes to download space, but you'll be glad to know that you have plenty of control when determining the Call of Duty: Vanguard PC install size. If you stick to Vanguard's multiplayer and Zombies modes, you'll only have to spare 36GB of storage space on your PC. However, if you throw in the campaign, you'll need to free up 61GB of space. If you're looking to boost your graphical performance, you can also dedicate an additional 32GB or 64GB as a hi-rez assets cache, which should aid you in streaming high-resolution assets more efficiently. All in all, you're looking at 125GB if you want to download everything that's on offer, but it's not a necessity. View the full site

Rune Factory 4 comes to Steam in December, bringing the series to the Stardew Valley crowd Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:47 AM PDT If your introduction to RPG-style farming games was Stardew Valley, buddy, there's a whole world of wonders out there to discover. ConcernedApe's next game, Haunted Chocolatier, is putting a greater focus on combat, but the Rune Factory series has been doing the same for classic farming life sim Harvest Moon (or Story of Seasons, if you prefer the modern name) for ages. Now, Rune Factory is finally coming to Steam. The PC launch of Rune Factory 4 Special was announced earlier this year, but now the developers have provided a precise release date: December 7, 2021. You can pick it up on Steam or the Microsoft Store, and the game will be coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on that same day, too, nearly two years after this 'Special' version hit Switch. (And the better part of a decade after the original 3DS game came out.) Rune Factory 4, like previous entries in the series, bulk up the farming RPG concept with more traditional adventuring elements, dungeon crawling, and combat. RF4 Special adds new difficulty options, the Another Episode DLC, and updated in-game cutscenes. View the full site

Warfare in Victoria 3 will be a radical departure from other grand strategy games Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:47 AM PDT Ever since Victoria 3 was announced earlier this year, there's been one topic I, and many others, have been waiting patiently to hear about - Warfare. As much as grand strategy games have evolved beyond map-painting in recent years, warfare is at the heart of all of them. Even Crusader Kings, the infamous family murder simulator, has a robust combat system where you order armies around the map. That's all set to change with Victoria 3, it seems, and my feelings are decidedly Mixed™. In this week's development diary, game director Martin 'Whizzington' Anward laid out the fundamental vision for the strategy game's warfare mechanics, in a similar way he laid out the vision for the game at large just after announcement. He outlines several pillars, such as warfare being costly, being a concept that's in flux due to the technological changes that happened during this period, even about preparation. The most important and game-changing pillar though is that Victoria 3 will no longer let you order individual units or armies around the map. "All decisions you make regarding warfare are on the strategic level," the diary reads. "Warfare in Victoria 3 is focused on supplying and allocating troops to frontlines between you and your enemies. The decisions you make during war are about matters such as what front you send your generals to and what overall strategy they should be following there." View the full site RELATED LINKS: Victoria 3 release date, The best grand strategy games on PC, The best strategy games on PC

Skyrim’s expansive lore library is now 45% off on Amazon Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:33 AM PDT If you've never been deep inside a Draugr barrow, stuffing your pockets with books and then shuffling carefully through halls of the undead because you're over-encumbered, then frankly, you've never really played Skyrim. But there's another way to enjoy the vast lore of Tamriel (besides storing all the books in one of your multitudinous Skyrim houses): physical copies of the books from the Skyrim world come bundled together in three gorgeous volumes as the 'Skyrim Library', and they're now 45% off on Amazon, bringing the price down to $57.99. It looks like Black Friday has come early. The Skyrim Library contains three different hardback volumes. The first book, The Histories, delves deep into the history of Skyrim and its peoples. The second volume is Man, Mer and Beast, offering insights into the variety of fantastic creatures that inhabit Tamriel's northern reaches. Finally, the third volume, The Arcane, shares lots of fascinating details about magic and the religions you'll encounter while playing the game. Each book is filled with the contents of the tomes that you can find scattered throughout the world on your adventures among the Nords, and accompanied by beautiful artwork from the game's creators. The whole set is presented in a deluxe collector's slipcase decorated with an iconic scene from the game. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Skyrim mods, Play Skyrim, Games like Skyrim

There might be more Intel Arc GPUs coming to gaming PCs than expected Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:26 AM PDT Intel's gearing up for the release of its Arc Xe GPUs, and its foray into gaming PC graphics could be enough to make Nvidia and AMD sweat. Yet, while rumours suggest that the blue team's offerings include a graphics card that rivals the RTX 3070, a driver update suggests that there could be as many as 32 different DG2 SKUs. Spotted by LaptopVideo2Go forum user Andi_84, the driver features 32 new GPU DG2 IDs, around six times more than the DG1 did at launch. Scheduled to release tomorrow alongside Intel's shiny new Alder Lake series of gaming CPUs, the update also includes support for integrated Xe-LP graphics, as well as Alder Lake-P high-end and Alder Lake-M/N low-powered mobile graphics. Naturally, the driver's newly acquired ID set hints that the new Intel lineup will feature more models than before. However, it's not clear whether two separate drivers will be used for desktop and mobile variants, meaning there could be less individual SKUs than the software update suggests. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Intel Core i9 9900K review, Intel Core i7 9700K review, Best CPU for gaming

Best computer speakers 2021 – let the gaming music play Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:20 AM PDT The best computer speakers aren't intrinsic to every gaming PC setup, especially since the best gaming headsets can give you the edge in FPS games. Of course, injecting your ears with gaming sounds comes with the caveat of being tethered to a desk. And while the best wireless gaming headsets can provide you with a degree of freedom, there's nothing quite like filling your gaming cave with high fidelity audio. Speakers are commonplace within many of the best gaming monitors and laptops, but convenience usually comes with compromise. While integrated speaks work just fine, they often produce tinny audio and a distinct lack of clarity and definition in comparison to good quality, standalone computer speakers. Naturally, there are a wide range of specs and price points to consider when it comes to computer speaker sets. Whether you're looking for a cheap set of speakers, the best soundbar, a surround sound extravaganza, or you're looking to upgrade to true audiophile sound quality, we've rounded up the top speakers to sit on the best gaming desk. There are even some with RGB lighting if that's your bag. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Best SSD for gaming, How to build a gaming PC, Best gaming CPU

League of Legends heads to the Epic Games Store Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:24 AM PDT While it's previously only been available via Riot Games' own launcher, League of Legends has now headed to another platform - the Epic Games Store. The news comes as part of the studio's mega, game-spanning celebrations of the upcoming Netflix spin-off show, Arcane. So far, we've seen Riot's flagship MOBA game make its way to the studio's other Runeterra universe games, PUBG Mobile, and now Fortnite - which is where Epic Games comes in. Starting today, fans can access League of Legends' PC version via the Epic Games Store, along with some of its sister games Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and Valorant. It's still free to play, of course, and you can find it right here on the company's store. The good news is that established League players will still be able to sign into their regular accounts and access their existing friends list, according to Epic Games, so it sounds like you won't need to start all over with the new option. "Riot Games is one of the world's best developers and creators of ground-breaking entertainment franchises," says the Epic Store's VP and general manager Steve Allison. "We're excited they've chosen to partner with us to bring their titles to millions of new players through the Epic Games Store." View the full site RELATED LINKS: Best LoL Champions , League of Legends patch 11.23, LoL tier list

The best Genshin Impact Hu Tao build Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:05 AM PDT Looking for the best Genshin Impact Hu Tao build? Hu Tao is the featured five-star character in the latest Genshin Impact banner. She wields a polearm and is a Pyro based five-star character - the perfect combination for a deadly DPS dealer. You can discover part of her backstory by participating in the Papilio Charontis Chapter story quest. Hu Tao is the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. She loves to cause trouble and is said to have a very 'punch-able face'. Hu Tao's elemental skill allows her to enter the Paramita Papillo state. In this state, all of her attacks become Pyro attacks and they receive a damage boost based on her max health. Now that Hu Tao has been out for a while, it's safe to say she has some of the best single target damage in the entire game. Unsurprisingly, this has earned her a high spot on our Genshin Impact tier list. When paired alongside a DPS dealer that specialises in AoE attacks, you can easily create a devastating combo to take you through the hardest Abyssal Moon Spire levels. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Play Genshin Impact for free, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide

Epic’s next free game is not a game Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:01 AM PDT It's Thursday, and you know what that means – another round of free PC games from the Epic Games Store. Well, that's normally what it means, anyway. This week, you can grab the futuristic city-building game Aven Colony, but Epic's has revealed that next week's free game isn't a game at all. Instead, it's a bit of additional content for the free-to-play shooter, Rogue Company. The Rogue Company Epic Pack includes the characters Switchblade and Scorch, 20,000 battle pass XP, and Switchblade's Inferno Imp outfit. You'll be able to grab it from the usual Epic Games Store promotion page on Thursday, November 11 at 8am PST / 11am EST / 4pm GMT. It'll be there for one full week, at which point it'll be replaced by another freebie. As always, you'll 'purchase' the content at a price of zero dollars, and it'll remain in your library just like anything you might pay money for. The store page describes Rogue Company as a "third-person tactical action shooter that puts the fate of the world in your hands. Defeat the enemy team in objective and action based game modes featuring exotic locales, thrilling gun-play, and explosions… lots of explosions." View the full site

The best Call of Duty Vanguard M1928 loadout Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:44 AM PDT Want to know what the best M1928 loadout is in Call of Duty Vanguard? The M1928, also known as the Thompson or Tommy Gun in previous Call of Duty games, is easily one of the best SMGs in Vanguard. At close range, this weapon is capable of taking down enemies very quickly thanks to its fast rate of fire, and it features a drum magazine which packs a whopping 50 bullets per clip. The downside to using a drum magazine is the weight - it's heavy enough to slow down your movement and reload speed. Compared to the best MP40 loadout, the M1928 is slower, has heavier recoil, and isn't as effective from medium to long range, but we can fix these problems with the right set of attachments. We're going to take advantage of the M1928's close range capabilities by building a stealth loadout for this SMG. This weapon is perfect for sneaking into buildings, allowing you to slowly eliminate enemies while staying completely invisible on the minimap. Here's everything you need to build the best M1928 loadout in Call of Duty Vanguard. View the full site

Europa Universalis 4’s “important” 1.32 patch brings a whopping 450 items Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:20 AM PDT Historical grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV is getting a new expansion - Origins - next week, and the development team have done its customary sharing of the patch notes ahead of release. Accompanying the newest EU4 DLC is patch 1.32 'Songhai', and it contains over 450 changes according to the patch notes - so it's probably unsurprising that one of the strategy game's associate producers has called in an "important" one. This is also a great way to separate what's coming as part of the premium expansion, and what's coming as part of the free patch. Historically, content in the free patch has tended to outshine content in the premium update, but in this case things seem to be a bit more even if you discount all the fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Patch 1.32 will introduce nine new government reforms for African nations, as well as eight additional estate privileges. There are also eight new formable nations, and the infamous Zulu nation can spawn during the course of the game as well. Add to this 52 new monuments, and some reworks of existing nations. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Europa Universalis IV DLC guide, The best Europa Universalis 4 mods, Play Europa Universalis 4

Elden Ring release date: the latest details on Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin’s game Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:11 AM PDT It finally happened: we now have an Elden Ring release date. Previously announced at the Microsoft E3 conference a few years ago, Elden Ring has been confirmed for Xbox One and Windows PC and will be produced by Bandai Namco, and developed by Hidetaka Miyazaki's studio, FromSoftware. With the Dark Souls and Sekiro director at the helm, we already know we're in for mystery, nightmarish boss designs, and a whole lot of dying. The announcement trailer gives off some very Dark Souls vibes. Although Miyazaki confirms that Elden Ring gameplay is heavily based on the Souls series, combat will play out very differently due to the "open and vast environment". Keeping things FromSoft, Elden Ring is also a third person open-world dark fantasy RPG, but what's new is that it features a collaboration with Game of Thrones writer and author of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin. As a result, we're anticipating plenty more in terms of storytelling than we're used to from Miyazaki, without sacrificing any of the rich, lore-soaked environment and boss designs we know and love from the Souls games. Elden Ring will also feature music from Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro composer Yuka Kitamura. View the full site

Total War: Warhammer 3 release date, pre-orders, and everything else we know Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:05 AM PDT When is the Total War: Warhammer 3 release date? Creative Assembly finally and officially announced Warhammer 3 in May 2021, and everyone's very excited. Their latest Total War strategy game, the third entry in the popular 'Total Warhammer' franchise from Creative Assembly will shift focus to the east of the Warhammer Fantasy world, with a renewed look at the forces of Chaos. Fan favourite faction Kislev return from the first game as a fully-fledged launch nation, valiantly trying to defend the realms of man from the forces of Chaos. They are joined by the warriors of Grand Cathay, which is being brought to life for the first time in Warhammer III. The Chaos faction itself has also been fleshed out, with all four iconic 'flavours' of Chaos getting the full treatment. Plenty of other details have also been revealed since the original announcement, which we've summarised for you below. This is a living article which we will try and keep up-to-date as new information gets announced. If there's enough to talk about, we may also decide to spin-out dedicated guides for certain topics, which we'll link to below so you can access the information. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Total War: Warhammer 3 release date, Total War: Warhammer 3 trailer breakdown, The best strategy games on PC

Here’s what’s in all four editions of Elden Ring, and the pre-order bonuses Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:05 AM PDT Elden Ring just got a big gameplay reveal, and if that's got your frothing demand increasing, publisher Bandai Namco has also announced what you can expect from each of the game's numerous editions. There are pre-order bonuses, digital deluxe packs, and multiple physical collector's editions to keep track of, so here's what to expect. If you just want the game, you can get it for $59.99 / £49.99 / €59.99 across Steam and consoles. If you pre-order ahead of the Elden Ring release date of February 25, you'll get a digital adventure guide that contains "useful information to help players as they enter The Lands Between", as well as an early unlock of an unspecified gesture that you'd otherwise get later in the game. The digital deluxe edition brings the price up to $79.99 / £64.99 / €79.99 and adds a digital art book and soundtrack to the package. If you want to spend big money, the collector's edition will be available for $189.99, though there's no word yet on pricing in other regions. This package includes a nine-inch statue of the character Malenia, a steelbook case, a 40-page hardcover art book, and the digital soundtrack. Console players will get the game on disc, while PC players will get a Steam code. View the full site

Intel Alder Lake gaming CPUs reviews round-up – what do the critics think? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:40 AM PDT It's fair to say that Intel's new 12th generation Core processors have a lot of ground to make up, with the company losing substantial market share to AMD's Ryzen CPUs for the past few years. However, Alder Lake is different from every x86 desktop chip we've ever had, featuring a hybrid design of performance and efficiency cores which could lead the way for all future processors from not just Intel but AMD as well. There've been numerous leaks surrounding the Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K, with Intel formally confirming their specifications and prices at its Intel Innovation event this past October. The price of the Alder Lake lineup ranges between $264-$589 USD, which is comparative to the cost of AMD's existing Ryzen 5000 offerings. However, the question remains whether these Alder Lake processors can rank among the best gaming CPUs on the market, and how much of a lead team blue can create of over team red before the arrival of Zen 4 in 2022. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Intel Core i9 9900K review, Intel Core i7 9700K review, Best CPU for gaming

Football Manager 2022 review – peerless planning Posted: 04 Nov 2021 08:27 AM PDT If there is a consistent thread in the changes that Football Manager 2022 - which you can buy here - makes to its winning formula, it's that this is a brilliant reflection of how modern football works. Stats, staff meetings, and processes matter more than ever, but for all the hours you can pour into match momentum charts and xG curves, the only thing that matters is how the team performs on the field. And if you can't react when you're a goal down, if you can't see the gaps in midfield, or understand why your wingers are constantly backtracking, then you're going to struggle, your team's going to turn on you, and eventually you'll be looking for a new club to take you in. That's not to say that additions like the new data hub aren't welcome, more that it complements an already robust, grounded simulation game. This new tab in the main menu bundles all of the tricky graphs, xG (expected goals) data, and pass maps into one quick-look page. An 'ask an analyst' option is hidden away in there too, which is probably the most powerful tool of the lot, returning a stack of graphs based on the keywords you type in. A creeping sense that your team is struggling to keep clean sheets can be turned into actionable objectives by simply searching for 'defender' and scanning a few graphs. Despite hovering around the automatic promotion places, Fulham (or my Fulham, at least) have one of the poorest defensive records in the league. The culprit? We're just not tackling enough, and in particular our star signing from Torino, Alessandro Buongiorno, has made the fewest tackles in the whole league. I could drop him, but his marking and aerial qualities are among the best in the league. Instead I adjust his training schedule to improve aggression and ground defence, and this helps a little, but a few matches later we're still looking leaky at the back. Further investigation reveals that our back four aren't getting much help from our defensive midfielders, who I've been playing in supporting and attacking roles all season. View the full site

Total War: Warhammer III gets new release date and day one Game Pass PC launch Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:45 AM PDT Within the Total Warhammer community there is a meme about Tuesdays being 'newsdays', but that meme may have to make way for Thursday, because Creative Assembly has taken today by storm with a trifecta of news we can most definitely use. Not only do we have a new Total War: Warhammer III release date, we also know what the early-adopter bonus race will be, and finally, it seems Warhammer III is coming to Game Pass for PC on day one. Our resident Warhammer nerd (and fearless leader) Rich has been betting on the Ogre Kingdoms being in the strategy game pretty much since Warhammer III was announced, and they were all but confirmed when Ogres were introduced into Warhammer II earlier this year. It'd be silly to waste all of those art assets, after all. Today's announcement finally confirms that, yes, Ogre Kingdoms will be a playable Warhammer III race. They will come with their own dedicated faction mechanics, unit roster, campaign, and two legendary lords - Greasus Goldtooth and Skrag the Slaughterer. More details on this race will be revealed in the coming weeks and months. Anyone who pre-orders Warhammer III or buys it within the first week of launch will get the Ogre Kingdoms Warhammer III DLC pack for free, after which it will be made available for anyone to purchase for a fee. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Total War: Warhammer 3 release date, Total War: Warhammer 3 trailer breakdown, The best strategy games on PC

Elden Ring has a Breath of the Wild-style map system Posted: 04 Nov 2021 07:43 AM PDT We've been treated to a generous 15 minutes of Elden Ring gameplay today ahead of its launch early next year. There was a lot to see - and you can catch it all below if you missed it or want to bask in it all over again - but one of the real highlights was a showcase of the fantasy game's map system, which has some handy Breath of the Wild-like features. During the gameplay reveal stream, FromSoftware has shown that Elden Ring's map, like those in other sprawling, open-world games, can be a very handy tool in exploring its expansive world - but some of its most helpful features go beyond what you might ordinarily find. Elden Ring's map is populated by finding 'map fragments', the devs explain. Once you're in the in-game map viewer, you can then use custom markers - somewhat akin to BotW's pins and stamps - to make navigating to and recalling points of interest much easier. For example, the stream shows a range of different marker icons with various symbols that you can plonk onto the map to denote places and things you've discovered, or might want to pursue later. These might be for crafting materials or dangerous enemies you've come across, for instance. View the full site

Best Black Friday deals on gaming RAM Posted: 04 Nov 2021 07:20 AM PDT There are not as many bells and whistles to fuss over when picking out RAM deals when compared to something like the best gaming monitor, but you won't get very far with a new build without a stick or four of good quality memory. In case you're new to all this PC gaming lark, RAM is your system's short-term memory and you'll likely need at least 16GB of it in your system to run most modern games well. That's not to say that all RAM is the same or that 16GB is the limit. If you aim to run your games alongside a few Chrome tabs and Discord, or you want to dabble in video editing, then 32GB might be necessary - anything less and you can expect the odd hitch in performance when multitasking. Then there's the clock speed, which is a hotly debated aspect that isn't too impactful on your game. The safest bet is to go for a 3,000MHz clock speed setup as a minimum. Oh, and don't forget there's a vital choice to be made when it comes to RGB lighting on your RAM. It seems like a ludicrous and unnecessary addition, but there's no quicker way to tell if you've properly clicked in your sticks than being assaulted by flashing colours. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Best SSD for gaming, How to build a gaming PC, Best gaming CPU

New World update brings changes targeting coin selling, exploits, and bugs Posted: 04 Nov 2021 06:09 AM PDT The New World devs are rolling out a patch - Update 1.0.5, if you want to be fancy - that looks to combat various issues that have been cropping up in-game of late. Alongside a hearty round of bug fixes and gameplay changes to improve combat and Outpost Rush, the patch also introduces some updates aimed at addressing coin selling and duplication-related exploits. First up are the coin selling-focussed changes. "We know many of you have seen the pesky chat messages from players spamming messages, and we're continuing to investigate solutions to this issue," the MMORPG's devs explain in the patch notes. "We discovered that many coin sellers were creating new characters and transferring money to other accounts." To address this, the devs are rolling out several changes, which include new restrictions on player-to-player trading and currency transfers for characters less than 72 hours old and below level ten. These restrictions lift once characters hit the new thresholds. Additionally, the devs have shifted the value of some of the MMO's early-game quest rewards over to ones that come later in the main story questline. The total amount of coin earned will be the same, mind - it's "just delivered in quests slightly later". Alongside these updates, the team also says it's rolled out bans and suspensions to "many of the reported accounts", and adds that it'll continue to monitor the impact these various changes have on the game's bots and health, with more adjustments to follow if needed. View the full site RELATED LINKS: New World system requirements, New World beginner's guide, New World review

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