With Assassin’s Creed Shadows just a few days from release, Ubisoft has reportedly implemented an anti-harassment plan for developers to protect them from potential backlash on social media. Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been the target of persistent outrage from some corners of gaming fandom, primarily due to the presence of Yasuke, a Black samurai, which…
A standout feature of RTX 50-series GPUs is their willingness to take some good old-fashioned overclocking. No-one was more surprised than us when we booted up stalwart overclocking tool MSI Afterburner and whacked the sliders up on some of our test cards; by contrast the past few generations of GPUs have had very little headroom…
Avowed, which I’ve temporarily put down while I grind for drip in Monster Hunter Wilds, is slowly-but-surely summoning me back to the Living Lands with some incremental improvements. It’s nice to see that Obsidian’s keen to make what’s already a dang solid action RPG into the best version of its focused self—like with that 60+…
Store will remove plastic wrapping at point of sale. For as long as Pokémon TCG (Trading Card Game) has been a thing, scalping has been an ongoing issue. If you’re somehow unaware at this point as to what the practice entails, it essentially sees certain consumers purchasing products at retail price before selling them on…
It’s Steam Spring Sale time, and you know what that means: time to buy very cheap videogames from websites that aren’t Steam. For instance, sites like Fanatical are currently running their own spring sales, meaning you can pick up a load of games you’ll never actually play for even cheaper than you can get them…
For Mario Land 2 that’ll be… six golden coins. Australian retailer EB Games announced last week that it would be expanding its trade-in service to include retro games and consoles. It sounds like a good concept on paper (we retro game fans relish the idea of seeing more classics out in the wild), but in…
Mechanical keyboards have gone from niche enthusiast products to a trusted mainstay for most even slightly serious about their PC gaming. It’s all about those mechanical keys, and Cherry switches have been a prized choice throughout every step of this journey into the mainstream. A good mechanical keyboard fitted with Cherry switches used to be…
While SteamOS 3.0 has been around for a while now, launching with the OG Steam Deck back in 2022, we’ve yet to properly test a non-Deck handheld making use of the Linux-based operating system. The SteamOS version of the Lenovo Legion Go S should be coming this May, however, and it looks like Valve is…
Category: Games March 17, 2025 A Complete Guide To Weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows Youssef Maguid, Manager, Editorial Communications, Ubisoft Summary Yasuke and Naoe each have access to unique weapons that dramatically impact how they fight in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Pre-order Assassin’s Creed Shadows on the Microsoft Store for Xbox and get the Claws of…
Monster Hunter Wilds players are now fully sinking their teeth into the endgame—and while the discourse over difficulty proceeds apace, one thing seems apparent: Frenzied Monsters are, uh, kind of wimps. Some mild spoilers for the post-game campaign of Monster Hunter Wilds to follow. In case you’re unfamiliar, a frenzied monster in Wilds is a…