Underrated hack ‘n’ slash Blades of Fire heads to Steam with a 2.0 update, bringing new game plus and ‘expanded death and mutilation variations’ for you sickos out there

I was extremely excited for Blades of Fire when it was announced last year, mainly because it was clearly MercurySteam’s spiritual successor to ye-olde hack ‘n’ slash Blade of Darkness. At least, from my perspective it was clear. I was possibly the only person in the entire world eagerly awaiting a Blades of Darkness successor….

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Digging a little deeper into Intel’s Xe3 architecture shows exactly why Panther Lake’s iGPU is good: It’s basically an Arc A770 graphics card jammed into a mobile chip

After the early promises of how good Intel’s Xe3 GPU architecture could be, thanks to Intel’s breakdown of the changes implemented to everything, we finally got to test one properly last month in the form of a Panther Lake laptop. And you know what? It is good. Very good, in fact. On paper, that should…

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THQ’s Gothic 1 remake arrives in June, and I think it might prove a more valuable overhaul than Oblivion Remastered

Over five years since it was announced, the remake of Gothic 1 finally has a release date. The overhaul of Piranha Bytes’ lovably janky RPG—which boasts a ‘complex life simulation on a scale hardly ever seen before’—will land on players’ virtual doorsteps on June 5 this year. Publisher THQ revealed the release date in a…

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Review: Turtle Beach Rematch Wireless Controller For Switch 2 – A Solid, Dependable Pad (If Rumble Isn’t A Must)

Nice to C you. Turtle Beach’s original Rematch Wireless is what I’d call a decent and dependable budget pad, and around what you’d expect for your money. It looked and felt surprisingly premium in its buttons, its responsive D-Pad, and in its many different designs. Now, Turtle Beach is back with the cunningly-named ‘Turtle Beach…

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Bloodlines 2’s Valentine’s patch adds further customisation options and lootable blood bags, because nothing says ‘I love you’ like the vampire equivalent of a ready meal

Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines 2 may not have been the success Paradox Interactive hoped, but the publisher has committed to standing by the troubled sequel, and developer The Chinese Room has been doling out updates for the game since launch. December brought a vaguely holiday-themed update that added custom difficulty settings and a Santa-ish skin to…

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