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EA doesn’t have the best reputation. Whether it’s being awarded with the title “worst company in America” multiple times, its role in the downfall of previously beloved developers like BioWare, its love of microtransactions, or continually heralding the demise of singleplayer games, it hasn’t earned much goodwill. Hazelight Studios founder Josef Fares, whose team just…

If you are able to competently run Silent Hill 2 Remake on your rig, the Silent Hill F system requirements suggest you can run it too, but there’s a caveat. The full Silent Hill F system requirements are up on its Steam page right now. Though some changes may be made over the coming months…

After years of fans asking—nay, demanding—that Ubisoft chose old Japan for the historical setting of a major game in the 17-year-old series, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows is finally here. I should have been saying that back in November, but the game has been postponed twice (first to January, then to March), with adjustments made on how…

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a long game. Playing it for review these past few weeks, I clocked nearly 50 hours by primarily sticking to the critical path and stopping to do side stuff here and there. Even knowing roughly how long the story was going to be,…

Before we even knew what it was called, Assassin’s Creed Shadows had a target on its back. Culture warriors have been frothing over the casting of historical Black samurai Yasuke as one of the protagonists ever since the first screenshot leaked, prompting several ill-advised attempts by Ubisoft to defang the haters concerned about “historical accuracy.”…

Naoe and Yasuke take equal footing in Assassin’s Creed Shadows as dual protagonists that you can swap between whenever you want. The shinobi and the samurai require different armour pieces though, so this makes getting the best armour that much more time-consuming. Similar to its predecessors, Shadows also has a full-on loot system, including legendary…

One of the big highlights of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is its dual protagonists that split the series’ roots into two halves. Naoe is a shinobi who prefers the shadows over brute force, while Yasuke is a samurai, favouring close-quarters combat. Both characters have their own skills that make deciding how to approach quests and combat…

In one of Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘ earliest quests, you’ll need to find Imai Sokyu, a wealthy and influential merchant in Sakai. While you’d think this quest would warm you up to the new, more exploration-based quest objectives, you’re thrown in at the deep end. I’ll admit that it took me a good fifteen minutes running…

Ben Porter, director at the consultancy firm NewZoo, is giving a GDC talk this week that picks out some highlights from the firm’s annual look at the state of the games industry. PC Gamer was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek at his slides, and one of the takeaways is that PC gaming is…

An AMD spokesperson has claimed that Radeon gaming graphics cards now have 45% market share in Japan. This appears to be something of a surprise to the AMD rep, referred to as Mr. Sato, who said that the company, “isn’t used to selling graphics cards”. Er, righto…! According to Japanese website ASCII (via Google translate),…