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You’ll likely discover Diablo 4 Pacts once you pick up your first piece of gear in the new Season of Blood. These mysterious symbols are etched onto each piece of armour you find and can vary in number and type, though their purpose isn’t immediately clear. Even after you’ve started the seasonal quest and unlocked…
Whether you think Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard is a move toward a dry gaming monopoly or a financial windfall for Activision and Blizzard games both, it’s definitely happened. The UK’s CMA has given the thumbs up, Kotick’s on his way out—the deal’s closed, and now we get to see the impact ripples spread….
Microsoft has revealed a plethora of new accessibility updates designed to make gaming more inclusive for disabled players as part of its October celebration of the disabled gaming community. Sony has been following Microsoft’s lead, announcing more options for disabled gamers in the form of new, accessibility focussed controllers, but now we’re seeing more of…
The monolithic monuments, the dalliances of Cleopatra, the headgear and thick eyeliner worn by men and women alike; Ancient Egypt has earned its spot as one of the most iconic civilisations of all time. But the New Kingdom wasn’t the only great civilisation hanging around the eastern mediterranean during the late Bronze Age, and Total…
The Festival of the Lost Memento in Destiny 2 is a newly added reward you can get as part of the yearly Halloween event. If you have no idea what a memento is, it’s essentially a special item you can add to a crafted weapon which will give it a unique kill tracker, a title,…
When Nvidia launched its Super Video Resolution technology (VSR) in February, people with GeForce RTX 20-series cards were a bit miffed to find out that their GPUs couldn’t run the deep-learning powered video upscaling system. Well, it’s taken eight months for the complaints to be addressed but Nvidia has finally brought them into the fold…
Just one day after AMD removed Anti-Lag+ for Counter-Strike 2, to prevent any more players from potentially receiving account bans, there’s now a new driver set that’s stripped the feature altogether. That’s a pretty drastic move but it’s far better than incurring further wrath from the gaming community. The idea behind AMD’s Anti-Lag tech is…
Jacob was distinctly non-plussed by the tiny uptick that is Intel’s “new” 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh CPU, at least by the top Core i9 14900K chip. Might he be a bit more impressed if it ran at 9GHz? That’s exactly what Asus’s overclocking team managed to achieve with the new 14900KF version, the one…
Baldur’s Gate 3‘s second act has a couple of very important decisions—so much so I wrote a whole dang guide on how to thread its particular narrative needle. Before I get stuck into it, spoilers for the game’s second act, in case the headline didn’t clue you in. A Reddit thread optimistically titled “How to…
Working out how to equip Vampiric Powers in Diablo 4‘s new Season of Blood can be a little tricky. During an early seasonal quest, you’ll be tasked with equipping your first blood-sucking ability, but the game doesn’t really give precise directions on where to find your new powers or how to equip them. You can…