Avowed’s rarest ending has only been seen by 0.2% of players and demands you make the correct choice at every major quest to not get your head chopped off

After finishing Avowed, I started digging into the different ending slide possibilities and was shocked at just how many permutations there are. Its most challenging and hidden ending not only demands a game-long commitment, it also leaves the Living Lands in its roughest possible state while all your companions hate your guts. Spoilers ahead for…

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It turns out you can get Baldur’s Gate 3’s best assassin armor without killing a baby angel elephant and joining a cult, all you have to do is pickpocket a ghost

Baldur’s Gate 3’s Bhaalist Armor is hands down one of the best in the game, effectively doubling your damage if you’re a classic dual daggers assassin sicko⁠—think the Shrouded Armor from Skyrim or Oblivion for something to compare it to. It’s the best choice for rogues, duelists, even something to clad your tank with if…

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Paleontologist says Monster Hunter’s monsters are ‘a little’ realistic, but if a lizard swallowed something that big it would have to sleep for a month

Finding and fighting Monster Hunter Wilds’ unnatural monsters are, naturally, the game’s core appeal. But while you’re breaking the bones and carving the hides of these mythical beings, have you ever wondered: would a Rathlos actually move like that? Does Anjanath’s crazy bone structure actually have some basis in reality? Our latest series, Reality Check,…

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Monster Hunter Wilds’ Seikret makes travelling easier than ever, but I had a much better time when I dared to explore the old fashioned way: On foot

Monster Hunter Wilds is the most seamless, sprawling open world Capcom has crafted for the series… not that you’d notice. The introduction of the Seikret—Wilds’ trusty chocobo-adjacent mount—has been both a blessing and a curse during my 100 hours playtime. Getting from camp to monster has never been so painless: Seikrets are speedy, never get…

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There’s one reason I come back to this one rapid trigger gaming keyboard over the rest, and that’s great software

Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor, Hardware (Image credit: Future) ⬇️ This week I’ve been: learning to run emulators on Android with the Ayaneo Pocket DMG. Now that it’s up-and-running, I’m having a great time with it. ⬅️ Last week I was: Testing the Asus ROG Flow Z13, which contains an incredibly interesting Strix Halo chip from…

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As it unveils its roadmap, Eternal Strands’ dev defends the ‘slippery’ feeling of its physics-based player character, saying it ‘can’t be as snappy or reactive as it is in games that rely on animation’

Chaotic physics-based action RPG Eternal Strands just unveiled its roadmap, detailing plans for updates, adjustments and various free DLC packages all the way through to summer. But as noted by RPS, developer Yellow Brick Games also took the opportunity to address various complaints players have with the game. Some of these it is either fixing…

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Nvidia RTX 5070 hands-on preview: a sneak peek at the unreleased RTX Blackwell card hitting triple digit frame rates in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p and Avowed at 4K

For the past week or so I’ve been playing around with Nvidia’s RTX 5070 graphics card, the next outing in the new RTX Blackwell series of GPUs. It’s the cheapest of all the RTX 50-series cards so far with a $549 MSRP and the promise of RTX 4090 performance. Though recent experience has taught us…

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