Lenovo Legion Slim 5 Gen 8 review

Slim, eh? I’m not into the body shaming of portable gaming systems, but if the Lenovo Legion Chunky is ever released, it’s going to need a larger reviewer. Basically, I’m not convinced that it’s slight enough to justify that ‘Slim’ moniker. Still, there are benefits to having something this substantial on your lap. The keyboard…

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will have a voiced main character: ‘it draws the player in that much more’, says the game’s ex-Bioware narrative designer

Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 (which I’ll be calling ‘Bloodlines 2’ from here on) has had a troubled history. Its initial developer, Hardsuit Labs, fired both the game’s lead writer Brian Mitsoda and creative director Ka’ai Cluney in 2020. A senior narrative designer, Cara Ellison, left later that year. Then Hardsuit Labs got booted from…

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Alan Wake 2 review

Need to Know What is it? A surreal survival horror sequel that also ties into Control and Remedy’s other past games. Release date 27 October 2023 Expect to pay $50/£40 Developer Remedy Entertainment Publisher Epic Games Publishing Reviewed on Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM Steam Deck Unsupported Link Official site…

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You can build your own Starfield space stations thanks to this modder who found the code ‘already in the game’

If you’re anything like me, you were a little underwhelmed by Starfield’s outpost systems. We’re eight years out from Fallout 4, but the process of plonking down habitats and mining rigs on the games’ fifty bajillion planets didn’t feel much different to building tin sheds for the Wasteland’s countless hapless farmers back in 2015. If…

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