Alienware 27 AW2725Q QD-OLED review

The new Alienware 27 AW2725Q QD-OLED is not the first 27-inch 4K OLED we’ve reviewed. That singular honour goes to the MSI MPG 272URX. Surprisingly for Alienware, however, which tends to plump for premium pricing, the AW2725Q undercuts that MSI panel by fully $200, coming in at $899. Yup, that’s right, an Alienware that’s cheaper…

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‘What do you mean real actors?’: Astarion’s VO, who shared an awards category with Idris Elba after Baldur’s Gate 3, remembers the dark ages of mocap

Neil Newbon has made somewhat of a superstar debut after the runaway success of Baldur’s Gate 3—and having spoken to the man myself in the past, it’s all rather deserved. I remember being quite proud of the medium as a whole when I saw him run away with an award, while also sharing a building…

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‘More evolution than revolution’: PowerWash Simulator 2 is coming late 2025, and it’s bringing online multiplayer and split-screen co-op with it

Three years after PowerWash Simulator first introduced us to the beauty of squeaky-clean brick walls and hardwood floors, FuturLab has now announced that a sequel is in the works and that we’ll be getting a PowerWash Simulator 2 late this year. “PowerWash Simulator 2 feels like a natural evolution from its predecessor,” designer director at…

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Crusader Kings 3 saddles up for a long-awaited return to the east with its first Asian DLC, Khans of the Steppe

Grand strategy RPG Crusader Kings 3 is finally headed eastward. Yesterday, Paradox Interactive announced the game’s next expansion, beginning the fourth chapter of its long-term expansion plans. It’s starting its ambitious map expansion across Asia with the Mongolian steppes, giving players the chance to start out as a nomadic Khan on April 28th. Judging by…

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LocalThunk gave up making Balatro for 3 months but resumed because ‘I was bored but the internet was out so I couldn’t play Rocket League’

Indie phenomenon Balatro beat off all-comers to be crowned PCG’s 2024 GOTY, and developer LocalThunk recently marked just over a year since release by sharing the “Balatro timeline” of the game’s development. It’s a detailed, dramatic and in parts deeply amusing account of how “some kind of project” called CardGame began in December 2021, then…

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As a real life museum employee, I’m a bit confused by the amount of pirate ghosts in Two Point Museum—but it’s not going to stop me trying to make the most realistic exhibits I can

You know you’ve worked in museums for too long when you get irrationally excited about staff-only doors. While this is a new feature introduced in Two Point Museum, I know that if it had been in Hospital and Campus, I wouldn’t have had the same unbridled jolt of glee. I didn’t think I could be…

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