‘Oblivion Remastered with guns’ becomes reality as modder jury-rigs a literal Glock into the game and shoots up an Oblivion Tower with it

Back during the hype cycle for Fallout 3, a common refrain of skeptics was that Bethesda had simply made ‘Oblivion with guns’—in effect creating some kind of total overhaul mod for The Elder Scrolls 4 that subtracted the spellcrafting and added in shotguns. Sadly, what we actually got was a game about chasing Liam Neeson…

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An Intel Nova Lake leak suggests the next generation of Core Ultra chips will have 60% more multi-threaded performance, but the numbers just don’t add up

Despite not being expected to appear until 2026, rumours and leaks about Intel’s next generation of desktop CPUs continue to come thick and fast. The latest snippet claims that Nova Lake will have “leadership gaming performance” coming from more than 10% better single-threaded (ST) and 60% higher multi-threaded (MT) performance gains. However, it’s not a…

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How to get bigger crops in Grow a Garden

As you tend to your plants in Grow a Garden, you’ll notice a bunch of different mutations cropping up among your harvest. Some fruits and vegetables might be golden, or if you’re particularly lucky, rainbow. But, one of the most impressive mutations is the possibility of cultivating giant crops that dominate your plot. These will…

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‘Spitting in the face of your international audience’: The Alters caught using generative AI for background text and translations, despite not disclosing such on Steam

The Alters has been enjoying a solid reception from fans and critics alike—we even gave it a sterling 90% in our The Alters review—unfortunately, that shine’s been tarnished by some recent player discoveries: The Alters almost definitely used AI to generate its background text and translations. As spotted by Eurogamer, several screenshots have emerged of…

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‘What’s the most chaotic evil thing we can make?’: Overwatch 2 devs are seeing just how far they can push Stadium’s fights, but will reign it in for the sake of player sanity

It can be hard to find order in the chaos of an Overwatch 2 Stadium game. The ability to distinguish between what brightly coloured mess of colours is good and bad at a moment’s notice can be a hard one to master. And now you have to deal with all the various hero Powers and…

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