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Season 17 of Sea of Thieves has sailed silently into port, using the moonless night as cover while it unloads its contraband cargo of new features. The latest iteration of Rare’s multiplayer pirate sim introduces The Smugglers League, a furtive new faction that operates from six secret hideouts dotted across the game’s treacherous archipelago, offering…

The 6v6 vs 5v5 debate has been going on in Overwatch 2’s community ever since the FPS changed format a couple of years ago. The loud minority of the fanbase has been calling for Overwatch 2 to return to its 6v6 roots, a cry that was ignored for over a year until the game director…

Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor, Hardware (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been: testing some shiny new liquid coolers, including the latest iteration from Arctic, the Liquid Freezer III Pro. This week I’ve been: trying to stay cool in the UK heat. We’re not cut out for this. Luckily, I do have my trusty Noctua desk…

The Chinese Communist Party—who had taken aim at free-to-play monetisation schemes just before the holidays—softened its stance. This was after “nearly $80 billion in market value” bled from Tencent (League of Legends) and NetEase (Diablo: Immortal).  The draft rules intended to target the live service giant’s favourite toys (such as daily login bonuses) while also…

A month after the actor who provided the French voice of Lara Croft issued a cease-and-desist to Aspyr over its use of AI-generated voice lines in Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered, the studio has confirmed that the “unauthorized AI generated content” has now been removed. The change was acknowledged in a message posted on Aspyr’s support…

Every Sims player has, in their past, built a plain, box-shaped house with a single gabled roof and a weirdly empty-feeling living room inside and wondered “why does this look so wrong?” It’s a canon event. But with some easy Sims 4 build tips, you don’t have to scratch your head forever. I don’t think…