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Doom: The Dark Ages received a whole new mode back in August—the wave-based “Ripatorium” that allows players to build their own demonic encounters. But it seems id Software has had a rethink about the Ripatorium, as The Dark Ages’ latest update substantially overhauls how it works. While update 2.3 is mainly Ripatorium focussed, it’s worth…

Today, games are at a point where the realism of the on-screen racing experience is almost indistinguishable from the real thing; the gleam of a Lamborghini Countach’s chassis, the ray-traced reflections of car headlights on the rain-sprinkled tarmac, the delicious blur of your surroundings as you press to the head of the pack in a…

You’ve been feeling it too, haven’t you? You try to scroll up on a gaming news article and the ads crowd out the text so thoroughly you have to reload. You want to find a short guide for collectibles in a new RPG, but beneath Google’s flat-out wrong AI summary there’s only a parade of…

The ZX Spectrum is easily one of the most iconic PCs of all time, and it’s fondly remembered by British gamers as a 1980s powerhouse. Although long gone, it’s far from forgotten, as can be gathered from this Lego Ideas project. Made by lem.designs, the project is a faithful replica of the ZX Sinclair, all…

If there’s a single word you can use to describe Oblivion Remastered, it’s ‘faithful’. The secret glitched door that lets you skip the game? Still there. The voice acting flubs? Preserved for eternity. Its horrible levelled loot system? Untouched (except by modders). It’s all just as you remember it except everyone is ugly in 4K…

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…

It’s been nearly thirteen years since we last saw a Splinter Cell game, and there’s little chance of another one appearing any time soon. A remake of the original Splinter Cell is supposedly in the works, but it’s been in development long enough for its original director to leave the project, spend three years doing…