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The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of Valve and Hello Games after an investigation into the Steam listing for No Man’s Sky brought about because of 23 complaints that the “game content was not as depicted or described”. The ASA ruling is vast, but the decision is summarised below. “We understood that the screenshots and videos in the ad had been created using game footage, and acknowledged that in doing this the advertisers would aim to show the product in the best light,” explains the ASA....

The rapid recovery of graphics card prices and availability continues, with some Nvidia RTX 30 Series models nearing launch prices. The latest price cuts are not limited to a single manufacturer, but EVGA is seemingly leading the way by dropping the prices of its RTX 3080 12GB graphics cards below $1,000 USD on its website. This is part of a wider effort to restock its top-end offerings with improved prices too....

EA COO Peter Moore has labelled the perceptions of on-disc DLC as “nonsense”, and comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what the on-disc content actually contains. In an interview with GameSpot, Moore was asked about the slimming profit margins of triple-A games and the increased dependency on season passes. “Triple-A games today have live elements to them, and things like season passes are a way of keeping people engaged. “Season passes themselves are also a huge investment....

With Halloween season still in full swing, there’s never been a better time to be a gorehound. After all, this year has been jam-packed with top-notch horror films. From Jordan Peele’s Nope to Orphan: First Kill to the brand new Hellraiser reboot, there’s never been a better time to be a fan of the macabre. One in particular, though, has landed on streaming platforms and is absolutely decimating the competition....

In 1999 we had only just started to fully enjoy the world of 3D video cards. The 3Dfx Voodoo 2 had been released in March 1998, and when Appeal released Outcast in August the next year, it was quite something. Utilising a voxel look, the game had real style. Outcast was very well received but we never saw a sequel, which was a shame. A few years ago Appeal resurfaced and launched a Kickstarter for a remake of the original Outcast....

This Outlander review contains spoilers. Outlander Season 4 Episode 5 For the second episode in a row, Outlander delved into colonial life in pre-Revolutionary War North Carolina mostly without broad strokes time travel pedantry. “Savages” is a slightly more successful version of the narrative Outlander attemped to gracefully tell in “Do No Harm”: what it looks like when people with power (Claire and Jamie) are faced with the horrific, unjust consequences of the hierarchy that gives them power....

The Hopper in Minecraft is an important item that you can use to transfer items and combine the hopper with other items to use as a minecart to ensure timely delivery. If you’re unsure about how to craft a Hopper in Minecraft, read the rest of this guide. How To Craft A Hopper In Minecraft To craft a whopper in Minecraft, you will need a chest along with 6 Iron ingots, once you have these items you can place the iron ingots in the first and third box in the first row....

Nintendo continues to push updates for popular Nintendo Switch brawler ARMS, and following on from last month’s addition of badges, another new fighter has been added in the form of Misango. In addition to the new fighter revealed in a news post, three new… err… Arms have been added to the game: the Scorpio, Glusher and Skully. The update also brings with it a new stage in the Temple Grounds, set in an ancient temple....

Up-and-coming streaming service Mixer received criticism this week when a Twitter user drew attention to the company’s restrictive guidelines for how it expects streamers to dress on camera. Mixer has made headlines a few times over the past couple of days after superstar Fortnite streamer Ninja announced an exclusive deal with the service that would draw him away from Twitch completely. Now, gamers have started to take a deeper look at this streaming contender and brought some confusing details to light....

Activision has dropped the launch trailer for the highly-anticipated Modern Warfare 2, with all the explosive bombast we’ve come to expect from a new Call of Duty release. The trailer teases the return of Price and co in Task Force 141 as they gear up on their latest campaign. As a reminder, the game is the follow-up to 2019’s Modern Warfare. Check out the trailer for yourself down below. The highly anticipated new instalment of the series will bring back McTavish, Price, Ghost and more – but won’t be slavishly following the original MW2 story....

The Monster Hunter series has been going for over a decade with its entries making appearances on the PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation Vita, and 3DS. Yet, despite making appearances on the biggest platforms Capcom’s open-world monster hunting series never enjoyed the same mainstream success as Resident Evil or Street Fighter. That has changed now, however, with the release of Monster Hunter World on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2018....

It seems safe to say that, after a rocky start, Mortal Kombat 11’s first Kombat Pack has been a big hit. With the likes of Sindel, Terminator, and most recently the Joker (among others) each being a superb addition to the roster, Mortal Kombat 11 is in even better shape now than when it launched, and that’s saying something. There’s no such thing as a perfect game, but there is such thing as a great game that continuously gets better, and that’s where this gory-fighting game falls....

On October 8, 2022, the enormously successful Mortal Kombat franchise will officially become 30 years old. It almost seems hard to believe that players have ripped off heads and pulled people’s spines from their bodies for that long. It just goes to show how effective the series is at appealing to players’ darkest fantasies. Ed Boon, one of the famous creators behind the series, wasted no time in commemorating the upcoming 30th anniversary of Mortal Kombat, as he posted a tweet showing the creative process behind the character Scorpion’s iconic “get over here” spear attack....

The Mortal Kombat series made waves in popular culture as early as its 1992 debut for being incredibly violent and flashy, with 2015’s Mortal Kombat X cranking that reputation up with stand-out X-Ray attacks that showed bones breaking and organs rupturing. Mortal Kombat 11’s Fatal Blows are an evolution of that with the same bloody payoff, and a fan of the series saw a perfect opportunity to mesh them with Wednesday night’s All Elite Wrestling (AEW) match....

The keeb has been knocked down to very near its lowest price yet, with it running you £63.99 at the moment, providing a 20 percent discount on the £79.99 list price, and for it, you’re getting a rather capable keyboard, it must be said. This specific model features light and snappy Gateron Red switches. These should be handy for both typing amd gaming alike, especially if you’re after a particularly easy and smooth keypress without the tactile bump or audible click of Brown and Blue Cherry MX-style switches....

For about a decade, the NBA 2K franchise has reigned as the undisputed king of basketball video games. This year’s installment, NBA 2K20, shows no signs of slowing down and looks to be another stellar installment of the series. Regardless of how the game turns out, though, one topic is hotly debated each year: the player ratings. The same thing happens when a new Madden is released. Fans find out where their favorite NBA players are rated, on a scale capping out at 99, and it becomes a debate....

NBA 2K23 has “all-new ways to play in MyTEAM”, including Triple threat Online: Co-op and Clutch Time single player, as well as the ability to remove contracts. 2K also confirmed that the annual $250,000 MyTEAM Unlimited tournament is back this year, too, with two tracks: one for last-gen consoles, and another for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. Triple Threat Online: Co-op - a new mode to MyTEAM - allows players to partner with friends for 3v3 co-op “across different variations” of gameplay....

SNK has unveiled the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro, a fighting stick that comes with 20 classic SNK fighting games pre-installed. Tidy. In Console mode, the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro can be connected to the TV with an HDMI cable to enjoy the 20 pre-installed classics loaded onto the hardware. It also supports two-player competition, as it is compatible with the Neo Geo mini Pad controllers or even linked to another Arcade Stick Pro....

Square Enix debuted a new Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer at Sony’s PlayStation Tour Lineup earlier this morning, showcasing the world of Big Hero 6 in the upcoming Disney-flavoured RPG. The trailer gives us a look at heroes Donald, Goofy, and Sora meeting up with Big Hero 6 in San Fransokyo, before we’re treated to some new gameplay of the heroes in action. Fans of Big Hero 6 should get a kick out of this one, for sure....

Today Deep Silver and Volition released a new trailer dedicated to the upcoming open-world action game Saints Row. This time around, the trailer showcases the fledging Saints as they discover that if they want to be relevant, they need to strike it out on their own and form their own gang. Yet, they actually want to be more than your usual street gang of thugs. We get to see our allies and some of our rivals, and plenty of shooting, explosions, and bombastic action, as you may expect from the Saints Row franchise....