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Feature | Basketball on Nintendo Switch Sports is lovely mean-spirited fun
Dunk!
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Digital Foundry | AMD's FSR 3.1 upscaling tested: improved over FSR 2 but DLSS and XeSS are still ahead
Improvements are evident, but core issues remain.
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Newscast | Does the loss of day one launches make Xbox Game Pass pointless?
Or push you to up your subscription to Ultimate?
![A very colourful, 80s cartoon-like piece of artwork for the game Anger Foot. It shows the game's main character on the left hand side of the screen, leaping into a group of enemies on the right hand side, foot first.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/angerfoot.jpg?width=384&height=216&fit=crop&quality=70&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Feature | What we've been playing - door kicking, cursed oil rigs, and surprisingly still-powerful old games
A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
![The elven character Astarion face to face with a bear - Halsin - in Baldur's Gate 3. Things are about to get naughty.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/baldurs-gate-3-romance-1.webp?width=384&height=216&fit=crop&quality=70&format=jpg&auto=webp)
How the Baldur's Gate 3 bear sex scene came to be, and why it's "a watershed moment in game history"
"It was originally meant to be a gag."
![The front of a GAME shop.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Game-Store.webp?width=384&height=216&fit=crop&quality=70&format=jpg&auto=webp)
GAME to end in-store pre-orders
UPDATE: GAME Wallet also closing.
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Supporters | Five of the Best: Kicks
Re: boot.
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Saudi Arabia is hosting the inaugural Esports Olympic Games next year
"We have...ensured that the Olympic values are respected", says the IOC.
Saudi Arabia is hosting the inaugural Esports Olympic Games next year
"We have...ensured that the Olympic values are respected", says the IOC.
The 80s Karate Kid movies are getting a 16-bit-style beat-'em-up in September
For Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed shows off its platform-brawling in first trailer
And it's out this October.
Digital Foundry | AMD's FSR 3.1 upscaling tested: improved over FSR 2 but DLSS and XeSS are still ahead
Improvements are evident, but core issues remain.
Indika publisher 11 Bit donates $50k to support Ukrainian children impacted by Kyiv hospital attack
"Let this message resonate with us all and let's do everything we can."
![A side-on screenshot of a mindflayer character called The Emperor in Baldur's Gate 3. They are topless so we can see their wiry, muscled body. Their squid-like apendages from their mouth tumble down over their reclining body. It's quite hot.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mindflayer_baldursgate3_bg3.jpg?width=98&height=55&fit=crop&quality=70&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Supporters | Game of the Week: The secret to Baldur's Gate 3's success is fanfiction
Just give me ursine.
The Outlast Trials' newest villain is "a freakish big baby obsessed with his Pacifier"
The "growing live service game" has sold over 2 million copies to date.
Journey to the Savage Planet sequel seemingly in development
Kindred spirits.
The First Descendant developer responds to claims its icons are too similar to those in Destiny 2
"We have taken the concerns raised seriously and decided to make adjustments."
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Digital Foundry | Get this refurb 55-inch Panasonic OLED for a great price with this eBay reduction
A good OLED for a decent price.
Feature | What we've been playing - door kicking, cursed oil rigs, and surprisingly still-powerful old games
A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
Next week's Epic Games Store freebies bringing arcade management and Welsh folklore horror
Floppy Knights free now.
Historical fantasy RPG GreedFall 2 launches into Steam early access this September
Full game coming to Xbox and PlayStation.
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Supporters | Game of the Week: The secret to Baldur's Gate 3's success is fanfiction
Just give me ursine.
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Supporters | Five of the Best: Kicks
Re: boot.
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Supporters | Game of the Week: I forget how powerful games have the capacity to be
Proud.
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Supporters | Five of the Best: Helmets
Our bucket list.
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Preview | Concord feels like a load of brilliant games combined - but is that enough?
A Mach of the Clones.
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Review | Until Then review - friendships, fears, and Filipinos
Pinoy Pride intensifies.
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Wave expectations.
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Digital Foundry | Save $200 on this M2-powered MacBook Air from Best Buy
A lot of MacBook for the price.
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Digital Foundry | Get this refurb 55-inch Panasonic OLED for a great price with this eBay reduction
A good OLED for a decent price.
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Digital Foundry | This special Razer x Chillblast PC offers beefy specs for a solid price
An interesting collab piece.
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Digital Foundry | Best full-size (96%/100%) mechanical keyboards 2024
I want all the keys, darn it.
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Elden Ring: Crumbling Farum Azula walkthrough
How to beat the game's final Legacy Dungeon.
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Elden Ring: Leyndell, Royal Capital walkthrough
A complete walkthrough from getting into the city through to its final boss.
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Elden Ring: How to get the Gold Scarab Talisman
Here's how to survive Caelid’s Abandoned Cave dungeon to obtain Elden Ring's best talisman.
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Pokémon Go Fest 2024 dates, start time, ticket price and Go Fest Global activities explained
Everything you need to know about Go Fest Global 2024.
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How to find the regionally exclusive Pokémon during Go Fest 2024.
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Pokémon Go Necrozma counters, weaknesses and moveset explained
How to defeat the Prism Pokémon in Pokémon Go.
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Pokémon Go Legendary Pokémon: List of all currently and previously available Legendary Pokémon
Every Legendary Pokémon that has been released in Pokémon Go so far.
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Palworld developer signs Sony deal to expand franchise beyond video games
Following PS5 version tease.
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Pokémon never followed up on Palworld legal threat, developer reveals
"As much as possible, I try to avoid creating new things."
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Palworld community manager teases PS5 version
They Pal not pass.
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Palworld gets new island and more in Sakurajima update
Xbox dedicated servers.
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You'll need to downgrade Fallout 4's next-gen version to play that massive Fallout: London mod
Next-gen update "isn't stable enough".
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Fallout: London says "the end is in sight" as testing gets underway
"It is in all of our interests that this final QA process is carried out in full."
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Fallout showrunners confirm New Vegas character "involved" with season two
All good in the Brotherhood.
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Bethesda feels no need to rush out a new Fallout, despite franchise's current popularity boost
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Pokémon Go Necrozma counters, weaknesses and moveset explained
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