Update: Ubisoft’s first Assassin’s Creed Valhalla free trial is live now and runs until the end of the month. The Assassin’s Creed Valhalla free weekend is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Google Stadia, and PC via the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store. You’ll have …
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The Batman has come to Google – a new feature lets you summon the Caped Crusader with your very own Bat-Signal. If you search for “Bruce Wayne”, “Gotham City”, or “Bat-Signal” on Google, you’ll see a rotating yellow Bat-Signal icon in the results. If you click on that, your screen …
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Games like The Forest put your survival instincts to the test. They challenge you by dropping you into a hostile world and tasking you with staying alive, providing you only a small set of tools and materials to help keep you afloat. It’s up to you to figure out how …
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I can’t pretend to be entirely unbiased about Elden Ring. FromSoftware is my darling, as it is for so many people, and there’s no game it’s made since Demon Souls that I haven’t played through at least twice (or much more). So bear in mind that these are the thoughts …
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Tatooine is not a particularly loved planet. Lately, you can hardly move for the Outer Rim rock popping up in the Star Wars saga, which has led to some dissatisfied viewers calling for a break (our own Jack Shepherd wrote “let’s hope we don’t have to return to this dusty …
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