Month: October 2024

If you are keen to play God of War Ragnarök on PC, but have been put off by Sony’s PSN linking requirement, there is now a mod that will sort that out for you.
Nexus mods user iArtorias actually created the mod to strip “the PlayStation PC SDK runtime requirement for God of War Ragnarök”, however it can also be used to negate PSN linking. The mod – known as NoPSSDK – removes the PSN overlay, which allows players to bypass linking their Steam account to a PlayStation network account (thanks, PC Gamer).

God of War Ragnarök – Launch Trailer | PC Games

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s doing alright for itself, what with its franchise-best launch and a whole load of critical acclaim, but developer Saber Interactive isn’t stopping yet. The studio has now pledged a whole bunch of fan-requested fixes, starting with connectivity issues as a “top priority” and maybe even the introduction of an FoV slider if it really must.

All this comes via a lengthy message to the community on Steam, which follows Saber’s recent request for fan feedback regarding areas they want to see addressed first. Top of that list are those aforementioned connectivity issues, which the developer acknowledges have resulted in server problems, the inability to connect with friends (technologically rather than emotionally, I assume), plus los…

Microsoft has revealed the best PC specs for budding pilots hoping to get into the cockpit when Fight Simulator 2024 releases in November.
By utilising cloud data streaming, the install size has shrunk to a petite 30GB. However, Microsoft reckons you’ll need a stonking 64GB RAM to run at the “ideal” spec, along with 12GB of VRAM, an RTX 4080, the 14700K, and a 100mbps internet connection.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – Xbox Games Showcase 2024

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The PlayStation Vita exclusive Freedom Wars is receiving a remastered version due out on current platforms early next year.
Originally developed by Dimps and published by Sony in 2014, Bandai Namco will now publish a remastered port of the action game for Switch, PS5, PS5, and PC (Steam).
It’s set to release on 10th January 2025. Below is a teaser trailer.

Freedom Wars — Announcement Trailer

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Yes, Valve is still working on an anticheat for its new shooter, Deadlock.
A developer for Deadlock – the hero shooter Valve wouldn’t admit existed even after it had hit a concurrent player peak of over 16,000 last month – first confirmed on the game’s Discord server that it was working on anticheat back on 11th August.
Since then, the development team has dropped several updates saying it “certainly considers [cheating] a very high priority in the long term”, and had “a group of people working on anti cheat”.

Eurogamer Newscast: When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for?

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If (like me) you found developer Ironwood Studios’ wonderfully weird four-wheeled survival game Pacific Drive just a bit too exhausting when it launched earlier this year, now might be the time to go back: its new Drive Your Way update introduces a whole bunch of custom difficulty settings and presets to make things easier – or masochistically more difficult, if you prefer.

With Pacific Drive’s new update installed, players can immediately choose from seven presets enabling them to tweak the difficulty of their adventures across the Olympic Exclusion Zone. These range from the standard Pacific Drive experience to Joyride – which retains the same fundamental core but reduces gathering, crafting, and research requirements – to presets that lean hard in the other …

Bungie has “resolved” a plagiarism accusation after an artist accused the studio of lifting their alternative design of an “iconic” Destiny 2 weapon.
Earlier this week, Bungie revealed a physical Nerf LMTD blaster based upon Cayde-6’s hand cannon, Ace of Spades.
Shortly after the blaster was revealed, artist Tofu_Rabbit called out the developer on Twitter/X, stating the Nerf design was not merely “similar” to a design they did back in 2015, but essentially a carbon copy, down to the “same brush strokes and scratches/smudges”.

Eurogamer Newscast: When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for?

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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai is “so sorry” to players who have spent “hundreds or even thousands of hours” in the Nintendo fighting game.
In the latest video of his Creating Games YouTube series, Sakurai discussed the importance of being mindful of the time players give to developers.
“There are plenty of people who have spent hundreds or even thousands of hours in Smash Bros., for example,” said Sakurai. “I’m so sorry!”

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gameplay – Overview Trailer Featuring The Announcer

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