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October 31
- Microsoft says it will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation 'as long as there's a PlayStation out there'
- South Korean MMO shuts down Halloween event following Seoul tragedy
- Death Stranding composer Ryan Karazija dies at 40
- Tesla wanted to put Her Story in its cars but would only pay for it with 'exposure'
- Modern Warfare 2's beginner sniper rifle is a one-shot laser beam
- We're all sad that Henry Cavill won't be Geralt anymore
- Gabe Newell calling in a favour via potato phone is the funniest thing Valve's done in years
- Modern Warfare 2's first weekend: some crashes and weird bugs, but mostly good times
- Modern Warfare 2 players are falling in love with a new anti-camping tool
- Marvel Snap tiebreakers: how a winner is decided when there's a draw
- Burberry and Minecraft have collabed to make the most boring merch I've seen in a while
- The Witcher fans couldn't be less thrilled about Henry Cavill's departure
- Riven, the sequel to Myst, is getting a remake
- Electronic Arts is making 'at least' three Marvel games
- Forget the CoD: Modern Warfare 2 best settings, it's all about the upscalers
- Even at MSRP, newly listed RTX 4080 16GB cards are leaving some Nvidia fans cold
- Destiny 2 lost sector rotation for the Season of the Deep
- Modern Warfare 2 Twitch Drops and how to get them
- How to upgrade your shovel and clear wildebeest bones in Disney Dreamlight Valley
- These 3 adventure games are lowkey '90s masterpieces
- Remedy says Alan Wake 2 is on-track for next year, and its co-op Control spinoff already 'feels fun'
- Google's Halloween doodle is an adorable ghostly duel game
- Overwatch League drops and how to get free skins
- Twitter's best source of gaming news calls it quits
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080: Release date, price, and specs
- NASCAR driver uses 2005 GameCube trick in a real-life race, and it miraculously works
- Streamer who shattered her back at TwitchCon makes first appearance on stream since her injuries
- AMD's upcoming RDNA 3 GPUs look mighty and modest in these leaked pics
- How to complete the Elden Ring Sellen quest
- Today's Wordle answer and hint for Monday, October 31
- Cherry makes community switch official with the Cherry MX Ergo Clear
- Machine learning researchers are using wonderful terrible puns to title papers
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 31, 2022)
- Crawl down a toilet in the demo of adventure game Endacopia
October 30
- Amsterdam hotel could take legal action over appearance in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- This solo-developed, Indonesian FPS has the best portals I've seen since Portal
- Nvidia leaked game list: The most exciting games still unannounced
- The next Dota 2 hero is a ghostly gunslinger named Muerta
- Build big, stupid custom spaceships with friends in Cosmoteer
- Today's Wordle answer and hint for Sunday, October 30
October 29
- Go spearfishing and run a sushi restaurant in this weird little game
- Xbox boss says regulator concerns around Activision acquisition are fair
- What's your favorite PC you've ever owned?
- Netflix's Witcher has recast Geralt, with Henry Cavill leaving after season 3
- Discord banned over 55 million accounts, 68 thousand servers in 6 months
- Potential Steam feature would be a godsend for users with data caps or slow internet
- Players cannot get enough of Modern Warfare 2’s exploding car map, but some pros absolutely hate it
- Today's Wordle answer and hint for Saturday, October 29
- Everything we know about Forspoken, Square Enix's next big action-RPG
October 28
- Popular Steam Deck dock maker pulls upcoming design, claiming a competitor stole it
- Ikea threatens to sue the maker of an 'infinite furniture store survival game'
- Nvidia confirms its latest driver is causing problems in Modern Warfare 2
- Overwatch 2's first big balancing patch takes aim at problem heroes
- PC and Xbox players can't disable Modern Warfare 2 crossplay, but PS5 players can
- Save a whopping $800 on an RTX 3070 Ti powered-desktop with one of Intel's best gaming CPUs
- The most iconic Harvest Moon is getting a PC remake
- Gotham Knights re-added Denuvo a few hours after patching it out
- An Average Day at the Cat Cafe is a lovely little, slightly unsettling, browser game
- Backfirewall_ from All in! Games is a smart, witty, coding inspired puzzler
- Scorn's latest patch fixes the worst part of the game
- Warhaven is an action-packed medieval fantasy game you can play in beta testing now
- The best last minute gaming costumes for Halloween
- GOG is giving away a free game for Halloween
- Grizzled CS:GO vets can now buy a locker packed with glitter stickers
- Frog Detective 3 review
- Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter hits early access
- The Out Run Ferrari is being auctioned if you have a spare $2 million
- Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord review
- Halo Infinite gets features it should've launched with in a few weeks
- F1 Manager 2022 publisher addresses community uproar, says 'multiple updates' are coming
- Acer Promo Codes for July 2024
- Modern Warfare 2 Prestige and Ranks explained
- Resident Evil's original live-action cast reunites to shoot an absurd, hammy short film
- Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite AX
- AliExpress Promo Codes for July 2024
- Astro Gaming Promo Codes for July 2024
- HTC Coupon Codes for July 2024
- Herman Miller Promo Codes for July 2024
- Wordle today: #496 answer and hint for Friday, October 28
- Overclocker pushes Raspberry Pi CM4 to 2.5GHz
- Resident Evil Village's DLC is a satisfactory but sparse addition
October 27
- Marvel's Midnight Suns is getting Deadpool, Venom, and more as DLC
- Henry Cavill seems to be treating Total War: Warhammer 3 like a part-time job
- People are spending $40 on black market Modern Warfare 2 Burger King skins
- Snag 6 months of GeForce Now Priority access for only $30
- Bungie responds to player complaints over weapon crafting grind
- War sometimes changes: Here's a free Lego Fallout game
- Steam Deck's new UI is finally coming to desktop Big Picture mode
- The fantastic sound of Destiny's new anime sniper rifle was years in the making
- Renowned Sega developer Rieko Kodama dies at 58
- Where to find jack-o-lanterns in Fortnite
- Magic: The Gathering steps back in time for the new Brothers War set
- Moonbreaker's latest update completely ditches microtransactions
- CPU cooling company 'definitely doesn't recommend' adding salt to your thermal paste
- Win a Custom HyperX Cloud Alpha S Gaming Headset courtesy of Have a Nice Death
- Elon Musk explains why he bought Twitter, says ads are great actually
- Alien Isolation mod adds four more Aliens for some reason
- How many missions are in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 campaign?
- Vampire Survivors review
- Razer Deathadder V3 Pro
- George RR Martin can't play Elden Ring because 'people seem to want this Winds of Winter book'
- Noblechairs should never have let us design our own gaming chair
- Modern Warfare 2 launch times: the global release schedule
- This developer is paving the way for AI generated worlds in virtual reality
- How to gain shields with jelly beans in Fortnite
- MultiVersus has delayed Black Adam's release
- Callisto Protocol cancelled in Japan after devs refuse to make ratings board changes
- Meta will launch next generation Quest VR headset next year
- Today's Wordle 495 answer and hint: Thursday, October 27
- Microsoft's award-winning Adaptive Controller was nearly cut from funding
- 5 exciting city builders coming out before the end of 2022
October 26
- Xbox boss Phil Spencer says the metaverse is like 'a poorly built videogame'
- Call of Duty's murderous villain is the internet's newest thirst trap
- Chloë Grace Moretz is becoming a PC gamer, asks for build help on Twitter
- McPixel 3, the game about solving problems in stupid ways, is coming in November
- Pick up this Radeon RX 6600-powered desktop for less than $800
- Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is now fully playable from start to finish
- InXile celebrates 20 years by remembering that time it made a baby game and got swept up in a moral panic
- Rocksteady co-founders are leaving the studio just months ahead of Suicide Squad's release
- Overwatch 2 players call new $26 skin bundle 'greedy'
- Blaseball is coming back, but first its players are going to fall out of a black hole
- Fallout TV series shows off a wasteland set, Nuka-Cola, and power armor
- Oh, sorry, I was busy admiring these gorgeous die shots of the Intel Core i9 13900K
- Hideo Kojima on the age of online conspiracy: 'It’s almost a new kind of sin for mankind'
- Team Ninja's burlyman 'masocore' slash-em-up releases early next year
- This site lets you play any Doom WAD file just like that
- Sci-fi gorefest The Callisto Protocol is even grosser and grislier than Dead Space
- You'll soon be able to play 2 Age of Empires games from the comfort of your sofa
- The Witcher, CD Projekt's first game, is getting a full remake
- I played this spellbindingly complex 4X classic, and all I got was a lot of dead halflings
- Remember Epic's action-MOBA that got steamrollered by Fortnite's success? It's back
- Age of Empires' most beloved spin-off is getting a definitive edition
- How to complete the Halloween Quests in Disney Dreamlight Valley
- World of Warcraft: How talent trees work in the Dragonflight pre-patch
- This unlucky customer bought an RTX 4090 and received a box of loose metal
- Deep Rock Galactic's third season turns your miners into grenade-lobbing doctors
- How to throw candy from a vehicle in Fortnite
- Logitech Promo Codes for July 2024
- LG Promo Codes for July 2024
- Sonos Promo Codes for July 2024
- Wordle today: Here's the 494 answer and hint for Wednesday, October 26
- This ceramic 3D printer on Kickstarter can print big things with waste products
- The RTX 3060 is getting the 8GB release treatment
October 25
- Turn on this helpful Overwatch 2 setting right now
- Here's a list of every Lost Ark server
- 'Joe Biden', who may or may not be the US president, is absolutely dominating Guilty Gear fighting tournaments
- Overwatch 2's new Halloween PvE mission is so good that it's starting to feel like a sequel
- Amazon's Fallout TV series reveals its first official image
- Modern Warfare 2 post-credits scene reimagines Call of Duty's most infamous level
- Steam's recommended prices go way up in many countries: +18% in Europe, +485% in Argentina
- After 18 years, the precursor to Garry's Mod appears on Steam
- AMD RDNA 3 graphics cards will not use 12VHPWR power connector
- The Steam Halloween Sale is live
- The Lord of the Rings survival game has dwarves reclaiming a post-apocalyptic Moria
- Some of The Witcher show writers 'actively disliked' the books and games
- Western Digital Coupon Codes for July 2024
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard—Everything we know about the next RPG in Thedas
- Sennheiser Coupon Codes for July 2024
- Terra Invicta beginner's guide: Five things to know before getting started
- People are grinding down the heat spreaders on their Ryzen 7000 CPUs for better cooling
- CDKeys Discount Codes for July 2024
- OWC Promo Codes for July 2024
- JLab Promo Codes for July 2024
- FlexiSpot Discount Codes for July 2024
- Vertagear Promo Codes for July 2024
- Kinguin Discount Codes for July 2024
- SteelSeries Promo Codes for July 2024
- Humble Bundle Promo Codes for July 2024
- Logitech G Promo Codes for July 2024
- Gog Coupons Codes for July 2024
- AndaSeat coupons for July 2024
- Eneba Promo Codes for July 2024
- Adorama Coupon Codes for July 2024
- Newegg Promo Codes for July 2024
- Shutterstock to offer AI art tool to users and pay artists who helped train it
- In a new Marvel card game, you kill Uncle Ben to get Spider-Man
- Best Buy Coupons Codes for July 2024
- Creative Assembly vows investigation after 'deeply concerning and serious' allegations of workplace abuse
- Elden Ring patches its patch after Endure spell proves too enduring
- New Tales from the Borderlands review
- Microsoft's new PC management app is one step closer to release but it's not for expert users
- Final Fantasy 16: Everything we know so far
- How to complete the Millicent quest in Elden Ring
- Microsoft Promo Codes for July 2024
- Lenovo Coupon Codes for July 2024
- Walmart Promo Codes for July 2024
- Fanatical Coupon Codes for July 2024
- Amazon Promo Codes for July 2024
- Origin PC Promo Codes for July 2024
- B&H Photo Promo Codes for July 2024
- Modern Warfare 2 safe codes for Alone and El Sin Nombre
- BioShock 4: everything we know about the new game and new studio behind it
- Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is back online, but original Dark Souls is offline forever
- Green Man Gaming Coupons for July 2024
- GameStop Promo Codes for July 2024
- Razer Promo Codes for July 2024
- Samsung Promo Codes for July 2024
- Wordle today: 493 answer and hint for Tuesday, October 25
- Explore endless roads in this beautiful driving game that runs in your browser
- The 7 best, worst, and cringiest moments of Modern Warfare 2's campaign
October 24
- 10 Final Fantasy 14 tips to conquer tank anxiety
- V Rising, the other vampire survival hit of 2022, is going free to play for Halloween
- Everything videogames have taught you about medieval pigs was a lie
- 'Sexual assault' custom game mode reveals a glaring Overwatch moderation problem
- This gaming chair will literally keep you on the edge of your seat
- From his hospital bed, this young Valorant player demolished the opposing team
- New PC games from 2023: last year's upcoming releases
- The best Sims 4 custom content for gorgeous Sims and homes
- World's foremost PC gamer is back as Superman
- The best Fallout game was almost just an expansion pack
- It looks like Discord voice chat is coming to PS5, too
- 'Activision's effect on Blizzard was like a frog in a boiling pot of water' says former Blizzard director
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor—Everything we know
- Terraria becomes the first indie hit to break 1M positive user reviews on Steam
- These big deals on 4K gaming TVs have me checking the calendar to see if it's Black Friday
- Horror developers: please let P.T. have its eternal rest
- Apple Store Coupon Codes for July 2024
- Victoria 3 review
- Nvidia is investigating reports of RTX 4090 power connectors melting
- Fallout 4 is getting a free 4K update next year
- Gaming hardware has new dedicated storage with Nextorage’s line of Nextgaming flash memory products
- Diablo 3 took so long to get rid of its auction house because 'it was on the box'
- Where to find haunted furniture in Fortnite
- It just got much easier to find the best mods in Teardown
- Former Bayonetta VA walks back claims she was only offered $4,000 for new game
- Things to do before World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches
- These scripts use AI to turn Minecraft worlds into adorable picturesque scenes
- A single chip has managed to transfer the entire internet's traffic in a single second
- This TikTok account is testing weird thermal paste patterns so you don't have to
- Disco Elysium writer is suing developer ZA/UM
- The vibes are immaculate in Victoria 3's 'LoFi VicHop tracks to chill or industrialise to' video
- Dell Coupon Codes for July 2024
- HP Coupon Codes for July 2024
- Monoprice Promo Codes for July 2024
- Ubisoft Promo Codes for July 2024
- Today's Wordle 492 answer and hint: Monday, October 24
- Secret messages found in Silent Hill Townfall's promotional material
- Having trouble finding an RTX 4090? It may be about to get harder
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 24, 2022)
October 23
- Lego built a spooky gaming PC inside a handmade haunted house
- The best horror games on PC
- Steam sets new record with 30 million users online at once
- PSA: Doom could be running inside your kids' Halloween candy
- Trombone Champ, but it's the Liz Truss resignation speech
- Today's Wordle 491 answer and hint: Sunday, October 23
- Silent Hill 2's original translator wasn't told about the remake
- The action-platformer where you're a 40K ork is better than I expected
- Resident Evil Re:Verse is about to have an early access beta ahead of its Oct 28 launch
October 22
- Use disposable android bodies to take down megacorps in this cyberpunk FPS
- If you were a companion in an RPG, what class would you be?
- Another one for the list of terrible adaptations—Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure
- The adorably puzzly landscapes of Dorfromantik get some cherry blossoms
- '80s adventure Onryō Senki took horror games in a slower, spookier, direction
- New tech lets blind, visually impaired people play Trackmania
- Today's Wordle 490 answer and hint: Saturday, October 22
- Witness mankind's reach exceed its grasp as Counter-Strike hits over 4,000 fps
October 21
- Warm up for the World Series with this free baseball game full of animals
- Dragon Ball: The Breakers review
- The Exorcist by way of the Commodore 64 just dropped on Steam
- Riot Games pays tribute to young Valorant fan who died of cancer by giving away a unique gun buddy
- NASA creates real-life XCOM squad
- The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code and life hack you need
- The best Overwatch 2 players in the world are all playing the same tank
- I wish every shop sim made ruthless capitalism this relaxing
- Steam Deck's latest update will tell you which fan your unit has
- The Sims creator Will Wright is making a blockchain game because of course he is
- Philips Evnia is leaving behind the 'typical hardcore gamer aesthetic' for something more elegant
- Discord’s new games finally make Nitro worth the money
- Kerbal Space Program 2 is finally coming
- Miniclip, home of childhood nostalgia, is finally dead
- Overwatch 2 is making me hate playing support
- Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
- This early access space 4X smartly reinvents the genre's early game
- Microsoft says a Sony deal with Activision stops Call of Duty coming to Game Pass
- Why are my friends so surprised that Overwatch is fun?
- SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB
- Chess cheating scandal re-erupts as accused files $400 million suit against world champion
- Philips announces new Evnia gaming brand
- How to solve the windmill puzzle in A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Tencent shareholders drown their sorrows as Chinese tech crackdown makes it less valuable than a booze firm
- Kalypso Media co-founder and MD dies at 46
- AMD to unveil RDNA 3 graphics cards on November 3
- The smartphone is an extension of the gaming PC, so use it like one
- Today's Wordle 489 answer and hint: Friday, October 21
- Silent Hill 2 remake 'rebuilding the combat', won't have fixed camera
- The best FPS games on PC
October 20
- Resident Evil 4's remake retreads old ground in style, but feels too familiar
- Capcom answers 5 big questions about Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Resident Evil 4 Remake is 'about the same' length as original, says Capcom
- Exocide is a bug-squashing boomer shooter where you play a four-armed exterminator
- The new AORUS motherboards from GIGABYTE bring benefits for everyone
- Overwatch 2's first double XP weekend starts tomorrow but it may not help as much as you hope
- This Banished-inspired city builder is filled with floods, tornadoes, and the plague
- One of the surprise indie hits of the year leaves early access with a major update
- Rockstar's throwing a life preserver to that guy with 6,000 hours of Red Dead Online on Stadia
- Watch the Resident Evil showcase here
- Fallout 3 is free on the Epic Games Store
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 preloading has started
- Microsoft's latest Activision acquisition defense: What if Call of Duty sucked?
- Diablo 4 endgame beta asked testers not to leak it, so they leaked it immediately
- Gotham Knights Batarang locations and how to find them
- Final Fantasy 16 trailer provides tasty worldbuilding and some badass summons
- G.Skill shows DDR5-8000 kit running on an Intel Core i9 13900K
- Microsoft has a bleak outlook on cloud gaming's future
- How to open the way for Arnaud in A Plague Tale: Requiem
- All graffiti locations in Gotham Knights
- How to find the Inkquisitor boss in Fortnite
- Look, the Laurel and Hardy of Nvidia graphics card coolers
- Intel Core i9 13900K
- Intel Core i5 13600K
- Modders figured out how to keep playing the Street Fighter 6 beta, so Capcom removed the game
- BenQ X3000i gaming projector
- Gotham Knights review
- The best series about being a detective who is also a frog concludes next week
- ASRock X670E Pro RS
- Today's Wordle 488 answer and hint: Thursday, October 20
- Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed review
- The Silent Hill 2 remake has a Steam page, and some steep system requirements
October 19
- We finally know when Bastion will return to Overwatch 2
- The next Silent Hill movie will be based on Silent Hill 2
- Silent Hill Ascension is a horror story shaped by the hivemind
- Flat Eye plays around with AI, cloning, and future tech while you work at a gas station
- Minecraft's new camels are already here in a new beta build
- Silent Hill F is 'a completely new story set in 1960s Japan'
- King Charles and Queen Elizabeth zombies cut from Fallout: London mod
- Annapurna and the Stories Untold studio are making a Silent Hill game
- Konami announces Silent Hill 2 remake by Bloober Team
- Here's our first look at Need for Speed Unbound gameplay
- 6 mistakes that Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 better not repeat
- Marvel's Midnight Suns hints at Deadpool joining the team
- 'Fallout's yours'—Todd Howard learned he could make Fallout 3 from a Post-It
- CD Projekt confirms there are no plans for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2
- McDonalds is offering an epic Overwatch 2 skin in Australia
- This huge '70s tank simulator is the last of its kind, and it runs off a Raspberry Pi
- Without warning, Warhammer 40,000: Regicide has been removed from Steam and shut down
- Everything we know about World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
- How to find Rich Soil and create the Miracle Growth Elixir in Disney Dreamlight Valley
- How to save the herbalist in A Plague Tale: Requiem
- How to unlock Scar in Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection review
- Riot fixes 'pay-to-lose' Valorant gun skin that pros forgot to tell devs about
- File Explorer tabs finally come to Windows 11
- What you need to know about Dracthyr in World of Warcraft
- Alienware x14
- Persona 5 Royal is landing on Game Pass for PC day one
- US Labor Relations Board says Blizzard Albany QA union vote can proceed despite Activision's objections
- Netflix is 'seriously exploring' cloud gaming
- Destiny 2: The best way to farm Spectral Pages during Festival of the Lost
- Here's when Disney Dreamlight Valley's Scar update unlocks
- Today's Wordle 487 answer and hint: Wednesday, October 19
- We made PC games into themed Xbox Elite controllers using Xbox Design Labs
- The Case of the Golden Idol review
- The Bayonetta voice actor dispute just got more complicated
October 18
- Gotham Knights system requirements are surprisingly demanding
- The next Apex Legends character is the game's first trans hero
- The next Sims game is bringing back my beloved Create-A-Style tool
- Marvel Snap wheels out Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury for its launch video
- Twitch streamer Amouranth 'seeking legal and emotional counsel' following on-stream domestic abuse allegations
- The Sims 4 is getting official mod support
- 3 strong loadouts for Hunt: Showdown’s 1.10 meta
- Rat apocalypse comes to Total War: Warhammer 3 with new Vermintide endgame
- The Sims 5 is codenamed Project Rene, at least 'a couple' years away
- Fallout 76 lead designer Ferret Baudoin has died
- Here's what's coming in the WoW: Dragonflight pre-patch
- Minecraft launcher project spins out of control after dev hijacks it to fight 'leftist queer ideology'
- How to complete the Elden Ring Fia quest
- The best Sims 4 DLCs for expanding your life sim
- PlayStation's fancy new controller will cost $200, releases in January
- The Sims 4 is now free to play, so here's how to claim it
- New US sanctions see semiconductor suppliers halt business with China to 'protect U.S. national security'
- Roblox's numbers continue to boom
- New World is getting 'Fresh Start Worlds' in November
- Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
- You're not a true PC gamer until you've convinced your significant other to RGB the home you share
- Fortnite is giving you a fortnight to live out your werewolf fantasies
- 'Don't try and turn me into the bad guy'—Streamer who broke back at TwitchCon details injuries
- There's an even cheaper way to use Discord emojis now
- How to watch the Behind The Sims Summit
- 8 RTX 4090s could crack most of your passwords in just 48 minutes
- Where to find Jack O Lanterns in GTA Online
- How to turn into a werewolf in Fortnite
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 celebrates its first decade by vowing to keep on truckin' for a second
- Herman Miller and Logitech G just dropped a $1,000 gaming chair
- Today's Wordle 486 answer and hint: Tuesday, October 18
- Learn how to run VR flight sims and win a Pimax 8k headset
- DisplayPort 2.0 products already support DisplayPort 2.1
October 17
- ErgoTune Supreme V3 chair
- Sasha Grey will portray a radio DJ in the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion
- What do Post Malone, Junji Ito and Metal Gear's concept artist have in common? They're all coming to Magic the Gathering
- Splinter Cell remake director leaves Ubisoft
- Overwatch 2's weekly coin rewards are insultingly low
- Former Hearthstone boss says Marvel Snap is going to be the 'biggest card game of all time'
- Elden Ring's soundtrack is being turned into jazz for a live concert
- Riot Games acquires a Wargaming studio to help with live game development
- Is the Mario movie trailer supposed to look like this Diablo 2 cinematic?
- The RTX 4090 is such a chonker that this company designed a special power adapter for it
- Leisure Suit Larry voice actor Jan Rabson has died
- A Plague Tale: Requiem review
- The best Genshin Impact characters
- How to solve the first puzzle and open the door in Scorn
- Someone's reverse-engineered Perfect Dark for N64 and made a PC port possible
- Windows 11 appears to be hobbling AMD Ryzen 7000 performance
- AMD reportedly cutting CPU production for its new Zen 4 chips
- Where to find Padisarah flowers in Genshin Impact
- Nvidia reportedly compensating partners after RTX 4080 12GB's last-minute cancellation
- Persona 5 Royal review
- Crucial P3 Plus 2TB
- Danganronpa's creator has no plans for a sequel right now, but never say never
- TF2's voice cast is terrorising America's small towns on a hunt for sandwiches
- The best builds for Nilou in Genshin Impact
- G4 TV's short-lived revival is disappearing after 11 months
- Logitech G502 X
- Asus Crosshair X670E Hero
- Razer's Kitty Kraken V2 headset is all ears
- Today's Wordle 485 answer and hint: Monday, October 17
- Razer's new Edge game streaming handheld will start at $400 USD
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 17, 2022)
- Dark Souls 2 fans are petitioning for the return of long-forgotten promo weapons
October 16
- Try the demo for delightful sandbox mystery The Case of the Golden Idol
- Konami announces a Silent Hill 'Transmission' with the 'latest updates' for the series
- Punch thieving children in this free game about making Indonesian meatballs
- Streamer Amouranth reveals she is married, accuses husband of domestic abuse
- Open-world RPG Gedonia has a sprawling scope for a $15 game
- Obsidian CEO says he wants to make another Fallout
- This tropical island farming sim has a remarkable array of NPCs
- Today's Wordle 484 answer and hint: Sunday, October 16
- Which class to choose in Lost Ark
- Old School Runescape player scores 16 billion gold for PvP kill
- Bayonetta voice actress urges players to boycott next game, citing insulting treatment by developer Platinum
- Magic: The Gathering has banned my beloved Meathook Massacre
October 15
- Trombone Champ, but it's Sephiroth playing One Winged Angel (badly)
- Guess what They're Alive! ripped off? It's not a trick question
- Gotham Knights will get a cooperative mode for four players after launch
- Minecraft Legends shows off its 4 player co-op in new gameplay video
- Would you play an FPS with a controller if aim assist helped you win more?
- Mojang announces Minecraft 1.20, with first beta coming 'a few days from now'
- Minecraft 1.20—everything you should know about the new Minecraft update
- Overwatch 2 review
- Today's Wordle 483 answer and hint: Saturday, October 15
October 14
- CD Projekt's big roadmap doesn't indicate an impending acquisition, says analyst
- Watch The Philadelphia Orchestra eat it hard in Trombone Champ
- Guild Wars 2's next NPC is a real 10-year-old child
- Valve is working on fixes for the Steam Deck dock's FreeSync issues
- Overwatch 2 reaches 25 million players, tripling Overwatch 1 daily peaks
- Former Fable dev reunited with commemorative plaque he lost 12 years ago thanks to a random eBay auction
- This $50 peripheral lets you plug and play Game Boy cartridges on your Steam Deck
- This DIYer built themselves an awesome open-source HDMI capture card for only $10
- The Minecraft mob vote is on—here's where and how to vote
- Build and defend a base on an alien world in this surprisingly deep survival sim
- Nvidia 'unlaunches' the unwanted RTX 4080 12GB
- If you've been ranked too low in Overwatch 2, it might not be your fault
- Mount & Blade 2 finally gets Steam Workshop support ahead of full release
- Here's 8 minutes of Dead Space remake gameplay
- Elgato Wave DX microphone
- This new Vampire Survivors mode is going to be the end of me
- The latest version of DirectStorage can load avocados 3x faster than ever before
- Blizzard isn't planning any immediate hero buffs or nerfs for Overwatch 2
- How to find UFOs in GTA Online
- Playing the Dead Space remake made me realize I totally misremembered Dead Space
- PC Gamer UK December issue: Stars in our eyes
- Here's what to expect from Sins of a Solar Empire 2 early access on October 27
- Nvidia kills mostly meaningless crypto-mining limiter on RTX 30-series GPUs
- Stable Diffusion VR is a startling vision of the future of gaming
- Sonic Frontiers shows off combat and upgrades in new trailer
- Potionomics review
- How to get Candy and unlock the Halloween skins in MultiVersus
- Valve just filed a new 'computer game software' trademark and the rumours are already flying
- Modern Warfare 2's SMS verification system is for PC players only, but you might not have to do it
- No More Heroes 1 and 2 are finally getting fixed on PC
- Scorn review
- John Carpenter would still like to make a Dead Space film
- Today's Wordle 482 answer and hint: Friday, October 14
October 13
- Elden Ring's 1.07 patch introduces PvP-only nerfs, buffs a whole bunch of weapons
- Elden Ring dataminers uncover crumbs of DLC evidence in latest patch
- Activision Blizzard is facing another sexual harassment lawsuit
- Star Trek: Resurgence is delayed until April 2023
- This billion-dollar metaverse claims it has 7000 daily users, not 38
- The PC's most infamously complex game gets a tutorial after 16 years
- This engineering sandbox is already so complex you can build games inside its demo
- Splash Damage's party shooter Outcasters will be left to die with Stadia
- Blizzard answers our questions on two of Dragonflight's biggest overhauls
- Signalis is shaping up to be a beautiful, fragmented sci-fi nightmare
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales gets detailed system requirements and a November release date
- Todd Howard says Starfield's character traits 'are something you can solve' if you get tired of them
- Dual Universe review
- Here's what time the Darktide closed beta starts
- WD Black SN850X 1TB
- Steam's new mobile app is a big improvement, despite UI annoyances
- RTX 4090s are already hitting eBay but you still have a decent chance of getting one at MSRP
- The best games to show off your fancy new graphics card
- Undecember is a new hardcore hack-and-slash ARPG coming October 12
- Oh no, Konami's looking for experts to build its 'WEB3 and Metaverse' projects
- Scientists taught a Petri dish of brain cells to play Pong better than I can
- Best Amazon Prime Early Access PC gaming deals
- Today's Wordle 481 answer and hint: Thursday, October 13
- How to have the best Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines experience today
- Nvidia's latest driver delivers a healthy DX12 boost for all RTX GPUs
October 12
- How to use a PS5 DualSense controller on PC
- How to use the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller on PC
- Crossplay tensions simmer as Overwatch 2 controller players discover aim assist is disabled against PC
- Yu-Gi-Oh! creator died while attempting to rescue drowning swimmers, US military says
- The best Amazon Prime Day Early Access gaming PC deals
- 'Strange things began to happen'—how a Ukrainian studio lost its game, saw it botted to hell, and saved it
- CD Projekt is helping Stadia players rescue their Cyberpunk 2077 save files from annihilation
- The best Amazon Prime Early Access gaming monitor deals
- The best Amazon Early Access gaming laptop deals
- Skip these terrible Prime Early Access PC gaming deals
- I didn't create a disaster in this complex spaceship colony sim: It started that way
- Todd Howard reveals Starfield's persuasion system: 'It feels like it's part of the dialog'
- OLED, QLED and ULED gaming TV deals that don't suck
- CNN faces accusations of an NFT rug pull
- No More Heroes 3 hits PC, but it's the Switch version for some reason
- The best Amazon Prime Day Early Access SSD deals
- Wildfrost's cute art disguises a deckbuilder that's cold as ice
- Best Amazon Prime Day graphics card deals
- Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 Max
- These graphics cards are actually below MSRP for Prime Early Access
- The new shooter from the makers of Bulletstorm is delayed to 2023
- This $40 Steam Deck Dock alternative is one of the best Prime Early Access deals
- Now's the time to invest in PC cables as Amazon's Basics range is even cheaper
- Prime Early Access is a great time to grab a speedy and capacious SSD
- Andor could teach Star Wars games a thing or two
- Easy sub-$190 upgrades for your gaming setup this Amazon Prime Early Access
- RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti gaming laptops exist with up to $900 savings
- Colorful GeForce RTX 4090 NB EX-V
- Cultic might be the year's grungiest retro FPS
- Here's where to buy Nvidia RTX 4090 cards today
- Destiny 2: Season of Plunder exotic weapons, raid chests and more
- FIFA's world cup game is some Roblox nonsense with bowling
- The internet is mocking Meta for announcing its 'probably most requested feature': legs
- How to get the End of the Rainbow transmat in Destiny 2
- How to create and destroy chrome structures in Fortnite
- Today's Wordle 480 answer and hint: Wednesday, October 12
- LG to start producing more W-OLED gaming screens
- Overwatch 2 double XP weekends are coming to make good on launch woes
- This underrated Amazon Prime benefit could save you big money during Prime Day Early Access
October 11
- Forget Prime Day, Criterion's 50% off sale is the real steal today
- Samsung's Ukrainian office damaged by Russian missile strike
- Cyberpunk 2077 mod turns you into a real Edgerunners cyberpsycho
- The Meta Quest Pro isn't for gamers, but we sure want to play games on it
- 'We’re going to improve the Saints Row experience': Saints Row devs are prioritizing fixes over new content
- Steam's latest F2P shooter is half CoD clone, half surprisingly great co-op FPS
- The best Steam Deck accessory deals for Prime Day
- If the new Need for Speed game's visual effects are too 'anime' for you, EA says you can turn them off
- Faster Wi-Fi is your new ally in online gaming
- I hope RTX 3060 and RTX 3050-powered gaming laptops stay under $1,000
- Cheap Prime gaming monitors mean you can build the multiscreen '90s hacker setup of your dreams
- Overwatch 2 Battle Pass: all the rewards and how much it costs
- A Plague Tale: Requiem system requirements are surprisingly high despite no 4K spec
- Real-time strategy is back from the brink of death
- I'm drowning in RTX 3080, RTX 3070, and RTX 3090 PC deals for Amazon Prime Early Access
- The Elgato Stream Deck hits its lowest price yet for Prime Early Access
- This RX 6700 XT graphics card is actually less than MSRP right now
- 'The answer is no'—Twitch moneyman rejects larger revenue cut for streamers
- How to unlock the Bytes outfit and tune the TV in Fortnite
- CS: GO pro leaves team after suffering traumatic injuries in Maltese nightclub fight
- Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition
- Google's three new gaming Chromebooks show it's still keen on cloud gaming
- This competitive multiplayer game from former Riot and Blizzard devs is trying to cut out the 'raging strangers'
- This high-end RTX 3070 gaming laptop is fantastic value at £1,078
- This RTX 3060 gaming PC is an absolute steal at $740
- You can now order Domino's in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, thanks to a mod
- Live: The best Prime Early Access PC upgrade deals so far
- Today's Wordle 479 answer and hint: Tuesday, October 11
- Now you can sync your Nanoleaf lights with your Corsair iCUE kit
- Gaming monitors should come with VESA arms, not stands
- Overwatch 2 temporarily loses Bastion and Torbjörn
October 10
- New Blood's Fallout homage will have first-person combat
- Darktide class spotlight looks down the sights of the Veteran Sharpshooter
- Square Enix Montreal is now called Studio Onoma
- Persona 3 Portable hits Steam and Game Pass in January 2023
- Fight a monstrous spider-train when Choo-Choo Charles releases this December
- These are the best players in FIFA 23
- How to spot the best deals on gaming PCs and laptops for Amazon Prime Early Access
- Windows 95 had dedicated code to nix an OG Sim City bug
- 7 tips to help you win at FIFA 23 Career Mode
- Overwatch 2 Twitch drops and how to get the Legendary Kiriko skin
- The best Minecraft mods for glorious new worlds
- How to craft Stagbreaker, the awesome two-handed war hammer in Valheim
- Koei Tecmo's new game is like Monster Hunter on fast-forward
- Intel confirms that Alder Lake BIOS code has been leaked but expects no new security flaws
- How to make a spice rack in Valheim
- Overwatch 2 Halloween event: Start date, characters, and skins
- How to change crosshair settings in Overwatch 2
- GTA Online Halloween event: Judgement Day mode and rewards
- 'We're not very happy'—Platinum CEO apologises for Babylon's Fall, hints at troubled development
- Blizzard has quietly fixed Overwatch 2 'auto-purchase' glitch but refunds are yet to come
- Forget Stadia, it's time for the Google Stadium
- Doom running through the Notepad app looks surprisingly playable
- I didn't expect PAX Aus 2022 to go so hard for extreme gaming PC builds
- This $265 AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is the sort of graphics card deal we're after
- AMD stock plunges as it admits that PC demand just isn't as high as it once was
- Today's Wordle 478 answer and hint: Monday, October 10
- Loretta is a point-and-click noir that lets you get away with murder
- Record monsters on cassette to transform into them in Cassette Beasts
- A streamer broke her back in two places after jumping in a foam pit at TwitchCon
- EA canceled a singleplayer Plants vs. Zombies spin-off to back a Star Wars game, which it also canceled
October 9
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 10, 2022)
- Rebuild society after a climate apocalypse in city builder Floodland
- Zombie survival classic Unturned hits new highs for no reason other than that it's free and fun
- Great moments in PC gaming: Setting off my first big D.Va bomb in Overwatch
- Hysterical Overwatch 2 bug lets Bastion players paint the world with artillery
- Fallout, Homeworld, and more tabletop RPGs go digital native on Role
- Today's Wordle 477 answer and hint: Sunday, October 9
- A huge text adventure begun by anonymous creators 40 years ago was only completed this year
- Silent Hill director says multiple studios working on new games
October 8
- Play a weird wordle-like where you guess what prompt an image generator used
- Capcom's interactive spy comedy movie Fox Hunt was probably better left forgotten
- Here's a beautifully animated 2D cat platformer
- Modern Warfare 2 trailer outlines PC features
- Elder Scrolls Online will rescue Stadia castaways
- Today's Wordle 476 answer and hint: Saturday, October 8
October 7
- Major game studios believed this company was providing experienced, well-staffed QA teams—employees say that was a lie
- Valve edits Steam Deck trailer to remove Nintendo Switch emulator icon
- Here's a survival game first: I just went fishing for giant moths off the edge of my blimp
- EA's Origin is officially dead
- This gorgeous grid-based dungeon crawler is based on real folklore
- Modern Warfare 2 has the same 'no prepaid phone' requirement as Overwatch 2
- The 31 best Minecraft skins to give your avatar a cool new look
- Get instantly hooked on this free fishing puzzle browser game
- More than half a billion dollars stolen from world's largest crypto exchange
- Of course everyone's Dreamlight Valley villages are prettier than mine
- Elle Stranding? Death Fanning? Actress Elle Fanning to appear in Kojima Productions project
- Bethesda finally confirms it: Deathloop is a Dishonored game
- Is 5 new Witcher games too many Witcher games?
- How to find and open Vaults in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4
- Steam u-turns on ban for game published by Danganronpa devs and reworks review process
- Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition
- Stellaris's game director isn't thinking about a sequel: 'There's so much stuff for us to continue working with'
- Guide a doggo astronaut home in this upcoming indie puzzle-platformer
- My kind of modders are re-building the first Vampire: the Masquerade in Skyrim
- Overwatch 2 tier lists are a mess, but most agree that one hero is coming out on top
- Public voting now open in the Golden Joystick's 40th anniversary awards
- Make your gaming experience bulletproof with Decksaver's ultra-durable keyboard covers
- Logitech G Cloud
- No Man's Sky's new update is for space captains who 'just want to chill out'
- Woman confesses to murdering sister for flirting with her boyfriend in Valorant
- Here we go again: I can't wait until Overwatch 2 players learn there's an objective
- This point-and-click game is like a dark crime thriller version of Zootopia
- Where to find Rebecca's shotgun in Cyberpunk 2077
- SteelSeries Arena 7
- Today's Wordle 475 answer and hint: Friday, October 7
October 6
- Well, this is not what I expected a game called 'Priest Simulator' to look like
- Two Dota 2 celebs have built the best autobattler yet
- One of Steam's most wishlisted city builders has a pretty spectacular demo
- Mario Teaches Typing mascot stars in new movie trailer
- Blizzard says it's making progress with Overwatch 2's server woes
- The best Minecraft seeds for 1.21
- How the Team Fortress 2 community brought it back from the brink
- The Minecraft mob vote isn't even open yet and it feels like there's a winner
- Dead Space remake will be 'native' on Steam, no Origin client required
- The Steam Deck and docking station are finally available without reservation
- Half-Life twin-stick shooter fan game gets blessing from Valve and a Steam release
- Modern Warfare 2 launch trailer is the best kind of COD nonsense
- Disco Elysium creators 'fired on false premises' claims Studio ZA/UM founding member
- Oops: CPU coolers recalled for not cooling CPUs
- Brazil approves Microsoft's Activision Blizzard purchase, says it won't defend 'particular interests of specific competitors'
- This is one of the coolest tabletop gaming setups I've ever seen
- Best cheap graphics card deals
- Need for Speed Unbound promises to blend highly-realistic cars with 'the freshest street art'
- How to get the best Sandevistans in Cyberpunk 2077
- Russian government collides with reality, rejects plans to fund a 'national game engine'
- Dead Cells adds a ludicrously tough boss rush mode for the lulz
- Tub Geralt immortalised as a cake disaster in Netflix's best baking show
- RimWorld's biggest-ever expansion brings mech armies, gene-splicing, and bouncing babies
- How to recruit and equip the best companions in Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord
- Nanoleaf Smarter Essentials bulb and lightstrip
- The new Humble Bundle contains 400 hours of the best RPGs ever made for $20
- Avoid thermal paste overload on your AMD Ryzen AM5 CPU with Noctua's guard
- Players aren't thrilled that Magic: The Gathering 30th Anniversary Edition costs $1,000
- Today's Wordle 474 answer and hint: Thursday, October 6
- 3DMark releases XeSS benchmark update
October 5
- Witchbrook: Everything we know so far about the witchy life sim
- Games Workshop is giving away two custom Warhammer gaming PCs
- Add some close encounters to Fallout 4 with this alien invasion mod
- Overwatch 2 drops phone number requirement 'for a majority of existing Overwatch players'
- This machete-wielding plant belongs in Aperture Labs
- Best wireless gaming headsets in 2024: the top cans I'd buy myself
- Need for Speed Unbound leaks one day before reveal, looks like the most stylish NFS in 15 years
- The best games like Stardew Valley on PC
- Overwatch 2 queues are still a problem 24 hours later
- Stadia's collapse means the exclusive horror game Gylt will finally release for the rest of us
- Everything we know about Company of Heroes 3
- Chess scandal re-ignites: Grandmaster accused of cheating in 'more than 100' games
- Multiplayer Witcher sounds a lot more exciting than a new trilogy
- Hitman 3's roguelike mode has been delayed to next year
- Parasitic malware tricks crypto scammers into doing the hard work for them
- Another day, another maddeningly vague Hideo Kojima tease
- RAM and SSD prices could increase as manufacturers cut production
- Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition
- Genshin Impact won't add more endgame challenges because of 'excessive anxiety'
- Streets of Rogue 2 announced and now it's an open-world Stardew with trucks?
- Water-based chips could be the future of neural networks
- Intel promises its drivers 'will get there' as Arc Alchemist A770 readies for launch
- Today's Wordle 473 answer and hint: Wednesday, October 5
- Corsair's super slim K100 Air is the best looking keyboard of the year
October 4
- CD Projekt is losing a CEO but gaining a new studio
- Finally! USB-C charging ports will be required by law in the EU for most portable tech from 2024
- 5 lessons the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel needs to learn from the original
- Overwatch 2 launch derailed by major DDoS attack
- Colleagues pay tribute to Metro Exodus animator who died fighting for Ukraine
- Elon Musk is buying Twitter again, for real this time
- Overwatch 2 is now live
- Two Witcher spin-off games are on the way as well as the new trilogy
- WTF: Why do these World Cup security uniforms look exactly like Hitman DLC?
- How to unlock Overwatch 2 heroes
- If you're stuck in the Overwatch 2 queue, you're not alone
- CD Projekt is also working on something brand new that it 'created from scratch'
- Even the people behind USB think that USB branding is a mess
- Sony says it'll be 'at least a year' before PlayStation exclusives hit PC, unless they're live service games
- The Witcher 4: what we know about the start of a new trilogy
- The first Dead Space remake gameplay trailer looks just as nasty as I remember
- CD Projekt announces new Witcher trilogy, 3 new games over 6 years
- The next Witcher and Cyberpunk games will have multiplayer
- Lord of Rigel is a 4X strategy game that tasks you with taking over the stars
- Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a full sequel
- 'It felt fantastic'—The day MMO devs identified item-dupers and burned everything they owned to ash
- Valorant's most controversial map is getting a significant rework
- How to unlock the Garden of Endless Pillars domain in Genshin Impact
- Acer shows off its own take on the Intel Arc A770
- Company of Heroes 3 has been delayed to early next year
- The Medium is getting a TV series with The Witcher's executive producer
- The prototype for Black's sequel sounds unsurprisingly amazing
- Where to find every Fecund Hamper in Genshin Impact
- Sony remains frustratingly vague on future PC plans
- Activision Blizzard withheld raises to retaliate against unionising staff, US Labor Relations Board finds
- DDR5-7600 XMP memory is coming to Intel's 13th Gen platform
- Today's Wordle 472 answer and hint: Tuesday, October 4
- Google Japan's absurdly long stick keyboard is actually real
- It's now way easier to add a dope custom boot screen to your Steam Deck
October 3
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 4, 2022)
- The October PC game releases and events you should know about
- Go axe murderer mode as a Victorian waif in this PS2 throwback horror game
- Fortnite is down for extended maintenance
- Resident Evil 4 remake: Everything we know
- Tattoo artist lays a legal RKO on Take-Two over Randy Orton's ink in WWE 2K games
- The pumpkin meta is now dominating Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Kerbal Space Program studio is working on something new
- Steam Next Fest returns with hundreds of new demos and dev streams
- Steam Deck add-on Killswitch to be redesigned after 'million dollar' mistake
- Heroes never die, but games do: An Overwatch 1 obituary
- Fallout 76 is free this week to celebrate a big series birthday
- Phasmophobia dev apologises and belatedly bans Discord admin after messy nude pics scandal
- Valheim cheats: All codes and console commands to wield godly power
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 has broken Duke Nukem Forever's record for longest game development time
- Roll up for the 40th anniversary of the Golden Joystick Awards
- Dream's viral face reveal shows why anonymity is an influencer's best friend
- No Man's Sky 4.0 update adds new 'relaxed' mode and 'massively increased' inventory
- Streamer beats Elden Ring's Malenia at level one with a goddamn dance pad
- Dragonflight's UI is great but I'm not going to uninstall my addons just yet
- A Mega Man documentary has been deemed too sexy by YouTube's baffling content rules
- How to fix FIFA 23's anti cheat error
- FIFA 23 slammed by PC players as EA's own anti-cheat makes it unplayable for many
- Someone turned their old DVD drives into a freaking laser scanning microscope
- Today's Wordle 471 answer and hint: Monday, October 3
- A canceled Dune game comes to Steam under a new name, 20 years later
- Well, here's GoldenEye with Mario characters
October 2
- First Darktide character spotlight shows off the cultist-carving zealot preacher
- Great moments in PC gaming: Casual ghost-hunting with friends in Phasmophobia
- It's bite-size Vampire Survivors in Slay the Spire's framework in Rogue: Genesia
- Activision Blizzard exec who called harassment lawsuit 'distorted and untrue' steps down from position
- This King of the Hill Doom mod brings about Hank on Earth
- You can add Jedi Academy to the list of audacious VR ports
- Today's Wordle 470 answer and hint: Sunday, October 2
- Here's a game about soldering and tinkering with old school electronics
- Transformers cards are coming to Magic: The Gathering
October 1
- The Shivah had an awesomely rabbinical take on Monkey Island's insult sword-fighting
- How much time do you spend on MMO character fashion?
- Red Dead Online's biggest superfan may lose 6,000 hours of progress on Stadia
- Founding member of Disco Elysium studio claims core devs 'involuntarily' left the company
- Tesla unveils bipedal robot that is not a guy in a morph suit
- Today's Wordle 469 answer and hint: Saturday, October 1
- This cool Metal Gear Solid throwback trades rocket launchers for sponge bullets