This year, to celebrate the occasion, Naughty Dog and HBO have released a new trailer for their upcoming TV adaptation, which stars Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie. This new trailer gives us all a closer look at Ellie and Joel in action as they make their way across America. Along with seeing more of the two protagonists, we now also have a better, but still brief look at the series’ infected Clickers - complete with their unmistakable and haunting noises....

Heardle is a music game inspired by Wordle - where instead of guessing a word, you hear the opening of a song, with each failed guess extending the preview to help you solve the title and artist in question. If you fail to guess once you have heard the complete preview, then you’ll break your streak - which is why discovering today’s Heardle answer is so important for players, especially as some song intros are more elusive than others....

The video below shows off new and returning stages in 4v4 battles, and new weapons. The trailer then goes off the deep end with a tease for the single-player campaign. The video is called Return of the Mammalians, but it’s hard to make much sense of what we’re seeing. Splatoon 3 is due out at some point in 2022. Nintendo said it’ll reveal more details in the future.

While glitches are often, by their very nature, complex things to replicate, this particular exploit discovered by Twitterer Axk_000 is actually pretty easy to reproduce. You can do it yourself by pulling out the in-game camera, holding an item from the menu, and then cancel the item hold (thanks, Gamespot). While it’s tempting to presume it’s just a glitch that makes Link’s avatar disappear, the perspective changes completely in line with Link’s own POV, and his shadow is still on the ground when you look downwards at the floor....

The premise of many games do, of course, involve journeying to new worlds. But even in the realms of fantasy or sci-fi, they can almost always be read from a Western, borderline colonialist, perspective. The term ‘immigrant’ itself comes loaded with connotations, especially considering Westerners who move abroad are referred to as expats instead. There have been immigration-themed games, such as the dystopian border controls of Papers, Please, or Bury Me, My Love and its human portrayal of the Syrian refugee crisis....

To get Giacomo’s Star Badge in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, you’ll have to clear the Dark Star Barrage inside the base first, then defeat Giacomo himself. To help you earn that badge and progress with the Starfall Street storyline, we’ve detailed where to find Team Star’s Dark Crew base below, along with what Pokémon you have to face outside the base, and how to clear the Star Barrage and beat the Team Star Dark Leader, Giacomo....

Chrome Punk is a new character introduced in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4. They’re essentially a person with a huge chrome pumpkin for a head. Even with that rather unique sense of style, they can be tricky to find if you don’t know where to look. Here’s where to find Chrome Punk in Fortnite, how to dance with them, and what you’ll get for doing so. On this page:...

Item-based evolution is one of several Special Evolution methods found in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and these ones are as easy as apple pie. Here’s where to find a Applin, if you haven’t caught one already, and then how to evolve it into either Appletun or Flapple in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. On this page: If you’d like to learn more about your Paldea adventure, visit our Pokémon Scarlet and Violet walkthrough....

To complete the challenge, you’ll need to locate and use a Baller, a zipline, and Geyser before you’re eliminated - but you can find and use them in any order. Completing this Fortnite task will reward you with 15k XP, which will then help you towards unlocking the new Battle Pass skins. How to use a Baller, a zipline, and a Geyser in a single match in Fortnite To quickly use a Baller, a zipline, and a Geyser in a single match for this Fortnite Week 6 challenge, go to Rave Cave first....

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14 Inch Gaming Laptop – $899.99 from Best Buy (was $1,399.99) You’ll get a lot of bang for your buck at this price – the trifecta of the Ryzen 7 5800 CPU, 16GB of DDR 4 RAM and an RTX 3060 GPU is more than capable of running the most recent AAA releases, and running them well. Benchmarks state you’ll get over 60 FPS playing Elden Ring on max settings, and well over 100 on Call of Duty: Warzone....

“Our all-for-charity Stand With Ukraine bundle has ended,” the organisation tweeted yesterday, when the bundle was removed from sale as scheduled. “Together, we’ve raised over $20 million for humanitarian relief efforts in #Ukraine! Thank you all for your support!!!” The bundle - which featured over 120 items worth over £1800 ($2500) - was purchased by 473,796 people. 100 per cent of the proceeds go to Razom for Ukraine, International Rescue Committee, International Medical Corps, and Direct Relief to “support vital humanitarian crisis relief efforts for the people of Ukraine today”....

I discovered all this for myself when invited on a “ride-along” with BRS founding members Lucas (RimJaynor), Brendan (Spanky), Jonny (Small_T2) and Gareth (Rolivend), who took me on several missions and even gave me a tour of their warehouse. In total we went on four recoveries - some tougher than others - and on at least two occasions the team also had to recover me, too. I guess I could have done with a spear-proof vest....

A fresh video detailing work on the project has revealed the remake’s newly-stitched-together open world, and promises further additions in future - such as improvements to the game’s vehicles, the addition of online multiplayer, a quest system and revamped graphics. The project’s re-emergence now is a little surprising, since an earlier version was previously pulled offline from creator Reuben “Reubs” Ward’s Patreon to avoid getting into any potential legal issues....

Last week the addition of Banjo-Kazooie to the service came with a 1.2 update for the app that made some changes, including reduced input lag. According to YouTube channel Modern Vintage Gamer, the input lag has been significantly improved across the board. “The input lag has had some work,” he said. “It’s certainly not fixed, but it is better than the original release and it does show me that Nintendo is listening, or at least reading the feedback and trying to address these things....

The Blue Team is heralding up to a 19 per cent improvement in single-core performance (specifically, instructions per clock or IPC), up to 50 per cent better integrated graphics performance (thanks to Intel’s new Xe graphics architecture) and support for PCIe 4.0 (allowing Intel to finally match AMD with support for high-speed SSDs). There are also new deep learning capabilities that should accelerate certain workloads, AV1 decoding and some interesting new overclocking features we’ll get into later....

PS5 is the first console to offer Apple Music. If you’re a subscriber you can access the service’s 90 million song library, music videos, playlists and radio, and use it similarly to Spotify to stream music in the background. The Apple Music app should be available to download today, PlayStation said in a new blog post. ORIGINAL STORY 14/10/21: Sony appears to be working with Apple to bring the tech giant’s music service to the PlayStation....

While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote her upcoming film Everything Everywhere All at Once, the actor chatted more about her daughter’s upcoming cosplay wedding. “Ruby and Cynthia [Curtis’ daughter and fiancé] picked my costume. Her name is Jiana Proudmore… it’s a game, she’s an admiral,” she said. Curtis may be unintentionally underselling Proudmore’s role in World of Warcraft. Proudmore is, after all, widely considered to be the finest mage in all of Azeroth....

These are special recordings your droid BD-1 can decrypt that detail the research of Eno Cordova, an old jedi that travelled the galaxy looking to unearth secrets about an ancient civilization. Some of these logs are impossible to miss while completing the main quest, while others require you to scan certain objects / places to unlock. On this page: There are 19 encrypted logs for you to find in total, all split into seven distinct categories labelled as ‘Archives’....

The emitters, switches, sleeves and even the lightsaber material can be swapped and changed at any lightsaber crafting table you find. These parts are mostly found in chests hidden on the numerous planets you explore. However, some can be found upon interacting with a new crafting table, while others are unlocked during specific points in the story. On this page: Several parts require specific abilities to be unlocked before they are obtainable....

We’ve gone back to a few real gems, so for more catch-up reviews like this one head to the Games That Got Away hub, where all our pieces from the series will be rounded up in one convenient place. Enjoy! The first thing the game Kid A Mnesia: Exhibition tells you is that it’s not a game. Even though it’s published by Epic Games and is downloadable from the PlayStation and Epic Games stores, Kid A Mnesia isn’t a game in the traditional sense, no, but that’s why the additional subtitle “exhibition” offers a little helpful context here....