Get the Intel i5 11400F for £100 (was £150) Get the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 air cooler for £35 Note that the ‘F’ in 11400F means that this CPU doesn’t come with integrated graphics, so you will need a separate graphics card in your build. The 11400F will work well with a wide range of GPUs from AMD and Nvidia, but we’d recommend something in the region of an RTX 3060 or better to get the most out of the processor....

And that’s frustrating for me, because there’s so much to like here from a visual perspective - especially in terms of ray tracing features. On PC and PlayStation 5, ray traced reflections steal the show. RT reflections are applied liberally in Ghostwire: Tokyo, most striking on highly reflective surfaces where we get a perfect mirror-like effect. That said, they also apply to duller materials too, with a soft distorted look - computationally expensive but adding greatly to lighting realism....

In terms of digital sales, Elden Ring shifted more copies - perhaps not surprising considering it is available on more formats. 57 percent of Gran Turismo 7’s sales were digital, Eurogamer sister site GamesIndustry.biz reported yesterday. Today, GI.biz has also compiled a list of GT series launches - in which new entry GT7 emerged fifth. Launch week sales, combining digital and physical UK sales data, show Gran Turismo 7 achieved the fifth-largest launch for the franchise....

That story will now explain how players got to be so Honey I Shrunk The Kids small, Obsidian says, and potentially also allow you to “go big and go home” once all is said and done. Before that, though, there’s plenty of new things to experience in version 1.0. A new area of the garden, the Eastern Upper Yard, has been opened up to players. It features a new tunnel system, more towering manmade items and fresh “angry bugs”....

This is the third console generation the eternally popular GTA 5 has launched on. In the same breath as it announced the next-gen version of GTA5 and GTA Online, Rockstar confirmed Grand Theft Auto 6 is “well underway” and in “active development”. GTA5 and GTA Online on PS5 and Xbox Series X and S have new graphics mode with up to 4K resolution and 60 frames per second performance. Expect texture and draw distance upgrades, HDR options and ray-tracing, Rockstar confirmed....

The first thing 343 had to get right was the sandbox - were Halo’s iconic guns, grenades, abilities, maps and vehicles fun, and more importantly did they all interact with each other? A physics-driven sandbox in the past led to moments where a grenade you threw would accidentally hit a teammate and bounce right back into your face… oops. Or it would allow you to do things like fire a rocket into a gravity lift, have it fly all the way to the top and kill whoever was unfortunate enough to be waiting up there....

Each week, you are given a handful of challenges to complete - each giving you XP to help level the Battle Pass. If you complete all the challenges within a given week, you are given a bonus Ultimate Reward. However, accessing and completing challenges aren’t as straightforward or as accessible as it might seem - which this page will delve into, including how to complete weekly challenges In Halo Infinite and why some weekly challenges aren’t tracking or completing....

Evans’ video is well worth a watch because regardless of how you view his take on the machine’s thermal performance, you get to see exactly how Sony has changed the design - and just as importantly, where it has not - and this is crucial information. Yes, WiFi does look different (the extent to which performance changes isn’t tested) but the 300g weight loss seemingly comes down mostly to a new cooler design....

Here’s a favourite. I find a spot in the park. I check for the position of the sun. I arrange bag and book and Tesco Meal Deal, lie back and then fiddle with the screen of the tiny device I’m holding just so, until it catches the light and comes to life. For a while this year, this was a ritual I performed while sitting in the park with a Playdate....

Please note, some upcoming plot elements are revealed below. If you are keen to avoid any spoilers, please stop reading here. In conversation with IGN, actor Gabriel Luna (who plays Joel’s brother Tommy in the upcoming series) revealed the show will cover more of the Miller family’s dynamic prior to the events of the game. “We get to explore a lot of the moments before the inciting incident… We get to see them be a family for a little while,” Luna shared....

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....

Sadly, it’s less than a minute long, but it does let us sample the theme - Teenage City Riot by Ali - and gives us a peek at what’s to come. “Race through the streets of Shibuya and survive the seven-day Reapers’ Game!” teases the description (thanks, VG24/7). “Neku awakens in the middle of Shibuya’s bustling Scramble Crossing with no memory of how he got there. Little does he know he’s been transported to an alternate plane of existence known as the Underground (UG)....

Also, if you’re anything like me, you’ll have rewatched yesterday’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC Wave 3 trailer multiple times, trying to spot all the tweaks and additions to some of the many returning tracks. (And yes, that does sound like a newly-recorded version of Maple Treeway’s score.) Alongside yesterday’s trailer I saw a generally warmer reception to the visuals in these latest additions than in some of the other DLC drops so far - which have been criticised by fans as not standing up to graphical quality seen in the base game....

Today, developer Guerrilla Games shared four images from the PS4 version of the game, which is set to debut at the same time - on 18th February 2022. However, as some on social media pointed out, there’s no Forbidden West PS4 footage here today. Many are keen for an update on how well it runs for Sony’s aging console - especially after the Cyberpunk 2077 fiasco. Here are four Horizon Forbidden West screenshots, captured on PS4: Guerrilla has been busy unveiling details of Forbidden West over the past couple of months, such as its beastly-looking machines and fresh abilities....

A few key facts before we go any further: the Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch has been priced at £319.99 in the UK and $299 in the US - although the price in the former appears to vary a little depending on where you buy. For your money, you’ll get an island-themed Nintendo Switch console, dock, Joy-Con controllers and a digital copy of Animal Crossing New Horizons. The US version, however, does not come with a copy of the game, hence the lower price....

In a brief update posted yesterday on the official website, Blizzard said it would now treat the MOBA in a “manner similar to our other longstanding games, StarCraft and StarCraft II” by continuing seasonal rolls and hero rotations, but with no plans for new “for-purchase content to be added”. As a thank you to all who’ve stuck with the game, Blizzard is offering the “incredibly rare” Epic Arcane Lizard mount to all players with next week’s patch....

The topic of AI generation has increasingly become a hot discussion, with arguments arising over its use and the implications it has ethically, artistically, and technologically. In an interview with Sky News, Roiland talked about the use of AI in the development of High On Life. Roiland stated most of the art was hand-drawn, but the team used Midjourney AI to create some images to make the in-game world “feel like a strange alternative universe”....

There are many other reasons to look forward to the Pokémon Go event. You’ll be given the opportunity to catch as many Hisuian Voltorb as you can, with the possibility of catching a 100% perfect IV stats Hisuian Voltorb. Hisuian Voltorb’s Spotlight Hour falls on a fairly quiet day in Pokémon Go - occuring just as the Hisuian Discoveries event draws to a close. On this page: Hisuian Voltorb 100% perfect IV stats in Pokémon Go This week’s Spotlight Hour is a great opportunity to catch a Hisuian Voltorb with perfect IV stats....

Days later, that secret unlock code was then rediscovered after the matter hit the headlines - and there were actually multiple codes, it was revealed, with some still having unknown functions. Eurogamer video producer Ian Higton played through Homefront: The Revolution to test one of these codes out - you can see him entering the code in the footage below, and trying out numerous TimeSplitters 2 story levels. But why were these unlock codes created?...

These days, I live on another continent to the house I grew up in, I write about playing computer games for a living and everything seems to be going a bit mad in the world - but I still meet up with my brother to play racing games. But instead of crowding around the family computer, waiting for the CD drive to spool up and load the next level, we play on a modern game console with the sort of photorealistic graphics that Need for Speed 2 has in my memory… but definitely doesn’t if I go back to check....