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It’s not common that I’m floored by a game just from playing a preview build of it. Weird West‘s creative director is Raphaël Colantonio, who also directed Dishonored and the Prey reboot, in addition to having been the president of Arkane Studios for years. One day, he decided he didn’t want to make AAA games anymore, and so he started his own studio along with former Arkane producer Julien Roby. The unsurprising thing about playing this game is that it’s super easy to see how those guys, with that background, made this game because it’s almost obscenely good, which is exactly how I felt the first time I played Dishonored....

Warning: contains major spoilers for Westworld season two. Westworld’s season two finale left an eddy of questions in its wake. Some will only be answered in season three (starting this Sunday and Monday respectively on HBO and Sky Atlantic), but two years’ worth of publicity circuit interviews with the showrunners and cast over have already provided answers to the others. We may not yet know, for instance, which five consciousness pearls Dolores smuggled out of the park, or who’s ‘driving’ the Charlotte Hale host, but we have had a steer on whether Stubbs is a host, when the Man in Black’s post-credits sting takes place, if Emily was human when she was killed and more, all straight from the horse’s mouth (or at least from a horse-adjacent mouth)....

Everyone’s favorite Lovecraftian dungeon crawl, Darkest Dungeon, has just got a new expansion which brings a ton of new content to the game. The Steam Early Access darling has been a phenomenal success, selling over 1 million copies across all its platforms. And it’s not hard to see why - the game is a brooding, dark, and disturbing exploration of the party-based RPG, as punishing to your sanity as it is rewarding....

What Does Channel Partner Mean? A channel partner is a third-party organization or individual that markets and sells products, services or technologies for a manufacturer or service provider via a partnering relationship. Techopedia Explains Channel Partner A channel partner may be a retailer, software/hardware vendor, distributor, original equipment manufacturer (OEM), systems integrator (SI) or value-added reseller (VAR).

What Does Colocation Facility Mean? A colocation facility is a physical data center hosting facility that allows customers to deploy their own servers, networks and storage hardware powered by Internet bandwidth, electricity, backup power and other services generally required in a data center. Techopedia Explains Colocation Facility Colocation providers make their services available in two ways: Colocation providers generally have the facilities to host thousands of servers, powerful standby generators and uninterrupted power supply, disaster recovery and backup procedures....

What Does Cuckoo Egg Mean? A cuckoo egg is a modified MP3 file that looks like a copyrighted song and is spread through the Internet without the consent of the copyright owner. The initial part of the song, typically the first 30 seconds, includes the original song. The rest of the song is replaced with a repetitive cuckoo clock sound or a combination of random voices that are not copyrighted. A cuckoo egg file also has the exact same playing time and file size as that of the original copyrighted MP3 file....

What Does Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) Mean? In computer science and mathematics, a directed acyclic graph (DAG) is a graph that is directed and without cycles connecting the other edges. This means that it is impossible to traverse the entire graph starting at one edge. The edges of the directed graph only go one way. The graph is a topological sorting, where each node is in a certain order. Techopedia Explains Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) In graph theory, a graph is a series of vertexes connected by edges....

What Does Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) Mean? A Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) is a connector used for fiber optic cables. They are very small in size and hence are particularly useful in small-sized devices. MT-RJ connectors carry two fibers, and are available in two designs, with mating pins (male) and without (female). Techopedia Explains Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) A Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack is a very efficient, high-density, low-cost, and lightweight optical fiber connector that has become widely used in network hardware....

Please note that this article will have spoilers for The Witcher up to Season 1 Episode 7: Before a Fall. The penultimate episode of The Witcher’s first season finally brings everyone together in roughly the same timeline. While this is certainly an exciting development, it’s not necessarily executed in the best way, and despite this episode being the shortest of the season so far, it actually re-uses a lot of scenes that were from the first episode....

A new Star Wars Battlefront mod which greatly improves the realism of the game’s visuals is currently in development by Martin Bergman of Toddyhancer GTA 5 fame. He’s currently on his second version of the mod and the visuals are looking amazing. Sadly there’s currently no video footage of the mod, so you’ll have to make do with a series of stunning stills. Perhaps most problematic to the majority of PC gamers will be the fact the mod is so demanding that it has a 30-40 FPS hit on the game....

Warner Bros. Games says it is “aware that there are performance issues for some users playing Batman: Arkham Knight on PC” and is working with its development teams, Nvidia and AMD in an effort to “identify and fix the issues as quickly as possible”. Whilst players wait for a fix Warner has provided a list of recommended PC graphical settings for those with minimum and recommended spec hardware. Ultra settings will be released soon once testing has been carried out....

THQ Nordic has super-glued a September 25 release date to the PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One versions of This is the Police 2. The copper management-’em-up is pretty much everything you’d expect from a sequel to This is the Police. Marrying strategy with adventure, the game centres on Lily Reed, a fresh-faced sheriff who is struggling to bring law and order to the crime-ridden crap hole of Sharpwood. While you’ll have to oversee the daily operations of your local cop shop, This is the Police 2 kicks things up a notch by putting further emphasis on your decision-making skills, where the outcome of every challenge weighs heavily in your hands....

The option to insure your Forward Operating Base against enemy invasions was introduced to Metal Gear Solid 5 earlier today. But as with home and motor insurance, it’s probably best to shop around before taking out a new policy, right? Sadly, however, UK insurer Aviva won’t cover FOBs under its existing home insurance policy – but not for reasons you may have been expecting… @VGJames Sadly not James D-Dog is far too much of a liability for us to be able to cover you I’m afraid 😉 ~ Dave...

This week we test out our ninja skills, receive an updated version of some revenge-seeking birds, get some 18-wheel road rage as well as look forward to another iteration of a popular war franchise and a nostalgia-inducing hedgehog release. Ninjatown: Trees of Doom: This is an addicting casual platformer where you guide your ninja as high as you can up the trees. Avoid baddies and obstacles to beat your friends’ high scores....

As we wait for the next mainline entry in the Borderlands series, fans can occupy themselves by checking out Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands in the meantime. This spinoff title features Tiny Tina herself, as well as a high fantasy-esque setting and the return of Borderlands’ fun looter shooter RPG mechanics. Here’s how to respec your character in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Respeccing Your Character in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands We definitely recommend following the main story quests until you’ve returned the Sword of Souls, as this will allow you to access a ton of useful NPCs and machines from that point on....

Alongside the addition of more open-world-adjacent gameplay, Sonic Frontiers also sports the most expansive combat system the series has seen to this point—complete with skill tree. It isn’t a particularly extensive tree, but the smaller pool of skills causes these five to stand out from the crowd even more. Here’s a ranking of the top five skills in Sonic Frontiers. 5. Recovery Smash It may seem strange to start a list like this with a skill that’s only available when making a mistake, but Recovery Smash is such a powerful attack that it simply can’t go ignored....

Creative Assembly has finally announced the next game in their historical Toal War series, Total War: Three Kingdoms. For the first time, the Total War series is heading to ancient China. The good news is fans are not going to have to wait too long to get their hands on this, Total War: Three Kingdoms is coming out this autumn.

Taurox the Brass Bull’s rapid expansion will easily help you reach level 5. Once you do this, you can start a short quest chain that lets you obtain his unique weapon. Here’s our guide to help you complete the Rune-Tortured Axes quest battle for Taurox in Total War: Warhammer II – The Silence & The Fury. Note: For more information about Total War: Warhammer II – The Silence & The Fury, check out our guides and features hub, as well as our main guide for Taurox the Brass Bull....

Earlier today TRION appointed Scott Hartsman as the new CEO and this evening TRION has confirmed they are shutting down their San Diego studio which includes teams working on Defiance and End of Nations. Development on of these two titles will now be moved to their Redwood City studio. A statement from TRION reads as follows: Now that End of Nations is a MOBA, yes another damn MOBA, and Defiance will not have performed nearly as well as expected because the TV show is crap and the game is quite poor, surely things can only get better....

It’s been quite some time since Ty the Tasmanian Tiger got any love. The franchise hasn’t seen the light of day in quite some time, with the latest entry coming in the form of a 2D platformer back in 2013. However the first game, simply dubbed Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, is set to get an HD remaster, and fans finally know when they can get their hands on it. Ty the Tasmanian Tiger will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on March 31st, with a PlayStation 4 release planned for soon after that....