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The Land Beneath Us starts a bit slow and the gameplay can feel repetitive after a while. However, although it doesn’t succeed at everything, it’s an entertaining game that can be experienced casually while also providing a challenge for those who want to master its tactical combat. The Blend Beneath Us Image via FairPlay Studios The visuals of The Land Beneath Us are not necessarily original, but they get the job done. The game has that same minimalist pixel art style without outlines that we’ve seen in many indie games lately, but combined with simple 3D platforms and a modern-looking…

Everyone talks about skill in esports, but almost no one talks about the wire – a single flicker in connection, a few milliseconds of delay, and the outcome tilts. You might not see it, yet it’s there, the quiet heartbeat of every match. Bettors who ignore it risk missing half the story. What Lag Actually Does Lag isn’t magic or mystery. It’s taking a little too long for data to travel between a player and the game server. That delay, the ping, looks tiny on paper. In practice, it’s everything. What is Network latency? In a simple chart… Think about…

It’s fitting that Code Vein II is set in a world of vampires. As I hunted down these bloodsucking creatures in the present and 100 years in the past to prevent the collapse of the world, I felt trapped within its clutches, like a castle guest desperate to escape but unable to do so. Across 42 hours of monotonous game, I found little warmth here. Its skin, a distractingly garish and ugly visual style, is as cold as its blood, a combat system that struggles to fuse original ideas onto a skeleton sculpted better elsewhere in the genre. Even its…

The Meta Quest 2 (previously Oculus Quest 2) is an interesting update to the tether-free, wireless virtual reality (VR) headset from Meta. The original was one of our favourite VR headsets as it was a fantastic leap forward from smartphone VR headsets and a great middle-ground between those and much more expensive headsets like the HTC Vive Pro 2. With no PC requirement, the Quest still managed to offer high-end VR gaming experiences at an affordable price.  But with the original Quest still being so fantastic, what more can the Quest 2 offer? Well, 50 per cent more RAM, 50…

Bandai Namco’s Tales of remaster push is in full swing, following the rerelease of Graces f, return of Xillia Remastered, and upcoming Berseria revival. It’s a good time to play catch up, for sure. This does mean things are par for the course. With Tales of Xillia Remastered on the Switch we’re getting access on a new platform with some quality of life changes, but performance is better on Switch 2. Tales of Xillia features two protagonists. Jude Mathis is a medical student in Fennmont. While investigating instances of people unable to use Spirit Artes and his mentor’s absence after…

Varjo is known for crafting a particular class of high-end virtual reality headset, designed for enterprise use and VR enthusiasts. The Varjo Aero is part of that line-up and is likely the company’s most user-friendly consumer-oriented device. Yet at $1,990 (just for the headset), it’s a far cry from the accessible and affordable Meta Quest 2. That’s because this device is built for PCVR and sits in a class of premium VR headsets that includes the likes of the Pimax 8K X, the HTC Vive Pro 2 and the HTC Vive XR Elite. Ultimately, this means you need a powerful…

Destiny’s earliest incarnation drew heavily on the science/fantasy roots established by Star Wars, nodding in various ways over the years to that mainstay of genre fiction. As an expansion, Renegades makes those inspirations far more explicit, borrowing directly from that galaxy far, far away to bring in the likes of lightsabers, Jedi, blasters, specific storytelling beats, and familiar costumes – albeit with distinct naming conventions. The suffusion of familiar Star Wars elements is sometimes odd and forced, and at times, it loses touch with some of the things that have always helped Destiny stand apart.Nonetheless, the fun of some of…

Image: Giants Software / Mixed Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. After Farming Simulator 25’s successful launch last November, Giants Software brought the franchise to Quest headsets. But does virtual farming deliver the goods? Farming Simulator has come a long way since its humble beginnings in April 2008. What started as a niche title beloved by simulation enthusiasts has grown into a powerhouse franchise over the past 17 years. Developer Giants Software reports the series has moved more than 40 million copies across all platforms, with…

When Meta first revealed the Quest Pro it seemed like the company had taken the much-loved Quest 2, upgraded and enhanced it in various ways and then aimed it squarely at businesses, much like HTC had done with the Vive Focus 3. With upgrades that include the “sleekest form factor yet”, a display that offers 37 per cent more pixels per inch than the Quest 2, a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ processor and more, the Quest Pro certainly seems like a great upgrade. But is it suitable for the average consumer as well? We’ve been testing it out in various ways…

Mio is a tiny robot who awakens on a vast spacefaring vessel that is rapidly deteriorating. You must guide her on a path to save all that she knows, even without any memory of who or what she is, and as both the ship and Mio herself are gradually falling apart. Following in the footsteps of challenging, artistic, and sprawling search action games like the Ori and Hollow Knight series, Mio is a study in meticulous design decisions, subdued but gorgeous audio and visual aesthetics, and an approach to difficulty that is best expressed in words you wouldn’t say in…