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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024
Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.
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Well, Are You? | "Are you trying to have sex with me?” says one Dragon Age: The Veilguard character at some point, and you bet folks are keen to find out who
My money's on Solas or Manfred.
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DOUBLE JUMP SCARES | The best horror games to play in 2024
From founding fathers of horror to underrated gems, here are some of the best horror games to sink your teeth into.
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By Azura | Starfield modders are attempting to re-create Oblivion in space, with hopes for an eventual "Elder star system" that'll be "finishing the job" the Adoring Fan started
The starting point for "Starblivion" is an alternate start mod that kicks off your interstellar adventure in a familiar dungeon.
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As You Like It | Good news culture lovers, Grand Theft Hamlet, that film about Shakespeare in GTA Online, is coming to UK cinemas in time for Christmas
Because you know you need to drag the kids along to a festive documentary about two blokes bringing the bard's work to LS.
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Toddaly Unexpected | After a minor calendar mix-up, Helldivers 2's next big patch drops soon and it's already inspired jokes about Skyrim being ported to some bullets
To be fair, I doubt you'll have much time to play DOOM on your rifle while you're in the middle of a firefight.
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Big Mood | Turns out that Discord exists because the chat service's co-creator wanted somewhere he could chat about Final Fantasy 11
Maybe a bit too relatable...
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Yeehaw! | The Wild West isn't dead yet, as Rockstar's original Red Dead Redemption is finally making its way to PC later this month
And it's coming with Undead Nightmare too.
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Let It Ripley | A sequel to Alien Isolation, one of the best survival horror games of all time, is real - and it's in development now
10 years after one of the most surprising licensed games of all time launched, Sega has announced a sequel.
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Back At It Again | The ambitious New Vegas mod Fallout: Nuevo México finally gets a full reveal trailer, and like Fallout: London, it looks like a whole new game
Just don't expect to play it any time soon.
Deals
Film | Amazon opens preorders for Deadpool & Wolverine collector's edition steelbook
The impossible choice: Deadpool or Wolverine?
Guide
TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2024
Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!
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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024
Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.
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RIP | Following country legend Kris Kristofferson's death at 88, Fallout fans pay tribute to the highly underrated New Vegas character he voiced
"Send me all the Legion you can. I'll be waiting for them."
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SPORTS! | "It's about engaging with young people" Olympics sports director speaks on the sporting giant's risky, high-profile leap into video games
We've got 12 years of Olympics Esports to look forward to. But what exactly will that future look like?
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Settling Down | Skyrim grandma Shirley Curry has announced she's retiring from YouTube let's plays because "it isn't fun anymore"
With the amount of videos she's put out, though, you won't be hard pressed for content.
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PODCAST | Star Citizen vs Elite Dangerous in 2024: the games that outlived their biggest rivals
The big gaming rivalries of yesteryear usually end with a clear winner... but not always.
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Mod God Is Dead | GTA Online's new anti-cheat has ridded LS of invincible, teleporting deities, but Steam Deck players aren't happy about being caught in the crossfire
"The calm before the storm" is almost everything the business-minded crims who can still play had hoped for.
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BF3-BF4 Vibes | The next Battlefield is modern day, ditches specialists, and some of us may get to play it early
The first, tiniest details about the next Battlefield game have been confirmed, and they all sound very promising.
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Ice Nice? | EA Sports FC 25's soundtrack is here, so you can join in the debate as to whether its over 100 tunes live up to the spirit of Goodbye Mr A
When it comes to songs that'll become engraved in your brain over the next year or so, things are never black and gold.
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Dog Days Are Over | The Watch Dogs movie has wrapped up filming more than 10 years after it was first announced, which I'm assuming means it's a guaranteed best picture winner
The film was first announced before the game had even come out.
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RIP | The actor behind Fallout YouTube's power-armoured loremaster The Storyteller appears to have died, leading to tributes from the Bethesda community
According to a tweet from his account, voice actor Jason Damron passed away from cancer on September 7.
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Not Xbox's Destiny | "I passed on so many games" - Xbox's Phil Spencer doesn't regret not grabbing Destiny or Guitar Hero as exclusives, even if he now gets their appeal
The man just wasn't into PvP and plastic guitars, it happens to the best of us.
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Pull The Trigger | Just months after finally releasing Dragon's Dogma 2, Devil May Cry series director Hideaki Itsuno is leaving Capcom
Though thankfully this isn't the end of his time as a game developer.
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Al In This Together | Alan Wake and Control TV and movies look to be on the way from Annapurna, thanks to new partnership with Remedy over Control 2
Relinquishing some control in order to gain some, er, control over Control.
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Barrett Gone | Ex-Marathon director was reportedly fired from Bungie following a misconduct investigation
Joe Ziegler was announced as having replaced Chris Barrett as lead on the game earlier this year.
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Castle Vlogihar | Thanks to mods, a Skyrim streamer is now basically vlogging their playthrough live from Tamriel as a Dragonborn influencer
Yes, it's the same dude that previously turned the game's NPCs into one big Twitch chat.
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Please Tree Reason | Squirrel With A Gun has now loaded a console release date into its pistol alongside the PC bullet it already had, and my hands are very much up
Look, think of me as being like a nut, and my family as being a rodent that really loves me...
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Cap Converters | Fallout co-creator Tim Cain believes that criticising capitalism was "never the point" of the series, it's actually just the whole war never changing thing
Though, he is fine with people reading it that way, and acknowledges his general take on our economic system might need some reconsidering.
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Spacerunner | Starfield's moon buggy can do sick jumps, but it can't outrun the inevitable - modders swapping it for Halo's Warthog, a Star Wars speeder, and, er, a van
See, I told you it wasn't a totally pointless thing.
Review
We’re Still 9-8 | Madden NFL 25 review: Boom and Bust
In some ways, Madden 25 is a step forward from its predecessor, in others, it’s stuck at the line of scrimmage.
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Bang For Your Buck | You might have missed these games being announced for Xbox Game Pass at Gamescom 2024
Look, there was a lot going on last night, we don't blame you.
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House of the Red | Bethesda seems to be channeling its inner Dead Space with Starfield Shattered Space - and it genuinely looks interesting
Starfield's first expansion seems to have what it takes to win me back, thanks to a focus on 'the mystery and horror' of the universe.
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Goated | Goat Simulator Remastered revealed via a million re-release gags at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024, drops later this year
Does this count as technically being Goat Simulator 2? We've got no idea.
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And For Deserts... | Fallout: Nuevo Mexico devs confirm the big New Vegas mod is "no longer on hold" and "in a good state", but there's still no word about a release date
"We only get one chance to show something off, and we want it to be what we all have in mind."
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Cyrodiil On Track | Skyblivion, the massive mod remaking Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, looks pretty great as devs show off some fresh quest gameplay ahead of 2025 release
Mages bickering over books and goblin killing sprees. Aye, that's Oblivion alright.
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All Or Nothing | Fallout New Vegas' director might be open to working on more Fallout, but it'd come down to the big inevitable question veteran devs often seem to have
"What are we allowed to do and not allowed to do?"
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Leaf It Out | GTA 3's litter proved so divisive among devs that San Andreas' streets were cleaned up after a tiff about trash, but the code for it still snuck into Manhunt
Rectangle in the wind.
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Blood's On The Menu | Attention, Magic the Gathering and Baldur's Gate 3 fans: some beautiful Astarion Secret Lair cards are on the way, and yes, they'll make you thirsty
Just a little bit of sucking - blood sucking, that is - in these ones.
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FRESH HELL | The Borderlands movie may be rotten, but at least it's pushed players to return to the excellent games
It turns out bad jokes can be forgiven when paired with genuinely fun gunplay.
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Back In Mars-town? | Red Dead Redemption's long-rumoured PC port might finally have been revealed via the PlayStation Store, as we all expected
"Experience the epic western adventures that defined a generation — now on PC for the first time ever."
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Horsing Around | "We had ridiculous scenes happening" Fallout: London's devs had to ditch rideable horses and bikes because they wouldn't stop flying up buildings
Look, Skyrim's horse physics were trying their best, ok?
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It's All Connected | Despite the 10 year wait, BioWare says Dragon Age: The Veilguard was always going to 'pay off' Inquisition's ending
"There was no world where we were ever going to say, 'And now let's go to something completely different'."
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Feeling Immersed | Are Skyrim and Baldur's Gate 3 immersive sims? If you're asking one of the guys that created Dishonored, yes
It's a complicated question.
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Flop Era | To the surprise of literally no one, Borderlands bombs at the box office its opening weekend with... yeesh, $16 million on a $115 million budget
Yes, it was that bad.
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Good News | Huzzah! PUBG's publisher has saved Tango Gameworks and Hi-FI Rush - but The Evil Within and Ghostwire Tokyo are sticking with Microsoft
The Tango team - expected to meet unemployment - have all had their jobs saved.
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Maggie's Back | Remember the Doom mod that lets you kill Margaret Thatcher? You can now try and beat Jeremy Corbyn's world record on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, but not Switch
"Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't want you pissing on graves."
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Mod-ssive Dilemma | "Who lets you into the cool kids club?" Fallout: London's project lead on Bethesda's Creations and the ever-controversial issue of paying for mods
"I think we’re on the cusp of pure monetisation. I don't see that as good or bad, I think it depends on the content."
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Idolized | Fallout: London modders are adding full New Vegas-style faction rep and disguise systems to Team FOLON's work, because us Mojave lovers are never satisfied
Look, if we can't play dress up and use it to waltz into enemy outposts, we just feel a bit naked, ok?
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Less Crap, More Trap | Borderlands review: You won't find a better movie to make yourself miserable this year
You're better off watching someone's Let's Play on YouTube.