A lot of people have a lot of complaints about Assassin's Creed Unity, but those of former French governmental minister Jean-Luc M lenchon are unique: He's unhappy with the game because it paints a very unflattering portrait of the French Revolution. It's not meant to be a historically accurate game, of course, but M lenchon told France Inter radio that it feeds on anti-Republican sentiment that's behind the rise of far-right movements in the country today.

"It is propaganda against the people, the people who are [portrayed as] barbarians, bloodthirsty savages. In 1789 there were the poor aristocrats, and they are presented as fine upstanding people," he said, as reported by the Telegraph. He described Marie Antoinette as a "cretin, who is celebrated as a poor little rich girl," and complained that "the man who was our liberator at a certain moment of the Revolution—because the Revolution lasted a long time—Robespierre, is presented as a monster."

Assassin's Creed Unity "presents an image of hatred of the Revolution, hatred of the people, hatred of the Republic which is rampant in the far-right milieu [of today]," he concluded.

M lenchon served as France's Minister of Vocational Education from 2000 to 2002 and also ran in the 2012 Presidential election, earning 11 percent of the vote. He is currently the leader of the Left Front political party, and holds a seat in the European Parliament. Ubisoft, meanwhile, has more practical concerns to deal with: It's currently working on the third patch for the game, which was only released last week, to try to iron out the worst of the technical problems plaguing it.

I was disappointed to learn that Elite: Dangerous won't support offline play, both as a matter of principle and practicality: My rural lifestyle has gifted me with internet access that's slow on good days, and non-existent on bad ones. But Frontier Developments founder David Braben said the single-player mode will work fine even on a wonky connection, and the studio has a contingency plan for the day the servers are taken down.

Elite: Dangerous will still offer a single-player mode, Braben recently clarified, just one that requires a constant connection to the net. "As we have developed the game and released Alpha and Beta versions, the work needed to deliver a rich online nature of the game diverged from the requirements of a fully offline game. In retrospect we should have shared the fact that we were struggling with this aspect with the community, but we were still trying to find a solution," he explained. 

"As features were implemented, for the best results we chose to prioritize delivery of the online single and multiplayer experiences, with a view to providing the offline version later in development. We had to make a decision for the good of the game, and that is what we did."

The reaction to the decision was stronger than the studio expected, he said, since there's been little discussion about offline play until now, and the game has thus far been deployed entirely online. But he also noted that the single-player mode doesn't put a great strain on a connection, saying that he's played the game on a train, using his laptop tethered to his phone. 

As for concerns that it will be unplayable if and when the servers are shut down, Braben said in a forum Q&A that Frontier plans to archive the state of the game "from time to time," and will release the archive if they're ever taken offline.

Elite: Dangerous comes out on December 16.

We already know that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V will be playable from a first-person perspective. What we didn't know, or at least hadn't actually considered until now, is that that means players will also be able to experience first-person sex scenes.

It seems obvious in hindsight—the entire game is, after all, now playable in first-person—but even so, the gameplay footage floating around on YouTube (via Esquire) is bound to raise eyebrows. It is, of course, extremely NSFW, so bear caution before you click: It's not visually graphic, although it's certainly beyond what we're used to from, say, BioWare's sex scenes. The audio is certainly explicit.

The scenes have obvious echoes of the Hot Coffee mod, that saw a minigame otherwise buried in the code brought back to life in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Things have obviously changed quite a bit in the past ten years, but there's still a reasonable chance controversy will now ensue. It's unlikely to change the game's ESRB rating, however, as it is already flagged for, among other things, "strong sexual content." 

Grand Theft Auto V for the PC comes out on January 27, 2015. We'll presumably find out whether the sky falls shortly thereafter.

Looking for great deals on PC games and hardware during the 2015 holiday season? Whether you live in the US or the UK, the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are all online. And Black Friday is finally here.

Amazon, Newegg, and more have thousands of PC parts and components on sale through Cyber Monday, from processors and graphics cards to hard drives and accessories. It can be overwhelming. The key to successful Black Friday shopping is sorting sales from actual deals. There will be a lot of junk on sale, and cheap junk is still junk. We've combed through thousands of deals to help you find the diamonds in the rough. These are the ones that are actually worth your money, and we're updating this post constantly with new deals.

Quick navigation:

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If you're ever having trouble deciding what to buy, check out our hardware buying guides and our game reviews. Looking for more deals on gadgets, TVs and tech? Check out the best Black Friday deals on TechRadar.

Game deals

2K Definitive Strategy Collection: This bundle includes XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civilization 5 for only $6.61 on Amazon. 

The Banner Saga Deluxe is 75% off, down to $6.24 on Bundle Stars.

Fallout 4: If you don t have it already, this is likely your best BF price on a download version: 34/$51 on the Golden Joystick store. In the US, you can grab it for $45 on Newegg with code EMCKKNV229 (if you want a physical copy).

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide: A fun Left4Dead-style co-op game with great first-person melee combat. We gave it a 90. It's 20% off, or  18 / $23 on the Golden Joystick Store.

Shadow of Mordor GOTY Edition: The Tolkeinite Ork slaughterfest is on sale for  10.20 / $15.30 on Golden Joystick Store. 66% off!

Alien Isolation: One of the best horror games of the year. 75% off or  7.99 / $12.50 Steam. 

Rising Storm: A deep, tactical shooter and our favorite multiplayer game of 2014. Only $7 on Amazon.

Outlast: only $5 on Amazon.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3: A brand new COD, and already discounted! It's  33 / $43 on Green Man Gaming.

Cities Skyline: For those budding city builders out there, get 50% off this stunning sim. It's  11.50 / $15 on Golden Joystick Store

Assassin s Creed: Syndicate: Definitely a step up from Unity, and less buggy on PC too.  30 / $38 on Green Man Gaming.

Star Wars: Battlefront: You're not going to see this one cheaper for awhile.  40 / $50 on Green Man Gaming.

Endless Legend: Our favorite 4X strategy game of 2014 and all of its DLC. Beautiful, with some RPG elements that weave in a bit of narrative. 66% off on Steam, or  15.29 / $20.39.

Galak-Z: An acrobatic space shooter roguelike, and one of our favorite action games of the year. 40% off, or  8.99 / $12 on Steam.

Lethal League: A bizarre mix of pong and a fighting game, with an awesome, pounding soundtrack. Best in local multiplayer. 66% off, a total steal at  3.39 / $4.75 on Steam.

All three Bioshock games (Bioshock, Bioshock 2, and Bioshock infinite): Some of the best single-player FPS adventures of the past decade. Bundled for only $14 on the Golden Joystick store. 

Battlefield Bundle: A package which includes Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline, for your military or cops'n'robbers battling needs, is $25 on Amazon.

Heroes of the Storm is having an extended Black Friday deal: from November 24th to December 8th, all Heroes, Mounts, and Skins will be 50% off, a 360 day Stimpack will be introduced and deeply discounted, and a "Second Chance" bundle will make some older event skins available again. 

Fallout: New Vegas for $2.50/ 2.50 on Steam is, technically speaking, not a Black Friday deal, but two bucks for New Vegas is worth knowing about.

South Park: The Stick of Truth, one of the best games of 2014, is $7.50/ 6 on Steam.

Unmechanical, recently upgraded to the Extended Edition with a full hour of new gameplay, is 60 percent off on Steam—that's $4/ 3.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Complete Edition, including the Enemy Within DLC and all add-on content, is $10 on Gamersgate.

The Golden Joystick Store is offering 15% off on Fallout 4 as well as 50% off on Pillars of Eternity, Cities: Skylines, and more.

US Hardware deals

Amazon has  a Black Friday hub filled with all kinds of deals, but we'll be calling out the specific ones you should keep an eye on.

Newegg has  a Black Friday hub up already, filled with all kinds of PC deals. Have at it!

WD Blue 1TB HDD: A go-to hard drive for most people, the WD Blue doesn't go on sale often or by much, but it's currently about $10 cheaper than usual at $45 on Amazon.

Intel Core i7-4790K: a year-old CPU, but still a great, powerful high-end processor. It's $300 on Newegg, or 15% off, which is probably the lowest price you're going to see. It also comes with three free games, including the brand new Just Cause 3.

Intel Core i5-4690K: Like the i7 above, but the i5 version. Still beastly for gaming and $210 on Newegg.

AMD FX-6300: A good entry-level AMD processor for a cheap gaming PC. Minorly discounted from its typical price of $100 at $90 on Amazon.

MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G: Our favorite variant of our favorite graphics card, with a great cooler and overclock potential. It's $30 off, or $50 off with a rebate, and it comes with a free copy of Assassin's Creed Syndicate or Rainbow Six Siege. $320 on Newegg.

Asus Strix GTX 980: Nvidia's powerful 980 with a good Asus cooler on it. If you don't mind a rebate, this is a killer deal. Normally $520, it's $430 after rebate on Newegg.

Asus Z97-A motherboard: A great mid-range motherboard for a Haswell/Devil's Canyon CPU at a serious discount with rebate. Normally $180, it's $95 on Newegg.

Gigabyte G1 Gaming GA-Z170X motherboard: A good high-end motherboard for a Skylake CPU, discounted $50 off its usual price. $170 on Newegg.

The SanDisk SSD Plus (240GB): a ludicrously cheap $60 on Amazon. It's not the fastest SSD around, but SanDisk is a reliable brand and this drive will hold your Steam library just fine.

The Samsung 850 EVO SSD (500GB): only $140 on Amazon, and it comes with a free copy of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Yes, that's a 500GB SSD for basically a hundred bucks. Dang.

Corsair Graphite 380T mini-ITX case: An adorable miniature case with a built in handle! It's 43% off, but even cheaper with a rebate. $50 on Newegg.

Tek Republic TUH-300 USB 3.0 4-Port Hub: You shouldn't spend much money on a USB hub, so here's a cheap one. It's $9 on Newegg with the promo code EMCKCKA49

Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX Extreme Performance liquid CPU cooler: A beefy 240mm liquid cooler for you overclockers out there. It's down to $100 on Newegg after a $20 rebate.

Creative Sound Blaster Z sound card: Most of us just get by with motherboard sound these days, but if you want better sound or need to drive a pair of high-power headphones, you're going to want a sound card. Normally around $100, the Sound Blaster Z is down to $65 on Amazon.

EVGA is selling refurbished graphics cards and power supplies at up to 75% off, which means some great prices like $350 for a GTX 980 or $250 for a GTX 970.

Razer Deathadder: Our favorite gaming mouse is $39 on Amazon, down from its $70 MSRP. It usually costs around $55. This is the lowest price we've seen.

Mionix NAOS 7000 gaming mouse: a very comfy mouse with large pinky grip at its lowest price yet, $49.49 on Amazon.

Logitech MX Master wireless mouse: at its lowest price yet, $83 on Amazon.

JBL LSR305 studio monitor: Okay, these are serious speakers, not your average cheapo PC speakers. If you want some seriously accurate and powerful sound, the LSR305 normally goes for $150 per speaker, but is currently on sale for $99 per speaker on Amazon.

Blue Yeti microphone: our favorite desk mic for streaming and audio recording, on sale at its lowest price ever in a lightning deal. $85 on Amazon.

Xbox One wireless controller: The new version of the gamepad with a 3.5mm audio jack. $20 of, or $40 on the Microsoft store. Special versions like the Lunar White controller are also $40.

Dell's Ultrasharp U2715H 27" LED monitor, featuring QHD resolution of 2560x1440, 1000:1 contrast ratio, and 6ms response type, is going for $400 at Staples.

ASUS ROG G751JT-DB73 gaming laptop: A great deal on a variation of our favorite gaming laptop, with a GTX 970 GPU, a 256GB SSD and a G-Sync monitor. It's discounted more than $500, or $1378 on Newegg.

Alienware 15 UHD: A beefy gaming laptop with a GTX 970, mobile Core i7 CPU, SSD and 4K screen. At its lowest price ever on Amazon, $400 cheaper than usual. It's $1600 on Amazon.

Intel NUC with Celeron CPU: It's no gaming rig, but this Intel NUC has plenty of power to serve as a miniature HTPC in your living room, if you need a box for playing and streaming video. A great price at $143 on Amazon.

A few full-system builders have announced their Black Friday deals. CyberPower PC, started its Early Black Friday Mega Sale, Origin PC has a Black Friday promotions page up, Velocity Micro has its Black Friday deals up as well, and iBuyPower has a large 'Thanksgiving Sale' (which we figure is code for Black Friday).

UK Hardware deals

Overclockers UK has launched its  Black Friday Hub.

PC World have a dandy little  Black Friday Hub online now with all of their deals up and running.

Scan.co.uk have a full Black Friday Hub now.

Novatech are doing a great promotion on select Samsung SSDs, buy one grab yourself a free copy of Assassin's Creed Syndicate

Chillblast have a wide range of options on all of their Black Friday systems here. 

DinoPC have some awesome deals on a couple of Black Friday systems here.

Bargain 240GB SSD: Speedy SanDisk SSD, now 39.99 at Amazon UK.

Intel Core i7-5930K: 6 Cores, 12 Threads and a hell of a lot of PCIe lanes. Save 67 now 373.19 at Scan.

Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti Hybrid: One of the best 980 Tis out there. On sale at Overclockers UK for  549.95. 80 off.

Corsair Vengeance 16GB LPX DDR4 3000MHz: 2x8GB DDR4 3000 MHz kit. Save 13 off now 82 at Scan.

EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB: Need a dependable 1080 card? The GTX 950 is a solid call. Available for 99.99 from Scan.co.uk. 27 off.

SanDisk X300 512GB Enterprise Class SSD: has a whopping 33% knocked off bringing it down to  100 on Overclockers. Enterprise class, low power, and 500GB. What's not to like?

Acer S277HK 27 4K IPS Screen: Perfect colour reproduction for 379.99 from Scan.co.uk. Save 27

Acer Predator G247HYU 24" 1440p IPS ZeroFrame Gaming Monitor: Stunning IPS 24" 1440p monitor. Time to upgrade from 1080p. Save 50. now 169.99 at Overclockers UK

BitFenix Phenom ITX Cube Case: Available at Overclockers UK for 29.99. That s 50% off for a stylish ITX chassis.

Corsair Obsidian 750D: The king of ATX Cases. Corsair s 750D is on sale at Scan.co.uk for 99.98. 37 off.

Logitech G910 Orion Spark: After a fancy custom mechanical RGB keyboard. 36.92 off this Logitech Orion. now 112.98 at Ebuyer

Razer Blackwidow TE Mech Keyboard 2014: The best entry level gaming keyboard you could get your hands on. 49.99 from Overclockers UK. 20 off.

Razer Abyssus Ambidextrous Gaming Mouse: A solid and dependable gaming mouse. Save 17 now 22.98 at Ebuyer

Razer Deathadder Chroma: Razer's signature mouse is back in full RGB glory! Save yourself 17 now 47.99 at Currys

Razer Blackwidow Chroma RGB Mechanical Keyboard Grab Razer's stunning RGB mechanical full size. Saving 40 now 109.99 at Currys

Zowie FK1 High Performance Gaming Mouse: After the perfect fps gaming mouse with perfect precision? Save 15 now 34.99 at Overclockers UK

Logitech G920 Driving Racing Wheel: Perfect PC gaming racing setup. Save 120. now 179.99 at Currys

Netgear Nighthawk X6 3200 Wireless AC Router: 3200Mbps sounds good to us! Save 55 on this stunning Netgear router. Now 159.99 at Currys

Asus G752VT-T7022T 17.3 Full HD Gaming Laptop: Available for 1399.99 from Overclockers UK. 250 off for a i7-6700, GTX 970M, SSD, 16GB of RAM monster.

Scan 3XS Strix Black Gaming PC: After an Nvidia powered prebuilt 1080/1440p monster? Look no further. 899.99 from Scan.co.uk. Save 100.

Scan 3XS Vulcan Black Gaming PC: Just need that Freesync 1440p behemoth? Scan has you covered for 849.99. Save 100.

Overclockers UK Evolution Envy Duo Gaming PC: i7-4790K @4.5GHz, 8GB RAM, GTX 970, 128GB SSD + 1TB SSHD. Save 161 now 1274.95 at Overclockers UK

A note on affiliates: some of our stories, like this one, include affiliate links to online stores. These online stores share a small amount of revenue with us if you buy something through one of these links, which help support our work evaluating components and games. Disclosure note: The Golden Joystick Store is operated by Future, which also owns PC Gamer. 

Dragon Age: Inquisition is a game about decisions, and arguably the toughest is also the first: who are you? Your Inquisitor can be any of two genders, four species, three classes, and a multitude of colours, shapes and sizes. So who will you make?

No, really, we're genuinely asking. We'd like you to show us screenshots of your Inquisitor, fresh out of character creation.

As an illustrative example, here is what happens when you turn up all of the game's face sliders to maximum:

Imagine that face heading charging across battlefields at the head of the Inquisition.

Yours, I suspect, will be slightly more appealing. Show us, by uploading them to an image service and popping a link in the comments. We'll round up our favourites at a later date, putting them on permanent display in a community gallery.

To be clear, that isn't what my actual Inquisitor looked like. This is:

And now over to you...

Far Cry 4 is out today. We've only just received review code, so you ll have to wait a while for our verdict. But I did find some time to see how the PC version handles. We ll have a full review soon, but in the meantime, here are some early impressions.

After the bug-ridden Assassin s Creed Unity, a lot of you were probably bracing yourself for similar woes with Far Cry 4. But I m semi-happy to report that the problems of revolutionary Paris do not extend to the mountains of Kyrat. On Nvidia machines this seems to be a solid PC release, but AMD owners might not be so lucky.

On a GTX 970 with 16GB of RAM and an i5 clocked at 3.4GHz I get a steady 60fps on ultra settings at 1080p. There s an option above ultra, called Nvidia , but even with a card as new as the 970 this drops me to around 30fps, so I ve been sticking to ultra.

Sam tested the game on his much older Radeon HD 7870 with 16GB of RAM and an AMD FX-6200 clocked at 3.8GHz, and the game ran at between 30-40fps on high settings at 1080p, but with occasional stuttering. At one point I blew up some barrels during a vehicle sequence and it paused for about a second, which is concerning.

This could be an issue specific to Sam s PC, but I won t know until I ve tested it on a few other AMD machines. If you couldn t wait and you ve already bought the game, leave a comment with your specs and tell us how it s running for you. I ve seen a few people on Twitter say they re having the same problem with AMD GPUs, and this extensive benchmark by Gamers Nexus has reported similar findings.

As for the graphics options on offer, they re pretty extensive. You can adjust fine details like animal fur, vegetation, water, and god rays, as well as things like triple buffering, shadows, textures, geometry complexity, and FOV. You re given a lot of control over the game s visuals, which will be useful for people with older cards.

I m not very far into the game itself, but Kyrat is a beautiful place. The fog-shrouded mountains on the horizon and muted colour palette give it a very different feel to the Rook Islands. There s a lot more verticality, and standing on the edge of a cliff gazing down into a deep, yawning valley made it feel absolutely huge.

The grapple is a new tool, letting you clamber up cliffs and swing across gaps. You can only attach it to set points defined by the game, but they re everywhere. Anyone who played Far Cry 3 will feel instantly at home. You re given a bow early on to hunt a pack of wolves, and new hero Ajay is similarly good at healing himself on the fly.

But one of the biggest improvements for me is the story. I hated Jason Brody and all of his hooting jock friends, which really dampened the narrative elements of the game for me. I just didn t want to save them. But Ajay is instantly more likeable, and charismatic new villain Pagan Min makes an unforgettable first impression.

So far I ve spent most of my time taking photos of monkeys—the in-game camera now has an option to hide the HUD, which will please virtual photographers—but I ll be getting stuck into the game properly in the next couple of days, with a review to follow. Let s hope a patch or driver update irons these AMD issues out.

See more of Andy's screenshots here, all taken on ultra settings.

I was sort of aware that Far Cry 4 would have a story, but, until recently, had only ever thought of the game in terms of tigers, elephants, guns and explosions. But fine, I guess I can also take time out of all that to listen to some humans talk and do stuff.

Go trailer:

Far Cry 4 is out today. Andy, who has just received his review code, is currently testing it out. Check back later for his post on the game's PC performance, ahead of his full review later this week.

Oh what's that? There's another trailer?

Huh. That was weird.

Dragon Age: Inquisition is finally out this week—either today if you're in the US, or later if you're not. There is one place where it won't be released, though: India. Why? That isn't entirely clear.

Early reports suggested it was pulled from sale because one of the Inquisitor's romanceable companion characters is gay. EA, however, say this isn't the case. In a statement to Kotaku, they said the following:

"In order to avoid a breach of local content laws, EA has withdrawn Dragon Age: Inquisition from sale in India and the game is no longer available for pre-order. Customers who pre-ordered the game will be contacted directly and will be fully refunded."

"The decision here is in relation to local obscenity laws, but not specific to same gender romance."

It's unclear which part of the country's obscenity laws they're afraid Inquisition might breach—especially in comparison to other, similar games that have received an uncontested release.

Having played through Inquisition, there was nothing that specifically stood out about its more mature content. Unless I've missed some serious sexy times somewhere down one of the game's many branching paths.

The move doesn't just affect retail. Origin orders in India are also unavailable, and existing purchases have been cancelled and refunded.

The new, enhanced, current-gen version of GTA 5 is out, on consoles, this week. The PC release is still a few months away, but, by looking to the PS4 and Xbonio versions, we can get a solid idea of what it will contain.

A new first-person mode has already been announced and trailered, for instance. Also, courtesy of Pitchfork, we now have the entire expanded soundtrack—comprising 162 new songs across the game's multitude of radio stations.

Here's the list:

Lowdown:

New Songs:

• Pleasure: "Bouncy Lady"
• Ohio Players: "Climax"
• Jackson Sisters: "I Believe in Miracles"
• War: "Magic Mountain"
• The Delfonics: "Funny Feeling"
• Brass Construction: "Changin'"
• Johnny Guitar Watson: "Superman Lover"
• The Chakachas: "Stories"

Original Songs:

• Aaron Neville: "Hercules"
• BT Express: "Do It"
• The Delfonics: "Ready or Not Here I Come"
• El Chicano: "Viva Tirado"
• The Five Stairsteps: "O-o-h Child"
• George McCrae: "I Get Lifted"
• Marlena Shaw: "California Soul"
• Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: "Cruisin'"
• The Soul Searchers: "Ashley's Roachclip"
• The Trammps: "Rubber Band"
• The Undisputed Truth: "Smiling Faces Sometimes"
• War: "The Cisco Kid"

Space:

New Songs:

• Dazz Band: "Joystick"
• Imagination: "Flashback"
• Fatback Band: "Gotta Get My Hands (On Some Money)"
• Central Line: "Walking Into Sunshine"
• Cameo: "Back and Forth"
• Billy Ocean: "Nights Feel Like Getting Down"
• Parliament: "Flash Light"
• Zapp: "Do It Roger"
• Parliament: "Mothership Connection"

Original Songs:

• Bernard Wright: "Haboglabotribin"
• Boosty Collins: "I'd Rather Be With You"
• D Train: "You're the One for Me"
• Eddie Murphy: "Party All the Time"
• Evelyn Champagne King: "I'm in Love (12" Version)"
• Kano: "Can't Hold Back Your Lovin'"
• Kleer: "Tonight"
• One Way: "Cutie Pie"
• Rick James: "Give It to Me Baby"
• Sho Nuff: "Funkasize You"
• Stevie Wonder: "Skeletons"
• Taana Gardner: "Heartbeat (Club Version)"
• Zapp: "Heartbreaker (Part I, Part II)"

Blue Ark:

New Songs:

• I-Octane: "Topic of the Day"
• Danny Hensworth: "Mr. Money Man"
• Vybz Kartel: "Addi Truth"
• Demarco: "Loyals (Royals Remix)"
• Busy Signal: "Kingston Town" [ft. Damian Marley]
• LSP: "Money Come and Money Go"
• LSP: "Roast Fish & Cornbread"

Original Songs:

• Chronixx: "Odd Ras"
• Dennis Brown: "Money in My Pocket"
• Gregory Isaacs: "Night Nurse"
• Half Pint: "Crazy Girl
• Joe Gibbs & the Professionals: "Chapter Three"
• Junior Delgado: "Sons of Slaves (12" Version)"
• Konshens: "Gun Shot a Fire"
• Lee "Scratch" Perry: "I Am a Madman"
• Lee "Scratch" Perry: "Disco Devil"
• Protoje: "Kingston Be Wise"
• Tommy Lee Sparta: "Psycho"
• The Upsetters: "Grumblin' Dub"
• Vybz Kartel: "We Never Fear Dem (So Bad Riddim)" [ft. Popcaan]
• Yellowman: "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt"

Mirror Park:

New Songs:

• The Ruby Suns: "In Real Life"
• Panama: "Always"
• !!!: "One Girl One Boy"
• Yeasayer: "O.N.E."
• Niki and the Dove: "The Drummer"
• Hot Chip: "Flutes"
• Holy Ghost!: "Hold On"
• Scenic: "Mesmerized"
• Dom: "Living in America"
• Little Dragon: "Crystalfilm"
• Twin Shadow: "Forget"
• SBTRKT: "Pharaohs" [ft. Roses Gabor]
• Toro Y Moi: "New Beat"
• Kauf: "When You're Out"
• Neon Indian: "Polish Girl"
• Mitzi: "Truly Alive"
• Cut Copy: "Strangers in the Wind"
• Age of Consent: "Heartbreak"

Original Songs:

• Age of Consent: "Colours"
• Battle Tapes: "Feel the Same"
• Black Strobe: "Boogie in Zero Gravity (Extended Version)"
• The C90s: "Shine a Light (Flight Facilities Remix)"
• The Chain Gang of 1974: "Sleepwalking"
• Dan Croll: "From Nowhere (Baardsen Remix)"
• DJ Mehdi: "Lucky Boy (Outlines Remix)"
• Feathers: "Dark Matter"
• HEALTH: "High Pressure Dave"
• Jai Paul: "Jasmine (Demo)"
• Jimmy & Morgan: "The Set Up"
• LIVING DAYS: "Little White Lie"
• Miami Horror: "Sometimes"
• Neon Indian: "Change of Coasts"
• Nite Jewel: "Nowhere to Go"
• Poolside: "Do You Believe"
• Tony Castles: "Heart in the Pipes (Kauf Remix)"
• Toro Y Moi: "So Many"
• Twin Shadow: "Shooting Holes"
• Twin Shadow: "Old Love/New Love"
• YACHT: "Psychic City (Classixx Remix)"
• Yeasayer: "Don't Come Close (Main Version)"

Los Santos Rock Radio:

New Songs:

• Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Fortunate Son"
• Mountain: "Mississippi Queen"
• Alannah Miles: "Black Velvet"
• Kansas: "Carry On, Wayward Son"
• Survivor: "Burning Heart"
• ZZ Top: "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
• Broken English: "Coming on Strong"
• Boston: "Peace of Mind"
• Yes: "Roundabout"
• Harry Chapin: "Cats in the Cradle"
• Pat Benatar: "Shadows of the Night"
• Humble Pie: "30 Days in the Hole"
• Starship: "We Built This City"
• Belinda Carlisle: "Circle in the Sand"
• Kenny Loggins: "Danger Zone"

Original Songs:

• The Alan Parsons Project: "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"
• Billy Squier: "Lonely Is the Night"
• Bob Seger: "Hollywood Nights"
• Bob Seger: "Night Moves"
• Chicago: "If You Leave Me Now"
• Def Leppard: "Photograph"
• Don Johnson: "Heartbeat"
• The Doobie Brothers: "What a Fool Believes"
• Elton John: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
• Foreigner: "Dirty White Boy"
• Gerry Rafferty: "Baker Street"
• The Greg Kihn Band: "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)"
• Julian Lennon: "Too Late for Goodbyes"
• Kenny Loggins: "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)"
• Phil Collins: "I Don't Care Anymore"
• Queen: "Radio Ga Ga"
• Robert Plant: "Big Log"
• Simple Minds: "All the Things She Said"
• Small Faces: "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"
• Steve Winwood: "Higher Love"
• Stevie Nicks: "I Can't Wait"

Rebel Radio:

New Songs:

• Homer and Jethro: "She Made Toothpicks"
• Tammy Wynette: "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
• Marvin Jackson: "Dippin' Snuff"
• Charlie Feathers: "Get With It"
• The Highwaymen: "Highway Man"
• Ray Price: "Crazy Arms"

Original Songs:

• C. W. McCall: "Convoy"
• Charlie Feathers: "Can't Hardly Stand It"
• Hank Thompson: "It Don't Hurt Anymore"
• Hasil Adkins: "Get Out of My Car"
• Jerry Reed: "You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me"
• Johnny Cash: "General Lee"
• Johnny Paycheck: "It Won't Be Long (And I'll Be Hating You)"
• Ozark Mountain Devils: "If You Wanna Get to Heaven"
• Waylon Jennings: "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
• Waylon Jennings: "I Ain't Living Long Like This"
• Willie Nelson: "Whiskey River"

West Coast Classics:

New Songs:

• Jayo Felony: "Sherm Sticc III"
• CPO: "Ballad of a Menace"
• Conscious Daughters: "We Roll Deep"
• South Central Cartel: "Servin' 'Em Heat"
• Westside Connection: "Bow Down"
• Spice 1: "The Murda Show" [ft. MC Eiht]
• Warren G: "This DJ"
• E-40: "Captain Save a Hoe"
• Lady of Rage: "Afro Puffs"
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: "1st of the Month"
• Eazy-E: "No More Questions"
• Luniz: "I Got 5 on It"

Original Songs:

• 2Pac: "Ambitionz Az a Ridah"
• Compton's Most Wanted: "Late Night Hype"
• DJ Quik: "Dollars and Sense"
• Tha Dogg Pound: "What Would You Do"
• Dr. Dre: "The Next Episode" [ft. Snoop Dogg]
• Dr. Dre: "Still D.R.E."
• The Geto Boys: "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
• Ice Cube: "You Know How We Do It"
• Kausion: "What You Wanna Do"
• King Tee: "Played Like a Piano"
• Kurupt: "C-Walk"
• Mack 10: "Nothin' But the Cavi Hit" [ft. Tha Dogg Pound]
• MC Eiht: "Streiht Up Menace"
• N.W.A.: "Appetite for Destruction"
• N.W.A." "Gangsta Gangsta"
• Snoop Dogg: "Gin and Juice"
• Too $hort: "So You Want to Be a Gangster"

Punk:

New Songs:

• D.O.A.: "The Enemy"
• The Zeros: "Don't Push Me Around"
• D.R.I.: "I Don't Need Society"
• Red Kross: "Linda Blair"
• X: "Los Angeles"
• MDC: "John Wayne Was a Nazi"

Original Songs:

• The Adolescents: "Amoeba"
• Agent Orange: "Bored of You"
• Black Flag: "My War"
• Circle Jerks: "Rock House"
• The Descendents: "Pervert"
• Fear: "The Mouth Don't Stop (The Trouble With Women Is)"
• The Germs: "Lexicon Devil"
• OFF!: "What Now"
• Suicidal Tendencies: "Subliminal"
• T.S.O.L.: "Abolish Government / Silent Majority"
• The Weirdos: "Life of Crime"
• Youth Brigade: "Blown Away"

Pop:

New Songs:

• Blow Monkeys: "Wait" [ft. Kim Myzelle]
• INXS: "New Sensation"
• Bobby Brown: "On Our Own"
• Sly Fox: "Let's Go All the Way"
• Living in a Box: "Living in a Box"
• Taylor Dayne: "Tell It to My Heart"
• Bronski Beat: "Small Town Boy"
• Naked Eyes: "Promises, Promises"
• Simply Red: "Something Got Me Started (Steve Silk Hurley Mix)"
• Backstreet Boys: "I Want It That Way"
• Morcheeba: "Tape Loop"
• Sneaker Pimps: "6 Underground"
• Jamiroquai: "Alright"
• Moloko: "The Time Is Now"
• Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue: "Kids"
• Cassie: "Me & You"
• Gorillaz: "Feel Good Inc."
• Dirty Vegas: "Days Go By"
• Maroon 5: "Moves Like Jagger"
• M.I.A.: "Bad Girls"
• M83: "Midnight City"
• Lorde: "Tennis Court"
• Lady Gaga: "Applause"
• Black Eyed Peas: "Meet Me Halfway"
• Mike Posner: "Cooler Than Me"

Original Songs:

• All Saints: "Pure Shores"
• Amerie: "1 Thing"
• Britney Spears: "Gimme More"
• Corona: "Rhythm of the Night"
• Fergie: "Glamorous"
• Hall and Oates: "Adult Education"
• Jane Child: "Don't Wanna Fall in Love"
• Kelly Rowland: "Work (Freemasons Remix)"
• Mis-Teeq: "Scandalous"
• Modjo: "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)"
• N-Joi: "Anthem"
• Pet Shop Boys: "West End Girls"
• Rihanna: "Only Girl (In the World)"
• Robyn: "With Every Heartbeat"
• Stardust: "Music Sounds Better With You"
• Wham!: "Everything She Wants"

Radio Los Santos:

New Songs:

• Danny Brown & Action Bronson: "Bad News"
• G-Side: "Relaxin'"
• A$AP Ferg: "Work"
• Kendrick Lamar: "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
• Danny Brown: "Kush Coma" [ft. A$AP Rocky and Zelooperz]
• Schoolboy Q: "Collard Greens" [ft. Kendrick Lamar]
• Skeme: "Millions"
• Ab-Soul: "Hunnid Stax" [ft. Schoolboy Q]
• Problem & Iamsu!: "Do It Big" [ft. Bad Lucc and Sage the Gemini]
• Chuck Inglish: "Came Thru/Easily" [ft. Ab-Soul and Mac Miller]
• Young Scooter: "Work" [ft. Gucci Mane]
• Trouble: "Everyday"
• Travi$ Scott: "Upper Echelon" [ft. T.I. and 2 Chainz]
• Ace Hood: "Bugatti" [ft. Future and Rick Ross]
• Young Scooter: "I Can't Wait" [ft. Trinidad James]
• Freddi Gibbs & Mike Dean: "Sellin' Dope"

Original Songs:

• 100s: "Life of a Mack"
• A$AP Rocky: "r - Cali"
• Ab-Soul: "ILLuminate" [ft. Kendrick Lamar]
• BJ the Chicago Kid: "Smokin' and Ridin'" [ft. Freddie Gibbs and Problem]
• Clyde Carson: "Slow Down" [ft. The Team]
• Freddie Gibbs: "Still Livin'"
• Future: "How It Was"
• The Game: "Ali Bomaye" [ft. 2 Chainz and Rick Ross]
• Gangrene: "Bassheads"
• Gucci Mane: "Too Hood" [ft. Ciara]
• Jay Rock: "Hood Gone Love It" [ft. Kendrick Lamar]
• Kendrick Lamar: "A.D.H.D."
• Problem: "Say That Then" [ft. Glasses Malone]
• YG: "I'm a Real 1"
• Yung Walt: "Hold Up" [ft. Nipsey Hussle]

Vinewood:

New Songs:

• Bleached: "Next Stop"
• Coliseum: "Used Blood"
• The Men: "Turn It Around"
• No Bunny: "Gone for Good"
• Soft Pack: "Answer to Yourself"
• JEFF the Brotherhood: "Sixpack"
• Mind Spiders: "Fall in Line"
• The Orwells: "Who Needs You"

Original Songs:

• Bass Drum of Death: "Crawling After You"
• The Black Angels: "Black Grease"
• Ceremony: "Hysteria"
• FIDLAR: "Cocaine"
• Hot Snakes: "This Mystic Decade"
• Metz: "Wet Blanket"
• Moon Duo: "Sleepwalker"
• Sam Flax: "Dire Doesn't Burn Itself"
• Shark: "California Girls"
• Thee Oh Sees: "The Dream"
• Ty Segall: "Do Wah Wah"
• Wavves: "Nine Is God"

Worldwide FM:

New Songs:

• Sinkane: "Shark Week"
• William Onyeabor: "Body & Soul"
• Four Tet: "Kool FM"
• Mount Kimbie: "Made to Stray"
• Anushka: "World in a Room"
• Smokey Robinson: "Why You Wanna See My Bad Side?"
• Randy Crawford: "Street Life"
• Flume: "What You Need"
• Earl Sweatshirt: "Hive" [ft. Casey Veggies and Vince Staples]
• Portishead: "Numb"
• Jonwayne: "Black Magic"
• Roman GianArthur: "I69"
• Lion Babe: "Treat Me Like Fire"
• D m-Funk: "Kill Dat"
• Jamie Lidell: "Run Away"
• Chvrches: "Recover (Cid Rim Remix)"
• Jimmy Edgar: "Let Yrself Be"
• Clap! Clap!: "Viajero"
• Maga Bo: "No Balanco De Conoa"

Original Songs:

• Candido: "Thousand Finger Man"
• Cashmere Cat: "Mirror Maru"
• Django Django: "Waveforms"
• Donald Byrd: "You and the Music"
• The Gaslamp Killer: "Nissim"
• Guts: "Brand New Revolution"
• Hackman: "Forgotten Notes"
• The Hics: "Cold Air"
• Inc.: "The Place"
• Kiko Navarro & Tuccillo: "Lovery (Slow Cuban Vibe Mix)" [ft. Amor]
• Kyodai: "Breaking"
• Mala: "Ghost"
• Owiny Sigoma Band: "Harpoon Land"
• Richard Spaven: "1759 (Outro)"
• Swindle: "Forest Funk (DEEP MEDi Musik)"
• Tom Browne: "Throw Down"
• Toro Y Moi: "Harm in Change"
• Trickski: "Beginnings"
• Yuna: "Live Your Life (MeLo-X Motherland God Mix)"

FlyLo FM:

New Songs:

• Curtis Mayfield: "Eddie You Should Know Better"
• Doris: "You Never Come Closer"
• Flying Lotus: "Meditation Meditation" [ft. Krayzie Bone]
• XXYYXX: "What We Want"
• Lapalux: "Make Money"
• Mono/Poly: "B Adams" [ft. Thundercat]
• Flying Lotus: "Osaka Trade"
• DOOM: "Masquatch"
• Flying Lotus: "Early Mountain"
• Dimlite: "Into Vogon Skulls"
• Knower: "Fuck the Makeup, Skip the Shower"
• Kaskade: "4 AM"
• AraabMuzik: "Streetz Tonight"

Old Songs:

• Aphex Twin: "Windowlicker"
• Captain Murphy: "Evil Grin"
• Clams Casino: "Crystals"
• Dabrye: "Encoded Flow"
• DJ Rashad & Heavee: "It's Wack"
• Flying Lotus: "Be Spin"
• Flying Lotus: "Catapult Man"
• Flying Lotus: "Computer Face Rmx"
• Flying Lotus: "Crosswerved"
• Flying Lotus: "The Diddler"
• Flying Lotus: "Getting There" [ft. Niki Randa]
• Flying Lotus: "The Kill" [ft. Niki Randa]
• Flying Lotus: "See Thru 2 U"
• Flying Lotus: "Stonecutters"
• Hudson Mohawke: "100HM"
• Kingdom: "Stalker"
• Machinedrum: "She Died There"
• OutKast: "Elevators (Me & You)"
• Shadow Child: "23"
• Thundercat: "Oh Sheit It's X"
• Tyler, the Creator: "Garbage"

I'm receiving a vision from the future. It is me, GTA 5, and this forever:

Dragon Age: Inquisition is out today! Unless, that is, you have the misfortune of living in a country where it isn't. This, I shouldn't have to tell you, is dumb. The timer on Origin's UK store page tells me that that there are over 2 days and 13 hours until the game is available here. If I hadn't already played it for our review, I'd be a bit miffed about this.

If you, too, are similarly miffed, there is an alternative. Using some small VPN trickery you can bypass Inquisition's regional restriction. It works much like it did back when we told you to do this for Titanfall.

First, a note on the risks involved. As far as I can tell, no-one has ever been banned for using a VPN to gain early access to their legally bought copy of an Origin game. In fact, for Titanfall, Respawn's co-founder confirmed that it was allowed.

So what do you do?

First, you'll need to pre-load Inquisition, which you can do right now through your regular internet connection.

Then, you'll need a VPN. I've previously used SoftEther VPN, and it works well. Alternatives include FlyVPN, which is supposedly more user friendly.

To play the game, make sure Origin is closed, then start the VPN software. If you're running SoftEther, you'll need to click "VPN Gate Public VPN Relay Servers" to open the list of public relays. From here, select a country where Inquisition has launched; such as the USA, or South Korea.

Once connected, launch Origin and start the game. Then, once launched, alt-tab out to close the VPN. You're now able to play Dragon Age: Inquisition—although you may need to repeat this process each time you restart Origin.