Be warned, dear reader. I’ve just been given space to ramble about my favourite time of year. A Maze Berlin, an international celebration of wonderful indie games and the people who make them, stood on shaky ground this year after failing to acquire support from German funding bodies. Fortunately, A Maze isn’t quite dead yet. A last-ditch effort to crowdfund a 2020 show passed its 50,000 ( 43k) goal this weekend, securing the show’s existence for the time being.

That’ll be me off for another week of indie indulgence fuelled by dangerous high-caffeine german hacker cola, then. My poor heart.

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There’s only a few weeks left in 2019, and we’re fast approaching this year’s Cacowards, Doomworld’s annual community awards, so it feels only right to see what’s been going on in the classic Doom modding scene these past few months.

I’m beating the Cacowards to the punch, really, and giving you a handful of choice picks to get your teeth into early. We’ve got Doom 4 for DOS, eldritch weirdness, shareware era nostalgia, a crossover with Blood, and an all-you-can-eat buffet of around 2700 levels for the Doomer who can never have too much.

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Fed up of scavenging for new weapons from enemies? Do you just want to make your own weapons from scratch in Ghost Recon Breakpoint, but don’t want to spend real money on them? Well, this guide is for you as you can also just go to certain locations and find them yourself. We’ve found most of the unlockable weapon blueprints and attachments and have listed them in this article.

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What’s a Jedi without their Force Powers? This is one of the many questions that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order asks, placing you in the shoes of Jedi Cal Kestis, whose past has left his connection with the Force damaged. As you progress through the game’s impressive and extensive campaign, you’ll begin to heal Cal’s connection with the Force and unlock more and more ways to use it.

Our Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Force Powers guide will show you the ropes in this regard, with in-depth explanations of exactly how to unlock the Wall Run, Force Push, Force Pull, and Double Jump Force abilities in the game.

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Thank goodness for BD-1 and his life-saving Stim Canisters, or else Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order would be an even tougher and more punishing game than it already is. While you start the game with only two Stim Canisters to use between Save Points, there are 8 different Stim Canister upgrades scattered throughout the campaign – and our Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Stim locations guide will walk you through how to get your hands on every single one in order.

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The Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order skill tree offers you and Cal a plethora of different opportunities to focus your abilities to suit your particular Jedi playstyle. But not all skills are created equal, with certain ones requiring far more commitment and more skill points than others to obtain. Our Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order skill tree guide will walk you through every skill in each of the three branches, as well as how to expand the skills available to you, and some of the best skills to help keep you alive throughout the game’s punishing campaign.

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Black Friday week is in full swing right now, and the Black Friday SSD deals are some of the best yet. Indeed, there are currently loads of Black Friday SSD deals on at the moment, with many of them at all-time low prices. As such, if your PC is in need of a storage upgrade, then now is a great time to pick up one of today’s very [cms-block]s on the cheap. Whether it’s massive deals on the best SATA SSDs or mega discounts on super fast NVMe SSDs and portable SSDs, we’ve got you covered in our Black Friday SSD deals hub.

I’ve now cleared out any non-Black Friday deals, so everything you’ll find below is a 100% legit Black Friday SSD deal. As per usual, you’ll find all these deals and more over in our main [cms-block] hub, so make sure you keep an eye on that one as well for more deals on other PC components such as graphics cards, monitors, headsets and mice and keyboards.

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Lightsaber combat in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is amazing, for sure – but what’s with the lack of lightsaber colors, I hear you ask? To begin with, you only get the choice of green or blue lightsaber colors (or orange if you pre-ordered the game) – but you’ll soon be able to unlock many more colors besides these. Our Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order lightsaber colors guide will walk you through not only how to unlock all the different lightsaber colors on offer, but also where to find the double bladed lightsaber and how to dual wield lightsabers later on in the campaign!

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is here, and a whole host of players from all walks of life are now making their way through a galaxy far, far away as Jedi-in-hiding Cal Kestis. Below we’ve laid out our 8 top Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order tips for players of all skill levels, and we’ve also linked to all other articles in our ever-growing Jedi: Fallen Order guide series. Whether you’re stuck on a particular boss battle, or wondering how to unlock the double-bladed lightsaber, or what the hell a Scomp Link is: we’ve got you covered.

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During their Saturday opening keynote presentation at ExileCon in Auckland, New Zealand, Grinding Gear Games announced three projects: Path Of Exile Mobile, a double expansion for POE this December, and Path Of Exile 2, due late next year. I got three hands on playthroughs of the sequel’s show-floor demo, and I think all action RPG fans should be paying attention to it, even if you bounced off the original game.

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