After a little over a year, The Curious Expedition‘s multiplayer mode Rivals has left open beta. Once limited to a browser-only test version, this week Rivals launched as a free update to the main downloadable game. Developers Maschinen-Mensch are offering a tantalising prize for dropping in, too – find a particular golden pyramid within its expanse, and earn early entry to the closed alpha for Curious Expedition 2.

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On a rainy night, some people enjoy getting comfy, grabbing their beverage of choice, and curling up with a good book. Some others like doing the same exact thing, but with a game. I say, why not both? Visual novels are the perfect genre of game to curl up with. Here s our collection for the ten best visual novels.

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Black Friday is finally here in all its resplendent, deals-tastic glory, and as you’ve probably guessed from the sheer number of Black Friday deals round-ups I’ve been chucking your way today (sorry), there’s been a lot> of good deals-ing going on. But scrolling through lots of individual pages can be a chore in itself sometimes, even when they’ve rounded up all the best Black Friday PC gaming deals into one handy location. What better solution, then, than have all> the best Black Friday PC gaming deals in one giant, deals-saturated list?

That’s right. Below, you’ll find everything you could possibly want from this year’s crop of Black Friday PC gaming deals, including the best Black Friday graphics card deals, the best Black Friday monitor deals, SSDs, mice, keyboards, headsets… everything you could possibly want. So get clicking, fellow deals hunters, because some of these Black Friday PC gaming deals won’t be around for long.

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The Black Friday mouse and keyboard deals just keep on coming, so it’s time for another – you guessed it – updated Black Friday deals round-up. If you’re looking to get one of our best gaming mouse or best gaming keyboard champions for as little money as possible, this dear readers is definitely the Black Friday deals compendium for you. There are currently loads of great Black Friday mice and keyboard deals available right now, with many of them at all-time low prices. New entries include the Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, as well as the Razer Mamba Wireless and Razer Naga Trinity for just 50 / $55 apiece.

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In the yard below, a corpse hangs from a pine tree.

It is my failure and my shame for all to see, rotting in plain sight.

Martainaise, the broken-down home of Disco Elysium s broken-down police story, is an excoriating light shone not just upon its broken-down policeman, but also upon me, and my failure to be the person I thought I was. It is my mid-life crisis writ in grey rainfall, my dread realisation that death is coming and I m not who I ever meant to be.

In the yard below, a corpse hangs from a pine tree. Decaying in the rain. It s been there for days. Everyone sees it, no-one mentions it.

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Come one, come all. Epic Games have spun the big wheel of free games once again – this week, Rayman Legends is running, jumping and slapping up the store for nary a penny. A rhythm-driven romp through some lovingly drawn chaos, it’s one of the best platformers on PC – and you can pick it up for free until next Friday.

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At long last, there are some decent Black Friday headset deals to be had this week, which is just as well, seeing as how today is Black Friday proper and the ultimate day of deals to end all deals. Indeed, our favourite wireless gaming headset, the Steelseries Arctis 7 is at long last down to under 100 / $100, and there are loads of great Black Friday headset deals to be had on the likes of the Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum, the Corsair Void Pro Wireless, the Audio Technica ATH-AG1X and the stereo version of the excellent Logitech G432, the Logitech G322. Whatever you’re looking for, though, you can guarantee you’ll find at least one of today’s best gaming headsets here for some all-time low prices.

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This week has been full of great Black Friday gaming monitor deals, but today has seen even more of them appear in both the UK and the US. Funny that, given it’s finally Black Friday, but as always, you’ll find all the best Black Friday gaming monitor deals right here. Indeed, now is a great time to bag a big saving on one of today’s best gaming monitors, including some tasty savings on both the AOC C24G1 and Acer Predator XB241H – two of my favourite budget 144Hz monitors.

There are plenty more Black Friday gaming monitor deals to be had here, though including all the best deals on larger 144Hz monitors, G-Sync monitors, FreeSync monitors, and ultrawide monitors. Whatever kind of Black Friday monitor deal you’re after, we’ve got you covered.

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There were some absolutely stonking Black Friday graphics card deals earlier today, including an incredible deal on Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti in the UK. Sadly, that 870 GPU is now long out of stock, but there are still plenty of other great Black Friday graphics cards to sink your teeth into, the best of which I’ve gathered here below for your viewing pleasure. Whether you’re after one of Nvidia’s 1080p-based GTX 1660 cards or a more powerful AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or Nvidia RTX 2070, here are all the best Black Friday graphics card deals available right now.

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Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards have been monstrously expensive ever since they came out in the autumn of last year, with almost every model topping at least 1000 / $1000, if not significantly more. This week, those prices have been creeping down ever so slowly, with the most recent one settling at 950, but this hot new Black Friday graphics card deal from Ebuyer has got Zotac’s GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Twin Fan model for “just” 870, making it the cheapest RTX 2080 Ti I’ve ever seen.

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