Subset Games’ bug-shootin’, mech-drivin’ roguelike Into The Breach got its 1.2 update yesterday, bringing with it a bunch of new additions and changes. The most interesting is reducing the price of new weapons, cutting them all from a standard two Reputation points to only one. The devs said this is “to encourage more risk-free experimentation of weapons during a run”. I like this idea a lot, I always fall into the habit of sticking with weapons I’m comfortable with, so it’ll be nice to have easier access to stuff I wouldn’t usually pick.

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With the football off thanks to the pandemic, the English Premier League is turning to Fifa 20 to settle rivalries. Starting today, the ePremier League Invitational knockout tournament will see 20 Premier League players (well, and a few fans) throwing down in Fifa, leading to a final on Saturday that’ll even be shown on Sky Sports. Many sports have been running similar virtual competitions in video games from NBA 2K20 to F1 2019.

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Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord has you potentially command large armies in big battles, but first, you’re going to have to win them over. Keeping their loyalty, feeding them, and upgrading them to stronger troop types will be the key to conquering the land. It’ll take a lot of work, so we’ll explain how to do it here.

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Your gaming monitor is one of the most important parts in your entire PC, but finding the best gaming monitor for you and your budget can be difficult when there are so many different models to choose from. After all, it’s no good spending loads of money upgrading your PC with a fancy graphics card and CPU if you don’t have a good-looking gaming monitor to show off your favourite games on.

Thankfully, you don’t need to spend hundreds and hundreds to get a really good gaming screen, as the one of the best gaming monitors I’ve tested here at RPS doesn’t even break the £200 / $200 mark. Indeed, in my list of best gaming monitors for 2020, I’ve included everything from the best budget gaming monitors, the best gaming monitors with high refresh rates, as well as my top picks for all the best 4K and ultrawide gaming monitors out there. Whatever screen size or resolution you’re looking for, I’ve got a best gaming monitor recommendations for you.

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The simulated traffic of American Truck Simulator is now packing some satisfying upgrades under the bonnet, with a new sound engine helping make the world feel more real. Other vehicles sound more present as they trundle past, and I feel the wind whipping in my hair when I use another new feature: the ability to wind your windows down. It’s nice, all this.

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Valve have been drip-feeding us details about the return of Artifact, but now they’ve opened the flood gates. The latest blog post about their card ’em up digs into all sorts of nuances, from revamped mana curves to fiddly initiative rules. They’re also muttering about a ranked progression system similar to Dota Underlords‘, and a singleplayer campaign that will continue the story from the Call To Arms comic.

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Valve have been drip-feeding us details about the return of Artifact, but now they’ve opened the flood gates. The latest blog post about their card ’em up digs into all sorts of nuances, from revamped mana curves to fiddly initiative rules. They’re also muttering about a ranked progression system similar to Dota Underlords‘, and a singleplayer campaign that will continue the story from the Call To Arms comic.

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Good news for VR fans this morning, as the Oculus Quest is finally back in stock over on Oculus’ website. The standalone VR headset doesn’t technically require a PC in order to play VR games, but thanks to the recent launch of Oculus Link which is currently in beta for the Quest, you can indeed now play Oculus Rift games on the Quest as long as you don’t mind connecting it to your PC via a high-speed USB-C cable. Here’s where you can get one.

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When my brother and I were young, we would often harass my parents to spare a few quid for the arcades. Coins in sticky hands, we would immediately run-up to the first Time Crisis machine we saw and proceed to blow away terrorists to our hearts’ content. It was amazing just how much power those little blue and pink plastic guns made us feel.

I have always had a deep affinity for games with excellent guns. From modern military shooters to fantastical sci-fi space operas, if there is a gun to be shooting, I am all in. And clearly, I am not alone. But of course, in the real world, guns aren’t as simple as holding right-click and spamming left. Real guns come with responsibility, unreliability and enormous consequences (which of course may all be reasons why we enjoy the fake ones). Enter: Disco Elysium.

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Logitech have announced a new addition to their G series of gaming mice today, the G203 Lightsync. Aimed at the budget end of the gaming mouse spectrum, this £35 / $40 mouse will be going up against the Steelseries Rival 3 and excellent HyperX Pulsefire Core when it hits shop shelves next month, but does it have what it takes to break into my best gaming mouse rankings? Here’s what to expect.

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