Facebook have accidentally leaked the Oculus Quest 2 after a pair of videos detailing the new VR headset emerged on their Blueprint training site yesterday. The successor to the standalone Oculus Quest is due to be officially announced tomorrow during Facebook’s Connect developer conference on September 16th, but you can watch both videos right here to get an early sneak peek. Boasting a display with 50% more pixels than the original Quest, it’s the highest resolution VR headset Oculus have made to date and their “most advanced all-in-one VR system yet”.

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Origin is, like, so last decade. A few weeks ago, Electronic Arts changed the name of Origin Access to EA Play. Turns out it’s not just the subscription service getting a shake-up however, oh no, they’re coming for the Origin software too. EA aren’t getting rid of their launcher, rather it’s suffering a far worse fate: it’s being renamed to the EA desktop app. How catchy.

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AMD weren’t kidding when they said “something big” was coming to their Fortnite multiplayer island, as they’ve just revealed the design of their first [cms-block] graphics card there. Featuring a “brand new cooler design”, this is likely the first RX 6000 card that will be revealed during AMD’s big RDNA 2 event on October 28th. Details about the card itself are still pretty scarce, but you can go and take a closer look at the card yourself by hopping over to AMD’s special Fortnite island.

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Holey mouse makers Glorious have announced their first ever wireless gaming mouse, the Model O Wireless. Weighing in at just 69g, the Model O Wireless is even lighter than my current favourite wireless gaming mouse, the 80g Logitech G Pro Wireless, and at $80, it’s a heck of a lot cheaper, too. Reservations for the mouse open on September 23rd, and here’s what to expect.

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The ‘North Korea’ strategy has returned for Crusader Kings 3, and it lets you completely dominate the world if pulled off correctly. This style of play was a thing in the previous version of the game, but has been made even stronger and more viable at this point in CK3’s lifetime.

Here’s how to do the North Korea strategy in Crusader Kings 3 and become supreme leader.

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I have vague recollections of playing Destruction Derby 2. I was very young at the time. That age where you stick your discarded, rotting teeth under your pillow and get a quid in return. Not a bad deal in hindsight.

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Star Wars: Squadrons

is suiting up for takeoff next month, as are the pilots you’ll meet during your space battles. Motive Studios have produced a new story short to introduce you to one of ’em. Varko Grey is in a spot of trouble when he misses the bus during an Imperial retreat from battle. It’s called “Hunted”, which is what happens when an Alliance pilot spots him adrift without his squad.

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As is the way with competitive multiplayer games, cheaters gonna cheat their way to cheap wins. Fall Guys is no different, despite appearing adorable and lighthearted. Folks really want those crowns without breaking a sweat. Mediatonic have revealed a now-closed secret set of servers where cheaters were once banished. They’ve shut it down now, but cheaters will still be getting the boot with some new anti-cheat support.

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Borderlands 3

has wrapped its season pass of DLC with Krieg And The Fantastic Fustercluck but oh look, it’s not done with updates just yet. Gearbox announced during their PAX Online showcase that there are more paid add-ons yet to come. The next of the bunch won’t be a campaign DLC like Krieg and others have been, but it’ll add a new game mode and new skill trees for each of your vault hunters.

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Chris Roberts, the director of Star Citizen, took to the sandbox space game’s forum this weekend to address recent complaints on how long it’s taking to implement certain features. It comes as a response to a fan’s YouTube video questioning why the perpetually-in-development MMO doesn’t yet have certain aspects of the “atmospheric room systems”, which were first shown by developers Cloud Imperium four years ago.

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