Good news, everyone! We’ve updated our list of the best Minecraft shaders for 1.16.3 as a result of the newly released Optifine version for 1.16.3, so you can once again find exactly the right Minecraft shaders for you. We run the gamut between highly performant, lightweight shaders and glorious trundling behemoths that require beastly rigs to even contemplate using. But all the below shaders are guaranteed to make your Minecraft world look more fantastic than any resource pack could ever make it.

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The best Minecraft seeds

are the ones that create fantastic worlds that capture your imagination from the first moment you set foot in them. And if you’re looking for a good seed to help kickstart your latest Minecraft adventure, you’ve come to the right place. Below you’ll find no fewer than 30 of the most amazing Minecraft seeds for 1.16.3. Whether you’re after Villages, Bamboo Jungles, Island starts or whatever else, we’ve got the perfect seed for you!

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Markarth is a lovely place. It’s got fascinating Dwemer ruins, delightful locals, and no evil shrines hiding in any of its pleasant homes, absolutely not, no siree. If you fancy paying it a visit, this charming Skyrim city is coming to Bethesda’s MMO, The Elder Scrolls Online, on November 2nd.

The (creatively named) Markarth DLC is the gripping conclusion to the Dark Heart Of Skyrim, ESO’s year-long event that’s placed players in the midst of a war between vampires and werewolves.

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If your PC is constantly running out of space, then you should probably think about buying another SSD, and to help you get the best deals on today’s best SSDs for gaming, we’ve rounded up all the cheapest prices going on in the UK and US. This week, prices have fallen on Crucial’s excellent MX500 drive over in the UK, and our friends in the US can enjoy $10 off the 500GB models of WD’s Black SN750 SSD. Meanwhile, there’s also a hefty £10 off the portable Samsung T5 this week, making it a good time to snap up a bunch of great storage deals. Whether you’re looking for a cheap SATA drive or a brand-new NVMe SSD, these are the cheapest SSD deals of the week.

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Good news for SSD hunters this morning. The excellent 250GB and 500GB versions of the Crucial MX500 have tumbled in price over at Amazon UK today, with the former falling to an all-time low of just £31, and the latter dropping to another all-time low of £48. You may also be tempted by Crucial’s 480GB BX500 today, too, which is now down to a ridiculous £38, but trust me, it’s nowhere near as fast as the MX500, and you’d be much better off spending the extra tenner to get its MX500 sibling.

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Sundays are for being at the beginning of a week-long holiday. These days off feel like the best idea I’ve ever had.

At PC Gamer, Andy Kelly spoke to the developers of Paradise Killer about how they made the open world detective game.

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This is, very sadly, the last WPWPWPPWAPPW including Matthew Castle and Sin Vega, who are no longer with RPS. If you’ve not already said goodbye to them, do hop on over to that post to share well wishes and good memories. Video games shall endure, but we will miss them.

What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’re clicking on!

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The newest casualty in Apple and Epic Games’ legal squabble is Fortnite: Save The World. Nah, not the battle royale everyone plays, just the co-op horde game. If you’re just catching up, Epic kicked off a big stink with Apple last month with a weird, 1984-inspired propaganda video as they circumvented Apple’s cut of App Store sales. It’s been all drama since then. Has this really only been going on for four weeks? This is going to be a long, tiresome ride.

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The fifth Game Devs of Color Expo kicks off this weekend with presentations by a number of different creators. Although the weekend of talks is a paid event, you can spot some developer interviews and free demos being hosted by the expo over on Steam in an event called Gradient Convergence. You’ve got from now until Monday, to try those out if you’re keen.

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Crysis Remastered

is out and yes, you can probably run it. You will need to buy it though, because that’s how these things work. The remaster includes visual updates like 8k resolution textures and ray-traced reflections for those of you willing to put your systems through their paces. Not to worry, ye old Crysis joke will live on for several more years if Crytek have anything to say about it.

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