Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Katharine Castle)

A screenshot of the dictator's face from Far Cry 6

AMD have announced a new free game bundle for their Ryzen gaming CPUs. Until December 31st 2020, anyone who buys an eligible processor from their Ryzen 3000 or new Ryzen 5000 series from a participating retailer will get a free copy of Far Cry 6 and a handful of in-game items when the game comes out next year.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (James Archer)

A photo of a CPU socket on a motherboard.

Your motherboard and CPU are two of the most important parts of your PC, but untangling the mess of motherboard sockets, chipsets and which ones work with which processors can be a nightmare, regardless of whether you’re building a PC for the first time or upgrading your system for the first time in years. It’s important you get the right motherboard for your CPU, too, because otherwise it simply won’t work, and nobody wants that.

To help you on your quest to find the right motherboard for your Intel or AMD CPU, I’ve put together this handy guide. Below, you’ll find everything you need to know about which motherboards are compatible with which CPUs, as well as all the different chipsets and sockets you’ll see when buying a new motherboard. So if you’re thinking about making the jump to one of Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake processors or one of the new AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs but don’t know what motherboard to get, read on.

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Ed Thorn)

Kasuga takes a selfie with Sumire, a potential romance option.

It may come as a surprise, but in Yakuza: Like A Dragon there are opportunities to build romantic relationships with several characters. I say this as it’s hinted at but never really explained in depth at all. Below I’ll break down how romance works in the game and who you’re able to romance.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (James Archer)

A photo of the Lenovo Legion 7i from a face on perspective.

[cms-block] is still a week and a half away but that hasn’t stopped some of Lenovo’s Legion gaming hardware from getting the early deal treatment: specifically you can get $150 off one of their Legion 5 gaming laptops today, as well a sizeable discount on their 240Hz Legion Y25-25 gaming monitor, both of which are on sale via Amazon US. You’ll have to be quick, though, as these are daily deals. As in, today. A today deal. Of the day.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Imogen Beckhelling)

Overwatch's Symmetra in her new skin tied with the new short story.Overwatch

doesn’t really have an in-game narrative. Instead, Blizzard have been telling stories about the hero shooter’s characters over the years via animations, comics and short stories. If you’ve followed much of this stuff, you’ll know that heroes Symmetra and Zenyatta have been pretty lacking on the lore front. But no longer! Because a new short story has arrived telling us a bit more about what they were up to before joining the Overwatch crew.

In a developer update, Jeff Kaplan talks about the in-game event linked to the story, as well as some changes coming to the game’s role queue system, too.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Ollie Toms)

Best Pelington class & loadout in Cold War

The Pelington 703 dominated the Call Of Duty: Cold War Betas thanks to its fantastic quick-sniping capabilities and one-shot potential. Since then every sniper rifle has taken a nerf to its handling speeds, but we’ve found a way to make the Pelington unbelievably strong again. Follow this guide to set up the best Pelington class in Cold War.

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Halo 4

has just been released on the PC. After an eight-year-long beta test on the Xboxes, they’ve decided that it’s finally in a good enough state for us exacting PC nerds. With this deployment, the Master Chief Collection is considered complete for the PC. No Halo 5 for us.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (James Law)

A casette tape and the suspects lie on the table in the intro to Operation Red Circus.

In Call of Duty Cold War’s campaign, there’s a few extra bits and pieces to be done. Operation Red Circus has you working out which three out of the eight suspects are the lead Soviet agents. You need to collect extra evidence throughout the campaign levels to do this. Here’s all the evidence locations and the correct suspects to choose for Operation Red Circus.

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one of the evil cats of BattleBlock Theater

It’s not the story that revolves around a top hat keeping you hostage. It’s not the puzzle-platforming that has you navigating grid-based levels and dangerous blocks. It’s not even the fart jokes. The reason Battleblock Theater will always have a place in my heart is down to three simple words: “it’s a secret.”

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Lauren Morton)

The Dragonborn faces a dragon in an Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim screenshot.

Speculation about upcoming Bethesda games will always be rampant, but the news that Microsoft is acquiring Bethesda has certainly dumped extra fuel on the fire. Many folks, myself included, are curious how Microsoft will manage the future of Bethesda’s big-name series. Xbox chief financial officer Tim Stuart says that they definitely want Bethesda games to be “either first, better, or best” on their platforms.

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