A fan-made enhanced edition of Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya’s seminal indie platformer Cave Story has been slapped with a DMCA takedown. Publishers Nicalis have accused Cave Story Engine 2 of using code stolen from the original game’s source – code that they, as developers of Cave Story +, own. But while fears that the publisher planned to wipe all free versions of the game off the internet for good seem to have been misplaced, contention remains over whether Nicalis actually owns the rights to code used by the now-shutted fan game.

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[cms-block] is a great time to take the plunge on a new gaming laptop, and we’ve rounded up the very best gaming laptop deals in our curated list below. Whether you want to take your games on the go or simply want to play games in a different part of your house, all the Black Friday gaming laptop deals listed below are all models we’d be happy buying ourselves. We don’t list any old junk in here. Just the very best. I’ll be updating this article as more Black Friday gaming laptop deals go live, too, so make sure you stick it in your bookmarks to stay up to date.

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Earlier in the week, we highlighted a great [cms-block] here in the UK for the Lenovo Legion 5, which packed an RTX 2060 graphics chip for just £950. Now, we can do the same for our pals in the US, as Walmart have some great discounts on Lenovo’s top notch gaming laptop, beating prices at both Newegg and Best Buy.

Indeed my top pick is a Core i7 and RTX 2060 model that comes with a 1TB HDD and a 256GB SSD for $1099 – a saving of $400 overall. Alternatively, you can get the same model but with a 512GB SSD for a little bit less at $999. Either way, you’re getting $400 off their usual prices, and both are great ways of getting all the best bits of the excellent Legion 7i without breaking the bank.

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[cms-block] is finally here and we’ve rounded up all the best DDR4 RAM deals to save you the hassle of searching for them yourself. You’ll find all kinds of sizes and speeds here, with Black Friday RAM deals spanning both the UK and the US. Regardless of whether you’re simply adding more RAM to your existing system or buying a whole new set, every RAM deal you’ll find below has the RPS seal of approval. So let’s get to it!

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Having long-since dropped the “Spintires” part of its name, mucky motorist Mudrunner is now dropping its price tag. Temporarily, at least. Saber Interactive’s trudging off-roader is this week’s free game over on the Epic Games Store, letting you wrestle your jeep of choice through the hostile wilderness all the way ’til next Thursday, at which point it’ll be replaced by indie platformer Cave Story +.

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See that blurry coastal mess up there? That’s North Berwick, my one-time childhood home and the first stop in my jaunt across Microsoft Flight Simulator‘s painstakingly thorough recreation of planet Earth. It’s been done dirty, I reckon, but that may be about to change. The next World Update for Asobo’s jet-setter is heading to the UK, sprucing up ol’ Britannia with improved landmarks, landscape resolution and plenty of sightseeing spots sometime next January.

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[cms-block] is finally here, and we’ve been scouring the web to bring you the very best Black Friday graphics card deals in both the UK and the US. It’s been rather slim pickings for those after a great Nvidia GTX or RTX deal this year, as the continued stock shortages of the RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 haven’t resulted in any of Nvidia’s older RTX cards getting a nice big discount.

It’s been better over in the AMD Black Friday deals camp, but even then it’s still not great. Still, to help you get the best graphics card deal this Black Friday, I’ve put together this list of all the cheapest prices we can find right now. I’ll be updating this article as and when new Black Friday deals arrive, too, so be sure to pop this page in your bookmarks to help stay ahead of the deals curve.

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It’s Day 4 of Black Friday 2020, and we’re just hours away from the big itself now, meaning we’re approaching peak levels of Black Friday PC gaming deals. It can be overwhelming when everything’s on sale, but we’re here to help, as we’ve picked out the very best Black Friday PC gaming deals to create our own curated, RPS-approved list. Whether it’s a new graphics cards, monitor or SSD you’re after, or even just a new mouse, keyboard or headset, we’ve got you covered for all your Black Friday deals needs.

In today’s update, I’ve added in more top picks to our monitor, SSD, laptop and peripheral sections. Remember, there’s also a great RTX 3070 gaming PC deal happening in the UK right now, and our pals in the US can nab an Xbox Series X controller for $20 less than usual. Of course, there are even more PC gaming deals arriving fresh off the press tomorrow for Black Friday itself, so make sure you keep your eyes glued to our regular updates to help you get the best prices. Without further ado, here are the best Black Friday PC gaming deals you can get right now.

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[cms-block] 2020 is upon us, so if you’re looking to bag some great Black Friday Razer deals, you’re in the right place. Below, I’ve gathered together all the best Black Friday Razer mouse, keyboard, headset, laptop and even gaming monitor deals I’ve been able to find so far, listing the cheapest prices from across the web in both the UK and US. I’ll be keeping this list up to date as and when more Black Friday Razer deals go live, too, so make sure you pop it in your bookmarks to stay up to date.

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We haven’t heard from deckbuilding Isaac spin-off The Legend Of Bum-bo in a while, have we? After launching in a shaky state last year, the cardboard sewer-crawler creators went silent. Finally speaking this week, creator Edmund McMillen explained that the team have had a particularly rocky time with 2020 – and that hopefully, things have settled long enough to finally get back on track on that free DLC promised way back when.

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