The launch trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 hit yesterday ahead of tonight’s launch, and it revealed more than was initially apparent. CD Projekt Red snuck a secret message into a single frame at the end of the trailer, see. They talked about their apprehension around launching a whole new thing after years of The Witcher, and their plans for what comes next. We already knew they were planning to release free DLC nuggets followed by proper expansions, but now we know to start expecting the freebies in “early 2021”.

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While Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t launch until tonight, media folks given early access now have permission to stream the game. If you wanna have a peek (and buzz on the datanet suggests people are somewhat curious about the dystopian RPG from the makers of The Witcher), you can jack in and watch now. Maybe it’d help you decide which character origin you want to pick? Consider it a low-tech version of the game’s braindances, only with a laugh track.

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After announcing in August that they were delaying Halo Infinite‘s launch from November into next year, developers 343 Industries have now revealed quite how long we’re talking: autumn 2021. That’s a big’un – it could potentially be a delay of over a year. For such a long delay to happen at such short notice, something seems wrong. The devs don’t explain the full scope of what’s up, but they do talk a lot about improvements to its looks over what we saw in July.

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Cyberpunk 2077

places player freedom above nearly everything else, and this freedom most certainly extends to romance opportunities for your protagonist, V. From long-term relationships to one-night stands, our Cyberpunk 2077 romance guide will walk you through how romance works in CD Projekt Red’s enormously ambitious RPG, and which characters can be romanced.

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I feel like sometimes I get lost in chasing the new, shiny, high-tech offerings in gaming. This world is larger than ever, you can see individual snowflakes on Sad-Dad’s face, what about this many frames. Every now and then it takes a game like Ding Dong XL, so pure in its gaminess, simple in its mechanics, to realise why you bother playing games in the first place.

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Managed to snag yourself one of those fancy new Nvidia 30-series cards? Looking for something to really put it through its paces? Well, lucky for you, graphical powerhouse Minecraft has finally taken its RTX ray-tracing support out of open beta. Now, anyone and everyone can give the block-busting builder a ridiculously shiny makeover, assuming their PC is packing the power to run it.

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Now that Iron Lad, The Cap’n and all the other big-name members of Marvel’s Avengers have gotten settled in with each other, it’s time to add a new character to the mix-up. Crystal Dynamics’ first post-launch hero is Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), not to be confused with Hawkeye (Clint Barton), whose incredible superpower is the ability to lodge a sharp stick between your eyes using nothing but a bigger stick and a piece of string.

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Parkitect

‘s a lovely thing, isn’t it? But like any creative sandbox, it’s always that much nicer when you can show off your latest project to your mates. Today’s multiplayer update will let you do more than just flaunt your park-building skills, though, with the free patch letting you jump in with up to seven budding park architects (or Parkitects) to bash together a collaborative carnival all of your own.

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Next year, it won’t matter if your mates are playing Destiny 2 on PC, or console, or even (should they so fancy) Google bloody Stadia. Bungie today announced that crossplay is coming to their magical moon-wizard shooter sometime next year, tucking that news away at the end of a new blog post alongside seasonal release dates for returning strikes, raids, and the long-awaited arrival of transmog for the fashion-conscious Guardians out there.

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Reviews for Cyberpunk 2077 are here (well not here>, because CD Projekt Red didn’t give us it) and everyone agrees: the game is well buggy. It’s put a bit of a dampener on enthusiasm that’s been building for years. Will this be fixed by the time the game comes out on Thursday and we can all play? Various vague statements from CDPR say they’ve fixed some stuff for a launch patch, but it’s not clear if it’s, like, solid. Ah, maybe I’ll wait before starting.

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