What if RTS but you ditched the omniscient perspective for the humble vantage of a single unit? That’s part of the pitch for Earthbreakers, recently announced by Petroglyph. The Grey Goo studio are tossing a hefty helping of first-person action into a pot of already simmering resource collection and tactical building. They’re hoping the result “combines the most enjoyable elements of FPS and RTS”.

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This week, 2K announced the shutdown of Gearbox’s Battleborn, many many many many games and objects went on sale in all the Thanksgiving blowouts, and a fair few companies were bought up too. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming goings-on in our News Digest, and do also check out Weekly Updates Update for some of the week’s big patches.

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After a wee bit of teasing, Avalanche Studios this week launched the first expansion for Generation Zero. Alpine Unrest continues the post-apocalyptic Swedish survival shooter’s story of humanity’s struggle against deadly machines with a trip to a ski resort island. How very Christmassy.

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This week, Stardew Valley added plenty in the long-awaited update 1.4, Dota added two new heroes and shook up the whole dang game, and Noita added yet more ways to kill you. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming patches in the Updates Update.

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When Hello Games announced last week that their next update would improve nearly every part of No Man’s Sky in some way, they weren’t trading in hyperbole. The now-live Synthesis update squashes bugs and smooths out base building, sure. But the marquee additions that elevate it above mere housekeeping include the ability to salvage your ship for parts, carry a handful of multi-tools on your person, and grind ‘n’ combine elements within your handy space backpack.

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Codemasters, the makers of many zoom ’em ups, apparently want more power under their hood. They purchased the entirety of Slightly Mad Studios, developers of the Project Cars and Need For Speed: Shift games, this week to the tune of 23 million. The entirety of Slightly Mad’s 150-person team will reportedly join the company.

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There were some pretty great Black Friday graphics card deals this week, and while the very best of them are long since dead and gone, there are still plenty of decent savings to be had on a lot of today’s best graphics cards, including AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT cards and Nvidia RTX 2070 Supers, thanks to our old friend Cyber Monday. Yes, the Cyber Monday graphics card deals train is still going strong, so whether you’re looking to pick up a good cheap Nvidia GPU or a powerful RTX deal, here are all the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday graphics card deals still happening today.

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I have been feeling a bit low lately. It’s likely a combination of the season (where did the sun go?), drop in temperature (yes it’s 11 C in Los Angeles, and my home is built to get hot air out of it!), and another year coming to an end. 2019 really didn’t have too much to offer me and I am psyched to see it go.

In the run up to New Year’s, my favourite holiday, I am practicing being kind to myself and celebrating the milestones I managed to accomplish with panache and aplomb. Here are some games to warm you up when you might be feeling low, and games to indulge in without judgment.

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Don’t fret if you ended up missing the best Black Friday SSD deals this year, as the existence of Cyber Monday means it’s one big deals party all weekend. As well as new Cyber Monday SSD deals arriving on Monday, there are plenty of great Black Friday SSD deals still going on too, giving you plenty of time to pick up that last remaining bargain on one of today’s best gaming SSDs. Regardless of whether you’re after a deal on the best SATA SSDs or mega discounts on super fast NVMe SSDs and portable SSDs, you’ll find all the best Cyber Monday SSD deals right here.

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Black Friday is over for another year, but there are still plenty of great gaming monitor deals to be had this weekend as most of them don’t end until Cyber Monday in a couple of days time. So, to help you swipe that all important Black Friday and Cyber Monday gaming monitor deal you’ve always wanted, I’ve just gone and updated all our best gaming monitor deals. All the old gaming monitor deals have been cleared away, leaving you with the very best gaming monitor deals around right now. Whether you’re after the best deals on 144Hz monitors, G-Sync monitors, FreeSync monitors, and ultrawide monitors, we’ve got you covered.

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