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Microids Mystery Menagerie Humble Bundle is live with 18 games and 1 discount count giving you lots of mystery adventures to play through. Plenty have good Steam Deck / Linux compatibility too. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The popular MMORPG Throne and Liberty has announced its first Halloween event Haunted Harvest, welcoming players into an event-only dungeon and spooky-themed villages with exciting rewards. In tandem, Throne and Liberty confirmed new unlocks and the First Defender selection for its debut Castle Siege is on the way, making the Solisium an exciting place for gamers this October. View the full article

Beyond Good and Evil 2, Ubisoft's open world sci-fi game that has been trapped in a mire of development ***** for years now, is showing signs of life according to recent reports. Read more View the full article

Disney's efforts to bring its animated classics to live-action have been hit-and-miss at the box office, but the hits have been huge enough to keep the tradition going. Planning ahead, the company is now setting its sights on a Prince Charming movie to be directed by Paddington and Wonka's Paul King, and Chris Hemsworth could be the star attached. Read more View the full article

Valve has now officially released SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck to the stable channel, bringing with it lots of big improvements all across the system. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Are you stuck on today’s New York Times Mini Crossword and can’t get past the “More than enough” clue? Good news, you’ve come to the right place, as we’re here to help. “More than enough” NYT Mini Crossword (Oct. 24) clue hints and answers Only one answer. Screenshot by Dot Esports Hint 1: It begins with an “A.” Hint 2: It ends with an “E.” Hint 3: It contains two vowels. Hint 4: Changing a single letter makes this word “Apple.” The answer to the “More than enough” clue in the Oct. 24 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle is “AMPLE.” Per the Oxford English Dictionary, ample can also be used to describe something that is “large an accommodating.” View the full article

Lucent is a premium currency in Throne and Liberty that you can spend on cosmetics, battle passes, or other microtransactions. While you can spend real money to buy Lucent, playing the game is a way to get it. Here’s how you can make and farm Lucent in Throne and Liberty. View the full article

If your progress through today’s New York Times Mini Crossword has been halted by the “Swirl, as water” clue, we’ve got the hints you need to help you out. “Swirl, as water” NYT Mini Crossword (Oct. 24) clue hints and answers Fill the gaps. Screenshot by Dot Esports Hint 1: It begins with an “E.” Hint 2: It ends with a “Y.” Hint 3: It contains a double letter. Hint 4: It’s a diminutive of Edward. The answer to the “Swirl, as water” clue in the Oct. 24 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle is “EDDY.” Per the Oxford Language Dictionary, an Eddy is “a circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool,” though it can also apply to air and smoke. View the full article

To be fair, there are several, far more substantial additions teased in Total War: Warhammer 3 design director Mitchell Heastie’s latest blog on the strategy game’s upcoming Patch 5.3. There’s also some interesting insight regarding design decisions, and the systems CA are hoping to tweak in the future. We’ll talk about that in a moment, but first, I must draw your attention to this magical map. I’m very excited about it. Not so much for what it does on its own - more for what its design philosophy represents and could mean for future additions. Read more View the full article

Today’s LoLdle quote confused me at first. I know very little about this champion—I don’t even think I’ve ever played him on Summoner’s Rift. But I eventually got the answer to the Oct. 24 LoLdle. Who says, ‘Drive me into their flesh!’ in LoL? Of course. Screenshot by Dot Esports The LoLdle quote on Oct. 24 is “Drive me into their flesh!” and the League champion who says this line is Kayn. You know, that guy with the scythe and the scary red eye. View the full article

The Gambling Man is a recurring character in Metaphor: ReFantazio, who gives players a chance to wager on their popularity rank within the competition to be the next king. He appears at specific locations and times, offering bets on the player's predicted popularity rank at a deadline. This gambling opportunity presents a unique challenge because players need to consider their actions, upcoming events, and potential changes to their popularity standing. However, it's a lot less complicated than it seems. View the full article

The Poison Centipede build is an excellent end-game build for the Spiritborn class in Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred, using the unique synergy between Thorns, poison, and crowd control while minimizing reliance on the class's primary resource. This build uses specific unique items and legendary aspects to transform core skills into basic skills, allowing for constant casting without resource use. It is very good at creating a powerful force through poison and thorns, applying both to enemies through skills and weapons. View the full article

It was a magical time, PC sales were just booming and if you were lucky, yours would come with a modem for dial-up Internet access. You would hear the scrambling sound of your phone line connecting you to the world. Launching Netscape and staring at the throbber animation while a single web page loaded. Read Entire Article View the full article

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Under any other circumstance, The Lake House would sound like a nice spot for a serene summer getaway. In this case, though, it’s the setting for the second and final installment of Alan Wake II DLC, so it is naturally anything but. There’s no rest and relaxation to be found here, only another double-fisted dose of flashlights and firepower in this tightly paced two-hour tour inside the cold, concrete walls of a remote Federal Bureau of Control facility. In raw gameplay terms, The Lake House is not as eccentric a departure as Night Springs was a few months’ back, but as far as closing the book on Alan Wake II’s story and providing a bridge to the upcoming Control 2 goes, it’s yet another meta-storytelling slam dunk for the team at Remedy Entertainment. You might remember The Lake House from the main Alan Wake II campaign, or at the very least the exterior of its grounds since it’s found behind a locked gate in Cauldron Lake near where the ******* victim is found at the start of Saga Anderson’s story. This FBC research facility was strictly off-limits to Saga, but in this new chapter we’re able to fully explore it as returning FBC Agent Kiran Estevez. I liked Estevez in the main campaign and was happy to spend some time in her shoes, but the real show-stealing performances here come from the husband and wife scientist team of Jules and Diana Marmont. Initially I was laughing out loud at the petty bickering between them that occurs in the facility’s welcome video, but their relationship evidently took a much darker turn as evidenced by the many memos and emails I pored over as I continued my engrossing investigation inside the sinister shapeshifting structure. The facility itself is only five floors, but thanks to its proximity to the Altered World Event in Cauldron Lake and the disturbing research experiments conducted by the Marmonts, The Lake House is as consistently unsettling a space as anything from the main Alan Wake II campaign. One floor finds Estevez caught in a disorientating loop, another has shifting canvases splashed in abstract Jackson Pollock-style sprays, while another still is just a near-never-ending room of ominously clattering typewriters, like a manifestation of the infinite monkey theorem ****** the tiny simian scribes. It’s a superbly constructed bit of otherworldly office space that I delighted in exploring, whether I was thumbing through the chilling pages of another Alan Wake manuscript or having conversations with a possessed painting so ****** it made Vigo the Carpathian from Ghostbusters II seem like a portrait of a puppy dog. The Lake House is as consistently unsettling a space as anything from the main Alan Wake II campaign. The Lake House is absolutely blanketed in an unnerving atmosphere, but it’s perhaps a little lacking as far as puzzles go. Aside from carrying battery cubes to electrical sockets, which stimulates the eye with its orange glow but isn’t particularly taxing on the brain, there are otherwise only a handful of computer passwords to figure out using calendar dates mentioned in memos and the like. These hackneyed hacking jobs are pretty easy to deduce, and it was a little disappointing that there was nothing new here to match the mind-bending magic tricks provided by Alan’s world-altering Angel Lamp in the main campaign. Shadow Complex Combat against the shadow-cloaked staff of The Lake House is equally as straightforward for the most part, but it’s still extremely tense thanks to its typically claustrophobic close-quarters encounters. Estevez might be an FBC agent, but sadly she doesn’t possess the shapeshifting **** or superpowers that Jesse Faden wielded in 2019’s Control. Instead, a *******, shotgun, and a combination of flashlight, flares, and flashbangs are at her disposal, and I burned through every last round and spare battery as I desperately tried to illuminate and exterminate each sickle-slinging flanker and sledgehammer-swinging heavy that ambushed me along the way. Outside of its main boss ******, there’s only one new ****** type to be found in The Lake House, but it’s a doozy. The long-limbed freaks that slither out of painted canvases seem like Remedy’s towering, tie-dyed take on the Slender Man, and since they seem immune to Estevez’s attacks I was going hard on the dodge button early on to frantically try and evade their outstretched clutches. Eventually Estevez gets her hands on a grenade launcher powerful enough to turn the tables on these paint-streaked Stretch Armstrongs, but that didn’t mean that dealing with them ever became too easy – grenade ammo is scarce, the painted shadows are slim enough that they’re somewhat easy to miss, and the fact you need to charge up each shot before you ***** puts some added pressure into the timing of each takedown. The Lake House’s challenge jumped up even further in its final boss ****** – whose identity was a fun surprise from a story perspective – and it brought my brief return trip to the world of Alan Wake II to a dazzling and demanding denouement. My short stay in The Lake House was brutalist in its architecture and brutalising in its action, and although it’s bittersweet that my time with Alan Wake II has officially come to an end, the tantalising story teases of what comes next in the Remedy Connected Universe has me locked and loaded for Control 2. 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During Bethesda's Fallout Day livestream on October 23, the developer revealed many important details surrounding the Gleaming Depths update coming to Fallout 76 in December, which will include new bosses like the Ultracite *******, 4-star Legendary effects, and much more. While Fallout 76 didn't have the smoothest start when it was first released, several patches and a fair amount of time have contributed greatly to redeeming the title and making it an enjoyable experience for fans of the franchise. View the full article

For Honor has revealed the details of its upcoming in-game Halloween event, which is inspired by Destiny 2. Although For Honor was first released back in 2017, Ubisoft Montreal's action-packed title continues to receive new content updates. View the full article

Diablo 4 players love the Seething Opals, to the point of asking Blizzard to make the new item permanently in the game. Due to the live-service model, Diablo 4 players are introduced to new mechanics every few months, but as the season changes, these features give way to others. View the full article

Yesterday, I had some spooky sales on games perfect for Halloween plays. Today, it seems 2K has raided its back catalog for some horrifically good discounts of their own. Not sure if I'd call the BioShock series scary. But I would call them plenty disturbing and bucket list essential. So ***** them into your veins via an EVE hypo, stat! In retro news, I'm celebrating the 21st birthday of *inhales deeply* Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. I remember this as arguably the best version of SMB3, with a proto-QR code mechanic whose usage was as convoluted as Nintendo's naming conventions. Using a link cable, connect a second GBA with an e-Reader plugged into it. Then, using one of 40+ specially printed cards, you unlock exclusive levels, demos, and basically "amiibo" yourself in-game power-ups, like the Cape Feather from Super Mario World (!!!). Mercifully, the Switch Online version just bundles all those goodies in, no fuss. This Day in Gaming Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware - Ace Combat 2 (PS) 1997. Sequel - FF Tactics Advance (GBA) 2003. eBay - Super Mario Advance 4 (GBA) 2003. Sequel - F-Zero GX (GC) 2003. eBay - Midnight Club: L.A. (PS3,X360) 2008. eBay - The Unfinished Swan (PS3) 2012. eBay - Rocksmith 2014 (PC,PS3,X360) 2014. Sequel - Bayonetta 2 (WiiU) 2014. Sequel - Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS) 2015. Get Table of ContentsNintendo SwitchPCXboxPlayStationLEGONice Savings for Nintendo Switch Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (-23%) - A$69Witcher 3 Complete (-65%) - A$27.98***** [2016] (-80%) - A$10.99BioShock Col. (-80%) - A$17.99Just Dance 2024 (-70%) - A$37.95Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (-20%) - A$64.00 Expiring Deals Sonic X Shadow Generations (-14%) - A$69Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu (-14%) - A$69Final Fantasy I-VI Col (-14%) - A$98Super Mario 3D World (-19%) - A$65Super Mario RPG (-19%) - A$65 Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card. Switch Console Prices How much to Switch it up? [/url] Back to top Purchase Cheap for PC Valheim (-50%) - A$28.95System Shock 2 (-70%) - A$4.39Dishonored: Complete Col. (-80%) - A$22.99Guilty Gear ***** (≤50%) Expiring Deals ******** Floor 2 - FREE w/PrimeSilent Hill 2 (-22%) - A$79.95The Council (-90%) - A$2.29Atari Retro Humble Bndl (-90%) - A$35The Talos Principle (-90%) - A$4.39Metaphor: ReFantazio (-10%) - A$94.24 Or just get a Steam Wallet Card. PC Hardware Prices Slay your pile of shame. [/url] Back to top Exciting Bargains for Xbox ****** Bandicoot 4 (-66%) - A$34.37CoD: MW2 (-55%) - A$49.95The Witcher 3 Complete (-57%) - A$35.47No Man’s Sky (-60%) - A$35.98Fallout 4 GOTY (-75%) - A$13.73 Expiring Deals Sonic X Shadow Generations (-14%) - A$69Transformers: Devastation [Delisted] - A$47.84Star Wars Outlaws (-19%) - A$89.00Batman Arkham Col. (-41%) - A$49.95 Or just invest in an Xbox Card. Xbox Console Prices How many bucks for a 'Box? [/url] Back to top Pure Scores for PlayStation Batman: Return to Arkham (-90%) - A$6.99Far Cry 6 Ltd. (-58%) - A$41.66F1 24 (-45%) - A$59.95LAD: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (-11%) - A$89Prince Of Persia: TLC (-35%) - A$39FF VII: Rebirth (-33%) - A$79.95NBA 2K24 Kobe Ed. (-84%) - A$19Sonic Frontiers (-49%) - A$50.65Red ***** Redemption (-44%) - A$39 Expiring Recent Deals Sonic X Shadow Generations (-14%) - A$69Resi 4 Remake (-30%) - A$38.20Ace Combat 7 (-62%) - A$38Star Wars Outlaws (-19%) - A$89RoboCop: Rogue City (-28%) - A$60.87Stellar Blade (-16%) - A$104.75LEGO Horizon Adventures (-10%) - A$99Star Wars Jedi Survivor (-55%) - A$49.95 Or purchase a PS Store Card. PlayStation Console Prices What you'll pay to 'Station. [/url] Back to top Legit LEGO Deals Frozen: Ice Palace (-42%) - A$99MInecraft: Blossom Garden (-36%) - A$51City: Seaside Harbour (-34%) - A$119 Expiring Deals Ideas: BTS Dynamite (-40%) - A$102City: Command Rover (-36%) - A$83Technic: Audi RS (-35%) - A$163 Back to top Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

SteamOS 3.6.19 has been released to the Stable channel for Deck with the following changes: General Updated to a more recent Arch Linux base, and updated Linux kernel to version 6.5 These updates improve hardware compatibility, system performance, security, and overall system stability Improved speed of subsequent OS updates Improved reliability of certain microSD card usage scenarios Worked around misdetection of some SanDisk microSD cards Improved responsiveness of session restart in case of session crashes caused by certain GPU errors Fixed an issue where certain games could ****** with a 'page allocation ********' after a long play session Improved recovery from situations where the Steam installation could get corrupted Fixed some connectivity failures with access points supporting WPA3 security Fixed a problem where Steam Deck would be unable to connect to certain Wi-Fi 7 access points Fixed game session cursor offset alignment Fixed an issue where a thin grey line could appear at the bottom of the screen during boot in some situations Fixed an issue where the Performance Overlay would spuriously enable itself under certain conditions Fixed an issue preventing sleep on some types of aftermarket SSDs Fixed an issue preventing update checks from working properly on networks with an invalid IPv6 configuration Fixed an issue where touching the left trackpad after sleep could result in a spurious haptic click Fixed a general issue affecting OLED units on 3.5, causing a slow memory ***** during gameplay Fixed an issue causing a "Update Error" message when attempting to interact with the update menu on the 'Preview' update channel. Fixed the frame limiter not properly applying in certain situations Fixed an issue where block *********** could appear on screen on certain state transitions Fixed an issue where updating the built-in controller firmware could result in a blank screen during boot Fixed a rare issue where sound output could be corrupted on certain boots Fixed a rare issue where 3.5mm headphones could produce elevated background noise on reconnection until next sleep/resume Fixed an issue where updates would sometimes be applied incorrectly if the unit was powered off abruptly near the end of an OS update Fixed an issue with copy-pasting UTF-8 text across applications Fixed a problem where a Game Recording capture failing could cause subsequent captures to also fail Fixed a ****** when using the magnifier tool while game recording is active Fixed colorspace for Game Recording Fixed an issue where colors could appear washed out when using Steam Remote Play as a client Fixed a possible ****** when using Steam Deck as the Remote Play host Fixed an issue that could cause videos to stutter in titles such as BlazBlue Centralfiction Fixed an issue with a rare session ****** during early startup of ELDEN RING Fixed display regressions with certain titles such as Warriors All-Stars, Disgaea 5 Complete, Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York Worked around a bug where HDR couldn't be selected in Halo Infinite Fixed an issue causing temporary files to accrue when using Flatpak Security fix for Flatpak (CVE-2024-42472)Graphics and Performance Updated graphics driver to Mesa 24.1, with many performance and other improvements Improved responsiveness of the Steam UI Improved performance and stability in memory pressure situations Slightly improved cold boot timeDisplay Improved display uniformity, under some conditions (Mura Compensation) Improved display ****** balance (reduced green tint) at lower brightness levels, under some conditions Improved gamma uniformity (yellow tint), under some conditions Fixed certain specific refresh rates failing to apply on the OLED Limited Edition model Fixed an issue where the internal display could remain blank after disconnecting an external display Fixed an issue where internal display could be abnormally limited to a lower frame rate after disconnecting an external display with VRR enabled Fixed rare situations where switching to Desktop Mode or back could result in a blank screen, or wrong colorsExternal Display Fixed several issues where an external display could remain blank after resuming Fixed an issue where an external display could remain blank if its mode required chroma subsampling Fixed an issue where the system could ****** on wakeup if an external DisplayPort monitor was connected Fixed a system ****** when hotplugging a second display in Desktop mode Improved frame pacing with VRR on external displaysBluetooth Improved pairing experience with Apple AirPods Enabled support for Bluetooth HFP and BAP profiles Added mechanism to configure which Bluetooth device categories are allowed to wake the system from suspend By default, controllers are the only devices that can wake the system from sleep Finer-grained UI configuration options will be available as part of a future update Improved connection speed of some Bluetooth devices Fixed an issue where Bluetooth peripherals would disconnect on session switchInput Added support for extra ROG Ally keys Added support for the ASUS ROG Raikiri Pro controller Added support for the Machenike G5 Pro controller Added support for the Steam Deck motion sensors to the built-in non-Steam kernel driver Fixed an issue where scroll wheel Steam Input bindings weren't functional Fixed an issue where DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers would sometimes not function properly on their first connection Fixed calibration on some third-party DualShock 4 controllersDesktop Mode Updated to KDE Plasma 5.27.10 Enabled thumbnail previews for videos in the file browser Fixed an issue with desktop use that could cause subsequent microSD card auto-mount to fail Fixed Zenity dialog boxes Fixed nested desktop crashing on launchBIOS / Firmware Adjusted power LED slow charging threshold Fixed not being able to set the SDCard as default boot device Fixed spurious power LED blinking in S5 Steam Deck OLED only Added support for the Windows Bluetooth driver (LCD models already have Windows Bluetooth support) Steam Deck LCD only Improved battery life by up to 10% in light load situations Added overclocking controlsSteam Deck Docking Station Added support for some HDMI CEC features: TV remote input TV wake up TV input switching Updated Dock firmware, with compatibility fixes for high-refresh-rate VRR displays, and fixing several issues where displays could remain blankDevelopment and Modding Modified files in /etc are now migrated to new OS versions based on a whitelist Fixes numerous issues with incidentally touched /etc files becoming 'sticky' and persisting unexpectedly Additional whitelist entries can be added via config fragments See /etc/atomic-update.conf.d/example-additional-keep-list.conf Added /etc/previous/ containing modifications from the previous update to prevent unexpected data loss Up to five previous snaphots of /etc modifications will additionally be retained in /var/lib/steamos-atomupd/etc_backup/ Added support for {ssh,sshd}_config fragments Split package reinstallation step out of `steamos-devmode` command and into new `steamos-unminimize` command. `steamos-devmode` now simply enters read-write mode and initializes the pacman keyring for use, and is much quicker. openssh: Fix remote code ********** bug (CVE-2024-6387)View the full article

Overwatch 2 is looking for a new product marketing consultant to ******** a major feature for the first-person shooter. Though it is hard to say exactly what this might entail, it seems like Overwatch 2 is getting ready for something big. View the full article

Gaming has a fascination with the apocalypse, and it's easy to see why. The wasteland offers a fresh start, a wiping clean of the slate, while also letting you comb through the remnants of the world that's gone before. Zero Sievert is a game that delves deep into the shattered ruins of the Earth, making you ****** for survival while gathering essential supplies. This unique take on the extraction shooter genre has already made some big waves in early access, and it has just hit full release with version 1.0. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Escape from Tarkov meets Project Zomboid in Zero Sievert View the full article

While Space Marine 2 has been pretty hard to knock since it dropped in September, last week's Patch 4.0 wasn't particularly well-received by the co-op shooter's community. However, Saber Interactive is responding swiftly, and has announced that another patch is arriving imminently to revert some of the controversial changes the previous update made. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 just hit its lowest price yet Space Marine 2 stealthily drops a 90GB update offering a huge graphics upgrade The best Space Marine 2 mods 2024 View the full article

The connections within Remedy's shared universe continue to grow strong amid the release of Alan Wake 2's new DLC, titled the Lake House. Included in the DLC is what looks like a pretty substantial teaser for Control 2, the upcoming sequel to the cult favorite supernatural horror game. You can watch the full scene in the video below. Spoiler warning: This video contains spoilers for both the Lake House DLC and possibly Control 2. The optional scene near the end of The Lake House DLC features FBC Investigations Agent Kiran Estevez being transported first to the Oceanview Motel and then to Panaopticon in The Oldest House — the setting for the original Control. There she has an extended conversation with Control protagonist Jesse Faden' brother — Dylan Faden — who offers a glimpse into what ***** in store for the future of the Remedy-verse. Remedy hasn't been shy about the connections between Alan Wake and Control as it continues to build its shared universe. Earlier this year, the studio teamed up with Annapurna to fund movies set within its universe, and it has continued to talk up the connections between the two series. Control 2, for its part, was first announced back in 2022, with director Mikael Kasurinen saying it will be an "unexpected journey." Remedy is also working on the recently-announced FBC Firebreak, a three-player co-op game set to release in 2025. In the meantime, Remedy is busy wrapping up Alan Wake 2, which was one of the best-reviewed games of 2023. The Lake House DLC is the second set of Alan Wake 2 downloadable content, pitting FBC agent Estevez (Janina Gavankar) against a series of supernatural horror. It's out now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. For more, check out our newly-updated list of the 25 best horror games ever made. Kat Bailey is IGN's News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot. View the full article

Illustration: The Verge Roblox is making some potentially major changes that will limit what pre-teens can access and give parents more control over what their kids do on the platform, according to an email sent by the company and shared with The Verge. The changes follow recent reports highlighting how Roblox has ******* to protect children. In July, for example, Bloomberg published a big report about predators on the platform. Turkey blocked access to Roblox in August, saying it was a necessary measure to protect its children. (Roblox said this week that it would open an office in the country if access was restored.) Earlier this month, a popular financial newsletter accused Roblox of enabling child ****** and the investment firm Hindenburg Research alleged... Continue reading… View the full article