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CES 2022 saw the annual expo return to an in-person event, with digital events as well. Though we weren’t there physically this year, for obvious reasons, we were still able to see some great products geared towards the PC gamer. After all, CES is the show where if you can think of it, there’s probably a concept ready to be shown. From new hardware to incredible concept furniture that would up the level of any battle station, we’ve rounded up the best products from CES 2022 that you need to know about....

This Chilling Adventures of Sabrina review contains spoilers. We have a spoiler-free review of the entire first season here. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Episode 8 “Life, death, the afterlife…these are not things to be trifled with.” The darkest episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to date is also the first to tackle head on how the use of magical powers can have dire consequences. At the end of the previous episode, Agatha and Dorcas had conspired to get revenge against the Kinkle family for the death of a familiar at their hands in Moon Valley....

Chris Evans so fully inhabited the role of Captain America during the near-decade he helped prop up the Marvel Cinematic Universe juggernaut that he ended up spending his downtime fighting bad guys online, too. The unequivocal cinnamon roll emerged from the relentless process of blockbuster junkets, red carpet grillings, tabloid rumblings and angry 3am tweets both uncancelled and mostly unscathed, unlike some of his co-stars, but after finally passing on Steve Rogers’ shield and leaving the MCU behind, who would immediately cast him against type as the kind of villainous rich prong who uses “SJW” as an insult?...

The cast and crew of MacGruber celebrated the film’s tenth anniversary last week, and although the feature project, based Will Forte’s MacGyver-esque Saturday Night Live sketch, flopped on release in 2010, it’s since become a comedy cult classic. The film doesn’t just have an enthusiastic fan base of plebs like you and I, mind, Inception and Tenet director Christopher Nolan has been outed as a huge supporter of the film, which was first partially noted all the way back in 2012 by Anne Hathaway when she was promoting The Dark Knight Rises on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon....

Cloud computing startup Shadow has recently caught the attention of a lot of industry insiders. Having raised a total of $100 million through corporate backers (such as Charter Communications and Western Digital), it promises to be a new take on game streaming which marries the accessibility of Google Stadia without that service’s restrictive game-purchasing requirements. Shadow should be thought of as more of a rental gaming PC that’s only accessible via an internet connection rather than a full-on game streaming service....

The infamous former Overwatch League player and current Twitch streamer Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel is offending people again, only this time it’s not with his language. He gave fans a peek behind the curtain during his recent stream, revealing a room that would make even the most hardiest person gag. Rotted food and the beginnings of mold were casually sitting right next to his computer, all because xQc’s mom wasn’t there to clean up after him....

Originally released on the PS4 as an exclusive, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will be coming to other platforms on 10 July including PC via Steam. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is a collection of remasters from the series, Crash Bandicoot, Cortex Strikes Back, and Warped. The PC release comes roughly one year after the PS4 version which means that timed exclusive has run its course. The Steam page is not live for the game yet but keep an eye out for it in the future....

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is finally available for streaming on Crunchyroll, and the platform has celebrated the occasion by releasing a new trailer. Streamed via Crunchyroll’s official YouTube channel on Sept. 20, the trailer offers an overview of the film and its characters. Primarily, it focuses on the protagonist Yuta and his struggle to figure out how to properly utilize a curse placed on him by a childhood crush. It starts off with scenes of Yuta and said friend, Rika, playing at a park....

Cultist Simulator has been fully funded on Kickstarter over the weekend. A narrative game featuring cards and eldritch, 1920s themed mystery, Cultist Simulator is the new project from Alexis Kennedy. Kennedy created Fallen London and founded Failbetter Games (known for Sunless Sea and, now, Sunless Skies, which is in early access), and Cultist Simulator looks as exquisitely weird as you might expect from looking at Kennedy’s CV. ‘There’s some Cthulhu Mythos in here,’ says Kennedy, on the Kickstarter page....

What is CD Projekt Red up to with Cyberpunk 2077? It’s a question many gamers want answering but there could be some sign of life. After four years the Cyberpunk 2o77 Twitter account has woken up with a simple beep. While it’s not exactly stellar news it does indicates that information might start to flow in the not too distant future. beep — Cyberpunk Game (@CyberpunkGame) January 10, 2018 With just about every PC gamer already owning a copy of The Witcher 3, anticipation is high for this next game from CD Projekt....

God of War maestro David Jaffe has confirmed that his development studio, The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency, has been struck by a series of layoffs. The news comes on the back of the cancellation of an unnamed project at the Drawn to Death developer. Writing on Twitter, Jaffe confirmed that the ‘majority’ of working staff at the studio’s gaming division have found themselves out of a job. He promised that more news would follow but was unable to comment any further regarding the nature of the cancelled game....

This review contains spoilers. Though created by novelist Eugene McCabe in 1992, Beth Winters makes a fine nineteenth century Romantic heroine. She’s grave, with a poetic soul and fixation on death and beauty. She lives among nature and reads John Keats. There’s mystery and scandal in her parentage, and quasi-incestuous abuse in her home life. Beth’s resourceful and strong-stomached, but also besotted by a scoundrel, and likely pregnant with his child....

It looks like Hideo Kojima convinced quite a few former Konami employees to help him work on Death Stranding. Death Stranding‘s credits confirm that about 67 of roughly 120 members of the main Death Stranding team previously worked on the Metal Gear Solid series. Of those 67, it seems that 62 worked on Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. What’s even more interesting than the number of former Konami employees who worked on Death Stranding is what roles those team members played....

Over the course of Destiny 2’s three-year lifespan several metas have emerged for PvE and PvP that many consider the “top loadout.” With the launch of Shadowkeep and the start of Season 8 another new best loadout has been found, although it should be plenty familiar to any Destiny 2 players who have kept up with the game. Izanagi’s Burden In the primary weapon slot, Izanagi’s Burden has become one of the best weapons and the premiere exotic of choice for PvE....

Bungie has confirmed it’ll offer up the first look at upcoming Destiny 2 expansion The Witch Queen in a Showcase event tomorrow. The showcase has been known about since it was announced back in July. However, a video today confirms that tomorrow’s event will offer up fans the first proper look at the online shooter’s next expansion. The Witch Queen herself is known as Savathun, formerly known as Sathona. In the universe of Destiny 2, she’s one of the progenitors of the Hive species....

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen’s Legendary campaign introduces the return of a Bungie favourite - a challenging story mode for you and your friends to battle through. Though previous Destiny expansions have offered campaign missions, this time you can expect a more traditional progression, and an optional higher difficulty level to put you and your fireteam to the test. The Legendary campaign rewards sound well worth it from the outset - provided you can stomach the Legendary level requirements and rewards thrown your way....

Alongside Diablo 4’s stunning cinematic trailer, Blizzard also revealed some of the starting classes for the upcoming game. Making a triumphant return from Diablo 2 is the Sorceress, which will be one of the magic-wielding classes in the game. Following the reveal of the Sorceress, Blizzard also announced the skills and abilities for the Sorceress that players will get to play around with whenever the game finally launches - spoiler alert, she plays a lot like the Wizard from Diablo 3....

Infinity Ward and Activision streamed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer gameplay on Twitch yesterday, allowing fans a sneak peek into, what they’re calling, ‘the ultimate multiplayer playground’. In terms of the new gameplay features, Infinity Ward is taking advantage of modern hardware capabilities. As well as 12- and 20-player game modes, there will be battles with more than 100 players; or if that sounds daunting, matches with 64 or 40 players are a new introduction too....

Skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been a hot-button issue for the game since its release. Fans of the title have claimed that the system has worked to make their experience miserable and have called on Infinity Ward many times to try and convince them to remove the system. But some new data questions whether or not skill-based matchmaking actually is in Modern Warfare. To clarify, the general issue people have with SBMM is “network connection....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is still quite early in its life cycle, but that hasn’t stopped fans from looking ahead to the next title. For some months now, Call of Duty fans have been speculating at what will be released in 2021. Previously, rumors suggested that the new title would be based in the World War II era. Now, further information surrounding the upcoming title appears to confirm this....