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What are you playing this weekend?

It's finally the weekend and that means you have nothing more important to do than play some games and enjoy doing nothing else.

At least, we don't plan on doing much else. Sure, we play games all week long for work, but sometimes this means we aren't playing what we really want to be playing at the time, and then it gets late, and we're tired, so we have to put off playing something else.

Thankfully, the weekends are the cure, and this is what we plan on getting up to over the next couple of days:

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Two Point Campus students will learn the art of potions, spells, and general wizardry this August

University management sim Two Point Campus will introduce witchcraft and wizardry to its students when it releases in August.

In Wizardry class, students will be able to brew potions, divine the future using a crystal ball, or end up getting a pumpkin for a head - likely due to some form of spell mishap.

You will need to make sure your students study properly and hone their skills in the Spellroom to compete in magical duels. The better your students do, the stronger their magic becomes, and apparently, they will need it due to an ancient curse and a nefarious enemy roaming around the halls.

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Revamped PlayStation Plus service launches June 13 in the Americas and June 22 in Europe

Sony has announced launch dates for its revamped PlayStation Plus service.

According to the company, the service will roll out in Asian territories May 23, in Japan June 1, the Americas on June 13, and in Europe on June 22.

Additionally, it is also expanding cloud streaming access to the following locations for a total of 30 markets with cloud streaming access. The following markets will also offer the Premium tier from PlayStation Plus at launch: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Republic of Cyprus, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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And Now, A Game Where You're A Serial Killer (But Also Have No Bones)

Shhh…be very quiet if you are reading this in bed. I don’t want to alarm you, but there might be a serial killer hiding under your mattress. However, he might also have no bones and can only wiggle and flail about to get anywhere, which gives you a big advantage. It’s also the setup for a silly new free game called The…

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Ghostwire: Tokyo proves there’s nothing inherently wrong with the maligned Ubisoft open-world formula

Ghostwire: Tokyo’s exploration loop is a brilliantly elaborate conceptual pun. It is this game’s version of the ‘Tower Unfogs Map’ mechanic popularised by Assassin’s Creed. Here, instead of climbing stuff and checking your watch as the camera whips around some murderous aristocrat holding an unlikely pose atop the Bastille (or whatever), you cleanse Torii gates of demonic influence, which rather usefully clears the streets of literal fog. I’m not sure if it’s intended to be funny, but regardless, it’s a smirk-worthy meta-twist on a now ubi-quitous gaming trope that can be found everywhere from Zelda to Mad Max.

It’s become something of a lightning rod for online complaints about the predictability of open-world design. The dreaded Ubisoft Towers; their mere presence implying that whatever game they loom over is, often in stark contrast to pre-release marketing, another bloated Icon Janitor sim. Another ‘Assassin’s Creed But’.

Assassin’s Creed but… you’re hunting robot dinosaurs. Assassin’s Creed but… you’re Spider-Man. Assassin’s Creed but… you’re in a vaguely problematic caricature of Cuba, and the bad guy from Breaking Bad has been given about three minutes of screen time in a desperate attempt to lend this bollocks some prestige. The sheer number of these games seems excessive, especially considering that Assassin’s Creed itself comes in a multitude of flavours spanning the entire latter half of recorded history, encompassing genres as disparate as stealth action, pirate simulator, and Copying The Witcher 3.

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Doomfist and Orisa getting considerable reworks in Overwatch 2 and changes are coming to two other heroes

The Overwatch 2 closed PvP beta kicks off next week, and testers will find changes have been made to some of the heroes, and a couple have received major reworks.

These heroes are Sombra, Bastion, Doomfist, and Orisa.

For starters, Sombra's cooldown on her hacking abilities has been reduced to eight seconds. She will also now be able to view targets through walls that she can hack for either herself or her teammates. She will also be able to hack while using stealth. Her ultimate will now deal damage up to 40% of an opponent's health, and her passive will dole out 50% more damage to hacked targets.

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Save up to 75 per cent on DLC at Ubisoft's spring sale

Ubisoft have made huge adventure games in recent years, and they've expanded on this success by adding to those stories and the time we get to spend with original, interesting characters they feature.

Some of their latest DLC packs are on sale on Ubisoft's own website right now, and we've made a list of some of the more notable discounts.

The best deal available here is the Dawn of Ragnarok for Asssassin's Creed Valhalla. You play as Eivor, and your goal is to become Odin, the Norse god of Battle and Wisdom, and use everything in your arsenal to save your son in this Viking saga. It was only released last month, and is the game's biggest DLC. It's reduced by 25 per cent to $29.99 at the moment.

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Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Repair Center Was Constantly Overwhelmed, Claims Former Supervisor

If you live east of the Mississippi River and you’ve ever had to send your Switch to Nintendo due to Joy-Con drift, then it definitely passed through a single repair shop in Syracuse, New York. Though Nintendo handled the process for submitting repairs, the actual work was performed by a company called United Radio.…

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The Nintendo of America Contractors Who Feel Like Second Class Workers

A union-busting complaint recently filed with the National Labor Relations Board accused Nintendo of America and contract worker agency Aston Carter of surveillance, retaliation, and other unfair labor practices. According to four sources familiar with the incident, that complaint, first reported by Axios, comes after…

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Halo Infinite Season 2 features modes such as King of the Hill and Last Spartan Standing

343 Industries has provided some intel on the game modes included in Season 2 of Halo Infinite.

In Season 2: Lone Wolves, you can expect three modes along with variants featuring a mix of returning favorites and something new to Halo.

One of the modes coming with the season is King of the Hill. While you may already know how the returning mode is played, this iteration comes with a bit of a twist. In it, a neutral hill will spawn on the map. When this happens, two teams will battle to take control of it to earn points. When a player enters the hill uncontested, it is captured and begins earning one point per second into a capture bar. Once a team’s capture bar is full, the team will score one point and a new hill spawns elsewhere on the map.

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Splatoon 3 is coming to Switch on September 9

The Inklings return later this summer when Nintendo releases Splatoon 3.

Come September 9, you will visit the Splatlands desert and engage in ink-soaked battles with other Inklings and Octolings. You will also discover new features, weapons such as the stringer, a new bow-shaped weapon type, and new gear.

In the game, you will participate in 4v4 Turf War battles across a mix of new and returning stages. Here, teams of four face off on stages such as Eeltail Alley.

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Can Bayonetta 3 capture the magic of Bayonetta 2 – one of Nintendo’s greatest ever exclusives?

When most people picture the Wii U, they remember a Fisher Price-looking disappointment. Yet, for action gaming connoisseurs, it’s the console that Trojan Horsed the best game of 2014 into our lives. I am, of course, talking about the breath-takingly bizarre Bayonetta 2.

As the once-shelved follow-up to the Sega-published Bayonetta, the 91 Metacritic-rated sequel is a madcap masterpiece. Now, eight years on, we find ourselves potentially just months away from this year’s Nintendo Switch threequel. With only a single trailer to go on, details on the Umbran Witch’s highly-anticipated upcoming adventure are… well, somewhat scant. What we do know however, is that after returning to the batshit brilliance of the eight-year-old Bayonetta 2 – there’s a very real chance we’re in for another all timer.

For those who skipped Nintendo’s Angel-obliterating opus, Bayonetta 2 is an experience that operates entirely in its own sense-defying stratosphere. From its manically melodramatic main theme, to a whiplash-inducing Christmas shopping prologue that sees a festive Bayonetta fighting angels atop a fighter jet, Platinum’s turbo-charged joyride is one that never lets up. It’s an undeniable high point for the character-driven-action genre. A serotonin-secreting source of utterly glorious nonsense. The best part about it, though? This sweary, sexual, angel-slaying sim wouldn’t exist without Nintendo.

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Save $300 on this HP Omen gaming laptop from Best Buy

HP's Omen line is one of the more premium in gaming hardware, as the company combines flashy style with great, powerful components. The HP Omen 16 is another example of this, and this particular gaming laptop is available for $1199.99 from Best Buy, a reduction of a significant $300.

The processor powering everything is an Intel Core i7 11th gen chip, which has eight cores and sixteen threads. This is plenty to run modern games and to handle CPU-intensive tasks. There's also an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. This combination is ideal to run many of the latest games at great detail, ensuring your laptop will be sufficient for many years down the line.

And if you're into competitive gaming, that's possible too, especially with the 1080p 144Hz display. This high refresh rate means you'll see more of the action in titles like Fortnite and Leage of Legends, especially as the components will have no issue keeping up. And the unusual 16" size makes it ideal for those who think the standard 15" displays are a little on the small side.

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Tales from the Borderlands sequel revealed, arriving later this year

The episodic, story-driven Borderlands spinoff, Tales from the Borderlands, is receiving a sequel. The follow-up is to be expected later this year, with an official announcement for the game coming in summer.

The teaser came from Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford, at PAX East 2022. Pitchford spoke of the affinity players have for the games’ characters, and how the team at 2K and Gearbox have an “interest in developing the Borderlands universe in new ways.”

More specifically, Pitchford shared, "I'm talking about an all new Tales from the Borderlands adventure."

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Halo Infinite’s Latest Mode Sounds Awful Similar To A Battle Royale

Halo Infinite’s already kickass-sounding second season is starting to sound even more kickass. Developer 343 Industries detailed all the new modes en route in a blog post today, including one that sounds suspiciously like a battle royale.

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F1 2022 announced for July release on consoles and PC with VR support

EA and Codemasters have announced F1 2022 alongside a July 1 release date.

With the racer you can expect a new season, redesigned cars, overhauled rules, and the new Miami International Autodrome.

The game features an authentic lineup of all 20 drivers and 10 teams, and you can enjoy new immersive or cinematic race sequences. You will be able to create a team using the My Team career mode, and play with others in split-screen or multiplayer.

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Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Season 3 comes with new maps, weapons, famous movie monsters, and more

Classified Arms, the third season of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone, kicks off on April 27 and brings with it two new multiplayer maps, four new weapons, the Trophy System, updated Points of Interest on Caldera, and more.

Those with the Season Three Battle Pass will find 100 Tiers of new content, including two new free weapons: the M1916 Marksman Rifle and the Nikita AVT Assault Rifle.

If you purchase the Season Three Battle Pass, you'll get Task Force Harpy Operator Mateo Hernandez instantly at Tier 0. Two other Harpy Operators, Florence Carter, and Kim Tae Young will appear later in the store.

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