Right now, John Lewis is offering a 10 per cent discount on a range of LG TVs. All you have to do is be a My John Lewis member (a free membership and loyalty scheme they offer with exclusive discounts), and enter the code ‘MYJLLG10’ at checkout once you have your TV of choice in your basket. The items that immediately caught our eyes were the LG C2 OLED models, available in either a 48-inch size or the bigger 55-inch display....

Being a 27" curved monitor with a 1440p QHD resolution is a sweet combination. The size is immersive enough without feeling overwhelming as part of most gaming setups, particularly if you’re planning on adding another screen later down the line. And the resolution is the perfect balance between standard full HD, and the granular detail provided by 4K. Only the most powerful PC setups would be able to take advantage of a 4K screen, whereas 1440p provides plenty of detail, and is even supported by the latest Xbox Series consoles and games....

That being said, new games means more space taken up on your PC or PS5, so you might be faced with the choice of deleting a game you already have installed or buying some more storage. We can help make that choice a little easier. The SN850 is a great SSD from one of the best manufacturers of computer storage, Western Digital. Its size and speed are more than enough to load and run all of the latest releases without any issue....

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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard that phrase, of course; Sea of Thieves executive producer Joe Neate also teased the multiplayer pirate adventure’s “biggest year yet” ahead of 2021 - a claim that seems entirely reasonable in hindsight, given that last year saw Sea of Thieves introducing everything from a sizeable map expansion beneath the waves to a wildly cinematic Pirates of the Caribbean crossover. And that’s not even touching on the likes of new enemies, a new treasure burying mechanic, and more....

Alongside these headline features are several quality of life updates, as well as the introduction of a 120hz performance mode on Xbox Series X. The update went live on December 15th, ahead of the full Black Ops Cold War and Warzone release time on December 16th. With the launch of the new Season, we know now the full set of Black Ops - Cold War patch notes as confirmed by Activision....

The company had 38 products scored over the year, 95 per cent of which were judged “good” - including the notable Persona 5 Royale and Yakuza 0 - and zero per cent as “bad”. This gives the publisher an average Metacritic score for its 2020 releases of 81.6 per cent. “Now in its seventh decade, the Japanese gaming company had quite a good 2020, shooting up 17 places in our annual rankings to take the crown as our number one publisher of the year,” the rankings said....

You’re going to want them in the late game though, especially if you’re a completionist, or just determined to get the most out of From Software’s latest and greatest, so we’ve outlined all Sekiro Treasure Carp Scale locations for all Treasure Carps in the game, down below. On this page: There are 42 of them, and you’re going to need a certain ability in order to get them all, along with making it to the final area of the game....

It revolves around helping a child in Panda Market, Zhi Mao, who needs your help with getting a soccer ball. Doing so presents you with one or two Future Dream rewards - and we’re here to explain the choice you’re about to make. On this page: He wants a Soccer Ball, which you can win from the Pail Toss game just off the Village Square. The Pall Toss game you’re looking for is the one manned by Xuan, the bookie with the facial scar....

That’s for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam priced £44.99. If you pre-order the £54.99 Digital Deluxe Edition you get access to the game four days early on 21st May, Atlus said. Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster spruces up the original 2003 PlayStation 2 RPG - aka Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer’s Call in Europe - with new models and backgrounds. It also has the new “merciful” difficulty setting, which makes the game easier....

During the company’s first quarter earnings call yesterday, Wilson was asked how single player games fit into its portfolio. He described them as “really, really important”, although chief financial officer Chris Suh also followed up noting that live service games account for over 70 percent of the total business. Watch on YouTube Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Official Teaser “Our players, on balance, they have these core motivations - inspiration, escape, social connection, competition, self-improvement, creation - these things that bring us together as players of games,” responded Wilson, via SeekingAlpha....

Bell made the announcement via Twitter, with the news verified by our partners at GamesIndustry.biz. His departure comes in the aftermath of EA acquiring Codemasters this year - Codemasters having themselves acquired Slightly Mad Studios in 2019. Slightly Mad Studios was formed in 2009 with its first release being the brilliant Need for Speed: Shift, though its history predates that particular game with the company’s somewhat messy roots taking in the likes of SimBin and Blimey!...

When it comes to teaching, things like union strikes over pay and lengthy holiday time relative to other jobs may come to mind, but being a school teacher is about so much more than that. As a school teacher you are interacting with so many different people, not just pupils, and it’s crucial that you form strong bonds with these people to thrive in the role. Imagine the social management aspects of Persona 5 on a colossal scale....

The news was confirmed by Sonic social media manager Katie Chrzanowski in a Sonic livestream. “While unfortunately we can’t use all the original sounds from the Sega Genesis version of the game, Jun Senoue has been working really hard to adapt the original music that was composed in 1993 for Sonic Origins,” said Chrzanowski. “He’s been going so far as reproducing it, with the same sound chip from the Sega Genesis, and using his own digital audio tape collection to make this as faithful to the originals as possible....

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles will return to a big screen near you on 20th December 2024. Fun fact for film fans - that’s the same day as Avatar 3, the sequel to the upcoming Avatar sequel that’s not even out yet. Sonic’s movie threequel will see the series’ trio “running faster, flying higher, and punching harder,” the official Sonic the Hedgehog movie Twitter account promised. As for the film’s plot, it seems likely to revolve around a certain character who popped up at the end of Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s film credits....

Earlier this week Sony announced it was buying the Destiny developer for $3.6bn, while Bungie promised its games would remain multiplatform. Now, in an earnings call Q&A, Sony exec Hiroki Totoki was asked what benefits Bungie would receive from Sony. The answer: multi-dimensional support. “[It’s] not just for [the] gaming area, but the multi-using of IP and merchandising of IP - like a game title maybe put into movies,” said Totoki, transcribed by IGN....

Through balancing of sorceries and abilities, a couple of abilities widely used in speedrunning have been nerfed, which will force speedrunners to reconsider their strategies. Soon after the update was released, Distortion2 - responsible for the first sub-half hour time - tweeted “Rip Elden Ring Speedruns”. LilAggy, who posted the first speedrun time of two and a half hours, told Eurogamer “the latest patch has definitely changed things for the speedrun quite a bit”....

From 25th May, subscribers will be able to download the full game and access it for a week - until 31st May. This is part of Nintendo’s Game Trial series, in which full games are available for free for a limited time. Spelunky 2 sees you exploring the moon in search of your missing family members, with more of the randomised levels, challenges, and treasures of the original. The game received a rare Essential in our Spelunky 2 review, noting “a legendary game gets a legendary sequel”....

Final Fantasy 7 The First Soldier is a battle royale game set in Midgar 30 years before the events of Final Fantasy 7. You play as a SOLDIER candidate and fight for survival. The gameplay video below reveals The First Soldier to be a mix of third-person shooter action and Final Fantasy-style combat. It’s due out at some point in 2021 on iOS and Android. The second mobile game is Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis, which is described as a “chapter-structured” single-player game that covers the whole of the Final Fantasy 7 timeline, including the events of the original game and the Final Fantasy 7 compilation titles....

In the statement, Square Enix said it was “critical for [its] business that [it] produce hit titles that speak to the global market”. “For our Group to better focus on developing titles for the global market in this changing environment, we need to concentrate our limited resources on the development of strong and robust titles,” the company said. “We need to enhance our presence in the global market by quickly establishing an organisational structure that enables us to consistently roll out high-quality content produced through selective and focused resource allocation, which requires the revamping of our title and studio portfolio....