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Helldiver 2's long-awaited third enemy faction, the Illuminate - previously seen in Helldivers 1, but still conspicuously absent from its sequel - has briefly appeared in-game. Which hasn't stopped developer Arrowhead Game Studios from declaring the incident to be "fake news".
Players began reporting strange sightings across Helldivers 2's Galactic War map (thanks PC Gamer) earlier today, beginning with a mysterious cluster of purple sectors where players had previously only seen red for Automaton incurs
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Apple has increased its battery replacement fee for iPhone 16 Pro models, according to its iPhone repair and service page. Apple Stores can replace the battery inside an iPhone 16 Pro or iPhone 16 Pro Max for $119 in the U.S., which is up from $99 for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. This is a 20% increase to the fee, which includes the cost of a... Read more ›
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Image: Nilay Patel Apple has hiked the price of its battery repair service for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. Now, it will cost $119 to get your battery replaced in either phone — a $20 jump over its older fee. The price remains the same for the standard and “Plus” models, as do those for last year’s phones, as MacRumors notes. The company doesn’t seem to have started... Read more ›
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Sony has quietly increased the price of a DualSense controller for its PlayStation 5 console.As spotted by social media account Wario64, the price of various DualSense colour models has increased by $5 in multiple US retailers, but more importantly on Sony's official store PlayStation Direct.The basic white DualSense controller has increased from $69.99 to $74.99. Over on the UK PlayStation Direct site, the same controller costs £64.99 - up from... Read more ›
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Fresh off its PlayStation 5 Pro reveal, Sony has reportedly confirmed "around 40 or 50 or games" will get PS5 Pro upgrade patches when the souped-up console launches on 7th November. That nugget of information comes via a report from CNET, which chatted with PlayStation's lead system architect Mark Cerny ahead of today's PS5 Pro reveal. So far, Sony has only officially named 13 games set to recieve PS5 Pro... Read more ›
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An Ubisoft investor has written an open letter to the company to express their "deep dissatisfaction" with its performance and strategic direction, urging the board to consider taking the company private.The letter, from Juraj Krupa of Slovakian hedge fund AJ Investments and Partners, follows a second fall in Ubisoft stock in under two weeks: it dropped by 10 percent two days after the release of Star Wars Outlaws and, this... Read more ›
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Sony has officially unveiled its next iteration of the PS5, or to give it its full name, the PlayStation 5 Pro.The digital-only PS5 Pro is set to arrive on 7th November. It will cost £699.99/$699.99. Preorders will begin later this month, on 26th September. As a general point, you will need to buy the vertical stand separately (£24.99). The separate disc drive is also compatible - as per the current... Read more ›
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Yesterday Sony finally announced the long-rumoured PS5 Pro in a technical presentationn hosted by Mark Cerny. The console is a more advanced version of the PlayStation 5 that boosts its graphics capabilities, and even improves backwards compatibility with some PS4 games.Yet the biggest catch of all is its £700 price tag. What's more, with this being a digital-only console, the £100 disc drive add-on is required for physical games, not... Read more ›
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If the recently-announced PS5 Pro is a little too pricey for you but you have been looking to get your hands on a PlayStation 5 at some point, there is a significantly cheaper option on the horizon.Sony is primed to start selling refurbished PS5 consoles, which it promises will be "as good as new" (although the company does note its refurbished products "may have minor cosmetic imperfections").While the PS5 Pro... Read more ›
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Noteable games analyst Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis expects the PS5 Pro's sales to follow a very similar trend to those of the PS4 Pro, even with that rather high price tag.Yesterday, Sony announced the long-rumoured digital-only PS5 Pro. This souped-up version of the PlayStation 5 will allow for Fidelity level graphics at Performance level frame rates, but it comes with a cost. When it goes on sale later this... Read more ›
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has got off to a strong start on Steam. In fact, it has become the most played Warhammer game in terms of peak concurrent player numbers on Valve's platform.At the time of writing, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has an all-time Steam peak of 225,690 players. In comparison, Total War: Warhammer 3 has an all-time peak of 166,754.Total War: Warhammer 3, which was released back... Read more ›
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Midnight Society, the developer behind "vertical extraction shooter" Deadrop, has announced "significant" layoffs following studio co-founder Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm's admission of "inappropriate" behaviour with a minor earlier this year. Staff at Midnight Society began reporting job cuts on social media over the weekend, and now, in a statement shared with PC Gamer, the developer has confirmed "significant" layoffs. "Unfortunately, Midnight Society has faced multiple unexpected challenges in recent mo Read more ›
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Following Ubisoft's decision to shut down The Crew's servers earlier this year - a move made even more controversial when it began revoking players' licensing to the game - the publisher has announced plans to prevent other entries in the open-world racing series from suffering a similar fate by retroactively introducing offline modes. Ubisoft initially delisted The Crew from digital storefronts last December, announcing it would be permanently shutting the... Read more ›
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