Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
Publisher: tinyBuild
Developer: tinyBuild
Release: December 6, 2022
Rating: Everyone 10+

Hello Neighbor 2, the much-anticipated sequel to 2017’s Hello Neighbor, finally has a release date and it’s coming this December. 

More specifically, the suburban horror game will hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on December 6. Developer tinyBuild announced this news alongside the reveal of its Hello Neighbor 2 Deluxe Edition. Plus, those who preorder the game will immediately gain access to the beta that went live yesterday. 

Here you can find the best gaming laptop deals in April 2022 for both the UK and US, whatever your budget. This includes steep discounts on high-end gaming laptops, decently-priced mid-range units, and great savings on lower priced machines.

From Asus and MSI to Acer, Lenovo and more, we've rounded up discounts from some of the best gaming laptop brands and even some price reductions on the latest models. To help make your search a little easier, we've scoured through the best online retailers including Amazon, Currys, Scan and more to help you save money on your new investment, but also to ensure you get the best quality laptop within your budget.

Fresh from winning the BAFTA Games award for Performer in a Leading Role, Returnal star Jane Perry discussed the importance of having an older woman "kicking butt".

Speaking to Eurogamer, the actress behind Returnal main character Selene Vassos and Hitman's Diana Burnwood discussed the tension between being a parent and having a career.

"I think that's very unique, and kudos to Housemarque. I think they took a risk, they could have had a younger gal, or they could have had a man, but no," she said.

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Paramount's Halo TV has revealed yet more of its famously-suited star - and fans remain split on whether this is a good thing.

After revealing the face of Master Chief (AKA actor Pablo Schreiber) in its premiere episode, the series' third slice has now unveiled his naked bottom.

Fans have expressed surprise at seeing their suited hero standing in the butt, sorry, buff during the episode screened last night via Paramount+ in the US. (The show remains unavailable to watch in the UK.)

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In Resident Evil 3, mutant monstrosity Nemesis pursues Jill throughout a burning Raccoon City. But how was Umbrella's relentless scaremonger made? Fresh concept art shines a light on how that might have gone - had it been realised in virtual form.

Capcom, via the Resident Evil Twitter account, released four pieces of artwork, each revolving around Nemesis.

We see him on a table in an Umbrella lab, hooked up to various tubes and with technicians in hazmat suits making notes.

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We've seen some deals on gaming laptops with the RTX 3060 and the budget-oriented RTX 3050. However, the RTX 3070 has seemed pretty elusive.

This is why we're welcoming a deal on this MSI Katana G66 gaming laptop, with an RTX 3070, available from Amazon for £999.99. This is nearly a £400 saving off the RRP.

MSI are one of the more trusted gaming hardware manufacturers. This laptop has an 11th gen Intel Core i7-11800H processor, which has eight cores and can turbo up to 4.6Ghz. And the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 is one of the higher-end GPUs you can buy today, whether it's a laptop or desktop.

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This week, Japan lost a legend. Nikkei Asia reports that famed manga creator Fujiko A. Fujio died on Thursday morning at his home in Tokyo’s Kawasaki. He was 88.

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Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants Lara Croft to have fewer father issues in the forthcoming next game.

Speaking to Eurogamer at last night’s BAFTAs, Pratchett confirmed she's not working on the newly announced title, but is "very excited to see what they do with Lara next".

"We had a really fun time evolving her character, so I would like to see probably less father issues," she said. "And that's coming from me!"

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Football Manager 2022 is now free-to-play on Steam and Xbox until Monday, 11th April.

Head to Steam or the Microsoft Store to download Sports Interactive's football management sim.

Official social media accounts say Football Manager 2022 will be free on the Epic Games Store, too, but it currently isn't. According to the Football Manager Twitter account, there are some problems the developer is trying to work through.

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Activision Blizzard yesterday announced that they're converting temporary QA staff in the US to full-time employees, with a pay raise and benefits to boot. Worker groups are celebrating this as a victory in their ongoing mission to force the company to improve the workplace. But one group are left out: the Raven QA staff who are currently forming a union. Actiblizz say labour law requires they do this; unions say it's an attempt to punish and divide them.

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Square Enix has trademarked Tactics Ogre: Reborn in Japan, sparking speculation a remaster of the wonderful medieval-themed tactical role-playing game Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together will soon be announced.

The trademark, spotted by Twitter's Renka and shared by the ever-watchful Nibel, is being paired with the Tactics Ogre remaster that appeared on last year's infamous GeForce Now leak.

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together first launched on the Super Famicom in Japan in 1995. It later came out on the Sega Saturn and, in the west, the PlayStation. It was remade for PSP in 2010.

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Returnal developer Housemarque is hopeful the game's arrival on PlayStation Plus will help it find a bigger audience.

Speaking to Eurogamer last night at the BAFTA video game awards, Housemarque managing director Ilari Kuittinen said it was "brilliant" that Returnal will be added to Sony's forthcoming revamped subscription service.

"As you know, it's been a while since the release. And we know the people who get into [subscriptions] play a lot," he said.

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Metroid Dread now offers three boss rush modes, thanks to today's free game update. You'll gain access to the first after completing the main game's story.

The standard Boss Rush lets you fight 12 bosses one after the other, with damage from each carried over to the next. Weapons are fully restored, however.

Your aim here (apart from at the boss' weakpoints!) is to down each boss as quick as possible. If Samus is downed herself then you'll be able retry your current boss fight, but incur a time penalty.

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In the past few years, there has been a small, yet increasing number of gaming-themed sakes. A handful of sake breweries have embraced video games to sell their booze. The latest? The Nakagawa Shuzo sake brewery in Tottori, Japan.

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Rejoice, 007 fans! Yes, Ian Fleming’s iconic secret agent is about to storm his way onto Amazon Prime very soon. That’s right, the whole back catalog of James Bond’s beloved film saga – 25 films in total – will soon be launching onto the popular streaming service. Interestingly, it’ll even allegedly feature Daniel Craig’s most recent 2021 outing, No Time To Die. Good news, no?

For all you purists out there, here’s a full list of all the James Bond pics that will be coming to Amazon Prime soon (in their release order):

Dr. No 

From Russia With Love 

Goldfinger 

Thunderball 

You Only Live Twice 

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 

Diamonds Are Forever 

Live And Let Die 

The Man With The Golden Gun 

The Spy Who Loved Me 

Moonraker 

For Your Eyes Only 

Octopussy 

A View To A Kill 

The Living Daylights 

Licence To Kill 

GoldenEye 

Tomorrow Never Dies 

The World Is Not Enough 

Die Another Day 

Casino Royale 

Quantum Of Solace 

Skyfall 

Spectre 

No Time To Die

It’s important to note that this collection of films will not be a permanent addition to Amazon Prime’s library (boo!), as the company has confirmed that it will only be available on the service for a “limited time”. Nevertheless, we know what we’re going to be binge-watching soon, eh?

Activision Blizzard will convert all US-based game testers on temporary contracts to full-time employees, with an improved $20/hour salary and access to full company benefits.

Almost 1100 staff will benefit from the change from 1st January - although this will not apply to staff at Call of Duty studio Raven who are currently seeking unionisation.

Activision has said it is "prohibited from making new kinds of compensation changes at Raven at this time" due to "legal obligations under the National Labor Relations Act" (thanks, The Verge).

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MultiVersus gameplay has leaked online and, unsurprisingly, the game looks a lot like Smash Bros.

The near five-minute gameplay clip is live now on vk.com, and looks like it was captured from a recent restricted test, given the black bars that block an identifying watermark from showing on-screen.

We see a raft of characters from the Warner Bros. character pile in action, including Wonder Woman, Batman, Harley Quinn and Velma.

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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: foxes, a unique take on running, and spooky stuff.

If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We've Been Playing, here's our archive.

There’s a great documentary with Ghostwire: Tokyo’s former creative director Ikumi Nakamura on YouTube as she explores “haikyo”, abandoned Japanese buildings. She photographs these desolate, skeletal structures; half finished constructions that seem to have simply…stopped.

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Use an Ascender at Chonker’s Speedway and Command Cavern is one of the Seasonal Quests in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2.

To complete the challenge, you must first find an Ascender at Chonker’s Speedway and Command Cavern. This doesn’t need to be done in a single match, so don’t worry if one location ends up being outside the circle, or you die before using both Ascenders.

Completing this challenge will reward you with 20K XP, which will help unlock new Battle Pass skins.

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Rush Hours So, I betcha think you’re pretty damn slick at Samusing, right? Well, the intergalactic terrors of the Metroid...

The post Metroid Dread update offers three action-packed new Rush modes appeared first on Destructoid.

The original Moss released just over four years ago and back then the PSVR’s landscape was a very different place. At that point its community was alive and vibrant. Multiple new releases were popping up each week offering a wide variety of experiences and it felt like an exciting new era of gaming was being born (quite literally) right in front of our eyes.

Nowadays, the hustle and bustle of the PSVR storefront is long gone and decent new releases, hell, even bad to medium releases, are few and far between. Due to the minimal longevity of VR games in general and this drip-feeding of new experiences, it’s a safe bet to say that a lot of people’s PSVR headsets have been gathering dust for a while. I know mine certainly has.

Chances are this drought of games is due to the impending release of the PSVR 2. With its new controllers and camera-free tracking promising a much better experience overall, it makes sense to think that developers would be prepping games to launch with that, rather than catering to a headset that’s about to become obsolete. And that’s why Moss: Book 2 feels like it launched with more of a squeak than the bang it deserves. It’s the sequel to one of my favourite VR games of all time - yet news of its arrival barely caused a ripple of excitement, even from within the VR sphere.

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Today Kadokawa Games and Clouded Leopard Entertainment announced that Demon Gaze Extra is coming to PC.

The game, which was released for PS4 and Nintendo Switch in January, will now land on Valve’s digital platform Steam.

The release date is April 25 and western gamers won’t have to wait any further as it’ll release with English and Japanese audio out of the box, on top of English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean subtitles.

The Steam page is already available for your wishlisting needs. An early purchase bonus including the Healing Staff and an Armor Gem Assortment will be available until May 9.

You can also purchase a Digital Premium Edition including an additional DLC and the Digital Memorial Soundtrack.

Demon Gaze Extra is an enhanced port of the original game developed by dungeon-crawling JRPG masters at Experience Inc. It launched in 2013 for PS Vita placing the player in the role Oz, a young man with a Magic Eye that lets him control demons.

It’s also the sequel of Students of the Round, which was released in 2010 for PSP, Xbox One, and PC.

If you’re unfamiliar with the game, here’s how the developer describes it.

After weeks of useless Exotic and Legendary armor rolls, Xur's inventory has finally been fixed in Destiny 2. That means you're going to want to visit the weekend vendor and take advantage of what he's selling this week, especially since we're about to enter another phase of the Iron Banner. Here's where you can find Xur and what Exotics he's selling this week.

Xur arrives in the solar system with the Friday reset, so we'll update this article when he touches down.

Xur is present every weekend in Destiny 2, starting with the daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET each Friday. His exact location is always a mystery when he first arrives, as he is not listed on the map, and for novice players, he can be easy to miss. However, there are a set number of locations where he takes up residence, including the Tower Hangar area, on Nessus in Watcher's Grave, and in the Winding Cove area of the EDZ.

Alongside changes in his location, Xur's inventory also rotates weekly. That means it's worth visiting him each time to check out his new weapons and rolls on Exotic and Legendary armor. You can visit him any time between his arrival Friday and the weekly reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET the following Tuesday when Xur departs the solar system.

This week's Trials of Osiris labs offering in Destiny 2 is Freelance, making it easy to play the tough-as-nails multiplayer mode on your own. As always, you can earn great new Adept weapons--ones that are even better than those from last year--as well lots of other great Trials-only gear. Here's which map you can expect to play on this weekend, as well as what weapon you can earn if you manage to go Flawless.

Trials kicks off with the reset on Friday, so we'll update this article when the tournament officially begins.

Starting this season, Trials weapons are slightly improved, carrying the new Alacrity Origin Trait. It gives you increased aim assist, reload speed, stability, and range on your Trials guns when you're the last living member of a fireteam or running solo. You can also choose to swap to the Crucible Origin Trail, One Quiet Moment, which greatly enhances your gun's reload speed when you reload while out of combat.

As always, Trials be available from Friday's daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET until the weekly reset at the same time the following Tuesday. During that time, you can also pay a visit to Xur to see what Exotics he's selling. Make sure to pay a visit to Saint-14 in the Tower to pick up a Trials card, which will dictate certain bonuses (such as whether you get bonus rewards at certain milestones or if a loss will be forgiven).

Trials of Osiris is a weekend PvP mode that runs from the daily reset on Friday until the weekly reset on Tuesday, giving you four days to take part. Your goal in the Trials is for you and the other two players in your fireteam to achieve a "Flawless" run, in which you win seven matches without losing any.

For those that are into massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, there is actually quite a number of choices out there. There are the likes of Lost Ark, New World, and the Korean sandbox MMO that is Black Desert. Featuring a robust character creator and great combat design, it is not hard to see why it is one of the more popular choices in the genre. So, if you are planning to jump into the game, there is some good news. Black Desert will be free until April 13, so you can skip paying that $10 on Steam.

In an update on the official website, Pearl Abyss shares that would-be players can get the game via the official game launcher or the Steam store. This will be the Traveler Edition of Black Desert, which will include the Eternal Winter expansion, the game’s biggest one yet.

How much support can an old game like Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 get, and how many versions of Goku can be sold? Bandai Namco is looking to answer these questions.

Today the publisher revealed a brand new DLC for the venerable action game that will be released this summer including Goku (Ultra Instinct -Sign-).

This is certainly remarkable considering that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was released on October 25, 2016, and will be nearly six years old when this DLC launches.

Funnily, the Steam page of the game still mentions that it would receive “post-launch support for one year.” May want to multiply that by six.

You can check the trailer below.

Ultimately, it isn’t too surprising that Bandai Namco is looking to continue supporting Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, considering that it has sold over 8 million copies.

Today Atlus released its new daily trailer of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showing another demon included in the game.

This time around the trailer focuses on Lilim, that has been around the Shin Megami Tensei series for a long time, including the latest Shin Megami Tensei V release.

As usual, we also get the daily horoscope with a ranking of signs from the luckiest to the unluckiest. Libra is at the top, while Aquarius is ranked at the bottom today.

You can watch the trailer below.

You can check out the original trailer, plenty of screenshots, a second gallery, more images, and a video explaining the gameplay.

If you like your roleplaying games with some bloodsucking action, then Nacon and Big Bad Wolf Studio’s upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade Swansong should be right up your dark alley. The narrative-driven journey has dropped the latest trailer with pre-order details, with Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Epic Games Store on May 19, followed by Switch at a later date.

Showcasing even more of the dark world in which fearsome characters reside and the brutal conflicts that are set to take place. Players will take on the role of three different vampires in the city of Boston, each with different abilities that can allow for various gameplay sequences.

Players will also have the option to customise their vampires and potentially change the story via dialogue choices and exploration. You can catch “The Night Has Come” trailer for Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong below:

The official description of Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is as below:

Today Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that its online action game Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2 is coming to PC.

The game has been available for PS4 for quite a while and has then been released on PS5 last year.

It’s an online free-to-play game and a network test will be hosted between April 14 and April 21 PDT. A full release date has not been announced just yet. Cross-play or cross-ssave with the PlayStation versions is not planned at the moment.

You can already request access to the test at the moment of this writing, even if the server is not active yet.

You can check out the trailer below.

Here’s how Bandai Namco describes the game:

This is a free-to-play team battle action game based on the “Mobile Suit Gundam” series of the Universal Century.
Join your comrades and defend your planet in a massive and realistic battlefield on earth and in space!

Among Us didn’t invent the word, I know, but it’s certainly responsible for its explosion in popularity over the last few years. So it shouldn’t be too surprising to see “sus” finally make it onto the game show, Jeopardy.

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Last month, Gran Turismo 7 director Kazunori Yamauchi apologised to fans angry at the state of the game’s microtransactions, announcing a credits handout and a promise to “dramatically change GT7’s car economy to help make amends,” in the wake of some disastrous downtime. The first of those changes has now hit.

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Like all Lego game titles, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is crammed full of unlockable content, Easter Eggs, and silly gags but it's going to take a lot of time and energy to see it all — unless you take note of our beginner's tips, which will help your brick-busting action and exploration stay one with the force. Here are the best tips that we recommend for your journey through The Skywalker Saga.

Stay on target

Cheat Codes and playing with a friend will certainly help you on your journey to unlocking the 380+ characters and seeing all of the magical Star Wars moments, but keep your sights on Story Mode until you've seen it through to the very end.

The Skywalker Saga contains all kinds of different areas and situations that are only accessible with specific characters and/or character types. Switching between characters is pretty easy, especially once your Jedi reflexes get used to navigating the Holocron, but the real game begins after assembling a team with different heroes and villains.