July 2022

Ever since it rewas leased back in 2014, The Sims 4 has been one of the most popular PC games around, as fans just can’t get enough of living their virtual lives and creating fabulous homes. But what about if you’ve got a Mac? Can you still play The Sims 4 while gaming on a Mac? Here is everything you need to know.

Is The Sims 4 on Mac?

The answer is, yes, The Sims 4 is available digitally on Mac. Anyone who purchases this version gains access to the game on both PC and Mac. According to the official EA website, anyone who already owns The Sims 4 for PC or just purchased the packaged PC-only version of The Sims 4, you can access the Mac version through Origin.

The Sims 4 Mac System Requirements

If you’re gaming on a Mac for The Sims 4, then it is important to know that there are minimum and recommended specs for running the game. We’ve listed them both below.

Minimum system requirements:

• OS: Metal required. Mac OS® X 10.11 (El Capitan)
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz Processor or better
• RAM: At least 4 GB RAM
• HARD DRIVE: At least 15 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
• VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or better. Video RAM of 256MB or better
• INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse
• ONLINE REQUIREMENTS: Internet connection required for product activation.

Recommended system requirements:

Error codes are one of the worst things in gaming. Especially when it is something reoccurring, and then you have the fight the game just to be able to play. Warzone is especially guilty of more than one error you might get at any point that seems to happen on any platform. Here’s how to fix Dev Error 6036 in Call of Duty: Warzone.

Fixing Warzone Dev Error 6036

The fact is this one could hit whether you are playing Call of Duty: Warzone on PC or Consoles makes giving out fixes a little more tricky. However, it could be a common issue between either of needing to update the game.

If you are playing on PC, open your BattleNet launcher and find Warzone. Click the settings icon and select the check for updates option. If you want to be safe, you can also click Scan and Repair, but that’s not fully necessary unless you have a bit of time to let the scan go.

There have also been reports that disabling both the Cache Spot and Cache Sun Shadows in the graphics settings for PC players has had some positive effects when it comes to this error.

Dev Error 6036 on Console

For console players, while you don’t have the scan option to check your game files, you can still check and see if a missing update is your problem.

For PlayStation players (same process for both PS4 and PS5) simply hit the PS button to be brought back to the home screen. Hit the Options button and select Check for Update. Just to be safe, also close and restart the game after checking.

Since it was announced, a big question on MMORPG fans’ minds has been is Tower of Fantasy free to play? As the game feels like a more futuristic, sci-fi version of Genshin Impact, it’s a very valid question. Here is everything you need to know about whether it is one or not.

Is Tower of Fantasy Free To Play?

Yes, Tower of Fantasy is a free-to-play game. Anyone interested in the title can pre-register on the iOS and the Google Play store now. The game can also be wishlisted on Steam and the Epic Games Store for PC before it arrives in August 2022.

As with any free-to-play title, the first question you’ll always end up asking with this one is: does Tower of Fantasy have microtransactions?

Does Tower of Fantasy Have Microtransactions?

The answer is, yes, Tower of Fantasy does have microtransactions. You can purchase these in the store, and it’ll grant you different characters, weapons, and numerous outfits that you would have to get on random loot drops or rolls or by buying them with in-game currency.

Since all these items are also available to unlock in-game, microtransactions are only optional when playing Tower of Fantasy. If you’re short on time and have the cash, though, microtransactions may be something that interests you.

That just about does it for everything you need to know on is Tower of Fantasy free-to-play. If you’re still on the hunt for more info about the series, be sure to check out the rest of Twinfinite to see the rest of our guides, which have plenty of tips, tricks, and FAQs.

Our feline friends don’t show up in video games that often, which seems to be pretty on par with how cats are in real life. But when cats do make an appearance in games, they almost always leave behind a lasting legacy. Here are 10 of the best cats in video games, in no particular order.

The FX/Hulu series has achieved critical acclaim and won viewers over with its unfiltered depiction of working in restaurants and hospitality, but you may be left in the dark when it comes to some of the lingo. One aspect of the series that has received attention from industry veterans is its BOH depiction of restaurants. But what does that mean exactly? Here’s everything we know about what BOH means in The Bear.

What Does BOH Mean In The Bear?

BOH is an acronym for Back of House and is typically considered to be the sections of a restaurant that are closed off to the public and diners. Back of house is the beating heart of any restaurant and is typically where most of the behind-the-scenes action takes place.

The Kitchen typically acts as the center of the back of the house and is managed by the head chef, who supervises kitchen staff, develops menus, orders ingredients, and handles administrative responsibilities. Fans who have worked in the back of the house of restaurants have noted how well the series conveys the chaotic nature of working in the kitchen as well as the tension and toxic behavior which can often be there.

Today we have a special edition of 'Will writes up a deals post for RPS', as three of my favourite 1TB NVMe SSDs (yes, I'm this nerdy) are on sale here in the UK.

We've got two Samsung drives here, the PCIe 3.0 Samsung 980 and the PCIe 4.0 Samsung 980 Pro, as well as another strong PCIe 4.0 option, the Crucial P5 Plus. All three offer great value for money at their reduced price point, so let's cover each in turn!

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Think FromSoftware and your mind instantly flits to a skeleton doing a forward roll doesn't it? Or an electrified goat that rolls. Or a bald man cackling as he kicks you down a hole. And, of course, the tricky boss fights with deformed dragons and Fell Omens from the West Country.

Since I've been playing Monster Hunter Rise, which is largely a succession of ever escalating boss fights with big lizards, I've begun comparing these scuffles with Elden Ring's boss battles. And I reckon much of their differences come down to the simple health bar, or lack of it.

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More information about Rockstar’s next Grand Theft Auto game has slipped out of a new report from Bloomberg. Staff at the company spoke about how the cultural changes that have been taking place since former head Dan Houser’s infamous 100-hour working week comments in 2018 have affected the game’s development, with sources saying GTA 6 will apparently have a playable female protagonist for the first time in the series' history. It sounds like we might have quite some time to wait to play it though, so watch the trailer for GTA Online’s new Criminal Enterprises update below to sate your appetite for misdemeanours.

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In these trying times, the only thing keeping me going is knowing I will play a new Bayonetta game in just a few short months. But hey, let's not forget the classics, either. 

Today on Game Informer Live, we're revisiting the original Bayonetta, which most intelligent and attractive people will say is one of the best games of all time. 

But that's not all! A couple of weeks ago, we started building a Real Grade Wing Gundam Gunpla kit. You can check out the first and second archives right here. I recommend getting caught up because today is the day we're finally finishing our build. Come Hell or high water; we are piecing this robot together. 

We're going live on our Twitch page at 3:30 PM Central Time (4:30 PM Eastern Time/1:30 PM Pacific). Hope to see you there!

Five years after the release of NieR Automata, it seems the game may still hide some secrets. An anonymous player may have discovered a secret church in NieR Automata, hidden in the game's Copied City area. That is, of course, if the claim can be verified and it doesn't turn out to be an elaborate hoax or prank.

One complicating factor is that only a single anonymous player has been able to access the NieR Automata secret church. The area is supposedly hidden behind a wall in the Copied City. A player named "sadfutago" posted to the NieR Subreddit board asking about the requirements to access the area, which were unclear. Most respondents did not believe that any Copied City buildings were accessible. Sadfutago posted video of the area, which revealed a previously-unknown hidden door. Commenters were divided between calling the video a fake and investigating the claim.

Point-and-click specialist Wadjet Eye Games - the studio behind the acclaimed likes of Unavowed and the celebrated Blackwell series - is teaming up with indie studio Cloak and Dagger Games to publish its forthcoming folk horror adventure The Excavation of Hob's Barrow on PC, Mac, and Linux later this year.

While the name might not be familiar, Cloak and Dagger Games has been steadily making a name for itself in the point-and-click genre over the last half-decade with a series of idiosyncratic short-form adventures, primarily within the realm of horror. A few of them, including deliciously creepy early title A Date in the Park, with its expert ratcheting of unease, can be played for free.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is Cloak and Dagger's first new title since 2019's Lovecraft-inspired freebie The Terrible Old Man, and follows the Victorian-era adventure of antiquarian and author Thomasina Bateman as she arrives in the remote village of Bewlay after receiving a mysterious summons concerning its ancient barrows.

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Sony just announced that Sega’s widely loved Yakuza series of criminal underworld sims will soon debut on its PlayStation Plus subscription service. The entire mainline series is coming, in fact.

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Atlus has released another daily trailer of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showcasing on one of the demons that will be featured in the game.

This trailer shows off Seth, a demon inspired by Egyptian mythology that has been part of the series basically since the beginning. It also appeared in the recent Shin Megami Tensei V.

Like most daily trailers, we also get the daily horoscope, which sees Leo at the top of the fortune ranking and Virgo at the bottom.

You can check the trailer out below.

Soul Hackers 2 launches for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC ( both on Steam and on the Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese release on August 25.

When you try to place items down in the Build Mode of The Sims 4, you may see the ‘Script Call Failed’ red icon. This error typically occurs from a corrupted game file caused by a mod or a particular system setting. So, if you are experiencing this issue, we’ll explain how to fix the ‘Script Call Failed’ error in The Sims 4.

How to Fix The Sims 4 ‘Script Call Failed’ Error

The first thing you can do is update your mods in The Sims 4 because these files often cause corruption within your game when it doesn’t have the latest version. Additionally, you should back up your saves just in case something goes wrong.

If you are tired of consistently updating these mods, you can find one that automatically does this for you or add on an application that also features this.

Another option you can do is to repair the game within the Origins store. To do this, you must go into your ‘My Game Library’ and right-click on The Sims 4, where the ‘repair’ option will be.

Once everything loads up, check the boxes ‘Enable Custom Content and Mods’ and the ‘Script Mods Allowed’ in the Options menu, which requires you to close and re-open the game (if you have mods on The Sims 4.)

Get Debug Items in The Sims 4 is a pretty important part of playing this life sim, as there are a ton of items that can be seen but aren’t available for your Sim to use or purchase in the game. It is important to note that prior to unlocking debugs that these items require cheats. On console, using cheats will stop your trophy progress. With that in mind, let’s dive right in.

How to Get Debug Items on PC

In order to gain access to Debug Items on PC, you first need to enable cheats. To do that:

• Press Ctrl + Shift + C
• Type in ‘testingcheats true’ and then press enter

Now that cheats are enabled, you’ll have to type in two different codes.

• The first code is “bb.showhiddenobjects” and then press enter
• The second code is “bb.showliveeditobjects” and press enter again

Once you complete the above steps, you can exit the cheats menu. Head on over to the build/buy shop and search “debug”. The items that were previously hidden will now be available and are marked with **Debug**.

How to Get Debug Items on Console

On console, the process is similar. However, when activating the cheats, the game will alert you that trophy achievement will not be saved.

• Press all four shoulder buttons on your controller, “L1 + L2 + R1 + R2” on Playstation or “LB + LT + RB + RT” on Xbox
• Enter “testingcheats true” and followed by pressing “A” on Xbox or “X” on Playstation
• The game will alert you that trophies will not be available on your current save. Press OK

Provided you accepted the previous condition:

Today Aksys Games released a new trailer of the Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid shoot ’em up by Bushiroad titled Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath.

The trailer shows the shoot ’em up gameplay in which we see beloved characters Tohru, Kanna, and Elma as they take on a variety of enemies on the ground and in the air in a traditional vertical scrolling bullet hell layout.

They can use a mix of different attacks (ranged, melee, and Choro-gon Breath) and even activate the Raging Spark to obliterate any enemy on the screen.

We also take a look at the localization, which isn’t exactly prevalent in this kind of game, but certainly never hurts.

Of course, other characters from the popular manga and anime appear, including Kobayashi herself and Lucoa.

As you progress in the game, you can also unlock over 30 beautiful illustrations created especially for the game.

You can watch the trailer below.

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath releases on August 25, 2022, for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

Wondering how Jennifer Walters becomes She-Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We’ve got you covered.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is set to introduce Bruce Banner’s cousin next month on Disney+. Ahead of its release, new information has come out on how Jennifer Walters gained her powers. To much surprise or not surprise since Disney hasn’t been shy about changing up origin stories, the show will introduce a new origin story for the character.

SPOILER WARNING: The following post will feature minor story spoilers for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

How Does Jennifer Walters Become She-Hulk in the MCU – Answered

According to well-known journalist and Marvel collaborator, Matt Ramos, Jennifer Walters will gain her powers through exposure to Bruce Banner’s blood. This happens as a result of a car accident.

In a surprise announcement, DICK’S Sporting Goods announced that the company is partnering with Roblox to get users ready for school. “School of Sport” is an interactive experience on the Roblox platform that will infuse sport and style while giving users a chance to compete in a variety of challenges, quests, and obstacle courses.

You can find the full announcement here, as well as the official Twitter post below.

Ever since Uncut Gems, people have been dying for more Adam Sandler movies, as they just can’t get enough of seeing the guy that usually makes mediocre movies so he can vacation with his friends act his ass off. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at how good his latest film, Hustle, has been doing on Netflix.

Hustle tells the story of a down-on-his-luck basketball scout, Stanley Sugerman (Adam Sandler), who discovers an extraordinary player abroad. When he brings the phenom back without his team’s approval, things get a little crazy.

What follows is a story about growth, failure, and triumph that sports fans will surely love. Since debuting during the week of June 6 – June 12, 2022, Hustle sat in the top 10, earning the following amount of hours viewed each week:

TeamGroup's excellent T-Force Delta RGB RAM has been heavily discounted on Amazon in the US, with a dual-channel 32GB kit dropping from $260 to $209 after a double discount. The RAM is currently being sold for $234 after a 10% reduction to its list price, but you can also apply a further 10% reduction at the checkout to bring the RAM down to the lowest price we've ever seen for this spec.

Note that to get this price, you need to tick the "10% coupon" checkbox on the product page. You'll see the reduced price at the final stage of the checkout!

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Grand Theft Auto VI could introduce the series' first female lead. This possibility comes from an extensive report into Rockstar Games by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier. This female character of note is said to be Latina and will be one of two protagonists inspired by bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.

The report also sheds light on the tone players might experience in Grand Theft Auto VI. "Developers are also being cautious not to 'punch down' by making jokes about marginalized groups, the people said, in contrast to previous games," Schreier writes.

Grand Theft Auto VI's codename is supposedly Project Americas. The game is to be "more vast" than any other entry in the series. Earlier designs suggested the map would cover sections of North and South America, but that vision is said to be reduced to a large version of Miami (likely called Vice City in the game).

Schreier's sources say that new missions and cities will be added over time after the game launches. As development proceeds, Rockstar is working to reduce employee hours and crunch. The majority of the report details Rockstar's internal changes, which include a more inclusive office culture, the narrowing of the gender pay gap, and overall improvements to working conditions. Morale within the company is said to be better than ever, according to several Rockstar staffers.

Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC
Publisher: Private Division
Developer: Roll7
Release: August 16, 2022

It’s Tuesday morning. I’m late. I’ve missed the embargo deadline for Rollerdrome. Across the games press, website authors have already published previews and stories about their time playing Roll7’s blood-packed sports title. 

But I can’t stop playing Rollerdrome. 

Instead of writing, I once again queue the Barbican Arena competition, the last leg in my six-level demo. The level begins in a long, claustrophobic tunnel lit in red light. I have everything I need – rollerskates and a shotgun – to put on the show of a lifetime. Ahead of me are echoes of a crowd clapping in unison, an ominous metronome inviting me further past the steel-latched mouth of the arena. They paid for a show, and I’m going to give it to them.

Back in May, Japanese publisher Square Enix announced it was selling a number of Western studios it had owned since 2009, including Eidos Montreal (Deus Ex) and Crystal Dynamics (Tomb Raider). For Stephane D’Astous, who founded Eidos Montreal and left the company in 2013, the deal marks the end of a decade-long “train…

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Many players are hopping into a match of Golden Plunder in Call of Duty: Warzone, only to be kicked out shortly after. Before they can start up another match, an error appears stating that there’s an issue with the server or host. If you are receiving that message, here’s what you can do to fix the ‘Lost Connection To Host/Server. Connection Timed Out’ error in Golden Plunder.

Warzone: How To Fix ‘Lost Connection To Host/Server. Connection Timed Out.’ In Golden Plunder

Check Warzone’s Server Status

The first move you’ll want to make is checking if Warzone’s servers are currently down. This is especially helpful if you’re receiving the error in game modes other than Golden Plunder. Activision has an official site that lists outages and the server status for each platform Warzone is available on.

1. Visit Warzone’s official Online Services page.
2. Under ‘Server Status By Network,’ choose the platform you’re playing on.
3. Double-check that the platform’s servers are up and running.

Reset Your Modem/Router

If Warzone’s servers are running just fine, the next solution is restarting your modem and router. This should dump any and all temporary files, along with any errors that may have piled up over time. In fact, you should make a regular habit of this every few months.

After years on hiatus, Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of Hunter x Hunter, has announced the completion of Chapter 391 of the series.

Since the 2011 remake of the show, fans have been wondering what would happen next in the epic adventures of characters like Gon and Killua, and now they may finally get their answers in this new debut.

You can check out the confirmation tweet from AnimeTV’s Twitter, as shown here:

Chapter 392 may also be in the works, according to several posts made by a Twitter user that fans believe to be Yoshihiro Toga himself. In these tweets, we see various cryptic drawings of Hunter x Hunter, including the famous character, Kurapika:

You’re trying to make a call on your iPhone 13 and all of a sudden a box pops up stating ‘Last Line No Longer Available.’ That’s strange. Your iPhone 13 was just working a moment ago. What’s going on and why is error appearing? Here’s what you can do to fix ‘Last Line No Longer Available’ on iPhone 13 and what it means.

Fix ‘Last Line No Longer Available’ on iPhone 13

Update Your iOS Device

It goes without saying that many errors can be solved with a simple update. After all, Apple devices aren’t perfect. There may have been enough of an uproar over a recent bug causing the issue that Apple quickly released an update to fix it.

1. Open Settings and go to General.
2. Now select Software Update.
3. Select Download and Install.
4. Go back to Settings and pick General again.
5. Choose About, then allow any update available.

If that fails, force a restart. Depending on your iPhone model, it’s either a combination of holding the Power button and the Volume Down button or the Power button and the Home button.

Enable and Disable Airplane Mode

One strange but possible solution is using Airplane Mode. What it does, when enabled, is prevent your iPhone from sending or receiving messages, calls, and even the browser. Using it is a great way of performing a soft reset of sorts for the network.

Today third-party developers had a few interesting add-on reveals and a release to share for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

We get to see new screenshots of the upcoming freeware Airbus A380 by FlyByWire, showcased on the group’s Discord server.

Specifically, we take a look at the beautifully-textured and modeled pedestal and at the view from the flight deck side window.

My Hero Academia Season 6 is still a few months out from release, but Crunchyroll has some good news for fans who need something to tide them over.

In a press release, the streaming platform announced that the two OVAs for My Hero Academia’s fifth season will be available on Crunchyroll starting Aug. 1. The first, titled “HLB”, sees several UA students and heroes take part in a baseball game between Gang Orca and the Lion Hero Shishido with full freedom to use their powers.

Crunchyroll provided a short synopsis of the OVA, which can be found down below.

HLB stands for “Hero League of Baseball”. it is a baseball league founded by pro-heroes who love baseball! It’s game day! The last game of HLB championship is between Gang Orca and Shishido’s two rival agencies. They form a team (“Orcas” and “Lionels”) to compete. In the world of HLB, there is no rule – using their quirks is of course accepted. However, just when the game is about to finish, they are interrupted by a villain. Who will be the winner of HLB!?

The other, titled “Laugh! As if You Are in Hell”, pits Endeavor’s hero agency against a rogue power user who can make anyone laugh uncontrollably. Again, a synopsis has been provided by Crunchyroll describing the OVA.

Today SNK revealed a new trailer about the next DLC team that will be added to its popular fighting game The King of Fighters XV.

It’s Team Awakened Orochi that was revealed a few weeks ago and will be released in August (with no specific release date announced for now).

It includes Orochi Yashiro, Orochi Shermie, and Orochi Chris and it’s the first team of the second team pass. Another team still has to be revealed and will bring the total of playable characters to 52 by the end of 2022.

Today we also learn that each character will come with an extra costume reproducing their usual outfits in the color scheme of Team Awakened Orochi.

You can check out the trailer below, alongside a gallery of screenshots that shows the extra costumes among other things.

The trend of the Pikachu Jets dedicated to the Pokemon franchise is seeing a resurgence in Asia, and today a new one has been announced.

The new Airliner was revealed by The Pokemon Company in partnership with Taiwan’s state-owned flag carrier China Airlines.

It’s called Pikachu Jet CI (“CI” is China Airlines’ IATA code) and it’s ai Airbus A321 with the registration code B18101.

Interestingly, this is a brand new airframe (it was delivered in November 2021) that has been flying from Taipei to various destinations in Asia like Hong Kong, Manila, Phnom Penh, and Yangon.

It portrays a variety of Pokemon including Pikachu himself, Jigglypuff, Snorlax, Slowpoke, Munna, Swablu, and Shaymin (thanks Rebecca Stone for the expertise).

Below you can see what it looks like and read an official description. Since it mentions “eleven Pokemon,” it’s likely that the other side is different, but it hasn’t been revealed yet. Shaymin is the only one mentioned that isn’t visible for now.

Wordle is a challenge for most of us, but we can make things a little easier with some help; in this guide, we’ll go through all of the 5-letter words with OM in the middle to give you a good idea of where to start and aid you on the quest to maintain your streak.

Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.

All 5 Letter Words With OM in the Middle

• aboma
• anomy
• aroma
• atoms
• atomy
• biome
• booms
• boomy
• brome
• bromo
• chomp
• clomb
• clomp
• coomb
• cooms
• coomy
• cromb
• crome
• dooms
• doomy
• drome
• dsomo
• duomi
• duomo
• exome
• gloms
• gnome
• groma
• haoma
• looms
• myoma
• ngoma
• promo
• proms
• rhomb
• rooms
• roomy
• slomo
• sooms
• stoma
• stomp
• tooms
• tromp
• whomp
• zhomo
• zooms

Having prepared yourself with our help, it is time to take on the game proper. In addition, learn to gauge your guesses using the color indicators. Green will represent a letter in the right spot, yellow for a right letter in the wrong spot, and grey means you should omit that letter entirely.

Make the best uses of your six guesses in Wordle to weed out incorrect answers and get one step closer to the right answer. In this guide, we’ll go through all the 5-letter words that end with MP to lend you a hand on your quest to maintain a hot streak.

Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.

Today Square Enix released a new trailer and screenshots of the upcoming Star Ocean JRPG Star Ocean: The Divine Force.

We get to meet “DUMA,” a mysterious entity with advanced intelligence and consciousness. It’s associated with the serial number 004213 and it looks like a machine, but it’s actually a life form. Its purpose is unknown, but it decides to accompany the heroes for some reason.

DUMA can grant supernatural abilities to each person it accompanies. A typical DUMA ability is “Vanguard Assault” (VA for short).

Vanguad Assault grants aerial movement, allowing characters to fly at high speed in any direction both in the field and within a city. It can be used repeatedly and can help you find hidden objects.

There are crystals scattered around the world that can help DUMA grow. Finding and collecting them will give you an edge.

DUMA can also use “Field Scan” simplifying greatly the search for hidden items across the field, which would otherwise be very challenging to spot.

You can also use VA Attack. Holding the appropriate button makes your character levitate and releasing it lets you perform a flying attack that can deal a lot of damage.

Blind Side attacks let you dash out of the enemy’s field of view and then suddenlòy change direction executing a VA Attack. This stuns the enemy and increases damage further.

The Hate Radar lets you see the field of view of the enemies and their direction of attack, showing a path for your Blind Side attacks.

There are enemies with a wide field of view that usually cannot be blindsided, but you can restrict it by meeting certain conditions.

You can also perform a VA attack before the battle begins. If you can hit an enemy while it’s unaware, you will receive a “Surprise Attack Bonus.”

Gran Turismo 7's July patch has squeaked in just before the month is up, bringing three new cars to the ever-expanding roster in the free update - and this update brings a little bit more besides.

The cars are a fine selection, led by another Skyline but a pretty special one at that - the Group 5 Skyline Super Silhouette, a brilliantly boxy racing beast that terrorised race tracks in the 80s. If you prefer your cars with a few more curves then there's a Maserati A6GCS/53 Spyder, an early example from the Italian manufacturer that established many of the styling cues that remain to this day. Finally there's a Porsche 918 Spyder, a hypercar that's been notable in its absence from recent Gran Turismo games.

That's all well and good, but the real star of the update is excused by the Tomica sponsorship carried on that Skyline Super Silhouette with an update to the Scapes photo mode allowing you to take your cars to toy towns and pose for snaps. It's not quite Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, but it's a fun new feature nevertheless.

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Hear me out a minute. Imagine Sherlock Holmes, but instead of a pompous eccentric, he’s a well-mannered, top hat-wearing... giraffe. And in replacement of his partner John Watson, there was instead a plump hippo in a dapper suit who is constantly quaffing tea. No, you've not accidentally picked up the famous detective’s opium huffing habit, these two curious characters are Sherlock and Watson’s animal counterparts in zoological adventure Lord Winklebottom Investigates.

The plucky duo, gentleman giraffe Lord Winklebottom and Doctor Frumple the hippo, have been invited to a mysterious island to sit in on a special announcement only to arrive and, by George! There’s been a bleeding murder! It’s a point-and-click affair where you use Talk/Use/Look actions to interact with the environment while also dragging and dropping things from your inventory bar into the world to use them. It’s classic point-and-click through and through.

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Indie cat adventure Stray has been doing well for itself since it was released last week. Now, it seems other games want to get in on that cute factor. Cue Stray In Doom, which sends Doomguy off for a rest to let a sweet little kitty frag some demons in his stead. Creator Edy Pagaza tweeted footage from the mod earlier this week, and you can now try it for yourself by downloading it from ModDB. You can watch a trailer below. Aww!

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I've been a bit too busy to do my usual VR Corner posts these past couple of weeks so I thought I'd take this moment of mid-week quiet to let you know about two recent flatscreen to VR updates that have been rocking my world.

First up there's a brand new mod for The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Edition from legendary VR modder Raicuparta. I've already featured a couple of Rai's flatscreen to VR mods on our YouTube channel, including his excellent Firewatch VR mod and his stunning Outer Wilds VR mod.

On the offical side of things, Straight Back Games, the developer behind the terrifying team-based survival game Devour has just released an official VR update for the game.

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