November 2022

Third-party developers shared news aplenty about add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator, including both aircraft and scenery.

We start with Aeroplane Heaven, which shared plenty of new screenshots about its upcoming Avro Lancaster B Mk.I.

Alongside the aircraft and its custom ground service vehicles, we get to see a new pilot model, nicknamed “Ralph.”

This year has been huge for anime films, with One Piece Film Red, Dragon Ball Super: Super Heroes, and Jujutsu Kaisen 0 all having amazing theater runs. One of these films has attained an incredibly impressive record today, as Jujutsu Kaisen 0 has become the sixth highest-grossing anime film worldwide.

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 has grossed $196,047,295, taking the position of Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You by about $2.3 million. At this point, there is only an eight-million-dollar difference before Jujutsu Kaisen 0 will overtake Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo.

If you’ve somehow managed to miss this massive film, it has since been released on Crunchyroll. The anime subscription service summarizes the film as follows:

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses… and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.

Last week, I sat down to meet with Caleb Kraft from The Controller Project. It has to be said that Kraft is quite a fitting surname for Caleb, as he is a Kraft by name, and he is certainly a craftsman by nature.

Kraft's charity, The Controller Project, creates free downloadable blueprints to modify established controllers such as the PlayStation 5's DualSense or the Nintendo Switch's Joy Cons for players with disabilities or limb differences. In addition to this, it also uses 3D printing to craft these modifications and send them out to those who need them. Talk about nominative determinism.

The Controller Project all started 10 years ago with a young boy named Thomas.

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Hi, hello and how do you do? For the first time in a short while we've a small favour to ask, with a new edition of the Eurogamer reader survey helping us get a picture of who our audience are and what they're into.

It's a fairly unobtrusive thing, and I just rattled through it in around 10 minutes (maybe we can speedrun it and post our top scores? I clocked in at 9 minutes 38 seconds if you're looking for a time to beat) and your input is greatly appreciated. The answers will be kept anonymous, so be assured that you'll be posting your answers in confidentiality.

And whether you are able to spare 10 minutes answering these questions or not, thanks as ever for frequenting the site. Your presence means a lot to us, and we continue to strive to make this a better place for all.

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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: Pokémon, Bugsnax and cars.

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

I’m having a lot of fun with Pokémon Violet. A fully open world Pokémon game is a step towards the perfect vision I and many players have had since my tween days playing Blue. Both major and minor changes have been made in this latest instalment; it’s just frustrating they come with some caveats.

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Black Friday day two is here, and the gaming deals are still coming at us thick and fast. From Switches to Graphics Cards, we've got the lot, and we'll be updating this page as soon as we found another great deal.

Over the past few years Black Friday has been a bit of a dud, but it's been great so far this year, having seen a 28" ASUS 4K gaming monitor for £269, and a 512 GB Integreal SD card down to just £50. So keep your eyes on this page, and our deals Twitter account, as we continue scouring for the best Black Friday gaming deals out there.

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As with every Special Program, the 3.3 Genshin Impact livestream included three codes for bonus items. Once entered in-game on November 25, 2022, people can get immediate rewards. Each one doles out 100 Primogems. A number of other beneficial items are also included.

Here’s the full list of the new Genshin Impact 3.3 livestream codes. As usual, each one can only be redeemed for a limited amount of time. They also expire at 8pm PT/11pm ET on November 25, 2022.



• 8ARAU6FNBNPV: 100 Primogems and 10 Mystic Enhancement Ores
• ET9SUPENB765: 100 Primogems, 50,000 Mora
• NS8BD6EPS77Z: 100 Primogems, 5 Hero’s Wits

Here’s a closer look at the images shared during the livestream that revealed the three Genshin Impact 3.3 codes. Each one features new art based on the story, events, characters appearing during this update.
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There are different ways to redeem the codes depending on how you play the game. These can be entered at the official website if you play on PCs. Someone playing on a PS4, PS5, or mobile device can do so via options in-game. In the case of those versions, head to the Settings/Account section. Pick Account, and go to Redeem Code there. Enter the code, and you’ll be set.

As expected, the 3.3 Genshin Impact banners came up during the special program and confirmed Scaramouche and Faruzan will appear as new playable characters. Scaramouche will be referred to as Wanderer. Three returning five-stars were also confirmed. Ayato, Itto, and Raiden Shogun will all get rerun banners in Genshin Impact.

Both Scaramouche (Wanderer) and Faruzen are Anemo units in Genshin Impact. Scaramouche is a five-star catalyst-user. He’s voiced by Patrick Pedraza in English and Tetsuya Kakihara in Japanese. Meanwhile, Faruzan is a four-star archer. She’s voiced by Chandni Parekh in English and Yui Horie in Japanese.

As for the other five-stars coming back, they each cover different weapons and elements. Ayato is a Hydro swordsman. Itto is a Geo claymore-wielder. Raiden Shogun is a Electro Archon who uses a polearm to attack.

The two banners that will appear when Genshin Impact 3.3 launches are Scaramouche and Itto, with Faruzan as a four-star focus. After that, Ayato and Raiden Shogun rerun banners will appear in the second half.

Tulaytullah’s Remembrance Catalyst will appear as a new weapon for Scaramouche/Wanderer. There will also be the Desert Pavilion Chronicle and Flower of Paradise Lost artifact sets debuting in this update.

As expected, the release date for the Genshin Impact 3.3 update came up during the November 25, 2022 Special Program presentation. As usual, it will appear the day after the current banners end. That means on December 7, 2022, people can take part in new quest lines, summon both new and returning characters, and take part in the trading card game for the first time.

To go along with the 3.3 Genshin Impact update release date, there’s a new trailer highlighting the additional content. It shows the debut of a returning character as a playable ally, as well as hints at various story elements coming up in this next patch. Once again, adventures are continuing in Sumeru. Dottore, from the Fatui, remains an ominous figure. However, the focus is primarily on Scaramouche. (The other new character Faruzan does also appear, though.) Inversion of Genesis, the new Archon Quest, will bring everyone up speed about Irminsul and Scaramouche as the Traveler goes with him on behalf of Nahida.
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Today HoYoverse announced the release date and the first details about Version 3.3 of the popular online RPG Genshin Impact.

The update, titled “All Senses Clear, All Existence Void”, will release on Dec. 7 for PS5, PS4, PC, iOS, and Android.

A new chapter of the Archon Quest will see the former enemy Scaramouche take on a different path under Nahida’s surveillance and become an ally with the nickname The Wanderer. He will also become available as a playable as a five-star Anemo catalyst wielder.

A second new character, Faruzan, is a genius mechanics researcher from the Akademiya who will join as a four-star Anemo archer.

Perhaps even bigger than the new characters is the trading card minigame Genius Invokation, allowing you to challenge both players and NPCs on a battle of wits based on Genshin Impact’s own iconic elements system.

Of course, there will be plenty of the usual events and activities that will keep players busy throughout the wait for version 3.4 and the next infusion of content.

Two more localized but important additions come on the language front, with Italian and Turkish text to be added when 3.3 launches.

Below you can enjoy the trailer and a few screenshots showing off The Wanderer, Faruzan, and the new features coming with the update, including a first look at Genius Invokation.

Genshin Impact is currently available for PS5, PS4, PC, iOS, and Android. The game is currently on version 3.2.

In recent years, Netflix has removed many licensed and original shows from its platform. Although declining viewership is a contributing factor as to why shows go away, it’s quite shocking to see hit shows leave due to licensing battles. As new streaming platforms emerge, bidding on the rights to fan favorite shows has become big business and commonplace between streaming providers.

In 2020, WarnerMedia, which owns HBO and HBO Max, dished out $500 million to reclaim Friends. In 2021, NBC’s Peacock paid up the same for The Office (US). It might seem like a big payday for the streaming giant, but in the long run, is only hurting them. 

By the end of the first quarter of 2022, Netflix reportedly lost 200,000 subscribers, their biggest loss in over a decade. It’s not a surprise that the decline is largely part of growing platforms like Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+, and Peacock.

By the end of their 2022 third quarter, Disney+ subscriptions rose to 152.1 million. HBO, HBO Max, and Discovery+ are up 92.1 million. As competition grows, the blow from lost rights to licensed shows has only become more devastating to Netflix. Here are ten shows that left the platform and hurt Netflix the most. 

Fantasy strategy game Total War: Warhammer 3 has got its final patch of 2022, update 2.3.0, which brings the single-player customisable endgame scenarios to its multiplayer mode. This change allows whoever is setting up one of the game’s Immortal Empires campaigns in multiplayer to fiddle with the endgame how they please. Devs Creative Assembly have even gone and done one of those video thingies for the update, which you can watch below.

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Another Black Friday means another opportunity for the Logitech G502 Hero - RPS readers' most favouritest gaming mouse - to get nice and cheap. This button-rich desk rodent is a particularly common sight during big PC hardware sales like Black Friday, but it's hard to tire of seeing when it's one of the best gaming mice ever made, and I actually prefer it to the recent G502 X refresh - especially when it's 56% off. That's precisely 56% off in both the UK and US, too.

Alright, technically it's the Logitech G502 Hero SE (Special Edition) that has the best available price in the UK; the standard model is £5 more for some reason. But the only difference between this and the all-black G502 Hero is the addition of some white highlights, so otherwise they share the same comfortable shape, highly customisable 11-button layout, and sharp 25,600dpi sensor.

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The magic of Yakuza games (now known as Like A Dragon, technically but hey) lies in the dramatic ascents up the Millenium Tower to prevent surprisingly muscular 60-year-old men from detonating Kamurocho. The rain falls. The lads rip their suits off. Then they settle things with their fists, because to do anything otherwise would be silly.

But the real magic of Yakuza lies in its minigames, one of the best being karaoke. And thanks to Game Informer's interview with Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, we now know why their games are obsessed with the beloved singsong.

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Imagine not being fazed that a powerful demon cursed you, while maintaining your style and composure to investigate how to free yourself before your time’s up. I’m not sure I could manage not to totally lose it under those circumstances, but survival horror Sorry We’re Closed from devs à la mode and publishers Akupara Games plonks you into the vaguely 32-bit shoes of cool cucumber Michelle to do exactly that. The game takes the familiar fixed camera angles from classics such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Alone In The Dark, but combat’s being handled in first-person. Have a look for yourself below, and watch out for your third eye.

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It’s still the frigid morning of Black Friday 2022, but there might already be a superlative gaming laptop deal up for grabs. Here in the UK, Ebuyer has an RTX 3070-equipped version of the MSI Katana GF66 laptop down to just £950 – a saving of £449.

Not only is that a big, meaty chunk of cash to carve off, it’s also an outstandingly low price for a gaming laptop with the RTX 3070 specifically. I’ve seen this high-end GPU in a few other laptops that are up for Black Friday sales, but they’re tending more towards the £1100 mark. In terms of getting the most graphical power for the least money, then, the Katana GF66 is unlikely be beaten today. Even by the RTX 3080 laptop for £1200 deal that's still going.

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Activision Blizzard executive vice-president for corporate affairs Lulu Cheng Meservey has tweeted that the company “won't hesitate to fight to defend” Microsoft’s $68.7 billion (£57 billion) buyout of the publisher. The comment came after reports began circulating that the US Federal Trade Commission could bring a lawsuit against Microsoft over the deal. Anonymous sources claiming to be close to the matter also suggested that a lawsuit from the FTC might begin as early as December.

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A 20-year-old mod for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind has just had a major content update, adding two new expansions.

The team behind Tamriel Rebuilt has been releasing content for Morrowind since 2002, though its conception happened in 2001 before Morrowind was released.

21 years later, the project is still going strong. In its first update in nearly two years, the project has added two more expansions with new areas of Tamriel to explore (thanks PC Gamer).

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On God of War Ragnarök's release, actress Maggie Robertson teased she was part of the game, voicing a "larger-than-life" character.

Robertson became somewhat of an internet darling following her portrayal of the towering and beguiling Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village. She won legions of fans for her part in Capcom's long running series, and even won a few awards for it too.

Needless to say, dear reader, I am one of those fans, and since hearing she was a part of God of War Ragnarök, I have been eager to find her character in the game.

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There are plenty of people who've had enough of battle royales by now, but I am not one of them. With neither teenage reaction speeds nor endless leisure time to devote to "gitting gud", battle royales' run-and-gun approach levels the playing field; I'd rather lose a fight because of crap loot and bad luck than succumb to someone who's managed to unlock a fancy gadget because they've clocked up 1000 more in-game hours than I have.

As the dust settled around the battle of the battle royales, Apex Legends was the last one standing for me, and - like many of us with jobs and kids - I simply didn't have the time to git gud at the rest of them, too. Consequently, although I did enjoy my time with Call of Duty's initial toe-dip into Battle Royale-flavoured waters, Blackout, I spent just enough time with Warzone to know I didn't like it quite as much as Apex and left it there. No offence, Infinity Ward; it's not you, it's me.

The problem with being a new - or even lapsed - player, though, is it's impossible to know when the best time to return is. Occasionally I'd pop my head over the hedge for a sneaky look - and it looked good over there! - but it was too late now, surely? I didn't know the map. I didn't know where people camped or sniped from, or where the top-tier loot spawned. I didn't know the shortcuts to help me escape the closing circle (or three; Warzone 2.0 bucks the trend and can offer multiple points of refuge, making the scramble for the final zone that much more dramatic). Apex Legends' shrinking zone, for example, is fairly forgiving, which means you can sometimes use it to a tactical advantage when engaging in a fight; Warzone 2.0's gas cloud, however, is not, and I only learned that the hard way.

The never-ending saga that is the Microsoft-Activision deal took a new turn when reports that the United States' Federal Trade Commission is planning to file an antitrust lawsuit against the deal became known. This could potentially delay a decision on the acquisition for several years.

Meanwhile, the Competition and Markets Authority published redacted documents from Microsoft and Sony, laying out its arguments for and against the acquisition, respectively.

Key to Sony's argument against the deal is giving control of Call of Duty to Microsoft. Leaning on the CMA's concerns about Microsoft's leading role in gaming subscription services, Sony argues that placing Call of Duty on Xbox Game Pass would be hugely detrimental to PlayStation.

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It's the holiday shopping season. Given it is Thanksgiving weekend in the states, you might be going through and picking up some things. Well, we're here to help with suggestions. Here's Siliconera's Nintendo Switch holiday gift guide for 2022, complete with games and other items that could work as presents for someone or yourself.

First, to start, there is a holiday bundle this year. Nintendo brought back the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch bundle. It gives you the system, the game, and three months of Nintendo Switch Online for $299.99.

Guide to Nintendo Switch Games That Make a Great Holiday Gift for Anyone

First, these are the all ages, all skill-level games. All of the titles below are easy for anyone to enjoy. There are single-player activities. In some cases, there are multiplayer modes. Each one is generally a good time and well-suited for anyone with a Switch system. In each case, their non-sale price is mentioned. Also, only titles with physical copies are mentioned, as you can’t “gift” digital copies of Switch games.

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Unlike previous games in the Pokémon mainline series, Scarlet and Violet have made fan-favorite Eevee pretty tricky to catch. Only popping up in a scant few tiny areas, and with very low spawn rates, trying to evolve the octet of Eeveelutions has never been harder. But this weekend, the games’ first Tera Raid Battle…

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Ever since mankind figured out various pigments could be smeared on cave walls, humans have drawn cocks on stuff. From the Cerne Abbas Giant to your mom’s bathroom wall, winky and winky-shaped creations appear anywhere anything can be crafted. So it is that the Sims 4 Gallery has been as replete with dicks as the…

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If you love the NieR Series including NieR: Automata and NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… you’re certainly not alone.

Today, during a panel from the NieR: Automata Fan Festival 2022 hosted in Japan, Square Enix revealed that both games have been selling really well.

NieR: Automata leads with a whopping 7 million copies between digital sales and shipments to retailers, while the remake of NieR Replicant is at 1.5 million copies that have left Square Enix’s warehouses.

It’s worth mentioning that the latest update for NieR: Automata, which is now over five years old, saw it at 6 million copies sold as of February 2022.

Of course, the further spike must have been helped by the release of the Nintendo Switch version in October. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… has not yet been released on Nintendo’s console.

It’s worth mentioning that some media outlets reported that there would be a release today, as pictures of a promotional truck were shared by producer Yosuke Saito earlier this morning with a black sticker covering part of the billboard. Despite the fact that Saito-san clearly mentioned that there would be no new announcement some couldn’t help themselves and hyped up a reveal that did not come.

I’m always on the lookout for the next indie title to obsess over and while away my precious hours, and oh boy, have I found a goodie in the form of Poncle’s insanely addictive roguelite shoot-’em-up, Vampire Survivors.

Blending minimalist auto-shooting with a deceptively deep assortment of permanent progression upgrades, Vampire Survivors is an absolute gem for those looking for a retro pick-up-and-play experience. It features a multitude of distinctive weapons, a host of unique unlockable characters, and a surprisingly sticky core progression system all wrapped up in an appealing 8-bit Castlevania-esque aesthetic.

Black Friday: The Actual Day Itself has begun, which means this is perhaps your best chance of picking up the SSD, keyboard, GPU, or monitor you've wanted on the cheap.

While we're gathering up Black Friday's best PC gaming deals, discounts and price changes can come and go quickly. For that reason, we're also running this liveblog. We'll post the best discounts we spot throughout the day - and you should feel free to post your own discount discoveries in the comments.

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Developer Sloclap has released some details on what is coming to kung-fu beat-em-up Sifu in its autumn update.

In August, Sifu received a beefy content update, which featured a new scoring system and modifiers which allowed players to customise the difficulty. Two new outfits were also added, and Slocap teased more to come in the autumn update.

Included in the roadmap for Sifu in the autumn update is the replay editor and additional modifiers. Slocap shared a brief look at the replay editor on the official Twitter account for Sifu.

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Black Friday Nintendo Switch deals are some of the most popular Black Friday deals across the net, with retailers regularly adding new discounts for Switch bundles, games and accessories throughout the day. On this page, you can find today's best Black Friday savings on Nintendo Switch, Switch OLED and Nintendo Switch Lite deals in one handy place. We're also posting about cheap Nintendo Switch games and accessories, too.

We're also sharing a bunch of the best Nintendo Switch Black Friday deals over on our hub. Make sure to go check that out too!

SanDisk Ultra 512GB micro SD card- £34.99 from Amazon

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Sonic Frontiers is the "cornerstone of future Sonic games", just as Sonic Adventure was back in 1998.

That's according to Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka, in an interview with Sector (via The Gamer).

Discussing the structure of the latest game in the series, it seems the open zone design will be the new standard.

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We are now in Striking Distance of The Callisto Protocol's release, and as such we are getting more bits of information about the game.

For example, we now know its PC system requirements. Per Steam, these are as follows:

MINIMUM:

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Bandai Namco revealed that Stone Ocean characters Weather Forecast (aka Weather Report) and Father Enrico Pucchi (Final) will come to JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R. Both characters will be among the December 1, 2022 additions to the game. They'll be joined by a new stage, which also seems to be from part six of the series. The announcement noted that all three items will be free.

First, here's how Stone Ocean's Weather Forecast will look in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R.

As of writing, the fastest runthrough of Neon White’s “Smackdown” level is 9.56 seconds, earned by player “earlobe” on September 6, 2022.

Standing in contrast is the work that went into it. According to designer and creative director Ben Esposito, the earliest iteration was in March 2019, more than three years before its release in June 2022. In that time, there were more than 50 different iterations. Sometimes changes were small. Other times they fundamentally altered the level. Every designer who worked on the game has touched Smackdown in some form. Nevertheless, load into it now; chances are all that labor is invisible to you. Before sitting down to write, I beat it in just 11 seconds.

Neon White is a game built around speedrunning. Levels are short. If you’re playing as intended, you hardly notice your surroundings before moving on. But the only way that works effectively is if levels are meticulously designed to facilitate that movement; they have to be made so that it feels natural for the player to fly through them. Making a level you barely think twice about takes a lot of effort. Read more...

It’s Black Friday, the day on which the entirety of planet Earth entirely takes leaves of its senses and spends all its money on stuff it doesn’t need for 5 percent less than it would have cost yesterday. Planet Earth this year has bought itself an entirely new moon, even though the old one’s fine, just because this…

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Today Aniplex released a new trailer of the upcoming NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime, together with new artwork.

This time around, we get the introduction of two antagonists from the game, Adam and Eve. Unsurprisingly, they’re still voiced by their original actors Daisuke Namikawa and Tatsuhisa Suzuki.

If you’re unfamiliar with them, Namikawa-san also vocied Luka in the Bayonetta series, Yu Narukami in Persona 4 and its spinoffs, and many more roles.

Suzuki-san is the voice of Aymeric in Final Fantasy XIV and Noctis in Final Fantasy XV, just to name two very popular characters.

You can check out both their trailer and their artwork below, following those for 2B and 9S, Commander White, and Pascal.