This week on the Eurogamer Newscast - now also available in audio form! - we're digesting last night's big Summer Game Fest show, and the start of this year's not-E3 few weeks. How's it all been so far? Well, the PlayStation State of Play was pretty good, actually.

As for Geoff Keighley's show last night, well... there were plenty of announcements in last night's showcase, though few genuine surprises. Here we share our favourites, rate the night overall, and provide our best impressions of the Clickers from The Last of Us. Joining me, as ever, are Eurogamer news reporters Ed Nightingale and Victoria Kennedy.

Of course, this year has seen the traditional E3 model splintered further - and we're still to see two platform holders take their turn in the spotlight. We'll be back next week to break down the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase, plus perhaps even a Nintendo Direct. Thanks for watching, and have a lovely weekend!

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To create an air of mystery or to show off that you are knowledgeable about anime, you will need that perfect aesthetic look on your profile picture. This best aesthetic Pfps list below has the best aesthetic characters from all your favorite animes, and we made sure that they all had a look that would suit what you want to show to the world!

We have crafted the best list of Pfps for you and the characters from your favorite animes like Mikasa, Saber, Tatsumi, and Tanjiro from shows like Attack on Titan, and Fate/Stay Night, One Punch Man, and DemonSlayer.

These Pfps can be used across your favorite social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit. We’d recommend avoiding using them on professional sites like LinkedIn, Skype, and MS Teams.

Best Aesthetic Girl Pfps

The anime girls in this list have the best aesthetic look for your social media accounts. Unlock your inner badass by downloading these beauties!

Over the years, the Dragon Ball series has evolved from a supernatural martial arts anime to a show about multiversal aliens battling gods with the fate of the universe on the line. Due to this progression, it makes sense that things can get a little confusing when it comes to the series’ order of operations, even when we are just dealing with the first series. Don’t worry, though, as we’ve got everything you need to know about how to watch Dragon Ball in order right here.

All Dragon Ball Episodes & Seasons in Order

Son Goku’s Boyhood Group

1. Emperor Pilaf Saga (Ep. 1-13)
   • Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies (alternate plot)
2. Tournament Saga (Ep. 14-28)
   • Movie 2: Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle (extended plot)

Red Ribbon Army Group

1. Red Ribbon Army Saga (Ep. 29-45)
   • Movie 4: The Path to Power (altered re-telling of the plot)
2. General Blue Saga (Ep. 46-57)
3. Commander Red Saga (Ep. 58-67)
4. Fortuneteller Baba Saga (Ep. 68-83)

Piccolo Group

1. Tien Shinhan Saga (Ep. 84-101)
   • Movie 3: Mystical Adventure (alternate plot)
2. King Piccolo Saga (Ep. 102-122)
3. Piccolo Jr. Saga (Ep. 123-153)

For the most part, Dragon Ball has a pretty straightforward watch order. The only thing that might confuse people is where the movies fall in line with everything. As you can see above, most of the films are either an alternate version of what happened within the saga it is listed under or an altered re-telling of the plot.

Bandai Namco just released another character trailer of its upcoming fighting game JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R.

The video showcases Jean Pierre Polnareff who originally appeared in the third part of the manga alongside his Stand Silver Chariot, who also is shown in action in the trailer.

 It follows the trailer featuring Jotaro Kujo, another focusing on Jonathan Joestar, one showcasing Dio Brando, one starring Johnny Joestar, one featuring Noriaki Kakyoin, one starring Mohammed Avdol, one showcasing Ikuro Hashizawa, and one revealing Robert E. O. Speedwagon.

Valve's Steam Deck is a seriously impressive piece of it, thanks in no small part to the power-efficient, highly capable AMD Van Gogh APU that runs the show. As we've already seen, this portable PC can match the PlayStation 4 experience at lower resolutions, while its support for ray tracing in combination with its built-in SSD stands it in good stead for future games. However, with demanding software on the horizon and last-gen systems finally starting to fall by the wayside, Microsoft's Xbox Series S is establishing itself as the baseline for modern gaming. So here's the question: can we push the Steam Deck to produce a viable portable alternative to the Series S experience - even on the most demanding games?

Looking at the specs, the two systems don't look quite as far apart as you may think. Both machines are based around the same AMD technologies - Zen 2 CPUs paired with RDNA 2 GPUs. The Steam Deck is substantially pared-back relative to its stronger console cousin, but critically it is targeting a much lower output resolution. The Series S is typically aiming for pixel counts in the 1080p to 1440p range, while the Steam Deck is limited to just 1280x800 on its internal display, or 720p with 40-pixel black bars top and bottom.

One time in the office (so, a hundred years ago) a hypothetical was posed: if you were given the chance to go to the moon, with a guarantee that nothing would go wrong, would you take it? "No," I said. "No way. Not a chance. I wouldn't like it." People were shocked at my refusal. "But nothing will go wrong!" they exclaimed. This misses the universal truth that even - and indeed, especially - when it is guaranteed nothing will go wrong, something will always go wrong in space.

Honestly, who can say that they've played a video game set on a space station and not encountered at least one deserted corridor plunged into darkness, but with one spotlight tipped over onto its side to cast ominous shadows? Raise your hands. Terror in space has never gone out of fashion, really, but the source of the terror does seem to go in cycles. In the 2010s a lot of the danger came from an AI gone a bit sinister and funny. As we saw at last night's Summer Game Fest, though, the monsters are back, baby.

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Your favorite anime girls from all your favorite animes are here with this list of Pfps. Whether you have crushes on them or think they are adorable, these anime girls have given us the most memorable moments in anime, and we want you to have these Pfps to put in your profile picture across all your favorite social media platforms.

You can release your inner Waifu with anime girls like Erza, Shinobu, Tatsumi, or Saber. These fantastic anime girls are from your favorite animes like Demon Slayer, One Punch Man, Fate/Stay Night, and Fairy Tail.

These Pfps can be used for social media like Discord, Reddit, and Instagram. Avoid using these Pfps on professional platforms like Skype, LinkedIn, and MS Teams.

Funny Anime Girl Pfp

These anime girls have made us laugh until our bellies ached. Download your funniest anime girl moment below.

Stardust Crusaders character Jean Pierre Polnareff is the star of the latest JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R trailer. The character primarily appears as a Jotaro ally. However, he also plays a small part in Golden Wind.

Jean Pierre’s Stand is Silver Chariot. It wears armor and wields a rapier. Its specialty is close-range attacks, which people can see in the trailer. However, it can also shed the armor both in the series and game to become faster. People can see this happen at the end of the video, when Jean Pierre performs a special attack.

Today we welcome our favorite Frenchman in JoJo history, can we get a "mais oui"?

Jean Pierre Polnareff and his Stand, Silver Chariot are slashing into #JJASBR just like they did into our hearts as fans. pic.twitter.com/Q5Xxgx3sPI

— JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R (@jojo_games) June 10, 2022

In case you missed them, here are the past JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R character trailers.

This list has the best when it comes to elements from all over anime. We have badasses, the biggest battles, and the smallest and cutest creatures in the anime world. We have gathered these best anime Pfps for you so you can use them across all your social media platforms and make you look like your knowledge of anime is that of senpai status.

Release your inner fandom with characters like Hinata, Mikasa, Ichigo, and Saitama, all from your favorite shows like Naruto, Attack on Titan, Bleach, and One Punch Man.

Avoid using these Pfps on professional sites like LinkedIn or Skype. Rather, use these Pfps across your social media accounts like Facebook, Instagram, Discord, and Reddit.

Badass Anime Pfps

Every anime has that badass that we connect with or want to be. These are some of those characters that make us want to put our best foot forward.

Compile Heart released four more videos of the upcoming JRPG Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord, focusing on the music.

Like the previous videos and the second batch, these don’t show any gameplay but reveal four of the songs performed by the game’s divas.

The first two, performed by Fleur, are “Chigiri no Hanabira” (Petals of the Covenant) and “Kage no Kyoukai” (Shadows and Boundaries). The second pair, performed by the enemy diva Glace are “Rinka” (Will-o’-the-wisp) and “Doke” (Buffoon).

You can listen to all the songs below.

PlayStation fans fearing a delay to God of War Ragnarök can breathe a sigh of relief.

Despite widespread speculation, Sony Santa Monica's highly-anticipated sequel is due to arrive this November, Bloomberg reported today.

Of course, there's still time between then and now for things to change. And, reportedly, things already have - the game was once set for September, before being shuffled back internally by two months.

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There’s a chance to learn more about the next The Legend of Heroes game. NIS America shared a new Trails to Azure trailer going over its characters and story and showed off its limited edition. It shows what happened next after Trails from Zero.

First, here’s the Trails to Azure video showcasing its characters and briefly touching on the story. Since this is a sequel, many of the faces are familiar. The Crossbell State Police Department Special Support Section folks all show up. First, there’s a look at hero Lloyd Bannings. After that, we see how Elie MacDowell looks in this installment. That’s followed with a moment set aside for Noel Seeker. Wazy Hemisphere’s segment comes after that. Tio Plato, another returning heroine, shows up next. Finally, it closes out with series staple Randy Orlando.

In Mario Strikers Battle League, winning the game, much like in its real-life counterpart, is all about timing and precision. As such, making sure you get your timing down when shooting is a key part of dominating the pitch. Here is everything you need to know about how to do a perfect shot in Mario Strikers Battle League.

Perfect Shot in Mario Strikers Battle League

When you’re in possession of the ball, you’ll have two different ways of executing a perfect shot in Mario Strikers Battle League. The first requires you to have the ball at your feet already.

When you have it, hold A to charge a shot, then release the button once the red circle under the player is full. You’ll know it’s full once you see a blue circle flash around the player. If you wait too long after the circle fills, then it’ll just do a regular charged shot.

The second occurs when you receive the ball from a pass. This is a one-touch combo shot.

How to Execute a Combo Shot

For a combo shot in Mario Strikers Battle League, you’ll need to time your shot perfectly. When the ball arrives at your player’s feet after the pass, press A to shoot as soon as it touches their foot. This will take some time to get used to but will make for a deadly one-timed shot when done in the right scenarios.

And that just about does it for everything you need to know about how to do a perfect shot in Mario Strikers Battle League. If you’re still on the hunt for more info about the game, be sure to check out the rest of Twinfinite to see the rest of our guides, which have plenty of tips, tricks, and FAQs.

This is not a drill, boy: God of War Ragnarök is planned for a November release, Bloomberg reports.

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Chamber has proven incredibly popular since joining Valorant’s roster last year. Unlike many other Agents in the game, his utility is unique in that it is almost exclusively designed around pure gunplay. This is especially unusual given that he’s actually intended to fill the defensive, sentinel role. Where other trap-heavy Agents such as Killjoy and Cypher use utility to lock down sites, Chamber is envisioned as a sentinel who holds space by out-aiming his opponents.

It’s actually a very interesting concept and one that certainly works well in practice. So much so, in fact, that Chamber’s pick rate has been through the roof across both professional and ranked play.

In pro esports games, his utility is considered highly valuable not just because of its offensive firepower but its passive econ boost — when everyone else is saving, Chamber can prove a difference-maker with his Headhunter and Tour de Force, and then he has access to a huge pool of money for the next round given that he spent virtually nothing in the previous.

In ranked, well… players love tapping heads, which is Chamber’s specialty — especially when they’re free of any obligation to use utility to help their teammates as other Agents are.

The net result is that every other sentinel in the game had up until recently seen less use in professional play, while in ranked Chamber had (and still is) become a sort of go-to pick for ego-peeking ranked demons.

Today NIS America released a new trailer of the western version of Nihon Falcom’s JRPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure.

Originally named “Ao no Kiseki,” Trails to Azure is the direct sequel of the upcoming The Legend of Heroes: Trails From Zero, which will release in the west in September.

In this trailer, we get to take a look at the cast of the game, and we get the confirmation that the game will release in the west in early 2023, twelve-year after the original Japanese release and there years after the PS4 remaster that launched in 2020.

You can already pre-order the limited edition for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, which you can see below.

It includes:

People are going to learn more about the future of Final Fantasy VII. Square Enix announced the FFVII 25th Anniversary Celebration Broadcast stream. The company promised details would appear in June 2022, and this is it. People will be able to watch it at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET/11 p.m. BST on June 16, 2022 on YouTube. It will last 10 minutes.

There's already a placeholder for the presentation.

Here's the official statement from Tetsuya Nomura, who acted as a director and artist for FFVII Remake and an artist on the original game.

The Pokemon Company has announced the winners of the Pokemon TCG Illustration Contest 2022. It also published a new video showcasing the winning illustrations. Some of them will appear as actual cards in the near future.

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The Pokemon Company held the contest in Japan and the United States from October 13, 2021, to January 31, 2022. After receiving a total of 10,830 submissions, the judges deliberated until they could choose twenty winning illustrations. The company would also take the top three winners and apply them to actual cards.

The Grand Prize winner is REND, who drew a yawning Arcanine with a Fletchling standing on its back. Julie Hang's laughing Bulbasaur also won as the U.S. First Runner-Up. Taiga Kasai's illustration of a Greninja leading a pack of Froakies and Frogadiers rounded up the top winners' lineup as Japan's First Runner-Up. Pokemon TCG players can expect these contest-winning designs to appear in actual promo cards.

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There is, and should be, a huge amount of discussion and debate regarding the exploitative nature of so many practices in modern video games. From gacha and lootboxes to in-app purchases and meaningless cosmetics, right up to the recent idiocy regarding NFTs, both game players and the gaming press need to be holding…

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One of the many cool things you can do in Diablo Immortal is Essence Transfer, which basically lets players transfer or inherit essence between your legendary gear. The game features some great gear, equipment and weapons and not everything you find might go with your class. This is where Essence Transfer in Diablo Immortal comes into play. If you aren’t sure how this works or if you’re looking for tips, here’s how to use essence transfer in Diablo Immortal. 

What Is Essence Transfer in Diablo Immortal?

You will come across normal (white), magic (blue), rare (yellow), and legendary (orange) gear in Diablo Immortal, with legendary items being the most powerful. Every legendary item in the game has a unique attribute or ability known as an essence. With essence transfer, you can transfer the essence of weapon A to weapon B.

There’s a great possibility that legendary items you find in the game might not match your class or build. Every weapon has certain stats or abilities that you might want and essence transfer lets you do just that.

How to Unlock Essence Transfer

To unlock essence transfer, you will first need to get two pieces of legendary gear of the same type. You can obtain legendaries either by grinding mobs, running dungeons, rifts, etc. Most players will get legendaries by simply playing through the main game.

Final Fantasy VII Remake’s official Twitter account have tweeted to announce a 25th anniversary livestream for Square’s classic JRPG, which they’ve scheduled for June 16th. The stream will last for ten minutes and we’re asked to “Please be excited.” Okay then, I will. But only if it’s not about another Final Fantasy VII spin-off.

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You know the feeling, right? It's like when the US makes a facsimile of your favourite UK show, or your most cherished childhood book gets the Hollywood treatment. You're excited, because getting more of something you love can never be a bad thing. But you're nervous, too, because the reason why you love it may be different to the reason others do. I get that same sense of uneasy delight each time I find out a game I love gets a port or a remaster. I'm at once both giddy and a touch apprehensive, and I've learned - mostly the hard way - to hold my giddiness firmly in check when a favourite franchise gets the mobile treatment.

In Respawn's defence, Apex Legends Mobile isn't a port. Built from the ground up for mobile, Respawn takes all I love about its irrepressible battle royale - its striking style, excellent sound design, fabulous cast, and delightful gunplay - and wraps it up in flashy new threads designed specifically for mobile devices. Not all of it lands - particularly its cluttered UI and complex progression and currency systems; more on those later - but there's a lot to enjoy here, even if you're new to playing shooters on mobile.

For those unfamiliar with Apex Legends, it's an enjoyable twist on the team-based battle royale formula, offering the usual scramble for weapons, a shrinking ring, and battle to the death, albeit with a charming roster of characters - Legends - that each sport their own special abilities. The majority of them are well-balanced and bring something different to the battlefield, depending upon your comfort zone and gunplay preferences.

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Wondering how to aim shots in Mario Strikers Battle League? Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we’ll clue you in on how to aim your shots at goal to help give you a leg over the competition. So, without further ado, let’s dive in, shall we?

How to Aim Shots in Mario Strikers Battle League

To aim your shots in Nintendo’s latest 5v5 arcade soccer title, you’ll need to use the left control stick while shooting (A button). When charging up the shot with the A button, the ball will automatically shoot when you release the button.

Here’s the kicker, though: Aiming towards the goal will keep shots lower to the ground, while aiming away from the goal will make your shot go higher up.

Of course, make sure that when you shoot, you’re not on your side of the pitch, as it’ll pretty much always end up in the opposition’s possession. On the other hand, if you shoot in your opponent’s half, your character will automatically shoot at your opponent’s goal no matter which way they were facing before the shot.

It’s worth noting that some characters naturally have higher Technique, so they’ll usually have better accuracy as a result.

So, there you have it. We hope this helped to clue you in on how to aim shots in Mario Strikers Battle League. If you’re on the lookout for more tips for the game, we have plenty of guides, including how to nail a hyper shot, as well as how to unlock Galactic Mode.

The Twitter account for Granblue Fantasy: Relink announced that the game will be delayed until 2023. Developer Yuito Kimura posted an apology notice, as well as an explanation for the delay, on the game’s official website.  Additionally, Cygames was to release new information on the game in June 2022, but it will now do so in December 2022 instead.

According to the notice, the reason behind the Granblue Fantasy: Relink delay is to polish up the gameplay. Kimura also states that the novel coronavirus pushed back the schedule and is the main reason behind the delay. In terms of how much progress there is, the game’s primary assets (such as audio, music, and main story set pieces) are complete. The team’s remaining tasks include debugging and improving the graphics and gameplay experience.

Granblue Fantasy: Relink will be a console action-RPG spin-off of Granblue Fantasy. In late 2021, Cygames released a teaser trailer for it, which showed off how the gameplay and cutscenes will look. You will be able to play as main characters such as Rackam and Katalina. In addition, since the game shows both Gran and Djeeta, it is likely that you will be able to choose the gender of the player avatar.

Sonic Origins won't include the original soundtrack for Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

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.

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Square Enix has announced a broadcast happening next week for Final Fantasy VII’s 25th-anniversary celebration. 

More specifically, the “celebration broadcast” will air on June 16 at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET on the official Square Enix YouTube and Twitch channels. As for what to expect, the answer is simple: Final Fantasy VII. This could be a stream specifically about the original release, which hit store shelves 25 years ago. But, as any Final Fantasy fan knows (and if you’re like me, hopes), we might hear about Final Fantasy VII Remake, or rather, its sequel. 

Join us next week for around 10 minutes to celebrate 25 years of @FinalFantasy VII: https://t.co/y074ldZMhg

Co-stream the broadcast and share your reactions with #FFVII25th. Please be excited. pic.twitter.com/DskOd2CxQj

— FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (@finalfantasyvii) June 10, 2022

Here’s what Final Fantasy VII Remake director Tetsuya Nomura says about the stream: 

A new version of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy for mobile devices has appeared worldwide. This version of the mobile game puts it on par with the latest console version released on the Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It features improved audio and a resolution that can fully cover a device screen.

This new release is a universal version that contains seven languages. Other than English and Japanese, players can also enjoy Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Justice For All, and Trials and Tribulations in French, German, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Each language has its own set of ten save slots, giving the game seventy save slots in total.

The mobile re-release appeared the day after Capcom discontinued Ace Attorney Trilogy HD in Japan on June 9, 2022. The older release contained only one language with a fixed resolution that may not fully cover a mobile device screen. Capcom also noted that there are no loyalty bonuses for owners of the now-obsolete Trilogy HD. All players must purchase the new Trilogy release separately and start fresh.

Following a successful debut, Annupurna Interactive will be hosting its showcase once again this year, with the publisher promising "reveals, announcements, and much more".

This year's show will take place on 28th July at 8pm UK time (12pm PT / 3pm ET), and will be streamed across the official Annapurna Interactive Twitch and YouTube channels.

We also have a new teaser that gives us a sneak peak of what lies ahead (sorry, I didn't mean to make that sound quite so ominous - it looks like a really nice variety of showings). You can check it out for yourself below.

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This month's Pokémon Go Community Day is going to be an interesting one - and not least due to its choice of featured creature, the pseudo-Legendary Deino.

As well as the monthly event's typical in-game bonuses and good chances at catching a Deino's Shiny version, developer Niantic is also using the event to roll-out a couple of brand new features.

In a twist, players will be able to extend the event's three-hour runtime in their local area by raiding at gyms after the 11am-2pm window concludes. The raids will feature Deino's evolved form Zweilous, and hatch from a new type of raid egg that can only be tackled by players in person (so, no remote raid passes!).

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Last night’s Day Of The Devs stream closed out with an announcement from Annapurna Interactive, confirming that their annual summer showcase is happening again this year. Pop July 28th in your diaries, or feel free to mark it on your decorative floral-print wall calendar if you so wish. There’s a very short preview trailer of past Annapurna-published games to pique your interest below.

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The Grammy Awards has added five new categories, including Video Game Score.

All five will be included from next year's awards. That includes awards for songwriting, song for social change, and poetry.

The Grammy Awards, America's most prestigious music award ceremony, aims to encapsulate all elements of the music industry, so the Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media should fit in neatly.

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Devolver Digital and developer Massive Monster have revealed that Cult of the Lamb will be making its way on to Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 11th August.

To accompany this news, we also got a brand-new trailer. It is cute, it is demonic, and it is just my cup of tea.

You can check it out for yourself below.

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The Plucky Squire is an eye-catching adventure game where you switch between 2D and 3D environments, and it's being made by former Pokémon artist James Turner.

Turner, if you're unfamiliar, is a British designer who spent more than a decade at Pokémon maker Game Freak, and was one of its first Western employees. Now he's formed his own indie studio, All Possible Futures.

A trailer for The Plucky Squire shows its dinky hero scampering through pages of a picture book, before leaping out into the 3D world of its surroundings. Here it is:

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The Quarry is a new standalone, choose your own adventure horror game from developer Supermassive Games. A spiritual successor of sorts to Until Dawn, the game puts players in control of a group of summer camp counselors on the final day of camp as they have one final blowout bonfire before heading home and potentially never seeing each other again. Of course, things go awry as soon as night falls.

As Supermassive Games has been releasing entries in its Dark Pictures Anthology for the past few years, The Quarry is important. It marks the first game of its ilk from the developer that appears to have had longer in development (and a bigger budget) than its Dark Pictures counterparts, and it makes for a significantly better experience. Here’s 5 ways The Quarry is better than The Dark Pictures Anthology games.

No, not SHODAN or GLaDOS. I mean the other sort. The magic formulae of raw computer nonsense that runs under the cover of your favourite game and makes enemies flank you, or friendly NPCs toss a health kit just in time. Good AI is not an unbeatable genius. It is smartly stupid. It is both surprisingly clever and capable of wonderful carelessness. It can remind us of ourselves. Quick-witted on a good day, an absolute dunderhead on a bad one. Here's a list of the 7 best AI in PC games.

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