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Valorant: The best Beginner’s Guide for 2023

Valorant has changed a bit since its release. New players might want to know where to start. Players who haven’t played in a while should brush up on their skills. Luckily, I have just the thing for you. This Valorant beginner’s guide will go over the basics and some general tips to follow.

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Assetto Corsa Competizione

Developed by Italian studio Kunos Simulazioni, Assetto Corsa Competizione is a racing simulator that reproduces the Blancpain GT Series Championship. It includes the official drivers, teams, cars, and circuits from the GT Series’ 2018 and 2019 seasons, allowing the players to experience Sprint, Endurance and Spa 24 Hours races in both single and multiplayer modes.

Assetto Corsa Competizione is already available on PC via Steam and is being published for consoles by 505 Games. The pre-order bonus detailed after the jump is available for Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

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Disintegration

V1 Interactive, an independent development studio led by Halo‘s co-creator Marcus Lehto, is preparing to launch their debut project: Disintegration. This sci-fi shooter is set in Earth’s near future where scarcity and pandemic have driven humanity to the brink of extinction, forcing them to transfer their brains to robotic bodies through the process of Integration. It wasn’t long before the majority of the Integrated decided to eliminate the remnants of humanity altogether. Standing in their way is a small resistance group of Outlaws with gravcycle pilot Romer Shoal at the helm.

Disintegration plays like a mashup between a first-person shooter and a real-time strategy game: the player rides a heavily armed gravcycle while commanding legions of troops. In addition to its single-player campaign, the game features three team-based 5v5 multiplayer modes.

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Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath

Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath is a major expansion for MK11 that continues the story where the original game left off. It adds three new playable characters to the roster – Robocop, Sheeva, and Fujin – as well as three new skin packs that will be released over time. One skin pack can be obtained on day one by pre-ordering the expansion as detailed further below.

Aftermath can be purchased separately as a digital upgrade, or bundled together with the original Mortal Kombat 11 for those who don’t yet own it.

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor

Greymoor is the fourth expansion pack, or chapter, for Zenimax’s The Elder Scrolls Online. It opens up Western Skyrim, a frozen, mountainous region plagued by harrowstorms and besieged by a powerful Vampire Lord. The expansion brings a quest line that ties into the Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure, a new Antiquities system that involves collecting lost relics, a new 12-player Trial, and more delves, public dungeons, and stand-alone quests.

New players can purchase Greymoor as a standalone game and receive access to the previous Morrowind, Summerset, and Elsweyr chapters. Existing players can of course purchase the cheaper digital upgrade pack. Pre-order bonuses are offered in both cases; more on those after the jump.

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Maneater

Humans kill over a hundred million sharks every year. In the same time span, sharks only kill five humans. Tripwire’s action RPG Maneater promises to even those odds.

Players take control of a baby bull shark and explore, eat, and fight their way through oceans, rivers, and swamps to become the ultimate murder machine. Take a bite out of too many humans, and bounty hunters are called in. Besides those, the shark also has to contend with apex predators and other dangers lurking in the water.

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SnowRunner

SnowRunner is an off-road truck simulator developed by Saber Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive. In comparison to its predecessor MudRunner from the same developer, it boasts improved visuals and physics, larger maps, more vehicles, and like the name suggests, hazardous snowy terrain across America and Siberia.

SnowRunner puts you behind the wheel of over 40 heavy-duty vehicles from manufacturers like Pacific, Freightliner, and Navistar, and tasks you to deliver cargo safely and on time across snowdrifts, rivers, and mud. The game can be tackled solo or with up to four players in online co-op.

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Moving Out

Moving Out is a frenetic couch co-op game developed by SMG Studio and Devm Games, and published by Team17. Each player takes on the role of a Furniture Arrangement and Relocation Technician (F.A.R.T) and cooperates with up to three others to tackle increasingly dangerous and bizarre moving jobs.

Moving Out features physics-based gameplay, with the ability to toss and catch furniture, smash through doors and windows, and more. The game is family-friendly and rated E.

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MotoGP 20

Racing game maker Milestone is hard at work developing the latest iteration of MotoGP. Based on the 2020 FIM MotoGP World Championship, the upcoming game brings the drivers and the tracks of the season to the screen, including the new Finnish circuit Kymi Ring.

The most touted features include the return of the Managerial Career, dedicated low-latency servers, more capable AI, and more realism in tire wear, fuel consumption, and other areas. MotoGP 20 also has a renewed Historical Mode that allows the player to relive the history of the sport – and the pre-order bonuses add on to that.

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Resident Evil 3

Resident Evil 3 is a remake of the survival horror classic, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, which was originally released back in 1999. The remake brings overhauled visuals and revamped over-the-shoulder camera gameplay. According to developer Capcom, both characters and zombies are based on real people, scanned using photogrammetry.

Story-wise, Resident Evil 3 follows Jill Valentine as she tries to escape the zombie-infested Raccoon City. To make matters worse, she’s being hunted by Umbrella Corporation’s relentless bioweapon Nemesis.

In addition to the story campaign, the game includes Resident Evil Resistance, an asymmetrical multiplayer mode that pits four Survivors against a single Mastermind. The Survivors attempt to escape an experimental Umbrella facility riddled with zombies and traps controlled by the fifth player.

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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is an action-adventure game from Omega Force that follows Luffy and the Straw Hat pirates from the beginning of their journey to find the titular legendary treasure. Moreover, it includes an original retelling of the Wano Country arc currently ongoing in the anime series.

Pirate Warriors 4 features a cast of over 40 playable characters, including fan-favorites like Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and others. The game boasts large-scale Musou style battles that the developer is renowned for, destructible environments, and many iconic moments from the anime and manga in a new medium. Also new is the ability to execute attacks mid-air, which will be available to all characters. The game can be tackled solo or with a friend offline, and in a co-op of up to four players online. The online co-op offers exclusive missions.

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Bleeding Edge

Bleeding Edge is a third-person 4v4 arena brawler from Ninja Theory, the makers of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and DmC: Devil May Cry. Players pick one of the many colorful characters with unique abilities and engage the enemy team inside arenas chock-full of environmental hazards. The combat is fast-paced and focused mainly on melee, although there are shooting and healing mechanics too.

As an Xbox Play Anywhere title, Bleeding Edge allows the players to purchase only one digital copy and play it on both their Xbox One console and Windows 10 PC. The game also supports cross-platform multiplayer.

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DOOM Eternal

DOOM Eternal is a direct sequel to id Software’s 2016 shooter DOOM. Upon returning to Earth, the Slayer finds it invaded by demons and proceeds to do what he does best: rip and tear through their hordes. There are new weapons, such as the distance-closing Meat Hook, new abilities, and new classes of enemies with unique attacks.

Another new feature in DOOM Eternal is a Dark Souls-like invasion mechanic where the player assumes the role of a demon and invades the other players’ campaigns. While it won’t be available at launch, it will be added as a free update shortly after. There is also an online 2-vs-1 Battlemode that involves the Doom Slayer facing off against two player-controlled demons.

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TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 2

TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 2 is an official simulation of the Isle of Man TT, which is widely considered to be the most dangerous motorcycle race in the world. The game faithfully recreates the 60km Snaefell Mountain course and offers 17 additional tracks on top of that.

New in TT Ride on the Edge 2 is an open world for testing out bikes and their upgrades without the pressure of competition. Developer Kylotonn also claims realistic motorcycle physics, more natural steering, and improvements to suspension, tyres, and brake temperature management. The game features several classic bikes, one of which will be included as a pre-order bonus for early customers – more on that after the jump.

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R.B.I. Baseball 20

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MLB The Show 21 pre-order bonuses are now available. Click here to check them out!


R.B.I. Baseball 20 is an officially licensed baseball game from MLB Advanced Media. It offers modes such as Franchise, Exhibition, and Home Run Derby. Compared to its predecessor, R.B.I. 20 brings new controls, improved player models, a broadcast-inspired Pitching Camera, and more authenticity owing to improved stealing and pickoffs, revamped MLB ballparks, tailored cutscene animations, and better crowd behavior.

The cover of the upcoming game is graced by Milwaukee Brewers Outfielder and 2x All-Star Christian Yelich.

RBI Baseball 20 is now available on GamerSaloon – Where Gamers Play for Real Money.

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Overpass

Overpass is an off-road racing simulator developed by Swedish game company Zordix and published by Maximum Games. It allows the players to get behind the wheel of big-name buggies and quad bikes, and tackle extreme terrain like scree slopes and muddy bogs.

The game offers a career mode as well as local and online multiplayer. It includes more than 20 official vehicles from manufacturers like Yamaha and Textron, and over 40 tracks spread across 6 types of challenging environments.

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My Hero: One’s Justice 2

My Hero: One’s Justice 2 is a fighting game based on a hit manga and anime series My Hero Academia. It picks up where the first game left off, following Deku’s and the rest of the UA hero class’s fight for justice.

A total of forty playable characters are in the game, including new Pro Heroes like BMI Hero: Fat Gum and League of Villains members like Compress and Twice. Moreover, My Hero: One’s Justice 2 introduces a new 2v2 game mode that enables two players to team up and fight in four-player battles.

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One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows

One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows is a 3v3 fighter based on a hit manga and anime series. Players form teams of their favorite heroes and villains to take on missions in the story mode or compete against each other in battle.

The list of playable characters confirmed by publisher Bandai Namco thus far includes Genos, Hellish Blizzard, Mumen Rider, Speed-o’-Sound Sonic, Metal Knight, Stinger, and of course Saitama himself. The latter also has a pajama-wearing alter ego: Dream Saitama, who is able to fight without vaporizing his opponents with a single punch. Getting him early is one of the pre-order bonuses, as detailed after the jump.

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Hunt: Showdown

Crytek’s Hunt: Showdown is a competitive multiplayer shooter that mixes PvP and PvE elements. The game is match-based, with each match taking approximately 20 to 40 minutes. In the main Bounty Hunt mode, up to 12 players take on the role of bounty hunters and set out to eliminate their monstrous targets solo or in teams of two or three. Once their target is defeated, the players have to carry their bounty off the map without being killed by their competitors.

Hunt: Showdown has been available digitally for PC (Windows) and Xbox One since 2019. This article is concerned with the upcoming physical launch on Xbox One, and for the first time, PlayStation 4.

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Darksiders Genesis

Darksiders Genesis is an isometric hack-n-slash RPG developed by Airship Syndicate and published by THQ Nordic. It is a spin-off from the main Darksiders series, and stars Strife, the fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, as well as his brother War. The player can switch between gunslinger Strife and swordsman War during gameplay, or tackle the game in a local or online co-op with a friend.

The game is already out on PC and Google Stadia, and has garnered generally favorable reviews. The console release is coming in February 2020, and as usual, there are some pre-order bonuses to take a look at.

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