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GTA OFFLINE GOD OF BRICKS GALAXY BRAIN
FREE GUY HOLY MINECRAFT GOG GALAXY 2.0

Ryan Reynolds stars in a Catholic priest and former The new version of the GOG
movie where he plays a tech blogger Father Robert Galaxy launcher is now
bystander NPC in an ersatz Ballecer asked his Twitter available in open beta. This
GTA Online, who goes rogue followers which game he one’s trick is that it can
after killing a player. It’s a fun premise, should “spin up a server” for in the collect up all of your games and friends
but I’m still not sure I trust Hollywood to Vatican. Minecraft won the vote, but lists into a single place. There’s room for
represent gaming on screen, and the a few days later the server went down improvement right now, but it is nice to
latter half of the trailer starts to look a bit after being pummelled by numerous having everything that I own collected
Ready Player One. RV DDOS attacks. AK into a single, sortable library. PS

Highs&Lows

HIGHS

BioShock
2K has finally announced that a new
BioShock is in development, but it’s
still several years away.

RedDeadRedemption2
RDR 2 already has a huge modding
scene on PC – check out our list of
the best at bit.ly/2t69ceo.

Halo
Halo has finally returned to PC,
where it nabbed the third and top
spots on Steam.

appearance of the G-Man suggests big things are afoot. In the Valley of Gods
But that still leaves us wondering what the heck happens The creators of Firewatch have
ABOVE, TOP: Tidy to everyone after Half-Life 2: Episode 2. Former Valve shelved their intriguing archeological
up your cables! writer Marc Laidlaw posted a synopsis of his version of adventure to work on different things

ABOVE, BOTTOM: Episode 3, but if we ever get a conclusion, expect it to be at Valve, including Half-Life: Alyx.
These spooky, pretty different, as he left in 2016.
disembodied Borg Steam controller
hands are your HALF-LIFE 3 (NOT QUITE) CONFIRMED! Valve’s Steam Controller is no more,
gravity gloves. with the last of the stock now sold.
The good news (everyone!) is that Valve is seemingly
excited about Half-Life again and the development team Rocket League
doesn’t just want to stop at Alyx. The loot box system has been
In an interview with The Verge, designer David Speyer replaced with a pricey shop, which
has confirmed that this is a full return to the series, and players are even less happy with.
that a lot had been learned from designing Alyx, which
could also be applied to future games in the series. LOWS
“In the process of creating Half-Life: Alyx, we’ve had to
explore new ways to tell stories with these characters and
this world, and we’ve discovered a lot of new gameplay
experiences that go beyond what we’ve been able to do
before. Of course, we’ll have to wait and see how people
react to Half-Life: Alyx once it’s out, but we’d love to
continue pushing forward.”
Half-Life: Alyx is due out in March 2020 for PC VR
headsets, and you’ll get it for free if you own an Index.
Fraser Brown

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