Dead by Daylight spin-off The Casting of Frank Stone has a demo available now

If you are looking to get a bite sized portion of narrative-driven horror into your evening, you can now give The Casting of Frank Stone a quick whirl thanks to its free demo.
The Casting of Frank Stone is the upcoming interactive game set in the world of Dead by Daylight, and a collaborative effort between slasher aficionados Supermassive Games and Behaviour.
Its demo acts as a prologue to the main game itself, and plops players down at the Cedar Hills Steel Mill. Taking on the role of Sam Green – who is described as a “determined” policeman – players will then start investigating the rather sad case of a missing child.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard has five difficulty settings, and a further option to customise it all

BioWare has detailed the various accessibility features set to be found within Dragon Age: The Veilguard at launch, including five preset difficulty options.

Difficulty levels include the narrative-focused Storyteller, mid-difficulty Keeper and Adventurer options, the tougher Underdog choice, and the top-level Nightmare – which cannot be changed from after a playthrough is begun.

BioWare says that the Keeper option favours party and equipment choices over reaction times in combat, while Adventurer features equal emphasis on these. Alternatively, you can customise all settings via the Unbound option, which offers you free choice over a myriad of features.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed to 2025 following "learnings from Star Wars Outlaws"

Ubisoft has announced a dramatic delay to Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which will now launch on 14th February 2025 instead of its previously planned arrival this November. Existing pre-orders will be refunded.

The publisher has always targeted the year’s key holiday sales period for its Assassin’s Creed blockbusters, making this move highly unusual. In a statement, Ubisoft said the game’s content was complete – as you’d hope, seven weeks ahead of its intended launch date – but would now receive further polish.

Crucially, Ubisoft said the delay could be blamed on “softer than expected launch for Star Wars Outlaws”, its previous big budget blockbuster for which it had high hopes, but then launched in August to lukewarm sales. The publisher was acting now, it said…

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PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary bundle priced £960, sells out in seconds

The PlayStation 5 Pro 30th Anniversary bundle went live just after 10am this morning, priced at £960, and sold out within seconds.
It’s unclear how much stock was available to purchase here in the UK. In total, just 12,300 of the PlayStation 5 Pro 30th Anniversary Editions will be available worldwide.

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No Man's Sky borrows some of Light No Fire's fancy tech for a planetary overhaul in latest update

If you’ve been hoping for another No Mans’s Sky universe refresh, today’s your day. The exploratory space sim’s latest update is all about bringing more variety to planets – and it’s chucking in angry Starship Troopers-esque bug hunts and a flamethrower mech too.

No Man’s Sky’s new Worlds Part 1 update owes at least some of its existence to developer Hello Games’ upcoming fantasy planet sim Light No Fire. “Over the last five years making the game, ” it explains, “we’ve learnt new things, and we’re feeding that back into No Man’s Sky”.

Some of No Man’s Sky’s freshly expanded variety comes from the way its new simulated systems combine. There’s new cloud tech that creates skies based on weather conditions, with planets now featuring their own wind patterns. Wat…

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