IO Interactive - the team behind the rather brilliant (in my humble opinion) Hitman games - hopes its upcoming James Bond origin story will be the start of a trilogy.
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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart is still an absolute technical highlight on the standard PS5. Combining beautiful animation, fantastic modelling, and excellent lighting tech - including a pioneering implementation of RT reflections - the game still ranks among the best-looking titles on the platform. However, in classic current-gen fashion, developer Insomniac offers multiple modes, each with their own trade-offs in terms of graphical features, performance and image quality. The brand new PS5 Pro patch aims to make that choice a lot simpler, giving players the combination of RT reflections, fine image detail and 60fps performance on PS5 Pro. Does this upgrade elevate Rift Apart from its base console counterpart? And how close does it come to matching the PS5 fidelity mode? 
With thanks in advance to the wonderful Christian Donlan who put me onto 30 Birds in the first place, please allow me to emphatically repeat the headline of this piece one more time before we begin in earnest: please, you need to play 30 Birds immediately, and I implore you to find the half an hour it will take you to finish its Steam Next Fest demo as soon as you're physically able.
There's a case to be made that Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl has endured the most turbulent development of any video game yet created. In the last four years alone, developer GSC Game World has weathered a pandemic, a war that still rages in the studio's native Ukraine, countless cyberattacks and leaked builds, and even a fire that gutted the server room of the studio's Prague office.
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A new trailer for forthcoming sci-fi RPG Exodus has been released, starring Hollywood's Matthew McConaughey as the narrator.
Andy Serkis, Ben Starr, Jennifer English and more will star in forthcoming turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, as revealed in a brand new trailer.
Astro Bot's first new speedrun level will be released tomorrow, 17th October.
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