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The maker of the Baldur’s Gate 3 over-the-shoulder camera mod has gone to great lengths to demonstrate it’s not like other third-person viewpoint solutions

  • Mod adds a close over-the-shoulder exploration camera.
  • Tactical actions automatically use Baldur’s Gate 3’s normal view.
  • It includes dynamic movement, crouching and configuration features.

A new Baldur’s Gate 3 mod, True Third-Person Camera, lets players explore Faerûn from a close over-the-shoulder viewpoint rather than the game’s usual elevated tactical perspective. Its creator, Relysia, has highlighted that the camera remains tightly attached to the character, aiming to offer a more cinematic and immersive…

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The Sunday Papers

  • Weekly RPS link round-up, deliberately avoiding games news this week.
  • Highlights include pieces on food, AI-generated restaurant marketing and FIFA politics.
  • Also features an article linking Homer's Odyssey to the Bronze Age Collapse.

This is Rock Paper Shotgun's weekly "Sunday Papers" round-up, a curated list of non-gaming reading recommended by the site's editors as a break from a week the author describes as dispiriting for the games industry. The piece frames itself as a deliberate escape, pointing readers towards articles on…

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Toymaker Hasbro Reimagines Most Iconic Board Games With Spider-Man-Themed Graphics and Gameplay

  • Hasbro launches Spider-Man versions of Monopoly, Connect 4, Yahtzee, Chutes & Ladders
  • Timed to "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" cinema release
  • Games currently discounted on Amazon and Walmart

Hasbro has released Spider-Man-themed editions of several of its best-known board games, timed to coincide with the box office run of "Spider-Man: Brand New Day." The new versions of Monopoly, Connect 4, Yahtzee and Chutes & Ladders retain each game's classic mechanics while swapping in Spider-Man branding, characters…

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Shatters Box Office Records While Setting Up MCU’s Mutant Future

  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day breaks record with $168m US opening day
  • Tom Holland's performance praised as his best yet as Peter Parker
  • "Power inhibitors" plot device hints at MCU's mutant future

Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Brand New Day has set the record for the largest domestic opening day in cinema history, taking $168 million and surpassing Avengers: Endgame's previous mark of $157 million. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Tom Holland in his fourth solo outing as Peter Parker,…

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The biggest X-Men clue in Spider-Man: Brand New Day has nothing to do with Sadie Sink

  • Brand New Day hints at X-Men via new "power inhibitor" tech, not Jean Grey's casting
  • Banner and Spider-Man build a universal inhibitor, later used on Jean Grey
  • Device resembles mutant-suppressing collars from wider X-Men media

A Polygon analysis of Spider-Man: Brand New Day argues the film's most significant clue about the upcoming X-Men storyline in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not Sadie Sink's confirmed casting as Jean Grey, but the introduction of "power inhibitors" as a plot device. This detail matters because it…

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Beast of Reincarnation release time in your time zone

  • Beast of Reincarnation releases 4 August, early access from 3 August evening
  • UK players can start around 1am BST on 4 August
  • Pre-orders unlock exclusive skins and in-game currency bonuses

Beast of Reincarnation, an upcoming action game following protagonist Emma as she hunts mythical creatures called Nushi, is set to launch on Tuesday 4 August, with early access available the evening before depending on time zone. The staggered rollout means players in some regions can begin playing several…

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PSA: Cowabunga! It’s Turtle Time In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds This Week

  • TMNT DLC (4 characters, NYC track, Pizzafire van) now available in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds at $5.99 or via Season Pass
  • Limited-time festival event runs through August 2; Sega announces second-year content roadmap with Godzilla and Evangelion collaborations
  • Switch 2 version features improved frame rate and resolution over original Switch release

Reminder: Get a slice of the new TMNT paid DLC and festival. : Since racing onto the Switch and Switch 2 last year, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has received multiple paid and free DLC updates. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Manage a cafe by day, go to bed and fight in your dreams in a world without sleep by night in Hips N Noses

  • Hips N Noses mixes cafe management with Vampire Survivors-style dream combat.
  • Demo shows promise but leans heavily on familiar roguelike mechanics.
  • Game is planned for early access, no release date yet.

Rock Paper Shotgun previews Hips N Noses, an upcoming indie title blending a cafe management sim with a Vampire Survivors-style roguelike, set in a world where only the player character can sleep. Players run a coffee shop by day and descend into dream-based combat by night, giving the…

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10 expansions that were better than the actual game

  • PC Gamer highlights expansions it considers better than their base games.
  • The focus is on substantial improvements in gameplay, story or scope.
  • Expansions can become a game’s definitive experience.

PC Gamer presents a ranked-style list of ten video-game expansions it argues surpassed their original releases. - The article’s central claim is that expansions can refine a game’s ideas, add stronger stories or systems, and become the more memorable experience. - It frames the selections as cases where…

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The 10 Best Video Game Worlds of All Time, Ranked

  • Collider ranks the ten best video game worlds ever created
  • Kamurocho (Yakuza 0) placed 10th for its dynamic city design
  • Sinnoh (Pokémon) and Los Santos (GTA V) ranked 9th and 8th

Collider has published a ranked list of the ten best video game worlds of all time, compiled by writer Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck. The ranking judges each setting on qualities such as iconic status, design, storytelling, interactivity, originality, lore and overall polish, reflecting how central a well-crafted world is to…

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