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In this game, you’ll play as Shizuka, a maid who guides lost souls to salvation in Purgatory. You’ll face over 20 challenging bosses, and you can customize Shizuka’s abilities using a Skill Board system to create your own unique playstyle.

When you first launch The Outer Worlds 2 on PC, it needs to generate shaders, which takes some time. After that initial process, the game will quickly check the shaders each time you start it up – even on handheld devices like the Steam Deck.

You can customize the game’s visuals in the Graphics settings menu. Here, you’ll find options to change the display mode (windowed, fullscreen, etc.), resolution (including support for 16:10 and 800p on the Steam Deck, as well as 21:9), frame rate (with limits from 30 to unlimited), V-Sync, upscaling, and various visual effects like motion blur and gamma. You can also enable or disable hardware ray tracing and HDR, and even calibrate the HDR settings – which work well on the Steam Deck OLED.

The Outer Worlds 2 is a role-playing shooter similar to the first game. If you haven’t played it, think of it like a Fallout game – it was created by some of the same people, and shares a similar style. The game is full of witty, sarcastic writing and takes place in a world where capitalism and religion have gone to ridiculous extremes. Imagine an invading army made up of corporate employees trying to sell terrible products across space! You play as the Commander, an officer for the Earth Directorate, tasked with maintaining peace among the human colonies in the Arcadia region.

Hollywood is currently dealing with a challenge: the copyrights on many famous characters are running out, which means anyone can now create stories using those characters and franchises.

The Everburn Blade is a powerful weapon you can find very early in Baldur’s Gate 3, right at the beginning of the game. It’s a large, flaming sword used by Commander Zhalk, a devil you encounter during the opening battle on the Nautiloid. This sword significantly boosts your damage output with both physical attacks and fire. While it takes effort to obtain, it’s a fantastic weapon for your main combat character, keeping them effective throughout the first part of the game. It’s not just powerful, it also shows you’ve overcome a tough early challenge.

The report indicates that Microsoft executives have been aiming for a 30% profit margin on all products for the last two years. This target was established by Amy Hood, Microsoft’s CFO, and her team, who have become more involved in the company’s gaming division recently.

Massive Entertainment, the studio that created Star Wars Outlaws, is undergoing staff reductions. While the game didn’t sell as well as Ubisoft hoped, the company hasn’t confirmed if this is the reason for the layoffs. Ubisoft announced a program offering eligible employees the chance to leave voluntarily with financial support and help finding new jobs.