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UK Deals: Space Marine 2 Preorder Prices Slashed At Fanatical

It is the 41st Millenium. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only savings. The Emperor of Mankind wages a constant battle to protect humanity from the horrors of overspending. But seriously, there are some epic preorder savings on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam! Standard is down to £48.39 (Was £54.99), Gold is down to £70.39 (Was £79.99) and Ultra is discounted to £79.19 (Was £89.99).

If you don’t fancy doning power armour and becoming “The Weapon of the Soul”, SEGA is currently enjoying a Fanatical sale with some sweet bargains. Highlights include Sonic Frontiers Deluxe Edition down to £17.59 (Was £54.99), with the standard edition available for £1.10 less at £16.49 (Was 49.99). We’ve found plenty more bargains online today too, so here’s the bull run down:

TL;DR Today’s Best UK Deals

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Steam) Preorders

Space Marine 2 has been over a decade in the making, with the latest previews hinting at this Games Workshop title becoming the definitive Warhammer 40k experience as far as third-person hack ‘n slash RPGs go. Hold your ground as one of the Adeptus Astartes for less than RRP.

SEGA Publisher Sale: Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Superstars, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Shin Megami Tensei: Vengance, Company of Heroes 3, Like a Dragon: Inshin, P4G (Persona 4 Golden, PST (Persona 5 Tactica) and many more hits are available with massive discounts. Don’t sleep on this sale!

Google Pixel Watch 2

It’s hard to find Google Pixel Watch 2 with a decent discount right now, but 35% off and down to £149, this is the right time to dive in. Featuring Google OS and great compatability features with Google Pixel smart phones, this is a great addition for those already in the Google Assistant eco system (Such as Google Nest Doorbell Battery Model. Heads up, Google Pixel 8 Pro (Unlocked – 256GB) is down to £759 with an on-site voucher at Amazon too.

Dune Messiah (Kindle)

Dune Messiah is arguasbly one of the best sequels to an already world renowned sci-fri novel in Dune. With War now being waged as a result of the previous books events, will Paul Atreides be able to keep on top of his new Empire? This is a must read for 99p!

Samsung Galaxy Buds FE

Following suit with Samsung Galaxy FE models, Galaxy Buds FE take some of the best features of the previous premium models and puts them into an affordable product “for the fans”. They might not feel as premium as the high-end inspiration, but Galaxy Buds FE have the specs and performance to pack up it’s RRP, so £49 is an absolute steal!

Mattel Games UNO

A family classic that can be played pretty much anywhere, with Uno Reverse cards coming in handy to insult your loved ones or to get out of any situation worry-free. For £3.99, this is both a fun game and arguably the most powerful deck of cards the world has ever seen. (Please note that Uno Reverse only reverses projected comments onto the accuser and is not a time travelling device).

MEGA BLOKS First Builders Toddler Building Blocks (60 pieces)

A hefty discount for building blocks that will likely outlive mankind, Mega Bloks can sometimes cost the earth, but toddlers can enjoy this classic set for 80% off. We’re all about cognitive development here (games are good for that), but getting kids of screens and using their imaginations for a while is never a bad thing!

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Switch) preorder

In what is a top-down Legend of Zelda: Tears fo the Kingdom, Princess Zelda takes the lead role by creating echoes of objects around her to traverse and wipe out enemies. On the fence about this one? Check out this world overview trailer.

Comfort Ultimate Care Fresh Sky 58 Washes

This deal is fairly straight forward. Make your clothes smell like fresh air for 58 washes for a bargain price of £2.50, that’s 4p per wash!

TCL 98P745K 98-inch 4K Television

Looking for an over-top-top sized TV that’s got all the specs a gamer would want? TCL are really upping their game byu offering premium features for a lot less than flagship brands. The TV market is changing thanks to budget brands like this, and this half price sale tag prooves it!

Nemesis Board Game Buying Guide and Expansions

Ever want to blast off to another planet? In Nemesis, you get to do that… but of course there’s a catch, because why would something so inviting not have a twist? There’s always got to be something to ruin a fantasy, right?

Fans of the franchise Aliens will likely enjoy Nemesis, as the monsters in the game are reminiscent of that series. These aliens create a lot of chaos, and you and your fellow players will do everything possible to escape alive in this semi-cooperative board game.

Wait, semi-cooperative? Yes, each player has secret objectives, so your friends might not really be your friends. They might help you one moment and betray you the next. Complete your goals by finishing your secret objectives (altruistic or nefarious) and escape without getting eaten by aliens or killed by your friends to win the game. Nemesis will absolutely test your real-life friendships.

The Base Games

Nemesis (Original Version)

  • MSRP: $44.95 USD
  • 1-5 Players (best with 3)
  • 90-180 minutes
  • Ages 14+

This is the original base board game. It’s great for newcomers to the bleak world of Nemesis.

Nemesis: Lockdown

Contents: new alien race, new character skills, elevators and staircases, more computer actions, hatch system, contingency process

  • MSRP: $153.10 USD
  • 1-5 Players
  • 90-180 minutes
  • Ages 14+

This is the basic Nemesis game, but with a heap of new options that change up the gameplay quite a bit. New characters and abilities allow new mechanisms to explore new rooms. You can power up elevators to go up and down levels. Doing so allows for advantages that can attack aliens. You can use special computer actions. There’s now a contingency process telling folks who is worth saving and who isn’t. You’ll work together to determine what the act is depending on your goal. You can also escape via pods, exit via a rover, or isolation.

Expansions

Expansions add more elements to the game but require one of the base games to incorporate them. Some expansions add more depth than others. All of the expansions listed below add something different to the game in their own way.

Nemesis: Aftermath Expansion

Contents: new alien race, 5 new characters with new skills, 4 new rooms, turrets, shuttle board

  • MSRP: $89.92 USD
  • 1-5 Players
  • 90-180 minutes
  • Ages 14+

This is an expansion. You’ll need a base game of Nemesis or Lockdown Edition to play it.

The shuttle board goes next to the original side of the ship. It changes the gameplay, allowing you to move around the ship and giving you new tiles to explore.

Aftermath also allows you to play in three different ways. The first way is by simply adding the elements of the expansions you like and playing the game. You can add the characters, character traits, new rooms, or the turrets. The next way you can play (also called Epilogue) is by extending the game in an epilogue with some exploration of new characters and objectives that you’ll have to complete within 5 turns. The last way is called “research mode”, which adds even more exploration and modifiers. The last version takes the longest as it integrates all three game elements.

Nemesis: Carnomorph Expansion

Contents: new mechanics, new monster miniatures

  • MSRP: $79.99 USD
  • 1-5 Players
  • 60-120 minutes
  • Ages 14+

This is an expansion. You’ll need a base game of Nemesis or Lockdown Edition to play it.

Carnomorph adds a new mechanic with an intruder race. Character mutations also allow players to get infected and turn into aliens. Be careful. When this expansion is added, those aliens and sometimes your friends will bite back in more ways than betrayal.

Nemesis: Terrain Expansion

Contents: 29 new miniatures

  • MSRP: $59.99 USD
  • 1-5 Players
  • 60-120 minutes
  • Ages 14+

This is an expansion. You’ll need a base game of Nemesis or Lockdown Edition to play it.

This expansion gives you new miniatures which will add unique experiences to gameplay. The miniatures are highly detailed.

Nemesis: Voidseeders Expansion

Contents: new alien race, new monster miniatures, new game mechanics, new event cards and tokens

  • MSRP: $64.14 USD
  • 1-5 Players
  • 60-120 minutes
  • Ages 14+

This is an expansion. You’ll need a base game of Nemesis or Lockdown Edition to play it.

You might go insane with this expansion, as it adds character insanity as a new mechanic to the game. Alien Void Seeders can manipulate you to their bidding. Intruders seek you out to defeat you. So will your friends. Do you have what it takes to escape the void and make it out alive?

Miniatures

If you’re a fan of the art, there are a couple of sets of miniatures that you can get for fun. They are only for show, though. They do not have anything special for use in the game.

Nemesis: Kings Miniatures

Contents: one Intruder King, one Void Seeder King, Three Carnomorph Kings

  • MSRP: $50.97 USD

These are purely cosmetic cardboard alternative king alien figures that do nothing additional for gameplay.

Nemesis: Space Cats Miniatures

Contents: four plastic cat miniatures

  • MSRP: $39.99 USD

These are purely cosmetic figures that do nothing additional for gameplay.

More Ways to Play

Although there are two games inspired by the Nemesis series, there is no version that mirrors the physical versions of the game.

Nemesis Lockdown was released in 2022 on Steam to mixed reviews.

Nemesis Distress is currently available as an early-access game on Steam.

Bottom Line

Nemesis is a stunning game with a lot of complexity. Board Game Geek reviewers rank it an 8.3 out of 10. It offers an immersive experience to those dedicated to learning and sitting for a bit. The game can be difficult due to the many elements at work. Bad luck can make for unpredictable elements, making the game extremely frustrating, especially for new players. The game is best suited for serious board gamers willing to commit the time and the funds to enjoy it.

Aside from the learning curve and uncontrollable elements, it has a lot of replayability. The miniatures are highly detailed and artwork in themselves. While it’s not officially an Alien franchise game, it’s got major H.R. Giger-styled features that make me wish I was back in Greyere sitting at the H.R. Giger Bar playing this.

Jennifer Stavros is a contributing freelancer for IGN, covering everything from comics, games, technology, and nerd culture. Follow her on Twitter or watch her on Twitch under the handle @scandalous.

Alien: Romulus has turned Alien: Isolation’s savegame mechanic into a way of spoiling its own scares

Among the many, Gigery beauties of 2014’s Alien: Isolation is that you save using an in-game, wall-mounted Emergency Phone – a maddeningly analog process of slotting a keycard into the machine and waiting for three beeps. Doing this requires you to stand upright in full view, with your back turned upon an entire space station’s worth of shiny domed technology and guttural industrial noises. Delightful!

Amongst the players harrowed and compelled by this fixture is Fede Álvarez, director of the 2013 Evil Dead remake, 2016’s Don’t Breathe and, most recently Alien: Romulus – the seventh and avowedly “back to basics” Alien movie. Isolation is the Alien experience that convinced Álvarez the Alien could still be scary, after decades of milking the creature’s dugs for spin-off movies and making it share a screen with the Predator, the Pepsi Max to Alien’s Dom Pérignon 1921. In possibly self-defeating homage to Creative Assembly’s work, he’s filled the movie with Emergency Telephones, turning them into a straightforward-sounding form of foreshadowing.

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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Preorders Include an Acrylic Diorama at Best Buy

Preorders for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom are now live, and there’s an enticing preorder bonus available through Best Buy. When you preorder the game, you’ll receive a limited-edition Echoes of Wisdom acrylic diorama, valued at $9.99 according to Best Buy. While it might not be the most extravagant preorder bonus ever offered for a Nintendo game, it’s still a nice addition and could become a sought-after collector’s item in the future.

Given that all major retailers are offering Echoes of Wisdom at the same price ($59.99), you’re not missing out on anything by choosing Best Buy, especially with the bonus on the table. If you’re planning to preorder, it makes sense to go with the retailer that offers a little something extra.

Echoes of Wisdom marks a significant milestone as the first mainline Zelda game to feature Princess Zelda as the protagonist, a long-awaited development that fans have been eager to see for decades. Nintendo has finally answered this call, and the result is nothing short of thrilling. The game adopts a visually striking art style reminiscent of the almost claymation-like aesthetic seen in the Link’s Awakening remake, which suits the world of Hyrule beautifully.

The story begins with mysterious purple rifts tearing open across Hyrule, pulling people into the unknown. While Link is among those trapped, Zelda manages to escape, leaving her to shoulder the burden of saving the kingdom herself. Though the exact reasoning behind the kingdom’s military being unable to assist her is a bit unclear, the premise sets the stage for an exciting adventure led by Zelda.

A key gameplay mechanic is the innovative use of “echoes.” Armed with the Tri Wand, Zelda can summon echoes—items and enemies she has previously encountered. These echoes play a crucial role in combat, puzzle-solving, and reaching new areas. This mechanic promises to challenge players’ creativity, much like the inventive gameplay seen in Tears of the Kingdom. It’s exciting to see such engaging and inventive puzzle-solving brought into a 2D-style Zelda game.

In other Zelda news. Missing any amiibo from your collection? These Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and Link’s Awakening amiibo reprints are now up for preorder at Best Buy. Each costs $15.99 and will ship by September 26, 2024, so there’s not too much of a wait before they arrive. As with many amiibo, the new stock is likely to sell out quickly. If you’re eager to add these models to your collection, now is the perfect time to place an order.

If you’re looking to expand your Nintendo collection, be sure to check out our latest roundup of the best Nintendo Switch deals available today. You’ll find a variety of discounts that are worth exploring, including fantastic deals on games, SD cards, and more. Additionally, we’ve provided information on where you can preorder the brand-new Nintendo Switch Lite: Hyrule Edition console, set to release alongside The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom in September.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

Abiotic Factor’s biggest update yet adds new sectors to explore, plus jetpacks, jeeps and laser katanas

Everyone loved Half-Life yet no one in 1998 was brave enough to say: “Okay, but what if this was an early access crafting survival game voiced by a bunch of New Zealanders?” Those 90s cowards. Abiotic Factor is the courageous game that has been correcting this historic oversight. It’s fun, and the fun just got funnerer. The “Crush Depth” update, released yesterday, adds a heap of new areas to the game’s messed-up scientific facility, including a dangerous Security Sector and a vast reservoir zone called the Hydroplant. On top of that there are new weapons, tools, workbenches, drivable vehicles, fishing rods, and quite a bit more. It’s all shown off in the trailer below.

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Poll: Tomba! Special Edition Is Out, But Have You Been Able To Play The Thing On Switch?

Hard-locking on one of our Switches, but fine on another.

Limited Run Games’ port of the cult classic Tomba! (or Tombi! in Europe) is out — in fact, it’s been out a while now, having launched on 1st August — and if you’ve been looking forward to this one you’re probably wondering where our review of this Special Edition release has gotten to.

We’ve seen reports online of issues with the 1997 PlayStation platformer ranging from major to minor across all platforms, and the devs have stated that there’s a patch in the works to address known issues. The thing is, we’ve run into a serious issue that renders Tomba essentially unplayable on Nintendo’s console — or one of us has.

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Thousands are playing Valve’s unrevealed shooter Deadlock, a blend of Team Fortress 2 and Dota with Bioshocky skyrails

Valve’s third-person hero shooter Deadlock hasn’t been officially revealed yet, but thousands of you unscrupulous devils have been playing it thanks to stolen development builds. Speculation abounds that these “leaks”, coupled with Valve’s obstinate silence about it, are a calculated publisher psi-op. Are they deliberately letting people play the game early so as to temper the marketing rollout in some way? Perhaps handle any early player criticism under cover of non-announcement? It seems unlikely, but as other writers have pointed out, this is Valve, unaccountable elder god of PC gaming. I guess we should be thankful it isn’t another Half-Life tease.

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Best PS5 and PlayStation Deals Today (August 2024)

The summer sale events may be winding down, but there are still quite a few discounts lingering around for PlayStation fans. We’ve gathered up some of our favorite PS5 deals below, including some excellent discounts on games like Unicorn Overlord for $39.99 and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth for $39.99. These deals scratch the surface of what’s available now, though. Below, you can also find other deals on everything from consoles to SSDs and even information on where to buy a PS5 now.

We’re also keeping tabs on popular preorders like the brand-new Astro Bot DualSense controller. Unfortunately, this adorable controller is completely sold out at this time, but we’ll update this when it’s back in stock!

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Best PS5 Video Game Deals

Best Buy has quite a few SEGA games for PS5 discounted at the moment, including Unicorn Overlord, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Shin Megami Tensei V, and a few more. These aren’t the only PS5 game deals available right now, though. You can see more of our favorites from Best Buy’s sale below alongside a couple of fantastic deals at other retailers.

Perfect PS5 2TB SSD for $110 at Amazon

SSD prices have been rising in 2024, making now the perfect time to buy with significant discounts available. This is one of the best deals on a 2TB SSD at the moment: Amazon is offering the TEAMGROUP MP44Q 2TB SSD for just $109.99. It, unfortunately, does not have a heatsink so you’ll have to invest in one, but you can easily do that here for under $10. It also offers transfer speeds of up to 7,400MB/s read and 6,500MB/s write.

PlayStation Portal Back In Stock

Best PS5 Headset Deals: 60% Off the Razer Kaira Pro Dual Wireless Gaming Headset & More Deals

There’s no shortage of PS5-compatible headsets. If you’re constantly having to turn down the volume when you play, you might want to pick up one of these, then you can listen to your games as loud as you darn well please. And if you’d like to see even more options that are worth buying, check out our collection of the best gaming headsets.

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How to Trade in Your Old PlayStation Consoles

If you’re looking to trade in your old PlayStation consoles, you can do so at select retailers in-store and online. Often, the most widely available retailers are GameStop and Best Buy. However, you can also trade your used devices online at retailers such as Amazon and Microsoft.

Some retailers will offer you cash for your used goods, while others may provide you with a gift card that can be used in-store and online. This is a great way to offload your old gaming gear and get some money that you can put towards a newer console and games.

While trading devices in at retailers will often net you the lowest amount for your used consoles, there are also online marketplaces such as eBay, Craigslist, and OfferUp that may fetch higher prices, but you’ll often be responsible for packing and shipping costs, or be required to meet someone in person for the transaction, the latter of which poses its own risks.

With how expensive gaming is getting in 2024, we’re trying to save you as much money as possible on the games and other tech you actually want to buy. We’ve got great deal roundups available for all major platforms such as Switch and Xbox, and we keep these updated daily with brand new offers. If you’re trying to keep costs down while maintaining your favorite hobby, stay tuned for more incredible discounts.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

Playstation Store lists Red Dead Redemption as “now on PC for the first time ever”

Well, root my toots. Unless you’re Australian, in which case don’t do that. Just enjoy the now very much confirmed-looking release of the original Red Dead Redemption on PC. That’s according to a listing on the PlayStation Store, which contains the currently inaccurate but tantalising phrase “now on PC for the first time ever.”

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World Of Goo 2 Switch Update Now Live – New Pro Controller Feature, Fixes And More

You can now use your controller “like a Joy-Con”.

World of Goo 2 rolled onto the Nintendo Switch eShop earlier this month and following the confirmation of a physical release (due out this October), 2D Boy and Tomorrow Corporation have now issued a new update for the game.

It addresses some bugs, does some other stuff, and perhaps most notably allows players to use their Pro Controllers like a Joy-Con controller. There are also some QoL improvements to the language options. Here’s the full rundown, courtesy of a post on social media:

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