Steam's Free Weekend kicks off this Thursday, running until November 25th. Five games are participating in the promotion: Across the Obelisk, Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop, Oxygen Not Included, F1 24, and Victoria 3.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a first-person shooter set in an open world with highly detailed environments, numerous NPCs, weather effects, and multi-level locations. The project is built on the Unreal Engine 5, so performance issues are inherently present even on high-end hardware. It cannot be unequivocally said that the game is poorly optimized for popular user components, but without enabling image scaling technology, you will hardly achieve acceptable FPS for a shooter. In this guide, we will detail all the available options in the graphics settings and explain which parameters can be disabled without ruining the visuals.

Despite not finding information about Prypoy, Skif in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl continues to search for clues. The locals from Zalesye are ready to help, but first, you need to help them. The military and stalkers are looking for a fugitive nicknamed Kosoy. Allegedly, he killed soldiers. Skif talked to Bata and Captain Zotov, now he needs to find Kosoy and decide what to do with him.

Skif in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl managed to reach Zalesye, but no one will help him just like that. It's time to settle in the Zone and make new useful acquaintances.

Now Skif in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has neither the Scanner nor the artifact. After Prypoy's betrayal, Herman disappeared from the airwaves, and both of them will have to be searched for independently. You need to find some settlement and find out information from the locals.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl starts with a cutscene that offers little explanation of what is happening. An unknown vehicle is taking the hero to the Zone, but an emission begins. After the storm, Skif (the name of the main character) needs to activate a certain Scanner. This device will allow him to energize an old artifact. He wants to trade it with an acquaintance — German, to help organize a new life.

The Golden Joystick Awards 2024 winners have been announced! The ceremony saw Black Myth: Wukong crowned Game of the Year by gamers, while critics chose Helldivers 2.

If you want to take advantage of tricks in Farming Simulator 25, console commands are perfect for you. By following simple steps, you can gain access to additional features and customize the game to your liking. This will require changing a few files and settings, which will allow you to open the console and activate cheat codes. In this guide, we will detail all available commands and how to use them correctly.

The latest free game giveaway on the Epic Games Store is now live and runs until November 28th. Epic has also announced next week's free offering.

The mobile version of the strategy game Total War: Empire, previously only available on PC, has been released on Android and iOS. The game is available for purchase at $20 on the App Store and Google Play.

Jokes about the unchanged iPhone design may become irrelevant with the release of the new line. According to insiders, Apple plans to abandon some traditional elements in favor of bold decisions.

Various game reviewers have released final previews of the RPG action Avowed from the creators of Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds. Overall, journalists had positive impressions of the game.

In 2007, after the release of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, millions of players were left alone with a painful cliffhanger. The last episode ended tragically: a key character dies, and the player is given only fragmentary hints that the events will continue somewhere in the Arctic on the mysterious ship «Borealis». Over the next years, fans waited, hoped, theorized, but Valve remained silent.

Eric Hauter's YouTube channel has released an hour and a half of Avowed gameplay, a new role-playing game from Obsidian Entertainment. The blogger showed an early build of the game with various mechanics and content from the very beginning.

In this guide, we will explain how to activate the communication tower in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. We will detail where to find the tower and how to correctly perform all actions to complete the quest.

In this guide, you will learn how to traverse the Poppy Field in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and find the icon of the stalker Mityay. We will discuss the dangers lurking in this area and provide tips to effectively overcome the challenges.

In this guide, we will explain how to find the missing group of seekers in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, help Khomyak, and locate the hidden stash using a switch.

In this guide, you will learn how to find two technicians in Zalesye in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. We will provide the exact locations of their whereabouts and the actions you need to take.

Surprisingly, even changing the engine from X-Ray to Unreal Engine 5 did not help S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl get rid of some old bugs. For some reason, one of the bugs familiar to fans of Call of Pripyat migrated to the sequel.

In this guide, you will learn how to help Kolduun repay his debt in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and receive a rare weapon as a reward, which will become your first significant trophy in the game.