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If you're one of the many experiencing the unbridled frustration of intermittent (or in some cases near-constant) Borderlands 3 lag and stuttering issues, believe me when I say I understand your pain. I've put together the below list of potential fixes which have solved the issue for a great many people, so that with some luck, you'll be able to rid yourself of these micro-stutters…

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You can't have a discussion about the best Borderlands 3 weapons without discussing Legendary weapons - those rare gold guns that drop very occasionally from bosses, Loot Ticks, and high-value chests (to name only a few). While every other weapon in Borderlands 3 is procedurally generated and extremely variable due to its many possible prefixes and stat alterations, Legendary weapons have been carefully crafted to…

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Borderlands 3 weapons are absolutely ridiculous in pretty much every way. Blasting far beyond the standard set by the previous games in the series, the game throws gun after gun after gun at you throughout its lengthy campaign, each with a multitude of attributes and effects that can completely change how the gun is used and how effective it can be in the right hands.…

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If you're scratching your head wondering why everyone's talking about Borderlands 3 Shift Codes, VIP Codes, Golden Keys, and all these other bizarre terms - give yourself a pat on the back, because you've found exactly the right little corner of the Internet that'll give you all the answers you need. In our Borderlands 3 Shift Codes and VIP Codes guide, we'll walk you through…

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The above quartet of Borderlands 3 characters are pretty much everything players could have asked for. They're colourful, they're varied, and they're larger-than-life gun-toting terminators with oodles of customisation options thanks to their intricate Skill Trees and Action Skills. With Amara the Siren, FL4K the Beastmaster, Moze the Gunner, and Zane the Operative, you'll have your hands full from the very start of the game…

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FL4K the Beastmaster is a great many things, but one thing that cannot ever be said of them is that they are lonely. With the unique ability to bring along one of three loyal and vicious pets wherever they go, and the ability to mix and match these pets with their three unique Action Skills, there is a huge amount of scope for customisation with…

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If Borderlands 3 to you is all about chucking the most lead at the greatest number of enemies in the shortest space of time, then you'll doubtless get along swimmingly with Moze the Gunner as your Vault Hunter of choice. With her 15-tonne gun-toting Iron Bear mech never far away, there are a lot of ways that you can upgrade Moze to deal probably the…

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Zane the Operative is definitely the most flexible and versatile of the four Borderlands 3 characters. Thanks to his unique ability to equip two Action Skills at once instead of just one, he's got more scope for customisation than anyone else - but all that choice can also make things difficult as you try to decide how best to build him up to suit your…

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Amara the Siren is one of the four playable characters in Borderlands 3, and one of just six Sirens - women with legendary magical powers whose reputation is known far and wide across the Borderlands. With her trio of explosive and spectacular powers, she is both a powerful solo Vault Hunter and a brilliant team player who can be upgraded and customised to suit pretty…

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That's the name for this sort of thing, isn't it? Though it needn't be confined to just Kevin Bacon. If you're good with names and faces and you're after a fun little game to play with a friend or two to pass the time, "Six Degrees" is perfect. Here's the best way to play.

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Sometimes, I find a game that doesn't seem like my cup of tea. It's not bad, per se, it's just ostensibly not something I'd be tempted to spend my weekends playing. But then I lay hands on it, and if it feels great, if it's responsive and satisfying and can run a smooth 200 FPS on my laptop... Well, that changes things. Now it doesn't…

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Minecraft mods have been around very nearly as long as Minecraft itself - and probably most of its players, too. Vanilla Minecraft is all well and good, and Mojang admittedly add more and more new stuff with each major update; but they cannot hope to match even a hundredth of the rate at which the Minecraft community is churning out mods, of all shapes and…

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Dota Underlords builds are wondrously complex and finnicky beasts. Combining your knowledge not just of heroes and abilities and items and alliances, but also the pacing of a match and your relative needs on different rounds can all get pretty mind-boggling pretty quickly - especially now that you also have to factor in the new Ace Tier heroes and effects with version #245 and later.…

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Dota Underlords patch notes tend to be pretty game-changing - as it should be, for a game still in early-access. But boy, does it make my life as a guides writer busy! Now they've gone and added two entirely new mechanics (Ace-Tier Heroes and Contraption items) amid a plethora of other balance changes and features. So it's time once again to sit down and have…

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The carefully crafted selection of Dota Underlords alliances available to you each match is one of the game's defining features. Just as much as deciding which heroes to use, where to position them, and which items to equip yourself with, your combination of alliances will decide who lives and who dies on the 8x8 battlefield. Seeing as Valve have just thrown a spanner into the…

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The Dota Underlords heroes roster is sublimely complex and difficult to wrap your head around even if Valve weren't shaking everything up with massive content updates every week or two. With each hero sporting different alliances, abilities, and basic stats across three different levels, there's an awful lot to bear in mind when forming your army - not least of which the new Ace Tier…

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The Dota Underlords items roster is no stranger to upheaval - not since the August Update, which removed every alliance item from the game and added three entirely new items into the fold. But now, they've only gone and added a whole new type of item in these new-fangled Contraptions, which can be placed onto the board to affect the outcomes of fights in various…

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Dota Underlords is a real head-scratcher of a game. Simplified heroes and systems it may have compared with its perplexing, ponderous progenitor Dota 2, but then Dota 2 never had multiple 10v10 fights happening at once, did it? So we've put together this comprehensive Dota Underlords strategy guide, packed with beginner-friendly tips and explanations of everything that goes on in a match, from heroes, alliances…

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Success in Dota Underlords relies upon an intimate knowledge not only of heroes and alliances and items and builds, but also gold, and creating a strong economy in a short space of time. If gold is the chocolate sauce that seeps through the crushed viennetta of all the game's other systems and complexities, then this Dota Underlords gold guide is the recipe for that sauce,…

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Kerbal Space Program 2 was not an announcement that we expected to appear with this year's Gamescom Opening Night Live event, but it's certainly one that caught everyone's eye. This sequel to the much-beloved spaceflight simulator looks to improve upon its predecessor in a great many ways, from multiplayer support to colonisation and interstellar travel. We'll go through everything we know about the upcoming Kerbal…

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