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TitleUnder The Waves PlatformsNS, PC, PS4, PS5, XO, XSX FromQuantic Dream Release date2023 Under The Waves? will immerse players in gorgeous environments, where exploration of caves, wrecks and underwater wildlife will be key to guiding Stan through an unforeseen series of events, deeper and deeper into the abyss. Following mysterious manifestations of his memories, Stan will have the difficult choice to stay lost in the depths forever or break free to the surface.

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The best video games out in 2023

From exploring the world of The Expanse to Starfield, a sci-fi role-playing game set in the 24th century, there is much to look forward to this year. Let's just hope there are no more delays, says Jacob Aron

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How to beat your family at board games with quantum tricks

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How to beat your family at board games with quantum tricks

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A view of the Stratego board game set-up

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DeepMind AI uses deception to beat human players in war game Stratego

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Board game concept

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AIs built by Meta beat human experts at Diplomacy

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker review: strip spacecraft for parts in orbit

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker review: strip spacecraft for parts in orbit

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Stray review: A game that lets you live your best cat life

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Stray review: A game that lets you live your best cat life

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A woman plays Wordle on its official website on her iPhone

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Quantum computers would be better at Wordle than classical ones

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Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Travel the world and universe from home with these video games

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Figure 1: AirRacket explores perceptualforce feedback design of air propulsion jets to improve the haptic experience of virtual racket sports: ping-pong, badminton, and tennis (note: white smoke added for illustrative purpose only, actual compressed air is invisible).

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Virtual tennis racket uses air jet to recreate feel of hitting a ball

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Citizen Sleeper is a lo-fi cyberpunk RPG set aboard a decaying space station called Erlin’s Eye

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Citizen Sleeper review: A cyberpunk RPG with an emotional core

This lo-fi role-playing game set aboard a decaying space station sees you play as a Sleeper, a human mind in a robot body. Multiple storylines to explore create a fantastic sci-fi tapestry, finds Jacob Aron

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Horizon Forbidden West review: An engrossing video game sequel

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Dying Light 2 review: Avoiding zombies in a game with nods to covid-19

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AI driver can beat some of the world's best players at Gran Turismo

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These are the games to look out for in 2022

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