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Four mice stand on a white outdoor table beside a fiddler.
The witch's cottage

Who answers the witch's letters in Hela?

The mice follow requests for help, keep pace with a squirrel and come home to the witch's memories.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 13 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
Metal Sonic rushes along a blue floor between a yellow Pico Cat and a group of airborne players.
A chase and a wrecking ball

Can your team outrun Metal Sonic in Sonic Pico Park?

Watch the player at the back as a blue robot bears down on the group.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 12 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
A sword-wielding figure clings to a stone wall above a city street.
The road beyond the siege

Path of Exile 2's castles open routes across the Atlas

A captured fortress gives your faction somewhere to explore, while commanders can take the next map off your hands.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 11 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
Three red digging tools point towards a shaft cut into bright beach sand.
The view from 18 metres down

Four diggers share a beach in Digging A Hole Together

A wider shovel and a jetpack change how you work your way through a hole your friends are still digging.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 9 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
Hooded Garrett draws a bow in front of dark rooftops and a street lamp.
Ears against the door

A guard's footsteps tell on him in Thief Remastered

Follow a patrol by ear, then send a guard the wrong way with a noisemaker arrow.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 8 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
Cutaway of a campervan with lit lamps, a bunk and an orange cat on the table
Katherine keeps the lights on

Home on wheels in The Road of Dust and Sorrow

A lit campervan, a roadside diner and a girl who wants to leave pictures for the next traveller.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
Soul stands before a weathered temple entrance beneath tiled roofs.
Eight regions and a rain-soaked return

The paths between Phantom Blade Zero's fights

Rough maps leave room to investigate, while helping citizens can open new story paths through the Wulin.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 25 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
A Volkswagen Golf in official Rocket League Season 24 promotional artwork
Network settings

Rocket League input buffer: STS or CSTS?

Compare the strength of time scaling, then use the queue and loss readings to decide what to keep.

GamerGuru Tech & Hardware Desk · 21 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
A tiger walks through bright forest foliage in Planet Zoo 2's official Photo Mode portrait.
A camera amongst the leaves

Framing a wildlife portrait in Planet Zoo 2

Separate focus distances keep a tiger sharp amongst the leaves, while movable planting gives builders a background to refine.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 13 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
An armoured character holding a tool beside a wall-mounted mechanism and stone stairs in an Enshrouded dungeon.
A dungeon of your own

Pull the lever in Enshrouded and meet a surprise

A pressure-sensitive floor can open a secret hallway; a lever can spawn an enemy. Builders choose what sets the room in motion.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 12 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

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