{"id":21076,"date":"2022-12-04T08:24:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T08:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/grinding-gears\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T08:24:33","slug":"grinding-gears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/grinding-gears\/","title":{"rendered":"Grinding gears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Game of the Week goes out to all of our supporters as part of the Eurogamer Essentials newsletter. There&#8217;s going to be a slight shake-up of the supporters program in the near future (don&#8217;t worry &#8211; it&#8217;s all good news) so stay tuned for more details, and thanks as ever for your support &#8211; it&#8217;s much appreciated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nIt\u2019s been, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve noticed, a big week for big new games. The Callisto Protocol (which I\u2019ve just spelt correctly for the first time without having to correct myself, which feels like some small progress) is delivering its spin on Dead Space before we get the remake proper next year, while Marvel\u2019s Midnight Suns sounds truly sublime, but &#8211; and this won\u2019t come as a surprise, I\u2019m sure &#8211; it\u2019s another game that\u2019s caught my attention this week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe\u2019ve yet to post our Need for Speed: Unbound review; EA didn\u2019t supply any pre-release code (or any post-release, for that matter) so I\u2019ve been making the most of the 10-hour trial on EA Play. Indeed, I\u2019ve just squeaked beyond those 10 hours and the fact I didn\u2019t mind paying up for the full product suggests I\u2019m having some sort of fun, but dear lord is this thing slow to get going.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grinding-gears\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game of the Week goes out to all of our supporters as part of the Eurogamer Essentials newsletter. 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