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Want a standing desk but don’t have the budget to get something ultra-premium like Corsair’s £1000 Platform:6, Ikea’s £475 Bekant or Flexispot’s £200 Essential Standing Desk? Well, no worries – there are even cheaper standing desks available online, and today you can pick one up from Marsail for just £80 using a voucher at Amazon UK, saving you £28.
Gallium Nitride chargers have taken over from their silicon predecessors thanks to their more efficient designs, allowing even physically small chargers to deliver a huge amount of power. One of the best is Ugreen’s Nexode 100W, and now this 4-port USB-C charger is down to £36 at MyMemory in the UK with code 10X25. For context, the same charger cost £42 when it was discounted earlier this year!
At the start of the month we highlighted a US deal on the Neat Bumblebee 2, which saw the USB mic tumble from an MSRP of $100 to just $17 at Woot. Today we’ve found the UK equivalent, as you can now pick up this excellent mic for just £9.99 at Currys – with a further £2.99 for delivery or free collection if you prefer. That’s a great deal for the mic that cost around £30 for all of Black Friday and comes with my personal recommendation.
I haven’t checked in on Microsoft Flight Simulator for a while, but the aviation ’em up hasn’t missed a beat. Last month it received World Update 15, continuing increase the detail of its global landscape with a visit to Greenland and the Nordics. Now Asobo have released City Update 5: European Cities 1, which brings a similar pass of polish to five “exemplary urban regions”.
It’s nearly the holidays, which means some of you might be looking for something to play on your Steam Deck while you’re away visiting family. The choice just got a little harder: beautiful early access tactics game Songs Of Conquest and clever fantasy citybuilder Against The Storm are both now Steam Deck verified.
I keeping hopping into The Finals for one quick game before bed, then accidentally playing it until 2am. Perhaps sleep deprivation accounts for why I haven’t spotted any cheaters in-game, but apparently they’ve been more of an issue in recent days. Developers Embark Studios say that’s because of a technical issue they’ve now fixing.
I don’t tend to write up Steam bundle discounts, but this is a rather good one. As the name suggests, LudoNarraCon and Fellow Traveller’s Story-Rich Megabundle nets you 10 well-received narrative-heavy games for around £20, €23 or $25, including three games I’d personally say are among the choicest chunks of digital scribble to ever grace an SSD.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 publisher Activision Blizzard plan to end hybrid remote/in-office work for QA staff based in Minneapolis, Austin, and El Segundo next year, with employees who are unwilling to fully return to the office offered severance, in what the ABK Workers Alliance are calling the basis for a round of “soft layoffs”.
It’s been encouraging to see how post-Steam Deck handheld PCs aren’t merely copying Valve’s homework. The Asus ROG Ally made a (mostly) successful attempt at slimming down while upping performance, and now we have the Lenovo Legion Go: an even higher-concept portable with Switch-style detachable controllers. One of which transforms into a mouse. It’s a bit mad but I’ve always loved the concept’s ambition, even as I rendered working protypes a little less… working.
I’m happy to report that this, the Legion Go’s retail version, is far more resistant to such improprieties. Moreover, it’s basically the best Windows handheld out there right now – though some occasional fiddliness, and the looming issue of the Steam Deck OLED, mean it isn’t necessarily the finest palmable PC outright.
Advent calendars are all about opening doors in search of wonderful treats, but you should probably leave this one closed.
