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After watching the Fallout TV series I was determined to plunge back into the world of radiation and chaos in any way I could, bar starting a nuclear apocalypse myself. I decided that Fallout 76 would be my best bet, as I have a couple of friends still playing the game, and thought that I […]

Project Dagger, a “new action-adventure IP” that had been in development at People Can Fly since 2020, has been officially cancelled. The studio said in a report released earlier this month that the decision to halt development was made following an “unsatisfactory” evaluation of the current state of the game. Trouble with Project Dagger first […]

Counter-Strike 2’s latest patch makes a bunch of changes to the competitive shooter, and one in particular has been on player wishlists for a long time. As Valve puts it: “Lefties rejoice!” Players can now set a default preference for which side their character holds their weapon, and switch between sides on-the-fly during rounds (by […]

Speedrunner 4shockblast recently broke a record that had stood for many years on Doom 2’s opening map, Entryway. Their new world record run is a masterclass in eking every possible advantage out of the map and the various speedrunning tricks Doom 2 players have discovered over the years. It’s not just a new record: it’s […]

Battlestate Games has unveiled a new $250 edition of Escape From Tarkov that includes access to a PvE mode with co-op support and persistent progress that won’t be reset when the game is wiped. It sounds pretty cool, but it has quite a few players upset because the mode is only accessible with the new, […]

Recent updates After a day of anger, which shows no sign of abating, Battlestate Games sought to assuage disgruntled Escape From Tarkov players by offering a number of “unique features” to owners of the $150 Edge of Darkness Edition, including six months access to the new PvE mode. The offer of temporary access to PvE […]

The Season of the Dawn weapon set was the last to be sunset, and I now wish I’d held onto some of them. (Image credit: Bungie) In what has come as an unexpected but huge W for those with a chronic hoarding problem, Bungie has today announced that it is undoing the last part of […]

Destiny 2’s Into the Light update has brought a new set of weapons to grind. The Brave Arsenal weapon set features 12 (mostly) classic guns, now reissued with new perks, a new origin trait, and a brand new look. In total it might be the best collection of weapons Bungie has released this year—multiple bangers, […]

If you’re searching for Archie in Destiny 2‘s Into the Light update, you’re most likely trying to complete the Where in the System is Archie? triumph for the shader. This secret weekly quest sees the cybernetic canine going on adventures to each of the solar system’s destinations, and you’ll have to track him down based […]

If you’ve ever been playing Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and thought “I wish there was a tabletop version of this”, it’s possible there was a monkey’s paw in the vicinity. Games Workshop has granted your wish with the newly announced Darktide board game, but whatever you’re imagining in your head right now is probably cooler than […]

Team Fortress 2 just received a huge update, upgrading it 64-bit, finally bringing the 17-year-old shooter into the modern age of gaming. But in true TF2 fashion, there was a problem that no one foresaw: the game kept crashing because it thought players were Gordon Freeman from Half-Life.  The issue has since been fixed by […]

It’s that time of year again! Another clever clogs has got Doom running on a device that isn’t designed to run Doom. But this one’s a little different from the usual stories, where hobbyist coders jury-rig an ordinary object like a player piano, a pregnancy test, or a Lego brick to support id-Software’s demon-blasting classic. […]

Today, in 2024, you don’t have to look far for a new PC game to be found advertised almost entirely on the graphical benefits it delivers to PC gamers alone. From Cyberpunk 2077, a game repeatedly marketed on PC almost solely on its graphical prowess, through to AAA ports of big-budget console games, such as […]

While Team Fortress 2 has received less attention from Valve than its other team-based shooter Counter-Strike 2, it hasn’t been abandoned as some corners of the Internet claim. The game has been consistently receiving small updates every few months, tweaking maps and characters as Valve sees fit. The latest update is more substantial than usual, […]

A recent Director’s Take on Overwatch 2 revealed that Blizzard is about to begin the hunt for console players using a mouse and keyboard. If you’re found with any “unapproved peripherals” like these, you’ll likely be punished in the worst way possible: being stuck with PC players.  “Our goal is for Overwatch 2 to be […]

The source code for Descent 3 has been released, and is available to download now on Github. Spotted by Linux programmer Daniel Gibson on Mastodon, the code was released by Descent 3 programmer Kevin Bentley earlier this week. Described by Bentley as the “latest version” of the code, it includes an unreleased ‘1.5’ patch codesigned […]

Ready or Not developer Void Interactive has confirmed that it suffered a significant hack that saw at least some of the game’s source code stolen, but said that no data relating to Ready or Not players or its own staff was taken. The hack was first reported by Insider Gaming, which said that more than […]

Blizzard has changed the way nabbing a mythic skin in Overwatch 2 works, introducing a new shop, new currency and (sort of) new method of obtaining them. The Mythic Shop is the new home for Overwatch’s rarest ‘stumes, where mythic skins that are at least two seasons old will appear. Instead of grinding out each […]

The XDefiant server stress test Ubisoft announced earlier this month will take place this weekend, beginning at 10 am PT/1 pm ET on April 19 and running until the same time on April 21. The weekend event is quite a bit longer than the 12-hour playtest Ubisoft said was incoming on April 1, perhaps to […]

What’s the half-life of Half-Life? By my reckoning, it seems we’ll stop receiving updates to (one version or another of) Valve’s classic roughly around the time Chernobyl becomes habitable again. Not only did the original game get a big ol’ update last November, but now Black Mesa—its Valve-endorsed remake—has just put out a meaty list […]

I can’t believe I’m saying it, but Bungie has done it again. After a turbulent year—one of delays, layoffs and assorted corporate grumbling—Bungie released the free Into the Light update for Destiny 2 and the players… they’re actually happy. The response to the update has been almost universally positive. Onslaught, the new horde mode, is […]

While it’s true that Arkane’s superb FPS immersive sim Prey is probably the closest we ever got to a Half-Life 3 in terms of gameplay mechanics, there’s no doubt in my mind that, in terms of narrative storytelling and game structure, Metro Exodus is the closest we ever got. There hasn’t been a better narrative […]

Need to Know What is it? A sniping puzzle game where you telekinetically control your bullet.Release date April 9, 2024Expect to pay $15/£12.80Developer René RotherPublisher Devolver DigitalReviewed on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB RAM, GeForce RTX 2060 Steam Deck VerifiedLink Official site  There are 11 cultists in front of me, and only one round in my […]

Released in 2017, Lawbreakers was the first game from the now-defunct Boss Key Productions, a studio founded by Cliff Bleszinski following his departure from Epic Games. It was a high-speed, high-skill FPS that slotted neatly into the Unreal Tournament lineage but, despite being really rather good, lasted barely a year before going offline forever. Or […]

Overwatch 2’s next season, which starts tomorrow, will kick off with not just a new DPS hero, but a two-week-long trial run of its newest game mode, Clash, which feels designed for constant, MOBA-style combat. The Clash trial will take place on Hanaoka, a map that looks surprisingly similar to Hanamura from the original Overwatch. […]

Ye olde 1990s knockabout shooter Rise of the Triad was remastered and rereleased as Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition last year. As our Shaun Prescott said at the time, it hasn’t aged well but you should still play it. It’s a goofball historical artifact with some fun power-ups and more hidden doors than Castle […]