HomeFeatures Total War: Rome Remastered lets you decide how much you want remasteredInsert tired play on “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, but implying a decent remaster, here, Insert tired play on “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, but implying a decent remaster, here, Image credit:Extreme close-up of a bum-chinned Roman man, grimacing with patrician hatred Image credit:Extreme close-up of a bum-chinned Roman man, grimacing with patrician hatred I don’t know why theFallouttrailers always bang on about war never changing, because war changes loads....

HomeNewsValorant Valorant’s sunny new map Breeze is out nowAlongside Episode 2 Act 3 Alongside Episode 2 Act 3 It’s time to take a trip to the bright beaches of the Bermuda Triangle - not in real life, I don’t think I’d ever want to go to that spooky place. But in Riot Games' tactical FPSValorant, it’s the delightful setting of the new map Breeze. Moving well away from the cold corridors of Icebox, Breeze is a lush seaside location complete with a historical fort, wide open spaces for relaxing (or fighting), and some ominous techy pyramids....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Best Cold War AK-47 loadout and class setup in Call of Duty: WarzoneHere’s how to make the best AK-47 loadout in Warzone Here’s how to make the best AK-47 loadout in Warzone Killing folks with top-tier guns in Call Of Duty: WarzoneWatch on YouTube Killing folks with top-tier guns in Call Of Duty: Warzone Best AK-47 loadout in Warzone The CW AK has a pretty major damage dropoff at range, but it is unbelievably powerful up close....

HomeNews Black Mesa opens a playable museum of Xen’s historyWith versions of maps from across years of development With versions of maps from across years of development Black Mesa 1.0 Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube Black Mesa 1.0 Launch Trailer “We hope you enjoy this fun and interactive tour of our intensely difficult 5 years of development,” they say. “We thought this was a really cool and unique way to show off the way a game can develop and evolve over time....

HomeNewsCompletely Stretchy And Uncomfortably Sticky Completely Stretchy And Uncomfortably Sticky is about grappling and swinging around a cartoon worldWith an arm as described With an arm as described The thing inCompletely Stretchy And Uncomfortably Stickywhich meets that description is your arm, which you can fire out to grapple onto scenery. In other words, your arm is a grappling hook. You use it to navigate and mess around in a colourful, playful world, and the trailer looks great....

HomeNewsFallout 76 Fallout 76’s Locked & Loaded update is live now, with player loadouts and second homesPlus season 4, new daily ops, mannequins and much more Plus season 4, new daily ops, mannequins and much more Fallout 76’s Locked & Loaded update is live now, bringing with it character loadouts players can freely swap between and the ability to build a second home, plus the start of season 4 content and a ton of quality of life features....

HomeNewsBonfire Peaks Gorgeous voxel puzzler Bonfire Peaks will arrive this autumnWith a demo available now With a demo available now Draknek, makers ofA Monster’s ExpeditionandCosmic Express, are publishing their first game - and it’s very Draknek-y.Bonfire Peaksis a puzzle game about climbing to the top of a mysterious island ruin and burning all your belongings to a crisp on the way. Bonfire Peaks - coming Q3 2021Watch on YouTube Bonfire Peaks - coming Q3 2021...

HomeHardwareFeatures Razer Orochi V2 reviewTiny size, mega battery life Tiny size, mega battery life Razer have released a new version of their ultraportable Orochi gaming mouse today, giving this dinky, mobile-focused mouse a fresh new look, a faster, more responsive sensor and not one, but two different wireless modes that both give you hundreds of hours of battery life. Dubbed the Orochi V2, this thing is properly tiny. Weighing just 65g with its bundled AA battery (60g without) and measuring a mere 10....

HomeNewsInstruments Of Destruction Red Faction: Guerrilla dev has a new destructive gameInstruments Of Destruction’s physics-based bashing looks very good Instruments Of Destruction’s physics-based bashing looks very good Destroying stuff in video games is a real joy, especially if there’s some decent physics-based crumble to be had.Instruments Of Destructionaims to channel this energy into an early access release later this year. It’s a game about designing vehicles that live to smash into buildings, and is the work of formerRed Faction: Guerrilla lead tech designer, Luke Schneider....

HomePodcasts The Weekspot podcast: The original Nier was a good not very good game, but Nier Replicant is betterGame of the Nier 2021 Game of the Nier 2021 Thank god for the update of the old game, because we didn’t have tons to discuss for Headlines & Hot Takes on this episode ofThe Weekspot. However, the announcement ofThe Great Ace Attorney Chroniclesdid get Matthew all excited, and rumours have been floating around about aMetal Gear Solidremake, and I got to talk to my co-host about my new drum kit, so it’s not like we didn’t have things to discuss....

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 You can wall-run in Cyberpunk 2077 now with this modWall-running was planned but removed during development Wall-running was planned but removed during development Wallrunning!Survey says: folks are pretty big fans of zooming sideways along buildings. Games that have weird and different ways of letting a player traverse are always the most fun, and it was a shame when CD Projekt Red revealed they’d cut the wall-running out ofCyberpunk 2077during its development....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends' new Arenas mode will be a permanent fixtureAnd it’s bloody fun And it’s bloody fun Apex Legends' upcoming ninth season is set to be a big’un. AndI thought Season 7 was huge, with a new map and vehicles and all that, but that all seems so old now. Season 9 is bringing a new character with a jetpack as well as a new permanent mode for players who want a break from all the battle royalling - and it’s so much fun....

HomeNewsScavengers Free to play PvPvE shooter Scavengers enters early access this weekIt’s part battle royale part survival game It’s part battle royale part survival game As a PvPvE game, Scavengers will have you and your squad suriving against other players and the frozen environment too. The new trailer down here gives a look at all the shooting and sliding action. There’s so much sliding. How are they gliding through a foot of snow in all that gear?...