HomeGuidesApex Legends Apex Legends Octane abilities, tips and tricksUse these Octane tips to run rings around your enemies Use these Octane tips to run rings around your enemies Want to learn how to win games as Octane in Apex Legends?Well, that depends. Do you love to be a playmaker who can spin circles around your opponents inApex Legends? Octane has always been the option for that but has recently seen a huge resurgence, with his usage rates skyrocketing up the charts - and it doesn’t look like his recent nerf with the Apex Legends Evolution patch notes will do much to curb his dominance....

HomeReviewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Assassin’s Creed Valhalla reviewFor better or for Norse For better or for Norse Assassin’s Creed Valhallastarts in Norway, spends most of its time in 9th century England, and even has some optional detours to the present day or mythical Asgard if you fancy it. But the latest entry in Ubisoft’s used-to-be-annual franchise about stabbing your way through history just kept making me think of Texas, for two reasons....

HomeNews Counter-Strike surfing is the esport we deserveWild tricks with a physics glitch Wild tricks with a physics glitch Look, competitiveCounter-Strikeis nice and all, but onthe 20th anniversary of v1.0I do find myself consumed with dreams of a wholly different CS skill: surfing. It’s the freestyle skating to proper CS’s baseball, using a movement glitch to skid, glide, and soar through maps filled with abstract shapes. It is stylish as all hell....

HomeNewsCounter-Strike Happy 20th birthday to Counter-Strike, the first live service gameWhere does the time go? Where does the time go? While many multiplayer games would release new maps and things for a while before soon moving on, Valve kept at it for years. They understood that if enough people were buying and playing your game, you could just keep working on it. After v1.0 launched, they overhauled old maps and added new ones, redid models, boshed in new weapons like the Famas and new gear like the riot shield, and kept polishing....

HomeNews The Witcher season 2 production paused after positive Covid tests"Those impacted have been isolated and are not among lead cast" “Those impacted have been isolated and are not among lead cast” All is not well in the land of The Witcher season 2. Production of the Netflix series has reportedly been put on hold after four people working on it tested positive for Covid-19. It seems they’ve had a pretty rough going of it with the pandemic - they were forced to stop production back in March due to the first lockdown, after actor Kristofer Hivju (who plays a bloke called Nivellen)also tested positive for the virus....

HomeNews BioWare are making a new Mass EffectSurprise! Surprise! Three years afterMass Effect: Andromeda failed to ignite a new sci-fi RPG saga, developers BioWare today announced they are working on “the next chapter of the Mass Effect universe.” Huh! Sure, everyone expected them toannounce remasters of the original trilogytoday (because chat about them has been leaking for months) but this was a surprise bonus. BioWare give no hints about the new Mass Effect’s plot, setting, or anything, simply saying they’re in the “early stages” of development....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Call Of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War criticised for overly generous PlayStation exclusivesThey really want you on Sony’s tellyboxes, huh. They really want you on Sony’s tellyboxes, huh. Console exclusivity, man, it’s a nightmare to keep track of. WithCall Of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War’s release just around the corner, the latest Activision shoot-man game has come under fire for more PlayStation-exclusive gubbins....

HomeNewsAmnesia: Rebirth Go spook yourself with Amnesia: Rebirth’s new modding toolsHaunt yourself silly. Haunt yourself silly. Image credit:Frictional Games Image credit:Frictional Games So, you’ve grit your teeth, bit your nails, and mustered up the courage to seeAmnesia: Rebirththrough to completion. Now what? The scares shouldn’t just end with the rolling of the credits, right? This week, Frictional updated the game with a patch that lets you play custom, player-created stories, along with all the tools you’d need to make a bespoke first-person spooker yourself....

HomeNews Mass Effect: Legendary Edition remasters Shephard’s stellar trilogy next yearSomeone else might’ve gotten it wrong. Someone else might’ve gotten it wrong. Talk about the worst-kept secret in the galaxy. After months of rumbling and speculation, BioWare today announced theMass Effect: Legendary Edition, bringing all three (quiet,Andromeda)Mass Effectgames into one remastered collection next year. While not full remakes, the Legendary collection spruces up Commander Shephard’s ageing space saga with better visuals, smoother performance, and all the extra DLC packed into the Normandy’s cargo bays....

HomeNews Return to World Of Warcraft for free ‘til MondayWell, if you insist. Well, if you insist. Just when you think you’re out,World Of Warcraftfinds a way to drag you back in. Briefly, at least. Ahead of the release ofWorld Of Warcraft: Shadowlandslater this month, Blizzard are re-activating all your lapsed accounts for the weekend, in the hopes that a brief return to boar-slaying will tempt you back to the behemoth MMORPG....

HomeGuidesApex Legends Apex Legends characters tier list: Who is the best Legend in Season 14?Who are the best Apex Legends characters in Season 14? Who are the best Apex Legends characters in Season 14? But there’s always a meta that emerges once the dust settles on a new Season. Below you’ll find our up-to-dateApex Legends tier listof the best characters in the game as of Season 14. We’ll talk about each Legend in turn, along with our opinion on the best Legend to use in different situations....

HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Assassin’s Creed Valhalla shows off its detailed PC settings menusTweak till your Viking’s content Tweak till your Viking’s content No need to spend an hour in character creation before you start playing Viking ‘em upAssassin’s Creed Valhallasince you’ll be lacing up the boots of Eivor either way. What will you fiddle with before going a’raiding instead? A whole hunk of PC graphical and accessibility settings, of course. Ubisoft have run through all the options PC players can muck around with in a new video....

HomeNews Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s first roadmap doesn’t give much awayAt least Gunfight is back At least Gunfight is back Activision have revealed the content roadmap forCall Of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarandWarzone’sfirst season which kicks off on 10th December. It promises a slew of free weapons, maps, and modes for Blops as well as a mysterious “Classified Warzone Experience”. Although, it’s all largely non-specific info. Thankfully Gunfight mode is making a comeback, which I’m pretty darn excited for....