HomeFeaturesValorant Valorant makes a compelling case for a hybrid of CS:GO and OverwatchThe best battle wizards in town The best battle wizards in town FreelancerCian Maher has alreadytaken a lookatValorant. He called it, not without reason, “CS:GOwith anOverwatchreskin”. Riot’s first ever shooter pinches its format and insta-killing weaponry from Counter-Strike, then sprinkles inOverwatch-style abilities. Cian liked it, overall, but felt it needed to be more distinct. “It’s not as good at doing what either of those games specialise in”, he said, “and it’s certainly not making a case for a hybrid entity drawing from both....

HomeGuidesValorant Valorant: How to customise your crosshairHere’s how to get your crosshair on point. Here’s how to get your crosshair on point. If there’s one aspect ofValorantyou’ll want to change right away - especially if you’re looking to climb the competitive ladder - is your crosshair. It forms such a critical part of this unforgiving FPS that tailoring it to your playstyle can make a huge difference. It’s not that the default one isn’t that great, it could be much better!...

HomeNews Call Of Duty: Warzone’s new season bumps squads up to fourOne more for war One more for war War never changes, but the number of people who are allowed to participate occasionally increases.Call Of Duty: Warzoneis upping squad sizes to four. You can still queue separately for the version with three, if you like, and new weapons and modes are planned for later on. This is part ofCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare’s Season 3, which means that we’ve also got a couple new guns, three new regular multiplayer maps, and a truckload of cosmetic nonsense attached to the new battle pass....

HomeNews Challenge yourself to a tiny Lego build every day in this browser gameTwenty bricks or bust Twenty bricks or bust Remember threeyearsmonths ago when we were all really into building tiny houses inThe Sims 4? This is like that but withLegoslittle colorful brick toys. A new browser game challenges you to build a thing every day with just 20 bricks, which sounds like a challenge and is even more so when you actually attempt it....

HomeFeaturesDOOM Eternal Doom Eternal’s multiplayer is a splendid game of cats and demonic miceOr a cheeky Kabaddi ripoff Or a cheeky Kabaddi ripoff Doom Eternaldoesn’t have a Deathmatch mode. The multiplayer not a place where marines chase other marines: it’s a place where one character gets to be the Slayer from the singleplayer, and two other players gang up on them as chunky demons. The idea was tocapture the same feeling as the campaign, and yep, that it does....

HomeNews E3 won’t have a replacement “online experience” this year after allBut many announcements will still go ahead But many announcements will still go ahead The organisers of E3 are not planning to host an official online replacement this year after all, though I don’t think that will be much of a problem. When the Entertainment Software Associationannounced E3 2020’s cancellation in March, due to the ongoing sitch, they did say they were considering arranging an “online experience” to fill in with announcements and that....

HomeNews Spooky tunes incoming The new biomes in Minecraft’s Nether realm are getting three new tracks for the update, Mojang say. You’ll hear Rubedo in the Nether Wastes, Chrysopoeia in the Crimson Forest, and So Below in the Soulsand Valleys and Basalt Deltas. “One of the primary instruments in Minecraft is the piano, and so one of my challenges to myself was to see how far I could push the sound of the piano until it resembled other things entirely,” Raine says in Mojang’s update....

HomeNews Please enjoy Justin Bieber’s new house put into 90s strategy gamesWhat units does it manufacture tho? What units does it manufacture tho? Earlier this week the social medias went wild over pictures of Justin Bieber’s giant plastic mansion-hole. People were saying it looked like the Marvel Avengers HQ. This is the most incorrect thing I have ever heard. It clearly looks like something you’d see made out of empty Müller Corners and Fairy Liquid bottles on three successive episodes of Blue Peter....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Quest Resurrect Priest deck list guide - Ashes of Outland - Hearthstone (April 2020)How to climb the ladder with Quest Resurrect Priest in Season 73. How to climb the ladder with Quest Resurrect Priest in Season 73. QuestResurrectPriest is aHearthstonedeck for those of you who like to get the most out of all of your minions. Not satisfied with just playing them once, this deck is capable of bringing them all back from the dead to battle once again, all thanks to the revival effects available to the Priest class....

HomeNews And in the game I’ve found myself oddly envious of pigeons lately, watching them strut around without a care, and I feel fully vindicated after becoming a pigeon myself inGTA Online. For funsies, Rockstar have re-enabled the peyote plants which let players transform into random animals, from dogs and deer to pigs and pigeons. My favourite so far is becoming a cougar, burly enough to bowl pedestrians over without even attacking, though the stingray had a nice ‘nature documentary’ vibe rippling around beneath the waves....

HomeNews Twitch are clarifying their rules about nudity againNaughty bits not welcome Naughty bits not welcome Here we go again,Twitchare attempting to clarify their oft-confusing Nudity And Attire Policy which they’ve historically struggled to apply consistently. This time around, Twitch are spelling out which body parts are considered too naughty for streaming instead of attempting to regulate based on types of clothing. That does seem like an improvement. “Cleavage is unrestricted,” in case you were wondering, but pelvic areas are still a no-no....

HomeGuidesValorant Valorant Bind map callouts and tips Bindis one of threeValorantmaps included with the tactical shooter’s closed beta, and it works hard to stand out against the crowd with its unique one-way teleporters, which help make up for a curious lack of a mid lane. OurValorant Bind map guidewill walk you through the map and all its callouts, before diving into specific tips and strategies for winning on this map.Valorant Bind map guideBind map & calloutsBind strategies & tipsBind map & calloutsBelow you can find the full map of Bind, complete with callouts....

HomeGuidesValorant Valorant Haven map callouts and tips Havenis one of three maps included in the closed beta ofValorant, Riot Games' new tactical shooter. And with three bomb sites instead of two, it’s pretty clear from first glance how Haven looks to separate itself from the pack. OurValorant Haven map guidewill walk you through the map and all its callouts, before delving into some specific strategies and tips for playing on this map....