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Red Dead Redemption 2’s Dead Eye mode lets you slow down time and pick off enemies with headshots and precise targeting – but it takes some upgrading and getting used to. Dead Eye is best used in the heat of battle when you’re facing off against multiple foes, or when you’re on horseback and need

By Cian Maher, Sunday, 3 November 2019 11:33 GMT A recent BlizzCon announcement has confirmed that Blizzard is making Diablo 4 online-only. The information comes from a GameSpot report, which explicitly states that Diablo 4 will not be compatible with offline play. The report mentions that Angela Del Priore, who is the project’s lead designer,

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 1 November 2019 22:07 GMT Want more Diablo 4? Of course you do. Diablo 4 was one of the worst kept secrets of BlizzCon 2019 this weekend. Matter of fact, there wasn’t really any surprise considering everything leaked. Even though we knew Diablo 4 was coming, seeing it at the show

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Sony has unquestionably won the latest round in the console wars. As of this week, the PS4 has officially sold 102.8 million units. That’s significantly more than the PS3 (87.4M units), and there’s still a full year to go in

By Sherif Saed, Friday, 1 November 2019 11:13 GMT Anthem continues to lose its champions within BioWare Chad Robertson, BioWare‘s head of live service, is leaving the studio. Robertson, a 14-year veteran, revealed the news on Twitter this week, promising to share more news about his next job soon. This is my last week with

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The Switch Lite is selling incredibly well for Nintendo. The company revealed during its last quarterly report that it shipped 1.95 million Switch Lite consoles in the first ten days it was available. That compares well even against the Switch,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google’s DeepMind AI lab has contributed to some of the company’s most impressive AI feats in recent years such as the Wavenet voice engine and object recognition in Google Photos. DeepMind has also shown off its AI prowess by beating

By Sherif Saed, Thursday, 31 October 2019 10:00 GMT Respawn Entertainment is finally bringing Duos mode to Apex Legends, though only for a bit. The developer has announced that Apex Legends is getting a Duos mode beginning Tuesday, November 5. Although the mode will be available for a limited time, Respawn didn’t say when it’ll

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft is in the process of testing its xCloud game streaming service, but that’s not the only way to get your Xbox games on more devices. The company has also launched a test of its new Xbox game streaming service.

By Lauren Aitken, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 10:45 GMT The Fortnitemares Halloween event is now live and there are all-new challenges to complete. This year, you’ll be hunting down and destroying haunted household furniture. The haunted furniture will be floating in the air, making it quite easy to spot. Alongside these Battle Royale challenges, you

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Electronic Arts (EA) famously bailed on Valve’s popular Steam platform years ago in favor of its own Origin digital storefront. At the time, EA had some of the most popular gaming franchises like Call of Duty and Mass Effect to

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft is relaunching its Xbox All Access plan, with a new added bonus tacked on: the option to upgrade to a Project Scarlett console when that platform debuts in 2020. That’s a bit different than what the plan offered when

By Sherif Saed, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 10:41 GMT After admitting that it dropped the ball with Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ubisoft is now ready to explain where it plans to take the game. Ghost Recon Breakpoint has been a critical and commercial disappointment for Ubisoft, so much so that the publisher delayed all of its

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Much of this story presented firmly tongue-in-cheek. War. War never changes. On October 23, 2077, the Great War between China, the United States, and the USSR broke out. By the time it ended, two hours later, the world had been

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 26 October 2019 20:43 GMT Epic Games is suing a beta tester for leaking details about Fortnite Chapter 2 ahead of launch. Ronald Sykes is being sued by Epic for violating a non-disclosure regarding Fortnite Chapter 2. According to the suit, reported by Polygon, Sykes was a beta tester who revealed information

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:28 GMT The game based on Netflix crime drama Narcos has a release date. You’ll be able to pick up Narcos: Rise of the Cartels in November. Curve Digital and Kuju will release Narcos: Rise of the Cartels in November, it’s been announced. Based on the Netflix series,

One of the most elusive Pokemon remains the shape shifting critter Ditto – and in Pokemon Go, that can lead to some significant frustration. Ditto is an absolutely key Pokemon in Pokemon Go, and that’s despite it not being the sort of Pokemon that could ever rank on the best Pokemon Tier lists – and

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. This week, Bethesda launched private servers for its struggling multiplayer game, Fallout 76. While this feature has been requested since before the game even launched, the company didn’t make it a free update. If you want a private Fallout 76

By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 24 October 2019 20:41 GMT Rockstar has been spoiling us of late with new rides in GTA Online. This week you should head over to GTA Online supercar shop Legendary Motorsport and pick up the Pegassi Zorrusso. It’s one sexy beast of a machine, and perfect for anyone experiencing a midlife

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 18:23 GMT One financial analyst expects Cyberpunk 2077 to sell gangbusters once its hits the market. Bloomberg recently published its 50 Companies to Watch in 2020 list, and thanks to Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt made the list. According to Bloomberg analyst Matthew Kanterman, the company could beat analysts’

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Great roleplaying games don’t come along very often, but the reception for The Outer Worlds suggests the title is a genre gem. The game releases on October 25 and reviews have come in from a number of publications. The overall

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The era of mobile gaming started off great with cute little time-wasters like Angry Birds, but then in-app purchases happened. Today’s top mobile games are mostly “free-to-play,” which is a nice way of saying everything you do seems to cost

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:15 GMT Ark: Survival Evolved is once again getting in Halloween spirit. Ark: Survival Evolved players can now participate in the annual Ark: Fear Evolved Halloween event. Try not to get too spooked. Running now through November 5, the in-game event will see candy corn-themed supply drops, randomly

China has censored Youtuber PewDiePie following the release of a video sharing a meme which compares the country’s president to Winnie the Pooh. Felix Kjellberg, known otherwie as PewDiePie,  announced his blacklisting in a recent video which presents a screenshot of what happens when you search “PewDiePie” in China: There are no results. A number

If you want to be the very best, you’ll need to stay on top of the Pokemon Go Research Quests – constantly changing missions and activities that players can pick up and complete for bonuses and rewards. Here’s all the current missions for August 2019. Pokemon Go’s research quests are split into two categories: Field

It’s finally happening: Crusader Kings 3 is coming to PC in 2020. ParadoxCon is well underway and we finally got our first look at Crusader Kings 3, which is due to release on PC via Steam and Xbox Game Pass in 2020. As an added bonus, Crusader Kings 2 is now free and there’s a

Fighting game veteran Katsuhiro Harada will mute you on Twitter if you keep spamming him with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC requests. The Tekken producer is taking to task fans of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate who keep tweeting him with requests to add their favourite heroes to the game. According to Harada, the developer is

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Razer made its name creating flashy gaming peripherals like mice, headset, and of course, keyboards. It has since moved into the laptop space with the Blade series of gaming-oriented notebooks. Its previous innovation in laptop keyboards has been mostly limited

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Long ago, in a gaming ecosystem far, far removed from the one we currently occupy, there were a solid handful of great Star Wars games. While they weren’t all produced by the same developer, they shared one common trait: They

By Emily Gera, Thursday, 17 October 2019 20:34 GMT No, there won’t be loot boxes in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, says Activision. In a new post, the game publisher confirms Modern Warfare will not feature a loot box system. Instead the game will have a battle pass system similar to titles like