Here’s how to punch holes in foes with Modern Warfare 3’s Sidewinder Looking for the best Sidewinder loadout in Modern Warfare 3?While they tend to be lesser-used firearms in many ofCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer modes, Battle Rifles are an interesting option for players who want the versatility of switching between full-automatic and semi-automatic firing modes. The Sidewinder is a new Battle Rifle entry in the Call of Duty franchise, and it’s a great choice that provides hard-hitting shots and swift adaptability in close to mid-range firefights....

Promising new features and stories for the cult-management roguelite Cutesy cult-management rogueliteCult of the Lambis sharpening its ritual dagger as it prepares to lay out its next big free content update next year. Sins of the Flesh is described by developers Massive Monster as being a “major content update”, followingthis year’s Relics of the Old Faith. That update - said at the time to be thefirst of two big updates inbound- revamped combat inCult of the Lamb’s roguelite dungeons with the introduction of relic items and a new heavy attack to be used against tougher foes....

As well as hosting its own “eEURO” tournament “We’re delighted to announce that one of next summer’s biggest football tournaments will be fully integrated across EA Sports FC titles,” added David Jackson, brand vice president for EA Sports FC, in a statement that offers literally no clarity at all about what the word “experience” means, but adds another buzzword in “content”: “Alongside our fantastic partners at UEFA, this exclusive Euros content will enable EA Sports to continue delivering the most authentic and innovative football experiences for our fans....

Restructuring process is still in the “early stages” Embracer Group’s restructuring process is still in its “early stages”, and as such, we can expect “more cancellations, potentially some more closures” and some possible “management buyouts”, according to Phil Rogers, CEO of the operating group that includes Crystal Dynamics and other Western studios previously owned by Square Enix. All that comes froma GamesIndustry.biz interviewin which Rogers discussed Embracer’s attempts to make savings and reduce their net debt, following aseriesofbigacquisitionsover several years and the reportedcollapse of a $2 billion deal with Savvy Games....

Choose between 24 inch and 27 inch models. Here’s an unusual proposition thisBlack Friday, we’ve gottwogaming monitors on offer for you to choose from. Ok, it’s not that unusual. In fact, it’s pretty standard for an event all about buying cheap kit. But they are very similar monitors, which makes deciding between them more interesting. I’m referring to the ViewSonic Omni VX2428J and VX2728J. These are both fine 1080p monitors that boast IPS panels with 180hz refresh rates, making them ideal monitors for players who want to get the most out of fast-paced multiplayer games likeApex Legendsand Call of Duty Warzone....

A cutdown price for a cutdown keyboard. If you’re someone who struggles with desk space, a tenkeyless keyboard could be a useful way to maximise your desktop area. By slicing off the rarely used numpad keys, a TKL board gives you a little extra room to wiggle your mouse, or actually put a cup of coffee to one side rather than jamming it somewhere between your keyboard and your monitor. The only problem with TKL boards is they tend to be slightly more expensive than their bulkier counterparts, meaning you often end up paying extra money for less keyboard overall....

34 sprawling inches of curved, 165Hz gaming screen Ultrawidegaming monitors are good for two things: juggling the exploded mosaic of Chrome windows that it takes to be a hardware editor on Black Friday, and making your games look cooler. I’m too busy with the first to do much of the second right now, butyoucan get into ultrawide gaming for a relative pittance thanks to these Black Friday deals on the HP Omen 34c....

Cutting the cost of Nvidia’s max-quality 1440p GPU While theNvidia GeForce RTX 4070is most at home tearing through 1440p games, it’s agraphics cardthat can do a little bit of everything – even a spot of light 4K, and at a drastically lower price than the next GPU in the stack, theRTX 4070 Ti. Black Friday now provides the chance to grab one for even less, with good-quality partner cards having fallen as low as £550 in the UK and $515 in the US....

And apparently they’ve all been fixed Earlier this week reports surfaced of players encountering in-game pop-up adverts for this year’sAssassin’s Creed: Mirage, while innocently trying to visit the map screen in Ubisoft’s older open world stabathonAssassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Here’s one we found on Reddit, which was uploaded on Wednesday. A few users in the associated thread are reporting similar pop-ups inAssassin’s Creed: OriginsandAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla. Is this the first, teetering snowball that unleashes an avalanche of mobile-style in-game advertising for Ubisoft’s blockbuster gameworlds?...

Current players will upgrade to a new Anniversary Edition as its base game goes free-to-play Would you believe the reboot of classicfighting gameKiller Instinctis now a decade old? Well, it is! To mark the occasion, developers Iron Galaxy are taking it free-to-play - but not before they give existing PC players the game’s entire roster and premium DLC for free. A new Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition will join afree-to-playversion of the fighter’s base game, allowing players to brawl in its single-player, local and ranked modes as a free character, with the unlocked fighter rotating each week....

Stealth Roadwarden post Videogames are full of loops. Often, the loop isn’t just a loop in space but a loop of labour, a loop in time. It’s a repeated task with a touch of variation from cycle to cycle, typically associated with a character progression system of some kind. The classic one is the town-dungeon loop in an action-RPG such asDiablo 4. You sally forth into the depths with sword and shield, slaughter a bunch of blameless goblins, then orbit triumphantly back to the village square with its 24/7 forge and bustling adventurer’s guild....

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #166 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

Grown-up mechanical gaming keyboards, now from £59 / $50 I really liked theNZXT Function keyboardswhen they launched last year, and I still do today: all three are cleanly-designed and responsivegaming keyboards, and their hot-swappable mechanical switches make it a doddle to customise the under-the-finger feel. And speaking of today, it happens to be Black Friday, so we can add “up to 50% off” to their list of qualities. You’ve got your pick of the full-size Function, the Function Tenkeyless, and my personal favourite, the even more compact Function MiniTKL....