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Whatever happens to Kotick, there’s lots of work to do Microsoft yesterday announced plans tobuy Activision Blizzard for $69 billion(£50 billion), a staggering and un-nice quantity of money for the video games company behind Call Of Duty and Warcraft. They’re buying the company at a troubled time, with multiple lawsuits alleging widespread sexual discrimination and harassment, an ongoingstrikeover QA layoffs, and employees publicly calling for the removal of the CEO, Bobby Kotick....

These are the strongest Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction Which are the best Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction?The latest entry in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow SixFPSseries is a PvE affair, with familiar faces fromRainbow Six Siegereturning and banding together to fight off an invasion by the alien Archaeans. Each Operator comes equipped with their own unique tactical ability and weapons arsenal, and as you play more with each Operator, they’ll reward you with substantial upgrades to their kit....

Beam down your enemies with this low-recoil SMG Looking for the best Welgun loadout in Warzone?The new midseason addition is already one of the best Vanguard SMGs in Warzone, packaging solid damage output with near-zero recoil. The Welgun is one of the lowest recoil SMGsWarzonehas ever seen, which allows it to make recoil tradeoffs in your loadout that most weapons can’t afford. Our guide will walk you through each attachment for the best Welgun Warzone loadout....

My favourite bit of business fanfic from the Microsoft acquisition Of all the uncertainty, rumour, speculation, claims, hopes, and business fanfic surroundingMicrosoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, here’s my favourite bit. The Wall Street Journal claim someone told them that Actiblizz CEO Bobby Kotick wanted to ‘change the narrative’ around the company followingmanyallegationsof discrimination and harassment, and he thought that one way to do that was buying some of the video games media, such as Kotaku or cheery RPS fanzine PC Gamer....

What do you do when you need to go AFK in Rainbow Six Extraction? Can you pause in Rainbow Six Extraction?Surely there’s a way! It’s not a PvP game, after all. Why would there not be a pause button? Well, if you’re one of the many new players who are wondering how to pause a mission inRainbow Six Extraction, then… I may have some bad news for you. Read on to find out what to do in case you need to go AFK for a short while during a mission in Rainbow Six Extraction....

Songs Of Glimmerwick is coming next year, has flutes If you’re after a way to make your magic system seem cutesy yet different at the same time, music is a good one to go for. Sure, it’s been done before, but it feels inherently charming. At least, it does in the trailer for newly-revealedSongs Of Glimmerwick, a new game from Eastshade Studios that promises to blend RPG, adventure, and gardening....

Microsoft swallowed up all of Tuesday’s attention with theirplan to buy Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, drowning out even good news of their own. Along with surprise, concern, andbafflement, yesterday brought Game Pass news. Yes yes they do plan to add Actiblizz games to Game Pass while they can, but there’s more: 1) the service now has over 25 million subscribers across PC and Xbox; 2) cult classicDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havocis now on Game Pass....

Missing out on this could be a grave mistake Announced at last year’s The Game Awards,Have A Nice Deathis a roguelike platformer developed by Magic Design Studios where you play as Death, CEO of the underworld. Your employees have gone berserk and thrown your vacation plans into disarray, so must wield your trusty scythe and travel into the depths of your company to hack them all back to their stations. It looks good!...

No more scrounging around While saving up Mora isn’t typically an issue for newer players, as you progress in the game, you might find yourself as poor as Teyvat residentsZhongliorMona(spoiler alert: they’re pretty poor). Luckily, the lovely world of Teyvat offers a plethora of ways to fill your in-game wallet back up, and we’ve compiled a list of the best ways to do so inGenshin Impact. How to get more Mora in Genshin Impact...

How levelling works in Rainbow Six Extraction, and tips for levelling up quickly How do you gain XP and level up fast in Rainbow Six Extraction?Like many recentFPSgames,Rainbow Six Extractiontreats you to a couple of interconnected levelling systems. Mercifully, this isn’t a needlessly-complicated push to get you to purchase some sort of additional Battle Pass, but a system that mainly works in your favour, allowing you to unlock new content as you play the game while focusing on the characters and gear you’re particularly keen on....

Here’s how to save an MIA character in Rainbow Six Extraction Want to know how to save an MIA Operator in Rainbow Six Extraction?Your characters inRainbow Six Extractiondon’t die when they lose all their health: instead, they’re given a lifeline thanks to a certain REACT protocol, which coats them in a foam to protect them for just long enough to mount a rescue mission. Rescuing an MIA Operator can be a bit confusing, as there are multiple elements that you’ll need to understand first....

How to unlock all 18 playable Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction How do you unlock more Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction?Rainbow Six Extractionlaunches with 18 playable Operators, although when you first begin the game, you’ll only be able to choose from a starting pool of nine. Expanding your team roster is a simple case of levelling up and reaching new Milestones, so read on to learn exactly what levels you need to hit in order to gain access to your Operator(s) of choice....

Corporate monopolies might be inevitable, but they also aren’t good When I held that monkey’s paw and wished for more games to appear on Game Pass, I didn’t meanlike this! I don’t know if anyone has been brave enough to come out and say this, but Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard is… problematic. Even before you consider the serious and unresolvedallegations of workplace misconduct at ActiBlizz, there’s no easy “this is good, actually” point of view to have here....