Try out a new map, new guns and something called a Pondhawk Ah phew, I think it’s just the usual flannel about this being a “limited time free trial” where the trial time is subject to change. You will also need an EA account to play on Steam, and heaven help us, they might try to flog you some microtransactions, but I trust you to navigate those obstacles and find your way to the nearest capture zone unharmed....
These are the very best class setups and gun loadouts in the MW3 beta Looking for the best loadouts in Modern Warfare 3?With the full launch ofModern Warfare 3, players have more guns to play with than ever before in Call Of Duty’s history. That’s thanks mainly to the Carry Forward scheme, which brings all the guns from Modern Warfare 2 across to Modern Warfare 3, on top of the many MW3-exclusive guns added to the game for launch....
Devs working with fact-checkers to stop this but “can’t mitigate it entirely” Social media users are attempting to pass off videos of Bohemia Interactive’s military shooterArma 3as real-life footage of the on-going Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which erupted into open war this week. Several of these mocked-up videos have circulated on Tik-Tok and Xitter,oneof them purporting to show a member of the Hamas group shooting down Israeli helicopters. Bohemia Interactive have now released a statement calling on their community to publish and share Arma 3 footage responsibly, while offering advice on how to spot a fake....
Viktor Vektor’s new dialogue made with Respeecher If you’ve ever spoken to the ripperdoc character Viktor Vektor in the Polish localisation ofCyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Libertyexpansion, you’ve been talking to a cyborg. Technically, of course, most characters inCyberpunk 2077are cyborgs, but in this case, I’m referring to one voice actor posing as another using voice-cloning technology, following the second actor’s death. According to CD Projekt localisation director Mikołaj Szwed, Reczek “was one of the best Polish voice talents”, and his original performance was simply too “stellar” to record over....
Our favourites from the showfloor so far We’ll have more recommendations coming over the next couple of days, too, so keep an eye out for further EGX Highlights as we continue to dive into the Rezzed Zone tasting menu and find more favourites. Star Trucker Alice Bee:Euro Truck Simulatormeets Hardspace Shipbreaker, you say? Well sign me the heck up!Star Truckeris your basic ‘move freight from one place to another’ task, while trying not to crash into things and doing it in a timely manner to get paid, but… you know… in space....
Ichiban is back, baybee The next game in RGG Studio’sYakuza/Like A Dragon series,Infinite Wealth, is a melting pot of old and new. As thebare buttocksof returning Yakuza: Like A Dragon hero Ichiban Kasuga indicated in the reveal trailer for Infinite Wealth, we’re not in Yokohama anymore, but Honolulu, Hawaii. He’s not alone on his journey either. As well as his mates from the first LAD, plus lots more newcomers, mainline Yakuza stablemate Kazuma Kiryu, nowextra frosty with his silver hairdo, is also coming along for the ride as well....
The only thing that’s falling is the frame-rate, apparently Grotty fantasy SoulslikeLords of the Fallen- which I have been cautiously looking forward to, despite Ed’sefforts to temper my expectations- is getting its chainmail-wearing arse kicked by Steam players. It seems to be selling well, squatting at third on the platform’s global top seller charts by revenue, but the user review consensus tells a different story. There are 1,320 reviews at the time of writing, and they areMostly Negative, which is quite the showing for a game’s first day on sale....
Microsoft have finally, finally,finallybought Activision Blizzard after many months of haggling with regulators in several countries. The total figure for the company behind Call of Duty,World of Warcraft,OverwatchandHearthstone, to say nothing of whopping mobile game publisher King andCandy Crush Saga? $68.7 billion, making this the biggest buyout in videogames industry history. This follows the UK Competition and Markets Authority’sprovisional approval of the acquisitionlast month, which the CMAupgraded to non-provisionaljust this morning, pronouncing themselves satisfied with Microsoft’s offer to sell Activision-Blizzard cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft so as to avoid having a monopoly of the cloud gaming market....
Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #124 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....
Here’s how to say goodbye to your close companion in the Missed Beyond Measure mission How can you say farewell to your fallen Constellation companion in Missed Beyond Measure?Following the fallout of theStarfieldHigh Price To PayConstellation members gather at The Lodge for an emotional memorial service. Before you attend, you’ll want to locateyour room in The Lodgeand figure out how best topass time. Now, it’s time to say goodbye. Starfield Missed Beyond Measure walkthrough...
Here’s how Cutthroat works in the Modern Warfare 3 beta What is Cutthroat in Modern Warfare 3, and how does it work?With the release of theCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3beta, players are throwing themselves into the various familiar 6v6 game modes that we’ve come to know throughout Call Of Duty’s history. But one unfamiliar name is among them: the new Cutthroat game mode, which offers an experience we’ve never seen before in Modern Warfare....
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Everything is permitted, except chromatic blur Good news, people who prefer their videogame graphics crispy rather than hazy and rainbow-edged! Ubisoft are working on anAssassin’s Creed: Miragepatch that will let you toggle off chromatic aberration - aka the blurring of outlines and details for artistic effect, which you might consider appropriate to a game subtitled “Mirage”, but which some people absolutely despise. This follows a week of uproar (as previously reported byEurogamer) that has seen some players outrightmodding the gameto remove the feature....
