Rust Console Edition comes out in May

Rust Console Edition launches 21st May on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Double Eleven, the Middlesbrough-based developer and publisher of Rust on console, said the standard edition costs £39.99. The deluxe edition, which costs £49.99, includes three days of early access, closed beta access, staging branch access, the Welcome Pack, and the Future Weapons and Tools Pack. Then there's the £69.99 ultimate edition, which includes everything in the deluxe edition but also an upgraded Welcome Pack, 1100 Rust Coins, and an Elite Combat Skin Pack. [Read More]

The agony and ecstasy behind the first Rainbow Six

It had been a tough few months. Development of the very first Rainbow Six had left the team exhausted and panicky, and the party held at developer Red Storm Entertainment's studio in North Carolina after the game shipped promised some sort of relief. It promised to be special, too - the studio's founder and world famous novelist Tom Clancy was going to be making an appearance. "As a way to say 'thank you' he offered to autograph a copy of the game for each of us," [Read More]

The Last of Us Part 2 has been upgraded for PS5 - and we've tested it

The Last of Us Part 2 has finally received its long-awaited PlayStation 5 upgrade, 11 months to the day since Naughty Dog's epic sequel launched on PS4 and Pro. It's a free upgrade takes the form of a 299MB patch - version 1.08 - that automatically updates the PlayStation 4 version of the game, offering PS5 users the chance to play the game at 60 frames per second. We've had the patch for a week now, allowing us to extensively test and re-test the game from start to finish. [Read More]

Exo One review - not quite out-of-this-world enough

An otherworldly journey that runs out of things to do. It's lonely here. Bleak, even. Occasionally, a silky, melancholic soundscape will keep you company, but mostly it's just you, your peculiar spacecraft, and the sound of the air as it whizzes past your ears. Exo One review Developer:Exbleative Publisher: Exbleative, Future Friends Platform: Played on PC Availability: Out now on PC and Xbox; available on Game Pass Though, at times, it looks very much like the kind of UFO pulp fiction has taught us about (if the image of an aerodynamic disc that zips speedily and silently across the sky just popped into your head, that's exactly what I mean) you might be surprised to learn that your ship is unable to retain this iconic shape for long; the momentum you build will rapidly deplete once you're in the air. [Read More]

Face-Off: Battlefield 1 | Eurogamer.net

Battlefield 1 combines the technical spectacle of the Frostbite engine with a return to the large-scale environmental destruction that made the Bad Company titles so popular. It's one of the most significant upgrades for the series since it arrived on current-gen consoles, and DICE backs this up with a range of technical improvements across all platforms. The core technology is immediately familiar, but visual effects are considerably ramped up with lighting, post-processing and particle effects taking centrestage. [Read More]

Fortnite - Grab-itron locations: How to launch toilets with a Grab-itron in Fortnite explained

Chaos starts in the bathroom. Here's how to launch toilets with a Grab-itron in Fortnite.Launch toilets with a Grab-itron is one of this week's epic quests in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7. This challenge went live during Week 9 of this season, joining other epic quests such as dance on an abductor or as a passenger on a saucer and carry an alien sample from a Satellite Station's Dish to an entrance of Corny Complex. [Read More]

Get a 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus Gen 3.0 for £164 this Black Friday

Black Friday is here! We'll be bringing you all the best deals we spot, so keep a lookout on our deals page for discounts as they come in. SSDs are probably one of the most practical purchases you can make this season, you can never have too much storage after all! Add to that. modern games are some of the most demanding applications when it comes to Read speeds, so your spinning HDD might not cut it anymore. [Read More]

Helicopters "planned" for Microsoft Flight Simulator next year

Microsoft Flight Simulator developer Asobo Studio is set to add helicopters to the game. The bad news is they are planned for 2022. The developer stealthily announced the news in its 15th July development update, which revealed a snapshot of the most requested features and reported bugs. The introduction of helicopters was by far the most requested feature with over 1500 votes. We have yet to see any more details about it, but I can't imagine it will be too long before Asobo gives us a glimpse. [Read More]

Here's the new PlayStation Productions ident you'll be seeing ahead of its movies and TV

PlayStation Productions, the arm of Sony's console empire dedicated to adapting its game properties for film and television, has formally introduced the new blue-hued ident it'll be sticking in front of its slowly burgeoning roster of movie and television shows - starting with the Uncharted movie that's in cinemas now. As with the similarly hued PlayStation Studios animation that precedes all of Sony's recent games, the new PlayStation Productions ident serves up a star-studded roster of iconic PlayStation characters, including God of War's Kratos (and BOY), Uncharted's Nathan Drake, Horizon's Alloy, The Last of Us' Joel and Ellie, Ratchet & Clank, Astrobot, and more. [Read More]

Invaders are hacking the saves of Elden Ring players on PC

Elden Ring players are being advised to turn off online play after reports that some PC players are being hacked by invaders that ruin their save. As detailed on Reddit and explained via Twitter account @EldenRingUpdate, it's thought hackers are corrupting save data, forcing a crash, and then rebooting sends the affected player endlessly falling to their death. If this all sounds a bit familiar, you're not wrong; a similar issue popped up in Dark Souls 3, too. [Read More]