Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players have worked out a way to play Outbreak early

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  216 words  |  Trudie Dory

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players have worked out a way to play Outbreak early. Outbreak, a hotly-anticipated large-scale Zombies mode for up to four players, isn't supposed to go live until the launch of Season Two tomorrow at 6pm UK time, Thursday 25th February. But it is playable now - after downloading this morning's Season Two update. To play Outbreak, download the update, then go offline. Log into Black Ops Cold War then, in Zombies, on the Find Games tab, create a match. [Read More]

Call of Duty: Warzone at 120Hz - has PS5 back-compat evolved?

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  10 minutes  |  1945 words  |  Patria Henriques

The recently released 120Hz update for Call of Duty: Warzone for PlayStation 5 users is a welcome boost - it doubles performance over the prior version of the game, doing so with no noticeable impact to image quality. More importantly, its release may well signify that Sony is beefing up its backwards compatible support for its latest console, bringing it closer into line with the kind of features available on Xbox Series consoles, when running code designed for last-gen machines. [Read More]

Camelot Unchained finally gets a beta date

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  335 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Online three-way realm-war game Camelot Unchained finally has a beta date: 4th July. This is the crowdfunded MMO helmed by one of the people - Mark Jacobs - responsible for Dark Age of Camelot, and is very much a spiritual successor to it. The beta, referred to as Beta 1, will be a closed beta, Jacobs told me. You will either need relevant backer privileges to play, or to buy the game first. [Read More]

Cyberpunk 2077 GOG rewards: How to claim Witcher themed gear on all platforms

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  990 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

With the release of Cyberpunk 2077 comes a host of digital goodies, including registration rewards and Cyberpunk 2077-themed items for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. For simply purchasing the game, you'll be able to download the original score, sourcebook and other rewards. If, however, you register your copy of Cyberpunk 2077 with GOG, you'll be able to access some special rewards themed around The Witcher. Before venturing further, it's important to note that to access these rewards you'll need a GOG account and, ideally, GOG Galaxy, so, if you don't have a GOG account, it's a good idea to set one up first. [Read More]

Death's Door, Windjammers 2 also headed to Xbox Game Pass

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  446 words  |  Trudie Dory

Yet more games have been confirmed for Xbox Game Pass, in what may well be one of the subscription's best months ever. Microsoft is yet to issue its customary blog post detailing this latest crop, but an image showing the selection is already live on Xbox.com. The brilliant Death's Door, released to critical acclaim last summer, headlines this latest round of additions. Eurogamer deemed the Zelda-like an "Essential" in our Death's Door review. [Read More]

Fall Guys reveals the disgusting internal anatomy of its bean-like characters

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  290 words  |  Patria Henriques

I love a good bit of video game lore, but I absolutely hate everything about this. Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has revealed an awful piece of concept art designed to show exactly what is going on underneath your character's suit. At first glance, you might think a Fall Guy is simply a human in a suit. You would be wrong. While an adult human is shown in the image below for scale, it is clear the skeleton within the Fall Guys' costume is a different species entirely. [Read More]

Hohokum review | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1084 words  |  Trudie Dory

This gorgeous interactive dreamscape is brimming with new ideas. Hohokum's scenes are unfamiliar - beguilingly so. In one, a tall violinist plays a melancholic tune while he stands under the throbbing light of a lamppost. His squat buddy sings full-throated by his side while, overhead, the buckshot stars wink approvingly. In another, an Indian elephant with a deep underbite plods through the jungle while a caged albino orangutan dangles from his tail, praying to be freed. [Read More]

Lollipop Chainsaw release date announced

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  259 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Over the top action game Lollipop Chainsaw launches on the 15th June in Europe and in the US on 12th June, publisher Warner Bros. Interactive has announced. Lollipop Chainsaw is the next project to come out of Shadows of the Damned developer Grasshopper Manufacture. It puts you in the shoes of 18-year-old cheerleader Juliet Starling, who turns up at school one day to find the place over-run by the undead. [Read More]

Looks like Mario Kart 8's controversial fire hopping has been nerfed on Switch

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  312 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Nintendo appears to have removed Mario Kart 8's sneaky fire hopping technique for the game's upcoming Nintendo Switch re-release. Footage from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, posted by GameXplain, shows that there's no speed advantage to using it. Fire hopping was discovered and named by fans back in 2014, when Mario Kart 8 originally launched on Wii U. The move was never acknowledged by Nintendo as an official part of the game - fans found it by accident. [Read More]

Mario Maker 2's Link explained: How to get the Master Sword and play as the Zelda character

 Posted on February 20, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  688 words  |  Trudie Dory

Mario Maker 2's Link is a free addition to the game as part of December 2019's version 2.0 update. With the introduction of the Master Sword in the Course Maker, collecting it transforms Mario into the Zelda character, allowing you to use a sword, throw bombs, fire arrows and dash. How you get the Master Sword and control Link isn't immediately obvious, so we explain how it works on this page - as well as some early discoveries we've found so far in how Link can interact with your creations. [Read More]