As Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick is poised to earn a bonus worth millions of dollars, staff brace themselves for layoffs across Europe

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  549 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Activision Blizzard has warned staff of impending layoffs across its offices in Europe. The news comes as Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick is poised to earn millions of dollars in a bonus. GamesIndustry.biz reports the company behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush is closing all its publishing offices in Europe as part of a reorganisation that will see the business centralised within one hub in the UK. [Read More]

Borderlands 3 - Dead Claptrap locations explained

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  17 minutes  |  3476 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Borderlands 3 wouldn't be a Borderlands game if it didn't have some Claptrap weirdness in it. This time round the yellow robot wants you to find some Dead Claptrap parts. These Dead Claptrap parts are scattered across the various planets. Finding them will gift you with some XP, cash and Eridium. It will also put you in Claptrap's good books and isn't that the greatest gift of all? On this page: [Read More]

Destiny 2 Aspect of Influence quest steps: How to unlock Bleak Watcher, Howl of the Storm or Grim Harvest

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  734 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Destiny 2's Aspect of Influence is a questline introduced in Season of the Chosen on February 9th, 2021. Similar to Born in Darkness and Aspect of Control, it introduces another Stasis Aspect to your Stasis sub-class after completing every step. This is either Bleak Watcher, Howl of the Storm or Grim Harvest, depending on your class. On this page: How to complete the Aspect of Influence quest in brief How to investigate the appearance of Entropic Shards in the Well of Infinitude Bleak Watcher, Grim Harvest and Howl of the Storm in Destiny 2 explained Destiny 2 PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S - A True Next-Gen Advantage If you're looking more from Season of Proving, we have an explainer on the Hammer of Proving. [Read More]

Fez gets a Physical Deluxe edition three-and-a-half years later

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  228 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Three-and-a-half years after it came out on Xbox 360, Fez will be available for the first time as a physical release. The Fez Physical Deluxe edition of Polytron's wonderful 2D/3D platform puzzle game ships from 18th December 2015, and costs £68 plus at least £15.64 for international shipping from Montreal, Canada. For that you get a hardcover notebook bound in red canvas with debossed gold foil inlay presented in a matching slipcase. [Read More]

Fortnite Island Coins explained: Where to collect Coins in Featured Creative Islands

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  497 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Finding the Fortnite Coins on Feature Creative Islands is your objective in Fortnite's Overtime Challenges. Collecting the required number will help you progress your set of Overtime Challenges and help unlock the Season 8 Battle Pass. Fortnite Coins in Featured Creative Islands explained As part of the Overtime Challenges, you must do the following: Collect Coins in Featured Creative Islands (20 total) These Coins don't appear in the game's Battle Royale mode like traditional challenges - these are instead found in the game's Creative mode. [Read More]

Frank West is a zombie in Dead Rising 4 story DLC

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  240 words  |  Trudie Dory

Dead Rising 4 gets single-player story DLC in April. In Frank Rising, series star Frank West has succumbed to the undead infection. As Frank loses his humanity he races to find a cure for himself. Basically, he's got a new zombie form that brings with it new abilities, but he must feed to stay alive. Dead Rising 4: Frank Rising comes out on 4th April on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, and on 11th April on Steam. [Read More]

No Man's Sky creator says next game is "pretty ambitious"

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  284 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Hello Games, the British studio behind No Man's Sky, is working on its next new release. In an interview with IGN, studio co-founder Sean Murray said his next game would be just as ambitious as No Man's Sky. "For a while now we've been working on something pretty ambitious in the background. It's a small team but we like it that way," said Murray. Murray added that the game was more ambitious than you might expect from a small studio: " [Read More]

Overwatch 2 character Sojourn revealed in video

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  479 words  |  Patria Henriques

An official-looking teaser video showing what new Overwatch 2 character Sojourn can do has leaked onto the internet. The Chinese-language video originated on YouTube before being shared by popular Overwatch personality (coach and streamer) Stylosa. In it, we get a HUD-less montage showing what Sojourn - Overwatch's first black female character - can do. We see her dual-purpose gun, which has what looks like a machine-gun primary fire and a railgun alternate fire. [Read More]

Papers, Please dev's marvellous nautical mystery Obra Dinn coming to consoles

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  324 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Return of the Obra Dinn, the "insurance adventure" from Papers, Please developer Lucas Pope, is making its way to Switch, Xbox One, and PS4 this autumn. Described as "a first-person mystery adventure based on exploration and logical deduction", Obran Dinn - which initially launched on PC last year - sees players attempting to piece together the final moments of the merchant ship Obra Dinn, which, despite being declared lost at sea in 1803, mysteriously returns to port with no crew in sight four years later. [Read More]

PES 2018 real team names lists - Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Man Utd and other teams

 Posted on February 18, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  938 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

PES 2018 real team names are useful if you're not onboard with the idea of downloading yourself a pre-built option patch - or worse, the option doesn't exist because you're playing on Xbox One. If you want to play PES 2018 as though it's a fully licensed game, you need to spend time in the game's editor menus and change things for yourself. The process can be somewhat time consuming - with players claiming that changing every piece of data, including creating customised kits and renaming stadia, leagues, cups and so on, can take as much as 40 hours. [Read More]