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Star Wars Battlefront 2, it turns out, is really quite good. I've been playing - the new one, this is - a little obsessively over the last week, an obsession launched about three-and-a-bit years too late as far as poor DICE is probably concerned, and one which I feel a little guilty about, not least because I got it for free. Battlefront 2 was handed out for free for about a week on the Epic Games store in January, you see, and it's also bundled in with a Game Pass Ultimate subscription, thanks to the recent inclusion of EA Play with that, too. [Read More]

Saharah is one of the rotating visitors who will randomly spend a day on your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Unlike the other special visitors, such as K.K. Slider and Gulliver, Saharah is a travelling salescamel, who is visiting your island to peddle her wares. Buying rugs from Saharah will earn you Saharah tickets, which you can exchange for mysterious wallpaper and mysterious flooring. Within this guide, you can find complete lists of all the mysterious wallpaper and mysterious flooring that can be found in New Horizons. [Read More]

True Vault Hunter Mode is a new Playthrough Mode that you can unlock after completing the main story-line of Borderlands 3. True Vault Hunter Mode is the hardest difficulty level for Borderlands 3 and, unlike Mayhem Mode, if you want to play through the game at this level of difficulty, you'll have to start right back at the beginning of the plot. Thankfully, you can do this with your existing Vault Hunter, keeping all the loot you've earned, their current level and Guardian Rank. [Read More]

Call of Duty: Warzone has a new patch that fixes the infinite stim glitch that has plagued the game for months. Warzone's stim has for some months now caused havoc in the battle royale, with the developers seemingly struggling to get on top of it. Eurogamer Next-Gen News Cast - Will PlayStation Studios publish more games on Xbox? The stim is a piece of equipment that restores health points to your character and refreshes super sprint. [Read More]

The ongoing lawsuit between Capcom and artist Judy A. Juracek, which saw the latter claim the Japanese developer had used her pictures in games such as Resident Evil 4, has been resolved. A statement released yesterday by law firm St Onge Steward Johnston and Reeds LLC reads: "Capcom and Judy Juracek have amicably resolved their dispute concerning the alleged use of Ms. Juracek's photos in Capcom's games. A dismissal was filed on 7th February, 2022 with the District of Connecticut to end the lawsuit," [Read More]

Destiny 2's Ruinous Effigy is an Exotic quest for those who have purchased the Season Pass for Year 3's Season of Arrivals. Released on July 7th, 2020, alongside the latest Moments of Triumph, it leans on several season-specific activities - including a weekly mission and defeating specific enemies found around Contact event, as well as Calcified Light fragment collectables. There's also some Gambit and Reckoning matches to complete to top things off. [Read More]

Far Cry 6 narrative director Navid Khavari has issued a lengthy statement on the politics of the game, following a backlash to a quote of his last week. In a post on the Ubisoft blog, Khavari sought to reassure fans that Far Cry 6 would include "hard, relevant discussions" about "the rise of fascism in a nation, the costs of imperialism, forced labour, the need for free-and-fair elections, LGBTQ+ rights, and more within the context of Yara" [Read More]

It's not often video game box art catches my eye these days. If it's not generic action man looking like he's on a mission, it's a few generic action men looking like they're on a mission. But the box art for Borderlands 3 did catch my eye, because it's weird and awesome and, crucially, different. Video game Twitter person Wario64 leaked the Borderlands 3 box art, and it shows the game's familiar Psycho not blowing his brains out - as he has done in various poses on previous games in the looter shooter series - but with three fingers held up in an open palm pose. [Read More]

A new deal made between Amazon and dj2 Entertainment could see both Life is Strange and Disco Elysium being adapted for film and TV. As reported by Deadline, Amazon recently made a deal with the Sonic film co-producer to "create and produce content that will exclusively stream on Prime Video, including TV adaptations of gaming IP", specifically including the above games. Speaking of the deal, dj2'a CEO Dmitri M. Johnson said: " [Read More]

Air Adventures celebrates not just flying-type Pokémon, but the release of Mega Latias and Mega Latios into Pokémon Go. If you’re planning on conducting these legendary Mega Evolutions, then we recommend visiting our Mega Evolutions guide since this feature has recently been reworked. Throughout Air Adventures, you can find event-exclusive field research tasks and complete Electrify the Sky - a timed research quest. On this page: ‘Electrify the Sky’ make up quest steps in Pokémon Go Original ‘Electrify the Sky’ quest steps in Pokémon Go Air Adventures field research tasks in Pokémon Go Everything else we know about the Air Adventures event in Pokémon Battling and catching the latest Pokémon Go mythical encounter, Shaymin, as part of the Go Fest 2022 research. [Read More]