A new Horizon Open progression system is coming to Forza Horizon 5

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  291 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Forza Horizon 5 is introducing a new PvP progression system. As detailed in the patch notes (thanks, TheGamer) - in which the team says "we're constantly working to improve the experience in Forza Horizon 5" - Horizon Open has been updated with a new progression system "including badges which can unlocked through gameplay". There's also custom racing, which allows players to find races "for their chosen race discipline and PI class" [Read More]

Borderlands 3 Crimson Radio - Broadcast Tower locations explained

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  15 minutes  |  3182 words  |  Trudie Dory

The Children of the Vault, the villains of Borderlands 3, are using Broadcast Towers to spread their propaganda. Mad Moxxi has a plan though - sabotage the tower and use them to play Crimson Radio. Get your climbing skills ready, because these Broadcast Towers are hidden across the planets of the Borderlands galaxy, including Athenas, Promethea and good old Pandora. For every Broadcast Tower you sabotage, you'll receive some XP, cash and, best of all, Eridium. [Read More]

Breaking Bad's Gustavo Fring actor stars in PayDay 2 DLC

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  1 minutes  |  174 words  |  Trudie Dory

PayDay 2 publisher 505 Games has recruited Breaking Bad criminal mastermind Gustavo Fring for the game's next expansion. Fring actor Giancarlo Esposito plays "The Dentist", a new contact. He's set to star in PayDay 2's next DLC, The Big Bank Heist, which is due for launch on 17th June. The extended trailer below sets the scene for his character and also lays out the next few DLC missions as well - due later this year. [Read More]

Breath of Fire III | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  6 minutes  |  1112 words  |  Fernande Dalal

For five minutes, after the PSP's drive has accelerated and settled into that battery draining hum, the revolutions per minute spinning a scenic tapestry of dark hewn rock, purple half light and cold cave womb around you, Breath of Fire 3 seems delightfully different. You're one of them: the kind of fire breathing dragon you've slain a thousand times in countless adventures before, each one's plastic case a transparent trophy on your gaming shelf. [Read More]

Chess 2: The Sequel - How a street fightin' man fixed the world's most famous game

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  14 minutes  |  2809 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Chess has problems. Not for most of us, perhaps - not for the bluffers and the fudgers and the seat-of-the-pants players who prod a path through matchups in which each side's strategy is a winsome, wobbling comedy of errors. No, chess has problems at the grandmaster level. Those people who really love chess, that devoted few who have given their lives to it and for whom chess really should be a great game? [Read More]

Control on console is brilliant - as long as you play on the right hardware

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  7 minutes  |  1335 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

How well does Remedy's latest blockbuster, Control, stack up on consoles? Let's make no bones about it - the game is brilliant and a stunning technological showcase. It works on the Sony and Microsoft boxes, but the game reaches another level on PC, with Control featuring one of the most impressive DXR ray tracing implementations we've seen. In marketing the game, Remedy and publisher 505 have pushed PC to the forefront, to the extent where not much was seen of the console versions prior to launch. [Read More]

Dragon Age Inquisition: Trespasser review

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  5 minutes  |  1020 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Trespasser is a fitting finale for this chapter of the Dragon Age series and an enticing prologue for what may come next. Endings are difficult - but then, BioWare already knows this. After the mess of Mass Effect 3, the developer played things safe with the finale of Dragon Age Inquisition. That guy you were trying to stop for pretty much the whole game? Well, you stopped him. There was a boss fight, you won, you got cheered home. [Read More]

Gotham Knights developers explain Nightwing glider, Red Hood mystic leap designs

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  482 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Following some extended gameplay earlier this month, the developers behind Gotham Knights have given more of an insight into the designs of Nightwing's glider and Red Hood's (somewhat surprising) mystic leap. During a Q&A on the Gotham Knights Discord, creative director Patrick Redding revealed Nightwing's Flying Trapeze was inspired by "a couple of ideas" including some classic issues in the Nightwing solo book that saw the DC hero using his " [Read More]

Hands-on with the new PlayStation 5 CFI-1100 series console

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  8 minutes  |  1660 words  |  Trudie Dory

The new CFI-1100 series revision of PlayStation 5 is now making its way to market, bringing with it a wave of controversy. It began with the intriguing news that beyond revised WiFi and a new screw for the stand, the CFI-1100 model weighs 300g less than the original - an interesting puzzle that could only be solved by going hands-on. The first journalist to do that was Austin Evans, whose teardown and analysis answers a lot of questions, but raises others. [Read More]

League of Legends players face new punishments for leaving matches and being AFK

 Posted on November 15, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  515 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Riot Games has outlined changes it hopes will improve player behaviour when it comes to idling or leaving early in League of Legends. "We know that AFKs and leavers are some of the most disruptive behaviours you face, so we're happy to be coming to you today with an update around AFK and Leaver punishments." wrote BarackProbama and TimTamMonster in s blog on the game's official website. Bundling both idle " [Read More]