The Medium review - limited but enjoyable old school horror
Posted on September 24, 2022
| 8 minutes
| 1562 words
| Trudie Dory
Bloober Team goes back to the classics for possibly its best effort yet. Death is everywhere here. You can feel it. You can smell it. I know that makes no sense - how can you tell that from a video game? - and yet you know that's what it smells like, a muddy, earthy, cloying scent that sticks in your throat as you tiptoe across the razor-thin edge between Here and There.
[Read More]Warzone best Swiss K31 loadout: Our Swiss K31 class setup recommendation and how to unlock the Swiss K31 explained
Posted on September 24, 2022
| 6 minutes
| 1164 words
| Fernande Dalal
Build the perfect Black Ops: Cold War and Warzone Swiss K31 loadout with our class set up recommendation.The Swiss K31 in Warzone joins the PPSh-41 in kicking off Season 3 with several new weapons.
If you were looking for a new sniper rifle, the Swiss K31 is an intriguing and old school choice. This is a bolt-action sniper rifle, so people already familiar with marksman rifles and similar snipers will feel right at home.
[Read More]Witcher 3 secret confirmed after seven years
Posted on September 24, 2022
| 2 minutes
| 410 words
| Patria Henriques
A secret in The Witcher 3 has finally been confirmed by a CD Projekt developer, seven years after the game's initial release.
Youtuber xLetalis yesterday released a new video detailing the discovery, which concerns the character Vivienne in the Blood and Wine DLC.
Quest designer Philipp Weber had previously hinted at Vivienne's "last secret", something fans brought up with him during a CD Projekt Red charity stream on Twitch. "It's on Skellige,"
[Read More]"Game Boy Micro was a nonstarter," Reggie Fils-Aimé warned Nintendo
Posted on September 23, 2022
| 2 minutes
| 412 words
| Trudie Dory
Former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aimé has revealed his misgivings on the launch of Game Boy Micro - a project he said his company was "forced" to launch despite its concept being a "nonstarter". Writing in his newly-published Disrupting the Game memoir, Fils-Aimé said he was surprised to hear of plans for Game Boy Micro relatively late in its development, and despite Nintendo having moved on to focus on Game Boy Advance's successor, Nintendo DS.
[Read More]Assassin's Creed Valhalla's mastery challenge mode adds fun trials and a teasing new storyline
Posted on September 23, 2022
| 5 minutes
| 882 words
| Arica Deslauriers
This week's big Assassin's Creed Valhalla update added a new mode to the game, Mastery Challenge, which offers a series of repeatable maps to stomp and stealth your way through in return for fresh rewards. We knew the gist of all this already - and we'll go into more detail below - but what has come as a nice surprise is the new narrative this mode folds into the game, including a tease for something else being added to Valhalla down the line.
[Read More]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ditches Prestige for Officer Ranks
Posted on September 23, 2022
| 2 minutes
| 420 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Hot on the heels of confirming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has ditched the controversial loot boxes of old in favour of a battle pass, Activision has announced Modern Warfare also ditches the long-running Prestige progression system for a new seasonal Officer Ranks system.
As detailed in a post on the Activision blog, Modern Warfare sees players progress through Enlisted Ranks (1-55) to unlock base weapons, perks, equipment, Killstreaks and Field Upgrades.
[Read More]Dark Souls' director reveals the pendant's true purpose
Posted on September 23, 2022
| 2 minutes
| 283 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Upon beginning a new game in Dark Souls you're offered the chance to pick a starting "gift" to help you on your travels. These range from very useful, like a master key that can unlock any door, to forgettable, like 10 fire bombs. The most mysterious item was the pendant as its in-game description read, "Trinket. No effect, but fond memories comfort travelers."
Upon Dark Souls' release, game director Hidetaka Miyazaki said in a Famitsu interview that he'd pick the pendant or nothing.
[Read More]Dead Cells gets new distillery biome in free Barrels of Fun update
Posted on September 23, 2022
| 3 minutes
| 457 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Just when you think developer Motion Twin must surely be slowing down work on its wonderful action-platform rogue-like Dead Cells, along comes another massive free post-launch update - the 20th, for those counting - to prove you wrong. And this time it's the Barrels of Fun update, adding a new biome, new enemies, and more.
Dead Cells' new biome arrives in the form of The Derelict Distillery, a barrel-and-bottle-strewn area that serves as an alternative path to High Peak Castle and is intended to "
[Read More]Doom Eternal composer distances himself from soundtrack album
Posted on September 23, 2022
| 3 minutes
| 623 words
| Fernande Dalal
Doom is practically synonymous with pounding metal soundtracks, and the latest title is no exception. Composed by Mick Gordon, who previously wrote the music for Doom (2016), the official soundtrack for Doom Eternal released yesterday: but instead of providing the ultra-high quality listeners wanted, it's come under fire for sounding a bit off - and Gordon has distanced himself from the final mix. Talk about a bad rip followed by tears.
[Read More]Fortnite - IO operative's computer location: Where to interact with an IO operative's computer explained
Posted on September 23, 2022
| 3 minutes
| 475 words
| Patria Henriques
Fancy hacking a computer? Here's where you can interact with an IO operative's computer in Fortnite this week.Interact with an IO operative's computer is the fourth of Week 8's legendary quests in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7.
Like many of the past weeks, the first quest in this set involves using one of the payphones found across the Fortnite map, and it's followed with the tasks to collect an access card from an IO guard and plant wiretaps at different key locations.
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