Chris Sutton

Chris is our resident FPS-obsessed football fanatic who, when not playing an FPS or FIFA, can probably be found spending the odd 100 hours or so building his perfect farm on Stardew Valley. Chris comes to you with a hint of cynicism and plenty of sarcasm.

Apex Legends first patch rolls out

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Apex Legends, the rapidly-growing battle royale game from Respawn Entertainment, has its first patch. There’s nothing overly major to report, but the update does add in some new Valentines Day-themed cosmetics just in time for tomorrows day of love. To be more specific, the update adds a “Live Die Live” Banner Badge, which players can … Read more

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey’s February Update brings New Game Plus

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A few days ago I promised you more details on the upcoming New Game Plus mode in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, so today I’m staying true to my word. Title Update 1.14, which is slated for release “later this month”, will bring New Game Plus with it, and, as expected, it will allow players to start … Read more

Burnout spiritual successor Dangerous Driving gets a release date

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Dangerous Driving, the arcade racer from Three Fields Entertainment, will release on Tuesday 9th April. The confirmation of that date comes by way of a new trailer for the game that released earlier today. You may note that the game looks very similar to the Burnout franchise, and that’s deliberate – Three Fields Entertainment was … Read more

Civilization VI is free-to-play for the next 24 hours

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Quick! Read, click, and play! Sid Meier’s 2016 empire-building strategy game Civilization VI is currently free-to-play on Steam until 6pm GMT on Thursday 14th February. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KdE0p2joJwVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: CIVILIZATION VI Launch Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KdE0p2joJw) Conveniently, that’s the same date that the games latest expansion, Gathering Storm, releases. The expansion will focus … Read more

Combined Arms now available in Battlefield V

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Combined Arms, the co-op mode that was announced as part of Battlefield V’s Lightning Strikes update, is now available to all players as part of a free update. Combined Arms will allow up to four players to play cooperatively in eight PvE missions, with four different objectives across four maps. DICE intends for these missions … Read more

Rocket League’s upcoming “Friends” update will add cross-play party system

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Rocket League’s next update will arrive on Tuesday 19th February. Titled “Friends”, the update will add full cross-play party support, developer Psyonix has announced. Of course, full cross-play functionality has been a part of Rocket League for a month now, but it has only been available through random matchmaking in online modes, whereas the “Friends” … Read more

Activision Blizzard lay off almost 800 employees despite best financial results in its history

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A few days ago, rumours began circling that Activision-Blizzard were preparing to layoff hundreds of staff ahead of their quarterly earnings call on Tuesday. Well, here I am on Wednesday, informing you that Activision-Blizzard has cut around 8 percent of its staff, which equates to about 800 job losses. I’ll get into my rant a … Read more