Category: News
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Bungie are increasing Season of the Drifter drop rates
Bungie are making changes to the way that Destiny 2’s Season of the Drifter loot drops in next weeks patch, which should make it easier to bag yourself some rare items. In a post over on the Bungie forums, the developer confirmed that they will be increasing drop rates of weapons in The Reckoning and […]
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Fortnite patch adds an explosive bow and arrow
Fortnite’s v8.20 content update is now live on all platforms, and the standout change is the addition of a bow and arrow. The bow and arrow is called the “Boom Bow”, and it fires arrows that have a Shotgun Shell tip that explodes on impact, so scoring a direct hit will deal both direct hit […]
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Call of Duty’s battle royale mode Blackout is free-to-play for April
Yesterday, we brought you the news that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s fantastic battle royale mode, Blackout, will get its first new map, called Alcatraz. To follow up the release of the famous island prison, Blackout is going free to play for the month of April. From today through to Tuesday 30th April, Blackout […]
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Deleted tweets hint at September release for Borderlands 3
Mistakes can happen, we’re all human after all, but unfortunately when you drop a bollock on the internet somebody is always on hand to either film it or grab a screenshot. That is exactly what has happened to Gearbox Software, who have seemingly mistakenly tweeted the release date of Borderlands 3. That tweet has now […]
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Switch exclusive Yoshi’s Crafted World lands top of UK chart this week
Another week, another fortune spent on the games industry by the UK consumer. I actually can’t think of a better way to spend my spare cash than on computer games, but then again, I’m a nerd. This week sees Nintendo return to the top of the UK physical sales chart with their new exclusive Switch […]
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Blackout is getting a new map tomorrow
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s fantastic battle royale mode, Blackout, will get its first new map tomorrow on PS4. It’s quite appropriately called Alcatraz, and it’s set on the island after which it’s named. Players can expect to do battle through the famous prison that occupies the island, on a map that is largely […]
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Driveclub servers to shutdown in 2020
Sony confirmed today that the servers for 2014’s Driveclub will shut down in March 2020, effectively signalling the end of the road for the game. This shutdown also includes Driveclub VR and Driveclub Bikes. “Online servers for Driveclub, Driveclub VR and Driveclub Bikes will shut down on 31st March 2020, 23:59 BST,” What this means […]
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Sega are releasing a Mega Drive Mini this September
Sega has officially confirmed that they’ll be releasing their own mini-console, the ‘Sega Mega Drive Mini’, joining Sony and Nintendo on the retro mini-console bandwagon. The Sega Mega Drive Mini is, of course, a mini version of the Sega Mega Drive, or for those of you outside of Europe and Japan it’s a mini version […]
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Torchlight 2 to make console debut this fall, Hob to release on Switch
Popular action role-playing dungeon crawler Torchlight 2 will finally be getting a console release later this year. With the closure of original developer Runic Games in 2017, Panic Button – a studio well known for porting games – has stepped in to take the reins. Although not many details of the Torchlight 2 port were […]
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Risk of Rain 2 hits Steam early access to “overwhelmingly positive” reception
Risk of Rain 2, the sequel to 2013’s hugely popular 2-D rogue-like action platformer, has been released on Steam early access. The game was shown off at the Gearbox PAX East panel, and to everyone’s delight, it arrived on Stream shortly after. Risk of Rain 2 features one massive change from the original – the […]