Fortnite patch v7.40 adds Infantry Rifle and offers free Battle Pass

Fortnite’s v7.40 patch is now live, bringing with it the Infantry Rifle and the chance to earn yourself a free Battle Pass. The offer of a free Battle Pass is tied to Overtime Challenges, which are challenges that are carried over into the upcoming season. Any players who complete 13 of these free Overtime Challenges … Read more

Final Fantasy 9 is out on Switch later today, Final Fantasy 7 will release in March

Nintendo has used their Nintendo Direct presentation to reveal that Final Fantasy 7 will arrive on Nintendo Switch on Tuesday 26th March, and better yet, Final Fantasy 9 will be available later today (or tomorrow, depending where you live). Of course, we knew these games were coming—Nintendo announced them during September’s Nintendo Direct—but we didn’t … Read more

Apex Legends first patch rolls out

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

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

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

Combined Arms now available in Battlefield V

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

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

The next Red Dead Online update will add a new Law and Bounty system

Rockstar has announced the next set of features that will be added to the Red Dead Online Beta in the games next update on Tuesday 26th February, and it includes various features designed to stop people being annoying, troublesome bastards. The first of these new features are changes to the way player blips will appear … Read more