Update, November 30: Gameplay footage of PUBG's desert map will premiere at The Game Awards on December 7. Are you eagerly awaiting the second map for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds? Greedily gobbling up every screenshot and datamined map leak that’s appeared for the desert location? Ready to sell a kidney for a glimpse of the map in action? I’ve got great news for you, because all you’ll have to do to see gameplay of the desert map is endure some Schick Hydro ads. Find out everything we know about PUBG’s desert map. That’s right, Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards will host world premiere gameplay footage of the new map in action. My real hope is that Keighley pins down Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Green on the really tough questions, like why they dropped “Murderland” as a location name. from https://www.pcgamesn.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds/pubg-desert-map-release-date
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One of the best things about Destiny - whatever else may be going on - is its community. Bungie’s weekly updates regularly feature YouTube videos and artwork made by fans, whether to show off their skill in PvP, make fun of a bug, or reassemble the Backstreet Boys. Here's everything we know about Destiny 2. One of the first examples of this was a song by rapper and Destiny fan Dan Bull, who gave us this piece of magic less than a week after the original game launched:
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from https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/destiny-2-rap-battle-cayde-6-dan-bull Imagine a 2D version of Call of Duty’s Search and Destroy game mode - two teams of four, one defending while the other tries to plant a bomb. But, in this case, rather than soldiers, both teams are made up of backflipping murderdroids. That is Cobalt WASD. This keyboard-loving spin-off is a multiplayer-only experience that is all about shooting the heads off enemy robots and looking as cool as possible when you do it. It was built on a PC, for PC, and has you playing as sentient PCs. Never played the game this one is based on? Read our impressions of Cobalt right here.
Yes, this is a game that is absolutely built to play on the electronic obelisk tucked under your desk. You can tell it is fine tuned for mouse and keyboard from the start as movement feels slick and aiming is sharp. It’s a good job too, as positioning and movement are key, being essential to grasp the basic rhythm of every battle but also the nuances that give you the edge in higher-skill matches. from https://www.pcgamesn.com/cobalt-wasd/cobalt-wasd-pc A 19-year old Redditor named Kensgold has said he feels unable to buy EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront II because of his susceptibility to gambling, which has caused him to spend thousands of dollars on chance-based microtransactions. Kensgold posted his story on Reddit about two weeks ago, after which Kotaku got in touch. Though Kensgold's habits emerged at 13, they escalated dramatically in the past three years - Kotaku say he showed them bank statements proving that he's spent $13,500 on microtransactions in that period. from https://www.pcgamesn.com/microtransactions-gambling-addiction This is The Gunsmiths, a PCGamesN series about videogames’ favourite interaction: shooting people directly in the face. There is no shortage of great games where gunplay is the main draw, so we wanted to dig down into these games’ inner workings, breaking them apart at a tool bench, and seeing the components spread out across its surface. For our third in the series, it’s the retro gibs of Turok 2. Turok 2 was born from a singular vision: to make the most impressive videogame weapons for the time. Instead of a knife, Turok wields a dagger-strapped knuckleduster called the WarBlade. A knife clearly just wasn’t enough. Ordinary guns wouldn’t do, either. Though the game does have a range of traditional firearms, it also features weapons such as the Razor Wind - a circular, bladed boomerang that gibs enemies with every throw - and the Cerebral Bore, a homing drill that burrows into an enemy’s head, eventually popping it in a fountain of claret. Read: The Gunsmiths part two - Sniper Elite 4. Both of those weapons were inspired by Krull and Phantasm, movies that David Dienstbier, project lead and lead designer, had grown up with. The tech at the time was cutting-edge - the Nintendo 64 allowed the team to do things that had never been seen before. This meant they could really push what these weapons could do, both visually and mechanically. from https://www.pcgamesn.com/turok-2-seeds-of-evil/the-gunsmiths-turok-2-making-of What do you love more? Single-player games with large narrative campaigns? Or 4v1 shooters in which you work with or against your mates? If you can’t decide then here’s the good news: Raiders of the Broken Planet lets you have both. Developer MercurySteam have, so far, released two campaigns for their episodic action adventure, in which you can play solo or grab up to three friends to join you. The first is Eternal Soldier, which is available as a free-trial prologue, offering two missions to introduce you to the Broken Planet world and the characters within. from https://www.pcgamesn.com/raiders-of-the-broken-planet/free-steam-keys-raiders-of-the-broken-planet Bungie have answered the bubbling discontent among Destiny 2 players - which was sparked into full-on outrage by the XP throttling controversy - with a statement on the current problems in the game, and how they plan to fix them. To summarise: a new class of Legendary weapons called Masterworks will be introduced, the Crucible is getting some love, and it is about to get easier to complete your gear collections. Head here for a full breakdown of the forthcoming changes. The question is: are they enough? Our Destiny 2 update tracker compiles all the changes coming to the game in the future. By themselves, probably not. Every change is positive, and I applaud the presentation: there are clear dates given for most of the tweaks, estimates for longer-term goals and, crucially, a promise to be more vocal in the future as a matter of course. from https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/bungie-statement-fix-destiny-2-analysis As I regularly remind my colleagues to their continuing appreciation, the best games were made in the ‘90s. Releasing just one month after the original Half-Life, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil was a decent shooter in which you killed dinosaurs. It got a PC remaster earlier this year, and that remaster is now on sale on GOG for half price. What else issued from that wondrous decade? Get into the classics with our list of the best old games on PC. Based on the comic books of the same name, the ‘90s Turok games were a riotous series of pulp sci-fi that meshed time and space. Torn from a world long gone, you are the time-traveling warrior Turok, thrown into a ‘Lost Land’ full of savage dinosaurs, ruled by a lunatic with a sinister plan to conquer the multiverse. The sequel is similar fare, but with a new lunatic. from https://www.pcgamesn.com/turok-2-seeds-of-evil/turok-2-seeds-of-evil-remaster-cheap-sale-discount Destiny is primarily a PvE game - you have to shoot at least some aliens to get anywhere - but competitive multiplayer has been a key component from the beginning, with a thriving community on Twitch doing basically nothing else. Bungie have taken it much more seriously in the sequel, with controversial tweaks to abilities and weapon loadouts made in the name of PvP balance. If the Cabal are too soft for you, here's how you can compete against other Guardians in Destiny 2. Prefer your challenges PvE? Our Destiny 2 raid guide can help. Destiny 2 Cruciblefrom https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/destiny-2-pc-pvp-crucible-trials-of-the-nine-guide-iron-banner Esports has a problem with representation. Through partnerships, awards, and simple success, the platforms, companies, and organisations associated with esports are being represented by people whose histories include racist, misogynist, homophobic, and/or transphobic views, as well as those with violent or deceptive pasts. You only need to look to the recent Esports Industry Awards, one of the events with the largest profile in the business, to see examples of this. Everyone attending, including the media and game makers themselves, were there to celebrate the best esports has to offer and everything great that has happened during the year just past - which is well-deserved considering how quickly the industry has grown, supporting more events, players, and talent each year. At the 2017 event, the winner of Esports Journalist of the year was Duncan ‘Thorin’ Shields, a journalist who has worked for the Eleague, DreamHack, and is currently working exclusively for Dot Esports. from https://www.pcgamesn.com/esports-representation-problem |
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