2023

EA is moving away from its longtime anticheat partner Easy Anti-Cheat in favor of an internally developed kernel-level anticheat software. The software, which the company is simply calling “EA anticheat,” will be implemented first in Battlefield 2042 when Season 6 arrives in October. The decision follows in the footsteps of other major game studios that…

Take heed, Counter-Strike 2 players: Valve has issued a warning that not only will cheaters be dealt with harshly through permanent bans, those who merely “associate” with them will be punished for their bad behaviour too. What does that mean, exactly? We’re still waiting to find out from Valve, who may be keeping details about…

Valve has launched Counter-Strike 2 as part of which it has mothballed Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the latter being arguably the most popular competitive game in the world and definitely the most popular on Steam. From CS2’s first announcement Valve has been clear that this was the next step for the series, going so far as…

Counter-Strike 2 has been out for, let’s see, less than 24 hours, and already streamers are claiming their own ‘world firsts’ in nabbing various ridiculously rare and lucrative skins. Take, for example, xQc, who miraculously managed to net himself multiple fantastically unlikely skins worth tens of thousands of dollars on the first day of the…

NEED TO KNOW What is it? Turn-based fantasy strategy inspired by Advance Wars Release date October 5, 2023 Expect to pay $20/£16.75 Developer Chucklefish & Robotality Publisher Chucklefish Reviewed on Windows 11, Nvidia 4090, Intel i9-13900k, 64GB DDR5 RAM Steam Deck Supported Multiplayer? Local, Online, Co-op & PvP Link Official Site The original Wargroove came…