Today is that once-in-a-decade moment when Counter-Strike’s soul is transferred to a new body. Counter-Strike 2 will replace CS:GO at some point later today (Valve hasn’t specified a launch time). Plenty of Counter-Strike’s most devoted pros have been playing a pre-release version of the game for months, preparing for changes that, though quite miniscule on…
Valve may have its eyes elsewhere at the moment but, for some, the attention never shifts from 2007’s Team Fortress 2. While its developer continues to support the game, with an update as recently as March, that and everything for the last few years has been largely community authored and the game’s ongoing vibrancy is…
Explore Dogtown with these Phantom Liberty guides (Image credit: CD Projekt Red) How to start Phantom Liberty: Enter Dogtown Cyberpunk 2077 Restricted Data Terminals: Get Relic Points Cyberpunk 2077 airdrops: Loot unique rewards Cyberpunk 2077 1R-ONC-LAD photo locations: Help the robot There are a surprising number of Phantom Liberty endings in Cyberpunk 2077’s first-and-last expansion,…
You might have to worry about DRM in your mods, now. Starfield modder PureDark has been charging $5 (via Patreon) for his DLSS3 Starfield mod, although his DLSS2 mod is available for free on Nexus. This isn’t news in itself, as he’s been upscaling mods on Patreon for years. “I’ve been providing it as a…
There’s something very wrong in the town of Bright Falls. But there’s something quite right with the PS5 game Alan Wake 2, a sequel that infuses the original game’s rich psychological thrills with exciting new settings and gameplay that will appeal to survival-horror fans. Remedy’s original 2010 game was part run-and-gun action game, part horror…
Warfare has never been this cozy. 2023 has been a good year for tactics games on the Switch. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot marked the return of two classic GBA games while Fire Emblem Engage brought the series’s focus to its strategic roots. Chucklefish and Robotality’s Wargroove 2 is the next SRPG joining the fray, and…
In the realm of iconic cultural phenomenon, few have left a mark as indelible as Happy Tree Friends. These lovable yet crooked forest critters have been a source of macabre humor and fascination for fans worldwide. After a six-year hiatus, their return is not just a comeback; it’s a revival eagerly anticipated by legions of…
Another Sony blockbuster is coming to PC. The latest entry in the PS5 catalogue to make the leap is Horizon Forbidden West, which will be arriving on our shores—says Sony—in “early 2024” in its Complete Edition form. That’s the one with the Burning Shores DLC, bonus in-game items, and your standard digital knick-knacks like soundtracks…
Dave James, I like lighting, me (Image credit: Future) This week I have been mostly playing Cyberpunk 2077. Yeah, I’m back in, like a lot of people right now, honestly. At the risk of sounding like some relentless contrarian I actually had a blast with the game at launch. Only now I’m experiencing it in…
“Miyamoto wanted us to try out new ideas and see what happened”. Star Fox Command is 14 years old this year, a remarkable fact when you consider that, in the time that has elapsed since its release, we’ve only seen one all-new Star Fox entry – and even that was technically a remake of the…