Counter-Strike 2 invents a new way to monetise guns and, hoo boy, people seem to hate it even more than crates and keys: ‘I’m not paying 1000+ bucks for a skin!’

Last week brought a new update to Counter-Strike 2 that, among various tweaks to the game, added a brand-new way to obtain the game’s latest set of gun skins. The set is called the Genesis Collection, though sadly Valve neglected the chance to name them all after Phil Collins songs, and can only be bought…

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I just beat Silksong’s Act 3, and I’m not just thrilled the game was was hard—I’m glad it was mean to me, too

Harvey Randall, Staff Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: Reviewing Borderlands 4, a game I like very much despite its many warts. There’s been a healthy heaping of difficulty discourse surrounding Silksong, and with good reason. This game’s tough as nails. I just wrapped up my 60-hour playthrough of all three acts, and…

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After it accidentally leaked it, RGG unveils a full-on Kiwami remake of Yakuza 3, plus a whole new bonus Gaiden game where you play its main bad guy

It has, somehow, been almost a decade since Sega last released a Kiwami remake of one its older Yakuza games (though it’s been a mere six years since its previous one—Kiwami 2—hit PC). Now it’s feeling the itch again: during the last Ryu Ga Gotoku (RGG) Summit, the mad lads announced that Yakuza Kiwami 3—a…

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Despite its $1,000+ price tag, Lenovo Legion Go 2 pre-orders have ‘substantially exceeded’ expections, resulting in cancellations and delays

If you’ve preordered yourself a Lenovo Legion Go 2, you might want to look through your emails because there’s a chance your order has been delayed or, even worse, cancelled entirely. Lenovo decided to do an AMA (where users are encouraged to ask questions on Reddit) as users were finding out about their preorder delays…

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