Fallout 76’s former project lead says it’s still his favourite game he worked on, but the initial reception was demoralising: ‘I got yelled at in an Apple Store, I’ll never forget’

Fallout 76 has become another feather in Bethesda’s cap, assisted by the fact that it’s the game best-positioned to take advantage of the popularity of Amazon’s fantastic Fallout TV show, and thanks to the cavalcade of transformative free updates. But it wasn’t always like this. At launch, the reception was rough. An online-only Fallout game…

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If you ever got the feeling a customer support line is intentionally keeping you on hold in the hope you’ll go away it turns out the HP is doing precisely that with a minimum 15 wait

That feeling a customer support line is deliberately designed to keep you hanging in the hope that you’ll just go away. We’ve all had it, right? Now it turns out HP has introduced a minimum 15 wait to PC and printer support phonelines in some territories with the explicit intention to push customers to use…

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All treasure map locations and rewards in Avowed

There are 12 treasure maps for you to track down in Avowed, split evenly across its four main regions. While some are pretty straightforward, others demand better knowledge of the landscape and even some crafty puzzles be solved before you can get your hands on the treasure. Alongside finding the god totem fragment locations, digging…

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