We got a look at some gameplay plus some dev chat to explain things. Spoilers for the combat, but remember naval battles in Assassin’s Creed? Yeah, still kinda like that. You can see a fuller rundown of the features of Skull And Bones in my write up. Given that there’s only one comparable pirate live service game out there right now, you won’t be surprised to hear that I think it looks quite a lot like Sea Of Thieves....

Ninja theory announced Project: Mara almost exactly one year ago, saying it would be “a real-world and grounded representation of true mental terror.” They added that it’s an “experimental” game all based around one person and one location - the fancy apartment you can catch a glimpse of in the dev diary below. “We’re attempting to do lots of things we’ve never attempted to do before,” Tameem Antoniades, chief creative ninja at Ninja Theory....

For context, Activision Blizzard is embroiled in a number of legal proceedings at the moment. The two relevant ones here are: the DFEH’s lawsuit, which alleges ActiBliz have fostered an culture of sexual harassment, discrimination, unequal pay, and more; and the EEOC settlement, for which Activision Blizzard have agreed to create a claims fund of $18 million for staff who experienced harm from “sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and/or related retaliation” (though the settlement is not an admission of guilt)....

Different players look for different things in an ideal place to build. PvP players will want an easily fortifiable location to protect against raids. Others may just want a large expanse of land on which to build the castle of their dreams. And everyone wants easy access to nearby materials and regions. Below we’ll walk you through 7 of the best base locations we’ve found so far in V Rising....

Valheim is also headed to Xbox and Xbox Game Pass in early 2023, which is relevant to PC players because it will support “full crossplay” between Xbox, Microsoft store and Steam players. If you don’t know it, Valheim is a viking craft ’em up about building a homestead with pals and venturing out across a wilderness to gather resources, thwock enemies, and eventually set sail to more distant lands. It’s chill and pretty and it exploded onto the scene last year more forcefully than Micah Richards, selling two million copies in two weeks, three million a few days after that, and 6....

A brave clan by the name of “Deppentreff” have constructed a ramp that runs down a mountain, curls round some trees, and leads straight into the river below. The idea being, that you spawn a longboat at the roller coaster’s peak, sit inside it, then let gravity do the rest. Here’s a dramatic video showing it in action: Despite the longboat’s clear discomfort as it races down the ramp, it’s super impressive how Deppentreff Constructions, as I’m now calling them, have made it so the boat doesn’t disintegrate entirely....

Below we’ve put together some strategy advice to help you make the most of Sova’s abilities. How to play Sova Owl Drone [C] (300 Credits) You’ll pilot a recon drone for a short period of time. While flying about, you can fire a dart which has a long cooldown. If this hits an enemy it’ll reveal their position for a few seconds. Enemies can shoot your drone and it doesn’t take much to destroy it....

Complex Games, the developers of recent XCOM-like Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters not only managed to resist the mutating power of the Warp, but produced an absolute cracker of a game. Suspecting pacts with Dark Powers were behind it, I put on my big Inquisitorial hat and set off to question Noah Decter-Jackson, the game’s Creative Director. RPS Emperor Katherine, Beloved By All, awarded it a coveted Bestest Best back in May, and I’ve been rather enamoured with it myself....

Best ISO Warzone loadout Let’s jump right into this guide with an explanation of the very best ISO Warzone loadout we’ve found so far: Barrel: FSS Nightshade Underbarrel: Merc Foregrip Ammunition: 50 Round Mags Laser: Tac Laser Perk: Sleight of Hand Rear Grip: No change Stock: No changes Optic: No changes Muzzle: No changes Here you can see what the ISO looks like with this loadout equipped: The focus of this loadout is to leverage the main selling points of the ISO....

On this page: How to get Bombardment in Warzone What does Bombardment do in Warzone? How to get Bombardment in Warzone Bombardment can be used after updating Warzone to the latest mid-season 2 patch. If you want to use it, you’ll have to go through a few steps though, so just follow these pointers and you’ll be bombarding faster than you can say ‘oops, I set of Bombardment when the zombie area was in the gas’....

All the guns in Warzone 2 are shared with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, so this guide is suitable for both games. Below we’ll show you every single primary weapon’s ironsights and default scopes, so you can easily compare different ironsights and figure out which gun’s default sights are best for you. Skip ahead to the ironsights of your choice: M4 TAQ-56 Kastov 762 Lachmann-556 STB 556 M16 Kastov-74U Kastov 545 M13B Chimera Lachmann-762 S0-14 TAQ-V FTAC Recon Vel 46 MX9 Lachmann Sub Vaznev-9K FSS Hurricane Minibak BAS-P PDSW 528 Fennec 45 Lockwood 300 Expedite 12 Bryson 800 Bryson 890 Sakin MG38 HCR 56 556 Icarus Raal MG RPK Rapp H EBR-14 SP-R 208 Lockwood Mk2 LM-S SA-B 50 TAQ-M MCPR-300 Victus XMR Signal 50 LA-B 330 SP-X 80...

Here ya go, a new trailer to pop on. “A mind-bending single-player Campaign awaits, with Black Ops protagonists Alex Mason, Frank Woods, and Jason Hudson teaming up with an all-new crew to track down a mysterious enemy known only as Perseus,” Activision say. As we’ve seen before, Ronnie sits at the head of the secret meetings table. The fella in aviators says (and I’m paraphrasing) “yup, there’s a baddie out there”....

“This is a linear playback of all my edits in Maya and was generated using a set of custom tools to capture the data, process it, and replay it in a marginally coherent way,” Pope explains in the video description. “If you haven’t played the game, this video will be confusing and boring. If you have played the game, same problem.” Tush and fie! I enjoyed seeing it all come together....

The team revealed Colm in traditional YouTube style by making him get immediately into the sea: If Colm’s name seems familiar, it’s probably because of the time he spent running VideoGamer’s YouTube channel and eventually the whole site. While there he investigated meaningful topics such as whether Kratos is real, celebrated videogame demos, and reviewed games through song. He brings a wealth of experience which will help advance our goals with the RPS YouTube channel....

As you may remember from the base game of Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters (which you’ll need to own before you can start enjoying its mech-based antics), the Bloom is the main force of evil you’re fighting against with your squad of Grey Knights, and there’s a new Technophage strain of it to take down in the Duty Eternal expansion. Complex Games say this is the most challenging variant of the Bloom yet, and they’ll be remixing regular maps with new objectives, higher reinforcement numbers, tougher consequences if you fail, and all new Warp Surge conditions (which are the wonderfully chaotic little twists that change the battlefield every couple of turns as the Bloom spreads and grows stronger)....

Unit designers I have spent long hours in Stellaris designing many spaceships to fill my fleet with complimentary and contrasting roles. I have grand visions of how they counter my foes, imagining my choices of weapons and carriers and countermeasures will lead to masterful manouvers and tricky traps. Oh, how foolish they will feel when they attempt to fall upon my backline and are torn up by flak! I am fairly certain that every unit I have hand-designed is worse than the game’s auto-complete suggestions, and my decisions have led to the deaths of billions of citizens....

Keep an eye out for our coverage of Scholomance Academy, since we’ll be covering it with deck guides, reveals, and more. When is the Hearthstone Scholomance Academy release date? You can start opening your Scholomance Academy packs on August 6th. The specific time of release for Hearthstone expansions has previously been pretty consistent, so we can assume it’ll be playable at the following times: 6pm BST 1pm ET 10am PT 3am ACT (August 7th) 2am Japan Standard Time (August 7th)...

Was RD actually responsible for making one of the most influential and popular game maps of all time? I began a forensic investigation to verify its authorship, digging through the ancient detritus of dead Geocities pages, Angelfire websites, and Romanian file servers. I even datamined the fy_iceworld file for clues. I now know what “fy_” actually meant, and it wasn’t “fight yard.” Originally, it wasn’t even called fy_iceworld either! But let’s start from the beginning....

Diablo Immortal, which is currently on open beta for PC and out properly for mobile (both for free), was largely made by the wolf, and it’s all right to play! However, I don’t know why the chicken wanted to put it on PC in its current monetised form, apart from the fact it’s a bad decision and we’ve already established those are the only kind of decisions the chicken can make....

The custom Buster Sword works through motion controls, and even lets you guard with the same pose as Cloud. It seems like wielding the controller for two and half hours really knackered Super Louis out though, and I don’t think I’d fare anywhere near as well. This isn’t the first time he’s made a custom sword controller, having crafted a katana to play Ghost Of Tsushima and for the samurai class in Final Fantasy 14....