Left 4 Dead 2 Is Getting Its First Update In Eight Years

Catch the teaser trailer below for a short, sweeping view of a creepy lighthouse overlooking a cliffside. “It has been many years since the infection first hit. Radio silence, no sign of life, nothing but lingering hopes… CEDA is not going to save us,” says Valve’s announcement post. “But there is hope! A few brave souls have continued the fight against all odds, and soon we can all benefit from their resilience....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 305 words · Jennifer Hainley

Legends Of Runeterra Plays Its Release Card At The End Of The Month

Riot flaunted Runterra’s release with (what else) an intensely dramatic, stylish little animated short. Calm down lads, it’s only cards. On release, Runeterra’s collective deck will be buffed out with a new set of over 120 cards, bringing the total collection up to 400. This includes a new, seventh region - one that Riot are remaining frustratingly tight-lipped on until release. That silence doesn’t apply to all new additions, mind, and deets on some of these new cards will begin drip-feeding out of Riot’s feeds over the coming weeks....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 335 words · Patricia Dunlop

Lego Builder S Journey Is A Gentle Puzzle Game Wrapped In Shiny Graphics

The game involves plucking and placing the remarkably detailed and clicky blocks around small dioramas. You could be completing a broken building, or gently encouraging a minifig to cross over a raging torrent of blocks. There’s nothing that I’ve encountered that makes me think I’ll need to look up a guide, but I did appreciate the relaxing atmosphere that they’ve crafted block-by-block. With every setting maxed out, the bricks here look better than in the real-world....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 198 words · Laverne Miele

Let S Be Honest We All Know Who Should Have Actually Played Johnny In Cyberpunk 2077

It’s just that, with the best will in the world, his performance as Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t one of them, is it? Keanu Reeves, he of the memes, was revealed (in terms of his connection to the game, not, like, as a person) at the same time as Cyberpunk’s initial release date, back at E3 2019. He appeared on stage, seemed surprised that everyone was losing their minds at him and/or some rinky-dink game-a-majig, and someone in the crowd yelled “You’re breathtaking!...

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 632 words · Douglas Beehler

Liquid Cooling Vs Air Cooling Which Is Better

This is a question that’s passed the lips (or rolled around in the brain) of many an aspiring PC builder, and the honest answer is “it depends”. Liquid coolers and air coolers do their thing in very different ways, using very different form factors, and at very different price points – so it pays to do some research before you install your CPU and turn your attention to keeping it chilled....

December 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1285 words · Martha Reynolds

London Games Festival Announces Official Selection

The 2022 London Games Festival will run the 1st-10th of April. The Official Selection will be featured in a showcase at their Trafalgar Square Exhibition, as well as in an online showcase. Some will have demos available, and apparently some “will release special content” during the festival. A few will be scattered across other LGF-affiliated events, like the Curios exhibition at W.A.S.D, a video games event at some place named Tobacco Dock?...

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 312 words · William Mize

Low Poly Animals Is A Tribute To Tragically Low Res Wildlife

Popping up late last month, Low Poly Animals has been a recent favourite. Their feed starts on one hell of a high, too, kicking off the archival process with Daytona USA’s infamous headless seagull. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — low poly animals (@lowpolyanimals) October 23, 2020 It’s not all retro arcade classics, though. Remember the Halo 3 rat that become so popular it spawned its own vermin-slaying deathmatch mod?...

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 344 words · Susan Mcwilliams

Magic The Gathering Arena Is Heading Back To Innistrad In 2023

Innistrad is one of my favourite planes from Magic, so I’m quite pleased to hear Shadows Over Innistrad is being remastered for Arena. The original launched in paper Magic back in April 2016 as part of a two-set block, joined by Eldritch Moon a few months later. Those sets dealt with the warping of the protector of Innistrad, the archangel Avacyn, and touched on cosmic horror thanks to the arrival of the monstrous Eldrazi titan Emrakul from the plane of Zendikar....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 215 words · Charles Schuckert

Marvel S Avengers To Show Off More Gameplay In June

Crystal Dynamics say that they’ll be showing off some more Avengers gameplay during the stream along with some co-op. Whelp, that’s about all we know until next month! Well, there is just the itsy bitsy-est bit of gameplay at the end of the video in the tweeted announcement. Iron Man paint jobs. Hulk smashes. Explosions. You know the drill. We do know that Marvel’s Avengers will lend you a bit of versatility in how you play all the larger than life heroes....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 169 words · Ronald Mcfee

Microsoft Could Offer Concessions To Encourage Eu Regulators To Approve Their Activision Blizzard Buyout

“Sony, as the industry leader, says it is worried about Call of Duty,” a Microsoft spokesman told Reuters, “but we’ve said we are committed to making the same game available on the same day on both Xbox and PlayStation. We want people to have more access to games, not less.” The Microsoft deal is still being investigated by EU, US and UK competition regulators due to concerns over the effects it would have on the industry, consumer choice, and developing technologies such as games streaming services....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 260 words · Ruth Cardinal

Microsoft Flight Simulator Launches In August

The new trailer’s got plenty to gawk at, biggo planes flying over cities I don’t quite recognise. One’s covered in snow though and I do like a good snow landscape. You’ll see plenty of the stuff depending on where you choose to fly, it sounds. As they’ve shown off previously, Flight Sim will have dynamic weather based on real local temperature and wind speed and such if you choose to play with live weather mode on....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 260 words · Sean Costain

Modern Warfare 2 Attachment Tuning

In this guide, we’ll break down everything you need to know about attachment tuning in Modern Warfare 2, including info on what attachment tuning does, whether attachment tuning is worth using, and whether it is currently active in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer. Is attachment tuning back in Modern Warfare 2? As of Friday, November 4 2022, Modern Warfare 2 attachment tuning is back. Infinity Ward confirmed in a tweet that “the attachment tuning feature has just been reenabled”, and promised more details over on the official Call Of Duty blog....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 694 words · Christina Hicks

Monster Hunter Rise How To Lock On

On this page, we’ll cover how to lock onto a target both on the map and using camera controls when playing Monster Hunter Rise on PC. How to track a target in Monster Hunter Rise Large monsters in Monster Hunter Rise get their own icon on the map that tracks their location as they move around. Before you encounter and identify them, they’ll be represented by a question mark symbol; once you know what they are, they’ll instead have their own species icon....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 579 words · Enrique Evans

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Review A Delightfully Difficult Expansion That Doesn T Disappoint

More importantly, early-game Monsters felt a little more forgiving. The consequences for biffing a dodge or pulling off a poorly timed combo were minimal, and creatures would perish quickly even when playing solo. Things absolutely got harder towards the end of the game’s hub quests (and the less said about its wretched late-game rampage missions the better) but on the whole, you could see the majority of what Rise had to offer without breaking too much of a sweat....

December 24, 2022 · 8 min · 1564 words · James Hannan

More Games Need Yakuza 5 S Pivot To J Pop Sim

Midway through Yakuza 5 you’ll go from slamming thugs around as a hulking specimen of a human, to attending fan meet-and-greets as Haruka. You must not skip dance practice. You must learn how to handle slimy interviewers. You must belt out glittery tunes. I was consumed by her schedule. Nothing was more important to me than helping her achieve her dreams, and this got me thinking; more games need a J-Pop idol section....

December 24, 2022 · 5 min · 1027 words · Susanna Limerick

Mortal Shell Is A Brutal Love Letter To Dark Souls

Mortal Shell is an unashamed attempt to mimic the Dark Souls formula, albeit on a slightly more condensed scale owing to its 15 person design team. On the surface it’s another jaunt through a bleak fantasy world, fighting against hard-hitting monsters with attack animations that take several years to wind up. Its secret sauce are the titular shells: the bodies of fallen warriors that you possess, to protect your far more fragile skeleton from harm....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 225 words · Tonya Lusk

Multiversus Season One Has Been Postponed Indefinitely

“We want to let everyone know that we are delaying the start of Season 1 & the release of Morty to a later date,” Player First tweeted. “We know this might be disappointing for some and want to assure our Community that we are dedicated to delivering new and exciting content that delights players.” The developers followed up with another tweet saying they’d be unveiling season one “very soon”. Player First soft-launched MultiVersus into an indefinitely long open beta on July 26th....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 250 words · Lee Edwards

My Hero Mania Codes February 2023

My Hero Mania codes give you access to more (and sometimes better) spins for free, giving you extra and improved chances at rolling some of the game’s above-average powers. Read on for an up-to-date list of My Hero Mania codes, as well as instructions on how to redeem them. On this page: My Hero Mania codes list How to redeem codes in My Hero Mania List of expired My Hero Mania codes...

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 319 words · Gerald Velo

New World How To Save

This guide will tell you how to save your game in New World, so that you don’t need to feel unsure about whether all your progress will be waiting for you next time you log on. How to save your game in New World Fortunately, you don’t need to do anything to save your game in New World. All of your progress is saved automatically on the server, so you don’t need to worry about saving your game....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 280 words · Edward Inciong

Nimby Rails Has Made Me A Train Person

Today: train sim NIMBY Rails. Developer: Weird And Wry Publisher: Weird And Wry Release: Out now From: Steam (early access) Price: £13.49/€14/$17 So I started playing NIMBY Rails almost as a joke. Then I coughed, and two hours had passed. It is dangerously engrossing. The idea is brilliant. The whole damn world is your canvas, stripped of existing trains and activity. Instead, there is potential, and obstacles. The potential is all those people living pointless, train-free lives....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 465 words · Kim Howlin