The giveaway was announced in the 20th anniversary livestream while a small gathering of old Bohemia Interactive hands relived the old days. Even though there’s nothing else like the Arma series today, Op Flash was even more out there for its time. It was astonishing. Buggy and confusing, sure. But it had scale and depth. And. The. AI. Talked. Like. This. Pretty much everyone I grew up with in PC gaming has a favourite Operation Flashpoint moment or mod....

Armor Games were best known for publishing browser games back in the day, including the game which inspired Angry Birds, Crush The Castle. They’re still doing browser games but have moved into publishing regular PC games too, including Nauticrawl (made by Spare Parts Oasis) and Jet Lancer (by Code Wakers). Their CEO, John Cooney announced on Twitter yesterday that after a three-month trial, Armor have decided to permanently switch to a shorter four-day week....

ResetEra user Modiz kicked off the debate by posting a link to the US Xbox store page for Mirage. This listing, which you can see for yourself here, says the game will feature “Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Partial Nudity, Real Gambling”. Others chimed in to add that they’d spotted the 18+ rating flash up before Mirage was shown during Saturday’s Ubisoft Forward stream too, which Modiz confirmed....

If you’ve lost count of Creed games, this is the one from 2017. You know, before our summer vacation in Greece but after London. AC Oranges is a big open romp through ancient Egypt in the shoes of ya boy Bayek as he attempts to avenge his son’s death. Edwin Evans-Thirlwell found Origins to be pretty alright as far as assassin games go. “To play Origins is often to be hit by what I can only describe as acute ‘verb envy’, as the grandeur and delicacy of the setting chafes against the small, broad range of ways you’re able to act upon it, a range that is a little bare-bones even by the standards of Ubisoft’s famously repetitive open worlds,” he says in his Assassin’s Creed Origins review....

Forgotten Saga is meant to be a roguelite-style experience in the realm of the dead, Niflheim, plunging headfirst into the Norse fantasy worlds introduced to Valhalla in Dawn Of Ragnarök. Don’t worry, because you won’t need the paid expansion to play Forgotten Saga – it’ll be unlocked after you reach a certain point in the game, easily accessible through a new hut in the village of Ravensthorpe. This time you’re playing as god-parent Odin, who’ll die, rinse, repeat their way through Niflheim and its rock-solid enemies in search of their missing son Baldr....

“We are excited to announce that players will be able to discover Assassin’s Creed Valhalla sooner than expected!” producer Julien Laferrière said. “We cannot wait to see the world we’ve been creating over the past three years coming to life on all platforms, including on the next generation of consoles with the Xbox Series X | S on 10th November.” Valhalla is set in England in the year 873 AD, and will plop players into the boots of Eivor, a Viking chief who gets to do lots of cool raids and beat up the English....

Auto Chess publishers Dragonest announced the MOBA spin-off/rebirth/homecoming earlier this month, Kotaku noted. I am genuinely delighted to see it come back round. What a weird series of events. I do not have high hopes for this particular game but I gotta find joy in the world’s cycles. If you missed Auto Chess and the games it inspired (which include Valve’s Dota Underlords, Riot’s Teamfight Tactics, and Blizzard’s Hearthstone Battlegrounds), no, it’s nothing to do with chess beyond taking place on a chequered board....

Axe Of The Blood God is hosted by Kat Bailey and Nadia Oxford, two long-time game journalists and RPG experts. The focus of each episode changes, whether reviewing new releases, reconsidering old classics, holding roundtable discussions on perennial topics, or interviewing major developers. Or heck, let them just describe the podcast themselves: There are a lot of PC games discussed, natch, but I was particularly fond of the Console RPG Quest mentioned in that audio clip....

“Difficulty needs to be our ‘baby bear’ in Back 4 Blood’s Goldilocks story. It needs to be ‘just right,’” Turtle Rock said in a Reddit post. We want it tense. We want it challenging. We want you barely squeaking into the saferoom with a horde hot on your heels and you feeling that rush. We do not want it unmanageable. We do not want it to be unfair. That is our mission....

Aside from deviously planning when to toss monsters at you, the AI director (let’s call him ‘Stan’) will be able to mess things up before the level even starts. Stan will play a series of cards that modifies the level and enemies. He could draw a card that’ll plunge the level into darkness, or throw some fun monster variants into the mix, adding armour or fire to one of the boss monsters....

Best long-range EM2 loadout in Warzone The EM2 is looking great for long-range fights, so we’ve put together a build optimized for that. Muzzle: Agency Suppressor Barrel: Task Force Optic: Axial Arms 3x Underbarrel: Field Agent Grip Ammunition: 50 Round The Agency Suppressor is standard on most Cold War weapons these days. It keeps you off radar and provides recoil control, bullet velocity, and damage range. It’s just such a complete package, especially on a long-range build....

Looking for more Lost Ark class build guides? Best Lost Ark Deadeye build: class overview Deadeye is an extremely flexible class, thanks in large part to his weapon swapping Identity Skill. Like the Gunslinger, Deadeye cycles between dual pistols, a shotgun, and a rifle, each with their own unique skills attached. You can equip eight pistol skills plus four shotgun skills and four rifle skills at any time. Your pistols provide tons of utility in the form of debuffs and mobility on short cooldowns....

In this guide, we’ll break down the best EBR-14 loadout in Modern Warfare 2, including the best attachments, secondary weapon, perks, and equipment that you need to use in your MW2 EBR-14 class setup. Best EBR-14 loadout in Modern Warfare 2 Our MW2 EBR-14 loadout focuses on improving its range, accuracy, and ADS speed to create a snappy and precise rifle. With this setup, you’ll be able to quickly aim for the head and score a clean headshot without any trouble....

After a whole lot of experimenting on our own, we’ve decided upon the 5 attachments you need to create the best possible TAQ-56 loadout and class setup in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Below we explain our reasoning behind each choice, and we’ll also go over other details of the build such as perks, equipment, and secondary weapons to use. Best TAQ-56 loadout in Modern Warfare 2 This TAQ-56 loadout is the best we’ve come across, because it strikes a great balance between low recoil and high stopping power thanks to the below array of attachments....

In this guide, you’ll find the best VEL 46 loadout in Modern Warfare 2, including the attachments, secondary weapon, perks, and equipment that you need to use. Best VEL 46 loadout in Modern Warfare 2 This VEL 46 loadout focuses on improving the ADS speed and sprint to fire speed, while maintaining the VEL 46’s damage so that you can charge around the map and quickly drop enemies in a few shots....

Best NZ-41 Warzone Pacific loadout There isn’t much you can do to up the NZ-41’s range. Thankfully, its base damage range is already solid, so we’re focusing on minimizing recoil to keep you on target. Muzzle: MX Silencer Barrel: Orbweaver 360mm BC Underbarrel: M1941 Hand Stop Optic: ZF4 3.5x Rifle Scope Magazine: None Ammunition: Lengthened Grip: Rubber Grip Stock: Orbweaver E Pack Proficiency: Brace Kit: Fully Loaded As is typical, we’re starting off with an MX Silencer....

We’ve ranked the pistols from best to worst, and even put in a bit of info on the best attachments to use with them. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone - Best Pistols Here’s our favourite pistols, as well as some tidbits on why we like them. Top Tier Pistols Renetti The Renetti has been hit with a nerf at the back end of Season 3. Regardless, we’ve still got it at the top of our list here - its damage has been reduced but it’s no longer able to act as a substitute for a primary weapon at close range....

This guide covers everything you need to know to make the best Type 99 loadout in Warzone Pacific so that you can wreak havoc in Caldera. Best Type 99 loadout in Warzone Pacific This Type 99 loadout aims to make it more powerful by increasing the damage, range and bullet velocity, while also making it easier to control so that you can quickly tear through enemy squads. Muzzle: MX Silencer Barrel: Shiraishi 712MM Sniper Underbarrel: M1941 Hand Stop Optic: None Magazine: 8MM Klauser 5 Round Mags Ammunition: Lengthened Grip: Rubber Grip Stock: Sakura CVR Custom Proficiency: Vital Kit: Fully Loaded...

But that is not what I want to talk about. Very early on in the game, a precocious child gives you a hacker tool to help with the whole saving the day thing. It is amazing. It is ostensibly to solve puzzles, but what it actually does is make you an agent of chaos capable of bringing any automated system to its robotic knees. I think it’s the best puzzle doohickey I’ve seen in a game for a long time....

It’s a very brightly coloured, fantastical world, this forest you live in, and you’re dropped in media res. I thought that hands-on preview I got would be quite a casual gadabout talking to a cute dragon and what have you, but in fact it was difficult, and weird, and very opaque in the best way. The res in question included treasure chests with teeth and talking pine-cone spirits, and exploding fireflies....