For the first time since the launch of Destiny 2 last week, the game’s servers will be temporaily taken down for maintenance, leaving players unable to get online for a total of four hours. Players who are still online will receive a warning at the above time, informing them that maintenance will shortly commence. From that point, they will have an hour to vacate the Destiny 2 servers before being forcibly removed from the game. The downtime will arrive around the same time as the Destiny weekly

When Shadow of Mordor first released, it took the gaming world by storm. But while the gameplay was critically acclaimed for being innovative and well-polished, the final boss fight was incredibly disappointing – something that developer Monolith claims Middle-earth: Shadow of War will rectify. According to a new interview with Monolith’s design director Bob Roberts at PAX West, the only thing that the final boss fight in Middle-earth: Shadow of War will suffer from is being ‘too epic’. Although

No doubt every Destiny 2 player is thinking about which weapons to take in the raid, in each slot. To that end, we’ve put together a list of the 5 exotic weapons we think will be the most useful in the Leviathan raid. Merciless (Fusion Rifle)Fusion rifles are rarely considered powerful raid weapons, but this exotic fusion rifle is quite unique. The other benefit to the exotic rocket launcher is that it reloads every time a player picks up Power Weapon ammo. Ultimately, players will find the load

Through experience and figuring it out together, fans discovered the most effective ways to level in Destiny 2. But today, developer Bungie confirmed those methods with a tweet explaining the best way to push past the first roadblock in leveling, which is level 260. Past 260 Power, most upgrades will come from weekly activities like Flashpoints, Nightfalls, Call To Arms, Raids, Trials, and Clan rewards. But things slow down considerably around 260 or 265, as the avenues to continue to level up s

Today, Smith revealed that the power level recommendations for the Leviathan raid will be between 260 and 280. For those that might not be familiar with Destiny raids, the range means that the power level of enemies at the start will be 260 and the final boss sequence will jump up to 280. In most cases, things progress incrementally, assuming that players have acquired some gear during their raid run and jumped up in level. What these means for the most hardcore Destiny 2 players is that they ha

However, it seems as if the physical sales for the game during its first week of availability in the UK are much less than those from the release of the original entry in Bungie’s science fiction shooter series back in 2014. As a matter of fact, although the game is currently the top-selling title in the UK for the week, sales for physical copies of the title in the region are down by half from the initial game in the franchise. As posted by the NeoGAF user Bruno MB, Destiny 2 sold 175,000 physi

Four weeks from now, the Star Wars Battlefront 2 beta will get underway, giving jedi and sith alike the chance to get a preview of one of the year’s most hotly anticipated sequels. Reddit user Some_Info has a good reputation when it comes to Star Wars Battlefront 2, having been responsible for the information that leaked ahead of E3 2017. Star Wars Battlefront 2 looks set to make some major improvements over its predecessor, which was fun in the short-term but didn’t offer a great deal of depth.

About a month ago, the modders under the umbrella group name of New Home Cinema revealed the existence of the incredibly ambitious Space Mod for Rockstar Games’ open world crime title Grand Theft Auto 5. Now, the modders have officially announced that their out-of-this-world creation has gone live, with the team deciding to let gaming fans know of its availability by way of a brand new launch trailer that details its contents. As seen below in the launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5‘s Space Mo

As a feature that made its debut in the previous console generation, gamers the world over have been keeping their fingers crossed in the hopes that Nintendo may finally implement an achievements system of sorts into its existing line of hardware. Despite ignoring that particularly beloved aspect of other platforms, it looks like some sort of system resembling Xbox’s Achievements and PlayStation’s Trophies formats may be in the works for Nintendo Switch. At least, that’s according to the team be

Now, however, Obsidian has finally shed some light on its cancelled project, which was tentatively called Stormlands. Conceptually what came from Microsoft was this idea: imagine you’re playing The Witcher, maybe with a friend. What happens if at points in time a giant creature pops up that you can see in the distance but it’s not just popping up while you’re playing, it’s popping up for everybody who’s playing. Stormlands sounds ambitious even now in 2017 – in 2011, it would have been unlike an

Super Mario Odyssey is undoubtedly the jewel in the crown of Nintendo’s late 2017 software line-up, so it’s unsurprising to see the game take center stage. — Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) September 11, 2017Of course, it’s unlikely that the broadcast will solely be focused on Super Mario Odyssey. Going on previous Nintendo Direct broadcasts, we’re liable to see some brand new, unannounced games make their debut, too. This week’s Nintendo Direct gets underway at 6PM EST on September 13, and

Public Events are both a useful and fun feature of Destiny 2 but the multiplayer instances often feel a little too empty, despite over a million players being simultaneously active in-game. Since the events are often too difficult for a single-player to complete, especially at lower power levels, a way to find more players is needed – and thankfully, one exists. Of course this handy little trick will work best on Public Events that are near to fast-travel locations so plan accordingly, but playe

There’s a new Jason lumbering his way to Friday the 13th: The Game and he’s bringing along a deadly new weapon. It also teases a new map that will include the Jarvis House from the forth movie. In other news, Friday the 13th: The Game has recently managed to snag itself a Guinness World Record. Due to its success in gaining support through Kickstarter, the game has earned the title of most crowdfunded video game based on a movie. Friday the 13th: The Game is available now for PC, PlayStation 4,

One popular way of searching for those boosts to the all-important power level is taking part in Public Events which spawn regularly across all locations, though it’s possible to upgrade these encounters to Heroic Public Events for some additional benefits. Something that many Destiny 2 players don’t seem to realize is that the effort to activate a Heroic Public Event is ultimately worthwhile, as the encounter will then grant better rewards, including: higher level drops, a larger amount of glim

Bungie may have said it will not reveal anything about Destiny 2’s upcoming Leviathan raid but that hasn’t stopped some leaks from making their way online. Of course, it goes without saying, but the following information will contain potential SPOILERS for the Leviathan raid in Destiny 2. According to the Destiny 2 raid leak, prior speculation about the endgame experience taking place on a giant ship is true. Storytelling is also apparently a big portion of the raid, complete with cinematics. If

As an example, in an interview with Games Industry Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene himself talked about using Sea of Thieves’ tech. Specifically, he mentions how the Microsoft partnership allows Bluehole to consider using Sea of Thieves‘ water tech for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds‘ water:“I was at the Microsoft event last night talking to the Sea of Thieves guys. They said they loved the game, they play it a lot, but, ‘Oh, your water.’ I mean, our water is not very good, but Rare has great water

Raiding in Pokemon GO is a feature that has managed to breathe new life into the incredibly popular title, bringing a large portion of the playerbase together again, in order to take on and capture powerful Pokemon. Originally, Pokemon GO would assemble what the game believed to be the best team possible to take on the raid boss, but its formula always seemed a little off. Now a new update to the formula might just have sorted the issue, providing players with a far more optimal line-up in the a

Possibility 1: Power Level 250If past patterns with Destiny hold, then the Leviathan raid’s recommended power could be as low as 250. When Rise of Iron launched, the recommended light level for the Nightfall was 360 and the recommended light level for the Wrath of the Machine was 370. Possibility 3: Power Level 280At the same time, there is another detail to consider regarding the raid that may push its recommended power level even higher, potentially up to 280 or even 290. Regardless of what th

As it turns out, however, this swell of early support has managed to help the title break its way into the Guinness World Records, with Friday the 13th: The Game apparently earning itself the title of the most crowdfunded video game based on a movie. According to Guinness, which added the title into the Guinness World Records 2018 Gamer’s Edition, Friday the 13th has managed to hold this record due to the fact that the game pulled together $2,060,651 by March 2017, spread between Kickstarter and

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime is unable to commit to keeping the Nintendo Switch in stock over the holiday season. The Nintendo Switch has remained in a state of scarcity since it launched on March 3 earlier this year. For comparison’s sake, Nintendo Switch sales share some similarities to the PS4’s at launch. If Nintendo is going to meet the holiday demand for Nintendo Switch, it will show well before the holiday arrives. The Nintendo Switch is currently available, albeit in ex