After a brief delay, Sea of Thieves’ latest free update, Shrouded Spoils, has set sail, filling the ocean with ominous fog and new hazards. I adored Sea of Thieves in concept and hated its execution, but the updates have been tempting me back to my nautical life. The latest throws more ship customisation (ever wanted to stick a kraken’s eye on your ship’s wheel?) As well as conjuring up a spooky atmosphere, the fog makes navigation trickier, encouraging players to work together to avoid ending u

World of Warcraft’s 14th anniversary event is almost over, which means it’s your last chance to get the most powerful artefact in all of Azeroth: goggles that turn everyone into corgis. The MMO has had a few facelifts over the years, but this is even better than the time when Blizzard let orcs have good posture. The event ends on Friday at 10am server time, so you’ll need to grab the goggles and anything else you want from the anniversary celebrations before then. The good news is that you won’t

The US Federal Trade Commission will investigate loot boxes, chairman Joseph Simmons told a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Tuesday. Hassan asked the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to investigate the way it rates games with loot boxes earlier this year, warning that she’d get the FTC involved if it didn’t. “Loot boxes will represent a $50 billion industry by the year 2022, according to the latest research estimates. Though the report could have been clearer, it definitely did not conflate

It’s the first time esports has been included in a medal event capacity. It featured in the Asian Games earlier this year, but only as a demonstration. In 2022, however, it will be added as an official medal event. This is one of the rules that has held esports back from becoming a medal event in the Olympic Games. The 2019 Southeast Asian Games will start on November 30, 2019.

Project Eagle, a “3D interactive Mars base” simulation developed by Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak studio Blackbird Interactive in partnership with NASA, is now live on Steam and free for everyone. “Project Eagle is an interactive model of a Mars colony in Gale Crater at the base of Mount Sharp, near the original landing site of the Mars Curiosity Rover,” the Steam listing explains. Eagle base is grounded in real possibilities, informed by real science with direct guidance and feedback from NASA a

This is why we can’t have nice thingsvia Reddit user TehAbsMan . Reddit user TehAbsMan explains how this brand new graphics card met its fate. That’s one way to stay coolvia Reddit user Donnies_Daycare. I’ve never seen a teeny, tiny living room inside of a PC before. The red floral fabric on the sofa and armchair, the matching frayed rug, the lamp illuminating the circuitry behind it—even the gumball machine with the tiny gumballs inside, and the tiny magazines inside the tiny magazine holder.

It’s no secret that Fallout 76 didn’t have a particularly smooth launch and isn’t universally acclaimed. The fact that it wasn’t done in Fallout 4 or Fallout 76 is indicative of Bethesda’s inability to have a small-scale view of its games. Fallout 76 desperately needs text chat. Musical instruments were a great idea for Fallout 76, and I always stop to play them when I find one. Is my Fallout 76 friend playing Fallout 76 right now?

Ninja has partnered with esports-focused gaming brand Finalmouse to create the most bizarre, grandiose marketing campaign of the year. Cue the promotional video: Ninja is playing computer games, when his mouse transforms into a giant mystical bird, flies out of the window, and takes Ninja on a journey to a magical cherry blossom tree. Eventbrite registration https://t.co/j5CdduoFKW pic.twitter.com/RGxJUNJ3c9November 27, 2018Tyler Blevins, despite his streamer handle, is not an actual ninja, but

A few months ago, Ubisoft made Rainbow Six Siege players an offer: Enable 2-step verification on your account, and you’ll get a free skin for Thermite. Today it announced a less-carrot, more-stick approach: Turn on 2FA, or say goodbye to Ranked play. 2-step verification (also known as 2-factor authentication) adds a second layer of security to online accounts that makes them more difficult to hack. It’s a good idea for any games or social networks you actually care about, and as of December 11 i

The day known as Cyber Monday has come to an official end, this being Tuesday and all, and the same goes for Black Friday. For some, Cyber Monday has morphed into Cyber Week, and for others the season of sales will last in earnest throughout the rest of this month and next. You can revisit our Cyber Monday article and try your luck clicking at random, or check out our curated picks below. There’s a $20 MIR, and this is the 4GB model, but it will still run circles around a GTX 1050 Ti and at a lo

Epic has posted the Fortnite 6.31 patch notes, delivering details on a new Team Rumble limited time mode, new Epic and Legendary rarities for the pump shotgun, and on the Save the World side of the game, some new missions, equipment, and a Legendary Constructor named Airheart. The patch notes also has details on the new shotgun rarities and pump shotgun buff that James dug into yesterday. The basic pump shotgun’s maximum damage has been increased from 85/90 to 95/100, but the damage will now fal

One notable change is a nerf to Trench Barrel, an IKELOS shotgun-exclusive perk that grants increased handling, reload speed, and damage immediately after a successful melee strike. Instead of lasting for three seconds as it originally did, the buff will now deactivate after three shots. (In case it’s not clear, let’s just say that Brakion, Genesis Mind is not supposed to eat it in two seconds.) In PC-specific changes, there’s a new screenshot keybind, and new /invite, /join, /addfriend, and /re

Blitz, Rainbow Six Siege’s favorite flash shield-wielding German, has a new set of eyes. Ubi’s strange fascination with Blitz’s peepers started back in August when the test server for Operation Grim Sky began. As hardcore players swarmed the test server to check out Siege’s newest operators, they spotted this subtle change to Blitz’s character art. The alteration raised some fun discussion on Reddit , but after several months of mourning and embracing of Zombie Blitz, I like to think we had move

Fanatical, an online retailer which sources all its keys from developers and publishers, currently has a big sale on Civilization 6 keys. A 78 percent means you can get the game for a slightly lower price than it was during the Steam Autumn sale ($18/£15, according to Steam Prices). It’s not the only thing discounted: Tropico 5 and all its DLC comes together in a complete bundle for just $5/£3.49. There are still a bunch of other deals worth checking out while we’re in the sales season. Hitman 2

Have you been pining for a mechanical keyboard that’s both ergonomic and available in a tenkeyless form factor? Its product lineup includes a spattering of ergonomic keyboards that are reminiscent of Microsoft’s Natural Ergonomic keyboard line, along with Belkin’s ErgoBoard, a wavy plank I used to type on a long time ago. I couldn’t find a product listing or press release for Spire’s Ergo, but according to TechPowerUp, it was introduced late last night and is billed as the first tenkeyless ergon

“We’re confident, with your support, we can make Fallout 76 an incredible experience for years to come.” Now, overencumbered players will be able to respawn at the nearest discovered Map Marker. We’ve resolved an issue affecting players who die while overencumbered that only allowed them to Respawn at Vault 76. Now, overencumbered players will be able to respawn at the nearest discovered Map Marker. To be clear, this account is run by us, Bethesda Game Studios community team,” it wrote.

It’s now more affordable than ever to grab a 1TB SSD, if that’s what you’re after. Looking down the line, however, we could see even better price-per-gigabyte ratios, driven in part by Samsung’s new 860 QVO series. The mission with the new 860 QVO series is clear—to usher in the era of multi-terabyte SSD storage. “Samsung continues to lead the move toward multi-terabyte SSDs with the introduction of the Samsung 860 QVO, delivering fast performance, reliability and value to more consumers around

The Game Awards are a bit over a week away and will feature ten new game announcements during the show, alongside updates for existing games, Geoff Keighley tweeted today. More than 10 new games will be announced for the first time during #TheGameAwards plus updates on existing titles too. The fifth Game Awards, says Keighley, will expand the show, putting it out on new platforms and in additional languages, and you can vote using any number of things, from Twitter and Discord to Alexa and Googl

AMD has a special treat for anyone looking to upgrade or a build a new PC around one its Ryzen processors, and specifically the Ryzen 7 2700 or Ryzen 5 2600X. For the holiday season, both CPUs are being made available with an upgraded Wraith Max LED cooler packed inside instead of the coolers that normally ship with them. They include the Wraith Stealth, Spire, Spire LED (with RGB lighting), Max, and Prism. Normally, the retail boxed version of the Ryzen 7 2700 ships with a Wraith Spire LED cool

We now know that the robot vendor is an exo called ADA-1, and she’ll be our gun dealer in Black Armory. Click here for full screen Image 2 of 6 Black Armory will include 5 exotic weapons Image 3 of 6 Black Armory will include 5 exotic weapons Anarchy is a Fallen-themed sticky grenade launcher which can create lightning traps. Here Deej was adamant that Black Armory offers a better deal, largely because of the replayability of its activities. Image 1 of 14Image 2 of 14 Image 3 of 14 Image 4 of 14