Fortnite’s latest patch has broken free from Epic’s servers like an Arctic ice-shelf in summertime, bringing multiple new features for both Fortnite’s Battle Royale and Save the World modes. Foremost amongst version 6.01’s updates is the “Chiller” weapon, a common trap new to Battle Royale that will freeze the feet of anyone who it’s directed toward. The trap can be placed on floors, walls, or ceilings, and drops in stacks of 3 in treasure chests, supply drops, supply llamas, etc. In addition, F

Skywind, the ambitious project to recreate The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in the Skyrim engine, has released a new trailer. The big question with Skywind, as with all of these madly ambitious fan conversions, is when is it coming out? Well, the trailer description reads “Soon, Morrowind will remember what it has forgotten,” which seems to hint that some form of release is near-ish. On the other hand, a comment from the Skywind team farther down the page implies otherwise. In the meantime, chec

Following the implementation of a new ban system for teamkillers, fans of Rainbow Six Siege have been pleading to Ubisoft to let players “forgive” accidental teamkilling. Any veteran Siege player is happy to see harsher punishments for teamkilling, a type of griefing that’s particularly painful in an FPS where players don’t respawn after dying. They’re definitely right about one thing: teamkilling in Siege is often an unavoidable accident. The Halo series still uses a forgive system for teamkill

Back in April, Ben Brode announced he was quitting his job as game director on Hearthstone to form a new studio called Second Dinner. In the talk Brode outlines five tips for game development that he says ought to be obvious, but sometimes go overlooked. You absolutely don’t need to be a game developer or C++ student to find this stuff interesting, as it’s all very layman-friendly. After leaving Blizzard, Brode was joined at Second Dinner by Yong Woo and Hamilton Chu, both of whom were also long

The Quiet Man, a new action-adventure game that blends live-action video with gameplay, will launch next month, publisher Square Enix has announced. Developed by Human Head Studios, the creators of the original Prey, the Quiet Man centres around the story of a young deaf man with a penchant for punching named Dane, as he searches for a kidnapped singer called Lala. According to the description on the game’s Steam page, The Quiet Man will include “very little distinct audio and no subtitles”. Ano

Courtesy of our pals at Fanatical.com, where you can find great deals on game keys and bundles, this month’s PC Gamer Club Legendary game is side-scrolling zombie apocalypse platformer Deadlight. This is to celebrate Tequila Works’ excellent murder mystery game The Sexy Brutale being included in The Slayer Bundle, which also includes the likes of Styx and Songbringer. In addition, Tequila Works games like Rime and The Invisible Hours are also discounted all week. Deadlight mixes 2D sidescrolling

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is now available to buy digitally for the first time since it was released back in 1999. It was developed by LucasArts with the project headed by Hal Barwood, who previously directed the most treasured of Indy’s virtual adventures, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. The Infernal Machine was the first Indiana Jones game to adopt the Tomb Raider structure (a weird cycle given Tomb Raider’s own debt to Indy). I actually owned the Infernal Machine when it

Friendship-destroying cooperative game Overcooked 2 is receiving an extra course of content, in the form of New DLC Surf ‘n’ Turf. The above launch trailer shows off the DLC’s new features, all of which are themed around the new exotic location. The DLC adds 12 new campaign levels in total, as well as new Versus and “Kevin” levels. PC Gamer contributor Chris Schilling described it as “one of the most intensely stressful games you’ll ever play”, which makes it sound like a pretty accurate kitchen

After Cooler Master’s coveted Cosmos II hit the market, we found ourselves waiting five long years to see the next iteration of the Cosmos. From our first glance at Computex earlier this year, we could tell the C700M represents the peak of Cooler Master’s evolving design philosophy. We were already impressed with the tasteful RGB lighting from its predecessor but the C700M really kicks it up a notch. As expected of a Cosmos case, the C700M represents the pinnacle of Cooler Master’s innovation in

That was my shield hand, and crouched down as I was, I could stop just about any projectile from hitting me if I paid attention. Evasion has a proper campaign with missions that can be played solo or with a friend (or stranger) online. Instead of littering a variety of guns around its levels, Evasion lets you choose between four classes, which all have unique weapons and abilities. Each has a gun and a shield, and the shield hand doubles as a secondary ability. Even with simple missions, the cla

Then Cooler Master’s new Cosmos C700M might be for you. The new Cosmos C700M is an updated take on the the Cosmos C700P, which is our favorite full tower chassis for flashy builds. Like that case, the Cosmos C700M is a big enclosure with support for up to extended ATX (E-ATX) motherboards (up to 12 x 10.7 inches). “From multi-functional brackets to options in component positioning, the Cosmos C700M encourages freedom in building and out-of-the-box customizability,” Cooler Master says. The Cosmos

In putting together a guide to help you fill your garage most effectively, we pinpointed a few key areas: overall speed and handling, winter suitability, and boosts for credits/level grinding. With all that in mind, let’s hit the road with our fleet of Forza Horizon 4’s best cars. Koenigsegg One:1Price: 2,850 CreditsClass/performance rating: S2 993Yep, again. Hoonigan Gymkhana 9 Ford Focus RS RXPrice: 500,000 CreditsClass/performance rating: S1 886Without a doubt the best car for winter. Lamborg

Before long, a user sent a message to my inbox containing a TeamSpeak server and password. The Syndicate of Gamers TeamSpeak server is instantly nostalgic for anyone who grew up on VoIP. If we totally transition to Discord, we’ll lose the address that people always return to to see old friends.” There are plenty of public Ventrilo and Teamspeak servers, and you can browse them much in the way you can with Discord hubs today. After spending time in those old Vents and TeamSpeak servers, though, i

Halloween is still a few weeks away, but the Halloween Horrors: Monster Masquerade update for Killing Floor 2, which developer Tripwire Interactive said is the biggest of the year, is already live and on the loose. The update, which is free for all players, features a new Monster Ball map compatible with Weekly, Survival, Versus Survival, and Endless action. Killing Floor 2 players who have the motorcycle murder game Road Redemption in their Steam libraries will enjoy an added bonus in the form

With the first few titles powered by DirectX Raytracing just around the corner, we’re about to take the first step into a raytraced future.” “DirectX Raytracing allows games to achieve a level of realism unachievable by traditional rasterization. The new tech might even be enough to finally get us to the other side of the Uncanny Valley. “Because true-to-life lighting is a natural consequence of raytracing, DirectX Raytracing will allow games to get much closer to crossing the uncanny valley, al

I was fully prepared to take a pass on today’s announcement of a “hockey legend” doing a promotional thing for the naval MMO World of Warships. Not that I have anything against World of Warships, or hockey, but “famous guy gets paid to say nice things” isn’t generally the sort of story that triggers the news alarm. So basically what happens is, Ovi steps onto the ice in a World of Warships jersey, eyeballs the net like he’s looking through a periscope, then makes a couple of warm-up shots. In al

That’s Complex Control. Complex Control is the result of over 1,500 hours of solo work, and, as outlined above, it transforms GTA 5’s singleplayer mode beyond recognition. Today, Complex Control boasts both roguelite and battle royale elements—although Theaetik stresses their interpretation of the latter leans towards survival. To this end, Complex Control is suitably chaotic—so much so, its self-indulgent disorder can overwhelm. More information on Complex Control, including installation instru

And that’s precisely what the company is doing, with the announcement of Project Stream. In a blog post, Google described Project Stream as a “technical test” designed to “solve some of the biggest challenges of streaming.” To do this, Google has partnered with Ubisoft to stream Assassin’s Creed Odyssey via the Google Chrome browser to desktops and laptops. If you fit that description, you can apply via the Project Stream website. It’s worth noting that Google isn’t the only company which has re

Our rundown of everything we know about Cyberpunk 2077 includes a “guess” that it will be released sometime in 2019—because that little tidbit is not actually something we know. But our theory has been strengthened somewhat by a tweet out of Bilkom, which partnered with CD Projekt on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in Turkey. The tweet went up last week and has since been deleted, but was captured for posterity by VG247 Turkey. The Google translation is very rough, but the relevant bit is “the new game

Overwatch fans have paid tribute to the game in Lego in some pretty cool ways, like the Soldier 76 rifle and visor, or Tracer’s twin pistols. And soon they’ll be able to show their colorful plastic brick-based fandom in a more official capacity. Build the perfect team, brick by brick.Coming soon: @LEGO_Group Overwatch sets! pic.twitter.com/Z04bCgyGDuOctober 2, 2018Blizzard actually revealed that Overwatch Lego sets are in the works in May, and teased them on Twitter in August. But now we can fin