Along with a totally revamped Symmetra, yesterday’s big Overwatch update introduced two new social features: Endorsements and a Looking for Group (LFG) system. Endorsements let players rate other players for being a good teammate, and the LFG system makes it easier for players to build well-balanced teams while playing their favorite role. The Overwatch subreddit and other community hubs are overflowing with stories of LFG success. This post from Reddit user Inspyrashun , recounting a tense and

DayZ is planning on a 1.0 launch in 2018, and recently began testing its new engine on version .63 experimental servers. There have obviously been some changes since 2014, but in ways both good and bad, DayZ feels pretty much like the same game I played years ago. But it’s still hard to see a zombie walk through a wall in DayZ all these years later and not be left with a sense of disbelief. DayZ seemed to change, though, slowly throughout 2014, into a game where nearly everyone just shot first a

Award-winning Halo and Destiny composer Marty O’Donnell’s acrimonious split with Bungie in 2014 didn’t get much coverage on PC Gamer. After all, Destiny was a console exclusive, and so were the last few Halo games that O’Donnell worked on. Neither did O’Donnell winning a lawsuit against Bungie through arbitration, recovering stock and overtime pay he claimed he was owed. In a follow-up tweet, O’Donnell wrote about the coffee meetup: “There was nothing ‘random’ about our meeting.'” If he’s not re

BioWare makes big games. “I would like to get to a place where, yes, we’re doing our big next thing, but maybe we’re also kind of doing a few experiments. I’ve heard it called ‘triple-A indie,’ which is that sort of high production value, but still smaller scale, smaller budget.” Hudson cited Rockstar Table Tennis as an example of a major studio making a smaller, kind of off-the-wall game, and Ubisoft has done similar things with games like Blood Dragon, Valiant Hearts, and Grow Home. Before Bio

In the meantime, enjoy some French ravioli and pizza pizza grilled pizza. This eatery not only serves burgers (the best, apparently), chicken, and pizza, but grilled coffee too. And don’t forget to order that Californian classic to go with it, the pizza pizza grilled pizza. Good luck getting into this San Francisco restaurant for a slice of pizza pizza grilled pizza, because someone appears to have stolen the stairs. Then Paint Store, the store that sells paint, is here for you, my friend.

A recent SuperData Research report estimates that Fortnite Battle Royale pulled in $318 million in May, the first time it’s broken the $300 million mark in a single month. Overall, Fortnite is said to be up 7 percent in May compared to April, when it pulled in $296 million across all platforms. By way of comparison, it earned roughly $223 million in March, and $126 million in February, the month it passed PUBG. But it’s number one on the list of free-to-play games ranked by highest single-month

This race between Intel and AMD, the result is that we’re seeing so many more CPU cores nobody needs. But the majority are gamers, they need high CPU speeds, say four or six cores. So I’d personally like to see CPUs with, say, 4-8 cores, clock speeds around 5GHz, but more PCI Express lanes. Do you think overclocking has become less important, generally, for gamers? I’m also going to be a bit biased on that, because I’m working really really close with Thermal Grizzly.

If you pulled the trigger on any games during this week’s sale, let’s talk about them! This week’s question: What did you pick up during the Steam Summer Sale? You don’t have to buy stuff just because Steam puts it on sale. Naw, honestly, it’s mostly because all the games on my wishlist, like SCUM, aren’t for sale yet, let alone on sale. I’ll just have to wait for the Steam Autumn Sale instead.

And after poking around Destiny 2’s database and files, players reckon they’ve worked out another part of the update: a new weekly event called ‘Armsweek’, not to mention nine new Exotic Catalysts. As Reddit user and Destiny sleuth u/eander points out, a quick search of Bungie’s database shows four Armsweek Nightfall Strikes tied to specific Exotic weapons, plus an Armsweek Strike playlist “requiring a specific weapon loadout.” Found in an Armsweek activity, possibly a unique Nightfall Strike. F

The Garden of Eden Creation Kit—the G.E.C.K.—is a device of singular importance in the Fallout universe. It’s a portable terraforming technology that can transform blasted chunks of wasteland into viable, life-supporting land in very short spans of time. In Fallout 76, players will establish their post-war settlements with a similar, but still very different, device called the Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform—the C.A.M.P. The quick clips of base-building seen in the trailer look very re

If you’re in the market for a gaming laptop, head over to Dell and check out the new G7 15 Gaming series. Several of the available SKUs are on sale today, including one with a Core i7-8750H processor and GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with Max-Q inside. Dell has it priced at $879.99 today, down from its $1,089.99 list price. For connecting external devices, it has three USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports, a Thunderbolt 3 port, an Ethernet port, a headphone/microphone combo jack, and an HDMI port. However, there is

CD Projekt finally showed off what it’s been getting up to with Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 earlier this month. All of which might lead you to think that the full release of the game isn’t too far off. “This is the most polished part of the game we have now, prepared in some sense to show it to people outside the company,” CD Projekt chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz said. Nielubowicz added that CD Projekt has been “holding cash,” which I take to mean that it’s building up cash reserves, in par

In 2019 the wait for a new full-scale historical Total War game will be over. Total War: Three Kingdoms is due out in spring 2019. Trust of god: One of the finest swords ever created, and Cao Cao personal weapon of choice. Instead of picking a faction, as is traditional in Total War, you pick a character from a choice of 11. It’s designed to be a more vanilla take to please long-term fans of historical Total War games.

After weeks of teasing, The Binding of Isaac co-creator Edmund McMillen has revealed his latest Isaac venture: a tabletop spin-off called The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls , which launched through Kickstarter on Wednesday and blew past its goal within hours. About a year later, he was sick one weekend and decided to take a crack at designing an Isaac card game. Four Souls cards from the prototyping phase (with old Magic cards hiding underneath!) There’s the item deck, which contains 100 treasure

Corsair knows the ins and outs of the gaming peripheral market, and Elgato is a major player in the streaming hardware and software sector. We’re about to find out—Corsair today announced it is acquiring Elgato’s gaming division. The only concrete detail is that Elgato’s connected home business, Elgato Eve, will continue to be its own separate entity under the name Eve Systems. We wouldn’t be surprised if Corsair started selling its own brand of capture cards at some point in the near future. Fo

Fortnite Battle Royale players were convinced Tilted Towers was going to be destroyed back in April, even going so far as to hold a wake ceremony for the notorious city, but what do you know, the damn thing’s still standing. So, Reddit user u/Vercyx decided to destroy it himself—with just one shot. It’s a neat trick that makes for a great clip, especially when set to somber music, and it’s not exclusive to Fortnite’s battle royale mode. As Vercyx pointed out, his Tilted Towers clip was inspired

Captain Spirit is the alter-ego of 10-year-old Chris. Captain Spirit plays similarly to the original Life is Strange in that you walk around the 3D environments and choose how to interact with various objects. But, those moments aside, Captain Spirit tells its own story, and it’s one which feels very hit and miss. Watching Chris play with toys—particularly when he’s talking to a teddy dressed as a superhero sidekick via walkie talkie—is charming. But Captain Spirit has far less time to cultivate

Last week, our own resident Fortnite aficionado James penned everything we know about Fortnite Season 5. Today, we have the Fortnite Season 5 release date and, all going well, a launch time: Thursday, July 12 at 1am PST / 9am BST. We’ll be running a +100% match XP weekend starting June 29th at 4AM EDT (08:00 GMT) and ending on July 2nd at 3AM EDT (07:00 GMT). Hop in, catch up on challenges, and earn those Season 4 rewards while you can! You’ll still need to rely on James’ wise words regarding wh

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds launched its Event Pass progression and reward system last week, in concert with its new Sanhok map. After several days of feedback, developer PUBG Corp has adjusted its workings to better suit players. The changes see the Event Pass’ daily XP limit increased from 80 to 120, while the minimum play time that counts towards missions progress has been reduced from five minutes to two minutes. Likewise, the minimum time required to acquire XP has been halved—down from f

Fortnite’s latest v4.5 patch adds Playground Mode, a new slant on the Final Fight limited-time event mode, and dual pistols. From back to front, Fortnite Battle Royale’s Dual Pistols come in Epic and Legendary variants and deal 41-43 base damage with Medium Ammo. Drop into the Battle Royale map with a squad of friends for an hour. Elsewhere, v4.5 provides a typical haul of bug fixes and cosmetic tweaks to both Battle Royale and Save the World. More on Fortnite’s v4.5 patch can be perused here.