And when I finally landed perfectly, but before I’d crossed the next checkpoint, I reflexively hit the load last checkpoint button again. As with solo Trials, you lean forward and backward to control your jumps, you give the bike gas and hit the brakes. If you fly off a ramp and you lean forward to do a front flip, but your buddy leans backwards to do a backflip, you’re gonna cancel each other out. Then again, if you both lean forward or backward at the same time, you might do a couple more revo

Over at Rakuten (formerly Buy.com), you can pick up a Micron 2TB solid state drive for $254.11 after applying coupon code SAVE15 at checkout. We’ve highlighted this same drive in the past, but this is the lowest price yet. By using the coupon code, you’re saving almost $45 off the drive’s current list price, coming ~$15 cheaper than the last time we brought this drive to attention. While not the fastest drive on the market, it’s certainly good enough for gaming and most other tasks, especially c

Todd “Todd” Howard from Bethesda strolled out to talk about the multiplayer-focused Fallout 76, describing the map as being “four times larger” than that of Fallout 4. WK was there promo-partying for Rage 2, whose trailer claims that “if you can see it, you can drive it”—a new take on Todd “Todd” Howard’s famous “See that mountain? Then we got a bit more Todd “Todd’ Howard, who talked up Fallout 76 and how it’ll have dynamic weather systems that can be viewed from across the map. It’s probably u

However, Toshiba says its new “value-optimized” RC100 series SSDs are now available at affordable price points. With the RC100 Series, we’re opening the door for mainstream adoption of the M.2 NVMe standard—and all of the benefits it brings.” With regards to pricing, however, Toshiba’s RC100 series SSDs are cheaper than some of the alternatives, but not the least expensive around. Pricing aside, the RC100 series SSDs use 64-layer, 3-bit triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash memory chips that Toshib

The Vault-Tech Assisted Targeting System—VATS—has been a staple of Bethesda-brand post-nuclear combat since Fallout 3. One of the big questions about Fallout 76 is how that time-slowing will work in its multiplayer environment—if it’s going to be there at all. “It’s real-time,” Howard said. But it lets you target and pick parts and all of that, but it’s in real-time. Samuel and Tom had a chat about their initial E3 impressions of Fallout 76 that you can dive into, and we’re also keeping a runnin

Image 1 of 5 Image 2 of 5 Image 3 of 5 Image 4 of 5 Image 5 of 5During Nintendo’s E3 show, Overcooked 2, the sequel to one of our favorite co-op games, was announced. And don’t worry, it may have been announced by Nintendo, but Team 17 have confirmed it’s coming to PC. Having played a bit myself, I can report that this is very much more Overcooked with a few minor changes. New recipes and cooking tools make things far more complex than before, including sushi and dumplings. It’s gonna be great,

There are a wealth of mechanical key switch options out there, some of which are relatively quiet and others that are intentional loud and clicky. Logitech’s latest key switch, the GX Blue, falls into the latter category and is now available on its also-new G512 keyboard. Like the Cherry MX Blue (and pretty much every other Blue variant), the GX Blue offers tactile and audible feedback to key presses. It joins Logitech’s Romer-G Linear and Romer-G Tactile mechanical key switches as a third optio

Not to rag on Simeon too much up there in the strapline, but his GTA Online Contact missions are pretty guff. There are no new vehicles in this week’s update, but there are a range of vehicle discounts—my favourite of which is the Back to the Future flying Delorean-aping Imponte Deluxo. You’ll make money in GTA Online whichever way you see fit, but I’ll always vouch for the latter as the best way to earn fast and vast amounts of cash in free play. Assuming you signed in before yesterday, don’t f

We learned a lot about Destiny 2’s upcoming Forsaken expansion during its official unveiling earlier this month. As you may have noticed, we’ve been at E3 as well, and you’d better believe we’ve got Things To Say about Forsaken. In the meantime, we got access to a whole bunch of cool Forsaken artwork that we wanted to share. In fact, there are a few familiar faces in Forsaken…New and returning charactersCayde-6 sure looks lively here, but this shot could easily have been taken before his demis

Good news for avid Destiny players: Forsaken won’t make all of your Year One legendary gear obsolete. Gear dropped in Forsaken won’t necessarily outclass the gear you’ve already acquired. Perhaps we’ll even be able to mod them in the same way as the new guns. If you’re an active player, you can continue to chug along knowing there’ll be some way of upgrading your Year One gear. “But we have a lot more details to talk about there, but we can definitely assure people that’ll be the case.”

In conversation with Eurogamer, lead producer Mike Gamble stressed that Anthem is its own game, but this doesn’t mean the likes of Dragon Age and Mass Effect have been left behind. “It is not a single-player corridor shooter, it’s not a Mass Effect game, it’s not a Dragon Age game, as much as those IPs are special to us. As much as we have various projects in the works and there’s a team working on Dragon Age stuff right now, and Mass Effect is certainly not dead, Anthem is different and we have

Sports Interactive and Sega have launched FMdB Football Scout, a mobile app that brings Football Manager’s exhaustive database to phones and tablets. Billed as the “definitive football companion app”, FMdB lets you browse the footie management sim’s 500,000+ player database, and lets you examine stats such as age, position, preferred foot and players’ strongest roles within their team. The app also identifies each player’s current out-of-100 rating, and their potential ability down the line. I r

Because not only will Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey have romance options, players are free to shape their character’s sexual orientation as they see fit. If you’re interested in this character, you’re interested in this character, and that’s it.” I get to choose whether to pick a head-on military strategy or a more careful one. It’s an exciting wrinkle that makes me more engaged with the goings on in an Assassin’s Creed cutscene than I usually am. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey releases in Octobe

Following its appearance at this year’s EA Play, we gathered everything we know about Anthem, BioWare’s shared-world shooter. Within, you’ll find its latest cinematic trailer, four minutes of new footage, and loads of details as gleaned from this Game Informer cover story. “The main story has a climax and a conclusion but the game continues after that.” It will instead have “content after launch”, whereby story stuff and new game spaces “will be for everyone.” https://t.co/VLH0pRkL9MJune 11, 201

Nioh 2 was just announced at Sony’s E3 2018 press conference, and like the first, it’s in the hands of Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo. It’s not been confirmed for PC as yet, though the first Nioh was a PS4 exclusive for only a year, before finally launching on Steam in November last year. Lauren enjoyed the first Nioh when she reviewed it last year. “Nioh is hamstrung by a sloppy PC port, but still manages to bring new ideas to death-treadmill action RPGs,” she wrote. The trailer above i

But it also delivered a new Destiny 2: Forsaken teaser that very much is. The trailer is one of tone-setting rather than a reveal of features or gameplay. We’ll find out on September 4 (or thereabout), when Destiny 2: Forsaken goes live. Update: I completely forgot about this, but rumors of Cayde-6 dying in Destiny 2 actually surfaced back in October in a datamining thread on Reddit. But it’s close enough to the mark to make this trailer, and the possibility that Cayde-6 might actually be dead,

The debut trailer for the Resident Evil 2 remake was shown at Sony’s E3 showcase, and it’s looking way better than expected. This isn’t just a simple remaster with higher-res textures and streamlined controls. This is Resident Evil 2 completely remade. It’s adopting the over-the-shoulder camera and combat system popularized in Resident Evil 4 from the looks of it, and the characters and monsters have received a nice makeover. The mood is much spookier than what I remember, too.

The creator of Quantum Break and Alan Wake announced its new game during Sony’s E3 2018 press conference. Titled Control, the game is a third-person action game with a female protagonist – but that’s about all we know at present. Formerly codenamed P7, it’s previously been described as a “cinematic third person action game” set in a “new Remedy-created universe”. We’ll update with more details soon.

Telltale just took to the stage at the PC Gaming Show to reveal new footage from The Walking Dead’s final season. We get a sample of combat, dialogue choices and lots of impressive facial animation. This entry sees Clementine protecting AJ, an orphan, and take up refuge at an abandoned school, where she’ll take on the role of a leader. Earlier this month, Telltale confirmed that the opening chapter of the final season will be out on 14 August. As ever, expect the remaining episodes to filter out

Valve has announced a new partnership with Perfect World Co. to launch Steam China, which “will provide Chinese gamers and developers with a new way to access Steam’s expansive selection of games and entertainment.” The size of the Chinese audience makes the launch of an officially-approved version of Steam in the country a huge move for Valve. Perfect World, meanwhile, is licensed to operate Valve’s Dota 2 and CS:GO in China, and CEO Robert H. Xiao said that it will bring more Steam games to th