Grand Theft Auto 5 has a thriving mod scene, an ever-impressive performance subculture and an Online component that continues to generate new features—and, clearly, revenue—like nobody’s business. During its Q4 earnings report , publisher Take-Two Interactive revealed the open world crime sim has shifted 95 million copies across all platforms since launch in 2013. After detailing net profits of over $450 million in the last quarter, Take-Two addressed GTA 5’s haul. As reported by RockstarIntel ,

It’s starting to look like a new kind of breaching operator could soon be coming to Rainbow Six Siege. A new breacher would be a welcome addition in the eyes of many players, especially a hard breacher. Remy also took some time to reflect on Operation Chimera, the Outbreak co-op event, and the controversial paid-only Outbreak packs. The Outbreak event also marked the first time that Siege introduced paid-only alpha packs. “Ever since Operation Health a year ago, hit detection, latency, ping, etc

Presentation director Alex Karpazis went so far as to call her the “ultimate roamer.” She can take the Mx4 Storm submachine gun, ACS12 shotgun, Bailiff 410 revolver, and Keratos .357 revolver. Like Alibi, he can also take the ACS12, Keratos, and Bailiff revolver. It’s a simple, good map. I had a lot of fun with both Maestro and Alibi, but Maestro seems especially harder to get a handle on. Add in a simple and fun map, and Para Bellum might be one of the best seasons for Siege since launch.

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has acknowledged that he would like to see “more cross-platform opportunities” to “bring players together”. Talking to games™ magazine (via wccftech ), however, Kaplan said that cross-platform play has had a “huge impact on gaming”. “I hope to see platforms open up and embrace the way players want to play more,” Kaplan added. I believe it would be beneficial to everyone to open platforms up more to bring players together. So I’m definitely hoping for more cross-pla

Bandai’s Namco’s latest anime-to-game , Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time, is out now and to celebrate, the publisher’s shared an all-new launch trailer. Here, check it out for yourself:A kind of Harry Potter / Groundhog Day mash-up, Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time—based on the popular, anime series of the same name—follows the story of Akko and her friends in their magic school, Luna Nova Academy, where she accidentally creates a time loop in the library after discovering a secret d

In an interview with Eurogamer , Treyarch’s co-studio head Dan Bunting responded to fan feedback, and confirmed that a “traditional campaign” had never been planned for the latest Black Ops title. He also detailed what activities were going to be available to players who still want to play alone. We always started from the place of we’re going to make something different with this game that was going to be inspired by how our community was interacting with Black Ops 3 and the games over the year

League of Legends ‘ upcoming tournament, Clash, will force games into Sudden Death if matches last longer than 60 minutes. “After 60 minutes, towers will become more fragile and easy to push. By 65 minutes, structures will start to damage themselves at a fixed rate in order (towers in order, then inhibitors, then nexus turrets, then the nexus),” the FAQ states. This is considered a last resort and is very unlikely to happen, but we need to give all Clash matches a fixed maximum length.” League o

Blizzard has published a new video teasing Overwatch’s upcoming Deathmatch map, Petra. With a significant Indiana-Jones-esque vibe, the new trailer gives a brief peek at the latest location which boasts caves, bridges, and multiple levels, as well as a breakable floor that drops away and sends players plummeting into a “lethal pit”. “Take in Petra’s majestic views, from high vistas to twisting passageways and deep caverns. A dilapidated bridge stretches across the map, and the ground underneath

The Monster Hunter film adaptation will go into production in September with a $60 million budget. Though we’ve known for some time now that a Monster Hunter movie was in development, it’s now confirmed that Milla Jovovich— star of the movies based on another of Capcom’s key IPs, Resident Evil—will be taking the lead. Variety reports that Constantin Films, which also brought Resident Evil to the screen, will once again team up star Jovovich with Resident Evil movie director, Paul W. S. Anderson,

Being able to easily swap between headphones and speakers in Windows 10 is essential. Try this instead to easily swap between headphones and speakers in Windows 10. How to swap between headphones and speakersMake sure both headphones and speakers are connected to your device and switched on. Windows SonicIf you are running the Windows 10 Creators Update, you may or may not have noticed a new audio setting called Windows Sonic. If you don’t have a pair of surround sound headphones, this feature c

Star Wars meets Guitar Hero is the elevator pitch for Beat Saber, an Early Access VR rhythm game that’s making waves on Steam. You can watch one such custom track played in the video above, and it’s mind-bogglingly cool. In Beat Saber, you have to hit each block from a particular direction, so he almost looks like proper Jedi, twirling his laser swords to get the right angles. He’s using ProTube VR, which can hold one VR controller on each end, essentially combining the two lightsabers into one.

A mod released this week changes that, opening up the entire map early in the campaign. You’ll still need to play a few hours to unlock it, completing the tense Liberation of Weldry campaign mission. The game’s campaign is fun, but I prefer the feeling of being a freelance mercenary, earning money through contracts to balance the books and pay wages while building up my fleet of mechs. This mod should play into that fantasy by giving you more freedom to play the way you want. For it to work, you

Rainbow Six Siege is free-to-play this weekend, as you may have heard, and if you like what you see you can also buy most editions of the game for 50% off. The only edition that isn’t half price is the Starter Edition—but you don’t want that one, anyway. Evan wrote a guide to all the versions you can buy here, and the Standard Edition is your best bet. All the other editions, which unlock more gear for a higher price, are also 50% off, if you don’t fancy grinding. I bought the Standard Edition r

Star Control: Origins, the reboot of the classic space adventure series Star Control, is slowly starting to take shape. It’s expected to launch later this year, and in its latest preview video we get to meet the factions you’ll have to try and get on-side as you battle against the Scryve, a powerful alien species. To beat the Scryve, you’ll need some allies. The last species has lots of tentacles that are “good for hugging”—as you can tell, Star Control: Origins isn’t taking itself too seriously

The latest update to Dragon Ball FighterZ added two new game modes: a co-op Party Battle and FighterZ Cup, a monthly contest in which players fight to earn points for their Z-Union. Party Battle will introduce a series of time-limited modes to fight through, the first of which—called The Emperor Strikes Back—is now live. You can set up your party to be private and invite your friends or match up with other online players. The Emperor Strikes back will focus on Frieza, the former emperor of the u

Stellaris: Distant Stars, the next story DLC for the grand strategy space game, will release next Tuesday, May 22, Paradox Interactive has announced. A new video, above, breaks down all the things you can expect from the DLC, which will cost $9.99. The biggest addition is a new cluster of stars called the L-Cluster, which is separated from the rest of the galaxy. Paradox will also release the game’s free 2.1 Niven update alongside Distant Stars. Niven, which I wrote about here, overhauls anomali

Great moments in PC gaming are short, bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. The book about John Carmack and John Romero creating it, Masters of Doom, is a must-read. Plasma gun and… BFG? A weapon so mighty, so powerful, so mysterious, not even the mighty IDKFA code could summon it. That was nothing compared to the hulking lump of hardware that finally rose up once the BFG was acquired.

Paradox Interactive is developing and publishing board games based on four of their major game series: Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron, and Cities: Skylines. Announced today at Paradox’s annual PDXCon event, the games will be developed by established designers in the board game space. The board games are designed to be thematically and mechanically inspired by their video game counterparts. As is their habit, Paradox produced a humorous announce trailer:Coming first is Crusade

Announced at PDXCon 2018 today, Imperator: Rome is Paradox’s latest history-shifting grand strategy game. Led by EU4, CK2 and Stellaris old hand Johan Andersson (who took to the conference stage dressed in a toga, ushered by spear-wielding Roman soldiers) Imperator: Rome asks questions of its players. “Paradox Development Studio is happy to announce Imperator: Rome, an upcoming grand strategy game set in the classical world from the glory days of Athens to the establishment of the Roman Empire f

Hearts of Iron 4 has announced Man the Guns—a new expansion whose heart is out at sea. Revealed today at PDXCON 2018, Man the Guns boasts the following trailer: