As it happens, having a select group of designers and producers in a France deciding your multi-national publisher’s every move results in a bunch of games that may feel a little too familiar. In an attempt to fix an arguably tired formula of sneakin’, climbin’ and stabbin’, Ubisoft are revamping their editorial team to give their catalogue a shake-up. According to a report by Video Games Chronicle, a poor 2019 has led Ubisoft to rethink how they handle their catalogue of open-world romps....

For PC folks the service isn’t changing much from what you might’ve been used to with UPlay+. It costs £13/$15, you’ll have access to a library of loads of Ubi games, and be able to play upcoming new stuff like Watch Dogs: Legion, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Immortals Fenyx Rising. They say getting one Ubisoft+ subscription will allow you to use it across both Luna and Stadia, too. You won’t need to spend any money on either cloud gaming service separately from that to be able to use Ubisoft+ either....

Below we’ve put together a quick explainer on how you can get involved in the action. How to download and install Valorant First things first, you’ll need to register for a Riot account. If you’ve clicked on the link and you’re worried it’s showing something to do with League of Legends, don’t worry. Riot accounts give you universal access to all of its games, so an account for LoL will grant you access to Valorant and vice versa....

Ascent callouts & map walkthrough Below is a map of Ascent annotated with every single callout that a Valorant player should know. These callouts will help you to communicate quickly and effectively with your teammates. Certain of these callouts are “official” names that you can see when you bring up the map in-game, but many others are unofficial and designed to be more precise and intuitive for yelling positions and instructions to your teammates....

Truthfully, I don’t play old Salty, I’m the Vermintide friend who dibsed Kerillian and I’m afraid if I ever switch off of her my pals will steal her away from me. I’m very into Saltzpyre’s new look here though, perhaps it’s time to let the elf lady go. The Warrior Priest is the fourth class (or career) for Saltzpyre, and comes with a new skill tree, abilities, weapon combos, and the aforementioned outfit....

This means that I had already seen the harrowing tale of Aloy’s early childhood as told in cutscenes, so when they started up again I immediately skipped them because I couldn’t be arsed sitting through them again.

Our Warzone Akimbo guide will explain how to unlock the Akimbo perk for each pistol, before delving into stats and opinions on how to make the most of this unique pistol-only perk. How to unlock the Akimbo perk in Warzone Most weapon attachments in Call Of Duty: Warzone are unlocked just by earning experience with the weapon. But some, like the Akimbo perk, require you to complete specific challenges in order to unlock them....

When will Warzone release for Call of Duty Cold War? Will the Warzone gameplay be the same? Will Warzone get a new Cold War map? How does Warzone progression work? When will Warzone release for Call of Duty Cold War? We know that Warzone is coming to Black Ops Cold War, albeit not at launch. No, you’ll have to wait until December for Warzone. It’ll likely come around December 10th, if the Cold War roadmap is anything to go by, and come alongside Season 1 of the game’s battle pass....

What have they got? Sony’s Jim Ryan explained they plan to “give you a first look at the games you’ll be playing after PlayStation 5 launches this holiday. The games coming to PS5 represent the best in the industry from innovative studios that span the globe. Studios, both larger and smaller, those newer and those more established, all have been hard at work developing games that will showcase the potential of the hardware....

But that was just the start of the journey - and the deeper we went into this place, the weirder it got. Below is a selection of photographs from the second part of my account of the expedition, annotated with my field notes. But before we set out, a warning: last time, I promised that you were gonna see a train’s arse in this post - and if you thought I was kidding, you’re in for a bleak surprise....

The first of these quadrants, titled Fight Or Flight, began this January, and the last part of it, Loyalty to Lowsec, goes live today. But what is a Loyalty To Lowsec? I sat down at a polite distance with Scott Rhodes and Joshua Bayer, Producer and Senior Games Designer respectively, to find out. Bayer tells me that the Loyalty To Lowsec update will primarily bring improvements to factional warfare, one of the main features players engage with in low security space, and one that the playerbase has requested changes to for some time....

Yes, last night’s trailer is doing the influencer reaction vid thing. But it’s also our first proper look at Heart Of The Forest, following a vague announcement earlier this year that can only be described as “a hoot”. What we’ve got, then, is a narrative roleplaying game - a supernatural mystery set in the deepest, darkest forests of Poland. Main character Maia comes with a sheet full of stats, each of which will rise and fall as you untangle a text-based story concerning her family’s “dark secrets” and pore through the secrets of Europe’s “last great wilderness”....

What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’re clicking on! But you, dearest reader, what are you playing? This bank holiday weekend I am going to try and not play games, as it happens, and catch up on the analogue pastime that is reading. But if I dip into any games I expect they will be fiddly little jigsaw things like Glass Masquerade 2. I used to play it on the train down to work and it’s very good for disappearing time away....

Alice Bee The 6k jigsaw I’m doing in Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams continues apace. I usually manage to make two connections in every lunchtime session but one time this week I managed four. I’m feeling good about putting some time in at the weekend. Alice0 Of all the games to play first on a shiny new PC, somehow I’ve ended up on… Watch Dogs 2? Maybe having a window in my computer (not by choice) to watch my GeForce’s LEDs rotate through the colours of the rainbow (not my choice) gave me an urge to HACK THE PLANET....

In this guide, we’ll explain where to find the Premium Sushi Set in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, so that you can obtain Nancy the Crawfish and use it as a Poundmate. Where to find the Premium Sushi Set in Yakuza: Like A Dragon To get this Premium Sushi Set, you’ll need to visit a Poppo convenience store. These are marked by an orange shopping cart on your map. However, you won’t find the sushi set in the Poppo nearest the homeless man....

Wild Hearts will task its players with defeating massive elemental monsters called Kemono with the help of oversized weaponry and special ancient technology called Karakuri. If you’re interested to know what all this means in practice - or perhaps you want to know what this monster-hunting game does differently from the venerable and much-beloved Monster Hunter series, then you’ve come to the right place. Read on to discover everything we know about Wild Hearts, from its release date and editions to the story, setting, and major gameplay features....

Konrad Tomaszkiewicz is CEO and game director at Rebel Wolves. He’s joined by folks including design director Daniel Sadowski (a programmer on The Witcher 1), narrative director and main writer Jakub Szamałek (a writer on The Witcher 3, and principal writer on Cyberpunk 2077 and Thronebreaker), animation director Tamara Zawada (animator across the Witcher series, and co-lead animator on Shadow Warrior 2), and art director Bartłomiej Gaweł (concept artist across the Witcher and Gwent games)....

Wordle allows you six guesses to determine each day’s five-letter solution, but in case you’re still feeling a bit sleepy, read on for a few hints to get you started. We’ve also included the answer itself further down the page; just don’t scroll past the video if you don’t want spoilers! Wrong day? Check out the Wordle answer for Tuesday 14 February instead! Wordle hints for Saturday 21 May 2022 Before we go ahead and give you the whole solution, here’s a few helpful hints to nudge you in the right direction, in case you’re just a bit stuck:...

If you need a bit of help figuring out today’s Wordle answer, just have a quick scroll of this page and you’ll not only find some useful clues that might lead you to the answer, but also today’s Wordle solution laid bare for all to see. Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle answer for Tuesday 14 February! Wordle August 18 hints As it turns out, there are quite a few five-letter words in the English language, and narrowing that collection of words down to one in just six guesses isn’t always easy....

Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle answer for Tuesday 14 February! Wordle October 9 hints Need a few clues to help you arrive at the Wordle answer today? Try these pointers to help you out: This word contains just one vowel. The fourth letter is “D”. This friendly salutation will be familiar to fans of the Western genre. Wordle answer today October 9 It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle....