HomeNewsMount & Blade II: Bannerlord This Bannerlord mod makes weapons actually hit peopleCLANG! CLANG! WhileMount & Blade II: Bannerlord’s combat will never be mega-realistic, a new mod brings a few animation tweaks to make it look less cartoony. Where blades currently pass clean through a target’s body, looking like they should be cleft in twain, the Realistic Weapon Collision mod will make strikes get stuck a bit into their bodymeat or glance off their armour....

HomeNews Assassin’s Creed Valhalla burns down England in today’s debut trailerPack a sweater Pack a sweater Following its teaser-slash-art-project reveal last night,Assassin’s Creed Valhallafinally has a proper cinematic trailer. Beards, axes, longboats and raiding? Yup. It’s Vikings. Down on their luck and out of options, our latest assassin is crossing the sea to live out the ninth-century Norwegian dream - pillaging the ever-lasting christ out of England.Assassin’s Creed’s come a long way from skulking around in white hoodies via the beige-tinted personality ofhuman spreadsheet Desmond Miles, I’ll tell you that....

HomeNews Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s remastered campaign is out nowSoap and the gang, all cleaned up Soap and the gang, all cleaned up Get ready to reunite with Soap and the gang, soldier.Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remasteredlaunches today, bringing a modern lick of paint to Infinity Ward’s globe-trotting 2009 war romp. It’s just the singleplayer bit that’s been given the graphical overhaul, mind - your 1v1 no-scope Rust throwbacks will just have to find themselves another home....

HomeNews Call Of Duty: Warzone has quietly removed Bounty Contracts and it is a travestyBounti-empty Bounti-empty Look, maybe I’m overreacting, but seeing this did genuinely just make me do a high-pitched yelp at my screen, so I’m going to run with that emotion.Call Of Duty: Warzone’s latest update has removed Bounty Contracts from the game. These were optional in-game missions where you had to hunt down a player from an enemy squad....

HomeNewsDestiny 2 Destiny 2 has tweaked Hard Light, the disco-spamming gun that’s dominated PvPZap zap! Zap zap! All auto rifles got big buffs this season, dragging them back from meta obscurity, and Hard Light got extra help because Bungie removed the wild screenshake that had made it downright unpleasant to use. It’s been in a really good place: 600rpm auto rifles are generally great right now; Hard Light had no damage falloff over long ranges; its shots bounce off surfaces and even pick up extra damage after bouncing; and it’s stable when firing....

HomeNewsFallout 76 Fallout 76 has stopped wastelanders from nicking your gunsThose thieving NPCs shouldn’t bother you anymore Those thieving NPCs shouldn’t bother you anymore Not long after the Wastelanders update dropped,Fallout 76players started noticing that some of their weapons were disappearing after they died. But it wasn’t that they were vanishing into thin air - it turns out some opportunistic new human NPCs were looting players' corpses, and nicking the best guns from their bodies....

HomeGuidesFallout 76 Fallout 76 mutations and all effectsHow to pick the best mutations and how to cure them How to pick the best mutations and how to cure them What are the best mutations in Fallout 76?Not even an apple a day can prevent mutations inFallout 76. While the mutations here are hyper-unrealistic, you’ll still need to take precautions to prevent them appearing or reverse any mutation you may contract. Some mutations are worth keeping though....

HomeGuidesFallout 76 Fallout 76 weapons list and statsHow to craft weapons, get the bow and find Exceptional weapons How to craft weapons, get the bow and find Exceptional weapons How do you get weapons in Fallout 76?Fallout 76has more stuff trying to kill you than ever before, and it’s not just the mutated fauna as other players are likely to shoot first. You’ll need good weapons to defend yourself, like melee weapons, ranged weapons, and maybe an explosive or two....

HomeFeaturesThe Showdown Effect Have You Played… The Showdown Effect?Gone Wick Gone Wick Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.The Showdown Effectis what action movies would look like if they were multiplayer platform fighters. It’s a straight up deathmatch, where you’re trying to dive, stab or shoot your way to the top of the leaderboard. It has some clever ideas that create very funny moments....

HomeNewsApex Legends Looks like Apex Legends is about to reveal its next characterWith a new story video on the way With a new story video on the way Exciting things are happening inApex Legends- well, it’s exciting if you’re into the game’s lore at least. This week, Respawn have dropped a couple of tasty teasers on Twitter, as they do when something fun is about to be announced. It all looks to be leading up the new video in the Stories From The Outlands series that’s dropping later today, which will hopefully reveal the next Legend fans have been speculating about since Revenant’s arrival - Loba....

HomeFeaturesOutpost (Open Mid Interactive) Outpost is an impressively annoying free-to-play survival game that might be great one dayBut it will take an awful lot of work to get there But it will take an awful lot of work to get there Just 45 minutes ofOutpostwas enough to make me angry seven times about seven different things that the game does wrong. That’s roughly one wrong thing every six and a half minutes....

HomeFeaturesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Playstyle Royale: you must never leave your helicopter in COD WarzoneCopterlorians Copterlorians Nate can’t actually be here for this write-up, because he is very selfishly on holiday. Don’t worry, I’ll do the voices. As usual, we’ve got five attempts. We do not win our prison duels. We do not win our prison duels. For our third attempt, I steer us well clear of the crowds. Our patience is rewarded with an uncontested helicopter, and before we know it (and before we’ve had a chance to find any weapons better than out starting pistols) we are airborne....

HomeNewsLegends of Runeterra Runeterra is out of beta, and the new cards make it worth playing againScrub the deck Scrub the deck The new faction is neat. I’m a pirate now! A pirate who is terrible at Expedition mode. That new faction is called Bilgewater, who are mostly pirates, with some eldritch sea monster summoners thrown in for good measure. They don’t seem great in Expedition mode, which is my favourite, where you draft decks from a limited series of choices....