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HomeNewsFIFA 20 Sky Sports will use FIFA crowd sounds to liven up crowd-less Premier League gamesStart up the sound board Start up the sound board Sports are coming back. Kind of. The early days of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic saw makeshift sports stunts likeTV networks airing NHL20 gamesand tournaments ofreal F1 drivers playing F12019. Now, proper sports folks are getting back on the proper pitch but they won’t have a proper audience to cheer for them because stadiums full of folks would be a major social distancing blunder....

HomeGuidesValorant Valorant characters guide: all agents and abilities explainedHow to dominate as any of the Valorant characters How to dominate as any of the Valorant characters Valorant’s cast of characters is the game’s most pivotal departure from the venerable Counter-Strike formula. Each of the 11 Valorant agents differs from the rest in their four unique abilities, which must be used tactfully and precisely if you want to turn the tide of battle....

HomeGuidesValorant Valorant error codes list: how to solve “something unusual has happened”, Error 43, and moreWhat to do when “something unusual has happened” What to do when “something unusual has happened” Valorantmay be a polished gem of a shooter, but its closed beta and launch has been far from steady for some players. Error 43 codes, timeout errors, and more have been plaguing a portion of the playerbase for some time now....

HomeGuidesValorant Valorant Store: how to purchase Valorant Points and use the Item StorePlus how to purchase new agents and cosmetics with Valorant Points Plus how to purchase new agents and cosmetics with Valorant Points TheValorantStore is your one-stop shop for all the flashiest weapon skins on offer. Provided you have the Valorant Points to spare, you can kit your character out in weaponry worthy of the master fragger that you are....

HomeNewsSluggish Morss: Pattern Circus Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Landing ships, petting dogs, shaking handsScreenshot Saturday Sundays Screenshot Saturday Sundays Screenshot Saturday Sundays! Shut the curtains, grab a piping mug of your favourite hot beverage, and join me as we once again see what those rascals in the game development community have come up over the last few days. This week: You can’t pet this dog, you can land this spaceship, you might make it to the beach, and you shouldn’t shake those hands....

HomeNews Yager’s unfinished take on Dead Island 2 has shambled onlineBack from the dead Back from the dead Six years after announcement, and we’re still no closer to knowing whenDead Island 2will shamble our way. Somewhat unexpectedly, though, that hasn’t stopped a select few from getting their hands on a playable build of the thing. Sort of. This week, a 2015 build ofDead Island 2emerged online, with videos and screenshots revealed Yager’s long-buried vision of a multiplayer blood-in-the-sun sequel....

HomeNewsEVE Online Redistributing the wealth For years, Citadels provided a safe haven for wealthy players and corporations. A place to store your ships and secure your valuables in even the most dangerous corners of deep space. That all changed with last week’s Forsaken Fortress, an update that left stations ripe for plunger if left unpowered for over a week. In the days following the update, many Citadel owners scrambled to secure their assets - keeping the fuel tricking into Citadels they could afford to keep, or else jettisoning their stash to safer vaults....

HomeNews Black Lives Matter bundle on Itch has raised over $50,000 and countingThe road to $100,000 The road to $100,000 A collection of 20 games on Itch are part of aBlack Lives Matter bundleraising money for related organisations. So far the bundle has raised over $50,000, ten times its original goal. The organisers are now hoping to raise a total of $99,999, the maximum goal they say that Itch allows them to specify....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare adds a Black Lives Matter loading screen"Our community is hurting" “Our community is hurting” In yet another show of words, Activision and Infinity Ward have updatedCall Of Duty: Modern Warfarewith a new loading screen proclaiming Black Lives Matter. This follows two other attempts to show support for those protesting the death of George Floyd and police violence in the United States and around the world that disproportionately affects Black people....

HomeNews EA Play Live delays a week to make space for “important voices being heard around the world"EA can’t come out to Play EA can’t come out to Play Image credit:EA Image credit:EA EA Play Live was originally scheduled for Thursday, June 11th. It has now been pushed back to Thursday, June 18th with the same start time—4pm PDT / 7pm EDT / midnight BST. pic.twitter.com/6NSTb4cxqE— Electronic Arts (@EA)June 5, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeFeaturesFinal Fantasy VII Remake Final Fantasy VII Remake made me fall in love with cutscenes againHideo Kojima, eat your heart out Hideo Kojima, eat your heart out Until, that is,Final Fantasy VII Remake, because holy moly does this game have incredible cutscenes. I actually let out a genuine GASP at one point, and more than a couple of “CORs” and “OOOOFs” too, which is probably the strongest reaction I’ve had to an in-game cutscene for, well, practically 20 years....

HomeFeaturesYes, Your Grace Have You Played… Yes, Your Grace?You should, Your Grace You should, Your Grace Am I a bad dad for letting my daughter run around with a pet bear cub? Almost certainly given the circumstances, but seeing as how I’d already let her enlist a snail, magical rooster and a prickly hedgehog into her army of so-called ‘secret agents’, I thought it would be churlish, if not positively unfair, to deny her this new, grizzly companion....

HomePodcasts Podcast: games to play while you listen to podcastsCheers, big ears Cheers, big ears Remember when podcasts weren’t even a thing? Us neither. This week, you can join us in an ouroboros of podcasting where we, on a podcast about games, talk about games that we play whilst listening to podcasts. Come, stand betwixt these two mirrors with us! To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings...