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HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Warzone Buy Stations: how to get Killstreaks, Loadouts, and moreHint: Buy Stations are your best chance of winning matches Hint: Buy Stations are your best chance of winning matches Need a hand finding and using Buy Stations?Then you’ve come to the right place.Buy Stationsare scattered throughout the enormous world ofCall Of Duty: Warzone Pacific. And it’s a good thing too, because these Stations are unbelievably powerful repositories of goodness....

HomeFeatures What’s the state of DRM in 2020?We don’t talk about it anymore We don’t talk about it anymore Back in the late 2000s, digital rights management - more commonly known as DRM - made itself difficult to ignore. CD copy protection programs such as SecuROM infamously limited the number of times players could install games like Bioshock on their PC, while Assassin’s Creed II required players to maintain a constant internet connection despite the fact it was a singleplayer game....

HomeNews Windows 10’s new update adds DirectX 12 Ultimate┗( T﹏T )┛ ┗( T﹏T )┛ There’s a new Windows 10 update out, which instils a tiny bit of fear into me because these updates tend to break at least one random piece of software on my PC. But, there are at least a few things to look forward to. Windows are rolling out the new DirectX 12 Ultimate, which will should help some of those lovely video games have nicer graphics....

HomeNewsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive You can now buy Warhammer 40k stickers for your Counter-Strike gunsWAAAGH! WAAAGH! In the grim darkness of the near future, there is only De_dust2. But look further ahead and- oh! There it is! Only war. Now look back to the present and find the two have come together inCounter-Strike: Global Offensive, with new Warhammer 40,000 stickers now sold to slap on your virtual guns. CS’s stickers have always been a bit ‘teenager bunkbed’ so frankly I can’t think of a better match....

HomeNews BlizzCon 2020 has been cancelled, but plans to return as an online event next yearIn light of safety considerations with the ongoing pandemic In light of safety considerations with the ongoing pandemic The game event cancellations are pushing even deeper into the year now, as Blizzard have announced BlizzCon 2020 is a no-go. The event usually takes right at the beginning of November, but due to ongoing concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic they’ve made the decision to cancel it....

HomeFeaturesSherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter Have You Played… Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s DaughterHolmes is where the heart is Holmes is where the heart is There is an overarching plot to do with a waif and/or stray that Holmes has adopted, and a sexy and mysterious neighbour who recently moved in. But the standalone cases are lovely little investigative gems (excluding, perhaps, the one where Holmes imaginates his way through what happened at a temple he has never been to based on looking at a small model of it in a bowls pavilion, or something)....

HomeNewsBook of Travels I hope Book Of Travels turns “tiny MMOs” into the next big thingBigger isn’t always better Bigger isn’t always better Might And Delight say that in Book Of Travels, “Braided Shore is a vast and intricate world, but meetings with other players are few and far between so your chance encounters will be something special.” That rarity is part of what I hope will make Book Of Travels' online world special....

HomeNews Play demos for Desperados 3 and System Shock right now via GOGGood new demos Good new demos You, there, stop that. You’ve got new videogames to play. Good Old Games has just launched free demos forDesperados 3and theSystem Shockremake, along with a handful of other upcoming games. I’ve already had a sneaky play of both tactical cowboys and cybernetic spaceship loners, so I can already tell you they’re worth your time....

HomeNewsGrand Theft Auto V I want to ride my bicycle To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Smart trainers are natty gadgets which let you ride without going anywhere but still measure your action with sensors to track the effort. Virtual training software like Zwift lets you plug that into a 3D environment, giving more of a sense of actual cycling. The GT Bike V mod is a bit like that, only with GTA V....

HomeNewsSamurai Shodown Samurai Shodown reboot gets a release date and predecessors will get freebie status on EpicMore like Samurai hoedown More like Samurai hoedown Over a decade after the last samurai game of the series,Samurai Shodownis getting a reboot. SNK have reimagined yon olde fighting game from 1993 for the current generation of button mashers. Shodown just got slapped with a launch date right around the corner on June 11th. A collection of past Shodown games will join it on the same day....

HomeNewsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim “Skyrim Grandma” cuts back on videosDon’t cross the streamers Don’t cross the streamers “SkyrimGrandma” Shirley Curry has drastically cut back on her videos for the sake of her health and enjoyment of the game. The 84 year old started sharing herSkyrimgames in 2015, and her warm, joyful videos made her famous enough to gether own mod, and evena role in the next Elder Scrolls game. She’s racked up over 800,000 subscribers on YouTube, but only a tiny percentage are active viewers, and the work and pressure involved are affecting her health....

HomeNewsDota 2 Dota 2’s International Battle Pass adds player guilds and pause screen mini-gamesYou shall now Pass You shall now Pass TheDota 2International 10 Battle Pass has landed, and the ground hath buckled beneath its weight. There is a silly number of new cosmetics and features for those who buy it, and a few new features for those who don’t. Everyone now gets to play mini-games during those inevitable mid-game pauses when one player vanishes, and everyone can join newfangled player guilds where you jointly earn cosmetic rewards....

HomeFeaturesBad North Have You Played… Bad North?Skål! Skål! I have written several times about the tiny Norse boys ofBad North. This mini strategy game sees you marshalling different squads of troops to defend a procedurally generated island from viking invaders. The free Jotunn Edition update made loads of good changes, for free! But it did not change the charm of the game. The diddy little soldiers and the tippy-tap of their little feetsies....