First up, the new mode. Arenas is a permanent 3v3 mode available alongside the battle royale. It offers short, sweet matches so you don’t have to fully commit to a battle royale session, and without extra squads jumping in on your fights, you’re freed from the tyranny of third-partying. The mode puts you in a team deathmatch where squadmates can be revived, but not fully respawned if they properly die....
Learn everything you nede to know with the below Apex Legends 30-30 Repeater stats page. We’ll walk you through the basics of this rifle, before diving into some detailed and up-to-date damage and handling stats. Apex Legends tips | Apex Legends Arena mode | Apex Legends best characters | Best loadout in Apex Legends | Apex Legends attachments | Apex Legends Armor & Gear | Low Profile and Fortified in Apex Legends...
Discovered by data miner “Biast12”, these beasties are called Prowlers, but we don’t really know what purpose they’ll serve just yet. They could be a bit like the Flyers, those dragon looking things from Kings Canyon that dropped loot if you shot them down. I don’t see how the scaly doggos could carry death boxes though, so it seems more likely they’ll be part of a future event. Biast12 even made a video with some of the animations the beasts are meant to have....
This attempt to usurp Mirage players is nearly over though, as Respawn are working on a fix to make Bangalore fully visible again. A few weeks ago, players started noticing that a couple of Bangalore’s legendary skins were misbehaving in-game, occasionally making her go completely transparent, with only her head, shoulders and whatever item she was holding remaining visible. I only came across the bug once myself, but I was so confused by what was happening at the time I didn’t think to get any video....
Let’s talk about the new gal Rampart, who has some pretty cool abilities to bring to your squad. Her passive increases the size of her magazines and reload speed when using LMGs and the Minigun, and allows her to shoot more with the L-Star before it overheats. Her tactical ability builds a small metal wall that can be used to crouch behind. She can deploy five of these at a time to make a little fortified zone....
Learn all the Rampage stats below, from attachments and damage stats to handling and reload times. We’ll also walk you through our thoughts on the new Apex Legends weapon as a whole. On this page: Apex Legends Rampage overview Rampage stats Rampage damage stats Rampage handling stats Apex Legends Rampage overview The Rampage is an interesting addition to Apex Legends’ arsenal of LMGs. Created by Rampart, and filling the gap left behind in the floor loot by the Spitfire, which in Season 10 ascended to Care Package exclusivity, the Rampage features the lowest rate of fire but the highest damage per shot of any automatic weapon in the game....
“We’ve purposely designed Legends and their abilities to compliment teamplay and squad composition, but when played solo some Legend abilities become useless,” they said in the Old Ways patch notes. “We’re still exploring ways to allow a solo experience, but for now grab a friend (or two) and jump into the arena.” So, what can you expect to find in the arena this time around? Well, on the World’s Edge map there’s an area that’s been updated for Bloodhound’s Town Takeover....
Forget dethroned Empresses and deceptive alien hallways - it all started here, with a naked bloke, a minimum-security prison, and miles of sprawling underground deathtraps. Arx Fatalis is a swords n’ sorcery RPG with a subterranean twist. There’s been a meteor impact, see, so everyone lives in a series of underground caverns and tunnels. Besides conveniently negating the need to render wide open spaces, this sets up a labyrinthine underground filled to the brim with puzzles, dangers and lucrative treasures....
Randall tweeted: I like it. It’s just a tinge more bizarre than when the Age Of Empires II devs garrisoned a horse inside another horse to ensure the continued existence of the Holy Roman Empire. Randall shared a few other snippets of osteological oddness about Assassin’s Creed too, such as turning protagonist Altaïr’s mate Malik’s arm inside out because the budget didn’t stretch to custom skeletons. It’s still there, but wriggling around inside him....
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Walkthrough We’re pretty far into Valhalla at this point, but with a game as large as this there’s plenty of work still to do before we cover it all. As we release new guides we’ll list them below, so that you can stay in the loop with our advice for conquering England. We’ve broken up our guides into the following categories. Getting started Treasure Major choices Resources Puzzles...
The Jet Powered update adds a brace of new drivery doodads to the space exploration sim. The hoverboard interests me because my overriding memory of Astroneer is of a lot of wandering back and forth between resources and my base. I don’t know if they added anything in the meantime to speed up that process, but it doesn’t matter now. That hoverboard will do me just fine. I’ll be like Marty McFly in the far future of 2015....
It’s a neat little feature set compared to other similarly-priced gaming mice, such as my current favourite mouse, the Roccat Kain 120 - although how many people will actually go to the lengths of ordering new Omron switches instead of just buying a whole new mouse if and when they start to go a bit iffy is probably slim to none. Form factor: Right-handed DPI: 200-6200 Buttons: 6 Weight: 92....
The ROG Zephyrus M15 on test today is the larger, Intel equivalent. Apart from the slight increase in size from a 14.1in display to a 15.6in one, the M15 has the same unassuming design as the G14 (minus the LED matrix display), making it one of the least gamery-looking laptops I’ve tested all year. It’s something I wouldn’t be embarrassed to get out in public, which is always a plus point in my books, and at 1....
Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora is an open-world first-person adventure game being developed by Ubisoft’s own Massive Entertainment, and from what admittedly little we’ve seen of the game so far, there’s still a lot of reason to be excited. Below we’ll walk you through absolutely everything we know about Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora, from its expected release date and platforms to trailers, story and gameplay info, engine details, and more....
As it stands, the closed beta only showed a very small, very early build of the game, but we’ve got some thoughts. Combat, exploration, and co-op were all on offer here, and there’s a fair amount to unpack. Look beyond the early build jank and there’s definitely potential. You may not be well acquainted with Babylon’s Fall, so here’s the lowdown. Set in a fantasy world with an oil-painting aesthetic, this is NieR: Automata meets Destiny....
My colleagues at Digital Foundry pick these drives up regularly for their video production work, as capturing game footage and creating YouTube videos quickly causes standard hard drive sizes to fill up. You never want to be in a situation where you’re forced to delete your old work to save the new stuff, so having a capacious backup like this is perfect. Get the WD Elements 16TB external HDD for £245 (was £407) Get the WD My Book 16TB external HDD for £270 (was £424)...
In this Baldur’s Gate 3 guide: Can you open the Mind-Flayer pod? Who is the woman in the pod? Can you open the Mind-Flayer pod and save the trapped woman? You’ll find the trapped woman as you enter the area of the Nautiloid just after reaching the outdoor gun platform. There’s a console as you enter (don’t press it or enemies will spawn), and also a chest that you can open....
Whether you played when it first entered Early Access, or have been eagerly waiting until the full launch, there’s lots to learn. Luckily, we’ve got all the info you need below, including the expected release window, trailers, available classes and races, setting and story details, the size of this epic RPG, gameplay details and info on various mechanics, and some of our thoughts from the Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access review....
Larian’s CEO Swen Vincke didn’t make his usual armoured appearance for the announcement, unless you count his legs poking out from behind a desk. Get well soon, Swen. Larian have styled the release date announcement as a look back at Baldur’s Gate 3’s “journey so far” while it’s been in early access. It’s a bit daft, but neatly summarises how the game has evolved over the past two years. Baldur’s Gate 3 was almost lost among the fancy audience-pleasing D&D Direct announcements – hey, Spelljammer, Dragonlance and the D&D movie – but Larian have been very cool cucumbers throughout its open-ended early access period, so that’s not surprising....
In Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone mode revealed today, eight teams of four players fight to find and nab Data Drives scattered around the map. And unlike its Conquest and Breakthrough modes, your squad can’t have more than one of each Specialist. To win, you must extract out of the map with as many of these drives as possible. Thing is, there are only two time-limited extraction opportunities during a match, which means that either two teams can make it out with the goods, or none at all....
