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Back 4 Blood is a spiritual successor to the co-op zombie mayhem of the Left 4 Dead series. With such an emphasis on shooting your way through zombie hordes with your mates, you may wonder how easy it will be to actually play with those friends who didn't happen to adopt your own platform of choice. It's releasing across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles, with the open beta set to begin soon. Does Back 4 Blood Support Cross-Play? In short, yes. A Back 4 Blood beta FAQ from WB Games...
Anyone looking to increase their Battlefield 5 Elite character roster can pick up Norman Kingsley and Ilse Schattenwolf for free by simply logging in. According to the fan-made Battlefield news Twitter account Battlefield Bulletin (via a spotlight by Twitter user Apple_Box_tw), booting up and logging into Battlefield 5 on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S nets players the Allied Elite Norman Kingsley and the Axis Elite Ilse Schattenwolf. Both typically cost 990...
Razer's wacky prototype RGB mask, which was announced as Project Hazel, now has an official name and is getting a beta test, the company announced. Now called the Zephyr, the mask is both protective from airborne pathogens and seemingly designed to make you look like you're a character from Watch Dogs. Razer describes its work on the cyberpunk-looking mask as an attempt to make "the most intelligent mask ever created." And from the details of Zephyr, it certainly combines Razer's...
Rocket League Season 4 is just around the corner, Psyonix has announced. The new season will introduce a new Rocket Pass with rewards, new limited time modes, 2v2 tournaments, and more. The update will go live at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET on August 11. For starters, the new season will add a new car called the Outlaw, complete with Old West poncho. You can claim it in the new Rocket Pass Premium along with a bunch of other loot like the No-Name Topper, Tanker Wheels, and Lava Boost. The Rocket...
Pokemon Unite is a well-balanced Pokemon MOBA, but like any competitive online game, some characters rise above the rest. That means tier rankings, as Pokemon divide into the best and worst performers. To compile this tier rank, we looked at the Pokemon favored by the top 50 Master-level Pokemon Unite players. When compiling that much data, certain patterns emerge and some are clearly more favored than others. Cinderace, for example, ranked way above any of the competition among the top...
Season 6: The Heat is currently live in Call of Duty Mobile, adding new maps, the Swarm scorestreak, and more. And you'll want the best guns and attachments to make the most of your gameplay this season. There really wasn't a lot of weapon tuning for Season 6's update. The AK117 is one of the few guns that received weapon adjustments, but despite several buffs to put this assault rifle more up to par with the top contenders in its class, it still doesn't topple the DR-H and AS VAL assault...
Jason Bischoff, formerly the director of global consumer products at Saban Brands and global franchise director at Hasbro, has revealed a pitch for an open-world AAA Power Rangers game that he was trying to successfully get off the ground around 2016. It was called Project Nomad. Bischoff tried to pitch the game to Saban's business development department as an ambitious, open-world co-op adventure that captured the energy, teamwork, lore, and history of the iconic Power Rangers franchise...
Google at one point considered buying Epic Games as a means to “squelch” the game company’s attempts to circumvent the Android Play Store, according to newly unsealed court documents. First reported by The Verge, Epic quotes internal Google correspondence which calls Epic’s plans to get around Google’s Play Store commission a “contagion” threatening the tech giant. Epic says, "Google’s persistent monopoly is the result of deliberate efforts by Google to achieve and maintain it." Epic...
Despite positive reception for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 and 2 remasters, a remaster of Modern Warfare 3 “does not exist,” according to a statement from Activision sent to CharlieIntel. “A remaster of Modern Warfare 3, campaign or multiplayer, does not exist. Any reports otherwise are incorrect,” an Activision representative said in response to rumors of a Modern Warfare 3 campaign remaster. Modern Warfare 1 and 2 remain the only Call of Duty remasters that Activision has...
As Year 6, Season 2 of Rainbow Six Siege gets ready to come to a close, Ubisoft has announced a new time-limited PvP event called Containment that is inspired by the upcoming game Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction. The event features a reworked version of the Consulate map that has been overcome by the Chimera Parasite, and brings with it a new limited-time game mode called Nest Destruction that brings an otherworldly twist to multiplayer. Furthermore, Rainbow Six Siege will be 70% off...
The Dead Space remake being developed by EA Motive is reportedly aiming for a fall 2022 release date. According to a report by GamesBeat, sources familiar with the development of the game have said that Dead Space could launch as early as fall 2022. This may be sooner than many fans expected given that very little has been shared about the game, which was only officially announced last month. The report by GamesBeat claims that, internally, EA is anticipating a Dead Space launch during...
Cardy, Joe and Emma are here to build out the ultimate roster for our hot new fighting game, British Sitcom Smash. Things get silly. Before that though, the return of Ted Lasso is discussed alongside the latest Apex Legends update and new sports RPG Dodgeball Academia. Plus, Cardy gives you a list of 1950s films you might want to watch if you haven't, because why not? Remember, if you want to get in touch with the podcast and be featured in the feedback section, please send messages to...
In these crazy, covid times you might just find that you and a pal are apart. Maybe you're in lockdown and they're not. Maybe you're in the same lockdown, but are frustratingly *just* outside of each other's Bluetooth controller range. This is where today's online co-op-centric bargains come in. There's never been a cheaper time to buy (either for yourself or to gift) these friendship affirming experiences. Purchase Cheaply for PC Notable Sales for Nintendo Switch Exciting Offers for...
Key advertisers say they are re-evaluating their relationship with the Overwatch League in the wake of California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit against Activision Blizzard. According to new statements acquired by The Washington Post, both Coca-Cola and State Farm, who are two of Overwatch League’s seven sponsors, say they are re-assessing how to move forward with Activision Blizzard’s popular esports league. In a statement, State Farm says it is “reevaluating our...
Welcoooome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, Metroid turns 35 years old in Japan, and Casey DeFreitas, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and Logan Plant are here to discuss their favorite games in the franchise. Plus, The Nintendo Switch just keeps on selling, and the crew breaks down the latest financial numbers. Stick around to hear Peer and Logan's thoughts on The Great Ace Attorney, and much more. NVC is available on your preferred platforms! Spotify Apple iTunes Stitcher Podbay PlayerFM...
When Leikir Studio CEO Aurélien Loos first pitched the concept of Metal Slug Tactics to Dotemu, he wasn’t entirely certain whether the studio could actually pull it off. A relatively obscure outfit based in the Paris suburbs, Leikir’s most recent game is Rogue Lords — a party-based roguelite featuring famous monsters such as Dracula and Bloody Mary. There’s little in the studio’s portfolio to suggest that it has the chops to recreate the look and feel of one of the most beautiful 2D action...
Since its inception, Fortnite has been in constant flux. This rang true early on with the free-to-play Fortnite: Battle Royale mode which quickly became the center of attention back in 2017. That popular mode would go on to evolve with themed seasons, changes to the map, world-ending events, and new game modes – most of which were probably missed by players who decided that Fortnite’s cartoonish visuals and unique building system weren’t for them earlier on. To be fair, even long-term fans...
The new generation of gaming laptops is here! We've put up benchmarks in both our RTX 3070 laptop review and our RTX 3080 laptop review and as we expected, they blow the previous RTX 20 series mobile GPUs out of the water. The RTX 3070 performs better than the previous champ, the RTX 2080 SUPER. The RTX 3080 sets a new standard in mobile gaming. Our RTX 3060 review will go up shortly. Several different options are now available for order, mostly at Dell, Newegg, and Best Buy, with more to...
I thought I knew what to expect when I first fired up the preview build of Axiom Verge 2. I mean sure, this sequel does introduce a brand new lead character, Indra, and drops her into the frozen wilds of the Antarctic, which is about as far away from the previous game’s alien world of Sudra as you can get. But the clear Super Metroid influence evident in the original quickly resurfaced in Axiom Verge 2, as I set about searching for secrets and power-ups through a series of steel structures...
Dotemu, the creator of Streets of Rage 4, is being acquired by Focus Home Interactive (Vampyr, A Plague Tale: Innocence). In a press release published by Focus Home, the company announced that it has signed a contract for the acquisition of 77.5% of the share capital of Dotemu. The Paris-based studio is known for developing a range of retro-style games including Streets of Rage 4, and its role in the revival of Windjammers. CEO of Focus Home Christopher Nobileau talked about the positive...