Gear Up. Play Hard.

It's difficult to get too excited about new AAA games from Valve these days, with the most recent disappointment being the expected "full AAA" Portal VR game turning out to be nothing more than a bit of a tech demo.Still, fans live in hope, especially about a new Half-Life game, and now it seems that something else is going on within the depths of Valve, all...

There's one interesting omission within the Fallout universe so far - while you can role-play various different human characters, within reason, you've never been able to play as another race, such as a super-mutant or ghoul. Apparently it was planned for New Vegas at one point, but ultimately the idea was scrapped.Well one new mod for Fallout 3 addresses th...

It seems that Cyberpunk 2077 will be getting a hardcore difficulty mode, which will feature no HUD or hints, among other changes to provide a extra challenging, but ultimately more rewarding and immersive experience.The hardcore mode will completely disable all heads-up displays, UI elements and hints, but there's also a nice easy mode on the other end of th...

Incase you weren't aware, The Witcher 3 HD Reworked is a fan-project that aims to overhaul the graphics of the game while staying true to it's original art direction and style. It replaces models and textures within the game, and the results are pretty remarkable.The project has now reached a new significant milestone, with 10.0 Reborn now being available to...

Gears 5 will be introducing a brand new "arcade mode" to it's multiplayer offerings, which it's hoped will allow multiplayer to become more accessible to players.There's a current crop of gamers who don't play multiplayer at all in Gears of War, and instead stick exclusively to the single player campaigns. The very competitive nature of PvP can be a discoura...

Xbox Game Pass hasn't been worthy of much attention in the past (for PC gamers) - with only a few Forza titles and Sea of Thieves being of any real note. You really needed an Xbox One to take advantage of it, but all that changed at E3 with plenty more titles, present and future, announced.Four of those new games have now dropped, and while they're not the A...

We've reported previously about the beta testing for The Master Chief Collection for PC, which kicked off with Halo: Reach and resulted in the test version being leaked more widely. 343 Industries are continuing on, though, and we now know that Firefight mode will be tested next.Firefight is the game's co-op hoard mode, and sees players teaming up to take on...

Following on from the interesting anti-cheating news from PUBG Corp yesterday, it seems that Apex Legends has it's own clever methods to thwart cheaters and general bad-eggs, by basically matching them up with themselves.Once gain Machine Learning is being used to tackle the problem. When certain behaviors are detected, cheats are auto-banned. What's interes...

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a difficult game. This is just an established fact - unless you're willing to put some hardcore effort in, like our resident video producer James Heaney, you'll struggle to get through the game.But what if you're simply after experiencing the game at a more casual pace? It does, after all, have a compelling story and amazing visu...