PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds now has the highest peak player count out of every game on Steam that isn’t published by Valve. PUBG has slipped into third place on the most played of all time list, leapfrogging Fallout 4’s peak player count of 481,291 just two weeks after it vaulted into fourth …
Read More »Ubisoft breach and clear several Rainbow Six Siege maps, fixing lighting and optimising textures
As part of Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Health, Ubisoft have announced some of the Rainbow Six Siege team has been reworking their maps to make them perform better and look prettier than their launch counterparts. The team’s assault on each map is two-fold. Firstly, they’ve gone through the map optimising …
Read More »Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is now available for everyone to buy
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is now available for the PS4, Xbox One and PC as a standalone title. The release was expected soon enough the remastered game was shipped as a preorder bonus with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, but it’s taken nearly a year to be available …
Read More »Dorna release details on MotoGP eSport Challenge, ahead of Jerez GP time trial
Dorna have released new information on the MotoGP eSport Championship, ahead of it kicking off today with the Jerez GP in Spain. From the 27 July to 6 August, thousands of fans that have pre-registered for the competition will play at home and try to get the best time haring …
Read More »Blizzard reveals Overwatch League details, players to get $50k salaries and 50% share of $3.5m prize pool
Earlier in July Blizzard announced the first seven teams that would be taking part in Season 1 of the Overwatch League, with teams in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami-Orlando, New York City, San Francisco, Seoul and Shanghai. Now, they’ve opened the whole thing up, and dished the dirt on how the …
Read More »Dragon Ball Fighter Z beta is delayed until September
The console-only beta for Dragon Ball Fighter Z has been delayed until September. Sign-ups for the beta were supposed to kick off today but now you’ll only be able to register your interest now next month, August 22 to be exact. The beta weekend will now run on September 16-17, …
Read More »PUBG adds more cosmetic crates, minority of community furious over paid-for Gamescom crate
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds next monthly content patch will take place on Thursday August 3, bringing another host of additional content, including three new sets of loot boxes, which are proving somewhat controversial. Two of the crates, the Wanderer Crate and Survivor Crate, will join the existing Pioneer Crate in the game …
Read More »Dragon Ball Fighter Z adds Krillin and Piccolo
Bandai Namco has revealed that fan favourite characters Krillin and Piccolo will be joining the roster for fighting game Dragon Ball Fighter Z Dragon Ball Fighter Z is based on the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama, but also the well known anime. The unreleased game has been attracting …
Read More »How do Rainbow Six’s Alpha Packs work? We open 100 to see what you might get
Loot boxes dubbed Alpha Packs have breached Rainbow Six Siege in the latest update, giving players the opportunity to earn a variety of cosmetic items. But don’t turn your nose up just yet. Every player gets an Alpha Pack for free, and you can buy them for 5,000 renown, the …
Read More »Heroes of the Storm teases a new hero, something from beyond Warcraft’s dark portal
A teaser for Heroes of the Storm’s new character has been released, and based on that the character is either a new hero from the Warcraft universe related to the Dark Portal, or the Dark Portal itself. That’s because the teaser published today was a still shot of the Dark …
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