Activision’s researchers reckon skill-based…
Activision has published a 25-page white paper exploring the impact of skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) on its multiplayer lobbies, determining…
Riot Games’ hero shooter…
An open console beta is now available for Riot Games’ hero shooter, Valorant. The free-to-play 5v5 shooter was initially…
Netflix’s BioShock adaptation will…
Netflix‘s BioShock adaptation has been “reconfigured” to be a “more personal” film with a tighter budget. That’s according to…
Blizzard is finally doing…
One of the most contentious changes in Overwatch 2 was its shift to a 5v5 format. The loss of…
Ready or Not’s new…
Ready or Not’s Home Invasion DLC feels like the expansion packs of old. There’s a wedge of new missions,…
Sony’s next live-service sci-fi…
Concord, the upcoming 5v5 hero shooter from Sony’s Firewalk Studios, is bucking the battle pass trend, with its developer…
This new co-op horde…
A prolonged session with EvilVEvil left Associate Editor Ted Litchfield and I bleary-eyed, cotton-mouthed, heads both pounding. Whatever you…
Overwatch 2’s new space…
Not since Kiriko has a new Overwatch heroes single-handedly tanked the queue times in Quick Play. I only managed…
I don’t play Counter-Strike…
I have zero interest in playing Counter-Strike 2, and yet I’m glued to the screen whenever a poster by…
Somehow, the 11-year-old niche…
A very strange thing happened during the recently-concluded 2024 Steam Summer Sale: Almost 700,000 copies of Bohemia Interactive's military…