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Battlefield: Bad Company’s original lead is happy to bring his ideas for a third game to life, but he knows EA won’t do it We’re not likely to get a third Battlefield: Bad Company game, and it has nothing to do with the originals’ creator’s willingness to return to the series. Image credit:EA, DICE, VG247. If there’s one card EA has yet to play to salvage the reputation of the embattled Battlefield franchise, it’s bringing back the Bad Company sub-series....

Best EAFC 24 Centurions Sharpshooter Evolution players This EAFC Evolution turns a jobbing into a deadly inside forward! Image credit:EA Sports/VG247 The Centurions Sharpshooter Evolution in EAFC 24 is what the new Evolutions system is all about: taking a lesser known star and turning them into an unstoppable beast that can mix it with the best in the world. This time you’re working with a player who previously played left-wing in a more traditional way with high pace and good dribbling, but low shooting, and turning them into a deadly, modern inside forward, capable of cutting inside and scoring with ease....

Best EAFC 24 Founders Evolution players Take your starter striker to the next level with the Founders Evolution in EAFC 24! Image credit:EA Sports/VG247 It’s the first full weekend of EAFC 24 , where Evolutions let you upgrade the stats of lower-rated players and turn pack fodder into meta-breaking monsters. However, since you can only choose only one player for each Evolution, it can be an agonising decision over who to pick....

Best Goalkeepers to sign in EA Sports FC 26 With a rework to rebounds, in FC 26 keepers are better at making saves than ever - here are the best goalies to sign for your squad! Image credit:EA Sports/VG247 In the last few years of EA Sports games, goalkeepers have seen the biggest direct adjustments of any position. The mission for EA was to make FC 26’s best goalkeepers not just better and more reliable shot stoppers, but stronger at claiming crosses and more predictable in 1-on-1 situations....

Best Zenless Zone Zero Soukaku Build Here’s the best Soukaku build in Zenless Zone Zero, so you can’t get the most out of the blue demon. Image credit:HoYoverse Zenless Zone Zero has an array of distinct Agents, all hailing from different factions, with various attributes, and specific roles within a team. And while some of the best Agents - such as the star of ZZZ ’s first premium banner, Ellen - are locked behind never-ending Signal Searches, you can get the A Rank demon that is Soukaku for free....

Blizzard will finally show off Diablo 4’s Trials and the Gauntlet this week, so let’s hope that also includes a release date Blizzard developers will be ending their hiatus soon for a bit of a show and tell of one of Diablo 4’s big upcoming features. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment. Feels like it’s been a while since Blizzard talked to the community, but the Diablo 4 developer will return with another Campfire Chat developer showcase....

Blur vs Split Second was Deep Impact vs Armageddon for mid-2000s arcade racers They’re nothing like buses! They’re sports cars! Image credit:VG247, Adobe, Capcom, Team Ninja Listen. It’s just an excuse for everyone to shout at me. Listen at your own inconvenience here. Watch the video version ofThe Best Games Ever Showhere: Check out the video version of The Best Games Ever podcast. You should watch it, that way you get to see our faces as Tom resurrects his worst ever bit....

Borderlands review: You won’t find a better movie to make yourself miserable this year You’re better off watching someone’s Let’s Play on YouTube. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/BORDERLANDS-MOVIE-REVIEW.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“A one-star review header for the Borderlands film that reads: “A vapid, creatively bankrupt crime” - 1”> Image credit:VG247 It’s pretty rare that I walk out of a movie theatre thinking “I truly just wasted 90+ minutes of my life watching that.” Normally, I get something out of whatever it was I watched, be it joy or elation at best, perhaps anger or frustration at worst....

Break out the peaches, Jack Black will be singing in the Minecraft movie Music to my ears. Image credit:Mojang Jack Black is seemingly going to be two for two when it comes to singing in video game movies, as the Kung-Fu Panda actor will apparently put his vocal talents on display in the Minecraft movie. While Black is obviously known for his musical proclivities in the form of his band Tenacious D, for the most part in his films he doesn’t really sing all that much....

Breath of the Wild: How to Shield Surf You can actually shield surf in Zelda Breath of the Wild, and you can pull off this trick with any shield in the game. In this guide to Zelda Breath of the Wild shield surfing , we’ll be walking you through how to shield surf in Breath of the Wil d with ease. On this page: How to Shield Surf in Breath of the Wild How to Do Shield Surf Tricks How to Shield Surf in Breath of the Wild All Link needs in order to shield surf is a shield, and ideally a nice slope....

Bungie teases that Destiny 2’s “Journey Continues” but fans aren’t quite sure what that means for Destiny 3 It’s unclear if Destiny 3 is on the way, but there’s definitely more Destiny coming at least. Image credit:Bungie Bungie revealed a look at some upcoming Destiny 2 episodes today, but it also offered a very vague tease for the future of the series. Destiny 2 received its latest expansion, The Final Shape, just last week, and to many it felt like a big ole send off to 10 years of Destiny....

Capcom’s president has some high hopes over how many copies Street Fighter 6 will sell 10 million is quite the target. Street Fighter 6 is shaping up to be a strong followup to its predecessor, and it seems that Capcom’s president has some high hopes for how many copies it will sell. As much as fighting game players like to think that fighting games are the hottest thing since sliced bread, for the most part it’s a pretty niche genre....

Chill out, Helldivers 2 players calling for fixes over new stuff, Arrowhead’s “figuring it out” and plans to do a better job of delivering both Your feedback’s valuable, but maybe draw the line when you start to sound like a backseat dev, yeah? Image credit:VG247/Arrowhead Hey you. Have you been moaning about a need for more bug fixes to arrive for Helldivers 2 recently? Well, if you’ve been one of the vocal folks calling for Arrowhead to stop putting out new content until it’s tended to all of the lingering issues, that isn’t going to happen....

Counter-Strike 2 has finally been revealed, with a limited test available today It’s real and it’s happening. An improved tick-rate, responsive smokes, and a levelled-up world. Those awaiting the rumoured Counter-Strike 2 have something to rejoice over, as we have finally received our first glimpse of the new game from Valve. That’s not all, either. After remaining tight-lipped for so long, Valve is spoiling us. Not only is Counter-Strike 2 confirmed to release during summer 2023, but a limited beta test for the game begins today....

CS:GO hits a new all-time concurrent player count following Counter-Strike 2 reveal Not bad, for a decade old game. Counter-Strike 2 was officially revealed just this week, and with that CS:GO has recently broken a record for highest number of concurrent players. CS:GO might be more than a decade old, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still performing incredibly well. As spotted by Eurogamer , heading over to SteamDB will tell you that the team-based shooter has hit a massive new player peak of 1....

Cyberpunk 2077 free Update 2.1 will include a fully functional metro, replayable car races, and plenty more Lots of additional gameplay elements heading your way. Cyberpunk 2077 will be receiving a new, free update with new gameplay elements on December 5. CD Projekt Red announced during its most recent REDstreams on Twitch that Update 2.1 will feature a fully functional metro, radioport, replayable car races, boss fight improvements, accessibility features, and more....

Dead Island 2, the co-op zombie shooter that’s better than it has any right to be, is free to own right now There are far, far worse zombie games you could be spending your time with than Dead Island 2. Image credit:VG247/Deep Silver/Dambuster Studios Though it may no longer get the coverage it used to, the Epic Games Store’s weekly freebies on PC continue . Every week, the store is refreshed with one or two games, available for anyone to claim and own forever....

Dead Island 2’s character packs are not pre-order bonuses [Update] Dead Island 2’s pre-order bonuses are here, but the more meaty bonuses won’t be here for a while. By now, you’ve probably made up your mind about Dead Island 2 . Though the game only released a few days ago, reviews have been out for a little longer. Our very own Kelsey Raynor called it, “A HELL-A zany take on the co-op zombie shooter” , awarding it four stars....

Despite Xbox, the spirit of Dishonored and Prey lives on - Weird West dev’s next game is a return to the first-person immersive sim A first-person RPG from the makers of Weird West is officially in production, but it may be a while yet before we can play it. Image credit:Wolfeye Studios, Arkane, VG247. With a seemingly unending barrage of layoffs and studio closures , it is incredibly heartwarming to see some of the talent that escaped the triple-A hellscape survive and thrive....

Diablo 4 Season 4 is actually called Loot Reborn, but boy does it sound light on content Blizzard is so committed to Diablo 4’s itemisation transformation that it’s naming the game’s fourth season Loot Reborn. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment You know it’s almost time for a new Diablo 4 season because Blizzard is starting to line up developer livestreams and publish hefty blog posts about the new content, of which there doesn’t seem to be much this time around....