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• Destiny 2 weekly reset time, changes, and schedule
• Destiny 2: what is the Nightfall weapon this week?
• Finally, a Skyrim mod where you can get a good hot dog
• New Elden Ring Torrent fixes a crucial issue with the ghostly horse
• The Escape from Tarkov wipe is nigh (probably)
• Cyberpunk 2077 QA studio disputes claims it misled CDPR
• The next Monster Hunter Rise update adds storage and free wall-running
• Arkane made Redfall’s vampires scientific cultists
• The next Battlefield will have a single player campaign
• League of Legends patch 12.13 notes – Star Guardian skins
• Intel is set to slash Alder Lake CPU prices for gaming PC makers
• NordVPN: Everything you need to know
• New horror game Fobia is Outlast with guns
• Eve Online graphics update aims to immerse new players
• Cyberpunk 2077 mod turns Night City into The Matrix
• How to use a Warzone Golden Keycard to open Mercenary Vaults
• How to dig up Warzone buried treasure and find shovel locations
• The best Minecraft shaders in 2022
• The best Diablo Immortal legendary items
• Sonic Frontiers Cyberspace levels are remixes of the classics
• The best Minecraft servers 2022
• Stardew Valley-like Disney Dreamlight Valley launch date confirmed
• Return to Monkey Island trailer reveals its wild new art style
• The best Elden Ring mods
• Nvidia RTX 3080 12GB reportedly axed ahead of RTX 4000 GPUs

Destiny 2 weekly reset time, changes, and schedule Posted: 28 Jun 2022 04:50 PM PDT A fresh Destiny 2 weekly reset is upon us. As a premier live service game, one of the main ways that Bungie keeps players coming back to Destiny 2 is with its weekly resets. These typically offer a content refresh across the space game's various planets, raids, and dungeons, along with minor bug fixes and changes to address outstanding player concerns. The reset often includes new seasonal mission content or updates to existing in-game activities for players who own the seasonal content. And, with ongoing weekly updates to the Nightfall, the Crucible playlist, campaign missions, in-game activities and bounties, there's more to track than ever. The Destiny 2 weekly reset takes place at the same time each week. There's often some server downtime around the reset, so you should take note of that if you're unable to log into the game at precisely that time. Once the reset begins, you'll have a full week to explore all the changes before Bungie rolls out another set of changes on the same day and time the following week. Here, we're offering Destiny 2 players a recap of all the weekly reset changes so you know what shiny new activities to prioritise while grinding for loot. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Destiny 2: Beyond Light review, Destiny 2 exotics, Play Destiny 2

Destiny 2: what is the Nightfall weapon this week? Posted: 28 Jun 2022 04:39 PM PDT Want to know what this week's Destiny 2 Nightfall weapon is? Each week you've got a chance at a different weapon for completing Nightfall Strikes, and ever since Season of the Lost, fan-favourite legacy weapons from the original Destiny have been added to the rotation. Two new weapons were introduced into the pool in Season of the Risen, so it's more important than ever to know in advance the Nightfall weapon schedule. In case you don't know what the Destiny 2 Nightfall weapon means, Nightfall: The Ordeal is a playlist available in the Vanguard menu, alongside the basic Strike playlist. Each week, a different Strike is chosen as the Nightfall, and offered in five escalating difficulties, with harder enemies, challenging modifiers, and enemy power levels cranking up. The coveted Nightfall weapons have a chance to drop from any Nightfall Strike difficulty, but it's far more likely at higher levels. Your best bet for farming each week's Nightfall weapon is to set the Strike to Master difficulty, according to YouTuber Aztecross. You should also note that there's no automatic matchmaking above Hero difficulty, however, so you'll need to get a squad together. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Destiny 2: Beyond Light review, Destiny 2 exotics, Play Destiny 2

Finally, a Skyrim mod where you can get a good hot dog Posted: 28 Jun 2022 04:19 PM PDT Being a Dragonborn is hungry work, and one new Skyrim mod has the perfect solution. Sausages of Solitude from hrodeberht1 and bella adds a hot dog stand to the Solitude marketplace, and it's not just any sausage on sale. The mod adds an entire selection of hot dogs of differing types, a variety of buns, unique toppings, and incredibly detailed textures. There's the standard wiener and a tube steak, along with the more inventively named Beefstick and our particular favorite, the Pork Sword. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Skyrim mods, Play Skyrim, Games like Skyrim

New Elden Ring Torrent fixes a crucial issue with the ghostly horse Posted: 28 Jun 2022 03:44 PM PDT Elden Ring's Torrent is a brave and stalwart steed, the one who picks you up after death and decides you should be Melina's knight in Tarnished armor, but valor only counts for so much in the action RPG – and, in the late game, not very much at that. Challenges in Leyndell and beyond often prove too much for the trusty Torrent, but a new Elden Ring mod aims to fix that. Modder Admiral30 created the Invincible Torrent mod to address the problem of Torrent's HP and keep horseback combat viable throughout the game. View the full site RELATED LINKS: The best Elden Ring builds, Elden Ring bosses, The best Elden Ring classes

The Escape from Tarkov wipe is nigh (probably) Posted: 28 Jun 2022 01:54 PM PDT The next Escape from Tarkov wipe appears to have arrived - or at least, it will be soon, at the time of this writing. The hardcore FPS survival game will be going offline for maintenance shortly, and while the official announcement for patch 0.12.12.30 doesn't actually mention a wipe, players are convinced this patch will reset all progress and send everyone back to the starting line. Escape from Tarkov will be going offline June 29 at midnight PDT / 3am EDT / 8am BST, and will be down for about five hours, Battlestate Games has announced. That timeframe may be extended "if required," the announcement reads, and Tarkov will not be accessible during this period. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Escape from Tarkov system requirements, Escape From Tarkov Steam, Best battle royale games

Cyberpunk 2077 QA studio disputes claims it misled CDPR Posted: 28 Jun 2022 02:51 PM PDT Earlier this week, YouTube channel Upper Echelon Gamers published a video wherein a whistleblower claimed that Cyberpunk 2077's bugs were the result of various practices at Quantic Labs, a studio hired by CD Projekt Red to oversee quality assurance on its 2020 sci-fi RPG. After being contacted by PCGamesN, Quantic Labs has now issued an official response to the claims, describing some of the statements made in the original video as "incorrect". View the full site RELATED LINKS: Cyberpunk 2077 review, Cyberpunk 2077 lore & universe, Buy Cyberpunk 2077

The next Monster Hunter Rise update adds storage and free wall-running Posted: 28 Jun 2022 12:47 PM PDT Whether or not you're planning on diving into Sunbreak, the next Monster Hunter Rise patch has some important updates. Arriving alongside Sunbreak on June 30, update 10.0.2.0 for Monster Hunter Rise includes new features, mechanics, and bug fixes for the base game - plus all the new stuff that's coming for players who own the Sunbreak expansion. For players who've been monster hunting for a while, this day-one update brings welcome upgrades to your storage areas, even if you haven't purchased Sunbreak. The item box, equipment box, decoration box, and layered armour box are all getting expanded with more space, as are the boxes for buddy equipment and layered armours. You'll also have a new option to lock talismans in your equipment box, just to make sure those don't accidentally get lost. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Upcoming PC Games, Best PC RPGs

Arkane made Redfall’s vampires scientific cultists Posted: 28 Jun 2022 11:20 AM PDT The vampires of Redfall aren't your typical Nosferatu-popping-out-of-a-cupboard monsters. Bethesda and Arkane published a deep-dive into Redfall's vampires, following the initial gameplay reveal during the Xbox Bethesda Showcase, and revealed some new pieces of lore about how the children of the night came to be and what to expect from them. Studio director Harvey Smith and business director Susan Kath said the goal was creating unique, original folklore for Redfall, so while you may see some recognizable vampire tropes show up, Redfall's bloodsuckers are quite different from what you're used to. View the full site

The next Battlefield will have a single player campaign Posted: 28 Jun 2022 11:47 AM PDT With the launch of season 1, Battlefield 2042 finally seems to be hitting its stride, following some fitful and awkward initial months in the wild. However, it seems EA's experiment with multiplayer-only Battlefield games will be put on hold for now, as the publisher is now looking to hire a director for a new Battlefield single-player campaign. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Battlefield 2042 review, Best multiplayer games on PC, Best FPS games on PC

League of Legends patch 12.13 notes – Star Guardian skins Posted: 28 Jun 2022 09:25 AM PDT The League of Legends patch 12.13 notes are now available for the live update. Following the extensive LoL patch 12.12, thanks to the new update we now know what Riot Games is bringing to its popular MOBA game next – and it's got some stellar new skins and a lot of champion changes. It seems Riot wasn't content with nerfing new champion Bel'Veth, the Empress of the Void in patch 12.12, now 12.13 is starting to go through the PBE patch cycle and it's already host to some big champion changes - such as a big range of buffs for Gwen and Katarina. There's undoubtedly more to come before the patch releases properly in mid-July. While 12.12 went for some ice-themed skins, 12.13 is reaching for the stars instead. The new Star Guardian forms for Kai'Sa, Nilah, and Ekko are coming in the next patch - including an alternate Prestige version for Ekko. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Best LoL Champions , League of Legends patch 12.12 notes, LoL tier list

Intel is set to slash Alder Lake CPU prices for gaming PC makers Posted: 28 Jun 2022 09:19 AM PDT Intel is reportedly cutting the price of its Alder Lake CPUs for the second time this year, in a move designed to counteract reduced gaming PC demand. The reduction will be the second discount offered to machine makers this year, as insiders say there's already been a 10% drop. According to Digitimes, Intel plans to knock an additional 5% off current-gen gaming CPU prices in Q3 2022, including top-end i5 and i9 chips (via Tom's Hardware). The publication suggests that the price drops are unprecedented, as the firm usually only discounts niche products and older processors. Gaming PC price reductions are normally a good thing, but Intel's cuts are potentially a foreboding sign for the industry. Digitimes says the top five prebuild brands could reduce orders by up to 80%, a reaction to demand being "far weaker than expected." This could be due to enthusiasts holding off from buying a new rig, as the best graphics cards and CPUs are still expensive. Yet, there's also a global recession brewing, which could slow down sales in the near future. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Arc Alchemist GPUs - everything we know, Raptor Lake CPUs - everything we know, Best gaming CPU

NordVPN: Everything you need to know Posted: 28 Jun 2022 09:16 AM PDT NordVPN is probably the most recognisable VPN brand of our time. You've no doubt seen the ads around the internet since it's up there with Raid: Shadow Legends in terms of sponsoring YouTube videos, but you might not know exactly what NordVPN does. Don't worry, you've come to the right place and we've got you covered. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Best SSD for gaming, How to build a gaming PC, Best gaming CPU

New horror game Fobia is Outlast with guns Posted: 28 Jun 2022 09:09 AM PDT Fobia, or to give it its full title, Fobia: St Dinfna Hotel, is a new first-person horror available now on Steam, and from what we've seen so far, it's like Outlast, but with shotgun decapitations. View the full site

Eve Online graphics update aims to immerse new players Posted: 28 Jun 2022 08:38 AM PDT Now nearing its 20th anniversary, free-to-play space MMORPG Eve Online is turning over a new leaf with the launch of Eve Evolved, a broad initiative aimed at improving core elements of the play experience. The latest Eve Online update begins this transformation, developer CCP Games says, and a big part of what's new in this patch is aimed at appealing to new players - and at softening Eve's decades-long reputation for being a difficult game to get into. When you start a new pilot - a 'capsuleer,' in Eve terminology - your first move is generally to start taking jobs from several beginner NPC career agents. Each one provides a string of missions designed to introduce Eve's various career paths. Agents will show new players the ropes when it comes to being an enforcer, industrialist, or explorer, with several solo missions to complete that take place in instanced single-player 'dungeons' in nearby space. The Eve Evolved update introduces a stunning graphical overhaul to these areas, filling the once sparse sectors with forests of asteroids and swirls of cloudy particle matter. Space stations are ringed with dust, and the faraway nebulae are significantly crisper, thanks to a high-res remaster of these celestial bodies. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Play Eve Online for free, Eve Online Beginners guide, Space games

Cyberpunk 2077 mod turns Night City into The Matrix Posted: 28 Jun 2022 08:09 AM PDT Cyberpunk 2077 and The Matrix seem like the perfect partnership, but it's only now, thanks to the release of a brand new mod, that the two sci-fi giants have finally glitched together. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Cyberpunk 2077 review, Cyberpunk 2077 lore & universe, Buy Cyberpunk 2077

How to use a Warzone Golden Keycard to open Mercenary Vaults Posted: 28 Jun 2022 08:05 AM PDT Want to open up a Mercenary Vault with a Warzone Golden Keycard? Long time Warzone players won't forget the loot-laden bunkers that were underneath Verdansk years ago. These mysterious bunkers have made their way to Caldera after the Warzone Season 4 update, but this time they're known as Mercenary Vaults and they can only be accessed with a Golden Keycard. Finding a Warzone Golden Keycard in the battle royale game can be a tricky process, but there are ways to maximise your chances of finding one. Once you have a keycard, all you need to do is travel to the areas on the map featuring yellow circles around them. Opening Mercenary Vaults rewards you with game-changing loot, setting players up perfectly to dominate rival squads with loads of cash, weapons, and equipment. Don't forget to check out the Warzone buried treasure found on Fortune's Keep if you're searching for powerful loot in the early game. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Warzone loadouts, Best AR in Warzone , The best guns in Warzone

How to dig up Warzone buried treasure and find shovel locations Posted: 28 Jun 2022 07:44 AM PDT Are you looking for shovel locations and buried treasure in Warzone? Fortune's Keep, the latest map to join the battle royale game, features many helpful easter eggs to discover. The most useful one involves digging up mounds to find buried treasure, giving players a chance to score some powerful loot before the first circle collapses. Coincidentally, Caldera has another easter egg that rewards players with game-changing loot, thanks to the Warzone golden keycard found in supply crates. However, if you want to get your hands on Warzone buried treasure on Fortune's Keep, you need to find the shovel locations. There are only a finite number of shovels on the map, so you need to act quickly as you parachute to the island. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Warzone loadouts, Best AR in Warzone , The best guns in Warzone

The best Minecraft shaders in 2022 Posted: 28 Jun 2022 07:37 AM PDT What are the best Minecraft shaders? More importantly what are Minecraft shaders? The popular crafting game has a lot of things in its favour: infinite replayability, massively varied gameplay, and a constantly changing and improving online game. Where Minecraft draws criticism compared to other modern games is its graphics. Fortunately, as with everything in Minecraft, the graphical fidelity can be tweaked to incredible effect with the help of Minecraft shaders. From photorealistic lighting to uncanny motion blur, shaders are capable of bringing your Minecraft experience to life. Every Minecraft shader has its own unique qualities, whether that's injecting some serious style or providing a boost to Minecraft's base visuals without too much lag. So, in order to set you on your way to crystal-clear vistas we've put together a collection of the best Minecraft shaders out there. Getting a Minecraft shader or shader pack up and running is a simple enough process. Before you get started trying to install a shader pack though, you'll want to download and install either Forge or Optifine. Bear in mind that these aren't always kept up to date, so your options are limited if you want to run shaders on the latest version of Minecraft Java. Likewise, you need to make sure whichever shaders you're downloading are for the same version of Minecraft Java you're running. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Minecraft console commands, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods

The best Diablo Immortal legendary items Posted: 28 Jun 2022 07:30 AM PDT You'll need the best Diablo Immortal legendary items if you want to make the best builds, because it's not enough to assign the optimal skills, allocate gems to sockets, and distribute points into attributes. Finding the best gear in the game can either buff your skills or change their properties to morph your build into one that can obliterate foes in both PvP and PvE. Just like prior instalments in the long-running RPG game series, there are only a set number of the best Diablo Immortal legendary items in the game, split among the six Diablo Immortal classes. We've got information on all the legendary items that match up well with the best builds, along with details on how to farm the most sought-after gear. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Diablo Immortal tier list, Diablo Immortal system requirements, Best Diablo Immortal builds

Sonic Frontiers Cyberspace levels are remixes of the classics Posted: 28 Jun 2022 07:16 AM PDT After a lot of rumours, Sega has finally revealed the Sonic Frontiers Cyberspace levels at the Nintendo Direct show, confirming these missions as remixed takes on classic Sonic the Hedgehog levels like the original Green Hill Zone. Despite the series' checkered history, the Sonic games boast some of the best platform games of all time, so it was always intriguing when Sonic Frontiers was confirmed as more of an open-world game - basically a weird spin on Elden Ring, in fact. For anyone not convinced, the Cyberspace levels should be more in line with expectations as they are remixes of classic levels in the style of Sonic Generations - a little like the 'warp zone' levels of Super Mario Sunshine. The trailer confirms takes on Green Hill and either Speed Highway (Sonic Adventure) or Empire City (Sonic Unleashed). Entrances to Cyberspace levels can be found all over the world map, according to Sega, although you'll need to complete challenges to get the "portal gears" to open them. Completing a Cyberspace level will give you a Vault Key, which is apparently needed to progress in the game. View the full site

The best Minecraft servers 2022 Posted: 28 Jun 2022 07:08 AM PDT What are the best Minecraft servers? Servers make the world go round. Or, at least, the worlds of Minecraft. It is no secret that the PC community boasts the most ambitious players in the world, and there is no better evidence of this in action than our best Minecraft server list. The architectural artist's paradise, Minecraft has been a great creative outlet for players who can build to their heart's content, all without knowing a single line of code. Their works and ideas are immortalised in the best Minecraft servers. Every server is its own self-contained multiplayer world, with its own rules, gameplay style, and communities. We've had a hunt around to find the very best, featuring anything from breathtaking constructions and vistas to worlds with whole new rules and game modes. One thing to keep in mind is that different servers can sometimes use older versions of Minecraft. Plenty of servers have updated to the current 1.18 patch, but many other popular servers are sticking to older versions of the game for now. Make sure you check each server before jumping in to ensure you know what to expect. With that out of the way, come check out these excellent Minecraft servers. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Minecraft console commands, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods

Stardew Valley-like Disney Dreamlight Valley launch date confirmed Posted: 28 Jun 2022 06:58 AM PDT Dreamlight Valley, the upcoming Stardew Valley-like from Disney, has received a new trailer at the latest Nintendo Direct, along with a release date for the game's early access period. View the full site

Return to Monkey Island trailer reveals its wild new art style Posted: 28 Jun 2022 06:46 AM PDT The first proper Return to Monkey Island trailer is here, acting as a full gameplay reveal for the anticipated adventure game sequel. The Monkey Island 5 gameplay trailer reveals the bold and probably divisive art style, a second playable character, and possibly a decades-old Secret revealed. The trailer certainly reveals a lot, although not much of the pirate game's story. Returning characters include series protagonist Guybrush Threepwood - whose long-standing actor Dominic Armato provides most of the voiceover - and other regulars like Elaine Marley, series villain LeChuck, Murray the evil skull, and Stan the salesman. Other returning characters include Wally the map-maker, Carla the swordmaster, and even the short-sighted lookout. Interestingly, Elaine seems playable at a number of points, a first for the series. There are two big talking points in the trailer, though. The first is the tease that the first game's titular secret of Monkey Island may be revealed, which has remained in Ron Gilbert's head since 1990 so it's well past time it was cracked open. Secondly, the angular and storybook-like art style, which has already proven divisive but is nonetheless distinctive and a stylish choice. View the full site

The best Elden Ring mods Posted: 28 Jun 2022 07:57 AM PDT Are you looking for the best Elden Ring mods? The beauty of mods is that they're highly versatile tools which give players the ability to finely tweak their experience. In the case of Elden Ring, one of the highest rated games of all time, who would want to mod a critically acclaimed title? Well, if you find Souls games to be difficult, you can use the Easy Mode mod to tone things down. Some players might consider this a step too far, so why not remove the death mechanic which stops you from losing your Runes instead? What makes the best Elden Ring mods stand out is that they have the power to drastically improve someone's experience of the game. You might not own an ultrawide monitor, but the player that does is going to rely on the ultrawide mods every time they boot up the fantasy game. Likewise, if you own a PlayStation controller, you might want to see the correct button prompts in-game as you spend potentially hundreds of hours roaming The Lands Between. Whether you want to change the way ranged weapons work, or you just want the option to pause the game, we've got the mods for you. Here's everything you need to try out the best Elden Ring mods, including the PlayStation controller UI fix, the pause button mod, and more. View the full site RELATED LINKS: The best Elden Ring builds, Elden Ring bosses, The best Elden Ring classes

Nvidia RTX 3080 12GB reportedly axed ahead of RTX 4000 GPUs Posted: 28 Jun 2022 06:35 AM PDT Nvidia RTX 4000 GPUs are on the horizon, and whispers claim the RTX 3080 12GB is already discontinued. The green team has reportedly stopped sending chips to board partners, but it's not to make room for its next best graphics cards, as the rest of the GeForce RTX 3000 series is allegedly safe for now, According to Zed__Wang, RTX 3080 12GB GPU production has stopped, something that's attributed to a "dramatic" RTX 3080 Ti price drop (via El Chapuzas Informatico). Both options are currently available for almost the same price on the likes of Newegg, but 12GB variant stock is limited. While the RTX 3080 12GB is heading to the big PC case in the sky, the 10GB model seems to be clutching on. Its lower spec'd sibling costs significantly less at around $800 USD, which is perhaps why it's getting to stick around for a little longer. That said, the 12GB card features more cores and a wider memory bus, so enthusiasts would probably rather it was spared from retirement. View the full site RELATED LINKS: RTX 4000 - everything we know, GeForce Now RTX 3080 review, Best graphics card

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