The company behind the military combat simulator made a plea to users, requesting they respect the sensitivity of real-world events: “it is paramount to avoid generating images that could be misconstrued and potentially put lives in danger… we beg you to be sensible and avoid using DCS to create videos of this nature”. This statement comes following the news that several social media sites had been sharing clips of a dogfight between Russian and Ukrainian aircraft, before it came to light this footage had actually been captured on DCS World....

The detail comes amid a set of announcements by Private Division, the Take-Two-owned publisher behind Hades, The Outer Worlds and Kerbal Space Progam 2. Laidlaw’s new game - the first from his new studio Yellow Brick Games - will be published by Private Division, though will not release until 2024’s financial year at the earliest. “The studio firmly believes that emergent systems create rich, interactive worlds,” Private Division wrote in a press release....

To complete this challenge, you need to visit the downed black helicopter’s location and tune its radio by investigating the destroyed vehicle. Completing this Fortnite challenge will reward you with 24k XP, which will help you climb the Season 6 Battle Pass. On this page: Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed. What’s new? Chapter 3 Season 3 has arrived! New additions include Reality Seeds and Saplings and riding animals, along with the new Battle Pass, characters collection and map changes....

This challenge sends you on a treasure hunt around the new map location, The Spire, which is fitting considering this season gives you the chance to unlock Lara Croft as a skin. Completing this challenge will reward you with 24K XP, which will help you unlock the new Battle Pass skins. On this page: Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed. What’s new? Chapter 3 Season 3 has arrived!...

Like always, you only have a week to complete this challenge before it vanishes forever, so, if you want to gather some extra XP before the end of the season, we highly recommend finishing it. Completing this challenge will reward you with 45k XP, which will help you unlock more Battle Stars for the Season 7 battle pass. Once it’s complete, you need to leave secret documents at a bus stop....

Documentation detailing the proposed tie-in suggests Dead by Daylight survivor Meg Thomas will head to Epic Games’ battle royale island as a skin. In return, Fortnite’s cheeky llama mascot will pop up in Dead by Daylight as a charm. For now, there’s no official word on when this crossover might become reality (around Halloween time, perhaps?) or indeed if it made it through the planning stages. Reliable Fortnite leaker iFireMonkey posted documentation detailing the plans, which are said to date from March this year....

The Foundation crashed into Fortnite this week as part of the game’s Zero Crisis Finale event, and aided players in their bid to stabilise the island. As leader of the mysterious group named as The Seven, The Foundation appears to hold a critical role in the game’s upcoming storyline - and seems set to reappear as soon as he can be freed from being trapped inside the Zero Point itself....

Gnomes are a reoccuring collectable type in Fortnite - going way back to the early Seasons of Chapter 1. They reappear in Chapter 2, Season 3’s first set of Challenges - requiring you to find just three Gnome locations in Homely Hills. Looking for more from the new season? The new map features several additions - such as Catty Corner Vault, Sharks, and the Fortilla whirlpool - while our Season 3 Battle Pass skins and Aquaman skin pages showcase all the new rewards....

As part of the Punchcard questlines, you’re tasked to find scrolls on the Fortnite map for Dark Jonesy. This is the first step of the current quests, followed by others such as use a Shadow Stone, then recover the Spirit Vessel and Destroy the Corruption Cluster and all Corruption Fragments. Completing this quest will reward you with 30k XP for Season 8’s Battle Pass. Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed....

Every character event Banner usually runs for three weeks, making way for the next Banner, which always has a single 5-Star character with boosted pull odds, and three boosted 4-Stars. There is also a weapon Banner that changes its featured 5-Star and 4-Star pulls every three weeks, and two permanent Banners with their own unique character and weapon pools. We’ve detailed what the next and current Banners are in Genshin Impact below, along with a list of all Banners that have ran in the game since its 1....

Though we knew the fighter - a fusion of both Goku and Vegeta - was on the way to the third DLC pass, his release date was only confirmed during last night’s Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour stream. Gogeta SS4 will drop for FighterZ Pass 3 holders on 10th March, and be available for everyone else on 12th March. Here he is in action: We also learned over the weekend that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will receive its final DLC later this year, too....

Asus Radeon RX 6800 XT TUF OC 16GB for £569 from CCL (with code AFF25, was £594) As RX 6000 series cards go, the RX 6800 XT is one of AMD’s best in recent years, and offers formidable gaming performance at both 1440p and 4K, as we detailed in our review. Specifically, we noted the RX 6800 XT offered solid frame rates at both resolutions, especially in demanding titles like Borderlands 3 where it offered an average of 62fps at 4K and 112fps at 1440p....

Polyphony’s long-awaited PS5 racer was originally due in 2021, but was delayed back in February due to the pandemic. Here’s the new trailer, showing the game’s campaign mode, livery editor and customisation, its Scapes photo mode, legendary circuits and more. It’s safe to say this got Martin very excited:

Vice reported the hackers claimed to have obtained 780GB of data and had put it up for sale. EA confirmed the breach in a statement that also insisted no player data had been stolen. “We are investigating a recent incident of intrusion into our network where a limited amount of game source code and related tools were stolen,” an EA spokesperson told Motherboard. “No player data was accessed, and we have no reason to believe there is any risk to player privacy....

After two successful tests earlier in the year, the October preview moves from being invite-only to allowing as many players who are interested on Xbox. PC players can still get in on the action - though beta access is not as straightforward. Ultimately, if you are interested in playing Halo Infinite multiplayer early, there are a few ways to do so - provided you follow the Halo Infinite flight times schedule, of course....

The event allows you to unlock armor pieces, stances, coatings, and helmet attachments–all for free. Below you can find out when the Interference event ends, how all challenges work, and all Interference event rewards in Halo Infinite. On this page: When does the Interference event start and end? Halo Infinite Interference event dates The Halo Infinite Interference event is a limited-time event that takes place during Season 2. Interference starts on Tuesday the 3rd of May, and ends on Tuesday, May 16th in 2022 at the weekly challenge reset time....

“In order to improve and accelerate ongoing live service development - and to better address player feedback and quality of life updates - we have reallocated studio resources and are no longer working on local campaign split-screen co-op,” 343 said at the time, dashing the hopes of players who’d been patiently waiting to couch co-op the campaign with pals. Now, however, it seems that players have found a menu glitch that permits them to add up to three additional local co-op players to their system; all you need is an Xbox Series S or X and a pal online, and this helpful walkthrough....

Details of the update were shared alongside more information about in-game content in an official blog post. Square Enix said the day one changes have been made based on feedback from the demo available on Nintendo Switch. The day one update will make the following changes: Longer days Reduced cooldown for job changes Increased attack speed for Mages Warning effect when a character is low on HP Partially reduced loading time Modified UI when saving Various bug fixes...

Heardle is a music game inspired by Wordle - where instead of guessing a word, you hear the opening of a song, with each failed guess extending the preview to help you solve the title and artist in question. If you fail to guess once you have heard the complete preview, then you’ll break your streak - which is why discovering today’s Heardle answer is so important for players, especially as some song intros are more elusive than others....

Heardle is a music game inspired by Wordle - where instead of guessing a word, you hear the opening of a song, with each failed guess extending the preview to help you solve the title and artist in question. If you fail to guess once you have heard the complete preview, then you’ll break your streak - which is why discovering today’s Heardle answer is so important for players, especially as some song intros are more elusive than others....