“I can’t believe it. I don’t want to believe it.” “I heard the news. I can’t believe it. I don’t want to believe it,” Kojima tweeted. “Without Ryan, without you and your music, Death Stranding would not have been born. Your music will live forever in this world and in me. Rest in peace.” I heard the news. I can’t believe it. I don’t want to believe it. Without Ryan, without you and your music, Death Stranding would not have been born....

Smart upscaling to 4K for the top-tier Xbox - but what about Series S? Scorn is one of the most visually distinctive games released in recent times. And on Xbox Series X, just how good is AMD’s FSR 2 image reconstruction? Scorn’s visual design is pitch-perfect from the moment you look at the title screen. The environments are highly ambiguous - vaguely mechanical, but ribbed with bone-like arches and inlaid with vascular tubing....

A few minor chords have a major effect. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Maskis a game that has stuck with me for a long time. I’ve never entirely known why. I’m enveloped in an atmosphere - a feeling of some kind. Majora’s Mask picks up the story of Link after the events of Ocarina of Time. After giving chase, Link is transformed into the body of a Deku. To put it another way, things don’t quite make sense in Majora’s Mask....

A few of our best spooky adventures Hello! Anyway, I should add up front my playthrough of Tomb Raider 2 was very memorable. The house was huge and pretty much empty most of the time. I had a bed and a desk and an old Pentium and I had Tomb Raider 2. There’s a shark outside, and that in turn makes you feel weirdly safe inside. I had no idea that I was not alone in the level - the shark sort of tricked me....

An ambitious step forward for the series is let down by Switch’s technical limitations. However, projects with lofty ambitions often fall short and that too is true of PlatinumGames' latest. After playing the latest game, I’ve been thinking of its beginnings. The originalBayonettais fast, fluid and bursting with ideas. It was never a technical masterpiece but, for its day, it was a beautiful game. Years later, we were treated to the majesty ofBayonetta 2- first on Wii U then on Nintendo Switch....

World 5: Skyland. These were high-wire acts, some of them dauntingly sparse. I can still remember the time I reached Sky Land, or World 5, in Super Mario 3. This is Finding the Flowzone. It takes OlliOlli World and thrusts you up into the clouds. There’s even a new overworld map that sits above the original one. It feels new and exciting, but it also feels like coming home. Flowzone - spoilers - is completely rad....

It’s easy enough, if you know where Jack O' Lanterns are located inFortnitethat is. They’re found at several named locations, as part of Halloween displays that usually containbuckets of candyas well. Here’swhere to find Jack O' Lanternsin Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4, andhow to destroy themonce you do. Note this particular challengeis no longer able to be completed. Chapter 4 Season 2 has arrived! New additions include theGrind RailsandKinetic Blades, along with the newBattle Pass,character collectionandEren Jaegerskin....

Finding Jelly Beans inFortnitecan be tricky if you don’t know where to look. Basically, certain areas of the map now contain Halloween decorations, including buckets of candy. This is where you’ve got the option to find Jelly Beans, among other things. Here’swhere to find Jelly Beans in Fortnite, and how to use them to gain shields. Note this particular challengeis no longer able to be completed. Chapter 4 Season 2 has arrived!...

Don’t want to play with other platforms on console? PC owners, meanwhile, cannot avoid the auto-aim used by console players inModern Warfare 2at launch. This can be done in the main menu, and the launcher, by pressing the Options button. Now make your way to the ‘Account and web link’ section. This does not appear for Xbox or PC players currently, which we’ll explain in the coming sections. However, there is a method outside of the game itself - by going into the console configs....

Everything we know about the renamed Hardcore playlists. Modern Warfare Hardcore modesare not to be confused with the Realism mode, which is a separate thing entirely. Thankfully, you will be able to play Hardcore eventually, but it’s unfortunatelynot available at launch. This was done by selecting the ‘Filter’ option in the main multiplayer lobby. When you pressed ‘Filter’, you were able to select and deselect the modes you wanted to play....

Here’s how to unlock every SPECGRU and KORTAC Operator. Warzone 2.0 and Modern Warfare 2 Operatorsare each unlocked in a different way. Some require you to complete challenges, while others are tied to the campiagn mode. There are 38 Operators in total. In Modern Warfare 2, these are split across two teams called SPECGRU and KORTAC. Here’show to unlock all Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0 Operatorsincluding Ghost, Soap and Price....

Xbox and PC players have found their ability to disable crossplay in Modern Warfare 2 has disappeared. The crossplay toggle allows players to choose whether they matchmake with players from other platforms. On the flip side, PC players may wish to avoid console players who have aim assist. Eurogamer has independently verified that the crossplay toggle is available for PlayStation players but is missing on Xbox. Xbox players, however, can get around this by disabling crossplay at the system level....

Had I played this as a kid, I would never have slept again. And notes are important. So, you walk. You trudge through a forest one screen after another as you attempt to work out where to go. And every so often, you hold up your cross to reveal another note. But then, screech! The effect is complete: now, you’re on edge. Now you know the game has teeth. This is Faith in a nutshell: stillness and nothing, then screech!...