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Everything you need to know about Destiny 2: Lightfall

Destiny 2: Lightfall is the next chapter in the ever-evolving story of the long running FPS MMO. All Destiny 2 expansions introduce new gameplay features and narratives but Lightfall looks to take us to places we could never have expected.

Announced during the Destiny 2 Showcase for 2022, we got to see plenty of what’s coming for the game. It’s going to be a busy time for Destiny 2 fans, here’s everything you need to know about the next expansion.

What is Destiny 2: Lightfall?

If you’ve been playing Destiny 2 for a while you’ll be used to regular expansions, if you’re new to the game and this is your first expansion there’ll be a lot of changes to get used to.

Lightfall, like the expansions before it, will introduce a ton of new stuff. There’ll be a new campaign, new dungeons, new raids, and a new season full of updates that mean the game never stands still. With this expansion there’ll even be a new subclass – the first since Destiny 2: Beyond Light – which means there’ll even be new ways to play.

Let’s dive into the new stuff you’ll be getting to grips with.

Everything new in Destiny 2: Lightfall – Gameplay, Raids, Locations

tons to do in lightfall, more info coming soon

The first big change introduced with Lightfall is the unveiling of an entirely new location. It turns out that the Last City on Earth was exactly that, the last city…on Earth.

On distant Neptune an off-shoot of humanity has weathered the storm of the Collapse and thrived in secrecy. Their city, Neomuna, is now under threat by the dark forces of The Witness, led by the former Cabal emperor Calus.

The players will be heading there to fend off this invading army and learn more about The Witness’ plans for the solar system, looking to further the Light vs Dark narrative expanded upon in the previous expansion, The Witch Queen. Lightfall serves to set up the final expansion for this narrative arc, tentatively named The Final Shape.

In addition to new missions, campaigns, activities, and raids that are so far unnamed, we’ll be getting some long awaited overhauls to key gameplay systems.

New Lightfall UI and Gameplay Systems

Destiny 2 players rejoice! What you’ve been begging for is finally coming. That’s right, a Looking for Group tool will be integrated into the game, making finding someone to help you get your Gjallarhorn will be far simpler in the future.

Not only will we be getting an LFG tool but an entirely new revamp of the new player experience is planned. This will see players gaining ranks through completing certain activities, with higher levels denoting mastery of high-end combat encounters. Players will also be able to reward others with commendations, helping everyone take note of players who go above and beyond in the fight against evil.

But that’s not all, there’s one final new gameplay element coming with Lightfall, and it’s a big one.

Destiny 2: Lightfall Subclass – Introducing Strand

strand! new subclass coming to destiny 2 lightfall

With the release of Beyond Light players received their first Darkness-powered subclass, Stasis. Now with Lightfall the second Darkness subclass will be introduced – named Strand.

This green-tinged subclass revolves around consciousness and allows Guardians to manipulate connections between living things, themselves included.

What does this mean for the game? It means each class will get a new subclass that will open up new ways to play, from Warlocks gaining telekinetic matter-summoning abilities to Titans growing colossal green claws to allow them to hulk out.

Oh and one more thing. Everyone’s getting a Strand grappling hook that can be used to swing about, Spider-Man-esque. Even if there’s nothing to hang from the Strand swing can be used to grab onto midair. Suddenly movement is getting a big upgrade.

Release Date and Platforms

some strandified warriors standing on neomuna

Destiny 2: Lightfall will be released on February the 28th, 2023 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox App, Google Stadia, and PC on Steam and the Epic Games Store too.

Trailer and Narrative Primer

It’s not a Destiny 2 expansion without trailers full of action and mystery, ready to get your blood pumping. Check out the Lightfall reveal trailer above to get your first taste of Strand, the city of Neomuna, and some more titbits:

Bungie also released a short video explaining a little about the battle between Light and Dark, so if you need some more lore in your life, grab some here:

Or if you prefer to read your narratives, we’ve compiled all the info you need about the stories you can’t play anymore in the Destiny universe over here.

Destiny 2: Lightfall System Requirements

things look like they'll get dark in lightfall

If you’re looking to venture into the outer reaches of the solar system you may need to check if your rig can handle the journey. Get the system requirements below and see if you PC is up to the task.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 3250 3.5 GHz or Intel Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB or GTX 1050 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 105 GB available space

Recommended Requirements:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: System Windows® 7 / Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
Processor: Processor Intel® Core™ i5 2400 3.4 GHz or i5 7400 3.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1600X 3.6 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or GTX 1060 6GB / AMD R9 390 8GB Memory 8 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 105 MB available space

Buy Destiny 2: Lightfall Here

If you’re looking to dive into this next chapter of Destiny 2 you can grab Lightfall for a great price when you shop with us. Head over to our store to grab Destiny 2: Lightfall here, or Destiny 2: Lightfall + the Annual Pass here. If this is your first time playing Destiny 2, why not check out our new player guide to help you get the most out of your first few hours in-game.

Everything you need to know about F1 Manager 2022

Designed with wannabe Formula 1 racing moguls in mind, F1 Manager 2022 allows players to immerse themselves in all of the strategic aspects of the world’s fastest motorsport. Naturally, our F1 Manager 2022 guide will provide you with the details on everything from the F1 Manager 2022 release date, early access and PC specifications, through to key features in F1 Manager 2022 in order to ensure you stay in pole position.

F1 Manager 2022 – What Is It All About?

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The first thing that should be made clear about F1 Manager 2022 is that you won’t actually do any of the driving stuff. I know it might seem obvious, but it’s still worth mentioning all the same and after all, there are plenty of actual F1 racing games that let you do just that anyway. The focus of F1 Manager 2022 is instead on providing the player with complete control over all aspects of their Formula 1 team, allowing substantial creative freedom to change everything from the roster of drivers and pit crew, through to the engineering of the cars themselves and the numerous sponsorships and other fiscal responsibilities that a Formula 1 head cheese would be expected to deal with.

It’s also worth noting that despite its title, F1 Manager 2022 also lets aspiring motorsport bosses take control of Formula 2 and 3 teams too.

How Do You Build A Team?

In F1 Manager 2022 building your team is not some sort of trite activity, but rather a sophisticated tactical effort which demands that you create a hugely successful network of interworking groups to address every aspect of your Formula 1 management career. This essentially means fashioning a best-in-class team from scratch that includes maintenance personnel, drivers, admin staff and more in order to not just try and keep pole position in every season, but keep your finances and operations in the black too.

Your team in F1 Manager 2022 isn’t static either. As the seasons and years go by the performance of everyone on your team will begin to decline, luckily though you can scout out up and coming talent from other Formula 1 teams to keep yourself afloat.

How Does Car Engineering And Customisation/.

Though obvious, it cannot be understated just how crucial it is to master car design in F1 Manager 2022. Dovetailing into your overall management strategy, F1 Manager 2022 has you choosing parts and tweaking the racing profile of your ride.

As such, F1 Manager 2022 permits players to elect for a balanced design or focus on specific aspects, such as acceleration, tyre durability and so on depending on the dynamic requirements of the races and seasons ahead. Essentially, if there’s an element of Formula 1 racing that needs managing and monitoring, you’ll be taking full control of it in F1 Manager 2022.

What Actually Happens During Races?

Though players cannot take part directly in the racing side of things in F1 Manager 2022, those races are still played out in fully rendered glorious 3D visuals, with all the detailed recreations of global Formula 1 racing tracks, car models, dynamic weather conditions, crashes and more that ably reflects a contemporary broadcast of the world’s fastest motorsport.

Additionally, rather than relegating players to the role of an ineffectual observer, F1 Manager 2022 provides players with a substantial amount of creative control over the race itself, allowing players to adjust everything from in-car racing behaviour, pit crew management, under the hood pit tweaks and much, much more.

Does F1 Manager 2022 Support Multiplayer?

In its current iteration F1 Manager 2022 does not support multiplayer and is a single-player offering only. However as with just about any game, it isn’t entirely implausible that some sort of patch or update might arrive further down the line enabling players to compete with their mates for motorsport management supremacy.

F1 Manager 2022 Release Date – When And Where Can I Play It?

The F1 Manager 2022 release date has been confirmed as August 30, 2022. It’ll be getting a full release on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, as well as PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S platforms. Sadly, no F1 Manager 2022 Nintendo Switch release appears to be on the horizon, effectively consigning Frontier Developments Formula One management title to the pits on Nintendo’s super popular console platform.

F1 Manager 2022 Early Access – How To Play F1 Manager 2022 Before Release

If you want to get into the F1 Manager 2022 early access period ahead of its official release date, it’s remarkably easy to do so. Quite simply, anybody that digitally pre-orders F1 Manager 2022 can get early access to the game five days ahead early on August 25, 2022. In addition to providing five days worth of play via F1 Manager 2022’s early access period, anybody who preorders the game will also get a very welcome 10% discount off of the price to boot.

Can My PC Run F1 Manager 2022?

Don’t let the fact that F1 Manager 2022 is a management sim fool you – developer Frontier Developments has packed in some highly detailed cars, environments and a veritable truckload of effects work to boot in order to make F1 Manager 2022’s races as close to the real-life spectacle as possible.

Thankfully though, the F1 Manager 2022 PC specifications are fairly restrained for the most part, meaning if you’ve got a reasonable gaming rig from the last three years or so, you’ll be fine to watch your driver tear up the track just like that Lewis Hamilton lad with little issue.

Minimum PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX-8370
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or AMD R9 280x (3GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

Recommended PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10, 11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1080 or Radeon RX 580 (4GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

Buy F1 Manager 2022 Here

Now it’s time to rev your engines and get onto the grid, pick up F1 Manager 2022 over on our store to get the best start to your team management career. If you’ve ever dreamed of doing it better, now’s the chance to put your pedal to the metal and show the F1 world what you’re capable of.

Top Rocket League Tips and Tricks – Rocket League Beginner’s Guide

Looking for a beginner’s guide to Rocket League? We’ve got you covered. Rocket League celebrated its 7^th birthday this year and Psyonix’s hit keeps going strong. Having switched to a free-to-play model back in 2020, there’s never been a better time to jump in for some car football. However, if you’re looking to get involved in competitive play, you’ll want to know the best Rocket League tips currently going.

At its core, Rocket League remains the same multiplayer game it was back in 2015.

We’re still competing in (usually) 3v3 teams to score the most goals over a 5-minute match,

controlling a rocket powered vehicle to shoot instead of using our feet. Rocket League’s an easy game for newcomers, you can’t tweak these cars for a performance advantage, it’s a difficult one to master.

Rocket League Tips

Within this list, you’ll find several tried and tested Rocket League tips and tricks for any newcomers. Just remember that like with anything, practice makes perfect and while we can’t score those impressive aerials for you, this advice can give you a competitive edge when starting out. With that in mind, here’s our top five Rocket League tips for improving your game.

Adjust the camera settings

I know what you’re thinking. You came in expecting advice on how to score stylishly and you’ve found us talking about camera settings? I’ll concede this isn’t the most exciting tip but hear us out, camera settings are crucial. Rocket League’s default settings showcase the action ahead decently, but should you wish, the game lets you individually tweak several key aspects, like field of view or distance.

This tip isn’t here to tell you exactly what this should be changed too. You might find other players have listed their own settings online, which is perfectly fine, but everyone has personal preferences. If you’re finding it difficult to land those specific shots or you’d like to see more of the arena, consider giving these a tweak. This could be the difference in securing that winning shot and losing the match.

Rotate between positions

Rotations are the key to any successful team coordination with Rocket League. If you’re looking to get serious in 3v3s, I’d suggest finding two friends willing to play, mainly because you’ll have a much easier time convincing them to follow a plan than random online players. That’s because rotations involve changing positions on the field to better assist your teammates, doing what benefits them instead of chasing personal glory.

Assuming you’ve not chosen 1v1 mode, you can’t always be the person taking shots and intercepting your opponent’s strikes. Talk with your squad, discuss who’s lining up the pass and who’s taking that shot, maybe hang back slightly if you know the ball’s not going in. You can’t win a team game by acting alone, make sure they know what you’re doing

Don’t go ball chasing

This tip is essentially an extension on my rotation advice and for good reason, ball chasers are a common problem in 2v2 and 3v3 matches. In a game where you’re aiming to score as many goals as possible, it’s naturally tempting to rush in for that hit, and we’ve all made this mistake when starting out as rookies. However, this can ultimately lose you the game and some prime scoring opportunities.

Why? It can put you out of position. When a teammate’s already dribbling up the side, they don’t need you gunning it right behind them, ready to strike if something goes wrong or to take the shot for them. If there’s no one in the middle, a good pass from said teammate suddenly amounts to nothing. By then, you’ve missed a goal scoring opportunity and frustrated teammates in one go. Just remember that you don’t need to take every shot.

Use boost carefully

Boosting is an essential part of any Rocket League strategy. Letting you store up to 100 boost units, players demolish an opponent’s car, take aerial shots, or simply move across the field at pace. Unfortunately, this gets quickly consumed and while each stadium has no end of boost pads, I’d recommend saving them until an appropriate time. After all, how many assists have we failed to convert because we couldn’t reach the ball in time?

Once you’ve hit maximum speed, further boosts are unnecessary and while it’s a sensible plan to keep your tank replenished, you don’t necessarily need to go out of your way collecting them. You’ll find smaller ones littered around an arena which restore 12 units, alongside 6 larger orbs that restore 100 units, though these take much longer to respawn. Remember that your teammates need a boost too, they’ll (maybe) thank you later.

Defend From the Back Post

Rocket League doesn’t enforce set positions like in football/soccer but when it comes to 2v2s or 3v3 matches, sometimes players hang back to act as a goalkeeper. If you’re winning a match and are taking a cautious approach, there’s no shame in acting defensively, of course, but this isn’t the best strategy. Ideally, you’ll want to place your car by the back post, the one furthest from whatever side of the goal the ball’s at.

That’s because you’ll have a better reaction window to intercept an aerial shot. If you’re positioned by the near post, there’s a much better chance your opponent can shoot this straight over your head. If there’s a teammate close to said opponent, that frees them up to attempt a direct tackle without compromising defence. Ultimately, it’s a better way to counter side shots than waiting in the middle.

All TMNT Games Ranked

Ever since the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles leapt from the comics and into the small screens of our childhood back in the late 1980s, there has been a veritable slew of TMNT video games for fans to get stuck into. From some classic arcade efforts to more recent entries that have sought to recreate the halcyon days of TMNT video games, our handy guide will break down all the TMNT games ranked, letting you know which TMNT video games do the most justice to those heroes in a half-shell.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Arguably the worst TMNT game ever released, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles attempted to cash in on the love of its newfound audience with a hybrid action adventure approach that combined top-down exploration with side-scrolling platforming and combat when it released on 8-bit console and 16-bit home computer platforms in 1989. The problem however, is that this take on everyone’s pizza gobbling ninja turtles was generously stuffed with unfair level design, less than satisfying combat, sluggish platforming and a ridiculous level of difficulty.

A bigger problem for parents at the time however was that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shared a very similar namesake with the much, much, much better TMNT: The Arcade Game which released at around the same point. Naturally, this resulted in plenty of excited young folk being bought the ‘latest’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for their birthday or the holidays only to be confronted with this abomination.

TMNT: Mutant Melee

Based off of the largely crummy 2003 TMNT animated television show, TMNT: Mutant Melee released for PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and PC back in 2005 and is just extravagantly terrible. Essentially an arena based fighter that tried to evoke the likes of Capcom’s superb Power Stone but seemingly failed to even capture the merest hint of that game’s lofty essence, TMNT: Mutant Melee had an utterly threadbare ‘adventure’ mode that was linked together by dreary and repetitive text based exposition and two multiplayer modes – a king of the hill and survival variant and that’s your lot. Deathly boring, poorly made and boasting toilet bowl production values, TMNT: Mutant Melee’s main claim to fame is that it is quite easily the second worst TMNT game ever made. Avoid like an asbestos-covered pizza.

TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan

Developed by PlatinumGames (yes, *that* PlatinumGames) for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC, Mutants in Manhattan has the dubious distinction of not only being a highly derivative, poorly optimised and massively un-fun roaming brawler, but it also happens to be PlatinumGames biggest misfire in years. Sluggish, uninspiring and just downright unenjoyable, TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan cements its place as not just a stain on PlatinumGames’ usually lofty calibre of work, but also as one of the most enduringly bad TMNT games ever made. Bravo, I guess?

TMNT: Tournament Fighters

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Effectively transplanting the one on one, two-dimensional scrappery of Street Fighter II into the realm of our half-shelled heroes, TMNT: Tournament Fighters might have borrowed an eyebrow raising amount of concepts from Capcom’s legendary fighter, but it also had a few neat tricks of its own too. Chief among these was that the game was much more accessible than Street Fighter II, with a streamlined control system that allows for special attacks to be pulled off with just a couple of button presses, while a special red ball power-up that appears during matches can also be used to turn the tide of proceedings. Oh and the SNES version of Tournament Fighters is the one you want, since the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive edition of the game has fewer moves and is much more sluggish than its Nintendo counterpart.

TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, releasing exclusively on the Game Boy Advance and based off of the 2007 movie of the same name, TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles re-imagined the events of that film as a side-scrolling brawler for Nintendo’s diminutive handheld. Filled with gorgeous sprite art and foot-tapping soundtracks, TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was both wildly better and different than the PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PSP, Nintendo DS and PC versions of the same game, thanks to a dogged focus on super satisfying side-scrolling brawling action and the inclusion of neat features such as being able to summon other turtles for support during battles. Certainly one of the better TMNT games, TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles only misses out entering the upper echelon of the best TMNT games thanks to a lack of cooperative play.

TMNT: The Arcade Game

One of the most fondly remembered coin guzzlers of the late 1980s and early 1990s, TMNT: The Arcade Game was pretty much everything you wanted from a TMNT game. With its vividly colourful visuals, variety of accurate sound samples and a bop-worthy rendition of the theme song that masterfully mirrored its cartoon counterpart, it’s no surprise that TMNT: The Arcade Game gained so much attention all those years ago. More than that though, TMNT: The Arcade Game was basically TMNT meets Final Fight as it allowed players to choose from each of the four half-shelled heroes as they progressed from left to right, smashing up the Foot Clan before finally facing off with Shredder and the alien overlord known as a Krang. What’s not to like, eh?

TMNT: Turtles in Time

Building upon what Konami had wrought with TMNT: The Arcade Game, TMNT: Turtles in Time gives players more of what they loved from its 1989 predecessor, but this time console folks finally got a great game that ably matched its arcade equivalent, too. Exclusive to Nintendo’s SNES console in home markets, TMNT: Turtles in Time built upon its side-scrolling brawler predecessor by enabling players to slam enemies into one another while also permitting the use of a devastating power attack to even things up during busy scenes. Certainly one of the better TMNT games around, it would later be remade and ported to the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles in 2009 under the guise of TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled with gorgeous new 2.5D visuals and extra modes. Annoyingly though, this seemingly all-singing, all-dancing remake of TMNT: Turtles in Time didn’t include any of the original levels seen in the SNES version of the game which, y’know, wasn’t ideal.

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge takes the side-scrolling arcade brawler concept that the 1989 arcade original game came up with and brilliantly expands on it in every meaningful way you can possibly imagine. Developed by Tribute Games, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge simply fires on every cylinder, with opulent sprite work, charm infused animations and backgrounds that do a tremendous job of evoking the source material, paired with six-player cooperative play, super responsive brawling gameplay and the sort of bouncy, boundless energy that any game based on the heroes in a half-shell should ooze from every green pore. Absolutely essential for both fans of TMNT and side-scrolling brawlers alike, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge sits at the zenith of the best TMNT games and is quite simply unmissable unless you have a tragic aversion to fun.

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What Is Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed?

After THQ Nordic and porting studio Black Forest Games breathed new life into the first Destroy All Humans! title, it perhaps came as little surprise that two would unite once more to bring Destroy All Humans! 2 to an all-new audience in the form of Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed. Just what is it though?

If you want to know when the Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed release date is and what the recommended system requirements are, we’ve got answers to all of those questions and more right here in our handy guide.

Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed – What’s It All About?

a human speaks to crypto from destroy all humans 2 reprobed

Originally released all the way back in 2006, Destroy All Humans! 2 was (unsurprisingly) the sequel to the first title which launched just one year before. Boasting a much larger selection of locations for its villainous, glib alien protagonist, Crypto, to wreak havoc across in addition to a range of new abilities for him to use, it built upon the foundations of its predecessor in all the ways that a decent sequel should, all the while maintaining the absurd, action-adventure trappings of the first game.

More than that, this sequel also transported the action into the swinging 60s and wasted no time in leveraging the psychedelia of the period alongside hefty doses of Cold War tropes that are used for more than a few on-the-nose laughs. Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed meanwhile, takes that sequel and completely overhauls the visual side of things thanks to a complete rebuild in Unreal Engine 4, ensuring that while the game plays just like you remember from 2006, it also resembles much more contemporary fare into the bargain.

Is It A Remake?

Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed is a remake and it certainly ranks as one of the better ones from a technical perspective. Completely remade in Unreal Engine 4, it boasts all-new assets, character models, textures, lighting effects, shadow effects and more to bring Crypto’s second outing bang up to date. While Black Forest Games have completely remade the game from a presentation standpoint, it’s also equally important to note that the basic gameplay of Destroy All Humans! 2 remains completely intact.

However, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing new. Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed does also boast a couple of other neat additions such as giving players the ability to use all of Crypto’s skins from the game and alter the paint job on his flying saucer.

How Does It Differ From The First Game?

Like any good sequel that is worth its weight in bucks and pounds, Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed builds upon its 2020 prequel (which itself was also a full remake) in a range of interesting ways. First off, while the offbeat open-world, action-adventure shenanigans that defined the first game remain intact thanks to much larger and varied maps which take in fictionalised versions of London, San Francisco, Siberia and Tokyo, it goes a step further by allowing Crypto to bodysnatch other humans, using them to access previously unreachable areas and generally provide more variety to the proceedings.

In addition, Destroy All Humans! 2 not only also provides Crypto with a freshly upgraded arsenal to unleash his vengeance upon the KGB goons that have destroyed his precious mothership, but it also taps into its evocative 1960s setting by giving Crypto a hugely fun ‘Free Love’ ability that forces his victims into a psychedelic musical groove, making them temporarily forget his presence as a result.

Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed Release Date – When And Where Can I Play It?

The Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed release date has been confirmed as August 30, 2022. It’ll be getting a full release on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms. Sadly though, it doesn’t look like it will be released on PS4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch platforms at this time, as Crypto appears to be going all in with this remake of his second adventure from a technical standpoint.

Does Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed Have Multiplayer?

Yes! Not only does Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed have multiplayer, but it has the *really great* type of multiplayer that lets you play through the entire campaign in split-screen mode with a local flesh and blood buddy. Honestly, just about every developer should strive to do this, so bravo on Black Forest Games for maintaining the split-screen campaign co-op shenanigans that made the original game so much fun to play with a friend back in 2006.

Can My PC Run Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed?

Given that Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed has been built from the ground up on Unreal Engine 4 and is not set to release on any of the last generation consoles, it’s perhaps not that surprising to discover that the Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed PC requirements are similarly beefy. So if you find yourself wondering whether or not your PC can run this game we’ve got answers to that very question below.

That said, if your PC rig was able to run the 2020 remake of Destroy All Humans! just fine, then you’ll have little issue here as other than the larger storage needs, the requirements between the two games are extremely similar to say the least.

Minimum PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: AMD / Intel CPU running at 3.0 GHz or higher: AMD Kaveri A10-7850K or Intel Pentium DualCore G3220 or newer is recommended / Ryzen 5 2400G (for systems using an integrated GPU)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11.0 and Shader Model 5.1 support
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 50 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

Recommended PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: AMD / Intel processor running at 3.4 GHz or higher (AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or Intel Core i7 6700K or newer is recommended)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 12.0 and Shader Model 6.0 support
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 50 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device that is at least DirectX 9 compatible.

Shop for Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed Here

Now you should be itching for some destruction, so head over to our Green Man Gaming store and grab yourself a copy of Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed here for an interstellar price. It’s time to show those humans who’s boss once and for all.

Everything you need to know about Thymesia

If you want to learn everything you need to know about Thymesia, then you’re in the right place. Thymesia is the latest game to take on the genre of Soulslikes, but this one’s clearly aiming more for a Bloodborne and Sekiro feel than it is Dark Souls. As we’ve not had many games attempt that as of yet, it’s an interesting time to be a fan of getting beaten up in games by enemies with too much health.

Thymesia described itself as being a “gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system.” You take control of someone called Corvus, and you have to use powers fuelled by disease to find out what’s happened to you and why you have no memories. That’s all basically window-dressing for being a plague doctor who has no interest in helping people, but does want to figure out why there are weird monsters all over the place.

With all of that in mind, here’s everything you need to know about Thymesia including its release date, gameplay, and a trailer too. So, let’s get stuck in, but make sure you’ve had your vaccine first because this plague looks rough.

Thymesia Release Date

The Thymesia release date is August 18th, 2022. The game is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. So, as long as you’ve got one of the current-gen consoles or a semi-decent PC, you’ll be able to get stuck in. If you don’t have those and only have a Nintendo Switch, you’ll be glad to know that it’s coming to the handheld hybrid via a Cloud version too.

While Thymesia was initially meant to release on August 9th, it got pushed back byt the developers so they had a little bit more time to work on it. Hopefully, that means that we’ll all have a more polished game, and the devs will get a nice break afterwards as well.

Thymesia Gameplay

Thymesia’s gameplay looks to be incredibly fast-paced, with players having to dodge, parry, and use special abilities in order to take out tough enemies. As this is a Soulslike, you can expect even the most humble of enemies to be able to take you to task, so you’ll need to figure out your own playstyle using a mix of Corvus’ weapons, plague weapons, and raven abilities to whittle down different enemy types.

What’s really cool is that you can apparently seize weapons from both enemies and bosses and use them against the monsters. There’s a lot there, and it seems like you’ll be able to mess around and find your own style as you delve deeper into the game. This seems especially important, because if you take a look at the trailer, it shows off a huge array of different areas, enemies, and abilities to use.

Thymesia Trailer

If all of that has you absolutely itching to watch what it’s like, then good news, there’s a trailer. It shows off various areas filled with different colour palettes filled with humanoid and monstrous enemies all trying to attack Corvus and failing as Corvus brutally dismembers nearly all of them while looking incredibly cool. It’s an undeniably stylish game, and it’s a beautiful thing to watch in motion.

Of course, the trailer is being played by someone competent who knows the game inside and out, so don’t expect to look that cool straight away, or possibly ever. Still though, it’s a very pretty take on a pandemic, which makes a nice change from real life at least.

If you’re keen to see how things look on Switch, then you’re in luck because there’s a Thymesia trailer specifically for that. We’re not going to vouch for a cloud version on Switch, but aside from the slightly blurrier graphics, it still looks pretty smooth, which is always a nice thing.

Thymesia System Requirements

Is your rig beefy enough to take the fight into the mean streets of Thymesia? Check out the system requirements here.-

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64 Bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 16 GB available space

Recommended Requirements::

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64 Bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 16 GB available space

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All Destiny 2 Expansions in Order

Destiny 2 is so massive that you’d need a good expansion list just to see how far it’s come. It’s only made more complex by things like going free-to-play, but not completely, having content locked away and then unlocked, and also whatever is going on with Eris Morn, everyone’s favourite goth space wizard.

Thankfully, if you’re hoping to figure out what’s going on in the world of Destiny 2, we’ve gone ahead and made a Destiny 2 expansion list for you. We’re not going to dive into the stories of each in too much depth, that’s what YouTube is for, but we’ll give you a little overview of what each expansion brought in.

Destiny 2 Expansion List

Naturally, if you want the full story you should also try and catch up on what happened in Destiny 1, at the time simply known as Destiny, but again, YouTube is your friend here. With that out of the way, let’s dive into the Destiny 2 expansion in order.

Curse of Osiris: December 5, 2017

it's osiris and the sadly departed safira

Curse of Osiris takes place after The Red War of the original Destiny 2 campaign, with the Tower in tatters after an assault, and things generally looking dire. You, of course, save the day, but not without a few casualties on the way. Curse of Osiris then came in and allowed players to visit Mercury, where you have to fight through different Vex monstrosities to try and rescue the legendary Osiris and his Ghost, Safira.

Warmind: May 8, 2018

Warmind focuses, unsurprisingly, on the main Warmind of the Destiny 2 universe. Players had to try and fight off enemies across the galaxy while also fighting off a big old Hive worm god called Xul, and also deal with the increasingly tricksy Warmind Rasputin. On the plus side, we did all get to explore Mars for a bit, and that was pretty cool.

Forsaken: September 4, 2018

Forsaken was kind of a doozy. That’s because from hereon, the expansions became yearly instead of bi-yearly, making each one more sizable and meaty. This expansion saw players exploring the Tangled Shore, and the Dreaming City, both of which had their own unique qualities. This expansion added a new super for each Guardian Subclass along with the new Bow weapon, which everyone knows is for nerds who are particularly charming.

Buy the Destiny 2: Legacy Collection here (includes the Forsaken Pack).

Shadowkeep: October 1, 2019

Shadowkeep was the final expansion before the great reset of Beyond Light, but we’ll get to that shortly. It was also the first expansion released after Bungie and Activision Blizzard had split up, which technically makes it an indie game. Here we found ourselves back on the Moon fighting off Nightmares of the enemies players had defeated in the past. It was very cool, very red, and decidedly more spooky than a lot of what Destiny had done before.

Buy Destiny 2: Shadowkeep here.

Beyond Light: November 10, 2020

This is where things get a little complicated. At this point, Bungie made the game free-to-play, but also removed The Red War, Curse of Osiris, and Warmind from the game and plonked them into the Content Vault. They also vaulted Mercury, the Leviathan, Mars, Io, and Titan too, to try and keep the game looking slim. Along with that, we got the new Armour system, the Cosmodrome from OG Destiny reappeared, and players got to grapple with Stasis on Europa, the first Darkness power Guardians have had.

Buy Destiny 2: Beyond Light here.

The Witch Queen: February 22, 2022

Here we have the most recent expansion, which is humungous, a word which isn’t used enough in our opinion. This saw guardians facing off against the incredibly cunning Hive god of cunning, Savathûn on her throne world. This is because she’s somehow made Light Guardians out of some Hive, which is incredibly creepy. This expansion also saw the beginnings of a subclass rework across the board, with Void classes being up first, and the other classes coming along in different seasons.

Buy Destiny 2: The Witch Queen here.

Future Destiny 2 Expansions

That brings us up to where we are now, which leads us all to wonder about future Destiny 2 expansions. Well, we’ve got some good news. The next two expansions, which should come in 2023 and 2024 are Lightfall and The Final Shape respectively. Not much is known about either of these, but we can expect new destinations to be a mix of old and new places, and probably a few more systems to wrap our poor exhausted minds around. We doubt we’ll see the end of the Destiny story in this game, but who knows what the future holds for Ghosts or Guardians, which ironically, is the name of our favourite post-metal band.

Everything You Need To Know About Skull and Bones

It’s been five years since Skull and Bones was first revealed and the wait is almost over. Inspired by the naval warfare of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Ubisoft’s latest sees players take to the seas in a new open-world adventure, refreshing these mechanics inside an original setting. However, it’s not been the smoothest ride for the French publisher, who’ve reportedly suffered major development issues along the way.

Thankfully, things appear to be back on track and a recent Ubisoft Forward presentation gave us a confirmed release date. Crucially, that also provided a fresh look at Skull and Bones’ gameplay, breaking down the progression system, ship and character customisation, crafting, the open-world systems it’ll use, and more.

We’ll get more into that shortly but for now, here’s everything we know about Skull and Bones.

Skull and Bones Release date

Ubisoft confirmed during the Ubisoft Forward presentation that Skull and Bones will launch on November 8, 2022. It’ll arrive on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (via the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Connect). If you’re a fan of cloud streaming, we’ve got excellent news, it’s coming to Google Stadia and Amazon Luna too.

Sadly, if you’re hoping for a PS4 or Xbox One release, you’re out of luck this time. Despite Ubisoft mostly sticking to cross-generation launches these last two years, Skull and Bones is skipping last-gen consoles. Back at E3 2017, Ubisoft had announced it was due to arrive on both consoles with a confirmed 2018 release window. Likely due to the protracted development cycle and delays, these last-gen plans have since been scrapped.

Skull and Bones Gameplay

Skull and Bones sees us playing as a pirate across the Indian Ocean. Having been shipwrecked, we’re now out to scout for resources, building up a low-tier ship to become the most feared swashbuckler across the seven seas. This starts by visiting Sainte-Anne, our pirate den and in-game hub, where we can meet other players, buy ship upgrades, and plenty more. Across this open world, we’ll be scouting for materials to craft equipment, alongside fighting AI pirates and fearsome animals, like sharks, for resources

You can play solo or team up with friends, but it’s worth noting that there’s no campaign in the traditional sense. This isn’t your standard story-driven adventure and as a live-service game, Ubisoft has a post-launch roadmap in mind for future updates, so you won’t hit credits after a “last” mission. You’ll find some story elements within, just don’t go into this expecting a full narrative experience.

Fittingly, Skull and Bones tracks progression through the Infamy system, presenting players with new opportunities as your reputation grows. This can be improved through hunts, raids, exploration, completing NPC contracts, and more. Those contracts often involve bounty hunting or finding treasures, which raises our infamy. Completing these also rewards us with blueprints, and that brings us onto our next point.

Crafting plays a key role in Skull and Bones. Here, players can create new weapons, fresh armour, upgrade your ship, or build entirely new vessels, providing you’ve got the right blueprint and materials. Obtaining the best ships doesn’t come easily, so be prepared to sink considerable time in here. So far, we’re aware of three ship types with different hull types for better customisation, and we could see more revealed later on.

First, there’s Cargo Ships. These let you carry considerably more loot but contain several drawbacks, like slower speeds and reduced firepower. Second is Navigation Ships, which prioritise manoeuvrability to become the fastest vessels going, making them great for scouting and retreating. Just be prepared for reduced loot space if this is your choice. Finally, Firepower Ships are for those looking more towards combat, loading up more guns than the other two. Basically, it’ll all come down to personal preference.

Skull and Bones Multiplayer

As mentioned before, Skull and Bones can be played alone but Ubisoft’s gearing up for a multiplayer experience too.

Using a shared open world, you can play alongside 20 additional players on your server. They can’t hurt you around Sainte-Anne since this is considered “safe waters”, but you can be targeted further out. Making matters worse, anyone carrying significant loot will be classed as a high value target, which is visible to other players. Furthermore, contracts can be carried out with friends, letting you team up in exchange for splitting the earnings.

Or… if you’re after a more competitive touch, you can compete against five players in Disputed Waters. This is a PvP mode where you’ll fight each other’s ships to the death, stealing the loser’s treasure. It’s reminiscent of what Skull and Bones originally promised when Ubisoft first revealed the game. While this aspect has been changed over development, there’s still plenty here that you can do with others.

Skull and Bones Trailer

Ubisoft’s released several for Skull and Bones trailers and videos previously back in 2018. However, thanks to significant changes made during the game’s development, those are largely irrelevant at this stage. Sure, the game still retains that basic premise but if you’re looking to get a good look at this, all you need to worry about is the Ubisoft Forward presentation. This took place on July 7, 2022, giving us a fresh look at Skull and Bones’ gameplay systems.

If you’re curious to learn more, you can watch this in action below:

Skull and Bones System Requirements

Naturally, anyone playing Skull and Bones on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Google Stadia or Amazon Luna won’t need to worry about system requirements. However, if you’re on PC and hoping to learn what setup is needed, we’ve got bad news: Ubisoft hasn’t formally confirmed the Skull and Bones system requirements, not just yet.

Considering it’s only running natively on new-gen consoles, we’d expect you’ll need a mid-range setup to hit Skull and Bones minimum requirements. Admittedly, that’s speculative but given the November launch, we can’t imagine Ubisoft won’t release these details soon. We’ll keep this updated as we learn more.

The Best Post Apocalyptic Games On Steam

What are the best apocalyptic games? Taking a glimpse at far-flung, ruinous futures is compelling, not least because it makes us confront just how humanity would succeed or fail when civilization decides to crumble around our ears. When it comes to video games, we find ourselves generously spoiled with not just the quality of post apocalyptic offerings, but the sheer variety of them too. So without further ado, these are the best apocalyptic games on Steam that you can buy right now.

The Best Post Apocalyptic Games On Steam

Days Gone

Though on first glance Sony Bend’s open world zombie shooter would seem to err towards the usual zombie mashing fare, Days Gone separates itself from the pack by introducing a level of spectacle not usually associated with the genre. Cast as Deacon St. John, a grizzled drifter travelling across a broken Pacific Northwest looking for a reason to live after losing his wife, players must scavenge supplies, confront violent gangs and attempt to stem the flow of the undead as the narrative begins to reveal the genesis behind the outbreak. With hundreds of zombies on screen at any one time that terrifyingly flood the landscape combined with the thrill of riding a massive motorbike across a vividly rendered open-world, Days Gone is the narrative driven, open-world zombie mashing extravaganza that you’ve always wanted.

Buy Days Gone for PC here.

Fallout: New Vegas

Widely and rightly regarded as the best Fallout game ever made, Fallout: New Vegas boldly transplants the series into the degenerate dust bowl of (Las) New Vegas where a ruling despot and rival gangs have essentially turned Sin City into a quagmire of violence and betrayal.

Anchored by some tremendously written characters, plotlines and proudly boasting a pitch black streak of comedy courtesy of developer Obsidian Entertainment, Fallout: New Vegas still remains one of the very best apocalyptic games that you can buy right now.

Buy Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition here.

Frostpunk

Put in charge of the last city on Earth in the midst of a frosty apocalypse that has rendered large swathes of the planet uninhabitable, Frostpunk is all about managing your modest, close-knit society to ensure that they survive the seemingly endless winter by any means possible. In a world stuffed with no good moral choices, Frostpunk is all about achieving a level of survivability that is often at odds with your own moral compass, all the while trying to innovate and embrace new technology to ensure that your city thrives long into the future.

With a number of dynamic story scenarios and a wide variety of customisable scenarios to boot, Frostpunk is a thoughtful post apocalyptic offering that will keep you busy for the weeks and months to come.

Buy Frostpunk here.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Eschewing the usual scorched earth and frosty tundras that often tend to permeate post apocalyptic settings, Horizon Zero Dawn instead envisions a verdant, lush world where nature has started to regain her domain and humanity finds itself pushed to fringes of the planet as it deals with an insurgent machine menace.

A third-person, open-world adventure RPG with style and flair to spare, Horizon Zero Dawn roundly succeeds in providing players with a rollicking post-apocalyptic yarn underpinned by some incredible visuals and tremendously versatile and satisfying combat to boot.

Buy Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition here.

Mad Max

A card carrying member of the club of movie tie-in games that aren’t face-palmingly awful, Mad Max comes from Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios and more than does justice to its source material. Putting players in the ragged, strappy boots of the titular mad lad, Mad Max is a hyper violent third-person open world adventure that has the apocalyptic aussie driving across a parched hellscape, cracking skulls, ramming thugs off the road and upgrading vehicles in the pursuit of an apparently mythical paradise.

Aesthetically drawing heavily on 2015’s superb Mad Max: Fury Road movie, Mad Max is a hugely underrated post apocalyptic game that demands your attention.

Buy Mad Max here.

Nuclear Throne

Completely different from any of the other post-apocalyptic games in this feature, Nuclear Throne is a top-down, roguelike shooter with an abundance of charm. Rather than putting players in control of some rugged survivor or armed-to-the-teeth mercenary, Nuclear Throne instead asks that you provide agency to different mutated blobs that each have their own strengths, weaknesses and special abilities.

The kicker however, is that as you progress through the game you unlock special temporary mutations, such as extra health, the ability to explode corpses and more that all allow players to shape their own play style with aplomb. Absolutely drenched in a ‘one more go’ vibe, Nuclear Throne remains to this day a superb post apocalyptic yarn that is both surprisingly sophisticated and also immediately gratifying.

This War Of Mine

Rather than thrusting a weapon into the hands of the player or otherwise blessing them with a talent for murdering other folk with reckless abandon, This War of Mine instead approches the aftermath of an apocalypse-feeling war in a different way. Putting players in charge of a band of vulnerable civilians against the backdrop of a civil war that has decimated their neighbourhood and killed many of their friends, This War of Mine tasks players with not only keeping their ragtag band alive, but happy too.

Make too many immoral decisions in the pursuit of survival and soon your friends will abandon you, or worse still, become depressed and eventually pass away. This War of Mine is a relentlessly grim post apocalyptic survival offering that is as enjoyable and deceptively deep as it is harrowing to experience.

Buy This War of Mine here.

Tom Clancy’s The Division

the division, one of the best post apocalyptic games out there

Though the notion of a third-person looter cover shooter isn’t necessarily a fresh one, the post apocalyptic setting of Tom Clancy’s The Division allows Ubisoft’s offering to be more than the sum of its parts. Unfolding in a snow mottled New York City struggling to recover from a widespread chemical weapon attack, Tom Clancy’s The Division depicts a picturesque but partially ruined take on the Big Apple, with the scars of warfare between local gangs evident everywhere from Times Square to Central Park and all the streets in-between.

A handsomely made cover shooter with a decent progression system that is best enjoyed with friends, Tom Clancy’s The Division certainly makes a stand as one of the better post-apocalyptic games available.

Buy Tom Clancy’s The Division here.

Homeworld: The Story So Far

One of the most beloved and critically well received real-time strategy series out there, the Homeworld games have long enthralled players with a blissfully epic mix of intergalactic strategy and compelling storytelling. With a number of different games, expansions, remasters and more making up the series, join us for the story of Homeworld so far as we chronicle the past, present and future of this indisputably legendary RTS series.

Homeworld

The first game to be developed by Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War and Company of Heroes studio Relic Entertainment, Homeworld was and remains a science fiction RTS quite unlike any other. As the commander of a vast fleet of exiled Kushan or Taiidan ships that must seek a new home on a far-flung planet, Homeworld’s premise is certainly one with both sweep and scope that neatly dovetails into its real-time strategy beats.

Embracing a story driven single-player campaign and viewing the action from a spherical view across all three axes, Homeworld charts the journey of the fleet through sixteen different levels, each filled with its own primary and secondary objectives that must be completed. Chiefly in charge of a gargantuan mothership that cannot move but can manufacture other ships, Homeworld is all about scooping up the resources in each area, constructing improved craft and defending your fleet from threats whenever necessary in full three-dimensional combat.

Much more than just a science fiction RTS in space, Homeworld makes you feel like you are part of a greater whole, a journey from exile into deliverance that wonderfully echoes and updates the spirit of The Oregon Trail with newfound verve and aplomb.

Homeworld: Emergence

Formerly known as Homeworld: Cataclysm (thanks to some legal wrangling from Blizzard on account of the word ‘cataclysm’ already being trademarked for its third World of Warcraft expansion), Homeworld: Emergence is a Homeworld expansion pack which boasts a single-player campaign that takes place fifteen years after the event of the original game.

Unfolding on the newly reclaimed world of Hiigara, Homeworld: Emergence tracks the plight of the Kushan as they deal with internal fighting, hostile external factions and the rise of an all-new, horribly infectious enemy known as “the Beast”. Even though Homeworld: Emergence relies on the same engine as the original game and the same design, a range of new features have been added such as transforming ships, new craft designs and much smaller fleets, resulting in more focused battles against pockets of enemies, rather than the epic encounters that defined the base game.

Homeworld 2

Released some four years after the first Homeworld, Homeworld 2 retains the three dimensional, real-time strategy mechanics that made the original such a compelling prospect, in addition to the threading of an all-new narrative through the numerous missions of its sprawling single-player campaign.

A direct continuation of Homeworld’s story that assumes that the Kushan are the canonical good guys, Homeworld 2 has the now established Hiigaran forces attempting to ward off an invasion from the Vaygr, a vicious race of galaxy conquering marauders that are hellbent on destroying the planet of Hiigara. As was the case with the missions seen in the first Homeworld, Homeworld 2 has players manoeuvring a sizable fleet in three-dimensional space, engineering new ships, fighting massive space battles and more besides. Also as before, while the mothership is the backbone of your fleet (and will result in a quick trip to the main menu if it gets blown into bits), Homeworld 2 allows players to control a much wider number of ship types than ever before, adding further wrinkles to the series’ established tactical formula.

Most keenly though, Homeworld 2’s narrative is one that blows wide open the potential for many more entries in the series, with the Sajuuk progenitor starship that is obtained at the end of the game capable of accessing a series of hyperspace gates that allow the Kushan to expand far beyond the borders of Hiigara.

Homeworld Remastered Collection

Developed by Gearbox Software and released by Gearbox Publishing a decade after the release of Homeworld and Homeworld 2, the Homeworld Remastered Collection did the whole world a favour by allowing an all-new generation to experience these (inter)stellar science-fiction real-time strategy games for the first time.

Boasting an invigorated audiovisual presentation that encompasses higher detail models, support for 4K resolution, reworked special effects, recreated cinematics, full mod support and fully remastered musical score and voice samples, the Homeworld Remastered Collection is arguably the best way to experience this pair of incredible, intergalactic real-time strategy offerings. Wonderfully, the Homeworld Remastered Collection also includes the ‘classic’ versions of Homeworld and Homeworld 2 which, you know, is quite nice.

Buy the Homeworld Remastered Collection here.

Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak

And now for something a little bit different. Shifting the focus away from the deep space exploits of previous Homeworld games, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak instead narrows its focus a little and invites players to take part in a deadly ground war on the surface of Kharak, depicting events that occurred more than a hundred years prior to the first Homeworld title.

With Kharak slowly dying thanks to an ever expanding desert, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is a prequel that has players directing a vast land force under the command of Rachel S’jet, the ancestor of the Kushan commander from the first Homeworld game, who must lead her people to salvation as they desperately reach to the stars as a means to unshackle themselves from their dying realm.

Boasting the same resource gathering gameplay and technology research elements as the mainline Homeworld titles, Deserts of Kharak augments that central concept with thunderous battles that include all manner of ground and air vehicles, forcing players to improvise the sort of flanking and ambush tactics that the previous Homeworld games couldn’t really allow.

Buy Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak here.

Homeworld 3

Initially crowdfunded on the Fig platform, Homeworld 3 is due to release in the first half of 2024 and looks set to combine traditional Homeworld combat beats with the environmental action seen in Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. In Homeworld 3, not only will players be duking it out in the glittering cosmos as before, but vast space derelicts lend an additional wrinkle to the proceedings, providing both players and their enemies with substantial creative latitude to evade and flank their foes effortlessly in full three-dimensional space. Elsewhere, not only does Homeworld 3 include a range of all new ships to get to grips with, but it also promises a new co-operative game scenario as well as a range of player versus player skirmish and team-based battle modes to boot.

Story-wise, Homeworld 3 takes place many, many years after the events of Homeworld 2, depicting a galaxy that has grown reliant on the hyperspace gates discovered in the previous game. However, those very same gates have now begun to fail, forcing the inhabitants of Hiigara to look inward to uncover the mystery behind the sudden deterioration of this technology upon which the galaxy has relied on for so long.

Help us Make the Best Gaming Soundtrack for the Summer

Ah summer. Hot weather, cold drinks, a view of the sea, and summery tunes filling the air. Well, we can’t help with some of these – it may not even be summer where you are right now. No matter what time of year it is where you are, it’s always time for some summer vibes. That’s why we’re here to put together the best summer music gaming soundtrack ever created.

But we need your help to do it.

Build the Greatest Summer Gaming Playlist Ever

We’re asking you to choose the tracks in our playlist. We’ve added a few already – you can check them out below – but we can’t decide everything.

Fill out the form below and every day until the 29th of July, 2022 we will add more tracks from your suggestions.

Let’s fill this summer with brilliant tunes from the best games and surround ourselves with the love for all things gaming.

Listen to our Summer Gaming Playlist on Spotify

Got Spotify? Head over to our playlist and start listening today. This playlist will get bigger over the coming days, fuelled by your suggestions, and soon you’ll have a ton of new summery vibes to chill out with.

Listen to our Summer Gaming Playlist on YouTube

Prefer not to use Spotify? We’ve got you covered – we’re replicating the playlist on YouTube. Check it out below:

Shop Green Man Gaming’s Summer Sale 2022

Getting gaming summer tunes in your ears is one thing but you might also want to play some games too. Our Summer Sale 2022 is packed full of the best games at even better prices, with bonus packs and more to help you get the best start to your summer. Shop today, it’s time for deals.

The Best Video Game Soundtracks Ever

The best video game soundtracks are the ones that stick with you. There are plenty of good soundtracks that feel good in the moment, but the ones that stick around once the game is said and done are what we’d consider the most impressive of the bunch. It’s not like there’s a small number to choose from either, have you seen the number of games that have come out? How on Earth are you meant to pick the best video game soundtracks from among them?

Well, good news, we’re going to go ahead and do it for you. That means you’re not allowed to disagree with you, because we don’t see you making a list about the best video game soundtrack ever, do we?

The Best Video Game Soundtracks Ever

This list has been genuinely troublesome to work out. We’ve decided to go with the songs that are at their best in and out of the game, which means we’re aiming for a set of absolute bops. Let’s dive into the best video game soundtracks ever then.

Transistor

You could easily change this with Bastion, Pyre, or Hades, because every soundtrack that Darren Korb, Ashley Barrett, and their team over at Supergiant Games have released has been absolutely sublime. The mix of wonderfully relevant lyrics, the stunning melodies, the haunting and enchanting voices of both Korb and Barrett make for some of the best music around in and out of gaming. If you’re ever in the need of some emotional tinder, then listening to anything from Transistor is sure to set a flame inside of you, and the unnerving remixes push it above the other options here in our opinion.

Persona 5

“You’ll never see it coming!” Well, you probably did. If you’ve played Persona 5, you don’t need us to preach the gospel of the bouncing soundtrack to you. The menu music alone is enough to make any Persona 5 player have flashbacks and start talking about their favourite relationships in the game, and it’s easy to see why. Just put the soundtrack on at a party and watch the guests light up as the songs flow from one to the next. Or don’t. We’re not the boss of you or parties.

Jet Set Radio

The Jet Set Radio soundtrack is an excellent way of injecting a little bit of rebellious joy into your earholes. The soundtracks from Hideki Naganuma are absolutely unreal, and combine a mix of completely original songs along with licensed music as well.

The mix is heady, and makes for some intensely upbeat tunes to work to, workout to, or just vibe to. It’s impossible to listen to this soundtrack without a smile on your face, and if you don’t believe us, just go ahead and try. We’ll not accept any kind of proof showing it is, in fact, possible to be sad while listening to Jet Set Radio, because we don’t want to hear it.

Risk of Rain 2

As with the Supergiant Games, you could easily swap this for the original Risk of Rain too. The musical compositions created by Chris Christodoulou are some of the most intricate and mixed of any game. Songs flow from heavy metal into funk without missing a beat, and each track will take up residence in your brain while refusing to pay rent, and you’ll just be happy they decided to drop by.

The Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack edges out the original purely because it feels as though it shows how much Christodoulou has improved, and the more recent tracks made for the Void Survivors DLC are something else entirely. It’s a soundtrack that truly feels out of this world.

Buy Risk of Rain 2 here.

Katamari Damacy

“NANA-NANANANANA-NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NANA-NA-

NANA-NANANANANA-NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NANA-NA-

NANA-NANANANANA-NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NANA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA”

That’s how the opening song of Katamari Damacy starts. If you’ve played the game before, then that alone has probably led to you booting up the OST and listening to it. If you’ve not played the game before, then rectify that immediately you fool, you absolute buffoon, what’s wrong with you?

Apologies, it’s rare that gatekeeping spews forth from us, but Katamari Damacy is a magical, nonsensical, universe-defining game that absolutely has to be played by everyone so go and sort that out. Once you’ve done that, go and listen to the OST and your life will improve notably.

Buy Katamari Damacy Reroll here.

Minecraft

Minecraft, to us, is the epitome of the word vibes. We’re not even 100% sure what vibes are if we’re being honest, but whatever they are, the Minecraft soundtrack fits it. There’s something intensely calming about nearly every song on the OST. It’s probably partly due to how relaxing the game itself can be, but it’s still impressive how good the music is even out of context.

Dark Souls

This nearly didn’t get included, but here we are, simping for FromSoftware like fools once again. Every soundtrack FromSoftware has created has been fairly sublime, but perhaps the crowning jewel of the series, at least musically, is the simple “plin plin plon” of Gwyn’s theme.

The sheer power of those three notes is unparalleled, and akin to the opening note of Welcome to the Black Parade. Even more impressive is the fact that they then go back to that same “plin plin plon” at the end of Dark Souls 3 as you’re beating down the Soul of Cinder.

Buy Dark Souls Remastered here.

Everything you need to know about Gotham Knights

Gotham Knights is a game a fair few people are looking forward to. It sees us all returning to the world of the Dark Knight, but not in control of everyone’s favourite edgy billionaire. Well, there’s one good edgy billionaire and it’s Bruce Wayne, even then, he could probably do more good by just investing in public projects instead of living out his leather-infused fantasies. Presumably, someone in Gotham realised this too, because Batman is dead.

The good news though, is that Gotham Knights has a cast of different heroes to choose from, each of whom is edgy and traumatised in some way, because Batman shouldn’t be in charge of children. With that out of the way, let’s get into everything we know about Gotham Knights.

Everything you need to know about Gotham Knights

First up, if you’re eying up Gotham Knights thinking “oh, this’ll be a good co-op game for me and my mates,” then we’ve got news for you. Whether that news is bad or good is mostly dictated by how many friends you have. Gotham Knights will have drop-in drop-out co-op, but only for two players. It’s also designed to be taken on in co-op more than in single-player, so keep that in mind.

Gotham Knights release date

First up, you’ll be glad to know that the Gotham Knights release date is October 25, 2022. It’ll be released on PC, the Xbox Series X and S, and PlayStation 5. That means that you’ll be able to tuck into this dark and gritty game just before Halloween, which is good, because you could also be dressed up as one of the characters while doing so. Maybe you just play games in cosplay already anyway, we’re not here to judge you. We’ll never judge you for dressing for the job you want, or just wanting to empower yourself. While we’re not expecting Gotham Knights to be delayed, it is worth keeping in mind that the last few years have been tough on game developers, so we’d also not be surprised to see it kicked back a few months.

Gotham Knights characters

There are four playable Gotham Knights characters; Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin. All of these characters will have slightly different abilities and suit different playstyles, but generally speaking, they’ll also all be capable of being stealthy or just throwing down. It’s up to you who you play as and how you do so, so you can pick the one that suits you best.

Batgirl is Barbara Gordon, who is the daughter of Commissioner Gordon and will likely be the character closest to the original Batman in terms of gameplay and abilities. She’s a badass that uses martial arts, tonfa, her incredible skill with technology, and probably an array of gadgets to take out foes.

Nightwing is the original Robin, Dick Grayson, but he’s gone through a rebellious phase and come out still an emo. He uses Escrima sticks to beat down enemies, and relies on his circus training to dole out over-the-top and inefficient flip attacks that look very cool.

Red Hood is another ex-Robin, but this one is Jason Todd. He uses guns. That’s basically his whole thing, but this time around they’re non-lethal guns.

Finally we’ve got Robin, who is Tim Drake. Tim is a master of psychology, so will be using a mix of that and his quarterstaff to take down opponents.

Gotham Knights story

The Gotham Knights story is set, as we’ve already said, after Batman has died. While the specifics of the story are unknown, largely due to the fact that this is an original story and not one inspired by a comic book, we do know that it’ll focus a lot on the Court of Owls.

The Court of Owls is a secret society that aims to control Gotham from the shadows, and its members tend to be wealthy and powerful people as a result. It’s also a recurring enemy of Batman and his bat-crew, so it’ll be interesting to see how it’s all handled here. We’re assuming it’ll have the Court using a mixture of their own assassins and classic Batman villains to enact whatever plot they’re plotting, but we’ll need to play the game first to be sure of the finer details.

Gotham Knights gameplay

While the gameplay will differ slightly depending on which of the four Gotham Knights characters you’re playing as, the general flow of things seems to be fairly faithful to the Arkham Knight games. That means you’ll be fighting, countering, and throwing down against a lot of enemies and also using gadgets to solve puzzles, and doing some stealthy stuff as well.

We’re really hoping that a focus will be put on allowing players to play their own way, which will mean you can choose to play the game as a stealth or action game. The interesting wrinkles will come from the co-op play; as different characters working together should allow for an array of cool strategies. Ultimately though, this is an action game, so you should expect action.

Shop for Gotham Knights here

If you’re now ready to dive into a world full of criminals and superheroes, grab your copy of Gotham Knights here. If you’re pre-purchasing you’ll even get the 233 Kustom Batcycle Skin, making your vigilante justice a little more stylish. Get a great deal on Gotham Knights when you shop with us, we’re not Robin you.

The Best Sci-Fi Horror Games

Often reaching into the unknown and providing cautionary tales which revolve around mankind’s infatuation with twinning technological advancement to its own evolution, science fiction provides a creatively fertile container for developers to kick out some truly terrifying horror games. With so many sci-fi horror games to choose from, we’ve managed to whittle down a list of the best sci fi horror games that you can get on PC. Just make sure to bring a clean change of underwear with you because, well, y’know.

Best Sci Fi Horror Games On PC

Alien: Isolation

If there is another game that more lovingly reconstructs the aesthetic of its movie source material on a granular level than Alien: Isolation, I have no clue what it could be. With its faithfully modeled retro monitor screens, flashing buttons, beeping displays, distant noises, shadowy corridors encrusted with part-time lights and occasional, melancholic glimpses into the ocean of stars that lay far beyond, Alien: Isolation does a tremendous job of perfectly encapsulating everything the look of the first two Alien movies and in doing so, provides a tailor made foundation for developer Creative Assembly to fashion one of the best sci fi horror games ever made.

Set fifteen years after the events of Alien and told entirely from a first-person perspective, players find themselves cast as the daughter of series heroine Ellen Ripley and must sneak around the halls of the massive Sevastopol space station in a bid to uncover the truth behind Ellen’s disappearance.

What follows is a deadly game of cat and mouse with the titular xenomorph in which direct confrontation is suicidal folly and concealing yourself in the many lockers and shadowy crevices of the massive ship are the only way you’ll survive as you inch your way through. Almost distressingly taut, gorgeous to look at and never anything less than frequently horrifying thanks to some hugely on point sound design and the always stressful, yet iconic motion detector, Alien: Isolation is one of the best sci fi horror games full stop.

BioShock

Set in the briny Atlantic deep of the year 1960, BioShock boasts perhaps the most unique and compelling setting out of any game in this feature. Unfolding in the aftermath of a ruined underwater utopia where its tyrannical leader attempted to foster a society that would completely secede from the world above, BioShock has players stalking their way through a fallen society filled with genetically altered mad folks in the throes of a civil war that threatens to destroy whatever remains.

Absolutely dripping in atmosphere, copious amounts of body horror, some great storytelling and introducing one of gaming’s most recognisable figures, the Big Daddy, BioShock is truly an ageless sci-fi horror game that everybody should play.

Buy BioShock here.

Dead Space

Look, I know that Dead Space might be something of a lazy go-to for features like these but EA’s 2008 horror gem has absolutely earned its place here for a handful of very, very good reasons. A moody third-person action adventure with a dash of Event Horizon thrown in for kicks, Dead Space has you both running from and tearing apart Necromorphs – horrific corpses that have been twisted up into a series of deeply murderous configurations and which are basically the stuff of nightmares.

Dead Space also just absolutely oozes atmosphere and dread, thanks in no small part to its deep space setting, creepy enemies, superb lighting, crunchy combat and more dismemberments than you can shake a hairy stick at. Dead Space is also getting an all-singing, all-dancing remake in 2023 too, so I’m sure that will be perfectly lovely.

Metro Exodus

A hugely ambitious survival horror effort that unfurls in a compelling post-apocalyptic Russian setting, Metro Exodus is the latest entry in the Metro series of first-person shooter efforts that has players sneaking, running and gunning their way across a landscape decimated by deadly factions and irradiated monstrosities.

With its massive areas that each permit a non-linear approach, some best in class visuals and a real sense of place rooted in a decaying future, Metro Exodus tells a sweeping saga of sci-fi horror that spans the spring, summer, autumn and winter of a devastated country and the few straggling survivors that remain.

Buy Metro Exodus here.

Prey

Rather than a sequel to the 2006 original, Prey is instead a full-throated reboot of the franchise which does a commendable job of coming across like a combo of two legendary games, namely System Shock and Half-Life. That is to say that Prey is good, very good indeed. After waking up on the Talos I space station which is orbiting our moon in 2032, Prey thrusts players immediately into a living nightmare as a series of failed experiments has created an insidious, endlessly evolving foe that is able to mimic the physical characteristics of objects that it comes in contact with.

Widely regarded as one of the best games to come out of Dishonored studio Arkane, Prey marries innovative combat, a freewheeling approach to exploration and a truly unique enemy to create one of the best sci-fi horror efforts of recent years.

Buy Prey here.

Resident Evil 2

Though Capcom’s seminal horror sequel arguably made its bones back in 1998 on the humble PlayStation console, its latest remake on contemporary systems more than matches that legendary source material. Eschewing the fixed perspective and pre-rendered backdrops of the original game, 2020’s Resident Evil 2 instead transplants the action kicking and screaming into a vividly and fully three dimensional, third-person perspective horror odyssey that ranks among the best games in the entire franchise.

Though the broad beats of the story more or less follow the narrative trajectory of the original game, like all the best remakes Resident Evil 2 manages to keep the essence of the original intact, all the while adding in all new areas, enemies, storyline situations and of course, fresh Resident Evil 4 style third-person gunplay and an entirely new audiovisual presentation. Quite simply, Resident Evil 2 easily earns its place as one of the best sci-fi horror games out right now.

Buy Resident Evil 2 here.

System Shock

The spiritual predecessor to not just the BioShock games, but also narrative and systems driven first person shooters in general, System Shock has certainly earned its place as one of the best sci-fi horror games of all time. In the far-flung future players take control of a newly awakened operative on a space station (it’s always space stations *tsk*) locked down by a deadly narcissistic AI that has decided to murder half of the crew on board and turn the other half into a roving band of cybernetically enhanced horrors. Your mission, as you may have guessed, is to liberate the station while uncovering the cause behind the murderous self-awareness of the SHODAN AI.

Though mixing up first-person perspective combat, environmental storytelling, puzzle solving and hacking systems in a three dimensional cyberspace were all fresh concepts when System Shock released nearly thirty years ago, it’s really System Shock’s main protagonist, SHODAN, that steals the show. Continually taunting the player throughout the game with utterly disturbing and narcissistic dialogues that sound like Amazon’s Alexa would if she existed in Hell, SHODAN’s reputation for being one of gaming’s most iconic villains is both well-earned and undimmed by the intervening years since System Shock’s release. For those of you that aren’t of a particularly ripe vintage like me and missed System Shock’s debut all the way back in 1994 on PC, you’ll be pleased to know that this sci-fi horror classic is getting a full-throated remake on current machines that looks to be very, very faithful to the original game.

And in case you were wondering, yes, SHODAN would totally body Skynet in a scrap.

Buy System Shock: Enhanced Edition here.

All the Saints Row Games in Order

Saints Row is a series that originally started off as an alternative to Grand Theft Auto. It was gritty, aimed for a sense of realism, and was all about gang warfare in a city. It had slightly silly weapons, but it was mostly played straight. However, as the series went on, it became more and more outlandish.

While the second game in the series kept much of the first game’s tone, things started to become intensely silly when Saints Row: The Third was released in 2011. This saw the game put its tongue firmly in its cheek, and essentially had it become a parody of what it was up until that point. Then things got even more ridiculous in Saints Row IV, at which point the series became one of the best co-op superhero games going.

We’re on the precipice of another new Saints Row game, and you might be wondering how it all fits together.

All the Saints Row games in order

The Saints Row timeline is actually pretty easy to follow along with, at least up until this year’s entry. We’ll go into more details in each of the sections, but generally speaking, if you’re playing these games in the order they were released, then you’re following along with the story as The Boss intended.

Saints Row – 2006

the original saints row - the start of saints row games in order

While there’s no specific date listed, it’s probably fair to assume that it was set around the same time the game was released, so the mid-00s. This game was our first introduction to the city of Stilwater which is in the midst of a war between various gangs. You play as an unnamed custom character who gets saved by the 3rd Street Saints, and your aim is to make it through the story to help the Saints rise to the top and take out the other gangs.

Saints Row 2 – 2008

The second game in the series has you playing the same character, but you’re now known as The Boss. Having been so integral to the success of the 3rd Street Saints, you were basically plopped at the top, but you ended up in a coma for a period of time. The story itself is set around five years after the first game, and sees you coming back onto the streets to help the Saints once again prove their mettle, but this time against three new gangs.

Buy Saints Row 2 here.

Saints Row: The Third – 2011

While there’s no specific time frame for the third entry, it’s presumably set at least a year after the second game, because the Saints have become popular enough to effectively be their own franchise and have become celebrities. You once again take control of The Boss, but this time find yourself and the gang in Steelport fighting off three more gangs who make up an organisation called the Syndicate. You once again have to take down the baddies and rise to the top, but at least it’s in a new city. This is also where the gameplay started to become absurd, so it’s widely regarded as one of the best games in the series.

Buy Saints Row: The Third here.

Saints Row IV – 2013

Saints Row IV is set roughly five years after the third game, and this time The Boss has wound up as the President of the United States. If it sounds silly then just wait, it’s not even the half of it. Having only just started settling into the office and having made a few key decisions about which problems to solve, you promptly get abducted by aliens. You and the gang then all get put into a simulated version of Steelport, but all end up gaining superpowers and eventually escaping. It’s wild and is the connoisseur’s choice for the best game in the series, and running around with a mate is a riot.

Buy Saints Row IV here.

Saints Row: Gat out of Hell – 2015

Gat out of Hell is technically an expansion to Saints Row IV, but it’s standalone, so we’re counting it here. This game has you taking control of either Johnny Gat or Kinzie Kensington who have decided to travel to hell to try and rescue The Boss, who’s been abducted by Satan. This is where the series gets slightly more convoluted. Technically speaking, your choices at the end of the game dictate what happens here, including one where Earth is recreated which leads to a tangentially related game called Agents of Mayhem, which was a flop, so we’re not writing about it.

Saints Row – 2022

Now we’re all up to date, does that mean that Saints Row (2022), which is different to Saints Row (2006), is going to be set after all of this chaos? No. Saints Row (2022) is actually a reboot of the series which will be set in a new location called Santo Ileso which is controlled by three different gangs, and you have to try and work them all over and try and take over. It looks to be a lot more grounded again, but hopefully, it retains some of the humour that’s made the series so enjoyable thus far. We will miss the superpowers though, make no mistake.

Welcome to Green Man Gaming’s Summer Sale 2022

The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived – it’s time for Green Man Gaming’s Summer Sale 2022. This year we’re whisking you all away to the best summer festival you’ve ever experienced, full of loud discounts and deals you’ll be taking home that’ll stay with you forever.

Imagine a huge field, the sun’s shining, the crowd is getting hyped, and you can’t wait to check out the different stages and areas. That’s our Summer Sale 2022, our Festival of Discounts brings you pumping deals, amazing giveaways, bonus packs, and so much more. Summer’s here and we’re celebrating it in the best way possible – by getting you the best games for less.

The gates are already open, here’s what you need to know:

New Headline Acts Every Day

Every day during our Summer Sale we’ll be showcasing different Headline Acts full of top games on our frontpage. This means ten games will get bigger discounts, helping you to get even better deals every single day.

But you’ll have to act fast, these deals will only last 48 hours before going away. They’ll disappear from the front page and will get replaced with shining, brand new deals all ready for you to check out.

So if you want to make sure you’re getting the best deals possible, check our front page every day during our sale. It’s the smart way to shop for your next favourite game.

Grab a Bonus Pack with Select Purchases

If great deals wasn’t enough, buy one of the games highlighted on our front page as part of our Headline Acts you’ll also unlock an exclusive bonus pack*. Here’s what you get in the pack:

3% off your next purchase
Vouchers for select new releases
Bonus vouchers on our most wanted games

Every time you buy a game in our Headline Acts section you’ll get a bonus pack, helping you keep the savings flowing and your summer full of fun.

*Not available in all regions, deeper discounts as part of the Headline Acts promotion available globally.

How are bonus packs different from the XP Bonus Pack?
Loyal XP members already have access to July’s monthly bonus pack via their XP area, which features:

3% off your next TWO purchases
Vouchers for select new releases
Bonus vouchers on our most wanted games
A chance to instant win Monster Hunter Rise or store credit

XP customers also receive additional bonus packs with summer sale purchases, granting you even more vouchers to save on all the games you want.

Visit Different Stages Full of Amazing Deals

A Summer Festival is nothing without stages to visit. If they weren’t there, pumping out tunes, you’d be standing in silence with a lot of sweaty people. That might be what you like, we don’t judge, but we want to make some NOISE.

That’s why we’ve made sure you can find the games you want easier than ever before. With tons of stages for you to visit, each filled with themed games, you’ll be able to zero in on your targets with laser precision.

Here’s some stages for you to start your festival experience:

Indie Stage

Our Indie Stage is less a bearded person with a guitar, more the best games made by smaller publishers at prices you won’t be able to beat. You may not have heard of all these games but as soon as you check them out you’ll be shouting about them from the rooftops.

Icons Stage

The Icons Stage brings the big names in gaming right to you. Iconic characters are a massive part of some of the biggest games in history and you can find them here – at truly iconic prices.

Definitive Albums

Sometimes you want more from a game, season passes, DLC, or the soundtrack. Get definitive editions of definitive games when you check out our Definitive Albums stage.

Action Stage

If diving into the middle of a mosh pit is your thing then check out the Action Stage where you’ll find top action games at amazing prices. If your love of gaming involves a bit of action, you’ve definitely come to the right stage.

Role Playing Stage

Sometimes attending a stage isn’t about seeing something new, it’s about becoming something new. Our Role Playing Stage gets you amazing RPGs for less, letting you live other lives in wonderful magical worlds (or impossible sci-fi futures), all for less.

Extended Playtime

When you need to get your teeth into something meaty, grab a game from our Extended Playtime stage. Here you’ll find games that tick all the boxes for a long time to come, getting you more gaming for less money.

Summer Sale 2022 Top Picks

Browsing through our sale is a brilliant way to find amazing deals but if you just want to see the heavy hitters, here’s some of our top picks for our Summer Sale 2022.

Shop our Summer Sale 2022 Now

Now you know how the sale works, what bonuses you’ll get, and that you should visit every day to make sure you’re getting the best possible prices – it’s time to leave this blog behind and head over to our Summer Sale 2022. Check out the different stages, grab yourself that game you’ve been waiting for, but most importantly – have an utterly amazing time.

Everything You Need To Know About Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is promising to be one of the best Monster Hunter expansions to emerge in quite a long time. Boasting all manner of new monsters, new locations, new weapons and much more, there is a lot to wrap your head around to say the least. Because we’re in the business of trying to make your life easier, our handy Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak guide will give you confirmed details on the release date, all the new monsters, the system requirements for the PC version and everything else you need to know about Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Release Date – When And How Can I Play It?

The Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak release date is confirmed to be June 30, 2022. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will be released for Nintendo Switch and PC, with the latter being available via Steam. Because Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is an expansion, you’ll either need to own the base Monster Hunter Rise game or a bundle containing both to get stuck in.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Monsters – What Monsters Are New?

One of the biggest and most compelling features about Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is the new monsters that it brings to the fore. Encompassing a mixture of grotesques from previous Monster Hunter titles in addition to entirely all-new beasties, these are all of the new Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak monsters that you’ll be tangling with.

Astalos

Returning to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak after its fearsome debut in Monster Hunter Generations, Astalos is a terrifying wyvern that can tear up even the most prepared group of hunters with its deadly claws, spiked tail and horrific lightning attacks.

Aurora Somnacanth

A variant of the Somnacanth Leviathan, Aurora Somnacanth ensures that anybody not adequately prepared to tackle it will have a very, very bad time indeed. Even though Aurora Somnacanth boasts massive health reserves, it does differ from its Somnacanth brethren in other ways. Primarily, this Aurora variant substitutes its traditional sleep mist ability for devastating elemental ice magic which allows this swooping titan to conjure damaging ice beams and frost explosions. Lovely.

Blood Orange Bishaten

Making its debut in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Blood Orange Bishaten is very, very different from other Bishaten. Not only does this chimeric beast love some scorching elemental fire attacks, but it also throws exploding pine cones that kick out huge amounts of area of effect damage too. Fantastic. Just what we all wanted.

Espinas

Previously on something of a lengthy hiatus after being introduced in Monster Hunter Frontiers, Espinas is a thorny wyvern that makes its grand return in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Between its poisonous horned head, destructive melee attacks and venomous fireballs (because clearly just having regular fireballs is so 2017), beating Espinas will be a tall task for any monster hunting party.

Garangolm

Another first-timer making its debut in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the towering Garangolm is a terrifyingly effective melee focused monster thanks to its extremely high health, impossibly robust armour and Fireblight and Waterblight elemental attacks.

Gore Magala

One of the marquee monsters of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Gore Magala gets in on the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak party because you can never have enough thunderously powerful six-limbed wyverns. Though this Elder Dragon strikes relentlessly with hugely damaging elemental earth attacks, its best trick is something called the ‘Frenzy Virus’ which when triggered exponentially increases Gore Magala’s attack speed and damage.

Lucent Nargacuga

Originally introduced in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Lucent Nargacuga is a fiendish opponent to say the least. Thanks to its penchant for dishing out huge amounts of damage with a double tail slam, firing venomous spikes at its foes and even turning invisible, Lucent Nargacuga is a tricky enemy that can be easily and perilously underestimated.

Lunagaron

A petrifying cross between an ice wolf and wyvern, Lunagaron easily stands shoulder to shoulder with the other Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak new beasties. Not only is Lunagaron supremely agile, but it can also create a thick layer of ice armour on itself while simultaneously harassing enemies at range with its deadly frost breath.

Magma Almudron

On the opposite end of the temperature scale we have Magma Almudron, a hellishly hot take on the regular Almuldron monster. Switching out mud for fire, the Magma Almudron can devastate foes at range with massive balls of flaming hot magma and probably still isn’t much fun at parties.

Malzeno

Another Elder Dragon, Malzeno is one of the new monsters that you’ll get to spend a lot of quality time with in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Almost excessively powerful, Malzeno not only possesses debilitating physical attacks but also a range of Bloodblight, Dragonblight and area of effect attacks too. Simply put, Malzeno may very well be the strongest of all of the new monsters introduced in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.

Pyre Rakna-Kadaki

A massive spider that not only immobilises hunters but can cause devastating explosions with her new fuse webs, Pyre Rakna-Kadaki is a brand new variant of the Rakna Kadaki that is exclusive to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. If that wasn’t enough, Pyre Rakna-Kadaki also unleashes great numbers of her skittering brood on the opposition and can also inflict Blastblight to boot. Absolute nightmare fuel.

Seregios

Another of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate’s marquee beasts, Seregios looks set to introduce a whole new generation of players to its nightmarish attacks in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Boasting thick armour and an even more robust amount of health, Seregios is a long and punishing encounter made all the more treacherous thanks to its ranged quill attacks and flesh rending physical strikes.

Shogun Ceanataur

The resident old-timer of the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak monster roster, Shogun Ceanataur can still easily hang with its more fresh-faced, younger counterparts. A gigantic and very angry looking crab, Shogun Ceanataur presents a fight quite unlike any other. Not only can this killer crab shoot a damaging stream of pressurised water at enemies, but it can also climb on just about any surface and use its own urine to defend itself. How nice.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Pre-order Bonuses – What Do I Get For Pre-ordering Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak?

When it comes to the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak pre-order bonuses, there are a couple of fancy incentives that you can claim as soon as you plonk down some coins to pre-order the game. The first of these is the “Loyal Dog Costume” which is essentially a special armour set for your Canyne companion. Somewhat predictably, the second pre-order bonus is the “Striped Cat Costume” which provides your Felyne best buddy with an all new set of fancy threads.

Both of the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak pre-order bonuses are defined as ‘layered armour’, meaning that they act as a cosmetic skin, rather than affecting any stats or otherwise creating a measurable effect on whoever wears them.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak PC Requirements – Can My PC Run Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak?

monster hunter rise sunbreak system requirements

Much like the base game with its attractive, anime-styled visuals, smoothly animated titans and vast open spaces, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is certainly rather easy on the eyes. Happily, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak also boasts the exact same (and rather modest) minimum and recommended PC system requirements as the base game and you can catch them both below.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Minimum PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 （64-bit）
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-4130 or Core™ i5-3470 or AMD FX™-6100
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 (DDR4) or AMD Radeon™ RX 550
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 36 GB available space

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Recommended PC System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 （64-bit）
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-8300
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (VRAM 3GB) or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 (VRAM 4GB)
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 36 GB available space

Buy Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Here

Get your hands on the latest expansion for the brilliant Monster Hunter Rise at an amazing price when you shop with us. Just head over to our store and grab yourself Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak today, then prepare for an unforgettable adventure filled with more monster slaying than you can shake a stick at.

Everything You Need To Know About Outriders Worldslayer

Outriders Worldslayer is essentially the definitive version of the Outriders experience – rammed to the gills with all new content, enhanced progression mechanics and enough quality of life fixes to refloat the Titanic. In fact, it has so much new content and other related bits and pieces that change the Outriders experience in its entirety that we’ve decided to conjure up this guide which explains everything you need to know about Outriders: Worldslayer.

Outriders Worldslayer Release Date – When Can I Play It?

The Outriders Worldslayer release date is confirmed to be June 30, 2022. Outriders Worldslayer will be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X and Google Stadia platforms. PC players will be able to nab Outriders Worldslayer from Steam and the Epic Games Store on release.

Outriders Worldslayer Expansion – What Is It?

A full-fat expansion to the base game of Outriders, Worldslayer isn’t just a regular lump of post-release DLC but rather a substantial addition to the Outriders core experience. Boasting all sorts of excellent stuff such as all new gear and loot for you to scoop up, a reworked progression system, an entirely new class tree, a completely new endgame and a wealth of quality of life fixes, Outriders Worldslayer easily makes a case for itself as one of the most impressive expansions to be released in recent years.

Naturally, existing players can purchase the Worldslayer DLC as an add-on to the base game, while newcomers can just drop some extra coins and nab a combined bundle of Outriders and the Worldslayer expansion.

An All New, Standalone Campaign

Aside from the new gear, progression systems and all that other jazz, Worldslayer brings a sizable new campaign that is entirely standalone from its counterpart in the base game. Facing off against an emerging faction of human mercenaries spearheaded by an enigmatic leader, Worldslayer has players travelling to a series of previously undiscovered locations such as Driftwater and Glacier’s Edge as they tangle with all-new enemies, bosses and cataclysmic world events.

New Gear & Loot

As you might well expect, the Outriders Worldslayer expansion allows players to put their hands on a range of shiny new gear and loot. Not only will each class be the proud recipients of all-new, five piece Legendary Armour Sets, but there will be generic three piece Legendary Armour Sets that all can classes will be able to equip too.

As well as boasting a range of new set bonuses for both the five and three piece Legendary Armour Sets, developer People Can Fly has also said that some previous Legendary Armour Sets will be revamped when Worldslayer launches. Simply put, if you’re in it for all the shiny new loot and gear, then Outriders Worldslayer looks to have you more than covered.

The PAX Tree And How It Works

Arguably the biggest new addition that the Outriders Worldslayer expansion brings to the base game is the addition of the new PAX tree which will unlock once you’ve hit level 30 in the main Worldslayer campaign. A completely separate class from the existing trio that Outriders already provides, unlocking nodes in the PAX tree requires special PAX points that are earned by progressing through world events, rather than grinding your way to a particular level. The PAX Tree has four classes and within each there are two branches that allow players to specialise or hybridise their Outrider depending on their playstyle. Should you make a pig’s ear of the whole thing, Outriders Worldslayer allows you to respec the PAX tree at no extra cost. Which is, you know, nice. The four PAX tree classes and the branches within are as follows:

Devastator – Wrecker, Tectonic Shifter
Pyromancer – Gunblazer, Pyromaniac
Technomancer – Desolator, Overseer
Trickster – Spectre, Exploiter

The New Ascension Progression System

As part of its quest to seemingly overhaul the Outriders experience wholesale, Worldslayer introduces Ascension, a new protracted progression system that provides players with an additional set of levels to gain which in turn make your Outrider more powerful rather than just providing extra gear or unlocking additional content. Taking more than a hundred hours to properly max out, Ascension levels are gained once you’ve hit level 30 in Worldslayer and begin collecting experience points from fallen foes.

In terms of the Ascension categories, there are four that you can pile your precious experience points into – Anomaly, Brutality, Endurance or Prowess and within each category there are five options, such as cooldown reduction, higher damage output that can be filled in order to specialise further. Not only are you able to put up to ten Ascension Points into each category, but a free respec is also available should you stuff it all up.

Everything You Need To Know About The New Apocalypse Tiers

Another thing that Outriders Worldslayer does is to replace the previously implemented Challenge Tiers with all new Apocalypse Tiers. Providing a means for players to minutely tune game difficulty in accordance with higher or lower gear rewards, the new Apocalypse system will affect all aspects of Outriders, even if the Worldslayers expansion is not installed. In practice, this means that everything from reward scaling to gear drops, difficulty and more will be affected by the new Apocalypse Tiers, with an especially welcome side effect being that if you play above an Apocalypse Tier, you have a chance to gain special Apocalypse Gear as a drop from fallen enemies.

As to the items that the new Apocalypse Tier provides, plucky Outriders will obtain unique variants of Legendary and Epic gear pieces that boast no less than three mod slots – permitting for a level of customisation not available from regular gear. Additionally, Apocalypse Gear can only be collected by enemy drops and cannot be crafted.

Outriders Worldslayer Expansion – The New Endgame

Of course, an all-new Outriders expansion wouldn’t be complete without a refreshed take on endgame activities and thankfully Worldslayer doesn’t disappoint at all in this area. Linked to the previously detailed Apocalypse Tiers and Outriders existing Expeditions content, the Outriders Worldslayer endgame will whisk players off to the long forgotten city of Tarya Gratar where they will tackle the appropriately named Trial of Tarya Gratar.

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The Best Sonic Games of All Time

Ever since the Blue Blur made his debut on the Sega Megadrive/Genesis 16-bit consoles back in 1991, Sega’s Sonic The Hedgehog franchise has become nothing less than an industry legend with its extreme speed, hyperkinetic platforming gameplay and bop-worthy pop tunes. Some thirty-one years on, the franchise has grown exponentially with all manner of new entries which have emerged since that original sublime offering. Because we’re a helpful lot, our totally correct and indisputable guide will outline the best Sonic games and best Sonic fan games ever made.

The Best Sonic Game – Sonic 3 & Knuckles

Though there are no shortage of superb Sonic games out there, only one can take the crown as the best Sonic game of all time and that happens to be Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Meaningfully evolving the series formula, Sonic 3 & Knuckles excelled with a soundtrack that is arguably among the series the best, while also providing players with the ability to play as both Sonic and Tails by the flick of a single button.

Beyond these improvements, Sonic 3 & Knuckles also introduced a truly superb set of levels in the shape of the visually arresting Angel Island, Marble Garden and the Carnival Night zones. Perhaps the coup de grâce of the whole affair is that after connecting a special cartridge to the main Sonic 3 & Knuckles cart, you not only get to play as the angry, punchy Echidna himself, but a whole heap of extra content – in the form of additional levels, bosses and more – also become available. Look, Sonic 3 & Knuckles is basically brilliant and if you haven’t played it yet, stop what you’re doing and get that mess sorted.

The Best 3D Sonic Game – Sonic Generations

Despite making its bones as a two-dimensional effort, the Blue Blur has also ventured out into the third dimension from time to time. Arguably sitting at the apex of 3D Sonic games, Sonic Generations makes a compelling case for itself as the best 3D sonic game by some way. A heady mixture of 2.5D and full 3D furiously high-speed platforming shenanigans, Sonic Generations doesn’t just perform affectionate mimicry of the best 2D Sonic games from years past, but it also avoids the pitfalls of many of the 3D entries too with hybrid platforming that is hugely satisfying and a deeply nostalgic storyline that deftly taps into the series history to boot.

Best Sonic Fan Game – Sonic Robo Blast 2

Given the gargantuan global fanbase that the Sonic franchise enjoys, it perhaps shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to discover that the community has been hard at work on Sonic fan games that pay tribute to Sega’s indomitable icon. The most noteworthy and radical of these is Sonic Robo Blast 2.

Representing a full conversion of the classic DOOM engine, Sonic Robo Blast 2 is an impressively full-blooded 3D Sonic title that has players scooping up rings, bashing enemies and tearing through 3D worlds at great speed. Quite simply, Sonic Robo Blast 2 is the best Sonic fan game available right now and it isn’t even close.

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Best Sonic Games – Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Teaming Sonic up with Miles ‘Tails’ Prower for the first time, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was a true sequel to the ground-breaking original in every sense of the word. Though some behind the scenes conflict between the American and Japanese staff which worked on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 would unfortunately result in a wealth of cut content, Sega’s first Sonic sequel nonetheless gave a good account of itself.

Including a range of fiendishly designed new levels (hello Aquatic Ruin Zone), an all-new 3D bonus stage that has Sonic and Miles collecting Chaos Emeralds and the co-op play for the first time with players controlling Sonic and Miles respectively, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 deserves far more praise than its troubled development history might otherwise suggest.

Best Sonic Games – Sonic Mania

A heartfelt love letter to traditional 2D Sonic that was developed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the series, Sonic Mania is a timeless reminder about how good 2D Sonic can be when a decent development team is given stewardship. In the case of Sonic Mania that team has its origins in the Sonic fan game community and the result is that Sonic Mania is easily the best Sonic game in years, allowing players to play as either Sonic, Tails or Knuckles across a wide variety of new, old and remixed stages from previous games in the series.

An undisputed return to form for the franchise after an extended and uneven dalliance with 3D Sonic games, Sonic Mania was followed up in 2018 with Sonic Mania Plus, an augmented version of the game that provided additional stages and new, uniquely playable characters in the form of Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel.

Best Sonic Games – Sonic CD

With its stylish (for the time) full-motion video anime introduction and CD quality soundtrack, Sonic CD sought to make the most of Sega’s new Mega/Sega CD hardware. Originally intended to be an improved version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on account of the latter’s poor sales in Japan, Sonic CD thankfully morphed into its own beast, cleverly leveraging a new time-travel mechanic that allows players to access alternate versions of existing stages complete with reworked visuals, layouts and music. Happily, Sonic CD would go on to be the best selling game for Sega’s CD add-on, racking up an impressive 1.5 million units sold.

Best Sonic Games – Sonic Adventure

Whipping the franchise into full 3D for the first time, Sonic Adventure wasn’t just a noteworthy launch title for Sega’s dearly departed Dreamcast home console, it also provided an eye-opening look at how Sonic would fully embrace the third-dimension going forward. Emerging from the ashes of Sonic X-treme, the previous attempt at a full 3D Sonic game on the Sega Saturn, Sonic Adventure deftly merged the old and new together, keeping the ring based health, high speed and rapid-fire platforming of the previous games but thrusting it into a gorgeous full three-dimensional world.

In addition to allowing players to control Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Big the Cat, Amy Rose and robot E-102 Gamma as they attempt to scoop up those pesky Chaos Emeralds, Sonic Adventure also features a largely excellent rock soundtrack that distances itself from the pop-laced beats of previous Sonic games.

Best Sonic Games – Sonic The Hedgehog

Marking the origin point where all of this Blue Blur business began, Sonic the Hedgehog was in every way a truly disruptive platformer at a time when folks were used to much more leisurely paced offerings. With its heady combination of vibrantly colourful levels, blistering speed, rollercoaster platforming, pop tunes and challenging bosses, there really wasn’t anything quite like Sonic the Hedgehog when it was released on the Sega Megadrive/Genesis all the way back in 1991. Though the first entry in the series has arguably been long eclipsed by a number of its sequels, Sonic the Hedgehog nonetheless remains an essential platformer that everybody should play.

The Best Monster Hunter Rise Builds

Figuring out the best Monster Hunter Rise builds is a lot of trial and error for some people. While knowing what weapon you might want to use is one part of the puzzle, it’s also worth knowing what kind of damage you want to output, what role you want to play if you’re in a multiplayer group, and also finding what fits your playstyle.

So, rather than figuring out the best Monster Hunter Rise builds for each weapon, we’ve decided it would be fun to separate them out into what you’re aiming to do with them. That way, you can still find a build you like, but you might also find that you end up with a little bit of inspiration for what other weapons you might like.

Best Monster Hunter Rise builds

We’ve split the best Monster Hunter Rise builds into five categories here. It’s worth noting that you can absolutely mix and match these as you want if you don’t mind being a little less than optimal. For example, you can use a longsword to inflict status effects or as a defensive weapon. Nothing in this game is set in stone, but these are our recommendations.

Best Monster Hunter Rise builds for status effects

Status effects are a solid go-to in Monster Hunter Rise. Sleep is ideal if you like a chance to breathe and also deal massive damage with bombs. Blast is fun if you like seeing a big number every so often. Poison is good for getting damage in against enemies that move around too much. Paralysis is excellent for forcing openings against monsters. Two of the best

weapons for these things are the sword and shield and the dual blades. Dual blades are generally slightly more efficient, but the sword and shield is a good choice if you like to be able to defend yourself.

The key thing here is to focus on a single element. Often the best armour sets for status effects come from the late-game monsters, like the Mizuha set from Chameleos for poison, which not only boosts the speed of poison build-up and damage, but can also extend the duration of the effect. As your aim with these builds is to hit as often as possible, we also recommend boosting your stamina in every way possible too, as you’ll want to stay in the fight to try and get more status effect procs.

Best Monster Hunter Rise builds for raw damage

If what you’re after is simply damage output, then our favourite four weapons for this are the great sword, long sword, hammer, and gunlance. Each of these has a different move set and strengths and weaknesses, but if what you want is just damage, then they’re all good options. The great sword is ideal for big single strike attacks, the hammer is good at breaking monster parts, the long sword is nice for range, and the gunlance has some solid defence while still allowing for big explosive attacks.

Generally speaking, the best way to up your damage output is with Nargacuga’s gear. The weapons always have high affinity anyway, and you can boost that further with the armour set, which also happens to boost your evade. Then just use attack boost gems to round out your loadout and you’ll be dealing obscene damage.

Best Monster Hunter Rise builds for Elemental Damage

Elemental damage requires a little more thought than raw damage, because you’ll often need to change up your weapon to match the weaknesses of what you’re hunting. It’s fun though, and only made more exciting because you’ll be using either a charge blade or a switch axe. Transforming weapons are simply cool.

Along with boosting whatever element you’re using at any given moment, we also recommend using gems to keep your weapon sharpness high, as this helps you deal more elemental damage against monsters. Other than that, there’s a lot of flexibility in elemental builds, which is fun if you like to switch it up a lot.

Best Monster Hunter Rise builds for support

You might not think about support when staring down a Rathalos, but maybe you should. Some of the best Monster Hunter Rise builds are those with support in mind, and that’s because keeping everyone alive and having a lot of utility can massively improve your team’s chance of survival. The best support weapons are the light bowgun, heavy bowgun, bow, and hunting horn.

If you’re using a ranged weapon here, then taking anything that boosts your ranged attacks or reduces the chance of using up your special ammo is essential, and horn users should always have the horn maestro skill too. Outside of that, you can assist your team more efficiently by using the friendship jewels, which grant a skill called Wide-Range, which allows your items to affect teammates too.

Best Monster Hunter Rise builds for defence

If you’re one of the people who thinks that the best offence is a good defence, then this is likely how you’ll want to play. We’ve got two choices for this category, the lance and the insect glaive. The difference here is important though. The lance is strong at defence because of the shield, while the insect glaive is strong because you can dodge incredibly well.

If you’re using a shield, then you’ll want skills like guard and guard up, and for the insect glaive then evade extender is good. You’ll also want to grab defence boost, for obvious reasons, both recovery speed and recovery up to keep yourself naturally healthy, and also the Crimson Valstrax armour. The last one is because it grants the Dragonheart effect, which massively boosts elemental resistances as long as you have below 80% health, which is easy to manage.

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