This weekend is all about No Man’s Sky for me. The new Waypoint update has revamped a lot of how we play the game, from expanding inventory (and therefore having to get to grips with new upgrade layouts) to a raft of amazing accessibility options that let us tailor gameplay to our own needs. Having the option to remove purchase and building costs in my existing save on the fly, and without having to farm tons of materials first, is truly life-altering, and I’m now inclined to go all-in on base design as a result. Maybe even one day Sean Murray himself will share one of my designs on Twitter, and then I can retire gracefully having truly made it. Oh, I picked NMS up on Switch too — a surprisingly fantastic port that runs really well, even on Switch Lite — so that’s three separate consoles I need to work

It is important to note that Tracer will blink in the direction you’re moving, not the direction you’re facing . This can be hard to judge at the start, but you’ll get used to it as you play the charac

I’ve finally finished reviewing [REDACTED] so now I’m free to play games I’ll hopefully enjoy. When my friends are busy I’ll be playing Scorn, the icky body-horror experience that looks like an Alien fever dream and fetishist utopia. When my friends are free, I’ll be diving into Overwatch 2 finally. Time to see what all the fuss is ab

At the end of matches in Overwatch, after the victory screen flashed on your screen and the Play of the Game was awarded, you would be presented with a page where you could vote for certain players from either team who excelled in their area – most damage, most healing, and the like. Everyone could vote, which created a sense of sportsmanship between the te

While events like Overwatch Archives expanded on the game backstory, generally, all the lore was stuff players would have to piece together. Dialogue between certain characters about their tumultuous pasts, descriptions on skins, or graffiti in maps were all hints in-game to the story of Overwatch. While Blizzard did release cinematic trailers that would fill in the histories of some characters, we never knew a lot of important bits of lore, such as what was the Omnic Crisis , why was Blackwatch formed, and why are there cowboy gangs in the fut

Learning the differences between the maps and their most advantageous choke points and positions is vital to claiming victory. For example, Esperança has an important choke point midway through the map where the robot goes under a bridge. Try to claim the high ground and hold off the enemy team for as long as possi

Push maps have some of the best flank opportunities out of any maps in the game. They’re filled with hallways and entrances that allow you to get around the enemy team and surprise them. Healers might not be able to take advantage of this, but damage dealers and even some tanks certainly

The idea here is that, though they’re both snipers, both Widowmaker and Hanzo can instantly kill someone (who isn’t a tank) in a single hit through a headshot. They can get rid of almost everyone with nothing but good aim, and their abilities can also help them a lot in tight situations. They can even help one another through the see-through-wall abilities they both present. The large cover of Widowmaker’s Infra-Sight would pair perfectly with Hanzo’s Dragonstrike Ultimate since it can pass through solid surfa

There are three stacks to this ability, and each of them allows you to dash in the direction you’re moving . You can see the number of dashes you have in the middle of your screen symbolized by the arrows pointing upwa

Avoid attacking from range, and try to get up close to the enemies if you want to use your Pulse Pistols to their full potential . To disincentivize people from shooting at long range, the developers also made her shots spread massively as the distance between you and your target increa

Getting back into the fight after dying on a Push map can take much longer than any other map. As such, it’s important that you don’t die, rush back into the fight without your team, and immediately get sent back to spawn. You should always engage as a gr

Now, there’s just a blank screen where you watch the bar that indicates your level going up. You can endorse your teammates or be endorsed by them, but it’s unfortunately not the same. It lacks that camaraderie that the end cards g

One of the biggest new additions to Overwatch 2 Skins 2 is Push, a brand new game mode where both teams compete to take control of a robot. The robot will then push a barricade along a set path, and whichever team reaches the goal or has the most progress when time runs out w

Of course, taking out flankers by yourself can be tricky, and you can’t always rely on your team to back you up. Effective communication to call out flankers is essential if you’re trying to win. Use voice chat to talk to your team, or use Overwatch 2’s new ping system to call them