There’s no denying that Bungie’s Destiny took plenty of inspiration from Gearbox’s best franchise, albeit in a way that allowed them to put their own spin on the quest for guns, power and refunds. So naturally, a good couple of years after Destiny launched, Borderlands 3 had to make a sly reference to the game which followed in its footsteps.

The game which many have considered to be dead in the water was announced to finally be launching later this year with the beta starting sooner than expected.

Football Manager’s 2019 edition is going green on the retail pitch, with a physical release that’ll ship the game in many a material that’ll make mother nature smile in case you decide to ditch the box or enjoy it with a nice chianti and some fava beans.

This weekend, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Beta opens up to all platforms, but also opens up to everyone, regardless of whether or not they’ve pre-ordered the game. At least, it does after those who’ve pre-ordered get a day’s head start. The most important thing about this upcoming beta run is that because it’s open to all platforms, it’s …

EA and Bioware’s grand sandbox that would have mixed Iron Man gameplay with a vast cosmic saga fell flat on its face on arrival, with the following months painting an even grimmer picture for the beleaguered title. Bioware wants to change all that, with a move towards seasonal content updates.

I think the last thing PC gamers wanted or needed was yet another publisher-specific game launcher, but here we are. While Rockstar has had their own quasi-launcher on PC for a while now by way of the Rockstar Social Club, they’ve now upgraded the whole thing to be a bona fide store where you can buy and launch games from the developer.

The Surge 2 brings back The Surge’s acclaimed combat system, allowing you to target and weaken enemy armor points so you can take the equipment for yourself, or aim for a weak spot and finish the fights quickly. Each fight becomes a desperate risk-versus-reward decision, and you must utilize all the tools in your arsenal to survive, including a customizable combat drone, game-changing implants, a new directional parrying system and many more…

I’m not sure I like the word “derivative”. It feels like the kind of word thrown around by YouTube essayists to sounds very clever; rather than saying Darksiders is like The Legend of Zelda, saying it’s derivative convinces your audience that maybe that degree in Linguistics actually might make you qualified to talk about game design. It’s so difficult to …