As such, we wanted to dive into the topic of Apex Legends macros and get to the bottom of whether it’s totally fair game, or a form of exploit just waiting for Respawn to stamp it out. This topic recently get a new lease on life thanks to a popular post on the Apex Legends subreddit titled Why are macros being normalized?? In it, user armadillo_soup states their opinion that macros, alongside editing cfg files or adding scripts is cheating - full stop....

Your credits are limited, but there’s an overwhelming number of cars to choose from. We’ve narrowed down the best in each major category to help get you started, including the fastest car and the best cars for offroading and rally races. Fastest cars Best S2 cars Best S1 cars Best A cars Best rally cars Best drift cars Best offroad cars Fastest car in Forza Horizon 5 Several cars have a 10 for speed, but the 2020 Koenigsegg Jesko and Porsche Taycan Turbo S “Welcome Pack” are our top picks....

Derek Kolstad is reportedly shopping around television adaptations of the 2019 cult hit My Friend Pedro and the even lesser-known 2017 title Bendy and the Ink Machine. “I’m going out with a pitch for a television series based on the My Friend Pedro video game, as well as for Bendy and the Ink Machine,” Kolstad said in an interview with Comicbook. “I am playing any… It’s funny, the reason I’m answering it this way, literally, I have these Post-It notes on my computer of, ‘This is what I’m working on today....

If that wasn’t enough, the standard edition is also on sale for $9/£7.80, and the Warlords of New York Editions are also on sale. The only things regarding The Division 2’s release on the service that may keep you from purchasing it are that it doesn’t feature Steam achievements, and the game requires the Ubisoft Connect launcher. If those sorts of things are a dealbreaker for you. Some Steam users also report issues with the game crashing to the desktop randomly, which Ubisoft says is currently under investigation....

You’d be forgiven for forgetting this even existed, but almost exactly three years ago, Ubisoft announced that it’s working on a game based on James Cameron’s Avatar. The game was to be developed by The Division maker Massive, built on the studio’s proprietary engine Snowdrop. For reference, this was a year before The Division 2 was even announced. Outside of saying it’s coming to PC and consoles, Ubisoft has stayed suspiciously mum on the project since its reveal....

These clips, featuring the full final boss of Forspoken, come only a week after much of the game’s opening was also revealed ahead of launch. Looking through posts on hubs for leaks such as Reddit, one can easily find the ending, even if Square Enix is doing its damndest to take down videos where it finds them. We obviously won’t go into what the final boss is, but those of you out there eager to try the game out yourself should beware social media for the foreseeable future....

With the Xbox June update, you will be able to view secret achievement details from within a game. All you need to do is open the guide and go to Game activity > Achievements. When you see a secret achievement, you can now reveal details like the title, achievement description, and Gamerscore. Pretty simple. And, if you want to hide the achievement again, you can do so just as easily....

This is with thanks to Wired and Glen Schofield, who took part in a recent interview where the Striking Distance Studios’ CEO responded to questions from Twitter. In response to the question, “why don’t startup studios just make their own game engine?”, Schofield states that his teams have made engines before, but it’s a lot of hard work. “They take years and years, especially nowadays,” which prompts Schofield to talk about his time with EA....

And in this second and final story DLC, Murder on Eridanos, the crew of the Unreliable is once again called upon to accidentally fill the boots of the renowned captain, Alex Hawthorne. Drafted in by the Rizzo’s corporation to investigate the untimely demise of aetherwave star and brand ambassador, Halcyon Helen, the team travels to a far-flung resort world that plays home to the galaxy’s swankiest hotel: The Grand Colonial....

A year after the announcement, Campo Santo was acquired by Valve. Shortly after, the Firewatch developers began scrubbing In the Valley of Gods from their Twitter bios. It soon transpired that the developers had put In the Valley of Gods on hold to instead work on other Valve projects, including Half-Life: Alyx. Campo Santo co-founder Jake Rodkin released this statement: “To fans looking forward to In the Valley of Gods, it’s probably clear that the optimistic ‘2019’ at the end of the announcement trailer isn’t going to be accurate....

While Sega are not the first company to try and cash in on their golden years, this console was met with particularly good reviews, with Digital Foundry calling it ‘possibly the best mini retro console yet’. You can read the whole write-up here. If you’re based in the UK and happy to go with team Nintendo, the Game & Watch retro system is £10 off right now. For more timely bargains, head on over to the Jelly Deals Twitter account, where you can see the latest offers on consoles and more....

Valve has kicked off the Steam Lunar New Year Sale and you can save some money on tens of thousands of titles, now through February 15 at 10am PST, 1pm EST, 6pm UK. You can also earn points again, and kick off the Year of the Ox with an animated profile, mini profile, avatar frame, and animated avatar. Bundles are now available in the Points Shop, and you can save 10% when you purchase a Points Shop Bundle....

The next-gen version was originally expected sometime during Q2 before it was postponed until “further notice” back in April. The delay was announced alongside news that development had moved in-house, and the team was evaluating the “scope of work to be done.” It was originally being handled by Saber Interactive. The Witcher 3 next-gen will be released as a Complete Edition and comes with new items inspired by The Witcher Netflix series....

A new report from the statistical brains at NPD Group highlights the impact of the Netflix show on the entire Witcher franchise - from its books to its games. “In the world of PC and console gaming, The Witcher was already widely popular,” writes NPD Group executive director Satori Bernbeck, who specialises in the entertainment market. “The most recent game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, was released in May 2015....

In this third video of the Inside Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, the development goes over what to expect with combat. The video features interviews with producer Yoshinori Kitase, battle director Teruki Endo, co-director of game design and programming Naoki Hamaguchi, and lead battle designers Kosuke Sakane and Tomotaka Shiroichi. It’s in Japanese, so be sure to turn on closed captioning. The game releases on April 10, but to combat a possible delay due to coronavirus, Square is shipping copies out early for those in Europe and Australia....

To celebrate the arrival of the game after a few well-documented delays, machines have been appearing in locations around the real world including – with one appearing right here near VG247’s home offices, leaping into reality at London Waterloo Station. The Clawstrider that’s probably just got off a Jubilee Line train to try and make an ill-advised connection to the Northern Line – or something – is a fast and agile machine found within the Forbidden West, when it’s not commuting on a blustery Monday morning....

July is a decent month for games with something for everyone to be excited about. We might not be getting any massive AAA games but there is definitely no shortage of titles. In the video below we pick the seven biggest games of July 2021. Of course, there are plenty more games on the way. We’ve got a video game release schedule that has info on every game you’ll be able to get your hands on in the months ahead....

Let’s start with the big one: Elden Ring. FromSoftware’s latest game – which definitely hasn’t just been made “hard for the sake of it” – arrives for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 25. We’ve already covered why we’re excited for this one in great detail, so if you haven’t already learned everything there is to know about this game by now, by all means go ahead and click that link....

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs Legion both support free next-gen upgrades, allowing owners of a PS4 copy to get the enhanced version on PS5 completely free. This has always been the case, across both console platforms. However, many players are simply unable to claim their free upgrades. The free upgrade option does not show up for affected players, and they instead see the game’s normal price. The issue, for some reason, appears to seemingly only affect European players who own the disc version....

In the video, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot promises to take greater action against toxicity in the workplace and to increase diversity. Guillemot talks about some of the steps the company has taken towards the issues surrounding the company after many were either fired or left. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) September 10, 2020 He goes on to state in the video Ubisoft plans to make a $1 investment into a graduate program to create more opportunities for people of color and women with a donation being handed to the NAACP....