The Desert Eagle is by far the best pistol inCounter-Strike 2. At just $700, this weapon has devastating one-hit kill potential to the head and, in the right hands, can decimate an entire team in a single clip. When the economy is looking rough and a miracle is needed, players often lean on the Desert Eagle to bail them out. Everyweapon inCounter-Strike 2has its own unique skins to collect, and the Desert Eagle is no exception....

Everyone jump ship! Despite my snark, that is over half a million subscription fees that Activision Blizzard won’t be able to enjoy, so it’s still a sizeable loss. For most MMOs, such a loss would basically be a death knell, yet I don’t think Activision Blizzard is in the dire straits that some drama-hungry folk claim. Considering its eight-year-and-change run and its continuing ability to weather the changes in the industry — the shift to free-to-play most notably — I’d be surprised if anyone is particularly worried....

Body type and voice will be choices When dealing with a cyberpunk future where the limits of what our bodies can do are endless, it’s hard to apply rules and norms from our time. Knowing this, it only feels fitting that inCyberpunk 2077the concept of hard genders for the character creator has been augmented. The new version of the character creator will allow players to choose body and voice types without assigning a gender to the character....

Murder Most Moe We are gradually bearing down on the release of Spike Chunsoft’s murder compendiumDanganronpa Decadence, which will package together four titles from Kazutaka Kodaka’s cute, compelling, and chaotic murder-mystery franchise for the Nintendo Switch platform. The publisher released a brief Japanese overview trailer spotlighting this quartet of games. As a quick reminder,Danganronpa Decadencewill include the Anniversary Editions ofDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc,Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, andDanganronpa V3: Killing Harmonyin one handy Nintendo Switch release....

On immersion, violence, and the virtual How is it that a walk around the golf course outside my house, with its scummy pond, ugly ducklings, boring grass, and the dull sky above is so much more immersive than exploring the psychedelic world ofProteusor mystical lands ofJourney? Our perception of reality is guided by our senses. The pavement impacts my feet, the grass crunches as I walk upon it, the sky surrounds my area of vision, and the bayou across the way brings about a strong scent of human feces....

Choo choo! I don’t tend to play games for escapism. The whole “escape from the world’s problems by going to a fantasy world” doesn’t work for my brain. Finding a game that actually gets me to relax is difficult. Even some games that are intended to be relaxing seem to have the opposite effect on me. What I’ve found that works are games that don’t allow me to think about anything else, such asDoom Eternal, management games, and simulators likeDensha De Go 64....

Another update, another hiccup inDestiny 2. The Dawning event, the winter holiday event for the game, began on December 10, and while its new dragon-themed armor was getting the initial attention, Bungie accidentally made the event’s optional paid event card free for players to claim. The studio was quick to correct its mistake, but it’s just yet another glaring issue added to the steady stream of bugs and missteps that have plaguedEpisode: Revenant....

This is most likely the most bizarre concept you’ll come across today. Danish indie game1916 – Der Unbekannte Krieg(The Unknown War for those who were not invaded during WWII) is an award winning project released last spring by a small team at theDanish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment. Yes,that one. Apparently David Adler, the game’s director, “envisioned the juxtaposition of two universes that seemed equally unreal to him: the horrors of World War I and the brutality of the age of dinosaurs....

Now is a good time to increase your reputation inWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Whether you’re trying to max rank old faction Renown levels, or trying to max out the newDream Wardensfaction, there’s no better time than now.The Darkmoon Fairehas left, but we still have two incredible sources of increased reputation gains. But does Pilgrim’s Bounty and 19th Anniversary reputation buff stack inWoW? Let’s find out! Can you stack the Pilgrim’s Bounty and 19th Anniversary reputation buffs?...

No waiting needed WhenDragon Quest Heroesarrives in the west in October on PS4, it’ll sport all of the DLC so far that has been released in Japan, by way of free patches in that region. The game followed a similar strategy toHyrule Warriors, where updates were released periodically after launch, except inHeroes‘ case, they’reallfree. The DLC includes five major packs (and “more”), which will be unlocked by completing the game and visiting the post office....

The Entertainment Software Association has come under heavy criticism for its express support of SOPA, but recent detective work has uncovered a far sleazier transgression —Kotakureports that the ESA spent a reported $190,000 on pro-PIPA lobbying. PIPA is the Senate’s version of SOPA, which the ESA also expressly approves of. In the spring and summer of 2011, two lobbying groups were paid by the ESA to champion PIPA, among other things....

TheFinal Fantasy Pixel Remastershave finally arrived on Xbox Series X and S systems, alongside a few titles from theManaseries. On Thursday, Xbox and Square Enix announced the news during the Tokyo Game Show. Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters’ Xbox surprise launch Players on Xbox Series X|S can now play the entireFinal FantasyPixel Remaster series,Legend of Mana,andTrials of Manafor the first time. They launched on Thursday for the platform. While the Pixel Remaster games aren’t available on Xbox Game Pass, theManagames are....

Episode Ardyn Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardynhas been confirmed as the last major DLC for the game following the departure of director and lifeblood of the game Hajime Tabata: who went on to form his own studio a short while later. It’s currently due in March 2019, which will close the book on the game after a two year and four month run of updated content. To promote it Square Enix is going over-the-top once again, providing an anime prologue short that helps set up the villain and explain his motivations, which are presumably also going to be touched on in the DLC....