Draw Distance are calling Shadows Of New York a “stand-alone expansion and a companion piece” to Coteries Of New York from late last year. The long and short, it sounds, is that yeah this is in the same Vampire: The Masquerade - Subtitle setting as all the others, but it’s not a direct sequel to anything, including Coteries, so you can play without any backstory. This time around, you’ll be following Julia of clan Lasombra, a nobody who becomes somebody when she’s chosen to investigate the death of the Anarch leader in New York....

Keep reading for an in-depth look at the CAR SMG in Apex Legends, along with detailed stats covering everything from damage profiles and shots to kill to reload times and attachment slots. Apex Legends CAR overview The CAR (Combat Advanced Round) SMG is the fifth SMG to be added to Apex Legends, and it sets itself apart from the others with its versatility. Season 11’s addition to the weapons pool has the unique ability to toggle between Heavy and Light ammo, giving you much more leniency when it comes to ammo reserves and inventory management than with other similar weapons....

Three new river raids are inbound, set in Erriff, Berbha, and Rhine. Along with that, you’ll be able to upgrade your Jomsviking Hall and your river raid longship cargo size to higher levels. Three new abilities will be found in monestaries during river raids as well. Back when it launched last November, Alice B said in her Assassin’s Creed Valhalla review that the river raids were good fun. “You and your mates run around yelling, bashing people with heavy sticks and trying to take as much ground as possible,” she said....

Valhalla’s raids look like one of the standout parts of the game. You hop in a longboat with your Viking warrior crew, and set off to loot some settlements. “Raids are, like a girls hockey team playing an away game and absolutely smashing it, jolly good fun,” Alice Bee says in her Assassin’s Creed Valhalla review. “You and your mates run around yelling, bashing people with heavy sticks and trying to take as much ground as possible....

In traditional Noctua style, it’s also deeply, intensely, ferociously brown. I don’t know about the quietest but this is absolutely the brownest graphics card I’ve ever seen, and possibly the brownest PC component as well (the only real competition coming from Noctua’s own CPU coolers). My word, is this brown. Sorry, I should be talking about specs, there’s just a lot of brown going on right now. Being a non-Ti RTX 3070, there’s all the usual 5888 CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR6 memory, with two HDMI 2....

I had a go at Ryza 1 last year, and it really is crafting heavy - and charming, with it. That game was set in a small village and spent a lot of time building up its core gang of friends. It’s also anime as heck though, and I drifted away from it fairly quickly. Bigger JRPG fans than me enjoyed it plenty though, as in Steven Wright’s review for us: Ryza 2 continues the story three years after the events from the first game, “and depicts the reunion of Ryza and her friends....

Here’s the announcement trailer: “Climb everything” is really all I need from a video game synopsis to be onboard. It helps that the gecko looks so perfectly animated, with its cute little arms working overtime and its tail slinking along behind it. I believe this guy can control a boat. Although the trailer above shows some dashing and darting in combat, The Gecko Gods Steam page describes it as “combat-light” and leans heavily into it as a “chill” experience about solving puzzles and exploring the remains of a lost civilization....

Besiege is a game about building weapons and unleashing chaos. The campaign unfolds across a few dozen levels, each with a different objective. Typically this involves destroying something, be it person, animal, or building. But it can also be something more subtle, like navigating narrow mountain paths or stealing supplies. Each requires a different approach, and there’s little to no guidance offered on what that approach should be. Instead, it’s just you, the goal, and an utter maze of machine-building possibilities in between....

Today’s best anti-Prime Day PC gaming deals The best anti-Prime Day PC gaming deals Best SSD and storage deals Best gaming monitor deals Best gaming mouse deals Best gaming keyboard deals Best gaming headset deals Best graphics card deals Best CPU deals Best RAM deals Best gaming laptop deals Best SSD and storage deals It’s always nice to see the WD Blue SN570 with a few coins shaved off. It’s arguably the best SSD for gaming overall in terms of sheer value, and while there are faster PCIe 4....

On this page: Best Grau 5.56 loadouts Best Grau Perks and Equipment How to unlock the Grau 5.56 Best Grau loadout in Warzone The Grau is one of the best weapons when it comes to sheer accuracy. Kitted out correctly, this thing will barely sway at all. Of course, you can use this gun in a variety of ways, so here’s a couple different attachment combinations for the Grau 5....

Looking for more Lost Ark class build guides? Best Lost Ark Gunlancer build: overview Lost Ark’s awakening classes are defined by their Identity Skills, unique abilities that establish a playstyle for the class. For Gunlancer, this is Defensive Stance, which is powered by the Shield Meter. Your Shield Meter will regenerate automatically when outside of Defensive Stance, as well as when you strike enemies. When you toggle Defensive Stance on, you will become much slower....

Looking for more Lost Ark class build guides? Best Lost Ark Striker build: overview and Identity Skills Lost Ark’s Awakening Classes revolve around their Identity Gauges and Skills. Striker shares the Esoteric Orbs gauge with the Wardancer. Striking enemies will fill your three Esoteric Orbs, seen between your skill and item hotbars. Unlike other classes that use their identity gauge for a stance toggle or temporary powerup, Striker can spend Orbs to cast certain powerful skills from his main arsenal....

The best OTs 9 loadout in Warzone Muzzle: GRU Suppressor Barrel: 8.1" Task Force Laser: Tiger Team Spotlight Stock: KGB Skeletal Stock Ammunition: VDV 40 Round Fast Mag Once you get your hands on this new tool for your arsenal, this build will be your best bet. Like with most SMGs in Warzone, you’re going to want the Gru Suppressor and Task Force barrel to compensate for the limited range of the OTs 9....

On this page: Best Outriders Technomancer solo build Best Outriders Technomancer endgame build Note: If you’re not playing as the Technomancer, why not check out our other pages on the best builds for the Devastator, the Pyromancer, and the Trickster? Best Outriders Technomancer solo build The very best Technomancer build makes use of the class’s greatest strength, which currently is its unbelievable damage potential. This build is based on the above video by YouTuber “SOLIDFPS”, and delves deep into the Pestilence branch of the skill tree to max out your weapon damage....

This guide will cover how to make the best Volk loadout in Warzone Pacific so that you can wipe enemy squads with ease in Caldera. Best Volk loadout in Warzone Pacific This Volk loadout aims to improve accuracy and control to make it a viable medium-range weapon. This will help you compete against other strong Assault Rifles like the STG44 and Automaton, while maintaining the deadly speed that makes the Volk so tempting....

Best Holger-26 loadout in Warzone Here’s the best Holger-26 loadout in Warzone: Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor Underbarrel: Commando Foregrip Optic: VLK 3.0x Optic Stock: FSS Ranger Stock Grip: Stippled Grip Tape The Holger-26 is limited by its range, so this loadout attempts to mitigate that issue with the Monolithic Suppressor. This attachment also provides the crucial advantage of hiding your fire from enemies on the minimap. This attachment will increase the time it takes to ADS, but the Stippled Grip Tape will counter that penalty and improve your movement speed....

Here’s the full map down below, which Bethesda posted with the message “Transcribe the past and map the future. Here’s to a Happy New Year!” It could be just a simple new year’s wish alongside a map of Skyrim or perhaps it’s a cryptic hint about the next Elder Scrolls game. Folks online are speculating that the placement of candles on the image is a clue about the future of the series....

The two new videos from Experiment 101 were shared by Game Informer. The main action is down below, while the character creator video is over here. Both are worth checking out if you’ve had your eye on this one the way I have. It’s 11 minutes of gameplay, so there’s plenty to pick out. If you weren’t familiar with Biomutant yet, you can see some of the combo-based action combat, a bit of weapon customizing, at least one small puzzle, open world exploration, and some big enemy battles....

Last night, BioWare tweeted that they’re “hard at work creating the next Dragon Age and Mass Effect games”, though they “won’t be showing anything at EA Play Live”. Begrudgingly, I can understand why they’re being so tight-lipped on their new things. They showed Mass Effect: Andromeda fairly early, and on release fans were disappointed with what they got compared to what they’d been shown (I still don’t think it was that bad, though it’s certainly in a better place now)....

Now there’s a new trailer to prove it. I’m not a player of Souls or its like, so I’m into this purely for the art direction. Big, tentacled towers being circled by swarms of crows; haunting shrines filled with carved, wooden statues; rats in their underwear. It also looks like a technological marvel, with hardly a blade of grass or top knot on a rat’s head that isn’t shimmying in the wind....