It’s been over a year since Playerunknown s Battlegrounds launched into early access, and yet somehow it’s still drawing the crowds, much to John’s chagrin. It now has three maps, with a fourth one on the way, and an expanded weapon set too. Its popularity may be waning a little in light of stiff competition, but it isn’t a surprise that it’s still massively popular: Dumping 100 people onto a map and telling them to scavenge and murder, all in the name of an ethereal chicken dinner. Grabbing that meal ticket won’t be easy, so we ve thrown together a whole bunch of tips and tricks to help you get a taste of that sweet, sweet victory. (more…)

Playerunknown s Battlegrounds has 25 guns currently available, each with its own set of scopes and attachments to glue on, which means it s fair to say that keeping track of them all can be a little difficult.

This Battlegrounds weapons guide will make that easier. The random nature of the shrinking circle means you only have limited control over what situations you ll get into – in other words, you always want to make sure you have a short-range and a long-range weapon. We ll run you through the pros and cons of each gun, then finish with some advice on attachments.

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Playerunknown s Battlegrounds has 25 guns currently available, each with its own set of scopes and attachments to glue on, which means it s fair to say that keeping track of them all can be a little difficult.

This Battlegrounds weapons guide will make that easier. The random nature of the shrinking circle means you only have limited control over what situations you ll get into – in other words, you always want to make sure you have a short-range and a long-range weapon. We ll run you through the pros and cons of each gun, then finish with some advice on attachments.

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It’s been over a year since Playerunknown s Battlegrounds launched into early access, and yet somehow it’s still drawing the crowds, much to John’s chagrin. It now has three maps, with a fourth one on the way, and an expanded weapon set too. Its popularity may be waning a little in light of stiff competition, but it isn’t a surprise that it’s still massively popular: Dumping 100 people onto a map and telling them to scavenge and murder, all in the name of an ethereal chicken dinner. Grabbing that meal ticket won’t isn t easy, so we ve thrown together a whole bunch of tips and tricks to help you get a taste of that sweet, sweet victory. (more…)

With a few notable exceptions, deserts can be a rather unforgiving habitat for most living creatures. In Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds‘ Miramar, this is made worse by one thing: up to 100 people are dumped out of an airplane to fight to the death. Perhaps you are one of the unlucky ones that must try to survive in this wasteland? Our PUBG Miramar guide will show you some of the best places to drop in order to obtain the best loot, and more importantly how to not die before you can really get going. (more…)

Sanhok is the newest and tiniest map in Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds. It’s therefore a very different experience compared to the other maps that are sprawling wastelands where death is a constant peril. In many ways, Sanhok is far deadlier as deep within the lush jungles, ancient ruins, and the extensive river system, there’s plenty of places for enemies to hide and kill you without a second thought! It can be tough to get a footing, but not to worry; help is at hand! In this Sanhok map guide, I will take you through what to look out for and how to survive the onslaught that’s happening all around you. (more…)

Daddy: Hey Toby, can I get your help with some work please?

Toby: OK, but they might be disappointed I’m a cat.

This week on Steam Charts, my three-year-old son tells us all about the top ten grossing games on Steam. (more…)

Last week, the first of three shiny new Nvidia Turing cards finally pitched up on shop shelves – the RTX 2080. You can head over to my Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 review to find out more on what I thought of the card as a general pixel pusher, but the long and short of it is that you’re probably not looking at much of a raw performance increase over the current Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti.

That’s probably not the most ringing endorsement you’ve ever seen – especially when the RTX 2080 is currently more expensive than the GTX 1080Ti – but the main attraction of Nvidia’s new RTX 2080 graphics card is something I haven’t actually been able to test yet. Namely, its nifty real-time ray-tracing reflection tech and its clever AI-driven bits and bobs like DLSS (deep learning super sampling), which you can also read more about by clicking that there Nvidia Turing link above. This may well turn the tables in the RTX 2080’s favour once said ray-tracing and DLSS games actually come out or are updated to support said nifty and clever features, but right now all we have is a list of confirmed games that will, at some point, receive ray-tracing and DLSS updates in the future – which thankfully has just got a bit longer and, more importantly, more specific about exactly which features they’ll be taking advantage of.

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It’s Plunk a go-go today with many titbits of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds news. To summarise:

1) A new event gives the opportunity to earn a fantastic giant hat, the sort of enticing hat that tourists on a stag or hen weekend would instantly buy.

2) The flare gun seen in the Metal Rain event, which can call in a special huge airdrop or an armoured vehicle, is headed to regular modes too.

3) A ranking system is coming.

4) Proper individual map selection is coming back.

5) God, that hat is beautiful ladbait.

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