Sega recently gave free-to-play action-RPG Phantasy Star Online 2 a long-overdue western release with two gutting caveats: it’s on the Windows 10 Store; and it’s only for North America. Microsoft’s Store is enough of a mess that some would-be players still can’t play PSO2. While sadly they still don’t have anything to say about a European launch, there is good news for stores. Alongside announcing the first big update for America, where players will fight a vintage battleship, Sega confirmed PSO2 is coming “to more PC platforms soon.”

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Update: EA have now announced they’ll reveal Star Wars: Squadrons with a trailer on YouTube on Monday, June 15th at 4pm (8am Pacific).>

Electronic Arts just can’t keep a lid on these new space opera games they’ve got hanging in the hangar. A game titled Star Wars: Squadrons popped up on the Microsoft Store today with some key art and the phrase “pilots wanted.” There wasn’t a date associated, but I imagine we can all guess there’s a proper announcement planned for this here Squadrons game in short order, eh?

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This week we got an email from listener Tom from Melbourne, who suggested that it would be fun for us to talk about the scariest games we’ve all played. Would it, Tom? WOULD IT? What sort of pervs enjoy being afraid? Well, many people, obviously, so we thought Tom’s suggestion was a good one. A lot of games come up, from The Evil Within to Soma to Chronicles Of Riddick.

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NotE3

is in full swing now, and unsurprisingly we’ve got new PC games coming out the wazoo. There are still more to come, too, with the likes of the PC Gaming Show, Future Games Show and Guerrilla Collective all happening in the coming days. Before we get too inundated with new PC release dates, though, I’ve updated our list of new PC games with all the new 2020 games from Sony’s PS5 games reveal, as well as some of our top highlights from IGN’s Summer of Gaming and The Escapist Indie Showcase. Expect another update Saturday evening / Sunday morning after all those notE3 shows have taken place, but for now, here are all the new PC games coming out in 2020 as it currently stands.

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Bungie have now removed skill-based matchmaking from most of Destiny 2‘s PvP Crucible playlists, by popular demand. What kind of a pubstomping monster wouldn’t want matchmaking to factor in skill? Ah, it’s a tricky issue. SBMM has become a semi-controversial topic in multiplayer games, and in Destiny specifically its knock-on consequences have included longer waits for matches and some real laggy laggers lagging up the place.

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Marksman Rifles were always extremely potent weapons in Modern Warfare, but in Warzone they’re often outclassed by the bulkier and harder-hitting sniper rifles. But despite their relatively lowly standing in the current meta, there’s still a lot of fun to be had with these rifles.

Our Best Marksman Rifle in Warzone guide, as you might expect, is here to catch you up on the standing of each DMR in the current meta. We’ll walk you through stats, attachments, and more in our attempt to rank each Marksman Rifle from best to worst in Season 4 of Warzone.

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There was a time when shotguns absolutely dominated the confined spaces of Modern Warfare’s multiplayer modes. But when it comes to Warzone, where additional health makes it more difficult to drop enemies in one or two shots, are shotguns at all viable anymore?

Our Best Shotgun in Warzone guide will walk you through detailed stats and opinions on all five shotguns in Warzone, explaining how each one stacks up against the others in Season 4.

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Sniper Rifles dominate Call Of Duty: Warzone and its sprawling, rooftop-dotted landscape. They always have, and they always will, thanks to the invaluable trait that a single headshot from a bolt-action Sniper Rifle is a guaranteed kill. So the question is: which sniper rifle do you use for that perfect headshot?

Our Best Sniper in Warzone guide will walk you through the three snipers on offer in Modern Warfare’s Battle Royale mode. We’ll go over the stats of each one, before talking about how each sniper stacks against the others.

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The best LMGs offer a very special collection of traits that few other weapons in Warzone can match. High DPS and large magazines allow you to drop entire teams quickly, while the excellent damage dropoff values and low recoil of certain LMGs give you an extremely potent answer to long-range encounters.

Our Best LMG in Warzone guide will not only walk you through the stats of each LMG, but also discuss the place of each LMG in the current Warzone meta.

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There are some damn fine specimens of the SMG weapon class in Warzone, aren’t there? Built for speed both in their handling and how quickly they can drop an enemy to the ground, SMGs have always been very nearly as popular as Assault Rifles when it comes to premade Warzone loadouts.

Our Best SMG in Warzone guide will walk you through the stats of all seven SMGs on offer, before divulging our personal take on the very best and very worst SMGs that Modern Warfare has to offer.

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