It’s been a long time coming, shockingly long for a Battlefield, but we’ve finally played Battlefield 2042. I spent about three hours with the beta build everyone is going to have access to this week. If you pre-ordered the game, subscribed to EA Play or managed to get an early access code, you may even be playing it right now! It’s been pretty clear over the course of the summer that this is going to be a different Battlefield game.

Fortnite Winterfest 2021 is almost upon us, with new quests, rewards, and more in store. The Winter Cabin is potentially making a return this year, though with a few differences compared to its last appearance, and a special NPC is driving around the island handing out mystery presents. Here’s what to look forward to. When is the Fortnite Winterfest 2021 start date? Winterfest 2021 starts December 16 and runs through December 30.

The Mass Effect 2 has been composed by Jack Wall, BioWare's confirmed. Wall, who also worked on the soundtrack for the original game, said: "Working on the Mass Effect franchise has challenged me to create music beyond what I’ve written before." "Jack did an outstanding job with the original game and has a firm grasp for our vision of the trilogy. His score for Mass Effect 2 perfectly blends classic sci-fi inspired sounds with unique arrangements to achieve an emotionally charged complement to the dramatic, action-packed gameplay,"

Humble Bundle seems like a weird place to work. Whatever, let's pick up some cheap games. The latest Humble Bundle is another staff pick affair, but this time the staffer in question is a crayon dog called Scribble. Apparently she is our friend, likes scritches and made the company letterhead. I don't pretend to know or care what this whimsy pertains to. What I do know is there are some great games in this bundle for very little money, which is coincidentally the amount of money I have left after blowing it all over the holiday break.

Nintendo has gone and... sanitised Minecraft Steve's victory screen in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Last week, Minecraft's Steve arrived in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It took just a couple of hours for players to figure out that one of his victory screens seems to show him holding his meat. We, as many others, thought it was pretty funny. Steve is indeed chomping on that steak just before he slots into frame, which only made things more hilarious.

The 5 least popular heroes in Overwatch - and why you should play them Overwatch’s varied cast of characters is arguably the game’s greatest strength. There’s a hero for everyone’s tastes, and if you get bored of one there’s 20 more to try your hand at. The fan favourites have emerged over time, with Reinhardt, Mercy, Soldier: 76 and Lucio proving popular across the board. But that doesn’t mean they’re the only heroes worth giving a go.

This has been a momentous couple of weeks in the Pokemon Go community, and over the last couple of days it’s really come to a head. We’re used to seeing fan anger in video games - it doesn’t take much to set certain groups of gamers off, as we all know - but it’s rare to see such universal, coordinated frustration and disappointment in a developer that actually has solid logic behind it.

Bethesda has announced it will stop supporting Nuclear Winter, the battle royale mode in Fallout 76. It was revealed today the battle royale mode for Fallout 76 would be taken offline in September. The company said that it found that over time, the vast majority of players preferred to explore other aspects of the game. It also became tougher to put Nuclear Winter lobbies together without making sacrifices on match wait times.

Hitman doesn't ask too much of PC gamers. The Hitman beta kicks off this week for those who've pre-ordered. If you're on the fence about buying in, knowing whether your PC is up to the job may aid in your decision making. The minimum and recommended specs don't differ too wildly. If you're still languishing in a last-gen horror pit with only 4GB of RAM and no DirectX 11 you'll struggle, though.

Sega has announced a release date for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will launch on June 9, and will be available on Xbox, Windows 10, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. Because of its release, scheduled maintenance that would have occurred alongside the New Genesis launch will be moved forward by about one or two days. Due to the change in the maintenance schedule, there will be changes to the dates and the content of the “The Road to New Genesis Event” countdown login bonus event.