PC Gamer - UK (2022-02)

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

finally launched, wrapping up

a decade-long story. It saw a

whopping 95,150 concurrent

player record on Steam, but the launch

was also plagued by errors, disconnects,

and queues that could stretch up to six

hours. Who knew getting to the moon

would be this hard? MT

assume the Origin numbers are similar – the reasonable

guess is that it’s just not worth the effort required to keep

up the fight against hackers.

RESPAWN RATES

The studio’s priority is clearly and understandably Apex

Legends, the ongoing hit battle royale, which also happens

to be set in the Titanfall universe and is thus, technically

at least, part of the ‘franchise.’

Titanfall is effectively finished, then, but Titanfall 2 will

persevere. It also suffers from serious DDoS and hacking

problems, but unlike the original Titanfall it also includes

an absolutely outstanding campaign and is still worth a

pickup as a singleplayer game.

It’s undeniably strange to see a game that was such a

big deal and released a mere seven years ago just...

disappear. Whatever the rationale, and of course servers

cost money, it’s like a book being out-of-print. It makes an

interesting contrast to Rockstar’s recent about-face with

the original 3D Grand Theft Auto games: the publisher

removed them from sale when the remastered GTA

Trilogy was released. Then it turned out, as reported last

issue, that the Trilogy had serious issues: and the originals

were returned to sale with an apology.

Andy Chalk

Highs & Lows

HIGHS

Riot act

A League of Legends rhythm game

and an RPG surprise-launched on

the same day.

Pass it on

Xbox Game Pass on PC has hidden

games, including Crysis.

Nintendo bashes Bowser

(again)

52 year-old Doug Bowser, has pled

guilty to piracy-related charge, but

now has a new civil suit against him.

War never changes

Battlefield 2042 launched into a

wave of community negativity –

though it isn’t unusual for the series.

The Matrix Sleeps

Epic’s been working on The Matrix

Awakens and... it’s only on consoles.

Old problems

New World has had a slightly torrid

time of it recently with duping

glitches. Now, it’s battling an invasion

of bots.

LOWS

Perhaps hoping to distract
from Battlefield 2042’s
launch shortcomings, EA has
let the public in on its plans
to expand the Battle-verse with
story-driven content from a fresh studio
in Seattle. Halo and CoD veterans are
involved, so cross your AK-24s and hope
for a smashing solo campaign. JP

DICE ROLL

FUTURE OF BATTLEFIELD

ERROR WALKING

TO THE MOON

Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s VP

of AR/VR, notes a shift from

the Oculus brand by way of

simplifying Meta’s brand

architecture – so Meta continues to

consume everything it touches. From

now, the Oculus Quest will be the Meta

Quest, which sounds more like a kids’

show than a VR headset. KW

SHIFTING REALITIES

OCULUS REBRAND

Respawn said virtually
the same thing when it
denied that Titanfall 3
is in development
earlier this year,
“Titanfall
is the very core of
our DNA .”

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