It’s obvious – to be even a somewhat decent pirate, you need a ship that’s up to the job, and the best Skull and Bones ships are going to do a lot of the work in helping you and your crew rule the seas. Sure, keeping your crew’s Skull and Bones morale high and adopting the most adorable, we mean fearsome, Skull and Bones pet might help, but the right ship and the correct weapon loadout is essential in Skull and Bones, so here’s how to kit yourself out with the best ship build.
Traits can offer additional choices when completing Starfield missions, such as granting access to additional dialogue options and determining faction allegiances. They also supplement your Starfield background and Starfield skills when shaping the character you’ve created in Starfield. Are you an introverted homebody who prefers to stay planetside, or a wanted street rat with alien DNA? Either is possible with Starfield traits – just take a look.
What are the best Starfield traits?
Thankfully, Warhammer games are getting better, and while there are more Warhammer 40K games, Warhammer Fantasy titles from the Old World and Age of Sigmar settings are improving in quality. From action-packed turn-based RPGs to the grandest of grand strategy games, there’s a modest selection worth checking out. So join us as we round up the best Warhammer on PC.
Here are the best Warhammer games in 2025:
Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground Despite our muted feelings in our Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground review, this game is still worth highlighting, mainly because it’s the first decent Age of Sigmar strategy game to release since its older Warhammer Fantasy Battles sibling all those years ago.
With this accurate, long-range marksman rifle by your side, you’ll be able to take enemies out at a distance and move about the map swiftly, both of which are crucial traits needed for the free PC game. If you’re curious about how it stacks against the other guns in its weapon class, check out our guide to the best Warzone 2 marksman rifle.
The best Warzone 2 EBR-14 loadout is:
The new Warzone season shuffles ever closer, with a mid-season update keeping us topped up until the big changes come into effect. The battle royale game appears to be in a slight state of flux, with no true meta being present. One thing that never changes though, is power, and you’ll have plenty of that with our best Warzone SOA Subverter loadout.
Best Warzone SOA Subverter DMR loadout Muzzle: T-7 Spiritfire Suppressor L Barrel: Dozer-90 Long Barrel Optic: Corio Eagleseye 2.
Navigating the different weapon categories in XDefiant can be a challenge in itself, especially alongside learning the various XDefiant maps and the XDefiant factions, abilities, and traits. However, a select few weapons have stood out from the crowd and are making a name for themselves as the top-tier picks. So, whether you’re a sentinel or a run-and-gun competitor, we have the best XDefiant weapons for you right here.
XDefiant best weapons Every gun in XDefiant is viable in the hands of a skilled player, but if you want to win matches and outgun your opponents consistently, it’s better to use a meta weapon.
This is House House’s first big-budget game since Untitled Goose Game became a smash hit, prompting the developers to create a 3D game for the first time. Big Walk may still be an indie game at heart, however, nothing is stopping it from becoming one of the best upcoming games in 2025.
Big Walk release date estimate Big Walk is set to launch sometime in 2025 according to the game’s Steam page.
Treyarch promises that the new zombies experience will be fresh with hints of the familiar, including a new storyline set in the Dark Aether, an offshoot reality of the main zombies storylines. The first revealed map is set in the ’80s and is called Die Maschine. Fans of the zombies mode will immediately recognise its central building from the very first zombies map, Nacht der Untoten, but a few decades on and we’re visiting the site with a fresh perspective.
Before we start spouting all kinds of Counter-Strike jargon, you can learn more about the long-awaited sequel with our list of every map in Counter-Strike 2. That’s important given the context of this piece. Trying out the best CS2 crosshair codes might fix (or cause) a losing streak, too. And is CS2 Steam Deck compatible? Here’s what we know.
What is CS2 Premier mode? – CS2 Premier mode explained In a nutshell, CS2 Premier mode (or Active Duty Pick-Ban) is the core competitive queue of Counter-Strike 2.
Diablo 3 Season 29 is set to be the final ‘new’ season for the long-standing RPG game before Blizzard shifts to a rotating cycle of previous seasonal themes moving forward, with its focus shifting to the ongoing Diablo 4 development. The developer is aiming to see off Diablo 3 with a round of “community-led changes” to give you everything you’ve asked for, meaning some rather unique systems. So here’s everything we know about Diablo 3 Season 29.
The Diablo 4 DLC brings with it a ton of new content that should appeal to veterans and newcomers alike – the Spiritborn class alone is worth the price of entry. There are plenty of new ways to interact with the world: the Realmwalker world event, the Dark Citadel, and, of course, the Kurast Undercity.
What is the Diablo 4 Kurast Undercity? Kurast Undercity is a time-attack, multi-stage dungeon that has been built for players to test their mettle and also earn plenty of experience and loot.
Considered to be some of the hardest world bosses in the game, our guide to beating the Diablo Immortal Hydra and Golem provides the top tips on where to find them, how to kill them, and what rewards you’ll reap from doing so. They’re both mini-zone bosses, and as such they can be farmed, making them a great option for players looking to bolster rare resources.
If you’re in the market for farming spots, you’ll want to check out our guide to all the Diablo Immortal Hidden Lair locations scattered across the map.
While we’ve already assembled a Doom Eternal Hell on Earth collectibles guide, a Doom Eternal Exultia secrets walkthrough, and a how-to on the Fortress of Doom collectibles, we know that many, many players are struggling with hoovering up all of the Nekravol collectibles in particular. We’ve found all every secret in this main mission and below you’ll find a image-heavy walkthrough of how to grab them all for yourself.
Here are the Dying Light 2 system requirements:
Yes, that’s features, plural. Ray traced global illumination, reflections, and shadows can all be turned on to push Dying Light’s visual fidelity even higher, providing you have a compatible GPU. However, turning any of these settings on will incur a performance cost. To combat this, Techland recommends you equip your system with one of the best graphics cards on the market: the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080.
Though we enjoyed Dying Light 2, the futuristic metropolis setting and lack of survival elements fought off the creepy horror we love about the series. We spoke to the devs about this and more ahead of the TGAs and, thankfully, Techland tells us they’ve taken player feedback seriously. Dying Light The Beast brings back the horror of Dying Light with terrifying new environments, ties the story in with both DL2 and the first game, and gives players an introduction to the future of the series.
So while we have separate guides for things like how to get Metal Scraps and how to get Shroud Cores, this should be your one-stop shop for all the top tips you need while you’re still finding your feet. Enshrouded is a huge game, with many things to consider, so read up on these top Enshrouded tips to maximize your chances of survival.
Use the workbench whenever you return from an outing One thing you should get into the habit of doing whenever you return to your base, even if you haven’t been gone for very long, is interacting with your workbench.
These corners also provide a challenge to drivers to balance their F1 22 Imola setup for tackling slow and fast technical corners while maintaining speed on the straights. The track itself is anti-clockwise and features one DRS zone and a speed trap in the third sector. It’s a very fast track, and requires drivers to manage the different challenges of varied corners and speeds.
F1 22 Imola setup explained A balanced aerodynamic setup helps stability in the faster corners without being too punishing in the slower corners or the straights, while avoiding understeer.
As well as these two jobs, Endwalker added a bunch of new features to the game including raids, gear, systems, and new dungeons – as well as a male Viera as a new playable race, and a new tribe called Loporrits. There’s also new areas to explore, a lunar landscape, Mare Lamentorum, and a new training ground for the Warriors of Light called Labyrinthos.
If you’re keen to know more about the Reaper, though, expect a job that’s a lot darker than the Sage class and unlike current FFXIV classes.
While FIFA 23 has included some tweaks to Pro Clubs this time around, with seasonal progression now transferring across to Volta, the changes aren’t going to mix things up too much. Could EA possibly be waiting for EA Sports FC, the big rebrand coming next year, to revitalise Pro Clubs? Either way, here’s everything you need to know about FIFA 23 Pro Clubs.
Shared seasonal progression Pro Clubs players now have the opportunity to earn points and rewards in Volta’s six-week seasonal cycle.
What’s new with the Fisch Volcano Eruption event? As the big lead-in to the Roblox game’s Mariana’s Veil expansion in the second half of February 2025, the promise of this long-standing geological structure’s imminent explosion is a tantalizing taste of what’s to come in one of the biggest Roblox game’s of the last year. As with each weekly update big or small, there’s bound to be a whole host of new fish to catch, new rods to unlock, tricky puzzles to solve, and a bunch of cleverly hidden lore snippets to seek out.