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I've cranked most of my settings to high with 60 locked and that runs very well so you should also try bumping up yours before the beta ends and see how it compares to the medium/lower presets. Still keep shadows to low along with other miniscule features but bumping textures and lighting up really looks decent and doesn't impact performance too much.

The movement is so much more fluid with M+K. I tried it with a controller and it immediately felt more slower and a bit clunky in comparison. Still felt great but the mouse and keyboard execution on this game is 100% perfect which is a superb achievement. I may have to crank my 770 up to 100fps+ Phil - I'm currently rolling on the high preset with 60 locked but if it's that stable at 3 digits, why not indeedy. Seriously considering getting a 1080 now..

Bought the special edition on CD Keys earlier for £24.99 which felt good. FIFA 18 looks utter rubbish this year and some of the facial animations look like they came straight from Mass Effect Andromeda The only thing that seems to have changed this year is the goal nets.

Played about an hour of the PC beta and it's very impressive indeed. So far it seems like a flawless and highly polished port. The game looks astonishing and runs smooth as butter throughout. Even on basic High settings at 60fps locked; the performance is unreal and it looks visually remarkable with some stunning lighting and rain effects. The M+K and gunplay mechanics are absolutely perfect too. Not too sure about the MP element as it kinda feels like a watered-down and threadbare version of Halo that was chucked in for good measure but the strike was great.

Oxlade-Chamberlain on the verge of a £40m move to Chelsea. Kieran Gibbs likely to join West Brom and Man City apparently preparing a bid for Sanchez with Sterling going the other way. Arsenal could be losing some key players and will really struggle on attracting others. I'm surprised even Lacazette hasn't handed in a transfer request Wenger will probably be given another two year extention too I bet

Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal! Sanchez will defo be off now and I can't see Chamberlain staying. Bet Alenandre The Cassette is regretting his move now.

Former Sledgehammer employee DrDisrespect even uninstalled the beta

Nivdia and AMD game ready drivers are up for the beta so download them before the beta is lauched.

Reasonable tap-in goal from Sigurdsson on his debut

That's probably the best CL draw there's ever been. Spurs may as well go into the Europa League now (sorry Phil) Chelsea may have to think twice about selling Costa to Athletico now with them in their group. Roma could also prove a decent side but not sure about FC Carrierbag though. Man Utd should be comfortable and so should City. Livepool will probably be alright too but may struggle to win the group outright. Celtic are fucked but they'll see some big teams for a change instead of the usual Ross County and Dumbarton. Bayern v PSG will be massive also. Barcelona and Juve in the same group which is two mega seeds again.

The difference between 30fps and 60 is actually bigger than 60fps to 150 because of the ways your eyes and brain process what it is seeing. If you are accustomed to 60fps+; a drop to 30 is incredibly noticable and can cause motion sickness and headaches as you try to adjust. If you're playing Overwatch at 220fps let's say and it drops to 60; despite losing 160fps; you wouldn't notice it because your brain can't process the difference. Having a solid framerate outlay in the first place really mitigates any big drops and wont affect what is viewed on screen but going from 60 to 30fps is massive especially for a fast paced FPS where you brain is processing a millions of images and colours per second. I recently played through the Nathan Drake Uncharted Collection at 60fps which was a smooth and clean experience throughout but when I moved onto Uncharted 4 at 30fps; I could only play for a short period at a time before I began to feel nauseated at the choppiness, and blur whilst panning the camera with all the enviromental colours. That game is also a fairly static 3rd person game with cinematic aspects. In comparison; Battlefront 2 is targeting 60fps locked in 4K on the XB1X and PRO whilst Destiny 2 may struggle with 1080p native and 30fps. on the very same machines.

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A very long time surprisingly. The first console title that really reached these heights was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare back in 2007 which was very impressive back then and has been a staple of the COD series since. That's when Activision actually cared about their games and In retrospective; Halo 3 around the same time was running at around 30fps and that is a build of the engine that Destiny is currently using and that's why people are pretty frustrated. Framerate wasn't a as much of a prominent issue on the old gen but now it's heavily scrutinised as technology grows and performance becomes a very important factor for gamers who are heavily invested in their machines. Sadly, publishers like Activision hold games back to save money and farm out games and DLC. EA and Ubisoft are hated but at least they are trying to build sustainable platforms for future games even if their developers are garbage. If someone said to me ten years ago when I was playing COD4 on my white Xbox 360 that the next gen of consoles would still be using technology from then; I would have been shocked. COD got away with it for years but Destiny 1 was already running on a seven year old engine when that was released which is why it's painful to see now. Destiny 2 still looks great thanks to texture and video based overlays but the core of the engine is very restricted in terms of scale and performance and that means gamers are going to get very short-changed in terms of an experience which is a shame.

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New desert map

That would still be a tragic excuse for them to use still because the whole point of the brand of Destiny in the ten year strategy is surely the games are to get bigger and better rather than remain stagnant and restricted because of farcical software limitations regarding the engine. There is no point in having next gen consoles if the developers are still using old gen builds and it's games like this that could be harming Sony and Microsoft in people not investing in new machines because there is no point. Perhaps if Activision comissioned Bungie to develop a brand new engine in the first instance with a view that it would last for the planned 10 years and compliment the current and future gens; that would have been the best course of action. Instead; we get a billion dollar brand from a multi-billion dollar company running on an extended engine build from 2007 that may have to last until 2024 and if the XB1X can't get 31 frames stable; it's going to be painful still having 1080p 30fps framerate debates in six years time when 4K 60 will be comfortably mainstream. This situation just stinks of Activision greed and a lack of forwarding investment for the benefit of their products and the gamers. Kinda reminds me of when EA showcased Frostbite 2 in BF4 when the skyscraper collapsed which looked spectacular. In comparison; Call of Duty Ghosts had a lamppost collapse which was pushing the 'engine dynamics to the limit' as Infinity Ward quoted. I don't blame Bungie as much as they are no doubt wrapped around Activision but it's frustrating to see the same PR waffle like this which sounds eerily similar to what the COD devs used to say back in the day.. ''First and foremost, we’re trying to make an incredible action game. We don’t feel we’ve been held back by the choices we’ve made about world simulation versus frame rate; in fact, we think we’re offering a player experience you can’t have elsewhere because of the choices we’re making''

30fps in 2017 - there is no excuse. The fact this wont even be 60fps in 1080p on an Xbox One X is quite frankly pathetic really. It's tiresome seeing developers coming out with the usual PR. I'd love to see a bit of industry honesty for once - either the hardware is shit or their software is. It's one or the other. With the PS4 Pro and XBO X; it's going to make it harder for developers to come out with such flimsy excuses. If they actually invested in a better engine instead of a recycled Halo one that's beyond a decade old; the brand and games would be in a far stronger place with much more room for features and performance optimisation. Destiny is being held back just like Call of Duty was so this is Activision all over. Even the current Frostbite engine can get at least 50fps with 64 players within an environment along with planes, trains, blimps and a host of scenery destruction yet Destiny 2 not being able to handle more than a few monsters and a space ship on-screen is laughable. No 60fps downscaling or resolution downsampling so I don't buy this excuse on that basis either. EA and Ubisoft are loathed but at least unlike Activision; they have invested in some high-end software with the evolving Frostbite and Snowdrop engines respectively. 30fps should be satisfactory especially if you are used of it but by today's standards it really isn't good enough and when developers feel the need to justify their shitty software with cringeworthy excuses; it's just depressing to see but unaware people especially the majority of Destiny's fanbase will buy and accept it anything Bungie say. 60fps also is such a step up and in performance terms; it makes all the difference. I feel sorry for anyone that has a PRO or XBX as their investment in hardware is wasted. Activision are to blame as usual.

AOE II will always be my most favourite RTS ever. I was excited to see this one announced until I saw it was a Windows Store Exclusive and if that isn't bad enough; it's being made by Relic Entertainment who murdered the COH series and Dawn of War. They'll probably turn AOE IV into some fucking card game or MOBA.

I think it'll be a solid port and with Nvidia working side by side with Bungie and Blizzard hot on Bungies heels too; it should be a solid package from the off. If this was a half arsed Activision/Bungie release on Steam to grab the $BILLION they missed out on not releasing the original on PC; then I'd be worried but Blizzard ensure their prodcuts are of the highest quality before release and throughout the duration on Battle.net. That's the difference between the Activision Blizzard and cash-grab COD cockends Activision. With the specs as low as they are; people should be able to run this at 60fps on a frigging typewriter.

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The tragedy is, this game will be very different a month after release. We'll probably see lime green, orange and pink guns with boxing gloves as melee weapons. If I do get it, I may just play the campaign and just play against bots in MP. Activision ruined MW:R within a month and I fear the same thing will happen here. The base game does look very good though.

The guns will come no matter what if the last few games are anything to go by along with the sheer greed of Activision regardless. They couldn't care what impact the guns or coloured camos have on the brand as they know they can mitigate any criticisms with a miniority spending reasonable money on supply drops that makes more money than any of the old CoD's made from base game sales. If cosmetics do well, the guns will come and if cosmetics do badly; guns will be introduced regardless for sure. Yeah, I mean Sledgehammer seemed to have put in a monumental effort in trying to create a respectful and serious tone for the whole product but pink and weed camos would just destroy everything they worked so hard in creating. It will no doubt happen but only once the post-release sales have peaked. It will probably be mid-December like when supply drops were added to MW:R which ruined that game. They buttered everyone up with a free map pack but then dropped the drop bombshell which changed and game completely and drove the majority away. I'd give it until mid-December for WWII also before Activision do the same here as they have nothing to lose and supply drops make more money than the loss from alienating some season fans from buying the game.

I still think Blackburn will turn it around - Sheff Utd were bottom after 4 games last season with 3 defeats (until they beat Oxford) and then went on a 16 match unbeaten run as they went on to win the league with ease. They also got dicked 3-0 to Southend in the first month too! It's a really tight league this year with many reasonable teams looking to go up like Wigan, Peterborough, Fleetwood and Bradford. The first few games don't mean too much though - Bury were unbeaten after 6 last season in second and then went on a 12 game losing streak