If you’re looking for something short, free, simple of concept and pleasant of execution to play this Decemberween, may I recommend Grimhook, a first-person action-platformer which had the misfortune to launch on 9th December, while the entire videogame journalism profession were recovering from the Geoffapocalypse. Here’s the setup: you are an irreverent young man called Dart exploring a bunch of caves with the aid of a grappling hook and a grumpy goddess trapped in a pebble.
Free to play multiplayer FPS The Finals available now on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S
08.12.2023 - 23:21 / thesixthaxis.com / Series X
The fast paced and highly destructive free to play multiplayer shooter The Finals, has been released on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The launch trailer captures how fast paced the game appears to be with a lot of destruction in the environment, with people crashing through windows, walls, and ceilings. Season 1 brings with it the map of Las Vegas, and you can see the full patch notes below.
The Finals can be downloaded at the following links.
Content Updates
New ways to express yourself in the arena! Such as:
Reload and Inspect animations
Emoticons
Gestures
Pets (!!!)
Sounds
Watches
More? Yes, more!
The Store is open and you’ll have access to an ever-changing selection of content to make your contestants pop in the arena.
The Season 1 BattlePass contains 12 pages of unlockable rewards.
That amounts to 96 exclusive rewards
29 rewards can be earned for free!
Unlock the whole BattlePass to receive a total of 1575 Multibucks!
Play and progress, master your loadout with:
6 Mastery Levels per weapon
6 Mastery Levels per gadget
5 levels per ability
New Features
New Map Las Vegas
Test your luck and reach for the stars in the glitz, glam, and tight-knit gameplay of this glittering arena
New Map variants:
Don’t get lost in stinging sands! Seek shelter and glory in this Las Vegas map variant: Sandstorm.
Tripwires & turrets: The environment can work for or against you. Traverse Vegas but watch your step, around every corner could be a trap.
New event: Alien invasion
You’ll have to see this one to believe it. It’s outta this world!
Movement & Animation
Movement
Made multiple updates to vaulting responsiveness and general smoothness when traversing
Updated various first-person animations to better sync with footsteps
Improvements to syncing and stability when players are on moving surfaces such as elevators, sky-lifts, cranes, and moving platforms
Improved speed-matching and added in-air animations when coining other contestants
General polish updates to third-person locomotion
Combat Animations
Stabilized the camera for aim down sight reloads and bolt actions, for easier tracking of targets
Updated jumping and zipline animations when aiming down sights
Added third-person reaction animations for Flashbangs, Gas, and Fire.
Reworked the animations for the Charge’N’Slam specialization
Controller
General
Added sensitivity scaling based on zoom FOV
Aim Assistance
Added better support and various improvements for sensitivity dampening on targets
Updated default aim down sights sensitivity reduction
Reduced zoom snapping active duration
Controller Vibration
Settings added
Controller Settings
Added setting to allow players to further customize their controller experience
Added separate dead zones for the different analog sticks
Maps
All
Finally, the wrecking
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