HeliNews

The HeliNews theme tune is crafted from a selection of whirlybird sound samples. The HeliNews anchor sits behind a desk made from an AH-64 stub wing, and, after delivering his topical snippets, is winched out of shot by a Pegasus Rescue Hoist mounted on the studio ceiling.

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OVRLRD isn’t quite ready for keyboard mechwarriors yet

When developer Niall Slater fixed the bug that was preventing me and other keyboard & mouse users from starting up OVRLRD’s bipedal steeds, I jumped straight into a clickable cockpit and hotfooted it to the weapon range. Unfortunately, I’d only taken a few ground-shaking strides when I encountered another fun foiler – non-functional torso twist keys.

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