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The latest entry in the Sniper Elite series, Resistance, features voice actors who play both sides of the World War II conflict. In Sniper Elite Resistance, players play as protagonist Harry Hawker, who’s part of the titular Resistance against the Nazis. The itself doesn’t require much voice acting due to its nature and gameplay, but you can still hear plenty of actors throughout the bloody adventure. View the full article

Someone go wake up all the Battlefield fans who have been in hibernation for a few years, as signs of a new Battlefield are finally here. In fact, we should learn a little bit more about this mysterious new entry very soon, as information as to how to start testing out the game early is due to be revealed later today. Read more View the full article

EA says it’s investigating reports that its recent re-releases of The Sims and The Sims 2 have numerous issues. Last Friday, EA re-released The Sims and The Sims 2 as new Legacy Collection versions, with all previous DLC included (except an IKEA pack released for The Sims 2). However, over the weekend, players have been reporting numerous issues with the game, ranging from gameplay bugs and graphical errors to the game simply not loading at all. Read More... View the full article

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH has its first post-release patch to improve how it runs across all systems, with some useful improvements. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Updated: February 3, 2024: Looked for codes! Storm chasing is a hazardous activity, but you can do it from the safety of your home with this experience. All you need is a vehicle and some courage to drive into storms—and of course, Twisted codes won’t hurt by expanding your budget for new equipment. All Twisted codes list Active Twisted codes START — $15,000 (New) Expired Twisted codes 10k release PATCHTWO 3YEARS 25MIL 10MIL INSURANCECLAIM Related: Greenville codes and Jupiter Florida codes How to redeem codes in Twisted Here’s a simple guide to learn how to use Twisted codes quickly: Image by PC Invasion Run Twisted in Roblox. Press the cogwheel button in the upper-right corner to open the settings window. Type a code into the text field. Press Enter to obtain your free goodies. You’ll definitely want to bookmark this article before you go because more Twisted codes will come in the f...View the full article

Former chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios Shawn Layden says he thinks Microsoft has the potential to pull off a similar multiplatform strategy that ***** has. Read more View the full article

Updated February 3, 2025: We looked for more private server codes! This fast-paced fighting game becomes even more fun when you choose who you’re playing with. That’s why you should take advantage of VIP private servers. Check out our A Universal Time private server codes list below if you don’t wanna play with complete strangers. All A Universal Time private server codes list Working AUT private server codes There are currently no active AUT private server codes. Expired AUT private server codes JZFFX NYKVW XZDSF HRKMX RPCIE KLNBO SJCYV PYEHK YAESO NUBGJ Related: A Universal Time codes and Shindo Life private server codes for all locations How to join private servers in A Universal Time Joining a private server in A Universal Time is simple if you follow the guide below: Image by PC Invasion Launch A Universal Time on Roblox. Click on Play. Choose the Private Servers option. Enter a working pr...View the full article

Another classic revived. The ZOOM Platform recently announced that the 1997 classic adventure The Space Bar has been upgraded to use ScummVM and there's now a Linux version to go with it. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

In the second half of Teamfight Tactics Set 13, the game has reached one of its most balanced states ever. This leaves room for fine-tuning underperforming units, items, and Augments. Let’s go over what TFT Patch 13.5 has in store for us with the complete early patch notes. Table of contentsTFT PBE Patch 13.5 notesSystem changesTraits changesUnit changesItem changesAugment changesSilver AugmentsGold AugmentsPrismatic AugmentsAnomaly changes TFT Patch 13.5 notes Teamfight Tactics Patch 13.5 will be released on Feb. 5. Note that these are all early patch notes from the PBE that could be subject to change by the time the official TFT Patch 13.5 releases. View the full article

The Season 2 teaser trailer for Last Epoch has arrived, revealing an April 2 launch date along with a glimpse of the exciting new content just around the corner. Since its full release in 2024, the action-heavy RPG has received widespread acclaim from both players and critics. With peak player numbers surpassing 250,000 at the time of launch, Last Epoch has established itself as a popular addition to the ever-growing ARPG genre. View the full article

PCSX2 is a free and open source Sony PS2 Emulator, and it seems they're working towards ensuring it has full support for Wayland on Linux. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The director of MultiVersus has criticised fans who have threatened the game’s developers following news it’s being shut down. Last week Warner Bros Games and developer Player First Games announced that Season 5 of MultiVersus – which starts on Wednesday – will be the last, with the game shutting down on May 30. At this point existing players will still be able to play an offline version of the game, but it will otherwise be delisted from the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Steam and Epic Games Store. Read More... View the full article

Giving everyone free access to their new launch (well, it's in "early access"), the Video Game History Foundation have put up their digital archive of video game history research materials. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

January is over, folks. Both Microsoft, and Nintendo have already had some major announcements to share. Microsoft hosted a stacked Developer Direct, and Nintendo finally revealed the Switch 2 after almost every single thing about it had been leaked. Read more View the full article

2025 got off to a cracking start for those who were hoping Baldur's Gate 3 modders would create some cool custom campaigns when Larian released the official tools for the game last year. Now, we're only a couple of days into Feburary, and one of these projects has already been released in teaser level form for you to give a go. Read more View the full article

You might wonder if Elden Ring Nightreign took the co-op roguelike route to chase a trend, but for FromSoftware, it was more about making a "concentrated" version of the game. Read more View the full article

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2025, showing both Linux and macOS having a dip with a rise of Windows 10. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Call of Duty: Warzone’s arsenal gets a few new weapons with every seasonal update—with the Feng 82 light machine gun providing a solid option if you’re looking to beam your opponents across the map. When it comes to the primary options, LMGs are the cream of the crop in Warzone—offering a steady fire rate and damage range, ideal for mid to long-range engagements. While the Feng 82 lacks firing power, the devs claim it provides exceptional accuracy and handling—the best in its class. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The season of Valentine's Day has begun in Dig It, and you can find different gifts to obtain. These gifts are exclusively part of the limited-time event that centers around Valentine's Island. The island will be available for a limited time, and you can find 23 different items to dig. Along the way, you can obtain different types of gifts, and let's find out how to obtain them. Best way to obtain Gift of Enchants, Hearts, and Skies in Dig It As I said, Valentine's Island has 23 new diggable items for you to find. The Gift of Enchants, Hearts, and Skies are on the same list, which means you can dig them up as well. Do note that they can be dug till the event is live, as Valentine's Island isn't a permanent POI in Dig It. There is another way to obtain the three gifts, but that will involve you to spend real-life cash. The Gift of Enchants cost R$149. The Gift of Hearts cost R$499. The Gift of Skies cost R$699. You can try this way (using Robux), but I believe that you should try it out in an inexpensive way (digging on the island and hoping to get lucky). [Hidden Content] Gift of Enchants, Hearts, and Skies contents in Dig It The Gift of Enchants can now be opened inside the game as we are past February 2. Gift of Heats can be opened on February 5, while Gift of Skies can be opened on February 8. Thankfully, we already know the contents of all three types of gifts. Gift of Enchants: Contains Legendary rarity Mole. Gift of Hearts: Contains a shovel Gift of Skies: Contains an Air-Balloon If you're confused about all the items that can be found on Valentine's Island, make sure to check this guide out. Remember that the island has been added for a temporary *******, so you should hurry and get the complete set of items before the island goes away. The post How to get the Gift of Enchants, Hearts and Skies in Dig It appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Elden Ring Nightreign playtest invitations are being resold for ridiculous prices, taking advantage of eager fans' desperation. Lucky entrants are eagerly awaiting the upcoming Elden Ring Nightreign playtests, but those who didn't get their chance may feel tempted to spend money to get in. View the full article

For the longest time, many wrote off video games as works of little depth, a criticism that often stemmed from the paper thin plots from video game of old. That wouldn't fly nowadays. Many developers nowadays have taken great care to tell a great story, often sneakily taking inspiration from actual literature to fuel their incredibly rich works. Let's look at some of the best games you didn't know were influenced by books, shall we? Image via ZA/UM Disco Elysium was inspired by Sacred and Terrible Air by Robert Kurvitz Playing Disco Elysium already feels as enriching as reading a novel, but fans will likely enjoy knowing that there's an actual novel out there that expands upon the very same world of the game. I'm talking about Sacred and Terrible Air, a novel by the director of Disco Elysium that was only very recently made available in English — and only because of loving fans. Similarly to the game, Sacred and Terrible Air tells of a mystery, though one completely unrelated to the one in the game. It features a completely different cast of characters, one we follow from childhood to adulthood as they try to solve the disappearance of a group of girls. Sadly, the main mystery gets no resolution by the end of the book, and we're unlikely to see it resolved any conclusion anytime soon. Still, this is a great way to enrich our knowledge of that world. Image via 2K Games Bioshock is a takedown of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Not all inspiration comes from a place of adoration. Ever read something you found so dumb you just had to develop one of the best games of all time so you clown on its plot in front of a huge audience? Well, I don't know if that was Ken Levine's pitch for Bioshock back when he was trying to make it at 2K, but that sure is my Headcanon. If you're unaware, Ayn Rand came up with "Objectivism", a philosophy that defended one should never partake in any action that didn't seem to directly benefit them. Rand then wrote a thinly-veiled propaganda piece in the guise of a fiction novel, then named it Atlas Shrugged. When protected by the plot armor of a book written to promote it, Objectivism might sound fine — so long as Atlas Shrugged is the first thing you've ever read. In the real world, however, Objectivism is little more than a wise-sounding word for suffering from nearsightedness of the mind (and soul). Bioshock tells the story of a city where Objectivism was the norm. The result was not an utopia, but a failed experiment that resulted in the brutal death of everyone involved — either by the city itself, or by the merciful hand of the player. Image via CD Projekt Red/Steam. Cyberpunk 2077 was inspired by Neuromancer by William Gibson While Cyberpunk 2077 was based on a game of the same name minus the 2077 part, both things exist because of Neuromancer, the Sci-Fi dystopian novel responsible for the creation of the whole Cyberpunk genre. Interestingly, Gibson doesn't seem to think much of the game, having gone as far as deriding it as a GTA clone with '80s sci-fi aesthetics. Rough, but that's likely because Gibson believes the game failed to realize the genre's political messaging, opting for a superficial portrayal focused on showing off the cool gadgets instead. So, if you think Cyberpunk 2077 already offered some cool societal commentary, you should really give the novel that spawned it all a shot to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. Image via 2K Games Spec Ops: The Line: Heart Of Darkness By Joseph Conrad When playing Spec Ops: The Line, you might get the feeling you're playing a sneaky modern adaptation of Apocalypse Now. That's true, to a degree, as the game did take a few cues from the super-popular anti-war war opus. Still, both the movie and the game about the hunt for a rogue military commander were heavily inspired by Heart Of Darkness. Heart Of Darkness doesn't follow the hunt for a US Army Colonel gone rogue. It was written long before even the Vietnam war, so it tells the story of military-unrelated atrocities, this time those by the British ivory trade. Though the military themes don't exist in the original work, you can see the seeds for The Line being planted, and the vast differences between these three works guarantee you can enjoy each of them separately — with the option of playing Dicaprio's reference-finding game as you please. Screenshot by Destructoid Silent Hill 2 was inspired by Solaris, by Stanisław Lem Very few players would have guessed the greatest inspiration behind the psychological nuance of Silent Hill 2 would be a Russian Sci-Fi tale about a possibly sentient alien planet, but that's the truth. Members of Team Silent have openly discussed their love for Stanislaw Lem's work, and you can totally see the parallels between the trajectory of the main characters of the two stories, as they both have to deal with what feels like it could be either a miraculous or demonic revival of a lost loved one. Image via Santa Monica Studio God Of War was inspired by a mix of 300 by Frank Miller and Homer’s works. Just like its gameplay, which carefully mixes a bunch of popular elements from its time, the original God Of War trilogy takes a lot of its looks from Frank Miller's 300, which is kind of like a gritty reimagining of the history and classic literary works of ancient Greece. Interestingly, however, while God Of War was inspired by the 300 graphic novel, the visuals — especially the cool motion effects — of the 300 film adaptation by Zack Snyder took some heavy cues from the looks of God Of War. Image via Hakusensha, Dark Horse Comics, From Software Dark Souls and Elden Ring were inspired by the Berserk Manga by Kentaro Miura While FromSoft employed the legendary George R.R. Martin to come up with the game's amazing world, the studio had already been a longtime fan of Kentaro Miura's Berserk series, and it shows. Many of the darkest themes in Dark Souls and Elden Ring were already present in Berserk, and creator Hidetaka Miyazaki doesn't shy from showing it off. If you know Berserk and try do do a drinking game where you take a shot for whenever you encounter a Berserk reference, chances are you might encounter the "You died" screen in real life. Don't do that, but make sure to enjoy all the beautiful references and tributes to the late mangaka present in Elden Ring. Image via Game Science ****** Myth: Wukong was inspired by Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en The developers at Game Science knew they needed to bring their A game if they were to create a game that could go toe to toe with the Souls series both gameplay and lore-wise, so they made the safest-possible choice. A big part of Wukong is inspired by Journey To The West, a 16th century ******** epic about a magical trickster monkey warrior who wielded a magical staff in battle. If Wukong seems cozily familiar to you, it's likely because Journey To The West is one of the most influential "Hero's Journey" tales in history. In case you can't put your finger on it, then yes, this was also the literary work responsible for inspiring the Dragon Ball manga and anime. Screenshot by Destructoid S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was inspired by Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Few people know S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 were based on an arthouse film of the same name (minus edgy acronym dotting) by Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. That's understandable, as the movie lacks the gun violence on the poor mutant inhabitants of the zone that permeates the games. Still, the most interesting part is how even the movie is already inspired by something else. That's Roadside Picnic, a sci-fi novel with a name even less marketable for action fans. The best part is how Roadside Picnic provides an experience already so distant from the games that you can totally enjoy them as something pretty much new. Image via Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed was inspired by Alamut by Vladimir Bartol The Assassin's Creed series of games features its own series of novels, but that's just a trick the assassins pulled to move you away from the whole thing's real origin. It's all based on Alamut, a 1938 novel by Vladimir Bartol. Alamut tells the story of a sect of assassins in 11th century Persia, and, best of all, it's based in fact. Yes, the assassins you see in the game are somewhat based in a real crew of badass assassins. The animus and all the sci-fi synchronization shenanigans, however, is either a fabrication made by the devs, or something the original novel didn't think to declassify. The post Great video games you didn’t know were inspired by classic books appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Two Point Museum is bringing chaos to historical research in Two Point County as players take on the role of curating not just one museum, but several. Through sending experts, or sometimes janitors, out on exotic expeditions to unearth rare finds, players are slowly able to create a museum worthy of guests donating all their kudosh to. The exhibits displayed and cared for in these unique tourist destinations can range from a simple Prehistoric Fern to an Astral Anomaly from an alien planet, and each can help entertain and delight the guests. View the full article

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Many players love farming Stardew Valley and selling crops to expand their farms and upgrades. However, to effectively progress through the game, making the best use of your farm is the way to go. Selling crops can allow you to make and buy gifts for your favorite NPCs and better tools, equipment, and decorations for your house and farm. View the full article

Many players want to see familiar characters return in Grand Theft Auto 6 because they have formed strong connections with them over the years. These characters are more than just images; they have interesting backgrounds, unique personalities, and memorable traits that make them special. Seeing them again brings back feelings of familiarity, letting fans reconnect with their favorites in a new setting. Also, some of these characters have unfinished storylines or untapped potential that players are curious about. View the full article