New Dungeons and Dragons playtest material released by Wizards of the Coast has some Forgotten Realms fans up in arms about a supposed lore change. The new Unearthed Arcana playtest includes eight new subclasses, but the kerfuffle is centered around just one of them, a new Paladin subclass called the Purple Dragon Knight. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: DnD will produce no new campaigns in 2025, and that's a very good thing All DnD classes explained DnD's next free adventure looks like a zombie-busting tower defense game View the full article
Player First Games / Warner Bros. Games have announced that the Super Smash Bros.-like game MultiVersus is officially closing. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Xbox Game Pass subscribers can now play Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, a game that has the distinction of being the highest-rated new release of 2025 so far. Xbox Game Pass has had a busy January 2025. While there weren't a lot of new games added to Game Pass at the beginning of the month, the second half of January 2025 has been hectic. View the full article
The second season of Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 has arrived after an unusually long, two-and-a-half-month first season. ****** Ops 6 season two brings lots of new content to Zombies, Ranked Play, Warzone, and the game's Multiplayer. There's plenty for multiplayer fans to get stuck into, with ten new weapons, including the fan-favorite PPSh-41 SMG, four new attachments to breathe new life into some of ****** Ops 6's best weapons, three new maps, and some new game modes to go with them. View the full article
Following the layoffs that weren't called layoffs by EA and BioWare in the company's announcement of downsizing at the studio which recently released Dragon Age: The Veilguard, one of the game's writers has shared a message for fans concerned about the series' future. Read more View the full article
The saga began last year when the supermarket, established in 2013 under the name "Super Mario," renewed its trademark registration. This routine filing seemingly caught Nintendo's attention, prompting the lawsuit. Read Entire Article View the full article
Rebels are one of the most iconic comps to come out of TFT Set 13, and it’s thanks to their flashy playstyle and some of the most powerful boards in the meta. Today, we’ll quickly guide you through setting up a powerful Rebel board in TFT Set 13.4 and achieving top-four finishes. View the full article
Bad news Shaggy mains, it looks like the online servers for MultiVersus will soon be no more. In a post to social media as well as a blog post on the official website, it's been confirmed that the end of the game's fifth season will also mark the end of MultiVersus updates in general. Read more View the full article
How badly do you want to play the Elden Ring Nightreign beta? Invites to the upcoming network test have already been sent out by FromSoftware and the first live demo for the RPG and roguelike is scheduled to begin on Friday February 14. Of course, there are some people who applied to play and didn't get access, and if you're one of them, and you're feeling especially forlorn, well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that you can buy your way into Shadow of the Erdtree's co-op follow-up. The bad news is that it could cost you the same as a brand-new GPU. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: If you want to play the Elden Ring Nightreign beta, FromSoftware has an update Elden Ring Nightreign beta start date and how to sign up Elden Ring Nightreign release date estimate, gameplay, and news View the full article
Warner Bros.' crossover platform fighter MultiVersus is shutting down in 2025, according to a post on the official MultiVersuswebsite. The game was first released in May 2024, after a series of beta tests the two years prior. Playing much like a film-and-TV-themed Smash Bros., it featured fighters from a number of Warner Bros. properties, including Looney Tunes, The Matrix, Game of Thrones, Cartoon Network, and Hanna-Barbera. The decision comes after "careful consideration" by Warner Bros. Games, which thanked players for their interest in its statement. View the full article
The latest episode of VGC: The Video Game Podcast is now available. This week, VGC’s Chris Scullion, Andy Robinson and Pete Donaldson chat about the news that Forza Horizon 5 is coming to PS5, and what this means for Xbox’s multiformat plans going forward. We also chat about Bioware’s downsizing plans, Sony’s decision to drop the PSN account requirement on PC, and Microsoft being the number one publisher last month in terms of global sales. Read More... View the full article
Left 4 Dead 2. Resident Evil 2 Remake. Dying Light 2. Dead Island 2. Your choices for blasting your way through hordes of zombies are many. But I've been eagerly awaiting news on Killing Floor 3, the third entry in the Tripwire Interactive series. Playing the first game was a real revelation for me - its weapons feel so good to fire, from the animation to the sound design, that it makes popping zeds especially satisfying. The second game expanded and evolved that basic formula, and now we're set for another installment with confirmation of a launch date and the ability to sign up for a February beta. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Killing Floor 3 release date, trailers, and gameplay Killing Floor 3 will let you shred down Zeds with over 120 weapon mods Killing Floor 3 returns to its beloved "horror roots" View the full article
The developer of Civilization 7 has explained why it strongly recommends even veteran Civ players stick with the tutorial for their first full campaign. In a post on Steam, Ed Beach, creative director at Firaxis Games, offered his tips for your first game of Civilization 7. “Civilization 7 is a big game, with many new systems and mechanics that differentiate it from earlier games in our series,” he began. “There's a lot to learn, so we felt that it was important that we provide some suggestions to ensure everyone has a successful first experience.” This is a reference to Civilization 7’s Ages system, which is a drastic change for the long-running strategy series. A full campaign in Civilization 7 is one that goes through all three Ages: Antiquity, Exploration, and Modern. Once the Age is completed, all players (and any AI opponents) experience an Age Transition simultaneously. During an Age Transition, three things happen: you select a new civilization from the new Age to represent your empire, you choose which Legacies you want to retain in the new Age, and the game world evolves. The Civilization games have never had such a system. Beach then explained why Firaxis chose Small as the default map size for Civilization 7. “We know that many veteran Civ players love to play on the largest map size and see the maximum number of empires battle it out,” he said. “However, there's a very deliberate reason that we chose Small as the default map size. With three other empires on your home continent, and a few more to discover later in the game, Small Maps make for a very comfortable experience while you are learning the ins and outs of Civ 7. “We especially recommend this map size as you get your feet wet with our new Diplomacy system. Tracking your relationship and ongoing diplomatic activities with a manageable number of opponents makes it way easier to get the hang of how you want to spend and manage your Diplomatic Influence. “We also recommend sticking with Continents Plus for your Map Type selection. The extra islands just off-shore help ease you into the ocean exploration – a key element of the Exploration Age, the second chapter of our game.” As for the Tutorial and Advisors, Beach confirmed that when you launch into your first game of Civilization 7, it turns the Tutorial on for you. He also strongly recommended Civ pros play with the Tutorial on, at least for their first full game. “The Tutorial is designed to provide tips and explanations exactly when you first encounter something new,” Beach explained. “Fans experienced with earlier Civ titles may scoff at the idea of playing with the Tutorial on, but with so many of our game systems having received upgrades and revisions, we really do recommend sticking with the Tutorial for your first full campaign through our three Ages. “Keep in mind that the game has four different Advisors, and you can control which ones are actively leading you through a series of quests to teach you their portion of the game. If it's too much to take in all at once, we suggest listening to only a single Advisor at a time.” Even after you’ve mastered enough systems to turn the tutorial off, you should switch to the setting Only Warnings, Beach recommended. “This setting allows these same Advisors to jump in and warn you if your empire's progress is about to undergo a major setback,” he said. “Even our internal team at Firaxis that knows this game so well plays with these warnings enabled!” Overnight, Firaxis unveiled Civilization 7’s post-launch roadmap as part of a special livestream event (Great Britain has been relegated to DLC). Civilization 7 itself launches on PC via Steam, on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S on February 11, although the more expensive Deluxe Edition grants access from February 6. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
Bungie reveals more details on the upcoming fragile mods to the Destiny 2 legendary weapons coming in Episode Heresy. Change is on the horizon for Destiny 2, as Episode Heresy launches on February 4, and while there's still plenty that Bungie has yet to reveal, the studio has already confirmed a lot of new information ahead of the big content drop. View the full article
Bethesda games are famous for their modding communities, and Fallout New Vegas, in particular, is no stranger to some massive, total conversion projects made by fans. Despite there being many of these total conversion projects, most have failed to see the light of day, and this is due to a problem that many mod developers looking to create big projects are suffering from. Although cosmetic mods will always be popular, modding has evolved beyond just these, and with the freedom of Bethesda's Creation Engine, modders for Fallout 4 and Skyrim are attempting some truly ambitious things. View the full article
Foundation is Now Available on Steam and is 25% off!* Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management. *Offer ends February 7 at 10AM Pacific Time View the full article
Who says you can't be fashionable when you're lugging around your top-spec PC? Thanks to an interesting collaboration between a fashion designer and a web browser, you could soon own your very own $2,000 high-end gaming PC carry bag, described as a "handcrafted, XXXXXXL bucket bag" for all of your important kit. This isn't an early April fools joke, either. A collaboration between Opera GX and fashion designer Hed Mayner led to the creation of the Prêt-à-Portable collection, of which this bag is part. It might seem mad, but given the size, it looks big enough to fit the best gaming PCs out there with room to spare. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Riot teams up with OperaGX for League of Legends World Championship Opera GX's new browser AI wants to answer all your videogame questions Get popular indie game roguelike free on Opera GX View the full article
Freighters in No Man’s Sky open a whole new range of features and mechanics to have fun with. From building a base on the capital ship to assembling a fleet of frigates and sending them out on expeditions to find rare loot, there’s a lot you can do. You can only own one freighter at a time, but there are ways to expand and upgrade it. For example, Salvaged Frigate Modules unlock new rooms and structures you can build on the freighter, similar to Salvaged Data and regular blueprints. View the full article
Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 and Warzone Season 2 doesn't appear to be off to a great start on Steam, as data shows a decrease of over 70,000 players when compared to 2023's Modern Warfare 3 Season 2 update. Both Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6and Warzone received the highly anticipated Season 2 update on January 28, but new content and improvements don't appear to have brought back players who have recently ditched the shooter. View the full article
A large part of the map is locked behind a gate when you arrive on the island in Hello Kitty Island Adventure. To access this area, you need to find the three Yellow Power Crystals missing from the gate. Chococat gives you a compass to help you track them down, but it’s not very helpful since the island is vast, and you’re given no direction for where you should start. They’re also spread out pretty far, so if you’re having trouble tracking them down, here’s where to find all three Yellow Power Crystals in Hello Kitty Island Adventure. View the full article
The upcoming fifth season of MultiVersus will be its last, the game’s developer has confirmed. “After careful consideration, our next Season will serve as the final seasonal content update for the game,” a statement on the game’s blog reads. Season 5 will run from February 5 until May 30, at which point the game will go offline and will be delisted from the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Steam and Epic Games Store. Read More... View the full article
If you want to learn everything there is about Harley Sawyer in Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4, you’ll need to find his keycard to open his room inside the Doctor’s Headquarters. I won’t lie to you: When face-to-face with The Doctor’s robots, I spent most of the time running around like a headless chicken. Acting like I was playing a running simulator, I darted around the map, searching for the power cells to finally confront Harley Sawyer. But my drive to meet this experiment meant I neglected to look for anything else in this giant, dark room, missing out on Harley Sawyer’s keycard when I reached his lair. View the full article
Following layoffs at BioWare that saw the exit of many key developers of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, one former writer on the series has moved to reassure fans by saying: “DA isn't dead because it's yours now.” This week, EA restructured BioWare to focus on Mass Effect 5 only. Some who worked on Dragon Age: The Veilguard were moved to projects at other EA studios. Some revealed they were laid off and were now seeking work. The decision followed EA’s announcement that Dragon Age: The Veilguard had underperformed on its expectations for the long-awaited action RPG. EA said Dragon Age "engaged" 1.5 million players during its recent financial quarter, which was down nearly 50% from the company's projections. Notably, EA did not say the 1.5 million number was unit sales (Dragon Age: The Veilguard was also available as a part of EA's Play Pro subscription service). Additionally, it's not clear whether EA is counting a free trial of the game that was available through the cheaper EA Play subscription in the 1.5 million number either. Either way, EA’s announcement, its restructure of BioWare, and confirmation of layoffs have combined to create the sense within the Dragon Age fandom that the series is pretty much dead. There is no DLC planned for The Veilguard, and BioWare’s work on the game came to an end last week with what sounded like its last major update. But Dragon Age: The Veilguard senior writer Sheryl Chee, who was moved from BioWare to Iron Man and Battlefield developer Motive, took to social media to offer words of hope. "I'm now with Motive,” Chee began. “It's been a hard two years seeing my team get chipped away and having to still keep going. But I'm still employed, so there's that." Then, in response to a fan who lamented the death of Dragon Age, Chee replied to say the series now belongs to the fans who will keep it alive with their own contributions. “So a cool French woman dropped a cool quote from Camus on me today: ‘In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.’ (I mean, who does resistance like the French, right?) We're going through it right now. It's a lot, everywhere… “But DA isn't dead. There's fic. There's art. There's the connections we made through the games and because of the games. Technically EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can't own an idea, no matter how much they want to. “DA isn't dead because it's yours now.” Then: “So someone just reposted my thing saying they'll write a giant AU and that's what I'm talking about. If DA has inspired you to do something, if it sparks that Invincible summer, then it's done it's job, and it has been my greatest honor to have been a part of that.” Dragon Age began life with 2010’s Dragon Age: Origins, which was followed up just a year later by Dragon Age 2. Dragon Age: Inquisition released three years later, in 2014. But it took a decade for the latest sequel, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, to come out. In September, former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah, who left BioWare in 2020, revealed that Dragon Age Inquisition had sold over 12 million copies, and “massively” oversold EA’s internal projections for the game. EA has yet to outright say Dragon Age is dead, but it’s hard to see a new game in the series any time soon, if ever, given what’s happened to BioWare itself and the full focus on Mass Effect 5. As for Mass Effect, EA said a "core team" at BioWare is developing the next Mass Effect game under the leadership of veterans from the original trilogy, including Mike Gamble, Preston Watamaniuk, Derek Watts, Parrish Ley, and others. “While we're not sharing numbers, the studio has the right number of people in the right roles to work on Mass Effect at this stage of development,” EA told IGN. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
Knowing which character to pull for during the Phase 2 banners of Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 can be tough, especially with the extended lineup that developer HoYoverse has prepared, including one new character who follows a brand-new playable Path, as well as three different 5-star reruns. With the limited number of Stellar Jades players can obtain for free through natural gameplay, they will likely have to make difficult choices. Even with all the Stellar ***** in Honkai: Star Rail 3.0, it should be nearly impossible to obtain all four 5-star units during the limited three-week ******* before the banners refresh. View the full article
Civilization 7 is gearing up to be one of the biggest games of 2025 for strategy lovers, offering a fresh take on the beloved franchise. The first time I sat down to begin my review of the game, it felt like I blinked and I was suddenly 300 turns into the match—to say it’s entirely immersive is an understatement. I recently had the opportunity to glimpse behind the scenes in an exclusive Dot Esports interview with creative director Ed Beach and executive producer Dennis Shirk, discussing the biggest and brightest additions players can expect in the Feb. 11 release. View the full article
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New Dungeons and Dragons playtest material released by Wizards of the Coast has some Forgotten Realms fans up in arms about a supposed lore change. The new Unearthed Arcana playtest includes eight new subclasses, but the kerfuffle is centered around just one of them, a new Paladin subclass called the Purple Dragon Knight. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: DnD will produce no new campaigns in 2025, and that's a very good thing All DnD classes explained DnD's next free adventure looks like a zombie-busting tower defense game View the full article