What was meant to be a celebratory event trailer has been overshadowed by the demand for a removed League of Legends loot system. It wouldn’t be a new season without fans letting Riot Games know what’s up, and this time it has escalated to other areas of the game. Riot has been receiving some heavy flak over the past few days for their decision to remove Hextech chests partially for players not looking to spend any money on them. At the time of writing, players are unable to earn Hextech chests, with the loot item only available for purchase in the League store. View the full article
ccording to an investor analysis report from Zeus Capital, Planet Coaster 2 hasn't lived up to expectations when it comes to revenue and reception from the playerbase, and it doesn't look like anyone's too surprised... Read more.View the full article
Getting and using Wishful Resin in Honkai: Star Rail has become an important part of players’ continued maintenance as of Version 3.0, the update in which the new item type has been introduced. Wishful Resin was added to the turn-based RPG by HoYoverse alongside Variable Dice, a new important type of item for optimizing character builds. While Variable Dice allows you to randomly redistribute enhancements applied to sub-stats on level Relics and Ornaments, Wishful Resin allows you to have a better chance while crafting. This is because Wishful Resin works alongside the valuable Self-Modeling Resin in Honkai: Star Rail. View the full article
The controversial Grand Theft Auto 6 parody game, Grand Taking Ages VI, has been pulled from the PlayStation Store, but it has made its way to Steam. However, to be accepted on Steam, this Grand Theft Auto 6 parody had to make some tweaks to its presentation and is now slated for release in 2025. View the full article
Fans of Xbox's beloved Gears of War franchise are getting their hopes up about a Halo: The Master Chief Collection-like anthology release after they see Phil Spencer has recently revisited the series. Gears of War has been back on Xbox fans' minds for the past several months after the reveal of Gears of War: E-Day closed out Xbox's Summer Game Fest showcase last June. E-Day is set before the events of the original Gears of War trilogy, and will focus on the friendship of Marcus Fenix and fellow COG Dom Santiago. View the full article
Reflector Entertainment has announced the cancellation of an in-development project and another round of layoffs following the "failure" of its debut game, Unknown 9: Awakening. Studio CEO Herve Hoerdt said he halted work in the project, which was in the "conceptualization phase," as continuing development "would not have been sustainable for the future of the studio.".. Read more.View the full article
Over one in 10 developers questioned in a new industry survey said they were laid off over the past year. GDC’s latest annual State of the Game Industry survey, which asked over 3,000 game developers across indie and AAA studios questions about their work, was published on Tuesday. About 11% of respondents reported being laid off in the past 12 months, which was up from 7% in last year’s survey. Read More... View the full article
If you thought Jeff’s ultimate in Marvel Rivals is obnoxious to play against, you might be in for a ****** surprise with Thanos’ arrival in the game, which could be soon considering the developer’s aim to release two heroes a season. One Reddit thread has Marvel Rivals players considering the world where Thanos makes his way into the game—and if so, if he would have access to his iconic snap of the Infinity Gauntlet, eliminating half of the players in the match and making way for another team-wipe ultimate in the game similar to Jeff. View the full article
The official Metaphor: ReFantazio manga has been released, and the first chapter has already introduced changes to the game's story. Atlus partnered with Shueisha to publish the Metaphor: ReFantazio manga monthly in V Jump magazine, and some readers have noticed that the narrative quickly differs from that of the game. These changes were likely made to optimize the story for the manga format, and it remains to be seen if more adjustments will follow in the coming chapters. View the full article
The world of Poppy Playtime is as deep and dark as an abyss, but thankfully for players, it’s easier to understand than Five Nights at Freddy’s. There’s a lot left undiscovered, alongside many mysteries concerning its overarching antagonists. As each chapter unveils, we learn more about Playtime Co.’s dark history, and get one step closer to discovering its truth. Here’s a rundown of Poppy Playtime‘s full history. View the full article
Wizards of the Coast has promised that its new Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual will be packed with practical advice. Monsters now have tables of flavor, suggested biomes and creatures to bother with, plus varied loot preferences. All this will (hopefully) help budding DMs design more interesting combat encounters. But there's one crucial piece of advice that new Dungeon Masters need to know. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AI dungeon master for DnD railroads players All DnD 5e languages explained Dear DMs, stop putting casinos in your DnD games View the full article
Grab some pizza and get ready for a potentially radical collaboration coming up in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6’s season two, which is set to begin next week. According to data miner @PlayStationSize on X/Twitter, season two’s key art has been revealed to showcase an operator wielding what looks like two katanas (CoD officially confirmed season two’s art not much later). The art is awesome and the operator looks very cool, but that’s just half the story. View the full article
It's almost time to hear the clopping of hooves, the clanking of swords against armor, and a barrage of witty quips in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. The long-awaited and ambitious sequel to the popular medieval RPG arrives in just a couple of weeks' time, and ahead of launch developer Warhorse has unveiled an extremely stacked 2025 roadmap. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 dev slams "grifters" amid 'anti-woke' backlash Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 dev may ban people from forum for discussing politics Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 isn't the self-serious medieval sim you might expect View the full article
Marvel Rivals has announced a Spring Festival event, which will bring a new game mode, free rewards, and fresh cosmetics to the hero shooter on January 23. This is the second major limited-time event for Marvel Rivals, as it recently featured its Winter Celebration, which rewarded players with a free skin for Jeff the Land Shark. View the full article
With the first of Magic: The Gathering's Aetherdrift spoilers, we've seen both the face and alternate commanders for the two EDH decks releasing with this set. One is a zombies deck focused on the plane of Amonkhet, while the other - based on Avishkar - is centered around energy and artifacts. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG Aetherdrift planeswalkers include biker Chandra and a busted Aetherspark Magic: The Gathering release schedule 2025 MTG Aetherdrift release date, card spoilers, and latest news View the full article
MTG Aetherdrift previews are here, and somewhere amongst this traffic jam of weird and wacky vehicles, engines revving and car horns awooga-ing, lurk two cards we're very excited to see: The Aetherspark and Chandra, Sparkhunter. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG spoilers reveal zombie and energy Aetherdrift Commanders Magic: The Gathering release schedule 2025 MTG Aetherdrift release date, card spoilers, and latest news View the full article
Building your character in Path of Exile 2 is often challenging and time-consuming, but also satisfying. Having the perfect equipment is no easy feat, especially if you’re looking for unique items. Unfortunately, as rare as they might be, they are essential in endgame builds, including amulets. Like it’s predecessor, PoE 2 offers a plethora of unique items for your character to wear. When it comes to amulets, in the current game, there are “only” 21 of them. As you will learn soon, farming them isn’t a piece of cake—but they’re worth the hustle eventually. View the full article
Marvel Rivals’ Spring Festival event celebrates ******** New Year in fun ways, including a free skin for one of the game’s most fun Duelist heroes. In ******** culture, the Dancing Lion is a staple of ******** New Year celebrations. The large, boisterous puppets can be seen dancing through the streets while being puppeted by two or more dancers beneath them, and that’s where the inspiration for Marvel Rivals’ new skins comes from. View the full article
Following the yearly tradition, Destiny 2 prepared an emblem to celebrate the ******** New Year. Since 2025 is the Year of the Snake, you can get your hands on the Year of the Snake emblem. Unfortunately, getting this emblem involves jumping through a few hoops—at least for now. Here’s how to get the Year of the Snake emblem in Destiny 2. View the full article
Sid Meier's Civilization VII has now finished development (gone gold) and will be ready for its February 11 release date as announced by the game's official X account on Monday. However, you'll be able to gain five days early access if you own one of two different special editions of the game. View the full article
Look, I know you might be a bit sick of GTA 6 fans desperate for a second trailer clutching at straws so hard they're on the verge of getting kicked out of Macccy Ds for theiries that might point to when such a thing could arrive, but some of them are at it again. The spark that lit the speculation fire this time? Some numbers on a shipping container. Read more View the full article
Campfires in Fortnite are one of the features you may overlook the majority of the time, but when a particular challenge comes around or there’s no Medkit in sight, the necessity increases. To help you out, we’ve got a handy guide on where to find them. When standing near a Campfire in Fortnite, your health will recharge and utilizing them means you can save any Medkits until you desperately need them. Of course, don’t stand directly on them; fire hurts and it will cause damage. View the full article
Many moons ago in the Before Times, a mysterious cataclysm scattered a number of seasoned BioWare developers across the face of heaven. The developers fell upon the mortal planes like comets. Where each landed, a game development studio took root. Inflexion Games. Summerfall Studios. Humanoid Origin. Worlds Untold. Archetype Entertainment. Summerfall appears to be prospering, but many of the studios founded by former BioWare devs have fallen on hard times. In particular, Humanoid Origin and Worlds Untold have respectively closed and "paused operations" without releasing a single game. I'm raising a tentatively congratulatory glass, then, to Yellow Brick Games, a studio founded by former Dragon Age director Mike Laidlaw. The company's debut game Eternal Strands will release on 28th January, and there's now a PC demo. Read more View the full article
Crikey, if you're someone that likes to play as many Xbox Game Pass titles as possible, the second January wave will certainly test you. Read more View the full article
A new Mario Kart is on the way for Nintendo’s latest hardware, the Switch 2, and is expected to bring a new gimmick to the franchise that wasn’t in other games before. But there’s no way of knowing what it is from the brief glimpse of kart racing we saw. That hasn’t stopped many eagle-eyed Nintendo fans from noticing some teasers for the game, such as the possibility of 24-player races over the usual 12 and what appears to be a couple of new items. Some have also noticed drastic changes to character designs, with Donkey Kong in particular gaining popularity online. View the full article
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What was meant to be a celebratory event trailer has been overshadowed by the demand for a removed League of Legends loot system. It wouldn’t be a new season without fans letting Riot Games know what’s up, and this time it has escalated to other areas of the game. Riot has been receiving some heavy flak over the past few days for their decision to remove Hextech chests partially for players not looking to spend any money on them. At the time of writing, players are unable to earn Hextech chests, with the loot item only available for purchase in the League store. View the full article