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Starfield was originally going to be much more violent, a former Bethesda artist has revealed. Bethesda's first-person shooters are no stranger to gore, but Fallout's blood and guts didn't make it to the studio's latest sci-fi adventure. It's now clear that the lack of graphic violence in Starfield was an intentional choice, even if it wasn't always going to be that way. View the full article

As you wander across Ancient China in Dynasty Warriors Origins, you will come across large orange crystals sticking out of the ground. These are Pyroxene deposits and you can mine them to help upgrade your abilities. These gems are far easier to spot than the Dynasty Warriors Origins Old Coins you can also find scattered across the world map. Once you’ve collected a bunch, you can refine them at any inn to bolster your abilities. Here, you’ll find everything you need to know about these orange crystals. View the full article

Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 has quickly become one of the most popular games to mod. On Nexus Mods alone downloads sit at a staggering 255 million and counting, overtaking stalwarts like The Witcher 3. Larian capitalized on this community with complete mod support, and since then the number of creations has kept on growing. From new outfits, weapons, and spells to entire custom quests, there's a lot on offer. This brings me to a new tease for a custom Baldur's Gate 3 campaign, which takes inspiration from none other than World of Warcraft. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The 31 best Baldur's Gate 3 mods Best Baldur's Gate 3 builds Baldur's Gate 3 most underrated NPCs to meet on your next playthrough View the full article

Dynasty Warriors Origins requires you to balance all your resources as you fight across the battlefield. Your health and healing items are also resources that must be managed well, especially on higher difficulty settings. Here are all the ways to heal quickly in Dynasty Warriors Origins. Table of contentsBest ways to heal in Dynasty Warriors OriginsConsume Meat BunsHealing gemstoneHealing skillsHealing itemsIncrease your defence Best ways to heal in Dynasty Warriors Origins There are a few different methods for healing in Dynasty Warriors Origins. View the full article

A new unannounced gaming GPU called the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 has just appeared as part of the spec for an LG laptop, suggesting that there will at least be a budget RTX 5000 GPU in the mobile world. The laptop appeared on a South Korean retailer's website, and it also appears to come equipped with a 144Hz screen. Even so, the LG Gram Pro 16 AI isn't a gaming laptop in the slightest and is instead mainly aimed at a professional audience. However, the Nvidia GPU inside it is drawing attention. At CES 2025, Nvidia announced its RTX 5000 series laptop graphics cards, but there was no mention of the RTX 5060, let alone the RTX 5050. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Save an incredible $93 on this 27-inch, 180Hz LG gaming monitor, if you're quick LG's new 45-inch OLED gaming monitor has a 5K resolution and it bends Grab a 24-inch, 100Hz, LG gaming monitor for under $80 with this amazing deal View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has proved to be a smash hit for Xbox, garnering countless glowing reviews as well as a lot of commercial success. This was all thanks to the incredible hard work of MachineGames, the developer behind Indy's latest outing. Of course, that hard work deserves to be recognized, and fortunately, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has been nominated for multiple awards, including Game of the Year. View the full article

PGA Tour 2K25 has revealed the golfing athletes and artwork gracing the covers for the latest entry in the golf sports simulation series. Justin Thomas, winner of five PGA Tour events and former world number one, previously appeared on the cover of 2K21 followed by Tiger Woods, an inductee of the World of Golf Hall of Fame and second-ranked in men’s major championships, on the cover of 2K23, and PGA Tour 2K25 features three popular players. View the full article

The monster Godzilla is making his way to the island in Fortnite, and to prepare for his arrival, you can complete several important quests to learn about him. One of these tasks asks you to find out Monarch’s secrets. This quest can be fairly tricky to finish since there are a few spots you can travel to for it, and some of the items you need to find are decently small. Here’s how to find out Monarch’s secrets and all locations for them in Fortnite. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The stream began to raise eyebrows just 18 minutes in when Musk accessed his character's stash. A tab labeled "Elon's map" stood out conspicuously, as other tabs lacked similar personalized names. This oddity sparked speculation that someone else might have curated the tab's contents to facilitate easier gameplay, allowing Musk... Read Entire Article View the full article

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remake, reported to be in the works and set for release in 2025, has seen an alleged list of details leak onto the internet. Mp1st reported that details for the unannounced game were accidentally released by a former employee at video game support studio Virtuos. Microsoft declined to comment when contacted by IGN. According to Mp1st, Virtuos has remade Bethesda’s much-loved open world role-playing game using Unreal Engine 5, which suggests a significant rework rather than a more straightforward remaster. Gameplay changes were also allegedly detailed, including tweaks to Stamina, Sneak, Blocking, Archery, Hit Reaction, and the heads-up display (HUD). As reported by Mp1st, Blocking was changed with action games and Soulslikes in mind because the original system was too “boring” and “frustrating.” Sneak icons are now allegedly highlighted, with damage calculation revamped. The knockdown that comes from Stamina being depleted is reportedly harder to trigger. And the HUD was redesigned to make it easier to understand. Elsewhere, hit reactions were added to make response clearer, and Archery was reportedly modernized in both first and third-person perspectives. Word of an Oblivion remaster emerged in 2023 when documents published as part of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) versus Microsoft trial over the buyout of Activision Blizzard revealed a number of unannounced Bethesda games set for release in the years ahead. The list, put together in July 2020 ahead of Microsoft’s March 2021 purchase of Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media, included the following: Financial year 2022: Oblivion RemasterIndiana Jones game Financial year 2023 Doom Year Zero and DLCProject KestrelProject Platinum Financial year 2024 The Elder Scrolls 6Project Kestrel: ExpansionLicensed IP GameFallout 3 RemasterGhostwire: Tokyo SequelDishonored 3DOOM Year Zero DLC Obviously a number of these games were either delayed or outright canceled. Doom Year Zero is now Doom: The Dark Ages and set for launch this year. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle didn’t launch until December 2024. And The Elder Scrolls 6 got nowhere near financial year 2024. That Oblivion remaster is what we’re concerned about now, though. And it’s worth noting it was called a remaster in the Microsoft document. Perhaps the scope of the project changed and Bethesda went big on a remake. We'll find out when the company finally unveils what has become one of the worst-kept secrets in all video games. Meanwhile, which platforms will the Oblivion remake launch on? Microsoft is all-in on multiplatform releases now, and with the Nintendo Switch 2 waiting in the wings, Oblivion may open its gates to more than just PC, Xbox, and PlayStation players. Leaker NateTheHate, who this week reported on the alleged release date of Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal, has said the Oblivion remake is set to launch this June. If the Switch 2 comes out around that time, as has been reported, perhaps Oblivion will make the console's launch window. Microsoft has an Xbox Developer Direct set for next week, and there ZeniMax-owned id Software will reveal more on Doom: The Dark Ages. Microsoft has teased it will also reveal a brand new game from a mystery developer, but it doesn't sound like it will be Oblivion. Windows Central’s Jez Corden has teased the game is “a new entry in a legendary Japanese IP which has decades of history, and should make a lot of fans happy.” 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

Dynasty Warriors Origins gives you the thrill of one-vs-1,000 combat, where you take on hordes of enemies and feel like a true war god. But the difficulty setting you choose can make or break the experience. So, here’s a breakdown of all difficulty settings and which is best for you in Dynasty Warriors Origins. All difficulty settings in Dynasty Warriors Origins Dynasty Warriors Origins has three difficulty settings you can choose when you start the game. View the full article

The Slayer’s Fang shotgun is another craftable Exotic weapon that you can get in Destiny 2. Since it’s craftable, there are multiple perk options and catalysts that you can slot in to make the most out of this gun. Slayer’s Fang is an Exotic Void slug shotgun with a perk Heart Piercer that creates submunitions on impact. The intrinsic perk, Nightsworn Sight, states that dealing final blows grants the Nightsworn Sight, increasing reload speed and damage and allowing submunitions to weaken targets. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

January 15 will be a big day for Zombies fans as Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 developer Treyarch Studios confirms it will reveal details on the mode's next map. There are currently three different maps for Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 Zombies fans to play on, but with the latest entry having four years of development time, it looks like Treyarch has an abundance of Zombies content on the way as Season 2 will see the debut of a fourth map. View the full article

A new gameplay trailer for Street Fighter 6 gives fans their best look at Mai Shiranui yet, while also confirming she'll be added to the roster in just a few weeks. Fans have been eager for more content in Street Fighter 6, with the second Year 2 DLC character Terry having launched all the way back on September 24, 2024, leaving a massive gap in content releases. View the full article

Sony Pictures Entertainment has published the first trailer for the upcoming Until Dawn film. Viewable above, it features insight from writer and producer Gary Dauberman, and director David F. Sandberg. The Until Dawn movie was shot in Hungary between August and October last year. Scheduled for release in October 2025, it’s an adaptation of the PS4 horror game which was recently remade for PS5. Read More... View the full article

If you've kept up with my vaguely coherent ramblings over the past few years, you'll know that Diablo is one of my favorite videogame franchises ever. It's the dreariness, the action, the sense of complete and utter hopelessness - sure, it's all a little bit depressing, but it's a world I can't tear myself away from. While there are a slew of other ARPGs - Path of Exile 2, Last Epoch - I've never really been able to divorce myself from Sanctuary, simply because I feel like Diablo will always just do it better. Wolcen Studio's new 'ExtrAction ARPG' Project Pantheon, however, adds an interesting twist to the traditional hacking and slashing, and, despite my affinity for Diablo, it may just lure me away. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Path of Exile 2's first major patch of the year will arrive later this week, with developer Grinding Gear Games saying it will address several common complaints about the game, with more improvements to come. One of the big sticking points for players has been endgame maps, which director Jonathan Rogers says it aims to make "more rewarding" through tweaks to loot and monster numbers, and the feel of the endgame in general. The thing is, though, that some of the stuff people are complaining about is also the point of the game... Read more.View the full article

Fisch’s latest Golden Tide update brings Dr. Glimmerfin to Moosewood Island, and the scientist needs your help to get four Algae samples in exchange for rewards. Roblox’s Fisch has multiple limited events, and Dr. Glimmerfin is trying to gather Algae samples to activate his machine and harness the great power of the Golden Tide. These Algae spawn randomly and can be tough to get, but you can use our strategies and the right kind of bait and fishing rod to enhance your chances of adding them to your collection. View the full article

Microsoft is seemingly ready to launch its flagship Xbox video game series Halo on rival platforms for the first time, including PlayStation and Nintendo Switch 2. Leaker NateTheHate, who this week reported that Nintendo is set to reveal Switch 2 on January 16, also reported in a separate podcast that Microsoft will finally bring Halo to PlayStation in the form of a PlayStation 5 port of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, as well as a release on Switch 2. Windows Central’s Jez Corden subsequently corroborated the report. Microsoft declined to comment when contacted by IGN. While Microsoft’s multiplatform video game strategy is well-documented at this stage, Halo was seen as the final frontier. However, perhaps the famous first-person shooter’s flight from Xbox shouldn’t come as a surprise. Last year, Microsoft’s gaming chief Phil Spencer said there were no “red lines” in its first-party lineup when it comes to going multiplatform — and that included Halo. Speaking to Bloomberg, Spencer said every Xbox game is up for grabs when it comes to making the multiplatform jump. “I do not see sort of red lines in our portfolio that say ‘thou must not,’” he said. Microsoft has so-far used older games released over a year ago for its multiplatform push as opposed to brand new games, but that will soon change with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which comes out on PS5 just a few months after it launched on Xbox and PC. Indiana Jones is the latest first-party Xbox game to make the jump to a rival console, and follows the multiplatform release of Obsidian’s Pentiment and Grounded, Tango Gameworks’ Hi-Fi Rush, and Rare’s Sea of Thieves earlier in 2024. In June, Microsoft announced Id Software's upcoming Doom: The Dark Ages will also launch on PS5 this year. Spencer has said Xbox’s multiplatform push is in part about bringing in more money to Microsoft’s gaming business — with the pressure now on to deliver following its eye-watering $69 billion acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. “We run a business,” Spencer said in August. “It’s definitely true inside of Microsoft the bar is high for us in terms of the delivery we have to give back to the company. Because we get a level of support from the company that’s just amazing and what we’re able to go do. “So I look at this, how can we make our games as strong as possible? Our platform continues to grow, on console, on PC, and on cloud. It’s just going to be a strategy that works for us.” As former Xbox executive Peter Moore told IGN last year, bringing Halo to PlayStation will have been a topic of discussion at Microsoft for some time. “Look, if Microsoft says, wait, we're doing $250 million on our own platforms, but if we then took Halo as, let's call it a third-party, we could do a billion… You got to think long and hard about that, right?” Moore said. “I mean, you just got to go, yeah, should it be kept? It's a piece of intellectual property. It's ******* than just a game. And how do you leverage that? Those are the conversations that always happen with, how do you leverage it in everything that we would do? “It's had its ups and downs, but look, Xbox wouldn't be what Xbox is without Halo. But yeah, I'm sure those conversations are happening. Whether they come to fruition, who knows? But they're definitely happening, I'm sure.” Microsoft does face a potential backlash from hardcore Xbox fans who are already disgruntled after what they feel is a devaluing of the Xbox as a console, the lack of exclusives, and Microsoft’s marketing strategy for its gaming business. Losing Halo to PlayStation could spark yet another angry response, but Moore told IGN that won’t deter Microsoft from doing what’s right for its business. “The question would be, ultimately, is that reaction enough not to make a fundamental business decision for the future of not only Microsoft’s business, but gaming in itself?” Moore said. “Those hardcore are getting smaller in size and older in age. You've got to cater to the generations that are coming through, because they're going to drive the business over the next 10, 20 years.” Halo isn’t alone in coming to PS5 and Switch 2. NateTheHate reported that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is also coming to PS5 and Switch 2. Windows Central additionally reported that Gears of War 1 Ultimate Edition, Hellblade 2, and Age of Mythology are coming to PS5 in 2025. The question now is, does Halo: The Master chief Collection's release on PS5 and Switch 2 open the door to other Halo games also going multiplatform? Could the next big Halo game launch across all platforms? Last year, tech experts said Halo’s move to Unreal Engine 5 would make it easier for developer Halo Studios, née 343 Industries, to take the game to PS5. 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 For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

There are signs of Godzilla appearing on the island, and if you find them, you can receive some bonus XP. Read on to find out how to investigate Godzilla’s footprints in Fortnite. Where to find Godzilla’s footprints in Fortnite The Godzilla Monsterverse quests come in three parts, starting with Nyanja’s quests and ending with Hope and Godzilla. One of the quests from Nyanja involves investigating the giant footprints left behind by what looks like a giant lizard. To complete the quest and get 25,000 XP, you must visit the footprints at the coast near the devastated Shining Span (now known as Shattered Span). View the full article

You'd be forgiven for thinking that EA has forgotten about The Sims 3. It's been 16 years since launch, and The Sims 4 has been the clear focus for the past few years. Until now, anyway. A surprise update for The Sims 3 just came out of nowhere, solving a longstanding problem for many players and igniting theories as to what could happen next. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Sims 3 Disney World community build showcases the life sim's magic In Putin's Russia: The Sims 4 rated 18+ Humble Origin Bundle is packed with great games. EA giving their cut to charity View the full article

Godzilla’s arrival in Fortnite provides a new slew of quests to complete, as well as some awesome rewards to pimp out your locker. The Japanese theme to Fortnite has been stunning players since season six began, and the wait for Godzilla has been a long one, with the legendary kaiju first teased before the start of the season. Now, he’s here—and leaks suggest another familiar face will join him. View the full article

Look fast! The Nintendo Switch 2 isn't just a thing you can speculate about the reveal of or trawl the internet looking for allegedly leaked pics which may or may not tell you anything about what it'll look like - it's actually set to have some games you'll be able to play on it. Plus, one of them is reportedly a game most of us were originally supposed to be playing late last year. Read more View the full article

In its latest update for Chapter 6 Season 1, Fortnite has given players the ability to use Fortnite Festival's instruments as pickaxes and back blings. Fortnite's latest season has come with a number of additions received positively by many fans. In December 2024, Epic Games added several new modes to the title, including Ballistic, LEGO Fortnite: Brick Life, and Fortnite OG. View the full article

A Call of Duty: Warzone player has discovered a new glitch that allows users to put camos from 2023's Modern Warfare 3 onto ****** Ops 6 weapons, which is something that many players believe should be a standard feature. While Modern Warfare 3's weapons are still readily available to use in Call of Duty: Warzone, many of the meta weapons come from Treyarch Studios' most recent Call of Duty game, ****** Ops 6, which means all of those hard-earned camos are now going to waste. View the full article