The transfer window in Counter-Strike 2 is slowly but surely coming to an end, with Vitality making arguably the biggest signing yet. The organization announced the signing of ropz today, who left FaZe Clan on Jan. 1. This confirmed the rumors spread through social media over the past few weeks. With Spinx benched by Vitality earlier and ropz released from FaZe, his signing was all but confirmed—and now it’s official. View the full article
An adorable NPC is wandering the halls of the new map in Marvel Rivals, and he has a special message for anyone who can find him. Find out here where to find and how to speak to Bats the Ghost Dog in Marvel Rivals to unlock a hidden achievement. Where is Bats the Ghost Dog in Marvel Rivals? You can find Bats the Ghost Dog by exploring the lobby in the new Marvel Rivals Sanctum Sanctorum map. This new map is available to explore by loading up a Doom Match. The Doctor Strange base includes a large oil painting of Doctor Strange and his faithful hound, with the ghostly dog walking (well, floating) through the halls nearby. Approach Bats to initiate the conversation and unlock the Hounding Conversation achievement. View the full article
Los Angeles is currently hell on earth, with a series of wildfires destroying countless homes. The fires have delayed events ranging from Oscar nominations to sports games, and Pokémon Go players worldwide are expected to arrive in the city next month to participate in the in-person Unova Tour. With the ongoing fires in LA, Dot Esports reached out to Niantic about the Pokémon Go Unova Tour in LA—set to take place from Feb. 21 to 23 in Pasadena and the surrounding city—to see if the company planned to cancel the event or has any alternative plans should Rose Bowl Stadium be damaged, or the event be deemed too dangerous to continue. View the full article
Square Enix has adopted a new “Group Customer Harassment Policy” which is stated to protect executives, employees, and partners from undue requests and harassment from customers. It’s no small secret that in the gaming community, fans can get a little heated and “undue requests” can become memes unto themselves (remember everyone begging for Super Smash Bros. […] Source View the full article
NetEase Games has surprised Marvel Rivals fans by including free skins for Peni Parker and Scarlet Witch in the battle pass for Season 1: Eternal Night Falls. After ensnaring Doctor Strange in a trap, Dracula launches an attack on New York City, forcing The Fantastic Four to lead the fight against the iconic vampire. Gamers looking to jump into Season 1 of Marvel Rivals can do so between January 10 and April 11, 2025. View the full article
While once upon a time soulslikes were a big no, over the past few months they've slowly but surely sunk their hooks into me. It began with Lies of P, then transitioned to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn and eventually FromSoftware's magnum opus, Elden Ring, which I genuinely fell in love with. But I also took a trip back into the past, picking up Bandai's age-old vampire RPG, Code Vein. As someone who has a hopeless infatuation with creatures of the night it quickly became my favorite soulslike. So imagine my face when I saw AI Limit, a mashup of Code Vein's combat and Nier Automata's dystopian aesthetic - spoiler alert, I was smiling. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
Marvel Rivals has plenty of achievements you can finish to earn rewards. Some of these tasks, like the Shero of Wakanda achievement, ask you to interact with the map in specific ways, which can be tricky to get done while in battle. This achievement is a key one you can complete in The Chronoverse Saga section. If you’re struggling to figure out what needs to be done for it, here’s how to get the Shero of Wakanda achievement in Marvel Rivals. View the full article
Bungie is showing off the new armor sets for Festival of the Lost, letting Destiny 2 players vote for Slashers or Spectres featuring the likes of Jason, Slenderman, and more. With the new year finally here, Destiny 2 has entered the final act of Episode Revenant, letting fans experience the narrative conclusion while also earning new loot like Slayer's Fang. View the full article
Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman debuted in Marvel Rivals on Jan. 10. While players enjoy the new heroes, they understandably wonder when the Thing and the Human Torch will join them. Marvel’s First Family is at the center of attention in season one of Marvel Rivals. The story revolves around The Fantastic Four versus Dracula in an alternate reality. Dracula took over New York City and threatened the multiverse. While Dracula isn’t actually a character in Marvel Rivals, half of The Fantastic Four are there, while the Thing and The Human Torch are missing. When will they join them? View the full article
The release of a new Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion set should, in theory, be an incredibly exciting time for the player base. While this is usually the case, some set announcements and pre-order periods can cause a little chaos in the collector’s community. The upcoming expansion sets Prismatic Evolutions and Journey Together are some of the most hyped PTCG releases in recent years. View the full article
Ubisoft has seemingly leaked the first expansion for Japan-set Assassin's Creed Shadows following its announcement of another delay. As reported by Insider Gaming, the game's Steam page was momentarily updated to include information on a 10-hour piece of downloadable content called Claws of Awaji, which will add a whole new map to the open-world game. "Pre-purchase now to get a bonus mission and the upcoming Claws of Awaji expansion," the Steam page read. "Travel to a new region, get over 10 hours of additional content, and unlock a new weapon type, new skills, gear, and abilities." Travel to a new region, get over 10 hours of additional content, and unlock a new weapon type, new skills, gear, and abilities. The phrasing is a little confusing, as it makes it sound as though Claws of Awaji will only be available to those who pre-purchase the game, similar to the previously announced "bonus mission" Thrown to the Dogs. This would be unusual, however, as major expansions such as this are usually reserved for Season Passes. That being said, Ubisoft is ditching the Season Pass model for Assassin's Creed Shadows following major practice shake-ups in the wake of Star Wars Outlaws underperforming. Alongside scrapping the Season Pass, which would typically let players access two larger expansions for an additional $30 or so, Ubisoft is cancelling plans to charge players more to play on launch day. It is therefore assumed DLC expansions such as Claws of Awaji will be made free for all players. Though details are restricted to the brief paragraph published to Steam, the name Claws of Awaji does shed some light on what players will find in the DLC. Ubisoft quietly revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows' world map in the Collector's Edition trailer, which showed nine detailed regions plus one small island left blank. This island is the Awaji the Claws of Awaji title presumably references, meaning this currently blank area of the map should one day be filled in through DLC. Awaji Island is perhaps most famous for its prominence in the Japanese religion of Shinto, where it is said to be the first island created in the world through the legend of Izanagi and Izanami. As Assassin's Creed has delved further and further into mythology and not just history with recent releases, especially in the role-playing game series which Shadows belongs to, fans will perhaps get to delve into Japanese legends with the addition of the Claws of Awaji. It will be longer than expected before this is possible, of course, as Ubisoft has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows once again, this time to March 20. It was first pushed to February 14 from its November 12 release date. A lot rests on the shoulders of Assassin's Creed Shadows as not only the long-awaited Japan-set entry and the first full Assassin's Creed since 2020, but a struggling Ubisoft needs it to perform well following recent flops and investor frustration. It's not enjoyed a particularly positive promotional ******* so far, however, with the development team having to apologize on separate occasions for inaccuracies in Assassin's Creed Shadows' depictions of Japan and using a historical recreation group's flag without permission. Yet another controversy came as collectible figure maker PureArts removed an Assassin's Creed Shadows statue from ***** over its "insensitive" design, and combined with the two delays, fans are growing increasingly impatient as a result. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
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League of Legends season 15 is here, and with it plenty of in-game changes that drastically alter the way the good ol' fashioned push and pull of Summoner's Rift goes down. However, alongside a fresh coat of paint, a new champion, and some significant changes to the map courtesy of feats of strength and a new map boss, there are a few bugs that are rubbing folks the wrong way. Read more View the full article
It feels like there's been an ARPG renaissance over the past couple of years. 2023 marked the return of the OG dungeon crawler with Diablo 4, then 2024 saw the triumphant arrival of Path of Exile 2. Last Epoch, however, was primed to take its place at the top, with over 264,000 players diving in when it launched back in February of last year. Now, that number is barely breaking 2,500, with its last big event taking place in October and Season 2 set for April. As a result, some claim that the game is "dead," but game director Judd 'Moxjet200' Cobbler assures us otherwise. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Last Epoch updates make it a serious contender to Path of Exile 2 in 2025 Last Epoch dev has solutions for some of the Diablo rival's biggest frustrations Last Epoch Imperial Uprising adds an essential new feature to the ARPG View the full article
Another handheld! Although not a gaming handheld like you may have been thinking. The Mecha Comet is a small handheld modular Linux computer around the size of a phone. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Teamwork makes the dream work, whether in life, esports, or in the wonderful comic book world of Marvel. Marvel Rivals has plenty of powerful Team-Up abilities you can use to dominate the battlefield. but you need to know what they are before you can start using them. Every character you can play has their own unique abilities unlike any other. But there are also special Team-Up abilities that might inspire you to strategically craft your teams, like Rocket and Groot or Iron Man and Hulk, to create powerful combos. Here are all of the available Team-Ups in Marvel Rivals and what each one does. View the full article
Marvel Rivals season one dropped on Jan. 10, introducing new maps and characters, including Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Both heroes have skins, but you can get one for Sue Storm for free called Blood Shield. While a blood and vampire-related skin may not be the most accurate, comic book-wise, it makes sense in season one of Marvel Rivals. That’s because the season centers around Dracula taking over an alternate reality of New York. With that in mind, the Blood Shield skin perfectly plays alongside this theme, and it’s available for free if you’ve got time to grind it. View the full article
Ahead of its original release date, several editions of Assassin’s Creed Shadows were announced, each including different content at different price points. This is a pretty common release model for AAA games at this point, though the quality of these different editions can range wildly. For instance, the Deluxe Edition of Madden 25 was basically just the base game with some in-game currency bundled in at a slight discount. Fortunately, it looks like Assassin’s Creed Shadows may have a more generous plan for its different editions, at least if nothing changes from its initial price points. View the full article
I'm not a League of Legends player but I am enjoying Arcane. That's only partially the reason why this gaming PC over at Hyte's CES 2025 booth wins my gaming PC of the show award (a prize I just made up)... Read more.View the full article
Broadly speaking, there are two types of zombie games. In column A, we have Resident Evil and The Last of Us, highly choreographed, self-serious affairs that prioritize careful item management, rich atmosphere, and scripted scares. And in column B, it's State of Decay, Dying Light, and, to a lesser extent, Project Zomboid. Here, it's more about freedom and fun. Rather than caution, you play with style. The gore is plentiful and the undead come in hordes. Originally released all the way back in 1998, the same year that Half-Life gifted us the iconic headcrab monsters, one zombie classic feels like it falls somewhere in the middle, and now it's getting a huge new remake. Welcome back to The House of the Dead 2. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
My Curse of Strahd D&D players have taken a lot of punishment lately. It didn't surprise me, then, that they were reluctant to leap into another battle in our first session of the year. Spell slots were in short supply after a brutal crawl through Castle Ravenloft, and long rests looked unlikely. What did surprise me was the way they chose to cheese their way around combat - fishing zombies out of a room full of water, then blowing them up. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: DnD's new Monster Manual makes dragons scary again, with gnarly signature moves DnD sizes explained All DnD classes explained View the full article
The Marvel Rivals Season 1 update appears to have done more than add the Fantastic Four — players say it's also cracked down on mods. Ever since Marvel Rivals’ hugely successful December launch players have used mods to create custom skins despite concern over account bans. Popular mods include turning Iron Man into Vegeta from Dragon Ball and Mantis into a goth. There’s even a mod that turns Jeff the Land Shark into Pochita from Chainsaw Man. Using mods violates Marvel Rivals’ terms of use, and developer NetEase itself has warned players against modifying game files. Despite the risk of getting banned, Marvel Rivals mods remain hugely popular. Until now. Players are reporting the Season 1 update has added asset hash checking, which in turn has disabled mods. The official Marvel Rivals Discord is starting to fill up with questions from bemused players who are asking why their mods aren’t working, and social media is now bubbling up the explanation. IGN has asked NetEase for comment. Some have suggested mod makers may be able to issue workarounds for their creations, but as it stands Marvel Rivals is a mod-free game. And the crackdown perhaps comes as little surprise. NetEase generates revenue from the free-to-play hero shooter through the ***** of premium skins. If modding threatens that revenue in any way, NetEase will have taken a dim view. We’ve seen a similar crackdown from other developers who sell premium skins for their games. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment at one point disabled mods for the game, although later reversed its decision. Will NetEase for Marvel Rivals? In the meantime, check out the Marvel Rivals Season 1 patch notes, and official stats that reveal Marvel Rivals' pick and win rates in Quickplay and Competitive modes for Season 0. And keep an eye on the latest Marvel Rivals codes for free skins, and vote on the strongest Marvel Rivals characters in our community tier list. Image credit: Vegeta as Iron Man mod on Nexus Mods. 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
The Magic: The Gathering card Collector's Cage has spiked in price, going from $3.40 on January 4, 2025 to $10 at time of writing. That's a pretty speedy rise of 194% in just six days, and though it seems to have leveled out for now, more expensive variants of the card continue to gain value. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG gives classic card its first real reprint in 27 years Uncommon MTG bounce spell suddenly spikes in value by 900% The best MTG cards of all time View the full article
Since JoyToy released its first licensed Warhammer 40,000 action figures back in 2021, fans have been united behind a single dream - if you somehow had two armies of these massive figures, could you play a giant game of Warhammer with them? Warhammer fan Chris Tilley and his friends brought that dream to life at Illinois game store Fantasy Books and Games earlier this year, in a titanic showdown between the Ultramarines and Sons of Horus. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Why everyone loves Tyberos the Red Wake, Warhammer 40k's biggest Space Marine Free Warhammer 40k fan game lets you model Drukhari lingerie Warhammer 40k is cool, but this fan-made Gundam wargame uses actual airguns View the full article
Updated January 10, 2025: New codes added! Welcome to Zenless Zone Zero, a post-apocalyptic RPG made by the creative minds behind the ever-popular Genshin Impact. Explore the futuristic haven known as New Eridu and face the menacing Entities that threaten to wipe out humanity. When the situation gets dire, redeem Zenless Zone Zero codes. All Zenless Zone Zero codes list Active Zenless Zone Zero codes ASTRANOMICAL — 300 Polychromes, 30k Dennies, 2 Senior Investigator Log, and 3 W-Engine Module (New) ZZZFM — 3 Senior Investigator Log, 3 W-Engine Module, 3 Ether Planting Agent, Ether Battery, and 40k Dennies (New) ZZZASSEMBLE — 50 Polychromes MIYABIRELEASE — 60 Polychromes HARUMASAFREE — 50 Polychromes VOIDHUNTER — 300 Polychromes, 30k Dennies, 2 Senior Investigator Logs, and 3 W-Engine Modules VIRTUALREVENGE — 300 Polychromes, 30k Dennies, 2 Senior Investigator Logs, and 3 W-Engine Modules HSAHLWFEFE — 60 Polychromes an...View the full article
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The transfer window in Counter-Strike 2 is slowly but surely coming to an end, with Vitality making arguably the biggest signing yet. The organization announced the signing of ropz today, who left FaZe Clan on Jan. 1. This confirmed the rumors spread through social media over the past few weeks. With Spinx benched by Vitality earlier and ropz released from FaZe, his signing was all but confirmed—and now it’s official. View the full article