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The release of Grand Theft Auto 6 is only months away, yet Rockstar Games seems to have precious little to say about it. While that would seem like a poor move on the part of most developers, it may in fact be the smartest thing Rockstar could be doing to promote what already promises to be one of the biggest games of all time. View the full article

Domain Shards are one of the toughest items to farm for in Jujutsu Infinite, thanks to their low drop rates. But there are some workarounds that will let you get them quickly without having to rely on pure luck. Here’s how to get Domain Shards fast in Jujutsu Infinite. Table of contentsBest methods to get Domain Shards in Jujutsu InfiniteCasino Chip methodCurse Market Conversion methodTreasure Chest grinding method Best methods to get Domain Shards in Jujutsu Infinite There are three main methods to acquiring Doman Shards in Jujutsu Infinite: View the full article

Arrow Lake's debut is shaping up to be one of the most disappointing chapters in Intel's business history. The new Core Ultra CPUs have been heavily criticized for forcing customers into a significant performance downgrade compared to both AMD's latest offerings and Intel's previous processor generations. Read Entire Article View the full article

Marvel Rivals already has plenty of characters, maps, and quests sure to keep you busy, but there’s already a new season on the way to deliver even more fun. Season One is nearly here, and if you’re eager to start playing, you need to know when it’s launching. Season Zero was a short and special introductory one, so Season One is our first real look at what a season includes and it’s sure to have lots of content to explore. Here’s when Season One will begin in Marvel Rivals. View the full article

People have been complaining for a while that passing a CAPTCHA is too difficult, but developer and tech CEO Guillermo Rauch has made one of the hardest yet: a fully playable CAPTCHA based on the classic PC game Doom. It's been a long-running joke that developers will make Doom run on absolutely anything, so it's not much of a surprise that it's now running inside something that resembles a CAPTCHA. The app essentially amounts to a small Doom level that is playable with keyboard controls (arrow keys to move, space bar to shoot) within a CAPTCHA-like presentation. You must kill three enemies to pass the test. Read full article Comments View the full article

Despite the endless barrage of new store bundles, premium tracks for seasonal battle passes, and the doubly-premium BlackCell cosmetics, there's already a lot to spend your money on in ****** Ops 6 - and of course its free-to-play counterpart Warzone. With the imminent ****** Ops 6 Squid Game event, Call of Duty is adding yet another new monetization avenue thanks to a premium track of rewards themed around the Netflix hit. After pressure from community figureheads, Activision has now revealed the price of its premium Squid Game event pass, and while it's not as scary a number as many had feared, it costs the same as a seasonal battle pass which represents much better value. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: ****** Ops 6 Season 2 release date estimate, anti-cheat update, and more The best zombie games on PC 2025 The best new PC games 2025 View the full article

When it came to the last season's model, the Stealth 700 Gen 2s, my thoughts were very much in line with my learned US contemporary’s 8/10. They certainly weren't a perfect pair of cans right out of the box (with two medium-sized faults needing to be zapped via firmware updates), but those bugbears aside, my pair served me aural delights for ages. I’ve been keen to see (read: hear) how the envelope could be pushed further with a Gen 3. This new revision has some big memory foam cups to fill, though—the Stealth 700 Gen 2 wasn’t quite the apex of high-fidelity ear candy in 2020, but at the time it was Turtle Beach’s best headset to date by a considerable margin. Have these Gen 3s spent four years of an off-season raising the benchmark? Yes and no (but mostly yes). I’m going to dig into specifics in a sec, but I should get the impulse purchasers among you sorted with the cheapest prices available now. If you wish to skip all that window shopping in favour of raw info and unfiltered impressions instead, click here to jump right to it. Best Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 3 Deals Amazon – $274 JB Hi-Fi – $399 Big W – $399 Kogan - $348 Scorptec - $399 Catch – $360 Ears On Impressions Let's roll out a basic overview of these cans for those of you who skipped Gen 1 and Gen 2. First of all, and though its packaging is big on the Xbox branding, know that the Stealth 700s are very much a wireless multiplatform affair with support for PlayStation 4 / 5, PC, Steam Deck, and mobile devices in addition to your Xbox X|S / One. The biggest feather in its cap? A CrossPlay 2.4GHz wireless system that leverages two (included) USB transmitters (plus some simultaneous Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity) to let you seamlessly and sans hassle switch your audio output from different platforms with a button tap. And, obviously, the implications of that Bluetooth double up are that you can listen to music while you're gaming, take a call while you're gaming, etc. Pretty slick stuff, though many of us have been enjoying this for ages. Additionally, the Stealth 700 boasts 80-hours worth of battery charge, and the Swarm II companion app is still on hand to tweak and get the most out of your A.I. noise-cancelling mic and the impressive 60nm Eclipse Dual Drivers. In layman's terms, that's more or less a subwoofer and a tweeter separated. The theory being: halving the workload for better results as one driver delivers the sharper high-end audio details and the other is handling the beasts below who are lurking in the low-end of your soundscape. It's also worth noting that there's a 10-band onboard EQ, and that the 60nms are indeed an upgrade from the 50nm nano clears used by the Stealth 700 Gen 2. Technically speaking, they're only "new" if you discount the fact that these 60s have been used in another Turtle Beach headset in the intervening years. Let’s indulge our shallow side and focus on the aesthetics. Firstly, while there are three variations available, the sample I received was the bog-standard ****** "Designed for Xbox" edition. If you want a splash of colour or love seeing brownish-****** fingerprint smudges accumulate over time, you can always opt for the Cobalt Blue or White (PlayStation) versions, respectively, instead. The other is handling the beasts below who are lurking in the low-end of your soundscape. Once again, the design approach here may not be from the school of Pulsing Disco RGB and Aggressive Angles, but Turtle Beach is still erring on the side of gaming (just not capital ‘G’). The fold-down-to-use / fold-up-to-mute microphone isn’t completely hidden, which (along with the prominent logo) are the main giveaways of the primary purpose of these. (If you believe the marketing pitch, that is: "to rank up" in the vidjagurms with Daredevil-level hearing.) If you plan on taking these slightly bulky beasts out on the road to complement your Steam Deck, you’ll be happy to know that the build quality feels rock solid. There’s a backbone of steel running through the band that still allows for some pretty vigorous bending and twisting to suit the most oddest-shaped and overlarge craniums imaginable. Furthermore, the head-pinching nature of the Gen 2's have been lessened noticeably this time around. Likewise, they’re quite comfy due to a mixture of mainly pleather on every surface that will be touching your hair (or scalp) and some material around the ear sections. The heat dispersal is great around the ol’ ear ******—I was forced to use these in 30C+ heat this summer and was quite surprised by how low sweat my ears were after long sessions. Better yet, and without impacting comfort, the inside padding of these ear cups have been pushed back to be about 20% more cavernous when compared to the Gen 2's, which means wider support for...well, wider ears. Let's move on too the things that matter far more for me—connection performance and the audio experience. The included dongles, I'm happy to say, worked flawlessly with every console I slapped them in (I have all of the main ones mentioned earlier on hand). Compatability-wise, I believe I got the best Stealth 700 variant to go with, as one of the specifically labeled Xbox dongles comes with the encryption chip needed to attend Microsoft's needlessly snooty and selective peripherals party. Switching between the dongles is a cinch thanks to a quick switch button on your cup and a visual system of "orange standing by" and "green in-use" represented on the two dongles you're running on separate machines. The switch is basically instantaneous, too, and if you're running Bluetooth audio at that moment, it's not disrupted in any way. When it comes to sound performance, this Gen 3 sounds a touch different to the Gen 2s, but still very much the Turtle Beach approach to audio. For me, the Gen 3s felt like their bass still envelops nicely but is a touch shallower and a smidge punchier. The mids are bright and plateau nicely for content like voices, and the highs are richly detailed without being scratchy or harsh. All in all, I think an already great-sounding headset tweaked to be slightly better right out of the box. For FPS games, at least, I wouldn't switch EQs at all. I have similar praise to heap on the mic experience as well. My teammates reported crisp and clear comms from me, despite the fans of my PC and PlayStations going more or less flat knackers (because, again, 30C+ heat). And, while you can call me antiquated for not embracing touch-to-engage and spin-to-change controls on some of TB's more recent headsets, I love that my mic and game/chat mix controls are just instantaneously changeable with sensibly located physical dials. Couple all that with the aforementioned improved comfort (and the battery quick charge that can take you from out of juice to ready to maul for another 3 hours after a mere 15 minutes), and this Gen 3 of Stealth 700s is mighty impressive. Would I ditch my Gen 2s and pony up again for the refresh? No, probably not. But if you're canless and looking for quality in this highly competitive price range, Turtle Beach puts up a shelluva good argument for a purchase here. Back to top Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The most recent Helldivers 2 update was a massive success for Arrowhead, resulting in a surge of players ready to fight tooth and nail against the new Illuminate threat. While the addition of the new alien faction is something players have expected for a while, the Illuminate faction still manages to offer an incredibly fun experience that stands apart from the existing Termanids and Automatons. While the latest update has brought back many returning players excited to face the challenges of a new faction, some issues are hard to ignore. View the full article

Despite having truckloads of new content to explore and enjoy, fans are wondering what's next for the studio behind Helldivers 2, with the company's CCO, Johan Pilestedt, sharing a few exciting bits of information as to what's next. Not only did Pilestedt allude to Arrowhead Game Studios' future projects, but the CCO also shared details about games that never came to fruition, giving players insight into what the company has been playing around with conceptually outside of Helldivers 2. View the full article

Rust has peaked at 248,850 concurrent players on 2 January 2025 which is 7 years after release. View charts and more statistics on our website.View the full article

In Arcane’s first season fans learned the origin and tragic meaning of Jinx’s name. In season two, they discover the story behind Violet’s name with a flashback. But there’s no official name origin story to Powder, which has sparked fans to create their own theories, some humorous and others connected to the show’s nuanced lore. Arcane delves deep into the origins of many League of Legends characters, tying the story of two cities to that of two sisters, Vi and Jinx. While fans learned Vander’s fondness for the name Violet gave the pink-haired sister her name, the same can’t be said for Powder. Her name’s origins have remained a mystery, leaving fans to come up with their own imaginative explanations on social media. View the full article

As one of the most popular new games of 2024, ****** Myth: Wukong has garnered a large fanbase that helped it win the Player's Choice award at The Game Awards 2024, multiple category wins at The 2024 Steam Awards, and more. Heading into 2025, though, there's still the question of if, or when, ****** Myth: Wukong will release on Xbox. Currently, the game is only available on PlayStation 5 and PC, but a new statement from the game's director has shed some light on the status of an Xbox release. View the full article

The titular bear of the Five Nights at Freddy’s series, Freddy Fazbear, has gone through many iterations. He’s been cute, teethy, decrepit, golden, brown, and more since his debut in 2014. However, only one game made the absolute best changes to Freddy for the health of the entire series: Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach. View the full article

Eternal Strands, the new game from Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw's Yellow Brick Games, is set to launch on January 28—and today Laidlaw announced that a week before that happens, a playable demo will be released to give curious gamers a taste of what it's all about... Read more.View the full article

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Updated suspend animation when not on Steam Deck.View the full article

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: Big Picture Updated suspend animation when not on Steam Deck.View the full article

Call of Duty publisher Activision has confirmed plans to charge players extra to earn the best Squid Game crossover event rewards in a first for the series. In a blog post, Activision detailed the Squid Game event, which includes a Red Light, Green Light limited-time multiplayer mode for ****** Ops 6, as well as new operator bundles based on characters from the hugely popular Netflix show for use across ****** Ops 6 and Warzone. One controversial addition, however, is the new Squid Game Event Pass, which includes a free reward track and a premium reward track. While Activision detailed all the rewards included in both tracks (the premium track includes a Front Man Operator skin), it failed to confirm a price. Here’s the official blurb on the Premium Reward Track: While every player can progress and unlock items along the Free reward track, a second Premium reward track in the Event Pass offers even more. Purchase the Premium track to access the ability to unlock additional themed rewards, including the instant reward “High Authority” XM4 Assault Rifle Blueprint plus Blueprints for the Knife, GS45 Pistol, and Saug SMG as well as a Concussion Grenade Equipment Skin, a Finishing Move, the “Throwdown” Emote, the “Who’s Left” Talking Gun Screen, and more! Complete the premium track to turn the tide on the other competitors: Ultimate Mastery Reward: “Front Man” Operator Become the leader of the Pink Guards with the “Front Man” Operator. Deploy as the ruthless administrator of the Squid Game and take your team to victory. Call of Duty players are used to battle passes, premium battle passes, and even more expensive versions of premium battle passes on top of the $70 cost of entry. However, this is the first time a Call of Duty event has launched with its own premium battle pass. It’s fair to say reaction to this development is negative, especially considering the hardcore Call of Duty community isn’t best pleased with the state of either ****** Ops 6 or Warzone right now due to what appears to be rampant cheating, a failing anti-cheat, and various connection problems. Call of Duty’s Squid Game Event goes live starting January 3 at 10am PT and ends on January 24 at 10am PT. 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

Marvel Rivals already has a very impressive roster of over 30 playable characters, but this collection is set to grow with additional recruits arriving each season. The Fantastic Four are some of the first new characters to join this lineup. If you’re looking for new characters to play, this fantastic team of four presents several new gameplay opportunities. To ensure you’re ready to start fighting with them as soon as possible, you need to know when the Fantastic Four are coming to Marvel Rivals. View the full article

This Christmas may have been a painful one for all you Grand Theft Auto fans out there - despite all the conspiracy theories, no new trailers, screenshots, or info arrived on GTA 6. However, 2025 is now here, and should everything go to plan, GTA 6 will be in your hands within the next 12 months. We're on the home stretch, folks. It's going to be a monumental moment when that release date finally arrives, but a group of industry analysts predict that Rockstar Games and Take-Two could rake in over a billion dollars of revenue before GTA 6 even launches. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Upcoming PC games 2025 and beyond GTA 6 release date window, trailers, and latest Rockstar Games news Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 actor shares hint for GTA 6 launch View the full article

Shooting Star Season is upon us in Infinity Nikki, and ringing in the new year in Florawish comes with all kinds of celebrations, including a Lucky Fishing Day that focuses on Pink Ribbon Eels. Lucky Fishing Day began with the update on December 30 and runs until January 23, so you have some time to grab those Diamonds before they go away. There's a lot going on during Infinity Nikki's Shooting Star Season event, and many of them give you Diamonds, so if you're free-to-play and need some more pulls or paid and looking to save some money, there's a bunch of ways to spend your time. View the full article

Marvel Rivals leakers have discovered two new characters that might be added to the game alongside a whole assortment of new maps. Releasing in full just a few months ago, this title has already seen huge success, competing with Overwatch 2 as something new and refreshing in the hero-shooter genre. As players battle in 6v6 with beloved Marvel characters, it's no surprise the game is already such a hit. View the full article

Grand Theft Auto 6 has been projected to earn a jaw-dropping $3 billion in its first year of sales. The number is actually projected at $3.2 billion, to be precise, according to an analysis of GTA 6 by DFC Intelligence and reported by the Financial Times. It estimates that $1 billion of that revenue will come from preorders alone, compared to GTA 5 having crossed that number three days after launch. View the full article

Monday, January 6 will be the day that Marvel Rivals pulls the curtain back on its Season 1 plans, making it a particularly exciting day for fans of the game. Marvel Rivals has already found a great deal of success in Season 0, with the free-to-play shooter earning strong reviews and drawing in millions of players. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

I come and go with the work of Ken Levine, celebrated auteurman and reported burnout-inducing manager, but I'm interested to see more of Judas, his current project at Ghost Story Games. The concept for Judas is that you're trapped in a computer-run society housed aboard a colony ship, the Mayflower. The titular Judas has managed to break free of the AI-groomed status quo, and is out to start a revolution. "Bioshock Infinite in space", we called it, back in 2022, but Levine says it's more open-ended than either of his Bioshock endeavours, with a greater emphasis on other characters remembering and responding to your actions over time. Read more View the full article

Celebrities may seem so out of reach at times—but as it turns out, even Yeezy is a bit of a gamer like the rest of us. To kick off the new year, Kanye West posted an Instagram story on Jan. 1, informing his fans of his current gaming obsession. “Last of us 2 on Survivor + mode got me spending all day on one board,” the American rapper wrote. “By faaaaaaarrrr the best game ever made so far.” View the full article