After ten years of development, a new contender in the fantasy MMO space has emerged. Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen comes from some of the talent behind EverQuest, and it pivots on that particular brand of old school gameplay, but with some modern sheen. It's early days, but so far, players seem happy. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Brad McQuaid's fantasy MMO, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, appears on Kickstarter View the full article
What's the point of playing a non-human character in DnD? No shade if you want to play an Orc or Elf just for the vibes - the concept of non-human sentient species is packed with storytelling potential, after all - but regular Dungeons and Dragons now plays the issue of fantasy races so safe that there's very little players can do with it. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4 release date estimate and news How one DnD player's death created a community for grieving gamers Cute DnD minis be damned - I'm using Hero Forge's new tools for grimdark evil View the full article
FF14 Dawntrail marks the start of a new era for the beloved MMORPG - its second full arc, or even a third if you consider the original 1.0 incarnation of Final Fantasy 14 separately. The launch of FF14 patch 7.1 gave us a glimpse at what's to follow, but game director Naoki Yoshida, best known as 'Yoshi-P,' has his eyes set even further afield as he looks to the next Fan Fest and an even ******* future for our Warriors of Light. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best anime games on PC 2025 Final Fantasy 14 just got a new, savagely hard 24-person raid FF14 dev asks Riot to help bring League of Legends to the MMO View the full article
Players have discovered Winnie The Pooh holds a spot on the growing list of banned words and phrases within Marvel Rivals, prompting both curiosity and confusion. Community guidelines and moderation are a cornerstone of any online game, especially one as large as Marvel Rivals, but many fans may be perplexed as to what could be offensive about Winnie The Pooh, the classic stuffed animal come-to-life. When looking deeper, the bear's connection to the ******** government may likely be the reason he's one of Marvel Rivals' unmentionables. View the full article
A recent video by a popular Marvel Rivals streamer pointed out missing text within the game's description of the team-up ability Fastball Special, leading some players to believe NetEase Games is hinting at the arrival of Colossus. Marvel Rivals is currently nearing the end of Season 0, and the community is eagerly awaiting the arrival of Season 1. While very little is known about the upcoming season, many fans are expecting to see new characters, maps, and even game modes. View the full article
Less than a year after being shuttered by Microsoft, Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks is officially back from the dead. The resurrected developer, now owned by Krafton and operating under a very-slightly-changed name, announced "a new start" in its first post on X since revealing its surprise closure in May 2024... Read more.View the full article
AMD could be set to make available its mid-range AMD RX 9000 graphics cards as early as March, according to a new rumor. Historically, gaming GPU manufacturers have tended to launch flagship high-end cards for each new generation first, before launching new mid-range cards several months later, so this quick turnaround from AMD would make for a change from the norm. Part of the reason for this could be that AMD has long been expected not to compete with Nvidia at the high-end of the market, with the RX 9070 XT expected to be the company's flagship next-gen card with specs fast enough to only compete with the RTX 5070 rather than the RTX 5090. That means AMD will be highly reliant on grabbing as much of the mid-range GPU market as possible, so the sooner it can launch its more affordable cards, the higher its chances of enticing buyers. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best graphics card 2025 Best gaming CPU 2025 This rustic AMD gaming PC build blends perfectly with nature View the full article
A trio of new LG OLED gaming monitors is set to be announced next week at the CES 2025 trade show, and not only are all of them larger than 39-inch from corner to corner, but one can even bend from flat to a 900mm (900R) radius curve. The Ultragear GX9 45GX990A is the model in question and its 5K resolution will also provide a huge desktop area to match its massive 45-inch screen size. The three new panels look to be giving LG plenty of firepower to fight for places on our best gaming monitor guide this year, with the company clearly keen to push the limits of screen size, resolution, and shape. The other panels being announced both have a fixed 800R curved, with the the UltraGear 45GX950A also boasting a 45-inch panel and the LG UltraGear 39GX90SA dropping to 39-inches. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Lenovo Legion Go Steam Deck OS leaks look true, as Valve is coming to CES event Zotac just inadvertently confirmed five new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 gaming GPUs AMD announces CES 2025 show with huge hints at next gen PC gaming hardware View the full article
According to Review's annual State of Consumer Media Spending Report, the average American spent 23 percent less on streaming subscriptions in 2024 than in 2023. Read Entire Article View the full article
Wuthering Waves has revisited some of the designs for its original boss, Echoes, and given them slight adjustments with Nightmare Echoes. Some of these Nightmare Echoes can be complete game-changers for your build. Here’s how you can unlock and find all Nightmare Echoes in Wuthering Waves. Table of contentsHow to unlock Nightmare EchoesWhat are Nightmare Echoes in Wuthering WavesAll Nightmare Echo effects and locationsNightmare Feilian BeringalNightmare Impermanence HeronNightmare Thundering MephisNightmare Tempest MephisNightmare CrownlessNightmare Inferno RiderNightmare Mourning Aix How to unlock Nightmare Echoes Before you can collect Nightmare Echoes, you must start the Dream Patrol I quest, which can be found in Ragunna City. You can start this quest by speaking to the Strange White Cat in Raguuna City. If you don’t speak to the Strange White Cat, the Nightmare Echo locations will not appear on your map. View the full article
Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt spoke with the community at-large on his X account, asking fans what they were hoping for next from the developer of Helldivers 2. In response to a user urging the company to avoid “DEI” (an acronym for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), Pilestedt responded with a post which appears to imply that such […] Source View the full article
Yep, you've read the headline, this is serious stuff. Someone claims to have posted some images taken in a Rockstar office of GTA 6 playing on a monitor to Reddit, and it might have shown us what the developer's bins looked like back in 2021. That's assuming it's actually genuine, of course. Read more View the full article
An AI-powered VTuber known as Neuro-Sama has broken the all-time Twitch Hype Train record with the help of Riot's competitive shooter, Valorant. She completed Hype Train level 111 with 84,904 subscriptions and 1,201,225 bits gifted to her creator, Vedal987's Twitch channel within a limited time. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best Valorant crosshair codes used by pros in 2025 LoL and Valorant esports teams can soon partner with betting platforms Next Valorant Night Market 2024 dates View the full article
When it comes to shooters, it's good to dial up the grit and suspense every once in a while. If you're in a war, it should feel like it, with all the fear and adrenaline that entails. Hell Let Loose channels the sensory load of World War 2 to an incredible degree, putting you right in the middle of some of history's most harrowing battles, and it's free to own right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hardcore WW2 shooter Hell Let Loose teases a brand new desert map Now is the ideal time to try Hell Let Loose, one of the best WW2 games One of 2023's best indie games is now on ***** View the full article
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When is the ****** Ops 6 Season 2 release date? The first season reload of ****** Ops 6 and Warzone arrived at the end of last year, spinning up the annual content cycle in style. Following a loaded content drop with season start, Season 1 Reloaded brought with it a huge new Zombies map, a winter event, and more. Suffice it to say, a tantalizing precedent has been set as we look to Season 2. If you've already uncovered the secrets of the latest Zombies map, Citadelle Des Morts, or have had your fun with all the ****** Ops 6 modes that dropped throughout the season, then it's time to look ahead to the FPS game's next update. Here's everything we have on the ****** Ops 6 and Warzone Season 2 release date so far. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best zombie games on PC 2025 The best new PC games 2025 ****** Ops 6 double XP event is COD's Christmas gift to you View the full article
Ubisoft’s PC woes have continued into 2025, with the generally much-loved Assassin’s Creed Origins suffering a review-bomb campaign on Steam after a Windows PC update rendered it unplayable for some. In November, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 11 version 24H2 accidentally killed Ubisoft games such as Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and more. The issue was so bad that Microsoft updated its support website to reveal it has placed a temporary block on Windows 11 for users with those games installed. "After installing Windows 11, version 24H2, you might encounter issues with some Ubisoft games," Microsoft said at the time. "These games might become unresponsive while starting, loading or during active gameplay. "In some cases, users might receive a ****** screen. The affected games are Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Assassin's Creed Origins, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Star Wars Outlaws, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. "To safeguard your Windows update experience, we have applied a compatibility hold on devices with these games installed. These devices will not be offered to install Windows 11, version 24H2 via the Windows Update release channel." Ubisoft released an update to fix the problem in Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, but Microsoft and Ubisoft are both still working to sort out the Assassin's Creed games, and frustration has finally spilled over into Steam user reviews. Negative reviews for Assassin’s Creed Origins ramped up mid-December before hitting a peak as we crossed into 2025, with the game’s recent user review rating dropping to ‘Mixed.’ Overall reviews for the game remain ‘Very Positive.’ Pretty much all the recent negative reviews complain about the Windows update making Assassin’s Creed Origins unplayable. Until a resolution is found, Ubisoft told customers not to manually update to version 24H2 using the Windows 11 Installation Assistant or the media creation tool. If the game stops responding, you’ll need to use Task Manager to close the application. Ubisoft’s Windows problems have hit the company at a particularly troubling time. The company is reportedly in buyout talks with ******** megacorp Tencent after a torrid 2024 in which it closed studios, shut down games, and made mass layoffs. The company’s next big game, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, was delayed into 2025 and Star Wars Outlaws failed to meet sales expectations. Ubisoft’s shares fell to their lowest level in the last decade in September after it made a series of dramatic announcements around the performance of its games. As well as delaying Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft announced a return to Steam after a ******* of PC launch exclusivity on the Epic Games Store, with Star Wars Outlaws recently releasing on Valve’s platform. 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
With Palworld's addition of new Pals in the Feybreak update, there are several new upgrade materials available. The Feybreak Island area is six times the size of the original Palworld landscape, giving players multiple opportunities to explore the new area that PocketPair has released. One of the newest additions is an updated version of the Ancient Pal Manuscripts that can be found throughout the world. This item is one of the reasons that reading the full update patch notes is important, as the manuscripts might just look like clutter. View the full article
The Epic Games Store has revealed Hell Let Loose as the final free mystery game. The latest Epic Games Store free mystery game event started in mid-December and is wrapping up now, with users treated to a total of 16 free games. View the full article
If you've been too busy reading about giant old TVs to take part in this year's Ars Technica Charity Drive sweepstakes, don't worry. You still have a little bit of time to donate to a good cause and get a chance to win your share of over $4,000 worth of swag (no purchase necessary to win). In the first weeks of the drive, hundreds of readers contributed tens of thousands of dollars to either the Electronic Frontier Foundation or Child's Play as part of the charity drive. But we're now in the final day of our attempt to best 2020's record haul of over $58,000. Entries have to be received by the end of the day today (Thursday, January 2) to be considered for the sweepstakes, so if you've been putting off a donation/entry, now is the time to pull the trigger. Do yourself and the charities involved a favor and give now while you're thinking about it. Read full article Comments View the full article
Tackling weekly quests is a great way to easily accumulate lots of XP in Fortnite. Sometimes they can be a bit tricky to navigate though, as is the case with the damage opponents in Shogun’s Arena task. Once you fully understand everything this quest entails, it’s an easy enough one to get done. The toughest part is knowing where to find the right location for it, so here’s how to damage opponents in Shogun’s Arena in Fortnite. View the full article
2024 was a big year for survival games, and Once Human stood out among the likes of Palworld, Valheim, Sons of the Forest, and Rust. The free Steam game continues to hold onto a hefty player base as 2025 gets underway, with even the likes of the Palworld Feybreak update not dissuading people from checking in. Developer Starry Studio has plenty of plans for the coming year, and they start with the launch of Once Human update 1.3.5, which is out now and introduces some welcome features and improvements. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best new MMOs worth playing in 2025 Free Steam survival game Once Human unveils packed 2025 roadmap Once Human codes and how to redeem View the full article
Master Chief and the Doom Slayer almost came face to face in a crossover I didn't know I wanted until now. The embattled first-person shooter icons, the former of Halo fame and the latter from Doom, were part of a pitch for the Amazon Prime anthology Secret Level, but powers that be at their parent company Microsoft quashed the idea. Boo! Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This official Doom themed Starfield mod lets you play a hellish new quest The first two Doom games have been rebuilt with 64's assets, and new content Famous Doom mod reportedly banned by Bethesda due to politics View the full article
If you’re a Pokémon card collector, chances are you’ve got a box or two of bulk cards stashed away somewhere nearby as you’re reading this. No matter how often you build decks or sell cards online, finding a use for your unwanted cardboard critters can be rather tricky. As with any hobby-based problem, the best place to find solutions is to scour online communities and forums. Collector Soundwve earned the praise of the Pokémon TCG community online by sharing their clever way to repurpose bulk cards. View the full article
A popular Marvel Rivals leaker has shared an image that could be official artwork and suggested The Thing, Mister Fantastic, Human Torch, and The Invisible Woman may be coming to the game in Season 1. Marvel Rivals is currently nearing the end of Season 0, which has seen two variants of Doctor Doom creating havoc within the multiverse. While the Dooms are the title's current antagonists, NetEase Games has already teased the appearance of the villain Knull in the future. View the full article
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle puts action in the forefront, but despite how many thrilling moments take center stage, I'm obsessed with everything that's happening behind them. Considering the legendary franchise name that it bears, delivering cinematic excitement is one of The Great Circle's main prerogatives, and major set pieces and showdowns all drum up the requisite level of excitement. Being truly cinematic requires a lot more than just explosive highlights, however, and the way that the game keeps a second fiddle playing might be the more important ingredient in its winning recipe. View the full article
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After ten years of development, a new contender in the fantasy MMO space has emerged. Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen comes from some of the talent behind EverQuest, and it pivots on that particular brand of old school gameplay, but with some modern sheen. It's early days, but so far, players seem happy. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Brad McQuaid's fantasy MMO, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, appears on Kickstarter View the full article