New extraction shooters are cropping up everywhere you look at the moment, all aiming to challenge established stalwarts like Hunt Showdown and Escape From Tarkov. One of the most intriguing that's been on our radar this year is Striden, which takes the typical extraction FPS formula, adds some radioactive Stalker 2 vibes, and lets you transform into a giant bear. Over the festive *******, Striden will be opening its doors once again with another demo, but this time it has co-op support. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Tarkov and Battlefield face serious rival as new FPS launches playtest View the full article
For all the talk about AI these days, you may not know that it was a 2017 Google research paper that kickstarted modern generative AI by introducing the Transformer, a groundbreaking model that reshaped language processing. Read Entire Article View the full article
Modder and YouTuber Shank Mods recently announced that he had acquired the largest cathode ray tube (CRT) television ever sold. The 43-inch, 440lb behemoth had not appeared publicly for years, leading many enthusiasts to doubt its existence. Even after the YouTuber confirmed that the myth was real, the mission to... Read Entire Article View the full article
At this point, there can’t be more than a handful of people left on planet Earth who haven’t been scanned by Hideo Kojima. The auteur-****-movie reviewer appears to be an incredibly busy man currently. He’s coming to the end of Death Stranding 2, working on the mysterious OD for Xbox, and this year, it was announced he’s in the very early stages of working on Physint, which Kojima claims is happening because fans wouldn’t stop asking about a new Metal Gear. Before he can get to that, however, he has to ship the sequel to his first indie title free of the Konami shackles. [Hidden Content] Read More... View the full article
The release date of Snezhnaya in Genshin Impact is up for discussion as the action RPG by HoYoverse is bringing an end to the main Natlan story arc and setting the Traveler’s gaze toward the seventh major Nation of Teyvat as they continue on their quest to reunite with their sibling. With Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine, and Natlan having been released, the last region is Snezhnaya, the Nation of Cryo. Based on HoYoverse’s roadmap, Snezhnaya is the next region after Natlan in Genshin Impact, predicted to arrive in 2026, even if a fixed date has not yet been shared. View the full article
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It looks like one of next year’s Game Pass updates will be bringing us some classic bangers, particularly those of us who grew up playing shooters on the Xbox 360/PS3 generation. The latest leak is yet another thing that points to Microsoft’s continued interest in expanding the service’s line-up with classic, back-catalogue titles from the many studios it owns. Read more View the full article
The team at Raven Software, the developer behind Call of Duty: Warzone, has given players an insightful update on what the devs are working on in the shooter. As the gaming industry approaches the end of 2024, several titles are supplying players with an abundance of festive-themed content to make the holiday season a bit more magical, and many developers are also announcing roadmaps and new content for 2025. Warzone and the newly-released ****** Ops 6 often share the same events, and the community has responded well to the developer’s update before the year ends. View the full article
The League of Legends-inspired series Arcane may be the most expensive animated series ever produced, and unfortunately, despite the stellar reception, it didn't manage to make much of the money spent back. But apparently, Riot doesn't care too much about that part... Read more.View the full article
Though it's regarded as one of the all-time great strategy games, what defines Command and Conquer is its simplicity. The easy drag-and-click mechanics of Westwood's classic mean that anyone can feel like a master general in seconds - there are tiers, and the further you fight through the Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert campaigns, the more sophisticated your tactics have to become, but compared to some of its contemporaneous rivals like Total Alliance and StarCraft, old-school C & C has a gratifyingly low barrier to entry. Upcoming RTS Fractured Alliance aims to capture that spirit. An unofficial, spiritual successor to Command and Conquer, its newly revealed skirmish map is also a direct nod (no pun intended) to Red Alert 2. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Command and Conquer makes spiritual comeback in strategy game Fractured Alliance View the full article
The Magic: The Gathering card Fear of Missing Out has had a 192% price spike over the past couple of weeks. On December 15, the card cost $3.40. Since then, it's crept up to a far pricier $9.96. Like pretty much all the price fluctuations of the past fortnight, the Modern bans are to blame. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: All MTG sets in order, as of December 2024 MTG card spikes 700% as Modern bans boost top deck Powerful MTG card spikes 140% after Modern ban changes View the full article
Games Workshop has revealed one last Warhammer 40k kit before the festive season shuts everything down - the Battlefield Trophies set, a brand new basing kit full of skulls, alien heads, and dead Space Marines. Truly, a Christmas gift we can all get behind. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Warhammer 40k Horus Heresy book order, explained All the Warhammer 40k primarchs, and where they are now This custom Buzz Lightyear Warhammer 40k army goes to infinity and beyond View the full article
The Roblox title Tower Defense Simulator is knee-deep in festive fun thanks to the arrival of the new Frost Invasion update. Patch 1.46.0 comes with a sleigh full of new content for players to dive head-first into and reap the plentiful rewards. In tandem with Roblox's holiday-themed content, the TDS devs have also made small game changes, including freeze stick damage that has been properly scaled with time, and a fix for the Grenadier that now properly plays audio and muzzle flash on fire. View the full article
Last week, Ark Survival Ascended dropped its latest remastered expansion, Extinction. Sending players back to a desolate Earth, it rounds off your conquest of the Ark universe just as it did in the original Ark Survival Evolved. However, fans that have been blasting through the expansion have noticed some small changes to its ending and a teaser for a brand new, original expansion to Ark Survival Ascended called Lost Colony. PCGamesN can now exclusively reveal some early details on Lost Colony and can confirm that it will set up the story of Ark 2 and lead into the events of the survival game's long-awaited sequel. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Ark 2 release date window, trailers, gameplay, and latest news So, erm, where the heck is Ark 2? Ark Survival Ascended gets another huge expansion amid Ark 2 silence View the full article
Epic Games has announced the next guest characters to officially arrive in Fortnite, and they both hail from Night City. Both Johnny Silverhand, and female V have joined the in-game shop. Read more View the full article
If you've exhausted the early-access version of Manor Lords, it's definitely time to pick the Hooded Horse city builder back up. Adding new maps, bridge building, and transformative changes to market stalls and the economy, the rival to both Cities Skylines 2 and medieval genre cousin Bellwright is getting closer and closer to the complete experience. Once the most-wishlisted game on Steam, Manor Lord remains one of the best in the whole genre. Now, the new beta patch makes vital fixes and lets you test out extra features and terrain. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab breakout medieval strategy game Manor Lords at its lowest price yet Manor Lords, Against The Storm, and the greatest RTS games now cheaper than ever Huge new Manor Lords update is about to transform the medieval strategy game View the full article
VGC’s regular news posting has officially come to a close for 2024. On behalf of the team, we wish you an enjoyable Christmas break and a happy new year! Our news team will return full-time on Friday, January 3, after which our usual publishing hours will resume. Until then, we’ll be publishing our usual end-of-year features looking at the biggest games of 2025, as well as irregularly updating the site during the festive break. On the VGC Patreon, there’s plenty for members to look forward to, including special VGC Afterlife and Middler vs. Scullion video series, as well as Best Of editions of the VGC Podcast and Patreon pods. Read More... View the full article
We're hopefully only a few weeks away from the grand unveiling of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 lineup at CES in January now, but the latest rumor about the new Blackwell gaming GPU lineup is that the specs are very similar to those of the current RTX 4000 series. The one exception, according to a tech leaker who claims to have seen the specs, is the flagship RTX 5090. The latter certainly looks set to be a formidable GPU from what we've seen of the RTX 5090 specs so far. If current rumors are to be believed, the new top-end Nvidia graphics card will come equipped with a massive 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM that's attached to a super-wide 512-bit memory interface, while the GPU itself comes equipped with up to 21,760 CUDA cores. That's a decent upgrade over the current RTX 4090, but the rest of the Blackwell lineup is apparently looking less inspiring. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 won't launch until several weeks after 5080, says leak Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 guide: What we know about the new gaming GPU Loads of Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 laptop gaming GPU specs just leaked in blunder View the full article
Silvegis is one of the Dragon-type Pals added in the Palworld Feybreak Island update. This Legendary Pal is a powerful creature with a Level 59 boss fight. We will go over Silvegis’ location in Palworld and how you can capture and get it. Silvegis location in Palworld You can find Silvegis at the end of the Sheild Dragon Tunnel. The entrance is located at the coordinates (-972, 978), and you’ll have to walk for a while before you reach Silvegis. The boss fight starts as soon as you reach the open section of the cave. View the full article
Fortnite leakers have uncovered images of two skins that will reportedly arrive in the Item Shop "soon" — a samurai Darth Vader and generic Stormtrooper. View the full article
Call of Duty has confirmed that spam reporting other players may result in account penalties for Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 and Warzone gamers. The series has had issues with cheaters, but spam reporting in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 and Warzone is against the rules. View the full article
We’re in the middle of the last full week of December, so almost everyone has already called it a year and kicked off their holiday break. This also includes Rockstar, the maker of GTA 6. All of that is to say: the chances of us getting a new trailer for the highly-anticipated game are slim to none. Read more View the full article
Crossplay multiplayer support has finally been added to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 versions of My Time at Sandrock. This feature has been available to My Time at Sandrock players on the PC and Xbox Series X/S since June. View the full article
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Palworld just released its biggest-ever update, Feybreak, and with it came a raft of changes, including a collaboration with another crafting game, Terraria. View the full article
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New extraction shooters are cropping up everywhere you look at the moment, all aiming to challenge established stalwarts like Hunt Showdown and Escape From Tarkov. One of the most intriguing that's been on our radar this year is Striden, which takes the typical extraction FPS formula, adds some radioactive Stalker 2 vibes, and lets you transform into a giant bear. Over the festive *******, Striden will be opening its doors once again with another demo, but this time it has co-op support. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Tarkov and Battlefield face serious rival as new FPS launches playtest View the full article