Infinity Nikki players can claim free items as compensation for the issues that popped up following the release of the popular title's latest event. All sorts of materials, including plenty of gacha resources, have been gifted to Infinity Nikki players since the game's December 5 launch thanks to server maintenance sessions, bug fixes, and milestone unlocks. View the full article
Phasmophobia has plenty of tough challenges you can tackle as you work on becoming a better ghost hunter. One way your progress is commemorated is through the many achievements you can unlock along the way. There are plenty of achievements to tackle and some are a lot more straightforward than others which means you might be struggling to obtain them all. Here is everything you need to know about all of the available achievements in Phasmophobia and what you need to do to unlock them. View the full article
'Tis the season of good cheer, good food, and most importantly, good gaming deals. OK, maybe that's not the most important thing... but it's certainly a bonus! Valve is clearly feeling generous as its new Steam Winter ***** is packed with hundreds of discounts on some of the best PC games around. While you're of course welcome to rifle through it yourself and check out every single deal, we've cherrypicked ten of our favorites. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: When is the next Steam *****? Steam Replay returns to show you your most-played PC games of 2024 Best VR games on PC 2024 View the full article
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A new indie horror game coming to PC called Dream Cage takes the genre in a new direction with a focus on sleep paralysis, putting players in the shoes of someone suffering from the condition. Reportedly made with input from real-life people who have experienced the sleep paralysis phenomenon, Dream Cage is currently set to be released in the first quarter of 2025, with no specific launch date announced. View the full article
The dreaded and feared Skibidi Toilet has reared its truly ugly head in Fortnite at last. The rumored update officially dropped in the game last night, and so far it's prompting reactions of skepticism, confusion, and delight from the Fortnite community. First off, let's talk about the crossover itself. We first learned about it earlier this week via leakers, followed up by a confirmation from the official Fortnite X account of a toilet, plunger, and camera emoji in succession and a date: December 18, 2024. The actual update went live last night, and includes a Skibidi Toilet bundle on the item shop (discounted to 2,200 V-bucks at the time this piece was written) consisting of plunger pickaxes, a Plungerhead character skin, and two backpacks: one that goes with the Plungerhead outfit, and another that is the iconic Skibidi Toilet himself. There's also a lego version of the Plungerman skin. You know it. Now you can wear it! Skibidi Toilet & Plungerman. Available now in the Shop.[Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) December 19, 2024 That's it for the collaboration, though with the recent return of the original map and the Flush Factory, there's already a conveniently toilet-themed location just waiting to be flooded with Skibidi nonsense: Uh oh... byu/johnwalnofer inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } The addition of Skibidi Toilet to Fortnite is being met with some mixed feelings from the community. There are some naysayers who feel that Fortnite has gone too far incorporating the popular meme, suggesting it's juvenile and indicative of a slide into total absurdity for what's deemed worthy of a collaboration: It's over byu/BusinessCactus2 inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } That said, the vast majority of folks seem to range from mildly amused to chaotically delighted, even the ones who have no idea what Skibidi Toilet is. Unironically, the Skibidi Toilet Plunger pickaxe is awesome byu/Informal_Area_2233 inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } This is a fever dream byu/CrueltySquadMODTempt inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Skibidi Frieza go brrrr byu/Neskau_YT inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } All in all, the verdict of the Fortnite community seems to be that the Skibidi Toilet addition to Fortnite is a good time, at minimum because the Plungerman skin is pretty cool. If you, like some members of the Fortnite community, have absolutely no idea what this toilet thing is, here's the quick rundown: Skibidi Toilet is a series of web shorts by Alxey Gerasimov published on YouTube via Gerasimov's channel, DaFuq!?*****!. And by shorts, we do mean very short - early episodes are only a handful of seconds long, and were created with Garry's Mod using assets from games like Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike. The series features a toilet with a man's head coming out of it set to a mashup of the songs Give It to Me by Timbaland and Dom Dom Yes Yes by Biser King. While early episodes are somewhat nonsensical, as the series progresses a plot emerges about an arms race between the Skibidi Toilets (of which there are many of varying sizes and with different heads popping out) and a race of people with video cameras for heads. The plot progresses from there, more recently centering on a cameraman named Plungerman and involving alien Skibidi Toilets. The whole thing, while absurdist, is far more complex than you might imagine just from seeing the image of the head in the toilet. In fact, it's got enough going on (and is popular enough) that there's reportedly a film and TV adaptation effort underway from Michael Bay. If you love Fortnite but Skibidi Toilet is still a bit much for you, don't worry. The game gets so many constant collaborations, the toilet-fest will quickly be drowned out by the next big thing, which happens to be Mariah Carey emerging from a giant block of ice to ring in the holidays. It's almost time! View the full article
Toby Fox shared the Undertale/Deltarune Holiday Newsletter for 2024, which included several updates about the development process for Deltarune and other details about what Fox and his team have been up to. Toby Fox has become somewhat well known for staying quiet about releases until they're ready for a shadow drop or relevant information is ready, so many eagerly await any and all news surrounding his current project, Deltarune. View the full article
After a year of waiting, the gameplay trailer for Archetype Entertainment's Exodus has finally been released. Developed by a team of former BioWare employees, the trailer gives a strong sense of familiarity to anyone who played the Mass Effect series. With a third-person viewpoint, a sleek look, and a mix of shooting and melee combat with alien enemies, there's a lot that's in common with Mass Effect, even if some of it is more reminiscent of Andromeda than of the original trilogy. However, Exodus will bring new elements to the table. View the full article
Following the major Omens of Tyranny update for Helldivers 2, some new crossover items from the Killzone series have caused some controversy, with players protesting the items' high price and separation from the Warbond system. In response, Helldivers 2's developer, Arrowhead Game Studios, has made some big changes to how the Killzone collaboration will function. View the full article
The Warframe 1999 update introduces a wealth of new content, including the Calendar progression system, expanded endgame narrative, and quality-of-life improvements. Central to the update is the 1999 Calendar, a reward system tied to activities in Höllvania. The Calendar is unlocked after completing The Hex quest and interacting with the Pom-2 in key locations like the Orbiter or Höllvania Central Mall. View the full article
MachineGames, the Bethesda studio behind the recently released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, seems to be working on more than one unannounced project. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was released earlier in December to glowing reviews, with many critics and fans alike calling it one of 2024's best games, despite it missing the cutoff date for Geoff Keighley's 2024 Game Awards. View the full article
The first choice a player makes in almost every fantasy RPG is a character's race, and World of Warcraft is no exception. It serves as a pillar of the genre, with unique and distinct cultures and histories serving as a focal point for immersion and world-building. Before WoW's creation of a standardized starting zone, the beginning zone of a new WoW character was one of the most immersive experiences around. Choosing a Tauren and being sent to the rolling plains of Mulgore, with the towering Thunderbluff in the distance, set the tone for the rest of the game. View the full article
Image: Evan Blass (X) “The future of gaming handhelds is coming to CES ‘25 and you have a front row seat!” the email in my inbox exclaims. Let me translate: it looks like Lenovo just tacitly confirmed it will announce its first SteamOS handheld in Las Vegas on or before January 7th, 2025. We’re expecting it to be the Steam button equipped Legion Go S that leaker Evan Blass revealed last week. [/url] Why do I say that? The January 7th event, titled “Lenovo Legion x AMD: The Future of Gaming Handhelds,” will feature a special guest: Valve SteamOS and Steam Deck co-designer Pierre-Loup Griffais. Lenovo and AMD are calling him Valve’s “Chief Design Architect” for purposes of this event. (Most Valve employees are simply considered designers internally, since they fluidly switch between teams and tasks; I believe Griffais once told me he prefers the same, but it’s true he’s also been one of the few public faces of SteamOS and the Steam Deck. It’s a fascinating company.) Griffais won’t be the only intriguing choice of panelist on stage: Jason Ronald, Microsoft VP of Xbox Gaming Devices and Ecosystem will also be in attendance. He's now being introduced as Microsoft’s “VP of Next Generation." We exclusively shared with you last week that Lenovo will revamp its larger, seemingly Windows-based Legion Go with detachable controllers, too. And we’re also expecting Lenovo to hedge its bets with a Windows version of the smaller Legion Go S based on those same leaks. It's a reasonable bet some, if not all of these devices will come with AMD’s yet-to-be-detailed Z2 Extreme chips. Image via Evan Blass A leaked image of Lenovo’s ******* Legion Go, now with seemingly more ergonomic grips and possibly an OLED panel. Here’s the full description of the event: Join us for a ********* reception hosted by Lenovo Legion and AMD gaming leaders, with special guests Valve and other gaming industry giants. We’ll be sharing our thoughts on what lies ahead in the gaming handheld space and showcasing our latest Lenovo Legion Go innovations advanced by AMD. Come to hear how Lenovo Legion and AMD Ryzen are making gaming more immersive for all and stay to experience the future of handheld gaming firsthand! We’re not currently expecting Microsoft to surprise with an Xbox handheld at the event, as gaming boss Phil Spencer has suggested that might be a few years away. But it’s possible that Microsoft and Lenovo will try to suggest that all handhelds are Xbox handhelds, like Microsoft does in its new “This is an Xbox” marketing campaign: [Hidden Content] I’ll be attending, and I’ll let you know! View the full article
Image: Paramount Variety is reporting that Paramount Pictures is planning to extend the Sonic The Hedgehog trilogy by yet another movie. Sonic The Hedgehog 4 has been greenlit with a target release window of spring 2027. The news comes mere hours before Sonic The Hedgehog 3 releases in theaters on Friday December 19th. The movie once again stars Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Colleen O’Shaughnessey and Idris Elba as his friends Tails and Knuckles, with Jim Carey returning as their nemesis Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Sonic 3 will also feature the arrival of Keanu Reeves playing Sonic’s on-again off-again enemy-turned-friend Shadow The Hedgehog. With Sonic 3 anticipating tidy profits as North America prepares for the Christmas / New Year’s moviegoing season, developing a fourth movie makes sense. There are several rogue characters from the Sonic universe aiming for their silver screen debut. (See what I did there?) Neither Variety nor Paramount Pictures have confirmed any plot details or who might get their Sonic movie debut. We’ll probably get a hint though, in the post-credits for Sonic 3. View the full article
When the impossibly punctuated S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl released on November 20, after many delays (that included the Russian invasion of the developer's native Ukraine), it seemed like it could have used even more delays. Stalker 2 had big performance issues and game-breaking bugs, along with balance and difficulty spike issues. Some things that seem "wrong" in the game are just going to stay that way. The first-person survival/shooter series has always had a certain wobbly, wild feel to it. This expresses itself in both the game world, where a major villain can off themselves by walking through a window, and in the tech stack, where broken save games, DIY optimization, and other unmet needs have created thriving mod scenes. Developer GSC Game World has been steadfastly patching the game since its release, and the latest one should nudge the needle a bit from "busted" to "charmingly wonky." Amid the "Over 1,800 fixes and adjustments" in Patch 1.1, the big changes are to "A-Life." In porting Stalker 2 to Unreal Engine 5, the developer faced a challenge in getting this global AI management system working, but it's showing its weird self again. Read full article Comments View the full article
In a piece of news I certainly didn't see coming in the waning hours of 2024, today it was announced that indie cult classic game OFF is getting released on Steam and Nintendo Switch next year in a new and "improved" version, including a physical edition. For those unfamiliar, OFF is an RPG that first released in 2008 from Belgian studio Unproductive Fun Time. It was made in RPG Maker, originally released in French, and has never received an official English translation, though multiple fan translations have sprung up over the years. It's also never been available on typical, popular PC storefronts such as Steam or itch.io, but instead has circulated over the years as a direct download, gaining a cult following due to how utterly weird, unsettling, and at times inscrutable it can be. OFF puts the player in control of a mysterious baseball player-looking figure known as the Batter, who is instructed by a talking cat calling itself the Judge to travel through four Zones and kill ghostly creatures known as Spectres. The Zones themselves are haunting, upsetting places run by cruel leaders, composed of strange elements such as smoke, metal, plastic, meat, and sugar, and populated by confused and often suffering individuals who seem to be tormented by the Spectres. However, as the game progresses, the player is encouraged to question the actions of the Batter and themselves as a player, with multiple endings possible depending on the player's decisions. Despite never hitting the mainstream, OFF has served as an inspiration for a number of other hit RPGs, most notably Undertale (and most notably Undertale's absolute creepiest, freakiest stuff). The game is coming to Steam and Nintendo Switch in 2025 both digitally and as a physical edition via Fangamer. Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected]. View the full article
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The annual Gift of Giving event in Disney Dreamlight Valley has many secret quests for you to complete. These duties are tough to finish since you’re given no information outside of the task name, as is the case with A Home for the Holidays. The name of this quest gives you a slight hint as to what needs to be done, but it’s not a ton of information to work with which means you may need some help figuring it out. Here’s how to complete A Home for the Holidays in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article
As the holiday season rolls around, it's time for Disney Dreamlight Valley's annual Gift of Giving event. As with previous years, there are a couple of returning elements, but there are also plenty of new things to discover. The Gift of Giving officially kicks off on December 18th, 2024, and runs until December 31st, 2024, meaning you have plenty of time to participate. View the full article
Following a somewhat troubled launch, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has received its first major update, Patch 1.1, which promises to fix many of the game's major problems, including bugs, performance issues, and fixes to important gameplay systems. Released in November 2024 after facing several delays, STALKER 2 launched to generally positive reviews, but also a host of technical issues, some of which greatly impacted anyone trying to play the game at launch. While this may not have been unexpected for longtime fans of the series, the game's developers are trying to quickly fix the most pressing issues. View the full article
Helldivers 2 is giving Wave 2 of its Killzone collaboration to all players for free after issuing an apology to fans on social media. After announcing a large update and new enemy faction at The Game Awards, Helldivers 2 welcomed back many players looking to get in on the action. Unfortunately, the celebration of the game's success has been muddied by another misstep. View the full article
The upcoming release Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos will be censored on the Nintendo Switch after Idea Factory showed that only the PS4 and PS5 will receive it. The store page for the game shows that the Swimsuit Costume DLC won’t be available on the Nintendo Switch. According to a press release: Additionally, the Swimsuit Costume […] Source View the full article
The games industry will only be able to support two successful game consoles in the next generation of hardware, a new report claims, and one of those will ‘clearly’ be Nintendo. Market research firm DFC Intelligence released its annual market report and forecast this week, in which it projects major revenue growth for the second half of the decade, while predicting significant risk for one of the three established console manufacturers. DFC predicts that, thanks to new hardware from Nintendo and major releases such as GTA6, the games industry will enjoy record growth in 2025, following a ******* of decline following the Covid 19 pandemic. Read More... View the full article
The Epic Games Store is currently offering Vampire Survivors as the second free Mystery Game of December 2024. The Epic Games Store traditionally offers free games daily at the end of every year, and users have a limited timeframe to acquire the popular Vampire Survivors before the next Mystery Game is offered. View the full article
Nihon Falcom has unveiled a new trailer for The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky remake, also revealing a release window of Fall 2025. Initially announced in a sizzle reel during a Nintendo Direct, the remake now has its own dedicated trailer. At first, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky remake would be titled The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st, but it has since been renamed to Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. View the full article
The long-rumored character skins in Honkai: Star Rail may be closer to arriving than ever, according to a new sequence of leaks for Version 3.0. Alternative character outfits have not been made official in the game despite the many rumors that the system will be introduced, much like those in HoYoverse’s other RPG, Genshin Impact. These outfits don’t necessarily bring any gameplay value other than the aesthetic appreciation for certain units. The turn-based RPG has already teased alternative skins for characters, like the one unlocked by March 7th (Hunt) in Honkai: Star Rail, who swaps outfits when she changes Paths. View the full article
In 2011, President and founder of Valve famously said that piracy isn’t a problem of price, it’s a problem of service. But what do the problems facing the western anime and manga scene have to do with PC gaming? A lot honestly. In recent years, the anime and manga industry in the west has been […] Source View the full article
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The dreaded and feared Skibidi Toilet has reared its truly ugly head in Fortnite at last. The rumored update officially dropped in the game last night, and so far it's prompting reactions of skepticism, confusion, and delight from the Fortnite community. First off, let's talk about the crossover itself. We first learned about it earlier this week via leakers, followed up by a confirmation from the official Fortnite X account of a toilet, plunger, and camera emoji in succession and a date: December 18, 2024. The actual update went live last night, and includes a Skibidi Toilet bundle on the item shop (discounted to 2,200 V-bucks at the time this piece was written) consisting of plunger pickaxes, a Plungerhead character skin, and two backpacks: one that goes with the Plungerhead outfit, and another that is the iconic Skibidi Toilet himself. There's also a lego version of the Plungerman skin. You know it. Now you can wear it! Skibidi Toilet & Plungerman. Available now in the Shop.[Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) December 19, 2024 That's it for the collaboration, though with the recent return of the original map and the Flush Factory, there's already a conveniently toilet-themed location just waiting to be flooded with Skibidi nonsense: Uh oh... byu/johnwalnofer inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } The addition of Skibidi Toilet to Fortnite is being met with some mixed feelings from the community. There are some naysayers who feel that Fortnite has gone too far incorporating the popular meme, suggesting it's juvenile and indicative of a slide into total absurdity for what's deemed worthy of a collaboration: It's over byu/BusinessCactus2 inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } That said, the vast majority of folks seem to range from mildly amused to chaotically delighted, even the ones who have no idea what Skibidi Toilet is. Unironically, the Skibidi Toilet Plunger pickaxe is awesome byu/Informal_Area_2233 inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } This is a fever dream byu/CrueltySquadMODTempt inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Skibidi Frieza go brrrr byu/Neskau_YT inFortNiteBR .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } All in all, the verdict of the Fortnite community seems to be that the Skibidi Toilet addition to Fortnite is a good time, at minimum because the Plungerman skin is pretty cool. If you, like some members of the Fortnite community, have absolutely no idea what this toilet thing is, here's the quick rundown: Skibidi Toilet is a series of web shorts by Alxey Gerasimov published on YouTube via Gerasimov's channel, DaFuq!?*****!. And by shorts, we do mean very short - early episodes are only a handful of seconds long, and were created with Garry's Mod using assets from games like Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike. The series features a toilet with a man's head coming out of it set to a mashup of the songs Give It to Me by Timbaland and Dom Dom Yes Yes by Biser King. While early episodes are somewhat nonsensical, as the series progresses a plot emerges about an arms race between the Skibidi Toilets (of which there are many of varying sizes and with different heads popping out) and a race of people with video cameras for heads. The plot progresses from there, more recently centering on a cameraman named Plungerman and involving alien Skibidi Toilets. The whole thing, while absurdist, is far more complex than you might imagine just from seeing the image of the head in the toilet. In fact, it's got enough going on (and is popular enough) that there's reportedly a film and TV adaptation effort underway from Michael Bay. If you love Fortnite but Skibidi Toilet is still a bit much for you, don't worry. The game gets so many constant collaborations, the toilet-fest will quickly be drowned out by the next big thing, which happens to be Mariah Carey emerging from a giant block of ice to ring in the holidays. It's almost time! View the full article