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Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is being delisted on February 2, 2025, it’s been announced. The a co-op action RPG will remain purchasable up until that date, after which the base game and its DLC it will remain playable offline in single player only. The news was confirmed in a message posted on console and PC digital storefronts. Read More... View the full article

Almost a decade ago, Warframe players were using weapons like The Tipedo to send themselves flying through the air at ludicrous speeds. This turned the mobility game on its heads, allowing folks with the dexterity to do so to quickly soar through levels. Digital Extremes, rather than remove this bug, made it a feature. Now, with Warframe 1999, it seems a similar revolution in the mobility game has happened again. Read more View the full article

Path of Exile 2 is tough, a much more challenging affair than most other ARPGs. The Ranger was the third class I played, and let me tell you—if you're looking for a leg up to handle the difficulty, you've come to the right place. After being on the struggle bus for days, especially with my Chronomancer, playing a Ranger was easy breezy and I thoroughly enjoyed blasting everything to bits... Read more.View the full article

While Sony’s dormant first-person shooter franchise Killzone seems dead in the water in terms of brand new games, it looks set to live on via a crossover with Helldivers 2. The gritty first-person shooter franchise saw five games released from 2004 to 2013 for a range of PlayStation consoles as Sony took on Xbox's Halo, culminating in PlayStation 4 launch title Killzone Shadow Fall. But fans haven’t heard a peep out of Killzone ever since (save a T-shirt in The Last of Us Part 2: Remastered), with the last decade and seemingly beyond devoted to developer Guerrilla Games' smash hit Horizon franchise. Based on recent comments from one developer, however, we perhaps now know why. Warning! Helldivers 2 spoilers ahead! Helldivers 2 dataminer Iron_S1ghts tweeted details on the unannounced Righteous Revenants Warbond, which include armor that features the gas masks and red eyes that will be instantly recognizable as belonging to the Helghast, Killzone’s villainous enemy. Cementing the leak as legitimate is the telltale asset takedown following a request from the “copyright holder,” in this case Sony. (Leak) Righteous Revenants Warbond#Helldivers2 [Hidden Content] — IronS1ghts (@Iron_S1ghts) December 13, 2024 Killzone feels like a great fit for Helldivers 2, and this leaked crossover has already sparked excitement among fans that Sony may be ready to return to the franchise. Alas, developer Guerrilla Games has its hands full with the Horizon Online project and the inevitable Horizon 3, so if Sony does have plans for more Killzone, it will probably have to come from another developer. Last month, Arrowhead CCO and Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt cautioned against doing too many crossovers, saying “it would dilute the IP and make it a ‘not Helldivers’ experience.” However, he also published an extended list of IPs he “really would love to do a take on!” Killzone, perhaps understandably, was not on the list, below: AliensStarship TroopersTerminatorPredatorStar WarsFifth ElementBlade RunnerWarhammer 40kTrench CrusadeMutant ChroniclesDropzone Commander Helldivers 2 is currently enjoying a resurgence after the release of the long-awaited Illuminate update, which adds a third faction for players to fight against. Expect plenty more from the explosive third-person shooter, which remains the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game of all time with an incredible 12 million copies sold in 12 weeks, in the months ahead. 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

Your ghost-hunting journey starts off pretty rough in Phasmophobia, but over time, your skills will improve and you’ll gain access to better gear. Getting rid of your default gear can be a tricky process to navigate, though. The better gear you have to work with, the easier your investigations become, as all higher Tier items can acquire evidence a lot more quickly. It can be tough to figure out how to upgrade though, so here’s how to get rid of default gear in Phasmophobia. View the full article

Developer miHoYo has announced Zenless Zone Zero is getting update 1.4 this month, bringing with it new characters, PS5 Pro support, and more. The new 1.4 update “A Storm of Falling Stars” will launch on December 18th across all supported platforms, continuing the ongoing post-launch support for the game. Here’s a rundown on the new update, […] Source View the full article

Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Dimps shared the opening movie for Freedom Wars Remastered, their remastered port of Sony’s 2014 PS Vita action RPG. Here’s a rundown on the new remaster, plus the opening movie: Good morning, Sinner. For the crime of existing, your 1,000,000-year sentence begins today. Fulfill your duty to the Panopticon. In celebration […] Source View the full article

If there's any company that nails narrative-focused action games, it's Sony. The return of Kratos in 2018 led to God of War earning the coveted Game of the Year, and its follow-up, God of War Ragnarok, received similar acclaim when it launched back in 2022. Fortunately, the finale of the Norse duology dropped on PC earlier this year, and it's currently available at its lowest price yet. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AMD Ryzen gaming CPU owners need this new God of War Ragnarok PC patch God of War Ragnarok is GOTY material when it's not boring me to death God of War Ragnarok PC players peak at just half predecessor's best View the full article

A Game About Digging A Hole sounds like it might actually be somewhat amusing. As the name suggests, it's all about digging down deep where you might find some secrets. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Publisher Square Enix and developer Mistwalker Corporation have released a demo for Fantasian Neo Dimension. The new demo is now available for all platforms, except for PS4. Players will be able to experience the beginning of the game’s story, including its multi-dimensional gameplay, and save data can carry over to the full game. Fantasian Neo […] Source View the full article

Celebi ex is one of the strongest decks to come out of the Pokémon TCG Pocket Mythical Island expansion set and is staking a claim to be part of the meta due to its strong ability to deal a bunch of damage to overthrow any deck—including Pikachu ex and Mewtwo ex. It works similarly to the Mewtwo deck, where you stack your backline with a certain grass Pokémon to boost your attack chances, but it has a mix of other strategies in play, too. But how does it work? And what is the best deck list to field? View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

South Korean video game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss has revealed that Crimson Desert, its upcoming open-world fantasy experience, is launching in late 2025. Prior to working on Crimson Desert, the company released the popular MMORPG ****** Desert Online, among other titles. View the full article

Activision has outlined the steps it’s taken to combat cheating in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 after Ranked Mode came under fire by fans. Ranked, ****** Ops 6’s most competitive Multiplayer mode, began November 21 but reaction so far has been largely negative. This is because of the apparent prevalence of cheaters who are ruining the integrity of the mode. And yes, as has become Call of Duty tradition, console players are turning off crossplay in a bid to avoid PC cheaters. In a new blog post, Activision’s Team Ricochet, the division responsible for its Call of Duty anti-cheat tech, admitted not enough had been done to prevent cheating with the launch of Season 1. “After a series of updates our systems are in a better place today across all modes; however, we did not hit the mark for the integration of Ricochet Anti-Cheat at the launch of Season 01 — particularly for Ranked Play,” Activision said. “We understand the promise of glory and notoriety from Ranked Play leaderboards makes Ranked Play an attractive target for cheaters. For this reason, our teams have been especially focused on turning the tide to deliver the competitive arena our players seek.” Activision said account bans are now happening hourly due to increased “velocity” from several Ricochet Anti-Cheat systems, in addition to the over 19,000 accounts it’s removed recently. Cleanup of the Ranked leaderboards, which has suffered greatly from cheaters, is now faster, Activision said. And Activision has “significantly expanded” its Replay Investigation render farm (the machines used to generate clips for examination.) The company said it’s also ramped up the group dedicated to manually reviewing clips based on a priority order that favors detections. “In the last several weeks, the Replay tool updates have been highly effective at validating detections and reports, providing further training for AI systems for the anti-cheat team, and removing cheaters,” Activision added. The things you work so hard to earn (Ranked Play status, camos, etc.) are attractive targets to cheaters who want nice things but don’t like to put in the work. Activision also promised more updates to come for its Ricochet Anti-Cheat systems, including its kernel-level driver and brand-new server-side protections. These are set to launch during Season 2 and 3. In the meantime, Activision encouraged players to enable 2FA on their account, and report cheaters in-game. “The things you work so hard to earn (Ranked Play status, camos, etc.) are attractive targets to cheaters who want nice things but don’t like to put in the work,” Activision said. “The Ricochet Anti-Cheat team will be continuing its work to fight cheaters throughout the remainder of the month. While we have made progress, we know more needs to be done and we’re eager to share details of our planned major updates coming in the new year.” Most Activision anti-cheat updates are met with a healthy dose of scepticism from hardcore fans, and this latest one is no different. Cheating is not unique to Call of Duty of course, but it has become a significant reputation issue for Activision ever since the free-to-download battle royale Warzone exploded in popularity back in 2020. The mega publisher has spent millions of dollars developing its anti-cheat technology as well as pursuing cheat makers in the courts, with a number of recent high-profile successes. In October, ahead of the launch of ****** Ops 6, Activision said that it aimed to kick cheaters out of the game within one hour of them being in their first match. ****** Ops 6 launched with an updated version of Ricochet's kernel-level driver (this also applied to Warzone), with new machine-learning behavioral systems focused on speed of detection and the analysis of gameplay to combat aim bots in place. "The people behind cheats are organized, ******** groups that pick apart every piece of data within our games to look for some way to make cheating possible," Activision said at the time. "These bad guys are not just some script kiddies poking around with code they found online. They are a collective who profit from exploiting the hard work of game developers across the industry. "But cheat developers are flawed (clearly — they have to pretend to be good at video games). Every time they cheat, they leave breadcrumbs behind. We’re always looking for those breadcrumbs to find the bad actors and get them out of the game." 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

I still think Volcanoids has one of the absolutely coolest ideas for a survival game, with your base being a big moving drill that burrows through the earth and it just keeps on getting better. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Zotac briefly leaked listings for five graphics cards from Nvidia's upcoming GeForce RTX 5000 series. The mistake marks the first official confirmation that the lineup, codenamed Blackwell, continues the RTX branding. More information regarding video memory arrangements has also emerged. Read Entire Article View the full article

Wayward is an Early Access wilderness survival roguelike that's highly rated by players, and it just had a massive update launch with "Runekeeper". Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Fortnite's Legendary Bush item is returning to the OG game mode once the next update drops. Ever since Chapter 1 ended and Athena Island was replaced with Apollo Island, players have been asking Epic Games to add a second map to Fortnite featuring the OG Battle Royale island. Epic has tried out various options, such as Fortnite Season OG and allowing gamers to make their own custom Chapter 1 islands in Creative mode, but it just didn't feel the same. View the full article

Stoneshard is a very challenging open-world RPG currently in Early Access and the latest major release is a really big one. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

If you've been hankering to complete your Total War: Warhammer collection or waiting for the right time to jump into Creative Assembly's enormous strategy series, Humble Bundle's latest deal may be just the ticket. Right now, you can grab up to 75% off each of the three mainline Total War: Warhammer games - Total War: Warhammer, Total War: Warhammer II, and Total War: Warhammer III - and up to 50% off a selection of the trilogy's DLC. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Every Total War: Warhammer game is on ***** for at least 50% YouTuber memorises Warhammer Tomb King's 6 minute long name Sculptor reveals how Total Warhammer Dread Saurian was born View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

If you've been itching to check out more co-op DnD games after spending time with Baldur's Gate 3, then Dungeons and Dragons Dark Alliance is worth looking at. The forgotten and overlooked co-op adventure launched to a mixed reception in 2021, but if it ends up looking like a game you and some friends might enjoy, consider this me giving you ample warning. Dark Alliance is being delisted from Steam fairly soon, and while you can still play it after that, you won't be able to buy it or use the servers. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance review - hurt me plenty Unlike Outriders, co-op DnD brawler Dark Alliance hits PC Game Pass on day one Dark Alliance is a frantic ARPG, but somehow it's still a DnD game View the full article

Awaria is the latest game from vanripper, the mind behind Helltaker, and after getting through the difficult gameplay and reaching the end, you might notice one pesky achievement is left to unlock—Choking Hazard. The achievement has puzzled a few players online already, with many wondering what you need to do to unlock it. After all, in a game about fixing things, there isn’t exactly a lot of food scattered around. As such, it can be easy to miss if you don’t know what button to press. View the full article

A new Genshin Impact 5.3 leak has revealed when and where the Pyro Traveler will be officially unlocked for players to control, and not only is the setting familiar, but it seems redesigned with an ominous new element. The Pyro version of the Traveler is the first that could not automatically be unlocked upon reaching a new region. Previously, players only needed to interact with a Statue of the Seven in the region they were visiting and resonate with the element. This has not worked with the Pyro Traveler in Genshin Impact since the release of Natlan in Version 5.0. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Great was the adulation last week when FromSoftware announced a new Elden Ring game, Elden Ring: Nightreign - and great the lamentation from certain quarters when it was revealed to be a co-op-focussed experience. If you missed the reveal, perhaps because you value sleep over the spectacle of Geoff Keighley's fashion friends, let me catch you up: in Nightreign, you pick from one of eight preset characters and explore a parallel-universe version of Elden Ring's Limgrave map, fighting lesser foes and levelling up quickly so as to prepare for a boss battle at the end of each 15-minute in-game day. Read more View the full article

The new Legends of Darkshire 3D printable scenery range, currently seeking funds on Kickstarter, looks absolutely spot on for Dungeons and Dragons campaigns set in dark and gothic worlds. As big fans of the classic DnD horror setting Ravenloft, and the gothic grandeur of Dark Souls' Anor Londo, everyone in the Wargamer office is drooling over this kit. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: All DnD classes explained Festive DnD homebrew lets you fight the ultimate final boss, Mariah Carey All DnD races and species explained View the full article

The Magic: The Gathering card Mox Opal, unbanned in Modern on December 16, 2024, has skyrocketed in price, with TCGPlayer data showing the card selling today for $124 more than it did yesterday. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Latest MTG Modern ban destroys The One Ring Blue MTG card price spikes 300% thanks to multi-deck demand Aetherdrift brings many new planes to MTG's multiverse View the full article