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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

Fortnite loves to tease players with mysterious landmarks and hints about what will happen later in the season. This season, a portal similar to the ones where ****** Warriors come from appeared in the snowy area near Warrior’s Watch. At the moment, it seems dormant, but players have some ideas about what it is for. There is some debate about what will happen when this portal is activated. One theory suggests we will travel to the spirit realm where the Oni warriors live. This could be either during the season or as part of an event towards the end. Traveling to another world or dimension would be interesting, especially if it involves the current storyline. Will we be rescuing ***** by visiting the spirit realm? Or will these portals become fast travel points for quick movement across the map? View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

An industry insider has shared an update on the rumored Far Cry 7, revealing that the upcoming entry in Ubisoft's popular open-world series has been internally delayed from 2025 to 2026. Far Cry 7 has yet to be confirmed by Ubisoft, but previous reports claim that the next entry is now in development alongside a Far Cry multiplayer game, which is currently being worked on under the codename Maverick and is an extraction-based shooter. View the full article

Grinding Gear Games continues to tinker away on Path of Exile 2, fixing some of the "key pain points" of the otherwise superb early access ARPG. Full patch notes for the latest set of upcoming changes are on their way, but in the meantime the developer has revealed some of the major improvements heading to Wraeclast—not least of which is a change to passive skill respecs... Read more.View the full article

Silent Hill 2 Remake is perhaps the biggest horror game of this year. Meanwhile, distant rumblings of Resident Evil 9 or maybe a new version of Code Veronica continue - Dying Light The Beast and Alien Isolation 2 are also in the works. But while we wait for the next generation of nightmare fuel, one of 2024's best but most underplayed horrors just got a transformative free update, and is worth playing now more than ever. A mix of old-school Resident Evil, Silent Hill-style psychological subtext, and aesthetics from Cyberpunk 2077, if you haven't tried Hollowbody yet, it suddenly feels like an entirely new game. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hollowbody is one of 2024's scariest horror games, and it just got even better Mixing Cyberpunk and Silent Hill, Hollowbody nails horror game design Hollowbody is like a horror version of Cyberpunk, and it's coming soon View the full article

Marvel Rivals continues to shine, and some beautiful new skins are being introduced with the Winter Celebration event, bringing a festive look to a select few of the characters on the stacked roster. Skins in Marvel Rivals have proven to be a popular addition to the game, with a bunch of MCU-inspired outfits to entirely new designs, and additional skins will be introduced regularly—including in special events. View the full article

Even though castle doodling simulator Tiny Glade has a lot of flexibility in letting your imagination run wild, the game still features a few restrictions that can affect your builds. A prime example of this is the limitation on how many lights you can adorn your buildings with. Usually, you're stuck with a measly 32, but thanks to a new winter update, now you can add enough lights to make your builds visible from space... Read more.View the full article

Quick, the world is in peril, your adopted daughter is under threat, and nearby villagers are being terrorised by monsters. What do you do? Oh, you're sitting down at a cosy table in the local tavern. You're playing a card game with a dude called "Aldert". The wind outside is howling, and so are the nightwraiths, but you're just sitting there. Playing another "cow" card. Okay. Guess you'll be happy to learn that the Witcher 4 developers have more or less confirmed that Gwent will be making a return in the recently trailered Ciri-led sequel. Read more View the full article

Until very recently, Witch Beam’s cozy puzzle game Unpacking still had several copycats on Nintendo’s eShop despite co-creator Wren Brier calling attention to the situation two weeks ago. After its release in 2021, Unpacking received predominantly positive reviews and took home a gamut of awards, including BAFTA’s EE Game of the Year and DICE’s Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game, as well as nods for narrative, sound design, accessibility, animation, environmental art, and game design from other outlets. View the full article

Too many people lock in a DPS hero in Marvel Rivals, and it's impossible to get them to change. I've been playing the NetEase Games hero shooter most evenings since launch, and I'm often the only healer, fighting a Sisyphean battle to keep more than just my tank alive. People keep locking in Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Hawkeye, or Hela so often that the moment I see a fellow healer I can't help but celebrate. Overwatch fixed its team balance problem with a role ******, but the creative director on Marvel Rivals says it currently has no plans for a similar system. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Marvel Rivals codes December 2024 - free Iron Man Model 42 skin New Marvel Rivals update reveals festive event that makes Jeff the star Marvel Rivals tier list December 2024 View the full article

When is the Elden Ring Nightreign release date? Your time in the Lands Between isn't over just yet, Tarnished. Or should that be Nightfarer? This standalone multiplayer game is the closest FromSoftware fans can get to an official Elden Ring co-op mode, and we couldn't be more excited to get stuck into some jolly cooperation. Elden Ring Nightreign is set in a parallel universe to that of the soulslike game we all know and love, paving the way for new possibilities. This co-op adventure shrinks the boundaries of Elden Ring's open world to a single area. Limveld is a procedurally generated "open-air dungeon" populated with random enemies, locations, and even surprise cameos pulled from other FromSoftware titles. Gather your fellow Nightfarers and prepare for Elden Ring Nightreign, as we delve into everything we know ahead of the release date. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Between Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six Siege, and Star Wars Outlaws, there was a time, not that long ago, where you could only get the fullest experience of Ubisoft's games if you played via the studio's own Connect launcher. But with Skull and Bones having made the jump to Valve's platform, alongside other new works like Prince of Persia The Lost Crown and Assassin's Creed Mirage, it seems that the Far Cry maker is expanding its reach. Now it's Ghost Recon's turn. After AC ****** Flag and AC Unity recently got Steam achievements, the open-world squad shooter is suddenly following suit. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Here are the Ghost Recon Breakpoint system requirements More Ubisoft NFT games are coming, publisher threatens Ubisoft confirms Ghost Recon Breakpoint is dead View the full article

Nvidia's plan to keep all its new GPUs under wraps until CES might have just gone up in smoke, as graphics card maker Zotac has just inadvertently the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 lineup on its website, including the new RTX 5090. Set to dominate the best graphics cards in 2025, the Nvidia RTX 5000 series is set to be built on the company's next-generation architecture, Blackwell. It's been rumored for quite some time which cards Nvidia has planned to reveal at CES, and it appears one of its closest partners has just let the cat out of the bag. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AMD announces CES 2025 show with huge hints at next gen PC gaming hardware Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 will debut at CES 2025, says graphics card maker MSI and Intel's new Steam Deck rival will arrive in a few weeks, hints CES View the full article

Marvel Rivals has a problem, one that every hero shooter since the invention of the concept—and every MOBA before it—has suffered from: People keep picking DPS. You rock into a game, expecting a balanced team makeup, but alas. Your crew is composed of Hawkeye, ****** Widow, Magik, Psylocke, Spider-Man, and a Punisher. You proceed to die violently... Read more.View the full article

Pokémon TCG Pocket completionists have been given even more tasks to complete with the release of the Mythical Island set—which introduces a bunch of new Themed Collections and rewards to earn. Themed Collections in Pokémon TCG Pocket are mini-collection objectives to grind towards, each with a particular theme. If you want to find all of the Themed Collections there are to complete, we’ve got you covered. View the full article

Delta Force constantly features multiple events and limited-time modes with challenges that you can complete for rewards. One of the challenges you can encounter is to use a Tactical Beacon in Warfare. There’s no gadget in the game called Tactical Beacon, so here’s everything you need to know about how to complete this challenge in Delta Force. View the full article

Activision has released a brand new bundle for Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone, but the anime-inspired cosmetics are already causing some fans to blast the bundle as "something you'd find in a free-to-play mobile game." For many years now, Call of Duty's unrealistic operator skins and cosmetic items have caused a divide in the community. While some fans have been extremely vocal about their dislike for the new store bundles, that doesn't seem to have prevented Activision from releasing even more for ****** Ops 6. View the full article

Silent Hill 2 Remake is full of easter eggs, from Douglas Cartland's hat to a TV repeating a message in morse code and a suspicious hole in the bathroom wall. But it's a notice board that has piqued fans' interest this time. View the full article

The Sacrificial Heart is just one of the many random items you'll have to find a use for in Path of Exile 2. Just like the Sun Clan Relic, you need to bring this grisly trophy to a certain location if you want to claim its bounty—which is well worth it considering you'll get two passive skill points for your trouble... Read more.View the full article

If you’ve spent any time with NetEase’s new hero shooter Marvel Rivals, then you already know that the game features many powerful heroes and villains. Yet with a base roster of 33 characters, some were inevitably going to rise to the top of the heap once players got their hands on them. Memes and humorous videos about the game have already taken social media by storm, with many focusing on which characters are causing tons of frustration and annoyance for the game’s ten million plus playerbase. After playing a few hundred matches of my own, I’ve found certain ones are far more dreaded than others. So today, we’re going to rank the top Marvel Rivals characters by how much they’re driving fans crazy. Obviously this list could change in the future depending on new additions or balance patches, but for now, here are the most overpowered characters in Marvel Rivals. 6. Moon Knight Marc Spector, aka Moon Knight, may be a relatively low level character powerwise in the pantheon of Marvel comics, but he’s a serious threat in Rivals. Both his Crescent Darts and Moon Blades can bounce not just between enemies who are close together, but also between his Ankhs, which crafty players can place at all sorts of weird angles to get bonus damage without their foes even knowing where they’re being hit from. This is even easier for Moon Knight players because of how agile he is, easily scaling buildings or vantage points with his double jump and hookshot skills. And while his ultimate, Hand of Khonshu, is easily dodgeable if spotted, the fact that it comes from directly above means many Moon Knights have discovered it’s best to place it slightly behind the enemy team. This takes advantage of the natural inclination for players to back up when they can’t instantly see where an ultimate attack is coming from, leading them straight into the damage zone. He does require forethought and positioning, but once you grasp the fundamentals, Moon Knight can devastate an enemy team before he’s even spotted. 5. Star-Lord The title of “Legendary Star-Lord” may be something Peter Quill calls himself more than anyone else does, but in Rivals he more than lives up to the hype. Playing like a variant of Overwatch’s Tracer with the ability to fly instead of zip back in time, Star-Lord is a lightning-fast triggerman. His Element Guns deal high damage at a rapid rate, he can fly out of a hot zone at a moment’s notice, and his Stellar Shift dodge ability, for which he has two charges before cooldown, not only reload his guns but also grant him invincibility frames. When it comes to hit and run tactics, few Rivals characters can match Star-Lord, which makes his ultimate even more outrageous. Galactic Legend couples his hard hitting and quick reloading weapons with free flight and auto-aim, meaning that unless someone snipes him the second he activates it, there’s little the enemy team can do but scramble for cover and wait the ability out. He still needs to be careful health-wise due to being a squishy DPS character, so he can be something of a glass cannon. But if you’re quick and good at managing cooldowns, Star-Lord can feel unbeatable in the right hands. 4. Scarlet Witch There was no way the strongest Avenger was going to sit out a Marvel hero shooter, and Wanda Maximoff makes another return to the spotlight as one of Rivals’ most deadly duelists. Perfect for Moira players from Overwatch who couldn’t help but get the most eliminations in a match while ostensibly being a healer (guilty as charged), Scarlet Witch can drain enemy health bars without needing to aim much. Joining her lock-on magic are powerful Chthonian Burst missiles which she can toss frequently, and two charges of Mystic Projection, which gives her free flight and a ‘Phased’ state that allows her to avoid all damage for a short time. Once you get into a rhythm, Wanda can annihilate foes at both close and long range while easily ducking out of retaliation or enemy ultimates without even needing to be well-positioned. And then there’s her ultimate, Reality Erasure, and while it does have a long charge time, it instantly vaporizes any enemy within range. It’s more than worth the wait. As a Scarlet Witch main myself, plenty of players probably hate me. But if loving Wanda in this game is wrong, I don’t want to be right. 3. Hela This one might not be as obvious to casual players, but real Rivals heads are sure to know why Hela makes this list. The Goddess of Death lives up to her namesake, with her Nightsword Thorn primary fire able to wipe out heroes at a far distance with only a couple of critical strikes, and her Piercing Night attack often killing them outright with a single cast. Although she’s not technically a sniper, she can basically function as one in the hands of a skilled enough player. And let’s not forget her ultimate, Goddess of Death, which allows Hela to soar above the field and rain hellfire from above. Although it is technically possible to drain her health bar in this state, it’s not really worth it because she gets a HP boost, meaning it takes pretty much the entire duration of the ability’s cast time to shoot her down. This means she can clear a point single-handedly by forcing the enemy team to flee for cover, making her an early favorite for character bans once you reach Diamond rank in Competitive Mode. Thor and Loki may be more popular characters, but Hela is the true Asgardian threat you need to watch out for. 2. Jeff No one would have thought that an adorable baby shark could cause so much hysteria, but Jeff the Land Shark has quickly become one of the most hated heroes in Marvel Rivals. Why? He’s a healer, and he’s not exactly built for the front lines (even if his primary attack is deceptively powerful and he has a damage reduction against critical hits.) But the real reason Jeff is so feared is his ultimate ability, It’s Jeff!, where the little land shark reveals his monstrous appetite. Jeff is invincible while casting and, after selecting a circular area, he instantly swallows everyone within it, friend and foe alike. Enemies do take damage when they’re in Jeff’s stomach, but the real value of this ability is that he can move with other players inside him, meaning Jeffs will often ***** their foes into bottomless pits. Some will even guarantee the kills by committing suicide, leaping over the edge with enemies inside. There is counterplay to this ability (Scarlet Witch can usually escape being swallowed with a well-timed Mystic Projection, for example), but the indignity of being eaten and thrown off a cliff by a baby shark has enraged many a player. He may be intended for keeping his allies healthy, but smart use of his ultimate makes Jeff an absolute menace on the battlefield. 1. Iron Fist No character inspires more primal terror in the hearts of Marvel Rivals players than Lin Lie, the Immortal Iron Fist. This master martial artist has far and away the most insane powers in the game. Not only do his rapid fire punches allow him to assassinate healers and duelists with impunity while giving him bonus health in the process, but he also has four air jumps before cooldown, as well as a spin kick that dashes him forward. This means that he can effectively fly with well-timed use of his attacks and jumps, chasing characters like Iron Man literally through the sky. But that’s not even the worst of it. He can also use Dragon’s Defense as a parry maneuver against virtually any attack in the game. No, really. He can somehow prevent himself from being nuked, eaten by Jeff or erased from reality by Wanda with nothing more than a well-timed flex of his shoulders. If there’s an Iron Fist on the enemy team with even a moderate understanding of his toolkit, you’re in for a world of pain. Seriously, NetEase, do something about this man. My healers are dying. Carlos Morales writes novels, articles and Mass Effect essays. You can follow his fixations on Bluesky. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]