Elden Ring Nightreign was one of the big healines at The Game Awards yesterday, as you'd expect from anything with FromSoftware's critically-acclaimed fingertips. Now, Bandai Namco has revealed that it'll be getting a network test early next year, with sign-ups starting in January. Read more View the full article
Square Enix recently revealed the official system requirements for running Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PC. The PC port of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was announced during The Game Awards on December 12, and the RPG will be available on Steam and the Epic Games Store on January 23, 2025. View the full article
There are four maps you can investigate to participate in Phasmophobia’s Winter’s Jest event. One of these maps is Bleasdale Farmhouse, and it has quite a collection of Krampus Boxes waiting to be found. Tracking down Krampus Boxes is a pretty daunting task since they can be easy to overlook. It’s a lot more doable when you know exactly where you should check for them, so here are all of the possible Krampus Box spawn locations around Bleasdale Farmhouse in Phasmophobia. View the full article
Marvel Rivals seems to be doing everything right just a week after its release, but the way it handles banned cheaters is one that everyone can agree with. As a competitive, free-to-play shooter, Marvel Rivals was bound to end up getting invaded by cheaters using hacks like aimbots and wall-hacks eventually. And, of course, it has been. But NetEase Games handles the bans in an exceptional and hilarious way. View the full article
Iron Fist is a Duelist character in Marvel Rivals whose abilities reflect his mastery of martial arts, using skills to strike down whatever foe stands in his way. As a close-range melee fighter, Iron Fist always wants to get close to enemies he can eliminate quickly. With a flurry of blows, Lin Lie can prove himself as the Immortal Iron Fist as he disrupts the synergy of rival teams. View the full article
The USB-C Backbone One (second-gen) offers the same experience as the Lightning version pictured. As good as the Backbone One is (read our review of the original version), it can be hard to justify earmarking $100 for a mobile gaming controller. Even at its common $70 ***** price, you’re entering pro controller territory. That said, a 50 percent discount for the second-gen Backbone One (USB-C) seems worth jumping over the fence for. Today only, you can get it for $49.99 at Best Buy, which is a record low price and just in time for the Resident Evil 2 remake that’s soon launching on the iPhone. [/url] The Backbone One’s USB-C connector means it works both with Android smartphones and iPhones 15 or newer. It’s sleek with a bubbly grip sized just right to comfortably reach any of its face buttons, triggers, bumpers, or analog sticks. Ergonomically, it’ll lose to bulkier controllers, but should feel pretty good in most hands and is infinitely better than pecking away at the screen. The controller also has USB-C passthrough charging and 3.5mm for headphones and headsets. The Best Buy-exclusive Warzone Mobile edition on ***** here is mostly a spiritual tie-in: it’s visually and functionally identical to the standard Backbone One, but comes with free in-game rewards. You can use it with any games or apps with controller support, including cloud streaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now. The purchase includes a free one-month trial of Backbone Plus ($40 a year afterward), which unlocks more app features like gameplay recording, live streaming, and Play on Any Screen (the latter enabling wired gaming on PC and tablets). You’ll also get three months of Apple Arcade ($7 a month value). More deals and discountsThe Logitech G203 Lightsync is on ***** starting at $18.99 ($21 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Logitech. The wired gaming mouse doesn’t boast the same button count or overall features from the brand’s flagship models. That said, it still has six programmable buttons total, plus an accurate sensor 8,000 DPI optical sensor and a scroll wheel with lock. It even has a touch of RGB lighting that you can customize with your favorite colors or sync to the action in your game using the G Hub app.You can get the Anker Power Bank (30W, Fusion, Built-In USB-C Cable) in ****** for $19.99 (50 percent off) from Amazon when clipping the on-page coupon. The versatile travel-friendly charger has a built-in folding wall plug on one end to charge the 5,000mAh battery inside, but you can use the USB-C cable on the opposite end to do the same. There’s versatility in charging modes, too — you can use it in battery mode with the USB-C cable to charge smartphones or other devices at 22.5W speeds, or plug it into an AC outlet and use it as a 30W USB-C adapter.Besides its name potentially stoking cravings for a sweet roll, the Ultimate Ears Miniroll may pique your interest for other reasons, one being the record low $49.99 price Amazon, Sweetwater, and Ultimate Ears have it for right now. The portable Bluetooth speaker is circular, roundish, and small enough to stow in a bag or pocket, and the integrated clip lets you attach it to belt loops, straps, pole, and any other object thin enough to clamp. The IP67 speaker has oversized buttons and floats in water, too, and lasts up to 12 hours per charge. You can buy a second one and sync it for stereo sound, but you may find it surprisingly loud on its own. [/url]View the full article
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Publisher Sony and developer Naughty Dog have announced plans to release The Last of Us Part II Remastered on PC next year. The game originally launched on PlayStation 4 in 2020 before the Remastered version debuted on PS5 in January this year. Read Entire Article View the full article
A Tekken 8 fan going by the handle Chaolan_Enjoyer posted photos of the statue (as highlighted by PC Gamer) on Reddit, asking if it constitutes false advertising. The $220 figure depicts Jin Kazama facing off against Kazuya Mishima on a rubble-strewn street. Read Entire Article View the full article
An Elden Ring Nightreign beta test starts in February 2025 with registration opening from January 10, publisher Bandai Namco has announced. The network test is a “preliminary verification test in which the selected testers play a portion of the game prior to the full game launch,” Bandai Namco said in a post on its website. “Various technical verifications of online systems will be examined by conducting large-scale network load tests.” Only the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S are listed as platforms for the network test, which means the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam all miss out. Elden Ring Nightreign is FromSoftware’s standalone co-operative spin-off set in a world parallel to that of 2022’s Elden Ring. It was announced at The Game Awards 2024 with a debut trailer, below, and a 2025 release window. Earlier this month IGN had the opportunity to visit FromSoftware and go hands-on with an early build of Elden Ring Nightreign. We came away impressed, stating that Elden Ring Nightreign “takes the cautious dungeon crawls of Elden Ring and turbocharges them into propulsive, slash ‘n’ dash speedruns.” Check out IGN's interview with game director Junya Ishizaki for even more on Elden Ring Nightreign. And be sure to check out IGN's round-up of everything announced at The Game Awards 2024 for more on what's coming to the world of gaming in the years 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
FromSoftware can't stop, won't stop. There's more Elden Ring on the way, right on the heels of the mammoth Shadow of the Erdtree DLC this year. The next expansion, Elden Ring: Nightreign, is of a slightly different flavor, as it's a standalone multiplayer mode that involves taking on bosses and other enemies, and you'll be able to play it sooner than you might think. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best fantasy games on PC 2024 The best Elden Ring builds The best samurai games on PC 2024 View the full article
It's the end of days in the new monthly challenge for Civilization 6, which just launched on December 10 to keep players occupied over the holidays as they gear up for Civ 7's release next February. Civ 6's monthly challenges are unique scenarios that incorporate specific rules or limitations, and players can access them even if they didn't purchase the Civ DLC used in the challenge. This month's new challenge throws players into a literal apocalypse - a Civpocalypse to be exact - and will test their patience and resilience against an onslaught of natural disasters, barbarian hordes, and rising sea levels. View the full article
Veteran video game voice actress Laura Bailey and Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul are joining forces in Dispatch, an upcoming title about a superhero response center. Bailey and Paul were among the many special guests at The Game Awards 2024, a blockbuster event that honored the biggest and best titles of this proceeding year while looking ahead to the future. Other big names included the legendary Hideo Kojima, Remedy Entertainment creative director Sam Lake, Snoop Dogg, and even original Indiana Jones actor Harrison Ford, who took the stage alongside Indiana Jones and the Great Circle star Troy Baker. View the full article
An old enemy, the Illuminate, has returned to the galaxy of Helldivers 2, and the Helldivers need all the help they can get to fight back. The battle against the Illuminate takes place in new environments, and there are a few things you can use to make your life easier, including the Fast Recon Vehicle, or the FRV. Fast Recon Vehicle is a four-seat car that can accommodate an entire squad of Helldivers. There’s a driver’s seat, two passenger seats from which Helldivers can lean out to lay down suppressive fire, and a gunner seat in the back to mow down the squids. The vehicle has an automatic gearbox, but you can also manually shift gears if you want to. There’s also a fuel limit of 60L. Once it’s out, you must find a new one, since there are no gas stations out there. View the full article
Crimson Desert first galloped onto the scene in 2020, with a bombastic trailer at Gamescom 2023 showcasing some particularly beautiful medieval open world action adventuring. It's got horses, fishing, plate armour and roving heroism, but one thing it lacks is a release date. Now, thanks to The Geoff Awards, that's changed! Well, sort of - Crimson Desert is out sometime in late 2025. Read more View the full article
We all got our first proper look at The Witcher 4 during The Game Awards last night, via a cool new trailer that showed Ciri - the game's protagonist - doing some witchering. Read more View the full article
One Move Away, announced during The Game Awards, is an indie game that has you moving house and packing your things. This life event played in the game coincides with three different characters, trying to emotionally move on as they pack up. The press release says, "Each move offers a fresh perspective on the excitement, melancholy, and nostalgia of starting a new chapter." View the full article
A total of 461 employees of ZeniMax Online Studios have officially unionized under the Communications Workers of America banner, according to an announcement from the union yesterday. The union consists of web developers, designers, engineers, and graphic artists at ZeniMax Online Studios working on massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Elder Scrolls Online. They are mostly located in Maryland, but are also based in various states including California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. Together, the new union will be known as ZOS United-CWA. ZeniMax owner Microsoft has formally and voluntarily recognized the union already, in accordance with its past Labor Neutrality Agreement. "With a union, we are looking forward to collectively pushing for improvements to the workplace, including job security, protections against AI, better pay and benefits – in an industry that we’re so deeply passionate about," the union said in a follow-up post on Bluesky. ZOS United follows in the footsteps of a number of other game studios who have unionized in recent years, especially under Microsoft's neutrality banner. Bethesda Game Studios in the U.S., Bethesda Games Studios Montreal, ZeniMax QA workers, Blizzard's World of Warcraft team, and Activision QA workers all unionized just this year. And past years have seen workers at Blizzard Albany, Raven Software, Avalanche Studios in Sweden, and ***** of America unionize as well, among others. Meanwhile, video game voice actors under SAG-AFTRA are currently on strike, demanding that video game companies bargain with them over a fair deal granting actors protections against AI being trained on their likeness without consent or fair compensation. 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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New Screllum leaks for Honkai: Star Rail have emerged after a long time since the character’s last update, and while the previous rumors had indicated he would not arrive anytime soon, it still seems like there’s hope for the character. Screwllum is a Genius Society member in HoYoverse’s turn-based RPG and a colleague of The Herta. He was introduced as an NPC in Version 1.1, shortly after the game’s release in 2023. Since then, there’s been speculation about his possible release, but the most recent leaks said that Screwllum’s release in Honkai: Star Rail was canceled. View the full article
VKD3D-Proton v2.14 is now available bringing various improvements to the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer that's used by Valve's Proton for running Windows games on Linux. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
With the holiday break approaching, Bungie teases upcoming exotic changes coming to Destiny 2 in January alongside the start of Act 3. Act 2 has entered its slow *******, giving Destiny 2 players a chance to catch up on content or acquire specific types of loot before Act 3 arrives on January 7. View the full article
Point Hope has 10 terrifying floors you can explore in Phasmophobia despite being officially classified as a small map. It’s a tricky space to navigate in any investigation, especially when searching for Krampus Boxes in the Winter’s Jest event. In addition to being quite large, Point Hope is also extremely cluttered, so it’s easy to accidentally miss the Krampus Boxes around the map. Your odds of finding them are much better if you know where to look, so here are all the possible Krampus Box spawn locations around Point Hope in Phasmophobia. View the full article
Fortnite’s Brick Life lets you live your dream life by trying out different jobs, buying new houses, home decor, and fancy vehicles. After starting your life in LEGO Fortnite Brick Life, your money is limited, and the game doesn’t tell you the best ways to build wealth and afford all the luxuries of life. While doing jobs is a simple way of earning money, there are faster ways to get money and become rich to afford every form of vehicle, house design, and beautiful home decor to showcase your personalized home to other players. View the full article
Players will be able to get their hands on The First Berserker: Khazan soon, with both a demo and the full game due to launch in early 2025. A demo for the action RPG will be released on January 16, with the full game coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Steam on March 27. The news was announced at The Game Awards on Thursday, where the new trailer below premiered. Read More... View the full article
When compared to other hero shooters, Marvel Rivals is launching with a massive roster that compares to other titles years after launch. For context, Rivals has been released with an impressive thirty-three hero roster, up from the Playtest's twenty-three, which would have been more than big enough to launch most hero shooters. Compare this with Overwatch 1's launch roster of twenty-one heroes, and it is easy to see that Marvel Rivals is going big with practically every element. A roster of thirty-three is a far-cry from where hero shooters originally came from. View the full article
The First Berserker: Khazan, a new action RPG from the Korean developer Neople, will be released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on March 27, 2025. Those interested in trying out the hardcore gameplay found in The First Berserker: Khazan won't have to wait that long, however, as a demo will be available on January 16, 2025. View the full article
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Elden Ring Nightreign was one of the big healines at The Game Awards yesterday, as you'd expect from anything with FromSoftware's critically-acclaimed fingertips. Now, Bandai Namco has revealed that it'll be getting a network test early next year, with sign-ups starting in January. Read more View the full article