A bit of a double-whammy this week from Intel. Not only did they announce that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, but they've also now properly revealed their new Arc B-Series GPUs. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
While we've seen some pretty horrendous FPS flops in the last couple of years, there are some truly brilliant newcomers that deserve your attention. I know it can be hard to pull yourself away from the familiarity of longer-running live service shooters like Call of Duty, Fortnite, or Counter-Strike 2 - believe me, I suffer from this too - but if there's one you should definitely try (or return to, if you gave it a shot before) it's The Finals. Embark's debut game is one of the most slick and grin-inducing FPS games around, and this month is a big one for it - not only does The Finals Season 5 arrive, but it will celebrate its first birthday. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: After losing most of its players The Finals might be making a comeback Best The Finals build - best Light, Medium, and Heavy loadouts Underrated FPS The Finals has a new Siege-inspired game mode View the full article
Pre-farming Mavuika’s materials in Genshin Impact is a possibility thanks to some Version 5.3 leaks that have already detailed the items that the playable version of the Pyro Archon will use to fully Ascend and increase her Talents’ levels. Confirmed by developer HoYoverse via drip marketing, Mavuika will become a playable character in Version 5.3 alongside several other units that will make their debut in the patch. Among confirmations and leaks, there are four new characters listed for Genshin Impact 5.3. The leaks about the character and other contents have started to emerge because of the Version 5.3 beta tests. View the full article
A recent datamine of Version 5.3 reveals that the upcoming weekly boss in Genshin Impact has specific voice lines for all Natlan characters, including the yet-unannounced Ifa and Varesa. While Genshin Impact once had barely over 20 characters on its playable roster, that number has more than quadrupled over the years. The Sumeru era was largely marked by Dendro, whereas Fontaine tried to improve upon the more niche playstyles such as Plunge, Burning, and Overload. View the full article
Image: Nintendo Though it started out pretty chill, over the years, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp steadily became bloated with monetization. There were all kinds of things to spend real money on, including loot boxes for unlocking rare items. When I logged in to the game last week after months away, my screen was dominated by notifications vying for my attention, most of them involving spending some kind of cash. That’s what makes the new paid version of the app so intriguing. The original Pocket Camp has technically shut down, replaced by Pocket Camp Complete, which gets rid of all the in-app purchases in exchange for a one-time fee. (It’s $9.99 at launch on both iOS and Android, which will jump to $19.99 in January.) And without the looming specter of having to spend real money, this version of Pocket Camp is a whole lot more relaxing. Fundamentally, the game is the same. You’re tasked with running a campground for a bunch of friendly animals, which involves designing various spots for them to hang out, while also doing traditional Animal Crossing activities like fishing and catching bugs. The game allows existing Pocket Camp players to transfer their saves — all you need to do is link a... Read the full story at The Verge. View the full article
That was quick. Just a few days after patch 1.0.2 addressed a bunch of mission bugs, patch 1.0.3 arrived for Stalker 2 this morning to… well, to address a bunch more mission bugs. Look, Stalker 2 is a buggy game, so this is gonna take a while. And it's gonna take a lot of bandwidth: today's patch is about 20GB... Read more.View the full article
We don't know much about the next Mass Effect game yet, except that it's happening and Liara T'Soni will be in it. That's left fans of the series eager for whatever scraps of information they can get their hands on, and BioWare's Michael Gamble, who's heading up work on Mass Effect 4, might have just thrown them a bone... Read more.View the full article
****** Ops 6 Season 1 Reloaded is almost here, and despite meaning to be a mid-season top-up of content, it is absolutely crammed. There are new multiplayer maps and weapons, events, a Christmas makeover for Nuketown, and much more, but the headline feature is absolutely Citadelle des Morts - ****** Ops 6's third round-based Zombies map. From teasers, it already sounded like an epic new Zombies experience, but after seeing everything that's been revealed about it in today's big Season 1 Reloaded info dump, I think it may end up being even better than Terminus and Liberty Falls. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: ****** Ops 6 events explained All ****** Ops 6 camos - how to unlock BO6 mastery camos ****** Ops 6 hit registration issue actually "erroneous" blood, Treyarch says View the full article
The Intel Arc B580 will be available starting December 13th for $250, while the Arc B570 will come a bit later, on January 16th, for $220. These GPUs are targeting mainstream, affordable price points. That's where they're starting out with Battlemage, but these are not necessarily the highest-tier, fastest cards... Read Entire Article View the full article
Launching alongside new Intel Battlemage GPUs today is XeSS 2, the next version of XeSS that adds frame generation and a low-latency mode, very similar to what we've seen from Nvidia with DLSS 3 frame generation and Reflex, as well as AMD with FSR 3 frame generation and Anti-Lag 2. Read Entire Article View the full article
New leaks about Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 have highlighted new Relics that may be the first adequate set for *****’s build in the game. Version 3.0 is the next major patch for HoYoverse’s turn-based RPG and will kick off the title’s third year of content. With it, players will unlock a new destination called Amphoreus and, with it, meet a new roster of allies – the Amphoreus characters in Honkai: Star Rail 3.0. All of this, in turn, will bring forth new main story missions for Trailblazers to explore as they continue venturing through the galaxy. View the full article
Epic Games surprised players by announcing that fan favorite DC characters would be making their return to Fortnite. DC characters like Catwoman haven't been seen in Fortnite's item shop for nearly a year. Some of the skins have been away even longer than that. In the past, the battle royale has seen major collaborations with DC. While many characters have come to the game, Fortnite characters even made their debut in comic books alongside icons like Batman and Superman. Some fans were uncertain if the skins would return after Disney bought a 1.5 billion dollar stake in the game and deepened its partnership with Epic Games. View the full article
The Warzone ranked grind begins anew as part of ****** Ops 6. Welcome back to Ranked BR. Battle Royale Ranked Play is back in Call of Duty after a hiatus of several months, and Urzikstan will be the home of the grind for the time being. Make sure to grab your squad and get ready to hot drop to try to gain rewards and rank points as you climb in CoD’s competitive BR mode. View the full article
Call of Duty has shared a glimpse of the new Squid Game-inspired skins coming to the first-person shooter IP in the near future. This tease follows right after the announcement of Call of Duty getting a crossover with the renowned Netflix series. View the full article
The final Humble Choice Bundle is here for 2024 with the December selection a pretty nice well-rounded collection for you. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Microsoft has announced the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in December 2024, headlined by Indiana Jones and the Great Circle but also including the likes of ****** Team Racing: Nitro Fueled. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the highly anticipated release from Wolfenstein developer MachineGames and is Indy's first proper foray into the video game space. Players are tasked with uncovering one of history's greatest mysteries in the first person single player adventure, and arrives as a day one title on December 9. "Generations of gamers both new and old should care [about this game]," IGN said in our preview. "Because as good as the studio’s recent Wolfenstein reboots were, The Great Circle might be even better." ****** Team Racing: Nitro Fueled is something quite different as a colorful kart racer akin to Mario Kart. "****** Team Racing Nitro-Fueled’s difficulty, memorable track design, and addictive power-slide mechanic make it a kart racer worth playing but it's not without its frustrations," IGN said in our 8/10 review. Xbox Game Pass December 2024 Wave 1 Lineup****** Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled (Ultimate, Standard, Core) - December 4DayZ (Now with Core) - December 4Goat Simulator (Now with Core) - December 4Forza Motorsport (Now with Standard) - December 4Hauntii (Now with Standard) - December 4Humanity (Now with Standard) December 4EA Sports WRC (Ultimate, PC) - December 5Overthrown (Ultimate, PC) - December 5Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Ultimate, PC) - December 9Wildfrost (Ultimate, PC) - December 10Carrion (Ultimate, PC, Standard) - January 2Road 96 (Ultimate, PC, Stnadard) - January 7[/url] Also on the racing front, EA Sports WRC is available December 5 and brings its rally championship action to Game Pass subscribers. It didn't review as well as previous entries, however. "EA Sports WRC feels like a great racing game trying to ****** its way out of an unfinished one," we said in our 6/10 review. Overthrown arrives the same day. "Lift and throw anything as you build and manage your kingdom in this chaotic city builder for one to six players," the synopsis reads. "Harness the power of your soul-stealing crown to defend your citizens from bandits and mutants, farm the land, and gather resources." Aptly arrived in the midst of winter, Wildfrost is a tactical roguelike deckbuilder set in the town of Snowdell. The sun has frozen over and its survivors stand as the last bastion against an eternal winter. Flipping the traditional hero saves the day narrative on its head is the next entry, the side scrolling action game Carrion. "Carrion nails the power fantasy of being a horror movie monster, but makes exploration a chore that pads the adventure," IGN said in our 7/10 review. Finally, wrapping up the month is Road 96, the wild and wacky procedurally generated game about taking a road trip. "Road 96 is a fascinating and frequently tense adventure that manages to keep its story on track despite the odd bump in the road," IGN said in our 8/10 review. Those not subscribed to Ultimate can look forward to some new titles too, as Xbox Game Pass Standard is getting the likes of Forza Motorsport and Humanity while Xbox Game Pass core is getting DayZ and Goat Simulator. A handful of games are leaving Xbox Game Pass this month too, though those looking to continue playing afterwards can save 20% on their full price by purchasing them while they're still available on the subscription service. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
Minecraft is ending 2024 with a pretty big update. The Garden Awakens has plenty of fresh content to explore including a vast new biome to traverse and one of the most terrifying mobs the sandbox game has seen thus far. There’s a lot to unpack in this update, so reviewing the patch notes before you ***** in can be rather helpful. If you’re wondering what this update includes, here are the patch notes for everything new in The Garden Awakens update for Minecraft. View the full article
Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 has detailed everything coming to the game as part of its imminent Season 1 Reload. The Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 update looks to add several new multiplayer maps, new weapons, Warzone ranked play, and the return of Call of Duty's annual holiday event, CODMAS. View the full article
With Dune: Awakening's launch fast approaching, the survival MMO space ******** a difficult one to navigate. Developers for Dune: Awakening can look to the initial failures and eventual successes of another major game in the space, Fallout 76, as an example. Where it appeared at first that the Fallout IP simply wasn't enough to compensate for the underwhelming gameplay at launch, 76 had many things working against it. While it would seem these massive franchises have equally massive built-in audiences, it turns out things are slightly more complicated than that and these MMOs cannot rely on name recognition alone. View the full article
Grand Theft Auto 6 is easily one of the most hyped games of 2025. But not only has a release date for Rockstar Games’ latest installment in the epic ****** series not been confirmed yet, there hasn’t really been any new trailers for the game, either. As pointed out on the GTA 6 subreddit, today marks the one year anniversary of the release of the upcoming game’s first trailer. It quickly took the world by storm, but things have been real quiet since then outside of occasional comments and updates from the development team. Many of the replies in the thread echo the frustration over a lack of news, but some remain optimistic that a new trailer is coming as soon as today. View the full article
Pokémon TCG Pocket might be a highly simplified form of the Pokémon TCG, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a competitive meta. For the past five weeks, over 1,000 players have taken part in streamer Ursiiday's weekly tournament, and that's allowed us to see a noticeable shift in the meta. This week, Charizard ex is finally on top, and a surprising new Greninja deck has emerged to quench the flames. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Pokémon TCG Pocket: This lethal deck beat a 1,100 person tournament If you love Pokémon Pocket, this starter set makes it easy to try the full TCG Pokémon TCG Pocket rarity explained View the full article
Pictures purportedly showing off the Lenovo Legion Go S, a budget version of the popular Legion Go gaming handheld PC, have just been leaked. These new rendered images show off the front and back of the device, along with the trigger buttons and I/O. If the ***** is legit, then it shows Lenovo is potentially removing some of the more interesting features from the original Legion Go handheld from this new budget device, instead going for a more modest design. This new Lenovo handheld will be another Steam Deck rival that hopes to capture the interest of gamers, but as our original Lenovo Legion Go review proved, competition to make the best gaming handheld PC is strong, especially if you get the pricing wrong. With that in mind, if Lenovo can nail the specs and the price, it has a chance here to provide a strong budget alternative that gamers will actually want. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Lenovo Legion Go handheld reportedly discovered, but there's a massive catch Lenovo Legion Go just hit its lowest ever price, as sequel rumors grow This Nvidia RTX 4060 gaming laptop ****** Friday deal is a steal for just $699 View the full article
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If you've been waiting to ***** back into Blasphemous 2, now's the perfect time. Not only is there the new and expansive Mea Culpa DLC, but developer The Game Kitchen has just released a free update, and it makes your next run in the Metroidvania even ******* if you want it to be. So if you've got a finished save file, or think you might be close to the end, you can jump back in and ramp up the challenge. The Game Kitchen has even given you the choice to make your next run-through a bit less challenging, but still tough. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Blasphemous 2's new DLC sounds like a major soulslike expansion Dark fantasy Metroidvania Blasphemous 2 makes a comeback this fall 8 top games to grab during the Steam Winter ***** 2023 View the full article
There’s no better time to grind the Ranked Play playlist than the holiday break. Warzone players, get ready to get sweaty this season. ****** Ops 6’s Season One Reloaded update marks the return of Ranked Play for battle royale in Warzone. After Ranked was limited to Resurgence for the last few seasons of MW3, it took a hiatus, but is now back on Urzikstan for the big map gamers. View the full article
Zombies mode in ****** Ops 6 was largely overlooked when the big Season One patch came rolling in but that’s certainly not the case in Season One Reloaded—with the big highlight being a brand-new map, Citadelle des Morts. The drop of the new environment takes the maps available in ****** Ops 6 Zombies up to three, joining Terminus and Liberty Falls, and comes alongside a plethora of other additions including a new Perk-a-Cola, a new Ammo Mod, new Field Upgrades, and a lot more. View the full article
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A bit of a double-whammy this week from Intel. Not only did they announce that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, but they've also now properly revealed their new Arc B-Series GPUs. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article