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If you're quick, you can snag what is unreservedly one of the finest gaming mice available right now for a penny short of half price. With this mouse normally retailing for an eye-watering $159.99, you can save a massive $79.99 and snap it up for a mere $80 in this ****** Friday gaming mouse deal. As our choice of the best wireless, ultralight option on our best gaming mouse guide, the Superlight 2 is a tour de force of gaming mouse design and performance. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab this incredible Logitech gaming mouse at its lowest price ever Save a massive $84 on this cute wireless Logitech gaming keyboard Grab a 1080p Logitech webcam for under $25, if you act fast View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Around this time last year, we were all having GTA 6's first trailer dropped on our heads, offering us our first look at the trip to Vice City that - as of Take-Two's last earnings call - is still set to rock our worlds in Fall 2025. Read more View the full article

HunterxHunter NenxImpact, the upcoming Arc System Works and Bushiroad fighting game based on the hugely popular manga IP HunterxHunter, has been refused classification by the *********** government. This means that, unless something in the game changes to better fit the country's sensibilities, it can't be sold, advertised, or even imported into Straya. Read more View the full article

Back in August, programmers finally got Bloodborne running on a PS4 emulator, bringing the game to PC (at least, unofficially) at long last. View the full article

Fortnite has launched into a new map in Chapter Six, and there are plenty of secrets to uncover, including the mysterious Mythic Vault. We’ve got all the details you need to get the Vault Key and open the door to claim the treasures inside. Fortnite Chaper Six got off with a bang following a record-breaking live event, followed by a move to a *********-themed island full of secrets and treasures. While there are plenty of bosses to ******, great rewards are tucked inside a hidden vault. View the full article

One of the many high concept ludonarrative experiments I’d one day like to bring to fruition is an immersive sim in which the player has access to many guns, but their default arsenal selection is an open packet of crisps which they hold out in front of them, in first person, and offer to NPCs. Some NPCs wouldn’t be swayed by this, but some would lower their weapons at the offer of a prawn ********* treat, and so you’d be constantly playing chicken with various guards: edging closer toward them, your shaking hands rattling the delicious disks inside the oily packet, mentally weighing up whether it's worth risking them turning hostile at the last second. Obviously, I’d scan some real crisp packets and just alter the logos for maximum immersion. One game that’s already taken this scanned bricolage concept and run with it to beautiful effect is Hyperdrive Inn. It’s an avant garde point and click adventure from Finnish studio Horsefly, where the entire world is constructed from scanned fabric samples. Have a looksee. Read more View the full article

A Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 player appears to have become the first in the world to hit Prestige Master level 1,000, revealing the previously unknown rewards for doing so in the process — but not everyone in the community is happy about it. A screenshot of gameplay from a Call of Duty player called ‘Aldredd’ revealed the milestone had been achieved, shocking players. The grind for experience points (XP) and ‘prestige’ (resetting progress and leveling up all over again after hitting 55) is part of the Call of Duty experience, and for many is the driving motivation to play for months, sometimes years on end. But a player already hitting the maximum possible level, with ****** Ops 6 little over a month old, was thought impossible. That's because of the astronomical amount of XP required to hit level 1,000 (approx 50 million XP). Once you Prestige 10 times you can graduate to become a Prestige Master, which unlocks an extra 1,000 levels to grind. Hitting level 1,000 Prestige Master is the end point of the entire ****** Ops 6 grind, and brings with it a set of exclusive rewards that were unknown to the community, until now. 1000 Unlocked #cod #nukesquad #mogged #CallofDuty [Hidden Content] — Beamishh (@Beamishhhhhhh) December 1, 2024 The player in question created an X / Twitter account to discuss what they had achieved, and even published a video showing off the rewards. The X / Twitter user, called ‘Beamishh,’ subsequently admitted to using “Zombies glitches,” to hit level 1,000 already. Ever since ****** Ops 6’s release players have used the PvE Zombies mode to farm XP because it's much quicker than playing Multiplayer or Warzone (XP progress is shared across all three experiences). And within Zombies mode, various away from keyboard (AFK) glitches and exploits have been discovered that let players leave their console or PC running as their character obtains XP from infinite waves of zombie enemies. And that’s exactly what Aldredd / Beamishh did. Why is this a problem? Some ****** Ops 6 players were racing to become the first to hit Prestige Master level 1,000 and thus reveal the rewards themselves. Indeed, entire groups of players were working together to reveal the rewards first through legitimate play. One such group, called ***** Squad, is made up of Call of Duty streamers who are sharing their accounts in order to hit the coveted milestone, but are now complaining about Beamishh getting there first. One member of ***** Squad, called Santana, tweeted to say they were “robbed.” “So saddening to see zombie exploiters ruin the level 1,000 rewards,” they said. “***** Squad has streamed every single game since the game released and for it to be robbed and posted all over social media is so disheartening. It’s also sad that the company didn’t really do anything about these exploiters even though we all knew what was going on in the background. GGs.” Santana’s tweet has itself fueled the row, with some in the community pointing out that while Beamishh used Zombies glitches to hit level 1,000, ***** Squad were trying to hit the same milestone by account sharing, which violates Call of Duty’s terms of service. Santana replied to this suggestion by claiming that Call of Duty publisher Activision had told ***** Squad that its members were allowed to account share for the race, but were restricted to no more than six people, and no more than eight hours for each person playing. This itself has caused some to wonder why an exception was made for Call of Duty streamers and content creators, leaving regular players with a disadvantage or facing a potential ban for employing the same tactic. The row shows no sign of stopping either, with both Beamishh and Santana continuing to have their say online. Beamishh denied cheating (“I’m just doing zombies glitches mate idk why you’re so tilted”) but admitted “there’s nothing impressive about my 1,000.” Santana has suggested Zombies AFK exploiters could get banned. Warning! Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 Prestige Master Level 1,000 spoilers follow: As for the rewards, some are saying they tease the next Call of Duty game, which is reportedly a ****** Ops 2 sequel set around 2030. They include a skin for Operator Eric Samuels, a Secret Service agent from ****** Ops 2. The skin is called 'New Orders' and looks like it includes future tech. The ******* blueprint is called Enigma Tech, and includes the following description: "Get a glimpse of the day after tomorrow with the Enigma Tech ******* Blueprint." ****** Ops 6 Prestige Master Lvl 1000 Rewards likely give major hints to the next Call of Duty game. Via @beamishhhhhhh [Hidden Content] — ModernWarzone (@ModernWarzone) December 1, 2024 The speculation now is that Activision and ****** Ops developer Treyarch had hoped it would take at least half a year for players to hit Prestige Master Level 1,000, around about the time it planned to pull back the curtain on next year’s Call of Duty. Samuels, it seems, will play a role in that game. All this will make sense in time, but for Activision, perhaps, this particular breadcrumb was discovered sooner than expected. Taking on Zombies mode? We've got Essential Zombies Tips and Tricks to help you get started, plus a guide on How to Exfil. Both Zombies maps are full of easter eggs and secrets; here's everything we've found in both Terminus and Liberty Falls, including How to Pack-a-Punch in Liberty Falls and How to Get the Meteor Easter Egg in Terminus. 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

Silent Hill 2 Remake is likely all but done with now apart from the potential odd patch with some fixes, so Bloober has already started working on its next project. Read more View the full article

Valve have released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2024. Here's the details from it. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

To your stations, colleagues! December has ambushed us like a hideous hairy man in a red bobble hat, and time is of the essence. In just a handful of weeks, Horace the Endless Bear shall strike the brazen gong labelled "Happy holidays" and atomise the world, that it may be born anew in 2025. Before that, we must heap the Maw's plate high with any remaining new video games or video game news from 2024. Find below a few new PC releases for the pile. I thought it was going to be a quiet week, but it's actually quite a boisterous haul. Read more View the full article

If we look at the revenue figures generated by the eSports market in 2023, ******* States comes top of the pile with $870 million in revenue. However, the other two countries making up the two three are China, with $445 million and South Korea with $274 million in revenue. This underlines the popularity of eSports […] Source View the full article

Madden NFL 25 wasn’t simply one more football game—it is a festival of all that fans love about the series, loaded with new ideas that meaningfully impacted the way we play. Released to mark 25 years of Madden NFL, this game brought a blend of sentimentality and innovation to players all over the place. It […] Source View the full article

Indie developer Summitsphere has announced a delay for ANTONBLAST on Switch, their new hand-animated retro platformer. ANTONBLAST will forgo its previously announced December release on Switch for one later but “before end of year.” The Windows PC (via Steam) version is still on track for December 3rd. The Switch version is a timed exclusive, the original Kickstarter […] Source View the full article

Developer Pocketpair has issued a new update for its hit survival game Palworld that has not gone over well with fans. Palworld was one of 2024's earliest and biggest successes. The record-smashing game was a huge hit in early access, and enjoyed significantly high player counts on PC and Xbox. View the full article

This is a 16-bit style remake of 2010's Breath of ****** VII: The Beginning from Zeboyd Games. View the full article

Those interested in starting their journey in the Red ***** Redemption series may wonder what the best order to play the games is. The release order for the games is not in chronological order, with Red ***** Redemption 2 (2018) being presented as a prequel to Red ***** Redemption (2010). Although there are positive reasons for different play orders, one stands out above the rest as the superior way to play through this open-world adventure series. Getting into the series is not so intimidating when played a certain way, and the games can easily capture the hearts of new players. View the full article

Disney Dreamlight Valley's latest expansion, A Storybook Vale, brought a lot of new features to the game, but perhaps the biggest update is still yet to come with the addition of Floating Islands. Not only is this heavily requested feature part of a free update, meaning all players will gain access to it, but it will be even better than fans could've hoped. View the full article

Day one Xbox Game Pass game Party Animals will be leaving the service after December 31. Party Animals was originally added to Xbox Game Pass on the very day of its launch, September 30, 2023. It earned mostly positive reviews from critics at the time of its release, with many praising it for essentially a more polished and fully-featured take on the Gang Beasts concept. View the full article

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a massive RPG, but by the time players have gotten through it, they will surely have an ***** for something similar to the title. If players liked Veilguard, there are plenty of other games of the same genre to sink their teeth into. Whether players are looking for a tried-and-true RPG or something new, it's hard to narrow down exactly which game will satisfy the craving. View the full article

Shiv is a character known for her powerful, close-range fighting style in SUPERVIVE. Considering the talent behind SUPERVIVE's team, it's no surprise that characters like Shive are a lot of fun to play. She's very fast and relies on quick movements and good timing to defeat her opponents. Her abilities are built for players who like to ******* and take risks, and those who can learn to use them well will find great success. Basically, if you can control her movements and ******** her combos accurately, she can become a very powerful character. View the full article

The Mass Effect trilogy includes a morality system that affects the choices that Commander Shepard is able to make at certain points in the games and whether they're able to bypass moments of conflict by charming or intimidating the parties involved. While this ability to solve an issue easily with the use of Shepard's morality status can be nice, gaining points towards either Renegade or Paragon is often more exciting than using Shepard's reputation. Similarly, the options that are the most fun to pick are usually those that are rather meaningless in the overall story. View the full article

In Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, players have to be prepared to take on the Lord of the Underworld, Zoma, as the final boss of the main game. This boss ****** is the hardest battle the game has thrown at the player thus far, meaning their party should be well leveled and equipped to match. While this ****** is technically the final boss, the game is not over once Zoma is defeated, meaning players have even more of an incentive to become as strong as possible. View the full article

Hogwarts Legacy is a great game. The highly anticipated Harry Potter game by Avalanche Software and Warner Bros. Games was released in 2023 and has since sold over 30 million copies. Hogwarts Legacy stands out for its immersive and open-world map, allowing fans to explore the wizarding world as if they were truly part of it, and Hogwarts Legacy 2 should only improve in these areas. View the full article

The online multiplayer servers for Friday the 13th: The Game will be shut down on Tuesday, December 31, making it the end of an era for fans of the slasher franchise. Friday the 13th: The Game was first released in 2017 and found some success among asymmetrical multiplayer horror fans. It went on to inspire copycats of its own, as other horror movie franchises made the jump to the video game space. View the full article

Cozy games come in a wide variety of styles, not just the farming simulator games that seem to have inundated the market in recent years. Following the success of games like Stardew Valley and others, the term "cozy" feels as though it has become synonymous with farming, but this doesn't have to be the case. Although those games are a lot of fun and offer a comfortable gaming space for players, some people have gotten tired of the same type of things happening over and over in many of these. Thankfully, there are numerous cozy games offering other options, including management sims, exploration, adventure, puzzles, and more. View the full article