It’s the last hurrah of the ill-fated ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League, now 95% off on the Epic Games Store. The ***** comes less than a year after the game released, this AAA title from Rocksteady ******* to meet expectations for a game of its scope. By all means, it had everything going for it. […] Source View the full article
Bungie releases update 8.1.5 for Destiny 2, fixing a number of problems, while also making big changes to gameplay and gear, including improving roaming supers. It's been a big week so far for Destiny 2 players as Act 2 finally launches, adding a wealth of new activities and gear to chase, on top of working through the next part of the seasonal storyline. View the full article
If you’re familiar with music, solving the “Group of musical notes” clue on today’s NYT Mini Crossword should be fairly easy. But if you’re not, this is an extremely tough one to figure out. This is an easy clue to get stuck on, but you need to find the answer if you want to complete the entire puzzle. We’ve got all the help you need to get this one done, so here are some hints and the official answer for the “Group of musical notes” clue on the Nov. 20 NYT Mini Crossword. View the full article
The hotly anticipated Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has endured a rough launch, with players reporting ridiculously long initial loading screens lasting in some cases for hours on end. Things are so bad that Asobo Studio’s full price flight sim, which Microsoft Game Studios published across PC and Xbox and straight into Game Pass yesterday, November 19, is now on an ‘overwhelmingly negative’ Steam user review rating. Even those who do manage to load into the game are having problems, with players reporting missing content. In a video message to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s disgruntled community, Jorg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Sebastian Wloch, Asobo CEO and co-founder, explained why the launch had gone so badly wrong. Neumann began the video with an admission: “We knew the excitement was high for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, but frankly we completely underestimated how high and it really has overwhelmed our infrastructure.” Frankly we completely underestimated how high [excitement was] and it really has overwhelmed our infrastructure Wloch then proceeded to go into more detail, revealing that even simulating 200,000 concurrent players during pre-release load tests ******* to prevent the launch from causing catastrophic server problems. “We've been struggling for a few hours with one of our services,” Wloch explained. “In Flight Sim 2024, there are a few new systems in the sim. People have noticed in the career mode there's all sorts of missions, and when players at the very beginning when they start, they're asking a server for some data, and that server is going to cache it in a database. It's a pretty big database and there is a cache, and that cache is currently getting saturated. “It's a cache that has been thoroughly tested during the whole Tech Alpha. We've done load tests simulating 200,000 users, and tonight it's just completely overwhelmed.” Wloch went on to explain what Asobo had done to try to fix the problems. “We've tried to restart the services,” he said. “We've taken measures to throttle the number of people who can come in at the same time. At some point it worked pretty well, so we increased the ****** speed by 5x. And it worked well for maybe half an hour or so and then all of a sudden the cache collapsed again. “So we're restarting, we're trying to investigate, doing our best and going as fast as we can to make sure everybody can go in.” Going into more detail, Wloch explained why Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 players are experiencing this eternal loading, and why when they do get into the game they’re not seeing everything as they should. “The issue that causes this is pretty much, when that service fails it restarts, it retries, it retries,” he said. “First of all, that creates extremely long initial loading, which is not supposed to be as long. And after a certain time it will fail. If the missing data is blocking, you will not finish the loading — stop at 97% — and get a message. That means you need to restart. “And if the content was not completely blocking you may enter the sim and then maybe there's a few planes missing, maybe there's some content missing, and that's all due to the same problem with that server and service.” The hope is that Asobo fixes this problem as soon as possible; Wloch said that once the server issues are sorted out players shouldn’t see the ****** screen they’re currently experiencing. “While it’s a great launch day, we know a lot of people are frustrated,” Neumann concluded. “We're really sorry. We want to apologize. We have some problems today. The team is on it, and we will keep going.” 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
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Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 and its free-to-play Battle Royale counterpart, Call of Duty: Warzone, have both received a new update that makes some handy adjustments to movement in both games, alongside a few other changes. Following the November 19 update, which was the second patch of the day for Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 and Warzone, players will now be able to perform the diving and sliding actions much quicker than before. View the full article
Kadokawa Corporation, the current majority owner of Elden Ring, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls developer FromSoftware, has confirmed that it's recieved an "an initial letter of intent to acquire the Company's shares" from Sony. However, it's also said that no decision has been made as to whether the former corp will sell up the latter as of right now. Read more View the full article
Classic Batman villain Clayface is set to appear in the upcoming Creature Commandos, and you'll likely recognise his voice. Read more View the full article
The producer of Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake says he would like to see Final Fantasy 6 getting the same treatment in the future. Released this week, the remake makes use of the trademark HD-2D art style used in a number of modern Square Enix games, including Octopath Traveler 1 and 2, Triangle Strategy and the remake of Live a Live. In a new interview with Inverse, the game’s producer Masaaki Hayasaka was asked which Square Enix game he would like to see getting the HD-2D treatment next. Read More... View the full article
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TCL CSOT, the display making subsidiary of TCL, has been talking about its longer-lasting, cheaper to make, and less power-hungry inkjet-printed OLEDs for a while, having shown off several prototypes in the past. Read Entire Article View the full article
On 11th October 2024, three video game studios announced themselves near-simultaneously as the creators of “spiritual successors” to ZA/UM’s mournful Marxist RPG Disco Elysium. First came Longdue, a conspicuously corporate operator who are making an untitled “psychogeographic RPG”. Dark Math Games followed around lunchtime - they’re making a ***** Antarctic ski resort mystery called **** Nightshift. Finally, there was Summer Eternal, the mouthiest and Marxiest of the lot, who have set themselves up as a workers co-operative and have yet to announce a specific project. Read more View the full article
Recently I covered that Kadokawa, the owner of ELDEN RING developer FromSoftware, were potentially being acquired by Sony and now Kadokawa have confirmed there's something going on. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Kadokawa Corporation has confirmed it has received a buyout offer from Sony, but insists it has yet to make a decision on whether to sell up. Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Sony was in talks to buy Kadokawa, whose subsidiary FromSoftware is behind smash hit Elden Ring, the Dark Souls and Armored Core games, and PlayStation exclusive Bloodborne. Kadokawa has now confirmed the report, with a note from CEO Takeshi Natsuno issued after shares in the company skyrocketed on the news. “There are some articles on the acquisition of Kadokawa Corporation (hereinafter ‘the Company’) by Sony Group Inc,” Natsuno said. “However, this information is not announced by the Company. The Company has received an initial letter of intent to acquire the Company's shares, but no decision has been made at this time. If there are any facts that should be announced in the future, we will make an announcement in a timely and appropriate manner.” Sony has so far declined to comment. Kadokawa’s business extends into areas that fit into Sony’s broader entertainment offering, which includes anime, manga, TV, and film. Kadokawa is a prolific publisher of anime, and Sony already owns anime streamers Crunchyroll and Funimation. As well as FromSoftware, Kadokawa owns Danganronpa developer Spike Chunsoft, Octopath Traveler developer Acquire, and RPG Maker and Pixel Game Maker developer Gotcha Gotcha Games. Kadokawa is the majority owner of FromSoftware, with around 70% of the company. Sony already owns around 14% of the developer, with Tencent owning around 16%. Piers Harding-Rolls, Research Director at Ampere Analysis, told IGN that news of a potential deal isn’t that surprising. "Sony’s interest in Kadokawa’s games publisher FromSoftware was made more concrete in 2022 when it acquired a roughly 14% share of the company following up on its long-time collaboration with the company," Harding-Rolls said. "At the time, Sony mentioned a broader interest in cross-media development of anime and games IP to support its other media businesses. So, in that sense any deal for the parent company Kadokawa, which also operates extensively in manga and anime, is a natural extension of this earlier deal. These other areas align nicely with Sony’s anime businesses. "The market conditions for acquisitions have changed dramatically over the last two years but Sony will always be looking for opportunities that can fuel its growth and that bolster its IP portfolio, and that represent value. There may also be a defensive element to this move. FromSoftware is an important partner for Sony’s games business, and it will not want a competitor taking control of Kadokawa and potentially disrupting that relationship. It helps that Kadokawa is also active in areas which are a strong fit with Sony’s wider business." For Sony, its gaming business has already suffered significant layoffs this year and the closure of multiple studios, including Concord developer Firewalk. In February, it announced a round of layoffs affecting 900 staff, or about 8% of its global PlayStation workforce. The layoffs impacted a number of PlayStation studios, including Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, and Firesprite, but PlayStation's London studio was hit hardest with a notice of closure. Since then, Sony-owned Bungie has also suffered devastating cuts as Destiny 2 struggles to find commercial success. 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
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Apart from the Tomb of Elders activity and new loot, Act Two of Revenant in Destiny 2 continues the story of you chasing down Fikrul across the system. The story is short and ends with the Captive Memories mission, which features a small puzzle and an old ******. Here’s a complete walkthrough of the Captive Memories mission in Destiny 2. View the full article
The Magic: The Gathering card Screaming Nemesis has seen a slow but significant price rise over the past few weeks. This red spirit card cost $9.50 a month ago, but since then it's gone up 200%, to a far more impressive $28.60. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG teases its strangest Commander deck yet The best MTG planeswalker cards Best card games 2024 View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3, pound for pound, has had more daily users in 2024 than in 2023, which feels a little bit like setting a coin spinning, going on holiday for a week, and then coming back only to find it still whirring away on your table... Read more.View the full article
Good news, Final Fantasy 14 is coming to mobile, meaning you'll be able to play the big RPG/MMO thing on the loo without having to haul your bulky setup in there, or do some trickery with keeping doors open so you can still see the screen. Read more View the full article
You can grab ******** Squad ***** The Justice League for just $5 on PC right now. Rocksteady's canonical follow-up to the Batman Arkham series hasn't won over many players since it launched at the start of this year, but if you've been on the fence about trying the live service co-op shooter, this new ***** is the perfect chance to give it a shot. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: ******** Squad Season 2 saw just 600 players show up to the party ******** Squad is about to be given away for free on Prime Gaming ******** Squad's 10x player count jump can't save Season 1 View the full article
Dooley has been rampant in The Bazaar over the last week, pumping out win after win. The cheeky little ****** harnesses the power of his trusty Core to beat up his poor, unsuspecting opponents. But the dreaded Harmadillo is the real star of the show. In a bid to save the meta, developer Tempo has temporarily removed the overpowered item. In a hotfix patch on Nov. 19, Tempo disabled Harmadillo, Yo-yo, Crook, and a few other items and skills ahead of a “larger patch” coming soon. If you’ve played The Bazaar over the last week, you should be familiar with Harmadillo by now. The armored ****** ramps up quickly, stacking up Armor and dishing out tons of Damage. View the full article
When is the Marvel Rivals Season 1 release date? We're already thinking ahead to the 2025 roadmap for the multiplayer shooter, and if it's anything like its competitors, Overwatch and Valorant, then we can surely expect plenty of additional content and seasonal updates to keep things fresh. The Marvel Rivals release date is not far off, and the multiplayer game starts with Season 0 which will last one month, taking you through December and into the beginning of January. It features half the amount of content we can expect from full season launches and battle pass, but is priced to reflect this. Though details are pretty thin, we do have an idea on what's coming to Season 0 and when to expect Marvel Rivals Season 1. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Marvel Rivals release date, gameplay, and latest news All Marvel Rivals characters, tier list, leaks, and full roster Marvel Rivals events - all current and upcoming events View the full article
Leveling up your Pokémon in Pokémon Go is essential if you want to tackle top-tier foes and stay ahead of the curve in PvP. However, Go‘s leveling system is strikingly different to other games in the franchise, so finding out a critter’s level while you train it can be tricky. While there is no exact method of determining a Pokémon’s level in this game, there are several visual cues which can serve as a strong indicator. Here, we’ll ***** into two routes for finding a Pokémon’s level in Pokémon Go, looking at the Pokédex screen method and the Candy method. View the full article
Is Atomfall coming to Game Pass? Rebellion's survival RPG arrives next year, so if you're wondering whether you can play the game on Microsoft's subscription service in 2025, here's everything we know. The Atomfall release date is fast approaching, and Rebellion has finally revealed whether Atomfall is set to be released on Game Pass. In addition to this, we've also received confirmation about the survival game's exact release date and launch platforms. Alongside the announcement, the RPG game is now available to pre-order, and includes a basic supply bundle DLC of an exclusive melee *******, loot caches, and an item recipe, sure to help you with fighting cults and discovering the secrets of the British village. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Atomfall release date, gameplay, trailers, and more Atomfall launch window confirmed, as Fallout rival gets closer Fallout London has a rival in new British apocalypse survival RPG View the full article
If you've been waiting for the right moment to buy a new gaming laptop, then you'll want to take a look at this latest offer on the Alienware M16 R2. You can currently save $400 on the price of our favorite gaming laptop, which has an amazing spec, including an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, a superb 240Hz screen, and 32GB of RAM. Thanks to this Best Buy gaming laptop deal, you can now pick up this machine for $1,699.99, rather than the usual $2,099.99 asking price. You can read all about why we love this machine in our Alienware M16 R2 review, where we praised this laptop's gaming performance, its great cooling system, and its crisp 240Hz screen. The $1,999 spec we reviewed has the same GPU and RAM as the version on offer, but a lesser CPU in the form of the Core Ultra 7 155H, but the Alienware machine on offer here has the faster, top-end Intel Core Ultra 9 185H in its innards, making it an even better buy for the money. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Alienware Pro Wireless review - a surprise package in the best way New Alienware Pro gaming headset looks great, but it's not cheap Dell's Alienware gaming chair just got an awesome price cut View the full article
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Bethesda just released a new patch for Starfield, which fixes many lingering issues and adds a slick new ride. While the developer's post-launch support for the sprawling RPG may have been a bit slow out of the gate it's managed to pick up the pace in 2024 by releasing several updates that have tweaked some frustrating settings and included great quality-of-life improvements. The latest update is no exception but Bethesda has gone one step further by giving everyone access to a couple of exciting free Creations. View the full article
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It’s the last hurrah of the ill-fated ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League, now 95% off on the Epic Games Store. The ***** comes less than a year after the game released, this AAA title from Rocksteady ******* to meet expectations for a game of its scope. By all means, it had everything going for it. […] Source View the full article