Baldur's Gate 3's players numbers are up compared to this time last year, seemingly due to official mod support from developer Larian Studios. Larian director of publishing Michael Douse shared the improvement on X/Twitter, revealing the average daily active users is up 20% over 2023. "Mods are very good," Douse said of the improvement, referencing the release of official mod support as part of Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7. The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, which released in August 2023, is also enjoying an increase of 3% in average daily peak concurrents and a 61% boost in Steam Deck users compared to last year. This increase is impressive for a largely single-player game. Baldur's Gate 3 does have cooperative multiplayer but is not a live service that may be expected to enjoy a boost in player numbers year-on-year. And while Larian has continued to update Baldur's Gate 3 with new features and improvements, it has not released DLC for it. Mods, which are even available on console and not just PC as standard, are proving incredibly popular among Baldur's Gate 3 players. Players downloaded more than 50 million mods via the official mod support tool in less than two months, and this number doesn't include the thousands made unofficially. Mods released so far include one that adds real-time combat to the otherwise turn-based RPG and another that brought entire new maps to Faerûn, including the highly requested Avernus. Patch 7 otherwise added official content including an "absolutely metal" ending for Karlach and a hidden evil ending. Players will also be relieved to hear that it's not the final major Baldur's Gate 3 patch after all. In our 10/10 review of Baldur's Gate 3, IGN said: "With crunchy, tactical RPG combat, a memorable story with complex characters, highly polished cinematic presentation, and a world that always rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur's Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs." Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
Need some fresh twin-stick ********* fun? Hotloop looks like a nice one, with an interesting gravity mechanic to throw your ship around using gravity from various planets. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Wizards of the Coast has revealed a new Secret Lair deck for Magic: The Gathering. 20 Ways to Win is an upcoming precon which is clearly themed around alternate win conditions: cards that let you win the game by completing some kind of special objective, from casting a particular spell twice to collecting a bunch of treasure. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best MTG planeswalker cards Best card games 2024 Foundations Jumpstart MTG cards hit absurd prices, with $30 rise post launch View the full article
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor publisher EA has issued a statement regarding the game's performance issues on Sony's new flagship console, the PlayStation 5 Pro. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is one of the many triple-a titles experiencing graphical glitches on the console, but the game's publisher has now said that it is aware of the issues and is actively investigating. View the full article
Helldivers 2's Democracy Space Station is the big thing right now, so it's no surprise the game's latest major order is all about using it to help with some planet liberation. That said, it is a bit funny that this MO looks to have been deployed when all of the DSS' special abilities are currently on cooldown, meaning they won't be deployable for a little while. Read more View the full article
Red One hasn't exactly done amazing at the box office considering its massive budget, but that isn't a concern for Amazon thanks to Prime Video. Read more View the full article
The prices of the fastest SSDs are finally crashing down to reality, and we love to see it. In this latest gaming SSD deal, you can grab a super-fast Crucial T705 PCIe 5.0 SSD for just $119.99, which is half its MSRP, saving you a massive $120. This isn't just any SSD either, the 2TB version is the fastest drive we've ever tested, and the 1TB version on offer here can read at up to 13,600MB/s, which is an incredible speed for this price. You can read all about how this drive performs in our full Crucial T705 review, where we said that its "read and write speeds set a new yardstick by which other drives will be measured." At the time, we also criticized its high price, but that issue is more than addressed by this offer, which halves the price. The 1TB Crucial drive in this deal isn't quite as quick as the 2TB drive we reviewed, with the latter able to read at up to 14,500MB/s, but it's still massively quicker than any PCIe 4.0 SSD. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Save 21% on this 1TB Crucial external SSD for a PS5 or gaming PC, but be quick Save over $160 on this Crucial T705 gaming SSD, the fastest drive we've tested Your gaming SSD speed could plunge by 16x in some AMD motherboards, says Crucial View the full article
For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]
There's nothing better than finding a new roguelike to play and endlessly completing runs until your fingers go numb. 2024 has brought us some of the best in genre, with Hades 2 and Balatro leading the way alongside updates to ***** Cells, The Binding of Isaac, and Cult of the Lamb. But as the year draws to a close, another hidden gem deserves your attention. Available right now for a mere one dollar, make sure you check out Dreamscaper. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Beautiful, surreal roguelike Dreamscaper has left Early Access Dreamscaper is a lovely, action-heavy roguelike with shades of Persona View the full article
Having been out for a couple of weeks, and with Season 1 now here, Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6's meta has started to settle. Some weapons have risen to the top, some have been nerfed, and others have been left in the dirt. View the full article
Wizards of the Coast and Amazon have revealed a trailer for The Queen's Cradle, the Dungeons and Dragons-themed episode of the upcoming Secret Level animation anthology. It's a rapid montage of fantasy-themed mystery and action, but unfortunately the choice of a pseudo-realistic art style means we're much more interested - and concerned by - the trailer's deeply uncanny gnome wizard. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Kobold Press says sorry for dunking on DnD Dm's guide Get $888 of books for DnD's biggest rival at a wild 96% discount All DnD races and species explained View the full article
A new report claims that Sony is looking to acquire FromSoftware's parent company Kadokawa Corporation, but that could actually be uncomfortable news for manga fans. Read more View the full article
I've been playing a lot of excellent roguelikes in 2024. Game of the Year nominee Balatro has taken over my life, while the launch of Hades 2 and the last update for ***** Cells have kept me coming back as well. Between all of these games, though, I've been waiting for The Binding of Isaac to debut its online co-op update, and I'm more than happy to report that it's here. Isaac is one of the roguelike genre's most formative games, and now the free Repentance+ update makes it even better. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Binding of Isaac online co-op is almost here, as the roguelike goes dirt cheap What is the Binding of Isaac multiplayer password? Binding of Isaac co-op test canceled as hacker ruins it "for everyone" View the full article
Intel's new Arc GPU range, codenamed Battlemage, could launch as soon as December this year, potentially before the Nvidia RTX 5000 lineup is launched. The new Intel GPU boxes have been listed as being prepped for shipping, indicating that the hardware is almost ready for release. The first Intel dedicated graphics cards, which we tested in our Intel Arc A770 review, launched back in 2022, hitting the mid to low-end sector of the market. While offering a cheaper alternative to AMD and Nvidia's GPUs, Intel's first offerings were inundated with issues and needed constant driver patches to improve performance. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Intel is making its own version of AMD 3D V-cache for CPUs, but there's a catch New AMD Ryzen gaming CPU smashes Intel and could make monster gaming handhelds Save a massive $119 on this bargain Intel Core i5 gaming CPU, if you're quick View the full article
For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]
The next Homeworld 3 update, which overhauls combat and the pace of the campaign in the space RTS game, will also be the last, as developer Blackbird says it is time to "close this chapter." Originally released in May, Homeworld 3 revives the beloved strategy series, which once ranked alongside Total Annihilation and Command and Conquer as one of the best on PC. Currently, however, the game has 'mostly negative' reviews on Steam and an average concurrent player base of less than 50. Nevertheless, the upcoming 1.3 version will represent Homeworld 3's "last major content update." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Homeworld 3 creators pull Denuvo DRM from controversial space strategy game Struggling RTS Homeworld 3 ditches roadmap, crams it into one update Homeworld 3 dev drops big new update to fix struggling strategy game View the full article
Sony is reportedly acquiring Kadokawa, a huge ********* conglomerate company that owns everything from video game studios to television and anime. This has led many fans to wonder what Sony could get if the deal goes through. On the gaming side, Sony could get Spike Chunsoft, Acquire, Gotcha Gotcha Games, FromNetworks, and the 70 percent stage of FromSoftware that Kadokawa owns. Sony already owns a 14 percent stake in FromSoftware before the reported merger, which would put it far from owning the entire company. View the full article
For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]
Dissatisfied with the current offering of multiplayer arena shooters, brothers Leonard and Sirius Lemaitre did what any reasonable gamers might do and created their perfect game: Straftat, a breathless 1v1 shooter. Combining the unsettling and liminal world of their previous game, Babbdi, the distilled white-knuckle action of frag-fest greats and a little sprinkling of breakcore, it is quite unlike anything else... Read more.View the full article
If you're looking for something fitting to watch in order to celebrate Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree getting a game of the year nomination at this year's Game Awards Keighleyfest, you'll be looking at a bit of a longer wait if you're planning on it being the Elden Ring anime that got a cool teaser earlier this year. Read more View the full article
Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 appears to have some pretty severe graphical issues on Sony's new flagship console, the PlayStation 5 Pro, as players report "shimmering" when in 60 FPS mode. Unfortunately, Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 reportedly isn't the only triple-a title experiencing issues on the PlayStation 5's mid-gen refresh, as users are also revealing issues with games like Silent Hill 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Alan Wake 2, and more. View the full article
There are plenty of Gobblegums to collect in ****** Ops 6 Zombies that provide huge benefits when consumed. If you’re looking for the best of the bunch, we have tips for the best Gobblegums to add to your loadout. Only a select number of Gobblegums are available in each run in BO6 Zombies, chosen by the loadout you select before the game begins, and some are not worth equipping. In other words, choosing the very best can make or break any run. View the full article
A new Honkai: Star Rail announcement has confirmed the exact time and date for the upcoming Special Program event for update 2.7. Honkai: Star Rail has consistently hosted livestream events a few days before each update, revealing much of the new content. View the full article
Board game publisher Elf Creek Games looks to be in hot water, as fans complain about unfulfilled Kickstarter projects, while receiving no reassurance or other update from the company. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: 300 best Truth or Dare questions for a spicy game night Best **** board games 2024 YouTubers play a full board game while covered in 120,000 live bees View the full article
Some Tron fans were surprised with the announcement that Ares would be scored by Nine Inch Nails, but its director says they're a great fit for the film's "industrial" feel. Read more View the full article
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games has revealed a brand-new Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda map for the upcoming shooter, offering a stunning backdrop to high-octane gameplay. The Kingdom of Wakanda is a fictional country from Marvel Comics lore created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and the sub-Saharan ******** location is home to ****** Panther. First appearing in Fantastic Four #52 in 1966, Wakanda is notably a hub for the powerful metal Vibranium, and Marvel Rivals looks to capitalize on the location's beauty and resources. View the full article
Honkai: Star Rail has revealed the first 5-star character for Version 3.0, The Herta. The much-awaited update is the next major arc for Honkai: Star Rail, which will take place on Amphoreus. View the full article
Privacy Notice: We utilize cookies to optimize your browsing experience and analyze website traffic. By consenting, you acknowledge and agree to our Cookie Policy, ensuring your privacy preferences are respected.
Baldur's Gate 3's players numbers are up compared to this time last year, seemingly due to official mod support from developer Larian Studios. Larian director of publishing Michael Douse shared the improvement on X/Twitter, revealing the average daily active users is up 20% over 2023. "Mods are very good," Douse said of the improvement, referencing the release of official mod support as part of Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7. The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, which released in August 2023, is also enjoying an increase of 3% in average daily peak concurrents and a 61% boost in Steam Deck users compared to last year. This increase is impressive for a largely single-player game. Baldur's Gate 3 does have cooperative multiplayer but is not a live service that may be expected to enjoy a boost in player numbers year-on-year. And while Larian has continued to update Baldur's Gate 3 with new features and improvements, it has not released DLC for it. Mods, which are even available on console and not just PC as standard, are proving incredibly popular among Baldur's Gate 3 players. Players downloaded more than 50 million mods via the official mod support tool in less than two months, and this number doesn't include the thousands made unofficially. Mods released so far include one that adds real-time combat to the otherwise turn-based RPG and another that brought entire new maps to Faerûn, including the highly requested Avernus. Patch 7 otherwise added official content including an "absolutely metal" ending for Karlach and a hidden evil ending. Players will also be relieved to hear that it's not the final major Baldur's Gate 3 patch after all. In our 10/10 review of Baldur's Gate 3, IGN said: "With crunchy, tactical RPG combat, a memorable story with complex characters, highly polished cinematic presentation, and a world that always rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur's Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs." Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article