Roblox is introducing new features intended to help protect children who use the game platform. The new move follows criticisms and controversy pointed towards Roblox over concerns about *********** safety while using the platform. View the full article
A new ***** for Honkai: Star Rail 2.7 is hinting at a promising set of rewards, including a free 5-star character and an abundant amount of Stellar *****, which could help players obtain more premium characters and Light Cones. Version 2.7 is the next major patch for HoYoverses turn-based RPG, and it should not take too long to arrive. With Version 2.6 already in its second half, the game is gearing up for the Honkai: Star Rail 2.7 livestream on November 11, which will present all the new content for the upcoming patch confirmed to add two new characters. View the full article
World of Warcraft is starting a new group of fresh Classic realms soon, featuring some highly-requested quality-of-life improvements, including dual spec, instantaneous personal mail, and no buff and debuff limit. These World of Warcraft Classic 20th Anniversary Edition Realms, including servers for both progression and *********, open on November 21, just in time for the games 20th anniversary. View the full article
Two big things have arrived. The first is that you can attempt to grab the sleek looking Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White right now, and the Steam Deck is now available in Australia. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
From The Witcher series to Fable, there are plenty of must-play, third-person fantasy RPGs out there. Most of the time, though, these grand experiences with their huge open worlds, thousands of lines of dialogue, and intricate combat and skill systems need a lot of resources. Imagine my surprise, then, when I saw Of Ash and Steel - a newly-revealed contender in the genre created by a small team of developers at indie studio ***** and Frost. Despite the size of the operation, this looks and feels like a project that's aiming to take on the triple-A big guns, judging by its remarkable reveal trailer. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
According to leaked events for Genshin Impact 5.3, the upcoming patch may be one of the largest updates yet, with several pieces of content for players to engage with throughout the six weeks it should last. Version 5.3 is still weeks away from arriving as HoYoverses action RPG is set to enter Version 5.2. The game is slowing down in terms of the main narrative content in Version 5.2, with what is something of an interlude in the Natlan story. The contents of Genshin Impact 5.2 will show the Traveler assisting Iansan, while the rest should be centered around events. View the full article
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While Call of Duty Warzone prepared for its big integration for ****** Ops 6, fan-favorite map Rebirth Island was put on the substitute bench for a short while. Players have been eagerly awaiting its return to the map rotation, and earlier today their prayers were answered. However, after roughly three hours of being part of this week's Wazone playlist, Rebirth Island has been unceremoniously pulled from the FPS game due to a "map-specific issue." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best Warzone guns - the top weapons for the current meta 47 of the best free Steam games you can play right now Call of Duty Warzone's most annoying ******* has mysteriously vanished View the full article
It has taken fans a lot of patience and waiting, but S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is finally here. It is a direct sequel to the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy that launched between 2007 and 2009 and promises a brand-new story in its hauntingly beautiful world. This time, players take on the role of Skif and must embark across a truly enormous open world on a non-linear journey full of immense choices and consequences. Suffice it to say, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 promises to be everything that fans have wanted for so long. View the full article
Ubisoft is finally adding Rainbow Six Siege cross-play between PC and console. Support for cross-play on all platforms will launch in December with Rainbow Six Siege’s Year 9 Season 4 update, Operation Collision Point. It will let players matchmake with friends no matter what platform they’re playing on, but if there’s a PC player in the squad, then the team will always be in the PC matchmaking pool. Read More... View the full article
While often an afterthought when it comes to building a loadout in Call of Duty, a good ******* can truly turn the tide of battle on occasion, and the best loadout for the GS45 fits that bill. When zooming around the map in ****** Ops 6, every second and every shot counts thanks to omnimovement and everyone’s ability to quickly turn and ***** on enemies. That extra second when you’re out of ammo in your SMG or AR can be mitigated by swapping to a solid handgun. View the full article
Recent information hints that Turtle Rock Studios could be working on a sequel to Back 4 Blood. Although the company hasnt officially confirmed anything yet, fans of the co-op zombie shooter should keep an eye out for a sequel to Back 4 Blood. View the full article
Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 players have reported more issues with the Ghost perk, including some that were seemingly not fixed with one of the game's latest updates. Some players began to notice that the Ghost perk was not equippable in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 during the pre-season and launch of Season 1 on November 14, and the subsequent November 15 update was meant to fully resolve the issue. View the full article
After just over a decade of millions of players enjoying The Sims 4, it continues to be the core game in The Sims franchise. For this duration, The Sims 4 players have seen the introduction of many new kinds of sims and features for interactive careers and bustling city life. One of the most exciting features of the game is its consistent releases of brand-new neighborhoods to explore. View the full article
Alien fans might want to mark their calendars for December 19, as a brand-new VR game, Alien: Rogue Incursion, is set to bring players face-to-face with the dreaded Xenomorph like never before. The Alien series is one of the most iconic sci-fi horror franchises of all time, consisting of seven mainline films, two spin-off movies that pitted the Xenomorphs against the Predator, and numerous tie-in novels, comics, and video games spanning multiple console generations. View the full article
The full list of Game Awards 2024 nominees have dropped, and one release in particular has been sparking plenty of discussion on social media and elsewhere. Since the nominees dropped Monday morning, fans have been discussing whether Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree deserves to be on a list that also includes Metaphor: ReFantazio, ****** Myth Wukong, Balatro, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. They mainly point to it being an expansion pack that can only be accessed by completing the main game, making it less of a standalone experience than comparable experiences like The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine. "As amazing as Shadow of the Erdtree was, it getting a GOTY nom just kind of rubs me the wrong way. Yes, it was expansive, but it wasn't the first DLC for a game to be giant. Witcher, Xenoblade, Cyberpunk, etc. Would've rather seen an actual game," one fan wrote on Reddit in what has become a common sentiment online. Other fans memed the decision. Elden ring dlc in goty nominations [Hidden Content] — Jonah (@NahImGhost) November 18, 2024 The Game Awards has made it clear that Shadow of the Erdtree falls within its official selection criteria. Its website includes a statement issued today reading: "The Game Awards aims to recognize the best creative and technical work each year, irrespective of the format of that content’s release. Expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters are eligible in all categories, if the jury deems the new creative and technical work to be worthy of a nomination. Factors such as the newness of the content and its price/value should be taken into consideration." Certainly, there's no doubt that Shadow of the Erdtree is one of the biggest releases of 2024. We awarded it a 10 in our review, writing, "Erdtree’s absolutely jam-packed with secrets, valuable treasures, challenging boss battles, and horrific monstrosities to face off against, as well as cool new weapons, spells, Ashes of War, Spirit Ashes, talismans, and more to play around with and use to find even more novel ways to tackle its memorably brutal battles. Add on some very interesting lore revelations, not to mention the same spectacular visual design and stellar music that accompanies its larger-than-life bosses, and you’ve got what is certainly one of the best DLC expansions I’ve ever played." It's also not light on content, clocking in at a cool 51 hours for a completionist run on IGN's sister site HowLongtoBeat. It came in second in our community GOTY Face-Off, surpassed only by fellow nominee ****** Myth Wukong. "I'm a bit 'eh' about DLCs being nominated, but SOTE is my favourite release of the year and is a very substantial gaming experience so I'm fine with it (not that I played the others lol)," -elden-ring-sote-ff-vii-rebirth-metaphor-refantazio.1038660/]one fan wrote. "Obviously it couldn't function as a standalone game in its current state, but on the other hand, everyone's been saying that Fromsoft could have easily released it as a sequel, it took almost 2.5 years to make, and it cost $40. It's not really setting much precedent for a typical 6-12 months, 5-10 hour Fromsoft DLC to be nominated in the future. Like, they will still be lower down the list for being too iterative or not expansive enough." Still, other fans remain skeptical, calling for The Game Awards to add a "Best Expansion" category to account for highly-rated releases like Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. Plenty of others feel that other highly-rated releases such as Animal Well have been snubbed to make room for Shadow of the Erdtree. One way or another, Shadow of the Erdtree figures to take home some hardware when The Game Awards streams on December 12. In addition to Game of the Year, it was also nominated for Best Game Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best RPG. Astro **** and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth led the with seven nominations apiece. Stay tuned for lots more GOTY coverage as 2024 comes to a close, and make sure to check out our list of the best video games of 2024 so far. Kat Bailey is IGN's News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot. View the full article
After Ars spent Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary week looking back at the game's history and impact, Valve marked the occasion with a meaty two-hour YouTube documentary featuring insider memories from the team behind the game itself. Near the end of that documentary, longtime Valve watchers also get a chance to see footage of the long-promised but never-delivered Half-Life 2: Episode 3 and hear more about what led the project to be abandoned. The Episode 3 footage included in the documentary focuses heavily on a new ice **** that would have served as the episode's main new feature. Players would have been able to use that **** to freeze enemies, set up ice walls as makeshift cover, or construct icy ledges to make their way down sheer cliff faces. The developers also describe a so-called "Silver Surfer mode" that would have let players extrude a line of ice in their path then slide along it at slippery speeds. The Episode 3 developers were also working on a new, blob-like ****** that could absorb other blobs to grow or split into segments to get around small barriers or pass through grates. Read full article Comments View the full article
The Viper is an important leader of the Shadow Dragons faction in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, operating behind the scenes in the city of Minrathous. After the escape of the Elven gods into the world, you are asked to rescue this figure after they get captured by an ****** organization. The quest tied to this task offers great rewards, including a greater bond with the Shadow Dragons themselves. View the full article
The new Fisch update in Roblox introduced several new fish for player to catch in a new unlockable area called The Depths inside the Vertigo. There is a special fish you can catch during an event, as well as new rods, a new rarity, new mutations, and a new ship. All fish in The Depths and the best way to catch them in Fisch You’ll have to complete the Vertigo bestiary to unlock The Depths. Screenshot by Dot Esports There are a total of 18 new fish added to Fisch in The Depths area, including two Trash fish, two Common, four Rare, three Legendary, three Mythical, and one Exotic. The devs added the Exotic rarity with the update, and one of them is part of The Depths and has an event for itself. View the full article
The age-old debate about aim assist vs. mouse and keyboard in FPS games like Call of Duty rages on in ****** Ops 6, where crossplay capabilities have turned it into a civil war of gamers. But what are the best aim assist settings to use? Aim assist has something of a “sticky” effect for controller players when aiming at enemies, whereas it’s easier to be more accurate with mouse and keyboard if controllers had no aim assist. With two players at a similar skill level on the two different peripherals, most would say that aim assist gives controllers a slight edge, but it’s really a battle that continues to this day. View the full article
Although water isn’t a required resource in Enshrouded, it’s certainly a useful resource to have thanks to the stamina benefits it provides. But without knowing where to look, getting your hands on this resource can be easier said than done. Table of contentsEnshrouded: How to get WaterEnshrouded well locationsBenefits of drinking Water in Enshrouded Enshrouded: How to get Water Wells are your go-to source of water in Enshrouded. Screenshot by Dot Esports Unlike most survival games, you can’t get water from natural sources like ponds or rivers, so you have to be conscious about your water usage. In Enshrouded, there are only two ways to get water: looting it or scooping it from wells. You can loot water from crates, sacks, or tables. But since you’re not guaranteed to find water every time you loot one of these places, there’s no way to farm for it from drops alone. View the full article
The Halo series not only redefined the first-person shooter market, but it opened a new pathway for video game soundtracks. Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori crafted the soundtrack for each of the first three entries in the Halo series, offering unique sounds with each score. The first entry, Halo: Combat Evolved, combined orchestral cues with unique instruments like military snares. Halo 2 possibly had one of the most anticipated launches ever, with a sweeping new sound that ended up in the Billboard 200. And finally, Halo 3 brought a 60-piece orchestra and 24-voice choir to further push the ever-evolving sound of Halo. To celebrate these iconic soundtracks, the all-new Halo Original Trilogy Soundtrack 8LP Vinyl Box Set is available to pre-order at IGN Store. Do not miss out on this ultimate collector's item! Halo Original Trilogy Soundtrack Collection - 8LP Vinyl Box Set This box set features 83 tracks from the first three Halo games, each remastered specially for vinyl and pressed onto eight ****** heavyweight LPs. Each game will have a unique wide-spined outer sleeve, which features printed inner sleeves of the original Halo game logos. A collector's edition box will feature silver laminate wrap and a debossed Halo logo, acting as the ultimate display item. Additionally, original sleeve artwork has been created by Art Director and Concept Artist Isaac Hannaford, who served as former Lead Concept Artist and contributor to Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo Reach. If you're a fan of the Halo series and its beloved soundtrack, this is the ultimate item for your record collection. The Halo Original Trilogy 8LP Soundtrack Vinyl Box Set will ship out beginning in April 2025. Pre-orders for both editions are now open on IGN Store, so don't miss your chance to grab this unique collector's item! About IGN Store IGN Store sells high-quality merch, collectibles, and shirts for everything you're into. It's a shop built with fans in mind: for all the geek culture and fandom you love most. Whether you're into comics, movies, anime, games, retro gaming or just want some cute plushies (who doesn't?), this store is for you! View the full article
Phasmophobia‘s weekly challenge system is the best way to tackle new types of trials and test how impressive your ghost-hunting abilities truly are. The Paranormal Paparazzi challenge is one of the many unique ones you can attempt. If you’re looking to earn a ton of cash and quickly level up, completing weekly challenges is your best bet. But since every challenge looks very different from the rest, it can be rather daunting to tackle each new one. Luckily, this is one of the more straightforward and doable challenges if you learn what it entails, so here’s how to complete the Paranormal Paparazzi challenge in Phasmophobia. View the full article
On November 15, 2024, Mark Warner, a US Senator from Virginia, published an open letter to Steam's parent company Valve identifying widespread use of the platform in spreading hateful speech and images. Steam is the world's largest online gaming distribution platform with a robust array of social networking features. The service generates billions in annual revenue for Valve and represents the majority of the company's market value. View the full article
The new HBO show based on the Harry Potter books looks to be linked with Hogwarts Legacy 2 in some way, and although it isn't clear what this will mean for the game, it comes across as a bit of an odd choice. The Harry Potter series is to the Wizarding World as The Lord of the Rings is to Tolkien's Mythos or as Skywalker Saga is to Star Wars. It is the main pillar of the world and the thing that most mainstream fans know, but it is also almost the only thing fans have. View the full article
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A new ***** for Honkai: Star Rail 2.7 is hinting at a promising set of rewards, including a free 5-star character and an abundant amount of Stellar *****, which could help players obtain more premium characters and Light Cones. Version 2.7 is the next major patch for HoYoverses turn-based RPG, and it should not take too long to arrive. With Version 2.6 already in its second half, the game is gearing up for the Honkai: Star Rail 2.7 livestream on November 11, which will present all the new content for the upcoming patch confirmed to add two new characters. View the full article