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Stim Shots have been nerfed in Call of Duty: Warzone as part of the game's latest patch, cutting down on players' overall speed after using the tool. Among various updates to audio and other balancing changes, the Stim Shot, a tactical item that grants health regeneration, has been updated to address an issue that gave players double the intended speed boost after using it. While small, this change could alter the way players think about the item during their next Call of Duty: Warzone match. View the full article

A few days ago, a Steam user was banned from the Stalker 2 forums after highlighting that the PC requirements appear to be inaccurate. View the full article

Marowak ex has been rising through the Pokémon TCG Pocket rankings as of late to counteract the biggest meta decks from Genetic Apex. It’s a simple and cheap deck to put together and has become the bane of every competitive player’s existence. It begs the question: Why isn’t it considered one of the best decks in the game despite being great against the usual suspects? View the full article

Despite being steeped in Forgotten Realms lore, Baldur's Gate 3 endeavors to make itself approachable for new players. It goes to great lengths to provide concise lore drops and explanations for characters connected to past events, like the fall of Netheril and Sarevok's conquest of Baldur's Gate. One event in particular warrants plenty of explanation, that being the fall of Elturel into Avernus, something that actually happened during an established Dungeons & Dragons module before BG3 takes place. View the full article

These Foundations Jumpstart Magic: The Gathering cards are reaching ridiculous figures, with significant price spikes after the set's launch. Rev, Tithe Extractor and Scythecat Cub are the two most expensive creatures in the set, and both have defied expectations by ********* up in value after launch. Scythecat Cub has gone from $35 to $65 since November 15, while Rev, Tithe Extractor has risen from an already high $70 to an astounding $91. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Handy Fallout MTG card jumps in price by 130% MTG Foundations is a joyous return to form, at a turning point for Magic How to play Magic: The Gathering View the full article

The Tomb Raider franchise has received plenty of love recently thanks to two collections of remastered classics but it seems like a third bundle could be on the way. Aspyr's work on the older Tomb Raider games has been nothing short of excellent as the studio has modernized titles that have, admittedly, aged rather poorly in a mechanical sense. While the next package, which includes Tomb Raider 4, 5, and 6, is only slated to arrive in February 2025, the developer is seemingly planning beyond that. View the full article

One of the toughest clues on today’s NYT Mini Crossword tasks you with uncovering a suffix rather than a full word. The “Jokey suffix with best” clue is pretty difficult to solve, especially if it’s been a while since you worked with or thought about suffixes. Solving this one isn’t easy, so here are some hints and the official answer for the “Jokey suffix with best” clue on the Nov. 18 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle. View the full article

Roblox has announced significant changes designed to protect children who play on the platform amid increased scrutiny and concern from parents. As part of the changes due in the coming months, users under the age of 13 will no longer be able to directly message others on Roblox outside of games or experiences (also known as platform chat). Roblox will also introduce a built-in setting that limits users under the age of 13 to public broadcast messages only within a game or experience. By default, users younger than 13 will not be able to directly message others. Parents can change this setting in Parental Controls. From today, users under the age of nine will only be able to access games or experiences with content labeled Minimal or Mild, with parental consent required to access Moderate content. Roblox's changes come on the heels both of a damning Bloomberg report this summer about the prevalence of child predators on the platform and, more recently, a report from investment firm Hindenburg Research that accused the company of, among other things, being a haven for groomers and pedophiles due to a lack of up-front screening of new accounts. It claimed to have found open trading of child ************ on the site as well as violent and hateful speech and ********* explicit content in numerous games marketed to kids on the platform. Roblox responded, saying that "safety and civility" have been "foundational" to Roblox since its inception. However, Hindenburg followed up by pointing out that it had not addressed allegations of Roblox being a "pedophile hellscape." “We’ve spent nearly two decades building strong safety systems, but we know there’s always more to be done,” Matt Kaufman, Chief Safety Officer at Roblox, said in a note to the press issued today. “Last quarter saw a record average for daily active users on Roblox - over 88 million - and as our platform has grown in scale, we have always recognised that our approach to safety must evolve with it. Today’s launch represents the next stage in that evolution. It is the culmination of many months of product development and consultation with online safety experts, and follows the rollout of more than 30 new safety feature enhancements this year alone, as we continue on our mission to build a safe and civil space for play, learning and creativity for millions around the world.” Also from today, accounts with parent privileges will be able to view their child’s screen time over the past week, set daily screen time limits, and view their child’s friends list. In addition, accounts with parent privileges will be able to access existing Roblox tools that allow parents to set spend restrictions, limit or enable certain chat functionality, and determine the type of content their child has access to. In the coming months, Roblox will also introduce new restrictions to prevent users under the age of 13 from searching, discovering or playing experiences that have yet to be assigned a Content Label. Restricted content will remain blocked until a user is at least 17 years old and has verified their age by uploading a selfie and a photo of a valid government-issued ID. Last week, Roblox announced that it will age-gate certain experiences for users under the age of 13, based on the type of user behaviors sometimes found in those experiences. These new restrictions apply to experiences that are primarily designed for socializing with users outside of their friends list and experiences that allow free-form writing or drawing, such as on a chalkboard or a whiteboard. Back in 2018, Roblox faced criticism after a mother reported her seven-year-old daughter's Roblox character was violently ********* assaulted by several other characters. Around the same time, a six-year-old girl was reportedly invited into a "**** room" in the game. In 2021, reports were highlighted of users recreating real-world mass shootings in the game, and People Make Games published a report alleging that Roblox's business model exploited child labor. In 2022, a San Francisco lawsuit accused Roblox of enabling the financial and ******* exploitation of a 10-year-old girl. In 2023, it was sued both for allegedly facilitating "an ******** gambling ecosystem" and more generally for having lax child safety protocols that allegedly led to financial loss and *********** exposure to ****** content. Earlier this year, the platform announced it reported over 13,000 incidents of child exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2023, resulting in the arrest of 24 predators who allegedly groomed and abused children on Roblox. This number is up 3,000 from 2022. A Bloomberg report suggested that there remained a number of other abusers on the platform who had managed to evade capture. At the time, Roblox referred to itself as "one of the safest online environments for our users, particularly the youngest users." Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images. 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

s Arcane Season 2 wraps up its second act, I find myself in a state of suspended animation—not because it's bad, but because it ended on such a cliffhanger that I'm left all dangling and desperate for a conclusion. It's been a markedly more complex show so far, and it's spinning a lot more plates, but I've been having a blast. I'm also wondering how it's all gonna end, considering the fact that this second season will be its last... Read more.View the full article

Pokémon TCG Pocket has several types of currency, with Poké Gold primarily being a premium currency that requires purchasing. But you can get some for free—we’ve explained how in our guide. Poké Gold in Pokémon TCG Pocket reduces the time you have to wait until you can open a Booster Pack or refresh your Wonder Pick Stamina, making it a valuable resource to complete your collection quickly. View the full article

Game Rant can exclusively share new gameplay screenshots from Servonauts, a wacky gas station builder with a sci-fi twist and an Aussie theme. The quirky game is planned to reach the Nintendo Switch and PC in late November 2024. View the full article

Dragon Age: The Veilguard does a great job at updating returning characters. Varric, Solas, Morrigan, Isabela, and even Dorian (despite the controversy) all look near identical, just a little older. But Lace Harding looks like a totally different person. View the full article

SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding is a recent discovery that looks wonderful. A chill arcade freeriding game where it's just you against the raw wilderness and they plan to have it working to perfection on Steam Deck. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

This looks awesome and quite weird, especially if you love your retro-infused games. Sorry We're Closed is the first release from à la mode games available now. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

It's been a bit quiet on the Dragon Age: The Veilguard modding front so far, unless you've been in the market for works that make the game look a bit darker or save you some character creation time. However, it now looks like that's starting to change, with a bunch of new mods using a new tool to help them do stuff beyond that. Read more View the full article

Sometimes you might miss where you’re trying to go in which case you may need to try and “Make a sudden turn” to get back on the right track. But what singular word can you use to describe this process? You need the answer to solve today’s NYT Mini Crossword. If this clue has you stumped, here are some hints and the official answer for the “Make a sudden turn” clue on the Nov. 18 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle. View the full article

Released originally back in May, 2 Ship 2 Harkinian allows you to play Nintendo's Zelda: Majora's Mask properly on PC and a new release just shipped. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Following on from the rather large DXVK 2.5 update a week ago, a smaller bug-fix release is out now for the Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer used by Proton. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess ******* to meet Capcom’s sales expectations, the company has said. In a shareholder-focused Q&A reported on by GameBiz and translated by Automaton, Capcom admitted Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess missed sales targets despite positive reviews from press and players. The action strategy game based on ********* folktales is a brand new IP from Capcom that launched on July 19 across PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S (and straight into Game Pass). IGN’s Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess review returned an 8/10. We said: “Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a fascinatingly fun action-strategy hybrid with unique gameplay and impressive art design.” According to Capcom, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess struggled due to insufficient marketing and a ******** to generate buzz prior to launch. There’s no mention of an impact on sales as a result of the Game Pass launch (some have suggested launching straight into Microsoft’s subscription service may have limited sales). It doesn’t sound like Capcom is giving up on Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess however, with plans to continue to promote the game with the aim of eventually achieving its target. While Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess hasn’t done as well as Capcom hoped, the company’s other recently released games have met expectations. That includes the ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster, Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, and Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. There’s a lot riding on Monster Hunter Wilds, the next mainline entry in Capcom’s mega franchise, and early indications are that it will be a big hit when it launches in February 2025. 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

Illustration: The Verge Roblox is starting to roll out some recently-announced child safety features, and the updates include some new limitations for how users under 13 can communicate on the platform. Beginning Monday, users younger than 13 won’t be able to DM players outside of games or experiences on Roblox. And they’ll need parental permission to be able to send in-game DMs — though this change won’t be fully implemented across the platform until the first quarter of 2025. The changes follow recent reports highlighting instances of Roblox failing to protect children. A big article from Bloomberg described how predators on the platform use chat to communicate with kids. And a report from Hindenburg Research described Roblox as “an X-rated pedophile... Continue reading… View the full article

In perhaps a not particularly surprising move, Starbreeze is reducing the size of the team working on Payday 3. Read more View the full article

AMD is on a roll right now as Intel seems to run into one crisis after another. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been a revelation for games – it's possibly a little too good as the chip has been sold out at most places and scalpers are selling it for... Read Entire Article View the full article

Remember those cute little foxy-looking nomadic scavengers called Vulpera? The ones with the pointy ears and the fluffy tails from Vol’dun. Well, you can unlock them now in World of Warcraft, and you don’t even have a long and unnecessary grind ahead of you. The cunning and fierce Vulpera, known for their intellect, skilled problem-solving, and small size, have joined the Horde in a quest to explore the world beyond their homeland. They are small, cute, and furry and have unique ******* abilities, mount, tabard, and Heritage Armor to share. View the full article

OpenRA is a free and open source project to play classic strategy games like Red Alert, Command & Conquer, and Dune 2000. It's also used as the base for some original games. A new playtest is finally out with lots new! Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Ubisoft has clarified that *********'s Creed Shadows isn't getting a battle pass amid rumors that the Animus Hub, the rebranded *********'s Creed Infinity set to house all future games in the franchise, will feature paid content. The Animus Hub team posted on the *********'s Creed Reddit to correct leaks claiming the hub would contain paid rewards for *********'s Creed Shadows, leading many to believe a battle pass style system was being implemented. "It has come to our attention that inaccurate rumors have been circulating online regarding the upcoming Animus Hub (ex-codename Infinity)," Ubisoft said. "We wanted to take this occasion to clarify that all the rewards available in the Animus Hub will be entirely free." The post went on to clarify "there are no paid subscriptions or paid battle passes featured in the Animus Hub" and "players will have access to regular content and missions at no extra cost." More details will be revealed closer to the launch of *********'s Creed Shadows, which was recently delayed from November to February 14. Ubisoft is also ditching its main paid content model of releasing a Season Pass with two main, paid expansion drops in the year after launch. The faux "early access" ******* that sees publishers charge players more to play on the actual release date instead of three days later has also been scrapped. Releasing myriad pieces of downloadable content for free will perhaps bring some *********'s Creed fans back on-side in what's otherwise been a particularly rough pre-launch campaign for Ubisoft. Issues began as some fans expressed frustration with inaccuracies in the game's depiction of Japan, leading the development team to issue an apology and say the game is not intended to be a factual representation of history but instead "a compelling, historical fiction." This despite art director Thierry Dansereau telling IGN that Ubisoft looked to make Shadows as "authentic as possible to match historical events" just two months prior. Concern was also raised when the developer used a flag from a ********* historical re-enactment group in artwork for *********'s Creed Shadows without permission. Ubisoft apologized for doing so but refused to remove the artwork from the aforementioned and presumably already printed artbook available in the Collector's Edition. The historical re-enactment group said this was not good enough, but Ubisoft hasn't publicly acknowledged it since. Yet another controversy came as collectible figure maker PureArts removed an *********'s Creed Shadows statue from ***** over its "insensitive" design. All this comes as fans are already frustrated by the delay to the game, which puts *********'s Creed Shadows in more direct competition with PlayStation's Ghost of Tsushima sequel, Ghost of Yotei. This is also expected in 2025 and is another open-world action adventure game set in Feudal Japan. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot maintained confidence, however. "There's a lot of space for very high-quality games, and those two games can sell very well," he said in the company's latest earnings call. "The focus is to really make sure that we deliver a fantastic experience with this dual protagonist approach and two different and complimentary gameplays." Assassins Creed Shadows indeed features two protagonists, stealthy ********* Naoe and savage samurai Yasuke. The game's story will weave between the two but players can otherwise switch between them at will as they explore Ubisoft's open-world take on Japan. It will also begin a new modern day story, perhaps linked to the Animus Hub, as Ubisoft admitted it's "struggled to find its footing" with that aspects of *********'s Creed in recent years. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article