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Helldivers 2's just gotten afresh Major Order, and I'm sad to say you're not getting any rest after coming out on top in the one that preceded it. Why? Well, there's a massive horde of bots headed for Matar Bay, lead by a special baddie brigade. Read more View the full article

Sometimes you see a game and know it's special. For me, back in the day, it was Diablo 2, or League of Legends when I graduated from single-player story-heavy RPGs to online videogames. Over the years I've spotted a few 'star power' games, but Supervive is the one that, in recent memory, feels most like it'll be the next big thing. Blending top-down MOBA action with the encroaching ring and drop-in features of battle royales like Apex Legends and Fortnite, Theorycraft Games' upcoming brawler has something for everyone, and is the reason I've found myself straying away from LoL's Summoner's Rift. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Upcoming MOBA Supervive is getting a free, week-long demo very soon When is the next Supervive playtest? Supervive release date window, trailers, and latest news View the full article

The Call of Duty series looks set to take players back to the future in 2025 with a ****** Ops 2 sequel set in the early 2030s. Fans were alerted to leaked information about next year’s unannounced Call of Duty game after details allegedly revealed in a focus group meeting hit social media. Some of these details were then corroborated by Insider Gaming. Activision declined to comment when contacted by IGN. While 2024’s ****** Ops 6 is set in the 90s to the backdrop of the Gulf War, 2025’s ****** Ops game reportedly shoots forward to the 2030s, picking up where 2012’s ****** Ops 2, set in 2025, left off. It reportedly continues the ****** Ops storyline from that point, with David Mason from ****** Ops 2 as the protagonist. Mechanics from ****** Ops 6 said to return include the new body shield and Omnimovement, with some tweaks such as human shields with grenades stuck to them that can be thrown at enemies, and wall jumping. Zombies mode, meanwhile, is said to introduce an eight-player mode. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Infinity Ward is reportedly hard at work on the next Modern Warfare game, presumably Modern Warfare 4. Perhaps that’s due out in 2026. Developer Treyarch has had four years to work on ****** Ops 6, the longest development ******* of a mainline Call of Duty game yet. Expectations are high then after 2023’s Modern Warfare 3, which is perhaps the most poorly received campaign in Call of Duty history. (****** Ops 6 campaign developer Raven told IGN it didn’t react to the Modern Warfare 3 campaign’s terrible reception.) Modern Warfare 3, originally conceived as an expansion pack for 2022’s Modern Warfare 2, reportedly imposed crunch on its developers as they battled to create a fully-fledged sequel in just 16 months. Sledgehammer studio head Aaron Halon has insisted Modern Warfare 3 was “years in the making.” Assuming the reports of next year’s Call of Duty being another ****** Ops game hot on the heels of this year’s ****** Ops 6 are true, Activision will once again face tough questions around its value as a fully-fledged sequel. In the shorter term, ****** Ops 6 launches on October 25 and straight into Game Pass. It’s the first Call of Duty game to do so since Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. For more, we've got confirmation of Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6's launch Multiplayer maps, modes, and Operators, and Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6's preload and global launch times. 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

Certain Affinity, the co-development studio behind Hogwarts Legacy, a shelved Halo Infinite battle royal game, and an early rendition of the Perfect Dark reboot, has been acquired by Keywords Studios. In a press release published to its website, Keywords announced it would be purchasing Certain Affinity for an undisclosed sum. This brings Keywords a staff of 180 individuals across the U.S. and Canada working on "a range of announced and unannounced projects," including Exodus from Archetype Entertaiment, Last Expedition with Gala Games, and an original FPS codenamed Project: Loro. Per the press release, Certain Affinity will continue to be led by existing management, including CEO Max Hoberman and president and COO Paul Sams. Certain Affinity is best-known for its co-development work going back to the studio's founding in 2006 by former Halo developers. Since then, it's continued to work as a supporting studio on the Halo series, as well as Call of Duty, Left 4 *****, ***** (2016), and others. Project: Loro is its first wholly-owned new project. Back in April, Certain Affinity ***** off 25 employees, 10% of its workforce, citing industry-wide slowdowns in funding and investing in new lead and co-development projects as a key reason. This is Keywords Studios' second acquisition in 2024, having picked up Wushu Studios back in August. The company itself has been quietly amassing a massive portfolio of studios and companies under its label ever since 2014, with its owned studios including Alan Wake Remastered co-developer D3T, Call of Duty: ****** Ops Cold War and Marvel's Avengers co-developer Heavy Iron Studios, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD developer Tantalus Media, Age of Empires series co-developer Forgotten Empires, Hollywood production services company Blindlight, and agency PR firm Fortyseven Communications. Keywords acquired a minimum of four companies per year between the years of 2016 and 2023. As of the end of 2023, Keywords employed over 13,000 people around the world, per its annual report. Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected]. View the full article

BetBoom Dacha returns to Dota 2, this time in Belgrade, for a million-dollar LAN tournament, with the world’s 12 top Dota teams eyeing the prize. This will mark Team Liquid’s return after their TI win a month back, albeit with their new Offlaner. The latest Dota 2 sensation, HEROIC, will not be present here after their dream run in PGL Wallachia Season 2. However, the competition looks stacked as the top four teams in The International 2024—Team Liquid, Gaimin Gladiators, Tundra Esports, and Team Falcons—would like to prove their mettle again. View the full article

One of the most uncommon enemies you may come across in Metaphor: ReFantazio are Elementa, but the nature of these creatures makes them hard to beat. Elementa of different colors flee in battle the first chance they get on their turn. This makes it difficult to farm EXP or MAG from them, despite their lack of attacks that can harm anyone in your party. View the full article

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge I have always had an adversarial relationship with alarm clocks. They are gadgets designed to ruin my most precious time, and in order to work effectively, they must be as annoying as possible. Which is why I was intrigued by Nintendo’s surprise reveal of Alarmo. (Once I got over my surprise of it not being the long-awaited Switch 2 announcement.) What if getting up in the morning could be a little more playful? Maybe what I really needed all along was Princess Zelda’s soothing voice or the chirps of tiny pikmin to ease me into consciousness in the morning. After a week with Alarmo, I have to admit that it hasn’t changed much about my sleep patterns. It has some clever ideas, and it looks great on a shelf, but ultimately, it’s still an... Continue reading… View the full article

Seeing the return of Delta Force has been quite something. It's been more than 25 years since the original tactical FPS games graced the PC, and now Tencent and developer Team ***** are bringing the iconic name home. The new-look, free-to-play Delta Force of 2024 is set to launch in early access soon, but a public playtest is currently ongoing as part of Steam Next Fest. Already proving a popular rival to Battlefield and Escape From Tarkov alike, the test has just grown in size with the addition of two new modes and another extraction map. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Delta Force could be the next big FPS game, but cheaters are still a problem Best Delta Force loadouts and builds All Delta Force game weapons and guns View the full article

The Magic: The Gathering card Séance Board has seen a sudden price spike. This card, found in the Valgavoth precon deck, was very cheap in the first few weeks after Duskmourn released, valued at just $1. But it's been spiking for the last seven days, jumping up by a whopping 444%. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The new MTG deck ranking system will be great even if it doesn't really work MTG card jumps in price 115% thanks to strange Modern deck with zero lands Best card games 2024: our top choices for adults View the full article

Despite its cute and wholesome appearance, Webfishing has many secrets players can find when exploring or playing the game. All secrets we’ve found so far in Webfishing This game is brimming with secrets. Screenshot by Dot Esports While some of the secrets in Webfishing are obvious, you can only discover others by surveying the area. With that in mind, we wanted to put together a list of some of the secrets we have discovered while playing so you can go and find them for yourselves. Read on for more. View the full article

The student in question, identified only by his initials, RNH, admitted to Hingham High School teachers that he had used AI to complete a Social Studies project in December. He claimed the tool was only used for research and not to write the entire paper. Read Entire Article View the full article

The Magic: The Gathering card Séance Board has seen a sudden price spike. This card, found in the Valgavoth precon deck, was very cheap in the first few weeks after Duskmourn released, valued at just $1. But it's been spiking for the last seven days, jumping up by a whopping 444%. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The new MTG deck ranking system will be great even if it doesn't really work MTG card jumps in price 115% thanks to strange Modern deck with zero lands Best card games 2024: our top choices for adults View the full article

ll hail our wretched corporate overlord Amazon, the supremely convenient and ultra-efficient company I have exactly zero complaints about as a consumer yet somehow loathe to my marrow. Ahem. It's probably just having kids, for whom I am now little more than a middleman to Mr. Bezos' shiny and reasonably priced wares... Read more.View the full article

Spooky season is upon us, which means the next major holiday coming to World of Warcraft is Hallow’s End. Perhaps the most iconic and beloved WoW holiday among the player base, Hallow’s End is Azeroth’s version of Halloween. The holiday features trick-or-treating, interesting collector’s items, and the chance to snag one of the rarest mounts in the game from the Headless Horseman. View the full article

Forgotten Empires has announced a new DLC for Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition called Chronicles: Battle for Greece, set to launch on November 14, 2024. This Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition expansion will add three new civilizations along with a huge 21-scenario campaign. There will also be animated cutscenes and some new gameplay improvements. View the full article

It's no secret that building a Warhammer 40k army is very expensive, particularly a full 2,000 point tournament list. But if you've got time, a creative eye, and a big enough bits box, it's possible to bring that total down substantially by converting, kit-bashing, and scratch-building everything. Ork player Aaron Lee Yaeger has set the bar low: his growing Ork force has so far cost just $10.33. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Warhammer 40k Codex release dates Warhammer 40k: Games Workshop gears up for more tabletop RPGs and board games Warhammer 40k fan: I survived a hurricane, but my models didn't View the full article

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has widely been criticized for being an unnecessary upgrade so the development team at Nixxes wants users to know exactly what it's improving. The Horizon franchise sports a decent fanbase of players who have fallen in love with Aloy and Guerilla Games' vision of a future overrun by ****** dinosaurs, but most players were puzzled by the announcement that the 2017 game was being remastered. Most agree that it still looks great seven years after its release, leading to questions regarding the purpose of the project. View the full article

*********'s Creed Shadows is on the way and Ubisoft still has series like Far Cry, Splinter Cell, and Ghost Recon up its sleeve, but the company's recent fortunes have been particularly poor. Skull and Bones didn't meet expectations. Star Wars Outlaws got some good notices, but didn't hit high enough sales numbers. The future of XDefiant ******** unclear. Ubisoft will pull through, but it's been rocky sailing for a while now. On the contrary, the *********'s Creed Mirage Steam launch is going seriously well. Despite being a year old, the Valhalla spin-off has quickly found a fresh audience, solid player numbers, and some enthusiastic reviews. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Is *********'s Creed Mirage on Steam? The *********'s Creed Mirage Steam launch is suddenly imminent You can get *********'s Creed Mirage for 50% off, but act fast View the full article

A new report has shown that OLED gaming monitors have taken off like a rocket this year - no chopsticks required - with sales data from Trendforce tallying with our own experience, which shows monitor manufacturers have massively ramped up production this year and buyers are making the change too. Leading the charge is Samsung, with its QD-OLED panel technology proving to be a hit. However, there are a host of other great options out there too. This trend towards OLED is also reflected in our best gaming monitor guide, with around a quarter of our top picks being OLED displays, including models from MSI and Samsung. Concerns still exist about the fact that OLED has a finite life (details below) and LCDs remain the better option for many applications, but OLED is clearly a compelling choice for gamers. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Save over $600 on this massive 45-inch LG OLED gaming monitor Act fast to save $150 on this 32-inch 180Hz LG gaming monitor Don't miss this 34-inch LG gaming monitor deal for just $290 View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

2023’s Modern Warfare 3 includes perhaps the most poorly received campaign in Call of Duty history. It has a metascore of 56 on Metacritic and a 'mostly negative' user review rating on Steam. IGN’s own Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 single-player campaign review returned a 4/10. We said: “Underbaked, rehashed, and cobbled together from multiplayer parts, Modern Warfare 3’s single-player campaign is everything a Call of Duty story mode shouldn’t be.” Eurogamer added: “Clearly rushed to market, Modern Warfare 3's campaign tapes together ill-conceived open areas, underwhelming linear missions, and a meaningless story.” In short, it was all a bit of a disaster. A year later and Call of Duty fans are yet again faced with another campaign from the first-person shooter behemoth, this time the Raven Software-developed ****** Ops 6 campaign. IGN has just reported on how ****** Ops 6 is set to offer the most varied Call of Duty campaign ever, but did Raven tweak anything in response to the reaction to Modern Warfare 3, or perhaps learn any lessons from Modern Warfare 3’s campaign? Not so, Jon Zuk, associate creative director at Raven Software, told IGN in an interview. “The campaign… all game development is very fluid and we react to a lot of different things, but in the case of the previous game’s reception, we were already pretty locked in on the story we were telling and the missions we were creating,” Zuk said. “So we didn't react to how that was received.” One key point of difference between the developments of Modern Warfare 3, led by Sledgehammer Games, and ****** Ops 6, led by Treyarch, is time. Modern Warfare 3, originally conceived as an expansion pack for 2022’s Modern Warfare 2, reportedly imposed crunch on its developers as they battled to create a fully-fledged sequel in just 16 months. Sledgehammer studio head Aaron Halon has insisted Modern Warfare 3 was “years in the making.” ****** Ops 6, however, has enjoyed a longer development time than any other mainline Call of Duty game. Treyarch has worked on it for four years, ever since ****** Ops Cold War came out in 2020. And for the campaign, Raven too has benefited from this extra time. “The extra development time certainly gives us time to do a little bit more prototyping and a little bit more trying something out, finding out if it's fun and if it works and throwing some things away,” Zuk explained. “When you have the shorter development cycle, sometimes you're stuck with things just for the time crunch that maybe you aren't as happy with as you could be. So I do feel like we had good opportunities to keep crafting and recrafting the missions until we were happy with them.” Even if you do try to do the speed run version of it, it is going to be longer than Cold War. Players can also expect ****** Ops 6’s campaign to be longer than Cold War’s, Zuk confirmed, although your mileage may vary depending on how much time you spend back at your safehouse hub. “You can go back, you can talk to your team, you can upgrade your ******* and your equipment and things like that,” Zuk said. “And you can do a little bit of searching around the safehouse , but there's players who are going to do all of that, and there's players who are going to do none of that and are just, I want to get to the next mission as quickly as possible. “So I think that the game length is going to be variable from player to player, but even if you do try to do the speed run version of it, it is going to be longer than Cold War.” ****** Ops 6 is of course the first Call of Duty game to launch straight into Game Pass, Microsoft’s subscription service. It comes after Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for an eye-watering $69 billion, and has sparked a debate about whether the move will cannibalize sales of the game. But will launching straight into Game Pass have a meaningful impact on the number of people who play ****** Ops 6’s campaign? Unlike with previous Call of Duty games, Activision is not releasing an early access campaign for ****** Ops 6, which means everyone jumps in at the same time from October 25. Zuk said that from Raven’s perspective, it’s trusting owner and publisher Activision to do what’s best for the game. “I have no input in the business side of that at all,” Zuk replied. “The decision was made to not do early access this year, and I trust that Activision has thought out every bit of this and is very confident in the success of the title.” We've also got confirmation of Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6's launch Multiplayer maps, modes, and Operators, and Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6's preload and global launch times. 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

There’s a good chance you wish you were “Still sleeping” right now, and believe me, I do too. Since we’re all up, though, let’s get to work solving this clue on today’s NYT Mini Crossword. Here are some hints and the official answer for the “Still sleeping” clue on the Oct. 18 NYT Mini Crossword to help you complete this one and the rest of the puzzle. View the full article

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot may be over four years old but that's not stopping developer CyberConnect2 from further expanding upon the RPG with a DLC based on the latest anime DAIMA. While it proved divisive amongst fans and critics, Kakarot's faithful adaptation of the DBZ storyline and robust character-building system has earned it a dedicated audience who enjoy its unique take on the franchise. With all the attention currently on Sparking! Zero, it's no wonder everyone is surprised that Kakarot's getting more content. View the full article

The flagship of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake desktop lineup has made its benchmarking debut on the CPU-Z and Blender databases. Although a full analysis must wait until reviews from TechSpot and other sites become available, this early sneak peek aligns with the atmosphere from Intel's announcement presentation from earlier this... Read Entire Article View the full article

Whether or not you’re a fan of poetry, you’ve likely heard the iconic line mentioned in one of today’s NYT Mini Crossword clues. The “‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by’ poet” hint tasks you with recalling the author behind it. I’m a pretty big literature nerd, but even I struggled to recall the name of the poet behind this one. It’s a pretty tricky clue to solve, so here are some hints and the answer for the “‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by’ poet” clue on the Oct. 18 NYT Mini Crossword. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

One of the best additions in Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred is actually part of its adjacent seasonal update. The Season of Hatred Rising introduces Seething Opals, a new buff-granting resource earned by bringing down colossal Realmwalkers in the open world and delving into the Seething Realms they leave behind upon defeat. Now, following the launch of a major Diablo 4 update that made fighting the titanic creatures more worthwhile, Blizzard has also boosted the value of its Seething Opals. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Diablo 4 mercenaries and how to recruit them Diablo 4 Season 7 release date estimate Popular Diablo 4 Spiritborn build being nerfed as it ruins the game for everyone View the full article