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Making the most of the customization options found in Diablo 4, one creative player tweaked the appearance of their Barbarian character to resemble the popular superhero He-Man. Released in 2023, Diablo 4 is the long-awaited follow-up to the third game in the long-running franchise, and it has continued to impress players with its storytelling, atmosphere, and level design over the past year. View the full article

When Shadows of Doubt hit early access last April, we quickly became believers in the potential of its procedurally generated cities and ****** solving simulation sandbox. After 17 months of improvements, additions, and tune-ups, we'll see how well that potential's been realized when the cyberpunk detective sim gets its 1.0 release on September 26, 2024... Read more.View the full article

A new year means it’s time for a new entry in a popular series, and the wait for Madden 25 is finally concluding, raising excitement for the new season. Xbox players have a strange issue, but it’s something we have a fix for. Preloading for Madden 25 is a rite of passage for players, ensuring you can play the game immediately when it’s available—and the process is usually easy. But there have been some issues for players on the Xbox Series X|S. View the full article

Escalation of Freedom, Helldivers 2's latest update, hasn't gone down well with fans, so much so that players are protesting by letting the Automatons win. Last week, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead released one of the game's biggest updates in a while, and quickly players felt unhappy with the nerfs, resulting in the game sliding down to a mixed rating on Steam. Even Arrowhead's CEO says a lot of the devs themselves are unhappy with how things have gone down. And while those Steam reviews are obviously one way players are expressing their frustration, as spotted by GamesRadar, there's another, possibly even more drastic tactic being taken up. Evidenced by a popular post on the game's subreddit, and the unofficial Helldivers 2 galaxy map, many players are simply refusing to take down any Automatons, and now the ****** baddies are getting worryingly close to Super Earth. "Though it takes the last drop of my blood, I will see the galaxy freed once more and if I can not save it from your ******** Managed Democracy, then let the galaxy *****!" wrote a user in Reddit, obviously still trying to stay in character as many players have down since the game launched earlier this year. Another user even notes that players refusing to play resulting in the bots in the bots encroachment towards Super Earth is actually quite "realistic" because of the nerfs, saying "Sucky guns and outclassed artilery lose wars! So, we can't defend Super Earth because our enemies have better weapons than us and Super Earth can only produce ***** for us to ****** with." Read more View the full article

Gearbox CEO ****** Pitchford has teased the next Borderlands game again. Posting on X following heavy criticism of the newly released Borderlands film, which has got off to a slow start at the box office, Pitchford said Gearbox is hard at work on the next entry in the looter shooter series. “So what you’re saying is: You like what my friends and I do with our Borderlands video games even more than you like what some of the biggest and best cast and crew of film makers on the planet have done,” he wrote. “I’m super flattered! We’re working extra hard four you on what’s next….” Read More... View the full article

Franchise mode? Ultimate Team? Superstar? Online head-to-head? In Madden NFL 25, the choice is yours what you want to play. But before you can play Madden when it launches in early access on Aug. 12 (and for all players on Aug. 16), you have to download the game. And for those who bought the game digitally, it can be preloaded ahead of time so you can kick off the second the servers go live. View the full article

If you’re ready for some football (and who isn’t?), then we’ve got some good news for you: Madden NFL 25 is here, which is probably the only chance for my NY Jets to find success. A new Madden game is no surprise, but if you’re on the fence about picking up the new game this year, there’s a way to play Madden 25 without fully purchasing it and then making a decision based on your experience of 10 hours of playtime. View the full article

The Seeing Stars challenge in BitLife is about chasing fame in your life and becoming a popular socialite by only being part of the elite circles. Here is everything you need to know about the Seeing Stars challenge in Bitlife. View the full article

It’s that time of year again—the annual Moonfire Faire event is back in Final Fantasy XIV for 2024, bringing bombastic summer fun to Costa del Sol once again. This time around, the event runs from Aug. 8 to 26, and brings back the fan-favorite jumping puzzle obstacle course from prior years. You can head on over to Limsa Lominsa and pick up the event quest from Mayaru Moyaru at the Aftcastle. View the full article

The roster of Heroes in EA FC 25 has expanded, with 13 more greats of the game joining the squad—and you can secure yours for day one. The Heroes campaign in FC 25 works similarly to ICONS, with great players from the past returning to the title with a special card, and they can be huge additions to your squad. For FC 25, 13 greats are joining the fray, including Premier League legends Eden Hazard and Jamie Carragher, World Cup-winning midfielder Blaise Matuidi, and England’s all-time most-capped player, Fara Williams. View the full article

Electronic Arts has announced 13 new Heroes coming to Ultimate Team in EA Sports FC 25. This year’s roster of Ultimate Team Heroes, which is listed below, will include Eden Hazard, Fara Williams, Jaap Stam, Laura Georges, Maicon and Marek Hamšík. A comic-book style reveal trailer, showcasing the Origin-to-Prime Hero transformations of several of this year’s new additions, is viewable above. Read More... View the full article

In Shadows Of Doubt you can fall from the roof of a corporate office building during a routine investigation, shatter all the bones in your frail detective body, wake up in a clinic fully healed, and then sprint out the door without paying your sky-high hospital bills while the clinic's auto-turret shoots at you for doing a medical dine and dash. The early access game is on our best immersive sims list for a reason, you know, and now it has an autumn release date for the final version, along with a new trailer. Read more View the full article

The release of Sundays playable version in Honkai: Star Rail may happen sooner than originally expected as a new ***** makes a previous one obsolete. Sunday has already been introduced as an NPC during the main Penacony story arc and has huge significance. While he has not been seen following the ****** against the Harmonious Choir boss in Honkai: Star Rail, it is known he is alive and well. Players have yet to see Sunday again, but his reappearance may occur within a few months. View the full article

EA Sports FC 25 is adding 13 brand-new Heroes to its roster of niche and cult legends in Ultimate Team including Real Madrid hipster-favourite Guti, TV’s Jamie Carragher, and England’s all-time leader appearance maker, Fara Williams. Coming in as more accessible options than Icons, who’re pitched as true greats of the game, Ultimate Team Heroes are fan-favourites, players who had slightly shorter careers at the very top, or, in some cases, players who built up a cult following because of how overpowered they were in-game (we’re looking at you Ramires). [Hidden Content] Read more View the full article

Analgesic Productions have opened up the full source code for their 2D-3D action-adventure game Anodyne 2: Return to Dust. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

While Call of Duty fans wait for ****** Ops 6 and its beta later this month, many are returning to a recent remake thanks to a mod that has catapulted a 2017 title to the top sellers list on Steam. A rebirth of the original Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer has actually been built inside of the 2017 release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, with a PC mod called H2M. But it’s a whole lot more than just a fresh coat of paint. View the full article

Longtime Call of Duty Zombies fans will be delighted to know that ****** Ops 6 includes multiple HUD options that allow players to fully customize their experience. Not only will these new HUD options allow for more personalization, but they will also allow players to make the experience feel similar to previous Zombies modes. This new "Legacy" HUD is one of many changes developer Treyarch has announced for ****** Ops 6, which marks the highly anticipated next chapter of the Zombies storyline. View the full article

What are the Star Wars Outlaws syndicates? It isn't just Tattooine that's a hive of ***** and villainy in the galaxy far, far away - something protagonists Kay and Nix know all too well. Set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Star Wars Outlaws takes place at the height of the Empire - a time when the only ways to make a living were either under an imperial boot or down in the ********* underworld. While the latter is considerably more lawless, that's not to say it's leaderless. To survive on the Star Wars Outlaws planets it's better to be in the good books of the local syndicates. While some of the Star Wars Outlaws syndicates may be instantly recognizable if you've watched the original trilogy, others have only more recently had their time in the spotlight. Additionally, there's one syndicate that's been created specifically for Outlaws - exciting! To find out more about the major factions set to feature in the upcoming space game, read on. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Star Wars Outlaws gear and outfits explained How to play Sabacc in Star Wars Outlaws All confirmed Star Wars Outlaws characters View the full article

The cyberpunk subgenre has been a visually and conceptually compelling backdrop for RPGs, first-person shooters, and narrative-driven mysteries. But the upcoming Kiborg from Sobaka Studios looks to turn the high-tech, low-lives conceit into a vehicle for a high-octane action brawler—with a roguelite twist. Leaning into the intense body modification and grotesque horrors that advanced technology can bring, Kiborg focuses on fast-paced, crunchy combat that's all powered by some bizarre yet intriguing upgrades that can light up the battle zone. Just ahead of the release of the upcoming playable prologue that sets the stage for the main game, I forged through a gauntlet of mutants, cyborgs, and giant robots with an assortment of deadly upgrades to tear through the competition in this roguelite beat-em-up spin on cyberpunk fiction. Kiborg sees you take on the role of Morgan, a resistance fighter who outfits himself and his clones with tech upgrades to even the odds in his ****** against rival factions on a wartorn prison planet. The protagonist will have to prepare himself for his descent into the carnage by training in the Arena, a VR combat simulator that supplies an endless array of foes and deadly traps in a battle zone that feels inspired by the spectacle of **** Max: Beyond Thunderdome. The Arena does a great job of establishing the mood of this hyper-violent grim world. Kiborg: Arena and its ladder-style progression are a prologue to the main game, which features a more robust roguelite campaign across different locales. The Arena not only does a great job of establishing the mood of this hyper-violent grim world, but also chucked me into the deep end to get me accustomed to the intriguing blend of beat-em-up action and randomized roguelite-style upgrades. Along with an extended tutorial, which helped me get into the flow and learn the basics of its brawler-style combat, you also have an AI companion who will offer Morgan tips on how best to move up the ladder of the Arena. The combat arena focuses on the familiar wave-based encounters, with each proceeding wave adding new enemies and traps and even arranging the layout of the zone itself. The core combat of Kiborg focuses primarily on Morgan's moveset of punches, kicks, pulverizing strikes, and parrying. Morgan also wields an upgradable firearm that's exceptionally vital against enemies too far out of the way. You can also earn permanent boosts for Morgan's core skills and attributes in the upgrade menu outside of the Arena, which adds buffs and extends his health. Like any brawler, mastering Kiborg's combat is all about having a strong offensive strategy while keeping you ready to play defense. Kiborg is packed with grit and a lot of style, making the act of tearing through foes very satisfying when you get into a rhythm. However, combat can be quite unforgiving if you don't find that flow. This is especially evident when facing a mob of enemies, each requiring specific strategies. Added to this is the game's somewhat unpolished ******* timing and visual, which knocked me out of step in some encounters. However, what makes Kiborg and its approach to a cyberpunk brawler truly come together is the satisfying array of cyborg upgrades that modify Morgan's body parts with specialized attributes. The tech upgrades gained from elite foes after pulling off a finishing move similar to Raiden from Metal Gear Rising Revengeance add a whole new layer to the combat. In roguelite fashion, you'll need to decide which upgrade from the selection that will help you go all the way. Some of my favorite moments came from diving into a crowd of enemies and unleashing a flurry of strikes that were amplified by chained lightning, homing razor blades, and even cyborg legs that left a streak of flames on the ground. Some of my favorite moments came from diving into a crowd of enemies and unleashing a flurry of strikes that were amplified by chained lightning, homing razor blades, and even cyborg legs that left a streak of flames on the ground. One of the great thrills of a roguelite is seeing your modest hero evolve into a ******-dealing warrior, and Kiborg's building transformation into a super soldier with every round was so exciting to see unfold. Kiborg and its Arena prologue show a promising, modest take on a cyberpunk action beat-em-up, even if it's rough around the edges as of this preview. Still, I had a ton of fun with being able to rip and tear through enemies with some pulverizing cybernetic upgrades, and each attempt felt so different from the last. With the full game set for later release, Kiborg: Arena is just the teaser that'll give players a solid sampling of this sleek blend of beat-em-up action and the cyberpunk mystique. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The latest release of Minetest with version 5.9.0 is out now, bringing new features and work towards using SDL2 for this free and open source voxel game engine. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Some materials in The First Descendant drop only from a select few sources. One of these materials is the Compound Carbon Activator required to craft items like Greg’s Reversed Fate tactical rifle. Here’s how to get the Compound Carbon Activator in The First Descendant and the best farming method. View the full article

One of the best things that Baldur's Gate 3 manages to do is endear the player to the many, many NPCs that can be recruited for the party. BG3's Origin characters, like Astarion, Wyll, Shadowheart, and others, all get character arcs that the player can help dictate, and the non-Origin characters, like Minthara and Halsin, are charismatic, if a little strange with some habits. Not only has Larian Studios made sure to build the relationship of party members with the player character, it has also made sure that the relationships between NPCs are also clear. View the full article

Great news, horror fans: John Carpenter's Halloween is getting not one, but two video games, and the director himself is helping on one of them. It might be the middle of summer, but you can never celebrate Halloween too early, can you? Alright, we'll hold off on the seasonal celebrations for now, but there are a couple of reasons to be excited about Halloween, and that's the announcement that two games based on the classic film series are coming from Evil *****: The Game developer Boss Team Games. This comes from IGN, who shared that details are currently limited at the moment, but what is known as the both games are being developed "in conjunction with the producers of the Halloween franchise." Notably, one of them is being developed in Unreal Engine 5, and will include some input from the original film's director John Carpenter. "As a huge gamer myself, I’m thrilled to help bring Michael Myers to life again in this game, and my hope is to scare you silly," Carpenter said in a statement. As Carpenter notes, the film director loves to play video games, and even spoke about his Fallout 76 addiction a couple of years back - and he even shared that he thought ***** Space would make a great movie. Read more View the full article

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Even four years on, Sony’s WH-1000XM4 remain a stalwart choice among wireless noise-canceling headphones — especially now that they’ve returned to their lowest price of abpit $198 ($150 off) at Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy. That’s thanks in large part to their very good sound quality (which may be just a touch bass-y, to be fair), up to 30 hours of battery life, and some mighty fine active noise cancellation. They’re also comfy enough to wear for long sessions and unlike their replacement model, the WH-1000XM5, they fold down for easier travel and commuting. [/url] The XM4s were our overall top pick among headphones for years until they were dethroned by their own successor, but they’re still a great choice in 2024. Yes, you can sometimes... Continue reading… View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

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