The 2XKO alpha lab test is well underway, and as expected players are digging into it and uncovering all manner of ****** combos and dastardly tech. However, through this journey of twitter-clip exploration a question has risen to the top of the general 2XKO discussion. Are overly-long combos any fun, and should they have a home in 2XKO? By overly-long, I'm referring to those eye-watering combos that weave between characters, sometimes linking multiple supers together, that leaves the victim locked into a ******* of helplessness as their oppoent styles on then for ages. For some, this ability to pull off 15+ second combos is where the juice is, where all expression of mastery can be found. For others, being able to take your hands of your controller and check Twitter mid-match isn't exactly riveting. This debate is playing out online. On one side, thsoe who feel these long periods of essentially downtime aren't great for the game. Game developer Keits from Iron Galaxy brought in his own research, which found that 6-8 seconds of downtime is where frustration starts to bubble up. Whereas, others like influencer Cosmonaut Marcus have spoken up about how fundamental overcoming this feeling is to the fighting game experience. The idea that you're meant to lose a lot, for a while, and pushing through that feeling is how fighting games become rewarding. Read more View the full article
Streamer and content creator Norme has been banned from Twitch and other platforms after attempting to stay awake for 12 days straight. After pulling 240 hours without sleeping, he was removed and is now going for a world record with the “longest sleep stream.” Norme ended his awake journey at around 265 hours, or more than 11 days straight, without a shuteye. He presumably wished to tackle the previous world record set by ****** Gardner in late 1963, who didn’t sleep for 264 hours and 24 minutes. View the full article
The PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter, and everything that plugs into it. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge The biggest problem with Sony’s PSVR 2 virtual reality headset is the dearth of games. I’d hoped Sony’s PC adapter would change that. The chance to play Half-Life: Alyx, the best VR game made yet, seemed like reason enough for existing owners to justify the $60 adapter purchase. But I can’t currently recommend Sony’s PC adapter. If I had purchased it with my own money, rather than borrowing one from Sony, I’d have asked for a refund long before now. It’s a shame, because the $550 PSVR 2 is still a good headset, with image quality that arguably beats the newer $500 Meta Quest 3. Playing Half-Life: Alyx inside Sony’s headset isn’t just more vibrant thanks to the richer colors of its OLED screen; it’s more thrilling, too, with the panel’s... Continue reading… View the full article
Diablo 4 provides a new questline to work through in the Season of the Infernal Hordes, but The Wages of Hatred mission has some players scratching their heads. If you’re stuck, we’ve got everything you need to know. In the Season of the Infernal Horde in Diablo 4, the new questline introduces you to a new NPC, Istel, usually located in the same spot. However, things change slightly in the final quest, as a sort of hide-and-seek game is triggered. View the full article
Zenless Zone Zero has introduced a brand-new agent, Burnice White, who will allegedly debut in version 1.2. Over the past few weeks, Zenless Zone Zero has revealed a roster of characters who will reportedly be added to Signal Search banners in version 1.2 and beyond. One such character is Burnice White, whose kit and rarity are unknown. She belongs to the Sons of Calydon faction, like Lucy and Piper. View the full article
The Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom update is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's Arrowhead's biggest content drop to date, with new enemies, objectives, and difficulty options. On the other, ***** damage has been nerfed, ****** time to ***** is higher than ever, and the hardest difficulty option is proving unbalanced. Arrowhead's CEO is aware of these concerns, and while they promise fixes are coming, they also express disappointment in how Escalation of Freedom turned out and how players have reacted. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Helldivers 2 nerfs draw most negative Steam reviews since PSN mess Helldivers 2 Warbond - Freedom's Flame Warbond release date Best Helldivers 2 armor View the full article
Valve’s worst-kept secret, Deadlock, is already running ahead of 200,000 total players, suggests reputable Source dataminer Gabe Follower. The game is also seeing impressive concurrent player numbers for something that doesn’t officially exist and is slowly making its way to high spots on Steam’s charts. Gabe Follower posted a screenshot of the SteamDB page for Deadlock, an unannounced in-development MOBA created by Valve. As of the evening of Aug. 11, nearly 17,000 concurrent players were in the game. He added that the game already has over 200,000 players and aims to break the 20,000 concurrent player number. This boost in player numbers can be attributed to Valve’s recent decision to relax the invitation process, allowing players to bring anyone on their Steam friends list aboard. View the full article
Call of Duty is already known for featuring some particularly violent moments but ****** Ops 6: Zombies is taking things to an entirely new level. As players count down to the release of what's quickly becoming one of the most anticipated entries in the ever-popular franchise, Activision is sharing more details on what the community can expect from this year's undead game mode. Serving as both an escalation of the franchise while also going back to Zombies' roots in some regards, one thing the mode won't be lacking is blood and guts. View the full article
If you’re looking to preload the highly anticipated, content-rich Wuthering Waves’ 1.2 update before it kicks off on Aug. 15, but aren’t sure how, we’ve got your back. Version 1.2, called In The Turquoise Moonglow, introduces new five-star characters, weapons, and events, as well as various quality-of-life changes targeting player feedback. There’s a lot to look forward to in this update, and you should preload it before release so you can play as soon as possible when it launches. View the full article
We’ve seen Marvel, Star Wars, and many other renowned franchises added to Fortnite one way or another. Now, it seems another one might be making its way to the battle royale. A well-known Fortnite leaker, SamLeakss, reported on X on Aug. 11 that the game is getting a collaboration with The Simpsons. The crossover is apparently in development, but no further details are known. View the full article
Last week, Bethesda released a remastered edition of ***** and ***** II on Steam, with lots of extra episodes and improvements. One of these new features is a built-in browser for mods, and support for many existing mods that previously required a different version of the game. Basically, lots of good fan-made mods are now playable on the Steam version of ye olde *****. That's neat! Ah, but there is some ****** ********** on the health pack, so to speak. The mod browser lacks moderation and lets people upload the work of others with their own name pinned as the author. That's prompted one level designer to call it "a massive breach of trust and violation of norms the ***** community has done its best to hold to for those 30 years." Read more View the full article
The Samsung 990 Evo SSD was only announced back in January of this year but today you can pick up the 1TB version of it for less than half the price it was at launch. While it isn't the speediest drive around, this is still a fantastically low price for a drive of this capacity and a great 1TB Samsung SSD deal. While the very best SSD for gaming options these days can offer faster performance than this Samsung drive, if you're after an affordable upgrade from an old SSD or even an even older hard drive, then this is a solid option. It offers read speeds of up to 5,000MB/s, which is 40% faster than older PCIe Gen 3 M.2 SSDs and 10x faster than any hard drive. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best PC case in 2024 Intel's shareholders are suing the firm, alleging "fraudulent scheme" Intel is cooking up a budget eight-core gaming CPU, according to ***** View the full article
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The First Descendant has a wide variety of materials you need to find to craft new characters and weapons. One of the rarer materials is the Anode Iron Particles required to craft multiple weapons and Descendants. Here’s how to get Anode Iron Particles in The First Descendant and the best way to farm them. View the full article
As the Starfield community patiently waits for more content, footage of one of the game's most exciting upcoming features is making players very happy. Bethesda announced in early 2024 that it's dedicated to expanding its sci-fi RPG with a wealth of content updates and patches and while some new mechanics and quality-of-life adjustments have been made in recent months, there's still work to be done. The developer has confirmed that it's busy working on a new form of transportation that could be the solution to Starfield's underwhelming planetary exploration. View the full article
Conan Throwbrien welcomes its host to the stage with discordant jazz and uncanny colour bars glitches. It feels eerie. Desperate. A crushing inevitability. Four joke topics appear at the bottom of the screen. Ridiculous celebrity kids names. Action figures for news anchors. Diet water sales *****. You cautiously slide that last one over to the microphone. Throwbrien emits a string of chirps, like a flame-crested lyre bird with a wounded voicebox trying to mimic human language. “Have you folks heard about this one…” There is an implied ******* in this seemingly friendly opener. What if they have heard this one? What will Throwbrien do then? Read more View the full article
With such a long gap between Dragon Age: Inquisition and Veilguard, there was always the worry the two might be unrelated, but BioWare was always sure they would be. It's been a bit of a weird 10 years for BioWare. Following the strong reception of Dragon Age: Inquisition, it's only managed to put out two games, the critically lukewarm Mass Effect: Andromeda, and the even-worse rated Anthem. That second one is likely more the fault of a top-down push for live-service games, considering how much of a push there was for them in the late 2010s. And now, sometime this year, the beloved developer is finally releasing a new Dragon Age game, The Veilguard. So it's pretty understandable if you as a fan are a bit worried about it, particularly as to whether or not the sequel would pick up where Inquisition and its DLC left off. Thankfully, in an interview with Edge Magazine (via GamesRadar), director John Epler made it clear that The Veilguard was always going to continue the story Inquisition setup. "The world exists as it does because of Solas," Epler said. "He shaped the world because of the kind of character he was. That's, to me, what makes Dragon Age so interesting. Everything can tie back to a person who to some degree thought they were doing the right thing." Read more View the full article
If you throw something into the mix, you are doing something quite obvious—making this clue easier than it appears. The “Throws in the mix” clue can leave you befuddled if you try to overcomplicate things, so let’s make this easier to solve. ‘Throws in the mix’ NYT Mini Crossword clue Aug. 12 hints and answer One across clue. Image by Dot Esports Hint one: Someone does this when combining mathematical values.Hint two: One letter is repeated twice.Hint three: Remove a letter, and you’ve got annoying pop-ups when trying to enjoy media.Hint four: Starts with “A.” I’ve thrown as many clues as I can into the mix, so now it’s time to unveil the answer. View the full article
At last, the good kind of industry news, and something worth celebrating. KRAFTON, the publisher of games like PUBG has acquired Tango Gameworks along with the Hi-Fi RUSH IP. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The Borderlands movie premiered worldwide on Aug. 9, but its opening weekend was far from financially successful, leading some to wonder what the film’s budget was—and we’ve got the answer. The latest Eli Roth production made only $8,800,000 on its opening weekend, according to Box Office Mojo, which, for a summer blockbuster, is a horrible result, especially when paired with Borderlands’ awful reviews. If the film’s earnings don’t improve, it may not cover its giant production budget. View the full article
AMD keeps botching their product launches, and Zen 5 is just another example in a string of releases over the last two years that range from disappointing to downright embarrassing. Read Entire Article View the full article
s a critic, it's my job to generally treat all things with grace—but I feel pretty confident saying that the Borderlands movie, which launched to shocking reviews, has not done well. I trust the opinion of my fellow PC Gamer writer Joshua Wolens who, having sat down and watched the whole thing, dubbed it "tasteless mush that no one involved seemed interested in saving" and "an excuse to buy a bucket of popcorn.".. Read more.View the full article
Another update for the handheld and couch gaming Linux distribution ChimeraOS, with version 46-2 out now bringing full ROG Ally X support. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Mother’s Gifts are a new collectible in Diablo 4‘s Season of the Infernal Hordes and are used to unlock some great rewards, so read on if you want to know how to gather them and for our farming tips. Diablo 4‘s latest season floods the title with fresh seasonal content, ensuring the game doesn’t go stale before the highly-anticipated Vessel of Hatred DLC release in October, and there are some new mechanics to get used to. View the full article
The infinite debate about what is and isn't an immersive sim continues to rage on, as one of the co-creators of Dishonored says he thinks Skyrim is one. Immersive sim, as a genre, is a really hard one to define. I'm not even going to try to define it in any meaningful way for you, I just know that games like Thief, Dishonored, and Deus Ex fit within that genre. It's a type of game that has major qualities of lots of other genres, which is why it can be hard to define. But in a recent interview with PC Gamer, Dishonored co-creator and Arkane founder Raphael Colantonio has shared the bold opinion that he thinks Skyrim is an immersive sim (and that Baldur's Gate 3 is "immersive-sim adjacent"). Explaining himself, Colantonio said "If you really think about it, Bethesda games - or Obsidian games - are very, very immersive sim. The overlap between first-person RPG and immersive sim, it's very blurry. I would say they are less physical than Arkane games, and they're more on the stats, but at the end of the day they totally rely on simulation. Doing things such as fooling a merchant by putting a bucket on its head is definitely an immersive same thing, right?" Read more View the full article
A big release for the Heroic Games Launcher team has landed, version 2.15.0 is out now with some necessary bug fixes and some big new features to help you get all your games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
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The 2XKO alpha lab test is well underway, and as expected players are digging into it and uncovering all manner of ****** combos and dastardly tech. However, through this journey of twitter-clip exploration a question has risen to the top of the general 2XKO discussion. Are overly-long combos any fun, and should they have a home in 2XKO? By overly-long, I'm referring to those eye-watering combos that weave between characters, sometimes linking multiple supers together, that leaves the victim locked into a ******* of helplessness as their oppoent styles on then for ages. For some, this ability to pull off 15+ second combos is where the juice is, where all expression of mastery can be found. For others, being able to take your hands of your controller and check Twitter mid-match isn't exactly riveting. This debate is playing out online. On one side, thsoe who feel these long periods of essentially downtime aren't great for the game. Game developer Keits from Iron Galaxy brought in his own research, which found that 6-8 seconds of downtime is where frustration starts to bubble up. Whereas, others like influencer Cosmonaut Marcus have spoken up about how fundamental overcoming this feeling is to the fighting game experience. The idea that you're meant to lose a lot, for a while, and pushing through that feeling is how fighting games become rewarding. Read more View the full article