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New RPG Sword of Convallaria is heavily marketed as a free-to-play game, but the truth of that statement is somewhat complicated. Sword of Convallaria is a strategy RPG in the style of Final Fantasy Tactics and the recently remastered Tactics Ogre. It promises over 120 hours of story gameplay, a diverse roster of unique characters, and a series of choice-based story paths that affect how the in-game nation of Iria develops. View the full article

If you love tile-based chilled puzzle games like Dorfromantik, you'll probably really love Preserve. This one is all about repopulating a wasteland to create a vibrant and flourishing ecosystem. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The post-rotation Magic: The Gathering meta is healthy, featuring cards from Bloomburrow and other Standard-legal sets that can now emerge as playable and competitive decks. MTG Hall of Famer Frank Karsten broke down the Bloomburrow Standard meta on Aug. 8, featuring Midrange builds dominating the meta with a healthy mix of Aggro and Control. The decks played were based on recent tournaments, like the Magic Online Standard Challenges and a 111-player event on Melee. View the full article

Asus and MSI have introduced beta BIOS updates featuring Intel's new microcode to tackle stability issues affecting 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake processors. These updates are designed to address instability caused by elevated operating voltages, a problem that has significantly impacted Intel's reputation as of late. Read Entire Article View the full article

The year is 18… something. Not that years matter anymore. Not since the End. What’s left of Napoleonic Europe is ravaged by the Hunger; people twisted by the Bacterium ******** into foul, zombie-like creatures. All anyone can do in these plagued lands is survive. And complete quests. And find amazing loot. And escape to live another day. That’s life in Hunger, the next game from the developers behind ***** Let Loose. Launching in early access on PC in 2025, Hunger is a grimdark take on the extraction shooter. If you’ve seen the debut trailer we exclusively revealed recently, you may have already drawn parallels between it and Hunt: Showdown – both share a filthy, earthy aesthetic that ground their fantastical ideas in historic reality. But Hunger is mechanically very different from many extraction shooters you may have played. “We think players will probably feel that the most unique aspect of Hunger is our replacement of the usual gear progression gameplay loop with something more akin to an RPG like Skyrim or Cyberpunk 2077, where you build a character over time and specialise them towards a certain playstyle,” explains Maximilian Rea, CEO at developer Good Fun Corporation. Using Hunger’s progression systems you’ll take a character (chosen from a pool of heroes, each with their own backstory) on a journey from level one to 100, with each milestone unlocking abilities from a variety of ‘Mastery trees’. Each is devoted to a particular specialisation, from combat and stealth to skills that aid teammates. “We’ve found that these allow players to really build into a certain way of playing that ends up keeping the experience fresh and allows very extreme build variety,” says Rae. The most significant difference between the team’s projects, though, is that Hunger also has a full melee combat system inspired by games like Chivalry and Mordhau. “When you swap from your rifle and draw your sabre, you’ll have a powerful and all-new combat system to learn,” says Rea. “Players may wonder how melee will be viable against ranged weapons, and we’re excited to show how that works in the future.” Weapons and mechanics are only individual parts of combat, though – you need enemies to make it whole. As an extraction shooter the toughest foes are naturally other players, but between you and them are the Hunger. “They range from weaker, fast-moving, and fast-attacking Waif that scuttle across the floor like beetles, to the Brute—a ****** behemoth who chases you around while groping at the air,” Rae reveals. These NPCs are more than just cannon fodder and distractions from your main objectives. “It's critical to understand that ******** the Hunger rewards both experience and loot,” emphasises Rae. “You can, of course, decide to avoid fights, but we want to ensure there are incentives to engage.” With each Hunger variant having its own strengths, weaknesses, and ******* patterns, they will hopefully prove formidable opponents. The best extraction shooters use their AI enemies to inject tension, panic, and stress into encounters, and I’m looking forward to seeing how an unexpected Brute can throw a spanner into an otherwise well-planned extraction. But before the extraction is the match itself, which in Hunger is built around completing quests. Each player in an up-to-three-person team is assigned their own quest, and once they have been completed the group can either run for the exit with the equipment they’ve secured or risk pushing on and attempting a new quest. Rae also notes that the map contains a number of other non-quest objectives and secrets that are worth seeking out: “You may decide to deal with a more challenging mini-boss style Hunger on the map. They drop great loot if you can take them down. Or you may choose to ambush other players in a certain location, or head to a small ***** nearby where you know there are specific resources to gather for your profession.” After successfully escaping a match with all your spoils, you’ll return to the Chateau; Hunger’s home base and player hub. Rae says it “functions much like a capital city in a roleplaying game,” and is home to vendors that allow you to craft new items, access new orders, progress your character’s professions, and more. It sounds much like Destiny’s Tower, but Rae promises that it also features “robust progression” that is “driven entirely by the story and quests.” The extraction shooter has proven an exciting genre so far because developers have interpreted its rules in such differing ways – the dungeon-crawling Dark and Darker is a stablemate with the alien-nuking Helldivers 2, and both only have base similarities with Escape from Tarkov, the accepted father of the genre. Hunger seems to be following that trend, at least as far as Rae’s descriptions of its ideas go. We’ve sadly only been able to see a few seconds of gameplay so far, but hopefully further looks and the eventual early access release will prove Hunger has what it takes to stand alongside – and, importantly, also apart – from genre titans like Hunt: Showdown. Matt Purslow is IGN's Senior Features Editor. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Warhammer über-nerd Matt has finally played a decent chunk of the upcoming third-person shooter Space Marine 2, and from what he's played it's far exceeded his expectations. Jesse has been sinking his time into another Warhammer 40K game, Speed Freeks , and, well... you'll just have to listen to this week's IGN *** Podcast to find out what he thinks. He also does way too much self-promotion, but thankfully keeps his potty mouth relatively clean for once. Remember to send us your thoughts about all the new games, TV shows, and films you're enjoying or looking forward to: [email protected]. IGN *** Podcast 761: Space Marine 2 Might Be the Warhammer Game We've Always Wanted IGN *** Podcast 760: Is Thank Goodness You're Here the Funniest Game Ever?IGN *** Podcast 759: If You Like Cameos, You'll Love Deadpool & WolverineIGN *** Podcast 758: We Build Our Dream Sci-Fi GamesIGN *** Podcast 757: Star Wars Outlaws, Trying and... It's Coming Home?IGN *** Podcast 756: The 2024 Halfway Point Check-In View the full article

Although it’s a gacha game, Zenless Zone Zero is often compared to fighting games because of its focus on combat. While it has a decently fleshed-out set of combos you can perform with your team comps, some characters in Zenless Zone Zero have hidden moves and combos. While collecting and building your characters is important, some Agents in ZZZ have hidden inputs and combos that can help you take down hordes of monsters and bosses more easily. Here are all the hidden inputs for characters in ZZZ you can use. View the full article

Publisher Sumo Digital and developer Secret Mode have announced a release date for Deathsprint 66, their PVP racing and combat game. Deathsprint 66 is set to launch for Windows PC (via Steam) on September 12th. Check out our hands-on preview for the game! Ahead of the game’s release are two play sessions, as follows: Thursday, […] Source View the full article

Call of Duty Round-based Zombies was almost compulsory at one point, but recent COD titles have left the zombies community wondering if the round-based format is returning in ****** Ops 6. COD Vanguard’s Zombies stained the legendary game mode’s reputation. Zombies suffered from behind-the-scenes turmoil and rushed development, leaving us with an undercooked and uninspired game mode. View the full article

In Cyberpunk 2077, there are several factions vying for a slice of Night City. These range from the suit-wearing chrome-filled corpos like Arasaka and Militech to the gangs that roam the street looking for trouble, like the bike-riding Tyger Claws and beefed-up Animals. However, there is one faction that has gone severely overlooked in Cyberpunk 2077 that is easily the most interesting. View the full article

Mother's Gifts are items you can get from felled enemies in Diablo 4's Season 5 content, with your character receiving rewards from all the collection tiers associated with these objects. Gathering a certain number of Gifts will help you reach milestones tied to random earnings. As it becomes ******* and ******* to reach reward tiers, you'll want to know every way you can farm Gifts as the new season continues. View the full article

The latest piece of news Intel could have done without comes from Mercury Research (via PC Gamer). The PC component market research group's most recent report shows that AMD's share of the desktop x86 CPU market reached 23% in the latest quarter, jumping 3.6% year-on-year, while Intel fell from 80.6% to 77%. Read Entire Article View the full article

Right, so, as you know, us Fallout fans have been really hard done by when it's come to modders and companies doing things with this series we like so far in 2024. It definitely isn't like we've had a Fallout TV Series, Fallout 76 things, and most recently Fallout: London's release, all giving us Fallout stuff to do. Well, if you've still got room in your schedule for more Fallout stuff, I've got some good news. The modding team behind Fallout: Vault 13, a project dedicated to remaking the very first Fallout game as a Fallout 4 total conversion mod, has just delivered the demo it'd previously told us all to look out for once the summer hit. To play the demo, you'll need to head on over to Nexus Mods, where you'll find it under exactly the name you'd expect 'Fallout Vault 13 - Demo'. The team says it's "being released as an early access preview to gather feedback from players". Read more View the full article

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is eliminating the need to spend thousands of dollars on an expensive holiday by bringing the world to players. The revered Flight Simulator series has always championed realism to an uncanny degree, with the previous game, released in 2020, featuring one of the most comprehensively detailed recreations of Earth yet. 2024 is planning on taking this even further by allowing users to actually leave their chosen plane and take a quick stroll around the surrounding area. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The movie opened to a devastating 0% on Rotten Tomatoes with reviewers calling it out for sloppy writing, bad directing, poor dialogue, and more – even as some praised it for getting the post-apocalypse setting right. Read Entire Article View the full article

A popular Call of Duty content creator has claimed that the upcoming ****** Ops 6 will be removing an iconic feature from the game's Zombies mode. Although not officially confirmed by Activision or Treyarch Studios, it looks like ****** Ops 6 Zombies will be removing the ability to barricade windows and doors, a feature that has been in every Call of Duty Zombies mode since its inception. View the full article

When you think of soda flavors, it’s likely mostly common brands like Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, and Pepsi that come to mind. But there are also some pretty whacky flavors out there including the ‘Purple soda flavor’ you need for the Aug. 9 NYT Mini Crossword. This can be a tough one to solve, so ****** open your favorite soda or brew a cup of tea if it’s too early for you like it is for me, and let’s work through it together. Here are some hints to help you uncover the answer for the “Purple soda flavor” clue plus the solution if you end up needing it. View the full article

Previous speculation about Capitano in Genshin Impact may have been completely incorrect if new leaks about Natlan are true. Capitano is one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers in HoYoverses action RPG and is the main agent within the Nation of Natlan, investing interest in the tournament that will take place coinciding with the Travelers arrival. He was featured alongside the large roster of Natlan characters in Genshin Impacts teaser trailer, and there were rumors that Capitano would eventually become playable, as Arlecchino did during Fontaine. That, however, may not be the case anymore. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, citing inside sources, has revealed an upcoming development from Cupertino: the Mac mini is set for its first significant design overhaul since 2010, transforming it into Apple's smallest desktop computer to date. This new model will approach the dimensions of an Apple TV set-top box, although it... Read Entire Article View the full article

Souls games and Soulslikes have never been more popular. As a ****-hard FromSoft fan, I couldn’t be happier, but most recent Soulslikes are missing an important piece of the puzzle—and it’s holding them back from reaching their true potential. Over the last few years, we’ve been graced by some outstanding approximations of the FromSoftware formula. Think of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Nioh 2, and the near-masterpiece, ***** of P. It’s clear developers other than FromSoftware can deliver exceptional Soulslikes, and it can only be a good thing for fans of the genre. View the full article

A recent ***** reveals a brief overview of what Genshin Impact players can expect from Mavuika and Xbalanque, the two most anticipated characters in Natlan. When asked to define the main appeal of Genshin Impact, most fans would make one of two arguments: the world-building of Teyvat, or its colorful cast of characters. From Hu Tao to Furina, Genshin Impact has introduced a wide array of memorable personalities, and Version 5.0 marks the debut of three more. View the full article

The First Descendant has dozens of Modules for you to use on your Descendants and weapons. The Shot Focus is one of the rarest Modules in the game, and here’s everything you need to know to get it. Where to find the Shot Focus Module in The First Descendant More RNG. Screenshot by Dot Esports Even though Shot Focus is a rare Cerulean-type Module, it’s difficult to come by in The First Descendant because it has no dedicated farming spot. No mission or activity can drop this Shot Focus with a set chance, unlike other Modules, like Action and Reaction. View the full article

In Once Human, Stellar Planula is a scarce commodity that can help you earn a variety of consumables and Starchom to unlock higher-level gear. After starting your journey in Once Human, you should have a modest stock of Stellar Planula in your inventory. As you progress, you’ll realize you need more Starchrom for your Wish Machine, and securing Stellar Planula is a good way to boost your stock to get powerful gear and weapons. Here’s everything you need to know about farming and using Stellar Planula in Once Human. View the full article

The teaser trailer for next years Five Nights at Freddys: Secret of the Mimic has already hinted towards the game having a particularly intriguing place within the FNAF timeline. With concrete details about the games lore and setting often hard to discern, it can be difficult to definitively place many of the franchises depicted and referenced events on a timeline. However, putting the FNAF games themselves in chronological order is generally much easier, and Secret of the Mimic has given an early hint which continues this trend. View the full article

Many Helldivers 2 players have expressed their frustration over the FLAM-66 Torcher, claiming it needs to be upgraded urgently. Helldivers 2 has recently introduced Freedom's Flame Warbond, a brand-new pack featuring various items. One such item is the FLAM-66 Torcher that players can put in their primary ******* slot. View the full article