******: The Old Country’s Free Ride update finally has a release date: November 20. It adds a number of new features, including challenges, a first-person driving camera, classic difficulty, and photo mode. The major update to Hangar 13’s narrative adventure is a callback to the original ******’s Free Ride Extreme and the Free Ride mode in ******: Definitive Edition. As explained by Peter Amato, Content Manager at publisher 2K in a post on the PlayStation Blog, ******: The Old Country’s Free Ride update is a collection of challenges separate from the main story that give players chances to revisit the world in a “more self-guided way.” Veteran fans of the series will find that ******: The Old Country’s Free Ride mode will be slightly different from previous titles as a result. The repeatable challenges include combat, stealth, and different race types. Completing them earns you the Dinari in-game currency to spend on the new outfits, charms, weapons, and vehicles unlocked by progressing through this content (as well as on items unlocked via the campaign). “We want players to explore the world in a freeform way, and Free Ride turns it into an expansive hub where you’ll find and access various challenges by travelling around, unlocking Hitching Posts, and meeting contacts,” Amato said. “Challenges are instanced and accessed via these contacts, and doing so will place you into a combat location or special world state. “These combat encounters reuse mission locations, so once you’ve played the corresponding story chapter and unlocked a Challenge in Free Ride, you’ll get to re-experience areas in new ways. Races happen out in the world and we’ve placed them along less-traveled paths, so it should be fun seeing parts of the map you may have previously passed by. “Of course, there may be new places to explore too, but that’s something you’ll have to discover for yourself…” Elsewhere, there’s the Cinema Siciliano visual treatment, which Amato said makes ******: The Old Country feel like playing “a genuine piece of classic Italian cinema.” “The visual treatment is stunning and it feels like you’re experiencing a ******-and-white movie shot on an old-school sound stage, while the vintage-sounding audio convincingly brings the whole thing together,” Amato explained. All the new items earned by playing Free Ride are usable in the main story campaign. All the new elements are present from the start, so new players will have them as options going through the game for the first time. The addition of first-person driving is a first for the ****** franchise. And the Classic difficulty makes the game harder. Earlier this month, Strauss Zelnick, boss of 2K parent company Take-Two, teased a bright future for the ****** franchise after ******: The Old Country “performed well ahead of expectations.” “Definitely,” Zelnick said when asked if The Old Country performed well enough to instill confidence to continue the franchise. “We’re really excited about ******, and I think that’s a great question because it is sort of a reset for the franchise. We don’t have anything to announce — that comes from the label — but it definitely performed well ahead of expectations." It sounds like the decision to sell ******: The Old Country at a cheaper than expected $49.99 price point paid off, then. Fans praised The Old Country's $50 price tag when it was confirmed, and publisher 2K and developer Hangar 13 managed expectations by stressing pre-launch that it was absolutely not a Grand Theft Auto-style open-world game, but a linear, narrative-driven game. Take-Two stopped short of providing exact sales figures but said the early 1900s Sicily-set ****** “quickly surpassed our internal expectations and affirmed our belief that consumer demand remains strong for premium, narrative-driven experiences that over-index on value.” Although it’s unclear when or how another ****** game could materialize in the future, more new content and updates for The Old Country are confirmed to be in the works. ******: The Old Country launched in August as a prequel for the crime drama video game franchise that got its start with the original ****** in 2002. The series saw semi-regular releases up until the launch of the divisive ****** 3 in 2016, with only a group of well-received definitive edition remasters arriving to break up the wait for more in 2020. IGN's ******: The Old Country review returned an 8/10. We said: "******: The Old Country is a conventional but effective return to the linear and tightly story-driven format of the original ****** and ****** II, and it boasts a wonderful eye and ear for detail." Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
Gaming's greatest white whale, Half-Life 3, will be announced imminently – at least according to the series' most dedicated fans. If you're not convinced (and no one would blame you if you aren't), years of datamined information on Half-Life 3's supposed development, also code-named HLX, has been collated into a very impressive conspiracy board. View the full article
Hironobu Sakaguchi’s latest RPG, Fantasian Neo Dimension, has just hit its lowest price ever, and this is a prime opportunity to obtain it if you’re interested in what the creator of the Final Fantasy series has been up to lately. Originally released in 2021 for Apple Arcade, Mistwalker’s Fantasian arrived for consoles and PC in 2024 under its new title, Fantasian Neo Dimension. View the full article
Half-Life 3 fever has been running hot this week, for reasons—and I use that term loosely—we laid out here, which can very generally be described as "it's November and we're all a little bored and restless." One small bit of pseudo-evidence did catch my eye, though: As PC Gamer's freest man Tyler Wilde noted, "Geoff Keighley posted a emoji." What?.. Read more.View the full article
The Nexus Mods app team have rolled out another early release for their in-progress successor to Vortex, with v0.21.1 bringing more improvements. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
EA has taken to calling Battlefield 6 the best-selling shooter of 2025 on its website, putting it above other heavy hitters like Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7 and ARC Raiders. Battlefield 6 is the follow-up to Battlefield 2042, a game that wasn't received with the same positivity and currently has "Mixed" reviews on Steam. On the other hand, Battlefield 6 sits at 71% Mostly Positive, despite a recent influx of negative reviews. View the full article
I've been testing a super cheap gaming keyboard over the last few months, and it's just taken a top spot among my go-to recommendations.View the full article
2K is releasing a free update for ******: The Old Country tomorrow, November 20. The Free Ride update is a free expansion that adds car and horse races, combat challenges, a new first-person driving mode, Photo Mode, Classic difficulty mode, and new weapons, charms, cars, and outfits. Developer Hanger 13’s associate design director, Josh Zammit, discussed the update on the PlayStation Blog. Read More... View the full article
The Ranger is a pretty classic fantasy fantasy, who wouldn't want to be Aragorn? But despite there being a clear, famous character to pin the archetype on, this D&D class has always felt a little amorphous to me, a little out of place in the most popular tabletop RPG. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This enchanting Steam demo is the biggest love letter to retro D&D I've seen in years This solo DnD 5e adventure is full of classic detective noir vibes Ink up your DnD 5e characters with these magical homebrew tattoos! View the full article
As 2025's final expansion for the Pokémon TCG, Phantasmal Flames caps off a year of stock shortages, rising prices, and all-around dissatisfaction and frustration. However, while Phantasmal Flames does suffer from the consequences of the Scarlet & Violet hype leading into the Mega Evolution era, it's a beautiful set full of gorgeous chase cards, and one that thrives, despite players being stuck between a Geodude and a hard place when it comes to finding stock. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: My favorite Phantasmal Flames Pokémon card is weirdly cheap right now The 8 biggest chase cards in Pokémon Phantasmal Flames All Pokémon sets in order of release View the full article
Old School RuneScape has been around for, oh, about 12 years now, and in all that time it's never gotten a new skill. Players have been working with—and making great sport of—the set of skills it inherited from the original RuneScape, which itself last got a new skill (that'd be Hunter) all the way back in 2006... Read more.View the full article
Now this is what crowdfunding is all about. Brute Fort is a micro board game, a solo dungeon crawler packed into a cassette tape case, with just eighteen cards to play with and a board made from the case insert. There's a cassette in there too, loaded with an original soundtrack of grimy, doomy, '80s inspired pulp synth. The vibes, as they say, are immaculate. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: It's not ****** Friday yet, but Amazon already has a bunch of stellar board games on ***** If you're quick, you can grab iconic board game Disney Villainous under $25, just in time for Christmas Want something more hard sci-fi than Warhammer 40k? This is the TTRPG for you View the full article
The Risk of Rain 2 Alloyed Collective has added some really tough enemies, and the Solus Heart battle starts if you manage to reach him. Like all secret enemies, you’ll first have to reach Solus Heart to beat him. This guide will list all the vital steps to start the fight. How to reach Solus Heart in Risk of Rain 2 Alloyed Collective The first task is to defeat the regular boss, aka Solus Wing, in Risk of Rain 2. Completing this task is going to take a lot of time, and you can go through our detailed guide. Defeating Solus Wing is a must if you're looking to reach Solus Heart. It also allows you to unlock Drifter and add her to the list of playable characters. Once you defeat Solus Wing, it will open a portal through his eye. Take the portal to reach Computational Exchange. This is a hidden spot, and the only way to access it is through that portal.You'll find a Solus unit. It will reject anything you offer. Screenshot by Destructoid Explore the hidden area and locate the Chef.You'll have to hand him the Encrypted Cerebellum along with any of the following items: Encrusted Key/Empathy Cores/Orphaned Core/Prison Matrix/Sentry Key. Any one of these items will work.The Chef will combine the items to create Exposed Cerebellum. Image via Gearbox Publishing Once you offer this item to the Solus Unit, you'll open an Encrypted Portal. Just leave it at the Solus unit to create the portal for you to enter. This portal leads you to Neural Sanctum, and here's where you'll find the Solus Heart. If you found Solus Wing to be a hard challenge, Solus Heart will be a tougher fight. However, you can play at a difficulty that suits you to progress in the DLC. You can use the newly released Drifter survivor to make the task slightly easier (or go with a choice you're familiar with). The post How to reach the Hidden Final boss in Risk of Rain 2 Alloyed Collective (Solus Heart walkthrough) appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
There are many unique critters you can meet while exploring Wishblossom Ranch in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Sweet Bees are some of the cutest ones, as they're a lot smaller than all other Companions you can feed and befriend. If you're hoping to unlock some Bee allies, you'll first have to win them over with the right foods. They're decently picky creatures, so here's how to feed Sweet Bees in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Table of contentsWhere to find Bees in Disney Dreamlight ValleyHow to approach a Bee in Disney Dreamlight ValleySweet Bee favorite food in Disney Dreamlight ValleySweet Bee hangout bonus in Disney Dreamlight ValleySweet Bee schedule and location in Disney Dreamlight ValleyWhere to find Bees in Disney Dreamlight Valley Screenshot by Destructoid Sweet Bees can be found buzzing around the Pixie Acres region in Wishblossom Ranch. This includes the Sundae Shores, Hundred-Acre Fields, Hunny Falls, and Pixie Flats areas. Each Bee variant calls a specific region in the larger biome home, so you'll need to gain access to all sections to unlock them. How to approach a Bee in Disney Dreamlight Valley Sweet Bees need to be approached using the tag method. This means you should run right up to them, freeze, wait for them to zip to a new location, follow them to the next stop, freeze again, and repeat this process as many times as the Bee likes. All you need to do is keep following the Bee around until the "Approach" option appears next to it, which then allows you to feed it. This is one of the easier approach methods, as you can't really mess it up. Sweet Bee favorite food in Disney Dreamlight Valley The favorite food of all Sweet Bees is Coral Honey. This special item falls under the Fish category, and can be caught from white ripple spots anywhere in Pixie Acres, including the Sundae Shores, Hundred-Acre Fields, Hunny Falls, and Pixie Flats regions. If you aren't feeling up for some fishing, Bees do like a few other items, too. They like all Flowers, including those you can find around Wishblossom Ranch and other worlds. Flowers only count as liked food, though, not loved, so Coral Honey is the best option for building your bond and receiving the best prizes in return. Screenshot by Destructoid Sweet Bee hangout bonus in Disney Dreamlight Valley After befriending a Bee and having them hang out with you, you'll gain the Flower pick-up bonus. The Sweet Bee at your side will seek out and pick up all the Flowers you come across while exploring, making them excellent allies for stocking up on this useful resource. Sweet Bee schedule and location in Disney Dreamlight Valley There are four Sweet Bees you can find around Pixie Acres, all of which have unique schedules and specific areas they call home. Here are all of the Bee variants, where to find them, and what days and times they're out and about. GooseLocationSundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySweet BeeHunny Falls7am to 8pm7am to 8pm7am to 8pm7am to 8pm7am to 8pm7am to 8pm7am to 8pmPink Sweet BeePixie FlatsN/AN/AN/AAll dayN/AAll dayAll dayBlue Sweet BeeSundae ShoresDuring clear skies or light cloudy weather.During clear skies or light cloudy weather.During clear skies or light cloudy weather.During clear skies or light cloudy weather.During clear skies or light cloudy weather.During clear skies or light cloudy weather.During clear skies or light cloudy weather.White Sweet BeeHundred-Acre Flats8pm to 7am8pm to 7am8pm to 7am8pm to 7am8pm to 7am8pm to 7am8pm to 7am There are plenty of other creatures to befriend around Wishblossom Ranch. Next, you may want to learn how to feed Geese and how to feed Skunks. You'll also want to know how to unlock all horses and mounts, as many of them are needed to progress further. The post How to feed Sweet Bees in Disney Dreamlight Valley appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Elden Ring lore is infamously some of the most convoluted and ambiguous in any major franchise in gaming, largely due to the nature of FromSoftware's environmental storytelling, sparse dialogue with NPCs, and intentionally vague quest lines. However, one hugely popular lore theorist who has become an unofficial expert on the topic is releasing a collection of books for players interested in piecing together Elden Ring's various mysteries. View the full article
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******: The Old Country’s Free Ride update finally has a release date: November 20. It adds a number of new features, including challenges, a first-person driving camera, classic difficulty, and photo mode. The major update to Hangar 13’s narrative adventure is a callback to the original ******’s Free Ride Extreme and the Free Ride mode in ******: Definitive Edition. As explained by Peter Amato, Content Manager at publisher 2K in a post on the PlayStation Blog, ******: The Old Country’s Free Ride update is a collection of challenges separate from the main story that give players chances to revisit the world in a “more self-guided way.” Veteran fans of the series will find that ******: The Old Country’s Free Ride mode will be slightly different from previous titles as a result. The repeatable challenges include combat, stealth, and different race types. Completing them earns you the Dinari in-game currency to spend on the new outfits, charms, weapons, and vehicles unlocked by progressing through this content (as well as on items unlocked via the campaign). “We want players to explore the world in a freeform way, and Free Ride turns it into an expansive hub where you’ll find and access various challenges by travelling around, unlocking Hitching Posts, and meeting contacts,” Amato said. “Challenges are instanced and accessed via these contacts, and doing so will place you into a combat location or special world state. “These combat encounters reuse mission locations, so once you’ve played the corresponding story chapter and unlocked a Challenge in Free Ride, you’ll get to re-experience areas in new ways. Races happen out in the world and we’ve placed them along less-traveled paths, so it should be fun seeing parts of the map you may have previously passed by. “Of course, there may be new places to explore too, but that’s something you’ll have to discover for yourself…” Elsewhere, there’s the Cinema Siciliano visual treatment, which Amato said makes ******: The Old Country feel like playing “a genuine piece of classic Italian cinema.” “The visual treatment is stunning and it feels like you’re experiencing a ******-and-white movie shot on an old-school sound stage, while the vintage-sounding audio convincingly brings the whole thing together,” Amato explained. All the new items earned by playing Free Ride are usable in the main story campaign. All the new elements are present from the start, so new players will have them as options going through the game for the first time. The addition of first-person driving is a first for the ****** franchise. And the Classic difficulty makes the game harder. Earlier this month, Strauss Zelnick, boss of 2K parent company Take-Two, teased a bright future for the ****** franchise after ******: The Old Country “performed well ahead of expectations.” “Definitely,” Zelnick said when asked if The Old Country performed well enough to instill confidence to continue the franchise. “We’re really excited about ******, and I think that’s a great question because it is sort of a reset for the franchise. We don’t have anything to announce — that comes from the label — but it definitely performed well ahead of expectations." It sounds like the decision to sell ******: The Old Country at a cheaper than expected $49.99 price point paid off, then. Fans praised The Old Country's $50 price tag when it was confirmed, and publisher 2K and developer Hangar 13 managed expectations by stressing pre-launch that it was absolutely not a Grand Theft Auto-style open-world game, but a linear, narrative-driven game. Take-Two stopped short of providing exact sales figures but said the early 1900s Sicily-set ****** “quickly surpassed our internal expectations and affirmed our belief that consumer demand remains strong for premium, narrative-driven experiences that over-index on value.” Although it’s unclear when or how another ****** game could materialize in the future, more new content and updates for The Old Country are confirmed to be in the works. ******: The Old Country launched in August as a prequel for the crime drama video game franchise that got its start with the original ****** in 2002. The series saw semi-regular releases up until the launch of the divisive ****** 3 in 2016, with only a group of well-received definitive edition remasters arriving to break up the wait for more in 2020. IGN's ******: The Old Country review returned an 8/10. We said: "******: The Old Country is a conventional but effective return to the linear and tightly story-driven format of the original ****** and ****** II, and it boasts a wonderful eye and ear for detail." Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article