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Creator of the popular free and open source video game library manager Playnite has a positive update on a Linux version, with plans for it during 2026. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The fourth week of ARC Raiders' trial challenges has just started, and Embark Studios is offering the hardest set of challenges since release, with the potential for even greater rewards if you can overcome them. Once you access the trials at level 15, there is still plenty of time to progress through the rankings to obtain both cosmetic and in-game rewards before the season ends. View the full article

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault will be available in Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview for PC this Wednesday. View the full article

As I've said many times, my MMO journey didn't begin with World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy 14: it began with Guild Wars 2. While I've found myself falling behind in both Blizzard and Square Enix's respective epics, I always find time to at least check out the latest chapter of the GW2 saga - sometimes, you need that little nostalgia-driven dopamine hit. With Visions of Eternity now out in the world, accompanied by two elite classes inspired by its predecessor, now is the perfect time for the original Guild Wars to also get some love - and that, thankfully, is exactly what NCSoft has done. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Guild Wars hits 13-year player peak after 20th anniversary event Legendary, 20-year-old MMORPG Guild Wars just got an unexpected update 15 Years of Guild Wars: "It was built for the long haul" View the full article

Desmond Miles? Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Assassin's Creed's original protagonist stood at the centre of the series' story from the 2007 original to Assassin's Creed 3. I remember him being pretty roundly mocked at the time, and wasn't much of a fan myself. This was partly because players only controlled him during the series' divisive Animus sections, where the games would yank you of their gripping historical settings to wander around sterile laboratories while NPCs yammered exposition at you... Read more.View the full article

Ahead of the ****** Friday ***** event next week, there have been some excellent video game deals already popping up across various retailers. If you're using this opportunity to stock up your library with some new picks to play over the holidays, we've come across plenty of discounts worth your time and money. At the moment, Amazon is offering very nice deals on Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake for Nintendo Switch 2 (which has dropped to $49.99) and Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake for Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X (all down to $34.99). If these games have been on your shopping list, now is a great time to grab them. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake usually retails with a price tag of $59.99, but this discount has dropped it down 17% so you can save $10 on it. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, on the other hand, is down a whopping 42% from its $59.99 price, which is a very nice deal for those who have been wanting to pick it up. Both of these received very high praise from us with glowing 9/10 scores in their respective reviews. IGN's Logan Plant said Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake "is a shining example of how to remake a classic RPG and a brilliant reminder of why the original is an essential work," while writer George Yang said of the Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake that it recaptures "the retro magic of the originals while giving them a modern facelift." If you're wondering what video game deals are still to come as we get closer to ****** Friday, check out our breakdowns of what deals we expect to see this year from PS5 and Xbox to see some of our predictions for the ***** event. And for Switch users, Nintendo has already announced its ****** Friday ***** so you can see what deals the company has planned this year. Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN. View the full article

Who isn’t a sucker for a dog game? Walking the show floor at the Games Industry Conference in Poznań, Wielkopolska, I immediately did a double take when I saw Barkour, a game about a dog secret agent. He’s not just cute and cuddling, he also has a gun and a grappling hook: I had to take this dog for a walk. You, of course, play as a dog in Barkour. You’re Agent T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (don’t ask me what it stands for, dogs can’t spell anyway), an all-around Good Boy who’s recruited off the streets into a secret dog spy organization, and trained to help them take down nefarious, cat-themed villains. He’s got a pretty robust kit to help him out: his nose can sense enemy locations and interactable items, he can overhear enemy conversations to get important intel, he can bark to lure enemies, pounce on them to knock them out, and drag their bodies into hiding with his teeth. He also has gadgets, including a back-mounted gun that can either use sleep darts to incapacitate or actual bullets to kill anyone who tries to fight him. The gadget wheel had loads of room for other tools, too, so I’m sure there’s more to come to turn Agent THUNDER into a full-blown spydog. After a lengthy tutorial that introduces the new Agent (and the player) to his gadgets and spy abilities, the demo threw me into an early game mission, which sees our dog hero infiltrate a massive, overgrown, abandoned maze of a medieval castle to take down someone named “Van der Meow” who, with a name like that, clearly must be stopped. Van der Meow is located in the deepest inner sanctum of the castle, and is guarded by various locked doors, security cameras, and scary men with guns. I could sneak my way through, using my sniffer to track enemy locations, seeking cover in bushes, and quietly incapacitating guards with sleep darts before dragging their bodies into alcoves. Or, I could go in guns blazing, alerting the whole room to my presence and starting a proper firefight. I was quickly impressed with how much license Barkour gave me to find my own way and mess around within the world, to an almost sandboxy degree. Mostly, I chose stealth, and I was quickly impressed with how much license Barkour gave me to find my own way and mess around within the world, to an almost sandboxy degree. The castle started out fairly linear, but quickly opened up into a winding maze of a place with multiple rooms and floors and a number of hidden pathways outside the castle walls, underground, up towers, in ceiling rafters above the dining hall, and behind locked doors. Barkour’s demo offered a surprising amount of freedom to simply figure things out, experiment, and seek out secrets. Instead of beelining it to my objective, I felt encouraged to puzzle out stealth pathways through multiple unnecessary rooms that were hiding secrets, like new treats or gadgets, on the other side. Diving down wells, digging holes, or trying out tricky little platforming sections that took me on narrow pathways up high towers generally rewarded me with with either a shortcut to somewhere I wanted to go or a prize of some kind. Of course, I can smell a lot of heavily-armed guards standing between me and that exploration, so I make an effort to take them out one by one to afford myself safe passage. It would be trivial enough to just fire off sleep darts at every single guard and call it a day, but those are a limited resource that I can only recharge by physically tackling guards – a move that’s far more likely to set off alarms. So I spend a lot of the beginning of the demo skulking in shrubbery, waiting for a guard to wander by, barking to lure him close to me, sneak attacking to knock him out cold, and then dragging his body into the bushes before anyone can notice. That gives me a charge of the sleep dart, which I can then use to knock out the next guy, and so on. It also seems like puzzles will play a part in Barkour, too, though most of what I ran into in the opening level was pretty simple. A lot of the puzzles involved listening in on guard conversations or exploring an area to get a code to unlock a door, or using my sniffer to find hidden buttons I needed to press. Several locations seemed to want me to bring specific items to them to activate something, like a fireplace wanting some logs that I never managed to track down. There was one puzzle later in the demo that involved identifying and tracking down several pieces of medieval weaponry all around the castle, but I struggled with this one a bit: it wanted a sword, and even though I could see swords all over the place, none of them were the exact interactable sword the puzzle wanted me to bring. I wasn’t quite as impressed with the combat, which still needs some fine tuning. I prefer playing games like this in full stealth-mode, but a few times I did slip up and alert guards to my presence. What followed was what feels like it should have been a challenging combat situation as guards surrounded me from all sides, alarms blared, and shots rang out. What actually happened is I ran literal circles around the guards, pouncing on top of them one after another to stun them and keep them from shooting me, all while infinitely firing my own back-mounted gun to whittle down their health. Rinse and repeat until they’re all dead. I can definitely see what Barkour is going for: the equal emphasis placed on both combat and stealth in the tutorial and gadgets you’re given suggests it wants either method to feel like a viable option. But just in the level I played, the combat was missing something, and I had far more fun with both the challenge and mechanics of stealth. In the level I played, the combat was missing something, and I had far more fun with both the challenge and mechanics of stealth. One note, just to preempt some concerns: Barkour’s free demo on Steam, which is the same one I played, was criticized when it first dropped due to the inclusion of AI voice acting. Following the criticisms, the developers announced that they had removed the AI voices, which they said were only temporary, with plans to hire professionals for the full release. I mention this just because the version I played was the one with the AI voices removed, and thus it didn’t detract from my experience at all. Overall, Barkour seems extremely promising, it just needs polish – especially the combat. I really enjoyed the openness of the level I played, with all the hidden puzzles and collectibles, and the wide variety of potential strategies to reach my objectives. A stealth game that also functions as a sandbox is a really neat idea, especially paired with such a silly, pup-based premise, and Barkour’s bones are looking real good. With a bit more time and testing, I’m feeling optimistic that the final release will be a doggone treat. View the full article

The big day approaches, bargain hunters. We're just a few days shy of ****** Friday, and for the eagle-eyed, the discounts are already emerging. Take, for example, this heap of board games we spotted on Amazon US (Sorry, British readers). Each one of them has been tested by a Wargamer or made it into our personal collections, and each comes with a serious discount that's worth getting your eyes on. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: 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 In this open world RPG board game, you can befriend porcupines View the full article

Guild Wars Reforged was announced today by ArenaNet to arrive on December 3, and it will be Steam Deck Verified and optimised for Valve's handheld. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Stalker developer GSC Game World has been added to the Russian government's list of "undesirable organisations," per a press release from the country's Prosecutor General's Office. In other words, it's been deemed a threat to the "foundations of Russia's constitutional order, defensive capacity and security," and anyone in Russia maintaining ties to the studio could face punishment... Read more.View the full article

The Game Awards returns for another popularity contest, and they've revealed the nominees for the 2025 event that we've listed here for you. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Escape From Tarkov Game Director Nikita Buyanov has apologized for the game's frustrating launch. The extraction shooter that helped popularize the genre had already amassed a dedicated fanbase leading up to its Version 1.0 release, but things did not go as planned when the long-awaited day finally came. Many Escape From Tarkov players are still facing issues, but Buyanov has promised that help is on the way. View the full article

It's almost time for yearly Christmas movie binge season, and that means timeless classics like Elf, A Christmas Story, and of course, the Home Alone movies. I believe in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York supremacy, but I also think Home Alone 3 is underrated as heck (scalding hot take, I know). Anyway, this new game coming out in early 2026 is described as being "Home Alone-inspired" and has some beta tests coming up to celebrate it, and after a quick look at the gameplay, I'm very interested. Image via PM Studios, Inc. The game is called Bandit Trap, and it's a three-vs-one action title where three players play as bandits attempting to rob a house of its riches, while one robot defends the place with traps and mayhem. Hell yeah. "Every match makes for an unpredictable and comedic competition: smash through walls, flood rooms, or even freeze entire house floors in the pursuit of victory," a new press release said. "Trappers can unleash creative contraptions to fling or flatten Bandits, whilst the Bandits bob and weave through the chaos to nab loot and escape in one piece. With destructible environments and dynamic gameplay, no two matches will ever be the same." It's got a silly art style and fun character design, and I'm sure laying the traps will feel devious and challenging when going up against three others. But honestly? I don't know if I'm brave enough to test friendships in what will surely end up as a catastrophic shouting match with certain people I know. Either way, the gameplay teaser below shows what Bandit Trap is all about and I think it's got some potential to be the next multiplayer-with-friends bonanza when it drops in a couple of months. [Hidden Content] You can request access to be a part of the upcoming Bandit Trap tests on Steam, one from Nov. 27 to 30 and another from Dec. 5 to 7, ahead of its launch on PC and consoles on Feb. 6, 2026. The post This ‘Home Alone-inspired’ 3-vs-1 game looks hilarious, but I don’t know if my friendships are strong enough to survive it appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

All active Where Winds Meet Exchange Codes for Echo *****, Coin, and more, with details of how to claim them in-gameView the full article

He says the team needs to "finally crack" the game's performance problemsView the full article

Having supported The Sims 4 for over a decade now, Maxis' latest and certainly not greatest instalment in the wildly popular life game series still can't match up to its predecessors. Considering EA's pledge to continue long-term support for TS4, rather than developing The Sims 5, a dramatic switch up will need to happen if it's going to stand the test of time. Well, it may finally be happening, as rumors of a Sims 4 remaster are swirling. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best Sims 4 mods Dozens of Sims 4 creators leave the Creator Network to protest EA *****, calling it a "nightmare for our community" All The Sims 4 cheats for free money, max skills, and more View the full article

Of all the people to be discussing Ghost of Yotei, I didn't expect Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan to be the one asking the questions. But he was exactly who Sony picked to sit across from the samurai game's creative director, Jason Connell, to discuss their respective media as a part of its Creator to Creator series. Although it was snubbed at the Game Awards, Ghost of Yotei's stellar reviews promise a place on our list of the best single-player games when it inevitably makes the move to PC. But it wasn't all smooth sailing, as Connell discusses the pressure of violence, troubles with mocap performers, and killing his favorite game mechanic to make development sustainable. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

The Brutosaur has returned, and WoW players are tornView the full article

Swedish gaming peripheral brand QPAD is relaunching with a new range of products, it’s announced. The Nordic company, which dates back to 1994, has rebooted with a new range of products spearheaded by former Hyper X product architect, Baron Lee, whose CV includes more than 100 award-winning products. QPAD’s new range, which includes keyboards, mice, and mics, will be exclusively available at Currys in the ***. Read More... View the full article

Schedule I has become a phenomenon in the indie game scene this year, and while it's still only available in early access at the moment, new content and updates have been rolling out constantly. A new content update that has been planned for some time will introduce a new drug into the mix, shrooms, but there's some slightly disappointing news for fans on that front. View the full article

In a year that's already set to bring us GTA 6, 007 First Light, Subnautica 2, and so many more highly anticipated games, I keep forgetting that a new Resident Evil is on the way. For many of you, though, it may well be the only new game you can think about. Resident Evil Requiem, Resi 9, whatever you're calling it; it's going to be a major moment for horror fans. There's equal parts nervousness and excitement to see how the scares, the characters, and the first-and-third-person action delivers, but to ease that agonizing wait, there's a surprising new Resident Evil game that can keep you occupied. Resident Evil Survival Unit, the franchise's latest spinoff that puts a strategic twist on survival, is out now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Resident Evil game hits 1 million pre-regs despite monetization concerns New Resident Evil RTS game lets you build your own Spencer mansion, signups open There's a new Resident Evil game coming out, and it's not Requiem View the full article

Angeline Era, originally announced in 2023, will bring its bumpslash combat to PC Steam next month. View the full article

Microsoft has added Remote Attestation to the latest description of its anti-cheat measures included in the recently released Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7. The feature, which pings the company's servers when a PC boots, could tighten controversial security systems and raise privacy concerns. Read Entire Article View the full article

It's claimed that Kim fired the the co-founders to avoid the bonus payout. It was part of Krafton's 2021 acquisition of Unknown Worlds, a deal reported to be worth around $500 million up front with up to $250 million in performance-based bonuses tied to Subnautica 2's commercial success by the end of 2025. Read Entire Article View the full article