The launch date of the next two Fortnite Festival seasons has been uncovered by leakers as well as new information on each season's upcoming concerts. Fortnite's 2024 roadmap has been discussed extensively among the community, and so far, everything has been coming together; at this point, it's pretty clear that it was more than a rumor or a mere coincidence. Even though Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 didn't include the **** Max crossover that everyone was waiting for, its theme focused on a similar wasteland society with powerful cars. View the full article
After a weekend of server problems, Once Human developer Starry Studio has revealed how it struggled to cope with the unexpected number of players who have descended upon the game. Once Human is a free-to-play multiplayer open world survival game from Starry Studio, a developer owned by ******** games company NetEase. It launched on PC on July 9 and quickly found an audience, with a huge peak concurrent player count of 231,668 on Steam. It’s a big success for NetEase, but some players have faced frustration simply playing the game. Specifically, players found they were unable to play with friends because they were already playing on a server that was full due to newly imposed player limits, or had lengthy ****** times. Now, in a post on Steam, Starry Studio said the increase in the number of players over the weekend “exceeded our previous expectations” and in turn caused big server queues. Because of this, Starry Studio said it had “no other choice” but to limit the number of players on each server. “But we'll admit that this has indeed caused inconvenience for some players, so we are working on improving that,” the developer added. “We apologize for the inconvenience.” Starry Studio went on to explain exactly why too many players on a single server causes problems for Once Human. It’s a helpful insight into the way the game works and the challenges developers face when it comes to MMO-style games such as these. “Once Human is an open-world survival building game where resources on the map are limited in numbers,” Starry Studio said. “If too many players get on the same server, they will have a hard time finding a suitable spot to create their territory. Additionally, some late-game content such as the Stronghold Conquest for PvP servers will be affected. According to our previous test data, we discovered that the current scenarios could offer a better gaming experience if the number of players on each server was limited between 6,000 and 8,000. That's why we've set a limit. Once that limit is exceeded, players will have to wait in ******. This is all for the online players to enjoy a better gaming experience.” At the time of this article’s publication, nine of Once Human’s servers are completely full. Starry Studio suggested players play on other servers instead in order to get in the game. In the meantime, Starry Studio said it will soon raise the limit for each server, which should mean players can play on the server of their choice, “but this measure is not a long-term solution, so you should still try to avoid servers that seem too crowded.” An August update will add an invitation code feature so you can invite players to join your server even when the server is already full. In the shorter term, a patch scheduled for July 18 will make some initial improvements, with plans to offer compensation “for those who spend too long waiting in a ******.” “We understand that you eagerly want to have fun with your friends. We assure you that our team is hard at work resolving issues related to server loads, and we are doing all that we can to improve the queuing issue,” Starry Studio said. Last week, Starry Studio responded to a backlash about how cosmetics work in Once Human, and promised changes. Once Human has a ‘mixed’ user review rating on Steam, with some players expressing concern about everything from the game’s privacy policy to the use of the NetEase Launcher. In gameplay terms, players have hit out at mandatory seasonal resets and how they can affect your sense of progression and attachment to your character, as well as cosmetics being tied to individual characters. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
The Espresso Challenge in BitLife tells the story of a Barista who prefers a quiet life while enjoying the little pleasures, who treats their ex-partner well. Unlike other complex weekly challenges to complete in Bitlife, this week’s quest is relatively simple to finish, and it also depends a bit on your luck to find suitable options during your lifetime to complete the challenge. Here’s everything you need to know about completing the Espresso Challenge in Bitlife. View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 swept pretty much all the game award shows of 2023 and even managed to carry its success over into 2024 after claiming best game along with four other categories at the 2024 BAFTA Awards. But apparently, winning almost every accolade imaginable isn't what it's cut out to be... Read more.View the full article
Evo is right around the corner, and for new fans looking to watch the action for the first time, it might be difficult to keep up with the confusing schedule. Taking place from July 19 to 21 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Evo is the world’s biggest fighting game event with tournaments, panels, and reveals. It feels like Christmas for FGC fans, with Championship Sunday always having grand game reveals you won’t find anywhere else. View the full article
You're not gonna believe this. An apparent screenshot from the Bioshock game that's currently in the works has leaked online, and, assuming it's genuine, it tells us one thing we've all been hoping to learn about the title. That it's a video game. Yep, take a look at the image, which MP1ST claims has been unearthed from the showreel of a visual effects artist working for publisher 2K, and you can see clear as day, Bioshock 4, reportedly codenamed 'Parkside', is probably in line to be one of those doodads we all like to play with a controller, or mouse and keyboard, or a dance pad. In it, the player's holding a ****, dubbed the "Ricochet Shotgun", and is looking straight at some kind of glowing orb mounted on a stand. Maybe they're contemplating it for some reason, or maybe the player just happened to be pointed at a regular light when the screenshot was taken and everyone's about to get very excited about something you might buy for your back garden if you were Andrew Ryan. Read more View the full article
We’ve been waiting over a decade for College Football 25, so any server issues are bound to be frustrating. We’ll tell you how to check whether there are any ongoing issues. College Football 25 has plenty of online features, including the popular Ultimate Team mode, all of which are unavailable when the servers go offline. This can totally derail your plans, especially the servers go down midway through a game. View the full article
In his previous lives at Konami and Sony Japan Studio, game designer Keiichiro Toyama was known for his iconic horror games Silent Hill and Siren, then later PlayStation’s gravity-flipping adventure Gravity Rush. Understanding his track record then, it’s no surprise that his next game, Slitterhead, feels uniquely spooky. Whether his small indie startup Bokeh is able to achieve its ambitions or not, it’s clear that this game will at the very least stand out in what often feels like an increasingly homogenised games market. “With Sony, there was an increasing motive to make more highly budgeted games, and it wanted to go that way with the Japan Studio brand,” Toyama told VGC in a recent interview, reflecting on the closure of PlayStation’s historic in-house developer in April 2021 (Toyama left to form Bokeh shortly before this). Read More... View the full article
Enzo is the greatest quartermaster in The First Descendant, always ensuring everyone on his team has enough supplies and firepower to take down the ******. Even though Enzo is a support character, don’t let that fool you into thinking you can’t dominate the damage charts. As long as you have a solid understanding of his skills and a loadout that synergizes with them, the damage won’t be a problem. View the full article
Finding Type Soul’s Trello and Discord might be tricky with all the imitators out there, but both are useful for keeping up to speed with the game and having a good resource of information at your disposal. One of many extensive games in Roblox, Type Soul is a Bleach-inspired experience that lets you participate in your wildest anime fantasies. It has its usual array of codes you can use to get freebies and a pretty passionate community that would love to have you join them in both of these places. View the full article
A Fallout 76 player has created an impressive CAMP that pays homage to the frightening Mothman. Pre-war, the Mothman was just an urban legend in Appalachia, but after the apocalypse and the mutating effects of radiation, the creature from folklore has proven to be real in Fallout 76. View the full article
We have tested almost every game in our collection on an Intel Arc GPU to determine how many titles work on Intel's discrete graphics architecture and what kind of experience you can expect. Read Entire Article View the full article
This is not a drill. *** political memes look set to inflitrate the Fallout universe via Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London. Having already confirmed some pretty huge names voice acting-wise, the mod's Project Lead now looks to be suggesting a former MP known for yelling things is also on that list. Back in February, we learned that the mod's cast includes Neil Newbon - the voice of Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion - and A Plague Tale: Requiem’s Anna Demetriou, with their names slotting in alongside the likes of the already announced Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker. Yes, that's the sixth and seventh doctors from Doctor Who. Now, over on the mod's Discord server, project lead Dean 'Prilladog' Carter looks to have revealed perhaps the weirdest addition to a mod's cast in the history of, well, modding via a "Little Amusing Update". Read more View the full article
A former Toys For Bob artist has claimed that a fifth ****** Bandicoot game was cancelled at the studio. Concept artist Nicholas Kole made the claim in an X thread this weekend, in which they shared news that a separate project they’d been working on with another studio, ‘Project Dragon’, had been cancelled. Responding to fans speculating that the project could be related to Spyro, due to its codename, Kole said that it was not, but claimed that a version of ****** 5 had been cancelled. Read More... View the full article
Soldier 11 is one of the most powerful damage dealers in Zenless Zone Zero. Her skill kit is easy to understand and is great while on-field. However, with such simplicity, it can get boring to rely on her. Having two other more complicated Agents can help diversify the team. View the full article
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Euro 2024 and Copa America are done, and so is the Festival of Football in EA FC 24 Ultimate Team. There’s one last Squad Building Challenge to commemorate the tournaments and their champions—here’s The Grand Finals SBC. Spain and Argentina were crowned champions of Europe and the Americas after winning two close-fought finals. The Grand Finals SBC ensures these championship-winning moments do not go unnoticed in EA FC 24 Ultimate Team, though we would have expected a slightly more impressive bit of content to mark the end of not one but two massive events. View the full article
A little later than they usually put out a release, the Wine 9.13 update is out now bringing more new features and bug fixes to bring better Windows compatibility to Linux. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Baldur’s Gate 3 was unquestionably one of the greatest games of the 21st century, but it received so many awards, the developer had problems collecting them all. Larian Studios CEO, Swen Vincke, revealed that Baldur’s Gate 3 got so many prizes, the developer had to send out carefully-selected teams to collect them, and it started impacting Larian’s work on other games. View the full article
One adventurous Elden Ring player has recently opted to turn the game's Mimic Tear boss ****** into a comical repeat of their clash with Messmer the Impaler. This yielded some interesting footage that later made the rounds in the Elden Ring community, with their "dollar tree Messmer" consequently amusing many a fan. View the full article
CD Projekt Red fans will probably want to prepare themselves for The Witcher 4, as that's what the developer is furthest along on. These days, CD Projekt Red has quite a lot on its plate. There's that Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, which isn't in production just yet, but work has started on it (and it's added some big names to it too). The developer also has a few Witcher titles in development, like Project Sirius, and Project Canis Majoris, both of which have kept mostly quiet so far. But the big one everyone is waiting on is Polaris, or The Witcher 4, which is supposed to be entering production later this year. With all of these projects on the way, there's obviously questions about which ones are being prioritised, and according to Cyberpunk 2077 sequel director Pawel Sasko, unsurprisingly, The Witcher 4 is the next big focus for CD Projekt Red. Sasko recently made an appearance on the Flow Games podcast, where he explained that most of the studio's projects are in the "early stages." What that says to me is "yes they're coming, no we won't have anything to show for a while," so I would stay patient with them. However, Sasko did reaffirm that The Witcher 4 should be fully kicking into production soon, saying, "The only difference is the Polaris project, so the new Witcher saga, that will enter production. That is the most advanced of all of those." This really isn't all that much of a surprise, as back in May CD Projekt Red provided an update on how many of its staff are working on various projects, with 407 team members working on Polaris, or The Witcher 4, as of the end of April, 2024. Read more View the full article
If there’s one series that can be relied upon to dole out 80-hour helpings of joy straight into my eager face at regularly scheduled intervals, it’s the RPG brawler stylings of Yakuza/Like A Dragon. One could, I believe, make a convincing argument for Yakuza 0 being - if not the best videogame ever made - then at least the most videogame. While this coming October’s Amazon series won’t be the first live action adaption of Yakuza, I am hopeful its episodic format will give its characters a bit more room to breathe. Or, according to Kiryu actor Ryoma Takeuchi in an interview with IGN, to find the love they’ve always longed for. Read more View the full article
Vespers is one of the eight playable map zones in The First Descendant. When you start playing, it will be locked until you meet specific requirements. Here’s how to unlock Vesprs in The First Descendant. How to unlock Vespers in The First Descendant Vespers is one of the better-looking zones. Screenshot by Dot Esports To unlock Vespers in The First Descendant, you must finish all main story missions in Sterile Lands and defeat the ************ in a Void Intercept battle. View the full article
Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.10 and with it, plenty of new hardware support and improvements to existing hardware. You know the drill. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
If you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber and didn't quite get enough time with Concord over the week, you're in luck, because it's around for another day. At Sony's May PlayStation State of Play, Firewalk Studios revealed its first game, Concord, a multiplayer hero shooter in the vein of games like Overwatch, but with more of a sci-fi, Guardians of the Galaxy-esque spin to it. The new title looked promising enough, but as with all fresh live-service IP, the real test would come when players could get their hands on it. And get their hands on it they have, as anyone that was a PlayStation Plus subscriber, or had the game pre-ordered on Steam, has been able to try out the game's closed beta since July 12, with it supposedly coming to a close yesterday, July 14. That obviously isn't much time to try it out, but as reported by IGN, the early access beta has been extended by a day to today, July 15. You now have until 12pm PDT/ 9pm CEST/ 4am JST to try the game out amongst other PlayStation Plus subscribers and those that pre-ordered on Steam, which isn't a huge amount more time either, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. While this beta was closed to the aforementioned groups, from July 18 to 21, there will be an open beta that anyone across PlayStation 5 and PC will be able to join in on. This is likely where we'll get more of an idea of how the game is faring, as when it comes to PC players, things didn't look great for the closed beta. Read more View the full article
A gamer created a LEGO diorama of Destiny 2's Vault of Glass Raid and shared the incredible work online. Vault of Glass was the first Destiny Raid to be reintroduced in Destiny 2. View the full article
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The launch date of the next two Fortnite Festival seasons has been uncovered by leakers as well as new information on each season's upcoming concerts. Fortnite's 2024 roadmap has been discussed extensively among the community, and so far, everything has been coming together; at this point, it's pretty clear that it was more than a rumor or a mere coincidence. Even though Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 didn't include the **** Max crossover that everyone was waiting for, its theme focused on a similar wasteland society with powerful cars. View the full article