There was some debate raised over Star Wars Outlaws' claim that it was the franchise's first open-world game but speaking to Screen Rant, Wilbert Roget, the game's composer, thinks the comparison to other titles doesn't make sense. The video game industry has long struggled with the idea of genre, with some experiences overlapping across multiple styles and tropes. "Open-world" has become more of a mechanical description than any kind of had-and-fast genre, but that hasn't stopped some fans from bringing up Star Wars: The Old Republic, which also featured an expansive world for players to explore. View the full article
It’s not often a clue mocks you in the NYT Mini Crossword, but “Mocking Smile” sort of accomplishes this in today’s puzzle. Being hit by a mocking smile is hurtful—especially for your pride—and I can feel the NYT Mini laughing at me already. ‘Mocking Smile’ Sept. 12 NYT Mini Crossword clue hints Three down. Image via Dot Esports Hint one: It starts with “S.” Hint two: Billy Idol is known for doing this a lot. Hint three: It can also be interpreted as sarcasm or disgust. Hint four: it ends with “R.” I’ve done everything on my end to help you with four clues. However, keep scrolling down for the reveal of the solution. View the full article
In The War Within, there are plenty of quests dotted throughout the new zones, and for some of them, you need very specific items to complete them. If you’ve just picked up the Chew On That quest, you need to know how to get Duskstem. Here’s where to find Duskstem Stalks and which NPC to turn them into to finish the quest quickly. View the full article
*** police are preparing for a nationwide ban on ‘ninja swords’, which had previously been exempt from bills banning the ***** of weapons. Both katanas and “zombie knives” (those edgy abominations you can buy at the mall in the US) have been legal to sell in the *** under certain circumstances, but otherwise fell under […] Source View the full article
Not enough Microsoft jobs have been splayed and flayed atop the Altar of Growth, so High Priest Spencer must once again perform the Rite of Strategic Repositioning. According to a leaked memo, Microsoft are laying off around 650 people "to organize our business for long term success". This is the same Microsoft that parted with around 1900 employees in January, and the same Microsoft that washed their hands of around 10,000 staff in January 2023, all in the name of shoring up the business for future prosperity. That "long term success" is certainly taking its sweet time. Or at least, it is if you're one of the poor saps in the trenches of, in this case, "corporate and supporting functions". Read more View the full article
Chevreuse and Kujou Sara are back, as Genshin Impact reveals the featured characters and weapons for the second half of Version 5.0. Though 5-Star characters are considered to be the main draw in Genshin Impact, their 4-Star counterparts are not to be underestimated. The correct 4-Star character, properly built, can often elevate a team built around a specific hypercarry. For Wanderer, this is Faruzan; for Raiden Shogun, this is Kujou Sara. Most notably, Bennett and Xiangling represent premium options, despite being 4-Star characters from Version 1.0. View the full article
The latest Honkai: Star Rail ***** has given details on Sunday's *******, teasing its passive ability which enhances the character's combat prowess. Over the past few months, many leaks about Honkai: Star Rail's Sunday have surfaced online through screenshots and texts. It has been rumored that he will soon become playable like his sibling, Robin. View the full article
WoW The War Within season one started Sept. 10, adding a host of new PvE and PvP activities. Among them are four rotating weekly world bosses, the first of which is the Aggregation of Horrors. In The War Within, the world boss has a chance to drop an epic item on the Champion upgrade track, so it’s worth ******** every week, especially toward the beginning of the expansion. You’re in the right place if you want to know where to find the Aggregation of Horrors, how to beat it, and exactly what rewards you can get. View the full article
After the news recently that Microsoft gave the Mono Project over to the Wine team, it has now been moved over to the Wine GitLab. Plus, some changes for Wine contributors may be coming with a new Code of Conduct. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The Motherlode is a part of a big quest chain in chapter three of the WoW The War Within campaign. Although the quest itself is easy and straightforward, since it’s a part of a ******* questline, there are a couple of steps you need to take before you start The Motherlode. So, here’s our full guide to start and complete The Motherlode quest in The War Within. View the full article
If you're on the hunt for a great gaming keyboard deal, we've saved you a job and found one for you! The Turtle Beach Vulcan II Mini Air is a mini wireless gaming keyboard and one of the first from the popular peripheral brand since it shut down Roccat while keeping its naming conventions alive. This deal sees the Vulcan II Mini Air drop from a price of $179.99 to just $97.50, saving you $82.49. In my Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL Pro review, I was quick to praise the features included with this board and recommend it as one of the best gaming keyboards thanks to its competitive price and feature set. The Turtle Beach Vulcan II Mini Air 65% is quite different from its TKL sibling, thanks to its wireless options and aluminum top plate for added durability. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This full-body VR treadmill lets you experience VR in a tiny space This download massively boosts frame rates on new AMD gaming laptops Dragon's Dogma 2 is finally getting fixed on PC, six months late View the full article
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I like Vampire: The Masquerade a lot. When I'm not working, I'm busy dreaming up new creatures of the night to bring to unlife, creating polite yet monstrous Tzimisce or sultry, relentless LaSombra. My current campaign character, however, is a jazz-loving Toreador that owns his own little ***** bar in the heart of Glasgow city center, and of all my creatures of the night, he's my absolute favorite to play. So imagine my face when Blood Bar Tycoon dropped into my inbox; a new indie that thrusts you into the shiny shoes of a vampire that's looking to carve out their own slice of Crimson City's nightlife. Sometimes, the stars just align. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
Ore mining is one of the most crucial aspects of Satisfactory, as each ore is used to create new machines, tools, and even vehicles. However, one ore strands out from the rest: SAM. So, here’s everything about SAM ore, including how to get it. Satisfactory recently had its full release on Epic Games and Steam, with tons of new players joining the game and existing ones exploring the latest features added to it. The game continues to reach new player count highs, with the latest all-time peak sitting at more than 120k players. View the full article
The Grand Tour’s final special, One for the Road, is a poignant farewell to one of television’s most successful, and endearing, male friendships. And it’s not hard to understand why it might be time to say goodbye to the format that presenter Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman invented all those years ago: they’re old now. As you get older, things get ******* to do. Even at the relatively spritely age of 40 I can attest to that. But there are more tangible concerns than the imperceptible march of biological decline, and more than a few of them were listed on Tuesday night’s Q&A, An Evening with The Grand Tour, a special event that was part press junket, part celebration of three lives well lived: as well as us journalists, most of the crowd were family and friends of the main three. Lisa Hogan, Clarkson’s long-suffering partner who has become a fan favourite on sister show Clarkson’s Farm for giving as good as she gets, was in attendance, alongside the production crew they’d worked with for years. The mood of the night was hard to pin down: sombre, but jubilant. More Irish Wake than Statey Funes. Clarkson, by his own gleeful admission, is getting “too ****” to fit into supercars. A practical reality that will surely put the kibosh on any hopes to see him do one last lap in an Ariel Atom. More pressing, and concerning for anyone hoping to continue the format in the future (be they Amazon producers casting for a next generation of Grand Tour or BBC Studios heads surveying the smouldering wreckage of what was once Auntie’s biggest export), is the sense that Clarkson & Co have simply exhausted the list of things you can do with car, short of successfully ******* one directly into space, like the infamous Tesla stunt from a few years back. Read more View the full article
Impact Gameworks, developer of the popular and rather fantastic Tangledeep, have announced recently that their brand new game Flowstone Saga launches on September 17th. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Deck Buttons have released a fresh set of fancy button upgrades for your Steam Deck, this time blending together real metal and high-quality resin for a really unique look. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The new adaptive charging feature could help to save power and preserve the life of controller batteries. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sony has released a batch of features in its latest PlayStation 5 system update, including support for adaptive controller charging, party link sharing, and a new widget hub. The adaptive charging feature, which monitors and automatically adjusts the power supplied when controllers are connected to the console’s USB ports, is being released globally starting today — but only for the latest PS5 models. In its announcement, Sony says adaptive charging is only available on the PS5 Slim and its upcoming $700 PS5 Pro. The feature will work on PS5-era DualSense and DualSense Edge wireless controllers, alongside PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers, and the Access adaptive controller kit. Charging is adjusted based on the controller’s current... Continue reading… View the full article
We've benchmarked Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 with over 40 GPUs to show how your graphics card stacks up. With the Swarm Engine pushing both GPU and CPU to their limits, find out if an upgrade is in order. Read Entire Article View the full article
Sometimes we play video games to plunder the silty depths of our emotions, sometimes we play them to sharpen our wits and try the alchemy of engrossing systems, sometimes we play them to mud-wrestle with questions of power and responsibility, and sometimes we just want to wear cool sunglasses, have big arms, and fly around hitting stuff very hard. Read more View the full article
If you want to make gold quickly or gear up your alts in The War Within, you need to make sure you’re leveling up the best professions for the expansion. We’ve picked out the top professions to focus on, including tips to help you stay ahead of the curve with your crafting. Which professions to pick in The War Within It’s important to note that the best professions for The War Within will change as the game progresses. Some professions, like gathering ones, are more valuable toward the start of an expansion, while others increase in value as the seasons go on. View the full article
As though it's sensed that Space Marine 2 has dragged us back to the 360 era vibes-wise, Xbox has announced that , as part of what it's dubbed "an updated friends and followers experience", it's bringing back a traditional friend request system reminiscent of the one it had it had back in the day. Yes, this means that you'll be able to learn even more clearly that that random you think you've formed a bond with doesn't want to be associated with you for more than the few hours they already have. It's ok, it's not you, it's them. "We’re thrilled to announce the return of friend requests," the console maker wrote in a blog post about the coming change, "Now, you can easily send, accept, or delete friend requests, making it simpler to connect with others. Friends are now a two-way, invite-approved relationship, giving you more control and flexibility. Meanwhile, following someone ******** a one-way connection, allowing you to stay updated with their shared content, whether it’s another player, club, or game." Read more View the full article
Xbox Game Pass Standard, the new basic tier of Microsoft's subscription service which costs $14.99 a month, doesn't include major games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Starfield, Diablo 4, and much more. Microsoft announced the revised Game Pass tiers in July and as of September 12 the changes went into place. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has risen from $16.99 to $19.99 a month and still includes all the typical benefits, but the Xbox Game Pass Standard tier is quite different from its predecessor. It replaces Game Pass for Console (though those already subscribed don't have to upgrade) and includes significantly less benefits. Subscribers no longer gain access to day one titles or access to EA Play, Xbox Cloud Gaming, perks, Quests, and discounts on games in the Game Pass library. Microsoft said players would also be denied access to "specific entries to the Game Pass Ultimate library," and that list has now been revealed to be fairly extensive. Xbox Game Pass Changes Xbox Game Pass Ultimate - $19.99 a month - Access to full library of Xbox Game Pass games, PC Game Pass games, EA Play, day one titles, online multiplayer, member deals and discounts, perks, and cloud gaming. Xbox Game Pass Standard - $14.99 a month - Access to a limited library of Xbox Game Pass games which doesn't include day one titles, plus online multiplayer and member deals and discounts. This tier is "coming soon" and not necessarily alongside the September 12, 2024 price hike. Xbox Game Pass Console - $10.99 a month for existing subscribers only - Limited library of Xbox games alongside member deals and discounts. No longer available to purchase as a new subscriber, but day one games are still included as they were before. PC Game Pass - $11.99 a month - PC Game Pass games and EA Play. Microsoft has confirmed to IGN that day one titles will be included in this subscription. Xbox Game Pass Core - $9.99 a month - Around 25 Xbox Game Pass games, online multiplayer, and member deals and discounts. [/url] A total of 41 games are now available only through Game Pass Ultimate for new subscribers, including the aforementioned Modern Warfare 3, Starfield, and Diablo 4 but also Forza Motorsport, MLB: The Show 24, Octopath Traveler 2, Payday 3, Age of Mythology: Retold, and more. The full list is available below, courtesy of ResetEra user vixolus who collated the list. Players subcscribing to Game Pass Standard therefore have access to 370 games instead of 508, according to the Xbox website. The remaining 96 titles belong to the EA Play library, which is not included in Xbox Game Pass Standard. Players looking to access this additional library of heavy hitters will need to pay $19.99 a month for Ultimate instead of $14.99 a month for Standard. Xbox Game Pass arrived in 2017 at just $9.99 a month with all features included, though in 2024 it does have significantly more games, not to mention access to Bethesda and Activision Blizzard titles such as Starfield and the incoming Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Games Not on Xbox Game Pass Standard (Not Including the EA Play Library)Age of Mythology: Retold Standard EditionAnother Crab's TreasureBotany ManorCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Core KeeperCreatures of AvaDiablo 4Dungeons Of HinterbergEiyuden Chronicle: Hundred HeroesFlintlock: The Siege of DawnFlockForza MotorsportGalacticareGo Mecha BallHarold HalibutHauntiiHeavy *******HumanityKunitsu-Gami: Path of the GoddessLittle Kitty, Big CityMagical DelicacyMLB: The Show 24Neon WhiteOctopath Traveler 2Open RoadsPayday 3PlateUp!Robin Hood - Sherwood BuildersRolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make FriendsSea of SolitudeSenua's Saga: Hellblade 2****** Rancher 2SpiderHeckStar TruckerStarfieldStill Wakes the DeepTchiaThe Case of the Golden IdolThe RewinderTurnip Boy Robs a BankYou ***** at Parking Complete Edition Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
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A reliable mechanic you can use while running the ball in Madden NFL 25 is the stiff arm, a technique that can keep defenders at bay as you gain more yards. Sometimes, a stiff arm can be the difference between punting and getting a first down. Like any juke or hurdle, you'll want to learn this strategy to use every trick in the book to score. View the full article
News From Below is a short quest that you can do in WoW The War Within, and it’s also a part of the homonymous quest chain News From Below. The quest itself is straightforward, and you can complete it rather quickly, but since it’s a part of a ******* questline, it may take some time to reach it first. So, here’s our full guide to start and complete the News From Below quest in The War Within. View the full article
Microsoft is reportedly laying off 650 staff from its gaming division, according to an internal memo sent by Xbox CEO Phil Spencer to to staff, which has been published by both IGN and Game File. This latest round of cuts would follow the company laying off 1,900 staff from its video game division back in January this year, and come amid what's been an incredibly torrid year games industry-wide on the layoff front. In the memo, Spencer wrote: "As part of aligning our post-acquisition team structure and managing our business, we have made the decision to eliminate approximately 650 roles across Microsoft Gaming — mostly corporate and supporting functions — to organize our business for long term success." Read more View the full article
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There was some debate raised over Star Wars Outlaws' claim that it was the franchise's first open-world game but speaking to Screen Rant, Wilbert Roget, the game's composer, thinks the comparison to other titles doesn't make sense. The video game industry has long struggled with the idea of genre, with some experiences overlapping across multiple styles and tropes. "Open-world" has become more of a mechanical description than any kind of had-and-fast genre, but that hasn't stopped some fans from bringing up Star Wars: The Old Republic, which also featured an expansive world for players to explore. View the full article