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Things are about to get even more interesting for people interested in handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go as there's a new AMD chip coming. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Larian Studios has confirmed that Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 will hit PS5 and Xbox Series X in October. Larian's continued support for Baldur's Gate 3 has made an already-incredible game even better. The studio could have simply left Baldur's Gate 3 alone after launch, and it still would have been one of the highest-rated video games ever made. View the full article

Baldur's Gate 3 got its eagerly anticipated Patch 7 yesterday, which added new, expanded ending sequences for evil player characters. Whether you're a Dark Urge or a more mundane variety of villain, an origin character or a custom-made scoundrel, your big moment has finally arrived if you're playing a bad guy. Sadly, as players have quickly discovered, ascending as an archvillain tends to have some unpleasant outcomes for the companions you might've romanced along the way... Read more.View the full article

Profaned Tinderboxes are one of the most expensive crafting reagents in WoW The War Within. You need them for lots of different professions, but they’re frustratingly hard to come by. At the time of writing, they’re selling for a whopping 6,700 Gold apiece on the auction house. If you need Profaned Tinderboxes for your profession or want to sell them to make a sweet pile of cash, I’ll explain the best method to farm them right here. View the full article

Although it's been a year since the release of Starfield, players are still discovering new places of interest in the expansive, randomly-generated space game. While one of the main criticisms of the game is the repetitive nature of some environments like Spacer caves or the Abandoned Cryo Lab, other POIs and environmental features are much more rare, like lava streams and Starfield rivers and lakes. One player stumbled upon a POI that many have likely not seen, even after hundreds or thousands of hours of playing. View the full article

Concord, Firewalk Studio's ill-fated live service shooter (which announced it was closing its doors less than a month after its release) will reportedly still get its episode of Prime Video's Secret Level—which, given the turbulence of the industry we've been reporting on this past year, seems grimly appropriate... Read more.View the full article

I'll admit it, I downloaded the free prologue for horror game Baby Blues Nightmares mostly because I couldn't stop giggling at the offer to "utilize the unique abilities of a toddler", encompassing "stealth gameplay", "survival elements" and "upgradeable abilities". It's as though a toddler were actually an undersung class of special operator from a Tom Clancy shooter, rather than a wailing, hyperactive ball of tears and *****. Then again, I imagine Sam Fisher was a toddler once. Perhaps this is how he got started: escaping a smashed-up house full of roaming ****** toys. Read more View the full article

In Cities Skylines 2, all your success depends on a functioning electrical grid - without enough wattage, everything falls apart. It's the same in Command and Conquer, albeit a bit more simplified. If you don't produce the juice, your war effort grinds to a halt, and you're overrun by NOD faster than you can say '***** March.' As in reality, so in videogames: it's all about power. Inspired by Fallout and Stalker, City 20 is a supremely realistic, urbanized spin on survival games. Hitting Steam in the very near future, its creator, Untold Games, just revealed some smart, strategic new ways to get ahead in City 20. If you want to beat the social system, you need to turn the electrical system firmly in your favor. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Survival game City 20 is so realistic it's scary, and it hits PC soon City 20 could be the biggest, most believable survival game ever made The most realistic survival game we've seen in years is playable now View the full article

The original released back in 1992 for the Famicom (NES) and now Bitwave Games along with publisher Clear River Games have revived the classic platformer with Gimmick! 2 out now. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The Lenovo Legion Go has always had one obvious problem, which is that its size means it's not the most comfortable Steam Deck rival to hold. However, having just tried the new Legion Go Charging Connector - or the wedge, as we like to call it - I can safely say it utterly transforms the handheld into a lightweight device that's effortlessly easy to operate. While overall comfort hasn't necessarily been the biggest factor in deciding our picks for the best handheld gaming PC, it's certainly a consideration, and this simple add-on is effectively a game changer for the Lenovo Legion Go. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This new gaming keyboard looks like it could walk off your desk Lenovo's new AI laptop won't stop following us Acer just demoed a new 600Hz gaming monitor with one big problem View the full article

Aberration has landed in Ark Survival Ascended, and that means there are new features to get to grips with—including Plant Species Z seeds. In this guide, we’ll tell you how to find and harvest them. Plant Species Z seeds debuted in Ark Survival Ascended with the launch of Aberration, and are an item needed to tame the new creature Yi Ling. Of course, that means you need to get your hands on them—and we’ll tell you where to go. View the full article

Nvidia is giving away an incredible limited edition ****** Myth Wukong version of its popular GeForce RTX 4080 Super Founders Edition graphics card. This GPU is more than capable of running this stunning game at the highest settings, with ray tracing, and it could be yours for free if you enter the competition. We rank the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super as the best graphics card for under $1,000. Despite only offering the marginal gains over the base RTX 4080, it has a much fairer price. This top-end GPU also offers great ray tracing performance, while its support for frame generation as part of the Nvidia DLSS 3 tech suite enables you to boost frame rates by huge amounts in games that support it. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: A ****** Myth Wukong expansion is already being developed, report says All ****** Myth Wukong bosses, locations, and rewards Best ****** Myth Wukong mods View the full article

Lenovo has unveiled a new laptop concept that looks genuinely impressive and useful but also has me fearing for our AI-dominant future. The Lenovo Auto Twist AI PC uses a motorized screen mount and face-tracking webcam, meaning the screen follows you as you move around in front of it. While this sort of technology isn't new in the world of webcams and dedicated video meeting equipment, it's a new one as far as laptops go, and the way the screen on this Lenovo laptop twists and distorts itself to ensure you never leave its sight is all a bit I, ******. Suffice it to say it won't be our first choice of new feature for future best gaming laptop contenders. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This new gaming keyboard looks like it could walk off your desk This Legion Go add on makes it the most comfortable Steam Deck rival Acer just demoed a new 600Hz gaming monitor with one big problem View the full article

While boxing has never been my favorite sport, I can't tell you how many hours I put into the ****** Night series back in the 2000s. The combination of realism and focus on presentation lived up to EA Sports' motto of making you feel like you're in the game. Despite my nostalgia for that franchise, it only took an hour-long preview of Undisputed at PAX West to realize that the boxing video game genre has a new contender on the horizon. I jumped right into my Undisputed preview by challenging Steel City Interactive CEO and Co-Founder Ash Habib to a sparring match. In reality, it was more of a tutorial, as he ran through all the basics of the mechanics while explaining how and why they were put into the game. It only took until the character selection screen for me to get my first rush of excitement with Undisputed. It’s sporting a huge roster of notable boxing stars past and present, including Mike Tyson, Katie Taylor, and Eddie Hall. You read that right; you can even play as one of the World's Strongest Men. Naturally, I had to go with Hall as soon as I saw him, even if it was a slight mismatch against Habib's choice of Muhammad Ali. Despite the disadvantage, I was confident that my history with ****** Night would serve me well. Ali might be the greatest of all time, but Hall is an absolute monster of a man. It didn't take long into the ****** to show how wrong I was. Every detail matters in Undisputed, from how characters move to their size and attributes. At first, the gameplay felt very similar to what I was used to, thanks to my previous experience with boxing games. It wasn't long before I felt comfortable dodging, jabbing, and throwing power punches in rhythm with my opponent's movements. As the ****** continued, I began to see small gameplay features that emphasized how important it was to the development team to make matches feel as true to life as possible. Every detail matters in Undisputed, from how characters move to their size and attributes, with each giving way to a certain strategy that changes how you can approach each ******. Alongside the 60 different punches and different defensive tools in the game, footwork and positioning also play a huge part in controlling the flow of matches. Thanks to a combination of speed and agility, characters like Muhammad Ali can back themselves into a corner, then use the bob and weave mechanic to turn the tables and unleash a flurry of body blows that can deal heavy damage to both health and stamina. Just like in real life, there are tactics to recover stamina if you want to play the long game. Refrain from throwing punches, get your opponent into a clinch, or even take a strategic knee, and you'll be rewarded at the end of the round with increased health and stamina. These tactics aren’t guaranteed to always work, as all it takes is one power punch to send even the strongest fighters to the mat. Once down, Undisputed uses a disorientation system where you must simultaneously try to line both triggers into a green area, mimicking what it is like for a boxer to try and get up after a knockdown in real life. While this may sound easy, each side's green area moves differently, so it felt like I was trying to rub my belly and head simultaneously in different directions. Not too long into round two, Eddie Hall suffered a hard-fought loss to Muhammad Ali, signaling the end of my first ****** in Undisputed. The decisions made outside the ring are just as important as inside in Career Mode. After the exhibition, I looked at the in-depth career mode and was shocked by the level of detail that had gone into it. In it, the decisions made outside the ring are just as important as inside, and many factors determine your path. Stick with the same manager throughout your career, and you'll get to see their attributes grow alongside you. The downside to dedication is that you'll only have three attribute slots for them instead of the maximum of five, which more notable valets boast. While going the heartless route and replacing your equivalent to Mickey Goldmill with Don King may have some unique benefits, there are also downsides. Any time you get a new manager or even a cutman, you'll have to start from scratch whenever you hire new people for your team. This means some of the unlocked skills that work as buffs to your attributes need to be unlocked again by completing new challenges. Other cause-and-effect decisions like fighting above your skill level, growing your fame instead of training, or refusing to rest have consequences that could lead to an early retirement. Even though I only saw about 10 minutes of career mode, I was genuinely impressed with how much effort went into trying to make it as realistic as the gameplay I'd already seen from Undisputed. Even with my limited experience with the sport, I can already tell Undisputed is crafted by people who understand and love boxing. While it's been over a decade since a proper game in the genre has been released outside of VR, this one may prove to have been worth the wait. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The latest patch for the Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 beta is here, bringing with it a slew of upgrades, changes, and tweaks to gameplay that add polish to the newest title in the long-running series. Included in the patch are new Scorestreaks, perks, and equipment, as well as overhauls to how certain weapons work. This patch rolls out as the second half of the ****** Ops 6 beta kicks off, giving players a few days to try out the game ahead of its release later this year. View the full article

A new map has made its debut in Ark Survival Ascended and with it comes a new creature, the Yi Ling. If you want to add this avian creature to your tribe, we’ve got all the details you need. Each new map added to Ark Survival Ascended adds an entirely new creature, with Yi Ling following the likes of Shastasaurus, Gigantoraptor, and Fasolasuchus onto the scene—but finding and taming them is always a challenge. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The number of Primogems in Genshin Impact 5.1 has allegedly leaked, giving interested players a notion of how many Wishes they will be able to make with the resources they obtain throughout the next update. Version 5.1 will be the second patch related to the region of Natlan in HoYoverses action RPG. The update will add more Archon Quests for players to complete, as well as extra limited-time events to partake in. The release of Xilonen in Genshin Impact 5.1 should also be one of the main attractions during the patch, even if limited to one of the banner phases. View the full article

For the uninitiated, the "H" suffix denotes the high-performance variants aimed at powerful laptops and mobile workstations. The leaked SKUs, which represent the Core Ultra 300 series, have been listed (below). Read Entire Article View the full article

One sneaky detail makes Astro ****‘s “Keep It Together!” trophy quite misleading and easy to miss—unless you know the answer as we do, so read on for the solution you seek. A few Astro **** trophies are quite self-explanatory. From completing worlds to finding Bots, there’s a ton of trophies you’re sure to complete without even thinking twice about. On the other hand, you need to put your detective cap on if you want to secure some of the more puzzling trophies. View the full article

The Treasure Hunter is an NPC you can meet in ****** Myth: Wukong as you explore the Pagoda Realm in Chapter 3. Like many characters you meet along your journey, the Hunter has a special questline you can complete for rare rewards. Helping out this seemingly lost soul leads to a secret boss and a hidden area holding even more treasures. View the full article

Xbox fans should mark September 26 on their calendars, as the Xbox Tokyo Game Show Broadcast has just been confirmed to return on that date. And while the livestream's full lineup won't be announced in advance, Microsoft has already name-dropped some of the Xbox studios that will be participating in the upcoming event. View the full article

Square Enix has seemingly made the decision to censor multiple character designs in the upcoming game Dragon Quest III HD-2D, most notably the female Warrior and the Priest. The Warrior has notable had a pair of stats added to her iconic armor, covering up more of her thighs. Meanwhile the Priest had her cross switched out […] Source View the full article

Developer Treyarch has made some significant changes to Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 as the open beta heads into its second weekend. ****** Ops 6, out October 25, 2024, has a new Body Shield feature, a new Omnimovement feature, and various features returning from Treyarch's 2020 game, ****** Ops Cold War. The ****** Ops 6 open beta restarts at 10am PT today, September 6, and with it comes tweaks to weapons, spawns, and various other gameplay elements that affect Multiplayer. “Many of the changes below are based on data and feedback from Weekend 1,” Treyarch explained in a blog post, “but rest assured we are also taking this into account as we look ahead to launch. We’ll be sharing more about what’s to come in the weeks after Weekend 2 concludes.” Highlights include an overall increase to ******* swap speeds, small adjustments to baseline movement speeds on all ******* classes, various ******* balance changes, and adjusted spawn logic across several maps with the goal of reducing a high frequency of spawn flipping. Check out the Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 Weekend 2 patch notes in full below:MULTIPLAYERWEAPONS******* SWAP SPEEDS We’ve seen the feedback about ******* swap speeds, and we agree. We’ll be reducing ******* drop times across the board for an overall increase to swap speeds. Players looking for an even quicker swap speed can try out the Fast Hands Strategist Perk in Week 2 of the Beta. ******** Rifle, SMG, Shotgun, LMG, Marksman Rifle, *******, and Launcher drop times reduced by 50ms ******* drop times reduced by 100msMOVEMENT SPEEDS We are making small adjustments to baseline movement speeds on all ******* classes to make sure they are sitting in a good spot relative to one another. We have mostly focused on Move Speeds and ADS Move Speeds, which come into play during combat engagements. Overall we are happy with the ******* class usage and performance we’ve seen in Beta Weekend 1, as well as the upper end of movement pacing offered by SMGs, so these adjustments keep SMGs the same and generally improve other classes. We are mindful of speeding the game up too much and will continue to monitor and assess game data and your feedback. The other notable change here is to Melee Sprint Speeds. We want players to feel incentivized to pull out their Dedicated Melee ******* as a means of map traversal. We also want to ensure that Melee users can catch up to other players who are sprinting with ranged weapons for those sneaky Body Shields and Finishing Moves. Movement Speed AdjustmentsAssault RiflesADS Crouch Speed increased from 1.75m/s -> 1.88m/s Move Speed increased from 4.14m/s -> 4.29m/s ADS Move Speed increased from 3.07m/s -> 3.23m/s SMGsCrouch Speed increased from 2.31m/s -> 2.77m/sShotgunsADS Crouch Speed increased from 1.63m/s -> 1.75m/sMove Speed increased from 4.14m/s -> 4.29m/sADS Move Speed increased from 3.07m/s -> 3.23m/sLMGsADS Crouch Speed increased from 1.14m/s -> 1.3m/sMove Speed increased from 3.71m/s -> 3.86m/sADS Move Speed increased from 2.31m/s -> 2.46m/sMarksman RiflesCrouch Speed increased from 2.41m/s -> 2.49m/sADS Crouch Speed increased from 1.37m/s -> 1.55m/sMove Speed increased from 3.76m/s -> 3.99m/sADS Move Speed increased from 2.9m/s -> 3m/s******* RiflesCrouch Speed decreased from 2.41m/s -> 2.31m/sPistolsCrouch Speed decreased from 2.9m/s -> 2.84m/sADS Crouch Speed increased from 1.88m/s -> 2.24m/sMove Speed increased from 4.47m/s -> 4.52m/sADS Move Speed decreased from 3.94m/s -> 3.81m/sLaunchersCrouch Speed decreased from 2.44m/s -> 2.18m/sMeleeCrouch Speed increased from 2.9m/s -> 2.95m/sJog Speed increased from 5.16m/s -> 5.31m/sSprint Speed increased from 6.93m/s -> 7.16m/sSuper Sprint Speed increased from 8.41m/s -> 8.66m/sMove Speed increased from 4.47m/s -> 4.62******* AdjustmentsSMG Adjustments WeaponAdjustments Jackal PDWDecreased Maximum Damage from 29 -> 26 Decreased Maximum Damage range from 15.24m -> 14.61m Decreased Near-Medium Damage from 23 -> 22 Decreased Near-Medium Damage range from 22.86m -> 17.78m Decreased Medium Damage from 22 -> 18 Decreased Medium Damage range from 29.21m -> 26.04m Decreased Minimum Damage from 19 -> 15 Small increase to view kick strength and view kick deviation.CHF BarrelHeadshot multiplier improved from 1.2 -> 1.4 The Jackal PDW ‘s intended strength is best in class handling and decent mobility, balanced by a slower rate of ***** compared to many of the other automatic weapons in the game. It was overperforming at medium ranges, so we’ve increased the damage falloff and pulled the ranges closer along with a slight increase to recoil. Maximum damage and CHF Barrel headshot multiplier have been adjusted to maintain the same hit to ***** numbers while using the attachment. C9Increased medium damage range from 25.4m -> 27.31m We feel that the C9 is in a good spot as a well-rounded Submachine **** with a solid rate of *****. It has higher horizontal recoil compared to other Submachine Guns, so we’ve given a boost to its medium damage falloff range. Marksman Rifles AdjustmentsSWAT 5.56Disabled burst ***** queuing, which was queuing an additional burst if the ***** input was activated at any time during the previous burst or the burst cooldown. This is a minor change to improve control with the Swat 5.56 (and any future burst weapons). ATTACHMENTSThe Rapid ***** attachment now correctly displays its recoil penalty ****. The attachment description has also been updated to indicate the tradeoff. MAPSGeneral Adjusted general spawn logic to enable additional valid spawns under certain scenarios. Adjusted spawn logic across several maps with the goal of reducing a high frequency of spawn flipping. Our longstanding definition of a “bad spawn” is any time a player deals or receives damage within 3 seconds of spawning. This is the cornerstone of building the spawn system and does not change regardless of map size or game mode. We use this metric (among others) to track bad spawn rates for ****** Ops 6, meaning that if you dealt or received damage within 3 seconds in Weekend 1 of the Beta, we saw it. As an example, our Core Moshpit entry with the highest bad spawn rate in Week 1 was Domination on Skyline with a 4.2% rate, which means 4.2 out of every 100 spawns saw someone give or receive damage within that 3 second window. While we are generally happy with our averages, we know that an average also consists of worst cases, and we'll continue to assess throughout the lifetime of this game. We also recognize that we each have our own definition of what a good spawn or a bad spawn is, and that’s not always just about combat situations. For example, did I spawn out too far on Hardpoint? Or why am I spawning on the same side of the map as the ****** team? The overarching spawn system and the placement of spawns in a map are critical to the flow of the match. It is our goal with ****** Ops 6, as it has been with every prior ****** Ops game, to have a predictable spawn system that results in head-on engagements with your opponents while providing ample time from respawn for decision making. This includes accounting for time before getting into an engagement before you’re ready for it. For Weekend 2 of our Open Beta, we’ve adjusted general spawn logic and have targeted multiple maps with additional tuning changes with the goal of improving predictability and time to engagement. We know we have some work to do and will continue to process our data, evaluate your feedback, and play the game with you all to draw our own conclusions on how to continue making positive progress. SCORESTREAKSRC-XDImproved handling and general usability. Watchdog HeloIncreased base health.HellstormIncreased Cluster ***** damage radius.EQUIPMENTLethal EquiptmentThermo Grenade Reduced explosive ignition delay.MOVEMENTSlight increase to the time to enter prone or supine during a slide. Slight increase to all mantle speeds. Slight decrease to time before movement is allowed after landing from a ***** to Prone. Slight increase to ***** to Prone landing friction.PROGRESSION******* XP Increased awarded ******* XP, which will decrease the amount of time needed to gain ******* Levels. The ******* XP speeds observed in Weekend 1 were slower than expected. Daily Challenges Fixed an issue that was causing the Daily Challenge countdown timer to display the incorrect reset time. The “Get 50 Eliminations with the Recon Perk Specialty equipped” Daily Challenge will now track progress correctly. General Beta Rewards earned in a match will now appear in the After-Action Report. AUDIOIncreased player ******* ******* audio volume. Additional footstep audio adjustments. Reduced audio levels for impact sounds when taking damage. Resolved an issue where Shotguns could play more than the intended number of hit impact sounds. Resolved an issue where ********** sounds would not play during normal gameplay. Resolved an issue where some sounds were not playing during Best Play.Reenabled a previously disabled audio occlusion system on PlayStation 5. BEST PLAYAdjustments to underlying Best Play logic which will result in more varied and interesting Best Play selection. UIImproved stability throughout various menus and HUD. Addressed various localization issues. SETTINGSUsers should no longer encounter issues when switching their ADS Transition Timing to ‘Instant’, when using keyboard and mouse. GENERALIncreased the duration of the Lobby Vote before matches to give players a better opportunity to participate in the vote when returning to the lobby after a completed match. Reduced the amount of camera motion in the Dynamic Deathcam. STABILITYImproved stability in Skyline. Improved stability in Training Course. Improved general server-side stability. Treyarch also plans to add more maps and modes to the open beta throughout the weekend, and has raised the level cap to 30 for all players off the bat, which means you’ll get better access to new weapons, Scorestreaks, perks, equipment, and the beta rewards. Here’s the new content available to unlock in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 open beta Weekend 2:Level Cap increased to 30. New content available to unlock: Level 21: Blast Trap (Lethal Equipment) Scavenger (Perk - Enforcer) Level 22: Interceptors (Scorestreak) Fast Hands (Perk - Strategist) Level 23: Sleeper Agent (Field Upgrade) Cold-Blooded (Perk - Recon) Level 24: Combat Axe (Lethal Equipment) Tac Mask (Perk - Strategist) Level 25: DM-10 (Marksman Rifle) Level 26: Gunfighter (Wildcard) Forward Intel (Perk - Recon) Level 27: Gearhead (Perk - Strategist) Level 28: Decoy (Tactical Equipment) Ninja (Perk - Recon) Level 29: Chopper Gunner (Scorestreak) Level 30: Tanto .22 (SMG) New Rewards available to unlock: Level 23: “The Truth *****” Loading Screen Level 27: “Beta Expert” Animated Calling Card Level 30: “Bug Smasher” XM4 ******* Blueprint 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 For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Grand Theft Auto 6 is easily one of the most anticipated games of all time, with players desperate for literally any information on the game or, preferably, a new trailer. Rockstar has a great track record for its games, with the likes of GTA 5 and Red ***** Redemption 2 breaking all kinds of records and selling millions of copies each. Thanks to the hype surrounding it, fans are expecting GTA 6 to pull the same kind of numbers, if not even more. View the full article

The Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 beta weekend 2 rewards have been revealed, with participants having eight items to unlock by reaching certain levels. The first weekend of the Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 beta was a success, but limited to those who either pre-ordered the game or signed up for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The second weekend, set to begin at 10am PT on September 6 and last until September 9, is open to anyone that wants to play. View the full article