Mortal Kombat 1 developer NetherRealm has released a gameplay trailer for upcoming DLC character Sektor, showing off her Fatality and Animality. Sektor arrives as part of the Khaos Reigns expansion for Mortal Kombat 1, the latest game in the gory fighting game franchise that's sold over four million copies. The expansion adds new story mode chapters available from September 24, along with Kombat Pack 2, which itself includes six new DLC characters: Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob Saibot (available on September 24), and guest fighters Ghostface (Scream franchise), T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), and Conan the Barbarian (post-launch release timing to be announced at a later date). It’s Sektor who is the focus for this new gameplay video, though. It shows off the character’s abilities and moveset (flamethrower, missile strikes, and rocket thrusters for enhanced movement and hovering ability), and clips of cutscenes that shine a light on the story fans can expect. Here’s the set-up, courtesy of publisher Warner Bros. Games: In ***** **** Liu Kang’s New Era, Sektor grew up immersed in Lin Kuei culture – her father was its master armorer, and her mother was a leading warrior. This vast knowledge of weaponry and formidable martial skills passed down from her parents make Sektor a kombatant like no other. Sensing a kindred spirit, Sub-Zero shared with her his grand vision for the Lin Kuei's future and chose her to become his most trusted lieutenant. Now Sektor will force the Lin Kuei to evolve and those who cannot change will be eliminated. The highlight of the video, though, is a look at one of Sektor’s Fatalities. Here, Sektor channels Marvel’s Iron Man, complete with cool sci-fi in-suit headshot, as she drags her hapless opponent into orbit before heading back, their body burning up on re-entry. NetherRealm, of course, is no stranger to the superhero genre via its Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe crossover fighting game franchise. We haven't seen a new game in that series for some time — perhaps it's time for a return, with James Gunn's new DCU set to kick off soon. Meanwhile, the video also teases Sektor’s Animality, the finishing move that lets her to morph into a rhinoceros. Animalities are part of a free update for all Mortal Kombat 1 owners set to go live alongside Khaos Reigns on September 24. 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
As you work your way up to claiming the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter Quidditch Champions, there are plenty of worthy foes you have to face first. To engage in matches against different opponents, you need to travel to different pitches, otherwise known as maps. To prepare your team to face an increasingly difficult roster of players, it’s crucial you know all of the different locations you can visit. Whether you’re working through Campaign Mode to travel the world or just playing in a more casual match against friends, it can be quite useful to know all of the pitches you can unlock in Harry Potter Quidditch Champions. View the full article
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Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for Minecraft, and it doesn't look too bad, as long as you ignore when the real humans turn up. More than a decade after it was first announced, and five years after it was originally supposed to be released, the first trailer for the Minecraft movie is here, and for the most part is looking pretty good! As nightmarish as the realistic textured pig, llama, and Piglins are, they've been quite well translated into a real-life style, so props to the CGI team on that one. The big problem comes from all the actual humans, who just so clearly look greenscreened in, but not in a smooth, unnoticeable way, more in a Spy Kids, oh there's not as much budget as you'd hope for here kind of way. It's not out until April 4, 2025, so there's always the chance that it could be made to look a bit more natural, but right now I'd rather look at the realistic Minecraft pig. The trailer's description also offers a bit more insight into the plot, explaining: "Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Eugene Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. Read more View the full article
If somebody grabs you from behind and turns you into a human shield in Call Of Duty: ****** Ops 6, they can drag you around for about five seconds before you ****, assuming they don't ******** you early. Here are 12 things you can do in those five seconds: Read more View the full article
Playing Quidditch Champions with friends is possible thanks to the multiplayer co-op functionality in the Harry Potter sports game, and learning how to do this is as smooth as butterbeer. Harry Potter Quidditch Champions is the long-awaited simulation of the popular fictional sport portrayed in the books and films. For years, we’ve seen Harry Potter battle rival houses for the Golden Snitch and be bludgeoned… by Bludgers. View the full article
Catching the Golden Snitch is less important in Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, particularly when compared to the books and movies. In other media, catching the Golden Snitch in a Quidditch match ended the match and awarded the team that caught it with a massive 150 points. The Snitch is less impressive in-game but can still provide a substantial score boost when caught. View the full article
Xbox Game Pass is losing Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on September 15, Microsoft has announced. This development brings the number of September 2024 Xbox Game Pass departures to six. View the full article
Here we go again. Another vendor has decided to make their own PC gaming handheld and this time it's Acer with the Nitro Blaze 7. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Whether it's a big strategy game like Civilization 6 or a city builder like Cities Skylines 2, the process of building can be very schematic. You lay the perfect roads, you outline zones down the meter, and you, as the player, the pseudo ****, have complete and final control over everything that gets made. It's a wonderful experience, like building the perfect model, but it perhaps fails to capture the essence of a society; of a growing culture and empire, which expands organically and reflects the personalities of its people. Created by solo developer Tomas Sala, Bulwark Falconeer Chronicles is a much more fluid, much more joyful city-building game. One of 2024's most underrated new releases, it's just been completely revamped. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Massive new Bulwark Falconeer Chronicles update explained by dev Beautiful new Frostpunk style city builder gets huge free update The most unique city builder of 2024 is a cure for triple-A boredom View the full article
The price of virtual currency in League of Legends - and Riot's other live games - is changing. Some prices are going down, but most are going up. Sharing a full list of the price changes, Riot says they are intended to combat regional third-party traders, who sell currency for games including LoL, Valorant, and Legends of Runeterra at discount rates. The new prices differ per region, but in some cases, they have been increased by as much as 70%. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: How much have I spent on LoL? Which League of Legends skins are currently on *****? The best MOBAs on PC 2024 View the full article
Qualcomm has unveiled the latest addition to its X Series of laptop CPUs, with the new Qualcomm X Plus 8-Core range offering a lower spec than previous X Elite and X Plus 10-Core chips, making them ideal for super thin and light laptops. With their incredibly low power consumption, yet capable CPU and GPU components, these new chips should usher in a new wave of ultra-portable, incredibly long-lasting but still (just about) gaming-capable laptops. While the best gaming laptops still predominantly use either AMD or Intel CPUs, and focus more on gaming performance than battery life, Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X chips are carving out a place for gamers who need to prioritize battery life but occasionally want to play too. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Intel Core Ultra 200V guide: Lunar Lake specs and release date Watch out Steam Deck, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ specs just dropped Acer could be about to take on the Steam Deck with an Intel handheld View the full article
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Dungeons and Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast has already made rules errata for its new Player's Handbook. Digital copies of the 2024 Player's Handbook went live on D&D Beyond on September 3, with Master Tier subscribers able to access the book ahead of its worldwide release date. This version of the rulebook features several tweaks that aren't present in physical copies. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: You can grab DnD's new 2024 basic rules for free - here's how You could win $100 of Roll20 credit by designing cool DnD maps DnD YouTuber's busted Bard build can deal 334 damage per round View the full article
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WoW The War Within adds tons of tasty recipes to unlock for Khaz Algar Cooking, and Beledar’s Bounty is one of the best early food items you can get. Eating it grants you 469 of your highest secondary stat for one hour, and it’s vastly cheaper than alternative food with the same effect. The recipe to craft Beledar’s Bounty in WoW The War Within is locked behind a quest chain, but I’ve compiled all the details you need in this guide. View the full article
Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Move over Detective Pikachu, there’s an even stranger live-action video game movie on the way. And by that I mean Warner Bros. just released the first teaser trailer for A Minecraft Movie. The film features actual humans and a slightly realistic CG take on Minecraft. But when you mix the game’s iconic blocky style with real life you get, well, this: Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Unsettling imagery aside, A Minecraft Movie looks like some silly family fun, with lots of one-liners, large-scale battles, and Jack ****** exclaiming “I am Steve!” very proudly. And obviously there’s both mining and crafting. Aside from ******, the movie also stars Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, and Jennifer... Continue reading… View the full article
No Man’s Sky’s next big update finally adds fishing to the game after a piece of fan art stopped developer Hello Games in its tracks. Following the release of No Man’s Sky’s Worlds Part 1 update and its new water technology, Hello Games has today, September 4, released the Aquarius update, which finally adds fishing to the long-running space sim. This fishing feature was inspired by a piece of fan art, below, that shows the player’s avatar fishing while sitting on their spaceship. It was published by redditor catador_de_potos with the thread title: "I'm a simple man with a simple dream." “Something folks really loved in the Worlds update was the new water technology, tons of players were posting videos of themselves just chilling at the water’s edge,” Hello Games boss Sean Murray said. “One piece of fan art in particular stopped us in our tracks, of a player lazily fishing from their wing of their boat. That inspired our next update Aquarius - where we finally add fishing to No Man’s Sky!” The Aquarius update adds “a huge array of fish, from common minnows to wild alien catches, each with their own habitat and catching conditions” to No Man’s Sky, Murray said. You can bait your line to lure in the rarest of fish or trawl the deep for hidden messages in a bottle. There are trophies to earn, fishing logs to complete, and new fishing equipment rewards. There’s even a unique fishing expedition, Murray teased, which sends players on a quest for "the biggest catch of the day." New equipment lets you fish in deep water from your personal fishing platform. New Fishing Pots can be used to bait and trap rare catches. You can cook up the catch of the day with new recipe combinations to be discovered. “My favorite thing is to build a little base on the perfect shoreline, so I can cast my rod whenever the mood takes me,” Murray added. No Man's Sky launched in 2016 initially for PC and PlayStation 4 before coming out on Xbox One in 2018, and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S in 2020. A Nintendo Switch version followed in 2022. Over the years, Hello Games has issued a long list of major updates, most recently the aforementioned Worlds Part 1. Murray said Worlds resulted in No Man’s Sky’s biggest player numbers in over five years. Indeed, it's a busy time for Hello Games, which alongside updates for No Man’s Sky is working on its next game, Light No *****. It's about adventure, building, survival and exploration together, set on a fantasy planet the size of Earth. 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
It seems impossible to comprehend now, but in 1969 three government employees climbed into a rocket and blasted themselves to the moon—even though there were no fish there. They bounced around, they drove a buggy, they picked up rocks, but the journey was ultimately pointless because there were no space ponds and no moon fish to catch. Why do you think we stopped going?.. Read more.View the full article
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Acer has so far stayed out of the handheld gaming PC race, but that’s about to change. It’s just announced its first Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally competitor, the Acer Nitro Blaze 7, which looks like it fits somewhere between last year’s Asus ROG Ally and the newer ROG Ally X. Like Asus — but unlike most rivals — it features a 7-inch 1080p variable refresh rate IPS screen to keep things smooth, one that refreshes slightly faster at 144Hz. (Acer tells The Verge it’s a landscape-native screen.) It’s also got a newer Ryzen 7 8840HS chip, albeit with the same Radeon 780M integrated GPU as most other Windows handhelds. [/url] With 16GB of 7500 MT/s memory and a 50 watt-hour battery, it’s a step ahead of the original Ally’s 6400 MT/s memory and 40Wh... Continue reading… View the full article
World of Warcraft: The War Within is the tenth expansion for the MMORPG, but it's the first addition in well over a decade that reminds me why I fell in love with the game to begin with. After multiple expansions that were lackluster at best, I gave up on expecting that the magic of WoW's first years would be recaptured. Now, 16 years later, I finally found the expansion I was waiting for in The War Within. View the full article
Ark: Survival Ascended players who've lapsed may be tempted to finally return to the game since the latest patch adds a wealth of exciting new features. While the upgraded version of Survival Evolved has had a somewhat rocky post-launch experience, Studio Wildcard has done its best to listen to the audience and provide plenty of high-quality content updates that build on the already successful formula. The latest patch introduces a massive new biome and a major technical upgrade that should make the game smoother for everyone. View the full article
With No Man's Sky's big World's Part 1 update in the rearview window, Hello Games has revealed that it will be adding one of the game's most requested features to the game. And it's coming later today. View the full article
If you enjoy standing by virtual bodies of water and praying that you've picked the right worm to tempt what dwells within to take a little nibble, the latest update for No Man's Sky is definitely for you. Dubbed Aquarius, it arrives today, September 4, and is all about reeling in alien fish via a bunch of new mechanics. Following on from the pretty popular Worlds Update part one - which revamped planet biomes with stuff like fresh weather effects and more immersive water - Hello Games has been inspired by a bit of Reddit fan art to give folks the chance to embrace their inner angler. As outlined in the patch notes and the trailer below, Aquarius adds fishing to the game via new systems that'll let players "explore the universe to find their perfect waterside spot, hopping with fish - sit and relax alone with their thoughts, or with fellow Travelers looking out over alien vistas waiting for a *****." Read more View the full article
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The lizard outlaw MTG card Laughing Jasper Flint is shifting upwards in value. If you're lucky enough to own a copy of the extended frame version of this card, we're happy to inform you that it's spiked by a whopping 425%, jumping from $3.60 last week to $18.90 today. Regular copies are much cheaper, but they, like all variants, are also on the rise. Having been priced at 50 cents since Thunder Junction, they're now going for around $4.60 a copy. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG Duskmourn's latest horror reference is a Beetlejuice Beetle MTG Duskmourn has a card by Silent Hill's monster designer Scrapped MTG Duskmourn mechanic would've made Magic a board game View the full article
n attempt by Uwe Boll to raise $2.5 million in crowdfunding for a sequel to his dreadful 2007 Postal movie—based on the game of the same name—has predictably hit the rocks. All pledges have been cancelled and are set to be refunded mere days after the film's Indiegogo campaign launched. That's a total of 16 pledges, by the way, or about $850 of the film's overall goal... Read more.View the full article
This morning, 35 Steam players, myself included, started up Concord and decided to play a few games of Rivalry, a competitive mode in Concord that dishes out the most XP available. After waiting for five minutes (I'm queuing with PS players, too), I finally got into a match, if you can call it that... Read more.View the full article
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Mortal Kombat 1 developer NetherRealm has released a gameplay trailer for upcoming DLC character Sektor, showing off her Fatality and Animality. Sektor arrives as part of the Khaos Reigns expansion for Mortal Kombat 1, the latest game in the gory fighting game franchise that's sold over four million copies. The expansion adds new story mode chapters available from September 24, along with Kombat Pack 2, which itself includes six new DLC characters: Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob Saibot (available on September 24), and guest fighters Ghostface (Scream franchise), T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), and Conan the Barbarian (post-launch release timing to be announced at a later date). It’s Sektor who is the focus for this new gameplay video, though. It shows off the character’s abilities and moveset (flamethrower, missile strikes, and rocket thrusters for enhanced movement and hovering ability), and clips of cutscenes that shine a light on the story fans can expect. Here’s the set-up, courtesy of publisher Warner Bros. Games: In ***** **** Liu Kang’s New Era, Sektor grew up immersed in Lin Kuei culture – her father was its master armorer, and her mother was a leading warrior. This vast knowledge of weaponry and formidable martial skills passed down from her parents make Sektor a kombatant like no other. Sensing a kindred spirit, Sub-Zero shared with her his grand vision for the Lin Kuei's future and chose her to become his most trusted lieutenant. Now Sektor will force the Lin Kuei to evolve and those who cannot change will be eliminated. The highlight of the video, though, is a look at one of Sektor’s Fatalities. Here, Sektor channels Marvel’s Iron Man, complete with cool sci-fi in-suit headshot, as she drags her hapless opponent into orbit before heading back, their body burning up on re-entry. NetherRealm, of course, is no stranger to the superhero genre via its Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe crossover fighting game franchise. We haven't seen a new game in that series for some time — perhaps it's time for a return, with James Gunn's new DCU set to kick off soon. Meanwhile, the video also teases Sektor’s Animality, the finishing move that lets her to morph into a rhinoceros. Animalities are part of a free update for all Mortal Kombat 1 owners set to go live alongside Khaos Reigns on September 24. 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