You look at Avowed, which has this incredibly vibrant art and production design, a big open world, myriad quests and branching narratives, and, of course, all the development pedigree of Obsidian, and naturally, you'd assume it's an expensive game to build. From The Outer Worlds to Pillars of Eternity, Fallout New Vegas and beyond, Obsidian has always committed its efforts towards facilitating player agency and making worlds replete with possibility. But speaking to PCGamesN at this year's Gamescom, the team reveals that, when it comes to Avowed, one of the toughest, priciest aspects of development comes from something that most players take for granted. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Avowed voice actors and cast list Fallout New Vegas dev Obsidian almost quit making this new game Upcoming Obsidian RPG Avowed may be delayed, according to reports View the full article
A strange cookbook and a partial memory hint that someone who’s been lost from the village needs to be rescued in Disney Dreamlight Valley. To save this character, you have to solve and cook the Mysterious Cajun Recipe. Making this dish can be confusing because you have to keep track of various ingredients recalled by different characters. It’s also a fairly complex meal to cook, so here’s how to make the Mysterious Cajun Recipe in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article
Palia patch 0.183 is releasing on Aug. 27, and will bring one of the most requested quality-of-life features made by Palians as well as smaller additions. The Sunset Soiree upgrade will shake up how you search, build, and decorate. Decor and building changes More options when building. Image via Singularity 6 After the Summer Serenade update (0.182), Singularity 6 saw how players dedicated themselves to decorating their houses and could easily reach the decor limitation. In the latest dev blog, they announced that there won’t be a limit to Building Blocks and they will be included in the overall decor limit, and the flower limit will be increased from 500 to 1,000 flowers you can place in your plot. View the full article
The Call of Duty Zombies story is seemingly getting more convoluted and wild in ****** Ops 6’s new map, Liberty Falls, which got a first-look cinematic teaser this afternoon. Admittedly, I’m not the most well-versed in CoD Zombies lore, but the stage is set for Liberty Falls to take place on Feb. 18, 1991, featuring none other than Edward Richtofen in what looks like an idyllic West Virginia town that hides a very dark secret. View the full article
Capcom recently confirmed its lineup for Tokyo Game Show 2024. The company has teased several titles set to appear at the event, many of which will include playable demos for attendees. ***** Rising Deluxe Remaster, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, and Monster Hunter Wilds are some of the major titles that Capcom will be showing off this year. View the full article
Metroidvanias, while enjoyable, can sometimes feel a little linear. You ****** often adorable bosses around the head, upgrade your gear, master your combat, then do it all again. All of that's by no means a bad thing - I want Hollow Knight: Silksong as much as the rest of you - but there's certainly scope for adding some cool new mechanics into that tried and tested formula. That's exactly what Altered Alma does, and it's a twist that I'm sort of obsessed with. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
Dragon Age fans will be treated to an eight-part narrative podcast series set in BioWare’s fantasy universe starring all the companions set to appear in the upcoming The Veilguard. Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance, which kicks off August 29, 2024, features podcast-exclusive characters voiced by Mae Whitman, Bridgette Lundy-Paine, and Armen Taylor, as well as appearances from all the companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard including Harding (Ali Hillis), Davrin (Ike Amadi), Bellara (Jee Young Han), Neve (Jessica Clark), Taash (Jin Maley), Emmrich (Nick Boraine), Manfred (Matt Mercer), and Lucanis (Zach Mendez). BioWare said listeners will learn more about the companions’ backstories (the teaser trailer is below). New episodes will be released weekly. Here’s the release schedule: 8/29 - Episode 1: Featuring Nadia, Elio, and Drayden9/5 - Episode 2: Featuring Harding9/12 - Episode 3: Featuring Davrin9/19 - Episode 4: Featuring Bellara9/26 - Episode 5: Featuring Taash10/3 - Episode 6: Featuring Lucanis10/10 - Episode 7: Featuring Emmrich10/17 - Episode 8: Featuring Neve And here’s the official blurb: When the first episode airs, you’ll meet Nadia, a retired thief unknowingly working for the Dread Wolf. Nadia and her lover, Elio, find themselves in the midst of something much greater than them - a threat to the entire world - until Elio is seemingly banished to the Fade. Enter: Drayden, a writer with an interesting connection to the Fade. Drayden and Nadia team up on an arduous adventure to rescue Elio from the Fade with a little help from some familiar friendly faces. Dragon Age: The Veilguard itself launches on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S this Halloween: October 31, 2024. It's been a long road to The Veilguard's release in October. It was first announced way, way back in 2018, and later that year was given the title Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. In 2022, we learned that an alpha build of the game was playable from start to finish, and earlier this year we finally saw the first official trailer with a fall 2024 release window. At the time, it was revealed that the name of the game was being changed to Dragon Age: The Veilguard to place more emphasis on the party of protagonists, rather than returning Dragon Age character Solas, known as the Dreadwolf. We've since learned plenty of tidbits about what to expect. The Veilguard apparently has 140,000 lines of dialogue, will be Steam-native on the storefront, has customizable difficulty options, and will import choices made in previous games. We've also gotten a look at the game's voice cast, and we've learned that all possible companions will be pansexual. In September, we'll have an IGN First for Dragon Age: The Veilguard with tons more detail. 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
Inzoi, The Sims competitor from PUBG developer Krafton, is expected to release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S eventually. Krafton has captured the attention of The Sims fans with a free Inzoi character creator demo available to download on Steam until August 25 at 9pm Pacific, but many are wondering if, like The Sims, it will ever move beyond PC and come to console too. Fans will be relieved to hear a console release is likely, as a Frequently Asked Questions segment of Inzoi's Discord, operated by Krafton itself, states the game "is currently on PC (Steam) and is later expected to be on consoles like PS5 and Xbox." Krafton announced Inzoi in November 2023 and the release of the character creator indicates development is progressing smoothly, but a late 2024 release window is currently the only indication of a full launch. It also seems a console release won't happen alongside the PC launch, so those on PS5 and Xbox will likely be waiting even longer. Inzoi is "a life simulation game where players become gods within the game, allowing them to change everything as they wish and experience endless new stories in various forms of life." This was enough to capture the attention of disgruntled The Sims fans, with many claiming they'll switch to Inzoi for good once it's fully released. The incredibly detailed and realistic character creator has already been used to recreate some real-life figures and pop culture characters, including Taylor Swift, Harry Potter, Wario, Abraham Lincoln, and more. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
The wait is finally over, with Valve adding The International 2024 Compendium in a (not so surprising) surprise Dota 2 update on Aug. 22, letting you complete challenges or purchase levels to unlock many rewards. With less than two weeks to The International 2024’s kickoff, Valve introduced the highly anticipated hero Ringmaster and the Compendium in Dota 2. The 2024 Compendium is similar to the one that dropped last year, where Valve moved away from the battle pass approach in favor of a Compendium to focus more on gameplay updates rather than skins. View the full article
The fifth installment of the C.O.D.E. Bowl is right around the corner, and tuning in for the matches can earn players free loot in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. The yearly competition, which pits the U.S., U.K., and ********* military esports teams against each other, will take place at Call of Duty Next after the showcase of ****** Ops 6 multiplayer, Zombies, and new Warzone content live on both Twitch and YouTube. View the full article
It's so well established now that AMD's 3D V-Cache X3D CPUs are the best in the business regarding gaming performance that the arrival of the company's new Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 CPUs earlier this month was almost an afterthought. However, those hoping for an imminent AMD Ryzen 9000X3D release date look set to be disappointed as the latest rumors suggest they won't launch until early next year. Specifically, the expected arrival - or at least announcement by AMD - of what look set to be the best gaming CPUs of their time has been earmarked for CES 2025. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Here's how a Window update will fix AMD's Ryzen gaming CPU performance You won't be allowed to buy the Asus Warhammer 40K GPU after all AMD Ryzen 9 9900X already has its first price cut View the full article
Crafting Emblems in Teamfight Tactics is about to get wonky with Riot Games teasing the Golden Frying Pan mechanic on Aug. 23, which is slated to drop onto the live servers through Patch 14.18. One of the most powerful mechanics within TFT is the use of a Spatula to craft trait Emblems, whether you’re seeking to play a ****-level vertical Set 12 comp like Eldritch or Portal. Emblems are also crafted to splash in powerful traits to end-game comps that are normally not possible. The launch of Set 12 featured fewer Spatula appearances, especially on Carousels. But crafting Emblems in TFT is about to change with the addition of the Golden Frying Pan, revealed by Riot on Aug. 23 through Twitter/X. View the full article
Fans can expect to see a whole new side to Tifa Lockhart in the next Final Fantasy 7 Remake entry, as director Naoki Hamaguchi is hinting at big things for the popular character. A childhood friend of Cloud Strife and a fan-favorite since the original game was released in 1997, Tifa eventually grew up to join the anti-Shinra organization Avalanche, serving as a key member of the party in Final Fantasy 7 Remake as the team battles to save the planet from Sephiroth. View the full article
Ringmaster is finally in Dota 2 after nearly a year of wait. Naturally, he dropped out of nowhere, as Valve products and events often do, but players quickly caught on that this doesn’t look like the hero we saw in promos, and now even believe Valve scrapped its original design. Ringmaster has been a long-awaited addition to the rarely-changing and expanding Dota 2 roster, especially because his promotional material and trailers made him look like a genuine ******* for heroes. However, looking at the abilities we now have access to, Ringmaster isn’t that scary at all. The character appears to lack many of the skills we saw him perform in the trailers, causing players to think Valve probably redesigned and reworked his kit, which would explain the delays. In numerous Reddit threads including one from today, Dota 2 players went full *********** theory, attempting to compare the Ringmaster that was promised compared to the one we have. View the full article
Borderlands 3[/i]'s exclusive launch there."> Enlarge / Artist's conception of ****** Pitchford surveying the Epic Games Store landscape years after Borderlands 3's exclusive launch there. (credit: Gearbox) [/url] It's been five years now since the PC version of Borderlands 3 launched as a high-profile timed exclusive on the Epic Games Store. At the time, Gearbox's ****** Pitchford memorably mused that Steam "may look like a dying store" in "five or ten years" thanks to increased competition from Epic and others. Fast-forward to this week's announcement of Borderlands 4, and despite Pitchford's old comments, the sequel will not follow its predecessor's example of EGS exclusivity. The new game plans to launch on Steam and EGS simultaneously sometime in 2025 (alongside PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions). When one social media user noticed that change this week, Pitchford responded with another lengthy message explaining why his early hopes for the Epic Games Store's rise to dominance were "misplaced or overly optimistic." Read 10 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article
After you finally stop Jafar’s scheming in Disney Dreamlight Valley, you can recruit him as a permanent valley villager. To do so, you have to get Jafar out of the lamp, which is a fairly tricky task since you’re given no guidance on how to go about it. You can work on getting Jafar out of the lamp immediately after you trap him in there, but only once you activate the hidden quest that allows you to do so. It’s a fairly straightforward process once you know what needs to be done, so here’s how to get Jafar out of the lamp in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article
It's been nearly a decade since the last mainline Heroes of Might and Magic game, with Heroes of Might and Magic VII debuting in 2015. Now, the developers at Unfrozen are determined to recapture the magic, taking us back to the fantastical world of Enroth from the original 1995 release.... Read Entire Article View the full article
If you've been on social media over the past couple of years and are into the video game, odds are you've seen or heard of Squirrel with a ****. It's a game in which you play as a Squirrel with a ****, and it's just had a console release date revealed to go alongside the PC one that's locked in for (checks watch) next week. We actually reported on Squirrel With A **** back when it was just short clips of a squirrel ******* a **** against the backdrop of one of those early game development non-environments, and everyone was going 'phwoar, that looks like it'd be a fun game'. It now is one, and it's coming out, though it ******** to be seen if it'll have the depth or staying power of something like Goat Simulator. Anyway, having already been slapped with a PC release date of August 29, the game that's emerged from those videos thanks to developer Dee Dee Creations and publisher Maximum Entertainment, the game's now got a proper console one. It'll be hitting Xbox Series X/S and PS5 on October 15 this year, as revealed in the fresh trailer you can watch below. Read more View the full article
****** Myth: Wukong may just be the game of the summer of 2024 for a variety of reasons, the foremost of which is how successful it has become in its first week. Game Science announced today that the single-player action RPG has sold 10 million units on PlayStation 5 and PC in just four days, with a staggering high of three million concurrent players across all platforms. View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 improves upon the monk class from its form in Dungeons & Dragons simply by modifying a few feats and ******* abilities to synergize with the class features. It makes playing as a monk much more viable, which is great since monks have some neat, unique features and are great for mobility and stealth. BG3 includes three subclass options for the monk, each of which offers some unique ways to use the class's ki points, as well as some additional powerful buffs. View the full article
Mind Cores are essential resources in ****** Myth: Wukong. They can be found at shrines, as boss drops, and occasionally in wooden chests. Mind Cores can be given to Xu Dog at Crouching Tiger Temple from Chapter 2 onward in exchange for Celestial Medicines. Each type of Celestial Medicine upgrades a different stat, such as Maximum Health. View the full article
Genshin Impact players will be able to obtain a free copy of Kachina in Version 5.0 by completing the second Act of Natlan's Archon Quest. Much like Collei and Lynette in their respective regions, Kachina in Genshin Impact will serve as an introductory character to Natlan's combat and exploration mechanics. She was announced alongside Kinich and Mualani, who will be featured as the 5-Star characters in Version 5.0, with the latter joining Kachina on the Event Banners during the first half of the patch. View the full article
Everything I know about the French Revolution has hitherto come from two literary works: Hilary Mantel's excellent doorstopper A Place Of Greater Safety, and Kate Beaton's webcomics. Neither Mantel nor Beaton mention mechs, which are a core feature of Studio Imugi's new "ideology driven" turn-based strategy game Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution. I, for one, feel like I've been grossly ill-informed. Kate, Hilary - I've been quoting you for years at parties and it seems like all this time, people have been silently judging me for my ignorance of the role giant clockwork soldiers played in the fall of the Bastille. Read more View the full article
There are many obstacles blocking you from stopping Jafar in Disney Dreamlight Valley, and one of the biggest ones is a missing key. To obtain the gate key and reach the area of the palace Jafar is at, you have to work through the tricky Jafar’s Laboratory quest. This quest is by far the toughest part of navigating the palace since it involves completing quite a few complex puzzles. Here’s how to complete the Jafar’s Laboratory quest in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article
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You look at Avowed, which has this incredibly vibrant art and production design, a big open world, myriad quests and branching narratives, and, of course, all the development pedigree of Obsidian, and naturally, you'd assume it's an expensive game to build. From The Outer Worlds to Pillars of Eternity, Fallout New Vegas and beyond, Obsidian has always committed its efforts towards facilitating player agency and making worlds replete with possibility. But speaking to PCGamesN at this year's Gamescom, the team reveals that, when it comes to Avowed, one of the toughest, priciest aspects of development comes from something that most players take for granted. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Avowed voice actors and cast list Fallout New Vegas dev Obsidian almost quit making this new game Upcoming Obsidian RPG Avowed may be delayed, according to reports View the full article