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Years after the games' releases, Bethesda director Todd Howard has revealed his one big regret applicable to both Fallout 4 and Skyrim. Even though Bethesda continues to release small updates for both games, there's still one regret that Howard holds to this day. View the full article

Scottish petrochemical horror is not exactly a genre, but maybe it ought to be. From the opening moments of Still Wakes The Deep you know life on its 1970s North Sea oil rig is precarious. Leaky ceilings, busted panelling, faulty drill machinery - the omens pile up as you spend your first thirty minutes wandering through the colleague-packed canteen and over the platform into the boss' office for a severe dressing-down. It's a classic pre-disaster setup for a mostly traditional monster story, yet the game sticks expertly to the first-person horror form, and its voice actors' performances are so spot-on, that it'd feel churlish to judge this foaming ***** simulator for sticking to type. It also has some markedly unsettling use of the shipping forecast, a famously dull feature of British radio I definitely did not expect to freak me out in a video game. Read more View the full article

Well, that's certainly different. Usually a deck-builder card game is about building up your deck, here's it's about sacrificing them and burning them away. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

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Screen Rant can exclusively reveal the gameplay trailer for the upcoming The Smurfs Dreams a full day ahead of its wider release, and it looks to be a charming and beautiful game for the whole family. The Smurfs must traverse mysterious worlds of dreams and nightmares to figure out what their arch-nemesis, Gargamel, is up to this time. The dreamlike quest is full of unpredictable danger and challenge, set in a 3D magical world. The smooth gameplay is blended with a cheerful and engaging backdrop of colorful flowers and worlds, even making the nightmare worlds appear a bit less threatening. View the full article

First of all, Still Wakes the Deep is an incredible artistic achievement. It may be The ******** Room’s best ever game, blending the tense creeping horror of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs with the evocative, beautifully researched world-building of Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture. And there are familiar themes here: a sense of weariness about industrialisation, remote places that howl with the absence of far away loved ones. A shockingly effective sense of place that grounds the whole thing. Whether or not you have any lived experience of Scotland in the 1970s, Still Wakes the Deep will make you believe you do. But I think it could have been bolder. More on that later. Along the East Coast of Scotland there can be found some of the most beautiful places on Earth. Soaring cliffs topped with the ruins of forgotten castles. Sleepy villages hidden away from the world as they nestle in the crags of natural harbours. Every town having a big successful chippy that all the tourists go to, and the small, actually good chippy off the main street that all the savvy locals go to. Arbroath, with its grin-inducing duality of being a location of great historical importance, where kings were made, and also the host of Pleasureland, a comically dilapidated indoor amusement park that feels like a living Reeves and Mortimer sketch. Read more View the full article

Pieces Interactive, the developer behind the recent Alone in the Dark reboot, was shuttered by its parent company, Embracer Group, after the mixed reception of the survival-horror game. Alone in the Dark was the first major commercial outing for Sweden-based development studio Pieces Interactive—and it’s also the last. The official Twitter/X account for the company released its swan song post on June 17 after months of uncertainty following the release of Alone in the Dark. View the full article

Cyberpunk 2077 files allegedly stolen from developer CD Projekt Red in 2021 have appeared online and seemingly revealed scrapped missions set on the moon. As reported by Insider Gaming, images which surfaced online of concept art, blueprints, file repositories, and map data appear to hint at what could be a cancelled expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 that would have taken players well beyond Night City. CD Projekt Red declined to comment on the alleged leaks when contacted by IGN. The moon is an established hub in Cyberpunk 2077 lore and can be visited fairly simply for those with enough money. It features as a significant plot point in the Cyberpunk Edgerunners animated series but is only touched on briefly in the game, though off-planet locations are teased in a handful of missions. The leaks allegedly come from the stream of stolen data hackers obtained from CD Projekt Red in 2021. Other content including a scrapped third-person build appeared at the time but these references to moon missions, if real, are the first to emerge in a long time. It's no secret CD Projekt Red scrapped a wealth of post-launch content for Cyberpunk 2077 after it launched in 2020 with myriad issues, however, including a multiplayer mode that will never see the light of day (but maybe in Cyberpunk 2077's sequel). CD Projekt Red thus switched its focus to fixing Cyberpunk 2077 though eventually released Phantom Liberty as its one and only expansion. This arrived after the game-changing Update 2.0, which completely revamped Cyberpunk 2077 with features such as a new perk system and improved AI, and was followed by another big update in 2.1 but only minor changes afterwards. In our 9/10 review, IGN said: "Cyberpunk 2077 throws you into a beautiful, dense cityscape and offers a staggering amount of flexibility in how you choose to take it from there." Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article

Elden Ring creator and FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki appears to have very high standards, saying the beloved role-playing game isn't quite the "ideal fantasy RPG" despite its universal acclaim. Speaking to PC Gamer, Miyazaki said that Elden Ring — dubbed a masterpiece by IGN and countless others — is just one step on his path towards his ideal game, with the likes of ******'s Souls, the Dark Souls trilogy, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows **** Twice all acting as predecessors too. "Back when doing interviews about Elden Ring, I think I mentioned that I'm still in the process of making my ideal fantasy RPG," Miyazaki said. "While Elden Ring is not quite it, it's pretty close. It's getting close." This likely comes as welcome news to fans of the soulslike genre created by Miyazaki and FromSoftware, who seemingly have games even better than Elden Ring to look forward to in the future. While Elden Ring is not quite it, it's pretty close. It's getting close. Miyazaki didn't share what elements were missing from Elden Ring, because "it's hard to say without giving spoilers for [his] next idea or [FromSoftware's] next games," but did say the slightly tragic reality that he never gets to experience the wonder of his own games is one thing holding him back. "I think one thing that's not necessarily missing, but makes it difficult to achieve my ideal, is that when I play it, I know everything's going to happen," Miyazaki said. "I already know everything that's going on. So in terms of enjoying the game from a player's perspective, I'd love to not know that, and for somebody else to make my ideal fantasy game, please, if possible. Then I can enjoy it just as a player." Players will get to experience that feeling once again when Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion launches on June 21, 2024. Just like previous FromSoftware games Dark Souls and Bloodborne, however, accessing the DLC isn't as simple as selecting it on a menu, as players must tick off a handful of obscure feats beforehand, including beating an optional boss. Thankfully, IGN has a guide on how to prepare for the Shadow of Erdtree DLC if you need to scramble ahead of the expansion's release. And make sure to check out our Elden Ring interactive map to ensure you're not missing any important collectibles. The new map, story, bosses, and items will add more intrigue to the almost mythical status of Elden Ring, which proved somewhat of a cultural phenomenon when it launched in 2022. Many fans are therefore waiting with bated breath for the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, which will likely add hundreds, if not thousands, of new secrets and story threads to be discovered. Beware of spoilers online, however, as FromSoftware has issued a heads up to players after major story details leaked ahead of launch. In our 10/10 review of the base game, IGN said: "Elden Ring is a massive iteration on what FromSoftware began with the Souls series, bringing its relentlessly challenging combat to an incredible open world that gives us the freedom to choose our own path." Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Gawr Gura, one of the most popular VTubers in hololive (and overall!) has announced her upcoming birthday stream for later this week on Thursday June 20. Gawr Gura was the sleeper hit from hololive’s first English generation holoMyth, until then hololive had only been expanding in ****** markets with hololive Indonesia (holoID) and the now […] Source View the full article

Publisher Serenity Forge and developer Stage 2 Studios announced console ports for Lifeless Moon, their spiritual sequel to Lifeless Planet. Lifeless Moon is coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and PS5 on July 9th. The sci-fi 3D platformer is also coming to the Epic Games Store the same day. The new 3D platformer successor […] Source View the full article

*****: The Dark Ages was announced recently at the Xbox Games Showcase, accompanied by a crunchy trailer that introduces many new and outrageous weapons to the Slayers arsenal. As the title suggests, the theme this time around is everything medieval, though *****s interpretation predictably has more in common with dark fantasy and metal album covers than it does with smallpox and Chaucer. Considering all the vicious weapons on display, from rail-guns and chainsaw shields to skull-spitting miniguns, hells demons will likely have a poorer life expectancy than even the sickliest tenth-century peasant once the player shows up. View the full article

Publisher Annapurna Interactive and The Artful Escape developer Beethoven and Dinosaur have announced Mixtape, a new nostalgic teenager adventure game. Mixtape is in development for Windows PC (via Steam), Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 with a release set for 2025. The game will be on Xbox Game Pass, too. Here’s a rundown on the game, […] Source View the full article

Well, shovel me timbers! Shovel Knight, the retro platformer that started it all (it all being everything from a roguelike spin-off to a ***** Cells cameo) turns 10 this month, and Yacht Club Games are releasing a ultimate edition to celebrate. Entitled the ‘Shovel Of Hope DX’, this definitive-me-doo bundles in the original game with old and new features like saving and rewinding, over 20 playable characters, local and online co-op, and new modes. Grab your shovel and prepare to dig for the trailer, then look foolish as you realise it’s directly below this paragraph. Read more View the full article

Despite being two of the best-selling videogames ever, Skyrim and Fallout 4 don't get much in the way of support from Bethesda anymore. This is something game director Todd Howard is acutely aware of, as in a new podcast interview he explains that he regrets not giving players even more to experience over the years. Howard then promises that games like Starfield, Fallout 5, and Elder Scrolls 6 are all looking to have decades-long plans, with even more DLC to enjoy over the years. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best dragon games on PC 2024 New Skyrim mod gives its best side quest the expansion it deserves Best games like Skyrim 2024 View the full article

A member of Helldivers 2's community might have just unearthed the bizarre bug behind an issue that's been leading PC folks to believe their keyboards might be faulty. Yup, if you've ever had your helldiver suddenly slow from a sprint to a jog without you doing anything, it turns out they may well just be feeling the effects of someone else's stim. While some players have been busy investigating this, they've been taking time out from the latest Major Order, which tasks folks with following up their valiant efforts in saving those poor Super Earth kids by, uh, ******** some baby Terminids. Come on, stop feeling conflicted and get em' in your sights. The person who looks as though they've blown this case wide open claims to have "worked in the games industry for 20+ years" and did it just as an aside at the end of a lengthy post on the Helldivers 2 subreddit outlining why they've found the game's lifespan so far quite interesting in terms of the issues that have cropped up. Read more View the full article

Last year's Lords of the Fallen reboot is getting a sequel, as its publisher CI Games signs a deal with Epic. As reported by Polish website Bankier, a recent filing from CI Games has confirmed that Lords of the Fallen will be getting a sequel in 2026. Quite notably, and potentially controversially, the filing was specifically about the fact that CI Games and Epic Games have signed a deal guaranteeing the latter exclusive rights to the Lords of the Fallen sequel on PC. There are a number of PC players who flat out refuse to buy games on the Epic Games Store, so we'll have to wait and see how that pans out for CI Games when the sequel eventually arrives. It should be noted that the rights to publish and distribute the game "worldwide on all other platforms, including the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S platforms for which the Game is currently in development, will remain with the Company." This obviously confirms that the game will be coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S too, which isn't all that surprising given the reboot also released on the same platforms. Read more View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been shut down by the now infamous Embracer Group after the game ******* to meet expectations. A statement on the developer's website lists a 2007 to 2024 lifespan for Pieces Interactive alongside the message "thanks for playing with us." It also offers a short history of the studio before a dedicated paragraph comments on its acquisition by Embracer Group, which in the last year has also shut down developers Free ******** Design, Onoma, and Volition Games amid lay-offs affecting more than 1,000 employees. "In 2017, Pieces Interactive were acquired by Embracer Group after working with the expansion for Titan Quest, Titan Quest: Ragnarök and third expansion for Titan Quest, Titan Quest: Atlantis," the post said. "Our last release was the reimagining of Alone in the Dark." The survival horror game, which launched in March 2024 to middling reviews, endured a "softer than expected performance" and "performed below management expectations" according to a statement from Embracer made after it reportedly made a round of layoffs at Pieces Interactive. Pieces Interactive joins an increasing list of video game studio closures and layoffs that have plagued the industry for the past two years. Embracer has caused many of these, having cut thousands of staff since the collapse of a $2 billion deal in 2023. It also sold the likes of Borderlands developer Gearbox Software and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake studio Saber Interactive ahead of announcing a split into three separate companies. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Remarkably, The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser trailer is six years old, an anniversary that made even Bethesda development chief Todd Howard pause for thought. Bethesda teased The Elder Scrolls 6 at E3 2018 with a brief announcement video, below, that gave little away about the studio’s plans. Six years later and fans are still in the dark about what to expect from the hotly anticipated sequel, which won’t release until 2028 at the earliest. Howard hasn't given much away since, and made typically vague comments in an interview with YouTube channel MrMattyPlays, but did reflect on the huge gap between The Elder Scrolls 6’s teaser and release. “Now, it's the sixth anniversary of us releasing the teaser for Elder Scroll 6 — might be today — so that did make me pause and say, ‘oh wow that has been a while.’ And now that we're working on Elder Scroll 6 and we get to see it here in the studio, you know you do miss it. “We appreciate all of those thoughts, and are with the fans on that. We’re working hard on it. And one day we’ll have it for everybody.” That did make me pause and say, ‘oh wow that has been a while.’ If The Elder Scrolls 6 does launch in 2028, presumably on the next-generation of consoles as well as PC, it’ll do so an incredible 17 years after The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Bethesda has released various games in the interim, most recently sci-fi RPG Starfield. But The Elder Scrolls 6 is Bethesda's next mainline single-player sequel, set to come out before Fallout 5, and of course fans are excited. Elsewhere in the interview, Howard talked again about wanting to give The Elder Scrolls 6 long-term support: “Seeing what Skyrim has done or other games, for Elder Scrolls 6… yeah, I’ll just stop there,” Howard teased, before adding: “We know people are going to play it for a long time. So a game like that, it’s not just what it means for content. It goes further than that in the type of game, what it means for your character, what it means for other things to say, ‘hey can this be something that you come back to?’ We see that with Skyrim and what people do in the game today. Even though it’s popular, what are people doing when they come back to the game after putting it down for a few years?” Howard also said the tech used for Starfield was the “starting point” for The Elder Scrolls 6, “and then obviously we try to do another jump up in technology, with looking at what's coming in the future, how do we do that, and always be moving the ball forward.” But when pressed on this tech, Howard wouldn’t budge, saying only: “It’s secret for now!” Bethesda does sound committed to its custom game engine rather than switching to, say, Unreal Engine, however. Howard said this is “absolutely the best way to go” because of the type of games Bethesda typically makes and its support of the modding community. Howard was also asked if the kind of procedural generation seen in the likes of Starfield, which leaned heavily on the tech, would be carried forward for games such as Elder Scrolls 6. Howard’s vague answer included a note that procedural generation has “always been a tool in our toolbox.” Ultimately, the wait for Elder Scrolls 6 goes on, something Howard acknowledged is a tough wait for fans. “We understand, hey, people are going to have to wait sometimes until we get some of these big things out,” he said. “We hope it’s worth the wait and everybody loves the games as much as we’ve loved making them.” In March, Bethesda celebrated the 30th birthday of The Elder Scrolls series by providing a brief update on The Elder Scrolls 6. “Last but not least, yes, we are in development on the next chapter - The Elder Scrolls 6,” Bethesda Game Studios said. “Even now, returning to Tamriel and playing early builds has us filled with the same joy, excitement, and promise of adventure." Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls 6 in 2018, though Howard admitted in 2023 that he "would've announced it more casually" in hindsight. In October 2023, Bethesda's former design director predicted The Elder Scrolls 6 will keep Skyrim's levelling up and progression system. While we wait to find out, check out Everything we know about The Elder Scrolls 6. 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

Fans opening Counter-Strike 2 cases are a common sight at competitive tournaments. But in a surprising twist, Cloud9’s Mang0 opened one at Super Smash Bros. Melee Tipped Off 15. On June 16, the 32-year-old legend took to the stage at Tipped Off 15 in Marietta, Georgia for yet another Smash tournament semifinal in his career. While he was walking past the crowd, a fan asked him to open a CS2 case. Mang0 did so without hesitation and ******* loot anything valuable, but that was the last time he’d be unsuccessful for the tournament. View the full article

Despite having been announced four whole years ago, it seems like we’re nowhere closer to playing State of Decay 3 now than we were then, but there’s something interesting going on behind the scenes that has many fans very excited. The zombie shooter management sim hybrid remerged days ago during the Xbox Showcase with an admittedly bland trailer about keeping a survivour’s memory alive and escaping near-****** situations. It wasn’t quite a gameplay trailer - even if it showed gameplay-adjacent moments using in-game assets. The big news, however, was tucked away in a development update that dropped after the show. Read more View the full article

If you managed to miss the recent Humble Bundle, you've got another cheap chance here to grab a whole bunch of Monster Hunter games from Fanatical. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

After winning several games thanks to server lag, an Overwatch 2 cheater claimed live on stream that what they’re doing isn’t against the rules. Even though it’s not uncommon to see cheaters in Overwatch 2, it’s quite rare to see cheaters who’ve been running rampant for several seasons claim what they’re doing is merely “having fun.” View the full article

The latest Major Order in Helldivers 2 tasks players with liberating five planets in the Terminid sectors. Unfortunately, progress is slower than usual, and players are urging everyone on the battlefield to see their operations through. In a Reddit thread on June 15, Helldivers 2 players are reminding everyone that you have to complete the entire operation to contribute to the liberation progress. This means if there are three missions in the operation, you must complete them all. View the full article

Canonical are well into development on Ubuntu 24.10, the next non-LTS version of the popular Linux distribution and things keep improving for gamers. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article