Another round of Steam Client Beta updates are here with Steam Deck and Desktop PC seeing lots of improvements and bug fixes, and it's especially nice for people using Bluetooth on Steam Deck. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
A producer on Kerbal Space Program 2 has confirmed that those working on the space flight sim are being ***** off en masse. We already knew that the developers at Intercept Games would be losing their jobs thanks to a closure announcement from Washington State. Until remarks from Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive, muddied the waters. Zelnick refused to acknowledge that the studio was being closed when asked by a reporter, even going so far as to claim the opposite. "We didn't shutter those studios," he told IGN. But it seems clear from one producer's testimony that Zelnick's remarks are inaccurate. Read more View the full article
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A high-profile video game cheat maker has been ordered to pay Activision over $14 million in damages and hand over its domain name. The ******* States District Court of the Central District of California granted Activision’s motion for default judgement in the civil case against EngineOwning, which sells cheats for a number of Call of Duty games as well as Counter-Strike, Battlefield, and Titanfall. Activision is awarded $14,465,600 in statutory damages and $292,912 in attorneys’ fees, and the court issued a permanent injunction to enjoin EngineOwning’s “unlawful conduct” and to transfer its domain name, www.EngineOwning.to, to Activision. Activision successfully argued that EngineOwning continued to circumvent its security systems and sell the cheating software in violation of the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It called for the minimum statutory damages of $200 under the DMCA multiplied by the general approximation of the number of downloads of the cheating software in the ******* States (72,328), for a total of $14,465,600. The Court found the request “reasonable” under the circumstances. In February 2023, a judge ruled that EngineOwning must pay Activision $3 million in damages after a lawsuit in which Activision claimed high-profile streamers used Warzone cheats. But EngineOwning continued its operation, selling cheats for 2023’s Call of Duty game Modern Warfare 3 as well as Warzone. Activision then continued its long-running battle with the cheat maker, resulting in this ruling. There are now questions about whether Activision will see any of the money it is owed by EngineOwning, or its ability to claim ownership of the website. At the time of this article’s publication, cheats and HWID spoofers remain available to buy from EngineOwning, which seemingly operates outside the U.S. Of course, competitive multiplayer video games have endured a cheating problem for decades, and Call of Duty in particular is seen as having a cheating and hacking problem, most prominently on the free-to-download battle royale Warzone on PC. Activision and other video game publishers face an uphill battle in the war against cheat makers, but the Call of Duty company will be hoping rulings such as these act as a meaningful deterrent as it prepares to release ****** Ops 6 later this year. Overnight, Activision tweeted to say that all accounts found to have participated in any form of boosting behavior in Multiplayer or Warzone Ranked Play would have their SR reset and be removed from the Leaderboard ahead of the Season 4 launch. Activision continued: "Additionally, as previously announced, accounts that boosted their progression in Ranked Play will be permanently restricted from accessing Ranked Play modes in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone." 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
F1 24 players have slammed developer EA for locking customization offers behind a premium currency, calling the decision a “genuine scam.” The latest entry in the long-running franchise was released into early access on May 28. The full release of F1 24 is set for May 31, and already, the community is up in arms. View the full article
A new earnings report from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt makers CD Projekt Red has revealed that the follow-up to the sorceress-courting, Nekker-thwacking, horse-reassuring RPG is currently being worked on by around 400 people, and plans to move into the production phase by the “second half of the year.” Elsewhere, the report shows that the studio’s previous RPG, Cyberpunk 2077 officially ended all development at the end of April, at which time the remaining 17 staff still tweaking that game’s ray-traced chewing gum foil moved on to the Witcher 4 , or ‘Polaris’, as they keep insisting it's called. Read more View the full article
The PSVR 2 headset should have PC support by the end of this year, curtosy of a new adapter. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge PlayStation VR2 headset owners are one step closer to being able to use the virtual reality device with PCs. According to a certification discovered by VR enthusiast Brad ******, Sony has developed a PSVR 2 “adapter” that provides PC support for the otherwise PS5-exclusive device. Sony said that it was working on PC support for PSVR 2 in February, targeting a non-specific 2024 release date, but the company hadn’t previously mentioned what form this support would take. With the adapter certification being filed back on March 27th with South Korea’s regulator, it seems Sony is on track to easily meet its self-imposed PC support deadline. No other information about this mysterious adapter — including its price, appearance, or specified... Continue reading… View the full article
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios had a change in leadership on May 22. Thanks to a message from the new CEO of Arrowhead, Shams Jorjani, we now have a better idea of what the change means for the studio and the game. In an extensive Reddit thread on May 28, Shams Jorjani revealed what we can expect from Helldivers 2 and the studio moving forward. Jorjani reiterated that the goal of the leadership change is to enable developers, including former CEO Johan Pilestedt, to focus more on the game. View the full article
Wake Up ***** Man, or Knives Out 3, only just got a title reveal this week, but the cast is already coming together, and it's looking strong so far. Earlier this week, director Rian Johnson and Netflix revealed the name of the next Knives Out film is Wake Up ***** Man, and that it's set to release at some point during 2025. That was pretty much all that was confirmed about the next entry in the now beloved detective series, without nary a whisper of who might star in the film. What a difference a couple of days make, though, as it seems like there's already casting news for Wake Up ***** Man, and fans of the Benedict Cumberbatch led Sherlock series will likely be quite happy to hear that Moriarty himself Andrew Scott has joined Knives Out 3. There's no details on what kind of character he'll play, which is just as much information we have when it comes to the plot, so that tracks. He joins some up-and-coming names who've already joined the cast too, like the three-for-one hit Challengers' Josh O'Connor, and Priscilla's Cailee Spaeny. With these three alone the casting is shaping up to be quite strong, as is obviously one of the most exciting aspects for many fans of the series given the breadth of actors included in the first two films. I'm sure it'll take some time before we hear anything more about the cast, but fingers crossed Johnson throws some kind of wildcard in there for the fun of it. Read more View the full article
Well, it’s been a long hard road, but since I vowed to only consume alcohol matured while having game soundtracks forcibly blasted into its molecules, giving up drinking has been a lot easier. Now, to take the final gulp of my Snake Eater-theme-reared IPA, and open up my web browser…. Read more View the full article
As debate about Emilie's appearance continues to intensify, a Genshin Impact fan shares a full collection of all Emilie concept art designs. Though open-world exploration and elemental combat are the bread and butter of Genshin Impact, its main appeal has always been its colorful cast of characters. Fontaine brought many memorable 5-Stars to the game, such as Xianyun and Neuvillette, and Version 4.7 is poised to add two more to the roster, with Clorinde and Sigewinne making their debut on the Event Banners. View the full article
XDefiant’s annoying hit-reg and netcode issues have been getting on players’ nerves since launch. Thankfully, Ubisoft has acknowledged the situation and is currently working on fixing things up. In a tweet on May 25, Mark Rubin, Executive Producer for XDefiant at Ubisoft San Francisco, said the dev team is aware of the reports about bullets not registering on enemies, and is focused on improving the situation—but “it will take time.” View the full article
After winning back-to-back titles, MOUZ were on their way to an almost-perfect Counter-Strike 2 season. But their dreams were shattered by Stewie2k-supported G2 Esports, who eliminated them from IEM Dallas 2024. The two teams met in the lower bracket semifinal in Texas, with MOUZ being the favorites to take the matchup. In the end, siuhy’s men won the last two CS2 events—BetBoom Dacha Belgrade and ESL Pro League Season 19. However, their spell came to an end after G2 came back on Ancient to take the series 2-1 in their favor. Stewie2K’s heroics aided them in achieving this feat. View the full article
The creative director of CD Projekt Red's upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 sequel has seemingly dropped a tease for the series. Fans have been eagerly waiting for any official news regarding the studio's next game. View the full article
HoYoverse’s next game, Zenless Zone Zero, finally has a launch date. Players can’t wait to join in on the fun, skyrocketing the pre-registration numbers to heights we’ve never seen before. At the time of writing on May 29, the pre-registration count for Zenless Zone Zero is 36,246,778 players. The next and final pre-registration milestone is 40 million, and it’s no doubt just a matter of time until fans reach it. 36 million is an immense number, especially looking at previous HoYoverse games, namely Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. Both games reached around 10 million pre-registrations, which pales in comparison to Zenless Zone Zero. View the full article
Yet another cheat provider has been cooked in court today after a Californian judge ruled in favor of Activision, with the Call of Duty giant demanding over $14 million in damages from EngineOwning following the conclusion of a suit filed in 2022. EngineOwning must pay $14,465,600—$200 per cheat downloaded—in damages, according to a May 28 court order issued by U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald and shared by CharlieINTEL on X (formerly Twitter). The ruling ends the case filed back in 2022, with owners of the site ordered to pay the eight-digit sum of damages and over $290,000 in legal fees and must also hand over the website’s domain. Ultimately, the motion for default judgment was passed as the alleged individuals all but ghosted the case. View the full article
CD Projekt Red, the publisher-developer of The Witcher and Cyberpunk, plans to increase the cadence of its upcoming major game releases. This means we could see a quicker turnaround time for the projects the Poland-based studio is working on. This came off the company’s quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, May 28, where it talked about its strategy to make upcoming release schedules “less lumpy.” CDPR ****** CEO Michał Nowakowski said the company, now with studios across Europe and the U.S., is working on several projects simultaneously. View the full article
Faker’s well-deserved induction to the League of Legends Hall of Legends has finally come and to celebrate Riot Games has launched a battle pass packed full of goodies celebrating the ****** King’s career. However, while the bundle is well-intentioned, the pricing is not. Eager League players will need to spend upwards of $450 USD for the rare Immortalized Signature Edition of the bundle—and players are *******. Fortunately, we’re here to give you a few ideas of what you could spend that money on instead! View the full article
Microsoft has released a list of games that will be able to use its upcoming Automatic Super Resolution upscaling tech once its Copilot+ PCs begin rolling out. Referred to as Auto SR, the technology designed to enhance frame rates and the graphical quality of those frames made waves earlier this year, until Microsoft revealed that while the technology will be available to use for gaming in general, support will be restricted to Copilot+ PCs and a specially curated list of games. View the full article
With its big relaunch, plenty of new content was added to MultiVersus. That includes files dropped into the backend that has now been datamined, giving us glimpses at new characters, stages, and more that might be coming to MultiVersus. For the last two years, we have seen plenty of MultiVersus datamines featuring characters and other content. Some missing fighters have been mentioned multiple times, like Samurai Jack, who has now appeared in the new version which launched on May 28, as datamined by multiple community members such as Ausil and MultiverSusie. View the full article
Baldurs Gate 3 is filled with companions you meet along your three-act journey, including a dog called Scratch. Though most are party members that can join the player character, others are mere companions that remain at camp. Scratch is one such camp campaign, but plenty of items, such as ****** and a dog collar, can be given to this valuable party member. View the full article
When Microsoft initially announced that its June 9 Xbox showcase would be followed by a separate presentation for an unnamed game, no one doubted it was Call of Duty. Since Activision recently began unveiling teaser trailers, Microsoft has confirmed the game's title and plans to release it simultaneously at retail... Read Entire Article View the full article
Along with my usual batch of the best deals of the day, the big news is the dropping of the first official Legend of Zelda LEGO set. Hope you have unlocked your Giant's Wallet because the RRP of this 2-in-1 set is deku nuts. Still, being able to shift it from a Breath of the Wild theme to the old GOAT Ocarina of Time is much appreciated. Even if the asking rupees price still isn't (he said, as though he hadn't already preordered it himself hours ago). This Day in Gaming Aussie birthdays for notable games. - Space Harrier (SAT) 2009. Ebay - Shadow Warrior (PC) 1997. FREE - Borderlands (NS) 2020. Get - XCOM 2 (NS) 2020. Get Table of ContentsNintendo SwitchPCXboxPlayStationNice Savings for Nintendo Switch Expiring Recent Deals Hardware Watch How much to make the switch to Switch? [/url] Back to top Purchase Cheaply for PC Expiring Recent Deals Hardware Watch Slay your pile of shame. [/url] Back to top Exciting Bargains for Xbox Expiring Recent Deals Hardware Watch How many bucks for a Box? [/url] Back to top Pure Scores for PlayStation Expiring Recent Deals Hardware Watch How much you'll pay to Station. [/url] Back to top Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube. View the full article
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One Wuthering Waves player shared their frustrating experience with the game's colors, lamenting the absence of a colorblind accessibility feature. Wuthering Waves is a new entry in the open-world RPG segment that offers players a rich narrative and visual experience, with a significant degree of freedom to explore the game world. View the full article
The new Diablo 4 Update 1.4.1 has just been released, and its already facing issues, as Blizzard has confirmed that the recent Masterworking feature has been temporarily disabled. Masterworking is a new endgame crafting system recently added to Diablo 4, which allows gamers to use buff affixes to Legendary and Unique equipment, gaining more control over their ultimate gear. While liked by many players, the Masterworking system was controversial due to how much gold it made players spend. View the full article
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Another round of Steam Client Beta updates are here with Steam Deck and Desktop PC seeing lots of improvements and bug fixes, and it's especially nice for people using Bluetooth on Steam Deck. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article