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We still don’t have much information on Pokémon Legends: Z-A just yet, but one creative fan drew up a new speculative form outside of Mega Evolution and regional variants that could be the perfect addition to the sequel. The Pokémon Company has only released one trailer for Legends: Z-A so far, and all we know for sure is the game will center around the redevelopment of Lumiose, one of the biggest cities in the Kalos region. The trailer also teased the return of Gen VI’s Mega Evolution mechanic, prompting fans to predict which Pokémon may receive new Mega Evolutions, with Charizard, Flygon, and Incineroar as top picks. View the full article

Starfield Update 4, which launched in Steam Beta on May 1, seems to have finally satisfied a lot of fans who had previously abandoned Bethesda's outer space RPG. After a lackluster player reception at launch, fan reaction to this newest Starfield update seems to be overwhelmingly positive. View the full article

The spirit of Soul Sacrifice ********, but Thirdverse's successor doesn't quite stick the landing. View the full article

Pokémon Go is getting two new events to end its current season, and one of them is going to give every player access to a free Master Ball along with some massive experience boosts just for playing the game every day. The Catching Wonders event, which is set to run from May 14 at 10am local time through to May 19 at 8pm, is entirely focused on getting you to catch more Pokémon. In the announcement for the upcoming event, Niantic did not detail any boosted encounters or raids—just the return of Masterwork Research that will net you a free Master Ball as well as several Pokémon Go event bonuses to go along with it. View the full article

Renowned leaker Kepler_L2 recently remarked that AMD's upcoming RDNA 4 graphics cards will feature a "brand new" ray tracing implementation. While this comment doesn't explicitly state whether the forthcoming products, likely named Radeon RX 8000, will significantly enhance ray tracing performance compared to their predecessors, it does suggest a renewed... Read Entire Article View the full article

Riot Games shipped Teamfight Tactics 14.9B-patch on May 2, targeting a Ghostly trait bug and nerfs to overperformers like Lissandra and Talisman of Ascension. Players were notified of a TFT Set 11 14.9 emergency B-patch late on May 1, which contained fixes to the Ghostly trait and other known issues. No balance changes were revealed during the announcement, but many in the community expected at least a nerf or two; Lissandra has been dominating the Inkborn Fables meta since Patch 14.8 and the new Artifact, Talisman of Ascension, has become the most picked item since Patch 14.9. Other Artifacts have been performing well in the Inkborn Fables meta too, but only Lissandra and Talisman of Ascension were targeted through the TFT Set 11 14.9 B-patch. View the full article

The Spring Superdrop Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair, which is slated to release in mid-May, has today been lambasted by players, many of whom have turned the jets on Wizards of the Coast over the Sans Mercy drop. Secret Lair drops in MTG offer players alternative art cards through popular reprints that often have a unique frame treatment. All Secret Lair cards are legal to play in Eternal formats like Commander, Legacy, and Vintage. Many were excited about the Hatsune Miku Secret Lair set to be included in the Spring Superdrop. But the reception after the May 2 preview of a Sans Mercy drop has players frustrated at Wizards for “fumbling the theme.” View the full article

World of Warcraft fans have begun noticing their characters sitting on the Warbands character select screen in The War Within alpha. Though a seemingly innocuous change, World of Warcraft players are excited to see what this new life breathed into the login screen could mean for the future. View the full article

One of my most anticipated games is paradoxically one I already have 19 hours logged in, and yet here I stand, thrilled at the news of Dread Delusion's 1.0 release. The indie mini-Morrowind will be launching in full on May 14... Read more.View the full article

Overwatch 2 recently announced some huge buffs to the tank role, as well as targeted buffs to Wrecking Ball and Junker Queen, coming in the mid-Season 10 patch. This hero balance and more will arrive with the Overwatch 2 Season 10 halfway point update planned for May 14. View the full article

While the overall hype around The Finals has gotten quieter, the devs have been hard at work cooking up Season 2. A new competitive game mode has been released along with brand-new weapons, cosmetics, and Gadgets. We’re here to ***** right into the action and take a look at the best build to win Terminal ******* in The Finals. ContentsThe Finals — Terminal ******* explainedThe Finals — Best Light build to win Terminal AttackLight Specialization and WeaponLight GadgetsThe Finals — Best Medium build to win Terminal AttackMedium Specialization and WeaponMedium GadgetsThe Finals — Best Heavy build to win Terminal AttackHeavy Specialization and WeaponHeavy Gadgets The Finals — Terminal ******* explainedScreenshot: PC InvasionTerminal ******* is a new 5v5 competitive mode added to The Finals during Season 2. In this mode, players have one life to either ******* and plant a decryption key at one of two terminals, or ...View the full article

Final Fantasy 14 players waiting for Dawntrail news will soon be in luck, as Square Enix announced that the next Letter from the Producer Live broadcast and the updated Dawntrail benchmark are right around the corner. The 81st Live Letter will air on the morning of May 16, and the updated Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail PC benchmark is slated to be released during the week of May 23. View the full article

An official description of Fallout 3 on Steam has caused one fan to question whether the events of the game are actually happening within its world or if they're all part of a simulation within a simulation. While the events of Fallout 3 contain some pretty mind-bending content, this theory makes those events seem even more meta. View the full article

Fallout 4's long-awaited next-gen update has now refreshed the game on both the Xbox Series X/S and the PlayStation 5, but it's still a better game on the former option thanks to one huge difference between the versions. Ever since first making its way to consoles with Fallout 3, the post-apocalyptic RPG series has had plenty of struggles with bugs and performance issues showing up in every game to varying degrees. The Fallout 4 next-gen update does fix some key problems that have persisted in the game since launch, even if it introduces some of its own. View the full article

If you ever became bored with life and wanted to shake things up a bit, one of the best ways to add a little conflict to your life is to ask a bunch of Star Wars fans what the best game is. Then stand back and enjoy the chaos. Thankfully there is a definitive answer, at least to me, and that's Star Wars: TIE Fighter Special Edition, the true aesthete's choice in that star war held in a galaxy far, far away. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Star Wars TIE Fighter has a full remake, available to play right now 1994's TIE Fighter has been modded into 1999's X-Wing Alliance, spectacularly TIE Fighter's greatest campaign: the Sepan Civil War, and benevolent imperialism View the full article

Limited Run Games, the company known for selling limited, special-edition quantities of physical video games, has issued an apology after fans complained that they were having issues playing the physical re-release of the game D on the original 3DO game console. Several on X/Twitter and Reddit pointed out the problems, including X/Twitter user @ToddNerdCave, who noted that the company is putting the 3DO games on CD-Recordable (CD-R) instead of pressed discs. "They won't even work on real hardware," he added. lol @LimitedRunGames is shipping out 3DO games on CDR (rather than pressed discs) and the best part: they won’t even work on real hardware. [Hidden Content] — Todd Gill - Retro Frog (@ToddsNerdCave) May 1, 2024 For those unaware of the difference between CD-R and pressed discs, the former are blank discs that can record data using a CD burner. At the same time, the latter has data permanently encoded and is used for commercial releases of physical media, including movies and video games. Pricing and scarcity of these products aside, Limited Run Games' decision to use CD-R over pressed discs is an issue regarding compatibility, as older devices with optical drives might have issues reading CD-Rs. Another user on X/Twitter pointed out the absurdity of Limited Run Games' choice, calling out that the company is charging more than $60 for a limited physical release, "yet they're burning CD-Rs for some of the disc-based titles." In a statement sent to IGN, a Limited Run Games spokesperson acknowledged that "some of [its] customers have experienced issues" when trying to play D: The Collector's Edition on the original 3DO console. They apologize to those experiencing the issues, pledging to work with "new partners to find a solution" to get pressed discs to replace the CD-R discs customers received and noting that future 3DO games would not enter production "until this issue has been fully resolved." You can read the full statement from Limited Run Games below. We’ve been made aware that some of our customers have experienced issues when trying to play our release of D: The Collector’s Edition on original 3DO hardware. Firstly, we would like to apologize unreservedly to all who have purchased the game and experienced an issue. At Limited Run Games, the quality of our products is paramount to us, we care deeply about our loyal community, and it is clear on this occasion we have fallen short of the high standards we set for ourselves. Manufacturing games for hardware that is 30+ years old presents a variety of challenges. We partner with one of the biggest disc replication providers in North America to press our physical discs and despite researching original 3DO hardware and software extensively, we found quality and reliability issues when attempting to press 3DO discs in the traditional manner. In an attempt to offer full compatibility with original hardware, our disc replication partner was able to successfully manufacture the discs using a CD-R format, which we believed would work across all commercially available 3DO systems. This process was professionally done and was used to ensure maximum compatibility rather than serve as a cost-cutting exercise. We tested the discs on the 3DO consoles in our office and all five discs from the game worked as expected. It was only upon shipping to our customers that we came to realise that some users were experiencing difficulty. We will not be selling or shipping further copies of this game, or any future 3DO titles until the situation has been resolved. We are currently working with new partners to find a solution for traditionally pressed discs and will offer replacement discs to all customers. We will keep customers updated as this progresses, but in the meantime, any customer who desires can request a full refund at www.limitedrungames.com/support. Please be reassured that D: The Collector’s Edition is the only game affected by this issue. Further 3DO titles will not go into production until this issue has been fully resolved, and we are confident in full compatibility. Apologies again to our 3DO gamers, we will strive to do better. [/url] Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster. View the full article

Blizzard has finally delivered patch notes for Diablo 4 version 1.4.0 ahead of Season 4: Loot Reborn’s launch later this month. The full list of changes coming to the studio’s latest dungeon crawler arrives immediately after an in-depth developer update livestream. Following a tumultuous beginning for Diablo 4, Blizzard reported how the recent Player Test Realm (PTR) allowed the team to better consider player feedback and implement it into Season 4. “We think (PTR) went really, really well,” Associate Game Director Joe Piepiora said. “Just having the week of time for players to jump in, crush through all of the content, check out all of the new features, give us a lot of feedback, find a lot of bugs on the way as well was, again, super valuable. It’s been really great for the team. We’ll take a lot of this feedback, look at the tuning, variety of features, and really make sure that we’ve got the best version of the Season 4 experience ready when we get into the launch day.” While early builds of upcoming content aren’t quite so new for other games, Blizzard used the method to ensure that Loot Reborn will live up to its already high expectations. That means including changes players have asked for since Diablo 4 launched back in June 2023, resulting in what Blizzard feels is a more rewarding, less time-consuming experience for every kind of RPG fan. As we discovered during our recent conversation with the Diablo 4 leadership team, Loot Reborn pivots away from the usual themed seasonal model many are used to. Though new content in the form of Call of the Wolves and The Pit offers new story and gameplay additions, Season 4 is more about reworking itemization and Diablo 4’s core innerworkings. The changes are meant to help bolster the experience as the team continues to work closer to the release of its first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, later this year. During a Q&A segment, Piepiora confirmed that PTR has affected the length of Season 4: Loot Reborn, but not by much. “PTR is not as impactful for the timing here,” he said. “I think it’s a slightly shorter season. I think it’s one week shorter, I need to look at the date.” He continued: “It’s not that having a PTR automatically means everything is going to take longer to deliver, but there’s a lot of things that we had to set up for the first time for the PTR for Season 4, and I’m really glad that we did.” While Diablo 4’s first full year on the market rolls on, Blizzard has revealed that it will no longer hold BlizzCon 2024. Although the event’s absence might leave players wanting more, Diablo 4 Season 4 still aims to bring some of the most substantial changes to the formula yet. Many have gone as far as to consider this month’s seasonal update Diablo 5. Series boss Rod Fergusson noted these feelings during an interview with IGN, acknowledging that the update does bring a “foundational change” to Diablo 4. Season 4: Loot Reborn launches May 14 You can read the full patch notes for Diablo 4 version 1.4.0 below. UPDATES FROM THE PUBLIC TEST REALM Developer’s Note: We appreciate all the feedback our players provided us during our Public Test Realm for Season 4: Loot Reborn. The following section highlights key bug fixes and feedback adjustments. Feature UpdatesThere is no longer a chance for Masterworking to fail.The Masterwork animation has been removed for non-milestone Ranks (1-3, 5-7, etc).The Tempering Result screen now shows the result affix, its roll, and the affix range.Various UI improvements for the Tempering and Masterworking experiences.Added multiple tiers of Masterworking Material caches that transmute far more materials than were previously available.A visual indication has been added to the imprint UI which indicates which Legendary affixes are currently equipped.You can now search the term ‘equip’ or ‘equipped’ within the Codex of Power to list currently equipped affixes.We’ve added an inventory icon to indicate items that have at least one Greater Affix.When items with Greater Affixes drop in-game, they will also have the same icon to indicate they possess a Greater Affix. Helltide and The Pit The Party member that spends the Runeshards to open the Pit gets 100% of the Masterworking materials, the rest of the party receives half the amount.Artillery and Blast Wave shrines no longer spawn in the Pit.Hellborne spawn chance in Helltide zones has been increased.Baneful Heart drop rate has been adjusted to be more consistent.Overall loot quality from the Blood Maiden has been improved.Loot quality has also been improved for players that contribute materials to summon the Blood Maiden, as a contribution bonus reward.Doomsayer variants, which used to drop a Chest of Doomsaying on defeat, will now drop the contents of a Doomsaying Chest on ****** with no additional Cinders cost.Balance AdjustmentsMany Tempering affixes that were either over-performing or under-performing have been adjusted to meet intended power levels.The Tempering Affix for Maximum Size increase for various skills and effects, such as Dust Devils or Bone Spirit, is now capped at 100%.Itemization Updates For full details on Itemization including Legendary Aspects and the Codex of Power, Item Affixes, Greater Affixes, Tempering, Masterworking, please read our Season 4 blog here. Here are some of the major items coming with Itemization updates: Extracting an aspect now upgrades it in the Codex of Power. All Aspects now exist in the Codex of Power.Various item affixes have been updated and the overall pool of affixes has been condensed. Additionally, Greater Affixes have been introduced.Appearing only on Ancestral Legendary and Unique items, these are more powerful (1.5x) versions of normal affixes.Each item affix has a chance to be a Greater Affix in World Tier IV.New Tempering and Masterworking Systems allow deeper customization of items and access to new affixes.Legendary items dropped from ****** level 95+ are always 925 item power.Unique Items can now drop earlier in the game:World Tier III Unique Items now drop as non-Sacred in World Tier I and II.World Tier IV Unique Items now drop as Sacred in World Tier III.Uber Unique Items can start dropping from monster level 55, drops at 925 item power.The Minimum levels required to equip Sacred and Ancestral items has been reduced.Sacred: 35Ancestral: 55 Note: Changes from the PTR have been highlighted in RED. GAME UPDATESAccessibility New Character Highlights We have added an option to highlight NPC’s, characters and enemies found within Sanctuary to make them easier to distinguish against different environments.Standard HighlightSets the in-game lighting to emphasize the dark and gritty world of Sanctuary as intended.Additional HighlightsGreatly increases the contrast for the characters within the world. In-game options can be used to modify the intensity, as well as the colors.Helltide Reborn Helltide has been updated to provide more challenges and rewards. Helltide Threat As you battle through Helltides, you will generate Threat – how much will be determined by the difficulty of monster and how often you’re securing Tortured Gifts within Helltide.There are three Helltide Threat Tiers that each increase the danger and frequency of monster ambushes. At Tier 3, you will become *****-Marked.Achieving maximum Threat will initiate a brief ambush frenzy of maximum ****** density. The ambush will end with a final Hellborne spawn, an immensely powerful agent of *****, resurrected from the tortured souls of Sanctuary’s most powerful champions.There are five variants representing each Class in Diablo IV.Upon activating the Hellborne ambush, your Threat will reset.Dying will reset your Threat. Accursed Ritual Baneful Hearts can primarily be earned through opening Tortured Gift chests and can be used at the Accursed Ritual location. Baneful Hearts can also drop from:Hellborne DemonsDoomsayersA scene of shocking gore, the Accursed Ritual is the ultimate testament to the disturbing lengths the followers of ***** will go to appease their dark wishes. It is here where you can begin the Accursed Ritual.******** three Baneful Hearts to begin the ritual, and you will be swarmed with a dense demonic ambush. Other players within your subzone will be alerted that the ritual has begun if they wish to join you in your ******.This ambush will climax with the arrival of the Blood Maiden, an immensely powerful demonic creature who will offer great reward upon her ******. World Tier I and II adjustments A version of Helltide has been introduced for World Tiers I and II, with the following adjustments: All Tortured Gifts are Mystery chests.No roaming bosses.Monster density adjusted to match expected difficulty of World Tier III and IV.NEW ITEMSGeneral Unique Items Tyrael’s Might – Unique Chest Armor While at full Life, your Skills unleash a divine barrage dealing damage. Yen's Blessing – Unique Boots Casting a Skill has a 40-60% 20-30% chance to cast a Non-Mobility, Non-Ultimate Skill that is currently on Cooldown. This effect can only occur once every 8 12 seconds. Legendary Aspects Aspect of Frosty Strides While below 45-60% Life, Evade Freezes Close enemies for Cold Damage and applies Vulnerable to them for 3 seconds. Aspect of Concussive Strikes Lucky Hit: Damaging an ****** has up to a 20% chance to Daze them for 2 seconds. You deal 5-20% increased damage to Dazed enemies.Barbarian Unique Items Arreat's Bearing - Unique Pants Ancients you summon are empowered.Korlic creates an Earthquake that deals Physical damage over 4 seconds when he leaps.Talic leaves behind Dust Devils that deal damage while he whirlwinds.Madawc ignites the ground Burning enemies for an additional damage over 4 seconds when he upheaves the ground. Twin Strikes - Unique Gloves After casting Double Swing 4 times, your next Double Swing will hit 2 additional times, each dealing 10-25% increased damage. Legendary Aspects Aspect of Fierce Winds Your Shout Skills create 3 5 Dust Devils that deal damage to enemies along their path.Your Dust Devils are 5%-20% 15% ******* and deal 1% increased damage for each 1% their size is increased.Druid Unique Items Earthbreaker - Unique Ring Landslide causes the ground to erupt in tectonic spikes which continue to deal 0.6-0.9 damage over 2 seconds. Casting Landslide in this area has a 20-30% chance to cause additional Landslide pillars to spawn within. Wildheart Hunger - Unique Boots When you Shapeshift into a Werewolf or a Werebear, you gain Wildheart for 5 seconds. Wildheart grants you 1%-1.5% increased damage with Shapeshifting Skills every 2 seconds, stacking 20 times. Legendary Aspects Aspect of Fevered Mauling When you hit at least 1 ****** with Maul, increase its ******* Speed by 1%-2.5% 1%-2% and you gain 1%-3% 1-4% Damage reduction for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.Necromancer Unique Items Ebonpiercer - Unique Amulet Blight also shoots 4 smaller projectiles that pierce enemies and deal Shadow damage over 3 seconds. Cruor's Embrace - Unique Gloves Blood Surge consumes Corpses to cause mini novas, dealing damage. Damage is increased by 10% per target drained by the initial cast, up to 50%. Damage is also increased by 20% for each Corpse consumed. Legendary Aspects Aphotic Aspect Skeletal Priests empower your Skeletal Warriors' attacks to deal Shadow damage and have a 5%-20% 5%-15% chance to Stun enemies for 1.5 seconds.Rogue Unique Items Scoundrel's Kiss - Unique Ring Rapid ***** now lobs exploding arrows that deal 15%-25% increased damage.Scoundrel's Kiss projectile pattern is now more predictable. Saboteur's Signet - Unique Ring Casting Flurry has a 15-30% chance to release Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage and Stun enemies for 1 second. Your Grenade Skills have a 2% 5% Lucky Hit Chance. Legendary Aspects Aspect of High Velocity Barrage arrows now pierce through 1 ******.Barrage has 10%-20% increased ******* Speed.Sorcerer Unique Items Fractured Winterglass – Unique Amulet Casting Frozen Orb has a 35-50% chance to spawn a random Conjuration when it explodes. Lucky Hit: Your Conjurations have up to a 50-70% 70-100% chance to launch a Frozen Orb at Nearby enemies. Developer’s Note: Extra explosions from the Aspect of Frozen Orbit do not trigger this effect, as the Unique calls out "Casting". This unintended interaction was fixed since the PTR. Flameweaver – Unique Gloves Casting ***** Bolt through your Firewall causes it to split into 4 bolts, each dealing 80-100% more damage.Flameweaver now splits Firebolts to 3 instead of 4, and damage buffed to 30-70% from 10-30%. Legendary Aspects Aspect Of Tenuous Destruction Deal 25-40% increased damage while you have no Defensive Skills on your Action Bar. Flamethrower's Aspect Incinerate splits into 3 beams, each dealing 70-85% of normal damage.BALANCE UPDATESGeneral Unique Items Banished Lord's Talisman Updated visuals and sounds to indicate that your next Core Skill will Overpower.Critical Strike Overpower damage reduced from 80-120% to 20-60%.Resources needed for guaranteed Overpower reduced from 300 to 275. Tibault's Will Damage increase while Unstoppable reduced from 20-40% to 10-20%.Damage increase persists for 1 second longer after being Unstoppable. Razorplate Razorplate has been updated to function within the new Masterworking system.Now has four Thorns affixes instead of no affixes.New Unique Power: Thorns has a 10% chance to deal 100-150% increased damage. Legendary Aspects Disobedience Armor stacks no longer fall off independently. They now refresh or reset at the same time.Armor gain changed to 25-40%. Assimilation Previous - You have 8% increased Dodge Chance versus enemies affected by Damage Over Time effects. When you Dodge you gain 5-10 of your Primary Resource.Now - You have 8% increased Dodge Chance. When you Dodge, Fortify for 5-10% 5-20% of your Maximum Life. Of Retribution Chance to Stun increased from 8% to 10%.Now increases damage to Stunned and Knocked Down enemies. Of Inner Calm Previous - Deal 5-10% increased damage for each second you stand still, up to 40%.Now - Deal 5-10% increased damage. Triple this bonus after standing still for 3 seconds. Of the Crowded Sage Previous - You Heal for (0-181) Life per second for each Close ******, up to (4-605) Life per second.Now - You have 8% increased Dodge Chance. Successful Dodges restore 5-20% of your Maximum Life. Bold Chieftain's Now usable by both Barbarians and Druids. Needleflare Now also applies Thorns to Necromancer minions. Hectic Aspect Cooldown Reduction reduced from 2-4 seconds to 1-2 seconds. Miscellaneous Developer’s Note: Monsters will still deal more damage the higher level they are, but their relative damage reduction will remain the same from level 100 onward. This change was made to account for level 200 Boss monsters doing extreme amounts of damage to players that are capped for armor. Necromancer, Barbarian, Druid, and Sorcerer Companions now receive 100% of the player's attributes.Skill tags have been updated everywhere to allow more Aspects and other effects to affect more skills and abilities. Examples:Applicable "Shout" skills for Druid and Barbarian are now tagged as Shouts.New Chain tag for abilities like Chain Lightning and Rabies.New Mobility tag for abilities that move and or teleport the player, such as Caltrops or Teleport.More skills are now tagged as Core skills, such as Sorcerer Mastery Skills and other skills which use resources like Bone Spirit.Additionally, various Aspects have been updated to account for these changes.Damage Reduction granted by Fortify has been increased from 10% to 15%.Cooldown Reduction is now capped at 75%.Physical Damage calculation against Damage Reduction now caps at level 100.The Maximum Evade Charges affix has been increased from 2 to 3.The Attacks Reduce Evade's Cooldown affix has been increased from .8 to 1.5 seconds.The Evade Grants Movement speed affix has been increased from 50% to 125%.All Resistance from Amulets has been increased from 19% to 25%.Single element resistance on Rings has been increased from 8% to 10%.Barbarian General Barbarian’s 10% innate Damage Reduction has been removed.Legendary powers that require Call of the Ancients to be equipped no longer have that requirement.Previously, Dust Devils would have varying durations, speeds, and movement patterns based on which legendary Aspect created them. Now, they all behave consistently regardless of which Aspect they are from. Additionally, the following updates have been applied for Dust Devils:The maximum number of Dust Devils that can be active at once is now 15. Dust Devils now move more quickly and dissipate sooner. Skills Charge Damage reduced from 250% to 180%. Power Charge Cooldown Reduction per Target Hit reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.Cooldown Reduction for hitting a Boss reduced from 6 to 4 seconds.Maximum Cooldown Reduction reduced from 9 to 6 seconds. Furious Hammer of the Ancients Previous - Hammer of the Ancients deals 1%[x] increased damage for each point of Fury you had when using it.Now - Hammer of the Ancients gains 2%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance for every 10 Fury you had when using it. Violent Rend Rend's Damage against Vulnerable enemies increased from 12%[x] to 25%[x]. Rupture The initial damage dealt from Rupture is now guaranteed to Overpower. Call of the Ancients Korlic Leap damage increased from 104% to 156%.Korlic Frenzy damage increased from 39% to 59%.Talic Whirlwind damage increased from 65% to 98%.Madawc Upheaval damage increased from 195% to 293%. Kick Range of damage increased from 2.2 meters to 3 meters.Additional damage when ****** is knocked into a wall increased from 70% to 105%. Power Kick Damage per 10 Fury consumed increased from 20% to 25%. Passives Unbridled Rage Bonus damage reduced from 135%[x] to 100%[x]. ******* Expertise Polearm Expertise Lucky Hit chance increased from 10%[x] to 15%[x].Damage while Healthy increased from 10%[+] to 15%[x]. Two-Handed Mace Expertise Fury gain increased from 2 to 5.Previous - You deal 15%[x] increased Critical Strike damage to Stunned and Vulnerable enemies while Berserking.Now - You deal 15%[x] increased Critical Strike damage while Berserking. Two-Handed Axe Expertise Vulnerable Damage reduced from 15%[x] to 10%[x]. One-Handed Axe Expertise Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies increased from 5%[+] to 10%[+]. Paragon Marshal Glyph Cooldown reduction reduced from 4 to 2 seconds. Blood Rage Legendary Node Damage increased by Berserking bonus reduced from 25% to 10%, and caps at 30%[x] damage bonus. Crusher Glyph Additional Bonus: Overpower damage reduced from 30%[x] to 20%[x]. Dominate Glyph Bonus Overpower Damage per 5 Willpower reduced from 39.9% to 14.9% at Glyph level 21.Additional BonusPrevious - After not Overpowering for 30 seconds, your next ******* will Overpower.Now - Every 30 seconds, your next ******* will Overpower. Seething Glyph Additional Bonus: Fury gain on ****** ***** increased from 3 to 5. Legendary Aspects Aspect of Sundered Ground Description reworded for clarity, no functional change.Previous - Every 25 seconds, Upheaval is guaranteed to Overpower and deals 10–25%[x] increased damage. This timer is reduced by 4 seconds when Upheaval Overpowers a Boss or an Elite ******.Now - Every 25 seconds, your next Upheaval cast is guaranteed to Overpower and deals 10-25%[x] increased damage. This timer is reduced by 4 seconds when Upheaval Overpowers a Boss or an Elite ******. Earthstriker's Aspect Bonus Overpower Damage reduced from 35-50%[x] to 15%-30%[x]. Aspect of the Relentless Armsmaster Fury Generation while all three Walking Arsenal bonuses are active increased from 20-35% to 35-65%. Windlasher's Aspect Previous - Casting Double Swing twice within 1.5 seconds creates a Dust ****** that deals 0.22-0.32 damage to enemies behind the target.Now - Casting Double Swing creates a Dust ****** that deals 0.35-0.5 damage to enemies in its path. Triple the amount of Dust Devils created if Double Swing is cast twice within 2 seconds. Devilish Aspect Previous - After generating 100 Fury, your next ******* that deals direct damage creates a Dust ****** that deals 0.24-0.38 damage to enemies behind the target.Now - After generating 100 Fury, your next direct damage creates 3 Dust Devils that deal 0.4-0.6 damage to enemies in their path. Dust ******'s Aspect Previous - Whirlwind leaves behind Dust Devils that deal 0.22-0.32 damage to surrounding enemies (1 Dust ****** every 1.5 seconds).Now - Whirlwind leaves behind Dust Devils that deal 0.4-0.6 damage to enemies in their path (1 Dust ****** every 0.75 second). Aspect of Fierce Winds Dust Devils created reduced from 5 to 3. Veteran Brawler's Now increases the damage for Charge, Leap, and Kick.The timer on the buff has been removed. Of Giant Strides Previous - Reduces the Cooldown of Leap by 3-5 seconds per ****** hit, up to a maximum of 9 seconds.Now - Reduces the Cooldown of Leap by (2.5-5) seconds per ****** hit, up to a maximum of 9 seconds. Hitting a Boss with Leap provides the maximum cooldown reduction. Of Anemia Previous - Lucky Hit: Direct damage against Bleeding enemies has a 15-30% chance to Stun them for 2 seconds.Now - Lucky Hit: Damaging Bleeding or Vulnerable enemies has a 15-30% chance to Stun them for 2 seconds. Of Vocalized Empowerment (Previously Of Echoing Fury) Now equippable by both Barbarians and Druids.Previous - Your Shout Skills generate 2-4 Fury per second while active.Now - Your Shout Skills generate 5-10 Primary Resource per second while active. Unique Items Rage of Harrogath Previous - Lucky Hit: Up to a 20-40% chance to reduce the Cooldowns of your non-Ultimate Skills by 1.5 seconds when you inflict Bleeding on Elites.Now - Lucky Hit: Inflicting Bleeding on an ****** has up to a 20-40% chance to reduce the Cooldowns of your Skills by 1 second. Azurewrath Damage dealt when Freezing enemies increased from 2.0-3.0 to 3.0-4.5.Can now trigger from Non-Core skills. Fields of Crimson The blood pool now makes enemies take increased damage from all damage types.Damage bonus increased from 20% to 30%. Ancient’s Oath Bonus damage duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds.Druid Spirit Boons Packleader Cooldown reset chance increased from 20% to 25%. Energize Spirit restoration increased from 10 to 20. Masochistic Critical Strike Healing increased from 3% to 5%. Wariness Reduced damage from Elites increased from 10% to 15%. Skills Claw Damage increased by ~10% (.25 to .28).Enhanced Claw******* Speed increased from 15% to 20%. Maul Damage increased by ~10% (.24 to .26).Enhanced MaulFortify increased from 5% to 8%. Raging Pulverize Stun duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds. Shred Damage increased by 10%.Enhanced ShredHealing increased from 2% to 4%. Debilitating Roar Now categorized as a Shout skill. Wolves Wolves now gain Unstoppable when the Skill is cast.Health increased by 200%.Respawn reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds. Hurricane Damage increased from 134% to 187%. Petrify Prime PetrifyPrevious - Petrify's effect durations are increased by 1 second.Now - Petrify grants 50 Spirit when cast and its effect durations are increased by 1 second.Supreme PetrifyPrevious - ******** an ****** affected by Petrify grants 25 Spirit.Now - ******** an ****** affected by Petrify reduces its Cooldown by 1 second. Hitting a Boss with Petrify reduces its Cooldown by 10 seconds. Lacerate Damage increased by 22%.Prime LaceratePrevious - Lacerate hits Heal for 3% Maximum Life, doubled on Critical Strikes.Now - Lacerate hits Heal for 3% Maximum Life, doubled on Critical Strikes. The first Critical Strike is guaranteed and deals 150% increased damage.Supreme LaceratePrevious - Lacerate's initial strike is guaranteed to Critically Strike and deals 150% increased damage.Now - Whenever Lacerate Critically Strikes, you deal 4% increased damage for 10 seconds, up to 40% your Shapeshifting Skills deal 4% increased damage for 10 seconds, up to 40%. Passives Call of the Wild Damage increased from 10% to 12%. Quickshift Previous - When a Shapeshifting Skill transforms you into a different form, it deals 7% increased damage.Now - When Shapeshifting into a new animal form, you deal 1% increased damage for 3 seconds, up to 6%. Heightened Senses Previous - Upon Shapeshifting into a Werebear or Werewolf, gain 4% Damage Reduction against Elites for 5 seconds.Now - When Shapeshifting into an animal form, Werebear grants 2% Damage Reduction and Werewolf grants 2% Movement Speed, each for 6 seconds. Bonuses are doubled while both are active. Clarity Previous - Gain 2 Spirit when transforming into Human form.Now - After casting a Companion Skill, your next Core or Wrath Skill's damage and Critical Strike Chance are increased by 5%, up to 15%. Digitigrade Gait Movement Speed increased from 3% to 4%. Legendary Aspects Of The Changeling's Debt Previous - Damaging a Poisoned ****** with a Werebear Skill will instantly deal 120-124% of the Poisoning damage and consume the Poisoning.Now - You deal 25-40% increased damage while hitting a Poisoned ****** as a Werebear or a Crowd Controlled ****** as a Werewolf. Of The Unsatiated Previous - After ******** an ****** with Shred, your nextView the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

VALORANT players recently discovered that several of the game’s ******* skins, including the newest Mystbloom skin, allowed them to see the outline of ****** players through walls. In response, Riot temporarily disabled some of the upgrade levels for a handful of skins today. “Some levels” have currently been disabled for Mystbloom, Magepunk 3, Imperium, and Primordium skins, and a hotfix for the newest Mystbloom skin has been scheduled for deployment later today. Riot is currently working on fixes for the other VALORANT skin lines. View the full article

There’s a new animated ******* blueprint that you can earn for the RAM-7 in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but you’ll need to defeat a secret Zombies boss in order to unlock it.A new Dark Aether Rift has been added to Modern Warfare Zombies with the release of the Season Three Reloaded update, and there are multiple new Schematics and unlockables to find within. Some players have discovered a hidden easter egg that leads to a secret boss battle inside this Dark Aether Rift, though, and you’ll be rewarded with a free ******* blueprint if you manage to defeat it.How to Unlock the New Dark Aether RiftScreenshot: PC InvasionTo unlock the new Dark Aether Rift, you have to first complete the Union story mission. This involves entering the Dark Aether and defeating a powerful Disciple boss named Taoxia. After that, you’ll receive a Giraffe Toy, which is the first part of an all-new easter egg that unlocks the Dark Aether Rift permanently.To complete ...View the full article

When you hear the word grimdark, what games come to mind? Anything Warhammer 40k, probably, or perhaps the WW1 trenches of Tannenberg and Verdun. Well, if Escape from Tarkov and Warhammer 40k Darktide are just too dang cheery for you these days, you may want to have a look at The Forever Winter, which is the bleakest thing I've seen in quite a while. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Gordon Freeman is a nerd who cuts a heroic profile, but in Abiotic Factor you're just a nerd: a regular, lab-coat-wearing new employee in a ****** Mesa-like science facility that's undergoing an unspecified security situation. Your job, at least for starters, is to avoid dying... Read more.View the full article

Seagate’s speedy storage expansion cards are a necessary evil and expensive without these periodic sales. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge If your main gaming platform is the Xbox Series X or S and you have a particularly deep library, bring it in for a hug. The markups on its proprietary storage cards are exorbitant, but regular discounts are starting to make them a little more affordable. For example, Seagate’s 2TB Storage Expansion Card is on ***** for $226.76 (down from $359.99) at Amazon, which beats the all-time low by three whole dollars. [/url] The expansion cards are officially licensed by Microsoft and support Xbox’s speedy NVME-based Velocity Architecture to enable quicker data streaming and features like Quick Resume. They’re the only type of storage you can use to play games built for the Series X / S. It’s also worth putting older games on the faster storage,... Continue reading… View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The new Valheim Ashlands update adds a multitude of new enemies to the survival game, all of which vary in difficulty. Valheim has been one of the more popular survival games since its release, partially due to its addictive gameplay. The Viking game also made several systematic changes to the genre that removed much of the usual tedious grind. Ashlands will be the second large update for the game, the first being Mistlands in late 2022. View the full article

FromSoftware big shot and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki has delivered some more cryptic Shadow of the Erdtree details in a recent interview shared to the ******** social network Zhihu. The big takeaways for my money are that this thing is going to be big, and that Elden lore freak favorite St. Trina will make an appearance... Read more.View the full article

Gordon Freeman is a nerd who cuts a heroic profile, but in Abiotic Factor you're just a nerd: a regular, lab-coat-wearing new employee in a ****** Mesa-like science facility that's undergoing an unspecified security situation. Your job, at least for starters, is to avoid dying... Read more.View the full article