You'd be forgiven for not remembering that the storied Team Ninja put out its most ambitious game just a few weeks ago. Rise of the Ronin, the studio’s open-world epic, landed with a bit of a thud. The action RPG was generally favourably reviewed by critics, and received well enough by players, but it clearly didn’t satisfy longtime followers of the studio, or really anyone who thought it would be an evolution of the Nioh games. As it turns out, Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja may have made the right decisions with that one. Read more View the full article
The Yugioh TCG Legacy of Destruction set came out in April 2024, adding 101 cards - among them 100 brand new designs, and 'Magicians of Bonds and Unity' reprinted as a Quarter Century Secret Rare. This guide includes the set's complete card list. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Yugioh banlist February 2025 The 26 most expensive Yugioh cards and prices Germany hosts Yugioh games with cards the size of five-year-olds View the full article
Pokemon Go has dozens of research questlines for trainers to complete, but a few feel like they’re impossible or not worth doing because of how grindy they are. This begs the question: Out of all the questlines available, which is the worst one of all, and which one do players avoid most? Now, it seems like we have the answer. Which Research Do You Not Plan on Finishing? byu/Forward_City3800 inpokemongo Everyone on Reddit seems to agree the one research task not worth doing is the Welcome Party questline. You can only complete it through the Party feature in Pokémon Go, and you have to team up with friends to complete challenges that take way too long, so it’s a bit of a grind. View the full article
Fans of the Pokémon TCG have been salivating over the upcoming release of Pokémon TCG Pocket and what the new mobile experience will bring. While we wait for details, it looks like The Pokémon Company is going all in on this product with a trusted partner operating things. Pokémon TCG Pocket was a surprise announcement during Pokémon Day, showing a new mobile app that will let players collect, trade, and battle with their cards in a new way. Not only will the game offer free packs to players every day, but it’s also set to provide an alternate, “streamlined” format of the Pokémon TCG experience that will be easy to jump in and out of, ala Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links or Marvel Snap. That idea alone sounds like it will be a hit, and it looks like the teams working on the game know they are about to strike gold. View the full article
Well, here's another ***** for the gaming industry. It's being reported that Take-Two Interactive are shutting down two studios. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The Helldivers 2 patches are coming in thick and fast, this time with a fix for performance problems triggered by the previous update. After this week’s release of patch 01.000.300, which tweaked a long list of weapons, stratagems, and enemies, some Helldivers 2 players experienced performance issues. Arrowhead later confirmed there was indeed a problem, and has now issued a fresh patch to deal with it. Patch 1.000.301, out today, May 2, is much smaller than the update released earlier this week, but, crucially, makes the promised performance improvements, as well as sorts out a number of crashes. Arrowhead has also updated its helpful ‘known issues’ list to give players an idea of what the studio is working to fix. One line of note: “Helldiver may be unable to stand up from crouching when surrounded by enemies.” And here I was thinking that was a feature, not a bug! Yesterday, IGN reported on Arrowhead’s plan to tweak the Eruptor after a community investigation revealed a ricochet and shrapnel issue caused by this week’s patch. It doesn’t look like that fix is in place yet. If you’re looking for more on Helldivers 2, check out IGN’s feature on the Let Me Solo Her of Helldivers 2, a player who has answered over 100 **** Beacons as part of a mission to help others. Helldivers 2 update 01.000.301 patch notes in full:Overview For this patch, we have addressed some crashes as well as performance improvements following the decline from the last patch: Performance improvements****** fixesFixesFix for a ****** that could occur during the post mission end screenFix for ****** which could occur when destroying automaton tanks.Known Issues [Unchanged since patch 1.000.300] These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed. Damage-over-time effects may only apply when dealt by the host. We expect to have this fixed in the next patch.Reinforcement may not be available for some players who join a game in progress.Helldiver may be unable to stand up from crouching when surrounded by enemies.Game may ****** if the host leaves while ***** and rejoins the same play session.Game may ****** if the player changes the text language while on a mission.Various issues involving friend invites and cross-play:Friend Request cannot be accepted when the requesting player changed their username before the request was accepted.Cross-platform friend invites might not show up in the Friend Requests tab.Players cannot unfriend players befriended via friend code.Players cannot unblock players that were not in their Friends list beforehand.Players may experience delays in Medals and Super Credits payouts.Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions.Scopes on some weapons such as the Anti-Materiel Rifle are slightly misaligned.Arc weapons sometimes behave inconsistently and sometimes misfire.Spear’s targeting is inconsistent, making it hard to lock-on to larger enemies.Stratagem beam might attach itself to an ****** but it will deploy to its original location.Explosions do not break your limbs (except for when you fly into a rock).Area around Automaton Detector Tower makes blue stratagems such as the Hellbomb bounce and be repelled when trying to call them down close to the tower.Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission. 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
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When Onslaught first launched in Destiny 2 with the Into the Light update on April 9, players quickly discovered that batteries meant to heal the ADU could also be thrown at damaged defenses and heal them. This bug has officially become a feature after the weekly reset on April 30. “This week, we made some changes to the way ADU Batteries work in Onslaught. While looking to fix a bug where Batteries could heal defenses, we decided to keep the healing with a few balance tweaks: we buffed the healing factor and made healing consume the Battery,” the Destiny 2 developer shared on May 1. View the full article
Take-Two Interactive, the company behind GTA developer Rockstar Games - is reportedly set to shut down both Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games and Roll7 - the studio behind Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World. According to a report from Bloomberg, these shutterings are part of mass layoffs at the company, with plans for Take-Two to cut just over 500 jobs and cancel some in-development projects by the end of 2024 having been revealed via an SEC filing last month. This news also comes after Take-Two recently acquired Borderlands developer Gearbox Software for $460 million. Both Intercept and Roll7 - based in Seattle and London respectively - were part of Private Division, Take-Two's indie publishing label, which has produced some pretty cool stuff since its creation, as indie publishing labels often do. According to a note to staff at Roll7, those affected there will be offerend severance agreements. Read more View the full article
A new Genshin Impact ***** has revealed a video featuring the upcoming five-star character Clorinde in team compositions that rely on using Dendro-related elemental reactions. Clorinde is one of the three characters officially confirmed to be arriving in Version 4.7, which should drop around June 5. View the full article
League of Legends’ Howling Abyss, also known simply as ARAM, is balanced separately from Summoner’s Rift. For years, players have been asking Riot for an option to see balance changes during champ select. Now, one of the devs has finally addressed the topic by explaining the problems it would cause. In a comment on League’s subreddit on May 1, Rioter Barack Probama explained that introducing the option to see ARAM-specific balance changes during champ select would be information overload and cause toxicity. The easiest way to represent balance changes, at least in their opinion, would be to a small arrow up or down to indicate whether a champ has been buffed or nerfed. If there aren’t any tuning changes in ARAM, Riot could mark it with a tilde (~). View the full article
Valve has now published the Steam Hardware & Software Survey: April 2024, and overall the movements are pretty small but there is a small dip for Steam Deck. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Sony has signaled its intention to pull Horizon: Zero Dawn from PlayStation Plus later in May, fueling rumors the company is set to announce a PlayStation 5 remaster of the game. Redditor Melodic_Cake_3344 spotted a new message on the PlayStation dash warning Horizon: Zero Dawn’s inclusion in the PS Plus Extra Game Catalog ends on May 21. As verified by Eurogamer, this specifically relates to Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition, which includes the Frozen Wilds expansion. Sony’s decision to pull one of its biggest first-party games from PS Plus has only fueled rumors it is set to announce a PS5 remaster of Guerrilla's much-loved action adventure, first released as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2017 before coming to PC in August 2020. Reports of a Horizon: Zero Dawn remaster emerged in October 2022, when VGC said an updated version of Aloy's first adventure on PS4 was set for PS5. We haven’t heard anything since, but the removal of Horizon: Zero Dawn from PS Plus may indicate the impending arrival of its remaster, possibly even shadow dropped as part of a May State of Play showcase. According to VGC’s report, the Horizon Zero Dawn remaster features improved visuals to bring it up to par with its sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, with new character models, lighting and animations. It will also have added accessibility features, graphics modes, and quality of life improvements to gameplay. Sony has yet to comment on the reports. Following the news, some questioned the need for a Horizon Zero Dawn remaster, given the PS4 game is currently playable on PS5 with a 4K, 60 frames per second update. But it’s worth noting that Sony has form when it comes to remasters of its games, most recently releasing a remaster of Insomniac’s Marvel's Spider-Man, a remake of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part I, and a remaster of The Last of Us Part II. Sony has said it will not release any major existing PlayStation franchise games before April 2025, leaving ‘second-party’ exclusives such as Arrowhead's Helldivers 2, Team Ninja's Rise of the Ronin, and Shift Up's Stellar Blade to plug the gaps this year. Remasters and remakes are also in-line to keep PlayStation going until a raft of significant exclusive PS5 games hit in 2025. 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
In Genshin Impact’s version 4.6 update, the first phase features Arlecchino’s “The Hearth’s Ashen Shadow” banner and Lyney’s “Conjuring Chiaroscuro” banner. We’re here to help you make the right decision on which character you should pull. When it comes to collecting characters in Genshin, it’s always a difficult choice because all characters are valuable in their own way. However, some simply stand out and bring more to the table than the others. Before you spend your wishes, here is everything you need to know on whether you should get Arlecchino or Lyney. View the full article
While Riot Games may have tried its best to keep the controversial pay-to-win system out of VALORANT, an unintended feature of the latest Mystbloom skin collection is apparently giving players the ability to see enemies through walls. As pointed out in several VALORANT clips shared by the community early on May 2, if you spectate the Mystbloom Sheriff or Operator weapons while aiming at an ****** standing on the other side of a barrier and move it at a certain angle, you can actually see a strong ******** silhouette of the ****** through the wall. View the full article
The new era of Smite is finally playable, with the Smite 2 alpha playtest going live on May 2 alongside a Mount Olympus-sized list of changes hitting everything from gameplay and modes to items, stats, and gods. Because this is the first real Smite 2 balance patch since HiRez started working on its sequel release, there are (unsurprisingly) lots of things to go over; the alpha blog the devs shared on May 2 tallied up to 14,158 words and covered everything from gods and items changes to Conquest upgrades, new gameplay rulings, and what basically amounts to a complete overhaul of classes. View the full article
A Helldivers 2 player shared the perfect strategy for defeating the formidable Bile Titans with ease. Helldivers 2 is renowned for its intense cooperative gameplay and challenging enemies and poses significant challenges for players, particularly when facing off against the Bile Titans. View the full article
Vanguard has finally arrived in League of Legends, and nearly immediately the online community has been awash with players claiming their computers have been “bricked” by the kernel-level program and its activity. The claims, which were mainly shared on X (formerly Twitter) but also popped uphttps://www.facebook.com/leagueoflegends/?brand_redir=107740372034836across Reddit and Facebook, range from Vanguard preventing startup programs from ******* correctly to other programs crashing when the anti-cheat software loads, and some have even suggested Riot’s kernel program has been “tampering with unrelated files.” Others simply dubbed it “malware” and declared they would be quitting League until the program stopped breaking PCs. View the full article
Pick up a Star War for minimal monies—that's the motto of the day, friends. Why? Because apparently we can't just corral all of the deals specifically onto May the 4th anymore. I'm not complaining, of course, you can feed me cheap games wrapped in bad wordplay 365 days of the year. Especially if it has sweet lightsaber action in it! In retro news, I've made a ******* big cake with a 22 on it for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. My core launch memory of playing this seminal RPG was one of awe and questions. Like, by the Nine, does this horizon stretch out beyond Seyda Neen forever?! And what madness is this level of freedom where I can grind into being a magic bow packing, flying wizard demigod? Oh, how I miss pathfinding purely via directions gleaned from conversations (zero quest/compass markers). They just don't make 'em like this anymore. This Day in Gaming Aussie birthdays for notable games. - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC) 2002. Get - NBA Street Vol. 2 (GC, PS2, XB) 2003. Spiritual sequel - Midnight Club II (PS2) 2003. Sequel - Skullgirls (PS3) 2012. Sequel 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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According to the latest rumors, Frank Woods, a classic character from the Call of Duty series, may appear in the next ****** Ops title as a playable operator. Frank Woods played major roles throughout the Call of Duty: ****** Ops series narratives, and players may get the chance to control him in multiplayer in a future release. View the full article
The second part of the A Rift in Time expansion for Disney Dreamlight Valley is here! This guide explains how to begin A Rift in Time Act 2 so you can ***** into Eternity Isle’s newest content and welcome DDV’s newest (technically oldest) Villager, Oswald, to the Valley.How to begin Act II of the A Rift in Time expansion in Disney Dreamlight ValleyBefore you can start A Rift in Time: Act 2, you must complete A Rift in Time: Act 1 and EVE, Rapunzel, and Gaston‘s Level 2 friendship quests. The exact quests that must be completed before you can begin Act 2 are:‘Your Eternal Reward’ — Main story‘A New Directive’ — EVE‘Center of Attention’ — Gaston‘The Housewarming’ — RapunzelOnce you’ve met the prerequisites, you should see ‘The Sunken Ruins’ in your Quests tab. If the quest isn’t there, you may need to wait around fifteen minutes for it to appear. You can also try talking to Merlin in his home to see if the q...View the full article
Riot Games dropped Teamfight Tactics 14.9 B-patch details during the evening of May 1, highlighting a bug fix to the Ghostly trait. Less than 24 hours after the launch of TFT Set 11 Patch 14.9, a B-patch is getting shipped on May 2 during the late evening hours. Patch 14.9 wasn’t a standard update, containing 20 new and powerful Artifacts and five Support items. Encounters were adjusted and traits like Heavenly were slightly revoked. It’s too early to identify troublemakers within the 14.9 metagame at the time of writing. Instead, a ****** Ghostly bug that has accidentally depreciated the trait’s power is of top priority in the TFT Set 11 19.9 B-patch. View the full article
HiRez is taking the chance to really play with the Smite item system as the sequel ships, with nearly every aspect of the core mechanic changing—and that includes stats, with buffs and nerfs galore in the alpha. One of the biggest changes coming in Smite 2 is that items are now using a component-based system; gone are the days of Smite when these battle upgrades were built around a tree-based layout, according to HiRez’s mile-long blog on the topic. Some items will also be marked “Unique”—these can only be bought once. View the full article
A Destiny 2 fan has created a stunning drawing of a Warlock, using a variety of ******** pencils to achieve the look. Since completing the impressive artwork, the user shared their interpretation of a Warlock with Destiny 2 fans, garnering praise for the drawing's incredible detail and shading. View the full article
With the early access and official release of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail just around the corner, a new Data Center—dubbed “Shadow”—will soon join Chaos and Light in the ********* server banks to help with launch-day queues. The new Shadow DC will consist of three world servers named after some familiar faces from the Shadowbringers expansion: Innocence, ******, and Titania. View the full article
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You'd be forgiven for not remembering that the storied Team Ninja put out its most ambitious game just a few weeks ago. Rise of the Ronin, the studio’s open-world epic, landed with a bit of a thud. The action RPG was generally favourably reviewed by critics, and received well enough by players, but it clearly didn’t satisfy longtime followers of the studio, or really anyone who thought it would be an evolution of the Nioh games. As it turns out, Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja may have made the right decisions with that one. Read more View the full article