“Given the opportunity, players will become a merciless egg baron and sit chuckling on a throne of shells while medieval Europe cowers beneath their imperious yolk,” is what I assume Soren Jonson once said, and it looks like Manor Lords is proving this timeless adage right once more. Despite shifting over a million units and hitting the highest concurrent player count of any ‘city builder’ on Steam, creator Greg ‘Slavic Magic’ Styczeń is already looking to the future of how the building game handles trade. Read more View the full article
Dragon's Dogma 2 seemingly has a path-tracing renderer hidden with it, and there's now a mod that lets you turn it on. Now, right out the gate, I should be clear that just because something is in a game doesn't mean that it's cut content. Sometimes certain things just exist as tests, or were just earlier versions of something that still exists. Having said that, earlier this month it was discovered that Dragon's Dogma 2 has a path-tracing feature that gives the game much more realistic lighting. Last week, a modder by the name of EXXXcellent reached out to Digital Foundry about their mod that activates the feature, and the latter went hands on with it to see exactly how the game shapes up with all that new lighting. Right out the gate, it really does look quite good. Reflective surfaces like metal and bottles have a much more realistic look to them, shadows have a lot more definition to them, even just brickwork and cobblestones look great. Character models and things like hair get a real boost too, overall it really works with the game's visual style, though there are some indoor areas that actually look worse due to a lack of light. But here comes the but. But! This unsurprisingly comes at the cost of performance. Read more View the full article
It’s no secret Smolder has been a balancing nightmare since his League of Legends release in January 2024. But if Riot Games shipped this little dragon in its original state, he would have broken Summoner’s Rift. On April 28, Spideraxe shared a post on their X (formerly Twitter) revealing Smolder’s scrapped design looked completely different. This was based on details Riot’s August Browning shared earlier. The dev planned for Smolder to automatically become “the son of whichever dragon rift for the game and gain a unique bonus on his Q.” View the full article
Developer Mike Blumenkrantz is once again blogging about working on the Zink driver, and this time a nice optimization is on the way for startup times. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
It's been a bit of a longer wait between Helldivers 2 patches than we've previously been used to lately, with the last one have dropped back on April 16 to fix some misbhaving passives. That's just changed though, with a big new update dropping - and casually making balancing changes to 24 different weapons and stratagems. Yup, while folks are just finishing up battling to secure themselves a new rocket launcher in the game's latest Major Order, a lot of the other stuff in their arsenals has just been re-jigged. The good news for those who're worried about the community's capacity to keep on recording impressive victories is that a fair amount of this update's **** tweaks do look to be on the buff side of the coin. If you take a gander at the notes for Patch 01.000.300, you'll be greeted by a huge list of changes to primary, secondary & support weapons. Some of these, such as the Exploding Crossbow and BR-14 Adjudicator, have undergone pretty substantial reworks, while others have only been tweaked in a couple of ways. Read more View the full article
Bandai Namco has revealed its roadmap for Tekken 8 throughout the rest of 2024, including the game’s second DLC character, new story, and plenty more. The second DLC character is Lidia Sobieski, who is teased at the end of the roadmap trailer, below. In the world of Tekken, Lidia is the Prime Minister of Poland who made her debut in Tekken 7 as DLC in the Season 4 Pass. For Tekken 8, Lidia launches this summer, with early access for Character Year 1 Pass owners. Meanwhile, in the fall, a brand-new story involving Eddy Gordo launches as a free update. Other additions include a sweeping balance pass in the spring (the first battle balance adjustments for the season are coming soon, with patch notes for update 1.04 set to be released tomorrow, April 30, 2024), and a new stage, the Seaside Resort, and the photo mode in the summer. Additional modes, such as Ghost vs. Ghost or Online Practice are planned to be added at a later date, Bandai Namco said. Tekken 8 launched in January on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S to critical and commercial acclaim, selling over two million copies in the first month of release. However, sentiment soured due to what was deemed aggressive, post-launch monetisation more akin to what you'd see with a free-to-play game than a $70 release, leading to a ‘mostly negative’ recent user review rating on Steam. IGN’s Tekken 8 review returned a 9/10. We said: “Tekken 8 is an incredible evolution for the series, with tons of single player content, an excellent suite of training tools, a great online experience, and exciting new mechanics that make Tekken more dynamic than ever.” 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
Lightfoot Bros Games recently revealed their new point and click adventure Sleepytime Village, a "creepy AF" classic-style point & click adventure game about learning to rediscover both your inner child and the joy of creativity. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Akuma has just gotten a shiny new gameplay trailer at Evo Japan, signaling the imminent arrival of the fighter to Street Fighter 6. Alongside the trailer, we now know that Akuma will be coming to the game on May 22nd. As for what we actuallly see in the trailer, we get a great glimpse at all his moves in-action, as well as his rad new design that's taken the ********* aspects of the Street Fighter V and taken it to 11. He looks brilliant, and much like the other SF6 characters his kit has ben pushed to its limit with explosive new attacks and supers. You can watch the trailer yourself below! Shout out to the returning legacy costume for Akuma, and perhaps the coolest version of the raging ****** super ever. Just saying, it's fantastic. Read more View the full article
Oh *****, this is quite exciting as an Alien fan and might be a reason to pop my VR headset back on again. Alien: Rogue Incursion is coming sometime in late 2024. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Left handed people, you get a win today, as Counter-Strike 2 has added in the ability to switch which hand you're using in its latest update. Being able to play as a left-handed person in video games is few and far between. It's not exactly a deeply pressing matter when it comes to representation, but as a left-handed person whenever I see such an option I do think "oh, neat!" That's exactly what I thought today when I saw that in a recent update for Counter-Strike 2, the option to switch which side of the screen your ******* is on has been added, ergo, the game now lets you choose whether you're left- or right-handed (thanks, PC Gamer). OK, technically it's just made everyone in the game ambidextrous, but when only 10% of the world is left-handed, you take what you can get. Obviously I'm goofing around here a bit, but the update is honestly a useful one. The problem with first-person-shooters that only allow you **** to hang out on one side of the screen is that it takes a whole lot of your visual real estate up in that area. That means if you're trying to say, look around a corner, it might be blocking your view, meaning you're more likely to get hit. Now though, you can just switch up which side you want your ******* on and hey presto, you can see it all! You can even set which hand you prefer to start with, as well as switching mid-round, so all around it seems like a useful update. Read more View the full article
VALORANT Episode Eight, Act Two is about to close its curtains, but that hasn’t stopped players from calling out its shortcomings. When a player pointed out how difficult Act Two has been due to its “matchmaking problems to map pool, smurfing, boosting, and various concerns about win/loss ratio of RR” and asked the community for its thoughts, no one could deny it. View the full article
Bazzite 3.0 has been released with the internals upgraded to Fedora 40, which brings with it numerous improvements for gamers looking to get Linux on their PC or handheld gaming device like a Steam Deck or ROG Ally. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Bandai Namco has revealed who will be the second DLC character in Tekken 8, along with news of free updates coming throughout the year. Lidia Sobieski will be DLC fighter number two, and will be added to the game this summer with an early access ******* for Character Year 1 Pass owners. Lidia – who made her debut as a DLC fighter in Tekken 7 – is the prime minister of Poland, and a karate expert. Read More... View the full article
Palworld players have already invested more than 1.3 billion hours into the Pocketpair creature-catching sensation 100 days after it released in early access. If you’ve been living under a rock, Palworld shook up the gaming industry in a big way earlier this year by rising to unprecedented heights. The game took inspiration from various titles and blended them to forge a unique gaming experience. It encourages players to catch pals while unraveling a vast diversity of biomes and exploring the massive map. View the full article
A game engine upgrade across a major version is quite a big thing, and it initially proved a little problematic for the open source evolution sim Thrive but it is done. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Komodo is hosting a big Golden Week Game Fest ***** on Steam right now, and there's some really fantastic deals going if you're needing some more. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
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Grab your friends and play something resembling Golf in the latest free update to Golf With Your Friends, which adds in a new rather funny looking Speed Golf mode. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
New week, new videogames! When will it end, etc. There aren't many obvious headliners out in the next few days, but there are a lot of tantalisingly bleak games. Let's see here, we've got a survival shooter that's essentially set in ****** Mesa, a sardonical adventure about questing Russian Orthodox nuns, a game about running the company that starts the zombie apocalypse, and a cosy village grower with an atypical emphasis on ******** and ******. Lovely! Read more View the full article
World of Warcraft The War Within is closer than you think, with the release set between the summer and fall of 2024. The expansion is in beta testing, and all signs point to a raid consumable coming back. According to Wowhead on April 28, oils are making a comeback in the next expansion, including Algarian Mana Oil, Oil of Beladar’s Grace, and Oil of Deepening Shadows. These oils should last two hours and increase your stats, health, or damage. View the full article
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An artist has drawn the characters of Stardew Valley in the world of Fallout, providing a glimpse of how Pelican Town's citizens would fare in the post-apocalyptic Wasteland. Both franchises are incredibly popular among gamers. View the full article
It’s been a while since we’ve had some fresh Diablo 4 news to get excited about. Blizzard has us covered, however, with the next developer update lined up for this week. This is the one where the Season 4 beans will be spilled, but it’s also the one where we get to parse how the game will change based on the very successful PTR held recently, a test that effectively acted as a preview of the majority of mechanical and systemic changes coming to the game. Read more View the full article
While honing their craft in Overwatch 2's Practice Range, a player stumbled upon a strange glitch that changes standard-sized character models into stretched counterparts. This particular Overwatch 2 glitch is restricted to the Practice Range and needs the player to follow a certain movement to reproduce it. View the full article
While the Genshin Impact 4.X versions were heavily focused on the latest nation of Fontaine, HoYoverse decided to spice things up a little by teasing a new character, Sethos, who is apparently from Sumeru. At the same time, the information about his playstyle and abilities is all based on Genshin leaks shared by dataminers on the game’s main subreddit, so just a friendly reminder this information can be changed before his eventual release. View the full article
Lidia has been announced as the second season 1 DLC character for Tekken 8, returning from Tekken 7 where she first appeared in the game's later seasons. She's set to release in Summer 2024, though no exact date has been revealed. This comes alongside the announcement that new free content updates are on the way too. This includes a balance upate, the seaside resort stage, and a photo mode. There's also a new chapter in the main story on the way, seemingly continuing the narrative beyond the climax in the base game. You can watch the trailer below! This comes ahead of the Evo Japan 2024 Tekken 8 grand finals, where a variety of players from around the globe turned up to ****** for first place. It's the first premier event for Tekken 8, which launched to positive reviews among players and competitors. Read more View the full article
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“Given the opportunity, players will become a merciless egg baron and sit chuckling on a throne of shells while medieval Europe cowers beneath their imperious yolk,” is what I assume Soren Jonson once said, and it looks like Manor Lords is proving this timeless adage right once more. Despite shifting over a million units and hitting the highest concurrent player count of any ‘city builder’ on Steam, creator Greg ‘Slavic Magic’ Styczeń is already looking to the future of how the building game handles trade. Read more View the full article