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Square Enix has revealed the difficulty settings and performance modes that are included in the PS5 version of the upcoming Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake. This game is a reimagining of the classic Square RPG, done in the same style of Team Asano's HD-2D games like Octopath Traveler. After years of no news, Square Enix finally gave eager fans more information on Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake at the June 2024 Nintendo Direct with a brand-new gameplay trailer which featured a number of classic elements redone from the ground up. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: Big Picture Mode Fixed on-screen keyboard failing to hide fully after entering text in-game.View the full article

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fixed on-screen keyboard failing to hide fully after entering text in-game.View the full article

There are many ways to make money in Grand Theft Auto Online, from joining dangerous heists to running your own nightclub or establishment, and some take a little more time to yield cash than others. Generally, these businesses earn a lump sum of money every in-game day, which takes 48 minutes in real life. However, not every GTA Online business makes the same amount, so check out the options below if you want to maximize your passive profits. View the full article

There’s a concept in business called a “fast follow.” The idea, essentially, is that one company shows a product it’s working on, and another imitates it and gets their version out quickly, taking advantage of the buzz and beating the original to market. Bodycam, made by the two-person team of Reissad Studio, looks very much like it is fast-following Unrecord, a first-person shooter from the perspective of a police bodycam that garnered a lot of attention for its exceptionally lifelike graphics. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – Fortnite adding a PUBG-like battle royale was a literal game changer, for instance. Unfortunately, that’s not the case with Bodycam. While it is an interesting proof of concept in its early access phase, it has too many critical design blindspots to be a good shooter just yet. The idea behind Bodycam is creative, and the mix of a rounded lens, dust on the glass, and rough movement does a good job selling the vibe of actual police-style footage. It pairs well with high-quality textures, dense debris, and lush foliage to make a visually impressive game. The lighting effects in particular are excellent, with a broad range from pitch-****** hallways to blindingly bright flashlights factoring heavily into the strategy in the team-based modes. Unfortunately, the concept just isn’t great for a competitive first-person shooter because you don’t gain anything by having a worse view of the world. It makes locating and ********* enemies more awkward, and it doesn’t contribute to the experience thematically. Police aren’t looking through a camera when they’re actually in a shootout, and, as you aren’t actually playing as law enforcement, it doesn’t say anything about the state of policing. It’s also a bit strange the way aiming down site means your character is lifting the **** to their chest to be in front of the bodycam, not their eyes. I can see how this perspective would work great for something like a horror game; the time spent stalking around in the dark and deciding if and when to risk giving away my position by turning on my flashlight in order to see is pretty gripping. Here, however, it feels gimmicky, not immersive. The fundamental ********* mechanics are solid. That said, the fundamental ********* mechanics are solid. Bodycam is the classic example of a pixel shooter: as soon as you see a single exposed pixel of the ****** you open *****, hoping you beat them to the punch. It only takes a single well-aimed bullet to ***** or be *******, and even a handful of less accurate hits is enough to send you to an early grave. I like that it creates opportunities to win engagements through clever positioning and anticipation rather than raw shooter skills, and it’s especially important to carefully lean around corners instead of running and gunning. Ultimately, whether you’re a fan of instant ****** or not is a matter of taste, but just know this isn’t a shooter that affords a margin of error. It does take a certain amount of skill to compensate for the fact that weapons tend to have a lot of kick, which makes accuracy difficult if you lean on auto *****. It’s a realistic element that makes it particularly satisfying to take down other players in rapid succession. I just wish the movement was better. I’m sure some of it has to do with the disconnected way the characters’ arms and bodies shift independently of the bodycam itself, but it is way too easy to get stuck on minor obstructions that litter hallways, like desks and filing cabinets. With how slowly and deliberately characters walk, and how fast the time to ***** is, being stopped because your elbow is colliding with a table is both annoying and potentially deadly. You can theoretically climb over small obstructions, but in practice even the smallest step up can be a major obstacle to get your character past, and every second you spend exposes you to lethal gunfire. Being stopped because your elbow is colliding with a table is both annoying and potentially deadly. That’s a shame, because the six levels currently in Bodycam are generally pretty neat. An abandoned hospital, for example, has a great mix of long corridors and connecting offices. The Russian Building level is also spooky as ***** when the built-in day/night cycle decides it’s time for the sun to go down. Another is an airsoft arena, complete with a plywood mockup of a house and person-shaped training dummies that I’ve definitely shot in a moment of panic when they surprised me as I was coming around a corner. The way each level both looks and plays differently is effective at staving off the “been there, done that” feeling after I’d played the limited selection of three game modes, at least for a little while. Not ready for competition Team deathmatch is my favorite way to play Bodycam. Up to 10 players are split into teams and given the same weapons, but that gear is randomized after each round and first to 10 wins. Maybe you all have pistols one time, but shotguns another. It’s a unique spin on a tried-and-true shooter mode, and having each round be elimination based, with no respawns, ratchets up the tensions considerably. Moments where I’m carefully creeping down hallways, dividing the responsibility of checking corners with a squadmate, do a great job scratching that tactical *****. When you **** you respawn as a drone for the rest of the round, which gives you the ability to either watch things play out or scout the other team’s positions. It’s pretty fun to turn on your drone’s flashlight and spot the ******, doing your best to avoid getting shot down by annoyed opponents. Standard deathmatch, unfortunately, is a bit of a disaster. Standard deathmatch, unfortunately, is a bit of a disaster. Respawns are quick, and it’s all about accumulating ******, which completely removes the tense tactical action from the equation. Worse, the spawns are managed terribly. Anytime you **** it’s basically a dice roll whether your next life will start with you staring down the barrel of a ****, and it’s common to go several lives without time to take a single step before being gunned down. It’s in terrible need of significant rework and, since it’s the only solo play mode, Bodycam doesn’t have much to offer anybody who prefers to go it alone. Bodybomb, meanwhile, has one team trying to plant and defend a *****, somewhat similar to Counter-Strike or Search and ******** from Call of Duty. The biggest difference here is that the ***** can be planted anywhere, but the duration of the detonation timer decreases the further into ****** territory you decide to place it. It’s a fine concept, but doesn’t work extremely well in practice. The main issue is that it is too easy for the ***** team to just arm immediately and then just set up camp to guard all the pathways leading to it. In my experience it’s rare for the ***** team to not score when this happens, which sucks all the competitive energy out of the match. The other issue – one that’s universal across all the modes – is they just take too long. A single match can easily last 30 minutes, which feels like an eternity in a small squad shooter like this. There have been plenty of times where I’d have loved to just pop in for a quick match before I do something else, but the time commitment required just doesn’t allow for it. Worse, because it uses peer-to-peer connections instead of servers, if the host quits or disconnects at any point – no matter how far along a game is – the match ends. That’s unfortunately a too-common occurrence, especially when the host is on the losing side of a match. One issue that’s universal across all the modes is they just take too long. Assuming you can complete your match your rank will go up or down on the simple leaderboard system, which gives you something to strive for. It works as expected, except for in Deathmatch, where only one person wins – you can finish with a very strong *****-to-****** ratio, landing you in second place, and still drop in ranks. Giving positive progress to the top several finishers is pretty common in other shooters, and seems like a strange omission here. Updates On The Horizon As an early access game, it’s reasonable to expect Bodycam will change over time and that missing features, such as controller support, could be added. For now, there is a development roadmap for the rest of 2024 involving bug fixes, anti-cheat improvements, new maps, weapons, and modes. The Q3 update is next, and according to the developer it will bring with it support for NVIDIA DLSS and a zombie game mode. It needs a lot of work, but a steady cadence of incremental updates could be exactly what Bodycam needs in the long term. [/url] The other thing you can advance is your cosmetics. Match performance (like ******), and wins net you R points you can spend on one of the 11 cosmetics for *****. That’s 11 total cosmetics available at a given time, not 11 categories. You could buy the shirt for *****, or the single hat option. Hopefully the store expands with future updates, but I can’t help but wonder what the point is in having a store at all if there is so little to choose from. It does refresh daily, but things are so expensive it’s easy for the more interesting options, like a unique gas mask, to shuffle out before you can save up for it. The 4,000 R it would take to buy a backpack, for example, represents multiple hours of grinding. There is text in the menu that says you can pay for R points to save time, but that’s not actually true; as of this writing there is no mechanism to buy points, just earn them in game, which adds to the feeling the shop is simply not ready, even for early access. View the full article

A Stardew Valley player with years' worth of playtime has realized that trees located off of the farm can grow back. The discovery has surprised a few fans of Stardew Valley who had no idea and have had some struggles with acquiring enough wood without this knowledge. View the full article

Dueling is one of the primary combat types in Tarisland. It allows two players to engage in one-on-one battles. Unlike other PvP modes, duels offer an instantaneous way to test your skills against fellow adventurers. In most populated areas of Tarisland, you’re likely to encounter players eagerly sending out duel invitations. Whenever I decline one, another duel invite usually follows. Though I constantly denied invitations during my early hours, I now accept some of them, thinking, “Who dares to challenge me!” View the full article

One of the coolest new weapons introduced in Elden Ring's Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC is the Sacred Dryleaf Arts, a fighting style that allows your character to use martial arts to defeat their enemies. From flying kicks to fast punches, this ******* has long combos that can break through an ******'s defenses. By winning a fighting game-esque duel, you can claim the techniques of this martial art for yourself. View the full article

If you’re trying to play the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC on your PS5 but are noticing that it’s not working, how can you fix this error? You’re not alone, so here are some tips for how to access the Elden Ring DLC on your PS5.Elden Ring: How to fix Shadow of the Erdtree DLC not working on PS5 errorMany players online have been complaining about having the DLC installed on their PS5, and yet Elden Ring doesn’t seem to recognize that it’s downloaded. We have some insight on why this could be happening after doing our research. You may be able to fix the Elden Ring DLC not working on your PS5 by ensuring you’ve purchased the DLC in the same region as the base game.PSA: Make sure to buy DLC on same region as your main game PS5 ( more in comments) byu/MrDominik inEldenringOne Reddit user on the Elden Ring subreddit posted a PSA about making sure you buy the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC through the same region as you did for Elden R...View the full article

Most killers in ***** by Daylight are pretty simple to learn and use, at their core. While they all have a set of powers, most come down to things that are easy to understand. The Huntress, for example, boils down to chucking hatchets at people. Michael Myers looks at survivors until it's time to do some ********, and so on. There are two, however, that are prohibitively complicated especially for new players, but that's all about to change. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: DBD's newest and most controversial map gets big ******* buff DBD codes June 2024 DBD free anniversary event kicks off with bags full of chaos View the full article

One of the first enemies you'll see as you enter the Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC map of Elden Ring is Furnace Golems, who are nearly impossible to beat unless you know their weaknesses. These Golems are giants with a variety of huge ***** attacks that can take out your character quickly. A traditional approach might get you *******, so you need to approach one prepared with the right strategy. View the full article

Running a live service game like XDefiant means you have to be so, so careful about what you change. Anything you alter has the potential to either send your game crashing, or create a fan backlash of titanic proportions. In XDefiant one recent change threatened to disrupt the community with its unpopularity but in a move characteristic of the type of communication the developer has shown so far, the change has been ditched. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: XDefiant developer responds to recent movement tech nerfs XDefiant's spammy movement tech is no more, as Ubisoft cracks down XDefiant reveals season one launch date and brand new faction View the full article

OG’s quest for a third Dota 2 Aegis of Champions faces an unexpected opponent: parenthood. As Sébastien “Ceb” Debs welcomes his first child, PGL’s rulebook threatens to force the two-time TI-winning organization to forfeit its TI2024 qualifier run. OG announced today that Ceb would be absent from the team against Entity as his wife gives birth to their child. The organization informed PGL of this potential scheduling conflict in May when the initial details of the TI qualifiers were released. View the full article

Attacking a recurring ****** in Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC could be the biggest mistake a player ever makes. From Software is famous for its resourceful reuse of character models. Usually, this just means that players will ****** multiple variants of the same ****** throughout one game, but at least one of Elden Ring's enemies comes directly from Dark Souls. View the full article

The Blackgaol Knight is the first Great Boss you can face in Elden Ring's Shadow of Erdtree DLC, and it can be a tough boss if you walk in unprepared. However, with a few tips and tricks, it will be much easier to understand his patterns and that will make a difference between life and ******. The reward for fighting him is well worth it, so stay persistent in your pursuits. View the full article

The launch of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree means, among other things, a resurrection of the timeless debate over difficulty in Dark Souls games. In the eyes of many soulslikers, Elden Ring was notably gentler than its predecessors because if you're getting hammered by one demigod clown or another, you can always take off, do something else for a while, and come back later when you're better equipped to clean house... Read more.View the full article

Resources in Aska play a huge role. From building things to helping you defend yourself and camp, you will always be farming for the many resources. You better keep this guide open to learn all the resources and how to get them in Aska.Aska: All resources and how to get themThis guide will go over the resources available in early access for Aska. Because of the game’s current state of constant updating, we’ll up this piece as more resources get added. BarkGetting and farming bark is rather easy, and it’s one of those resources you’ll get a lot of. To get bark, you can bring down either Firs or Young Firs. However, make sure you look for tree stumps. Those give out the bark. Each stump yields about five bark. It can also be gathered by villagers. Breaking down stumps is another way to farm Firewood as well.BeetrootWhat I like about Aska is that the game is alive, and everything changes every day. Not only do things change on the daily, but they also ...View the full article

Blizzard Entertainment has unveiled a new endgame mode for Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR called Infernal Hordes. Additionally, the developer revealed a wealth of new content, features, and quality-of-life improvements coming for Diablo 4's new Season. View the full article

Radtoads are Fallout 76’s version of giant mutated toads with trypophobia-inducing eyes, two extra limbs, and exploding eggs. These creatures hop around the swamps and forests of Appalachia. While they are much easier to deal with than Yao Guais or Deathclaws, you still need to know their precise spawn locations to hunt them for your Daily or Weekly quests in Fallout 76. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Leveling up as swiftly as possible is essential in Tarisland if you want to enhance your character’s potential. It can be tricky to do though, especially when you don’t know the best ways to level up fast. Whether you’re hoping to reach the level cap, working to become more powerful, trying to prepare for PvP battles, or just aiming for general progression, knowing how to level up is a must. Here’s how to level up fast in Tarisland. View the full article

Ashes of War can turn your good weapons into something great, and Shadow of The Erdtree has added a whole load for you to find. The new Ashes of War are dotted all over the map but can be found easily with this guide.All locations for the Lost Ashes of WarThis is an ongoing list that I will add to as I go. However, here are the various Ashes of War in SotE we have found so far and their locations. For all your other guides, check out our hub here.Table of contentsAll locations for the Lost Ashes of WarGravesite Plain Ashes of WarScadu Altus Ash of WarGravesite Plain Ashes of WarAsh of WarLocationSkillShriek of SorrowThis can be found just after you defeat the ***** Knight Queenlign in the clearing by the huge grey tree.Emit a scream that causes enemies to flinch. Also, the lower your XP the higher your damage after.Savage Lions ClawJust south of the Lake to the west of the Great Bridge Site of Grace, you will find this Ash of War against the cliff face.Flip forward...View the full article

The FAF-14 Spear has caused many issues in Helldivers 2, including game crashes, following the release of update 1.000.402 this week. Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios is looking into the problems associated with the Spear as the team prepares for the game's next update. View the full article

Like Divinity: Original Sin 2 before it, Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the many modern CPRGs that has been ported to consoles. Traditionally, CRPGs have only been played on PC (with the "C" standing for computer), and their UI-based gameplay is usually made with a mouse and keyboard in mind. Still, with the popularity of the genre growing, many CRPGs can be found on consoles like the PlayStation, Xbox, and sometimes even the Switch, needing their UI to be reworked to fit a controller. View the full article

The Land of Shadow is a dangerous place in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, and your existing build won’t be enough to contend with the dozens of bosses waiting for you in the DLC. Instead, Shadow of the Erdtree has a unique progression system involving new items called Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes that will make you even stronger.Table of ContentsHow to use Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes to level up in Elden Ring SotEAll Scadutree Fragment Locations in Elden Ring Shadow of the ErdtreeGravesite PlainScadu AtlusSouthern ShoreRauh RuinsAbyssal WoodsAll Revered Spirit Ash Locations in Elden Ring Shadow of the ErdtreeGravesite PlainScadu AtlusSouthern ShoreRauh RuinsAbyssal WoodsHow to use Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes to level up in Elden Ring SotEAs you collect Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes, a new option will become available when you rest at a Site of Grace that will allow you to enhance your Scadutree Blessi...View the full article

It feels like we're in the middle of a second MMO renaissance. After World of Warcraft split the world asunder back in the mid 2000s,, everyone scrambled to get their own version out - though almost none are still running today. Now it feels like there's a ton of new MMOs appearing, each with the potential to carve out their own niche in this market still ruled over by Blizzard's venerable game. Tarisland is a brand new MMORPG aiming to make its mark on the genre, and it's out today. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New MMORPG and WoW challenger Tarisland sets launch date Viral WoW-adjacent MMO asks for pre-registration signups WoW like MMO Tarisland is having another beta, adds two new classes View the full article