League of Legends is notorious for being a game with unforgiving players—and at the highest ranks of the game, the expectation level placed upon teammates can be exceptional. One player realized just how slim the margin of error is in high-rank League when they were lambasted by teammates consistently after reaching Diamond rank, and they lamented their experience in a recent thread on the official League subreddit. View the full article
Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe has said he’s “proud” to see other studios making games inspired by Palworld. When it was released for PC and Xbox in January, Palworld sparked heated debate centred around its perceived similarities to Pokémon, most notably with regard to its creature designs. Several months later and the shoe appears to be on the other foot, with similarities now being drawn between a number of upcoming games and Palworld. Read More... View the full article
The creators of the popular Disney Dreamlight Valley have recently revealed a new feature of the game’s next update: players will be able to receive mail from the Valley Villagers. This Animal Crossing-inspired feature could be a really neat improvement for Disney Dreamlight Valley, giving more depth to the interactions between players and these characters. View the full article
Fortnite regularly rotates in classic skins to its store, and one of the most popular cosmetics among the general player base has returned from orbit. Human Bill, an alien creature sporting several different selectable style choices, is finally back in the Fortnite store after more than half a year away. Human Bill’s return this week marks the extraterrestrial’s first appearance in the store since the launch of LEGO Fortnite, and he does have a LEGO style that players can equip as well. View the full article
Destiny 2’s Into the Light update has been largely received well by its player base, aside from one massive flaw that’s so bad that some are wondering whether or not it was an oversight. The wave-based Onslaught co-op PvE mode has been a big hit with gamers, but the inability to reset Reputation at its vendor Lord Shaxx has players scratching their heads at best and ****** at worst. View the full article
Although ******* passives don’t have as much weight in modern World of Warcraft as they do in the Classic version of the game, there is one race that has a head-and-shoulders advantage above all others thanks to a passive spell that only they have access to. Diplomacy, the Human-exclusive ******* that causes them to gain 10 percent extra reputation from all sources, is easily one of the best passive effects in all of WoW. In The War Within, however, Diplomacy is being completely reworked, and Humans will lose the 10 percent reputation buff that they’ve gotten used to playing with. View the full article
The Sims 4 has improved inclusion and representation with new updates. Players appreciate and receive these changes that build a more diverse and representative world. However, The Sims 4 continues to neglect key features that would make it more accessible for all players. View the full article
Sometimes we get lucky and are given a video game adaptation like The Last of Us or Fallout. Alas, more often than not, we get absolute visual slurry from a team that has either never played the game or never made a film. So, here is a selection of what I consider to be some of the worst video game adaptations of all time. These are in no particular order, and the list is not exhaustive, I could go on all week.****** Birds (2016)If you ever thought that a film about birds being thrown into pigs would have even a modicum of plot, substance, or interest, you’re going to be deservedly disappointed. This blatant marketing cash grab was not even the end of the desperate, hand-over-fist IP squeeze by Sony Animation. Even after receiving a pathetic 40% on rotten tomatoes, the studio insisted on making another film and even a TV series. The plot is hollow, and the film is just lazy. Despite the fine lineup of actors, including Bill Hader and Danny McBride, it still ********...View the full article
It finally happened. Nearly a decade after we saw the inevitable addition of RGB lighting to the edges of mouse pads, Razer has finally done the only logical next step and made a mouse mat that's one big expanse of RGB-lit goodness. The Razer Firefly V2 Pro has just been announced as the first of its kind and offers gamers a hard mousing surface and dazzling light show in one. Arriving as easily one of the most expensive ever contenders for a spot on our list of the best mouse pads, the Razer Firefly V2 Pro is sure to divide opinion but certainly stands out from the crowd. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Nvidia working to make small PC builds easier for everyone Best PC case in 2024 Best gaming laptop 2024 View the full article
Homeworld 3 is gearing up for next month's launch, and developer ****** Bird Interactive has now revealed its post-launch roadmap. It has a lively first year planned, with new content scheduled monthly through August, with more additions arriving later in the year and into 2025. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Homeworld 3 release date, gameplay, trailers, news, and story Homeworld 3 dev announces big changes following Steam demo feedback Homeworld 3 system requirements View the full article
Ahead of Final Fantasy XIV‘s Dawntrail expansion, the Square-Enix team shared a benchmark download for players to see if their hardware could withstand the upcoming graphics update sent to launch alongside the 7.0 update. At the same time, data miners discovered and shared Dawntrail‘s Artifact Armor sets. The Artifact Armor sets in Final Fantasy XIV are the final armor pieces players get for making it through an expansion story. They’re certainly not the final endgame armor, as this only signals the start of a hefty, months-long grind for some of the best gear in the game, but it’s some of the more beautiful armor sets players can find, and there’s a full thread showing them off. The upcoming thread could be a deciding factor for Final Fantasy XIV players who are on the fence about what class they should be in when they complete Dawntrail. View the full article
We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fixed gamepad controls intermittently not working in store browser Fixed ****** when playing back certain media in Steam music player Fixed some causes of steamwebhelper crashes View the full article
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: General Fixed ****** when playing back certain media in Steam music player Linux Fixed some causes of steamwebhelper crashesView the full article
Rejoice, WoW esports fans: The most integral part of the game’s Race to World First is making a comeback in The War Within. “Heroic Week,” the one-week ******* that allowed world-first raiders to farm gear on Heroic difficulty and get acclimated with a new raid before it opened up on Mythic difficulty, is making a comeback in the next expansion. Heroic Week was done away with at the back end of Shadowlands in favor of a simultaneous raid release across all of WoW’s difficulties, but after an outpouring of support for the one-week grace ******* from many top teams, it will make a return in The War Within. View the full article
***** Island 2: SoLA is the game’s second DLC, adding new ****** types, missions, and weapons. The Ripper and Sawblade Launcher are two new legendary weapons in ***** Island 2: SoLA, and this guide explains how to obtain them.How to get The Ripper in ***** Island 2: SoLAImage: Dambuster StudiosPlayers can purchase the first legendary *******, The Ripper, from a vending machine in Grace’s Hideout. Follow the steps below to unlock its availability.After reaching the SoLA DLC campaign and fast-traveling to the destination of the waypoint, a quest called “Bad Vibrations” will unlock.Go to the waypoint for Bad Vibrations, leading to Grace’s hideout.Defeat the Whipper zombie that appears when approaching the hideout.After defeating the Whipper Zombie, interact with the vending machine in the basement of Grace’s Hideout to purchase The Ripper.The Ripper will cost you 33,000 cash, a hefty price but worth it. In the following sect...View the full article
Image: Bay 12 Games Though you could always go on adventures in Dwarf Fortress, with the game’s Adventure Mode expansion entering public beta today, you can now sally forth with a full complement of updated graphics. In Adventure Mode, there are all sorts of shenanigans to get up to in the ridiculously large and detailed procedurally generated world. It’s an RPG campaign complete with character creation, quests to complete, and bandits to ******. With the public beta, your adventures on the surface world will look a lot more detailed than smiley faces and ASCII art. There’s still the same level of granular detail in combat, allowing you to stab, punch, kick, throw, and ***** just about anything on your enemies right down to their eyeballs. Check out a demo... Continue reading… View the full article
The official release of Braid: Anniversary Edition has been delayed and will now launch on May 14. Popular indie title Braid was set to launch for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and Nintendo Switch on April 30 as a new, remastered version of the iconic puzzle platformer. However, developer Thekla, Inc. confirmed that the upcoming release has been hit with a significant delay. View the full article
Stardew Valley is known for having a plethora of secrets, and the 1.6 update adds several new ones to the game. Secrets range from the often-unlocked, but rarely-solved Secret Notes in Stardew Valley, to more obscure, multistep hidden quests that most players would never think to try on their own. These can prove fun surprises for curious new players, or long-term goals for those who have maxed out all their skills and are looking for something new to try. View the full article
Pokémon drops new crossover products all the time, but the brand’s partnership with the Van Gogh Museum broke the internet briefly due to how quickly it sold out. Most of the collab collection just got a digital restock, though it’s missing a key TCG product that caused the messy fallout. Throughout the day on April 17, various items from the Pokémon x Van Gogh Museum product line that originally launched in September 2023 were restocked on the official Pokémon Center website. This included figures, TCG accessories, and more that feature artwork with Pokémon in the style of famous Van Gogh works. View the full article
Free-to-play shooters are generally the domain of PC, but Vigor, developed by Arma studio Bohemia Interactive, is a notable exception. It launched on the Xbox One in 2019, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PS5 in 2020, and Xbox Series X/S in 2021, but through all that time has never been available on PC. Today that changed: "After years of anticipation and a plethora of requests," Bohemia is finally bringing the game to Steam... Read more.View the full article
Activision has released a new trailer that showcases Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Cheech and Chong bundle which includes lots of items, including two operators voiced by Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong themselves. The new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 bundle is available now. View the full article
Lethal Company v50 adds new monsters, suits, moons, and even a new scrap item called Easter Eggs. While these rare eggs can be sold for a good amount of credits, they can also be used to help defeat enemies.Easter Eggs scrap effects in Lethal Company v50The Easter Eggs in Lethal Company v50 have a special effect: they can explode when thrown, dropped, or placed in a location. When the Easter Egg explodes, it can damage enemies caught in the **********’s radius. Keep in mind that Easter Eggs don’t always explode, and it’s a 50/50 shot.Unlike other explosions in Lethal Company, Easter Eggs cause a special effect of colorful confetti when ignited. Like the newly added disco ball, the Easter Eggs are a great way to add more ****** and lighthearted fun to the base game.Besides the possibility of an ********** and dealing damage to enemies, the Easter Eggs can also launch yourself and employees to hard-to-reach areas. For example, say you want to reach a locati...View the full article
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Bethesda's very own Mr Handy (director and executive producer) Todd Howard has addressed the controversy surrounding the Fallout TV show's treatment of Fallout backstory, reaffirming the canonicity of Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas and promising that Bethesda and Amazon are being "careful" to maintain consistency between the games and the TV series. Are you new to this latest lore scandal? Watch out for Fallout Season 1 spoilers ahead, then. Read more View the full article
Some Baldur's Gate 3 players who have been augmenting their game using mods have been raising suspicion that beloved NPC tiefling bard Alfira may have been planned for a much larger role at some point during development. While Baldur's Gate 3 players have fallen in love with the likes of Astarion, Karlach, Shadowheart, and other great companions, it seems like there could have been more fine folks joining in on the journey. View the full article
An animated Golden Axe series is in the works at Comedy Central, based on the popular ***** video game series of the same name. Per a Comedy Central press release, Star Trek: Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan has teamed with ********* Dad producer Joe Chandler to create a 10-episode Golden Axe series that will take fans of the side-scrolling beat 'em-up arcade games on an all-new adventure with some of the franchise's beloved characters. Chandler will serve as showrunner and co-write the first episode with McMahan, which, according to the logline, will tell the story of "veteran warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gilius Thunderhead as they once again battle to save Yuria from the evil giant ****** Adder, who just won't seem to stay *****," though, it notes, "this time they have the inexperienced and underprepared Hampton Squib on their side." The voice cast features Matthew Rhys playing grumpy battle dwarf Gilius Thunderhead, Danny Pudi as inexperienced adventurer Hampton Squib, Lisa Gilroy as fearsome battle sorceress Tyris Flare, Liam McIntyre as barbarian warrior Ax Battler, and Carl Tart as humanoid panther Chronos "Evil" Lait, originally from Golden Axe III. McMahan and Chandler will executive produce the fantasy tale of blades and magic for television alongside Haruki Satomi, President and CEO of ***** Sammy Holdings Inc., Shuji Utsumi, president and COO of ***** Corporation, and *****'s Toru Nakahara, as well as Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, and Toby Ascher of Original Film, and Titmouse's Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio, and Ben Kalina. The first Golden Axe game hit shelves in 1989 but quickly evolved into a franchise comprising four games in the main series and multiple spin-offs. ***** announced in December that it is developing a new Golden Axe game, the first one since 2008's Golden Axe: ****** Rider, as part of an initiative to revive several dormant franchises. Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on X/Twitter @AdeleAnkers. View the full article
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League of Legends is notorious for being a game with unforgiving players—and at the highest ranks of the game, the expectation level placed upon teammates can be exceptional. One player realized just how slim the margin of error is in high-rank League when they were lambasted by teammates consistently after reaching Diamond rank, and they lamented their experience in a recent thread on the official League subreddit. View the full article