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The CEO of Palworld developer Pocketpair has warned fans to expect plenty of “clones” of the game after a new Tencent title was revealed that looks eerily similar. This isn’t the first time Palworld has been involved in this sort of controversy, having attracted the wrath of Pokémon after the game was released in January. But now, it seems things have gone full circle with Palworld looking set to be emulated. View the full article

After the release of Fallout’s TV series, Bethesda launched a major update to their mobile game, Fallout Shelter. It features the main characters of season one, and now we can take a glimpse at their stats. In almost every Fallout game, before you embark on the adventure, you have to assign your stats in the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. tree. There are seven attributes: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck, with each of them starting at five. You have to assign five more points, and the TV show’s characters in Fallout Shelter stick to this idea. View the full article

Getting a free copy of AIDA64 bundled with your high-end CPU cooler seems like a welcome freebie, particularly when the software can provide data to the LCD panel on your new purchase. However, it appears that manufacturer Lamptron is supplying sketchy licenses to would-be buyers of its products. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Get this massive ASUS ROG OLED gaming monitor at its lowest ever price Prepare your PC for Manor Lords by downloading this new Nvidia driver Microsoft finally lifts ban on Windows 11 upgrades for some Intel CPUs View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Palworld, the viral survival game that stirred up controversy (and found plenty of success) on the back of being a Pokémon-a-like - with added guns and factory labour, mind - is now due to become the inspiration for its own generation of clones, according to the head of its developers. Read more View the full article

Five weapons previously restricted from Modern Warfare 3’s Ranked Play mode are now available as part of a ******* Evaluation test, according to Treyarch. The BP50, Holger 556, and MTZ-556 ******** rifles, as well as the HRM-9 and RAM-9 submachine guns, are now available to use in Ranked Play for the next week in a testing ******* up until April 23. View the full article

Elden Ring's much anticipated DLC, titled Shadow of the Erdtree, has made its players wait for its release. 2022's Game of the Year was released two years ago, and in the time since, FromSoftware remained relatively quiet about its expansion until recently. Since the drop of the latest trailer for the DLC, it has many fans counting down the days until they are able to once again delve into the Lands Between, but is this something that the community will regret? View the full article

In the first-person survival game Grounded, the Orchid Mantis is the toughest insect boss you can find and defeat. After you gather enough resources to become strong through a continuous food supply and shelter, you may have a chance at defeating this powerful opponent. Your small size against this massive predator may seem intimidating, but you can take down this foe with the right plan. View the full article

Although Fallout players are familiar with the most terrible Vaults, what about the nicer Vaults? After watching the show you may be itching to learn more about the Fallout games. Here are the 10 best Fallout Vaults that you could survive in, ranked from least to most likely chance of survival.Fallout: 10 best Vaults that you could most likely survive in, rankedImage: Fallout Wiki10. Vault 106The bottom of our list is still a Vault I think you could survive in, but the chances are a little slimmer than the rest. Vault 106 shows up in Fallout 3 and was the Vault where the occupants were exposed to psychoactive drugs through the air filtration system just 10 days after the door was sealed. The residents were lied to, making the effects that came to the inhabitants even worse. There were symptoms of being delirious, seeing hallucinations, and acts of *********. By the time you visit this Vault in Fallout 3, the Vault Dwellers are all insane and too far gone. But if you ...View the full article

Team Cherry has mostly gone dark when it comes to development updates on Hollow Knight: Silksong since it was initially revealed in February 2019. Now, it seems like we might get our first look at the game in more than a year during a new Nintendo Indie World Showcase. Nintendo confirmed an Indie World Showcase featuring 20 minutes of updates on games releasing in 2024 will be held on April 17. No information about what games will be included was shared, but because the internet is the internet, talk of Hollow Knight: Silksong appearing immediately took center stage—as it has at every showcase for the last several years. This time, however, there is a bit of momentum behind the game actually showing up. View the full article

Helldivers 2 is about to become even more difficult as the game's latest mission type forces players to go up against some of the Automaton's most powerful units. While the kinds of enemies players will encounter in Helldivers 2 are largely determined by the difficulty of the mission they embark upon, users who want to farm some of the rare resources will need to run through some of the more brutal settings to upgrade their ship modules. Unfortunately, that now means going head-to-head against Factory Striders with the primary goal being to bring down the walking tanks. View the full article

On a barren, uninhabitable planet, every resource is vital. Therefore, getting your hands on a few golden chests in The Planet Crafter is a huge boost to your terraforming progress. Here are all 23 of their locations.Where to find The Planet Crafter Golden ChestsThese chests contain loot you’ll only dream of. They hold plants that give out obscene amounts of oxygen and solidified ore that can be broken down into chestfuls of resources. And, most importantly, they also hold statues and treasures with which to adorn your desk. So, with no further ado, here are the 23 Golden Chest locations in The Planet Crafter.Landing Valley ChestThis is the first Golden Chest I would recommend you get your hands on. It can be found just south of the Landing Pod towards the enormous rock wall. It is situated just on the top of a dune at coordinates 258:27:485.Crashed Ship ChestFrom the starting point, you should be able to see a huge crashed ship on top of a slope. Head tow...View the full article

What's the half-life of Half-Life? By my reckoning, it seems we'll stop receiving updates to (one version or another of) Valve's classic roughly around the time Chernobyl becomes habitable again. Not only did the original game get a big ol' update last November, but now ****** Mesa—its Valve-endorsed remake—has just put out a meaty list of fixes. It's calling it the "****** patch" for reasons I'm not entirely clear on but am very enthusiastic about... Read more.View the full article

An insider has said that XDefiant's next server test session is set to take place on Friday, April 19, but also cautioned that this could change. Recently, Ubisoft confirmed that a server test session was coming soon but didn't specify when, after the studio also confirmed unfortunate news regarding XDefiant's release. View the full article

Ahead of Stellar Blade's official release, Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro is sharing his thoughts, deeming it "better" than his own game. Taro recently sat down to discuss Stellar Blade with the game's director, Kim Hyung-tae, revealing why he enjoys the game so much. View the full article

It was a busy 2023. Between Diablo 4, Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, and ***** Island 2, not to mention the likes of Sea of Stars and Mortal Kombat 1, we had a lot to get through last year. If you didn't find time for El Paso, Elsewhere, the deceptively simple slo-mo shooter that feels like a mix of Max Payne, Resident Evil, and Vampire The Masquerade, now might be a good time to dig it out on Steam and give it a try. Created by Strange Scaffold, it was one of the most underplayed and overlooked releases of 2023. Now the developer is back, with a new horror game you can get right this second. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

With Armored Core taking up the gritty side of the mecha genre, it's up to Roboquest to fill the niche of more colourful mecha adventures. The game offers a similarly huge variety of weapons to its gritter cousin, but delivers the hurt in a much more cartoony environment, contrasting its high-speed movement and gunplay. Since releasing in November last year, the game has received its first major content drop in the form of the Arsenal Update. As the name suggests, the Arsenal Update's main attraction is its addition of nine brand-new weapons to the roguelite shooter. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Roboquest release date window, trailers, gameplay View the full article

The bugs affecting Clove and the latest VALORANT agent’s ability to participate in top-tier VCT level play have been resolved, paving the way for the Scottish controller to make their pro debut as soon as Wednesday, April 17 during EMEA week three action. Clove’s debut in week two was delayed due to “a recently discovered bug,” but they’re all set to go after VALORANT Patch 8.07, Riot Games announced last night. Day one of week three features two exciting matchups between Gentle Mates and Fnatic, and Karmine Corp vs. NAVI. The latter of the two matches could very well feature Clove, specifically in the hands of the pro player who many Rioters thought the new agent was specifically being made for. View the full article

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I can't believe I'm saying it, but Bungie has done it again. After a turbulent year—one of delays, layoffs and assorted corporate grumbling—Bungie released the free Into the Light update for Destiny 2 and the players… they're actually happy... Read more.View the full article

As part of the newly restructured Call of Duty League team agreements, several new inclusions focused on providing revenue and economic relief to teams have been added “to ensure the success and longevity of competitive Call of Duty.” According to an official announcement from Call of Duty League general manager Daniel Tsay today, the CDL is “redoubling efforts” to help its franchises succeed financially. This is reflected in four major changes made to team agreements. View the full article

Three new games will join the Xbox Game Pass Core lineup next week on April 23. Just last year, Xbox seamlessly transformed its longstanding Xbox Live Gold membership into Xbox Game Pass Core, giving Gold members a new library of 25 games to download at no additional cost, with the promise of more being added to the library over time. View the full article

There are some lines that are just impossible to forget, and for some old-time Fallout fans, the sentence "War. War never changes" is probably up there as one of the most iconic lines ever uttered in a videogame. It was repurposed in the recent Fallout TV series and given to Walton Goggins' character, Cooper Howard, who is later known as The Ghoul, but even after saying the line, Goggins has only just been told of its significance... Read more.View the full article

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While you’re exploring the land of the Enclave and taking on gargantuan bosses in Eternal Strands, you’ll unlock more and more magical abilities to help you on your journey. But unlike many games where magic might let you toss a fireball or Force push an ****** off a cliff, Eternal Strands has a unique approach to the nine physics-altering abilities it puts in your toolbelt, all of which allow for an impressive level of freedom. Continuing our month-long exclusive coverage of the upcoming action-adventure game from a new team comprised of ex-BioWare and Ubisoft developers, today we’ll be taking a look at a few abilities at the heart of this battle-heavy odyssey and how they can be combined in surprising and creative ways. In the same way that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gives you a set of powers that allows you to manipulate the physics of its world in order to solve puzzles and get across the map, Eternal Strands gives you a similarly playful toolset and asks you to bring them to bear in battle – including against the massive bosses that roam land of the Enclave. Instead of creating a makeshift boat with magnets and fans to sail across a river, you’re using telekinetic wormholes to launch yourself onto the back of a flying dragon or generating a block of ice to seal a giant’s leg in place before climbing up it to deal damage with your sword. That alone can be a lot of fun, especially once you discover the interesting ways those powers have an impact on enemies and the surrounding environment. For example, when fighting a heavily armored boss who uses *****-based attacks, you might discover that prolonged exposure to ice attacks begins to make his armor brittle, which can then be cleaved off, exposing a new weak spot to lay into. Or maybe you’ll be hounded by a giant dragon who breathes ***** down on you, and discover that with the right telekinetic ability, you can redirect those flames right back at him. It’s especially cool how the enemies themselves interact with you and the environment, doing things like picking up trees to lob at you or smashing through a structure that you’re in the middle of climbing. But later on in the adventure, once you’ve slain a few bosses and have claimed a larger repertoire of powers from their corpses, you can start to combine these abilities in some surprising (and often hilarious) ways. In one instance, I used the Kinetic Stream ability, which allows you to create a tunnel of kinetic energy that throws anything that passes through it at high speeds, to create a makeshift cannon aimed at a flying boss. I then used another telekinetic ability called Launching Grasp, which lets you pick up and toss things, to ******* up every fiery minion ****** in the area and throw them into the Kinetic Stream, pelting the boss with his own deadly allies. In another encounter, while being overwhelmed by a bunch of heavily armored goons wielding swords, I used the Percussive Blast ability to create an orb of violent energy, then switched to a *****-based power to fill that orb with flames – when the hordes of enemies drew near, I detonated my orb like a mine, covering the battlefield with flames that broiled them alive in their fancy armor. Being able to mix and match your powers to confound and ******** your enemies is one of Eternal Strands’ defining mechanics. But it’s not only useful for practical tasks: it’s also perfect for completely impractical things, whether you’re just trying to show off with a flashy move or see if some crazy new tactic might work. I spent about thirty minutes experimenting with a bow that created kinetic explosions to see if I could bounce myself into the air, then switch to a heavy melee ******* to do a downward strike on an ****** below. As it turns out, with enough practice, it’s not only possible, but quite effective – even if not particularly feasible in most cases. Eternal Strands is all about being creative and doing unexpected or downright silly things as you ****** and explore, and that absurdity and experimentation makes this action-adventure feel like a whole lot more than just another third-person hack-and-slash. After two days of hanging at developer Yellow Brick Games’ offices and goofing around with Eternal Strands’ magical repertoire, I feel as though I’ve only scratched the surface. I’m genuinely excited to see what streamers and show-offs alike are able to pull off when they get their hands on it next year. For more, check out our impressions of the epic blacksmith boss ****** from Eternal Strands, or hear from the developer about how it’s taking advantage of Unreal Engine 5’s new physics tech, and for everything else stick with IGN. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

25 games are set to leave PlayStation Plus next month as part of one of the biggest clearouts of the subscription service. As reported by Push Square, 25 PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games leave PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium on May 21, 2024, including eight high-profile Final Fantasy games. Highlights include Beethoven & Dinosaur's wonderful guitar adventure The Artful Escape, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 15, and Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster. The news comes as indie hit Dave the Diver hits the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. Tales of Kenzera: Zau releases day one into the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on April 23. Tales of Kenzera: Zau is an EA-published, Surgent Studios-developed 2.5D story-driven, action-exploration game shaped by *********’s Creed actor Abubakar Salim’s own experience with grief. Here’s the list of games leaving PS Plus in May:Abzu (PS4)Adr1ft (PS4)How to Survive 2 (PS4)The Artful Escape (PS5, PS4)Ashen (PS4)Last Stop (PS5, PS4)I Am ***** (PS5, PS4)Absolver: Downfall (PS4)My Friend Pedro (PS4)The Messenger (PS4)Jotun (PS4)Sundered (PS4)World of Final Fantasy (PS4)This Is the Police (PS4)This Is the Police 2 (PS4)ELEX (PS4)Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 (PS4)Minit (PS4)Observation (PS4)Final Fantasy IX (PS4)Final Fantasy VII (PS4)Final Fantasy VIII Remastered (PS4)Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (PS4)Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition (PS4)Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster (PS4) Sony is yet to announce the games coming to PS Plus in May, but we know Shared Memory’s Animal Well is among them. The upcoming Metroidvania is a day-one PS Plus Extra and Premium title, and has a release date of May 9. Animal Well lets players explore a dense interconnected labyrinth and unravel its many secrets in a surreal, puzzle box world of platforming adventures. IGN called it a "delightfully unconventional take on a puzzle platformer" in our first preview of the game back in 2022. 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