The developers of Star Wars Outlaws have confirmed that there are some secret cameos in the game but one of the franchise's most beloved (and coolest) characters may not show up at all. Spinning an original tale that follows scoundrel Kay Vess and her allies as she plans one of the biggest heists the galaxy has ever seen. Along their journey, they'll cross paths with some faces new and familiar but one particularly deadly bounty who is known for causing trouble is unlikely to make an appearance in Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment's game. View the full article
One Helldivers 2 player shared their neat ideas for new planetary hazards that could be added to the top-down shooter in the future. In a recent update, Helldivers 2 has introduced two new planetary hazards, blizzards and sandstorms, that have their own effects. Blizzards reduce the player's mobility and make it almost impossible to see ****** units. Sandstorms, on the other hand, are paired with intense heat that increases stamina drain. View the full article
What's your favorite videogame *******? It's okay, we've all got one. If you've been playing shooters since the '90s, the Super Shotgun from ***** 2 will surely make your list. Likewise, Gordon Freeman's iconic red crowbar, that trusty stretch of steel that stayed with you through all of Half-Life, deserves at least an honorable mention. The GEP **** from Deus Ex. The Super Nailgun from Quake. Jump forward to the mid '00s, and Half-Life 2's Gravity **** becomes a strong contender. The AWP from Counter-Strike, too. But there's one videogame **** that reigns above them all. The metallic star of one of the best FPS games ever, it's a distillation of everything there is to love about shooters. Do you know what I'm talking about? One of the most vicious and varied FPS series of all time, now you can own every single entry for less than $6. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: One of the greatest FPS games in PC history is basically $1 One of the best and most brutal FPS games of the '00s is now $1.49 View the full article
Sometimes we all just need to shrug off the weight of existence that surrounds us. Looking after our fleshy human body suits can become pretty exhausting with all the eating, sleeping, eating again, going for a walk, and more sleeping. If you've ever become tired of being somebody, Ctrl Alt Ego exists for you to become nobody. One of the most overlooked immersive sims of the last few years, it just received a big free update that added a New Game Plus mode, and more. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
If you've been narked about favourite bits of Fallout not yet appearing in Amazon Prime's unexpectedly good live-action show, hold your horses. In an interview, the showrunners have talked about holding back certain "iconic elements" to do them in a hypothetical second season right rather than cram in all the greatest hits—and also so the show didn't "seem like it was written by people who just like spent 10 seconds reading the Wikipedia page for Fallout and didn't bother to like bring in some deeper cuts." Read more View the full article
April 17, 2024 Ubisoft has confirmed that a three-day test session is coming. The contents of this article has been updated to reflect this. XDefiant really is XDefying the odds at the minute on PS5 and Xbox. Typically, when a game is delayed to the extent Ubisoft's upcoming FPS has been it seldom leads to a happy ending. However, the arcade shooter is being brought back for a three-day XDefiant server test at 10am PT / 1pm ET on Friday, April 19, wrapping up at the same time on Sunday, April 21. Following the test's conclusion, Ubi's hoping it'll finally be able to stamp on a release date. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Check out these sweet XDefiant rewards, available for 3 days only XDefiant release date estimate and latest news XDefiant will "lock" in a launch date after this PS5 and Xbox test View the full article
Hollow Knight Silksong enjoyers, our time is nigh. Following its 12+ rating in Korea, Team Cherry's highly-anticipated sequel has now been greenlit by its native Australia's own classification board. After five long years of waiting, we could be inching closer to the big release date reveal we've been longing for on PS5 and Xbox. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hollow Knight Silksong release date estimate and latest news Biomorph is an evolution of Hollow Knight that you must play Hollow Knight Silksong Game Pass launch confirmed with new gameplay View the full article
A ****** series announcement is on the horizon, a well-known leaker has claimed. The purported bit of upcoming news is plausibly related to the fourth mainline ****** game. View the full article
The Helldivers 2 update 01.000.203 is finally here, as Arrowhead fixes the Warbond error that was giving unlockable armor the wrong passive skill. Among many other fixes and some ongoing known issues, you can now ***** into the Democratic Detonation Warbond as it was originally intended. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best Helldivers 2 stratagems Helldivers 2 ***** is "ridiculous" dev admits, but changes are coming Helldivers 2 dev warns of incoming change to its new Warbond View the full article
A Nintendo Indie World has been set for tomorrow, so of course it begs the question, as it does everytime a games company hosts a presentation: will Silksong be there? The next Nintendo Indie World is taking place tomorrow, 3pm BST/ 10am ET, as announced by the game developer earlier today, and is promising about 20 minutes of "announcements and updates on indie games headed to Nintendo Switch in 2024." That's on the shorter end, even for an Indie World presentation, so don't expect news on absolutely every indie game under the sun. Nintendo normally has some surprises up its sleeves, including for Indie World, but obviously the surprise that everyone is hoping for is a Hollow Knight: Silksong release date. Now, I know what you're thinking: don't people spam "Silksong when?" in the chat of every livestream like this? What makes this one any different? Well, just earlier this week it was spotted that Silksong received a rating by the *********** ratings board. It received one back in February too, in Korea, a territory whose ratings board frequently reveals games prior to their official announcements. Ratings don't necessarily mean a game is out anytime soon, for example Silent Hill: The Short Message was rated last year, before the wave of Silent Hill news arrived in October, and that free horror title didn't release until earlier this year. Read more View the full article
Further indications that AMD is preparing to launch its next-generation Ryzen CPUs have arrived, courtesy of MSI. Mirroring recent efforts by its competitors to make its existing AM5 motherboard stock compatible with Zen 5 processors, the company has pushed new BIOS updates for many of its models. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New AMD CPU ***** looks like a perfect fit for Steam Deck 2 Style your AMD or Intel CPU how you like with Thermaltake's new cooler Get used to existing AMD iGPUs, they're not going away anytime soon View the full article
Acer has just announced that its humongous upcoming Acer Predator Z57 miniLED gaming monitor will not retail for $2,499 as originally announced, but will instead sell for $1,999 - a massive $500 price drop. While that's still expensive, it's an incredible price for such a large screen. Acer's new contender for a spot on our best gaming monitor guide was announced at CES 2024 at the start of the year, alongside a host of other gaming monitors. I had the chance to write an Acer Predator Z57 hands on preview with the display and was impressed at the sheer scale of it, although Acer hadn't set up the demo to really highlight the high contrast of which it should be capable. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Acer graphics cards finally got interesting, thanks to two new GPUs You can save over $200 in this Nvidia RTX 4050 gaming laptop deal Bag this Acer Nitro gaming monitor now for its lowest ever price View the full article
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The latest BIOS updates for Gigabyte motherboards are reportedly causing users' systems to freeze up when they enter the EFI, meaning they can't adjust any of their settings. It's an issue that's prompted many users to complain on the Gigabyte Reddit channel, and it means there's no way to properly set up the latest Intel CPU on these boards. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Gigabyte launches fastest ever Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super Gigabyte just picked the weirdest place to add gold to a PC Grab an Nvidia RTX 4090 for the lowest price we've seen in months View the full article
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For as much as I love my big, ambitious strategy games, I run into the same problem every time I think about starting up a fresh save: the time investment. Having a limited number of hours to devote to recreational play, I know I'll have to set an entire Saturday aside if I really want to dig into Total War: Warhammer 3 or Crusader Kings 3 beyond the opening few turns or decades. Nexus 5X arrives as the solution to this problem, offering a pared-down, faster-paced version of the 4X experience that nonetheless preserves a lot of the flavor and variety you can get from its full-**** ancestor, Stellaris. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Stellaris spin-off gets a new name and a 1.0 launch date on Steam New Stellaris spinoff makes the game bitesize, and it's available now Stellaris Nexus delayed slightly to avoid GTA 6 and The Game Awards View the full article
VALORANT Episode Eight, Act Two is coming to an end soon, but Patch 8.07 is bringing several bugs to an end with several fixes, including numerous bugs relating to the game’s newest agent, Clove. While the patch is almost entirely bug fixes and small quality-of-life improvements, a singular agent update sees Omen get an important buff to his ultimate. VALORANT Patch 8.07 goes live today, April 16. Here are the notes. View the full article
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony is working on a new “high-end version” of the PS5, codenamed Trinity and likely to debut as the PS5 Pro later this year. The Verge confirmed leaked specs about the PS5 Pro earlier this week, and we’ve also obtained details on how existing and new PS5 games can be “enhanced” to take advantage of the PS5 Pro hardware. Sony is also working on an ultra-boost mode for older games to make them run better on the PS5 Pro. Sources familiar with Sony’s plans tell The Verge that Sony is asking developers to create a new PS5 Pro-exclusive graphics mode in games that combines Sony’s new PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) upscaling to 4K resolution with a 60fps frame rate and ray-tracing effects. Insider Gaming first reported on some of... Continue reading… View the full article
Video games have often allowed the player to enter the role of a villain with great effect. Whether it's the dastardly deeds of Dungeon Keeper or the potential to go down evil routes in series like Fallout, there are many great games where the player is a villain. Enter Life Eater, from Strange Scaffold and Frost Pop, where the player is responsible for some extremely nefarious acts; but is there a valid reason behind them? View the full article
Honkai: Star Rail players have voiced their frustration over the game's relic system, claiming it's unrewarding and restrictive. There are two types of relic sets in Honkai: Star Rail, Planar Ornaments and Cavern Relics. Planar Ornaments, which can be placed in the Planar Sphere and Link Rope slots, serve as additional gear and provide some rare stats. Cavern Relics, on the other hand, boost the character's main stats like HP and ATK. Unlike Planar Ornaments, they have a 4-piece effect that makes the wearer even more powerful. View the full article
A Minecraft player has recently stumbled upon a peculiar sight while exploring the legacy version of the game, a village with just one house. This discovery was shared with the Minecraft community, sparking intrigue and speculation about its existence. View the full article
While it's true that Arkane's superb FPS immersive sim Prey is probably the closest we ever got to a Half-Life 3 in terms of gameplay mechanics, there's no doubt in my mind that, in terms of narrative storytelling and game structure, Metro Exodus is the closest we ever got... Read more.View the full article
I know I'm going to be suckered into PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs when it releases on May 8th, after previously being a Stadia exclusive. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Caves of Qud from developer Freehold Games and publisher Kitfox Games is approaching the 1.0 finishing line, and so their roadmap towards the release has been put up and it sounds really exciting. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Nvidia has officially acknowledged that systems using specific Intel Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh processors may run into issues when trying to play games. The chips from both generations are fabricated on a 10 nm process. View the full article
It's another day, so here's news of another Helldivers 2 patch that does things. What are those things? Well, a lot of the usual kinds of fixes, plus a passive swap that stops one of the latest warbond's armours from accidentally being a magnet for buyer's confusion, if not buyer's remorse. If you're out of the loop, the Democratic Detonation Warbond arrived in-game last week, bringing with it a bunch of useful tools to help you continue to battle the returned automatons, even if you can't afford the latest ship module upgrades. Sadly, up until this latest patch arrived, if you bought one of the armour sets on offer, you weren't quite getting what you paid for. As detailed in the notes for patch 01.000.203, the main thing it does is resolve a bit of a mixup regarding the CE-27 Ground Breaker armour. You see, it'd accidentally shipped with a 'servo-assisted' passive, instead of the 'engineering kit' one it was advertised as featuring. Read more View the full article
The voice actor behind the popular Fallout 3 radio host Three Dog has expressed interest in appearing in season two of the Fallout TV show. Erik Todd Dellums played Three Dog in Bethesda’s 2008 post-apocalyptic role-playing game and became the sound of the wasteland for many players. While Three Dog ******** Dellums’ only role in Fallout so far, his performance is a memorable one, given the character’s prominence on the in-game radio station, Galaxy News Radio, and how he would comment on various actions of the Lone Wanderer through his radio broadcasts. In a tweet, Dellums said he would love to voice a new DJ in Fallout Season 2, one “Darker than Three Dog, but just as funny and alluring!” He added: “I've got something new to unleash!” I would love to voice a new DJ in the #FalloutOnPrime series! Darker than ThreeDog, but just as funny and alluring! I've got something new to unleash! Seeking #ToddHoward! #ShareLove #ThreeDog [Hidden Content] — ErikToddDellums (@ErikToddDellums) April 13, 2024 There’s a good reason why it’s unlikely Dellums would be able to reprise his role as Three Dog in Fallout Season 2 even if he wanted to: the TV show looks like it’s heading towards another West Coast location, whereas Three Dog is holded up in the Galaxy News Radio building in Washington D.C., assuming he’s still alive by the time the show kicks off in 2296 — 19 years after the events of Fallout 3. But perhaps, should Bethesda development chief Todd Howard be up for it, Dellums could play a new DJ in Season 2, which is so far unannounced but seems like a decent bet given the popularity of Season 1. IGN has plenty of Fallout TV show coverage to keep you going, including a report on Fallout's Vault-Tec phone number, which may point to an Easter egg, how fans are debating Lucy's XP level, and more. IGN has also rounded up 111 details in the Fallout show that have been pulled straight from the games, leading to a season finale that sets up a new adventure in a beloved setting. And since we're talking about Lucy here, be sure to check out How Lucy MacLean and Her "Okey Dokeys" Became Fallout's Secret *******. 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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The developers of Star Wars Outlaws have confirmed that there are some secret cameos in the game but one of the franchise's most beloved (and coolest) characters may not show up at all. Spinning an original tale that follows scoundrel Kay Vess and her allies as she plans one of the biggest heists the galaxy has ever seen. Along their journey, they'll cross paths with some faces new and familiar but one particularly deadly bounty who is known for causing trouble is unlikely to make an appearance in Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment's game. View the full article