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A new Honkai: Star Rail ***** has revealed the complete kit of an upcoming five-star character named Boothill. This new roster addition has already been confirmed by the game's social media accounts, which revealed his official splash art and confirmed his arrival in the upcoming Version 2.2. View the full article

If you've been watching the recent Fallout TV series, then you'll understand just how much one of the protagonists, Lucy MacLean, has had to endure. But even after all her encounters with feral ghouls and wasteland monsters, it doesn't seem as if she has much to show for her work... Read more.View the full article

Velma season 2 finally has a trailer ahead of its premiere later this month, showing that the titular character is leading a new life - a popular one. When the first season of Velma released last year, it didn't exactly go down well with… well, anyone, to be honest. Clearly it was popular enough to warrant a second season though, as the first trailer for it came out yesterday, showing off a look at Velma's life post-solving her first case. Like the first season, it looks like there'll be more teen angst, difficult relationships, and *********. This time around it appears that there's a serial ******* targeting men, but unsurprisingly the mystery as to why is something you'll have to see solved in the show itself. Mindy Kaling returns as the titular Velma for season 2, alongside Constance Wu as Daphne, Sam Richardson as Norville (aka Shaggy), and Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Glenn Howerton as Fred. Spoilers here for the first season of the show if you haven't watched it and do actually want to check it out, but the trailer also shows Norville struggling with hallucinations of Fred's mother Victoria, who he accidentally caused the ****** of after it came to light that she was the ********* from season 1. Of course, because this is an ****** show you have to remember, the apparent cure for this is **********. Read more View the full article

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has released yet another update for the PlayStation 5 and PC third-person co-op shooter, this time patch 01.000.203. This update includes fixes to armor passives as well as various improvements to stability, Arrowhead said in the patch notes, below. Of most interest is a fix for the CE-27 Ground Breaker medium armor, which now has the Engineer Kit passive as previously advertised. Ground Breaker was added to Helldivers 2 as part of the recently released Premium Warbond, Democratic Detonation, and players soon discovered it had the wrong passive attached. Elsewhere, the update fixes a number of crashes and a troubling issue that caused different damage to be dealt to enemies between PC and console players. And Arrowhead has updated its helpful ‘known issues’ list to include a fix for the Superior Packing Methodology ship module, also added last week. This useful new ship upgrade makes resupply boxes refill support weapons with the maximum number of carriable magazines, so hopefully a fix is due soon. If you’re looking for more on Helldivers 2, check out IGN’s feature on the Let Me Solo Her of Helldivers 2, a player who has answered over 100 **** Beacons as part of a mission to help others. Helldivers 2 has become one of the surprise hits of 2024 since launching in February, topping the charts on Steam and reportedly selling around three million copies. According to at least one analyst, it's still growing. Check out IGN's Helldivers 2 review to find out why it's going down so well. Helldivers 2 update 01.000.203 patch notes: Overview This update includes Fixes to armor passives.Various improvements to stability. Gameplay CE-27 Ground Breaker armor now has the Engineer Kit passive as previously advertised. Fixes Fixed an issue that resulted in different damage being dealt enemies between PC and console players.Red boxes in defense missions are no longer visible.Major orders should now properly display text.Fixed multiple crashes that could occur in the loadout screen when other players left or joined the game.Fixed multiple crashes that could occur after extraction when the mission results and rewards were shown.Fixed ****** which could occur when throwing back a grenade while wielding a heat-based *******.Fixed ****** that could occur when hosting a play session migrates to another player.Fixed ****** that could occur if too many civilians spawn.Fixed various other crashes that could occur when deploying to mission.Fixed various other crashes that could occur during gameplay. Known Issues These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed. This list is not exhaustive, and we are continuing to identify issues and create fixes. These are organized by feedback, reports, severity, etc. Superior Packing Methodology ship module does not work properly.Players may be unable to navigate to the search results in the Social Menu.Various issues involving friend invites and cross-play:Player name may show up blank on the other player's friend list.Friend Request cannot be accepted when the requesting player changed their username before the request was accepted.Cross-platform friend invites might not show up in the Friend Requests tab.Players cannot unfriend players befriended via friend code.Players cannot unblock players that were not in their Friends list beforehand.Damage-over-time effects may only apply when dealt by the host.Players may experience delays in Medals and Super Credits payouts.Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions.Certain weapons like Sickle cannot ****** through foliage.Scopes on some weapons such as the Anti-Materiel Rifle are slightly misaligned.Arc weapons sometimes behave inconsistently and sometimes misfire.Spear’s targeting is inconsistent, making it hard to lock-on to larger enemies.Stratagem beam might attach itself to an ****** but it will deploy to its original location.Explosions do not break your limbs (except for when you fly into a rock).Area around Automaton Detector Tower makes blue stratagems such as the Hellbomb bounce and be repelled when trying to call them down close to the tower.Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission. 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 For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Helldivers 2 has released Patch 01.000.203, bringing a variety of fixes for crashes, stability issues, and more. Arrowhead Game Studios has been constantly updating Helldivers 2 since its February release, and the support continues with this latest update. View the full article

I've been watching this year's ostensible "major" news developments - the launch of a Fallout TV show, the development of Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, to pick a couple - with a sense of zealous disapproval and weary resignation as to the hubris of human beings. Do these brazen publishers and developers not know that this, the year 2024, is the Year of Shadow the Hedgehog? ***** said as much only a few days ago. They've announced a series of fan celebrations for Sonic Adventure 2's Ultimate Lifeform, beginning in the traditional style with a Shadow-themed MotoGP bike and an associated LEGO tie-in. And now, the earth quakes underfoot as we learn via The Hollywood Reporter that Keanu Reeves, forgotten star of 90s romantic drama A Walk in the Clouds and also those recent John Wick films, will play Shadow in the forthcoming movie adaptation Sonic 3. Read more View the full article

Cutting content is unavoidable in video games due to tight schedules and deadlines, and Baldur’s Gate 3 almost added one of the most iconic NPCs to your roster of companions. On April 15, a player called TheCrowsPalace shared on Baldur’s Gate 3’s subreddit that Alfira was supposed to be your companion. It seems there are remnants in the code hinting she was a companion. View the full article

Harold Halibut, a unique narrative game developed by Slow Bros. is releasing day one on Xbox Game Pass, and subscribers will also be able to upgrade for free to Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition. Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass continues to offer an appealing library of games for members to enjoy, and the selection changes every month as new titles are added and others are removed. View the full article

I sort of ******* that the Fallout TV show has Easter eggs hidden in it because it, as a whole, is the equivalent of one of those fancy Hotel Chocolat ostrich-sized patisserie collection bastards that cost 40 quid. However. Eagle-eyed viewers of the Fallout show noted that episode 6 gives you a number for Valt-Tec that you can actually get in touch with - 213-25-VAULT (or, 213-258-2858). Charges apply, as well as international codes if you're outside the US, which makes it 001-213-258-2858. If you text the number you get a reply from Vault-Tec saying "The next available appointment is 33 weeks from now, please stand by!" (handily captured by X user FanaticalGuy cos my response hasn't come through yet). And then the significantly less immersive "Reply Y to get recurring marketing and other texts from FallOut", which is quite funny. There is speculation that this is just a reference to Vault 33, the vault where main character Lucy was born and raised. On the other hand, 33 weeks from now is November, the month when both Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 came out. Read more View the full article

The Fallout TV series released last week, and it’s been a big hit. The showrunners, Jonathan Nolan, Graham Wagner, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet already have a few ideas for next season, including an iconic location and enemies. In the season one finale, a character stumbles upon a Deathclaw skull as they venture to New Vegas. Nolan and Wagner confirmed they will revisit this teaser. View the full article

Niantic teased something big coming to Pokémon Go soon, and now we know it is a set of updates for the game that will change a few visual and gameplay elements. This “Rediscover Pokémon Go” push includes an overhaul for the avatars that players are not happy about. Niantic has been testing several changes to Pokémon Go in limited markets. Over three weeks, some of these tests will be rolled out in the game as content updates that will impact certain gameplay and visual areas. This includes one change that somewhat replaces the trainer avatars designed by legendary ********* character designer Yūsuke Kozaki with a new set of more customizable models. View the full article

While Amazon's Fallout TV show crammed in more than enough references, easter eggs, and cameos - to the extent that a lot of us are still digging through them nearly a week on - there's still plenty left on the table for future episodes. Assuming a second series does go ahead, as we expect, you might get to hear a familiar voice from the Capital Wasteland take on an interesting new role. Which voice, you ask? Well, remember when you had to do a bit of satelite dish maintenance in order to learn some more info regarding what on earth the Lone Wanderer's dad had been up to after he skedaddled out of Vault 101? Yeah, the guy that gave you that little mission. Yep, it's everyone's favorite Galaxy News Radio personality, Three Dog, eeeeeoooooowwww (sorry, had to). Responding to a tweet from a fan suggesting they'd have loved to have heard him in the first series of Fallout, (thanks, TheGamer), Erik Todd Dellums, the Fallout 3 radio host's voice actor, has suggested he'd be open to making a cameo, but not as Three Dog. Read more View the full article

After months of rumours, speculation, and fan castings, it finally seems like the one and only Keanu Reeves has been cast as Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic 3. Many loved the idea of The Batman's Robert Pattinson as Shadow, others hoped that rumour about Anakin Skywalker himself Hayden Christensen taking it on was true, but somehow the casting gods have given us an even better result: Keanu Reeves. This comes from sources that spoke with The Hollywood Reporterhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/keanu-reeves-joins-sonic-3-shadow-1235874487/, so it's not outright set in stone just yet, but THR has a long history of accurately reporting on behind the scenes news in the film industry so it's a safe bet. The casting also follows on from last week's CinemaCon, where Paramount showed off some footage of the upcoming sequel exclusively to attendees. Footage apparently showed a depressed and out of shape Dr. Robotnik, once again played by Jim Carrey, as well as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all fighting against Shadow. Another scene also showed Sonic fighting Shadow one on two, the second part of Shadow being a motorbike, an iconic vehicle of his from his PS2 solo game. We don't actually know all that much about this threequel aside from Shadow being the new protagonist, aside from the fact that it will feature the series' best song. Outside of Carrey, we do also know that Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) and Cristo Fernandez (Ted Lasso), as well as others, have joined the cast. Read more View the full article

If you've got a hunger top find the next big RPG that might ***** you away, then you've absolutely got to mark your calendar for the upcoming Metaphor: ReFantasio development livestream. Dedicated to the upcoming ATLAS game, it'll be the first in-depth ***** into the title since its reveal. You can watch it yourself next Monday, on April 22, by tuning in live at 3PM PT / 6PM ET / 11PM GMT / 12AM CET (April 23). It'll be going live on the official ATLUS YouTube channel, though how long this stream will be has not yet been revealed. Neither have its specific contents, aside from a brief line explaining that it will cover "the latest updates on development". It's worth noting that as of writing, Metaphor: ReFantazio has yet to be given a release date other than a vague 2024 release window. As such, one can hope for a final date to look forward to, or at least a month/season that's being targeted. Read more View the full article

Not all VALORANT agents are built to dominate the meta—and Iso is a blaring example of this. Considering his underwhelming pick rate across VCT and ranked, players are now highlighting Iso’s incompetency compared to his agile and self-sufficient peers. Unfortunately, there’s not much to fix either. In a Reddit thread on April 15, several players got together to discuss potential ways to buff VALORANT’s latest duelist agent—but none of the ideas seem balanced enough to make the cut. View the full article

A new Genshin Impact chart has revealed the revenue difference between the two currently available limited characters, the Hydro dragon Neuvillette and the Anemo user Kaedehara Kazuha. As the game's playable roster keeps expanding with each new version of the game, HoYoverse has been featuring double banners in every banner cycle. View the full article

Ubisoft has responded to the ongoing backlash against the Star Wars Outlaws season pass, insisting Jabba the Hutt is part of the experience for all players. The publisher has come under ***** for locking the Jabba’s Gambit mission behind Star Wars Outlaws' controversial season pass, which comes with the $109.99 gold edition and even more expensive $129.99 ultimate edition. "Play the exclusive Jabba's Gambit mission at launch," the Season Pass explainer reads. "Just as Kay is putting together a crew for the Canto Bight heist, she receives a job from Jabba the Hutt himself. Turns out that ND-5 owes Jabba a debt from years ago, and he has come to collect." The revelation sparked a backlash, with some players criticizing Ubisoft’s decision to lock a mission behind a season pass for what is a full-price, single-player only game. Now, Ubisoft has issued a statement, insisting Jabba the Hutt and the Hutt Cartel “will be part of the experience” for all players, regardless of which edition they buy. "To clarify, Jabba the Hutt and the Hutt Cartel are one of the main syndicates in Star Wars Outlaws and will be part of the experience for everyone who purchases the game, regardless of edition," a Ubisoft spokesperson told IGN. "The 'Jabba’s Gambit' mission is an optional, additional mission with the Hutt Cartel along Kay and Nix's journey across the Outer Rim. This mission will be available to those who purchase the season pass or an edition of the game which includes the season pass." However, the scope of the Jabba’s Gambit mission ******** unclear, leaving those who do not buy the season pass unsure of what they’re missing out on. Ubisoft has said in the past that players can work for and even betray Jabba as the head of one of Star Wars Outlaws' ********* factions. "To clarify, Jabba the Hutt and the Hutt Cartel are one of the main syndicates in Star Wars Outlaws and will be part of the experience for everyone who purchases the game, regardless of edition. Star Wars Outlaws was revealed in 2023 as a scoundrel adventure set between Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode 6 - Return of the Jedi. It stars Key Vess, her droid partner ND-5, and her beastie companion Nix as they attempt to carve out their own success during Star Wars' golden era of ********* activity. It arrives August 27, 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC, with the $70 Standard Edition joined by the aforementioned $110 Gold Edition, which comes with three days of early access alongside the Season Pass. 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

Fallout TV series fans believe they have uncovered a huge Easter egg for season two of the Amazon Prime show. Fallout was released on April 10 and has earned rave reviews, with a second season of the show all but confirmed—and fans think they’ve uncovered details of a reveal. View the full article

After Fallout’s TV hit, everyone’s buzzing about the next game-turned-show. Ex-BioWare dev David Gaider just shook things up by nominating Disco Elysium over the Mass Effect trilogy. In the aftermath of the Fallout TV show’s splashy premiere, armchair critics from every corner are clamoring to crown the next big video game adaptation. David Gaider, renowned for his work on the Dragon Age and Mass Effect series, expressed his views on potential video game TV adaptations. Surprisingly, he advocated for a David ******-style rendition of Disco Elysium, relegating the obvious option, Mass Effect, to the sidelines. View the full article

Ubisoft has clarified the contents of the Ultimate Edition for Star Wars Outlaws after outrage that an iconic character could be locked behind a paywall. Star Wars Outlaws‘ story trailer reveal last week was followed by details about pre-orders for the title, which includes the uber-expensive Ultimate Edition that will cost $129.99. View the full article

Crowbar Collective have released the ****** Patch for the Half-Life remake ****** Mesa, which brings with it some essential bug fixes and some nice optimizations. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Another festival of games is live on Steam now with Steam FPS Fest 2024 running until April 22nd at 10am PT / 5pm UTC, and there's also plenty of demos for games to try too. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

While speculation about Helldivers 2 content is often sourced from little more than leaks and datamining, it’s rare to see Arrowhead Studios dropping so many hints. Yet, when it comes to slapping bugs with greatswords, these devs seem as eager to see it happen as we are. One member of the Arrowhead team, community manager Twinbeard, really likes the idea of melee. Responding to speculation online as early as late February—a mere two weeks after the release of Helldivers 2—Twinbeard responded to a Diver excited about what is next to come in the newly-released game: “If you or I could look into the.. heads of our devs, I’m sure we’d find dozens of ideas. More melee? Who knows?!” View the full article

New information is just around the corner for this brand-new RPG developed by Atlus. View the full article

Keanu Reeves, famed for his roles in the John Wick and The Matrix franchises, is set to voice Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. In the short time since the announcement, the gaming community has already voiced its excitement for this ideal match-up. We think it’s a match made in heaven. Paramount’s recent CinemaCon showcase revealed the actor will be the voice of Shadow. In the showcase, a dispirited Dr. Robotnik, portrayed by Jim Carrey, rejuvenates after creating Shadow the Hedgehog, a dark and brooding counterpart to Sonic with similar abilities. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]