Intel has announced plans to stop selling some of its 13 th Core processors in retail boxes, meaning gamers will need to buy the unboxed versions instead. The move affects all of the K-series chips in the lineup, which are aimed at enthusiasts and overclockers, as they have unlocked multipliers. These Intel CPU models also have higher boost clocks than their non-K counterparts, which makes them better for gaming. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AI blamed for nerfing AMD CPU gaming performance This new Intel CPU bundle includes Star Wars Outlaws for free Intel's new Arrow Lake CPU socket has just been revealed View the full article
Cast your mind back to 2017, when battle royales weren't even a glint in most games developers' eyes and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds—now officially known as PUBG: Battlegrounds—smashed its way into early access. It rapidly rose through the ranks, and soon became one of Steam's most-played games. While there had been mods inspired by the Battle Royale film before, there hadn't been anything quite like this. It was nihilistic, intensely unwelcoming and brutally difficult to get to grips with. I played for a year, but my interest faded as the game moved out of the popular consciousness. I never forgot the ridiculous tension, though, or the silly situations that the game constantly threw my way... Read more.View the full article
The incredibly underrated Ghostrunner is free for PC via Epic Games Store, but the offer is extremely limited, and interested players need to run to ensure they can claim it. Ghostrunner is a 3D action platformer game released in 2020. The title was developed by One More Level and Slipgate Ironworks and published by 505 Games and All in! Games. The main goal of the game is to traverse through its several levels using platforming skills and survive combats that revolve around the one-hit KO mechanic. This means that if the player is hit, they have to restart that phase. View the full article
Amazon's Fallout TV Show is here now, but before it was, the show had a swanky Hollywood premiere that I'm sure my invite for got lost in the post. At that premiere, snazzily dressed Todd Howard said some things, and some of these things were about the potential idea of an Elder Scrolls adaptation. When it comes to such a thing, it sounds like Howard's plan is - simply put - to keep on being picky. Yup, picky, but in what should be a good way. After all, if someone's going to turn the Lusty Argonian Maid into the blockbuster hit of summer 2034, we need to make sure they understand what the political climate of Morrowind was like when Crassius Curio wrote the ***** thing. Speaking to IGN on the red carpet, Howard was asked about the idea of other Bethesda IPs potentially getting the adaptation treatment, be that a TV show like Fallout or something else. "I don't know. There's nothing in the works," the BGS big cheese said. Read more View the full article
The Fallout TV show is here and, here's a bombshell, it's good. Really good. So good, in fact, that it's naturally got people asking if Bethesda's televisual ambitions stop there. Might the company follow up Fallout with a Skyrim show? A Starfield series? A blistering 4K HDR adaptation of Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3?.. Read more.View the full article
Marvel Rivsls has seemingly teased that PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game are in the works—albeit accidentally. The six-vs-six shooter was revealed on March 27, showing off plenty of characters and exciting gameplay. But there was disappointment for console players because Marvel Rivals was only announced for PC. View the full article
Horizon Forbidden West update 1.2.48.0 is now available for download via Steam. This release further refines the Horizon Forbidden West PC port with some notable quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. View the full article
A "major" Palworld update is scheduled for this summer, though it won't have the previously-promised PvP Arena. Palworld recently made an appearance at the Triple-I Initiative showcase, a special event dedicated to revealing new information about upcoming indie games. View the full article
Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs will be released for PC and consoles next month, Bandai Namco has announced. It’s an updated version of the 64-player battle royale game Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle, which launched in 2020 for Stadia but closed down last year alongside Google’s game streaming service. The online-only game will be available on May 9 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. Read More... View the full article
Arrowhead Game Studios is relentless when it comes to letting you ***** robots and bugs in Helldivers 2. Just when you start to think the studio has thought of every way to ***** something up, a new Helldivers 2 Warbond arrives. Available right now for PS5 players, the Democratic Detonation Warbond is all about explosions and a scorched earth approach to interstellar warfare. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Helldivers 2 needs to resurrect the first game's badass Sabre sword Helldivers 2 update accidentally teases new gear with a "rogue item" New Helldivers 2 Warbond Democratic Detonation is set to ***** on PS5 View the full article
In typical Niantic style, a new Pokémon Go announcement of a future announcement has dropped on social media, teasing ‘big updates’ coming to the game in the future—and the community is less than impressed. The April 11 video doesn’t show much about the update, just a few CGI clips of a person playing Pokémon Go until their avatar appears with a few Pokémon surrounding them. The only thing I could see from the trailer is the avatar seemed to have new assets, but it’s hard to say precisely what Niantic wanted to tease. View the full article
Need some more RTS in your life? Combined Arms is one of my favourites. Built on the free and open source OpenRA, it brings together the Allies, Soviets, GDI, Nod and Scrin. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The Disney Speedstorm community is in flames as an announcement from developer Gameloft regarding the game's monetization has prompted players to begin refunding any and all purchases. Released in 2023, the free-to-play race may not be a mainstream hit like its closest competitor Mario Kart but solid reviews and decent post-launch support have helped it establish a solid community of players who enjoy its take on kart-racing and Disney characters. Unfortunately, Gameloft has seemingly burnt many bridges after announcing that all future premium Golden Pass tracks will be locked behind real money. View the full article
It's been lovely to see Thatgamecompany bring the likes of Journey and Flower to PC, following their debuts on other platforms long before, and oh look here comes their latest too. Sky: Children Of The Light is now available free-to-play in early access on Steam, inviting everyone to explore a pretty world full of pretty sights and sounds in this "peaceful" MMO. Having installed it and started playing it myself, the important part is: yes, you can slide down hills in this one too. Read more View the full article
Another interesting one from the Triple-I showcase is UnderMine 2, Thorium's follow-up to their pretty great *****-diving action roguelite and this one sounds like a good improvement over the first game. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Amazon's Fallout Prime Video series is a big venture for the classic game franchise, and the company is celebrating its launch in style by making some past Fallout games available for free. Ever since the 1997 game that spawned the series, Fallout's post-apocalyptic wasteland has captured the imagination with vivid characters and expansive plots, making it a strong fit for a television adaptation. Amazon recently announced that subscribers will be able to download the MMO Fallout 76 for free on Xbox and PC starting on April 11, but that isn't the only title that the company is making available. View the full article
Going by Gelsinger's assertions, Lunar Lake should also be better for AI workloads than AMD's latest Hawk Point processors that offer 16 TOPS of NPU throughput. While that seems to be on the lower side compared to Lunar Lake, AMD claims that its upcoming Strix Point platform will bring faster... Read Entire Article View the full article
It's no secret that Windows 11 continues to endure a rocky reputation, despite efforts to improve the operating system since its launch almost three years ago. Sadly, though, recent Insider builds suggest Microsoft may also introduce some unwelcome changes to the OS to the future, including the addition of more ads. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Phil Spencer wants handheld gaming PC OS "to feel like an Xbox" Ray tracing could run much better on your 8GB GPU, thanks to Microsoft Restarting your PC after a Windows update might be a thing of the past View the full article
Palworld PvP is on the way, but like a lot of things in Pocketpair's survival game, announcing that news wasn't straightforward. Despite a teaser trailer stating a "summer 2024" release date, the Palworld dev has had to now stress it's actually a more broad window of just "2024". However, it has promised fans that a different "major" Palworld update will arrive in the summer instead, which features a wealth of new content for Xbox players. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Palworld's first raid boss Bellanoir is a brutal base destroyer Palworld creator isn't interested in making ******* Xbox games Palworld PS5 port closer to reality as dev teases future plans View the full article
The World of Warcraft community recently learned about the upcoming additions in Dragonflight Patch 10.2.7. Hunter mains are excited about two important changes, as they’re huge quality-of-life improvements they’ve been begging to have for a long time. According to popular WoW content creator MrGM, Hunters are getting two quality-of-life changes in WoW Dragonflight Patch 10.2.7. One change lets you rename your **** at any time, while the other is a much-needed Stables UI update. View the full article
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Waluigi is still a scumbag, but his racecourse is pretty great. | Image: Nintendo Despite essentially being a rehash of the bestselling Wii U game of all time, I’d argue Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the quintessential multiplayer game for the Nintendo Switch (sorry, Smash Bros. stans). The 2017 title only got better with the additional 48 tracks Nintendo introduced as DLC, which, thanks to a discount at Amazon and Walmart, you can currently grab alongside the base game for $64.98 ($20 off). [/url] The so-called Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — Booster Course Pass includes a digital copy of the original Switch game and all six waves of added DLC content, which Nintendo also offers as a standalone purchase for $24.99 or as part of a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription for $49.99 a year. The booster pack contains eight... Continue reading… View the full article
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Ubisoft has sparked a debate after announcing Star Wars Outlaws’ expensive gold and ultimate editions, which offer early access and a season pass, among other things. The $109.99 gold edition and even more expensive $129.99 are being criticized by some not just for costing much more, but for what they include. The Gold Edition includes the base game, as you’d expect, the Season Pass, and three days early access with a pre-order. The Ultimate Edition includes all that and two cosmetic bundles (the Sabacc Shark bundle and the Rogue Infiltrator bundle), and a digital art book. The Season Pass adds two post-launch story expansions, the exclusive Jabba’s Gambit mission at launch, and the Kessel Runner character cosmetic pack. It’s worth noting that Star Wars Outlaws is a single-player only game, which has caused some to question the need for a season pass at all (by using the word "season" Ubisoft suggests there will be more than one). It’s also worth pointing out that the base game costs $70 on console, which means Ubisoft values the season pass and early access at $40, and the cosmetics and digital art book at $20. Ubisoft has yet to detail the two post-launch DLCs included in the season pass. Some players are now expressing disappointment in how Star Wars Outlaws is being sold. “Star Wars Outlaws will cost up to $130 U.S. on release and has pre-order bonuses, a season pass, and three price levels,” said disgruntled redditor Ketsukoni. “I'm trying to see the positive in this one.” There are now people saying they plan to wait for a post-launch ***** before picking up Star Wars Outlaws. “It’s a single-player game,” added jbm1518. “Wait a year to buy it and you’ll save money, have DLC already available, and have a more polished experience.” Anytime I see charts like these it just makes me think: “I can’t wait to buy the full game for $20 years later.” [Hidden Content] — Angel RPG ******* (@Helexzura) April 9, 2024 The Star Wars Outlaws Ultimate Edition price matches the equivalent edition of Ubisoft’s recently released Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which was itself a price hike compared to the ultimate editions of the likes of The Crew Motorfest and Skull and Bones. When it comes to Ubisoft ultimate editions, we’re firmly in $130 territory now, it seems. Star Wars Outlaws finally gave fans a clearer look at its narrative in a story trailer that was released this week. It gave us an early look at leads Kay Vess and Nix and the crew they hope to assemble while also revealing more from some familiar faces. Most importantly, though, the video finally revealed a release date. Star Wars Outlaws launches for PC via Ubisoft Connect, the Epic Games Store, and Amazon Luna, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S on August 30, 2024. 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
Gigantic: Rampage Edition is the revitalized MOBA that’ll hopefully stay up longer than last time. With this new edition, more heroes have been added for us to play with, so let’s shove them in a tier list like usual fashion.Gigantic: Rampage Edition tier listI will be ranking all the heroes in Gigantic: Rampage Edition from best to worst. I have gathered my information based from public opinion, to try and remain objective. Although it should be remembered that this is a pretty new game, so all the metas may not be fully fleshed out yet.The game so far seems rather balanced, so we’ll see most of these heroes in the same weight-class, with some exceptions, of course. As the days go on, we’ll see how different ability strategies come to light to elevate certain heroes in the rankings.Screenshot: PC InvasionConsider this tier list a good point of reference for what characters are generally accepted to be good or bad, although the best tier list...View the full article
Every Thursday we share the weekly Famitsu sales charts, which tracks physical boxed game sales and hardware sales in Japan. ... Read more View the full article
Destiny 2's free Into the Light update has launched with six of the 12 classic weapons that are being reissued with new perks for this release. But not all iconic weapons are created equal. What if you'd rather earn new rolls on the now best-in-slot legendary grenade launcher Edge Transit over, say, the Succession ******* rifle? Is that such an unreasonable request?.. Read more.View the full article
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Cast your mind back to 2017, when battle royales weren't even a glint in most games developers' eyes and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds—now officially known as PUBG: Battlegrounds—smashed its way into early access. It rapidly rose through the ranks, and soon became one of Steam's most-played games. While there had been mods inspired by the Battle Royale film before, there hadn't been anything quite like this. It was nihilistic, intensely unwelcoming and brutally difficult to get to grips with. I played for a year, but my interest faded as the game moved out of the popular consciousness. I never forgot the ridiculous tension, though, or the silly situations that the game constantly threw my way... Read more.View the full article