****, Elden Ring is a pretty game. Even after 100s of hours wandering the Lands Between I still can't get enough of the way FromSoftware manages to forge beauty from bleakness in its landscapes on PS5 and Xbox. Judging by these new Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree snaps showing off the Land of Shadow's stunning environments, the studio is still in top form. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree looks absolute ***** in new trailer The best games for consoles 2024 Elden Ring DLC is a one and done, but a sequel isn't off the table View the full article
The developer behind Wuthering Waves has apologized for its rocky launch and offered players compensation. Wuthering Waves is an open-world Genshin Impact-style Gacha game from ******** developer Kuro that launched globally in free-to-play form across PC and mobile this week. But the launch has seen a number of issues since, including a raft of bugs and lag problems. In a tweet, Kuro said it was actively working on solutions to these problems. “We are committed to constant self-reflection and improvement, with your satisfaction as our top priority,” the developer said. “We are incredibly grateful for your understanding and patience during our recent technical issues.” The scale of the technical issues is ***** out in a post on the Wuthering Waves website. There was a login timeout issue, now said to be fixed, a problem with age authentication, which is under investigation, forced logins every time the game client is relaunched on PC, ****** issues, glitches on certain Android devices, poor quality localization, and performance issues including lag, freezes, frame-rate drops, devices overheating, blurry graphics, and force quits. An emergency patch was issued to address the most urgent issues, but Kuro advised those still experiencing serious overheating or frequent crashes lower the graphics settings “in the case of an overload for a smoother gaming experience.” “Please rest assured that we are dedicated to providing the best possible experience for our players, and we take performance concerns seriously,” Kuro said. “In future updates, we will continue to optimize the game's performance to improve your gaming experience. Please stay tuned to our upcoming notices and announcements. “ Compensation now offered includes Lustrous Tide*10 for Rovers (player characters) who reach Union Level 2 or above by July 3. Similar to Genshin Impact, Wuthering Waves features a gacha mechanic for obtaining new characters and weapons — see our guide for more details on how to unlock pulling, plus our in-progress walkthrough to help you get started. To celebrate Wuthering Waves' launch, Kuro Games is also issuing in-game rewards via promo codes. 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
Ingression is a an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portal travel that will make your head spin. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
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The Obsidian tracker, which specifically tracks video game industry layoffs, shows that 10,100 people have lost their jobs in 2024 so far. As noted by Eurogamer, the entirety of 2023 saw 10,500 game industry workers ***** off, meaning there has been almost the same number of job losses this year... Read Entire Article View the full article
Competing with titans such as Rust, Sons of the Forest, and Ark Survival Ascended is no easy feat. But ambitious newcomer Soulmask doesn't seem to mind: it wants to be the biggest and best survival game on Steam, and it's now arriving even sooner than previously planned. Following a very successful Steam Next Fest showing, the spectacular sandbox RPG inspired by the ancient Mayan era was previously set to arrive in mid June, but publisher Qooland Games reveals that it'll now be here in just a few days. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Big 500-hour survival game finally sets release date, and it's soon New colossal multiplayer survival sandbox launches free open playtest Huge new 400-hour survival game is about to launch its first playtest View the full article
Fortnite Season 3 launches today for PS5 and Xbox players, bringing a massive apocalyptic wasteland to explore with it. It's out with the opulence of ancient Rome, and in with fresh crossovers from the Fallout and Marvel universe. There's plenty to be excited about in the new Fortnite update, but what one question ********: where is **** Max? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Fortnite Kingdom Hearts ***** could give Sora a shotty on PS5 and Xbox Your Fortnite Marvel skin collection may get more Fantastic Four you Yoda and Dr. Zoidberg are breaking Fortnite, literally View the full article
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory was revealed recently by Different Tales, who also made the rather great Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Inside The Crystal Mountain from Intrugli Games released back in March, and it seems nearly everyone missed it and it looks pretty crazy. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Counter-Strike 2 players can now try a preview of AMD's Radeon Anti-Lag 2. The update aims to reduce input latency more effectively than the company's previous implementation while avoiding the serious in-game problems that last September's update caused. Read Entire Article View the full article
Escape From Tarkov, Gray Zone Warfare, Road to Vostok, Exfil - the realistic, tactical FPS world is booming right now, as slower-paced and more authentic alternatives to the likes of Counter-Strike 2 reach new levels of vogue. Another strategy and teamwork-driven shooter is also having huge success right now, topping one million Steam wishlists after a huge initial playtest - a playtest that's just been extended. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Realistic FPS rivaling Gray Zone Warfare and Tarkov launches new beta Escape From Tarkov dev accuses rival of "plagiarism" amid fan backlash Ultra-realistic tactical FPS and rival to Tarkov finally coming to PC View the full article
Roblox games like Peroxide occasionally release active codes that give you free rewards, but they can be hard to use without the right context. Inspired by the iconic Bleach series, Peroxide gives you in-game resources through codes provided by the developers. With enough materials, you can buy important items that may help you overcome various struggles throughout your sword-swinging adventure. View the full article
******** Squad: ***** the Justice League developer Rocksteady has teased the introduction of Mrs. Freeze with a chilly change to the game world made by the latest patch. Players spotted the small tease for Season 2 following the release of this week’s Season 1 - Episode 2 update. The clip, published by the Arkham Videos X/Twitter account, shows an icy section of Metropolis alongside an advert for ***-*** Frozen Chicken Bites. The latest ******** Squad patch added a small tease in Metropolis for Season 2, which supposedly will introduce Mrs. Freeze as a new playable character. [Hidden Content] — Batman Arkham Videos (@ArkhamVideos) May 22, 2024 Rocksteady has yet to announce Season 2 or what it will add to the game, but it is expected to launch with a new playable character. Season 1 added Joker to the live service co-op shooter. The addition of Mrs. Freeze won’t come as much of a surprise to ***** the Justice League’s core fanbase, given datamining has suggested playable characters on their way include Mrs. Freeze, Lawless, and Deathstroke. Given ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League's Joker is an alternate-reality Elseworlds variant hoovered into the Arkhamverse by Brainiac, this in-bound Mrs. Freeze may be an Elseworlds variant of Mr. Freeze. In February, ***** the Justice League players were surprised to hear main antagonist Brainiac appear to spoil the upcoming addition of Mrs. Freeze in-game. Reddit user ZeronintyPlays posted a gameplay clip showing their Harley Quinn taking down an ******, only to be called the wrong name by Brainiac. "I didn't expect you to be the weak link in this chain, Freeze," the baddie said. As reported earlier this month, ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League has disappointed Warner Bros. Discovery, owner of developer Rocksteady, to the tune of a $200 million hit to revenue. ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League was panned by critics upon launch, with extremely low player numbers on Steam. Some of the frustration stems from ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League not being another Batman game from Rocksteady, despite the fact it is set within the Arkhamverse. The developer’s Batman Arkham series is much-loved by fans, with 2011’s Batman: Arkham City in particular held up as one of the greatest, if not the greatest superhero video game of all time. ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League, on the other hand, is a live service third-person combat game in which Batman is a villain. Rocksteady has faced tough questions around Warner Bros.’ long-term commitment to ******** Squad’s live service. Warner Bros. is yet to announce Rocksteady's next project, but earlier this month it revealed Batman: Arkham Shadow, a VR game developed by Camouflaj, maker of the Iron Man VR game, and set for release exclusively on the Meta Quest 3 later in 2024. Image credit: Arkham Videos X/Twitter account. 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
The Warhammer Skulls Showcase has come along again, and we've got multiple new announcements plus you can grab a free game! Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Wuthering Waves is out and about, and loads of players are diving in and messing around with the open world action gacha. But, while many are out and about pumping up their union level or hunting down echoes, others are pushing the game's limits to see if they can break anything. It turns out, they can. By adjusting your device's clock, you can access a five-star character trail before its intended release. The Wuthering Waves character in question is Yinlin, a five star who isn't available in game at the moment via normal means. Through changing the device date to a point in the future when the Yinlin character trail is active and playable, cheeky players have been able to hop in and check her out early as shown in this bilibili video. Thankfully, it doesn't appear that you can use this technique to access other content, such as limited events or future dailies, but this sort of thing appearing to work client-side has many curious as to what further exploits are possible. For those who don't know, client-side refers to things the game determines on the player's end, whereas server-side refers to bits of the game the devs handle from their servers and the like. That's a very simplified explainer but for the purposes of this story it'll do! Read more View the full article
I cannot compare my experience of writing a review for The Splintered Sea, the first paid expansion for dastardly clever physics puzzle builder Besiege, to that of a journaling sailor facing lethal storms on the horizon. Still, if we take for granted the idea that a review is only really valuable as an insight into the experience of the player: I haven’t been feeling especially great this week. That in mind: Splintered Sea is more Besiege, thoughtfully applied to its already expansive toolkit. More importantly, it's currently bringing me deep and deeply needed moments of untainted, childlike, vaguely-Orkish joy. Read more View the full article
Activision have celebrated my birthday in the traditional manner by announcing a new Call Of Duty game. Said Call Of Duty game is ****** Ops 6, "a dark new chapter" in the Treyarch-helmed FPS sub-series which is known for seedier and weirder, alt-historical or post-future stories featuring hallucinations and cybernetics and catchy ******* music. Read more View the full article
No Rest for the Wicked players have waited a long time for this one, but the second major Early Access patch for the action RPG has finally arrived. This is easily the game’s biggest update, releasing a little over one month after launch. Early Access Patch 2 brings the often-requested feature to change button remaps on controllers, as well as the ability to wield weapons even when you do not meet their required stats. Read more View the full article
The Asus ROG Ally X, a sort of semi-sequel to last year’s ROG Ally handheld PC, has had its specs spilled over at Videocardz. I’m usually a lot more suspicious of hardware leaks, which are often just out-of-date or otherwise inaccurate info, but I’ve also sat through enough mic-muted prebriefings to know an official slideshow when I see one, and that appears to be exactly what Videocardz got its hands on. Besides, these specs include a gigantic 80Whr battery upgrade (doubling the ROG Ally’s 40Whr capacity), so we can at least file this under "News James wants to be true." Read more View the full article
The Sims 4 should see an increased number of technical fixes in the future, according to a new statement posted on the game's official site. For Rent, the title's latest major expansion, dropped last December. View the full article
Skulls! You’ve got one. I’ve got one. Everybody has a lovely skull keeping their lovely face right where it should be. Warhammer is big, so it needs must have multiple of them, hence their yearly event Skulls, which collates a bunch of Games Workshop related announcements into a sort of bizzaro world Nintendo Direct if Yoshi was actually a parasitic corpse emperor. There’s usually at least a few game announcements in there, and this year was a bumper. The headline announcement being an upcoming sequel to well-loved space-pope turn-based strategy Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Yes, yes. I’m getting to the dog. Read more View the full article
Saturday, May 25, 2024 Neil Druckmann has clarified that Sony took his comments out of context in this interview, and has a provided a full response on social media. This article has been updated to reflect that. Naughty Dog has a bit of a penchant for innovation. Between triple-A PlayStation big hitters like Uncharted and The Last of Us, the studio has always looked to push the boundaries of storytelling through its games. As gaming itself has progressively entered mainstream media, it's no longer considered the geeky, odd cousin in the arts family. Perhaps it's because we've now all collectively given into our nerdiest instincts or otherwise, but what is certain is that Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann is looking to push the needle even further. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
Videogames and especially role-playing games are chock-full of sheltered upbringings that go ***** up. Innocent times and places like the prologue for Baldur's Gate, which unfolds in the vast, fortified monastery of Candlekeep (beware spoilers from this point on). BioWare's first ever RPG opens with your unsuspecting Chosen One learning the ropes from the old sage Gorion. There are fetchquests that take you around the enormous citadel, bits of combat training to do, cosy formative chinwags to have with characters like your childhood friend Imoen. But it's not to last, of course: Gorion is murdered, and you must rove the Sword Coast in pursuit of his *******. When you return to Candlekeep later in the game, this once-proud bastion of learning has been filled with doppelgangers of Gorion and other acquaintances, a parade of chatbots waiting to stab you in the back. Read more View the full article
I was pretty certain that I was pretty good at Elden Ring y'know? I can beat the game handily, and have a save file parked right in Mohg's boss arena ready for Shadow of the Erdtree when it launches in the near future. However, one player has destroyed such illusions. Compared to MissMikkaa, I am garbage. You may be wondering why? Well, dear reader, MissMikkaa has managed to beat Elden Ring's new game +7 difficulty with a level one character. She managed the feat in 269 hours, having to take on and overcome each and every boss before the job was done. This journey happened on Twitch, where she streamed the entire process. "I used no summons, great runes, throwing pots, sorceries nor incantations," MissMikkaa posted on Twitter, highlighting interesting details for those keen to learn more. This info came alongside footage of her Malenia *****, which required 63 attempts. Interestingly enough it was the pair of Valiant Gargoyles that proved the most daunting, taking 405 tries. In total, MissMikkaa ***** 2145 times on new game +7. Read more View the full article
Ariana Grande is returning to Fortnite with a fresh look, according to the latest leaks, as the collaborations with music stars continue. Fortnite has enjoyed collabs with a whole host of big names since the introduction of Fortnite Festival, including Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, Enimem, and plenty more, but it’s Ariana Grande who is said to be returning. View the full article
If you've been a bit frustrated with the state of Helldivers 2 and are looking for reasons to jump back into the Galactic War - well, Arrowhead's here to provide 'em. The latest Major Order will reward a new mech if completed, and the studio's been taking community pitches for a new stratagem. In case you missed it, Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt recently stepped aside as CEO, in order to focus more heavily on helping oversee Helldivers 2's development. While the wider effects of this will likely take a little while to come to fruition, that hasn't stopped the developer from getting off to a quick start - he's already asked the community for some stratagem ideas they'd like to see become a thing. Before we get to that, though let's start with this latest Major Order. The task is to liberate one planet - Varylia 5 - something players have already gotten around 30% of the way through as of writing. The reward would be "the dual-autocannon EXO-49 Emancipator exosuit", a mech that'll be possible to produce if an automaton "Petafactory" on the planet can be secured for Super Earth. Read more View the full article
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****, Elden Ring is a pretty game. Even after 100s of hours wandering the Lands Between I still can't get enough of the way FromSoftware manages to forge beauty from bleakness in its landscapes on PS5 and Xbox. Judging by these new Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree snaps showing off the Land of Shadow's stunning environments, the studio is still in top form. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree looks absolute ***** in new trailer The best games for consoles 2024 Elden Ring DLC is a one and done, but a sequel isn't off the table View the full article