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In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Dell and Nvidia hinted at unveiling big plans for products in the emerging AI PC market in 2025. The latter company has touted the AI capabilities of its GPUs but has mostly remained on the sidelines of the recent push for "AI PCs" from... Read Entire Article View the full article

MultiVersus comes back online on May 28, and I was able to get some early hands-on time with the version Player First Games has been cooking for the relaunch. And, while there are still areas that feel a bit shaky, MultiVersus feels more fun as ever. The MultiVersus we enjoyed from July 2022 until June 2023 was just a beta version that ended up losing its luster by the time it went offline. It went from hitting big numbers on Steam to a dwindling player count, so Player First Games made some heavy promises once it took the platform fighter back to the lab—most of which I’m happy to say the team delivered on. View the full article

2022 was a fantastic year for detective games: we got both sprawling ******* mystery The Case of the Golden Idol and cozy plant shop puzzle game Strange Horticulture. 2024 is shaping up pretty mysteriously, too: a new Golden Idol game is due out this year, and in even more exciting news, a follow-up to Strange Horticulture has been announced today... Read more.View the full article

The rich world of Dark Souls has inspired many great cosplays over the years, and one new creation is a particularly impressive addition to that legacy. Eight years after the release of Dark Souls 3, it's comforting to see how passionate its community still is, even if developer FromSoftware may never return to the series. Its spirit certainly lives on through other FromSoftware games released since, and the impending release of the Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree has a lot of people thinking about the studio's iconic titles again. View the full article

Publisher Microids has announced the release date for 00's cartoon adaptation Totally Spies! - Cyber Mission on Thursday. It will be launching for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Nintendo Switch, and PC on October 31, 2024. View the full article

Remember Strange Horticulture? The puzzle game from Iceberg Interactive and developers Bad Viking from a couple of years ago that tasked you with correctly identifying various fantasy plants in order to help out with a supernatural mystery? If not, then you should immediately go check out, as it was an incredibly fun and creative game that surprised many. And now, Bad Viking is back with another surprise: An unexpected sequel. Yes, once again, players will be returning to the world of Undermere, but this time stepping away from the world of botany and into a different subject this time around, as seen with the reveal of Strange Antiguities. View the full article

A top PlayStation executive has predicted that technological advancements in gaming will see the focus “shift from graphics or visuals to immersive narratives” over the coming decade. Sony used its corporate strategy meeting on Thursday to present its “Creative Entertainment Vision,” which it describes as its long-term vision for where it “wants to be in 10 years, with an eye towards future technological advances”. In an interview published to coincide with today’s event, Asad Qizilbash, the head of PlayStation Productions and head of product at PlayStation Studios, was asked to provide his predictions for where gaming’s headed. Read More... View the full article

Out of all the Call of Duty studios, Treyarch always delivers the best hunt for clues when it comes to its ****** Ops series. ****** Ops 6 teasers are continuing to emerge following the launch of a mysterious new website on May 22, but what we didn't expect to see is what appears to be a call back to the worst ******* in Call of Duty Zombies history. Yes, for some reason, it looks like Treyarch could be referencing Call of Duty Vanguard. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Get your first look at ****** Ops 6 with these cryptic teasers A 13-year mystery around a secret Call of Duty MW3 ending is over ****** Ops 6 reportedly set for Game Pass in major change for Xbox View the full article

The silence from survival horror specialists Undead Labs since it announced State of Decay 3 a few years back has been eerie, to say the least. The Xbox studio has certainly kept its head down, with only the odd murmurings being heard here and there from its camp. As we approach the big Xbox Games Showcase there's an expectation that we'll finally get an update on its progress, and by the sounds of things, it's going to be pretty ***** impressive. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: [Hidden Content] Undead Labs "on its way to achieving its ultimate vision" with State of Decay 3 View the full article

I remember playing with various crazy Marbles games when younger, and again with my own small person and now one developer is making a whole game about messing with them in Mighty Marbles. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Bandai Namco has shared a new Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree screenshot. The image, depicting an imposing city, challenges one popular fan theory about the upcoming Elden Ring expansion. View the full article

If you love a good bit of total chaos then check out Oblin Party, an upcoming wacky physics-based, couch/online party brawler where the hands do the talking. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The Alone in the Dark reboot ******* to meet sales expectations at the embattled Embracer Group, it has said. In a financial report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, Embracer said Alone in the Dark and Outcast: A New Beginning both endured “a softer-than-expected performance” and “performed below management expectations.” That’s corporate speak for ******* to sell the required number of units to make money. Alone in the Dark launched in March as a reimagination of the famous franchise and “a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.” It featured performances from high-profile Hollywood actors Jodie Comer (******** Eve, Free Guy) and David Harbour (Stranger Things, ****** Widow) in their first video game roles, complete with captured likenesses. But despite this, Alone in the Dark ******* to capture the attention of the wider gaming public. According to SteamDB, it peaked with 1,628 concurrent players on Valve’s platform upon launch, but that figure has tumbled since. At the time of this article’s publication, just 23 accounts were playing Alone in the Dark, with a 24-hour peak of 52. IGN’s Alone in the Dark review returned a 6/10. We said: “It’s not without its memorable moments, but Alone in the Dark fails to escape the shadows of the other contemporary survival horror titans that it helped spawn.” Embracer’s comments about the commercial performance of Alone in the Dark come a month after its developer, the Embracer-owned Pieces Interactive, reportedly suffered a round of layoffs. Embracer has yet to comment on those layoffs. Embracer has ***** off thousands of staff since the collapse of a $2 billion deal, reportedly with Saudi government funded company Savvy Games Group, in 2023. In January it emerged that Embracer had canceled a new Deus Ex game that was two years in development and ***** off some staff at Eidos Montreal. Some of the Embracer-owned studios to shut down include Saints Row developer Volition and Timesplitters developer Free ******** Design. Last month, after selling off multiple businesses including Borderlands maker Gearbox and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake maker Saber Interactive, Embracer announced its intent to split into three separate companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends. The largest shareholder, controversial CEO Lars Wingefors, intends to form a new long-term ownership structure, and “will remain a long-term, active, committed and supportive owner of all three entities,” Embracer said. While Alone in the Dark and Outcast: A New Beginning both ******* to set tills alight, Embracer said Tomb Raider I-III Remastered “was positively received and performed above management expectations”, and Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection “saw negative reviews from users, but performed in line with management expectations.” South Park: Snow Day! saw “a mixed reception from critics and users but delivered within expectations.” Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, “launched to great reception and outperformed management expectations.” Lightyear Frontier, meanwhile, “saw a positive reception and performed well-in-line with management expectations.” ***** Island 2, developed by *** studio Dambuster Studios, is a hit, selling over three million units and reaching over seven million players since launch, a figure boosted by the game’s release on Xbox Game Pass. As for what’s coming up from Embracer, it has high hopes for open-world medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, which is due out later in 2024. It said it expects the game will hit ***** Island 2 sales numbers. There’s also ******** Floor 3, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, Hyperlight Breaker, Gothic Remake, Titan Quest 2 alongside at least three other “important, unannounced releases,” Embracer said. In total, more than 70 game projects are currently expected to be released during the financial year ending March 31, 2025. Embracer also owns Middle-earth Enterprises, and has licensed the Lord of the Rings IP to Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema for two new films. 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]

Activision's stepped up the teasers for this year's Call of Duty title recently, mainly by putting some blindfolds on stone versions of several former US presidents, but those hints now look to have given way to a proper promo push. Yup, it looks like CoD 2024 finally has its proper name - Call of Duty ****** Ops 6. Yup, forget about all of those debates as to whether the series should be on Xbox Game Pass or not, it's time to start getting hyped up about being able to ****** a guy, then compain about the TTK, then ****** a guy again in a new setting at some point relatively soon. As spotted by eagle-eyed fans, today's edition on USA Today looks to include some advertising that specifically refers to the game as ****** Ops 6, via text that appears alongside the game's logo featuring a trio of little doggies - or one doggie casting two shadows - and some not quite real news stories refering to in-game story developments. Read more View the full article

What are the best weapons in XDefiant? Identifying the strongest weapons in XDefiant is not an easy task as there are 24 guns in the arsenal, all with different strengths and weaknesses. While you could spend hours experimenting in multiplayer or ******* at targets in the practice range, we're going to save you some time by breaking down the best XDefiant guns in the current meta. Navigating the different ******* categories in XDefiant can be a challenge in itself, especially alongside learning the various XDefiant maps as well as the XDefiant factions, abilities, and traits. However, there are a select few weapons that have stood out from the crowd and are making a name for themselves as the top-tier picks. So, whether you're a sentinel or a run-and-**** competitor, we have the best XDefiant weapons for you right here. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best XDefiant loadouts for the current meta XDefiant server status - is XDefiant down? XDefiant system requirements View the full article

Back in the Forsaken days, Edge Transit was a Destiny 2 meme—a decidedly mid grenade launcher that just would not stop dropping from engrams. Today, Bungie is having the last laugh, because Into the Light's reissued Edge Transit is an absolute monster. Right now, it's basically tied with Cataphract GL3 as the best heavy grenade launcher in the game. But two things give it the slight edge. First, when The Final Shape launches next month, all Brave Arsenal weapons will become enhanceable—making them even better than they are now. Second, unlike Cataphract, you don't have to play Trials of Osiris to get it... Read more.View the full article

XDefiant is out and is pretty ***** fun! It feels a lot like some classic, arcadey shooters from my childhood. Running fast in Modern Warfare 2 and the like - the exact thing every old man has been begging for over the last decade. But with all good things come the bad, and a wave of cheaters have set their sights on Ubisoft's latest release. Now it's important to note that, like every game that suffers from cheaters, this isn't impacting every match, or even the majority of matches. This in its current form appears to be a niche, but nonetheless frustrating, issue. If you want a prime example of what it looks like you can see it in action on the XDefiant subreddit. It's a classic spread of wall hacks and aimbots working in tandem, the Hall and Oates of FPS cheats. So what can players do? Nothing! Nothing can be done. XDefiant uses BattleEye anti-cheat, which is a common service you'll find in Rainbow Six: Siege, Escape from Tarkov, etc. If you're even remotely familar with either of those games you'll know that cheating is very much an issue in both. Tarkov is infamous for its cheating problem, and the rolling ban announcements in Siege are a constant reminder of how many losers use this illicit software. Read more View the full article

The D50 is XDefiant’s take on the iconic Desert Eagle *******. Let me show you everything you need to know in our XDefiant D50 guide: How to unlock it, the best attachments and loadout, and all camos.How to unlock the D50 in XDefiantThe D50 is easy to unlock and can be earned in a single match along with the other Secondary Weapons. Simply deal 1000 damage with Secondary Weapons to obtain the D50. You can do this across multiple games.I found the easiest way to do this early was to use the premade ******** Class and swap to my Secondary for every gunfight. I also completed the Quick-Swap ***** challenge the same way so you can unlock all the Secondaries around the same time.Best attachments for the D50 in XDefiantXP gains and progression in XDefiant are exceptionally slow at the time of writing. It will take many hours to unlock even half of the valuable attachments. Fortunately, the D50 packs a punch right out of the box, and you can ad...View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

What are the best XDefiant loadouts? Accuracy and precision in gunfights may be essential if you want to carry your team to victory, but without a meta ******* and attachments, you're at risk of getting outgunned by your opponents. Luckily, we've been busy experimenting and now have all the best XDefiant loadouts so you can enter every skirmish with the confidence that your ******* is going to perform at its peak. Picking out which weapons to master from the 24 that make up the XDefiant arsenal can be overwhelming, especially when you're also learning the intricacies of the XDefiant maps and all the XDefiant factions, abilities, and traits. However, once you're familiar with the best options in the preseason, it should make the process a lot less intimidating. So, whether you're a sharpshooter who prefers to snipe foes from afar or an ******** Rifle fan who loves to deal huge amounts of damage at mid-range, we have the best XDefiant loadouts right here. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best XDefiant weapons and **** list XDefiant server status - is XDefiant down? XDefiant system requirements View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

This is a bit unusual. DAVE THE DIVER from developer MINTROCKET has a new Godzilla DLC out now, which is entirely free to claim but it's not sticking around forever. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Sometimes you gotta know when to fold, and trying to get new hotness RPG Wuthering Waves to play nice with the Steam Deck has got me creasing like an origami crane. While its Epic Games Store release can be worked around, and Proton GE will get the game’s own launcher running, no combination of software, compatibility tools, or installation folder deep-diving seems capable of actually booting the game proper. As such, I’m accepting defeat. Obviously with apologies to any studious Steam Deck Academy readers. Read more View the full article

A datamine of the new Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door remake contains information that suggests a port for Switch 2 is coming. There’s still no official word about the follow-up to the Nintendo Switch, but this could mean it’s very close. A screenshot of the datamine was posted to Reddit on May 23. The image shows code that suggests Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door can support 4K resolution. Anyone who owns a Nintendo Switch knows that the console can’t handle anything remotely close to 4K resolution. So what’s the purpose of the support? There are a few theories. View the full article

Wraithbinder is an action roguelike RPG with metroidvania-inspired ability progression. It just entered Early Access with Native Linux support from Wizard *** (Songbringer) and Double Eleven. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

AMD's Ryzen 5 5600 was always competitively priced and presented excellent value for gamers. However, it's a good time to pose the question: how well has it aged, and should you have bought an 8-core or even 16-core CPU instead? Read Entire Article View the full article