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Much as I don't want to admit it, I was very much around when the first big wave of transparent and translucent tech was all the rage. From the iconic original iMac, through the Nintendo Game Cube clear, to the Xbox Crystal, I saw it all. Now, here we are, 25 years later, and the look is back, with Razer creating not one but two collections of gaming gear sporting a translucent style. It just announced a white collection, but on my desk right now is the Razer Phantom Green Collection. Both the Razer Phantom white and green collections consist of a quartet of keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, and headset, for a one-stop kit to completely upgrade your gaming setup. However, you can also buy them separately, allowing you to mix and match or drop in that one translucent piece of kit you've always coveted. Let's take a closer look at what you get with each. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Get all the WiFi access you'd ever need for just $199 with this best-ever Netgear router deal AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D leak hints at new budget AM5 Zen 4 gaming CPU Save $40 on this Logitech wireless gaming mouse for right and left-handed gamers View the full article

While most people started their MMO adventures with World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14, Guild Wars 2 was my first foray into the massively multiplayer genre. I remember downloading it on my dusty old university Macbook far too many years ago, taking my first steps into Tyria, doe eyes filled with wonder. Since then I've played through all of its content, reviewing the stellar End of Dragons back in 2022 and loving every minute of it. But Guild Wars 2 looks different these days, with shorter, more condensed expansions bringing new content to players at a faster pace. First came Secrets of the Obscure, then Janthir Wilds, and now Visions of Eternity is finally here, whisking us away to an island paradise where magic is king. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Guild Wars 2 system requirements Guild Wars 2 Visions of Eternity introduces the MMO's weirdest class yet Guild Wars 2's new expansion adds two fresh island maps, brings back elite specs View the full article

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Amazon is making “significant” cuts to its video game business and moving away from MMO development, it’s announced. In a message to staff reviewed by Bloomberg, the company said it would eliminate more than 14,000 corporate jobs, many of which affect its game development and publishing business. Specifically, the San Diego and Irvine development studios, which are responsible for MMOs New World and an untitled The Lord of the Rings game, have seen significant reductions, according to Steve *****, vice president of Audio, Twitch, and Games. Read More... View the full article

A whole new battlefield has arrived. Welcome to Fort Lyndon, the battle royale map in Battlefield REDSEC. When you drop into Fort Lyndon, you will need to be geared up to take on the enemies around you, on top of the wall of fire that is ever-encroaching and looking to kill you in one hit. That's why you need to be equipped with the knowledge (and equipment) for the best guns and loadouts in Battlefield REDSEC. The Battlefield will be evolving over time, but here are our picks for the best guns to use in REDSEC depending on your class. Battlefield REDSEC weapons meta Image via EA In order to get your custom loadout weapons, you can earn a Custom Weapon Drop during a match or find them as they will sometimes land around the map periodically in each game. But first, you need to find some ground loot to keep yourself prepared to deal with oncoming attackers. In REDSEC, just like BF6, weapons are not restricted to your class, but each class specializes in different weapons. This means that the best weapon to use depends on what class you're using. Best Assault loadout in Battlefield REDSECCategoryChoicePrimary WeaponKORD 6P67Secondary WeaponM45A1Gadget 1M87A1Gadget 2High Explosive LauncherThrowableFrag GrenadeBest Engineer loadout in Battlefield REDSECCategoryChoicePrimary WeaponSCW-10Secondary WeaponM45A1Gadget 1MAS 148 or RPG-7V2Gadget 2AV Mine ThrowableFrag Grenade Best Support loadout in Battlefield REDSECCategoryChoicePrimary WeaponSCW-10Secondary WeaponP18Gadget 1DefibrilatorGadget 2Grenade Intercept SystemThrowableSmoke GrenadeBest Recon loadout in Battlefield REDSECCategoryChoicePrimary weaponM2010 ESRSecondary weaponM45A1Gadget 1C4 ExplosivesGadget 2AP MineThrowableFrag Grenade or Proximity Detector Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches! The post Best guns in Battlefield REDSEC – Weapon tier list appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Liquid Swords, the NetEase-backed studio formed by ex-Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg, has shown a brief teaser of its first game. Back in February, the studio announced that it was making a round of layoffs, with Sundberg saying the company was in “a deeply regrettable position”. Eight months later, however, Liquid Swords has now posted a brief 10-second clip showing a gritty city environment, suggesting the project is still making progress. Read More... View the full article

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IGN has once again teamed up with ID@Xbox for a brand-new showcase that arrives today, just a few days before Halloween. This show promises to be packed with exclusive trailers and new gameplay for games from such studios as Serenity Forge, Thunder Lotus, Raw Fury, Skybound, and many more. To help ensure you don't miss a thing, we will be gathering all the biggest announcements right here, as they happen. Be sure to refresh during the show to stay up to date with all the exciting reveals, and then let us know what your favorite moment was below! How to Watch ID@Xbox on IGN and What to Expect You can watch the ID@Xbox fall showcase on Tuesday, October 28 on the following platforms. The show kicks off at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST and will run for roughly 50 minutes. [Hidden Content] YouTubeFacebookTwitter / XTwitchIGN mobile appsEurogamerVG247https://www.gamesindustry.biz/Rock Paper Shotgun As for what to expect, you can check out a list of some of the studios that will be featured in this edition of the ID@Xbox Showcase; Thunder LotusSerenity ForgePlaySideDon’t NodHooded HorseThunderfulSkyboundPatheaponcleRaw FuryCult GamesWired Productionsand more! In the teaser you can see above, we catch a glimpse of Invincible VS, MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, Vampire Survivors, Planet of Lana 2, Egging On, and more. For more, be sure to check out everything that was revealed in February's ID@Xbox Showcase that kicked off IGN Fan Fest, our ID@Xbox hub page, and {LINK REMOVED}the exciting Xbox (and PS5?!) news about Halo: Campaign Evolved. Adam Bankhurst is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst, Instagram, and TikTok, and listen to his show, Talking Disney Magic. View the full article

The official map and all points of interest for the new Battlefield 6Battle Royale game, known officially as Battlefield REDSEC, have now been released. As fans finally get to go hands-on with Battlefield REDSEC alongside Battlefield 6's big Season 1 update, EA has released the full Battle Royale map, called Fort Lyndon, set in a fictional area of Southern California. In total, the map has twenty major locations, otherwise known as points of interest, for players to check out. View the full article

Along with the launch of the GOG Autumn *****, the GOG Preservation Program has expanded to include even more games the GOG team will be keeping alive. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The release of ARC Raiders is finally upon us after it was first announced all the way back in 2021. It will be the latest entrant into the extraction genre, and has significant hype behind it after numerous playtests, including a Server Slam roughly two weeks ahead of launch. Now developer Embark Studios has revealed exaclty when ARC Raiders' servers go live. View the full article

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Directors behind Warner Bros.’ cancelled brawler, MultiVersus, have formed their own independent studio. Airlock Games is a self-funded developer founded by MultiVersus production director Justin Fischer and technical director Brock Feldman. In an announcement, Airlock Games said its business model would leverage the pair’s experience working on triple-A games, like Disney Infinity and Medal of Honor, to make smaller games “as efficiently as possible” in a “deliberate response to the increasing complexity of developing AAA titles”. Read More... View the full article

Battlefield REDSEC, the Battlefield series’ free-to-play take on Battle Royale, is available now. REDSEC has launched alongside the start of Season 1 for Battlefield 6, and players are able to progress through their Battle Pass tiers by playing either Battlefield 6 or Battlefield REDSEC. Battlefield REDSEC introduces a new map called Fort Lyndon, and tasks players with surviving “the Battle Royale between NATO and Pax Armata squads fighting for control”. Read More... View the full article

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Steam and console users who have a soft spot for horror will want to check out The Florist, a beautiful-looking survival horror title. The recently announced indie project revolved around a protagonist uncovering a mystery in a town overrun by deadly flower-like creatures, making The Florist an intriguing blend of both SIlent Hill f and classic Resident Evil. View the full article

The Outer Worlds 2is often only as violent as you make it, and Brigadier Montelli is one big example. Montelli provides the big boss fight for the Vox Relay Station, and if you head there early, he can end up being a huge bullet sponge that drains all your remaining resources. With the right preparation, however, it's possible to resolve matters in a nonviolent way. View the full article

The full Fort Lyndon map for Battlefield Redsec is hereView the full article

Corsair has just unveiled its The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30th Anniversary special edition, with new designs hitting some of my favorite gaming gadgets.View the full article

Acclaimed indie studio Simogo is bringing a compilation of its first seven games, including Device 6 and Year Walk, to Nintendo consoles and PC for the first time. Simogo Legacy Collection will release on December 2, 2025 for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 and Steam for $14.99, the company announced as part of its 15th anniversary celebrations. The compilation includes the Swedish studio’s first seven games: Kosmo Spin, Bumpy Road, Beat Sneak Bandit, Year Walk (and the Year Walk Companion), Device 6, The Sailor’s Dream, and SPL-T. Read More... View the full article

The free-to-play Battlefield 6 battle royale game mode has officially arrived in the form of Battlefield REDSEC – but it’s probably not exactly what you think it is. EA and Battlefield Studios surprise launched their Battlefield battle royale experience across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S just moments ago, bringing months of rumors and leaks to an end with a standalone offering that’s free for both those who do and do not own Battlefield 6. Its name, shorthand for “Redacted Sector,” teases an updated take on a popular multiplayer pastime that’s been bundled in with two additional modes: Gauntlet and Portal. There’s more to REDSEC than fans may have expected, and it’s all tied in with the Battlefield 6 experience under one unified umbrella. Battlefield Battle Royale Battle royale is no doubt the headline here, offering access to 100-player matches where classic battle royale gameplay is mixed with the Battlefield 6 formula. Infantry can be seen parachuting over and into explosive firefights in its first trailer, which reveals how BF Studios translated familiar elements into the Battlefield universe, all while 2Pac and Dr. Dre’s California Love plays in the background. Finding rare loot, hoarding armor plates, mastering small and large points of interest, and completing missions with friends are core parts of many battle royale experiences, and each is necessary to survive in Battlefield, too. It's more Warzone than Fortnite, but REDSEC has some features that help it stand apart. Fort Lyndon, a Southern California location that EA and BF Studios call the “biggest Battlefield map ever,” serves as the backdrop for each match. As the trailer highlights crumbling buildings, REDSEC aims to convince players it can build on battle royale without sacrificing what so many love about the franchise: tactical destruction. Map-altering vehicles are a mainstay for any true Battlefield experience, and that remains the case for Battlefield 6 battle royale, which features everything from tanks to attack boats to golf carts to find. As the ever-present, ever-shrinking ring of fire (fans may remember it from Battlefield V: Firestorm) forces teams out of the frying pan, discovering an M1 Abrams could mean the difference between victory and succumbing to the flames. There will be plenty of less-threatening vehicles to discover around the new battle royale map, but those looking to drive a heavily armored tank will first need to complete missions, nab a keycard reward, and then use it to unlock specific garages. Battlefield 6 and REDSEC will coexist, so those who have already enjoyed the former can expect to find familiar vehicles, guns, and gadgets in the latter – save for a few tweaks. Class upgrades are just one element to consider and give Assault, Engineer, Support, and Recon players upgrades to work toward. Earn enough XP as the Recon class, for example, and you'll gain access to an enhancement that powers up drones with bomb-dropping capabilities. Custom loadouts can also be built and used, with players able to earn them by completing missions or by betting on the slightly riskier option of waiting for limited global drop events. Battlefield 6 players have not-so-patiently waited for battle royale updates for months. Now that REDSEC is finally here to toss Battlefield into a battle royale blender, fans should know that it's not the only new experience dropping today. Gauntlet If you need a break from battle royale, Gauntlet is a separate mode that is also offered as part of today’s new standalone free-to-play experience. While Battlefield battle royale may see squads prowling for loot in between shootouts throughout longer matches, Gauntlet is propped up as a relatively short, elimination-driven gameplay experience. Instead of 100-player matches, just 32 players (eight squads with four players each) are spread across Fort Lyndon. BF Studios says Gauntlet is structured as a tournament, with teams tasked with fighting through fast-paced, round-based missions. Players have five minutes to complete the objective for each round, with Gauntlet keeping everyone on their toes with rotating missions and locations. As objectives and settings shift, it’s teamwork that will determine which squad emerges victorious. Portal Battlefield fans have been familiar with Portal since its inception in Battlefield 2042. Although the community has already taken to Battlefield 6 Portal to create bizarre game modes and recreate fan-favorite maps, REDSEC Portal opens a new door of possibilities. REDSEC takes the promise of limitless game-creation tools and brings them over to Fort Lyndon’s massive play area. It’s more room for fans to let their imaginations run wild, with one example we’ve seen including a midair obstacle course that features golf carts, colorful shipping containers, and narrow paths. REDSEC Portal looks more Grand Theft Auto Online than Battlefield, but that also seems to be what EA and BF Studios are going for. Two official Portal maps will be available at launch, with more set to follow in the future. How Does Battlefield 6 Work With REDSEC? The base Battlefield 6 experience takes after Call of Duty, bundling in REDSEC so that players can access it from one main menu. Those who don’t own the recently released Battlefield game can still download REDSEC without issue and at no extra charge, but there are a few differences for those who own the full, premium experience and those who don’t. Coinciding with the launch of Season 1 today is Battlefield 6’s battle pass system, which shares unlocked rewards and XP progress between both the base game and its REDSEC counterpart. Though some unique challenges and events will be tied to each experience, and some Battlefield 6 vehicle skins won’t appear in certain REDSEC experiences, EA says “there are no plans” for REDSEC-exclusive unlocks. Portal is where things get slightly complicated. Creative fans who own Battlefield 6 can enjoy the new Portal tools introduced with REDSEC completely unrestricted, gaining access to all the new standalone experience and Fort Lyndon have to offer. Those without the base game, however, won’t have access to any Battlefield 6-exclusive content, such as maps, when making Portal creations. These restrictions don’t stop at the creation side of the user-generated community content hub, either, as EA clarifies that REDSEC-exclusive players won’t be able to create or play any content using Battlefield 6 materials. Battlefield REDSEC isn’t just battle royale – it’s a completely different beast. This three-pillar standalone experience will change as seasonal updates continue to roll out, and if the weeks following the launch of Battlefield 6 are anything to go by, it will also likely rapidly change as community feedback pours in. The October 10 release of Battlefield 6 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S proved to be quite the moment for the series, but the true test of its potential begins with REDSEC and Season 1. While we wait to see how EA and BF Studios plan to maintain yet another major addition to the Battlefield universe, you can read up on all of the changes introduced with Season 1. You can also learn about how Engineer players are putting their repair tools to good use, as well as the multiplayer skin that set the community ablaze. Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe). View the full article

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The only thing truly 'mega' about the recent Pokémon Mega Evolution expansion is the prices, with plenty of products from ETBs to booster boxes going for way over retail price. While it's starting to simmer down a little bit now, plenty of third-party sellers are still listing ETBs at well over the $100 mark. Fortunately, however, you don't have to pay that, because we've found a place you can grab a Pokémon Mega Evolution Elite Trainer Box for over $30 cheaper than Amazon, and below market price to boot. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: I should've bought my favorite Pokémon card when it was $90, but now it's over $600 Pokémon TCG's Master Ball Umbreon card has tumbled from godlike prices into double digits Newest Pokémon set revealed and released View the full article