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One of the best aspects of Battlefield 6is easily the wide variety of weapons available in the game, offering plenty of potential for tailoring its gunplay to your personal preferences. While almost every weapon in Battlefield 6 is viable with the right loadout, some still shine above the rest for general use. View the full article

The first draft of the script for the movie adaptation of Sleeping Dogs is "done." That's according to Marvel star Simu Liu, who revealed over the weekend that the script for the film was complete, albeit carefully redacting some details from the screenshot. He marked the news by sharing a photo of his own sleeping dog. in honour of our sleeping dogs script draft being done, here’s my sleepy dog [Hidden Content] — Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) October 18, 2025 When a commenter responded to the good news and asked if the actor and producer had "worked things out" with the game's publisher and IP-holder Square Enix, Liu said: "They’re absolutely great, it’s the studios that don’t seem to understand how important this IP is BUT we will get them there." If you were hoping for more, I'm afraid Liu shared little else, but it should be good news nonetheless given the adaptation has been languishing in development hell for at least eight years. As IGN has reported, Story Kitchen is leading the Sleeping Dogs live action feature film project, with Simu Liu, who plays Shang-Chi in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, producing and set to play the lead role of Wei Shen. Story Kitchen has form when it comes to video game adaptations, having worked on everything from the Sonic the Hedgehog films to Netflix’s animated Tomb Raider series. The original adaptation was announced in 2017 with Donnie Yen set to star, but the film disappeared a year later and, earlier this year, Yen himself confirmed it had been scrapped, saying: "I spent a lot of time and did a lot of work with these producers, and I even invested some of my own money into obtaining the drafts and some of the rights." Just a few weeks later, however, Liu tweeted to say he was working with the rights holders to bring the much-loved video game to the big screen. Sleeping Dogs was first released in 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC and tells the story of detective Wei Shen as he infiltrates one of Hong Kong's notorious Triad crime syndicates. While it failed to meet publisher Square Enix's lofty sales expectations, it is much-loved by fans and sequel hopes have followed it ever since. We thought Sleeping Dogs was great, writing in IGN's Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition review: "Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition doesn't mess much with what made the original game so great. And that's a good thing." It returned an 8.5. A sequel was canceled in late 2013 just before it entered production, and its original developer, United Front Games, shut down three years later. Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article

Capcom's upcoming, unannounced Resident Evil Zero remake will reportedly launch in 2028 and feature the lead actor from Square Enix's Guardians of the Galaxy video game. Last year, IGN verified a report by noted Resident Evil leaker Dusk Golem that claimed Capcom would continue remaking its classic Resident Evil back catalog with new versions of both Resident Evil Code Veronica and Resident Evil Zero in development. Now, MP1st has suggested that the Code Veronica remake is targeting a Q1 2027 release window, while Resident Evil Zero will follow a year after. And there's word, too, of Zero remake's codename — "Project Chamber" — which is also listed on the resume of Far Cry 5 and Guardians of the Galaxy (video game) actor Jon McLaren. McLaren's resume describes Project Chamber as an "upcoming AAA video game", for which he is providing performance capture at Beyond Capture Studios. The codename would be an obvious nod to Resident Evil Zero's Rebecca Chambers, while MP1st notes that Beyond Capture Studios was previously used by Capcom for both the Resident Evil 4 Remake and Street Fighter 6. Resident Evil Zero originally launched in 2002 on GameCube, and served as a prequel to franchise's classic first entry. It covers the events surrounding the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team in the Arklay Mountains, with the player switching between Chambers and escaped convict Billy Coen. (This is, presumably, who McLaren is playing.) This new remake is expected to add fresh scenes to the original game's story — in a similar manner to how Capcom has fleshed out its previous Resident Evil remakes. In Zero, it's reported that this will include a larger role for the conductor in the game's infamous train sequence. There's likely still plenty of time to go before fans see anything of Capcom's new Resident Evil Zero remake for themselves, though today's fresh report provides a little more detail of what to expect — and when. In the meantime, of course, Capcom is busy getting ready for the launch of next year's Resident Evil Requiem — which is set to arrive on February 27, 2026 in time for the franchise's 30th anniversary. The game is designed to act as something of a send-off for some of the series' long-running plotlines, including the fate of the Umbrella Corporation and Raccoon City. But will Leon S. Kennedy return? Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social View the full article

Human "imperfections" are what make music "sound so satisfying"View the full article

Fans of the roguelike disagree: "No one asked for Dead Cells 2. We just didn't want Dead Cells to be unceremoniously discontinued"View the full article

One missed here on GamingOnLinux from earlier in the month, the classic comedy point and click adventure game Splittown had a full complete release. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Now that he's settled into life in the valley, Cogsworth is looking to tackle some important tasks in Disney Dreamlight Valley. One of the many quests he'll ask you to help with is The Circle of Friendship. In this one, Cogsworth and Lumiere are determined to find a great gift for the Beast, but they're not quite sure what to give him. It's a decently tough mission to work through, so here's a complete quest walkthrough for The Circle of Friendship in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Table of contentsHow to complete The Circle of Friendship in Disney Dreamlight ValleyVisit Timon and Pumbaa at Pride RockGather some Mushrooms for Cogsworth and Clay for LumiereVisit the Beast's CastleGather the materials to make the Red Rose Vase and the Leafy HammockCatch the bugs in the Beast's CastlePut out the fires at Pride RockGather ingredients for CogsworthHow to complete The Circle of Friendship in Disney Dreamlight Valley Screenshot by Destructoid To complete The Circle of Friendship quest, you need to help Cogsworth and Lumiere get the best gift possible for the Beast. Lots of chaos and side quests occur throughout this mission, so here's a full breakdown of everything you need to get done. Visit Timon and Pumbaa at Pride Rock Since Cogsworth and Lumiere aren't sure what to get the Beast, they want to seek advice from two other villagers who also serve royalty. Start by visiting Pride Rock so you can seek assistance from Timon and Pumbaa. You're looking for the house they share with Simba and Nala, wherever you previously chose to place it in the valley. Once you're inside, talk to Cogsworth about the situation. Both he and Lumiere will then ask you to track down some items around the valley that they can use to craft their gifts. Gather some Mushrooms for Cogsworth and Clay for Lumiere Screenshot by Destructoid Cogsworth asks you to obtain five Mushrooms, while Lumiere needs five pieces of Clay. You can find Mushrooms growing in the wild around the Glade of Trust biome and Clay by digging the ground around the Glade of Trust, Sunlit Plateau, and Forgotten Lands. Once you have all of the requested items, meet up with Cogsworth and Lumiere to give them away. Visit the Beast's Castle Next, head to the Beast's Castle. You're looking for the house version of the castle that the Beast, Belle, Cogsworth, and Lumiere call home in the valley, not the Realm version you can visit through the Dream Castle. Chat with Cogsworth inside about what to do next. Gather the materials to make the Red Rose Vase and the Leafy Hammock It's now time to gather loads of materials to make a Red Rose Vase and Leafy Hammock. Before you can craft these gifts for Cogsworth and Lumiere, you must obtain all of the following items. 15 Clay – Can be obtained by digging the ground around the Glade of Trust, Sunlit Plateau, and Forgotten Lands biomes. Six Red Roses – Unlocked after completing the Beast's level 10 A Gift in Crimson quest. Can be collected from the Beast's Greenhouse. Five Gold Ingots – Can be crafted from Gold Nuggets, which are obtained by mining rock nodes around the Sunlit Plateau, Frosted Heights, Forgotten Lands, Mythopia, and Vitalys Mine.Eight Blue Falling Penstemon – Found growing in the wild around the Plaza. Five Pink Bromeliad – Found growing in the wild around the Sunlit Plateau.Five Red Bromeliad – Found growing in the wild around the Sunlit Plateau.Eight Jungle Bamboo – Can be picked from around The Lion King Realm. You're looking for sparkling green Jungle Bamboo sticking up out of the ground throughout this region. Screenshot by Destructoid Once you have all of the required items, head to any crafting station to make the Red Rose Vase and Leafy Hammock. You can find both under the "Furniture" category. After crafting them, head back to the Beast's Castle in the valley to check on Cogsworth and Lumiere. Catch the bugs in the Beast's Castle Cogsworth and Lumiere got into some trouble while you were away, so get to work catching the three bugs darting around the Beast's Castle to quickly fix their chaos. These small creatures move fast, but the castle is very small, allowing you to catch them with ease. After catching them all, give the Red Rose Vase to Cogsworth, then head over to Pride Rock to meet up with Lumiere. Put out the fires at Pride Rock Lumiere stirred up some more trouble over at Pride Rock, so equip your Royal Watering Can and use it to put out all eight fires around the area. Chat with Lumiere once you're done to give him the Leafy Hammock you made, then listen in as Cogsworth and Lumiere chat. Gather ingredients for Cogsworth Screenshot by Destructoid Cogsworth now needs you to obtain some key ingredients for him, including: Two Wheat – Wheat can be planted and grown from Wheat Seeds, which you can buy from the Peaceful Meadow and Ancient's Landing biomes. Two Egg – Eggs can be purchased from the pantry at Chez Remy or Tiana's Palace. They cost 220 Star Coins. Two Milk – Milk can be purchased from the pantry at Chez Remy or Tiana's Palace. It costs 230 Star Coins.Two Sugarcane – Sugarcane can be planted and grown from Sugarcane Seeds, which you can buy from the Dazzle Beach biome. Once you have all of the requested items, meet up with Cogsworth to pass them over. Then, head to the Beast's Castle to check in with everyone. Cogsworth, Lumiere, Timon, and Pumbaa decided to put together a little apology party for you, so dress up in three pieces of Elegant clothing to get things going. Chat with Cogsworth one last time to officially conclude The Circle of Friendship quest. There are plenty of other tricky but important missions you get done around the valley. Next, you might work on Spirit Hunters, Serenade of Memory, Here, There, and Everywhere, and At Your Service. 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 The Circle of Friendship quest walkthrough in Disney Dreamlight Valley appeared first on Destructoid. 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Your vacation in Lumiose City doesn't end with the credits, here's a list of everything that unlocks following the game's conclusion View the full article

I'll admit that this is the first time I've heard of Momcore but the Momcore: Games For a Busy Life Humble Bundle does have some sweet games in it. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Valve has rated all three Atelier Ryza DX games from the Atelier Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack as Steam Deck Verified ahead of next month's launch. View the full article

Reports that a Resident Evil 0 remake is in the works have been given more weight following the discovery of a possible reference to the project in an actor’s resume. Last year Dusk Golem, who has a history of reporting on the Resident Evil series, claimed that remakes of Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil Code Veronica were in development, something VGC also understands to be the case. Now MP1st has found further evidence which appears to confirm who will play one of the leads in the Resident Evil 0 remake. Read More... View the full article

The first time I played Little Nightmares, I fell in love almost instantly. Although I'm a total ***** when it comes to horror games, the Coraline-esque aesthetic very quickly sunk its hooks into me, and before long I found myself waiting for the release of the second game in 2021. In the meantime I stayed up trying to find out as much as I possibly could about the characters and setting. When Little Nightmares 2 launched it took me a single day to get through. You literally couldn't have peeled me away from it if you tried. So, when the third game was announced in 2023, the excitement started all over again... Read more.View the full article

Clair Obscur's popularity isn't impacting Final Fantasy just yetView the full article

Amazon Web Services says it’s seeing “significant signs of recovery” following a massive outage that affected numerous websites and apps. The outage, which mainly affected the ‘US East 1’ region of Amazon Web Services (AWS) saw a sizeable portion of the internet going down for that region due to the widespread use of AWS for cloud computing services. The outage also affected numerous video game services and apps, according to the BBC, including: Read More... View the full article

Marvel Rivals is finally getting its first PvE mode—and in true shooter fashion, it's zombies. Zombies is the mode. Now, to be fair, it's based on the Marvel Zombies TV show (which is, itself, based on the Marvel Zombies comic, an AU storyline that first made its debut in the halcyon days of 2005), so there's precedent... Read more.View the full article

Expectations were high for the first game from Build a Rocket Boy (Barb), the studio founded by former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies after his departure from Rockstar North in 2016. Benzies was one of the key leadership figures that had overseen GTA's rise from a pioneering open world romp into a global cultural phenomenon, and Barb's first big project was supposed to be Everywhere: a multiplayer RPG in a futuristic open world where, ultimately, players would be able to author their own experiences... Read more.View the full article

DOSBox Pure Unleashed is a standalone fork of the classic DOSBox to run DOS games on modern systems, based on the libretro core. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Lana Del Rey looks to have gotten a second chance at recording a James Bond theme, this time for the upcoming video game 007 First Light. Eagle-eyed fans on reddit have spotted a fresh song titled "First Light" that has been registered by Del Rey, real name Elizabeth Grant, to the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). While not a full confirmation, Del Rey performing the game's theme would be a neat fit, after the singer's 2005 track "24" was snubbed for Daniel Craig outing Spectre, the franchise's 24th movie. IGN has contacted IO Interactive for more. Last year, Del Rey revealed she had written that track as a Bond theme, only for Sam Smith's "Writing's On the Wall" to ultimately get picked instead. "I wrote that for them," Del Rey told BBC News previously. "Sam, you did a wonderful job. One day, maybe... But I'm going to continue to do my little Nancy Sinatra thing every now and then and just pretend it's the title track." The Bond franchise typically commissions several potential theme songs for each movie release, with numerous "lost" Bond tracks recorded by famous artists over the years. Johnny Cash recorded a theme for Thunderball, for example, while Pulp had a take on Tomorrow Never Dies. And, like Del Ray, Radiohead also recorded a theme for Spectre (just titled "Spectre") which they also previously released. As for the promising-looking 007 First Light, developer IO Interactive seems more than happy teasing details out over time — such as the long-awaited confirmation that, yes, Dexter: Original Sin's Patrick Gibson is indeed playing its fresh-faced Bond. More recently, we also learned that Marvel star Gemma Chan will also portray a character in the game. 007 First Light has set a release date of March 27, 2026, for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2. Before then, we've got plenty more on 007 First Light, including a report on how Daniel Craig’s face was put into a Hitman map in order to secure the Bond rights, and how Queen Elizabeth II’s passing affected First Light’s development. And be sure to check out our extensive 007 First Light preview full of gameplay and story details. Image credit: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Valentino. Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social View the full article

Looks like we'll be able to play Blue Protocol: Star Resonance again, with the release of GE-Proton 10-21 out now with some essential fixes. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

A new Steam release called Gromopoli is a digital tabletop game that seems heavily inspired by Monopoly Go, and it is currently free to play. Monopoly Go has been one of the most successful mobile games in recent years, and Gromopoli could be one of the closest experiences fans can find on Steam for the convenient price of $0. View the full article

Blizzard has revealed that gamers on PlayStation can claim a new PS Plus bundle for Overwatch 2, which includes the legendary Slasher: 76 skin and five battle pass tier skips. Overwatch 2 has a history of releasing exclusive bundles for PS Plus subscribers, giving gamers who play the popular hero shooter an extra reason to boot it up on Sony's gaming consoles. View the full article

I'm getting more excited about the open source cross-platform Nexus Mods app, especially as we're getting closer to Bethesda games support. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

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Another development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine is out, with Wine 10.17 bringing lots of changes. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Arc Raiders has ended its 'Server Slam' playtest with a big peak concurrent player number on Steam, suggesting a strong launch is ahead. The open Server Slam ran over the weekend on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. It offered the final chance to play Embark Studios' extraction shooter ahead of its October 30 release date. On Steam, Arc Raiders hit a peak concurrent player count of 189,668, making it one of the most-played games on Valve’s platform over the weekend. That's enough to make Arc Raiders the biggest extraction shooter ever on Steam. Escape from Tarkov might have something to say about that when it finally launches on Steam in November, however. Arc Raiders' true peak concurrent player number across all platforms will be higher than the Steam figure, but neither Epic, Sony, nor Microsoft make their numbers public. Still, 190,000 on Steam for an open beta is very strong. Not Battlefield 6 strong — its open beta peaked with more than half a million players in August — but certainly strong enough to suggest Arc Raiders has a decent chance of making an impression on the gaming landscape at the end of the month. The Server Slam let players test the Dam Battlegrounds map for a hands-on experience with elements of the game’s progression, crafting, and quest systems. It was designed to help Embark "challenge and fortify the game’s servers before launch," which hopefully means everything will work as it should on release day. All participants earned an exclusive 'Server Slammer' backpack cosmetic reward, unlocked when the full game launches. Progress from the Server Slam does not carry over, however. Embark Studios' previous game, free-to-download competitive shooter The Finals, is still going, although its concurrent player numbers on Steam are a far cry from those during its explosive launch back in December 2023. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article