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Vulkan has been out for around 9 years now, and The Khronos Group continue tweaking it for developers to remove frustrations. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Actor Alex Hernandez, known for his roles in ****** 3 and, most recently, MindsEye, has commented on the latter's disastrous launch and what the gaming industry needs to change moving forward. MindsEyeis the first title from development studio Build a Rocket Boy, but the game's launch has been a colossal failure due to the sheer number of bugs and glitches. While the studio is now aiming to rectify many of these issues, the game's lead actor is speaking out. View the full article

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Opinion | With Grave Seasons and Neverway, the farming life sim genre might finally turn me onto horrorView the full article

The Nacon Revolution X Unlimited improves upon the PS5 controller we saw from this brand a few years ago. It makes the leap over to Xbox with a conclusive feature set.View the full article

The latest update for eFootball has added a new retro-inspired mode. To celebrate 30 years of the Winning Eleven / Pro Evolution Soccer series (now known as eFootball), the game has received a new mode called Time Leap Trials. The mode features visuals based on the first game in the series, the PS1 game World Soccer Winning Eleven, which was released in the West under the title Goal Storm. Read More... View the full article

I realize that discussing this topic might stir up some strong opinions, but it has been on my mind for quite some time as a member of Destructoid. I finally received the green light to write about it, so let’s delve into the debate over which is better for anime fans: subbed or dubbed. It's a debate that is as old as time, and fans will have differing preferences no matter who you ask. For some, dubbed is something they grew up on, and they love hearing popular voice actors like Christopher Sabat (Vegeta, Zoro), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Luffy, Erza), or classic voice actors like Veronica Taylor (Ash Ketchum). Others don't like the idea of reading while watching a show due to the lack of immersion, upon other complaints. And for subbed fans, it's about having that authentic experience and hearing the show as it was made in Japan, or wanting to watch shows as they release instead of waiting for the dub to catch up. Some shows also don't get dubbed at all, so having a preference for subbed opens you up to a lot more anime content than those without a dubbed version. Sometimes you might also fall into a special category of liking one or the other, depending on which show you are watching, but for those that have a preference for both subbed and dubbed, I want to ask you which of the two you prefer, even if it's marginal. No matter what you prefer, though, both offer a gateway into enjoying anime for different types of people. So no matter which one you prefer, we can still all talk and enjoy the shows for what they are. Either way, I want to hear your thoughts on the debate in the comments below, and which you prefer and for what reason? I'm a subbed lover myself, but I do find myself listening to some dubbed shows like the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, as I was brought up with that original voice cast that hearing the Japanese doesn't sound right in my head. The post Destructoid anime fans! Which do you prefer? Subbed or dubbed? appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

One of the fantastic additions to the Palworld Tides of Terraria update is the ability to recruit Zoe and her **** Grizzbolt as your companions to accompany you on your adventures. You will no longer have to depend on ********* methods that relate closely to trapping a human in the Palsphere. Instead, you can complete her quests to impress her to join your cause. This guide will provide you with all the necessary information. Table of contentsHow to add Zoe as an ally in PalworldSpeak with Zoe after summoning GrizzboltCapture or defeat five Free Pal Alliance membersFind Zoe's Tattered MementoHow to add Zoe as an ally in Palworld The first task is to find her in the Desolate Church to begin the quest. However, you also must have defeated her in the Rayne Syndicate Tower as a Raid Boss to access her quest line. Her questline has three tasks. Speak with her after summoning a GrizzboltCapture or defeat five Free Pal Alliance membersFind her Tattered Memento and return it to her Screenshot by Destructoid Speak with Zoe after summoning Grizzbolt For this task, you'll have to first catch a Grizzbolt from Wildlife Sanctuary No. 1 and then add it to your party. Next, go to Zoe, where she's located (Desolate Church), and summon the Grizzbolt before speaking with her. Incidentally, the Grizzbolt you get from the boss battle doesn't count for this part, so you'll need to capture a spare one from the location I have mentioned here. Capture or defeat five Free Pal Alliance members The best location for spotting Free Pal Alliance Members is the region north of the Desolate Church. There, you'll find the Bridge of Twin Knights. Go past it, and you'll find five Free Pal Alliance Members. Eliminate or capture them and report back to Zoe. Find Zoe's Tattered Memento Screnshot by Destructoid The memento can be found in Fort Ruins. It's actually a white colored blanket belonging to Zoe. Take the item back to her in the Desolate Church. She will then ask if she can join up as your ally. You can add Zoe to your party just like you add any other pal. Incidentally, she will always have her **** Grizzbolt accompanying her in all adventures, so it's a huge bonus to have. Hopefully, we will be able to add more bosses as allies in future Palworld updates. The post How to recruit Zoe in Palworld Tides of Terraria Update appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The Eevee Grove expansion brings a fresh set of secret missions in Pokémon TCG Pocket for players to complete, and you can do them to earn a few amazing rewards. If you have completed secret missions in the past, you'll have a fair idea of what to do. To start, you'll need to collect specific cards to complete different collections. These collections offer different rewards in turn, and some of them can be relatively harder to complete. This guide will provide you with all the information required for you to collect every newly released secret mission. Table of contentsHow to complete all Pokémon TCG Pocket Eevee Grove Secret Missions?Eevee MuseumEevee Grove MuseumA Sweet Party of Epic ProportionsHow to complete all Pokémon TCG Pocket Eevee Grove Secret Missions? There are three different secret missions you can complete as part of the new expansion. Eevee MuseumEevee Grove MuseumA Sweet Party of Epic Proportions Let's take a look at more details about how to complete all of them, starting with the Eevee Museum. [Hidden Content] Museum To complete this mission, you'll need to collect five different Eevee cards. Eevee 1 Diamond rarityEevee 1 Star rarity full artEevee EX 4 Diamond rarityEevee EX 2 Star rarityEevee Immersive Completing the mission gives you the following rewards. 36x Wonder Hourglass12x Pack Hourglass10x Shop TicketEevee Grove Museum The Eevee Grove Museum is harder to complete as you'll need to collect five Rainbow Rare cards. Flareon EXSylveon EXDragonite EXSnorlax EXPrimarina EX Completing the mission gives you the following rewards. 36x Wonder Hourglass12x Pack Hourglass10x Shop TicketA Sweet Party of Epic Proportions This quest requires you to collect 100 Milcery cards and rewards you with an Alcremie Emblem for your efforts. That's the complete list of secret missions added to celebrate the Eevee Grove expansion. The new expansion has added 107 new cards to the database, including all available evolutions of Eevee. The post All Eevee Grove Secret Missions in Pokémon TCG Pocket appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

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Since Magic the Gathering's Final Fantasy set hit store shelves on June 13, the market price for copies of the powerful Enchantment card Sigarda's Aid has risen by 100%, going from $8.50 on June 12 to $17 on June 25. The card is an excellent enabler for Equipment strategies that bypasses equip costs, and already has a home in Modern Hammer Time decks - but Final Fantasy has added such a slew of new cards that support Equipment that not only is it seeing extra play in Commander, it may be part of an up and coming Pioneer deck. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Pokémon Pocket deck rises to the top on the eve of Eevee set Phyrexian Praetor MTG card doubles in price after Final Fantasy release Magic: The Gathering release schedule 2025 View the full article

Finding an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 in stock can be a hellish task in and of itself thanks to low stock levels and inflated prices, but you can get one for free with Doom The Dark Ages branding if you enter this GPU competition. You can even win a Doom Slayer helmet and skateboard if you get your entries in fast before it closes. Without a doubt, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 is one of the best graphics cards on the market, demonstrating superb results in our benchmark tests, and establishing itself as the most powerful GPU money can buy. With supreme power, however, comes a supreme price tag, with the RTX 5090 retailing with an MSRP of $1,999. Unfortunately, you'll almost never see it available at that price, as stock shortages and price gouging means prices are often a lot higher, especially in the US. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Doom The Dark Ages update fixes one of the worst problems, and makes it tougher All Doom The Dark Ages wolf statue locations Doom The Dark Ages system requirements View the full article

China's 4DV AI released a WebXR demo of volumetric 6DoF videos created from 20 camera views, and you can try it on your VR headset right now.4DV's technology uses gaussian splatting, of course, leveraging advances in machine learning to "train" a volumetric output from the video inputs. In recent years, gaussian splatting has done for realistic volumetric rendering what large language models (LLMs) did for chatbots, propelling the technology from an expensive niche to shipping products like Varjo Teleport and Niantic's Scaniverse.While Gracia shipped a moving splats demo last year, that system took six minutes to train a single frame. In contrast, 4DV's paper claims its technology is 30 times faster, training a whole second of video in that time.Further, Gracia's scenes require expensive and non-portable studios with dozens of cameras in a sphere around the subjects, which are captured without most of the background, while 4DV is focusing on capturing the whole frontal arc of the scene from around 20 regular cameras on one side of it. It's still far from a point-and-shoot solution, but a professional videographer could easily set up a capture solution like this.0:00/0:351×4DV AI's data efficiency is also impressive, with each second of footage taking around 12.5 megabytes, meaning in theory for a 100 megabit per second internet connection it would take a second of loading time per second of footage.The result, as you can see for yourself in the WebXR demo, is like a 180° 3D video but with 6DoF, meaning you can lean around without the entire scene moving with it as if fixed to your head.The further you move from the central area of overlap of the cameras, including into entirely occluded areas, the more blur and artifacts you'll see. The reconstruction here is impressive, though still not perfect. And yet, the ability to lean is breathtaking.Try 4DV AI's WebXR demo in the web browser of your standalone headset, such as Quest, Pico, or Apple Vision Pro, or on PC VR via a browser with WebXR support such as Chrome.The demo features a series of eight 10-second clips, as well as a few static scenes too. All the scenes are also viewable on flatscreen, if your headset isn't handy right now.On Apple Vision Pro and PC VR I found the demo performed well, while on Quest 3 I saw flickering and performance issues, so your mileage may vary.View the full article

Dying Light (the original) is still one of the best open-world zombie games around, and now perhaps just even better with the Dying Light: Retouched update. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

It's official, one of the best skaters inTony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 has been confirmed and is making a comeback, and he's a total fan favorite. 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

Ok, so you remember how Stellar Blade arrived on PC and immediately there were more smutty mods than you could shake a fleshy stick at? Well, the new Zone Kit modding tools Stalker 2 got as part of yesterday's big patch have done something similar, but with memey jank. Read more View the full article

RuneScape hasn't had the best month—but Jagex seems keen to start walking some of that bad PR back in a bombshell video, one that promises to completely overhaul RuneScape 3's microtransactions (MTX)... Read more.View the full article

The Museum Update is the first major update to R.E.P.O since it entered Early Access in February. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The Gears of War Reloaded system requirements confusingly list nine total GPUs across the minimum and recommended tiers. While there could be an excellent explanation for this, the developer has yet to provide one, instead leaving us with a set of system requirements that are difficult to understand. One thing we do know from the given specs is that you won't need the best graphics card to get the best out of Gears of War Reloaded. There is a chance that these specs will change as we move through the beta phases and into the GoW Reloaded release date, but for now, older PC gaming hardware is very much in play. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Gears of War Reloaded release date, upgrades, and more You can play Gears of War Reloaded early, and here's how Is Gears of War Reloaded on Game Pass? View the full article

Humble Bundle have announced their monthly selection of games in Humble Choice is getting a price increase. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Funcom has shared 1.1.10.0 patch notes for Dune: Awakening’s upcoming update, bringing a host of changes to much-requested endgame elements as well as various quality-of-life improvements for a smoother experience. Since its release on June 5, Dune: Awakening has been updated with multiple patches and hotfixes to address bugs and performance issues, but 1.1.10.0 promises to be the game’s biggest update yet. View the full article

If you're quick about it, you could treat yourself to a brand new Razer Basilisk V3 gaming mouse from Amazon, with a huge 43% saving on offer right now. This Razer gaming mouse deal is a serious bargain, scoring you a top quality mouse for just $39.98, saving you $30 on Amazon's list price. As our Razer Basilisk V3 review shows, this Razer mouse is a super comfortable and capable option, from a trusted gaming brand that regularly features in our best gaming mouse guide. While the Basilisk V3 isn't quite a market leader any more, it still delivers great performance, especially for its budget-friendly price tag. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Win a Doom The Dark Ages Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card Gears of War Reloaded system requirements list nine GPUs for just two tiers Our favorite Noctua PC fan just got even better, if you can afford it View the full article

Jack ****** will be reprising his role as Officer ***** in the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4. Officer ***** is a long-running unlockable character dating back to the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, and has usually been one of the trickier characters to unlock because of all the goals that have to be met first. The character was unlockable in the first three games, but at the time he was portrayed as a generic cop. In the 2020 remaster Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 he was instead played by Jack ******. Read More... View the full article

Funcom is updating Dune: Awakening almost faster than we can write about it. No sooner had we introduced you to its Public Test Client and news that the studio was trialling extending the PvE zone of the Deep Desert from about 10% of the map to 50%, Funcom has dropped an update to confirm that the change will be rolling out for all players from today, June 26. "The PvE area has been adjusted to encompass the entire southern half of the Deep Desert map," Funcom confirmed in its latest patch notes, below. "This means that players who have no interest in PvP should be able to find what they want without engaging in PvP. Imperial Testing Stations, caves, and so forth found in this area are thus now PvE." "Rest assured that we will continue to listen to your feedback and make adjustments in the future," the team said. It follows an AMA in which the studio told players frustrated by the endgame experience that it was "formulating a plan" to improve PvP in the Deep Desert. Previously, players branded the endgame as "toxic" due to griefing even after patching out the ability for players to squish other people with their Ornithopter "We want PvE players to be able to play the endgame and have access to the content of the endgame," said creative director Joel Bylos. "Our goal is not to force PvE players to interact with a PvP system that they may have no interest in. "We still believe in the core concept of the Deep Desert — an endlessly renewing location that resets every week and creates an activity loop for great rewards. The tension of heading out there, head on a swivel, eyes peeled for foes as you enter the most dangerous part of the most dangerous planet in the universe. Our wish was that players would embrace this loop, forming guilds to work together to overcome the bleakness of the Deep Desert." For those wondering, yes, Control Points and Shipwrecks will continue to be PvP "throughout the entire map," which means you will find "localized pockets of PvP within the PvE section still. Similar to how Shipwrecks are PvP in Hagga Basin." Work has also begun on changing the Ornithopters; equipping a rocket launcher module will now decrease the top speed of your Scout Orni by 20%, and Assault Ornis by 10%. After the patch has been applied, players will also be able to report other players’ messages from the text chat or report them by using the Inspect menu. Dune: Awakening Patch Notes 1.1.0.17Deep Desert As outlined in A message from the Creative Director on PvE and PVP » Dune: Awakening, this hotfix will see the first iteration of the changes to the balance between PvE and PvP in the Deep Desert. Rest assured that we will continue to listen to your feedback and make adjustments in the future. The PvE area has been adjusted to encompass the entire southern half of the Deep Desert map.This means that players who have no interest in PvP should be able to find what they want without engaging in PvP. Imperial Testing Stations, caves, and so forth found in this area are thus now PvE.Control Points and Shipwrecks will, however, continue to be PvP throughout the entire map, which means you will find localized pockets of PvP within the PvE section still. Similar to how Shipwrecks are PvP in Hagga Basin.To retain the Risk vs Reward setup for the Deep Desert:The density of resources increases the further north you go. This includes high-density clusters of valuable resources.The largest spice fields will also spawn in the north.The majority of Control Points will exist in the northern part.As part of these changes, we have made some balancing adjustments in the Deep Desert:The lower half of the Deep Desert now offers PvE loot that is balanced toward shared loot and PvE activities. You may find better loot in the more dangerous PvP area located further north on the map. In the PvE area, for example, each player gets their own loot and can expect to receive one schematic. In the PvP area, loot is distributed on a “first come, first served” basis, with higher quantities of everything. Players can expect to find 2–6 schematics there, which are among the rarest.Plasteel plates can only be found in PvP zones.The amount of active medium spice fields has been reduced from 8 to 5.The number of active small spice fields has increased from 20 to 22.The spawn rate of Titanium and Stravidium has been reduced in the PvE areas so that large quantities only spawn in the far-out PvP areas.The number of nodes in resource hotspots in the PvE part of the map has been reduced.The respawn time of Titanium and Stravidium has increased from 30 to 45 minutes.Some Imperial Testing Stations are still in the PvP region, and players who want all schematics available each week will want to visit both the PvP and PvE Imperial Testing Stations. Keep in mind the loot in them rotates each week, so even if you’re not interested in PvP, you could obtain it at a later date if you’re not able to trade for it or buy it off the Exchange.VehiclesWe have begun work on the outlined changes to the Scout Ornithopters.Equipping a Rocket Launcher Module will now decrease the top speed of your Ornithopter.For Scout Ornithopters, the reduction is 20%.For Assault Ornithopters, the reduction is 10%.Infocards for the modules now reflect this change.Exiting ornithopters mid-air will now cause them to drop straight down instead of gliding away. This should decrease the chance that you lose your ornithopter upon disconnecting from the game or exiting by accident your ornithopter mid-air (yes, we have seen the videos).Known issue: There is an edge case that if your vehicle ends up in the quicksand you might not be able to interact with it if you are in the quicksand. The workaround is to try to get on top of the vehicle to interact with it. This will be fixed in the very next patch.VisitingWe removed the restrictions when visiting other sietches. Before this change, players had their “home” sietches, and could visit other sietches in their world but couldn’t claim land. Now, any player can go to any sietch in their world and claim land wherever they want.Technical and stabilityIncreased game stability.The latest NVIDIA driver was added to the GPU driver check at the game launch.OtherWe have introduced Player Reporting, allowing players to now report other players’ messages from the text chat or report players from the Inspect menu on players.FIXESTechnical and stabilityAs a continuous effort, we have closed several exploit vulnerabilities.Fixed an issue where a specific type of network issue would cause players to be stuck in an infinite loading screen.Fixed an issue where some players could experience a client freeze when traveling between Deep Desert servers.CombatFixed an issue where players performing a melee attack could get obstructed by corpses lying on the ground.User InterfaceFixed an issue where the guild faction alignment was not localized on the Guild Overview tab.Fixed an issue where players could encounter a ****** screen if they skipped the cinematic at “The Wreck of the Hephaestus”.Fixed an issue where several Sandbike research schematics failed to mention the Imperial Testing Stations as the primary source.TravelFixed an issue where players could use an ornithopter pilot service to fly from the cities to Hagga Basin if they had arrived in a city with their ornithopter.MiscellaneousYou will no longer lose learned emotes when respec’ing your skill tree. Dune: Awakening has enjoyed a superb launch, with a 'very positive' user review rating on Steam. Within hours of going live on June 10, Funcom's survival MMO had clocked up over 142,000 concurrent players on Valve's platform, and hit a new high earlier this month of 189,333 players. And it's already [Hidden Content], making it Funcom's fastest-selling game ever, and securing a Great 8/10 in our review. If all that's got you interested but you're not sure where to start, make sure to check out all the Dune: Awakening classes you can choose from, and keep an eye on our Dune: Awakening walkthrough for a step-by-step guide to the story. We've also got Dune: Awakening resource guides that'll help you find iron, steel, aluminium, and a Dune: Awakening Trainers locations guide to help you survive on Arrakis. 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. 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