One prominent Helldivers 2 leaker has revealed what seems to be Arrowhead’s plans to add a new Automaton homeworld called New Cyberstan. Helldivers 2 has recently been receiving a ton of new content and activities with the Illuminate invasion and “The Battle for Super Earth,” and Arrowhead still seems to have a lot in store for players. View the full article
Need a quick SSD upgrade to increase your storage? This Samsung gaming SSD deal might be the answer. With 1TB of space on offer, you can grab yourself the Samsung 990 Evo Plus for just $74.99, giving you a huge 32% saving on the list price. Samsung isn't like those unbranded SSD options you'll see flooded on Amazon. This is a brand with a good reputation for PC storage, with several of its models already listed in our best gaming SSD guide. While the Samsung 990 Evo Plus isn't up there with the best of them if you're looking for the quickest PCIe 5.0 speeds, it's still one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSD options around, and a steal at this price. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: You don't have long left to grab nine amazing Steam Deck games while saving $180 New AMD Ryzen gaming CPU reportedly smashes 6GHz barrier to "insane" level This hardback book-sized gaming PC has an RTX 5080, costs its weight in silver View the full article
If you stepped away from Palworld, now's the time to come back. Pocketpair's creature catcher has been going from strength to strength since it launched last year, and today marks a huge leap forward. The Palworld Terraria update has arrived, and it marries the two games in a way I'd never quite expected. The patch also introduces a slew of new mechanics to the base game, giving you more places to explore and even more Pals to catch. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: All Palworld bosses in order and how to beat them The Palworld Terraria crossover is already much ******* than a typical update Palworld is changing several key gameplay systems amid Pokemon Company lawsuit View the full article
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox Interactive says the game is still on track, despite layoffs at the title's developer, The ******** Room. The sequel to 2004's Bloodlines has had a rough development cycle so far, but it appears its latest setback has not affected its release window. Fans may finally get their hands on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 later this year, regardless of the recent shakeup. View the full article
Bandai Namco went big on little things last night — specifically, Little Nightmares 3, confirming it'll release on October 10. And if that seems very far away, I have good news: anyone who pre-orders a digital version of Little Nightmares 3 will get to revisit the game that started it all with Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition as an early access title between now and launch day. There's also an all-new season of the Little Nightmares themed podcast series on the way, The Sounds of Nightmares, and a comic book — Little Nightmares: Descent to Nowhere — also kicking off in October. Before then, however, a young adult book called Little Nightmares: The Lonely Ones is out in September. Phew. Got all that? The comic book? Published by Titan Comics, Little Nightmares: Descent to Nowhere, follows two parallel stories. Hush, a timid mute girl wakes up in a jail cell. Desperate to escape, she befriends another prisoner, Mono, who understands this world far better than her, they will have to find a way out of a very dark Dungeon. The novel Little Nightmares: The Lonely Ones, on the other hand, is written by E.C. Myers and published by Scholastic. It follows Ruse, a young child, who awakens in an unfamiliar, shaking room with two other kids she doesn't know — a small girl with a frayed rope dangling from her neck and a starved-looking boy wearing a tattered mask over his mouth and nose. And there's another surprise: Bandai Namco also revealed a teaser for a stop motion project developed in collaboration with studio Taller del Chucho. We didn't get much more information, but Bandai says more information will be "unveiled" at a later date. Little Nightmares 3 — the first Little Nightmares game from Supermassive — is scheduled to release on to PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X and S, and last-gen systems, including Nintendo Switch. All bar the Switch versions are available to pre-order now (the latter are coming at a "later date") — here's what you get in each edition of Little Nightmares 3 are available for pre-order: All Little Nightmares 3 EditionsStandard Edition — base gameDigital Deluxe Edition, base game and the Secrets of The Spiral - Expansion Pass, and the Residents Costumes PackCollector Mirror Edition, which adds to the Deluxe edition content, a figurine, a metal case, a physical artbook, the OST in digital and physical format, and some stickers Premium Collector Spiral Edition, exclusive to the Bandai Namco Store which, contains the Collector Mirror Edition figurine, enhanced with a music box base, a Nome controller/phone holder and a double-sided coin of Low and Alone. All pre-orders will secure the Dark Six Costumes Set on all platforms as well as the early access to Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition. We also learned that The Secrets of The Spiral — Expansion Pass will include at least two additional chapters to explore. And I'm not even finished — we also got to see a glimpse of all-new VR adventure called Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes from Iconik Studios. We thought Little Nightmares 2 was good, awarding it 7/10, writing: "Little Nightmares 2 is every bit as ******, bleak, and eerily beautiful as the original. It’s also just as brief, and although the reintroduction of the Six character as an AI-controlled co-op partner ultimately serves the story well, she’s not used as a vehicle to take the game’s puzzle-solving and stealth to interesting new places, which seems like a real missed opportunity." 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
Throughout the Nature's Calling event in The Sims 4, you have to tackle many unique tasks while exploring out and about in the world. One of the trickier tasks you'll come across asks you to listen to the wind. This isn't an interaction you can usually perform outside of the event, so it can be a bit of a tricky one to solve. Getting it done is essential for finishing all week one event quests, so here's how to listen to the wind in The Sims 4. Listen to the wind in The Sims 4 Nature's Calling event Screenshot by Destructoid You can listen to the wind by selecting the "Listen to the wind" interaction on any park bench in The Sims 4. There are a few essential steps you need to take to complete this process, so here's a full breakdown of how to get this task done for the week one Nature's Calling event quests. Venture to any park lot. This task must be completed at a lot that's classified as a park. You can either visit one that's placed in a world by default, like Magnolia Blossom in Willow Creek or Desert Bloom in Oasis Springs, or place a fresh one down. You can visit a park in any world, including both the base game and DLC lots. Find a park bench. Search around the lot for a bench you can interact with. This includes both regular benches and picnic tables, but not other seating options like chairs. If you can't find a park bench to interact with, you can place one down at the park lot after arriving. Click on the park bench and select "Listen to the wind." Interact with the park bench you find and select the "Listen to the wind" option that appears when you click it. Wait for the interaction to finish. Let your Sim venture over to the park bench, sit down, and listen to the wind. This interaction takes a bit to play out, so be sure to fully let it finish so you can progress to the next event task. You'll know this task is complete when it disappears from the event quest pop-up in the top left corner. Once it's done, you can move on to tackling the next set of tasks in the event, which are the Attuned to the Echoes quests. When you're done working through this and all other available event tasks, you may want to learn when The Sims 4 Enchanted by Nature expansion pack will be released so you can get ready for Fairies to arrive. You also may want to know how to find Debug and Live Edit objects and how to install Custom Content and Mods. The post How to listen to the wind in The Sims 4 appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
I know this is a pretty controversial topic to bring up, but it is one I feel I need to discuss following recent reports and rumors in the gaming industry as a whole, from publishers, indie game makers, and beyond. This topic comes from the recent report that Microsoft is planning to do more major job cuts at the Xbox Gaming Division, a fourth time in as little as 18 months, which feels like the decline, if not death, of a titan that once ruled the industry with its consoles and games. On top of all the other cuts and job losses we have seen, whether it's other publishers, websites like Polygon seeing its near-entire staff let go, and other places shut completely. It really doesn't boost any motivation, I'll tell you that. [Hidden Content] We also have industry veterans like Masahiro Sakurai, the director of the Super Smash Bros. series, coming out to talk about AAA development and how difficult it's become for various reasons, and how he warns the industry is becoming unsustainable and companies might seek out AI in some ways in the future. It's all a very grim outlook. So I wanted to create this article as a means to discuss with you, the reader, whether you are a Destructoid regular or not, the current state of the modern games industry. And if we are currently living through either the decline—or death—of the industry we have known over the last few decades. Obviously, it's not all doom and gloom, though, where big AAA titles are taking years to make and poor decisions are being made by various companies to pivot to live service without any real plan, indies and AA games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are booming. There are also a lot of games on the horizon that seem destined for success, and the Switch 2 is breaking records. But it feels like, monthly, we are hearing people voice their concerns or seeing talented game devs let go, and it doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. But perhaps as a person working in the industry, I am being anxious and worried more than I should be. Let me know in the comments, though, what you think. The post Are we witnessing the decline of the modern game industry, Destructoid? appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Remedy Entertainment's new first-person shooter FBC: Firebreak is having trouble finding an audience on PC, with the game's peak concurrent player count below 2,000 following its June 17 release. Set in the Control universe, FBC: Firebreak is Remedy's first multiplayer game, and feedback from both players and critics has been mixed so far. View the full article
Blizzard's Diablo 4 Season 9, Sins of the Horadrim, will give its most common endgame activity some much-needed love. The new update for the long-standing ARPG has been in testing via the PTR as Blizzard looks to win back attention from the likes of Path of Exile 2 and Last Epoch. The core mechanics include custom-crafted spells and jewels, but the more impactful, long-term changes are those to Nightmare Dungeons, which will outlast the new season and become a permanent part of the game moving forward. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Diablo 4 Season 9 release date Diablo 4 Mother's Blessing is back as Blizzard delivers free anniversary rewards Diablo 4 Season 9 spices up Nightmare Dungeons and revives a major boss View the full article
Steel City Interactive has officially unveiled a free content update for Undisputed, and it's coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam later this week. The latest Undisputedupdate, which will bring the game to version 1.4, will not only include a host of gameplay adjustments, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements but will also see three new fighters added to the game along with some other new features for players to check out. View the full article
A huge update for Palworld has arrived with the Tides of Terraria crossover. It's a lot more than just adding bits of Terraria though. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Following the announcement earlier this week that Riot-backed Minecrafty sandbox game Hytale has been cancelled, a former Hypixel Studios dev has claimed that internal friction and "mismanagement" at the studio are to blame. Hytale had been in development for a decade when Hypixel co-founder Noxy revealed that it'd been canned in a website post on June 23, also revealing that the studio will be closing in a few months' time. The game's release had been pushed back a number of times since 2020. Read more View the full article
Broken Arrow recently released on Steam, promising to provide a fresh large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 was one of the best RPGs of the decade when it came out—and that accolade was only polished and shined in the ensuing months as Larian added patches to stitch up its wobbly ending. The biggest of these is, naturally, the epilogue—but there were a couple of minor additions before Patch 5, too... Read more.View the full article
Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate really rolls off the tongue doesn't it. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint has some excellent nonsense scenario writing propping up mission design. In one early excursion, you remote activate 'defector tech' to convert an enemy agent over to your side, then have a turn to neutralise the neuro-toxin killswitch in their brain with injectors. The game is awash with this sort of campy, techy gangslang. My absolute favourite of these so far is 'chumbo' - apparently a much stupider, funnier, and therefore much better version of 2077's 'choomba'. Similarly, Cyber Knights' script is pure cyberpunk American cheese singles; reliably tropey and enjoyably naff. And yet, I have spent the last week or so popcorn-bucket-deep in the game's drama. There's little as gripping as a good heist; the planning and personalities and stakes, the fated fumbles and slick improvisations. And, once it gets going, CK:F's grip is augmented. Hour one: "lol, chumbo". Hour three: "We've been made, chumbos! Go loud!". Read more View the full article
The bald man always hungers for more folks to drown in toilet water, so IO Interactive have kept feeding their Hitman a steady stream of post-launch targets with each entry in the World of Assassination trilogy. It sounds the devs'll be taking a similar approach with 007: First Light, albeit with some Bondy twists. The question is, would such regular updates scratch the itch of folks who're in it for the long haul as effectively as the elusive targets Agent 47's been taking out on a regular basis? Read more View the full article
I'm sure Supermassive are going to do a perfectly respectable job with horror puzzler Little Nightmares 3. But, when there's two games coming out, one of which looks like a pitch-perfect spiritual sequel by Little Nightmares' creators in the form of Reaminal, and the other is an eh-looking numbered affair by a different, talented but wildly inconsistent studio, it's hard not to pick favourites. Nonetheless, Little Nightmares 3 is out on October 10th. Here's a trailer. It's too bright. Grumble. Read more View the full article
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