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We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General On the Bluetooth settings screen, we will now detect and notify the player when trying to pair/connect an Xbox controller with older firmware versions that cannot properly connect to Steam Deck. To fix these issues you must connect the controller to a Windows PC and update the firmware via the Xbox Accessories App. Accessibility Moved the Screen Reader's "Stop Talking" button to X so that external gamepads can still open the Quick Access Menu with Guide button + their equivalent of A button Friends & Chat Suspicious or harassing group chat messages can be reported directly in the chat window by selecting the message and pressing 'Options'. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report. Remote Play Fixed being unable to move the mouse to another monitor when using touch controls on the Steam Link app. View the full article

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: Windows 64-bit Client Fixed regression triggering repeated prompts for administrator permissions when launching certain games. Friends & Chat Suspicious or harassing group chat messages can now be reported directly in the chat window by right clicking the message. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report. Remote Play Fixed being unable to move the mouse to another monitor when using touch controls on the Steam Link app. View the full article

It was a long 12-year stretch between Dead Island—the one with the famous reveal trailer—and the sequel, Dead Island 2, which wasn't particularly great but still managed to become "the biggest launch" in Deep Silver's history. That much of a break between games isn't ideal, although in hindsight it was clearly the right move: Former Deep Silver comms chief Martin Wein said earlier this year that the publisher could have pushed out the game to meet its original release, and it probably "would have killed the franchise.".. Read more.View the full article

Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

The Christmas cold has arrived early in ARC Raiders as part of the Cold Snap update, and you can find snowballs with which to engage in some friendly fights with other raiders. The latest update has introduced a special condition that applies to all maps. When the Cold Snap conditions are triggered, the maps will have major areas covered by snow. This is when you can find snowballs. This guide will help you find out about the snowballs and explain what you can do with them. Table of contentsHow to get snowballs in ARC RaidersCan you damage someone with snowballs in ARC RaidersHow to get snowballs in ARC Raiders You can only find snowballs when a Cold Snap condition is active on a map. You can check whether the condition is active before beginning a fresh round. You'll have to be careful about the chill that can chip away at your health if you're not careful. Image via Embark You can find snowballs in the group. You can also collect them with your hands. Go close to a snowball, and you'll get the Collect prompt. The snowball will be added to your quick slot, and you can equip it to throw at another player. The process of throwing a snowball is the same as throwing any other throwable. You confirm your aim and then choose the force to determine how far the snowball will go. However, the range of snowballs in ARC Raiders appears to be relatively low, so try to get close to another player before you throw a snowball. Can you damage someone with snowballs in ARC Raiders The snowballs are purely cosmetic, and you can't use them to damage other players. They also don't have any in-game effects, plus it's nearly pointless to bring them back with you. You'll get just 20 coins per snowball, so it's better just to use them in a round before a safe extraction. If you're looking to get three stars in the Week 10 trials, you have to collect multiple snowballs and hit a Rocketeer with them. The post How to find snowballs in ARC Raiders appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

It's been a while since Destiny 2 fans could make new cookies in The Dawning, but this year, they can bake Dark Matter Drizzlers for the Dean of the Aionians in Caldera. It's a simple recipe, and it's required to make the most out of the festivities. Baking all available cookie recipes at least once lets you masterwork Eva Levante's Holiday Oven, which trims the cost of any recipes you make. If you've been an avid chef, you only need the two new recipes in this year's Dawning: Dark Matter Drizzlers for the Dean and Peanut Butter Paw Prints for Archie. Here's how you can make the first of the two new cookies and advance the event quest. How to bake Dark Matter Drizzlers in the Dawning in Destiny 2 Your oven is the most important tool of the Dawning, and we're not exaggerating. Image via Bungie As usual, making Dark Matter Drizzlers requires three ingredients: Ether CaneDark FrostingEssence of Dawning (15 for the first time and 10 after you've masterworked Eva's oven) Ether Cane drops by killing Fallen enemies anywhere in the system, whether in the Portal or not. One of our go-to spots for this for years has been the Exodus Garden 2A Lost Sector in the Cosmodrome, though any Lost Sector or activity with this enemy faction will do. Dark Frosting, on the other hand, drops by getting kills with Darkness-based elements, meaning Stasis or Strand. Every final blow can drop this, so it shouldn't take too long to grab at least one for your baking needs. Lastly, Essence of Dawning is a reward for completing activities. Your best bet here is doing Portal activities, especially the faster ones. The quickplay Vanguard Alerts playlist is a prime destination for this, since its activities are usually quick and rewarding. The old method of racing through Lost Sectors or public events to stock up on this resource doesn't work anymore. If you just need one of the new cookies for the quest, you should have enough Essence of Dawning that you only need the first two ingredients, so clear out Fallen enemies with any sort of Darkness damage, and you can advance to the next step on the list. After you've made your cookies, hand them to the Dean on Kepler, either in the destination itself or during a Caldera run in Solo Ops. The post How to bake Dark Matter Drizzlers in Destiny 2’s Dawning appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The time to bake cookies is upon Destiny 2 with the Dawning event. This time, Eva Levante taught us a new recipe: Peanut Butter Paw Prints, a treat for Archie, the Tower's favorite cybernetic canine. Despite the slew of changes to Destiny 2 since The Edge of Fate, the core of the Dawning remains the same: kill enemies, get ingredients, bake cookies, spread the holiday joy, and hope you get a Holofoil weapon out of your gift. This year, the event's main quest tasks you with baking two new recipes: Dark Matter Drizzlers for the Dean of the Aionians and Peanut Butter Paw Prints for Archie, which shockingly doesn't use any peanut butter. Here's how to make this delicacy in this year's Dawning in Destiny 2. Peanut Butter Paw Print recipe in Destiny 2's Dawning Eva lets you borrow her oven if you ask her nicely. Image via Bungie Dark Ether CaneBalanced FlavorsEssence of Dawning x15Masterworking Eva Levante's oven drops the cost to 10 Essence of Dawning Dark Ether Cane requires you to defeat Scorn enemies in Destiny 2, which can be tricky to find. They appear in some Portal activities, such as Nightmare Containment and Kell's Fall, but you can also make a quick detour to the Bay of Drowned Wishes Lost Sector in the Dreaming City. Balanced Flavors, on the other hand, can drop whenever you defeat an enemy with a bow, pulse rifle, scout rifle, or a sniper rifle. Just use one of those weapons to grab this ingredient, but if you'd like to grab Balanced Flavor in droves, we recommend Trinity Ghoul or Graviton Lance. Both excel at taking down red bars, so you'll be swimming in this ingredient in no time. Lastly, Essence of Dawning drops whenever you complete a Portal activity. You can, of course, head to Solo Ops for quick runs, but the Vanguard Alerts playlists are usually fast and rewarding as well. Aim for activities that have Distorted Dawning Engrams as rewards for even more drops. When you have all the ingredients, bake a batch of Peanut Butter Paw Print cookies and bring them to Archie in the Tower's Annex, just opposite the entrance to Ada-1's den. We're not sure if they're dog-safe—especially not "cybernetic dog we kind of adopted from a derelict facility" safe—but we know Archie appreciates it all the same. The post How to bake Peanut Butter Paw Prints in Destiny 2’s Dawning appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The Blood of Perita operation is now live in Warframe, and the next three weeks offer different rewards we can pursue. The new operation is a follow-up to the recently launched The Old Peace quest. If you completed the new chapter, you can immediately join the operation. You can then farm the event and grind for all the rewards. While there are returning rewards from older operations, Digital Extremes has also made some fresh additions. Table of contentsHow to get the Blood of Perita operation rewards in WarframeAll Blood of Perita operation rewards in WarframeHow to get the Blood of Perita operation rewards in Warframe The Blood of Perita operation began on Dec. 16, 10:30am CT, and will continue till the same time on Jan. 6. To take part in the event, you'll have to complete The Old Peace quest. This process will be pretty long if you're a newer player. To gain the rewards, you'll have to complete various missions in The Perita Rebellion. Doing so will help you get Marks of Valiance. The amount of this currency you obtain varies across missions. Once you have found enough of this resource, speak with Roathe in La Cathedrale. You'll be able to use the currency to exchange for different rewards. Image via Digital Extremes There will be additional Void-only alerts during the course of the Operation. You'll get a chance to gain extra Marks of Valiance from those extra missions. All Blood of Perita operation rewards in Warframe Here's a list of all the rewards that are available as part of the Blood of Perita operation. New HonoriaValdur's SyandanaDax Lustratus Shoulder ArmorLoiaus Chest MedallionAspirus EphemeraAspirus Emergent EphemeraAspirus Apex EphemeraLow Guardian Chest PlatePhased Clan SigilGlyphed Clan SigilGilded Clan SigilKrios SignaProminence Wisp TotemTeshin StatueFluctus Rahk SkinCeti Lacera BlueprintBasmu BlueprintStance Forma BlueprintThe Ballroom SimulacrumStar-Child DiademEnlightened Hate SkinCortege Supulchrax SkinMorgha Supulchrax SkinGreater Madurai LensGreater Zenurik LensGreater Unairu LensGreater Naramon LensGreater Vazarin Lens6000 Kuva (limited weekly)Arcane TempoArcane ConsequenceArcane MomentumArcane IceArcane NullifierArcane WarmthArcane ResistanceArcane HealingArcane DeflectionArcane VictoryArcane StrikeArcane AwakeningArcane GuardianArcane PhantasmArcane EruptionArcane AgilityArcane AccelerationArcane TrickeryArcane VelocityArcane PrecisionArcane PulseArcane UltimatumArcane AegisArcane ArachneArcane RageArcane FuryArcane AvengerArcane EnergizeArcane GraceArcane Barrier The post All Blood of Perita operation rewards in Warframe and how to get them appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Todd Howard, Angela Browder, and Emil Pagliarulo have commented on how the development of The Elder Scrolls 6 is progressing. The gap between The Elder Scrolls 6and its predecessor already extends beyond 14 years, and players are desperate to hear how the game is coming along. View the full article

Bethesda developers including chief Todd Howard have issued an update on The Elder Scrolls 6 — but stopped short of confirming a release date. When the six-year anniversary of The Elder Scrolls 6 announcement arrived in June last year, even Howard himself paused to say, "oh wow, that has been a while." The Elder Scrolls 6 is at least in production, with Bethesda confirming it had entered "early development" in August 2023 and "early builds" were available in March 2024. Last month, amid increasing pressure from fans for some information on the game, Howard said The Elder Scrolls 6 wouldn’t be out for some time yet. In an interview with GQ magazine to celebrate the release of Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition, Howard said The Elder Scrolls 6 is “still a long way off,” adding: “I’m preaching patience. I don’t want fans to feel anxious.” Now, speaking to Game Informer, Howard — who is The Elder Scrolls 6 director and executive producer — and other Bethesda developers issued a more detailed update. Let’s start with Howard, who said of The Elder Scrolls 6: “It’s progressing really well. The majority of the studio’s on 6, but I’ll say this: we always overlap. So, we’re very used to overlapping development. And we have long pre-productions on things so that we feel good about them. And it’s a process. We all wish it went a little bit faster — or a lot faster — but it’s a process that we want to get right.” Taking the time to get The Elder Scrolls 6 right is a sentiment shared by studio design director Emil Pagliarulo, who pointed to GTA 6’s high-profile delays as the “smartest thing they could do.” “What do fans really want?” he asked. “Do they want a game that comes out before it should and doesn’t meet their expectations? Or do they want the turkey that is in the oven for long enough to be delicious when it finally comes out of the oven, you know? That’s what I think people are going to want. So, we’re going to take our time and as long as it needs to be great.” And finally, studio director Angela Browder hyped up the technological advances that make The Elder Scrolls 6 “this endless set of possibilities that is really, really exciting as a developer, but really, really exciting as someone who really likes to think about how far everything has come in our industry. It’s gonna be dope. It’s dope! [laughs]” Alas, there remains no release window, which is what fans are waiting to hear right now. And fans are getting increasingly desperate for news. Earlier this month, some thought Bethesda teased The Elder Scrolls 6’s release year in a live-action Skyrim trailer because one of Santa’s elves raised their speech level to 27. You can understand why patience might be difficult for some though. In January this year, The Elder Scrolls 6 announcement became as old as predecessor Skyrim was when The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced. Skyrim was released on November 11, 2011, and The Elder Scrolls 6 was revealed on June 10, 2018 — 2,403 days afterwards. It is now seven-and-a-half years since the announcement, and we’re no closer, it seems, to the release of the game. In the GQ article, Howard once again admitted that it had taken too long to get The Elder Scrolls 6 out the door, but did tease a The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered-style shadowdrop — without confirming anything. “I do like to have a break between them, where it isn’t like a ‘plus one’ sequel,” Howard said of making The Elder Scrolls games again. “I think it’s also good for an audience to have a break — The Elder Scrolls has been too long, let’s be clear. But we wanted to do something new with Starfield. We needed a creative reset.” Bethesda is currently playtesting The Elder Scrolls 6, Howard revealed. “I like to just announce stuff and release it,” Howard continued. “My perfect version — and I’m not saying this is going to happen — is that it's going to be a while and then, one day, the game will just appear.” The Oblivion Remastered shadowdrop was “a test run,” Howard teased. “It worked out well.” Earlier this year it was confirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 will include a character designed in memory of a much-missed fan after a remarkable charity campaign that raised more than $85,000 for Make-A-Wish. 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

Year in Review 2025 | Even with 3 Obsidian games in one year, Xbox's 2025 felt like the calm before the storm.View the full article

"We all wish it went a little bit faster – or a lot faster"View the full article

Bethesda has released a brand-new Fallout 4 update for December 2025, but fans on one particular platform aren't happy. This is because the latest Fallout 4update is missing one crucial feature that Bethesda had promised fans on Xbox Series X/S, and players are responding in turn by letting the developer know how they feel. View the full article

Niantic Spatial said that its partnership with Paramount Pictures worked out so well last month that it is expanding the campaign globally. Last month, Niantic Spatial, the geospatial tech firm which operates the Ingress game and spun out separately from Niantic, partnered with Paramount Pictures to turn Los Angeles into a real-world stage for the theatrical release of The Running Man. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Read This Article Free Get instant access by joining the GB MAX Access tier — it’s free to sign up and unlock premium content.Join Now to Start ReadingAlready a member? Sign in The post Paramount Pictures extends The Running Man promo in Niantic Spatial’s Ingress appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article

Dead by Daylight's Michael Myers-based Halloween content will be leaving the game soon, taking the slasher movie legend with it as he prepares to take a starring role in a game of his own. Michael Myers has been a big part of many players' Dead by Daylight experience for nearly a full decade, but with Illfonic's Halloween projected for release in fall 2026, the time is fast approaching for him to leave The Fog, taking the Halloween Chapter with him. View the full article

While Larian Studios' work on Baldur's Gate 3 is clearly laudable in its own right, its status as a Dungeons & Dragons adaptation, not to mention the name recognition of its franchise, certainly helped the project have immediately wide appeal. DnD's fifth edition has seen the tabletop RPG become more popular than ever, but Larian is taking another opportunity to show its turn-based combat chop with Divinity. View the full article

В настоящий момент Dambuster Studios работает над продолжением серии Dead Island. В осеннем пресс-релизе для СМИ команда не сообщила подробностей, однако сегодня из финансового отчёта стало известно, что подразумевалась полноценная третья часть. View the full article

Mega K pop band Stray Kids is headed to Roblox. Its SKZOO animal avatars will be performing songs from its new hit album, Do It On the Block Stage between Friday, December 19, and Monday, December 22. All you'll need to access it is a Roblox login, and to navigate your way to the Block, and you'll be in for a Divine experience. Bookmark The Block now and sign up for notifications at the stage's official site. How to sign up for a Roblox account to watch Stray Kids If this'll be your first time navigating Roblox you need to set up a free Roblox account first. Head to the sign up page and enter your date of birth, a username and a passwordAdd your gender if you want, this step is optional You're in - add an email address or phone number for added security measures if you wishYou can customize your avatar by heading to the menu on the left hand side of the Roblox main page - if you head to the marketplace there are already hundreds of ways to get your avatar ready for the event, from Chk Chk ***** emotes to Wolf Chan back packs When to watch Stray Kids SKZOO in Roblox The event will run from Friday, December 19, and Monday, December 22, 2025. It's scheduled to start at midnight EST, or 9pm PST. That's 5am on December 20 in the ***. The STray Kids takeover will officially start on December 15, so keep an eye out for special Stray Kids treats. What to expect from the Stray Kids SKZOO concert in Roblox Stray Kids SKZOO avatars - animal versions of the band - will perform tracks from the new mixtape album Do It, which was released on November 21, 2025. It's made up of four new tracks, Do It, Divine, Holiday and Photobook. Do It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 earlier this month. So far not much else has been revealed beyond the timing of the event itself, but we know there'll be at least two different special Badges available. One for taking part in a SKZavenger Hunt to earn a limited edition SKZOO backpack, and another special souvenir for anyone who attends the concert. If you want to make sure you're ready to celebrate the event in style, check out our Roblox guides and a list of all the latest working Roblox codes. If you're ready to kill some time before the event, check out IGN's dedicated game guides for some of the most popular Roblox experiences. Check out our guides for Grow a Garden, Dress to Impress, Dead Rails, Fisch, and more! Rachel Weber is the Senior Editorial Director of Games at IGN and an elder millennial. She's been a professional nerd since 2006 when she got her start on Official PlayStation Magazine in the ***, and has since worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, horror movies, horror games, and French Bulldogs. Those extra wrinkles on her face are thanks to going time blind and staying up too late finishing every sidequest in RPGs like Fallout and Witcher 3. View the full article

This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes for things like concept art and placeholder text. The backlash has been swift and loud from the gaming community, and now Larian founder and game director Swen Vincke is responding to clarify his remarks, affirming that Larian is "neither releasing a game with any AI components, nor are we looking at trimming down teams to replace them with AI," and that AI is "something we are constantly discussing internally through the lens of making everyone's working day better, not worse." The original news comes from a Bloomberg interview with Vincke. In it, Vincke admits that Larian is "pushing hard" [Bloomberg's phrasing] on generative AI, even though it hasn't led to big gains in efficiency. Specifically, the studio is using the technology to "explore ideas, flesh out PowerPoint presentations, develop concept art and write placeholder text." [Bloomberg's phrasing]. Vincke reassures that there won't be any AI-generated content in the final version of Divinity. "Everything is human actors; we're writing everything ourselves." But it sounds like this approach isn't going over smoothly with everyone. Bloomberg's piece acknowledges that some internally at Larian have pushed back, though Vincke says, "I think at this point everyone at the company is more or less OK with the way we're using it." This news hasn't gone over super well with the community, though. On Bluesky, Larian is being lambasted by a number of individuals across the game development community, including some former Larian employees. "consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI," writes Selena Tobin, an environment artist and former Larian employees. "reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas." The Divinity and Baldur's Gate 3 communities have a somewhat more divided reaction, with some defending its use for concepting, though there's still a significant amount of backlash. A few commenters have pointed out that games such as The Alters suffered from significant fan anger over discovered generative AI use, but are willing to forgive Larian for the same offense. Comment byu/Hatchachachacha from discussionhttps://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/1po5xa7/larian_talks_on_using_gen_ai_in_development_work/ inBaldursGate3 .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Comment byu/Hatchachachacha from discussionhttps://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/1po5xa7/larian_talks_on_using_gen_ai_in_development_work/ inBaldursGate3 .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Disappointed in Larian using Generative AI during development byu/DCAScrub inlarianstudios .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Comment byu/jovanmilic97 from discussionhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1po5w2u/larian_studios_leaning_into_generative_ai_for/ inGames .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Comment byu/FergusInTheHouse from discussionhttps://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/1po78kj/regarding_divinity_development_using_ai_concept/ inBaldursGate3 .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } In response to this backlash, Vincke has issued IGN a lengthy follow-up response, which we've published here in full: We’ve been continuously increasing our pool of concept artists , writers and story-tellers, are actively putting together writer rooms, casting and recording performances from actors and hiring translators. Since concept art is being called out explicitly - we have 23 concept artists and have job openings for more. These artists are creating concept art day in day out for ideation and production use. Everything we do is incremental and aimed at having people spend more time creating. Any ML tool used well is additive to a creative team or individual’s workflow, not a replacement for their skill or craft. We are researching and understanding the cutting edge of ML as a toolset for creatives to use and see how it can make their day-to-day lives easier, which will let us make better games. We are neither releasing a game with any AI components, nor are we looking at trimming down teams to replace them with AI. While I understand it's a subject that invokes a lot of emotion, it's something we are constantly discussing internally through the lens of making everyone's working day better, not worse. This discussion comes amid a slate of interviews with Vincke following the announcement of Larian's next game, Divinity, at The Game Awards last week. We had our own interview with Vincke, which you can read in full here, and elsewhere Vincke has confirmed Divinity will in fact be a turn-based RPG. We've been slowly compiling everything we know about Divinity so far right here. Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected]. View the full article

Every so often, Steam serves up an RPG that I know I'll be spending a lot of time on. With The Witcher 3 and Valheim vibes abound, I know that this one is at least on my radar. View the full article

Yes, yes, I know - we don't even know what next year's Call of Duty game is yet (although it's likely a new Modern Warfare game from Infinity Ward, from the reports I've been reading). But already, details about 2027's CoD are emerging from a prominent leaker. The insider claims that it'll be Sledgehammer Games' turn to take the wheel with a "new sub-franchise," which does line up with Activision's recent announcement that it was halting back-to-back series releases like it's recently done with Modern Warfare 2 and 3, then ****** Ops 6 and 7. However, some of the leaker's other revelations are much more surprising. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Following ****** Ops 7 woes, Call of Duty finally sees sense and says no more back-to-back series releases Call of Duty culls MW duo from monster install, and it could save you over 200GB Ten Call of Duty games mysteriously taken offline for "maintenance" all at once View the full article

Hyung-tae Kim, CEO of Korean game studio Shift Up and director of 2025 gooner game of the year Stellar Blade, has received a Presidential Commendation for his contributions to the development of South Korea's videogame industry. A Daum report (via Automaton) says the prize honors Kim's work on both Stellar Blade and the game that preceded it, the 2022 action RPG Goddess of Victory: Nikke... Read more.View the full article

"You would have to literally remake the game to fix its performance issues"View the full article

Maybe Jonathan Bailey is "utterly f***ing exhausted" after WickedView the full article

Divinity and Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is the most recent game developer to be caught in controversy over its admitted use of generative AI, but according to CEO Swen Vincke, players shouldn't worry. The studio made waves back in 2023 with the wildly impressive success of Baldur's Gate 3, and at this year's Game Awards, the developer stunned with its gore-filled, NSFW trailer for Divinity. View the full article