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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>VG247 Latest Articles Feed</title><link>/feed</link><description>This is a feed of the latest articles from VG247.</description><atom:link href="/feed" rel="self"/><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 15:26:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>An original Morrowind dev is back to working on the game 20 years after quitting Bethesda with an impressive sounding mod</title><link>/an-original-morrowind-dev-working-on-the-game-with-an-impressive-sounding-mod</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 15:26:46 +0000</pubDate><guid>/an-original-morrowind-dev-working-on-the-game-with-an-impressive-sounding-mod</guid><category>ZeniMax Media</category><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Bethesda Game Studios</category><category>The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind</category><category>Xbox</category><category>Bethesda Softworks</category><category>Ubisoft</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elder-scrolls-3-morrowind.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elder-scrolls-3-morrowind.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
Douglas Goodall, a quest designer for <strong>Morrowind</strong>, is once again working on the classic <strong>Bethesda</strong> game through the power of mods.
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While it's been more than 20 years since Goodall actually worked at Bethesda, the game designer has been back at work on Morrowind, having worked on a mod for the game that features an all new storyline (thanks, <a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-elder-scrolls/20-years-after-quitting-bethesda-veteran-morrowind-dev-returns-to-the-funky-rpg-to-create-new-mods/">GamesRadar</a>). Goodall has been working on the mod under the pseudonym AFFA, where he's been serving as a writer for it. The <a href="https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/54525?tab=description">mod in question</a> is titled Red Wisdom - An Ashlandr Prophecy, and sees you embarking "on a mystical journey as you unravel the ancient prophecy of Red Wisdom. Join forces with wide-eyed Nirani to unlock the hidden truths that lie within the sacred burial sites of the tribes. Explore a new angle to Ashlander lore, confront wild beasts and Daedric interlopers, and piece together the puzzle which may shape the fate of Morrowind."
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Some of the features of the mod listed include the ability to "explore a brand new grotto used by the Ahemmusa tribe to 'bury' their dead" and "visit the exterior burial sites of the Erabenimsun and Zainab tribes." You'll also be able to collect "four elemental-themed Ashlander trinkets" all which have custom art, as well as experience "new Ashlander lore through the trials of a young Wise Woman apprentice." It sounds like a pretty impressive mod overall, and the fact it has an original Morrowind designer attached to it certainly adds something special to it too.
</p> <p><a href="/an-original-morrowind-dev-working-on-the-game-with-an-impressive-sounding-mod">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Hate waiting to play your Xbox games because of a new update? Don't worry, you'll soon be able to pre-download them</title><link>/xbox-will-soon-let-you-pre-download-updates</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 15:01:51 +0000</pubDate><guid>/xbox-will-soon-let-you-pre-download-updates</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Sea of Thieves</category><category>Microsoft Studios</category><category>PC</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Game Studios</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Rare</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/sea-of-thieves-1_ZxB3nb1.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/sea-of-thieves-1_ZxB3nb1.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Xbox</strong> will soon let you pre-download game updates before their scheduled release so you can make your life just that little bit easier.
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Look, in this day and age, we all know game updates are a necessary thing, but that doesn't make them any less annoying. I'm not gonna do that whole thing of "remember when you could just pop a game in and it would just be ready to play, no installing, no downloading" but I do miss those days. However, I do appreciate when my life is made easier when it comes to those annoying fiddly bits. For example, Microsoft has announced that you'll soon be able to pre-download updates for games before they're meant to be out, a feature that'll surely be welcome for fans of online games in particular.
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The feature is actually <a href="https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/xbox-insider-release-notes/console/alpha/2024/05/alpha-2406-240509-2000">already available to Xbox Insider members</a>, with the Xbox Update Preview released on the Alpha ring as of a few days ago. "Games that enable support for update pre-download will allow updates to be downloaded days before they are scheduled to release, so you can jump in and start playing right when the update goes live," reads a description for the feature. To be clear, that means this won't be the case for every game, so don't get mad at me when the main title in your rotation doesn't work with this feature.
</p> <p><a href="/xbox-will-soon-let-you-pre-download-updates">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Turns out the Triforce might have, sort of, been hiding in plain sight in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all along</title><link>/triforce-might-have-been-hiding-in-plain-sight-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 14:33:45 +0000</pubDate><guid>/triforce-might-have-been-hiding-in-plain-sight-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom</guid><category>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom</category><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-diving.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-diving.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
The whereabouts of the Triforce in <strong>Zelda: Breath of the Wild</strong> and <a href="/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-walkthrough">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom</a> has been a sticking point for some, but one player might have found it, sort of.
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While the Triforce is obviously the most recognisable symbols from the Zelda series, it isn't always all that important to the main story of certain games. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were two such games, both of which did feature the Triforce symbol in certain locations of the respective games, but the thing itself didn't actually make an appearance. It's barely even referred to in the game, in fact there probably aren't many Zelda games where the Triforce feels as unimportant as it does. However, as spotted by <a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-legend-of-zelda/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-players-chase-the-elemental-dragons-after-one-player-discovers-a-different-triforce-on-their-backs/">GamesRadar</a>, a user on Reddit found something interesting.
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As you can see in the post shared to the Tears of the Kingdom subreddit above, there are a trio of images showing Tears of the Kingdom's three dragons, Dinraal, Naydra, and Farosh. And interestingly, as described by TheMathNut, the user that shared the pictures, "about half way up on each elemental dragon is a piece of the Triforce. I thought it was neat since I always thought the three dragons symbolised the three goddesses." Unsurprisingly, this post has proven to be popular on the game's subreddit, given that this little Easter Egg is a bit of a hard one to spot - I've spent plenty of time farming scales on those dragons' backs, and never noticed it.
</p> <p><a href="/triforce-might-have-been-hiding-in-plain-sight-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Wyndham IDrive Orlando has closed: Florida loses a hotel, fighting game players lose a home</title><link>/wyndham-idrive-orlando-has-closed-florida-loses-a-hotel-fighting-game-players-lose-a-home</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 13:56:18 +0000</pubDate><guid>/wyndham-idrive-orlando-has-closed-florida-loses-a-hotel-fighting-game-players-lose-a-home</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Fighting</category><category>Street Fighter 6</category><category>PS5</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Side view</category><category>Arcade</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Capcom</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/CEO-Wyndham-venue.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/CEO-Wyndham-venue.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Earlier this month, fighting game players across the US learned that the Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive hotel was to close suddenly, pulling the rug out from under the upcoming CEOtaku tournament. This sucks for a variety of reasons, obviously. At a base level, a lot of hotel staff are getting laid off. For the attendees of CEOTaku, it will force a sudden change in travel plans, and the organizers must now undergo the expensive process of tracking down and securing a new venue on short notice. But more than that, it means that one of the last remaining in-person gaming subcultures is losing a home of sorts.
</p><p>The Wyndham Orlando Resort IDrive has been the home of CEO and attendees events since 2011. That's over a decade of in-person gaming events, slowly growing and morphing alongside the wider gaming industry around it. CEO stands for Community Effort Orlando, a fitting name for a tournament salvaged from the wreckage of a last-minute cancellation that forced founder Alex Jebailey and Florida natives to come together and play video games despite the circumstances. Since these fledgling beginnings, CEO and Wyndham Orlando IDrive have been tied by the hip, but for the past few years it's remained a home to CEO's anime fighter sister event CEOtaku.
</p><p>"I am personally devastated," states founder of CEO Alex Jebailey. "It's very hard to find venues that you create a genuine relationship with as they were the first hotel to give CEO a chance back in 2011. My first thoughts were the employees and staff that have taken care of CEO over the years to which I hope they bounce back with other opportunities. It began with Lisa in 2011 helping me understand how hotel contracts work, AV media giving me more than fair pricing on AV and Divya, who I will forever be grateful for handling my contracts since about 2014 there who always helped where I needed it."
</p> <p><a href="/wyndham-idrive-orlando-has-closed-florida-loses-a-hotel-fighting-game-players-lose-a-home">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Stardew Valley creator is feeling the pressure to get Haunted Chocolatier out, "but it's better to have a good delayed game than a bad game on time"</title><link>/stardew-valley-creator-isnt-in-a-rush-to-get-haunted-chocolatier-out</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 13:54:17 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stardew-valley-creator-isnt-in-a-rush-to-get-haunted-chocolatier-out</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Chucklefish Games</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Haunted Chocolatier</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Indie</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>PlayStation Vita</category><category>iOS</category><category>Stardew Valley</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Android</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Haunted-Chocolatier_nscR95H.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Haunted-Chocolatier_nscR95H.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone is definitely feeling some pressure over fans expectations of <strong>Haunted Chocolatier</strong>, but it's not weighing too heavily on him.
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Back in 2021, <a href="/concerned-apes-haunted-chocolatier-pc">Barone announced Haunted Chocolatier</a>, the acclaimed indie developer's second game that even over two years since its reveal (no, I don't know how that much time has passed either) it hasn't really been shown in action all that much. There have been some screenshots shown <a href="/haunted-chocolatier-grandpa-screenshot">here</a> and <a href="/stardew-valley-follow-up-haunted-chocolatier-looks-better-than-ever-in-four-new-screenshots">there</a>, but mostly fans have been kept busy with <a href="/stardew-valley-update-16-live-patch-notes-lots-of-content">Stardew Valley's recent 1.6 update</a>. In a recent interview with <a href="https://aftermath.site/stardew-valley-concernedape-haunted-chocolatier-interview">Aftermath</a>, though, Barone spoke about what's next following this update, including some discussions about Haunted Chocolatier.
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"[Fan expectation] definitely puts pressure on me, but it's better to have a delayed game that's actually good than a bad game that's on time," Barone said of working on Haunted Chocolatier. "When it's ready, that's when I'll release it. I'm not too concerned with the pressure. I don't feel like I owe anyone anything when it comes to Haunted Chocolatier. It's a game that I'm deciding to make. I don't need to make it."
</p> <p><a href="/stardew-valley-creator-isnt-in-a-rush-to-get-haunted-chocolatier-out">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>As GTA 6 aims for a late 2025 release, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's new game gets some fresh details</title><link>/rockstar-co-founder-dan-houser-new-game-gets-some-fresh-details</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 11:31:27 +0000</pubDate><guid>/rockstar-co-founder-dan-houser-new-game-gets-some-fresh-details</guid><category>Third person</category><category>Grand Theft Auto 6</category><category>PS5</category><category>Rockstar Games</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Full product</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Open World</category><category>Shooter: Third Person</category><category>Modern Day</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/gta-6-main-characters.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/gta-6-main-characters.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Rockstar</strong> is slowly gearing up for <a href="/gta-6-release-date-leaks-map-trailer-reveal-rumours">Grand Theft Auto 6</a>'s release, and as it does so, some new details about co-founder Dan Houser's new game have been confirmed.
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Back in 2020, <a href="/gta-6-dan-houser-leaves-rockstar">Houser left Rockstar</a> 22 years after founding the company, revealing his new studio Absurd Ventures in Games <a href="/dan-houser-rockstar-new-studio-absurd-ventures-in-games">the following year</a>. The company was described as providing "ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development," and since its announcement, not much has been confirmed in the way of what it's actually working on. Well, as spotted by <a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/games/open-world/rockstar-co-founder-and-former-gta-lead-dan-houser-is-making-an-open-world-action-adventure-game-of-his-own-at-his-new-studio/">GamesRadar</a>, we do now have some details on the studio's first game, thanks to some recent job listings. The listing for a <a href="https://www.absurdventures.com/careers#4366082007">lead gameplay designer</a> role noted that the role will see the selected candidate become "the primary vision holder and hands-on contributor for character, controls, and camera design in an open world action-adventure game."
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It also makes mention of the role needing to deliver "best-in-class combat and third person action across multiple game modes" so it sounds like the game might not just be a single-player title. Following this, Absurd Adventures announced its first project, which isn't actually a game at all, but an audio fiction series called A Better Paradise, a sci-fi story "set in the near future" that "tells the story of the ill-fated development of an ambitious but addictive digital game-world project led by inventor and psychologist, Dr. Mark Tyburn."
</p> <p><a href="/rockstar-co-founder-dan-houser-new-game-gets-some-fresh-details">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>After Sega cancels Hyenas, Creative Assembly's next game is reportedly Total War Star Wars</title><link>/creative-assembly-next-game-is-reportedly-total-war-star-wars</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 10:58:57 +0000</pubDate><guid>/creative-assembly-next-game-is-reportedly-total-war-star-wars</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Strategy: Grand Strategy/4X</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Historical</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Sandbox</category><category>SEGA</category><category>Strategy: Real-Time Strategy</category><category>Creative Assembly</category><category>Total War: Pharaoh</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/star-wars-tattooine.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/star-wars-tattooine.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Sega</strong> might have cancelled <strong>Hyenas</strong>, but you shouldn't count <strong>Creative Assembly</strong> out just yet, as it's reportedly working on a <strong>Total War Star Wars</strong> game next.
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Last year, Sega announced it was <a href="/sega-cancels-hyenas">cancelling Hyenas</a> as part of some "structural reforms", a move that felt like a real shame for a game that didn't even have the chance to get its foot out the door. A couple of months later, Sega then made it seem like Creative Assembly was <a href="/sega-creative-assembly-known-genres-hyenas-cancellation">back doing what it knows best</a>, which is making real-time strategy games like the Total War series. Now, a new report from DualShockers appears to have shed some light on just what Creative Assembly is working on. According to a "reliable source" that spoke with <a href="https://www.dualshockers.com/total-war-star-wars-reportedly-in-works-at-creative-assembly/">DualShockers</a>, Creative Assembly is currently working on three new Total War games, with one of them being an officially licensed Star Wars title.
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Star Wars would honestly be a pretty great fit for a series like Total War, given the broad range of factions it has had across all of its media. Details in DualShocker's report about the game are slim, only noting that "it's possible that Creative Assembly is gearing up to release Total War: Star Wars in the next couple of years," but there's no precise timeline as to when it could come out. The report notes that as of October 2023, the Star Wars entry was the second of the three new Total War games in the works. Since 2014, apart from 2021, Total War has been an annual series, with the most recent entry being Total War: Pharoah, so the Star Wars entry being released within the next couple of years does seem feasible.
</p> <p><a href="/creative-assembly-next-game-is-reportedly-total-war-star-wars">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Dead Cells animated series' first trailer is looking like the most fun video game adaptation yet</title><link>/dead-cells-animated-series-first-trailer-looks-like-fun</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 10:12:06 +0000</pubDate><guid>/dead-cells-animated-series-first-trailer-looks-like-fun</guid><category>Dead Cells</category><category>Indie</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Side view</category><category>Platformer</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Android</category><category>Motion Twin</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dead-cells-animated-series_kXNqEvo.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dead-cells-animated-series_kXNqEvo.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
The first trailer for the <strong>Dead Cells</strong> animated series is here, and it's looking like one of the most exciting video game adaptations to date.
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I've not actually played much Dead Cells, I know it's high up there in the pantheon of roguelikes for many out there, but you know, there's just a whole lot of games out there, so where am I meant to fit it in? But earlier this week the first trailer for the animated adaptation of the beloved indie game, Dead Cells: Immortalis, dropped, and I'm thinking I'll have to make time for it. The trailer is a short one, only running for around a minute and a half, but it packs a whole lot into the limited amount of time it does have. Right off the bat I should note that it's going for its own artstyle different from the one used in the game's animated trailer, though it is made by the same animation studio, Bobbypills.
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You will have to read some subtitles as the trailer is dubbed in French, but an English version is expected later this year. The Dead Cells series is out next soo too, next month actually, on June 19, where it will be available on the streaming service Animation Digital Network. This is a French streaming service, to be clear, and there doesn't seem to be word on where else it will be available just yet, so you might have to wait a while before you can check it out in other territories.
</p> <p><a href="/dead-cells-animated-series-first-trailer-looks-like-fun">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Elden Ring's latest monstrous reveal has me hoping Shadow of the Erdtree will be the Bloodborne 2 we never got</title><link>/elden-ring-monster-has-me-hoping-dlc-will-be-bloodborne-2</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 09:33:22 +0000</pubDate><guid>/elden-ring-monster-has-me-hoping-dlc-will-be-bloodborne-2</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Bandai Namco Entertainment</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS5</category><category>FromSoftware</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Bloodborne</category><category>Sony Computer Entertainment</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Elden Ring</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-monster.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-monster.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
The official <strong>Elden Ring</strong> Twitter account has dropped a new look at one of Shadow of the Erdtree's many terrible monsters, and the <strong>Bloodborne</strong> vibes are very strong.
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Much like every other Bloodborne fan under the sun, I too am bitter that it never got a sequel. Given the fact there's only one of them, it still stands as one of FromSoftware's most unique games, and even now I hold out hope we'll get another, even if that is entirely misguided. Luckily for me, Elden Ring had a touch of Bloodborne vibes here and there, what with the occasional Eldritch horror the RPG contained and all. Think bosses like Astel Naturalborn of the Void - you can't convince me it wouldn't fit in perfectly with Bloodborne's boss fights. And thanks to a newly shared image from the official Elden Ring Twitter, it seems like those Bloodborne vibes will stretch into Shadow of the Erdtree above.
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You can see in the tweet above what this new monster looks like, and uh, yeah, the vibes are truly and wonderfully effed on this one. Anyone with an ounce of biology knowledge can probably tell what the specific posing of who or whatever this is is referring to, a perfect fit for Bloodborne's themes. It also looks like it could truly mess you up with those blades, so I'm looking forward to dying to it 30 times in a row.
</p> <p><a href="/elden-ring-monster-has-me-hoping-dlc-will-be-bloodborne-2">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Endless Legend and Wizard with a Gun are both free to play right now on Steam - but only for a limited time, so hurry</title><link>/endless-legend-and-wizard-with-a-gun-are-both-free-to-play-right-now-on-steam-but-only-for-a-limited-time-so-hurry</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 19:35:06 +0000</pubDate><guid>/endless-legend-and-wizard-with-a-gun-are-both-free-to-play-right-now-on-steam-but-only-for-a-limited-time-so-hurry</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Endless Legend</category><category>Devolver Digital</category><category>Third person</category><category>Indie</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>AMPLITUDE Studios</category><category>PC</category><category>Wizard With A Gun</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Iceberg Interactive</category><category>Strategy: Turn-Based Strategy</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/endless-legend_1NW8KVP.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/endless-legend_1NW8KVP.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><strong>Endless Legend</strong> and <strong>Wizard with a Gun</strong> are both free to play right now on Steam.</p><p>The former is a completely free to download for the next week and keep forever, while the latter is only playable for free for the next two days.</p><p>Endless Legend is a rather <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/289130/ENDLESS_Legend/">excellent 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game</a> from the creators of Endless Space and Dungeon of the Endless. It features tons of replayability with randomly generated worlds and quests, and you can set the size, shape, topography, and more to create your world, and control every aspect of your civilization.</p> <p><a href="/endless-legend-and-wizard-with-a-gun-are-both-free-to-play-right-now-on-steam-but-only-for-a-limited-time-so-hurry">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>MultiVersus is getting a PvE Mode called Rifts where you fight through a series of encounters with combat mutators</title><link>/multiversus-pve-mode-called-rifts-announced</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 19:13:16 +0000</pubDate><guid>/multiversus-pve-mode-called-rifts-announced</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Warner Bros. Games</category><category>Fighting</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Side view</category><category>MultiVersus</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Player First Games</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/multiversus-ahhh.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/multiversus-ahhh.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>A new PvE mode is coming to <strong>MultiVersus</strong> called Rifts, and it gives you an entirely new way to play the game by allowing you to travel the Multiverse and fight through a series of encounters with combat mutators.</p><p>Each Rift has a sequence of battles or challenges around a particular theme, organized around seasonal Attunements such as Chaos, for the Joker.</p><p>When first diving into Rifts Mode you’ll learn the basic systems and mechanics within a special Tutorial Rift before graduating to Seasonal Rifts. These have unique stages, skins, characters, and mutators. They also become harder as you progress.</p> <p><a href="/multiversus-pve-mode-called-rifts-announced">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>XDefinant PC specs: Here's what you need inside your tower or laptop to play the game with Ultra and Enthusiast settings</title><link>/xdefinant-pc-specs-minimum-recommended-enthusiast-ultra</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 19:05:18 +0000</pubDate><guid>/xdefinant-pc-specs-minimum-recommended-enthusiast-ultra</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>XDefiant</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Ubisoft</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Ubisoft Entertainment</category><category>Ubisoft San Francisco</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/xdefiant_wPRDfDH.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/xdefiant_wPRDfDH.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Ubisoft has announced the PC specs for <strong>XDefiant </strong>and you can <a href="https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/xdefiant/download?bi=pco">preload the game now</a> on either console or PC.</p><p>A free-to-play multiplayer arena shooter, <a href="/games/tom-clancys-xdefiant">XDefiant</a> lets you battle it out as various factions inspired by Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy games across five different game modes and 14 unique maps.</p><p>For those jumping into XDefiant on PC, the game supports DX11 and DX12, uncapped frame rate, widescreen support, and Nvidia Reflex support for low latency gameplay.</p> <p><a href="/xdefinant-pc-specs-minimum-recommended-enthusiast-ultra">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>What are you playing this weekend?</title><link>/what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-96</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 16:24:19 +0000</pubDate><guid>/what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-96</guid><category>What are you playing?</category><category>PC</category><category>What are you playing this weekend</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hades-2.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hades-2.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>With the weekend comes time to do what we like. Okay, sometimes there are things we have to do, but it's mainly a break from responsibilities and the doldrums that made up the week.</p><p>This weekend, some of us have caught the Hades-fever which probably isn’t a bad fever to have, from what I’ve heard. Others are revisiting prior releases they enjoy immensely, and others are also finding time to do fun extracurriculars that have nothing to do with games.</p><p>Here’s what we’re getting into this weekend:</p> <p><a href="/what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-96">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Jurassic World Evolution 2's follow-up should also look to Netflix's animated series for inspiration</title><link>/jurassic-world-evolution-3-confirmed-what-we-want</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Fran Ruiz</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/jurassic-world-evolution-3-confirmed-what-we-want</guid><category>PS5</category><category>Jurassic World Evolution 2</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>TV</category><category>Universal Pictures</category><category>Movies</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Amblin Entertainment</category><category>Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Frontier Developments</category><category>Jurassic World: Chaos Theory</category><category>Netflix</category><category>PS4</category><category>DreamWorks Animation</category><category>PC</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Jurassic World</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/jurassic-world-evolution-2-screen.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/jurassic-world-evolution-2-screen.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>After <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-realms-of-ruin-flops-frontier-shares-tank-nearly-20" target="_blank">stumbling late last year</a> with Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin and following some side projects that didn't pay off, Frontier Developments announced they were refocusing on sim games for the foreseeable. The British video game developer has excelled over the years with titles such as <a href="/games/planet-zoo" target="_blank">Planet Zoo</a> and Planet Coaster, but the two <a href="/jurassic-world-evolution-2-lets-you-try-to-fix-the-movies-many-flaws" target="_blank">Jurassic World Evolution</a> games performed well above expectations, so of course a third one is coming.</p><p>The announcement dropped out of nowhere last week and <a href="https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/frontier_developments_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=1725&newsid=1818095" target="_blank">came straight from Frontier</a>, who acknowledged how much of a huge win the ongoing collaboration with Universal had been so far. Mind you, the press release didn't outright confirm their next game is Jurassic World Evolution 3, but given their recent strategy shift and how well that series has sold so far (including DLCs), it's hard to imagine the developer suddenly starting to work on a Jurassic World game in another genre.</p><p>While the first <a href="/jurassic-world-evolution-review" target="_blank">Jurassic World Evolution</a> had a number of shortcomings — many of which were ironed out over time through free updates and paid DLC — and lacked many key features such as flying and marine prehistoric animals, it established a solid foundation to build upon, and Jurassic Park/World fans were more than happy with it after waiting for a spiritual successor to <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-jurassic-park-operation-genesis" target="_blank">Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis</a> for 15 years.</p> <p><a href="/jurassic-world-evolution-3-confirmed-what-we-want">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Shine up your power armor: Fallout is coming to Fortnite Chapter 5 - Season 3 for a post-apocalyptic crossover befitting any vault dweller</title><link>/fallout-fortnite-crossover-chapter-5-season-3</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 21:31:28 +0000</pubDate><guid>/fallout-fortnite-crossover-chapter-5-season-3</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Fortnite Battle Royale</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Epic Games</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>Fortnite</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Mac</category><category>iOS</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Android</category><category>Fallout</category><category>Strategy: Turn-Based Strategy</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-fortnite.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-fortnite.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><strong>Fortnite</strong> will soon turn into a Wasteland with an upcoming<strong>Fallout</strong> crossover event.</p><p>This was confirmed <a href="https://x.com/FortniteGame/status/1791499072789979575">via a tweet from the official Fortnite account</a>, which posted the Brotherhood of Steel image you see above.</p><p>With zero information to go on at the moment, we can only assume - going by prior collaborations - that the crossover will focus on cosmetic items, weapons, and maybe even Limited Time Modes.</p> <p><a href="/fallout-fortnite-crossover-chapter-5-season-3">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Valve rumored to be developing a third-person hero shooter called "Deadlock" which mixes steampunk with fantasy</title><link>/valve-developing-third-person-hero-shooter-deadlock-rumor</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/valve-developing-third-person-hero-shooter-deadlock-rumor</guid><category>Report</category><category>PC</category><category>Valve</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Valve-logo-01.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Valve-logo-01.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Word on the street is Valve has been testing a title it’s had in the works since 2018, and it’s called <strong>Deadlock</strong>.</p><p>This is according to various folks involved in the playtest who have leaked images of the game online.</p><p>Much of this has been verified by Valve reporter <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8MqhEz6N_k">Tyler McVicker</a> (via <a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/images-leak-of-valves-next-game-and-its-an-overwatch-style-hero-shooter">Eurogamer</a>), who states a closed alpha playtest is ongoing with "hundreds" of people playing it.</p> <p><a href="/valve-developing-third-person-hero-shooter-deadlock-rumor">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Redfall is getting a final update with offline mode, revamped systems, and single-player pausing after studio closure</title><link>/redfall-final-update-offline-mode-revamped-systems-more</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate><guid>/redfall-final-update-offline-mode-revamped-systems-more</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Arkane Austin</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Bethesda Game Studios</category><category>PC</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Redfall</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>vampire</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/redfall-0009_pS34VT1.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/redfall-0009_pS34VT1.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><strong>Redfall</strong> studio Arkane Austin has <a href="https://x.com/playRedfall/status/1791491460858020040">announced it will release one final update</a> for the vampire game with some some highly requested features.</p><p>One of the features <a href="/redfall-studio-looking-into-reversing-always-online-requirement-for-single-player">coming with the update is offline mode</a>, which players asked for before the game’s release in May 2023. At the time, director Harvey Smith said the team was working to make offline single-player “a possibility”, and the reason Redfall was to be released as “always online,” was due to "accessibility stuff."</p><p>Other features included with the update include revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems, single-player pausing, and more to be announced.</p> <p><a href="/redfall-final-update-offline-mode-revamped-systems-more">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Hades 2 director teases that "clues as to where things are going" major update-wise are already out there for folks to find</title><link>/hades-2-director-teases-major-update-clues-out-there</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 16:07:03 +0000</pubDate><guid>/hades-2-director-teases-major-update-clues-out-there</guid><category>Indie</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Supergiant Games</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Roguelike</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Hades 2</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hades-2-director-teases-major-update-clues-out-there-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hades-2-director-teases-major-update-clues-out-there-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>You. Have you been enjoying Hades 2 <a href="/games/hades-2">Hades 2</a> so far? Well, just as it's gotten its first big patch, one that features tweaks to mechanics like sprinting and resource gathering, Supergiant creative director Greg Kasavin has offered a bit of info on where the game's headed. Apparently, there are some "clues" as to what the developer may have in store for future updates already out there to find.</p><p>Yup, stop <a href="/hades-2-new-character-art-fans-even-hornier-gameplay-stream">lusting after Aphrodite</a>, or Moros, or one of the random shades chilling at The Crossroads, it's time to get hunting for things that might not mean much right now, but could potentially mean something at some point in the future.</p><p>Speaking to <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hades-2s-creative-director-says-we-expect-to-be-in-early-access-at-least-through-the-end-of-this-year/">PC Gamer</a>, Kasavin said that following some "relatively small patches" that this most recent one marks the start of, the team will be shifting focus to Hades 2's first major update.</p> <p><a href="/hades-2-director-teases-major-update-clues-out-there">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Reports now say Call of Duty 2024 is definitely, for real, coming to Game Pass</title><link>/reports-now-say-call-of-duty-2024-to-game-pass</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 14:43:46 +0000</pubDate><guid>/reports-now-say-call-of-duty-2024-to-game-pass</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Activision</category><category>Call of Duty (2024)</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Call of Duty</category><category>PC</category><category>PS4</category><category>Infinity Ward</category><category>PS3</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Xbox 360</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/xbox-logo-03-2024.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/xbox-logo-03-2024.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Xbox is reportedly set to add <a href="/call-of-duty-2024-black-ops-gulf-war-report">this year's Call of Duty</a> - which is yet to be officially revealed - to Game Pass at launch, in what would be a first for the series and publisher. Naturally, this could in theory mean those with a subscription to the service would be able to grab the game without paying the usual price.</p><p>This is according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/microsoft-call-of-duty-game-pass-53e8930c?mod=rss_Technology">The Wall Street Journal</a>, which reports that Microsoft will announce CoD's impending arrival on Game Pass during its showcase on June 9. The reported change would mark a very noteworthy shift in strategy from Xbox, with the debate as to whether Call of Duty is of more worth to the console maker within or outside of Game Pass having been a big point of debate in recent months.</p><p>The two sides of the discussion are these. Is it better to keep on selling Call of Duty games in traditional fashion at full price, as Activision has to this point, earning a lot of cash since the series is usually one of - if not the - the top selling titles on the market annualy? Or, would the boost to Game Pass that'd likely come with putting the games onto the service at launch be worth undermining those strong traditional sales numbers?</p> <p><a href="/reports-now-say-call-of-duty-2024-to-game-pass">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>So, Danny DeVito wants to be Wario – but is he really the best fit for Mario’s gassy counterpart?</title><link>/is-danny-devito-the-best-fit-for-marios-gassy-counterpart-wario</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 14:10:54 +0000</pubDate><guid>/is-danny-devito-the-best-fit-for-marios-gassy-counterpart-wario</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Illumination Entertainment</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>Nintendo GBA</category><category>Side view</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Platformer</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Super Mario Bros.</category><category>The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/danny-devito-wario.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/danny-devito-wario.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
Years ago, when word started spreading round that a live-action <strong>Pokemon</strong> movie was finally being made, and it turned out to be a <strong>Detective Pikachu</strong> film of all things, everyone quickly came together to unanimously agree there was only one person who could play the titular electric mouse: Danny DeVito. Of course, ultimately the role went to Ryan Reynolds, who inflicted his usual sarcastic charm upon the character delivering a genuinely funny film. I'm sure like me many of you are still bitter that the <strong>Always Sunny in Philadelphia</strong> actor didn't get the role, but dear reader, I wish to inspire new hope into your hearts.
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Last week the iconic actor spoke with The Movie Dweeb in an interview promoting his latest film, Poolman, where he was asked about the possibility of playing none other than Wario in a future <strong>Super Mario Bros Movie</strong> sequel. "You never know what happens in the world, I'm up for a lot of things," DeVito responded, continuing, "you know I'm ready to do a lot of things, so whatever's coming, you know I look at, see, I evaluate, I mean you know... let them know, you should tell them that I'm going to take them to the cleaners but that I should be in the movie."
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Yeah, sure, you can call me basic for wanting the obvious choice here, but I don't care, DeVito is just consistently a joy to watch in anything he's in, and you know there would be no one better than him to play Wario. But this also raises an important question - what about other classic Mario characters? Who is the Waluigi to Danny DeVito's Wario? The Daisy to Anya Taylor-Joy's Peach? Is there anyone that could truly capture Yoshi's gravitas? I don't know if I have all the answers, but at the very least here's who I'd pick for some of these popular Mario characters (though I doubt all of them will even end up in future films).
</p> <p><a href="/is-danny-devito-the-best-fit-for-marios-gassy-counterpart-wario">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Minecraft anniversary easter egg lets you celebrate by physically fighting the Minecraft movie - kind of</title><link>/minecraft-google-easter-egg-fight-minecraft-movie-kind-of</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 12:33:32 +0000</pubDate><guid>/minecraft-google-easter-egg-fight-minecraft-movie-kind-of</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Fighting</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Virtual Reality</category><category>PS5</category><category>NetherRealm Studios</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Capcom</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Side view</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Minecraft</category><category>Warner Bros. Games</category><category>MMORPG</category><category>Arcade</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/minecraft-google-easter-egg-fight-minecraft-movie-kind-of-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/minecraft-google-easter-egg-fight-minecraft-movie-kind-of-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Good news, people with a desire to virtually hit things, one of the many things that're going on in celebration of <a href="/games/minecraft">Minecraft</a>'s 15th anniversary can cater to that need. Especially if you fancy having a barney with the upcoming <a href="/movies/minecraft">Minecraft movie</a>, at least in a manner of speaking.</p><p>This is hardly the only thing going on to celebrate the anniversary, with the option to <a href="/minecraft-get-500-minecoins-free-may-15">claim 500 Minecoins for free</a> being another, along with <a href="https://x.com/Minecraft/status/1790446035996639572">15 days' worth of new character creator items</a> designed to represent "a different year of Minecraft history". Because, you know, the block game is basically like a small country in terms of depth of lore and heritage nowadays.</p><p>Anyway, back to the good stuff. This easter egg I'm talking about is a little widget that currently pops up if you search, well, 'Minecraft' via your Chrome browser. If you click on the block, your cursor's swapped out for the square arm of Steve, allowing you to mash away at the search results as through they're a tree you're punching to death in the game because you need wood, night's coming, and you don't want to end up back in your bed-wetting phase.</p> <p><a href="/minecraft-google-easter-egg-fight-minecraft-movie-kind-of">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Ghost of Tsushima brings PS exclusives back to the top of Steam charts, but nothing has reached the heights of God of War</title><link>/ghost-of-tsushima-pc-steam-release-vs-god-of-war-sony-playstation-exclusives</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sherif Saed</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 11:34:05 +0000</pubDate><guid>/ghost-of-tsushima-pc-steam-release-vs-god-of-war-sony-playstation-exclusives</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS5</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>Sucker Punch Productions</category><category>Ghost of Tsushima</category><category>Sony Computer Entertainment</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Nixxes Software B.V.</category><category>Sony</category><category>Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-pc-screen-4.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-pc-screen-4.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>The latest Sony first-party release to make the jump from PlayStation to PC is <a href="/games/ghost-of-tsushima">Ghost of Tsushima</a>. The Director’s Cut version of the game arrived on Steam and the Epic Games Store overnight to a very positive reception from players.</p><p>The PC port doesn’t appear to have any major issues, and by most accounts, the game runs well on a variety of configurations. But what about player turnout? Well, it’s good, but still falls below a certain release from 2022.</p><p></p> <p><a href="/ghost-of-tsushima-pc-steam-release-vs-god-of-war-sony-playstation-exclusives">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Do you understand what Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is saying here about Roll7 and Intercept? Someone make it make sense</title><link>/take-two-ceo-strauss-zelnick-says-roll7-and-intercept-not-shuttered-make-it-make-sense</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 10:41:47 +0000</pubDate><guid>/take-two-ceo-strauss-zelnick-says-roll7-and-intercept-not-shuttered-make-it-make-sense</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>2K China</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>PS3</category><category>Private Division</category><category>Platformer</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>OlliOlli World</category><category>Xbox 360</category><category>Kerbal Space Program 2</category><category>Sports</category><category>BioShock 2</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>2K Marin</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>Indie</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Digital Extremes</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Mac</category><category>Take-Two Interactive</category><category>2K Games</category><category>D3 Publisher</category><category>Arcade</category><category>Rollerdrome</category><category>Roll7</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/take-two-ceo-says-studios-not-shut-down-make-it-make-sense-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/take-two-ceo-says-studios-not-shut-down-make-it-make-sense-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Ok, so, you remember when it looked an awful lot like Take-Two was shutting down both <a href="/games/kerbal-space-program-2">Kerbal Space Program 2</a> developer Intercept Games and Roll7 - the studio behind <a href="/games/rollerdrome">Rollerdrome</a> and <a href="/games/olliolli-world">OlliOlli World</a> - earlier this month? Well, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has now said that it "didn't shutter" the studios, leaving us all wondering whether they still, er, actually exist.</p><p>Yes, this is a thing. If you're out of the loop, the shutterings - hinted at by <a href="/take-two-to-shut-down-rollerdrome-kerbal-space-program-2-studios">internal documentation from Roll7 and a notice filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department</a> - were reportedly part of cuts Take-Two revealed plans for via an <a href="/gta-publisher-take-two-announces-plans-layoff-staff-cancel-projects">SEC filing in April</a>. Naturally, both people in the industry and players weren't exactly pleased to hear either bit of news, but Zelnick now seems to have cast some doubt over what's actually happening in pretty baffling fashion.</p><p>In response to <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios">IGN</a> asking during yesterday's Take-Two earnings call why the apparent closures of Intercept and Roll7 had happened, the CEO said the following:</p> <p><a href="/take-two-ceo-strauss-zelnick-says-roll7-and-intercept-not-shuttered-make-it-make-sense">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Dauntless and Fae Farm dev Phoenix Labs the latest to be hit by layoffs, cancelling a game mere weeks from its reveal</title><link>/phoenix-labs-layoffs-dauntless-fae-farm</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate><guid>/phoenix-labs-layoffs-dauntless-fae-farm</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Dauntless</category><category>Epic Games</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>Indie</category><category>Phoenix Labs</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Fae Farm</category><category>Life Simulation</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Survival & Crafting</category><category>Fantasy</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Dauntless-Header-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Dauntless-Header-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Yet another video game developer has been hit by layoffs. This time it's the <a href="/games/dauntless">Dauntless</a> and <a href="/games/fae-farm">Fae Farm</a> developer Phoenix Labs, which posted its announcement regarding restructuring on LinkedIn late last night.
</p><p>The statement goes as follows: "Today is an incredibly difficult day. After a long period of evaluating how to navigate our economic environment, we have to significantly restructure the company to pave the path for a strong future. We are reorganizing Phoenix Labs to focus on our best-in-class live service titles, Dauntless and Fae Farm, and serving their communities."
</p><p>It continues by acknowledging the cost of such a venture. "This unfortunately means cancelling work on all other projects at the studio, which will impact many of our colleagues immediately. We are giving notices to everyone whose roles are affected. The restructure has not come easily, and has truly been the last resort to ensure Phoenix Labs can survive, and thrive in the long term. It's impossible to put into words how deeply we value every talented individual who has contributed their hard work and passion to every project at our studio."
</p> <p><a href="/phoenix-labs-layoffs-dauntless-fae-farm">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Take-Two narrows down GTA 6's release date to fall 2025, as GTA 5 breezes past an incredible 200 million copies sold</title><link>/take-two-narrows-down-gta-6-release-date-fall-2025-gta-5-breezes-past-200-million-sold</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 08:59:30 +0000</pubDate><guid>/take-two-narrows-down-gta-6-release-date-fall-2025-gta-5-breezes-past-200-million-sold</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Grand Theft Auto Online</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Grand Theft Auto V</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Third person</category><category>Grand Theft Auto 6</category><category>Full product</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Open World</category><category>Rockstar North</category><category>Modern Day</category><category>Take-Two Interactive</category><category>Rockstar Games</category><category>Shooter: Third Person</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/gta-6-key-art-resized-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/gta-6-key-art-resized-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>You can chill out. Take-Two has narrowed down the release window for <a href="/games/grand-theft-auto-vi">GTA 6</a> from a year to a month in that year. Yup, despite the <a href="/gta-6-possible-delay-2026-rumor">rumours of delays possibly pushing the game from 2025 to 2026</a>, we've now had officialy word it's coming in fall 2025. Also, <a href="/games/grand-theft-auto-v">GTA 5</a> continues to fly off the shelves.</p><p>While the <a href="/gta-6-release-date-leaks-map-trailer-reveal-rumours">GTA 6</a> hype train has been properly chugging away since late last year, when <a href="/gta-6-trailer-released">that first trailer arrived</a>, we'd <a href="/gta-6-devs-respond-to-rockstar-office-return">heard some potentially concerning things about its development in the interim</a>. It seems as though you needn't worry though, you should be getting the thing next year.</p><p>As part of its <a href="https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-reports-results-fourth-0">latest earnings report</a>, Take-Two has officially confirmed that it's aiming to release GTA 6 in fall 2025 - that's autumn for us here in the UK - narrowing down the 2025 release window it'd previously cited.</p> <p><a href="/take-two-narrows-down-gta-6-release-date-fall-2025-gta-5-breezes-past-200-million-sold">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Nintendo's celebrating 35 years of Game Boy with Super Mario Land, Alleyway, and Baseball added to Switch Online</title><link>/nintendo-switch-online-super-mario-land-more-game-boy-35th-anniversary</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 20:15:56 +0000</pubDate><guid>/nintendo-switch-online-super-mario-land-more-game-boy-35th-anniversary</guid><category>Nintendo 3DS</category><category>Nintendo Switch Online</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>Side view</category><category>Platformer</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Super Mario Land</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/super-mario-land-game-boy.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/super-mario-land-game-boy.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>To celebrate 35 years of the <strong>Game Boy</strong> system, <strong>Nintendo Switch Online</strong> members can play three original launch titles as the latest additions to the game library.</p><p>Game Boy launched in 1989, and with it arrived Alleyway, Baseball, and the first Super Mario game available on the system, Super Mario Land.</p><p>Now, Nintendo Switch Online members can play all three of these original launch titles as the latest Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online library additions in time for the handheld’s 35th anniversary.</p> <p><a href="/nintendo-switch-online-super-mario-land-more-game-boy-35th-anniversary">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Manor Lords has over 2 million people playing the historical city-builder less than three weeks after launching into Early Access</title><link>/manor-lords-2-million-copies-sold</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 19:34:29 +0000</pubDate><guid>/manor-lords-2-million-copies-sold</guid><category>medievil</category><category>Indie</category><category>Strategy: Real-Time Strategy</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Survival & Crafting</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Strategy: Builder</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Slavic Magic</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Manor Lords</category><category>Hooded Horse</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/manor-lords-bigger-images-(2).png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/manor-lords-bigger-images-(2).png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Publisher Hooded Horse has announced that , Slavic Magic’s critically acclaimed debut, has sold over two million copies across all stores.</p><p>Released on April 26, on its opening weekend, the concurrent player count peaked at 173,178 on Steam alone, and the first one million sales were made by the next day.</p><p>Since then, the solo developer has been hard at work processing feedback from the player base, and <a href="/manor-lords-patch-new-mechanics-fixes-upgrades-more">the first patch recently went into open testing</a>.</p> <p><a href="/manor-lords-2-million-copies-sold">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Activision announces Elsewhere Entertainment, a Warsaw-based studio creating a brand new narrative-based triple-A IP</title><link>/activision-announces-elsewhere-entertainment-developing-new-narrative-based-franchise</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 17:38:07 +0000</pubDate><guid>/activision-announces-elsewhere-entertainment-developing-new-narrative-based-franchise</guid><category>Activision</category><category>PC</category><category>Elsewhere Entertainment</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Game Studios</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Microsoft</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elsewhere-studios.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elsewhere-studios.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Microsoft-owned <a href="https://blog.activision.com/activision/2024/activision-announces-new-studio-elsewhere-entertainment-all-new-franchise-development">Activision has announced</a> <strong>Elsewhere Entertainment</strong> a new, Warsaw-based studio.</p><p>With additional resources based in the US, the internal, standalone studio consists of a collection of developers whose credits include The Last of Us, Uncharted, The Witcher, Cyberpunk, Destiny, Tom Clancy’s The Division, and Far Cry.</p><p>The studio is working on a new AAA narrative-based franchise, and the team has been given full access to Activision’s resources and tools due to increasing production and development. Elsewhere is also hiring.</p> <p><a href="/activision-announces-elsewhere-entertainment-developing-new-narrative-based-franchise">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Creative director confirms Assassin's Creed Shadows will be roughly the same size as Origins</title><link>/creative-director-confirms-assassins-creed-shadows-will-be-roughly-the-same-size-as-origins</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 16:01:38 +0000</pubDate><guid>/creative-director-confirms-assassins-creed-shadows-will-be-roughly-the-same-size-as-origins</guid><category>Assassin's Creed Shadows</category><category>PS5</category><category>RPG</category><category>Ubisoft Quebec</category><category>PC</category><category>Ubisoft</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Ubisoft Entertainment</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Mac</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/assassins-creed-shadows-character.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/assassins-creed-shadows-character.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>The creative director behind <a href="/games/assassins-creed-codename-red">Assassin's Creed Shadows</a> has shared some information related to the size of Ubisoft's upcoming open world stabby action game. Speaking to IGN, Jonathan Dumont stated that the game will be roughly the size of <a href="/games/assassins-creed-origins">Assassin's Creed Origins</a>, rather than the larger Valhalla.
</p><p>"It's in-line with the latest Assassin's Creeds that we've done," Dumont said, "On a scale level, maybe we can compare it a little bit more to the size of Assassin's Creed Origins."
</p><p>This may come as great news for those out there who found the larger scope of Valhalla and Odyssey a bit too much. Now, don't get me wrong, the huge swathes of content offered by those games and massive RPGs before them have proven to be a sweet succor for workers and teenagers with little money and much time to kill. But at a time when there are frankly a wild number of fantastic games to play, the prospects of clearing out Shadows without seeing a season come and go is a tantalizing concept.
</p> <p><a href="/creative-director-confirms-assassins-creed-shadows-will-be-roughly-the-same-size-as-origins">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>While you wait for Dreadwolf, you can pick up Dragon Age: Inquisition for free on the Epic Games Store, but it's not around for long</title><link>/while-you-wait-for-dreadwolf-dragon-age-inquisition-free-on-epic-games-store</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 16:00:46 +0000</pubDate><guid>/while-you-wait-for-dreadwolf-dragon-age-inquisition-free-on-epic-games-store</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Electronic Arts</category><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>PS3</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Dragon Age: Inquisition</category><category>Bioware</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox 360</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dragon-age-inquisition_wJdZ1Hi.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dragon-age-inquisition_wJdZ1Hi.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Dragon Age: Dreadwolf</strong> is likely still a little while away, but lucky for you the Epic Games Store is giving away Inquisition completely for free.
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I'm obviously aware of Dragon Age as a series, including how fervent its fandom is, even if they're having to hibernate while they wait for Dreadwolf, but I've never actually played any of them yet myself. No particular reason why, there's just too many other video games out there, so it's just kind of been on the "I'll get to it eventually" list for a while now. Except, I have less excuses to not at the very least give it a try, as the Epic Games Store is <a href="https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dragon-age-inquisition-game-of-the-year-edition-2f0cbd">currently giving it away</a>, the Game of the Year Edition no less, completely for free. Now when people ask me if I've played it I can say "no, not yet, but I do own it so I'll get to it eventually," which I would say is a small step of progress.
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However, you've not got too long to pick it up - the deal ends next week, May 23, so make sure you pick it up before the next free game rolls around. Over on <a href="https://www.dealabs.com/magazine/epic-games-store-on-vous-devoile-le-premier-jeu-gratuit-de-levenement-mega-sale-2024-50593">Dealabs</a>, prior to Dragon Age: Inquisition being revealed as this week's free game, frequent leaker of things like unannounced PlayStation Plus titles billbil-kun had reported that it would be. They also noted that Epic Games will be going away a different triple-A title up to June 13, for a total of four games, so you can probably expect some other big names over the next month too, given how reliable billbil-kun's record has been with things like this.
</p> <p><a href="/while-you-wait-for-dreadwolf-dragon-age-inquisition-free-on-epic-games-store">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Don't worry, Assassin's Creed Shadows is playable offline in its entirety, even if you'll need an internet connection to install it</title><link>/assassins-creed-shadows-no-internet-required-play</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 15:31:34 +0000</pubDate><guid>/assassins-creed-shadows-no-internet-required-play</guid><category>Assassin's Creed Shadows</category><category>PS5</category><category>RPG</category><category>Ubisoft Quebec</category><category>PC</category><category>Ubisoft</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Ubisoft Entertainment</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Mac</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/assassins-creed-shadows-no-internet-required-play-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/assassins-creed-shadows-no-internet-required-play-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Physical copies of<a href="/games/assassins-creed-codename-red">Assassin's Creed Shadows</a> will require you you to be connected to the interent in order to install the game, but you'll be fine to play the game offline once that's done, Ubisoft has confirmed. Seriously, there's a statement formatted to match the game's colour scheme and everything.</p><p>Following <a href="/assassins-creed-shadows-release-date">the game's reveal yesterday</a>, it'd been spotted that boxed retail copies of Shadows came bearing the message that a net connection would be required to install the game. While that sucks on the preservation front, it has become a pretty regular state of play for plenty of big single player games nowadays, with <a href="/games/star-wars-outlaws">Star Wars Outlaws</a> being just one other title coming out soon that falls into the same boat.</p><p>Responding to chatter about this, Ubisoft's now elected to put out a statement outlining the exact situation when it comes to Shadows and the net. "Assassin's Creed Shadows will not require a mandatory connection at all times," the team behind the game writes. "An online connection will be needed to install the game, but you will be able to play the entire journey offline, and explore Japan without any online connection."</p> <p><a href="/assassins-creed-shadows-no-internet-required-play">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>First official portrait of the King makes him look like a video game villain, so of course it's already been modded into Dishonored</title><link>/first-official-portrait-of-the-king-already-modded-into-dishonored</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate><guid>/first-official-portrait-of-the-king-already-modded-into-dishonored</guid><category>Arkane Studios</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Bethesda Softworks</category><category>Dishonored</category><category>PS3</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox 360</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dishonored-king-charles.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dishonored-king-charles.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
King Charles unveiled the first official portrait of himself since his coronation earlier this week, and uh, he only looks a little bit like an <strong>Elden Ring</strong> boss.
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I'm not quite sure who told the artist behind Charles' first portrait as King to make him look like he is engulfed in the flames of hell, but that's pretty much exactly how it came out. If the painting was of anyone other than a royal family member I'd honestly say it's pretty sick, hell, I'd love to be painted in a way that makes me look like a terrifying boss from a video game. It's just, when you're literally the king of England, well, in the first instance it might not be all that tonally appropriate, but you also best be prepared for people to take the p**s out of it. Which, of course, many quickly have, with several users online quickly pointing out how much it <a href="https://twitter.com/itragamuffin/status/1790585406423204346">looks like a portrait from the Dishonored series</a>.
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So, of course, someone has already modded Charlie's new portrait into Dishonored (thanks, <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/portrait-of-king-charles-as-rizzed-up-final-boss-is-instantly-modded-into-dishonored/">PC Gamer</a>). As demonstrated by Timo on YouTube, <a href="https://www.nexusmods.com/dishonored/mods/99">the mod in question</a> just acts as a simple texture swap that replaces the Lord Regent's picture with King Charles'. Like many paintings in Dishonored, you can also nab it for yourself, though I'm not exactly sure if that counts as treason or not, so maybe it'd be better not to do so? Still, it's a good laugh for this week on the hellsit known as Twitter, certainly better than the usual faff people get up to.
</p> <p><a href="/first-official-portrait-of-the-king-already-modded-into-dishonored">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Neon Genesis Evangelion's creator says there might be plans for more with someone else at the helm, but I can't think of a worse idea</title><link>/neon-genesis-evangelion-might-be-plans-for-more-but-i-cant-think-of-a-worse-idea</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/neon-genesis-evangelion-might-be-plans-for-more-but-i-cant-think-of-a-worse-idea</guid><category>Gainax</category><category>Neon Genesis Evangelion</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Anime & Manga</category><category>Anime</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/evangelion-poster.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/evangelion-poster.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Neon Genesis Evangelion</strong> is a weird series. Not even just because of its content, though that does go to some strange and complicated places too, but because never really ended. You've got the original, iconic '90s series, each episode opening with the objectively best anime opening of all time, consisting of 26 episodes and a movie (two movies if you count that compilation film). And then, 10 years on, series creator Hideaki Anno decided to make it again, this time as a film series, and from the second film onwards the plot went in a completely different direction narratively.
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When the fourth film finally arrived in 2021, with an almost decade long gap between it and the third entry, it offered a strong if highly flawed thematic and narrative conclusion to the anime. I loved it, I hated it, it was everything it should and shouldn't have been at once, and it felt cathartic to be free of it in a way. There didn't feel like there was anything left to say, even if it was an imperfect film. And then, earlier this week, Anno, in an interview with <a href="https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASS590GPRS59UCVL03CM.html">The Asahi Shimbun</a> (via <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-14/hideaki-anno-there-may-be-plans-for-more-evangelion/.210786">Anime News Network</a>), said something that immediately triggered my fight or flight response and queued up <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u6V6UisBz8&ab_channel=ShiroSagisu-Topic">Decisive Battle</a> in my internal radio: "there may be plans" for more Evangelion anime, but possibly with "someone other than [himself]" leading it. That, dear reader, sounds to me like an awful idea.
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I'm fully aware that there have been other interpretations of Evangelion across a broad range of mediums. Both the PS2 and Dreamcast have a number of visual novels, there's the manga adaptation, and more besides these too. I get it! They existed to capitalise on a very popular anime, with the games in particular letting players live out fantasies where they can make Shinji enter romantic relationships with characters like Rei, Asuka, Kaworu, and even some OCs. But as much as Evangelion quite literally plays with ideas of different timelines and history repeating and remixing itself, more anime just feels like a mistake.
</p> <p><a href="/neon-genesis-evangelion-might-be-plans-for-more-but-i-cant-think-of-a-worse-idea">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Here's your first look at Return to Silent Hill, the film adaptation of Silent Hill 2 that could release alongside its remake</title><link>/first-look-return-to-silent-hill-movie</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Fran Ruiz</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 14:59:37 +0000</pubDate><guid>/first-look-return-to-silent-hill-movie</guid><category>Silent Hill 2 Remake</category><category>Konami</category><category>Movies</category><category>Return to Silent Hill</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Silent Hill</category><category>Pop Culture</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Return-to-Silent-Hill-first-look.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Return-to-Silent-Hill-first-look.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Remember the okay-ish Silent Hill adaptation directed by Christophe Gans and released in 2006? Well, the French director has been working under the radar on a big follow-up of sorts that also happens to be a reboot. The surprise? It's adapting the plot of Silent Hill 2, which is about to receive a <a href="/bloober-team-is-feeling-very-confident-about-silent-hill-2-remake" target="_blank">Bloober Team-developed remake</a> too.</p><p>A big-screen return for the Silent Hill franchise only makes sense, as it remains one of the most influential and very <a href="/best-horror-games" target="_blank">best horror game</a> series of all time... until it stopped being good. While Gans' plans to return to Silent Hill have been in motion for a few years now, it seems that the arrival of his new movie, which is currently trying to secure internal distribution (<a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/markets-festivals/return-to-silent-hill-first-look-cannes-1236005880/" target="_blank">via Variety</a>), could line up with the release of Silent Hill 2's divisive (so far) remake.</p><p>The first-look image, as seen above, features the iconic Pyramid Head advancing towards the camera. This will be more than enough to excite many fans, yet we're still waiting to see how James Sunderland (Jeremy Irvine) looks and acts in this iteration of the acclaimed story. Hannah Emily Anderson plays Mary, and the rest of the cast includes Evie Templeton, Howard Saddler, Eve Macklin, and Robert Strange, among others.</p> <p><a href="/first-look-return-to-silent-hill-movie">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Wayfinder pulls a reverse live service, takes out microtransactions and offers offline mode in its biggest update ever</title><link>/wayfinder-return-date-offline-mode-co-op-no-microtransactions</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sherif Saed</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 14:58:01 +0000</pubDate><guid>/wayfinder-return-date-offline-mode-co-op-no-microtransactions</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>RPG: Hack & Slash</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS5</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Digital Extremes</category><category>MMO</category><category>MMORPG</category><category>Wayfinder</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>RPG: Action</category><category>Airship Syndicate</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/wayfinder-new-screen-1.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/wayfinder-new-screen-1.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><a href="/games/wayfinders">Wayfinder</a> is a name you may not have heard in a while. The <a href="/could-this-love-letter-to-collectors-be-the-next-big-mmo-this-year-our-wayfinder-preview">shooter-action-RPG hybrid from Airship Syndicate</a> has had a rough go of it since its release last year, but the developer wants to write a new chapter for the troubled MMO.</p><p>This week, the studio announced a massive overhaul to the game, though not in the ways you might expect. Wayfinder is changing business models entirely, as Airship Syndicate works to make it sustainable for the future.</p><p></p> <p><a href="/wayfinder-return-date-offline-mode-co-op-no-microtransactions">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>The Donnie Yen-led John Wick spinoff everyone was waiting for is officially happening</title><link>/donnie-yen-john-wick-spinoff-announced</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Fran Ruiz</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 14:52:27 +0000</pubDate><guid>/donnie-yen-john-wick-spinoff-announced</guid><category>John Wick: Chapter 4</category><category>Movies</category><category>John Wick</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Donnie Yen</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Lionsgate</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/John-Wick-4_Caine.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/John-Wick-4_Caine.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>It feels like John Wick: Chapter 4 being the final chapter (<a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/john-wick-5-early-development" target="_blank">for now</a>) of the Keanu Reeves-led saga only accelerated the expansion of the universe surrounding it. We're still waiting for <a href="/john-wick-spinoff-ballerina-delayed-to-2025" target="_blank">Ballerina</a>, starring Ana de Armas, yet a new spinoff starring Donnie Yen has just been announced, and we're automatically excited for it.</p><p>Via <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/05/john-wick-spin-off-starring-donnie-yen-in-development-lionsgate-1235917560/" target="_blank">Deadline</a>, we've learned of the official plans for the follow-up of sorts to the fourth John Wick movie that most fans were eagerly awaiting after that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEgKO6_FN3s" target="_blank">killer post-credits scene</a>. Plot details are hidden away, but we do know it'll follow Caine after the events of Chapter 4, as he's now free from obligations to the High Table... but is being hunted down by Akira, who wants revenge for the death of her father.</p><p>"From the moment Donnie Yen appeared on screen in John Wick: Chapter 4, he captivated audiences and created an authentic, emotional connection that left an indelible mark and had fans asking for more," said Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. "Caine is an incredible character with a haunted past, and I am excited to return to the role," added Yen, who also highlighted the "character, story, and emotion" behind some of John Wick's biggest players.</p> <p><a href="/donnie-yen-john-wick-spinoff-announced">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Embracer aside, Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis had actually been thinking about more Gollum for a while</title><link>/peter-jackson-andy-serkis-philippa-boyens-talk-gollum-movie</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Fran Ruiz</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 13:02:31 +0000</pubDate><guid>/peter-jackson-andy-serkis-philippa-boyens-talk-gollum-movie</guid><category>The Lord of the Rings</category><category>Movies</category><category>Andy Serkis</category><category>Peter Jackson</category><category>Embracer Group</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>New Line Cinema</category><category>The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum</category><category>Warner Bros Discovery</category><category>Pop Culture</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Gollum_LOTR_l0pDoSI.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Gollum_LOTR_l0pDoSI.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Despite Embracer's <a href="https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-group-enters-into-agreement-to-acquire-ip-rights-to-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-hobbit-literary-works-by-j-r-r-tolkien/" target="_blank">repeated warnings</a>, the world was shocked when last week a new Lord of the Rings movie was confirmed. Moreover, it was revealed that the new big-screen project is titled <a href="/new-lord-of-the-rings-movie-2026-hunt-for-gollum" target="_blank">The Hunt for Gollum</a>, and everyone started questioning who asked for this. Well, now we know that the pitch came from the filmmakers behind the six previous New Line-produced movies, actually.</p><p>Deadline's <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-peter-jackson-andy-serkis-philippa-boyens-explain-23-years-after-cannes-saved-original-trilogy-1235917510/" target="_blank">in-depth article</a>, which features quotes straight from Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis, and writer Philippa Boyens will put some minds at ease, yet it seems the Middle-earth veterans are now tied to a new wave of The Lord of the Rings projects they hadn't thought about before.</p><p>Word on the street last week was that Embracer and Warner Bros. Discovery, in their seemingly endless search for bankable IPs to mine, had toyed with the idea of doing safe spinoffs and prequels that followed a younger Aragorn or Gandalf, among other famous names. "Gollum’s life span takes place in such an interesting period of Middle-earth. When the question was first asked, this was the first story we thought of. Because I can tell you, and people might not believe this, but we had zero expectations of going back to this. It wasn’t something we were looking to do, particularly," Boyens explained.</p> <p><a href="/peter-jackson-andy-serkis-philippa-boyens-talk-gollum-movie">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>After Helldivers 2 players come up short in latest Major Order, Arrowhead casually declares that "The Second Galactic War" is upon us</title><link>/helldivers-2-players-fail-latest-major-order-arrowhead-casually-declares-second-galactic-war</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 12:33:38 +0000</pubDate><guid>/helldivers-2-players-fail-latest-major-order-arrowhead-casually-declares-second-galactic-war</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Shooter: Third Person</category><category>Helldivers 2</category><category>Arrowhead Game Studios</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-new-patch-balancing-tweaks-blizzards-sandstorms-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-new-patch-balancing-tweaks-blizzards-sandstorms-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Hello. <a href="/games/helldivers-2">Helldivers 2</a>'s community failed its last Major Order. Sorry I had to break that to you. Anyway, now Arrowhead says that all of the fighting up until this point - an entire war's worth, was just the prelude to "The Second Galactic War" which has just kicked off.</p><p>While they did manage to kill a lot of bugs - enough to make <a href="/helldivers-2-sold-12-million-copies-in-12-weeks-players-killed-about-100-times-bots-in-few-days">Helldivers 2's very impressive sales numbers look tiny in comparison</a>, players have been enduring a bit of harder fight as of late, though things should at least get a bit less frustrating via <a href="/helldivers-2-devs-plan-to-revamp-enemy-spawn-rates-again-more-baddies-than-intended-overwhelm-folks">a spawn rate revamp that's coming soon</a>. For now thoough, get your <a href="/helldivers-2-patch-optional-account-linking-added-settings-tenderizer-colour">correctly coloured Tenderizer</a> ready, the second war has begun.</p><p>In a war update posted to Helldivers 2's Discord server, community manager Baskinator got the honour of delaring this new era's commencement, in typical Helldivers style - and by that I mean dripping with ironic humour. "After five days of intense decommissioning of Automatons into scrap metal for use in advanced anti-tank mines, the Helldivers came 78% towards the stated goal of 2 billion dead bots," they wrote, adding: "This means that the new stratagem will continue to elude the Helldiver arsenal for now..."</p> <p><a href="/helldivers-2-players-fail-latest-major-order-arrowhead-casually-declares-second-galactic-war">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Die by the Blade review: A homage to Bushido Blade and Deadliest Warrior that doesn't quite strike true</title><link>/die-by-the-blade-review-a-homage-to-bushido-blade-and-deadliest-warrior-that-doesnt-quite-strike-true</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate><guid>/die-by-the-blade-review-a-homage-to-bushido-blade-and-deadliest-warrior-that-doesnt-quite-strike-true</guid><category>Fighting</category><category>PC</category><category>Die by the Blade</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/review-header-final-(2).jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/review-header-final-(2).jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Making a fighting game is hard - making any video game is hard! If it was easy, everyone would do it. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try of course. If you've got a killer idea in your head or a love letter to games of the past at your fingertips, you should absolutely give it a crack. Die by the Blade feels like one such game, calling back to living room epics like Bushido Blade or the Deadliest Warrior games. Sadly, it doesn't quite hit the heights of such titles.
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<p>That's not for lack of trying! Die by the Blade has a nifty blend between a classic samurai aesthetic and a futuristic cyberpunk look and it works well as the foundation to the game's vibe. This is best protrayed by its stages - many of which I love! I dig the ultra-clean offices and dojo arenas, but do have a soft spot for dingy streets and dilapidated shrines you can fight to the death in.
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<p><a href="/die-by-the-blade-review-a-homage-to-bushido-blade-and-deadliest-warrior-that-doesnt-quite-strike-true">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>LA Chargers use The Sims 2 to announce their 2024 NFL schedule, and yes, there's a pool steps-based murder</title><link>/la-chargers-use-sims-2-to-announce-2024-nfl-schedule-pool-steps-based-murder</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 10:49:06 +0000</pubDate><guid>/la-chargers-use-sims-2-to-announce-2024-nfl-schedule-pool-steps-based-murder</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Nintendo GameCube</category><category>Nintendo GBA</category><category>PSP</category><category>Sports</category><category>EA Sports</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Xbox</category><category>Simulation</category><category>The Sims 2</category><category>EA Tiburon</category><category>Aspyr</category><category>PC</category><category>The Sims</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Maxis</category><category>Electronic Arts</category><category>Nintendo DS</category><category>PS2</category><category>Madden NFL 24</category><category>Strategy</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/la-chargers-sims-2-schedule-release-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/la-chargers-sims-2-schedule-release-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>OK, so for the past few years, the Los Angeles Chargers - one of LA's NFL teams - have announced the schedule for the upcoming season in pretty entertaining fashion. This year, <a href="/games/the-sims-2">The Sims 2</a> has been chosen to host this reveal of who Justin Herbert and co will be playing against and when - creating something that both Sims fans and those of us who like American football can enjoy together.</p><p>As a recap of sorts, the schedule release videos we got from the Chargers in <a href="https://www.chargers.com/video/2022-schedule-release-anime-edition">2022</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FBAbbDBh0">2023</a> were both anime-themed, taking on the guises of intros resembling those of shows at least one person you know is probably really into. It's a nice way to spice up something mundane, and this year's might be the team's best one yet.</p><p>There are far too many very funny gags in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gt0v7iW890">the video</a> - which you can watch below - for me to point them all out, but here are some of my favorites, starting off with a few that folks who are just here for the classic Sims nostalgia will enjoy.</p> <p><a href="/la-chargers-use-sims-2-to-announce-2024-nfl-schedule-pool-steps-based-murder">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Lee Jung-jae says Netflix's Squid Game season 2 hits in late 2024, but he's focusing on The Acolyte for now</title><link>/netflix-squid-game-season-2-release-window</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Fran Ruiz</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 10:17:17 +0000</pubDate><guid>/netflix-squid-game-season-2-release-window</guid><category>Netflix</category><category>Lee Jung-jae</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Squid Game</category><category>TV</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Squid-Game-season-2_Lee.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Squid-Game-season-2_Lee.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Netflix has been <a href="/squid-game-season-2-coming-to-netflix-2024" target="_blank">reminding everyone</a> that Squid Game season 2 is still coming along after a lengthier than expected wait. In February, we also received <a href="/netflix-squid-game-season-2-teaser" target="_blank">one of the shortest teasers in recent memory</a>, and with 2024 nearing the halfway point now, many are wondering when the marketing campaign is actually starting.</p><p>Main star Lee Jung-jae, who's now promoting the <a href="/the-acolyte-first-trailer-june-release-date" target="_blank">Star Wars: The Acolyte</a> series, has thankfully shed some light on the matter, but remains tight-lipped about the whole thing. While talking to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/squid-game-season-2-release-date-premiere-lee-jung-jae-2024-5" target="_blank">Business Insider</a>, he revealed that, as far as he knows, <strong>the second season of the South Korean drama is dropping in December</strong>.</p><p>This might not be the news that diehard Squid Game fans - children who shouldn't be watching the show included - were hoping for, but it's a logical choice if true. For the past few years, Netflix's big Christmas releases, like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and <a href="/zack-snyder-says-rebel-moon-part-1-was-as-successful-as-barbie" target="_blank">Rebel Moon: Part 1</a>, were huge. If Squid Game's second season couldn't be finished in time for the summer period, it only makes sense to save it for December and finish 2024 with a bang.</p> <p><a href="/netflix-squid-game-season-2-release-window">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>We're almost certainly going to see Xbox's biggest games on PlayStation soon - report</title><link>/were-almost-certainly-going-to-see-xboxs-biggest-games-on-playstation-soon-report</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 10:05:37 +0000</pubDate><guid>/were-almost-certainly-going-to-see-xboxs-biggest-games-on-playstation-soon-report</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Bungie</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Xbox</category><category>Halo</category><category>343 Industries</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/halo-composer-odonnell-running-for-congress-website-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/halo-composer-odonnell-running-for-congress-website-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Microsoft is reportedly considering a "no red line" approach to porting games to PlayStation consoles, in a new strategy to increase margins for its released video games. According to a report by <a href="https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsofts-quest-for-short-term-dollardollardollar-is-doing-long-term-damage-to-windows-surface-xbox-and-beyond">Windows Central</a>, this would include even the company's most excusive and beloved IPs.
</p><p>The minds behind this move belong to CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood, notably folks not inherently tied to the gaming department of the company. While the pair believe this is the right move going forward, apparently many working inside the company are uneasy with this decision and its consequences.
</p><p>This appears to be somewhat of a follow-up of a previous decision made by Microsoft, in which it ported four games including <a href="/games/hi-fi-rush">Hi-Fi Rush</a> created by the <a href="/closure-tango-gameworks-xbox-message-japanese-games">wonderful and now-dead Tango Gameworks</a> and <a href="/games/sea-of-thieves">Sea of Thieves</a>. When these games did land on other consoles including the PlayStation, <a href="/sea-of-thieves-topping-the-ps5-pre-order-chart">they proved quite popular</a>, so there is proof this sort of thing does boost sales.
</p> <p><a href="/were-almost-certainly-going-to-see-xboxs-biggest-games-on-playstation-soon-report">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Assassin's Creed Shadows will make you actually take in the nice views from its tower-top sync points</title><link>/assassins-creed-shadows-change-sync-point-map-reveal</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 09:40:50 +0000</pubDate><guid>/assassins-creed-shadows-change-sync-point-map-reveal</guid><category>Assassin's Creed Shadows</category><category>Ubisoft Entertainment</category><category>RPG</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/assassins-creed-shadows-change--sync-point-map-reveal-01-(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/assassins-creed-shadows-change--sync-point-map-reveal-01-(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Well, <a href="/games/assassins-creed-codename-red">Assassin's Creed Shadows</a> got <a href="/assassins-creed-shadows-release-date">its reveal trailer yesterday</a>, and it looks pretty fun. There are two protagonists with different playstyles, plenty of history at play, and - shock horror - the game's made a change to the series' iconic rooftop sync points that sounds like it'll force you to actually take in the nice views they offer.</p><p>If you're out of the loop, Shadows is the game formerly known as Codename Red, and will be the <a href="/assassins-creed-codename-red-japan">first AC game set in Japan</a>. It's set to come out on November 15 and tells the story of two fighters negotiating the trials and tribulations of the Sengoku period - Naoe and Yasuke.</p><p>As revealed by the game's developers in an interview with <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-shadows-inside-ubisofts-ambitious-open-world-japan">IGN</a>, one of the changes Shadows is brining to the traditional AC formula of 'go somewhere with historical signficance, stab someone, profit' concerns the iconic sychronisation points you usually find atop towers or in other places people suffering from vertigo fear to tread.</p> <p><a href="/assassins-creed-shadows-change-sync-point-map-reveal">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>The first Dune: Prophecy trailer takes us back ten millennia before the birth of Paul Atreides, and things look almost the same</title><link>/first-dune-prophecy-trailer</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Fran Ruiz</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 09:24:05 +0000</pubDate><guid>/first-dune-prophecy-trailer</guid><category>Legendary Pictures</category><category>Dune: Prophecy</category><category>Dune</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Warner Bros Discovery</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>TV</category><category>Max</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Dune_Prophecy_trailer.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Dune_Prophecy_trailer.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>With <a href="/dune-part-two-denis-villeneuve-talks-cut-roles" target="_blank">Dune: Part Two</a> in the rear view mirror and everyone looking towards the <a href="https://www.joblo.com/dune-messiah-writing/" target="_blank">Dune: Messiah adaptation</a> next, you'd think the franchise would be taking some time away from our screens...and you'd be wrong. <a href="/denis-villeneuve-talks-dune-sequels-plan" target="_blank">Dune: Prophecy</a> is coming to Max this fall.</p><p>The series takes place approximately 10,000 years before Paul Atreides was born, which is roughly 10,000 years <em>after</em> our time. The Dune universe's timeline is wild, and mankind has gone through a lot of common sci-fi scenarios, such as the violent crusade against sentient machines (the Butlerian Jihad) and whatnot. Anyway, the main takeaway from this trailer, which you can watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEoQAoEGLhw" target="_blank">here</a>, is that things looks a bit too similar to what we've been presented with in Denis Villeneuve's Dune movies.</p><p>Don't get me wrong, the show looks <em>fine</em> so far, especially for what's essentially an early teaser trailer that still needs a lot of post-production work, but it seems that the creative shakeup that took place last year, with the original showrunner (Diane Ademu-John) being replaced and <a href="https://theplaylist.net/johan-renck-says-dune-prophecy-completely-changed-explains-the-drawback-of-tv-committee-filmmaking-20240304/" target="_blank">Chernobyl's Johan Renck departing as the director behind the first few episodes</a> due to creative differences, really brought the long-in-the-works series much closer to the highly successful movies from Warner Bros. and Legendary. We'll get to see many more worlds and different cultures though.</p> <p><a href="/first-dune-prophecy-trailer">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>XDefiant is courting the anti-SBMM crowd with its latest update on matchmaking</title><link>/xdefiant-sbmm-casual-ranked-matchmaking-update</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sherif Saed</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 09:18:54 +0000</pubDate><guid>/xdefiant-sbmm-casual-ranked-matchmaking-update</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>XDefiant</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Call of Duty</category><category>PC</category><category>PS4</category><category>Ubisoft</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Ubisoft Entertainment</category><category>Ubisoft San Francisco</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/XDefiant-2.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/XDefiant-2.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>We’re just days away from the release of <a href="/games/tom-clancys-xdefiant">XDefiant</a>, Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter that’s been in development for what felt like ten years. The game recently, finally, <a href="/xdefiant-gets-delayed-again-stress-test-coming">for real this time</a>, locked in a release date of May 21.</p><p>In the lead-up to launch, the developer has been sharing new information about what players can expect on Tuesday, including a look at the game’s approach to matchmaking.</p><p></p> <p><a href="/xdefiant-sbmm-casual-ranked-matchmaking-update">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Starfield blasts off with new update filled with fresh features, improved gameplay, new difficulty options, more</title><link>/starfield-update-1-11-36-released</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 21:23:02 +0000</pubDate><guid>/starfield-update-1-11-36-released</guid><category>Shooter: First Person</category><category>Science Fiction</category><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Bethesda Game Studios</category><category>PC</category><category>Bethesda Softworks</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Starfield</category><category>Open World</category><category>patches</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/starfield-large.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/starfield-large.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>The largest update since <a href="/starfield-guide-quest-walkthroughs-item-locations-and-more">Starfield</a> was released is now available featuring detailed surface maps, new gameplay difficulty options and display settings, new features for ship customization, and a host of new features and fixes.</p><p>With the release of Update 1.11.36, <a href="/starfield-getting-a-map-overhaul-other-key-changes-ahead-of-massive-shattered-space-expansion">improved maps replace surface dots</a> with terrain markings, and new markers have been added in the major cities to show the locations of vendors - each acting as a fast travel point.</p><p>The new update also introduces new gameplay options, including the option to increase vendor credits, carry capacity, or access your ship cargo from anywhere through your player inventory. You can also play around with some survival features, like the effects of food and your environmental hazards. New combat settings will allow you to make things harder and run-and-gun combat easier. There is also a new Extreme difficulty mode above Very Hard - all of which can be tuned.</p> <p><a href="/starfield-update-1-11-36-released">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>The Division Heartland: Free-to-play spin-off set in a fractured America canceled as Ubisoft shifts focus to more open-world and GaaS titles</title><link>/the-division-heartland-canceled-by-ubisoft</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 20:52:41 +0000</pubDate><guid>/the-division-heartland-canceled-by-ubisoft</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Red Storm Entertainment</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Financials</category><category>Trade</category><category>Tom Clancy's The Division: Heartland</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-division-heartland-bigger-image.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-division-heartland-bigger-image.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Today, Ubisoft reported its Q4 and full-year earnings for the year ending March 31, 2024, during which it revealed the cancelation of <strong>The Division Heartland</strong>.</p><p>As part of Ubisoft’s efforts to streamline its operations and adapt to evolving market trends, it has stopped development on the game, and redeployed resources to “bigger opportunities” such as XDefiant and Rainbow Six.</p><p>According to co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot, the cancelation is in line with the “strategic pillars announced last year,” the firm’s “strategic focus” is returning to leadership in the Open World Adventure segment and expanding its Games As A Service (GaaS) experiences.</p> <p><a href="/the-division-heartland-canceled-by-ubisoft">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Red Dead Redemption 2 returns to PlayStation Plus later in May, offering free access to the sprawling wild west epic</title><link>/red-dead-redemption-2-returns-to-playstation-plus-may-21</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 20:09:38 +0000</pubDate><guid>/red-dead-redemption-2-returns-to-playstation-plus-may-21</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>PlayStation Plus</category><category>PS5</category><category>Rockstar Games</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Red Dead Redemption 2</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Take-Two Interactive</category><category>Sony</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/red_dead_redemption_2_screenshot-r_20.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/red_dead_redemption_2_screenshot-r_20.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>The May lineup for the PlayStation Plus game catalog has been announced, and it sees the return of <a href="/red-dead-redemption-2-walkthroughs">Red Dead Redemption 2</a> along with new releases to the service.</p><p>You can start playing the Western masterpiece on May 21 along with other titles such as Cat Quest 2, Crime Boss: Rockay City, Deceive Inc., and more.</p><p><strong>Deceive Inc.</strong> on PS5 finds you going undercover as the world’s greatest secret agents in this multiplayer game of stealth. Disguise yourself as anyone to blend into the crowd, deploy high-tech gadgets to gain the upper hand, and extract the package before the competition takes it for themselves.</p> <p><a href="/red-dead-redemption-2-returns-to-playstation-plus-may-21">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Hi-Fi Rush encores with final update featuring bug fixes and smoother rhythm for its bittersweet, farewell performance</title><link>/hi-fi-rush-final-update</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 19:26:36 +0000</pubDate><guid>/hi-fi-rush-final-update</guid><category>Third person</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>Hi-Fi Rush</category><category>Rhythm</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Platformer</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Tango Gameworks</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hi-fi-rush-02.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hi-fi-rush-02.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>The final patch for Hi-Fi Rush has been released by <a href="/companies/tango-gameworks">Tango Gameworks</a>, taking care of the remaining issues players have experienced with the game <a href="/hi-fi-rush-dreamcast-game-of-the-year">Alex dubbed</a> “one of the best game of 2023.”</p><p>Update 9 focuses mainly on PC and PlayStation 5, but fixes were made for all platforms.</p><p>On PC and PlayStation, after reducing QA-1MIL to zero health, a collision issue would occur where players would fall out of the geometry. Chai will now properly fall to the ground, instead of into the abyss.</p> <p><a href="/hi-fi-rush-final-update">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Watch out Manor Lords, Medieval rebellion game Bellwright shoots past 200,000 Steam Early Access sales</title><link>/watch-out-manor-lords-medieval-rebellion-game-bellwright-shoots-past-200000-steam-early-access-sales</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 17:05:42 +0000</pubDate><guid>/watch-out-manor-lords-medieval-rebellion-game-bellwright-shoots-past-200000-steam-early-access-sales</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>Snail Games USA</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Donkey Crew</category><category>Simulation</category><category>RPG: Action</category><category>Third person</category><category>PC</category><category>Historical</category><category>Bellwright</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Open World</category><category>Survival & Crafting</category><category>Strategy: Builder</category><category>Fantasy</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Exploration</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/5_isATf1l.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/5_isATf1l.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>It looks as thought there's a real desire for some good ol' fashioned medieval gaming. While <a href="/games/manor-lords">Manor Lords</a> took the internet by storm less than a month ago, it looks like another sleeper hit is bubbling away in Steam Early Access. <a href="/bellwright-is-a-mix-of-rimworld-and-mount-blade-and-a-true-rebellion-game-at-heart">Bellwright</a> managed to blow past the 200,000 sales milestone not only a month since its release on the platform.</p><p>The game, which spent a number of months in closed testing prior to its release, giving eager fans only developer updates to calm their hunger. The game has also managed to double its wishlist figure at the same time, breaching ever closer to the one million mark with a whopping 822,628 people interested in learning more.</p><p>This must come as great relief to the developers behind Bellwright. Not only for the usual reasons - making games is an anxiety-ridden process for anyone who goes through it - but also because Snail Games had a rough PR stint with its prior game, Last Oasis.</p> <p><a href="/watch-out-manor-lords-medieval-rebellion-game-bellwright-shoots-past-200000-steam-early-access-sales">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Assassin's Creed Shadows: This November, fight to unify a nation gripped by brutality, unrest, and Samurai clashes in 16th Century Japan</title><link>/assassins-creed-shadows-release-date</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 16:50:39 +0000</pubDate><guid>/assassins-creed-shadows-release-date</guid><category>Assassin's Creed Shadows</category><category>Third person</category><category>Japan</category><category>PS5</category><category>RPG</category><category>Ubisoft Quebec</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Historical</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Ubisoft Entertainment</category><category>Mac</category><category>Assassin's Creed</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ACSH_Screenshot_2_Announce_15052024_6PM_CEST.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ACSH_Screenshot_2_Announce_15052024_6PM_CEST.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Ubisoft has announced that the next installment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, <strong>Assassin’s Creed Shadows</strong>, will be released worldwide in November.</p><p>Led by Ubisoft Quebec the game takes you to 16th Century Japan, a time when the country is heading towards unification, where brutality and unrest grow with new coalitions and corruptive foreign influences try to further their agendas.</p><p>The game features the intertwined stories of Naoe, a shinobi Assassin from the Iga Province, and Yasuke, a samurai of historical legend. You will discover their personal stories, meet historical figures, and shape the duo’s destiny as they usher in a new era for Japan.</p> <p><a href="/assassins-creed-shadows-release-date">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Got a Nier: Automata-shaped hole in your heart? You shouldn't resist picking up this ambitious sci-fi title for PC and Switch, then</title><link>/1000xresist-nier-automata-pc-switch</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/1000xresist-nier-automata-pc-switch</guid><category>Sunset Visitor</category><category>Fellow Traveller</category><category>Third person</category><category>NieR: Automata</category><category>1000xResist</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>PlatinumGames</category><category>Side view</category><category>Square Enix</category><category>Visual Novel & Dating</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1000xresist_Btn6zqU.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1000xresist_Btn6zqU.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
It feels somewhat hard to believe that it's been seven years since <strong><a href="/games/nier-automata">Nier: Automata</a></strong> released, and yet somehow that time has gone by in the blink of an eye. I think the more confusing thing is the fact that <strong>Square Enix</strong> somehow hasn't let Yoko Taro and co make a fully fledged sequel, despite the fact it's managed to sell 8,000,000 copies to date, even resulting in an amped-up remaster of the original game. Sure, there's the mobile game, but that's dead now, so I can't help but feel that there's a bit of a <a href="/games/nier">Nier</a>-shaped hole in my heart at the moment.
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There have been a lot of good games that have released over the intervening years, but nothing that scratched the particular itch that Nier: Automata did. Sure, there's been some exciting action titles, and some hard hitting stories, but Automata's particular blend of sci-fi, imagining what life is like in a post-human, android-filled world is hard to tap into elsewhere. That is, until, last week, when developer Sunset Visitor released 1000xRESIST, a title so ambitious and impressive I think has finally hit that same sweet spot.
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1000xRESIST follows a character by the name of Watcher, a clone of an immortal teenage girl named Iris, herself the last human left alive after aliens known as Occupants brought a disease to our planet earth 1000 years ago. Right off the bat, you can probably see quite clearly how Nier: Automata was an influence, though I'd argue 1000xRESIST amps the <a href="/companies/square-enix">Square Enix</a> game's themes up to, well, 1000. Much like Automata, there are twists and turns galore, and a few secrets that get uncovered too.
</p> <p><a href="/1000xresist-nier-automata-pc-switch">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Netflix's Terminator anime finally gets a release date as it looks to answer the question: can humans make a good AI?</title><link>/netflix-terminator-anime-finally-gets-a-release-date</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:54:04 +0000</pubDate><guid>/netflix-terminator-anime-finally-gets-a-release-date</guid><category>Netflix</category><category>Amazon MGM Studios</category><category>The Terminator</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Terminator Zero</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/terminator-zero.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/terminator-zero.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Netflix</strong> has finally offered up a look at <strong>Terminator Zero</strong>, its anime adaptation of the classic sci-fi series.
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It's been five years since the release of the last Terminator film, Dark Fate, but since then the only new piece of media to come out of the franchise was Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance, a real-time strategy game that seemed… fine. Back in 2021 Netflix announced that it would be making a Terminator anime, with The Batman co-writer Mattson Tomlin serving as showrunner, and finally the streaming service has offered up a look at the series. It's just a handful of stills, which honestly don't tell you all that much, but you can check them out below all the same. At the very least, even though there isn't a trailer, there is a release date: August 29.
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Terminator: Zero, as the show is known, follows a currently unnamed soldier who is sent back in time to help save humanity. You know, the usual kind of Terminator story. This time, the soldier in question travels from a war-ravaged 2022 to 1997 Tokyo, and she's tasked with protecting a scientist by the name of Malcolm Lee - he's developing a rival AI to help fight Skynet's impending attack on humanity. "As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children," Netflix explains in a synopsis for the series.
</p> <p><a href="/netflix-terminator-anime-finally-gets-a-release-date">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Look, Fallout 4's next-gen updates might have made things tricky mod-wise, but here's a Fat Man that fires cuddly IKEA sharks</title><link>/fallout-4-mod-ikea-shark-fat-man</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:52:55 +0000</pubDate><guid>/fallout-4-mod-ikea-shark-fat-man</guid><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Bethesda Game Studios</category><category>PC</category><category>PS4</category><category>Fallout 4</category><category>Bethesda Softworks</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Mods</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-4-mod-ikea-shark-fat-man-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-4-mod-ikea-shark-fat-man-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>The next-gen update to <a href="/games/fallout-4">Fallout 4</a>, and its less heralded sequel , have proven a bit annoying for a lot of PC players who aren't too bothered about the new additions they bring. Why? Well, because they've messed with a lot of important mods, as game updates tend to do. But it's ok, <a href="/fallout-4-mods-popular-get-rid-next-gen-update">folks who've chosen to stop their copy updating</a>, here's a mod that'll stop you feeling like you're missing out on one of the update's actually good things - the Piggy Bank Fat Man.</p><p>Yup, forget about those <a href="/fallout-4-next-gen-update-2-texture-fix-vats-issues">poor folks who're wondering when a fix might drop for their VATS issues</a>. The real people who're hard done by here are those of us who'd had to forego some fun weapons because we don't want to patiently wait for things to be updated.</p><p>Enter '<a href="https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/82788?tab=description">Blahaj Tactical Support</a>', a mod from Herby247 that gives you a Fat Man which fires explosive versions of the cuddly IKEA (other furniture shops are available) shark named Blahaj - which has <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/how-ikea-shark-became-trans-icon-1753400">become an iconic image of LGBTQ+ positivity</a> in recent years. This isn't the first time the shark has popped up in Fallout 4 either, with Herby247 having also recently made an <a href="https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/82522">"Emotional Support" backpack version</a> and fellow modder Elianora having included it as a workshop item in a <a href="https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/71746">trans solidarity-themed pride themed mod</a> last year.</p> <p><a href="/fallout-4-mod-ikea-shark-fat-man">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Genshin Impact-like Wuthering Waves looks like it’s going to be the next must-play PC game</title><link>/genshin-impact-like-wuthering-waves-looks-like-its-going-to-be-the-next-must-play-pc-game</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 14:30:21 +0000</pubDate><guid>/genshin-impact-like-wuthering-waves-looks-like-its-going-to-be-the-next-must-play-pc-game</guid><category>Science Fiction</category><category>iOS</category><category>Free-to-play</category><category>RPG</category><category>PC</category><category>Kuro Game Studio</category><category>Windows Phone</category><category>Wuthering Waves</category><category>MMO</category><category>Fantasy</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Anime</category><category>Open World</category><category>Android</category><category>Exploration</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/wuthering-waves-press-image.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/wuthering-waves-press-image.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Heads up folks, another massive PC release is almost here. No, it's not some out-of-nowhere FPS, or a gigantic narrative RPG. It's a game called <a href="/games/wuthering-waves">Wuthering Waves</a>, a <a href="/games/genshin-impact">Genshin Impact</a> style open world action game. If you've got any hunger at all for fast-paced combat, sweeping planes filled with various creatures and critters, or slick sci-fi aesthetics, it's a game you should be keeping in mind.
</p><p><a href="/wuthering-waves-gacha-problem-preview">We already previewed the game following GDC 2024</a> and came away excited for the eventual public release. It is looking to be a banger - save for the possibility of late game problems, launch technical issues, and other as-of-yet unforeseeable roadbumps. With over 30 million players pre-registered across all platforms, a tidal wave of interest will crash down upon it all at once. You'll see the usual gacha-focused crowd diving in obviously, but Wuthering Waves may even have potential to break out of that bubble.
</p><p>The reason being is simple - it's the first real contender that's battling for Genshin Impact's spot. Great gacha games have come up since its rocket-powered release at the start of the COVID lockdowns, and they've all managed to cut out their own respectable audiences. <a href="/games/honkai-star-rail">Honkai Star Rail</a>, <a href="/games/fategrand-order">Fate Grand Order</a>, <a href="/games/goddess-of-victory-nikke">Nikke</a>... But none have that same scope or the perhaps shameless, uh, let's call it "inspiration" from Breath of the Wild. Genshin Impact launched at the perfect time - it gave millions stuck inside a vast open world to explore and cool characters to gamble on. No game has been in a position to hit such a high since.
</p> <p><a href="/genshin-impact-like-wuthering-waves-looks-like-its-going-to-be-the-next-must-play-pc-game">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Watch the Assassin's Creed Shadows reveal trailer here</title><link>/assassins-creed-shadows-reveal-trailer-watch-here</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:52 +0000</pubDate><guid>/assassins-creed-shadows-reveal-trailer-watch-here</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Assassin's Creed Shadows</category><category>GameLoft</category><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>PS3</category><category>Ubisoft</category><category>Ubisoft Montreal</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Ubisoft Entertainment</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Xbox 360</category><category>Assassin's Creed</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/assassins-creed-shadows-reveal-trailer-watch-here-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/assassins-creed-shadows-reveal-trailer-watch-here-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>You like Assassin's Creed, right? Well <strong>Ubisoft is set to properly reveal <a href="/games/assassins-creed-codename-red">Assassin's Creed Shadows</a> - you might know it by the name Assassin's Creed: Codename Red - today, May 15</strong>, and you can can watch that reveal trailer with us!</p><p>If you're out of the loop, Shadows is the <a href="/assassins-creed-codename-red-japan">first AC game set in Japan</a> - a big win for people who'll tell you random facts about Oda Nobunaga without you having asked them to. So, yeah, you'll probably be following up running across the sandy rooftops of Baghdad in Assassin's Creed Mirage by cambering up some pagodas and leaping into conveniently-placed haystacks.</p><p>You can watch today's Assassin's Creed Shadows: Official Cinematic World Premiere Trailer above when it airs at 5PM GMT/12PM ET/9AM PT. Seriously, just click play right there when the time hits, and take a leap of faith dive into it.</p> <p><a href="/assassins-creed-shadows-reveal-trailer-watch-here">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>It’s all very sad, isn’t it - where does the games industry go from here?</title><link>/its-all-very-sad-isnt-it-where-does-the-games-industry-go-from-here</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Orry</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 13:03:34 +0000</pubDate><guid>/its-all-very-sad-isnt-it-where-does-the-games-industry-go-from-here</guid><category>PS5</category><category>Sony PlayStation</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>PC</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>Layoffs</category><category>Xbox Game Studios</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Xbox-playstation-hifi.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Xbox-playstation-hifi.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>I love video games. It's fair to say that I am obsessed with them. From an early age I was drawn to what they offered, their ability to push forward technology, to wow, to entertain, to make me excited like nothing else. As a child I used to read maybe 10 video game magazines a month (maybe more if I wasn't shooed out of my local WHSmiths that I was using like a library). I took joy in telling my friends about video games, and I knew I wanted to turn that into my career. And I did. There have been ups and downs, for sure, but I'm still here, 20 years later, still obsessed.</p><p>Yet, things feel different. It, the mood hanging in the air, feels, for want of a better word… bad.</p><p>It's the severe whiplash of it all that's so hard to parse.</p> <p><a href="/its-all-very-sad-isnt-it-where-does-the-games-industry-go-from-here">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Datality! Mortal Kombat 2 to hit theatres in late 2025</title><link>/mortal-kombat-2-to-hit-theatres-in-late-2025</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 12:02:29 +0000</pubDate><guid>/mortal-kombat-2-to-hit-theatres-in-late-2025</guid><category>Mortal Kombat (2021)</category><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Fighting</category><category>Warner Bros. Games</category><category>PS5</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Side view</category><category>Warner Bros Discovery</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>NetherRealm Studios</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Warner Bros.</category><category>Mortal Kombat 2</category><category>Mortal Kombat 1</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mortal-kombat-2021_ME8hziM.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mortal-kombat-2021_ME8hziM.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
It's already been a few years since the first <strong>Mortal Kombat</strong> movie, but Warner Bros. has finally set a date for its sequel.
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While 2021's Mortal Kombat isn't the first live-action adaptation of the classic fighting game series, it's probably technically the best one, and it was generally received well upon its release. It also did quite well at the box office, despite being released on what was at the time called HBO Max on the same day, and a <a href="/mortal-kombat-film-sequel-greenlit-by-new-line-cinema">sequel was greenlit in 2022</a>. Now, Warner Bros. has confirmed the release date of said sequel: October 24, 2025, more than four years after the first one was released. That's obviously still a good while away, so you shouldn't be expecting a trailer anytime soon, but at the very least you can put it on your calendars.
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Notably, the film will also be coming to Imax theatres, which certainly implies that it will be a bigger outing than the first one. Simon McQuoid is back on directorial duties for this one, with 2015's Fantastic Four and 2017's Death Note writer Jeremy Slater penning the screenplay (those two films don't inspire confidence, but hey, never judge a writer by two not very well written films, as the saying goes). The film will have a number of returning cast members like Chin Han and Hiroyuki Sanada, but there's some big names joining it too.
</p> <p><a href="/mortal-kombat-2-to-hit-theatres-in-late-2025">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Yoko Taro and other NieR devs tease new project that "might be NieR, it might not be NieR"</title><link>/nier-devs-tease-new-project-maybe-nier-maybe-not</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:42:46 +0000</pubDate><guid>/nier-devs-tease-new-project-maybe-nier-maybe-not</guid><category>Third person</category><category>NieR: Automata</category><category>RPG</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>Square Enix</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>PlatinumGames</category><category>Side view</category><category>Xbox One</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nier-devs-tease-new-project-maybe-nier-maybe-not-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nier-devs-tease-new-project-maybe-nier-maybe-not-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Ok. So, Yoko Taro and a couple of the other key people behind the NieR games have cheekily teased a new project that they're working on together, very much leaving it up in the air as to whether the thing is related to <a href="/games/nier-automata">NieR</a> or not. Seriously, the quote even has the word 'laughs' in it in brackets, who knows what they're cooking.</p><p>Speaking in a Famitsu interview (thanks, <a href="https://www.gematsu.com/2024/05/yosuke-saito-working-on-new-project-with-yoko-taro-and-keiichi-okabe">Gematsu</a>), NieR series producer Yosuke Saito was the one that did the teasing about the project, which involves him, director Yoko Taro and composer Keiichi Okabe.</p><p>"I’ve been talking about wanting to do something with Yoko and Okabe for some time now," Saito said, "I’ll have something a bit more put-together to say in the not-too-distant future, so please stay tuned. It might be Nier, it might not be Nier. (Laughs.) That’s about all I can say for now."</p> <p><a href="/nier-devs-tease-new-project-maybe-nier-maybe-not">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Daredevil: Born Again gets a new release window, and a shorter episode count than you're expecting</title><link>/daredevil-born-new-release-window-shorter-episode-count</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:07:17 +0000</pubDate><guid>/daredevil-born-new-release-window-shorter-episode-count</guid><category>Marvel</category><category>Daredevil</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Disney+</category><category>Daredevil: Born Again</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>The Walt Disney Company</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/daredevil-show.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/daredevil-show.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Disney</strong> has finally given <strong>Daredevil: Born again</strong> a new release window, but after all the reshoots, it's sounding like there'll be a whole lot less episodes to expect.
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Yesterday, the house of mouse confirmed that Daredevil: Born Again will be coming to Disney+ March 2025, a whole year later than it was originally set to premiere. A trailer was also shown behind closed doors, so unfortunately there's nothing for you to see today, though <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/daredevil-born-again-gets-first-official-look">IGN</a> was able to share what takes place in it. It shows Matt Murdock once again wearing the iconic Daredevil suit while narrating that the "entire system is against you... it's often Davis vs. Goliath." There are apparently some glimpses of Kingpin, Foggy, and Karen too, and after an action sequence, Murdock is asked "what kind of lawyer are you?" to which he retorts "a really good one" while putting on a broken pair of his glasses.
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Daredevil: Born Again underwent a huge series of reshoots earlier this year, after Marvel announced that the series would be <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/daredevil-born-again-writers-directors-marvel-overhaul-reshoots-1235751911/">getting a major overhaul last year</a>. This has seemingly <a href="/daredevil-set-photo-basically-confirms-jon-bernthal-back-as-the-punisher">led to the return of Jon Bernthal as The Punisher</a>, and Foggy and Karen were only confirmed to be returning earlier this year, so clearly some big changes are being made. With those creative changes has also come some changes to how many episodes there will be. Speaking to <a href="https://tvline.com/lists/daredevil-born-again-release-date-cast-news-spoilers/casting-news-2/">TVLine</a> at the Upfront red carpet yesterday, where the new Daredevil trailer was shown off, series lead Charlie Cox confirmed that they had filmed nine episodes, half of the originally promised 18.
</p> <p><a href="/daredevil-born-new-release-window-shorter-episode-count">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Helldivers 2 devs plan to revamp enemy spawn rates again, as more baddies than intended continue to overwhelm folks</title><link>/helldivers-2-devs-plan-to-revamp-enemy-spawn-rates-again-more-baddies-than-intended-overwhelm-folks</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 10:28:31 +0000</pubDate><guid>/helldivers-2-devs-plan-to-revamp-enemy-spawn-rates-again-more-baddies-than-intended-overwhelm-folks</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Shooter: Third Person</category><category>Helldivers 2</category><category>Arrowhead Game Studios</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-bug-hunt.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-bug-hunt.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Players, especially those going solo or in smaller parties, feeling a bit overrun by the sheer number of bugs or bots swarming them during some missions in <a href="/games/helldivers-2">Helldivers 2</a> has been an issue for a little while now. Thankfully, now Arrowhead's got some time on its hands again, it's planning on looking into switching up spawn rates again, with the aim of getting them into a window the community likes. </p><p>Prior to the whole hoohah regarding <a href="/sony-walks-back-playstation-account-requirement-for-helldivers-2-following-overwhelming-community-outrage">PSN and Steam account linking</a> - which folk are hoping <a href="/helldivers-2-patch-optional-account-linking-added-settings-tenderizer-colour">one of the features in yesterday's patch</a> might mark the end of - another patch had tweaked spawn rates. Now, it looks like they're headed back to something like their pre-patch state.</p><p>Arrowhead's revealed its plans to revamp how many baddies and patrols the game will fling at you at once via an announcement in Helldivers 2's Discord server by community manager Twinbeard. "As many of you have noticed, something has been off with patrols and spawn rate for some time now," they wrote, "This primarily leads to more enemies rearing their ugly heads than they're supposed to, indirectly to players feeling overrun, kiting, and subsequently less fun gameplay."</p> <p><a href="/helldivers-2-devs-plan-to-revamp-enemy-spawn-rates-again-more-baddies-than-intended-overwhelm-folks">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>The Boys are coming back, as the Amazon series gets an early season 5 renewal</title><link>/the-boys-gets-an-early-season-5-renewal</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:53:50 +0000</pubDate><guid>/the-boys-gets-an-early-season-5-renewal</guid><category>Amazon MGM Studios</category><category>Amazon</category><category>The Boys</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Pop Culture</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-boys-season-4-homelander.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-boys-season-4-homelander.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>The Boys</strong> season 4 isn't even out yet, and <strong>Amazon</strong> has already decided to renew the Prime Video series for a season 5.
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It's quite obvious that The Boys is a very popular show. For one, in an era of streaming where shows get cancelled left, right, and centre, it's managed to make it to a fourth season. There's also the fact it's received its very own spin-off, Gen V, which was quickly renewed for a second season after its premiere, and there's <a href="/the-boys-creators-forget-satire-announce-second-spinoff">another spin-off on the way too</a>. And now, Amazon has announced yesterday a whole month before the arrival of season 4 that The Boys will be getting a season 5, clearly showing confidence in the superhero satire.
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"The Boys is an unabashed and bold series that continues captivating our customers all over the world by piercing the cultural fabric season after season," Amazon MGM Studios' head of television Vernon Sanders said in a statement. "We are proud of this series that has grown into a global franchise, and we are thrilled that Eric Kripke and the creative team have more engaging stories to tell for all the loyal fans."
</p> <p><a href="/the-boys-gets-an-early-season-5-renewal">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Recently departed Project Rene (a.k.a. The Sims 5) director is teaming up with former XCOM devs on another new rival life sim</title><link>/midsummer-games-founded-announce-new-sims-rival-life-sim</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Rebecca Jones</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:35:59 +0000</pubDate><guid>/midsummer-games-founded-announce-new-sims-rival-life-sim</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Krafton</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>inZOI</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Paradox Interactive</category><category>Life by You</category><category>The Sims Studio</category><category>Paralives</category><category>Third person</category><category>Indie</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Life Simulation</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Mac</category><category>Maxis</category><category>Electronic Arts</category><category>The Sims 5 (Project Rene)</category><category>Paradox Tectonic</category><category>The Sims 4</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-sims-4-for-rent-courtyard.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-sims-4-for-rent-courtyard.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Back in January of this year, <a href="/games/the-sims-4">The Sims</a> community was shaken to learn that Grant Rodiek — who had worked at Electronic Arts since 2005 and been a major figure in the last several generations of the franchise, including most recently being named game director on <a href="/whats-next-for-the-sims-project-rene">Project Rene (a.k.a. The Sims 5)</a> — was departing the company after nearly two decades. In what can only be described as quite the plot twist, yesterday we learned what he's doing next: teaming up with former <a href="/video-game-franchises/x-com">XCOM</a> and <a href="/games/marvels-midnight-suns">Marvel's Midnight Suns</a> devs on a new life sim that's quite clearly hoping to rival The Sims series.</p><p>It's early days for Midsummer Games, freshly founded by Firaxis alumni Jake Solomon and Will Miller, but the studio has already recruited Rodiek for its debut project, described as "a next-gen life sim that emphasises player-driven narratives, allowing communities to share memorable moments that grow out of the creativity of players themselves."</p><p>Not much else has been revealed yet — there's not even a title, and clearly we'll have to wait some years to see the game in action — but the concept is an intriguing one. Studio co-founder Jake Solomon has been teasing for a while in interviews (like this one via <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/xcom-designer-jake-solomon-is-done-with-turn-based-strategy-and-is-now-making-a-life-sim-inspired-by-the-small-town-drama-of-gilmore-girls/">PC Gamer</a>) that he'd like to make a life sim that focuses specifically on "small town drama", citing influences as varied as Gilmore Girls and the novels of Stephen King. And, given how much Simmers love recreating their favourite TV shows, movies, books, and even other video games in the iconic life sim, he could be onto a real winner with that idea, especially now that he's secured one of the most experienced producers in the genre.</p> <p><a href="/midsummer-games-founded-announce-new-sims-rival-life-sim">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>PlayStation 5 outsold Xbox Series X/S nearly 5-to-1 the last quarter, according to estimates</title><link>/playstation-5-outsold-xbox-series-xs-nearly-5-to-1-last-quarter-according-to-estimates</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:33:08 +0000</pubDate><guid>/playstation-5-outsold-xbox-series-xs-nearly-5-to-1-last-quarter-according-to-estimates</guid><category>Sony PlayStation</category><category>PS5</category><category>Xbox Game Studios</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>Sony</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Aloy-Chief.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Aloy-Chief.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>As part of the details Sony Interactive Entertainment's recent earnings call that came out yesterday, the company shared some sales numbers for the PS5. While these figures <a href="/ps5-sales-miss-targets-lower-expected-future-decline">didn't meet Sony's lofty goals and are expected to keep declining going forwards</a>, according to a estimates from an industry analytics firm, the console may have outdone Xbox's Series X/S sales-wise in the last business quarter.</p><p>These estimates come from games industry sales tracker Niko Partners, with its director of research & insights Daniel Ahmad having tweeted as part of a thread of takeaways from Sony's earnings call: "The PlayStation 5 shipped 4.5 million units in the last quarter. According to our estimates, this is almost 5x more than the Xbox Series X|S shipped in the same period."</p><p>For a bit of context, Ahmad also pointed out <a href="https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1790464358599852529">in the thread</a> that the PlayStation 5 has sold 59.2 million units across its total lifespan as of March 31 this year, with Q1 2024 - the period cited for the estimates above - only contering sales during the three month period running from January 1, 2024, to March 31 the same year.</p> <p><a href="/playstation-5-outsold-xbox-series-xs-nearly-5-to-1-last-quarter-according-to-estimates">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>After its runaway Fallout success, Amazon goes all in on video games and gives a Tomb Raider series the greenlight</title><link>/after-fallout-success-amazon-gives-a-tomb-raider-series-the-greenlight</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:12:07 +0000</pubDate><guid>/after-fallout-success-amazon-gives-a-tomb-raider-series-the-greenlight</guid><category>Eidos</category><category>Amazon</category><category>PC</category><category>Tomb Raider</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Crystal Dynamics</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Tomb Raider (2013)</category><category>Tomb Raider (1996)</category><category>Core Design</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/amazon-tomb-raider.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/amazon-tomb-raider.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Amazon's</strong> live-action take on <strong>Fallout</strong> was a big hit, so to the surprise of no one it's given the go ahead for its Phoebe Waller-Bridge led <strong>Tomb Raider</strong> series.
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Last year, a report emerged that Amazon was <a href="/amazon-tomb-raider-series-phoebe-waller-bridge">developing a Tomb Raider series</a> with Fleabag's Waller-Bridge, and it finally seems like it's deciding to move ahead with it on Prime Video. The streamer announced yesterday that Waller-Bridge is set to write and executive produce the show based on the classic video game series, though finer details on it than that are yet to be confirmed. It's not much of a surprise that Amazon has decided to move forward with it, after all, Fallout quickly became its <a href="/fallout-amazon-second-most-watched-show-ever">second most watched show ever</a>, so it's clear that people are hungry for good video game adaptations.
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In a statement, Waller-Bridge said "If I could tell my teenage self this was happening I think she'd explode. Tomb Raider has been a huge part of my life and I feel incredibly privileged to be bringing it to television with such passionate collaborators. Lara Croft means a lot to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this adventure. Bats 'n all."
</p> <p><a href="/after-fallout-success-amazon-gives-a-tomb-raider-series-the-greenlight">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Diablo 4 Season 4 Loot Reborn off to a good start as players celebrate it like a fresh launch</title><link>/diablo-4-season-4-loot-reborn-big-hit-with-players-reaction</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sherif Saed</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 08:46:30 +0000</pubDate><guid>/diablo-4-season-4-loot-reborn-big-hit-with-players-reaction</guid><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>Diablo IV</category><category>PC</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Blizzard Entertainment</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Open World</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/diablo-4-season-4-helltide-reborn-screen-2.jpeg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/diablo-4-season-4-helltide-reborn-screen-2.jpeg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>It’s here! <a href="/diablo-4-beginners-guide-builds-maps-and-tips-for-new-players">Diablo 4</a>’s Season 4 <a href="/diablo-4-season-4-loot-reborn-iron-wolves-details">Loot Reborn has kicked off</a> after weeks of teasers, <a href="/diablo-4-ptr-best-feature-season-4">a week of PTR testing alongside the community</a>, and even more behind-the-scenes changes following that.</p><p>While Loot Reborn <a href="/diablo-4-season-4-loot-reborn-livestream-recap">doesn’t bring any major new narrative content to the game</a>, it does tackle so many of its itemisation, endgame, loot, levelling and grind problems. It’s effectively <a href="/diablo-4-season-4-delay-ptr-date-big-loot-overhaul-details">a complete overhaul of much of what matters in a Diablo game</a>.</p><p></p> <p><a href="/diablo-4-season-4-loot-reborn-big-hit-with-players-reaction">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Valheim finally gets the long-awaited Ashlands update with new biomes, creatures, crafting materials, mechanics, and more</title><link>/valheim-ashlands-update-released</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 20:32:46 +0000</pubDate><guid>/valheim-ashlands-update-released</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>Indie</category><category>Coffee Stain Publishing</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Coffee Stain Studios</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Valheim</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/valheim-ashlands-update-(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/valheim-ashlands-update-(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Iron Gate Studios has released the long-awaited Ashlands update for its Viking survival game, <strong>Valheim</strong>.</p><p>It’s available now for PC, but unfortunately, there are currently issues with the Microsoft and Xbox versions of Valheim, so there will be a slight delay in getting the update for those; however, the current version on Xbox Flight is the same as the version coming to live, so crossplay will still be possible between Xbox Flight and default Steam games.</p><p>That said, <a href="/games/valheim">the Ashlands update</a> is a feature-rich patch that comes with various fixes and improvements along with new mechanics, creatures, crafting materials, craftable items, build pieces and furniture, food and positions, new locations, events, lore, music, terrain changes, a new Forsaken power, and more.</p> <p><a href="/valheim-ashlands-update-released">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Dead by Daylight Dungeon & Dragons, Castlevania Chapters coming this year, plus a new game drops and updates on two titles shared</title><link>/dead-by-daylight-dungeon-dragons-castlevania-what-the-fog-proect-t-casting-of-frank-stone</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 19:59:49 +0000</pubDate><guid>/dead-by-daylight-dungeon-dragons-castlevania-what-the-fog-proect-t-casting-of-frank-stone</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>The Casting of Frank Stone</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Behaviour Digital</category><category>What the Fog</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Horror</category><category>Starbreeze Studios</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>Indie</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Dead by Daylight</category><category>Behaviour Interactive</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Interactive Drama</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Supermassive Games</category><category>Strategy</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-casting-of-frank-stone.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-casting-of-frank-stone.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><strong>Dead by Daylight</strong> is getting another year of cool content with six updates on the docket including chapters for Dungeons & Dragons and Castlevania set for later in the year along with the long-awaited 2v8 Mode.</p><p>Even more news was announced by Behaviour Interactive, such as updates on What the Fog, The Casting of Frank Stone, and the unnamed session-based PvE action-horror shooter codenamed Project T.</p><p>First, is <strong>Dungeons & Dragons</strong>, Dead by Daylight’s next major Chapter. It will feature the iconic villain Vecna, known in Dead by Daylight as The Lich, who imposes his deadly will as the new Killer to make your life a living hell. The Bard, Aestri Yazar, will be the new Survivor and there’s a new map, Forgotten Ruins, featuring a dungeon full of easter eggs. D&D staples such as getting loot, magical items, and rolling dice will also be woven into the gameplay.</p> <p><a href="/dead-by-daylight-dungeon-dragons-castlevania-what-the-fog-proect-t-casting-of-frank-stone">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Immortals of Aveum, Lords of the Fallen, EA Sports NHL 24, more coming to Game Pass in May</title><link>/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-immortals-of-aveum-lords-of-the-fallen-more-game-pass-may-2024</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 19:02:31 +0000</pubDate><guid>/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-immortals-of-aveum-lords-of-the-fallen-more-game-pass-may-2024</guid><category>PC</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Game Pass</category><category>Microsoft</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/lords-of-the-fallen-large.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/lords-of-the-fallen-large.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Microsoft has announced the final batch of titles coming to <strong>Game Pass</strong> in May, and there are quite a few to unpack, so let’s get started.</p><p>The critically acclaimed and award-winning classic <strong>Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons</strong> has returned to Game Pass and kicks things off today for cloud, console, and PC.</p><p>Award-winning puzzle adventure game <strong>Chants of Sennaar </strong>arrives tomorrow, May 15<strong> </strong>for cloud, console, and, PC.</p> <p><a href="/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-immortals-of-aveum-lords-of-the-fallen-more-game-pass-may-2024">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>If Disney wants a live action or animated Kingdom Hearts, the perfect template is already streaming on Disney Plus</title><link>/animated-kingdom-hearts-disney-plus-doctor-who</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Alex Donaldson</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/animated-kingdom-hearts-disney-plus-doctor-who</guid><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Square Enix</category><category>Kingdom Hearts</category><category>Doctor Who</category><category>PS2</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Disney Interactive Studios</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Sony Computer Entertainment</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Sony Computer Entertainment Europe</category><category>Disney Plus</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Disney-plus-ncuti.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Disney-plus-ncuti.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><a href="/kingdom-hearts-movie-keep-it-simple">The rumor mill is churning</a>, and one of its latest suggestions is one of those concepts so obvious it’s difficult to believe that it hasn’t happened before: a <strong><a href="/games/kingdom-hearts">Kingdom Hearts</a></strong> movie.</p><p>It was always difficult to imagine how Disney hadn’t adapted its role-playing partnership with Square Enix into another medium. In a post-<a href="/animation/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse">Spider-Verse</a> world where everyone is thinking about multiversal crossovers all the time, however, it seems like a total head-scratcher. The base concept of Kingdom Hearts - a swashbuckling adventure that takes an original character on a Magic Kingdom style tour of Disney worlds and properties - feels built for this era.</p><p>There’s <a href="/kingdom-hearts-movie-keep-it-simple">one part of the rumor</a> I’m not vibing with, however - the idea that this is a movie. Allow me to step back for a moment and make a declarative statement as if I’m king of the universe: if there’s some sort of Kingdom Hearts adaptation, it should be a TV show. And the format of that TV show is already in place on Disney Plus.</p> <p><a href="/animated-kingdom-hearts-disney-plus-doctor-who">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Amazon's live-action Spider-Man Noir series will once again see Nicholas Cage as an alternate universe Peter Parker</title><link>/amazons-live-action-spider-man-noir-series-adds-nicholas-cage-as-lead</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:54:17 +0000</pubDate><guid>/amazons-live-action-spider-man-noir-series-adds-nicholas-cage-as-lead</guid><category>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</category><category>Amazon MGM Studios</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</category><category>Sony Pictures</category><category>Spider-Man Noir</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/spider-man-noir.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/spider-man-noir.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Amazon</strong> has finally greenlit its <strong>Spider-Man Noir</strong> live-action series, and it's even managed to bring Nicholas Cage back to reprise the role.
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Sony and Amazon have been developing a live-action Spider-Man Noir series for a little while now, <a href="/spider-man-noir-series-co-showrunner-the-punisher">having recruited The Punisher creator Steve Lightfoot to helm the show</a>, who'll be doing so alongside Oren Uziel (22 Jump Street). There were even <a href="/nicolas-cage-spider-man-noir-live-action-series-conversations">reports earlier this year</a> that Nicholas Cage might join the show as the black-and-white version of Peter Parker earlier this year, and it seems they were true, as Amazon MGM Studios announced today that the show is going ahead with Cage in the lead role. Currently the series is expected to follow an ageing Peter Parker, this version being a down on his luck private investigator, in 1930s New York, having to deal with his past life as the city's only superhero.
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"Expanding the Marvel universe with Noir is a uniquely special opportunity and we are honored to bring this series to our global Prime Video customers," Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon MGM Studios, said in a statement. "The extremely talented Nicolas Cage is an ideal choice for our new superhero and the accomplished producing team with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, and the incredible team at Sony is dedicated to expanding this franchise in the most authentic way."
</p> <p><a href="/amazons-live-action-spider-man-noir-series-adds-nicholas-cage-as-lead">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Remember the Fallout TV Show's iconic Roomba Robobrain? It's coming to Fallout 4, but devastatingly not as an adorable follower</title><link>/remember-the-fallout-tv-shows-iconic-roomba-robobrain-its-coming-to-fallout-4-but-devastatingly-not-as-an-adorable-follower</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:36:43 +0000</pubDate><guid>/remember-the-fallout-tv-shows-iconic-roomba-robobrain-its-coming-to-fallout-4-but-devastatingly-not-as-an-adorable-follower</guid><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Bethesda Game Studios</category><category>PC</category><category>PS4</category><category>Fallout 4</category><category>Bethesda Softworks</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Fallout</category><category>Mods</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-tv-show-vault-maps-analysis-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-tv-show-vault-maps-analysis-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><strong>Warning: Spoilers for Amazon's Fallout TV Show lie ahead.</strong></p><p>Ok, so, you remember that bit in the <a href="/tv-shows/fallout">Fallout TV Show</a> when Norm finally discovers the truth behind the experiment that's been going on in his and Lucy's home vault? More specifially, do you remember a certain little funny robot that's by his side when he learns exactly what's being going down. Well, a modder's now working on bringing that Roomba Robobrain to <a href="/games/fallout-4">Fallout 4</a>, but sadly not as the world's most adorable Dogmeat subsitute.</p><p>Yup, stop crying because <a href="/fallout-4-next-gen-update-2-texture-fix-vats-issues">Fallout 4's next-gen updates have</a> - probably - <a href="/fallout-4-mods-popular-get-rid-next-gen-update">messed up your load order</a>, it's time to think about downloading something kinda bizarre that you'll inevitably forget about, then encounter midway through a modded playthrough and think 'oh, when did I install that?'. Hey, at least this time it's not pictures of Walton Goggins' face that'll make you feel things downstairs.</p> <p><a href="/remember-the-fallout-tv-shows-iconic-roomba-robobrain-its-coming-to-fallout-4-but-devastatingly-not-as-an-adorable-follower">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>On its 15th anniversary, Killing Floor stands as one of the best zombie shooters – and the timing couldn’t be more perfect for Killing Floor 3</title><link>/killing-floor-best-zombie-shooter-killing-floor-3-timing</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sherif Saed</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/killing-floor-best-zombie-shooter-killing-floor-3-timing</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Shooter: First Person</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Indie</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Tripwire Interactive</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Killing Floor</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Killing-floor-anniv.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Killing-floor-anniv.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>We don’t talk enough about <a href="/games/killing-floor">Killing Floor</a>. I get that zombie shooters haven’t been in-vogue for a while, but like everything else in life, it’s cyclical, and I feel like we’re on the other side of that cycle today. Everyone thought <a href="/dead-island-2-review-a-hell-a-zany-take-on-the-co-op-zombie-shooter">a simple game about slashing through zombies for 30 hours with creative weapons</a> wouldn’t do well, but <a href="/dead-island-2-million-copies-three-days-hit">how well it did surprised even its own publisher</a>, despite (technically) being in development for ten years.</p><p>Zombies never really go out of style, and I don’t think any shooter nailed that feeling of round-based zombie-killing action quite as tightly as the Killing Floor games.</p><p>Today is the 15th anniversary of the original Killing Floor - or 19th, if you count the original Unreal Tournament mod that started it all. Since then, there’s been <a href="/games/killing-floor-2">one sequel</a> that took it (mostly) to new heights, and <a href="/killing-floor-2-ramps-up-the-gore-on-ps4-and-pc-in-november">brought it to consoles for the first time</a>. We’re eagerly anticipating new details about the recently announced <a href="/games/killing-floor-3">Killing Floor 3</a> as I write this.</p> <p><a href="/killing-floor-best-zombie-shooter-killing-floor-3-timing">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 trailer finally shows off Sauron, and he looks... like a regular guy, mostly</title><link>/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-season-2-trailer-release-date</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:58:17 +0000</pubDate><guid>/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-season-2-trailer-release-date</guid><category>The Lord of the Rings</category><category>Amazon MGM Studios</category><category>Amazon</category><category>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</category><category>New Line Cinema</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>The Rings of Power</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-sauron.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-sauron.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
The first trailer for <strong>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</strong> season 2 has dropped, and the big bad Sauron has finally been shown off.
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It's almost been two years since the first season of The Rings of Power was released, but Prime Video has finally given us a look at season 2 with its first teaser trailer. Those of you that did enjoy the first season will be happy to hear that the second one isn't very far away, as it's set to arrive on the streaming service August 29. The teaser trailer, which you can check out below, is pretty much all about setting up how scary Sauron is, though it doesn't show off all that much, mostly out of context shots set to some ominous music.
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Luckily, a plot description has been provided alongside the trailer to help set your expectations for the upcoming season. "Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will," explains Prime Video.
</p> <p><a href="/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-season-2-trailer-release-date">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Rather than brush it under the rug, HoYoVerse comes out and addresses Zenless Zone Zero concept art leak and teases official reveal</title><link>/zenless-zone-zero-hoyoverse-addresses-leaks-bilibili-post-idol</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:42:38 +0000</pubDate><guid>/zenless-zone-zero-hoyoverse-addresses-leaks-bilibili-post-idol</guid><category>Third person</category><category>Cognosphere</category><category>RPG</category><category>Zenless Zone Zero</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>HoYoVerse</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/zenless-zone-zero-beta_MlIQHkj.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/zenless-zone-zero-beta_MlIQHkj.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>HoYoVerse has publically acknoledged <a href="/games/zenless-zone-zero">Zenless Zone Zero</a> concept art leaks that have been circulating the internet as of late. Rather than keep its cards close to the chest, the company has instead opted to pull back the curtain just a little bit by pointing out which portions of the leaks have made it into the full game, and teasing when we'll learn more about the tidbits we've seen.
</p><p>This concept art (which we won't include here - it is leaked assets after all) features early images of characters from unnannounced factions. The situation surrounding these characters was elaborated on <a href="https://www.bilibili.com/opus/931089295663431683?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0">via a public post by the company on Bilibli</a>. You can see this art yourself at the bottom of the post, if you're okay with spoilers.
</p><p>The following statement comes from a member of the ZZZ dev team and is written in Chinese. It has been roughly translated via Google, so don't assume it's definitely word-for-word accurate, but instead something to help give you the gist of the situation. "After verification, it was found that the other party used illegal means to obtain our development materials, including some of our undisclosed character design concept drafts during character production. We are very sorry for this. So, we made a decision that went against the past - rather than covering it up, it was better to disclose it openly."
</p> <p><a href="/zenless-zone-zero-hoyoverse-addresses-leaks-bilibili-post-idol">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Minecraft players can claim 500 Minecoins for free to spend on skins, maps, and more through the Minecraft Marketplace and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate</title><link>/minecraft-get-500-minecoins-free-may-15</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Stephany Nunneley-Jackson</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:31:23 +0000</pubDate><guid>/minecraft-get-500-minecoins-free-may-15</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Virtual Reality</category><category>PS5</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Minecraft</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>MMORPG</category><category>Mojang</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Game-pass-minecoin.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Game-pass-minecoin.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Starting May 15, <a href="/games/minecraft">Minecraft</a> players can claim <strong>500 Minecoins</strong> to spend on the <strong>Minecraft Market</strong> place, for free.</p><p>It's all part of Minecraft's 15th Anniversary celebration, and Mojang has something in the works for it as the studio has said to "watch out for upcoming announcements."</p><p>You will need to be a member of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in order to redeem the coins, as the promotion comes as part of a Game Pass Perk. You can redeem the code via the Perks section of the Xbox App on either you console of choice, or via PC. If you're not a member of Game Pass Ultimate, you can sign up for the service via the link below.</p> <p><a href="/minecraft-get-500-minecoins-free-may-15">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Helldivers 2 sold 12 million copies in 12 weeks, its players have casually killed about 100 times as many bots as that in the past few days</title><link>/helldivers-2-sold-12-million-copies-in-12-weeks-players-killed-about-100-times-bots-in-few-days</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:01:03 +0000</pubDate><guid>/helldivers-2-sold-12-million-copies-in-12-weeks-players-killed-about-100-times-bots-in-few-days</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS5</category><category>God of War Ragnarok</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Shooter: Third Person</category><category>Arrowhead Game Studios</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Helldivers 2</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-warbond-polar-patriots-announced-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-warbond-polar-patriots-announced-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>In its latest earnings call, Sony chatted about a lot of numbers, as you'd expect. Some of them were <a href="/ps5-sales-miss-targets-lower-expected-future-decline">PS5 console sales figures</a>, but equally as eye-catching was the number of copies the console maker revealed that <a href="/games/helldivers-2">Helldivers 2</a> sold in the weeks following its release. Yup, the shooter has claimed the title of PlayStation’s fastest-selling game ever.</p><p>While it's recently hit a speed bump in the form of the <a href="/helldivers-2-suffers-steam-review-bombing-after-reveal-psn-account-linking-mandatory-soon">massive backlash Sony got</a> when it tried to make linking your PSN and Steam accounts a mandatory requirement for Helldivers 2's PC players - <a href="/sony-walks-back-playstation-account-requirement-for-helldivers-2-following-overwhelming-community-outrage">a decision the publisher then walked back</a> - Helldivers has been a roaring success. Even if the real world numbers are dwarfed in pretty funny fashion by some of the ones being chucked around in-game.</p><p>As confirmed in the earnings call, the game managed to shift 12 million copies across PC and PS5 in its first 12 weeks, beating <a href="/games/god-of-war-ragnarok">God of War Ragnarok</a>'s <a href="/ps5-sales-reach-321-million-and-god-of-war-ragnarok-is-selling-rather-well">gaudy numbers</a> out to become a new high mark of the company when it comes to sales success immediately following launch.</p> <p><a href="/helldivers-2-sold-12-million-copies-in-12-weeks-players-killed-about-100-times-bots-in-few-days">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>What's the best game where your character gets wet, then slowly dries off? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 99</title><link>/best-water-in-games-podcast</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Jim Trinca</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:25:49 +0000</pubDate><guid>/best-water-in-games-podcast</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Larian Studios</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Divinity: Original Sin 2</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Weekly Podcast</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>VG247 Best Games Ever Podcast</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Strategy: Turn-Based Strategy</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/header_jb8DC6l.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/header_jb8DC6l.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>There's now a premium, <a href="/best-games-ever-podcast-extended-edition-info-page">extended version</a> of this podcast that you can get as a VG247 paid subscriber - check out our <a href="/subscribe/standard">Support Us</a> page for more info. Doing so helps ensure that we can keep making the show! But don't worry if that's not for you, the main show will always be free.</p><p>Realistic water and wetness were seen for years as a litmus test for photorealistic graphics, but by the PS3 generation, developers had it nailed: water shaders had become so sophisticated that Nathan Drake would emerge from a full dousing of seawater and slowly dry off, with his clothes soaked, and skin glistening. It was a mesmerising effect: it’s difficult to describe to younger people how incredible it was to see this mundane environmental phenomenon happening, in real time, to a video game character.</p><p>Of course, now these graphical effects are so commonplace that they scarcely raise an eyebrow. Aloy’s clothing dries off at varying rates, does it? Who cares. Seen it, mate. But given that, I thought it would be a challenge for our regular panel to come up with the best game ever where your character gets wet and stays wet for a bit. To find out how they got on, you’ll simply have to watch or listen to this week’s Best Games Ever podcast.</p> <p><a href="/best-water-in-games-podcast">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Fallout 4's latest update has stopped explosive piggy banks turning into red signs, but VATS issues persist</title><link>/fallout-4-next-gen-update-2-texture-fix-vats-issues</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 11:37:45 +0000</pubDate><guid>/fallout-4-next-gen-update-2-texture-fix-vats-issues</guid><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Bethesda Game Studios</category><category>PC</category><category>PS4</category><category>Fallout 4</category><category>Bethesda Softworks</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Mods</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-4-next-gen-update-2-texture-fix-vats-issues-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-4-next-gen-update-2-texture-fix-vats-issues-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>The weird second part of <a href="/games/fallout-4">Fallout 4's</a> next-gen update, <a href="/fallout-4-next-gen-update-getting-fixes-next-week">which we first learned about last week</a>, arrived yesterday, bringing with it a host of fixes mainly aimed at getting the game to run and look a bit better. It's also fixed one of the funniest issues folks had reported experiencing with the first update, though other problems look to persist.</p><p>If you're just catching up on things, a lot of the big complants folks had about <a href="/fallout-4-next-gen-update">Fallout 4's next-gen update</a> have involved <a href="/fallout-4-next-gen-update-runs-into-pretty-big-problem-on-ps5-bethesda-working-on-it">problems that've since been resolved</a> or the effect it's had on <a href="/fallout-4-mods-3">mods</a>. Though, there were some other pesky issues highlighted around its release, a couple of which look to still be a thing.</p><p>First, the good news. Players are reporting that the fun new makeshift weapons featured in the quest 'When Pigs Fly' are <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/1cr3cex/patch_notes_for_todays_update/">no longer being replaced by the big red signs</a> that usually signify a texture issue of some kind - something some folks <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/1cfmauj/when_pigs_fly_quest_bug/">had reported experiencing</a> when delving into the next-gen update for the first time. This includes the new Piggy Bank Fat Man and Piggy Bank mines - which are very fun, if a bit OP to become regular fixtures in everyone's arsenal. </p> <p><a href="/fallout-4-next-gen-update-2-texture-fix-vats-issues">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>I hope you like films about CGI chimps, as Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' producers have plans for at least five more</title><link>/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-producers-have-plans-five-more-films</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 11:08:07 +0000</pubDate><guid>/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-producers-have-plans-five-more-films</guid><category>Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Planet of the Apes</category><category>20th Century Studios</category><category>20th Century Fox</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-poster_tnsw1yg.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-poster_tnsw1yg.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
The <strong>Planet of the Apes</strong> reboots have consistently proven successful, and it's sounding like there's plans for even more of them going forward.
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While I haven't seen Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which released just last week, I'm definitely quite fond of the reboot films. Sure, the first one, Rise, is a bit more of your generic 2010s blockbuster, its Matt Reeves (The Batman) directed sequels Dawn and War really are some quite good bits of filmmaking. Personally, I'm not sure if we needed Kingdom, but it's here, and in a recent interview with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-sequels-1235892576/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, it seems like franchise producers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are certainly interested in making more.
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"When you first came up with this idea, the Apes franchise way back, you saw nine movies," Silver said while speaking to Jaffa in their THR interview. "We thought, 'This is crazy ambitious.' But here we are. We’re at four." Jaffa responded saying he "saw nine. I don’t know if we’ll make it to nine. I would love it. We’ve spoken to not just [director Wes Ball, writer Josh Friedman] and [producer] Joe Hartwick Jr., but to Steve Asbell and Scott Aversano at [20th Century Studios] about what these next movies can be."
</p> <p><a href="/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-producers-have-plans-five-more-films">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Helldivers 2 patch adds optional account linking to the game's settings and changes the Tenderizer's colour</title><link>/helldivers-2-patch-optional-account-linking-added-settings-tenderizer-colour</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 10:17:36 +0000</pubDate><guid>/helldivers-2-patch-optional-account-linking-added-settings-tenderizer-colour</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>Shooter: Third Person</category><category>Helldivers 2</category><category>Arrowhead Game Studios</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-patch-optional-account-linking-added-settings-tenderizer-colour-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-patch-optional-account-linking-added-settings-tenderizer-colour-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Here's another <a href="/games/helldivers-2">Helldivers 2</a> patch, dropping in to offer some fixes to your game - which include adding a fresh option to link your PSN and Steam accounts via the game's settings.</p><p>This is a noteworthy development, given the <a href="/helldivers-2-suffers-steam-review-bombing-after-reveal-psn-account-linking-mandatory-soon">massive backlash Sony recently got</a> when it tried to make linking your PSN and Steam accounts a mandatory requirerement for PC players, <a href="/sony-walks-back-playstation-account-requirement-for-helldivers-2-following-overwhelming-community-outrage">a decision the publisher then walked back</a> after the game was review bombed. To be clear, linking the two very much still looks to be an optional thing at the moment, with this patch just adding a new means by which you can initiate the process, if you're so inclined.</p><p>In the <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/4197995070234810124?l=english">notes for patch 1.000.304</a>, which mainly targets some pesky crashes, Arrowhead simply writes that: "Optional account linking [is] now available in the Account section of the in-game settings." So, there's a new way for you to go about doing it if you fancy, which is perfectly fine news for now, even if <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1crnub1/todays_patch_adds_an_optional_account_linking/">some players look to be a bit unsure</a> of whether this change should reassure them about linking remaining optional in the long-term.</p> <p><a href="/helldivers-2-patch-optional-account-linking-added-settings-tenderizer-colour">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>You might be shocked at how little Anya Taylor-Joy speaks in Furiosa</title><link>/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-has-very-little-dialogue</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 10:08:36 +0000</pubDate><guid>/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-has-very-little-dialogue</guid><category>Mad Max</category><category>Furiosa</category><category>Warner Bros Discovery</category><category>Film & Television</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Warner Bros.</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/furiosa-mad-max.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/furiosa-mad-max.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
Anya Taylor-Joy is the star of <strong>Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga</strong>, but she doesn't talk all that much in it.
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I wouldn't say Mad Max is known for its dialogue, other than that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThJcHjCI9j4&ab_channel=sYgmata">much memed on line from Fury Road</a>. But, you still might be surprised to hear how much, or how little, Taylor-Joy actually talks in the upcoming Furiosa. In a recent interview with <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2024/05/11/tom-hardy-george-miller-mad-max-furiosa-interview/">The Telegraph</a>, director George Miller shared that the film's lead only has about 30 lines of dialogue across its two-and-a-half hour long runtime, which covers around 15 years of Furiosa's life. Miller explained that the problem he finds with dialogue is that it slows things down, and that films are something best enjoyed at high speed. Given the whole souped-up vehicles racing across a desert wasteland thing, I would say that that line of thinking tracks with Miller.
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Just because there wasn't much dialogue, it doesn't mean it was an easy experience for Taylor-Joy. In fact, it sounds like quite the opposite, as in an interview with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/movies/anya-taylor-joy-furiosa.html">The New York Times</a>, the actor said she would go "months" on set without speaking a single line. "I've never been more alone than making that movie," she continued. "I don't want to go too deep into it, but everything that I thought was going to be easy was hard." When asked to go into more detail on that last point, Taylor-Joy responded, "Next question, sorry. Talk to me in 20 years. Talk to me in 20 years."
</p> <p><a href="/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-has-very-little-dialogue">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Scott Pilgrim director's next project looks to be a remake of a raunchy cult classic with Euphoria's Sydney Sweeney set to star</title><link>/scott-pilgrim-director-remake-barbarella-euphoria-sydney-sweeney-set-to-star</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 09:11:35 +0000</pubDate><guid>/scott-pilgrim-director-remake-barbarella-euphoria-sydney-sweeney-set-to-star</guid><category>Film & Television</category><category>Sony Pictures</category><category>Pop Culture</category><category>Sony</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/barbarella-remake.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/barbarella-remake.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Scott Pilgrim</strong> director Edgar Wright is seemingly in talks to direct a remake of '60s cult classic <strong>Barbarella</strong>, with Sydney Sweeney already attached to star.
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It's been a while since Wright has sat in the director's chair, with his last film being 2021's Last Night in Soho. To be fair, he was likely busy overseeing last year's <a href="/netflix-scott-pilgrim-takes-off-final-fantasy-7-remake">very good Scott Pilgrim Takes Off</a>, and he is currently working on a remake of The Running Man with Glen Powell in the lead role. Funnily enough, it seems like Wright might also be gearing up to work on another remake with Powell's Anyone But You co-star Sweeney. The Euphoria actor has been attached to a remake of Barbarella for a little while now, and according to a report from <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/05/barbarella-movie-sydney-sweeney-jane-goldman-edgar-wright-1235914102/">Deadline</a>, Wright is currently in talks to helm the film.
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With Wright currently working on The Running Man remake, this remake of Barbarella will likely be a ways off yet, and Sweeney herself is busy too. However, Deadline also reported that Jane Goldman and Honey Ross are also in negotiations to pen the screenplay for the project. Goldman has written a number of big-name projects like X-Men: First Class, Kick Ass, and Kingsman: The Secret Service, so she seems like a suitable addition for a film like Barbarella.
</p> <p><a href="/scott-pilgrim-director-remake-barbarella-euphoria-sydney-sweeney-set-to-star">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>PlayStation's Jim Ryan replacement is two CEOs as company splits retired boss' role</title><link>/playstation-two-ceos-properly-replace-jim-ryan</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 09:09:59 +0000</pubDate><guid>/playstation-two-ceos-properly-replace-jim-ryan</guid><category>Sony PlayStation</category><category>PS5</category><category>Sony Interactive Entertainment</category><category>PS4</category><category>Jim Ryan</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/playstation-two-ceos-properly-replace-jim-ryan-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/playstation-two-ceos-properly-replace-jim-ryan-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Following the retirement of former CEO Jim Ryan, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that a pair of Playstation execs will serve as his replacements going forwards. As of June 1, Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino will step up into new roles that'll fill the departed exec's boots.</p><p>If you're out of the loop, Ryan stepped down from his CEO position at the end of March, not long after <a href="/playstation-announces-plans-to-lay-off-900-people-will-close-london-studio">PlayStation laid off 900 people and closed London Studio as part of those cutbacks</a> - though the exec <a href="/what-does-playstation-look-like-without-jim-ryan">had already revealed he'd be departing his post back in September last year</a>. The occasion of Ryan's retirement was celebrated via a <a href="/you-can-own-a-jim-ryan-playstation-stars-digital-bobblehead">collectable digital bobblehead of him</a> you could grab through the PlayStation Stars program, in case you were wondering.</p><p>Now, as announced via an <a href="https://sonyinteractive.com/en/press-releases/2024/new-leadership-structure-formed-at-sony-interactive-entertainment/">SIE press release</a>, Nishino and Hulst have been officially revealed as his replacements, with the former stepping up into the role of CEO of SIE’s Platform Business Group, while the latter becomes CEO of SIE’s Studio Business Group. So, that's Nishino in charge of things like hardware, PSN and Playstation's third-party relationships, while Hulst will be in charge of PlayStation’s first-party dev teams and helping organise TV and Film adaptations of the console maker's games.</p> <p><a href="/playstation-two-ceos-properly-replace-jim-ryan">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Monster Hunter series sales soar past 100 million as the world braces for Monster Hunter Wilds</title><link>/monster-hunter-series-sales-100-million-monster-hunter-wilds</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Dom Peppiatt</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 09:03:51 +0000</pubDate><guid>/monster-hunter-series-sales-100-million-monster-hunter-wilds</guid><category>Monster Hunter Wilds</category><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PC</category><category>PSP</category><category>Fantasy</category><category>RPG: Action</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Capcom</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Monster-hunter-sales.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Monster-hunter-sales.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>But the good news doesn't stop there for the action-RPG series. Capcom also announced that the series as a whole has soared past 100 million copies sold – a massive number, <a href="/resident-evil-series-sales-100-million">matching the behemoth Resident Evil series' numbers from 2020</a>. It's clear that Monster Hunter is a key franchise for the publisher – and that's a good thing, since we're about to see even more Monster Hunter content launch in the year ahead.</p><p>Only back in January, Capcom revealed that <a href="/games/monster-hunter-world">Monster Hunter World</a> - the first ambitious open world entry in Capcom's legendary action series - <a href="/monster-hunter-world-has-world-has-sold-over-23m-copies-as-the-series-soars-into-the-new-year">surpassed 23 million units sold</a>, accounting for nearly a quarter of the overall figure shared this week.</p><p>So, what's next for the massive monster-hunting series? Well, there's a few things in the works. First off, if you're a regular on this site, you'll know that I'm obsessesed with <a href="/games/monster-hunter-now">Monster Hunter Now</a>, and <a href="/monster-hunter-now-2024-must-play">continue to extol </a>the virtues of the Pokemon Go-like game. The game continues to see regular events and updates, and only recently, loyal players got a series of ice-themed tasks to complete leading up to a Zinogre-based takeover that's coming to the map soon. If you're keen on checking the game out, I recommend perusing our <a href="/monster-hunter-now-codes">Monster Hunter Now codes page</a> to help you get a boost when you start playing. </p> <p><a href="/monster-hunter-series-sales-100-million-monster-hunter-wilds">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and Foamstars all fell below Square Enix's expectations, as the company eyes Xbox and PC</title><link>/final-fantasy-16-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-and-foamstars-all-fell-below-square-enixs-expectations-as-the-company-eyes-xbox-and-pc</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 08:53:49 +0000</pubDate><guid>/final-fantasy-16-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-and-foamstars-all-fell-below-square-enixs-expectations-as-the-company-eyes-xbox-and-pc</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>Final Fantasy VII Rebirth</category><category>PS5</category><category>RPG</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Foamstars</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Square Enix</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Final Fantasy XVI</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-feb-screens-(85).jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-feb-screens-(85).jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Square Enix has released its <a href="https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/24q4earnings.pdf">financial report for the 2023 fiscal year</a>, and it looks like all of its major games have fallen below sales expectations. <a href="/games/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth">Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth</a>, <a href="/games/final-fantasy-xvi">Final Fantasy 16</a>, and <a href="/games/foamstars">Foamstars</a> didn't meet established sales targets - with few sales figures shared across the board. Alongside this the company is shifting to focus away from mobile, pushing to bring games to Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and PC.
</p><p>Starting with those game sales figures, Final Fantasy 16 was initially on track to hit its targets but ultimately fumbled the full-year sales target as momentum for the game slowed down post-launch. There were no updated sales figures, leaving the <a href="https://press.na.square-enix.com/OVER-3-MILLION-PLAYERS-HAVE-JOURNEYED-INTO-THE-REALMS-OF-VALISTHEA-IN-">three million launch week sales milestone</a> as the final word for now.
</p><p>Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth seems to have done even worse, at least as far as hitting targets is concerned. Unlike Final Fantasy 16, the game didn't hit initial sales targets, nor did it hit yearly targets. No figure was shared on its total sales to this point. Foamstars fits in nicely here, as it stands alongside Rebirth in missing those targets.
</p> <p><a href="/final-fantasy-16-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-and-foamstars-all-fell-below-square-enixs-expectations-as-the-company-eyes-xbox-and-pc">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>PS5 sales couldn't reach Sony's revised targets, and Sony expects sales to drop even more</title><link>/ps5-sales-miss-targets-lower-expected-future-decline</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sherif Saed</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 08:28:10 +0000</pubDate><guid>/ps5-sales-miss-targets-lower-expected-future-decline</guid><category>Sony Interactive Entertainment</category><category>PS5</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/New-Project-(2)_spGW0KJ.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/New-Project-(2)_spGW0KJ.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Things aren’t looking especially good for PlayStation at the moment. Though Sony doesn’t appear to be suffering quite like <a href="/microsoft-shut-down-tango-game-works-arkane-austin-more">its major competitor Microsoft</a>, the company’s PlayStation business simply isn’t doing as well as it used to.</p><p>PlayStation 5 hardware sales in the financial year that just ended have missed projections, even after Sony lowered its expectations by a couple of million. The sales dip represents a whopping 29% year-over-year slump in Q4. Recent months clearly haven't been kind to PlayStation.</p><p></p> <p><a href="/ps5-sales-miss-targets-lower-expected-future-decline">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Report: Square Enix's American and European departments to be hit by layoffs</title><link>/square-enixs-american-and-european-departments-to-be-hit-by-layoffs</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 19:27:54 +0000</pubDate><guid>/square-enixs-american-and-european-departments-to-be-hit-by-layoffs</guid><category>Third person</category><category>RPG</category><category>Square Enix</category><category>PS5</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Final Fantasy XVI</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/final-fantasy-14-online-(5).png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/final-fantasy-14-online-(5).png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Another massive video game company has been hit by layoffs in what is proving to be one of - if not the - toughest period for those working in the industry in recent memory. This time it's <a href="/companies/square-enix">Square Enix</a> up to the cutting board, as the company has announced layoffs in both its European and American departments. Square Enix itself has yet to offer an official announcement.
</p><p>This, <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-confirms-us-eu-layoffs-as-part-of-restructuring/">first reported by VGC</a>, comes soon after Square announced poor financial results compared to last year, <a href="/square-enix-new-business-plan-shifts-from-quantity-to-quality">due in large part to the cancellation of some unannounced video games</a>. This move was made to better fit with a new longer-term company strategy - dubbed "Square Enix Reboots and Awakens" - but has resulted in a 70% profit deficit in contrast to this time last year.
</p><p>What these games are remains a mystery, but it appears that the publication of this information came as a retreating tide, followed shortly by this wave of Square Enix layoffs. The news was broken to staff via a company'wide town hall meeting, in which president Takashi Kiryu stated that over the next month those from publishing, IT, and Square Enix’s Collective indie games division would be most affected. The exact number of layoffs has not been confirmed.
</p> <p><a href="/square-enixs-american-and-european-departments-to-be-hit-by-layoffs">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>As we await more GTA 6 news, it looks like a Red Dead Redemption release on PC might finally happen</title><link>/red-dead-redemption-release-on-pc-looks-like-might-finally-happen</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 16:03:55 +0000</pubDate><guid>/red-dead-redemption-release-on-pc-looks-like-might-finally-happen</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Red Dead Redemption</category><category>Rockstar San Diego</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>PS3</category><category>Red Dead Redemption 2</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox 360</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>Grand Theft Auto 6</category><category>PS4</category><category>Full product</category><category>PC</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Open World</category><category>Rockstar North</category><category>Modern Day</category><category>Take-Two Interactive</category><category>Rockstar Games</category><category>Shooter: Third Person</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/rockstar-red-dead-redemption-pc-release-potentially-incoming-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/rockstar-red-dead-redemption-pc-release-potentially-incoming-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>It looks like Rockstar might be preparing to finally release the original <a href="/games/red-dead-redemption">Red Dead Redemption</a> on PC, if an update to the developer's launcher is anything to go by. Yup, over a decade on from the release of John Marston's first adventure, you might soon get to experience it on a fresh platform.</p><p>The update that's spurred speculation the company behind <a href="/games/grand-theft-auto-vi">GTA 6</a> - you know, that game we're all preparing to put our lives on hold for sometime soon-ish - was spotted by prominent Rockstar community member Tez2, who's got a pretty good track record when it comes to little changes like this.</p><p>"It looks like Rockstar is gearing up to release RDR1 on PC," they tweeted, sharing some fresh stings of text that've seemigly been added to the site file for Rockstar's launcher today via an update. </p> <p><a href="/red-dead-redemption-release-on-pc-looks-like-might-finally-happen">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Hades 2 fulfilled my greatest wish from the first game, and all it took was a simple change in direction</title><link>/hades-2-fulfilled-my-greatest-wish-from-the-first-game</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/hades-2-fulfilled-my-greatest-wish-from-the-first-game</guid><category>Indie</category><category>PS5</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Supergiant Games</category><category>Hades</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Roguelike</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Hades 2</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Hades-2-header_xjMCNga.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Hades-2-header_xjMCNga.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
It might sound like a bit of an oxymoron, but the worst part about the original <a href="/games/hades">Hades</a> is that it ended. A roguelite, with an ending? Ok, sure, you can keep doing runs as often as you like, but narratively everything just kind of ties itself up after you successfully do enough of them. I do really enjoy a good roguelike (or -lite), but I'm not someone that can play them forever - part of <strong>Hades</strong>' appeal is the way it builds its narrative. Back when I finished it, there was one thing I was hoping Supergiant would do as DLC, or perhaps an update, but it never materialised. But lucky me, though, as they've only gone and put it in <strong>Hades 2</strong> instead.
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<em>Spoilers for Hades 2 about a particular area you can visit.
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You see, once you finally manage to beat old daddy dearest in the original Hades, Zagreus is able to go off and find his mother up on the surface, though the Fates unfortunately bind him to the Underworld, ultimately resulting in his death. It's cruel, it's upsetting, it's good storytelling. But for me, as greedy as it might have sounded, it wasn't enough. I wanted to go to Olympus, where all those relatives of Zagreus lived who were kind of dicks but I wanted to meet anyway.
</p> <p><a href="/hades-2-fulfilled-my-greatest-wish-from-the-first-game">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Helldivers 2 Star Wars mod will let you and your nerdy mates do some Clone Wars roleplaying while you kill bugs</title><link>/helldivers-2-star-wars-mod-pack</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 14:19:16 +0000</pubDate><guid>/helldivers-2-star-wars-mod-pack</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Bungie</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Xbox</category><category>PC</category><category>Shooter: Third Person</category><category>Halo</category><category>343 Industries</category><category>Helldivers 2</category><category>Arrowhead Game Studios</category><category>Mods</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-star-wars-mod-pack-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/helldivers-2-star-wars-mod-pack-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Hello, <a href="/games/helldivers-2">Helldivers 2</a> people. And Star Wars people. You'll both be glad to know that there's a mod pack in the works which'll bring both of those two things together, by visually transforming the shooter into the perfect tool to re-enact some Clone Wars battles.</p><p>
Yup, you've recently had to consider what Helldivers 2 might have been like <a href="/helldivers-2-almost-wasnt-a-live-service-game">if Arrowhead had opted not to make it live-service</a>, and now you're having to consider what it could be like if all of your team mates looked like something that little green lad - aye, Yoda - could lob into the atmosphere using his force powers.</p><p>The mod pack that accomplishes this is the work of modders Irastris and Kboy, with YouTuber ToastedShoes having recently teamed up with some friends to show off their intergalactic work. As you can see in the clip below, the mod swaps the usual getups of you and your mates with those of clone troopers, as well as filling the game's maps and cinematics with a host of familiar Star Wars ships and droids.</p> <p><a href="/helldivers-2-star-wars-mod-pack">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Hades 2 is so good even the first game has just beaten its own Steam record</title><link>/hades-2-so-good-first-game-just-beaten-its-own-steam-record</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 11:54:35 +0000</pubDate><guid>/hades-2-so-good-first-game-just-beaten-its-own-steam-record</guid><category>Indie</category><category>PS5</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Supergiant Games</category><category>Hades</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Roguelike</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Hades 2</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hades-09.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hades-09.png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Hades 2</strong> has quickly proven popular, and it's clearly gotten people in the mood for the original, as the 2020 roguelite has also seen a strong boost on Steam.
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Last week, Supergiant decided to bless us with a surprise Hades 2 early access drop, so obviously we all immediately put down whatever we were playing and hopped straight into it. The sequel quickly <a href="/hades-2-early-access-launch-top-sellers-steam">shot up to Steam's top sellers</a> pretty much straight after it was released, and if your timeline has been anything like mine, has rapidly taken a hold over <a href="/hades-2-new-character-art-fans-even-hornier-gameplay-stream">every horny person under the sun</a>. What's most impressive is that much like the first one, Hades 2 is just in early access, and yet it's already managed to hit more than double the original games all-time concurrent player count peak, amassing more than 100,000 players when it launched. However, clearly people are fancying more than what the sequel offers, as the first Hades has seen a big player count increase of its own over the weekend.
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Previously, the game's concurrent player count record was 37,749, which it set back when it was released in 2020. However, over the weekend the game managed to climb up to a <a href="https://steamdb.info/app/1145360/charts/">new record of 54,240 players</a>, so clearly there will have been some returning and presumably new players all hopping back in off of the popularity of its sequel. I can't exactly blame them, Hades truly is a stellar piece of design, and has a story captivating enough to keep you moving throughout those occasionally brutal runs.
</p> <p><a href="/hades-2-so-good-first-game-just-beaten-its-own-steam-record">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>7 forgotten Fallout crossovers that you definitely don't remember</title><link>/7-forgotten-fallout-crossovers-video</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Jim Trinca</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 11:50:11 +0000</pubDate><guid>/7-forgotten-fallout-crossovers-video</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Virtual Reality</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Valve</category><category>Fallout 4</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Valve Corporation</category><category>MOBA</category><category>Dota 2</category><category>Epic Games</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Bethesda Softworks</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>Fortnite</category><category>Bethesda Game Studios</category><category>PC</category><category>PS4</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Mac</category><category>Valve Software</category><category>Minecraft</category><category>iOS</category><category>MMORPG</category><category>Strategy</category><category>Android</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout_crossovers.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout_crossovers.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Ever since Bethesda took a certain little-known isometric RPG for neckbeards and turned it into a huge mainstream phenomenon (thank you Bethesda), the Fallout brand has done Big Business. And so it has been roped into numerous cross-promotional schemes over the years, lending its iconic branding to all sorts of pointless adornments you can get for other games.</p><p>And also a pretty nifty Minecraft world, packed full of homages to key locations from the series, like a sort of blocky Fallout theme park. Hey, until they build Megaton at Universal Studios, that’s probably the closest you’ll get to such a thing. You’ll have to bring your own devilled eggs.</p><p>Check the video above for a nifty rundown of forgotten brand crossovers featuring Vault Boy, Codsworth, and Red Rocket showing up in other games, thanks to friend of VG247 Ian Higton off of Eurogamer!</p> <p><a href="/7-forgotten-fallout-crossovers-video">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Following a controversial reward switch, EA Sports FC 24 players are threatening to boycott buying FC points</title><link>/ea-sports-fc-24-rewards-switch-ligue-1-backlash</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 11:44:20 +0000</pubDate><guid>/ea-sports-fc-24-rewards-switch-ligue-1-backlash</guid><category>eSports relevant</category><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Sports</category><category>EA Sports</category><category>Single Player</category><category>EA Canada</category><category>Simulation</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Third person</category><category>PS4</category><category>Full product</category><category>PC</category><category>Side view</category><category>Bird view / Isometric</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Electronic Arts</category><category>Blockbuster</category><category>EA Sports FC 24</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ea-sports-fc-24-rewards-switch-ligue-1-backlash-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ea-sports-fc-24-rewards-switch-ligue-1-backlash-01.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>A recent change to how <a href="/games/ea-sports-fc24">EA Sports FC 24</a> is distributing some Champions Player Pick rewards hasn't gone down well with a lot of Ultimate Team players. The backlash to the tweak EA made over the weekend has seen folks accuse the developer of deliberately making it harder for them to acquire a couple of new Team of the Season cards, with some even announcing their intention to boycott buying FC points.</p><p>The cards at the centre of this fracas are the Ligue 1 TOTS versions of PSG stars Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele, with players reporting that they'd been earning more very good items like those two by playing through the game's most recent weekend league than is normally the case.</p><p>After a lot of folks had blazed through to earn these plum rewards (thanks <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fans-revolt-after-ea-nerfs-ea-fc-rewards-that-were-too-good/">VGC</a>), EA tweeted that it had tweaked an issue with them, posting: "We have identified an issue where the Champions Player Pick rewards were providing unintended results. This has been corrected in-game."</p> <p><a href="/ea-sports-fc-24-rewards-switch-ligue-1-backlash">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>New Doom rumoured as Xbox June showcase approaches</title><link>/report-hints-at-a-new-doom-but-will-it-be-xbox-exclusive</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 11:11:58 +0000</pubDate><guid>/report-hints-at-a-new-doom-but-will-it-be-xbox-exclusive</guid><category>Doom</category><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>PS5</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Nintendo GBA</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Atari</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>Xbox 360</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Bethesda Softworks</category><category>DOOM Eternal</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><category>Activision</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>id Software</category><category>SEGA</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Doom-Day-One-header.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Doom-Day-One-header.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
It's looking like <strong>Microsoft</strong> is gearing up for a new <strong>Doom</strong> reveal, as a new report touches on the potential sequel following the closure of two beloved studios.
</p><p>It's been a good few years since we've last seen a new Doom game from iD software, but it seems that there might be one on the docket in Xbox's <a href="/xbox-activision-summer-call-of-duty-showcases-back-to-back">upcoming summer showcase</a>. According to a new report from <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151814/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-strategy-changes-arkane-tango">The Verge</a>, Microsoft is seemingly planning on announcing a new Doom title during this showcase, though the report is more hinting at this fact than outright saying it. A new game would make sense though - Doom Eternal is the most recent entry in the series, having been released in 2020. It was met with generally favourable reviews, <a href="/doom-eternal-review">including from us at VG247</a>, but there's been no official word on another one since then.</p><p>We have actually heard about a new Doom game relatively recently unofficially, though. As part of some <a href="https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1703996755560546707">leaked documents</a> that came as part of its trial with the FTC, some upcoming titles were seemingly leaked in fiscal year predictions. One of those games was titled Doom Year Zero, which hadn't been revealed at the time, and still hasn't been, so this is likely what we can expect from a summer showcase reveal (though bear in mind the name could have changed since then, as it was originally projected to release in 2023).</p> <p><a href="/report-hints-at-a-new-doom-but-will-it-be-xbox-exclusive">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>As Xbox shutters studios, old documentary clips that highlight problems with how Microsoft handles its developers are resurfacing</title><link>/xbox-shutters-studios-old-documentary-clips-highlight-problems-with-how-microsoft-handles-its-developers-resurfacing</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark Warren</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 10:08:20 +0000</pubDate><guid>/xbox-shutters-studios-old-documentary-clips-highlight-problems-with-how-microsoft-handles-its-developers-resurfacing</guid><category>Multiplayer Competitive</category><category>Multiplayer Cooperative</category><category>Shooter</category><category>Rhythm</category><category>Platformer</category><category>Xbox One</category><category>Xbox Game Studios</category><category>RPG</category><category>Arkane Austin</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Double Fine Productions</category><category>Starbreeze Studios</category><category>Psychonauts 2</category><category>Third person</category><category>Hack & Slash</category><category>Hi-Fi Rush</category><category>PS4</category><category>PC</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Redfall</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Tango Gameworks</category><category>First person</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/matt-booty-xbox.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/matt-booty-xbox.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Following last week’s big news that Microsoft was shutting down several studios under its umbrella and all of the interesting things its executives have said since that point, folks have dusted off old documentary clips that they reckon illustrate some of the issues with how Xbox handles the studios it buys.</p><p>As a refresher, MS recently made headlines due to the <a href="/microsoft-shut-down-tango-game-works-arkane-austin-more">pretty shocking decision to shut down a bunch of Xbox studios</a>, including Hi-Fi Rush maker Tango Gameworks and Redfall developer Arkane Austin. Especially given just how good the first of those is, it’s a move that’s unsurprisingly left a lot of folks pretty miffed.</p><p>Enter a clip from Double Fine PsychOdyssey, the making-of documentary series that follows Double Fine’s efforts to make <a href="/games/psychonauts-2">Psychonauts 2</a>, and includes some interesting sections about the aftermath of <a href="/tim-schafer-explains-double-fine-microsoft">Microsoft’s acquisition of the studio in 2019</a>. The main section that’s caught people’s eye sees Xbox’s Matt Booty, who’s caught a lot of flak for some of his statements around this latest batch of cuts.</p> <p><a href="/xbox-shutters-studios-old-documentary-clips-highlight-problems-with-how-microsoft-handles-its-developers-resurfacing">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Love those mid-range Square Enix titles? You might want to prepare to say goodbye to them as the Final Fantasy dev shifts from "quantity to quality"</title><link>/square-enix-new-business-plan-shifts-from-quantity-to-quality</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 09:06:40 +0000</pubDate><guid>/square-enix-new-business-plan-shifts-from-quantity-to-quality</guid><category>iOS</category><category>PS5</category><category>Square Enix</category><category>PC</category><category>Xbox Series X/S</category><category>Android</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-girls-night.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-girls-night.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
The days of <strong>Square Enix</strong> making loads of medium-budget games might be over, as it outlines its new medium-term business plan.
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Square Enix might not be a developer that always hits it out of the park, but you can't say that it doesn't have a pretty broad portfolio. Only problem is, even with its tentpoles like Final Fantasy, its games never quite seem to meet its expectations. Just last month it was reported that the developer <a href="/square-enix-absorbs-140-million-hit-as-canceled-games-take-significant-financial-toll-company-revising-approach-to-hd-titles">had to take a $140 million loss</a> as it cancelled several games. Now, Square Enix has shared its <a href="https://tdnet-pdf.kabutan.jp/20240513/140120240513592496.pdf">new medium-term business plan</a> for the fiscal years 2025-2027, and it sounds like some big changes are being planned. For one, as odd a plan as it might sound given it does release games on various platforms, Square Enix will be moving to a multiplatform strategy.
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"For HD titles, the Group will aggressively pursue a multiplatform strategy that includes Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs," writes Square Enix. "Especially, in regards to major franchises and AAA titles including catalog titles, it will build an environment where more customers can enjoy our titles." Essentially, it sounds like it wants to be able to bring more of its titles to various platforms, where currently certain games might only release on the Switch or PS5. It went on to mention mobile titles, writing, "it will also devise a platform strategy for SD titles that includes not only iOS and Android, but also the possibility of PC launches."
</p> <p><a href="/square-enix-new-business-plan-shifts-from-quantity-to-quality">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Another Crab's Treasure is firmly in the sights of speedrunners, gets smoked in less than 40 minutes</title><link>/another-crabs-treasure-firmly-in-sights-of-speedrunners-smoked-less-than-40-minutes</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Connor Makar</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 09:05:37 +0000</pubDate><guid>/another-crabs-treasure-firmly-in-sights-of-speedrunners-smoked-less-than-40-minutes</guid><category>Third person</category><category>Indie</category><category>RPG</category><category>Single Player</category><category>Another Crab's Treasure</category><category>Platformer</category><category>Action Adventure</category><category>Nintendo Switch</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/another-crabs-treasure_59Y5bmR.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/another-crabs-treasure_59Y5bmR.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><a href="/games/another-crabs-treasure">Another Crab's Treasure</a> is firmly in the sights of speedrunners, with one dedicated player hitting credits in less than 40 minutes. The game - which usually takes around 13 hours to beat if you're focused on main objectives alone - finds itself at this sweet spot where folks are really nailing down the fastest routes.
</p><p>The speedrunner in question is <a href="https://twitter.com/LilAggyTV/status/1789829936548630746">LilAggy</a>, a <a href="/best-soulslikes-2024-not-fromsoftware">Soulslike</a> player and content creator who specialises in speedrunning and challenge runs for various games in that subgenre. They've been taking a crack at Another Crab's Treasure ever since the game released late April, and have finally managed to whittle a run down to the sub-40 minute mark.
</p><p>You can watch the run yourself here, <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2144305550">via a Twitch recording of LilAggy's run</a>. It has a bunch of cool little details that should appeal to the speed freaks out there. This includes specific "lines" that allow players to maintain momentum between objectives, as well as various techniques that allow LilAggy to move at max speed for as long as possible. If you're just interested in the major stuff though, I recommend watching the Inkerton skip at roughly the 28 minute mark, as well as the Camtshca skip at 31:50 (aka the bubble boost). </p> <p><a href="/another-crabs-treasure-firmly-in-sights-of-speedrunners-smoked-less-than-40-minutes">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Doctor Who finally has its mojo back thanks to Russell T. Davies: the best to ever do it</title><link>/doctor-who-finally-has-its-mojo-back-thanks-to-russell-t-davies-the-best-to-ever-do-it</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Jim Trinca</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 18:19:35 +0000</pubDate><guid>/doctor-who-finally-has-its-mojo-back-thanks-to-russell-t-davies-the-best-to-ever-do-it</guid><category>Disney+</category><category>BBC iPlayer</category><category>Doctor Who</category><category>BBC Studios</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/russelltdavies.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/russelltdavies.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>It could so easily have been that last year’s specials starring David Tennant were merely a victory lap for his era. A celebration of the revived show at the height of its power, with everyone’s favourite and arguably most dashing Doctor to have ever served in the role, coming back for one last reminder of why we all fell in love with the series in the first place, farting aliens and all.</p><p>Thankfully, they were just the start of RTD’s second wind as Whovian-in-Chief. And what a statement of intent: yes, this is the show as you remember it. Vibrant. Gleaming. Brimming with all the chaotic energy of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and shot through with all the warmth and world-weary empathy of Davies’ other, more serious works, with a sixth sense for casting (bolstered by longtime collaborator Andy Pryor) that other showrunners would kill for. Being able to summon Neil Patrick Harris to Bristol to play the Celestial Toymaker is testament to RTD’s Time Lord-like powers as a producer, and positioning him as a dark mirror for David Tennant is divine genius.</p><p>But this is also a new era of Doctor Who, future-proofed for Gen Alpha and reinventing itself for a jaded age that desperately needs new myths. Ncuti Gatwa is so far from the “classic” image of The Doctor – he’s not a middle-aged white man, obviously, but that’s not why. He’s effortlessly cool, rocking an ever-changing wardrobe and grooming regimen that no previous Doc could pull off. I mean, he even managed to look stylish during his debut episode, which he spent in a shirt and underpants. There’s nothing stuffy or superior about him at all – he brims with the essence of creativity and invention. If all the previous Doctors are Phil Collins, he’s Prince, and he can do anything.</p> <p><a href="/doctor-who-finally-has-its-mojo-back-thanks-to-russell-t-davies-the-best-to-ever-do-it">Read more</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft sets its sights on your phone as it plans to open its own mobile games store this summer</title><link>/microsoft-plans-to-open-its-own-mobile-games-store-this-summer</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Oisin Kuhnke</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 14:52:41 +0000</pubDate><guid>/microsoft-plans-to-open-its-own-mobile-games-store-this-summer</guid><category>Android</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>iOS</category><media:content medium="image" url="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/xbox-game-pass_UxnUyor.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp"/><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/xbox-game-pass_UxnUyor.jpg?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>
<strong>Microsoft</strong> is coming for that mobile money, as it confirms it plans to open its own mobile gaming store later this year.
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You might assume that the major reason behind Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard would be because of titles like Call of Duty, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft, particularly that first one. Well, you'd probably be somewhat right there, but it's obvious that Microsoft had another aspect in mind: the mobile market. For one, Call of Duty itself is already successful on mobile, but Microsoft also now owns Candy Crush developer King, a mobile title that still rakes in money all these years later. And now, speaking at the recent <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-09/microsoft-to-launch-mobile-game-store-vying-with-apple-google?srnd=undefined">Bloomberg Technology Summit</a> (paywalled, thanks <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-set-to-launch-mobile-games-store-this-july/1100-6523350/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f">GameSpot</a>), Xbox president Sarah bond announced that the company plans to launch a mobile gaming store this coming July.
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The store will apparently first launch on the web, rather than an app, so that it can be accessed across a broad range of devices, though an app is likely to follow suit. This isn't the first mention of plans for a mobile gaming store, as Microsoft had mentioned its intention to do so last year following the European Union's Digital Markets Act, which made it easier for companies to open their own digital stores. Bond noted that initially the store will feature games from Microsoft-owned studios, like Candy Crush Saga.
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