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Inti Creates has released a new trailer for side-scrolling action game Umbraclaw introducing the game’s cast.

FuRyu has announced “Beyblade action” game Beyblade X: XONE for Switch and PC (Steam). It will launch on November 14 in Japan.

The residents of Pelican Town are friendly enough when you begin a new farming adventure in Stardew Valley, but you need to do some work to really earn their affection.

The go-to voice and text-chat platform for gamers the world over, it was rather surprising how long it took Sony to add Discord integration for the PS5. As it stands, there still isn’t a native Discord app you can use on the console. That being said, you can still use the Discord app on your phone or tablet to access voice chat on the PS5. We’ve put together this guide to teach you how it’s done.

After what has probably felt like the longest week ever for Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios, we saw the release of the Polar Patriots Warbond. Unfortunately for Arrowhead, that's brought forth a wave of entirely different problems, as satisfaction with this month's Warbond is at an all-time low.

Not to paint things dystopian, but the cost of living sure is ridiculous right now. If you're currently doing life on hard mode, I reckon you could do with some dirt cheap entertainment that dispenses multi-hour escapism. Enter: video games. More specifically, the discounted gems I've curated below—like an overloaded Animus worth of Assassin's Creed adventures, low cost preorders, and more!

Google I/O 2024: Google is revolutionising the way we search online with the introduction of Generative AI. The tech giant's latest feature, powered by Gemini, aims to streamline search results and provide users with quick, AI-generated answers to their queries. This innovative addition, known as Search Generative Experience (SGE), was initially unveiled at I/O 2023 and has been in testing for several months.

Google hosted its annual developer's event, Google I/O 2024 on May 14 with a promise to discuss AI. The company was true to its word, as the entire event it announced several new AI features and enhancements for Android, Search, Workspace, Photos, and other services. However, there were some key announcements which grabbed the attention of the audience watching from home or live. The major focus of the event was its AI model Gemini and its integration with other Google apps, let's check out all the major highlights of the event.

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has been officially rated in Singapore, with a potential release window of 2024 attached alongside it.

Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC isn't too far away right now, releasing in just over a month's time on June 21. There's still quite a lot of time to get theorizing about the game's big bad guy, story, characters and everything else inbetween, but one of the more interesting fan theories that has surfaced recently is all about the game's setting.

The recently released Pixel 8a is one of the best phones on the market for those who are looking for a device that is affordable but also packs a punch. There are several reasons to choose this device, like the fact that it is more affordable than its elder siblings while maintaining most of what makes the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro so good. However, benchmarks of the newly released budget Pixel tell a slightly different story.

Blizzard is releasing a Hotfix that will alleviate the Resplendent Spark issue on Eternal Realms. Additionally, they will be reimbursing players any Resplendent Sparks missing from their account in the coming days.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday raised questions about a sheriff's decision to allow a Netflix documentary series to be filmed at the county jail, with one critic saying the move exploited inmates.

The Game Boy – Nintendo Switch Online app will add has added Alleyway, Baseball, and Super Mario Land, Nintendo announced.

Blizzard has responded to feedback regarding the Druid Hero Talent Tree, Keeper of the Grove!

Blizzard has responded to feedback regarding the Priest Hero Talent Tree, Voidweaver!

Blizzard has responded to feedback regarding the Druid Hero Talent Tree, Wildstalker!

The latest round of hotfixes to hit the Cataclysm Classic servers are here, with a number of small bug fixes, including the end of the «forever green» Drain Life — with that being said, there are a couple gameplay changes to Mages and Shamans, with Ignite now correctly not being triggered by Living Bomb critical strikes and Flametongue Totem no longer stacking with other Spell Power buffs.

With the recent leaks about , it's the perfect time to speculate about details that haven't been confirmed yet. The leaks were centered around the possible location where the game would be set and the style of the game being open world. However, there hasn't been any information about the characters who might return, if any characters from past games return at all.

Sony shipped almost five times as many PS5 consoles as Microsoft did Xbox Series X/S consoles during the first calendar quarter of 2024.

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The new SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 headset is the latest addition to the brand’s Nova line of gaming headsets — but this launch comes with a twist.

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced that Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino will succeed Jim Ryan as joint PlayStation CEOs.

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed Red is now officially Assassin's Creed Shadows andconfirmed that a trailer will release this week.

Square Enix has announced a brand-new business plan that will see the Japanese publisher shift to a multiplatform strategy.

Assassins Creed Shadows fans are trying to figure out a cryptic marketing puzzle hidden by Ubisoft.

Developer Atlus has announced that the original version of Shin Megami Tensei 5 and all of its downloadable content (DLC) will be removed from sale on June 13, 2024.

We've datamined a few more backpacks in this week's alpha build for The War Within! Similar to the Haversacks discovered last week, these new backpacks also appear Delve related, featuring excavation tools and unique light sources.

Blizzard is investigating an issue related to stats being lowered on Legacy gear in the Eternal Realm after today's Season 4 patch.

Marvel announced new Disney+ release date windows for Daredevil: Born Again and Ironheart.

The Agatha Disney+ release date has been set for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe show — along with yet another name change.

Former All That cast member has accused of showing her porn, initiating phone sex, and engaging in other inappropriate behavior when she was a teenager on the series.

The Creation Catalyst appears to be receiving some new updates in The War Within, as our datamining indicates that it will now allow players to catalyze weapons in addition to pieces of armor, converting them into new weapons with predetermined stats.

Minecraft is turning fifteen years-old and to celebrate Mojang are running fifteen days of giveaways from May 15th until May 29th. Apparently each day will offer up "a new free Character Creator item representing a different year of Minecraft history."

Prison Architect 2 was delayed last month from a planned May release date until September. Now it's changing developer. Double Eleven are parting ways with publisher Paradox Interactive after nine years working on the series, and a new studio, Kokku, are taking over.

Blizzard revealed nearly all the Hero Talent Trees with the launch of the War Within Alpha and subsequent builds. Our Brewmaster Monk guide writer, Sinzhu, offers an early review of the Mastery of Harmony Hero Talents

Season 4 is live, and players have jumped back into Sanctuary to experience new itemization, updated Helltides, new affixes, and more. Some may have noticed some new loading screens already — we've datamined four new options in the rotation for the Season of Loot Reborn!

One of the changes seen in the latest build of The War Within Alpha involves Demonology Warlocks, which received another small overhaul. One of these changes is the addition of a new capstone talent that involves a choice node between two talents, Mark of F'harg and Mark of Shatug.

We've datamined new loading screens for Khaz Algar and Ara-Kara, City of Echoes in this week's alpha build of The War Within!

Video games must be three hours-long or infinite and nothing in between. The latest Steam event is designed to celebnrate the latter. The Endless Replayability Fest runs from now until May 20th, "celebrating games and demos you can play over and over again."

We've been hard at work datamining all the new changes for Diablo 4's Patch 1.4.0! Take a look at the raw data we've gathered below.Editor's Note: this datamined information comes directly from the Diablo 4 client. While some of it may differ to what was described in patch notes, this is the current information live in Patch 1.4.0. These changes are specifically from Live Version to Live Version of the game, meaning players saw many of these changes on the PTR realms already. These changes may have already entered the game due to the nature of Blizzard's release process — while the items aren't necessarily new to this specific patch release, they are new to the latest comparison of patch changes. Here are the datamined changes for build 1.4.0.53129, compared to 1.3.5.52293.

Blizzard has posted development notes on today's Warlock changes, noting that the goal of reining in the Demonic Core economy is to reduce mobility.

Blizzard has released the notes for this week's Alpha build, including many class changes and the Totemic Hero Tree.

With so many changes in Patch 1.4.0, it can be hard to keep up — so let us keep up for you! Wowhead's database is now up-to-date with the latest changes in Patch 1.4.0, from class and skill buffs, to new items, to Tempering Manual additions.

Here are the datamined spell changes for build 54675, which include the Totemic Shaman spells and extensive class tuning.

Blizzard has posted Death Knight updates in the War Within, noting that the goal is to reduce build friction.

Tejal's Shop has updated for Season 4 in Diablo 4, and players can snag some new portal skins and armor sets — take a look at these models!

With the latest The War Within Alpha build, the mount for the Glory of the Nerub-ar Raider achievement has been revealed — The Shadowed Swarmite!FlyingNerubian2 Mount (Black Body, Purple Saddle)Shadowed Swarmite Description: Source: Achievement: Glory of the Nerub-ar Raider Category: Dungeons & Raids Model id: 119490

Cataclysm Classic raid testing begins today on the Cata Beta, and Blizzard is looking for feedback! Players will be able to test the initial three raids, Throne of the Four Winds, Blackwing Descent, and The Bastion of Twilight. Battle.net Forum Feedback Thread

Blizzard has posted development notes on today's changes for the Mountain Thane hero talent tree.

We've uploaded Totemic Shaman Hero Talent Tree & all updated Talent changes to Wowhead from the War Within Alpha! Preview the new tree for Shaman as well as all the latest talent changes now. Hero Talent OverviewThe War Within Talent Calculator

We've datamined spells related to a new Fishing Tournament in the War Within — the Mereldar Fishing Derby! It's been a while since the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza from Classic. Mereldar Fishing Derby indicates that the event will take place on Saturdays and players can earn Derby Commendations and prizes. We've also datamined the The Derby Dash achievement which requires places to turn in «the quest» within a Time Limit.

Singapore-based publisher Soft Source Publishing and developers Digital Happiness and MassHive Media have announced DreadOut Remastered Collection for PlayStation 5 and Switch. It includes the original DreadOut and the new standalone game DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. It will launch both physically and digitally in 2024 in Asia.

Intel has ended the deployment of its Ponte Vecchio GPU, marking the end of the road for a chip that is considered to be a technical marvel.

players looking to make the game a little more punishing are in luck because a new mod aims to make every gunfight as realistic and challenging as possible. Through Arthur Morgan's adventures with Dutch Van Der Linde and his crew, the outlaw will become involved in plenty of shoot-outs, either with fellow criminals and bandits or the police trying to bring order to the Wild West. The game's combat is undoubtedly well executed with weapons having a weight and power behind their shots but, admittedly, it does sometimes feel like Arthur is a little impervious.

Fallout 4 fans have started desperately hoping that Bethesda doesn't release any more updates for the title, following the release of the new graphics update that appears to have broken mods yet again and left previously reported unfixed.

Animal Well is one of the hottest games around. It quickly shot to the top of Steam's top-seller chart after it was released to glowing reviews last Thursday.

is known for having a unique and charming world with as many unanswered questions as answered ones. Conspiracies are ingrained into the franchise's DNA as much as the whimsical nature of the world is, and the wild setting of means that its theories can be just as outlandish. Bethesda has been shrewd in giving its fan community many answers, letting the mystery build over time from entry to entry.

Like most roguelike games, is an extremely difficult game to complete. Every time you die, you are forced to restart from the beginning and lose all the boons and upgrades you've gained across an entire run. Thankfully, there are many strategies and tricks you can follow to grow stronger in between runs, from using Darkness to give yourself an edge or even leveling up your many weapons.

may allow Geralt to zip across the land on the back of his trusty steed Roach but for those players who want to see The White Wolf take flight, a new mod does just that. Throughout CD Projekt Red's sprawling fantasy RPG, Geralt is only ever able to use his horse to cut down on travel times and while Roach is handy in a pinch (and excellent at climbing buildings) it would often just be easier to fly from town to town. In lieu of planes, the Witcher just has to make do with something else.

An exciting new update in brings new outfits perfect for the upcoming season. There is no shortage of new content being created for fans and each month seems to hold exciting free updates that anyone can experience. With the recent updates that offer more inclusive styles and features, there is so much more players are able to do with their Sim than before. Though the updates are small, it is encouraging for players that they are being included as free content, instead of being stuck behind a paywall like other releases.

Microsoft has launched a surprise on its games ahead of the closure of the console’s store and marketplace later this year. The sale features heavy discounts on around 70 games right now, but more will be added to the list at a later date.

It’s best not to put too much stock in Gundam Breaker 4’s name. Despite its title, it’s not the fourth game in the series. That honor goes to New Gundam Breaker, which Bandai Namco prefers to overlook due to its middling reviews and overall poor reputation with the fanbase. Instead, Gundam Breaker 4 will be the fifth console release in the now decade-old series, and what Bandai Namco hopes will be a fresh start for the franchise overall.

If it’s not enough that Ubisoft accidentally revealed the release date for Assassin’s Creed Shadows ahead of the cinematic trailer premiere, Season Pass details and now even the official artwork are circulating. The latter is courtesy of Rainbow Six Siege leaker Ubisoft_Frax, seemingly confirming reports of the game’s two playable protagonists.

Amazon.com Inc.'s newly named cloud chief, Matt Garman, inherits a $100-billion-a-year business that's as profitable as it has ever been. He also faces the daunting task of retaining the cloud-computing pioneer's edge in the artificial intelligence age.

PlayStation overhauled PS Plus in 2022, splitting the service into three tiers. If you're subscribed to the highest tier, PS Plus Premium, then you currently have access to a library of trials. Tasters of mostly new games that you can play for a few hours before deciding whether to buy the full versions. Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 are among them, and now The Last Of Us 2 Remastered has joined them.

Through subsidiary Crystal Dynamics, Embracer Group has penned a new deal with Amazon MGM Studios to create new Tomb Raider media for streaming and film.

We review Medici, published by Steamforged Games. This is a reprint of Dr. Renier Knizia's classic auction game and updated with a modern look.

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut arrives on PC this week, and port developer Nixxes has laid out a few additional details about the launch. As we’ve reported, Ghost of Tsushima is the latest Sony-published title to generate controversy for requiring a PlayStation Network sign-in on PC. Granted, GoT only requires PSN on PC for the Legends multiplayer mode, you can play the single-player campaign without it, but the game has still been delisted from Steam in a long list of countries without access to PSN.

Lenovo has unveiled its LEGION Blade 7000K PC configurations, which adopt Intel's 14th & 13th Gen HX CPUs at much lower prices.

You should be willing to spend some serious cash if you want to get a powerful machine from gaming PC deals, but you should always be on the lookout for chances at huge savings. Here’s an offer that you have to consider: the Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gen 8 with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super graphics card is $590 off, so it’s down to $1,490 from $2,080. It’s still pretty expensive, but the 28% discount will give you amazing value for your purchase. You’ll need to complete the transaction as soon as possible though, as we’re not sure how much time is remaining before the bargain ends.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ laid-back gameplay has taken the world by storm and shows no sign of slowing down. There’s never been a better time to stay inside and enjoy the leisurely island lifestyle — and people are loving what the title has to offer. But once you’ve burned through your first 40 hours, New Horizons is best played in short bursts. Most people will log in for a few minutes each day, see what’s happening on the island, finish their daily tasks, and quickly log out. While mods can add more variety, sometimes you need a fresh take to really scratch that itch. None of the following suggestions are identical to New Horizons, but they all offer a unique combination of crafting, exploring, and chatting with your NPC neighbors that New Horizons fans are bound to enjoy.

Supergiant Games has shared details about Hades 2’s first patch following its Early Access release last week.

Behaviour Interactive has surprise released a Dead by Daylight roguelite spin-off.

The first Madden NFL 25 details have seemingly leaked ahead of an official reveal this week.

Blizzard has launched Diablo 4 Season 4.

In late January 2023, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Amazon was developing an interconnected Tomb Raider universe made of games, film, and TV.

Today, former XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns designer Jake Solomon announced the foundation of Midsummer Studios, a small indie company established with the help of several industry veterans who worked on games like Civilization (Will Miller) and The Sims (Grant Rodiek). This startup has already raised $6 million from investors like Transcend Fund, Tirta Ventures, Betaworks Ventures, 1Up Ventures, F4 Ventures, Krafton, and Day Zero Productions.

While the generative AI technology for NPCs (non-player characters) demonstrated at GDC 2024 by Inworld is very exciting for its potential applications in games, one of the main drawbacks is the cost associated with it. The simulation currently has to run on Inworld's servers, which comes at a price.

Star Citizen has received one of its most extensive updates yet, Alpha 3.23, featuring many additions such as NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and a custom implementation of TSR (Temporal Super Resolution).