Dragon’s Dogma 2 Will Be a ‘Fantasy World Simulation Game’ with More Emphasis on Physics

Reviews went live recently for Hexworks’ Lords of the Fallen, praising the game’s art style, combat, and use of dual worlds for exploration. However, there have been complaints about performance and other technical issues on PS5 and PC.

The end of the first weekend for the multiplayer beta of Sledgehammer Games’ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has come to a close. Weekend Two starts this Thursday, October 12th (for those who pre-ordered) and features Highrise, new mode Cutthroat, and much more.

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After years of negotiations with various regulatory bodies around the world, it appears that Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is nearing completion. This, of course, will bring some big changes to the gaming landscape, as Activision Blizzard has several major franchises under its belt, including Call of Duty and Diablo.

Japan's top business leader predicts AI will surpass human intelligence in 10 years; Meta initiates widespread release of generative AI tools for advertisers; Tiny AI camera safeguards tigers and communities in the wild; Porsche-backed Sensigo harnesses AI for enhanced vehicle repair efficiency- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

The first major expansion for MMORPG New World, titled Rise of the Angry Earth, is out now on PC. As a result, the game has seen quite a surge in sales on Steam. Thanks to the expansion, New World has also become the second-best selling game on Steam’s global top-selling chart at the time of publishing, following the recently-released Counter-Strike 2. The expansion sits at number 8.

New World launched its first paid expansion, Rise of the Angry Earth, yesterday, and the excitement new content — especially mounts — has brought to Amazon's MMO has seen a return in queues and a rise in player count.

First impressions can be everything, especially with video games. A botched launch can spell doom for even the most highly anticipated titles. But sometimes, against all odds, games with a terrible launch manage to rise from the ashes of a disastrous debut. On some very rare occasions, the developer teams behind certain games decide not just to sit and watch everything collapse before their eyes.

Last Friday, Final Fantasy 7 mobile spin-off Ever Crisis added a chapter all about young Sephiroth, which fans believe might tie into part two of the remake trilogy, Rebirth.

With most video games, a New Game Plus simply lets players spend more time with a game they enjoy, though it lacks story-based rationalization, but structured its entire main plot around making New Game Plus a part of its story. Most titles take the route of with a New Game Plus, where it might offer players a special weapon or ability, or a harder difficulty mode appropriate to higher level characters. Other titles have used the feature to provide alternate endings and additional story content, but few games have made it the centerpiece of the plot like .

With the one-two punch of Update 2.0 and Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077 has received some major updates in recent days, and though CD Projekt RED has stressed a few times that they were the final big updates for the game, the developer does still have some smaller patches it wants to push out to iron out some of the action RPG’s remaining issues.

Director Hideaki Itsuno mentions Rockstar's title as one source of inspiration for the action-RPG sequel.