PvP Changes Coming in Patch 10.2 - Solo Queue Rated Battlegrounds

Spoiler Warning: The following article features minor spoilers for some characters and dialogue appearing within the first five missions of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, up to and including The Damned.

EVE Online shocked attendees by pulling the veil back on its upcoming FPS made by the London dev team. EVE Vanguard is a new PvPvE extraction shooter made in UE5 that will be integrated with EVE Online from day one.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a standout title this year and continues to be enjoyed by players doing new playthroughs or jumping on the bandwagon and experiencing it for the first time. One of the best parts of the game is the companions you meet on the way, and thanks to Larian Studios, we are about to see them all in a whole new way.

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

Blizzard has responded to the use of «kick bot macros» to automate gameplay in Rated PvP content, saying they are investigating the matter and will take appropriate steps to address it as soon as possible. In conjunction with automation programs like AutoHotKey, these macros ensure that important kicks against specific spells and stuns are never missed, interrupting the cast within its first or last millisecond to avoid manual cancelling, and automatically preventing the kick or stun if a buff like Divine Protection or Anti-Magic Shell would prevent it from succeeding. As claimed by the poster, a significant amount of highly ranked players have used these techniques for years now, which have also been highlighted in several gameplay videos linked below.

Blizzard has posted upcoming PvP tuning for the September 19th weekly reset which includes buffs to Evoker, Priest, Shaman, and Warlock!

In a recent Night City Wire stream, CD Projekt RED announced that Cyberpunk 2077’s Update 2.0 will be going live on September 21, while also showcasing some of the builds that players will be able to work towards courtesy of its revamped progression mechanics. But of course, the main course at the stream was the action RPG’s upcoming expansion, Phantom Liberty, and plenty of details were revealed for it as well, courtesy of Idris Elba himself, who’s playing Solomon Reed, a key character in the expansion.

In the latest Night City Wire, CD Projekt RED debuted a new CGI trailer forCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. It takes place seven years prior to the expansion’s events, with Solomon Reed (played by Idris Elba), an NUSA agent departing Night City. Unfortunately, he faces betrayal and is left for dead at the hands of his apprentice Song So Mi, aka Songbird, for reasons unknown.

The core cast of Baldur's Gate 3 are back together, causing raucous speculation among players.

If you thought the comfy game couldn’t get any warmer, it has. With a huge serving size of more features, an entirely new temple to explore, and plenty of fixes to make the game more polished, Palia is now bigger and more entertaining of a world than ever in the 0.168 upgraded version. Quality fixes, as well as the dev team squishing a few bugs, were the emphasis on this patch, so we have plenty to share with you concerning the current state of Palia and those who call it home.

Throne and Liberty is headed for a technical test soon. In a new interview with Amazon Games’ Merv Kwae Lee, he talks about the important role of testing and feedback in shaping the game for global launch, the reaction to autoplay, and how to balance developer vision with player opinions.

We've datamined all the Evoker Tier Set appearances which were not a part of the initial Patch 10.2 reveal. Season 3 Tier Sets will be available from the Amirdrassil Raid featuring nine bosses, culminating in a showdown with the Primal Incarnate of Fire: Fyrakk the Blazing. Be sure to checkout the complete list of Season 3 Tier Set Bonuses coming in Patch 10.2. Season 3 Tier Set Bonuses