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With a demo currently pulling in almost double the players of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo, Stellar Blade is turning heads, and not just for the reason you’d think. While many on social media are pointing at the heroine’s assets for the game’s popularity, its gameplay has been seeing ample praise, predicting great things for release day on April 26.

Grand Theft Auto V has continued to bring in players regularly, allowing the game to live on for a long time. That might have played a big role in why it took so long before the staff started getting ready for its successor installment’s launch. But while the dough kept coming in for the online component of Grand Theft Auto V, it presented the idea of rolling out a subscription service with GTA+.

The Keycard Easter Egg makes its return to Rebirth Island in Warzone’s Season 3 Update. This small quest was first introduced back during Call of Duty: Vanguard’s rendition of the beloved Resurgence map and tasks players with finding 3 keycards, each of which can open a Vault found near the southwest coast of the island. While it remains mostly the same as its previous iteration, there are a few changes that both returning and new players will want to know about so that can get all of this high-tier loot which includes Cash, Perk Packages, Advanced UAVs, and Loadout Drops.

According to a new chat with Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase, the third and final game in the new trilogy is aiming for a 2027 release date. This would keep a slightly quicker pace than the previous two titles in the series, with Final Fantasy VII Remake released in April 2020 and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth released on February 29, 2024.

Evil Empire has made a call for alpha testers for The Rogue Prince of Persia.

Last night, the BAFTA Games Awards 2024 took place in London, bringing together the stars of the gaming world for a night of fancy dress and celebration. Despite being released eight months ago, Baldur’s Gate 3 continued to steal the show, bringing home five total awards including Best Game and the EE Players Choice Award.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 may be announced as soon as next week.

Former Blizzard head Mike Ybarra has an interesting idea regarding video game prices.

Discord has shut down the servers for two major Nintendo Switch emulators.

New rumors have emerged about AEW Fight Forever’s development, that do not reflect well on everyone’s favorite wrestling company at the moment.

Nintendo has announced the three latest additions to Nintendo Switch Online, and their former CEO has a personal recommendation.

The Disney-themed racing game Disney Speedstorm has officially changed their way of doing their battle pass. Gameloft has decided to make a change to their charging process for battle pass items according to GameRant. Many players aren’t very pleased with the developer’s decision either.

It has been released that EA has reportedly shut down its Apex Legends UK QA team, this is now affecting about 50 other workers, which is quite sad to see. The gaming industry has been struggling this year when it comes to layoffs and job losses.

Pac-Man is getting a brand new game that many people might not have saw coming, one that will allow players to take part in multiplayer. This brand new trailer showcases a new Pac-Man that will allow players to join a battle royale style of the classic game. Players will be able to dive into this new game in just a few weeks as the release date is in May.

Season Zero of Fortnite Rocket Racing has come to a close and you can now hit the road during the Neon Rush. The new content drop is set in a neon metropolitan city and creator made tracks are now fully available to race on. To start the update on the right track, there are Neon Rush Kickoff quests to complete and earn Fortnite Rocket Racing cosmetic rewards along the way.

Fortnite Rocket Racing has moved on from Season Zero to a Neon Rush theme. There are five new maps to master which feature in the Ranked Play rotation. With ranks being reset, there are a fresh batch of Ranked Play rewards to earn while you race through Fortnite Rocket Racing’s neon metropolitan.

Progressing through the Antes in Balatro requires you to upgrade your deck. This can be through the addition, alteration of cards, or the powering up of specific hands. One of the best ways is to purchase Jokers – powerful cards that can bestow a wide range of modifiers. 

Getting through a run of Balatro is no easy feat. The game rapidly scales in difficulty, and if you aren’t prepared, prepare to be mocked. If you want to emerge victorious, you will need to muster every advantage, whether that be via Jokers, Planets, Tarots, or Spectrals. It also helps if you have an understanding of modifiers. 

Balatro is chock-full of things to unlock and secrets to uncover. One such secret is the mysterious – and seemingly useless – Blank Voucher. This Voucher will appear in the Shop almost every run and it does nothing. Well, it does nothing at first. What initially appears to be a useless money sink hides one of the most powerful effects in the game.

Palworld has officially gotten its next update for Xbox. Many players keep having different complaints with the game on console as it either has glitches or causing other issues where players are deeming it as almost unplayable. Just a few days ago, there was a issue where Xbox players were recommended to not log onto multiplayer due to it losing players save progress.

Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, an enhanced version of the 2021 game Shin Megami Tensei 5, is set to be released on June 14. Originally a Nintendo Switch exclusive, Vengeance will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Today, a new trailer titled ‘The Sacrifice’ showing some new story elements, locations, and demons hit the web.

From April 23 until May 13, the limited-time Mirrorwatch event in Overwatch 2 will reimagine its beloved heroes as villains, and vice versa. The game’s tenth season begins on April 16 and will introduce the new hero Venture to the roster.

The Fallout series has just premiered on Amazon Prime Video, likely spurring many to replay some of their favorite games in the franchise. The perfect time to return to Fallout 4 is just around the corner, as the highly-anticipated current-gen upgrade will be released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on April 25.

There are a total of five endings to unlock in Alone In The Dark (2024) and we’re going to show you how to get them all. There are five unlockable endings split between two alternate characters, and to see them all, you’ll need to play through both scenarios. The stories of Edward Carnby and Emily are pretty much the same, except for the alternate levels and areas of the mansion you’ll explore in Chapter 4. The three secret endings are especially easy to miss, as you’ll need to find collectibles and complete bonus objectives that the game really does not explain. We’ll go into detail and reveal all. Here’s your shining light to unlock the endings of Alone In The Dark.

The new free titles on the Epic Games Store have been announced. The Big Con and Town of Salem 2 will replace Ghostrunner and will be available to download from April 18 to April 25.

The Sims 4 is known for receiving many different types of DLC and updates, some of them are content packs which just come with a few items. The latest content pack is about to release in just a couple days, bringing new items for Sims fans to enjoy and use for their stories and play throughs. However, there will be two new content packs, bringing new items to the game.

Thanks to the roll out of weekly challenges, the battlefields of MW3 and Warzone have a fresh feel to them with the launch of new aftermarket parts. The latest option goes by the name of the JAK Jawbreaker and here is how to unlock it in MW3 and Warzone.

With the Fallout series currently taking the world by storm, many Bethesda fans are wondering if the Amazon Prime Video exclusive could open the door for other adaptations. At the premiere of the new show in Los Angeles, IGN took the time to chat with Todd Howard about the likelihood of this happening, and things aren’t looking good. Sorry, Elder Scrolls fans.

When the first Five Nights at Freddy’s live-action film began filming in 2022, fans of the jumpscare-heavy horror series were thrilled. Excited to see how their favorite animatronics would appear on the silver screen, people arrived at theaters in droves late last year, making the film an easy success. Today, it was announced that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is getting a sequel in the fall of 2025.

With 4/20 around the corner, it’s the perfect excuse for Activision to continue their strange obsession with adding with adding weed-themed cosmetics to Call of Duty titles. With the Blaze Up event, there are plenty of rewards to earn in MW3 and battle royale modes.

Ascendant Studios, who made last year’s Immortals of Aveum, seem to be in a dire state.

It is now rumored that Bungie is actually working on Destiny 3.

Activision has enacted a new ban of 58,000 accounts for Call of Duty.

Respawn Entertainment is giving away Apex Legends packs to its players.

GameInformer has shared an interesting preview for Star Wars Outlaws, revealing just how much of a sly fox Kay Vess is going to be.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is planning to release in 2025, after its first trailer was released back in December 2023. Recently, an image was leaked online as part of the 25th anniversary logo, and it featured many different references to older Rockstar games, but now it has players asking some questions.

Today, Microsoft is apparently previewing a brand-new interface for the Xbox Cloud Gaming, this is supposed to include many different things such as social features and UI according to The Verge. Players will be able to access this brand new interface from the web too, having its own version of Xbox chat party to talk with your friends straight from your browser.

Palworld has been keeping the updates and teasing coming as they now have been teasing yet another big feature coming to the game later this year. Recently, they just added raids to the game, while players are having a good time defeating the raids, they aren’t able to keep the Pal that they defeat sadly enough.

EA is known for having published the Sims and other popular games, having a memebership that allows players to get games for free and then discounts on others. Something that Sims 4 players might have EA for is the discounts on the Sims 4 DLC. However, there is some news about the EA membership.

The Nintendo Wii U and 3DS stores have recently closed just earlier this week. It was a sad day for many as these consoles were the beginning of an amazing era of video gaming and now it is time to let it go and we begin a new. With the Nintendo Switch, it is one of the biggest and most popular consoles from Nintendo, which has led the company to so many cool things, it is still sad to watch older consoles die.

The roguelike deck-builder to end all roguelike deck-builders is finally getting a sequel. Slay the Spire 2 is gearing up to release in early access in 2025.

Last year, the Motive Studios remake of the 2008 game Dead Space saw rave reviews for its improvements to the original, smooth sound design, and otherworldly graphics. Despite this, sales were slow, and this has led EA and Motive to shelve work on Dead Space 2.

Ahead of its release this summer, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble is bringing plenty of fast-paced hype with a new trailer highlighting the title’s new Adventure Mode. Featuring 200 stages across numerous different worlds, players can look forward to both local and online four-player co-op.

Sony has announced the April 2024 game lineup for Extra and Premium Playstation Plus subscribers, along with a few new Classics Catalog titles for Premium members. All titles will be available to play on April 16.

Palworld just recently received its new update adding raid battles to its world, allowing players to catch some interesting and even rarer looking pals through the technique. This reminded a lot of people of Pokemon, where players have to battle a certain Pokemon in a raid and sometimes they are rather hard to get.

Yesterday, EA announced that Season 7 of Battlefield 2042 would be the game’s last. After poor reception upon its release in 2021 and countless efforts to revitalize the fanbase, DICE is likely eager to move on to the series’ next installment for a much-needed fresh start. However, while the end is near, plenty of content will be added to the title in periodic updates over the next few months.

Just a year and a half after the release of God of War Ragnarok, fans are already excited for the next game in the revamped franchise. A new job listing from Santa Monica Studios, spotted by the Portuguese website Geekinout, has many speculating that development on a third title is already underway.

Microsoft is rumored to make a huge announcement about its back catalog after its acquisition of Activision Blizzard King.

Bungie has released the first trailer for Destiny 2: The Final Shape.

Blizzard and NetEase have formally announced they have renewed their partnership to bring Blizzard games back to China.

EA Motive has joined the team working on the future slate of Battlefield games.

We have new insider word on the status of The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Blizzard and NetEase’s new deal was not just for Blizzard games to come to China. As it turns out, it could go the other way too.

Sonic the Hedgehog has had a really exciting year as not only has the blue little hedgehog had a collaboration with the angry birds, but there is also a big Shadow event that will be involving many exciting things players and fans can take part in.

Palworld has recently received their v0.2.0.6 update which launched on Steam earlier this week which is when the first raid boss was added for the game, this update has now launched for Xbox as well. However, there has been a major issue with it as well that players are warning about.

Call of Duty Modern Warefare III and Warzone have gotten another new update just a few days after the launch of season 3, bringing many new features and fixes. This patch brings new weapon increases and some changes to multiplayer…as well as vehicles have now been added to the Rebirth Island map as well which weren’t there before.

The Iron Man video game that has been in developement since 2022, which is when it was first announced. This game is something that many are looking forward to since there really hasn’t been a standalone Iron Man game since the older PS2 and PS3 games feature a lot of the same storyline as the original movies.

Star Wars fans were treated to some exciting news today. If you have been waiting for an update on Massive Entertainment’s upcoming Star Wars Outlaws title, you might have been eager to see the story trailer, which debuted earlier today. We learned ahead of time that the folks over at Ubisoft would drop the trailer, giving us another brief, updated look at the game.

Yesterday was a sad day for 3DS and Wii U players as the online services went down for both of them. This is something that sadly happens with each console as they get older and age, especially with Nintendo – it just seems to always happen way too soon. With the Nintendo Switch already almost a decade old, we knew we’d watch the other consoles fall before a new one could go live, hopefully in 2025.

In 2022, Loric Games was founded by Brian Johnson, Ray Soto, and Rob Denton–all former pros at Mythic Entertainment. The team formerly worked on hit titles like Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, and fans have been waiting to see what could be coming from the fledgling company. We now have our answer: Echoes of Elysium.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is one of the strangest games of 2024 — this open-world RPG is packed with weird features that make it extremely hostile to players, throwing you straight into a dangerous fantasy land and barely explaining some of its core features. There are so many strange details in this game and we want to talk about them all. Here’s everything crazy we’ve discovered so far that you didn’t know you could do — and we didn’t know either until we played the game way too much.

Developer Dimps and publisher Bandai Namco have announced that Android 18 (DB Super) and Videl (DB Super) will be included in the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Future Saga Chapter 1 DLC. The release date for Chapter 1 has yet to be announced.

Dredge, the 2023 indie Lovecraftian fishing title from Black Salt Games that took the gaming world by storm, is set to become the next live-action Hollywood adaptation. The New Zealand-based game company is teaming up with production company Story Kitchen to bring the creepy game to life.

Star Wars fans rejoice because a brand new story trailer just dropped for the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws game. The title is being developed under Massive Entertainment, and we knew the team was pushing for a launch in 2024. However, we haven’t received an official release date since this game was unveiled to the public.

Season 7 of Battlefield 2042, titled Turning Point, will be its last, as reported by EA today in a new blog post. In preparation for production on the next entry to the Battlefield franchise, the dev team will be prioritizing the future—though Battlefield 2042 will still be getting some updates and events going forward.

Mortal Kombat 1 players with the Kombat Pack will be able to snag Ermac as the newest DLC character on April 16, while the powerful persona will be made available to everyone else on April 23.

Star Wars Outlaws promise fans that it would be receiving a trailer this week showing off gameplay and more of the game, including its release date – but it seems the release date just might have been leaked online. Leaks happen more than gaming developers probably want to admit, so it isn’t surpising it has happened here.

Prior to its premiere on Amazon Prime Video later this week, the Fallout TV series has already been renewed for a second season. While the first season was filmed in New York and Utah, the next season is slated to be filmed in California after the California Film Commission offered a whopping $25 million in tax incentives.

NetEase is reportedly about to bring Blizzard’s games back to China.

Xbox President Sarah Bond has made a bold statement about their hardware after Xbox Series X|S – and Microsoft is standing by it.

Saber CEO Matthew Karch has entered a no-holds barred interview with IGN about his company’s experience with Embracer Group. But what he has to say is probably going to surprise you.

We have an interesting new rumor about Persona 6, which is more loaded than it looks at first glance.

Saber Interactive has confirmed they are still working on the next Painkiller game, but with one big change.

Activision continues to demonstrate how serious they are about dealing with Call of Duty cheaters.

Both Baldurs Gate 3 and Palworld both have had a lot of success since their release, BG3 even had earned Game of the Year for 2023. Palworld is a indie developed game that allows players to catch Pals, which are almost like catching Pokemon. The game became a big hit after it released just a month ago.

Call of Duty is known for their different Zombie modes, having had these in many different Call of Duty Modern Warfares and also also COD Black Ops. However, today’s news brings us something that is very depressing as we were so close to having a COD Zombies in a free-to-play live service type game.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 has some aggravating quests, but none of them are as stressful as ‘Spellbound‘ and ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal‘ — two quests that make you track down books that are some of the rarest items in the game. These books look like any other spell tome at first glance, but they’re far more valuable and most only have a single copy. You’ll have to search every corner of the map to get six of these Grimoires, much less all ten. If you’re struggling to find the last Grimoires available, or if you just need a few more and want help, we’ve got locations for all of them.

Portcrystals are the most valuable items in Dragon’s Dogma 2. These portable blue crystals can be placed anywhere on the map and they’re the only method for fast-traveling in the game. By placing a Portcrystal, or using one of the two rare permanent Portcrystal locations, you can instantly portal by spending a Ferrystone. Ferrystones aren’t cheap, but they’re worth it when travel can take so, so long. If you’re looking to grab the maximum amount of Portcrystals you can place anywhere on the map — but seriously, you’ll really need to place one in Bakbattahl and on the Volcanic Island — then here are six ways to get yourself extra Portcrystals.

Five years after it was announced, The Wolf Among Us 2 is reportedly still in active production. In an interview with IGN, Telltale confirms that work is underway on the long-awaited sequel to the 2013 episodic neo-noir mystery-drama game—although a 2024 release window may be unlikely.

Everyone and their mama know that the video game industry has been struggling to what seems no end, as not only have there been many issues with AI trying to develop video games for certain companies, which then only takes away jobs from others, but the times are getting tough which leads to places mot having as much money as they normally would.