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February 14 arrives every year in a shower of roses, chocolates, and stacks of overpriced cards, but this year Palworld players have turned to the DIY approach in order to incorporate game-based puns into the yearly celebration of love. 

March 11 marks 10 years since Hearthstone was first released. So, it’s gearing up for its 10th anniversary with a lineup of exciting events and updates. The Whizbang’s Workshop expansion is also set to drop just days after the Hearthstone 10th anniversary. So, let’s dive in and see what’s in store!

A number of Ubisoft France employees are on strike today after the collapse of union negotiations with Ubisoft management, who have reportedly proposed a budget for wages "that would be lower than inflation for the second year in a row". The strikers are calling it a "badly balanced rewards system". Cheeky devils!

The web-heads at Insomniac Games must be celebrating, as Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 sales have reached over 10 million copies as of February 4, 2024. The news was provided to us by Sony, who just released its financial results for the latest fiscal quarter. 

RPGs are having an amazing year in terms of sales, with Persona 3 Reload and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth raking in the dough. Now, another reaches one million copies sold: Cygames’ Granblue Fantasy: Relink.

The Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Trilogy has nearly 300 trophies and achievements for players to earn, but strangely doesn't have any Platinums on the PS5 version of the game.

Yoshitaka Murayama, creator of the Suikoden series and scenario writer for the upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, passed away earlier this month.

Digital trading card game (TCG) Hearthstone will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on March 11, 2024, and the developers at Blizzard Entertainment have promised a year of updates and special releases to celebrate. 

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for February 14: Valentine's Day is here and it is time to celebrate love all around the world. The developers of Garena Free Fire MAX roll out themed events on big occasions like Valentine's Day to entice players. This year, they have introduced the Love Wheel, which brings special rewards along with it! It is just one of the events rolled out by the developers of the game to keep players engaged. Do note that the event is only live for a limited time so grab the chance to win rewards as soon as possible. Check out the details of the Love Wheel event in Garena Free Fire MAX below.

The cast members of Dune: Part Two do not like each other, according to people online.

The 27th D.I.C.E. Awards are nearly here and are set to celebrate the best of the best in the world of video games. The show kicks off later this week in Las Vegas and will once again be hosted by IGN's Stella Chung and Kinda Funny CEO and IGN's Greg Miller.

After a year of Epic Games Store exclusivity, Dead Island 2 will launch on Steam on April 22. And in celebration, Valve is giving away Techland's 2013 co-op horror game Dead Island: Riptide for free for a (very) limited time.

Developer Dambuster Studios has announced that Dead Island 2 will be available on Steam on April 22. To celebrate, publisher Deep Silver is having some promotions around the series.

Patch 28.6, launching today, introduces Hearthstone’s next expansion, Whizbang’s Workshop, brings Quests back to Battlegrounds, and kicks off 10-year anniversary celebrations throughout the Tavern! 

With each new Hearthstone year comes an update to the free Core Set that all players have access to. This year, Hearthstone’s 10th year, brings an exciting Core Set refresh designed to celebrate Hearthstone’s history and future with iconic old favorites and a few new friends! The new Core Set goes live when the Year of the Pegasus begins, but it’s just one of the many things we’re doing to celebrate throughout the year. This blog goes over all our Core Set updates, but you can learn more about all the other new year and anniversary festivities in our dedicated Year of the Pegasus blog. 

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Hearthstone looks ahead toward celebrating 10 Years in the Tavern and WoW Hardcore launches Self-Found Mode on February 29.

Get ready to experience another slice of history in the playable micro-documentary, Storylines: The Negro Leagues Season 2, narrated by Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick. Season 2 continues our multiyear partnership with the NLBM and our shared mission to educate, enlighten, and inspire by celebrating the rich history of the Negro Leagues. We are so grateful and excited to introduce ten new Negro League legends to MLB The Show 24. Storylines combine immersive gameplay moments, historical footage, and more as we bring these incredible true stories to life.

Microsoft has created the "world's first floating Xbox controller" in celebration of Dune: Part 2, alongside a special (and dare we say bizarre) Xbox Series S.

One unbelievably dedicated Minecraft player has showcased their fantasy kingdom 12 years in the making, and it has to be seen to be believed. 

It’s been 10 years since Twitch Plays Pokémon became a livestreaming phenomenon. On Monday, to celebrate the anniversary of playing Pokémon Red via Twitch chat, the channel’s producers kicked off a new playthrough of the original Game Boy game, with a twist. This time, Twitch Plays Pokémon is being played on official Nintendo hardware, not an emulator.

With the Lunar New Year upon us, Honkai: Star Rail is celebrating with an animated short centring on Guinaifen and Sushang from the Xianzhou Luofu. While this is, for all intents and purposes, a very short clip – it’s left us hungering for a full-length anime. Seeing the environments from the game brought to life, along with dozens of fan favourite characters, is extremely exciting.

MLB The Show 23 was half annual sports game, half historical documentary – and it looks like San Diego Studio is responding to all the positive feedback from its previous release, and doubling down in MLB The Show 24. Case in point: its extremely unique Collector’s Edition celebrates the voice of black newspapers and writers, who played an important role in documenting the story and stats of the Negro Leagues.

This week in WoW Love is in the Air, Classic Hardcore Self-Found Mode begins on February 29th, and Blizzard is celebrating Hearthstone's 10-year anniversary special matches and a free Fiery Hearthsteed mount on March 11th!

It's the Year of the Pegasus! Blizzard released a blog post detailing their year-long celebrations for 10 years of Hearthstone's launch! The blog post details much of the things happening in Hearthstone itself including playing through the entire history of the game and an album full of Hearthstone music. In addition to this, WoW is receiving a cross-promotion! An in-game event rewarding many Hearthstone-themed items will happen from March 11 to March 18, and players logging in between March 11 and May 14 will receive a free mount.

10 years after the launch of Twitch Plays Pokemon, the social-experiment-turned-online-phenomenon is celebrating its double-digit birthday by getting back to basics, revisiting the original games on original hardware and this time trying to beat them without any method to reign in the full chaos of Twitch chat.

Baldur's Gate 3's sixth patch is on the way this week, most likely dropping on Valentine's Day. We say this because Larian has already promised that Patch 6 will add "improved smooches", and what better way to celebrate romance than kissing your favourite fictional character?

Dungeons & Dragons’ big celebration of the whole of its fifth edition now has a release date, with Vecna: Eve Of Ruin coming this May.

The time draws near for the great Hearthstone clock in the sky to count down to a new year of Hearthstone, a year-long celebration of Hearthstone’s past and future: the Year of the Pegasus! 

Get ready to celebrate because Priconne JP’s 6th Anniversary Update is upon us, bringing a ton of exciting stuff to the party! From free pulls to boosted rates and even a brand new way to power up your characters, there’s something for everyone to enjoy during this special event. So, let’s dive into the details and see what awaits you in this anniversary update:

Pokémon GO is gearing up to celebrate the season of love! The Carnival of Love event is back in the game with some rare adorable mon for you. So, trainers everywhere, get ready to join in on this Valentine’s Day bash, the Pokémon GO Carnival of Love!

Valentine’s Day is almost here and seems like every game out there is catching the love bug! Watcher of Realms is also gearing up to celebrate the love season with their latest series of events, ‘ Searing Obsession.’ Keep reading to know more about the Watcher of Realms Valentine’s Day event.

The wait for Shadow of the Erdtree is getting intense. Over the past month, we've seen players beat Elden Ring bosses with bubbles, storm castles with nothing but one button and morse code, roll in real life every time they roll in-game, use a violin to string together attacks, and power through against invisible enemies. But it doesn't stop there.

Football fans and/or Swifties are wondering “?” The Kansas City Chiefs take the title home and reunited with Taylor Swift on the field. Here’s all you need to know about Kelce and Swift’s Super Bowl celebrations.

For one brief second, let’s forget both the monumental juggernaut that will be Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to wish Final Fantasy VIII its very well-deserved happy 25th birthday. You’re reading that right. Exactly 25 years ago, hundreds of thousands of Japanese players got to discover what was beyond that still amazing-looking beach (sorry, US fans, your anniversary isn’t until September).

A bunch of Fortnite collabs have seemingly been leaked, including One Piece, Final Fantasy 7, and Spider-Man. If true, we might start seeing these crossovers very soon, as it seems the Final Fantasy characters would be added to celebrate the launch of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth later this month.

It's been a year since Avalanche Software released Hogwarts Legacy, the first open world action RPG set in the Harry Potter universe. The game went on to become the biggest commercial success of 2023, having now surpassed over 24 million units sold to date, according to publisher Warner Bros. games. It has outsold the likes of Call of Duty and FIFA (now EA Sports FC), not to mention rising to the top in an incredibly packed year of great game releases.

The Sonic the Hedgehog series is turning 33 this year. Despite this, Sonic the Hedgehog, the character, has always been 15, even if we have seen him celebrate his birthday before.

Genshin Impact has a new web event for this year’s Lantern Rite celebration for Lunar New Year. If you’re someone who usually skips web events, you might want to participate in this one, lest you miss out on an exclusive in-game reward.

Wargaming and MMORPG.com have teamed up to give away 25 bonus item codes with in-game loot worth up to $50 to celebrate the MMO's 10-year anniversary.

Wargaming and MMORPG.com have teamed up to give away 25 bonus item codes with in-game loot worth up to $50 to celebrate the MMO's 10-year anniversary.

From February 6, 10 a.m.-February 20, 10 a.m. PST players in both Seasonal and Eternal Realms can bask in the resplendency and joy of the Lunar Awakening limited-time event. A mysterious phenomenon is manifesting throughout the shrines of Sanctuary, enchanting them with immense and prosperous power. Celebrators believe this to be their Ancestors, blessing them from beyond the grave to celebrate this joyous occasion!

Cloud Imperium Games announced a new Star Citizen free fly event available now until February 15. Players will have access to the following five in-game ships:

Nexus Mods, arguably the biggest repository for game mods on the Web, has crossed the impressive milestone of 10 billion downloads.

The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden is dropping a special gacha unit for its Japanese version. It’s none other than Takane Lui from Hololive JP Generation Six. Get ready to try your luck and pull her in the game starting February 8th, 2024.

Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, the single-player JRPG, is dropping the Spring Festival on February 8th, 2024. It’s exclusively for players across South East Asia. And let me tell you, there are tons of goodies to snag in this Octopath Traveler: CotC Spring Festival!

In Nexus Mods' words: «A beast of monstrous proportions is approaching.» Today, the mod distribution site — home to some of the best community made video game additions (looking at you Shrek and Thomas) — will hit 10bn downloads.

Today, the Chinese raiding guild Skyline (天涯) is officially retiring, citing financial burden and general exhaustion over seven years of competitive raiding. Widely regarded as the most accomplished group of eastern raiders, Skyline finished top 10 in every single Race to World First since the launch of Battle for Azeroth, including the #8 spot in Amirdrassil, despite stalling for nearly a thousand pulls against Tindral Sageswift.

Nexus Mods is something of an institution in the modding circles on PC. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with ModDB, Nexus is one of the most prolific and popular modding websites, bar none, and this fact is driven home as it reaches a new milestone — 10 billion file downloads in total.

Before Studio Ghibli was established, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata were already in the business of making movies. In fact, 13 years before the famous Studio Ghibli was founded, they made another movie together. The movie still has fans around the world, but for many, it has been lost to time and overshadowed by Studio Ghibli's considerably more famous movies.

Can you believe it? Ten years of tanks! The game known today as World of Tanks Modern Armor officially made its debut in the console arena on February 12, 2014.As one of the first free-to-play titles available on consoles, WoTMA (or just “World of Tanks,” as it was known then!) helped lay the foundation for experiences that PlayStation players would enjoy over the next decade. Of course, the game couldn’t have come as far as it has without the support of a thriving community… or without the efforts of a dedicated staff.In fact, several of our Wargaming staff members who were present for the game’s early days are still part of the team today. Together, they’re taking a look back at the game’s history and a sneak peek at what’s ahead during the year-long event we’re calling Celebrations.

This month, Lost Ark turns 2. To celebrate, the Team is unveiling the “2 Extreme” Update which includes Valtan Extreme and several special anniversary events.

Sprinkle some love and magic into your gaming gear because Zynga is giving us some seriously exciting Valentine’s Day events for Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells! You’ll be strolling into Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop in Hogsmeade Village, decked out in all its Valentine’s Day glory. From February 3rd to 28th, you’ll get Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells Valentine’s event. They’ve got daily tasks and chances to gather those spell gems; obviously, there are rewards.

Crusader Kings III’s 2024 plans have been unveiled by Paradox Interactive, kicking off with the announcement of Legends of the Dead. This is a new expansion pack that will be releasing on March 4th. This pack will add Court Chroniclers who will be able to produce propaganda that can strengthen the power of your bloodline. However, that very bloodline will be under threat from the spread of the Black Death, which will spread through the world.

Apex Legends is celebrating its 5th year anniversary and season 20 is bringing about a complete overhaul to the classic battle royale mode. Not only is Apex Legends getting a new performance 120fps mode for consoles, new shield system, and a new leveling system in matches, and more. Here’s what you need to know about Apex Legends Breakout.

It’s time for Classic and Modern Sonic to reunite in a remastered collection of iconic 2D and 3D Sonic levels!

Greetings, Adventurers!

As one door closes, another swings right open! Continuing the celebrations for the 2.5th anniversary, Alchemy Stars is dropping a major update on January 31. Even before the anniversary celebrations wrap up, the developers are dropping the Millennial Dragon Chen’ni Recruitment Event on the same day.

Recently Pocket Gamer Connects celebrated its tenth anniversary as part of the annual flagship event Pocket Gamer Connects London. Of course, this also meant the return of The Very Big Indie Pitch. 

February in brings two returning seasonal events as well as new bugs, fish, and seasonal items. Each month gives players more opportunities to obtain furniture and collect different critters. Continue to fill out the museum during the last few weeks of winter in the Northern Hemisphere or summer in the Southern Hemisphere. New characters will visit the island during February, bringing joy to villagers. Unfortunately, this month is rather quiet and only offers two main seasonal events.

Lego has been making Star Wars sets for 25 years, and it seems the two will be collaborating more than ever this year to celebrate that milestone. Adding to the rumors that a new Death Star set will launch this year is news that an additional two sets, both pulling from very popular areas of a galaxy far, far away, will join it. Best of all for Knights of the Old Republic fans, one of those sets will include a Darth Malak Minifigure.

AMD's Radeon RX 6750 GRE GPU has been making highlights in China as Team Red implements "strict" price control measures to ensure a balanced supply.

The European Union's digital enforcer celebrated on Friday the "change" underway in the tech world after Apple yielded to a new EU law by announcing it would allow alternative app stores on the iPhone for the first time.

Fans of Taylor Swift and politicians expressed outrage on Friday at AI-generated fake images that went viral on X and were still available on other platforms. One image of the US megastar was seen 47 million times on X, the former Twitter, before it was removed Thursday. According to US media, the post was live on the platform for around 17 hours.

In the year that Greta Gerwig and the Mattel corporation got a postmodern comedy movie about Barbie dolls nominated for Best Picture, here’s another tribute to a famous Mattel toy line that’s maybe a little less sophisticated but, in its own way, no less genuine or self-aware. Masters of the Universe: Revolution, a five-part animated special on Netflix, is an enjoyably over-the-top celebration of the kitschy 1980s action figures.

People at Epic Games must be celebrating. Thanks to a slate of new legislation in the EU, Fortnite, which has been absent from mobile app stores since 2020, is finally making its way back natively to iOS. It’s not going to be stand-alone on the App Store, but it’ll be available through an Epic Games Store app that’ll launch soon.

Hogwarts Legacy players on non-PlayStation platforms will soon gain access to Sony-exclusive content, Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software have announced.

Sky: Children of the Light is celebrating Lunar New Year 2024 with the Days of Fortune event. It kicks off on January 29 and runs through February 11. It has awesome stuff in store like drum circles, ice rink races and flying on dragons. Keep reading to know more about the Days of Fortune Sky event!

US Intelligence pursues the goal of safe AI amid China tech competition; YouTube takes down 1,000 plus AI-generated celebrity scam ads amid deepfake concerns; Indian Publishers push for copyright protection amid rising AI concerns; Shahid Kapoor talks AI's future impact while promoting sci-fi love story- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

Ever since this game was announced back in 2021, there has been quite a hype about it. And now, it’s finally going to drop soon. I am talking about GRYPHLINE’s upcoming premium 3D RPG, Ex Astris. The title’s all set to drop on February 27th for mobile devices. You can pre-register for Ex Astris now.

Tour De Pizza, the developers of Pizza Tower, are celebrating the platformer's one-year anniversary by handing out a free update. 

Nintendo Co. will launch a new game console this year with an 8-inch LCD screen, according to Omdia analyst Hiroshi Hayase. The new device from the Kyoto-based games maker will be responsible for a doubling in shipments of so-called amusement displays in 2024, Hayase said in Tokyo on Friday. His research focuses on small and medium displays and he bases annual forecasts on checks with companies in the supply chain.

Adult film actress has passed away at the age of 43, according to a recent report from Deadline. Jane was reportedly found dead by police on Thursday morning alongside her boyfriend at their residence in Oklahoma.

The Last Of Us Season 2 is set to begin filming over the next few days, and in preparation, the entire cast of the show and the show's production crew all recently met up in Canada. It seems as though to potentially celebrate the start of filming and to properly introduce the new faces playing characters such as Dina and Jesse, the crew went out to dinner, and took a lovely group picture to bookmark the occasion.

Adult film actress has passed away at the age of 44, according to a recent report from Deadline. Jane was reportedly found dead by police on Thursday morning alongside her boyfriend at their residence in Oklahoma.

Street Fighter Duel, the Idle RPG, is set to celebrate its first anniversary on February 28. Capcom and Crunchyroll teamed up to release this JRPG last year globally for mobile devices. Now, it’s gearing up for the celebrations and dishing out log-in rewards. Keep reading to know more about the Street Fighter: Duel 1st Anniversary!

Updated on January 25, 2024, by Josh Coulson: The alleged controller listing was posted by someone claiming to be a Play Asia employee. However, it's origin and how much it differs from the controller designs leaked in December mean the image might not be the real deal. It still seems likely we will be getting something to celebrate Elden Ring's second birthday a month from now.

Death Stranding: Director’s Cut is coming to Apple devices on Jan. 30, and one of the best phone controllers around is getting a limited-edition version to celebrate. The Backbone One controller has a design that’s inspired by Death Stranding, and it comes with a free App Store code for the game, which can be redeemed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to a page on Backbone’s site that no longer shows the controller, the package will cost $125 when it becomes available to buy on Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. ET.

Comedian and political commentator Jon Stewart is returning to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show as a part-time host to cover the 2024 U.S. election cycle, Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios announced Wednesday.

The science fiction and fantasy literature community is in uproar this week after the release of the voting statistics behind the 2023 Hugo Awards, which have raised accusations that the organizing committee censored the nominees in several categories.

Hey there, fellow navigators! As we dive into the brand new year 2024, it’s time to set sail on another exciting adventure with Alchemy Stars. The producers have dropped an Alchemy Stars newsletter, and guess what? There’s a boatload of exciting stuff coming our way.