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The Thargoids have been "quite the thorn" in the side of the Elite Dangerous community for a long time. So says lead game designer Luke Betterton, who spoke to GamesRadar+ amid the latest development in a conflict that's been raging for 18 months. Now, developer Frontier is giving players everything they need to turn the Thargoid threat back into space - except the instructions on exactly how to use their new tools.

Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida has looked to the next 10 years of the MMO, teasing what plenty of the community wants to see.

The answer to one of the most hotly-debated lines in Baldur's Gate 3 might have been found lurking in a decades-old D&D source book.

The Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ending is pretty action-packed, meaning you might leave the theater with more questions than answers about what goes down between the battling kaiju. 

Guild Wars 3 has quietly been confirmed.

Independent studio Yellow Brick Games has parted way with Private Division and has moved to self-publishing its debut title.

An inventive fishing boat design constructed by a The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has brought some industrial flair to Hyrule's fishing scene. The contraption won praise from fellowTears of the Kingdom players for its efficiency in gathering much-needed fish for cooking and crafting.

Greetings Citizens of Azeroth,

The latest season of Pokémon Go – known as World of Wonders – is bursting with new incentives to jump back into the worldwide catch 'em all.

Plenty of big, AAA releases have problems at launch. Overwatch 2, Payday 3, and Redfall all launched to criticism from both reviewers and fans. It's far rarer to see a AAA game's community genuinely divided over whether or not a game is fantastic and groundbreaking, or an utter disaster at launch. But weirdly, that's what's happening with Dragon's Dogma 2.

Holly Longdale has released a statement noting that there is a new experiment soon which seems to be PvE focused!

Helldivers 2's developer has had to warn players off snowball fights, after the game has begun crashing following the friendly fights. 

A popular Helldivers 2 community has attracted the ire of its fellow democracy enthusiasts for promoting a boosting service, prompting the Discord server owner to say that, to their knowledge, "no one used the code" anyway and that's in line with what they expected. 

Twitch has once again updated its community guidelines to prohibit sexualised content, this time preventing streamers using their bodies as a green screen.

Here’s an odd one: the developer of Helldivers 2 has warned players against having snowball fights because they’re causing the game to crash.

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for March 28: Attention Free Fire enthusiasts! March 28, 2024, brings you another opportunity to grab some exciting in-game rewards without spending a dime. Garena, the creative minds behind Free Fire, are once again offering special redeem codes, allowing players to enhance their gaming experience with exclusive items.

A talented Pokemon fan has devised a few fictitious ads for Kool-Aid starring popular monsters from the Pokemon franchise. The fan came up with four flavors of Pokemon-inspired Kool-Aid based on creatures such as Tentacruel, Pikachu, Blastoise, and Chansey.

The Wowhead team is hiring Guide Writers for our WoW Classic site. This is a paid opportunity, with reimbursement for any new content you create, as well as updates to existing pages.

A Pokemon fan has recently designed a new Water-type version of Sudowoodo. Pokemon fan art is cherished by many people in the game’s community, and giving new types to classic Pokemon is among the most popular forms for creating exciting new designs with clever twists.

The Chandra X-ray spacecraft, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, faces an uncertain future as NASA's budget proposal for FY25 threatens its mission. In a letter to the Chandra community, Patrick Slane, the director of the Chandra X-ray Center, outlined the grim prospects posed by the proposed budget cuts. The potential loss of Chandra, a pioneer in X-ray astronomy since its launch in 1999, would deal a devastating blow to scientists who rely on its capabilities to study black holes and other cosmic phenomena.

A Helldivers 2 player by the in-game name of OkamiCheems sadly passed away earlier this month, as their friend Fine-Clothes-1209 recently informed the game's Reddit community, and has been sent off by tens of thousands of like-minded democracy enthusiasts in a bittersweet display of community support. 

In order to get your Sparks of Awakening in Season 4, players will need to complete a weekly open world quest which seems to rotate from week to week!

A fan artist from the Pokemon community has shared two awesome new custom mega designs featuring Mega Gliscor and Mega Klefki, two potential Mega Pokemon that some fans would love to see appear in the upcoming Pokemon Legends: Z-A. The reveal of this new Pokemon Legends game has sparked a great deal of curiosity and excitement in the Pokemon community, with the confirmed return of mega Pokemon leading many artistic fans to imagine what potential new megas might look like.

The YouTube channel EXPLORE WITH US recently released a documentary titled Parents Discover Teen Son’s Horrifying Secret, which delved into the gruesome crimes of a 21-year-old man named Brian Cohee.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is simply enormous, and players are still discovering wild secrets days after launch, such as a terrifying Pawn plague that makes your minions murderous. But on the slightly goofier side, the community has recently figured out how to use the numerous catapults scattered around the world, and some of them are useful for revealing secret areas.

We happy to push 5.0.13 to which features a variety of Map Pool Updates and Balance. We would like to thank our partners at ESL, Balance Community Council and Community Mapmakers for all your contributions that went into 5.0.13.

The director of Baldur's Gate 3 has shared his stance on AI and said although it has its place, he doesn't think it'll ever replace the creative side of development.  

A day before Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update release date, developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone posted a line from the update’s patch notes on X (formerly Twitter): “You can now drink mayonnaise.” The Stardew Valley community was shook. It’s just… why? Once the update launched on March 19, the answer became clear: It’s actually a pretty good early game item thanks to Stardew Valley’s new Meadowlands Farm, which lets you start your farm with two chickens.

Helldivers 2 players have been issued a brand new Major Order, and it seems it's taking direct aim at all of the dedicated bug-squashing fans who aren't so enthusiastic about spilling oil from the deadly Automatons. 

Diablo 4 hits Game Pass this week as the first Blizzard game on Microsoft’s subscription service since the $69 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard. However, there are a few hoops you need to jump through if you want to get stuck in on PC.

Dune has had its fair share of adaptation attempts. Denis Villeneuve and David Lynch brought Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel to the big screen in 2021 and 1984, respectively, while Ridley Scott and Alejandro Jodorowsky also made their own efforts that never came to fruition. 

The next Pirates of the Caribbean movie will be a reboot, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed. 

Game Help, which provides developer-created tips and videos to help you progress without leaving the game, has been a staple of players' PlayStation 5 experience since it launched in 2020. Now, Sony has announced Community Game Help, an expansion of the feature allowing you to view hint videos of other users' gameplay across select titles.

A creative Pokemon fan shared their artwork of a Mega Evolution for Oricorio, highlighting and reinforcing its attributes as a dancing master. Mega Evolutions were introduced in the sixth generation Pokemon games, and many fans have been creating their own Mega Evolutions and sharing them with the community ever since.

Welcome to the second episode of our brand-new video series, Meet the Makers, bringing you face to face with some of the interesting people doing interesting work across our various teams.

Back in 2020, the PS5 launched with a number of notable improvements over its predecessor both in terms of its hardware capabilities and the software features it offered right out the gate- but not all of them were big hits. Game Help, a feature that allows players to view clips of gameplay from game developers to help get past in-game roadblocks, hasn’t exactly taken off since the PS5 launched, though Sony is set to introduce some improvements to it soon.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is going down incredibly well with critics and fans alike (aside from on PC where it sits at "Mostly Negative" due to performance issues and MTX). But fans have one big grievance that the community has been complaining about since the first game launched in 2012.

When the PlayStation 5 console launched in 2020, we introduced Game Help to enable players to easily access hints, tips, or walkthrough videos without leaving the game to help them progress through a level, obtain a trophy, or find a coveted hidden item.

One of the earliest entries in Nintendo's beloved turn-based strategy series, Advance Wars, has finally gotten the English translation it's deserved for 33 years.

Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead is looking into adding Gatling guns, which could very well be one of the most powerful weapons in the great, collective arsenal of democracy's last defenders.

Blizzard has stated that PTR Patch Notes for Diablo 4 will likely be revealed this Thursday, March 28 — but these patch notes will not include the full list of Season 4 changes. Global Community Development Director Adam Fletcher responded to a recent Reddit thread regarding when PTR patch notes would be released, stating that Blizzard is aiming to release them this Thursday: Patch Notes Thread on Reddit

Today, March 25, marks the tenth anniversary of Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls's launch, the game's first and only expansion. Join us for a quick journey back to one of the most pivotal points in the Diablo franchise! Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls Blizzcon Summary Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls GuideDiablo 3: Reaper of Souls Release Cinematic Because of Diablo 4's current state, Reaper of Souls has been a hot topic in the community over the last few months. Back in 2013, Diablo 3 was in a similar spot in terms of community sentiment: The base game was very hard but didn't feature any real endgame content, the itemization didn't reach as deep as fans of the Diablo franchise were used to, and the Real Money Auction House was… well, the Real Money Auction House. That is why Blizzard tried everything in their power to turn around their ARPG ship with Diablo 3's first expansion — and they did it. Here are some of the key expansion features from back in the day:

It's easy to roll your eyes and say that MMORPGs are dead if you, ya know, don't play MMORPGs. But 20-year-old World of Warcraft still seems to have plenty of spring in its step, according to Warcraft general manager John Hight. Its latest expansion, Dragonflight, has more subscribers now than it did at launch, and one intrepid content creator thinks they may have extrapolated roughly how many: over 7 million.

There are few individuals as mysterious as Helldivers 2's galactic game master Joel – the man pulling all the strings of the war, constantly working to evolve the third-person shooter's evolving narrative, as well as issuing Major Orders to us all. 

The Dragon's Dogma 2 community has been left shaken by the existence of Dragonsplague – a deadly illness introduced in the sequel that can result in entire towns being killed. Left unchecked, the contagious disease –  which can be spread game-to-game by hiring infected Pawns – has the potential to result in numerous NPCs, including important quest-givers, being wiped out overnight. 

Larian's writing director is "so excited" for the studio's next game after Baldur's Gate 3.

David Gaider, the creator of Dragon Age's setting, has spoken out against the current state of the games industry, and the "fear" developers have of needing to crunch to make enormous games as if it's the only way forward. He believes that "it doesn't have to be that way," but that if it did, "maybe the industry deserves to die."

As fans wait patiently for some kind of update regarding the long-rumored remake, director Naoki Yoshida may have just let the cat out of the bag. Widely revered as one of the best entries in the sprawling series, the success of the Remake Trilogy spurred hopes that Square Enix would treat the cult classic to a similar makeover. While nothing's been confirmed just yet, recent comments from one of the franchise's most prominent leaders suggest the community may soon receive some exciting news.

A fresh wave of anticipation has hit the gaming community with the emergence of what appears to be a leak for the GTA 6 trailer 2. Shared by a Reddit user under the handle u/Working-Ad-7139, the leak has sparked considerable buzz, although its authenticity remains in question as it lacks official confirmation.

Hollow Knight: Silksong has continued its long road to release in silence as the Metroidvania sequel has been largely absent from the spotlight after its last trailer almost two years ago. But our annual Silksong update is here to reassure us that, yes, the game is still cooking.

Over the past few years, there have been a few examples of video games with disastrous launches managing to make a comeback after putting in a lot of work and listening to the feedback of the gaming community. Games like and are examples of this, where, after a disappointing release, the developers did not give up and were able to turn things around and craft incredible experiences. Now, these games are known not only for their success story but are incredibly popular and fun forms of entertainment.

Rockstar Games has rolled out an exclusive opportunity for select GTA Online players to earn hefty sums of in-game cash simply by offering their feedback. While not every player may have received this invitation, those who have stood to benefit significantly from the virtual rewards awaiting them.

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for March 24: Garena Free Fire consistently injectS new content to liven up the action to keep players fully engaged. Whether it's exciting in-game events or fresh challenges, the stream of updates keeps the community buzzing with anticipation. However, for avid Free Fire players, survival hinges on having ample supplies and essential weaponry.

Super Mario Maker players have finally done it - they've beaten every single legitimate level uploaded to the original game before the servers shut down. The catch is that they already achieved victory last week, and they're only now able to celebrate the accomplishment after the creator of the last level standing came forward to reveal that it was a fake.

Relic Castle, a vibrant hub for Pokemon fan game enthusiasts, has vanished from the internet without any prior notice. The closure stems from a DMCA takedown, leaving the community stunned and disheartened. Established in 2014, Relic Castle served as an online forum where fans congregated to discuss and share Pokemon fan games. It acted as a central nexus for enthusiasts to exchange links to download these games from external platforms like Mediafire and Google Drive. However, the forum's sudden disappearance has left a void in the community.

Blizzard has posted Blues News for this week which includes many Plunderstorm updates!

Onmyoji ignited controversy this week by accusing MOBA Honor of Kings of copying character designs. So far in the Onmyoji and Honor of Kings Clash, the accusations centre on two characters: Onmyoji’s Susanoo and SP Susabi, versus Honor of Kings’ Da Siming and Oshimikami. Onmyoji claims that these designs bear too close a resemblance to be coincidental.

Popular Pokemon fan website Relic Castle, which has been running since 2014, has been taken offline after those in charge of it allegedly received a DMCA takedown notice. The website previously functioned as a forum for Pokemon fans to talk, as well as a place to share fan-made Pokemon games.

Capcom has provided a Dragon's Dogma 2 release launch update following community backlash over the game's paid DLC, subpar performance, and more.

It's been a turbulent few days in the Helldivers 2 community. Arrowhead Game Studios (and the Ministry of Truth) has finally admitted that flying bugs are real, and the airborne critters are currently running wild in the game. We were also given a seriously tough Major Order from galactic game master Joel, which tasked us with liberating five planets in just three days.

A Pokemon themed website has been shut down due to the fact that it featured hundreds of fan-made Pokemon games. Relic Castle, a website that has been up since 2014. This site was a forum that was solely for the Pokemon community talking about, playing, and providing different fan-made games.

The Nintendo Switch emulator Suyu, which was released earlier this month as a replacement for the struck-down Yuzu, has been removed from GitLab due to an alleged DMCA takedown. However, it's still not clear who issued this notice.

Star Wars fans are busy speculating about the first trailer for The Acolyte – and they have a theory about one character in particular. 

Larian Studios isn't planning on making full-fat Baldur's Gate 3 DLC or a sequel, but that doesn't mean the hit D&D RPG is getting totally abandoned.

Every blockbuster now comes with the expectation of post-credits or after-credits scenes that either serve as sequel teases or joke-filled stingers.

The Diablo community spotted a new Legendary Aspect for Necromancers in the Campfire Chat footage for Season 4. The Aphotic Aspect seems especially useful for a minion-centric Necromancer build. Season 4 Campfire Chat Livestream Summary Season 4 Codex of Power Changes

When Capcom told IGN that performance issues with the PC version of Dragon's Dogma 2 were likely due to how much CPU the game's more than 1000 unique NPCs demand, NPCs which can be killed off permanently, they probably should have anticipated what was always going to happen next. The community, wasting no time, has already begun to cobble together a kill list.

A Pokémon website which hosted links to fan-made Pokémon games has been taken offline.

Helldivers 2 players, defenders of democracy, we have word from above that lightning guns are causing the game to freeze up... which is exactly what a Terminid in disguise would say if it were trying to, oh, I don't know, thwart our plans to rid planets of their treachery using lightning. We. Must. Resist.

Larian Studios head Swen Vincke has revealed that Baldur's Gate 3 was originally going to have a much-needed "big moment" for Wyll that took place at a war college.

This week, Capcom told IGN that performance issues with the PC version of Dragon’s Dogma 2 may be linked to the heavy amount of CPU demanded from NPCs in the game. Now, in response, fans are plotting an NPC murder spree in a bid to boost the game’s frame-rate.

Hi everyone, we’re thrilled for our PC community to join Aloy on her journey as she braves the Forbidden West – a majestic but dangerous frontier that conceals mysterious new threats. That’s right, Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition launches on PC today.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is out now, and you can already start claiming some rewards!

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has been calling all sightings of flying bugs "propaganda" spread by anti-democracy malcontents, but one footsoldier spotted a flying Charger while on a mission to seal Terminid holes.

Diablo 4's big upcoming loot overhaul is going with a "quality over quantity" approach so that you can get new builds off the ground quicker. 

Helldivers 2 fans tired of toxic hosts kicking players out of missions are taking justice into their own hands.

The Clash of Clans Rubble Rumble community event is back. Yep, right after the end of the Super Dragon Spotlight, here comes the Rubble Rumble. The event drops today (March 21st) and it’s all about crushing ‘em damn town halls!

Diablo 4 season 4 has been delayed a whole month to May 14, giving players a few more weeks to experience everything in season 3. 

Blizzard revealed a new set of hotfixes for Plunderstorm, increasing the rate players earn Plunder drastically, including major rewards for winning matches. This should decrease substantially the grind required to earn Renown 40 for those only looking to finish that.

A skilled Pokemon fan recently designed a new form for Reshiram using the Monster Hunter series art style. By mixing two popular franchises such as Pokemon and Monster Hunter, this fan artist achieved a pretty interesting result that showcases how good-looking the fan art made by the community can be.