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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gives players an unprecedented amount of freedom by letting them attach objectives to each other using the Ultrahand, and the process of developing such an intricate system and having it feel polished was no easy task.

The United States' Federal Trade Commission is banning non-compete clauses.

The Federal Trade Commission today published a final rule banning non-compete clauses in contracts.

On the Patch 10.2.7 PTR, there's some tuning to Timerunning: Mists of Pandaria gems and raid tuning.

Close Cities is a new puzzle game on Android that lets you play mayor without the headache. Think of it as your laid-back path to being a city-building pro. Created by indie dev Juan Manuel Altamirano Argudo, who has dropped titles like Broki, Brainito – Words vs Numbers, Chesspert, Chessplode and DueLito.

While you’re exploring the land of the Enclave and taking on gargantuan bosses in Eternal Strands, you’ll unlock more and more magical abilities to help you on your journey. But unlike many games where magic might let you toss a fireball or Force push an enemy off a cliff, Eternal Strands has a unique approach to the nine physics-altering abilities it puts in your toolbelt, all of which allow for an impressive level of freedom. Continuing our month-long exclusive coverage of the upcoming action-adventure game from a new team comprised of ex-BioWare and Ubisoft developers, today we’ll be taking a look at a few abilities at the heart of this battle-heavy odyssey and how they can be combined in surprising and creative ways.

Update 2.7 has gone live for Aion Classic Europe, adding the new Revenant class, which is only available onAion Classic servers.

Helldivers 2 is an absolute gaming giant right now, with consistent updates for the live-service shooter, and plenty to be excited about for the future, there's never been a better time to pick up the game and join the fight to spread managed democracy! If you're looking for the best deal on the game for PS5 in the UK, we've saved you some time and found it for you.

Sonic's influence on the gaming world has been well documented over the years, resulting in many attempts to recreate the 1991 classic's momentum-focused gameplay. In 2014, developer GalaxyTrail released Freedom Planet, an excellent 2D platformer that managed to invoke a similar exhilarating feeling with its emphasis on speedy platforming challenges. With its sequel, Freedom Planet 2, the team has pulled it off yet again, this time with additional gameplay tweaks.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios recently received a gift package from Alan Wake 2 and Control developer Remedy Games, and it came with a letter penned by none other than Alan Wake himself. It's a fun read, an in-character mix of two game worlds worth of lore, filtered through the persona of one gaming's most iconic writers, and spliced with the events of today's industry. Here's the letter in full: 

The figurative sandbox of freedom that is your weekend approaches, so it's time to fill your inventory with stuff to do. Personally, I'm leaning pretty heavily into buying that 87% off Far Cry 6 twice—the plan being to gift one to a mate and then take advantage of the stellar co-op campaign. Self-serving presents aside, I'm still all about Dragon's Dogma 2, even though I'm on the other side of the credits. Game of the month for me.

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that even among the greatest television shows in Star Trek history, most of them take two seasons to stop being kind of bad. Never has that been more true or more excruciating than in the case of Star Trek: Discovery.

If you've been biding your time to buy a PS5—or you already own one and wish to get another so you can race them—today's your day to shop. For one week only, PS5 Slim consoles are being slashed by $114 on Amazon AU. Not a bad entrypoint price to see what all the fuss is with games like Helldivers 2, FF7: Rebirth, Rise of the Ronin, and more.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of the most creative titles we've ever seen, giving players a handful of inventive tools and a physics-based open world to mess around in. Ultrahand is arguably the game's most defining feature, creative enough to earn the game an award during TheGamer Aces last year at the very least, though there were a lot of pains during development to get it implemented correctly.

It's taken 12 years, but Dragon's Dogma 2 is finally swooping onto store shelves this week, and judging by the early review scores, the wait has been worth it. 

The past few Galaxy S series launches have likely made consumers feel that Samsung lacks the motivation to bring any drastic design changes to its flagship family. Fortunately, one tipster notes that after several generations, the company is finally bringing an aesthetic shift to the Galaxy S25, starting with the base model, whose display size is said to be increased compared to the current-generation Galaxy S24.

Outcast: A New Beginning is the sequel to one of the very first open-world games ever made, simply called Outcast, but it's also taking cues from games that have come out in that two-decade gap by letting players explore an entire alien world "without any restrictions."

Helldivers 2 is an action-packed third-person shooter full of hostile planets, relentless enemies, and many, many explosions. But between all of the bug splatting and robot crumpling is a long list of memorable quotes that somehow never get old. Ranging from punchy, tongue-in-cheek one-liners that would rival the best 80s’ Arnie movies, to hilarious declarations of propaganda-propelled patriotism, they underline the satirical foundations of Super Earth’s storytelling.

Ae Watan Mere Watan OTT release: Are you a fan of patriotic movies like Uri, Sam Bahadur, Ghazi Attack, and others? Then we have good news for you as a new film called “Ae Watan Mere Watan” will be streaming on the online platform in the coming days. In this film, you will Sara Ali Khan in a new role which may come as a big leap for her acting career. Ae Watan Mere Watan OTT release date has already been announced, therefore, you can watch this film from the comfort of your home. Check out more details about the film.

Five years in the making, the Resident Evil 2 Remake mod that adds old-school fixed-camera controls is finally available to scare you silly 1998 style.

Zweihander: Grim and Perilous RPG, the original tabletop system at the core of groundbreaking titles like Flames of Freedom and Blackbirds, is back on the market. A new crowdfunding campaign for the game’s second iteration, dubbed Zweihander Reforged Edition, launches today. Polygon sat down with creator Daniel D. Fox to learn more — including how things almost went completely off the rails back in 2022.

Since launch late last year, Forza Motorsport has received a bit of a mixed reaction from fans, with one of the biggest criticisms being against the game’s grindy progression system. Every car in the game has a number of parts and systems you can tinker with, but in order to do so, you need to level up and this leveling needs to be done with every car you want to upgrade. Needless to say, this gets pretty grindy!

Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, is continuously rolling out new features to enhance the user experience on its messaging platform. One of the recent additions spotted in testing is a WhatsApp feature that allows users to transform any image into a sticker, adding another layer of personalization to chats. While this feature offers users more creative freedom, it also raises concerns about privacy. In response to these concerns, Meta seems to be addressing potential privacy issues with a new feature focused on avatars. According to reports from WABetaInfo, the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.6.8 includes settings that give users control over who can use their avatar in stickers. Users will have the option to allow their contacts or selected contacts to use their avatar in stickers, or they can opt to prevent all users from using it in stickers altogether. This level of control empowers users to manage how their personal images are utilized within the app, offering greater privacy and security.

The titan of anime series, Attack on Titan is set to make a grand entrance (once again) on Last Cloudia this month. Yep, Last Cloudia x Attack on Titan crossover is starting on March 14, 2024! It’s set to bring new units and arks straight from the grim world of Attack on Titan to Granzelia!

The titan of anime series, Attack on Titan is set to make a grand entrance (once again) on Last Cloudia this month. Yep, Last Cloudia x Attack on Titan crossover is starting on March 14, 2024! It’s set to bring new units and arks straight from the grim world of Attack on Titan to Granzelia!

Greetings, fearless heroes of galactic democracy! Steel yourself for the next big push against the disgraceful enemies of freedom with our new Warbond – Cutting Edge*.

An all-new trailer for Unknown 9: Awakening, the first entry in a cross-media franchise from Reflector, has given us our first proper glimpse of protagonist Haroona, portrayed here by The Witcher’s Anya Chalotra. The game’s due out on PS5 and PS4 this summer, which brings to an end a tumultuous development cycle, following the release’s reveal over three years ago.

Dragon's Dogma 2's director, Hideaki Itsuno, has explained why the game only has one save file and pointed out that it gives you a few options to get over that limitation.

Dragon's Dogma 2's vast open world has a very surprising source of inspiration: Rockstar's GTA 5.

Further light has been shed on the mysteries of the Helldivers 2 universe, in which those titular heroic troopers spread Democracy to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, crushing both Bugs and Bots under polished jackboots. What insidious intelligence directs these loathsome foes of Freedom and Liberty, you ask? An Arrowhead Game Studios employee named Joel.

Helldivers 2 players can always use more firepower with which to bring Freedom to the ends of the galaxy. Developer Arrowhead Game Studios said that armoured mechs would be added to the game for free soon after launch, and judging by leaked gameplay surfacing on social media sites, it looks like some of that much-needed heavy armour support is currently en route.

Every choice we made when developing Outcast – A New Beginning had, at its core, one motivation: freedom. It was important to us not to limit where players could go at any point; instead, we gave them the tools to navigate the detailed open world we’ve spent the last few years crafting.

Live. Die. Repeat. That's the job of the special forces unit known as the Helldivers, who are here to fight for freedom by taking on the scourges of a hostile galaxy set in a dystopian future.

Madame Web’s poor initial performance at the box office suggests that few people want to see it in a theater, let alone talk about it sight unseen. But there’s one aspect of it we should talk about anyway, because it’s so wild. Madame Web is a rarity in modern superhero cinema: a movie your friends might think you were making up if you described it to them without embellishment. Ironically, this makes it entirely faithful to the era of comic books it’s adapting. Not only does the comic book version of protagonist Cassandra Webb have a suite of powers and stories behind her that’s so confounding, I cannot fathom how anyone thought they’d make for a coherent movie, it also features a trio of other Spider-Women with origins that beggar belief.

Arrowhead Game Studios' CEO has told gamers to save their money and wait until Helldivers 2's servers are fixed before they buy the game.

I’m highly skeptical of remasters and remakes. They tend to either feel underwhelming or, worse, to actually do a competent job that ends up replacing the beautiful memories we had of the original. I didn’t have either problem with the new Tomb Raider Remastered.

OpenLara modder XProger revealed over the weekend that they were the lead developer on the Tomb Raider remastered trilogy.

In the GTA Online latest update, Rockstar Games introduces the sleek Gallivanter Baller ST-D, a luxurious four-seater SUV that hits the streets of Los Santos. Priced at $1,715,000, this permanent addition to Legendary Motorsport brings a touch of British automotive excellence to players' virtual garages.

Capcom has updated its list of “Platinum Titles“—games that have sold over one million units—providing total sales numbers as of December 31, 2023.

According to a piece in The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, director Dan Trachtenberg has gotten the greenlight for a second Predator movie, following his straight-to-Hulu horror-thriller Prey. But while Prey’s critical success and streaming success as Hulu’s most-watched premiere ever had fans expecting a Prey 2 would eventually be made, the report says Trachtenberg’s new Predator movie will be called Badlands, and will be set “sometime in the future.”

French startup Murena has finally launched its latest smartphone, the Murena 2 (or Murena Two). The smartphone aims to protect users against constant data collection and is known as a “deGoogled” smartphone. Although it is an Android smartphone, it does not have Google and its suite of services. Instead, it is powered by /e/OS, a fork of LineageOS. The company's mission is to “give people freedom of choice, so they can regain control over their lives.”

A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has built a vehicle that collects wood after bombing trees. Since Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released, players have made incredible bases and energy-efficient vehicles, but this machine is perfect for collecting wood.

In Palworld, you have the freedom to treat your Pals as you wish. For the most part, players love to spoil their captured buddies and wouldn’t dream of hurting them. Sometimes, however, butchering a Pal is needed. Thankfully, the game censors that action. Right?

Samsung's much-loved S Series smartphones have just undergone a never-before-seen transformation. Unleashing new experiences with Galaxy AI, the all-new Galaxy S24 Series of smartphones that was unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked event in San Jose, California, on January 17, 2024, are set to redefine the way you interact with your smartphone forever.

Baldur's Gate 3's first act arguably gives you the most freedom of the entire game. Made up of three different regions, it's easy to miss some of the side content, as there's just so much to do before you advance the main story.

Obsidian Entertainment has been heavily emphasizing player choice and freedom in the lead-up to its first-person fantasy roleplaying game Avowed. In line with that you're-the-center-of-the-universe message, the developers have revealed that there's "no one perfect build" in its classless RPG. 

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a dramatic RPG that depicts the series’ most compelling tale to date. Two beloved characters take the spotlight as dual protagonists in this adventure—Ichiban Kasuga, a man who rises from rock bottom once again, and Kazuma Kiryu, who faces one final battle as he enters his twilight years.

Yesterday, the New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) announced the winners of the 13th annual New York Game Awards in a dedicated ceremony streamed live from the SVA Theatre, with Baldur's Gate 3 once again emerging as the big winner.

Publisher Xseed Games has confirmed that the retro-inspired platformer Freedom Planet 2 is coming to consoles later this year.

Following some delays, Freedom Planet 2 finally made its PC debut in September 2022, and now it has its sights set on consoles. Publisher XSEED Games announced plans to bring developer GalaxyTrail’s sequel to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on April 4, 2024.

Freedom Planet 2 will launch on April 4th GalaxyTrail and Marvelous Europe has confirmed today, with the game set to be release for PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch. The new trailer shows the four protagonists that players can play as, and these include Lilac, Carol, or Milla, and a new playable character called Neera.

qomp2, a puzzle platformer indie game that puts you into the role of the ball from Pong, has finally received a release date. Following its initial announcement in August 2023, you can expect to embark on this rather enchanting adventure on February 22, 2024. 

We're so used to writing headlines like, 'Elden Ring player beats toughest boss in the game with their feet while upside down', but today we're changing things up and looking at the Fallout 4 community.

Ever struggle to keep raid assignments organized with all the composition swaps each week? About to progress on a new boss and looking to gain an edge by setting up assignments ahead of time? Viserio's Raid & Healing Assignment Sheets have you covered with free comprehensive encounter timelines and setups that are quick and easy to plug in your guild's composition for efficient assignments. Import your guild and export these assignments quickly with seamless integration with the addons and resources you're already using like WoWAudit, Method Raid Tools, and WeakAuras. Spreadsheets are continually updated throughout the season to ensure the highest quality.

Headlines about the threats of artificial intelligence (AI) tend to be full of killer robots, or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger which gets surprisingly little media attention is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression.

Ninja Theory provided a healthy dollop of information about Hellblade 2 at today's Xbox Developer Direct, including confirmation that this will be a modestly priced, digital-only release that'll be similar in length to the original game.

Radical Forge has officially unveiled Southfield — a colorful and chaotic farming sim which looks a little bit like what’d happen if Stardew Valley was combined with Gang Beasts or Human Fall Flat.

Diablo 4 Season 3 will feature the Seneschal, a robotic companion that can join the fight or heal and defend you. That definitely sounds like the kind of thing that could add a whole lot of power to your build, but Blizzard says it's unlikely to nerf the Seneschal unless things get absolutely ridiculous.

We’re continuing this month’s IGN First on Dragon’s Dogma 2 with a detailed look at its new, robust character creator. The original Dragon’s Dogma had a pretty intense character creator, but Dragon’s Dogma 2 has upped the ante for just how detailed you can get for your character and ideal Pawn.

Prison Architect 2 has finally been announced, and it looks like players are in for a serious treat as developer Double Eleven has packed this sequel full of new features. 

Rocksteady Studios is teasing major post-launch support for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League while explaining how its RPG gameplay works in greater detail.

A Rōnin is a samurai without a master. Unshackled from bonds, these wandering swordsmen are free to carve their own path, and that freedom forms the foundation of Rise of the Ronin. The adventure is Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and Nioh developer Team Ninja’s first choice-driven, open-world action game. We recently got another peek at the title during The Game Awards, and we spoke to the game’s lead designers to get some insight and context as to what the adventure entails. 

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There’s so much for players to love in Baldur’s Gate 3. It features deep RPG mechanics and freedom of choice that rivals Dungeons & Dragons and a carefully crafted world that feels real. Of course, this fantastical world has also made fans hungry for its delicious foods.

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Baldur's Gate 3 recently added a new difficulty called Honour Mode, which is basically an amped-up Tacticain that makes death permanent. You can't roll back saves, so you have to go with the punches. Only 0.1 percent of people have managed to conquer it so far, but one player has found a cheesy strategy to make it a bit easier.

Tim Cain's had a storied career—he's mostly known as the co-creator of the Fallout series, which has grown so big it's getting its own dang TV show—but he's also worked on Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines, Wildstar, Pillars of Eternity, and The Outer Worlds.

The original Baldur's Gate games appear to have leaked for Xbox Game Pass, causing players to reminisce about the bizarre rulesets of the D&D editions they were based on.

Manhwa initially originated in South Korea but shares stark similarities with manga. However, that doesn’t imply that Manhwa doesn’t have its charm. With engaging narrative and immersive characters, it captivates audiences with its stellar visuals and constantly growing fanbase.

Publisher XSEED Games and developer GalaxyTrail have delayed the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch versions of high-speed platformer Freedom Planet 2 from their previously planned 2023 release window to spring 2024.

Studio Zero’s Metaphor: ReFantazio, a new fantasy RPG from director Katsura Hashino of Persona 5 fame, is releasing in Fall 2024. Following the recent “Year-End Special Main Cast Gathering SP”, a new “Creator’s Voice” video is available where Hashino talks about various aspects of the title. Check it out below.

There was a time where Storm of the X-Men and T'Challa, the Black Panther, were married as king and queen of Wakanda in the mainstream Marvel Universe. Though their marriage has ended, the pair remain linked in Marvel lore. And in the rebooted Ultimate Universe, the new Ultimate Storm's association with Wakanda will take an unexpected twist as she's introduced as the romantic partner of none other than the new Ultimate Killmonger.

Larian says half of one percent of Baldur's Gate 3 players have managed to finish the game without recruiting a single companion, and accounting for those possibilities is part of what made designing the game and writing its dialogue so challenging.

“In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.” That’s the tagline of Warhammer 40,000, one of the most over-the-top and brutal sci-fi settings around. But even in a merciless, brutal dystopia that grinds its people into dust, some get to enjoy being on the top of the food chain. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is about the perils and pleasures of being atop that particular hierarchy.

Greg Street, the studio head at the newly announced Fantastic Pixel Castle, sat down for an hour-long discussion with Twitch streamer Kanon_XO to talk about the upcoming MMO his team is working on. The discussion was wide-ranging, hitting on creative freedom under NetEase, monetization, and more.

There is a frankly absurd number of upgrade materials in Genshin Impact, and the Guide to Freedom is one of the more important for the characters that use it.

Freedom on the Net report flags risks associated with AI; Tom Hanks cautions against AI fake in dental plan ad; EU antitrust regulators confirm no formal probe into AI chips; Spotify CEO Daniel Ek cautions against rapidly outdated AI regulation laws- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

Bethesda's head of publishing, Pete Hines, has said that game bugs are inevitable and they ultimately allow the studio to lean into player freedom. 

Bethesda Game Studios’ titles have always had a reputation for being technically rough, buggy games, and though Starfield is very clearly the most polished a BGS game has been at launch in a long, long time, it still has its fair share of technical hiccups.

Bethesda’s ambitious space-exploration RPG Starfield is right around the corner, and it’s now been explained why the title features an unvoiced protagonist, despite having over 200,000 lines of voiced dialogue.