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In the upcoming Season 4 of Diablo 4 players will be able to filter by Item Power. Players may use the search bar and enter a number to filter out for that specific Item Power. In addition, when you search for an item with any filter or search query, the number of matching results will appear on the individual Stash Tabs!

What's that? A mysterious island has appeared!

Patch 29.2, launching on April 16, brings Battlegrounds Duos and Season 7, Once Upon a Tavern! 

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players should now have no trouble trying to obtain the game's Platinum Trophy, as Square Enix has finally resolved the bug affecting completion.

The Void Elf starting area, Telogrus Rift, has received updates with Patch 10.2.7, including new structures, new NPCs, including some encrypted ones, and new teleports around the zone.

Nixxes and Guerrilla Games have deployed Horizon Forbidden West PC Patch 1.2.48.0, which contains bugfixes, optimizations, and stability improvements.

We've discovered two new ensembles on the Patch 10.2.7 PTR that teach lookalike appearances for Shado-Pan Armor in Pandaria Remix! Currently, the only way to feel like an official member of the Shado-Pan is through various Replica hats, such as Replica Shado-Pan Helmet, which can only be purchased after reaching Exalted with the Shado-Pan. However, in Pandaria Remix, it looks like players may be able to find gold and silver variants of the full Sado-Pan guard outfits — take a look!

No Man’s Sky’s latest update ‘Orbital’ is available today and adds ship customization, a new guild system, an overhaul to space stations, and more.

A new Final Fantasy VII Rebirth patch is now live, introducing fixes for multiple issues, including a progression issue that prevented the completion of a Chapter 12 sidequest.

Wildfrost is finally out on Android! Originally dropped for PC gamers, this tactical roguelike deck-builder from Chucklefish has won the hearts of many payers since its debut last year. Created by Deadpan Games and Gaziter, you can now dive into the wintry world of the game on your phone!

Yet another new patch is on the way to Stardew Valley on PC, this time promising to iron out more bugs and even add "a few goodies."

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Platinum Trophy is now back on the menu, thanks to Square Enix issuing a new patch for the RPG.

Patch 10.2.7 introduces two new cosmetics to the Midsummer Fire Festival, a back piece and a shield! While Midsummer is still a few months away, it's never too late to start planning for the next major holiday in World of Warcraft. We don't currently know how these cosmetics are obtained, but based on previous holiday additions, they may be an upcoming drop from Ahune, the Midsummer event boss.

Blizzard has announced that the Realm First achievements found on the Patch 10.2.7 PTR are a bug.

Along with the other weapons, armor, and capes discovered on the Patch 10.2.7, we've discovered a cosmetic murloc backpack and onesie, available in two colors!

World of Warcraft’s current expansion, Dragonflight, is winding down. While we know what’s next — we’ll be heading into three expansions that are collectively called the Worldsoul Saga — the team at Blizzard has been having fun with some much more experimental and unique patches. This includes Plunderstorm, a pirate themed battle royale, and now a Remix of the Mists of Pandaria expansion.

With the first build of Patch 10.2.7, the Pandaria Remix event is datamineable. Mount collectors will have a lot on their plates, as there are 32 Pandaria-themed mounts from this event!

We've datamined some Season 4 trinket tuning on the Patch 10.2.7 PTR, including some large nerfs to popular trinkets.

In today's Patch 10.2.7 PTR, we've datamined new toys that will allow players to don the wings of the August Celestial legendary cloaks from Mists of Pandaria, such as Xing-Ho, Breath of Yu'lon for the Jade Serpent. Since cloaks will be replaced by the new Cloak of Infinite Potential for Timerunning and the potential new meta gems (Chi-ji, the Red Crane/Bulwark of the Black Ox), it makes sense that Blizzard would create a way for these highly coveted wing effects to return. Update: You'll need to fully upgrade your Cloak of Infinite Potential via Infinite Power XII to acquire these new toys.

In addition to the pets and mounts previously datamined, we've discovered several more weapon, armor, and cloak models on the Dragonflight Patch 10.2.7 PTR, including Chen Stormstout's iconic hat and a unique chicken cloak!

We've datamined several new models for pets and mounts coming with the Dragonflight Patch 10.2.7 PTR, including an Old God fish and adorable baby naga, alongside Alliance themed wolves and Horde themed nightsaber mounts!

As Diablo 4’s first PTR week comes to an end, players almost unanimously agree — next Season’s itemization overhaul is a big win! However, the upcoming changes have raised an interesting question: are Rare items going to be useless? Diablo 4 Season 4 Elixir Revamp Recruiting Diablo 4 Rogue Writers In the Season 4 PTR, Rare items only dropped with 2 random Affixes, while Legendary items always dropped with 3 Affixes. If this continues to be the case during Season 4, then Legendary items will always have greater potential over Rares.

In today's Patch 10.2.7 PTR, we've datamined new spells that indicate the return of raid buff scrolls including Mystic Touch and Chaos Brand for Timerunning Pandaria: Remix. In previous expansions, raid buff scrolls allowed players to partially fill in holes in compositions which was especially helpful in 10-man raiding and dungeon content where the number of players was limited. Perhaps these raid buff scrolls are returning because Timerunning raids might allow for smaller raid groups?

Some new swimwear is debuting on the Trading Post in Patch 10.2.7, including bikinis, murloc floaties, and a rainbow beach chair! We're diving into datamining the Patch 10.2.7 PTR, and we've discovered some new models for swimwear that will likely hit the Trading Post this summer. With the June Trading Post Theme revealed to be Summer Fun, these colorful appearances and fun rainbow beach chair should be a welcome addition to Pride Month, also held in June.

Patch 10.2.7 PTR is now available for download, with datamining soon to follow. Although PTR servers are still offline, we can presume that playtesting will begin soon! We similarly have no information on exactly what will be available in this PTR test, and if it will include the newly revealed WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria event, but we should learn more soon!

The Dragonflight Patch 10.2.7 PTR is up, and although the new Timerunning content is not yet available for testing, there's a new entry on the calendar titled Pandaria: Remix scheduled this Friday through the following Monday! As Blizzard has not given any indication that the actual event would be so limited, it seems that this could be scheduled testing, suggesting we'll get a chance to experience the content ahead of launch.

With the first PTR build of Patch 10.2.7, the Draenei Heritage armor has been datamined! The armor comes in two tints, purple/maroon and blue/purple. There are a total of 8 pieces to each armor tint, including 2 helm variants — One with a face cover and one without. Check these out in our Dressing Room!

In today's Patch 10.2.7 PTR datamining, we've discovered that Realm First achievements are returning with the Timerunning Pandamonium event.

With the first PTR build of Patch 10.2.7, the Troll Heritage armor has been datamined! The armor comes in two tints, orange and red. There are a total of 9 pieces to each armor tint, including a tiki mask as a back transmog! Check these out in our Dressing Room!

Blizzard has posted Patch 10.2.7 Dark Heart development notes which includes Mythic+ LFG improvements. This Public Test Realm (PTR) is a testing environment for the content coming with the Dragonflight: Dark Heart update.

Patch 10.2.7 adds six new hair colors for Kul Tiran characters, expanding their hair color options from 7 to 13.

With Patch 10.2.7 datamining starting, we've found out a new model coming for Xal'atath in Patch 10.2.7

Here are the datamined class changes for Patch 10.2.7!

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.

In the special WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria event coming in Patch 10.2.7, players will be able to earn earn titles, transmogs, and previously unreleased color variants of older mounts, which can be carried forward into The War Within! The Reins of the Crimson Pandaren Phoenix, Reins of the Crimson Pandaren Phoenix, Reins of the Crimson Pandaren Phoenix, and Reins of the Violet Pandaren Phoenix were originally Silver Medal Challenge Mode rewards, with this previously unreleased white and red color scheme highlighted as a WoW Remix reward! Given these are challenge mode rewards, could we also see the return of the highly coveted Challenge mode sets or at least recolors? Blizzard has emphasized that players will be able to collect new and old cosmetics of highly coveted and hard to get items, so perhaps there will be a new recolor of Tusks of Mannoroth to collected as well!

With Remix: Mists of Pandaria, players will be able to relive the whole Pandaria expansion, including the iconic Mists of Pandaria raids, including Heroic mode raids. Players will only need a WoW subscription to fully participate in this event, similar to Plunderstorm.

Despite having been released almost ten years ago, Bloodborne still hides some interesting secrets that highlight how the PlayStation 4 hardware impacted several aspects of the game.

Helldivers 2 is an amazing game, but even the most dedicated super soldier out there has to admit it has its fair share of problems. Crashes, server issues, and disappointing patches are all problems that the game has suffered since launch, but one of the more consistent is the game struggling to dish out the rewards when players complete Major Orders.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Destiny 2’s new Into the Light update brings a load of new features to the game ahead of the upcoming Final Shape expansion. Here are the big things you need to know about Destiny 2’s latest patch and all the free new goodies Bungie has packed into this update.

The Pretendo Network, an open-source Nintendo Network alternative, no longer requires a hacked Wii U console. With Nintendo’s servers for the obsolete console shutting down on Monday, the Pretendo Network shared a new workaround that provides (limited) access to its homebrew servers without jailbreaking your dusty old console.

The 10.2.7 PTR may be close as the Battle.net launcher has been updated with 10.2.7. Formerly listed as the 10.2.5 PTR, this has now been updated to 10.2.7! The servers have not been updated yet, but we're one step closer to Patch 10.2.7.

Blizzard has published a list of mounts and pets going away with Cataclysm pre-patch. Looking for activities to do before Cataclysm pre-patch? Check out our What to Do Before Cataclysm guide. What to Do Before Cataclysm

Star Wars Outlaws might be one of Ubisoft's most highly anticipated single-player games in a while, but you’ll still need an internet connection to install it.

You’ve toppled the undead armies of the Lich King and ended Arthas' reign. Now, Deathwing, The Worldbreaker, bursts from the heart of the Maelstrom, unleashing his rage. All will burn beneath the shadow of his wings. Your new journey begins with the pre-expansion patch — the Shattering of Azeroth— on April 30 and continues with the launch of Cataclysm Classic on May 20, 2024 at 3:00 pm PDT worldwide.

With Destiny 2’s The Final Shape delayed until June  Bungie had to find something to fill the space between the last Season and the new expansion. Into The Light is here to fill the gap and is available to all players from right about now, with the patch weighing in at around 3.5GB on PS5.

Blizzard has announced the pre-expansion patch for Cataclysm Classic, hitting realms on April 30, 2024. Cataclysm Classic will officially launch on May 20, 2024 at 3:00 pm PDT worldwide!

Guerrilla's Horizon Forbidden West is a pretty game, even more so on PC. Here's the game running in full 4K resolution with well over 60FPS on an NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super.

A large patch of Mythic+ hotfixes have been applied to the Season 4 PTR targeting problem points in Brackenhide Hollow, Uldaman and more!

One of the biggest additions of Patch 10.2.6 was the Good Boy's Leash, giving Taivan as a mount. Taivan was a very big mount for dog standards, almost as big as a mammoth mount, but he has received a nerf overnight — He is now much smaller. Looking for tips on how to obtain Taivan? Then check our A World Awoken achievement guide! A World Awoken Dragonflight Meta-Achievement Guide — Taivan Mount Taivan became a fan favorite of players in Dragonflight due to the questline we meet him in, in the Ohn'ahran Plains.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

A new Palworld update has broken things so badly for Xbox Series X/S players that developer Pocketpair has recommended not loading multiplayer data whatsoever.

A brand-new Helldivers 2 patch has been rolled out to improve stability and add a new UI feature. 

A new Dragon's Dogma 2 patch is here to remedy progression-blocking bugs, but PC players are frustrated that it hasn't addressed performance issues prevalent since launch.

A new Helldivers 2 patch fixes plenty of in-game crashes, after developer Arrowhead had to recommend players let the game "rest" this past weekend due to persistent crashes.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has released update 01.000.202 and via the patch notes confirmed it addresses general game stability and crashes. But as the Helldivers 2 community anxiously awaits what’s next for the game following the apparent eradication of the Automatons, players are wondering what secrets the update may hold.

The Helldivers 2 community is once again wrestling with the satirical tone of the game and its development team, struggling to glean legitimate information as Arrowhead cautions all democracy enjoyers to "avoid" a "rogue item" in the ship management store called "Catalog Expansion."

Today’s AAA games require a lot of storage, and typically, they only get bigger post-launch as addition content and updates are applied. So, it’s somewhat surprising to report that Forza Motorsport – which launched at a very-meaty 130-GB-plus -- is actually shrinking in size with its latest patch. Forza Motorsport Update 7 will see the game’s file size reduced by around 25 GB on Xbox Series X and 29 GB on PC.

As players continue exploring the PTR, the massive itemization changes coming to Diablo 4 in Season 4 are at the forefront of everyone's minds, but here's something you may have missed — Gems have received a refresh in preparation for the upcoming season!Amethyst, Emerald, Sapphire, and Topaz will now grant Primary Stats when socketed into Armor, boosting Strength, Dexterity, Willpower, and Intelligence respectively. Additionally, nearly all Gem effects have been buffed across the board. Here's a side-by-side comparison of the old effects and their upcoming changes:

It's been nearly a week since the last Helldivers 2 balance patch, and players are still voicing their displeasure at the changes made to fire damage.

A new Horizon Forbidden West comparison video shared online over the weekend highlights the improvements brought by the latest version of NVIDIA DLSS.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

fans waiting for the 1.6 Update to arrive on consoles and mobile devices will need to wait a little longer but don't worry because development is progressing smoothly. One of the biggest releases of 2024 so far has been the latest major patch for ConcernedApe's beloved farming RPG and the community couldn't be more thrilled with all the extra additions. Having said that, those who don't happen to play the game on PC have been waiting for some kind of news regarding when the update will hit mobile and consoles.

Xbox president Sarah Bond has confirmed that backwards compatibility with previous-generation Xbox games will remain a priority for the company's hardware going forward.

Many players in the Diablo community have expressed their fondness for the Tree of Whispers as a «town hub», even if it is not considered a town by conventional means. The Diablo 4 Patch 1.4.0 PTR added a Jeweler NPC to the Tree of Whispers, making the hub even more useful now! Diablo 4 PTR Overview Diablo 4 PTR Patch Notes All that is missing now is an Alchemist and a Gambling NPC, which are some of the lesser-used NPCs in your everyday Diablo 4 life. To change the appearance of your character or your horse you are still required to visit another town. What is your favorite town hub in Diablo 4? Let us know in the comments below!

After Helldivers 2's latest patch caused the game to crash more often, Arrowhead has suggested that players "let democracy lie" for a few days.

is a huge game with a level of attention to detail that makes it the envy of many other RPGs. Still, this attention to detail does not mean that the game is faultless. Due to the sheer size of Larian Studio's masterpiece, glitches and bugs are inevitable, and the Belguim-based developer has continued to work on patch fixes ever since its latest CRPG hit stores in 2023. Some players have found that not all of these glitches are necessary ones that hamper the gaming experience. Sometimes, it's the opposite.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Blizzard has posted Blues News for today which includes an increase to the Noblegarden Drop Rate, Mythic Raid tuning and more!

The PTR for Diablo 4 Patch 1.4.0 is well underway, and players have been delving into the variety of content to be tested. While the new systems and content have proven to be a nice change of pace for many, some players feel that the rewards from some content leave more to be desired. One such case appears to be the new Tormented Echoes Bosses, which are supercharged level 200 versions of the ladder bosses such as Duriel, Varshan, and the new boss, Andariel. These Super Bosses drop a number of Legendary and Unique items, Summoning Materials for other bosses, and one very important reward — one Resplendent Spark for killing your first Tormented Boss. A number of players have taken issue with the rewards offered by this difficult challenge, and several have taken to social media sites and the PTR forums to address their concerns. Reddit user Oceanfather created a post on the Diablo 4 Subreddit about this topic, mentioning the much steeper material requirement to summon the empowered bosses such as Tormented Grigiore. The problem is, when a boss is slain, they drop the same amount of Shard of Agony as their normal counterpart. This creates a situation where if you wish to get materials to summon Duriel or Andariel, it is currently more economical to repeatedly farm the normal, less challenging, and less rewarding version of these bosses. Blizzard has since responded to the post, stating that there will be some degree of changes coming to the rewards of Tormented Echo Bosses.

Using one of the best Helldivers 2 weapons is a necessity in your quest to defend Super Earth, especially as you reach the highest Helldivers difficulty levels.

The latest Horizon Forbidden West patch brings improved CPU optimization and better performance in certain scenarios, judging from a new comparison video shared online.

Helldivers 2 players are currently fully committed to Operation Swift Disassembly, a surgical campaign to eradicate the Automaton threat once and for all. The situation on the ground remains extremely fluid; following the successful liberation of Malevelon Creek, a symbolic victory for the forces of Super Earth, developer Arrowhead updated the game, which was apparently the signal for Automaton forces to unleash fresh hell, as some extras not listed in the patch notes began to make their presence known.

Developer Arrowhead Game Studios has officially honoured the brave sacrifice and noble fallen of Malevelon Creek. The pivotal battle against the Automatons marked the community's first significant loss, which was recently avenged as a part of the ongoing Operation Swift Disassembly. To celebrate, 1st April will henceforth be known as Malevelon Creek Memorial Day, which should be spent in pensive reflection while simultaneously mainlining Helldivers 2.

In February, we brought you word of a group of Google engineers who, apparently just for fun, managed to hack Sony's streaming PS Portal to run emulated PSP games offline. Being courageous White Hat types, the group «responsibly reported» the issues to Sony. The exploit was quietly fixed in patch 2.0.6, which also seems to have improved video quality significantly, despite neither being listed in the patch notes.

Team Ninja has (rather stealthily) released two updates for Rise of the Ronin. The first of these patches (1.02) arrived on the 29th March, while the second (1.03) has only just dropped. However, if you were expecting the developer to address the title's disappointingly flexible frame rate, then you're out of luck.

Square Enix has confirmed a glitch in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth blocking players from unlocking the Platinum Trophy will be addressed in the RPG's next update. Currently, a side quest called Can't Stop Won't Stop isn't registering high scores in the G-Bike arcade minigame, which is required to unlock the Platinum Trophy and progress other missions near to the end of the game. The publisher hasn't said when the PS5 patch will arrive, but presumably, it'll be available soon.

AMD's RDNA 4-based Navi 48 GPU is more or less confirmed now in the latest ROCm commits & will be powering next-gen Radeon RX 8000 series graphics cards.

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for today which includes a buff to Explosive Caltrops in Plunderstorm!Hotfixes April 4, 2024Plunderstorm