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As popular as big multiplayer games are, there’s nothing quite like the solo escapism and wish fulfilment of playing single-player, is there? And when it comes to sports games, that wish fulfilment comes in the form of stepping into the shoes of a professional athlete and rising to glory, whether it’s becoming the world number 1 tennis player, leading an underdog football team to win the Premier League, or bringing your favourite F1 team both kinds of championship glory. F1 24 is bringing a bunch of great new options to the career mode, which will add just a few more variable and fun twists in your quest to be the best.

Sand Land, the new open-world action-adventure based on one of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama’s lesser-known works is out now, and its surprisingly complex for an anime adaptation. A big focus of Sand Land is upgrading your combat abilities by leveling up main character Beelzebub and his party and collecting crafting materials to upgrade your vehicles. So, what’s the best way to collect XP, money, and materials so you can power up quickly? Here are some quick tips…

PlayStation 5 owners who are looking for the next game to play or are searching for titles to add to their collection should check out the offers in Best Buy’s PS5 game sale. With games that span across all genres and prices that start at $10, you wouldn’t want to miss the bargains here, and we’ve picked out our favorites to help you make a quick decision on what to buy. Feel free to browse through the dozens of PS5 games that are available in the sale, but you’ll still have to act fast because there’s no telling until when these discounts will stay online.

Fallout creator Tim Cain has shared another video about the recent TV adaptation, going into further detail on the topic of lore changes. Here, Cain goes after fans attacking and harassing writers and actors over changes made in the Fallout show, as some still believe that it's made aspects of the older games non-canon.

Fingersoft’s LEGO Hill Climb Adventures combines the crazy physics-based fun of the Hill Climb Racing series! It’s got the endless possibilities of LEGO bricks and is finally available for pre-registration.

Players looking to race through new content might have a bit of a headstart with new Enchantments coming in The War Within — both for Mount Speed and Character Speed! Some particularly interesting Enchantments caught our eye while datamining in The War Within: While most of these Enchantments add the Speed tertiary stat to player character speed, one Enchantment seems to offer an increase in Mounted speed — Cavalry's March. Players have loved effects such as Crusader Aura which increase Mounted speed, and having even a small boost on your Boots would be a welcome gift for players that don't necessarily worry about mix-maxing for raiding or other content.

The latest free GT7 update introduces the Gran Turismo-exclusive ŠKODA Vision Gran Turismo all-electric car alongside two other vehicles, new World Circuit events, and more.

F1 24 is set to introduce some of the biggest changes the racing series has ever seen. Following the reveal of the massive physics update earlier this week, Codemasters has now unveiled the changes coming to Career Mode. For the first time, the developers will allow players to pick one of the current Formula One superstars or even a legendary driver like Ayrton Senna or Michael Schumacher. Here's an overview provided by Codemasters:

A new Allied Race means new dances! We previewed the new Male Earthen Allied Race dance on social media but felt it was worth a full article of its own. Behold the dance moves of our new Earthen brethren coming in The War Within! Earthen Customization PreviewEarthen Info — Racials, Heritage Armor, Pally Mount

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. Reignite the fire and help usher in a new Azeroth. 

We've datamined some new mounts in today's War Within alpha build--Nerubian Beetles and Treasure Basilisks! For even more TWW mounts, check out last week's model datamining, including Wild Unicorns and Fireflies! War Within Alpha Mount Models

Blizzard has released a blog, detailing all of the new content coming to WoW Classic in the Cataclysm Pre-Patch, including the new Races, new leveling experience, and a list of all of the new Race/Class combinations! Cataclysm Classic Pre-Patch Overview Guide New Race and Class Combinations — Cataclysm Classic

Sonic the Hedgehog is having a great year with plenty to look forward to. The third Sonic movie is coming out in December, Knuckles is getting his own show on Paramount+, and Sonic is sharing the spotlight with Shadow in Sonic x Shadow Generations. In the last few years, the Blue Blur has become such a popular video game character in the multimedia landscape that Sega has produced toys to introduce the next generation of fans to the franchise. Older fans can add those toys and plushies to their collection for the sake of nostalgia or for sharing their love of Sonic with their children.

Gran Turismo 7 has been freshly updated to version number 1.46 on PS5 and PS4, with the update adding a new car to the game you won't find anywhere else: the Škoda Vision Gran Turismo. Designed entirely around the Polyphony Digital racer, it's Škoda's first appearance in the franchise and is seen as a «visionary study of a single-seater, all-electric racing concept car».

The last time we wrote about Distance was just under a decade ago, when it was announced the game was coming to PS4. In the intervening years, the high-intensity arcade racer has been through a prolonged stint of early access and had its full launch on PC, but the PS4 version never surfaced. Now, thanks to a Trophy list appearing online, it seems the title is finally approaching the finish line — and it's coming to PS5 as well.

With today's The War Within Alpha build, the new Earthen Allied Race is now available for testing! Be sure to check out all of the datamined information on Earthen below including customizations, racials, heritage armor, and more! Earthen Customization PreviewEarthen Info — Racials, Heritage Armor, Pally Mount

The PlayStation 5 is probably one of the most popular gaming consoles right now, especially with the recent PS5 Slim release. It has a lot of great exclusive games to play, including some of the best games on the market, such as Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Elden Ring, so its no surprise that folks are looking to get their hands on the console. To that end, we’ve gone out and found some of our favorite gaming deals, and that includes everything from the PS5 console itself, to games and peripherals, so be sure to check out all our suggestions below.

Datamined achievements reveal that Dragonriding Races are returning in The War Within, with new achievements for four of the five major expansion world zones! Although not given themed names in the data yet, each of the four zones features six races, with Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals for the Normal, Reverse, and Advanced variants of each race.

Heroes are called to once again experience a dramatically reforged Azeroth and defend it from utter devastation with a smoother and accelerated leveling experience. Two new races—worgen and goblin—join the Alliance and Horde, each bringing their unique edge to Azeroth.

The Lost Ark Team is excited to reveal the second part of the 2024 roadmap, including major planned content pieces arriving in Arkesia over the next three months. Checkout the full roadmap post , as well as the video roadmap from the team.

Nintendo has added two more games to Switch Online’s Nintendo 64 library.

Helldivers 2 has a wide variety of terrain to overcome, each one filled with bots, bugs, and any other sentient alien race that would prefer you to be a red stain on the floor. You'll struggle to find a location as universally despised as Hellmire though, a bug-ridden planet prone to the odd fire tornado, and one that Helldivers 2 players aren't going anywhere near anytime soon.

It’s a great time to dive into daring adventures in World of Warcraft® when you make the most of 33% off select game services through May 7.

Blizzard has announced a 2-week sale on various game services including Level 70 Character Boosts, Name Changes, Race Changes, Faction Changes, and Character Transfers!

World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Discovery has brought many changes into the Classic world, including new raids, items, and a whole lot of new class spells through the rune system, but some things truly never change. It is always a debate whether the Horde or Alliance are the most powerful faction. In this article, we'll examine the strengths, weaknesses, and differences of the two factions in Season of Discovery. When we talk about comparing the Alliance and the Horde, there are two main things that differentiate them. The first and most important is that in the Vanilla versions of the game before The Burning Crusade Expansion, only the Horde had the Shaman class and only the Alliance had the Paladin class, and the same holds true in Season of Discovery. Both classes offer considerable buffs to the party and can fulfill a damage dealer, healer, or tank role — but do so in very different ways. The second difference is the racial abilities available to the races of each faction. Powerful activated abilities like the human racial Perception define Horde vs Alliance PvP involving stealth classes. Undead's Will of the Forsaken wreaks havoc on enemy Warlocks and Priests, significantly hindering their ability to control the Undead player. The racial bonuses don't just influence player versus player combat though, and the historically strong PvE Human racial Sword Specialization may be overshadowed by increased availability of weapon skill in Season of Discovery.

When it launches in just over a month, F1 24 will bring with it a significant overhaul to the series’ physics and handling. Codemasters says that every year, granted, but this year they really mean it with a big year-on-year update that introduces new suspension kinematics, revamps the tyre model, adds rake to the aero model, puts more ERS control in the hands of the player, and more.

2014’s The Crew was the first project for developer Ivory Tower, which was founded in Lyon, France, in 2007 and later acquired by Ubisoft in late 2015. While it may have been the debut game for the studio, a number of Ivory Tower’s staff formerly hailed from Lyon’s Eden Games (including Ivory Tower’s three founders) and had previous experience on the first three instalments of the V-Rally series, the PlayStation version of Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, and the trendsetting Test Drive Unlimited. As such, there was a good deal of optimism around The Crew.

Baldur's Gate 3 has a great character, but it's surprisingly limited in areas. While you have plenty of hairstyles, tattoos, and makeup shades to choose from, you only have a few body types - and none of them have any kind of chub.

With datamining starting, we have our first look into the Gladiator Mounts of The War Within. The gladiator mounts are an armored version of other gargoyle mounts being added in The War Within and both are similar to Venthyr's covenant mounts, albeit with way more details.

Two veterans of Psygnosis have founded a brand new studio called Starlight Games.

We've datamined new armor models for a very scarecrow-inspired transmog — take a look! It is currently unknown what items these models link to, but they certainly give off farm and harvest vibes.

We're previewing all of the raid weapon models coming with the Nerub'ar Palace raid in The War Within. The weapon designs are inspired by the Nerubians ruled over by Queen Ansurek, who has allied with Xal'atath in return for dark power. If you'd like to learn more about the rich history behind this enigmatic race and their proximity to the Old Gods, check out our lore writeup: The Nerubians in The War Within — What We Know So Far Note that this is an early alpha look at the weapon models, and more colors and weapon types may be added in future builds as there are many icons named «nerubianraid» and some aren't attached to items yet:

Everyone has their favourite Mario Kart character to play as, but is there really a best option? A choice which will actually give you an edge to beat your rivals — to go just a little bit faster, or recover that little bit quicker?

It's always sad to see a well-liked game completely shut down, especially when it was still being enjoyed by a handful of dedicated fans. That's exactly what happened with The Crew, an open world racing game that was released all the way back in 2015. Being a completely online title, once developer Ubisoft pulled the plug on the game's servers at the end of last month, it became completely unplayable for all owners.

We’re coming to the end of the “get up obscenely early to watch Formula 1” season for UK fans, but that hasn’t been helped by F1’s decision to make the Chinese GP a sprint race, with a 4AM start time for the mini-race this morning. Having dutifully set my watch alarm to tap my wrist a few minutes before, I managed to sleep through it… but was then woken by a repeat alarm an hour later, and struggled to get back to sleep. All of the pain, none of the gain.

A data scientist has developed a tool to determine which Mario Kart 8 racer and build, out of every possible customization option, is statistically the best one for your playstyle.

Independent creatives have joined together to form The Palestinian Relief Bundle - which gives you over 300 video games, tabletop games, soundtracks, and comic books for just $8 - to raise funds for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund charity.

Dragonflight Season 4 arrives to World of Warcraft on April 23!

Blizzard has posted Dragonflight Season 4 Patch Notes which includes details on Bullion Acquisition and the raid rotation!

The world is divided up into two types of people: those who have beaten Driver on PS1, and the rest who never got past its absurdly difficult tutorial. Lewis Hamilton, a seven-time F1 Championship winner, is one of the many who couldn't. In a new video uploaded to the Mercedes-AMG F1 YouTube channel, the professional racer is videod playing PS1 classics from his childhood.

The War Within Alpha test has started, and the first wave of invites went out just a few minutes ago!

The Battle.net Launcher has been updated and will now support the public War Within Alpha! While it doesn't look like accounts have been flagged for Alpha just yet, you can check out our coverage yesterday. Alternatively, check out our Beta site, which includes updated Talent Calculators for the War Within, including Hero talents!

KartRider Rush+, Nexon’s exclusive racing game is set to drop its cosmic Season 25 update called Northeu II. It’s going to be a warp-speed adventure as you tear through new and different circuits. By the way, the game is turning four this May. So, Nexon is gearing up for a big party to celebrate the KartRider Rush+’s fourth anniversary!

Be one of the 20 in EA Sports F1 24, the official game of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship, arriving earlier than previous seasons for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on May 31.Through the introduction of the new EA Sports Dynamic Handling, players will feel even closer to the action. Additionally, for the first time, join the grid in Career mode as a driver from the 2024 F1 season.

Simulation arcade racing game Hot Lap Racing will launch for Switch and PC via Steam on July 16, publisher Maximum Entertainment and developer Zero Games Studio announced.

The War Within first alpha build adds dozens of new mount models to the game, including Fireflies, Wild Unicorns, Lynxes, and more!

With The War Within Druids will be able to use their Flight form with Skyriding, the new name of Dragonriding. Check out our preview of the flight form in action. Remember that you're able to toggle between Skyridding and Steady Flight easily in your mount journal.

The Earthen are a new playable Allied Race unlocked in The War Within. Here is our preview of all their customization options, including beards, gems, and hair styles! The Earthen is the first Neutral Allied Race available to both Alliance and Horde players, and boasts 10 playable classes--all classes save for Druid, Evoker, and Demon Hunters. While BlizzCon gave us a few teasers of this race, including beards on both male and female Earthen, now we can delve into all their appearance details. Before we dig into every single customization option, here's some random combinations of their options, so you can get a feel for how the race looks. And if you're inspired, you can create your own Earthen in our TWW Dressing Room and choose the perfect customization/armor combos! Create Your Earthen in the Dressing RoomEarthen Info — Racials, Heritage Armor, Pally Mount

Humans, Blood Elves, and several other races are receiving point and round ear customization options in The War Within. Below you can see how the new Point ear customization options look like on Humans and Kul Tirans.

In looking through the War Within customization data, one race stood out as a mystery--the Harronir. While we expected to see the Earthen Allied Race show up with many new customization descriptions, seeing so many options for the Harrionir took us by surprise. While we haven't encountered the Harronir in War Within announcements and demos so far, based on their appearances we suspect they might be a race we'll interact with in higher-level zones, with aesthetic elements reminiscent of Trolls, Elves, and Venthyr. No confirmation that they'll be a playable Allied Race, but in past expansions, NPC races with numerous customization options--think Nighborne or Vulpera--later became Allied Races. And while you can't play a Harronir in-game, you can create your own in our TWW Dressing Room, fully customize them, and dress them up in armor! Harronir Customizations in Dressing Room The Harronir customization options you see below are a promising start, but they'd still need some work to be a true Allied Race, as they're lacking some player-favorite options like a variety of hair styles or colors. Either way, we can't wait to see them in War Within and learn more about this shadowy race's backstory!

World of Warcraft's The War Within expansion spotlights one of the MMO's most ancient yet unexplored races: a group of antagonistic arachnoids known as the Nerubians. While that's exciting for lore heads everywhere, it also requires Blizzard to solve an age-old design dilemma – what about the players who don't like spiders? 

With the introduction of Warbands, the Human Racial Diplomacy will be reworked, no longer providing bonus reputation. Blizzard stated in their War Within Warbands Preview post that the beloved Human racial, long used by players to gain an edge on Reputation grinding, will be reworked due to Warbands affecting alt and account progression:

We've datamined some information from the new Earthen Allied Race, including their racial abilities, paladin mount, character screen background, and heritage armor.

F1 Manager developer Frontier has been accused of mismanagement in a new report in the wake of layoffs at the company.

In an interview, Blizzard revealed that «Heroic Week» is returning in The War Within. Dragonflight changed the raid release schedule for the first time in a while, removing «Heroic Week» — a one week period where Mythic raids and the full loot pool of Mythic+ were not open. While removing «Heroic Week» had upsides for certain players, such as not having arbitrary caps for 1 week, it has been criticized by others for:

Get a closer look at the new Warbands System with the World of Warcraft development team.

Gameloft has hinted at a possible U-turn over criticism it has received for future Disney Speedstorm season pass plans.

Olympics 2024 is just a couple of months away (It officially begins on July 26th, 2024) and so, the IOC is gearing up for all fun ways to engage people all over the world. Teaming up with nWay, they’ve just dropped the news that they’re making a new title, Olympics Go! Paris 2024. And this isn’t your typical sports game. Keep reading to know more!

Blizzard has released full patch notes for today's Season of Discovery Hotfix. This hotfix includes many quality-of-life updates in addition to the previously stated Class & Runes changes.

After almost 20 years, dedicated racing game enthusiasts have discovered an enormous skip in one of the most popular tracks in Mario Kart DS, flipping existing speedrun records upside down.

Tauren Paladins are an established feature in retail, but in Classic, paladins can only be played by Alliance races: Humans and Dwarves. Could this change in the future? Recent lore hints suggest that at least one Tauren Paladin already exists in Season of Discovery.

The Crew, Ubisoft's 2014 racing game, closed its doors on March 31st. After that date, launching the game took you to a splash screen and then presented an error message when trying to advance, because the servers are no longer offline.

In the sprawling cityscape of Los Santos, speed is king. GTA 5 enthusiasts are always on the hunt for the fastest vehicles to dominate the game's bustling streets and thrilling races. If you're looking to upgrade your ride to the ultimate speed machine, we've got you covered. Let's dive into the fastest car and bike available in GTA 5 as of 2024.

After shutting down The Crew's servers at the end of March, Ubisoft has reportedly started removing the open-world racer from owners' libraries and revoking their user license.

Ubisoft’s online-only racing game The Crew stopped being operable on April 1. Some users are reporting, however, that things have gone a bit further. They say that the company actually reached into Ubisoft Connect accounts and revoked the license to access the game, according to reports by Game Rant and others.

Fortnite has vaulted all of Chapter 5, Season 2's Mythicals until May 3, which means you won't be able to use the Wings of Icarus, Thunderbolt of Zeus, and Chains of Hades for nearly a whole month.

We've datamined quest names possibly tied to a new Xal'atath questline in Patch 10.2.7, Hunt for the Harbinger. While this quest is not testable on the PTR, we can see the names of the steps and glean some hints about the storyline.

Last year, it was announced that the open world racing title The Crew would be delisted from storefronts and have its servers shut down in 2024, as developer Ubisoft claimed it was necessary to do so due to "server infrastructure and licensing constraints." With The Crew being an online-only title, it meant that the game was made completely unplayable when the servers were eventually shut down on March 31.

Blizzard has answered some popular Timerunning Pandamonium questions and revealed there will be no challenge mode sets available.

The legally distinct Cheerios in Tiny Tires, the upcoming miniature racing game that looks to be a loving homage to Micro Machines, have their own physics. This delights me. So does the milk, actually, leaving trails on the checked linoleum tablecloth as the infinitely minute driver tries to compensate for its skidding effect on those titular Tiny Tires. There’s pool balls, too! And floppy disk ramps! Floppy disks were probably still useful the last time anyone thought about Micro Machines, but now I’m reminded of it, I’m suddenly very excited again!

Triband will release car-with-legs racing adventure game WHAT THE CAR? for PC via Steam on September 5, the developer announced. A demo is available now.

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.

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!

Yesterday, 8th April, saw the end of an era. Nintendo closed down the online services for its 3DS and Wii U consoles.

Dragons Dogma 2 players rejoice, for a new PC mod has arisen that will allow you to temper the incessant chattering of your pawn companions and prevent them from constantly pointing out the presence of treasure chests, ladders, and so on.

Forza Motorsport’s latest update introduces a new track and cuts the game’s file size, among other features.

A Crash Team Racing unofficial PC port is currently in the works, and its development has been confirmed to be 70% complete in a new video shared online a few days back.

A core aspect of any adventure is discovering the various mini-games scattered across the lands of Hyrule. Some offer up a simple sum of Rupees when completed, while others reward Link with vital tools and upgrades to aid him on his journey. In a series known for its puzzles and dungeons, it's easy to overlook how essential the mini-game offerings are. Not only can they often reap useful rewards, they sometimes introduce the most fascinating side-characters of the franchise. More than just a means of gaining extra loot,these games help to expand the lore of Hyrule.

It’s fair to say it’s been a slower week than usual round these parts. Perhaps it’s the comedown from the chocolatey sugar highs of Easter, or just it being a shorter week after a long weekend? So, let’s quickly race through what’s happened.