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WhatsApp, the instant messaging platform is reportedly working on a new feature that may restrict users from sending messages. The new account restriction feature is currently in the development stage and is not ready for public use. This feature may restrict the user's ability to start a new conversation for a set amount of time. However, the purpose of the functionality is yet to be determined once it's rolled out officially. Know more about the WhatsApp account restriction feature.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for May 1: In Garena Free Fire MAX, items such as skins, weapons, gloo walls, bundles, emotes, weapon loot crates and more, play an important part in winning the battle. While some of these items only provide a cosmetic makeover, others aid in the matches. But how to get them? The developers of the game keep introducing new events from time to time, offering players an opportunity to get their hands on similar rewards. The new Faded Wheel has been introduced and it offers the Golden Fist backpack as the top reward. Check out the details below.

Fallout's popular TV show is full of mysteries that the show doesn't really explain, ranging from who actually dropped the first atomic bomb, to what the heck the Snake Oil Salesman's serum actually is. Another mystery that the Fallout TV show throws up is the location of the Brotherhood of Steel's headquarters, but one fan thinks they may have figured it out.

Rise of the Ronin may be a little shy over a month out from its release on PlayStation 5, but that isn’t stopping the action RPG's sales from outpacing its spiritual predecessors, Nioh and Nioh 2.

Blizzard replied to questions about the limit of the character talent loadout settings. Currently, players can only store up to 10 different loadouts, which, according to Blizzard, was added due to storage concerns since loadouts are stored together with other character data. As the blue post points out, while this is a heavy limitation for characters that do multiple types of content, there are very robust addon solutions that help alleviate these issues. Here are a couple of the most popular ones:

NVIDIA DLSS 3 has been added to the open world spaceship shooter game Everspace 2 with the major free Incursions update that dropped yesterday, adding new events, legendary gear and catalysts, new treasure boxes called reliquaries, and improved controller support. Developer ROCKFISH has also upgraded the game from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.3, offering Lumen Global Illumination as an option for high-end PC users looking to improve the visuals.

DreadXP  and Lovely Hellplace have announced that the classic early 2000’s inspired open world RPG Dread Delusion will be exiting early access and getting its full release on May 14th. The game has been in early access since June 2022, and has received positive feedback from the community during the early access phase.

RapidEyeMovers and Wolf & Wood have announced the a new free update for C-Smash VRS that will be available from May 1st. This update will add a new time attack mode, where you need to destroy as many blocks as possible in a set time. There will also be monthly refreshes of the top 10 in leader boards. A practice mode and a feature shortcut on the main menu are also being added. The C-Smash VRS May 1st updates notes have been released, and you view them below.

If you’re someone who loves hidden object puzzlers, then you must have played the Hidden Through Time series already. Now the good news is that after dropping Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic in February, the devs are going to drop another instalment soon. The upcoming title is called Hidden Through Time 2: Discovery. Keep reading to find out more!

Here is more on Fractured Sky: Rift:

Starfield's game director Todd Howard has revealed that the game’s first post-launch expansion, Shattered Space, will launch later this year.

Remedy Entertainment has provided an update on the development of Control2, Codename Condor, and the Max Payne 1 and 2 remakes. 

Microsoft has set the date for its Xbox Games Showcase this June. It’s also teasing a Direct that will immediately follow the showcase, but won’t say what that’s for just yet.

Cozy games are absolutely everywhere, and their chill vibes have inspired a whole aesthetic for an audience enamored by games like Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Palia. This adorable aesthetic may emphasize pastels and earth tones, but it is also defined by a tidy and ergonomic space that still has plenty of personality.

I found myself in a variety of odd situations while solving puzzles in Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. I spent some time staring at a mid-century movie poster for a documentary about a decomposing cat, wondering if I should focus on the runtime or the date it came out. I pulled up old hotel blueprints and deciphered the math of dead architects. I played a handful of ASCII-style PC games to receive messages from a 19th-century magician who calls me his sister. I found some toy blocks and shoved them into the walls of a secret cathedral. I slipped between realities and traversed a maze that shattered into shard-like pieces under my feet. I watched a woman fall to her death. I wondered if that woman was me.

If you missed seeing Hayao Miyazaki’s final* film, The Boy and the Heron, in theaters, GKIDS is bringing the enigmatic animated masterpiece to Blu-ray and DVD July 9.

Yu-Gi-Oh! just broke the Guinness World Record for the most entrants in a trading card game tournament, shattering its own record. This year, 7,443 people took part in the 10th Yu-Gi-Oh! Champion Series Japan tournament held at the Tokyo Big Sight.

ASUS is expected to be the next major player to enter the AI PC laptop segment utilizing Qualcomm's Snapdragon X CPUs.

For years Fallout fans have wondered if a video game in the franchise will ever leave the United States for another country. According to Fallout lore, the nuclear war of 2077 upon which the franchise is based was not localized to the U.S., but a global event. And so, the idea of traipsing astound post-apocalyptic London or even Canada has long-been mooted by fans.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

We wrap up a busy April with another batch of our Crowdfunding Campaigns to check out. This time we have a nice variety of campaigns, whether you are looking for thematic games or even a microgame. Check it out.

The developer of upcoming Sims competitor, Life By You, has confirmed it's ready to launch on its new Early Access release date, and it's right around the corner. 

Every Fallout game, dating back to the original in 1997, has been set in America. We've gone from New California to the Capital Wasteland to The Commonwealth, but never outside the USA.

The Northrend Cup is now live, allowing players to complete 13 new Dragonriding Races in the icy skies of Northrend! Check out all the rewards including the the Icy Drake Racer's transmog! Northrend Cup Guide and Rewards

With Cataclysm Pre-Patch set to release tomorrow, and launch just a few weeks away, Blizzard has released a breakdown of how the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch (4.4.0) will differ from the original Cataclysm (4.0.3a) release. Cataclysm Classic Pre-Patch Overview Guide

Wowhead's Character Gear Planner Tool has been updated ahead of Cataclysm Classic, allowing you to plan your character progression through gear, enchants, sockets — and now, reforging! Cataclysm Classic Gear Planner Tool

Intel issued a statement to address the stability issues currently affecting 13th and 14th gen Intel Core i9 CPUs, including the i9-14900K, in certain PC configurations. These stability issues can cause select Intel Core i9 processors to run out of their recommended specs, which can negatively affect performance during gaming sessions and productivity tasks.

Hatsune Miku and her flowing twin pigtails are about to grace the art of some gorgeous collectible trading cards. The globally famous virtual pop star is the subject of several upcoming Secret Lair drops for Magic: The Gathering. The best part? She’s going on a year-long print-fueled tour with four Secret Lair drops in all. Polygon has a preview of the first six cards in the series, which go up for sale in May.

It has been a couple of days since I got my hands on the Galaxy S24 Ultra, and the device is one of the best I have used. It is evident that Samsung has managed to outdo itself in almost every aspect and the best thing is that the device feels so much more premium than before. My only subjective gripe is that the Titanium Black is not the darkest shade of black, but that aside, the phone is perfect. However, the phone has one thing that I cannot get over and that is just how inaccurate the fingerprint sensor can be. If you are pulling your hair out trying to figure out how to fix the fingerprint issue on Galaxy S24 Ultra, then you are not the only one as I have been dealing with the same issue, and in this tutorial, I am going to help you figure things out.

With the Fallout TV series topping 65 million viewers to become one of the most watched Prime Video shows ever, the pressure is on for more content set in the wasteland, and Bethesda is seemingly ready to oblige.

A Commandos: Origins closed beta is set to take place this summer, with fans of the real-time tactical series able to sign up to take part now.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

Blizzard has announced the May 2024 trading post items which includes 2 pets and 1 new mount! In addition, there's many new floral weapons that match the Spring Reveler transmog sets from Noblegarden in April.

It’s been five years since Game of Thrones ended and a good while since we had a decent video game based on George RR Martin’s fantasy writings that aren’t Elden Ring lore. Yet it seems that Game of Thrones’ cultural cachet still has enough draw to inspire new games of its own. And not just an arguably underrated-if-also-not-particularly-great action-adventure RPG or fairly okay Telltale adventure game, either, but a whole honest-to-goodness Game of Thrones MMO currently in development, according to new rumours.

Microsoft just held its latest ID@Xbox, a digital showcase showing many fantastic indie games headed to Xbox and PC. From existing games getting updates, such as Palworld and Vampire Survivors, to new details on existing indie games, like 33 Immortals and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, today's showcase likely had a game for just about every type of player.

Max Payne 1 + 2 Remake is finally entering full production soon. This comes directly from Remedy, as the developer gives us an update on the various games it currently has in the works.

A variety of new items are flowering in this month’s Trading Post. Embrace the spirit of spring when you gild your back with the Wings of the Amber Monarch.

Game of Thrones is reportedly the basis of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set from The Finals publisher Nexon.

After the massive success of 2019’s “live-action” Lion King, it only made sense for Disney to explore more of that photorealistic CG world. Instead of adapting the direct-to-home-video sequel The Lion King: Simba’s Pride, or the Disney Junior series The Lion Guard, though, the next movie will delve into the backstory of Simba’s father, Mufasa.

[Ed. note: This post goes into detail about Challengers, the arc of Zendaya’s character, and the movie’s sex scenes. Spoilers ahead.]

is a new cartoon brawler from Lightfox Games, tossing players into hazard-filled arenas to partake in everything from classic deathmatches to cupcake-chomping competitions. Published by Mad Mushroom, a label owned by content creator group OTK, the game is focused on the kind of wide appeal and simple fun that could make the experience appealing to streamers and their audiences. There's such a thing as too simple, however, and is definitely toeing that line.

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Telegram has introduced a significant update, bringing along a slew of new features, including the long-awaited ability to view your own public profile. With version 10.11 now available for both Android and iOS users, Telegram enthusiasts can explore these fresh enhancements.

Looks like a crossover with all the good stuff-ing is going to drop soon in China. It’s the Reverse: 1999 China x Pizza Hut collaborations that’s about to drop for the Chinese servers. Bluepoch, the publishers of the game, is all set to bring three of the most popular characters of the game into Pizza Hut’s world. Who are they and what else is going down? Keep reading to find out!

A Game of Thrones MMORPG is reportedly in development, handled by Korean publisher Nexon. The game is said to take place midway through the TV show, between Seasons 4 and 5, and will focus on the North and the Wall.

We've reported throughout the entire month that the excellent Fallout TV show (already renewed for a second season) spurred renewed interest in the whole franchise, with previous games clawing their way back to the weekly sales chart and setting new concurrency records.

The demand for Apple Vision Pro is slowly dwindling, but the company’s long-term goals have not budged an inch. A new report states that the successor to the $3,499 AR headset could launch sometime by the end of 2026. However, there is a huge glaring issue that Apple needs to address, or this product category will most likely never take off, and that is pricing. For that to happen, the technology giant needs to bring down its component costs, but with each current-generation unit estimated to set back Apple by $1,542, the road to a more affordable head-mounted wearable is long and hard.

New week, new videogames! When will it end, etc. There aren't many obvious headliners out in the next few days, but there are a lot of tantalisingly bleak games. Let's see here, we've got a survival shooter that's essentially set in Black Mesa, a sardonical adventure about questing Russian Orthodox nuns, a game about running the company that starts the zombie apocalypse, and a cosy village grower with an atypical emphasis on disease and death. Lovely!

An iPad's battery life plays a pivotal role in its usability. Whether you're streaming movies or working on tasks, a robust battery ensures uninterrupted usage. However, when the battery starts to dwindle faster than usual, it can significantly hinder your iPad experience. Here are key factors contributing to battery drain and tips to optimise your iPad's battery life.

Lego has been rolling out Star Wars sets at a faster rate than usual so far in 2024 to celebrate 25 years of turning locations, characters, and vehicles from a galaxy far, far away into Minifigures and sets. New R2-D2 and Millennium Falcon sets are already available, and a TIE Interceptor set will be released later this week ahead of Star Wars Day. To further mark 25 years of working with Star Wars, Lego has put together a video featuring characters and elements from throughout the series, including some who haven't been turned into Lego yet.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for April 29:The developers of Garena Free Fire MAX have been generous lately to the players with several in-game events rolled out, offering an opportunity to grab exclusive items. In some of the events, players are required to complete a specific set of objectives to win them. But if you do not wish to do so, you can simply spend diamonds to get them via the Booyah Pass. Ahead of its official arrival, the details of the Garena Free Fire MAX Booyah Pass for May have been leaked.

Just when you think you've seen every conceivable way for someone to crawl their way through Baldur's Gate 3's infamously tough Honor Mode setting, someone comes along with an even more ridiculous method that puts the prior one to shame. You won't find many as impressively baffling as this one though, as Reddit user Real-Business6593 recently showed off their playthrough in which they're beating Honor Mode with an undead army.

Fallout 4's latest update was in the works for a while and originally planned to go live last year. So, when it eventually launched just after the hype from the TV show adaptation, it was a big deal - although not the best deal out there for those playing with mods.

A teenager recently uncovered a rare LEGO octopus minifigure that was lost for the past 27 years. In 1997, a cargo ship containing thousands of LEGO pieces was caught in a storm 20 miles off Land’s End, Cornwall. This resulted in nearly five million LEGO pieces falling into the sea, with many of them being related to pirate or ocean exploration-based sets of the time.

May 2024’s Crew Pack arrives on April 30th, granting subscribers their usual perks and a brand-new exclusive Outfit. This month, subscribers can expect to receive Spirit Hunter Saeko, a newly arrived character on the island, with some themed cosmetics to match. Subscribers will also receive their usual benefits and perks, rounding out this month’s Crew Pack.

The weekend is here, and there are loads of exciting deals you do not want to miss! This Saturday, new deals on some amazing video games, technology, and devices have appeared, and we've rounded up our picks. The best deals for Sunday, April 29, include the Glorious GMMK 2, Tekken 8, 2024 MacBook Air, Armored Core 6, Apple Watch Series 9, and more.

The scarecrow-inspired transmog from The War Within has received some enhancements--a claw and back piece. Previously the set looked a bit autumnal, if benign, but with these additions the set takes on a darker fantasy vibe.

Like so many other people, after I finished the Fallout series on Amazon Prime, I wanted to jump into a Fallout game again. I lived in the Boston area — where Fallout 4 is set — in 2015, when that game was released, so I clocked in almost 70 hours there, but I couldn’t resist the temptation to boot up my favorite game in the series: Fallout: New Vegas. Unfortunately, that was easier said than done.

Shōgun, the limited TV series based on the historical-fiction novel by James Clavell, quickly asserted itself as one of this year’s best new series, thanks to a captivating cast of characters and a stirring performance by lead Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga.

Martin Hultberg - once the director behind Ubisoft's looting, shooting The Division - now has his eyes on the fledgling get-in-and-go extraction shooter genre, which he reckons can still reach the "mass market."

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

Fallout has been the watercooler TV show this month, an impressive feat for a video game adaptation. Although Bethesda doesn’t have any new Fallout games to release alongside it, the Amazon Prime series has reinvigorated interest in Fallout, with all its titles seeing notable player count increases. For now, we’ll have to be content with a Fallout 4 current-gen upgrade, but I’ll admit that my mind is drifting to thinking about Fallout 5.

The second War Within build has added a variety of interesting models, including more Nerubian raid weapons, garden shovels, and hearty feasts.

NVIDIA is expected to dominate the AI market in 2024 as they are set to sell $40 billion worth of GPU, significantly outpacing AMD & Intel.

No Rest for the Wicked is tedious by design. Healing items in the action RPG have a 10-second hold period after use, so you’re bound to die often. Equipment loses durability each time you die, and the cost of repairs quickly adds up. Bounty missions you take on to cover them pay like shit, but that’s the job. Over and over, the game punctures any confidence you build over the course of your adventure, increasing enemy numbers and introducing new, vicious foes often to shake familiarity. That frustration complements the story’s themes. When you consider the project’s development, however, it’s almost justified.

The various worlds making up have both inspired and been inspired by a massive library of excellent book series, with the best of them leaving an inarguable legacy on the franchise. Part of the joy of the world's most popular tabletop roleplaying game is the ability to forge uniqueunofficial settings in , creating a new story from scratch. But for many, staying within the familiar territory of pre-established lore is a much more comfortable prospect, and plenty of book series delve into these fantasy worlds.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

Intel seems to have released an update regarding its 14th & 13th Gen CPU stability issues, calling out motherboard makers for not following recommended settings.

Survios, the team behind PSVR games CREED: Rise to Glory, Sprint Vector, and The Walking Dead Onslaught, has today revealed it's working on a new PSVR2 game set in the Alien universe called Alien: Rogue Incursion. It is described as an «intense single-player, action horror game», set to release for Sony's VR headset later this year alongside Meta Quest 3 and Steam VR versions.

Sea of Thieves is a game that really only works with a group of friends. Rare’s live-service pirate simulator is one of the best co-op games available today, allowing you to put together a swashbuckling crew to take to the high seas, raid rival ships, and hunt for treasure. Thankfully, you don’t need to be on the same system to put together such a crew. Here’s everything you need to know about Sea of Thieves’ cross-platform support.

From the moment you begin your adventure in Fallout: New Vegas, you’ve already cheated death. Your first playthrough of the game should be done as the developers intended, though maybe with a couple of mods to make the experience a little smoother, but nothing that breaks the game. That said, it’s been over a decade since the game came out, so odds are you’ve already played through the intended way at least once. This is when you can have some fun tinkering with the game and play using console commands and cheats if you’re on the PC version of the game. There are a ton of commands you can input to manipulate your character, the world, objects, and more. Here’s a full rundown of all the cheats there are and how to activate them.

Another Crab’s Treasure no doubt looks like a kid-friendly game, but hiding beneath its charming and cute exterior is a challenging soulslike experience that can test the mettle of genre veterans. Those who either can’t or don’t want to engage with such intense difficulty throughout this underwater adventure can make great use of a variety of assists. Among these is a rather shocking, but hilarious option that can completely negate nearly all of the game’s challenge while providing some laughs along the way. Here’s how to get a gun in Another Crab’s Treasure.

If you're an Xbox user, or even regularly used one in the past, then you may want to dive into your capture gallery and back up any special gaming moments you may have screenshot or recorded during your time with the system. This is because Xbox seems to be rolling out a new policy next month in which captures that are over 90 days old will be deleted from your system automatically.

Amazon is currently offering Disney Lorcana starter decks for their lowest price ever. The Ruby / Sapphire Starter Deck for Lorcana’s first expansion, Into the Inklands, is on sale for just $13.99. The Amber / Emerald Starter Deck is also on sale for just $14.98. Both of these decks were originally priced at $16.99 when they launched back in March, making this the best opportunity yet to start your Disney Lorcana collection.

Away from the buzz of Hollywood sets and the fervor that comes with being a breakout Netflix star, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan enjoys playing video games in her basement.

The next set of cards for Disney Lorcana is heavily inspired by The Little Mermaid. Called Ursula’s Return, the action centers around a plot by the eponymous tentacled terror to corrupt the realm’s many glimmers. But another beloved Disney franchise has come to the rescue. The Madrigal family from Encanto is putting their weight behind the forces of good. Today, Polygon can reveal more Madrigal-themed cards, and just as in the hit movie, the family does best when they all work together.

The European Medieval period has always been an era of fascination, especially in games. This age has inspired some of the best low fantasy romps and strategy games that have endured as classics for generations. With that in mind, we’ve made a list of our own, with samplings throughout the ages that may inspire you to pick up a title or two if you’re in want of something truly, medieval-y, immersive.

Blizzard has announced updates on damage and healing issues in Awakened raids.