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Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room are back with a new Vampire: the Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Clan Highlight, this time focused on the Banu Haqim.

Blizzard has released another round of hotfixes for Cataclysm Classic, including a fix for Blood Death Knights being hit by critical melee attacks and several Warlock abilities!

Blizzard has released the Patch 1.4.0 patch notes for Diablo 4's Season 4. We have summarized all of the class changes made between Patch 1.4.0 (PTR) and Patch 1.4.0 (Live). Season 4 Patch 1.4.0 Patch Notes Season 4: Loot Reborn — Developer Update Livestream Summary You can catch up on the initial class changes from the recent Patch 1.4.0 PTR by clicking the links below. This article only covers the changes made since the conclusion of the PTR (Public Test Realm). PTR Patch 1.4.0 Barbarian Class Changes PTR Patch 1.4.0 Druid Class Changes PTR Patch 1.4.0 Necromancer Class Changes PTR Patch 1.4.0 Rogue Class Changes PTR Patch 1.4.0 Sorcerer Class Changes

Sins of a Solar Empire 2, the anticipated strategy sequel by Ironclad Games that is being published by Stardock, is finally releasing on Steam this summer. But unbeknownst to many fans, it effectively stealth launched on the Epic Game Store more than a year ago — a release that publisher Stardock has mostly declined to publicize until now.

Blizzard has just released the patch notes for Patch 1.4.0 coming with Season 4, including the itemization rework, new crafting systems, class changes, and much more! Season 4 will launch on May 14 on all platforms.

Yesterday, Meta announced Batman: Arkham Shadow, a VR-only game coming exclusively to the Meta Quest 3. Batman: Arkham Shadow is in development at Camouflaj, a developer with offices in Bellevue, Washington, and Kamakura, Japan. Camouflaj was founded in 2011 by Ryan Payton, who had previously worked at KONAMI as Assistant Producer on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

There isn’t another game series more loaded with pop culture references than Goat Simulator. Pilgor, the crazy, ragdoll-tossed, licking protagonist of the series has been getting up to endlessly stupid hijinks for 10 years, and what started as a daft premise built from a game jam idea has now spawned a decade of insanity, spoofing almost every major video game along the way such as Skyrim, Dead Island and even P.T.

The highly anticipated Splinter Cell remake may feature one of the best ray-tracing implementations to date, according to some online rumors circulating today.

The Watch Dogs is "dead and buried", as Ubisoft canceled multiple projects based on the franchise, according to online rumors.

Gaming accessory manufacturer Turtle Beach has revealed a range of upcoming wireless gaming headsets, including the open back Atlas Air, a redesigned Stealth 600, and a more affordable Stealth 500. Pre-orders for each of these products are available now via the Turtle Beach website, with all three models set to release on May 19 this year.

If you're looking for a quick and gorgeous game, one you can polish off in a couple of relaxed afternoons, Planet of Lana fits the bill. Previously an Xbox console exclusive, it's come to PlayStation now, and will speak to anyone who enjoyed the likes of Limbo or Inside.

Some new videogame releases pounce on us like excitable Golden Retrievers, while others become apparent to us more insidiously, like undead Golden Retrievers creeping back from the grave to do their master's bidding unto eternity. Withering Rooms is one of the latter: released out of early access last week, and noticed by me just yesterday, it's a haunted mansion metroidvania in which you are a small girl in a nightie who must use meat cleavers, pentagrams and spells of self-enlargement or possession or incineration to overcome various monsters of the Silently Hilly and/or Residentially Evil persuasion. No, none of the monsters are Golden Retrievers.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has stealth dropped new ship upgrades alongside the new Premium Warbond, Democratic Detonation.

Sandbox detective simulation game Shadows of Doubt will be available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series alongside PC when it leaves Early Access later in 2024, publisher Fireshine Games and developer ColePowered Games announced.

Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a throwback to an era of single-player video games that I miss.

A little knowledge goes a long way in , and while the title is intended to be brutal, it could be easier with a better understanding of its core mechanics. Make no mistake: its unforgiving difficulty does the genre proud. Every step is fraught with peril, and every victory is hard-won. Completion serves as a badge of honor for those who manage to conquer it and a formidable barrier for the unprepared.

Who doesn't love free PC games? Well, there's plenty available right now for you to permanently add to your libraries.

Noble patriots of Super Earth, the time for stealth is over. A new Helldivers 2 Premium Warbond has been deployed to all fighting units on frontlines across the galaxy on April 11. Codename…. Democratic Detonation.

Gameplay and images for the canceled ‘Nolanverse’ Batman game that was once in development at Monolith Productions have emerged online.

Are you friend or enemy? Warcraft Rumble’s newest Troop, Faerie Dragon, will be coming to Season 5 beginning on April 17 and will be earnable as a reward from the guild War Chest and PvP.

We've been hard at work datamining all the new changes for Diablo 4's first-ever PTR! Take a look at the raw data we've gathered below.Editor's Note: This datamined information comes directly from the Diablo 4 PTR client. While some of it may differ to what was described in patch notes, this is the current information live in the Diablo 4 Patch 1.4.0 PTR. These changes may have already entered the game due to the nature of Blizzard's release process — while the items aren't necessarily new to this specific patch release, they are new to the latest comparison of patch changes. Here are the datamined changes for build 1.4.0.51885, compared to 1.3.5.51869.

Just as the Helldivers 2 community was trying to make sense of mysterious cloaked ships and get to grips with a balance-changing update that adds new planetary hazards, players found more additions to the game developer Arrowhead failed to announce up front in the patch notes.

In 2019, indie Canadian studio Nine Dots released Outward, an unforgiving immersive action roleplaying game that immediately captivated an audience. Having sold over 1.3 million units to date, the game is now getting a sequel, as announced earlier this month by Nine Dots.

Rogues are seeing some large buffs in the PTR and Patch 1.4.0 for Diablo 4, including huge buffs to Grenade abilities as well as numerous bug fixes. Diablo 4 PTR Patch Notes: Patch 1.4.0 Rogue Class Overview

Blizzard has just released the patch notes for the upcoming Diablo 4 PTR Patch 1.4.0, including the itemization rework, class changes, and much more! The PTR will start on April 2 and lasts until April 9.

Dragon's Dogma 2 has been out and in players' hands for almost a week now, and it's fair to say that although it launched to incredibly positive critic reviews, certain elements haven't been received fantastically by the fanbase. The action-RPG was immediately hit with backlash for its microtransactions, and plenty of people have been left frustrated by the deadly Dragonsplague mechanic, too. 

More Plunderstorm ability tuning has been pushed to live servers which nerfs Faeform again and buffs Earthbreaker.

More Plunderstorm ability tuning has been pushed to live servers which nerfs Faeform again and buffs Earthbreaker.

If ever there were a game not to play on a Monday when you've had minimal sleep and basically want to crawl under the table and eat three-day-old pizza, that game - or rather, free "tech demo" - is Fractal Sailor. The work of Struct9 founder Matej Vanco, it hands you a distressingly unwieldy and roofless hovership and cuts you adrift in a vast ocean of malevolent mathematics.

Blizzard has revealed a few new Legendary Aspects and Aspect changes coming in Patch 1.4.0 with Season 4. Let's take a look at what is new and what has changed for some of the Aspects in Diablo 4. Season 4 PTR Overview — Campfire Chat Summary Itemization Update Summary All of these changes are subject to change before they hit live servers on May 14. Some of the Legendary Aspect descriptions can be incomplete. This is only a small portion of what is to come for Aspects with Patch 1.4.0. The summary does not include changes to value ranges as those are being overhauled across the board with the reworked Codex of Power. Some potential changes to Aspects that could be spotted during the Campfire Chat may have also not been included due to the new Codex of Power system shortening descriptions of Aspects, which leads to parts of their description being left out.

While you do pick a starting class of sorts in Rise of the Ronin, that doesn’t lock you out of using any of the game’s numerous weapons or abilities. That initial choice simply determines your starting stats and skills, and you can still freely mold your ronin’s proficiencies with as much detail as you can their appearance. Previous Team Ninja games have had some less-than-friendly UIs for their leveling system, and while it is much better here, it is still quite overwhelming. You have multiple branches of skills spread across the four main categories, plus most skills can be leveled up more than once. If you’re ready to learn the ways of the samurai, enter our dojo to learn which skills are the best.

More Plunderstorm hotfixes have been pushed to live servers including another nerf to Fire Whirl and a nerf to Stormproof Sloop! Here are the Plunderstorm hotfixes for today!

Back in 2022, it was announced that Uncharted writer and creative director Amy Hennig is working on a Marvel game starring both Black Panther and Captain America. Unlike most superhero titles these days, Hennig's game stood out from the rest by being set during World War 2, and its setting was shown off during a Disney showcase that same year.

It's been a while since we last heard from Commandos: Origins, developer Claymore Game Studios' revival of the classic WW2 real-time stealth-tactics series, but it's back to show off some of the locations players will be tensely sneaking around in a new trailer.

Eidos Montreal's impressive yet criminally underrated action-RPG Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is currently being offered for free on the Epic Game Store.

This week, Minecraft added a brand new melee weapon for testing via Snapshot and Preview, and it's not taken long for players to discover that it's ridiculously strong. 

The two best controllers I've reviewed in the last year are the Victrix Pro BFG, and the Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra Wireless. You can imagine my surprise, then, when I learned this morning that the parent brands of both of those gamepads would be joining forces. 

Konami has detailed a new update for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, which adds a pause menu to Sons of Liberty.

Ubisoft Massive has released two updates for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora this month, introducing several improvements to combat and exploration in the open world game while also fixing artifacts that appeared when using AMD FSR 3 on PC. Here's an overview shared by the development team:

If you’ve ever tried to stealth your way past a Terminid patrol in Helldivers 2 and found yourself somehow spotted despite your best efforts to creep silently about and remain out of sight, there might have been a very good reason for that: it turns out the horrible bugs can smell you.

Co-op sci-fi shooter Helldivers 2 is known more for its dramatic air strikes and over-the-top weapons than stealth elements. However, when building Helldivers 2's alien hordes, developer Arrowhead Game Studios included plenty of detection mechanics, including the ability for bugs to «smell» sneaky Helldivers. 

The Last of Us Part II Remastered PC version might be announced soon, according to new insider Silknigth, who previously leaked the Ghost of Tsushima PC announcement in advance.

If you've ever been in the middle of playing Helldivers 2 and wondered how one of the pesky terminids managed to track you down when it should never have seen you, there's a reason for that – they can smell you. 

Blizzard has announced an extended 8 hour maintenance for Retail WoW on Tuesday, March 12th from 7:00 AM PDT to 3:00 PM PDT. Could this mean anything? An 8 hour maintenance is an atypical maintenance these days but players are anxiously waiting for any news of a Patch 10.2.6 release date.

Helldivers 2 players are trying to figure out which aspects of the game have been buffed after developer Arrowhead Game Studios revealed that buffs were omitted from the patch notes.

Last night's Xbox Partner Preview showcase gave us our first look at Sleight of Hand, an occult noir deckbuilding stealth sim from RiffRaff Games. And, it looks Ace (see what I did there?).

During the Xbox Partner Showcase, New Zealand-based developer RiffRaff Games (led by Joshua Boggs, known for the puzzle game FRAME) announced Sleight of Hand, a neo-noir stealth sim game.

Sleight of Hand is an upcoming stealth-action game in which your sneaky detective uses cards to sneak around enemies while on the hunt for your former cult. It’s from the co-creator of acclaimed mobile game Framed, and has more than one connection to Metal Gear Solid going for it.

Assassin's Creed Red, the next entry in the series by Ubisoft set in Feudal Japan, has seen its first information surface, revealing in-game mechanics and the engine behind it.

Hideo Kojima is well known for making games with grand political statement hidden not so subtely within their dialogue and cinematics. As of today, players can also enjoy one of these long, drawn-out narrative stealth games within the comfortable confines of Minecraft textures and flavor text.

In amongst the expected Star Troopers chatter, a less obvious comparison for Helldivers 2 has quietly been making the rounds: 2015's Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Unexpected overlap in stealth, movement, and gunplay has brought Kojima's open-world action espionage masterwork back into the spotlight, and director Josh Sawyer of RPG powerhouse Obsidian reckons it's all just more evidence that more games shouldn't feel bad about copying stuff that works well and feels good. 

Set during the run-up to the D-Day landings, Classified: France ’44 puts the player in control of an elite squad of soldiers immersed deep behind enemy lines. Their mission is simple but oh-so-difficult; they must unify the French Resistance, eliminate key German targets, and sabotage vital infrastructure to ensure that the approaching allied invasion is a success. That sounds like a lot of pressure to deal with, but as a turn-based tactical game, you’ve got all the time in the world to plan out your moves.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for February 27: Events in Garena Free Fire MAX are a great way for players to obtain special and exclusive in-game rewards. Although most of the rewards offer only cosmetic benefits, they can help make your character stand out in a sea of Garena Free Fire MAX players. The newly introduced Flaming Fist Royale is one such event that offers exciting rewards such as Flaming Fist and Frozen Flame Fist as the top prizes! Want to grab them? Know how.

Last Friday, players started to notice that a popular macro for Guardian Druids is no longer working, causing many Druids to leave Bear Form accidently...

Villainous Games Studio has revealed a brand-new look at their folk horror roguelike Harvest Hunt alongside an official release window.

The best Xbox Series X headsets will allow you to hear everything in your game while carrying your voice with crystal clarity to your teammates. Finding the perfect one can be a challenge, but these are the headsets that stand above the rest.

Level Infinite and Hotta Studio just dropped some exciting news! They have revealed a new Simulacrum, Yanuo in Tower of Fantasy, who’s bringing serious skills and intrigue with her. Yanuo’s making her debut on February 20, so let’s give you a quick rundown of who she is.

One Skyrim player recently challenged themself to complete the game on its Legendary difficulty, while knee-capping their runs with self-imposed permadeath and other ultra-hard restrictions. After 150 hours and four characters lost to the fiery gates of permadeath, Redditor Inward_Perfection finally did it! Their advice on the best character build? Well, it's the same thing we’d all recommend, I guess: stealth archer.

Hideo Kojima has a lot of stuff on his plate, including Death Stranding 2 and the Xbox cloud-powered horror game OD, but perhaps the most exciting project for longtime fans is Physint, a new “action espionage” game in the vein of Metal Gear Solid. Since parting ways with Konami, Kojima has seemingly avoided a return to the stealth genre, so what convinced him to return?

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Hideo Kojima announced a new “action-espionage game” named Physint at Sony’s PlayStation State of Play event last month. And to hear the founder of Kojima Productions describe it, Physint sure sounds a lot like a new take on Metal Gear, the stealth series that Kojima created, but taken to its extremes.

There's still time to check out upcoming stealth platformer Ereban: Shadow Legacy's Steam Next Fest demo, which takes Splatoon-inspired movement into a tense stealth experience.

Kojima Productions founder and CEO Hideo Kojima discussed how the decision to develop the recently announced action espionage game Physint with Sony Interactive Entertainment came about during a special edition broadcast of “HideoTube” that aired today.

A new update for Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 1 will finally make Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, and the bonus content compatible with Steam Deck.

Indiana Jones And The Great Circle was announced at this week's Xbox Deveoper Direct. It looks good! There has been much discussion of its decision to make its tomb raiding first-person (with some third-person traversal and cutscenes), however.

Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal will launch for Switch via Nintendo eShop on January 25 for $29.99, publisher Feral Interactive announced. Pre-orders are available now at a discount price of $24.99.

Did we put the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Silent Hill 2 remakes on that list of our most anticipated games of 2024? The article is so voluminous I’m not sure I have the energy to check. I get halfway down the page and feel like I need to pitch camp below one of the paragraph breaks, like a mountaineer sleeping beneath a crag in one of those dangling tents. Assuming we didn’t, both have been slated for 2024 release by the PlayStation blog.

It looks like both Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill 2 Remake could be released this year.

Stealth tactics 'em up Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is an "all-time treasure", according to Katharine's review, and it has to be given that developers Mimimi announced their closure almost immediately after its release.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is one of the year's best releases as far as I'm concerned, but its arrival was bittersweet, given developer Mimimi Games announced it was shutting up shop shortly after. Since then, the team has wrapped up work on two final DLC drops introducing new characters, islands, and more — but it turns out that wasn't quite everything it had in store: in a surprise final update, Mimimi has now launched an expansive «modding tool» for PC.

The Lamplighters League might have officially flopped according to publisher Paradox Interactive, but that hasn't stopped developer Harebrained Schemes from making improvements to its pulp strategy adventure since its arrival — and its latest free update is perhaps its biggest yet, adding a new playable character and new events system.

A gang of volunteer modders and developers have just released a huge expansion for the 25-year-old first-person stealth game, Thief: The Dark Project.

Last week I wrote up an irreverent cyberpunk ninja game called Ninja Issen. The just announced Quantic River, which Graham tossed into the Maw last night, is that game played straight. In Fluidfury Interactive's new dystopian slasher, you are a resurrected cyborg who, for reasons not currently given, must katana the limbs off a bunch of other dudes in a lean and nasty 2.5D metropolis.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew developer Mimimi Games has announced it'll release two DLC expansions for the supernatural stealth tactics game on 6th December.

Mimimi Games have announced two chunky Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC expansions - the German strategy game studio's final releases, before they close their doors for good. Both are down to launch on 6th December, and will add "several hours" of stuff to the sneaky sea-dog simulator.

Mimimi Games will release “two mighty downloadable content expansions” for pirate stealth strategy game Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew on December 6, the developer announced.

Back in September, Dave the Diver studio Mintrocket unveiled Nakwon: Last Paradise, a 16-player stealth-survival extraction game set on the streets of Seoul amid an undead apocalypse, and now — with a public pre-alpha playtest looming — it's shared 22 minutes of gameplay.

Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal will launch for iOS via App Store and Android via Google Play on November 30, publisher Feral Interactive announced. The Switch version will follow this winter.

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 has received a new patch across all platforms, but issues still remain.