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Wowhead’s Death Trap Grenade Rogue Endgame Build Guide is now live! Season 4’s rework of Grenade skills transforms what was once only a conceptual Rogue build into one that can cut through endgame content with ease. Death Trap Grenade Rogue Endgame Build Guide

Servants can help maintain the castle in . You can create a set number of servant coffins per tier of your Castle Heart. This means if you concentrate on building and upgrading, your home can have many coffins and workers.

Hit level 70? Here's how to «Gear Up» your character in order to have enough power for Heroic raids and eventually Mythic Siege of Orgrimmar!

Wowhead’s Blood Surge Minions Necromancer Endgame Build Guide is now live! Season 4 is definitely the season of minions, and Necromancers are thrilled — so take advantage of all your new buddies! Blood Surge Minions Necromancer Endgame Build Guide

If you want to be really technical, basically every game is a survival game. After all, the point is to avoid dying, right?

2023's release of was, in a way, Bethesda Game Studios' long-awaited return to single-player RPGs following 2015's . is certainly more ambitious than its predecessor – it's immense scale is almost unrivaled – but it's not uniformly iterative, even if 's May 2024 update makes significant strides. makes some welcome reversions, like abandoning the much maligned voiced protagonist that tanks 's roleplaying potential, but despite the long wait for, it still feels like a step backward regarding certain features.

Blizzard has announced that they have fixed a bug causing certain boss abilities to do double damage. However, many abilities in both dungeons and raids were doing over 8 million damage and even if these were «double damage», these are still not survivable for any character.

Wowhead’s Frozen Orb Sorcerer Endgame Build Guide is now live! Season 4’s next big build, this icy Frozen Orb build is projected to be a favorite — and one of the strongest builds of the season. Frozen Orb Sorcerer Endgame Build Guide

SteamWorld Heist II was announced last month, much to many people’s surprise. Today, Thunderful Games has released a new video that delves into the story of the pirate themed sequel, which comes nine years after the first SteamWorld Heist originally released for the Nintendo 3DS, which was set in Space.

has not been without its controversy over the last few months. With the expectation that would be everything that was and more, the dedicated playerbase has been anything but impressed, with the game's predecessor,, consistently maintaining a higher concurrent player count on Steam. That said, a recent announcement on its official X account may finally breathe some new life into the struggling title.

One of the biggest set piece missions in is the Suicide Mission that serves as 's endgame and finale. In, Commander Shepard forms an uneasy alliance with the pro-human terrorist organization Cerberus to confront the Collectors, an enigmatic race of aliens with sinister designs for humanity. At the end of the game, Shepard and their companions must assault the Collector Base: a challenging multi-stage mission where everyone is considered expendable.

Phoenix Labs is seeing its third round of layoffs in just over a year. According to reports, over 100 people were affected this time around and projects have been canceled.

The low-key king of the modern survival-horror movie, Alexandre Aja — who’s made movies like Crawl, Oxygen, and The Hills Have Eyes — is back with a new film staring Halle Berry. The first trailer for Never Let Go was released on Thursday, and the movie already looks like a terrifying addition to Aja’s impressive canon of people trying to survive the very bad things that are happening to them.

Today, in the middle of its full-year financial report, Ubisoft announced that the free-to-play game Tom Clancy's The Division Heartland has been canceled. The publisher will reinvest in XDefiant and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six instead. Here's the full quote:

Ubisoft just announced that it has cancelled the upcoming free-to-play shooter The Division Heartland three years after having been announced.

Today, Microsoft announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming (available as part of Game Pass Ultimate) has received initial mouse and keyboard support for the following twenty-six games:

Microsoft just released a new update for Xbox Cloud Gaming that finally brings mouse and keyboard support, after teasing the feature for years. The tool is currently in beta release and works with both the Edge and Chrome web browsers. It looks pretty simple to use. Just select a game that supports a mouse and keyboard and have at it.

Though introduced many new features in its 1.0 update, one addition greatly changes the endgame. is a simple but enjoyable survival game where players take the form of a reborn Vampire. They must then restore their powers by collecting the blood of bosses, strong weapons, and rebuilding their castles. Castles are an important part of the game's survival mechanics, offering a place to hide from the sun and numerous crafting benches for acquiring powerful gear.

really doesn't want fans comparing it to other games as the developers would prefer that everyone just get along and play together. The so-called "Console War" that generally consists of an Xbox and PlayStation supporters arguing for their supremacy of their selected device has waged for years with many within the video game industry have grown tired of the debate. Such was the occassion when one avid player took to social media to contrast the creature-collecting survival game against one of Sony's most recent popular experiences.

is known for having a unique and charming world with as many unanswered questions as answered ones. Conspiracies are ingrained into the franchise's DNA as much as the whimsical nature of the world is, and the wild setting of means that its theories can be just as outlandish. Bethesda has been shrewd in giving its fan community many answers, letting the mystery build over time from entry to entry.

It’s been a bit of a slow time of year for comedy movies, but 2024 has enough laugh-out loud gems to round out a list. And there’s a wide variety of sub-genres to pick from: musical reboots, existential animated kids’ movies, campy horror flicks, and even a DC parody.

Valheim is a fantastic sandbox survival game, set in a fantastical 10th realm of the Norse afterlife. Adventurers explore from the peaceful meadows out into more dangerous biomes, and today, the most dangerous one yet is available to explore. The last biome update was the Mistlands; today, players can venture out into the Ashlands.

Surprise! There’s a new spin-off to Dead by Daylight and it’s out today! Marking the 8th anniversary with a stream full of trailers and reveals, Behaviour Interactive has announced and released What the Fog.

Valheim's latest patch is here, adding the all-new Ashlands biome. Ashlands comes with a whole lot of new content, ranging from new weapons, creatures, buildable items, locations, and events.

One of the new weapons coming to in the update will let players fly with the right gear. rose to fame in the survival genre and has held pace ever since. Though it may not have as much content as other popular titles, the combination of fun gameplay, immersive building, and systematic changes have propelled it. These changes lessened the tedious grind common for the genre and put a focus on story and combat progression being the real challenge.

Developer 1M Bits Horde and Meta Publishing (who also published Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous) are announcing Nested Lands, a new medieval-set, "brutally challenging" multiplayer survival RPG in which the world has been ravaged by a plague. Check out the first trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.

PlayStation Plus subscribers can prepare themselves for ' second season with the subscription's latest free trial. As well as offering a roster of several full games to download and stream from across several PlayStation consoles' libraries, the Premium tier of PlayStation Plus also grants access to 2-hour long timed trials of some newer AAA offerings, such as,, and more and players can carry over their progress — including trophies — to the main game if they choose to purchase it afterward.

Last week, I sat down with Fallout 2 designer John Deiley to discuss all things talking deathclaws, and he revealed a terrifying idea that never came to fruition.

The newest tactical shooter game, , has different mechanics for getting injured. These can be healed; however, different injuries require different solutions. Taking care of these quickly during combat will help you stay alive long enough to win. Different hotkeys and inventory placement are also necessary for you and your team's survival.

is an MMO tactical shooter where you are dropped into the open world of Lamang Island to survive following every trick you can. From exploring the Island's large map to taking on different missions, you might struggle to figure out how to approach the variety of tasks in the game at first. Even though some content isn't available in early access, there's still plenty to learn.

Saving the Gondians is a complicated task in , partially because of how it intersects with several other side quests. "" begins in Act Three, and represents the culmination of two separate quest lines: disabling the Steel Watch and the ongoing love-hate relationship between Barcus Wroot and Wulbren Bongle. Gondians are gnomish worshipers of the inventor god Gond, enslaved by Banites. Once the player has traveled to the Steel Foundry or the Iron Throne, they'll meet either Zanner or Obelia Toobin. Either NPC will then ask them to help save the Gondians from oppression.

Wowhead’s Bash Barbarian Endgame Build Guide is now live! Season 4’s new Tempering Affixes and some fun Unique and Legendary interactions make this new Barbarian build as strong and versatile as it is fun and engaging. Bash Barbarian Endgame Build Guide

is an epic story in the most literal sense of the world but those who find the fate of Arthur Morgan a little too depressing are in luck because a happier fate can now await the outlaw. It's arguably one of the most tragic deaths in the video game medium as Arthur, forced to reconcile with his nature following his tuberculosis diagnosis, ultimately attempts to right all his wrongs by sacrificing himself to save the rest of the gang. It's a beautiful moment, but that doesn't mean his story has to end there.

If is known for anything, it's the game's grueling difficulty. The breakout survival title pulls no punches with its players, forcing them to undergo Corpse Run after Corpse Run to learn from their mistakes. Iron Gate Studio has yet to finish the game, despite the popularity it has received for the past few years. With a recent update, the long awaited Ashlands has just been released, the penultimate biome before the game's full release.

You can’t say State of Decay 2 hasn’t gotten more than its fair share of developer support. Not only did it receive plenty of extra content and updates after launch, but it even continues to be worked on years after State of Decay 3 was announced. Being an open-world zombie survival game with tons of RPG and management elements, it wasn’t long before modders saw all the potential there was to tweak, add to, and fully customize this great game to be even better. Modders have done everything from increasing the difficulty to enhancing the immersion with new lighting, so we’ve scavenged the net for only the best State of Decay 2 mods to recommend.

The best new features in are also the easiest to overlook. After a two-year early access period, was finally released in its launch version on May 8, 2024. That came along with a huge launch update, which added tons of new content, features, and items to . New content is exciting, but the new features arguably have the biggest impact on the gameplay. These elevate from just another vampire game to one of the best survival games on the market.

It's been a rough week for Xbox following multiple studio closures decided by Microsoft and the severe blowback from fans and fellow developers alike, not to mention reports of Perfect Dark having a rough time, but a new rumor suggests State of Decay 3, at least, might be coming along well.

In our datamining of The War Within Alpha, we've discovered that our Faithful Dog has made their way to Khaz Algar, becoming a full-fledged companion, so that players will never again have to leave their pet behind!

Amid all the debates around the canon status of since the release of the TV series, there's one particular faction ending that makes a lot more sense. The TV series is the latest in the timeline, which means it inevitably incorporates details from all the games. These can be both major and minor, ranging from people and places referenced on posters seen briefly in the background of one shot, to entire recurring factions who play a major role in the story.

Lords of the Fallen publisher CI Games has announced that it has laid off 30 employees, months after cutting 10% of its workforce.

One of the key features of vampires, at least in their original depiction, is their ability to take the form of a bat to quickly traverse the night. In V Rising, you technically can shapeshift but it won’t make a big impact on your ability to travel. You have all the normal weaknesses of the mythical creature, such as aversion to sunlight and the need to suck blood in order to survive, but you must stick to normal methods of transportation most of the time. Getting on a horse certainly speeds up your traversal, but the map is quite large and sometimes you just want to get from one side to the other quickly.

Blizzard is hiring for an unannounced game! Although lacking identifying details, not even clarifying whether it is a brand new or existing IP, there are notices for several high level positions, including creative director, narrative director, and principal animator. Of course, this doesn't mean the game is guaranteed to become a reality. Project Titan was famously cancelled after more than 7 years of development, though Overwatch was born from its ashes just two years later.

Helio Games has launched pre-registration for their upcoming game, Amikin Survival for Android devices. The game offers an original anime-styled adventure by fusing creature collections with survival and crafting elements. The global release of the game is scheduled for May 16, 2024.

's official 1.0 release adds a lot to the game, and one particular inclusion finally makes some previously hidden content officially available. As a vampire-focused survival RPG, offers a dark, rich world to explore and action-packed challenges to surmount. After almost two years spent in early access, its official release has brought the game back to the forefront, pulling in returning veterans and new players alike to explore everything it has to offer.

Microsoft shut down the widely admired studios behind Hi-Fi Rush and Prey earlier this week, but when asked about the closures, Xbox president Sarah Bond gave a nondescript response that success for each game "is really unique."

Bohemia Interactive has announced DayZ Frostline, the survival game’s second-ever expansion (of course, modders have expanded the game in a number of ways, but this is only the second official expansion). As the title implies, DayZ Frostline will introduce a new wintery map, which will require players to manage warmth in order to survive. You can check out a quick trailer for DayZ Frostline, below.

While 's new update is focused on combat, one underrated feature is amazing for a specific part of the player base. is changing combat in the survival game forever by putting a heavier focus on enemies with differing attacks and abilities. Vikings will be getting new strengths of their own to help battle these challenging combatants. The most prominent features in this regard are an entirely new weapon and armor tier, along with expanded magical options.

For more than a decade, reports have been circulating about the original version of the upcoming action movie Furiosa— an anime series that director George Miller and writer Mahiro Maeda were working on at the same time they were developing Mad Max: Fury Road. At a Q&A after a recent press screening for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at IMAX Headquarters outside of Los Angeles, Miller revealed that while the anime series eventually evolved into a live-action film, one small element survived from the defunct project, taken from early character sketches by Fury Road concept artist and anime stalwart Maeda.

Faerin Lothar is an important character in the War Within. Presumably a distant relative of Anduin Lothar, she lost an eye and an arm at a young age, but she has replaced her arm with a special shield. We learn more about this interesting prosthetic in Hallowfall's main questline.

A new open-world survival game inspired by Greek mythology called Dawn of Defiance will be released later this year in early access on Steam and the Epic Games Store.

The popular vampire survival game V Rising has finally launched out of early access on PC, getting a flattering 9/10 score from our Francesco De Meo in Wccftech's review.

In the Fallout TV series, it's revealed that Vault-Tec is willing, and even planning, to drop the bombs themselves as they have invested everything in the apocalypse. It has to happen or they will collapse, so they invite some of the biggest corporations in America to a shadowy meeting where they discuss how to bring about the apocalypse from which they will all rise as unstoppable monopolies.

Blizzard revealed nearly all the Hero Talent Trees including 6 new ones with the launch of the War Within Alpha. Our Survival Hunter guide writer, DoolB, offers an early review of the Sentinel Hero Talents that

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for May 7: FF Max, the battle royale successor to the popular Free Fire, is here to fuel your fight for survival. Since its launch in India, Free Fire Max has taken the gaming community by storm with its stunning visuals and thrilling action.

Publisher Devolver Digital and developer Galvanic Games will release the “Better Together” update for cooperative sandbox survival game Wizard with a Gun on May 13, the companies announced. It will add four-player cooperative play to the game, which currently only supports two players.

Hulu’s new documentary The Contestantis a lively watch, but also a deeply unnerving one. In 1998,Nasubi (meaning “eggplant,” a personal nickname turned stage name) agreed to live in a tiny one-room apartment, completely isolated from the world, for a segment on Japan’s extreme game show Susunu! Denpa Shōnen. He was allowed no food, clothing, or other personal possessions, except whatever he could win through magazine sweepstakes. Told to stay in the room until he’d won 1 million yen worth of prizes, he slowly starved, naked and alone, with his physical and mental health deteriorating. Then, when he finally reached his goal, the show’s producer, Toshio Tsuchiya, told him he had to do it all again, this time in Korea.

Nearly two years ago, Swedish indie developer Stunlock Studios (mostly known for the action MOBA Battlerite) released a vampire survival game called V Rising on Steam Early Access. The game quickly rose to the very top of Steam charts, selling over a million units in just over a week since launch.

Frédéric Julian’s The Last Game is a game which hopefully won’t be your last game. If you’re into the charm of old-school pixel art and the thrill of survival, this top-down action roguelike should be your next pick. Developed and published by Frédéric Julian, this title is up for grabs on Android for $1.99. The indie developer is known for his other cool strategy title on mobile, Cards Knight.

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for May 5: Solo matches in Battle Royale games require a lot of patience, good gaming skills, the ability to judge the play zone, and more. Playing in solo mode is not easy as it looks as if you have only one chance to win the battle. Therefore, survival is the most crucial part of solo modes in Free Fire. If you also want to master solo modes and win matches then follow the below tips. Also, check out the Garena Free Fire redeem codes for May 5.

If you hope to reclaim Earth in , you will need to pick out the right skills to get Eve through her hardest challenges. While you'll probably want to unlock every ability you can, you have to prioritize the most important abilities in the early game. These abilities help you dodge and parry difficult enemies more effectively, making this challenging game a little easier.

Terminator Survivors, Nacon's open-world survival adaptation of the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led film series, took a page from Resident Evil's book with its own relentless killing machine stalker.

As you get toward the end of , you'll slowly approach one of three possible endings. The endings largely depend on your decision following your interaction with Adam at the Nest. While the two main endings are based on a moral question, there are actually two versions of the same ending depending on your progress in the game.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for May 4: With the arrival of Booyah Pass, Garena Free Fire MAX players can now take advantage of in-game items and get a gameplay boost. In the game, players must survive till the end to become the lone winner. To aid in their quest, they can take advantage of in-game items like bundles, gloo walls, grenades, med kits and more. But that's not all. Check out the top 5 ways to win battles and master the game.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is 25 years old and back in theaters for Star Wars Day (“May the 4th be with you”), inevitably setting off a new round of debate about the movie, the prequel trilogy as a whole, and the current, sometimes frustrating, state of Star Wars media. Though The Phantom Menace has been heavily criticized, it’s also been re-examined and even embraced over the past few decades. There are memes that celebrate the highly dramatic dialogue and direct references in tentpoles like Solo. The kids who grew up with the prequels as their main Star Wars movies have spoken up to defend them.

Seal: What the Fun is out now in Early Access on PC via Steam, welcoming players from around the world to compete and have fun in its chaotic, unpredictable, and hijinks-packed party royale world. This will be one party for the ages, and we’re here to help break down everything you need to know about the brand-new game you won’t be able to put down.

First-person survival adventure game Serum will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on May 23, publisher TopLitz Productions and developer Game Island announced.

Android pre-registration is now open for Ash of Gods: Redemption! The game from AurumDust combines tactical warfare with a storyline in which your decisions can change the course of humankind.

Recently Pocket Gamer Connects celebrated its tenth anniversary as part of the annual flagship event Pocket Gamer Connects London. However, we're not stopping there, as next up we returned to Dubai for The Very Big Indie Pitch at The GameExpo Summit 2024 powered by PG Connects.

Yesterday, independent game developer Fun Dog Studios (composed of industry veterans who worked on such games as Horizon: Zero Dawn, DOOM Eternal, Killzone, Hawken, The Witcher 3, and Mass Effect) shared the debut gameplay trailer for their first game, The Forever Winter.

Rust is one of the unique gaming experiences out there — you wake up naked on a beach, scavenge for tools, build a home for yourself and your friends, and then watch that base be pummeled by rockets as another group of players destroys everything you’ve worked so hard for. One of the most popular survival games on the market, Rust is a brutal game, and playing it with friends makes the ups and downs of a server lifecycle bearable.

Blizzard has posted additional developer commentary explaining some of the new Warrior changes in this week's Alpha build for The War Within, from redefining Arms AoE rotation, to punching up Fury's Bloodthirst, and major buffs for Bladestorm! There are a few Warrior updates in today’s Alpha build. After giving Arms and Fury access to both Bladestorm and Ravager, it was clear that Ravager had strong advantages in all situations. We’d like Bladestorm to be a strong pick for burst AOE, so we’re buffing its damage significantly, and reducing Ravager’s damage slightly. This should help make the choice between these abilities more meaningful and let each ability shine in different situations. Arms We’ve heard the feedback that the Arms AOE rotation lacks definition, so we’re making adjustments to Cleave to make it the centerpiece of Arms’ AOE rotation in The War Within.

It’s no stretch to say that the original PlayStation is where the survival horror genre came into its own. Many players in the late 90s spent nights huddled in front of a CRT television, sweaty palms grasping a DualShock as their heart raced, dreading what might lurk in the next room. That nostalgic feeling is what small independent developer SFB Games aims to recreate with their original PlayStation-inspired horror adventure, Crow Country.

Fallout 76 doesn't currently have cross-platform progression or play, meaning that if you want to swap consoles or team up with friends on Xbox while you're on PlayStation, you can't without losing everything.

If the standard difficulty of the game isn’t tricky enough for you, Fallout 4 Survival mode will make your stay in the wasteland all the more gruelling.

With the April 30th/May 1st weekly reset, players can purchase Awakened raid items with their first set of two Antique Bronze Bullions. These purchasable items are Awakened 493 item level versions of trinkets, weapons, and cantrip items from the Season 4 Awakened Raids that can be upgraded all the way to their max Mythic ilvl. If you're looking to optimize your character's power and performance in Dragonflight Season 4, then this guide provides recommendations on the best Bullion purchases for each specialization, direct from our Class Guide Writers. Awakened Raids in Dragonflight Season 4

Palworld has been on one a hell of a run since launching earlier this year, breaking records and generating plenty of conversation, and developer Pocket Pair has been busy teasing new content. The most recent of these teases came during today’s ID@Xbox indie showcase, which gave us a peek at what we can expect from the game’s big summer update. The teaser showed off four new Pokemon-esque Pals, as well as a flamethrower weapon. There’s sure to be a lot more included in the update, but this gave us a nice taste of what kind of things are being focused on. Check out the teaser for yourself, below.

Our Class Writers have prepared Best in Slot Gear Guides for every Class and Role combination for Pre-Patch of Cataclysm Classic. If you'd like to learn more about the Pre-Patch for Cataclysm Classic which launches April 30, take a look at our guide below -- Pre-Patch Cataclysm Classic Overview

Blizzard has announced three Beta Test Weekends that will occur ahead of Cataclysm Classic's release on May 20th! These tests will include two weekends' worth of Raid testing and one weekend of Tol Barad PvP Battleground testing.

Despite being a cute entry in the soulslike genre, Another Crab’s Treasure doesn’t hold back on the difficulty level whatsoever. In fact, it’s a punishing experience for newcomers and veterans alike. With that in mind, you’ll want to take advantage of every mechanic available to you to increase your chances of surviving the many dangers lurking beneath the sea. That’s why you’ll want to equip the best Stowaways, this game’s version of accessories, as they can offer meaningful stat boosts and more that can enhance your build more than you would think.

Spring has sprung and that means new creatures coming to the chaotic, monster-filled lands of Palworld. Developer Pocketpair revealed four new Pals heading to the hit survival monster-catching game on Monday. The brief trailer showed four new Pals that will join the growing roster of creatures in the game. Pocketpair did not share a release date for the new Pals.