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As if casting Idris Elba in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 wasn't enough of a scoop, this year's third Sonic movie will reportedly see the eternally youthful Keanu Reeves take on the role of Shadow.

An enhanced PlayStation 5, colloquially known as the PS5 Pro, is all but officially confirmed now, with a new report revealing that dev kits for the enhanced console are in the hands of developers and that Sony wants games for it ready by August.

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VR fans galore as two modders have created a WoW VR mod that adds support for VR to the final patch of World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King.

A Reddit user has discovered a bizarre 'deal' at Target for the Nintendo Switch version of Sonic Superstars. This so-called 'deal' is sure to turn the heads of a lot of fans interested in Sonic Superstars, but not in a good way.

Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra would like the option to «tip» developers once he's completed a game.

In WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, players will level faster and be more powerful by powering up a Cloak and equipping brand new Powerful abilities and effects. Check them all out here!

Standing Stone Gamesreleased a new update for The Lord of the Rings Online’s earlier this week and unlocked tier 4 of The Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo raid.

Season of Discovery hotfixes have been released for April 11, including Darkmoon Card balancing, Class tweaks, and Dreamscythe & Weaver no longer evading if a player falls in the Pit of Sacrifice!

Penguin Random House is publishing an official coloring book based on the Max series House of the Dragon. If you’re a fan of the show and want to engage in some meditative coloring ahead of the second season, you can pre-order the $18.99 book from Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Barnes & Noble ahead of its May 7 launch.

Apple has issued an alert for iPhone users over a ‘mercenary spyware attack' that they might have fallen prey to. The iPhone maker has issued a threat notification to iPhone users in India and 91 other countries, citing that attackers may have tried to “remotely compromise the iPhone”, as per a Reuters report. 

Fans of the Fallout games won’t be shocked to learn that Amazon’s new TV show based on the franchise is gruesomely violent. This is a franchise known for its Bloody Mess perk, and for the VATS system, which lets players target and blow off heads and limbs. But the violence of the Fallout TV series still has the power to shock; viewers can expect multiple severed heads and lopped-off extremities in this post-apocalyptic world where mutated monsters feed on human flesh.

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

Here are the datamined class changes for Patch 10.2.7!

Genius Pokemon players have somehow uncovered an RNG exploit in Scarlet and Violet that allows you to generate infinite rare items – including Master Balls – just by changing the date and time on your Nintendo Switch. 

Microsoft has announced its plans to discontinue support for Windows 10 by October 14, 2025, but will offer Extended Security Updates (ESU) for those who wish to continue using the older operating system. The ESU subscription will come at a price, with users required to pay $61 for the first year, doubling to $122 for the second year, and increasing to $244 in the third year. This fee applies to both individual users and businesses, with each Windows 10 device needing its own ESU licence.

Season of Discovery April 9th hotfixes adjust profession items that were formerly unobtainable — Sigil of Living Dreams and Screaming Chain Pauldrons — as well as making some Nightmare Incursion quests faster to complete!

Earlier this week, Blizzard announced restrictions for new accounts and their characters on Season of Discovery realms. In the official forums, Senior Game Producer Tom Ellis has commented on the change, clarifying that new players will still be eligible to receive items and gold from helping friends — just not trade them away through mail, trading, or the Auction House.

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

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Arms & Fury guide writer, Archimtiros, offers an early review of the Slayer Hero Talents that focuses on two abilities, driven by procs that emphasize both Execute and Bladestorm for single and multitarget damage. While the addition of fantastic quality of life features make Slayer an overall incredibly exciting for Arms & Fury Warriors, there still remains some questions of what single target talent builds focused on Bladestorm may look like in The War Within.

What is it that draws people to the strategy genre? Is it planning ahead? Is it puzzling over the best course of action? Is it the orderly nature of grids and linear movement? Or, going off the Fire Emblem series, is it helping an unlikely group of sellswords and mercenaries become super best friends? Whatever it might be, Unicorn Overlord has ‘it’, an X-factor that ensures that it’s an early entry for strategy game of the year.

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In a move to target unauthorized transactions in its games, publisher Electronic Arts is apparently developing a new system that would let the company track and punish accounts that buy in-game currency from third parties. This would be possible with EA's Fraud Detection System, which has recently been patented.

Blizzard has published many hotfixes for Season of Discovery, including fixes for Loganaar who was needed for the Epic Crafting Questline, a new visual for Void Zone, and tweaks to Balefire Bolt. In addition to the Eranikus nerfs from earlier today, Blizzard also announced that Avatar of Hakkar's HP was reduced by 35%.

Both Amazon and Target are hosting competing buy two, get one free sales right now. They include an impressive selection of board games, books, and movies. As for the rules, just add three eligible titles to your cart, and your least expensive cart item will be free. Just note that if you’re taking advantage of this sale at Target, you’ll need to enroll in their free Target Circle program before you check out.

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Windwalker Monk guide writer, Babylonius, offers an early review of the Conduit of the Celestials Hero Talents that truly allows monks to become an avatar of the celestials. While having an exceptional theme, baseline Windwalker changes are needed to really take spec to the next level.

TCL has unveiled two new Mini-LED gaming monitors, the 34R83Q and 27R83U, both featuring cutting-edge specifications.

We're reporting on some recent adjustments to the Sunken Temple item set bonuses, including the Paladin set Obsessed Prophet's Plate. Leading up to Phase 3, Blizzard made numerous incremental changes to SoD items via hotfixes, which also included PvP set itemization. Sunken Temple Raid Loot

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Destruction Warlock guide writer, Loozy, offers an early review of the Hellcaller Warlock Hero Talents that mixes in some Affliction flair into the rotation with the addition of Wither, but struggles to capture the essence of Destruction. Where is the Chaos?

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Frost Mage guide writer, Dorovon, offers an early review of the Spellslinger Mage Hero Talents that truly embraces what it means to be a Frost Mage by enhancing the the core rotation rather than disrupting it by trying to mix in too much Arcane.

In the world of cybersecurity, the market for zero-day exploits is booming, with prices skyrocketing for hacks targeting popular devices and software. Crowdfense, a startup specializing in acquiring and reselling zero-day vulnerabilities, recently unveiled its latest pricing list, revealing staggering sums for exploits targeting iPhones, iMessage, and more.

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Guardian Druid guide writer, Pumps, offers an early review of the Druid of the Claw Hero Talents that attempts to reunite two specs that were once one with the return of catweaving, but does it go far enough?

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Brewmaster Monk guide writer, Sinzhu, offers an early review of the Shado-Pan Monk Hero Talents that focus on the martial prowess of monks but comes with some spec inequality and number of target scaling issues that could derail the spec before it even launches.

Players that purchase the new Emerald Ring from the Emerald Warden Reputation vendors will be in for a pleasant surprise when they activate the on use effect.

The Stellar Blade demo is here - for real this time - and on top of offering satisfying parrying and dicing for action game fans, it's also turned out to deliver rock-solid technical performance that'll satisfy you no matter which side of the resolution versus frame rate divide you fall on.

Blizzard Developers have commented that they will likely be making adjustments to Sunken Temple for «the average joes» as it has still not been fully cleared, making it one of the most difficult raids thus far in WoW Classic. Nerfs could be incoming as early as Friday, April 5. Sunken Temple Raid Overview Sunken Temple Raid Loot During the last day, multiple guilds have made great efforts to get the coveted world first ranking on the new Season of Discovery Phase 3 raid, Sunken Temple. This hasn't been easy, though, as multiple bosses have been close to the 10-minute mark and require a lot of effort and consumables to get through. A lot of the guilds are using mage-focused comps, not because mage stacks are overpowered, but because they're incredibly fast to level, which allowed the raid itself to form a lot quicker. So far, the guild <none of the above> has dominated as usual, getting world first on every boss that's been killed so far, excluding only the Avatar of Hakkar and the Shade of Eranikus, which have not been killed yet. Close behind are the guilds <Drive> and <Welcome>; the latter has been a great resource to learn about these fights as they've maintained their streams while other guilds have hidden their screens in order to hide their strategies. If you want to keep up with how every guild is doing, feel free to check Warcraft Logs, or the current standings below -- Sunken Temple Progression

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Affliction Warlock guide writer, Kalamazi, offers an early review of the Hellcaller Warlock Hero Talents that offer a lot of hidden potential and some additional intricacy managing Wither and acute windows, but some baseline talent changes could go a long way to help the spec fit in more naturally with Affliction.

You can now add a new hero to your ranks – Jorge, the Rotten Mercenary! Risen from the clutches of death, Jorge finds himself cursed with unending life. Driven by a relentless quest to understand his bizarre predicament, he, unfortunately, leaves a trail of pestilence in his wake. In Watcher of Realms, Jorge the Rotten Mercenary fights for answers, his presence both a blessing and a curse.

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Devastation Evoker guide writer, Preheat, offers an early review of the Flameshaper Evoker Hero Talents that provides an explosive answer to the dps questions. The spec stands up well to Scalecommander, but does little to solve the core issues that still plague Devastation like threat and utility.

Just yesterday, we brought you word of a commemorative cape being issued to all Helldivers 2 players in honour of the tragic loss and subsequent triumphant liberation of the Automaton-infested meme world, Malevelon Creek. But there's a darker side to this all-too-human story of victory, and what was supposed to be a symbol of remembrance has become a flashpoint for a militant faction in the community; veterans of Malevelon Creek, dubbed «Creekers», are being targeted by cowardly comrades for wearing the Fallen Heroe's Vengeance cape into battle.

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

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

Blizzard has pushed hotfixes for Season of Discovery and WoW Classic, addressing issues with Druid, Shaman, Nightmare Incursions, and The Blood Moon. Additionally, Blizzard has fixed the Twin Emperor encounter inside Ahn'Qiraj for WoW Classic realms.

Chinese use AI to commemorate departed loved ones; Israeli military allegedly relies on AI for Gaza bombing targets; CBSE adds AI and data science electives for class 11l; Yuval Noah Harari sounds alarm on AI's threat to humanity. All this, and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

Police in Japan arrested on April 3 a 27-year old man suspected of threatening Nintendo staff, events, and spectators. Due to these threats, Nintendo announced in December it was canceling several events, like Nintendo Live and the Splatoon Koshien 2023 finals, and postponing others. Japanese newspaper the Kyoto Shimbun first reported the arrest. According to the report, the man admitted to the threats.

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.

High street second hand games giant CEX is launching a console repair service, in partnership with established company Tech Centre.

Ubisoft has announced its annual Ubisoft Forward showcase will once again take place during Summer Game Fest.

If you're a Nintendo fan, you may be aware of a certain incident that occurred last year that caused both Nintendo Live 2024 and the Splatoon Koshien 2023 National Finals to be canceled, with the company claiming that it couldn't ensure the safety of guests or staff if they were to go ahead. That was down to anonymous "threatening behavior" that targeted Nintendo staff, which eventually extended to Splatoon Koshien 2023 National Finals audience members.

Julia Garner of Ozark and The Americans fame is joining the MCU Fantastic Four reboot movie as the Silver Surfer, according to a report from Deadline. But rather than playing the original Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd, she'll reportedly be playing a version of the character based on Shalla-Bal, Norrin Radd's lover and the ruler of the planet Zenn-La.

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Beast Mastery Hunter guide writer, Tarlo, offers an early review of the Pack Leader Hunter Hero Talents that

Mid-week can be fun and if you're like us, you'll score a quick and easy win in today's game. Many of the categories just fit right into things that we know, which is always helpful when it comes to this particular daily game.

With the new Patch 1.15.2 finally hitting servers today, we were able to datamine all class changes arriving with Phase 3. This is a compilation of all the class updates from the last week relevant to Phase 3. While Blizzard published the major class changes in the official patch notes, they did not document minor adjustments so we are highlighting everything below. Phase 3 Overview

Targeting a PS5 release at some point this year, MechWarrior 5: Clans has a clear goal in mind: to expand its audience beyond the hardcore fans of this long-running series. Indeed, MechWarrior has always been a fairly demanding franchise — which has largely stuck to PC — but Clans is built to be the most accessible entry to date (and the best-looking entry, thanks to Unreal Engine 5).

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.

Blizzard has posted more Mythic+ dungeon tuning which includes more nerfs to problematic bosses! Note that we haven't seen the hotfixes for these yet changes yet.

If you’ve been looking to renew or extend your membership to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, one of the best deals in gaming, Target is currently offering a three-month subscription for just $39.99 (was $49.99). Discounts that bring this subscription below $40 are sometimes available, but this is currently the best deal happening.

New World Season 5 –Season of the Guardian – has arrived. In the new season, survive the Winter Rune Forge, acquire new Artifacts, and experience the fully updated main story quest. You can also enjoy Mounts in Outpost Rush and journey through Aeternum with native controller support.

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Havoc Demon Hunter guide writer, Shadarek, offers an early review of the Aldrachi Reaver Demon Hunter Hero Talents that add potential high damage windows but also add high complexity and a rigid rotation.

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We have the solution to Wordle on April 2, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

We've datamined updated 3-piece set bonuses from Sunken Temple item sets, now providing interesting class-specific effects. Prior to today's build, they were quite generic with bonuses giving passive stat gains. A new level-up raid coming in Phase 3 Season of Discovery, Sunken Temple will be on a weekly lockout and contains hundreds of new pieces of loot from eight new bosses. In addition to the item sets with changes detailed below, you can preview more of the datamined loot in our Sunken Temple Guide: Sunken Temple Raid Loot Today's datamining had even more notable item updates, including reputation levels, dungeon reitemization, and P3 item tuning: More Item TuningReitemized Dungeon LootReputation Levels for Emerald Wardens Rewards

Blizzard has revealed Mythic Tindral and Fyrakk nerfs, significantly reducing the healing check needed on both encounters.

As we continue datamining the Phase 3 Season of Discovery PTR, we have come across additional Class Tuning.

There are more secret items and mechanics in Dragon’s Dogma 2 than almost any other game. You can accidentally lose an entire town to the Dragonsplague or miss out on the true ending if you’re not paying close enough attention. That’s not to mention all the secret items and weapons in the world. One incredibly powerful but risky item is known as the Unmaking Arrow. This is the most powerful weapon in the game, but it comes with a very interesting caveat. Plus, there are only two known ways to get them, meaning you need to pick your targets very carefully. If you think you can handle the power of this arrow and the responsibility it brings, here is where you can find it.

As the Helldivers 2 community formally piles into Malevelon Creek for a surprise Major Order following a failed operation, creative director and Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt says the studio is talking about ways to make such orders easier to understand.

It appears that Gmail and Microsoft 365 accounts are in danger because of a newly discovered phishing kit that could put your accounts in a lot of danger. Now, most of our accounts are protected by two-factor authentication, and for the most part, it is one of the safest ways to prevent anything wrong from happening to your account. However, Tycoon 2FA, which is a new adversary in the middle, is now a threat to both of the aforementioned accounts.

AMD has listed two new APUs on its website, the Ryzen 5 7235H, & 7235HS, based on the Zen 3+ core architecture codenamed Rembrandt.

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Frost Death Knight guide writer, khazakdk, offers an early review of the Rider of the Apocalypse Death Knight Hero Talents that provide great class fantasy, but are lacking on the gameplay side.

Nine Sols, the highly anticipated new title from Detention dev Red Candle, will launch on 29th May – but only on PC for now. The side-scrolling action game, which is heavily inspired by Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, has been in development for quite some time, and blew past its crowdfunding targets a few years ago.

In Dragon's Dogma 2, you can get an incredibly powerful weapon called the Unmaking Arrow which is "said to kill [whatever it hits] instantly." However, once you've fired it from your bow, the game automatically saves and removes it from your inventory forever. As DD2 only has one save file, that means you don't get another shot. Miss or waste the arrow and you're out of luck.

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Frost Death Knight guide writer, khazakdk, offers an early review of the Deathbringer Death Knight Hero Talents that drop right into the existing Frost gameplay without rocking the boat.

Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs and Lunar Lake-MX Mobility CPUs have been spotted in the latest shipping manifesto leak.

Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs and Lunar Lake-MX Mobility CPUs have been spotted in the latest shipping manifesto leak.

A few days ago, Kotaku published a report suggesting Grand Theft Auto 6 may be delayed to late 2025 or even 2026. We didn't report on it because it seemed ephemeral rather than substantial, which Bloomberg's Jason Schreier (formerly of Kotaku himself) has now confirmed.

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It all comes back to Malevelon Creek. Helldivers 2 players smashed the latest major order, and now a new one's come in to shut down an Automaton factory on planet Tibit, but we're going to have to punch through some other planets first, and the infamous Malevelon Creek is marked for liberation once again.

Video game giant Activision is investigating a hacking campaign that’s targeting players with the goal of stealing their credentials, TechCrunch has learned.

Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Unholy Death Knight guide writer, Taeznak, offers an early review of the Rider of the Apocalypse Death Knight Hero Talents that offer strong thematic gameplay as a harbinger of death but also highlights some of the major issues with the core Unholy toolkit.

Barbarians are seeing some large changes in the Diablo 4 PTR and Patch 1.4.0 notes, including nerfs to Charge, Weapon Expertise rebalancing, and general bug fixes. Diablo 4 PTR Patch Notes: Patch 1.4.0 Barbarian Class Overview