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ThePax Dei team is affirming their plans for alpha this year and has released some stats from the small Friends and Family playtest.

We already knew that college spin-off Gen V would set up The Boys season 4, but it's now been confirmed that the finale will directly do so with a cliffhanger ending. Be warned, though – there are major spoilers for Gen V episode 7 ahead!

Marvel's Spider-Man 2's director has addressed the Sandman plothole and there isn't really any reason as to why the villain appeared in both games. 

FromSoftware is reportedly gearing up for a large recruitment spree in anticipation of several upcoming projects.

Whether you're craving a new console, pining for a high-end PC, or simply looking to upgrade your existing gaming set-up, Klarna has you covered.

If you want to slam the competition into the ground in Modern Warfare 3, these are the ten best Modern Warfare 2 & Warzone weapons you’ll need to max level in the coming weeks.

Hello! Welcome to the 301st edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up! This week we take a look at the new shipment quests coming in 10.2 as well as what other systems are going to be viable such as the Dracothyst transmute. As such, we also discuss setting up alt armies and factories of workers using both old and new expansions. My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!

Withstarting to look toward its next mainline game generation, one aspect of the series could do with a big shakeup — the starter Pokémon. As approaches the end of its DLC cycle with the impending release of, the mainline series of games will be moving onto its tenth generation — presumably introducing a new region, new characters, and a new collection of Pokémon to capture. However, while is a series that holds strongly onto many of its traditions, changing some of the franchise's long-held conventions could help the gameplay stay fresh.

Magic: The Gathering's head designer, Mark Rosewater, has responded to criticism from fans who think he's gone back on his word that MTG would be «one cohesive game» and refrain from introducing crossover promotions to the fan-favourite collectable card game.

The Meta Quest 3 launched on October 10, putting it several months ahead of the Apple Vision Pro, which is slated to arrive early next year but will only be available through an appointment system. Regardless of how it arrives for consumers and how difficult it will be to procure the ludicrously expensive AR headset, one analyst believes that Apple’s premium offering is up three years compared to what Meta has produced.

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 Elon Musk's X began offering new subscription tiers for users on Friday in an attempt to shore up revenue at the social media company. 

TeamKill Media’s Quantum Error has looked like an intriguing prospect ever since its announcement in 2020, and with the cosmic horror shooter now just a few days away from its release, the developer has released a launch trailer to offer a glimpse of what it’ll have in store.

The RoboCop franchise hasn’t had much of a presence in games over the years, but as a developer that’s proven that it can handle adaptations of classic sci-fi Hollywood franchises, Teyon seems well positioned to change that with the upcoming RoboCop: Rogue City. And ahead of the first person shooter’s imminent launch, publisher Nacon has released another new trailer for it.

During the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen community Q&A last night, Creative Director Chris «Joppa» Perkins was asked whether the studio would consider bringing on volunteer developers to help speed up the dev process. In answer, Perkins states that it is «something» the team is looking at.

There’s been plenty of chatter about Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 since its launch one week ago. Many were surprised by various events in the game, and others are already curious about what the third game in the series will be when it potentially arrives. However, the team at Insomniac Games has been sharing some unique insights into the title about stuff that didn’t make the cut. It’s only natural that some ideas were left on the cutting room floor for one reason or another. But when it came to the game’s opening villain, Sandman, they would take things in a WHOLE new direction.

During the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen community Q&A last night, Creative Director Chris «Joppa» Perkins was asked whether the studio would consider bringing on volunteer developers to help speed up the dev process. In answer, Perkins states that it is «something» the team is looking at.

This year colony survival sim Stranded: Alien Dawn left early access, but that doesn't mean it's done. Not content to wipe out your colony of hard-working survivors with giant alien bugs, debilitating injuries and illnesses, and deadly weather events, developer Haemimont Games is throwing something new at you next month: killer robots.

Starting this weekend, Hyundai is opening clinics in five US cities where drivers can take their vehicles for a software update it says will prevent the type of vehicle theft made popular on TikTok.

Barbarian, arguably 2022's wildest, most disturbing horror movie, is getting a video game adaptation from developers who worked on Friday the 13th: The Game and Evil Dead: The Game.

Intel has showcased a new demo of its Meteor Lake CPUs with Arc-integrated graphics running Dying Light 2 while using XeSS technology.

There's good news for Intel, as it has beaten expectations with its latest financial forecasts. Perhaps that's why CEO Pat Gelisinger is so bullish about the threat from a new generation of Arm chips.

French publishing giant Ubisoft has reported a 14 per cent increase in revenue for the six months ending September 30th.

Sony has attempted to justify its decision to raise PlayStation Plus prices by up to 35% last month.

Spooky season is upon us, and what better time to curl up with a dark, gory game than this upcoming Halloween weekend? Diablo 4 agrees — which is why Blizzard has revealed a free PC trial until level 20, starting today and extending all the way through October 30th! Diablo 4 Free Tiral in the Battle.net Shop Players can explore the dark beauty of Sanctuary through the time of the free trial, with one caveat — players can only reach level 20 at maximum, much like the Server Slam Weekend before launch.

The core of the US government's argument that Google is an illegal monopoly is a process that involves, on an iPhone, exactly four taps and a swipe. That's what it takes to switch search engines. To explain it step by step, prosecutors called to the witness stand on Sept. 26 one of Apple Inc.'s most powerful executives, Eddy Cue.

There’s quite a bit of variety to be had on the Switch eShop this week, as Just Dance 2024 Edition, Dave the Diver, Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story, and Headbangers: Rhythm Royale are all out by November 1. That’s two music-based games! What is this, the 2000s?

The first Ghostrunner was a perfect example of no-frills excellence: a lean cyberpunk parkour-based platformer in which you and your enemies both died in one hit. The controls were tight, the story was basically nonexistent, and the environmental design was sparse and utilitarian. Every part of the game felt like it was built around Ghostrunner’s stellar kineticism. Levels were finely tuned so that each encounter pushed the game’s difficulty exactly one step further than the last, always providing a new challenge without ever feeling out of reach. With Ghostrunner 2, developer One More Level tries to build on the bare-bones approach of the original, but every addition feels like it gets in the way of the simple wall-running, jumping, dashing, and killing that made the original great.

Insomniac Games has apologized for a Marvel's Spider-Man 2 mix-up that saw a Cuban flag hung up in Miles Morales's room instead of a Puerto Rican one.

Alan Wake 2 reviews are now rolling in, and it would appear that Remedy has knocked it out of the park — with many calling it one of the best games of 2023.

Activision has announced a new collaboration with electronic music duo Chase & Status to celebrate the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 next month. 

Payday 3 is in a rocky state. Its launch was dreadful, its fans are angry, and its promised patch keeps getting punted further and further into the future (though for what sounds like a good reason). There's only one thing to do if you're a developer in this dicey situation: launch a Fortnite Island. It's the oldest trick in the book.

A new set of rumors have come up regarding Nintendo Switch 2.

Like the industrial revolution itself, Victoria 3 forges ahead with patches and expansions, tearing asunder the idiocy of rural life, melting all that was once solid into the air, and faring relatively poorly in the Steam reviews for its DLC (the Steam reviews for capitalism would have been terrible in 1848, which is probably why they didn't have them). 

Microsoft has snapped up eye-catching PC city-builder Manor Lords as a day-one Game Pass launch title.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 isn’t only everything fans wanted from Insomniac Games-developed superhero video game series – it’s also a triumphant technical achievement as it demonstrates the sheer power and technological potential of the PlayStation 5. On Fortress of Solitude’s Facebook page, a recent truth bomb created waves (when don’t they, right?). The post suggested that the Sony Interactive Entertainment-published Spider-Man video games are better than Warner Bros. Games-published Batman: Arkham series. Expectedly, fans debated both sides of the argument, with many rightfully pointing out that if it wasn’t for the Dark Knight’s efforts in the gaming world, there would be no Spider-Man 2 to celebrate now.

Director Emma Tammi also discussed the invaluable contributions the game's creator made to the film.

Now's your chance to snag Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Dredge, Death's Door, and thousands of other games at great low prices.

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Thinking about moving on from D&D, or trying a different tabletop RPG like Pathfinder? You can get chunky discounts on everything from Fallout to Warhammer right now.

Excel is one of the programs that gets used in a multitude of sectors, from banking and finance, to engineering and medicine. In the case of the latter, geneticists routinely struggled with the program's habit of converting text into a date, causing gene naming errors to crop up in research papers.

There's finally a release date for the upcoming Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster, and fans will be happy to know that it's not that far away. 

SK hynix has announced that it has completed validation of its super-fast LPDDR5T DRAM with Qualcomm's Snapdragon Gen 3 Mobile SOC.

A short while after Apple officially announced its October 30 ‘Crazy Fast’ event, an analyst backtracks on his original prediction concerning the company’s launch of the M3 and the MacBook Pro lineup that will feature this chipset. Apparently, he believes that the lack of upgrades provided by the M2 will force Apple to proceed with a launch this year even though the upcoming portable Macs might be produced in fewer numbers.

The holidays are always a special time for MMORPGs, and we’re closing in on the scariest night of the year. We’ve put together a list of MMOs that have added some spooky delights that will haunt you for the next few weeks. It looks like many of the long-running MMOs are just rehashing old events with some new rewards, so we also have a collection of Side Quests that you can play alone or with a group of friends. Events are still being announced daily, so let us know of any events we may have missed in the comments below.

Dracula is one of the most enduring characters and stories in all of fiction, and now two top creators of horror comics, writer Matt Wagner and artist Kelley Jones, are coming together for a new tale that digs into the untold history of Bram Stoker's legendary vampire.

A previous leak may have revealed the majority of the information that Qualcomm provided today, but that did not prevent the chipset maker from officially announcing its next flagship silicon, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Armed with a host of performance boosts over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the latest SoC means business, and more importantly, the latest release is a prime example of just how serious Qualcomm is taking AI, as smartphones featuring the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will also support on-device artificial intelligence capabilities.

In a recent interview with YouTube channel MinnMax, Bethesda veteran Bruce Nesmith touched on Fallout 76's disastrous launch, stating that the team's «hubris caught up» with them. He goes on to say that the studio was starting to talk itself into thinking it was «infallible,» thanks to all the critical acclaim.

In Stardew Valley, farming is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to making a fortune. There are other, lesser-known ways to make a profit in the game, like the Slime Hutch.

On October 28, 2023, the Call of Duty series will be 20 years old. While it's now one of the most impressive and well-resourced development projects on the planet, with three core studios (as well as support studios) dedicated to keeping its annual release cycle spinning, the foundations for its success were laid by Infinity Ward which, after developing the first two games in the franchise, was given the time to make something really special, and produced what is still the series' defining entry with 2007's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Intel will launch its next-gen Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs for servers in 2024 which will require some beefy cooling solutions, delivering up to 700W of power.

Lords of the Fallen looks set to give Elden Ring's player-created challenges a run for their money with new features like permadeath and randomizer mods. 

Julia Roberts and Moon Knight's Ethan Hawke find themselves on a hellish holiday in the first official trailer for Leave the World Behind, the upcoming Netflix thriller based on Rumaan Alam's best-selling novel of the same name and produced by former US president Barack Obama.

Ahh, Bethesda physics, you never let me down. Starfield's no exception—and its physics engine is genuinely impressive, able to handle thousands of potatoes stuffed into a room (with some understandable framerate tanks and whining from your rig). PC Gamer's Lauren Morton even had some fun herself, shoving all sorts into that same locker. 

Pokemon has come a long way since the original 151. There are now more than 1,000 Pokemon. So many that even fans who have been dedicated to the series since the very beginning must see a Pokemon occasionally and think to themselves, "What on Earth is that?" If you've done that a time or two, or if you're catching up and want to learn more about Pokemon you're unfamiliar with, someone has been busy curating an extensive guide that includes information on almost every single 'mon.

This could be your last chance to acquire a limited-edition Spider-Man 2 PS5 at retail price.

Either Miles Morales has taken a secret Cuban lover for whom he harbors a sense a national pride for, or the developers of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 made a pretty big mistake in the recent game.

Hugely popular K-pop group Le Sserafim are headed to Overwatch 2 in the shooter’s first crossover with a music artist. The collab is more than just skins, too - expect a whole new game mode based on the band. And yes, there’ll be cosmetic items too, of course.

Insomniac's community and marketing director says a fix is already on the way.

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Sanzaru Games wants to build the killer app for the soon-to-release Meta Quest 3. has roomy shoes to fill – it serves as a follow-up to one of VR’s best-reviewed games – but it’s meeting expectations with confidence, if our recent hands-on preview is any indication. Regardless if players have experienced the original, promises an attractive, content-rich, highly responsive VR experience, a sizable mythological adventure that feels like a signature value proposition for a new platform. And, even though it will accompany Meta Quest 3 headsets as a pack-in when it releases in December, owners of Meta Quest 2 headsets will reportedly have the option to purchase it separately as well.

Yes, we may be giddy about Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder right now, but they're going to have their work cut out if either of them wants to be named Game of the Year. Tears of the Kingdom might still have that particular award wrapped up, and an amiibo restock at Walmart today may have reminded a few people of that after a very big video game weekend. Pre-orders for Zelda and Ganondorf's figures are available again for the first time in a while.

Snake? Snake?! Snaaaake!!! Ah, those were the days. The good news is that those days can be relived once again thanks to the arrival of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection on PC and console.

When it comes to superheroes, Invincible has had a stratospheric rise in the last few years, introducing the world to the Invincible, Omni-Man, the Guardians of the Globe, and many other powered beings. One of the most prominent is Atom Eve, a close ally and friend of Invincible as well as a member of the superhero squad Teen Team. Atom Eve has had her own spin offs already in the shape of a comic and an animated Amazon show. Both have the same title as the game Invincible Presents: Atom Eve, but this is an original story, with its narrative beats being based more on the comic than the show.

Apple enthusiasts, this one's for you! In our fast-paced world, a rapidly draining iPhone battery can be a major inconvenience. But did you know that you can charge your iPhone faster than ever with the right tools and techniques? Let's dive into the details of how you can supercharge your device.

A new update has been launched for Lords of the Fallen that alters its New Game Plus mode, as well as enemy density and performance.

Samsung has divulged some updates on its next generation memory products—including GDDR7 memory—at its annual Memory Tech Day in San Jose. Alongside GDDR7, Samsung announced its Shinebolt HBM3E memory, which is being developed for upcoming AI and compute GPUs.

Xiaomi just unveiled its latest round of smart gear, and we were lucky enough to go hands-on with all of it. Today, the company is releasing its new top-tier smartphone with the Xiaomi 13T Pro, the Watch Pro 2, and the Smart Band 8. We’ll be examining all three in this article and letting you know whether they’re worth picking up for yourself. 

Hello! Welcome to the 300th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up! This week we take a look at a great site for tracking Profession Weeklies for your alts, look at some possible investments in materials now prices are low and a great guide to some skinning farms in Classic Hardcore. We also have a great interview with someone who has made a lot of gold with crafting Work Orders and it looks like the Magpie buff in Dreamsurges has been hotfixed. My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!

Super Mario Bros. Wonder might have only been out for a few days, but that hasn't stopped players from already figuring out various tricks and methods to get infinite 1-Ups.

Of late, many platforms that manage a large amount of data, especially social media platforms, news websites, and large blog sites have expressed their frustrations at bots being used by companies working with AI to crawl these platforms and scrape their data to train large language models (LLM). Many companies are asking to be paid by AI firms now. Among them is Reddit, whose senior officials recently met with AI companies to strike a deal, however, they have not yet been able to reach any agreement. A report claims that if Reddit cannot reach an agreement soon, it can block bots from crawling its site, even if it means that the platform will get delisted from Google and Bing search engines.

Now that Super Mario Bros. Wonder is being touted by players and reviewers as one of the best 2D platformers in recent memory, and for good reason. It’s great.

Immediately after implementing a new tournament structure intended to, among other things, create more cross-regional match-ups, the League of Legends World Championships suffered a legendarily bad draw that turned - at least for one day - what was meant to be an international competition into what fans have taken to calling Worlds: Civil War.

introduces Mario and friends to enchanting possibilities with the addition of silly and exciting new magical power-ups that provide some creative abilities and transformations. Naturally, the games are known for having fun gimmicks, such as the tanooki and cat suits of previous games. This time around there are also special Badges that can give characters new abilities, like being able to float or stick to walls. While being similar in giving a new way to play for a limited time, the Badges are not considered power-ups due to the differences in how they are handled.

The Pax Dei team continues to field questions about alpha, and while that’s still some time off, they’ve released a short new preview of character creation options.

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Slack is one of the world's most popular tools for communication used by professionals and businesses. The platform has a vast number of features that give it an advantage over other forms of communication including WhatsApp, such as allowing up to 50 users in video calls via a huddle. Catering to millions of users worldwide, Slack has a Status account on X that keeps them updated about any ongoing issues related to login, search, notifications, connections, and more. However, the platform has announced the shutdown of the account, and users won't be able to check the status anymore.

Following a turbulent month stained with teases and looping speculation, Titanfall fans are beginning to lose hope over a third game’s imminent announcement.