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Death Stranding 2 has entered an adjustment phase that will last for roughly one year, according to creator Hideo Kojima.

continues the welcome series trend of providing players with a large variety of weapons to choose from, ensuring multiple play styles are viable in its large open world. The lands of from the British Isles to Norway, are littered with weapons aplenty, ranging from swiftly maneuverable swords to damage-dealing flails. Some weapons in however, stand out among the pack.

As the direct sequel to, has added numerous new features and abilities aligning with Melinoe's upbringing as a witch under the goddess Hecate, and no witch is complete without her animal familiar. As you progress through the game, Melinoe will gain the ability to befriend the various animals that inhabit the Crossroads as well as the areas she clears on both the surface and Underworld paths. This is something that triggers after you've fought Hecate a few times, so keep running until you get the spell.

The Dragon Ball Sparking Zero release date might very well have been leaked via Bandai Namco's own website.

Ghost of Tsushima is finally on PC, and it only took a few days for it to become Sony's biggest single-player launch on Steam. The open-world samurai game has beaten out God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man to become the PlayStation's best-performing solo adventure.

A Helldivers 2 player has found some new dialogue that claims Super Earth is building a "superweapon", leading some to believe the leaked planet explosion may be happening sooner rather than later.

If you thought that Fornite was the one true metaverse, then you may want to reevaluate that opinion. Because after adding the likes of Snoop Dogg and Nicki Minaj as well as collaborating with Dune, Attack on Titan, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Call of Duty is now set to crossover with Gundam. Yes, you read that correctly.

The series has become a celebrated franchise in the pantheon of Nintendo IP, and the upcoming release of is another chapter in that legacy. The most important accomplishment of the original was giving Luigi an identity of his own, one that distinguished him from his more famous brother. Just as Mario has an enemy in Bowser, the first game gave Luigi an eternal nemesis all his own — King Boo. Even as the green plumber encounters new bosses with each installment, it never fails that King Boo is behind the mayhem.

After countless runs throughout the Underworld in an attempt to defy the Titan of Time, nothing helps the protagonist of unwind like a hot spring. The hot spring is an incantation that Melinoe can unlock like any other to renovate the Crossroads. Perhaps most importantly, the heated pool can also help players woo a potential romantic partner.

Unlike most games, you don't start with a map to help you navigate around in. Thankfully, you can find it in the very early stages of a playthrough as you start working your way around. is a unique Metroidvania,offering players plenty of puzzles to complete and many secrets to uncover.

Cataclysm Classic brings with it tabards for nearly every Faction on launch, allowing players to earn Reputation with a chosen Faction in every Level 85 Dungeon they complete. With a choice in leveling zones and the tabards that come with them, players can target certain Reputations based on the rewards they want to receive before Raids release.

Diablo 4 Season 4: Loot Reborn has finally launched! Along with the new Seasonal Questline, as well as the itemization changes, players also gain access to the new Battle Pass, Season Blessings, and of course the latest Season Journey. Diablo 4 Season 4 Season Journey Guide After creating a Seasonal Character, players can press «U» to open up the Seasonal Menu.

In a narrow hallway that divides the dance floor and the bathrooms at a local club, I saw some girls snapping photos. Instead of an iPhone, one of them held a retro digital camera above the group’s heads at an angle. The flash went off and I squeezed past them as they looked at the screen and giggled. It’s a small moment, but it’s also part of a much larger consumer trend. Now — thanks to TikTok — ’90s- and 2000s-era handheld digital cameras are making a massive comeback, and I can say it’s one of the trends that’s actually well worth the hype.

I have to start this article by issuing an apology to Asmodee Canada – many months ago, Asmodee sent over a box of games to review, and somehow Perspectives landed on a shelf it wasn’t supposed to be on, and we missed reviewing it all together. I also have to apologize to myself, because I could have been playing one of the best detective board games currently available, but instead it was sitting on a shelf hidden among the 100s of board games in our collection.

Ubisoft unveiled Assassin’s Creed Shadows last week, giving us our first real glimpse at the first Assassin’s Creed game to be set in Japan. Its Feudal Japan setting is something that fans of Assassin’s Creed have craved for a long time, and while it’s awesome that Ubisoft is finally delivering that concept, some other games did beat it to the punch. Many other developers have noticed how fruitful a historical Japan setting can be, from its feudal era all the way until the West started to intervene in the Edo period. As a result, there are quite a few games that I can recommend you check out while you’re waiting for Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘ November 15 launch.

Xbox has its first chance to regain some good faith since its recent studio shutdowns this week as Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 hits the Series X|S and PC on May 21. From the little gamers have gleaned from the closure of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, it feels like the studios' latest projects not moving the needle in terms of money likely played a big part in Xbox's decision. Potentially daunting for the team behind Hellblade 2 since it will launch on Game Pass day one, but there is a way to make sure the game makes money even if you do plan on playing on Game Pass - via buying its merch.

Premium Collectibles released a range of Chun-Li statues in January and well, it got people a little hot and bothered for a couple of reasons. Partly because the statues cost almost $700 each, but also because of what exactly the very detailed model of Chun-Li is doing. The statue captures the Street Fighter veteran in a powerlifting squat, and now she is no longer alone. Clearly the Chun-Li statues sold well as now there's a matching set of Cammy statues for those with $665 handy.

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.

In a short interview with MrGM during a live World of Warcraft community event in London, Associate Game Director Morgan Day answered questions regarding Dragonflight, MoP Remix, and The War Within, revealing that all Keystone Master mounts going forward will be capable of dynamic flight!

Fromsoftware's long-time translator reckons the SoulsBorneRing director stores every lore tidbit in his head - item descriptions bouncing all over the place.

After a 2023 packed with generation-defining games, it felt like 2024 might be more of a comedown. There weren’t a lot of big new releases scheduled to drop outside of a busy first few months, and heavy hitters like Grand Theft Auto 6 aren’t arriving until 2025. Traditional wisdom would have you thinking that gamers were in for a very slow year with few highlights.

The upcoming expansion for the is set to feature over 200 cards in total, and some will undoubtedly be of great interest to any collector. In addition to the main set, the release of will be accompanied by unmissable new promo cards, including one that is the first of its kind for the . With the game continuing to grow and innovate, and rare Pokémon cards becoming easier to collect all the time, is attracting plenty of interest as its release date draws near.

Blizzard has released a Developer Update for Season of Discovery. Since the Classic team is working on both Season of Discovery and Cataclysm Classic, Phase 3 of Season of Discovery will last longer than previous Phases. In addition, Blizzard is planning on releasing a PTR for Season of Discovery Phase 4, which will include Level 60 templated characters.

It may have taken 167 hours and more than 1,700 deaths, but Kai Cenat has finally managed to beat Elden Ring and put an end to his marathon Twitch stream.

A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week said Friday that safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company.

Since Microsoft purchased Blizzard Activision and took ownership of the Call of Duty franchise, there have been questions about whether Microsoft would bring future entries in series to PlayStation and whether future titles might be day-and-date launches on Xbox GamePass. The answer to the former is that for now at least PS4 and PS5 players will indeed continue to enjoy access. On Friday, the answer to the latter question finally emerged as well.

Europe's top rights organisation on Friday adopted the first ever legally binding international treaty governing the use of artificial intelligence .

Ghost of Tsushima has landed on the PC, meaning in theory it can be played on the Steam Deck — if it can run it, that is.

A brilliant crystal shines above the zone of Hallowfall, acting as its sun. Lately, the crystal has sometimes transformed to shine with the Void rather than the Light, a worrying development. But what exactly is this crystal?

A new questline in the War Within involves the passing of an important ancient weapon, in a rather amusing way. We went through this questline to bring you all the details!

The newest collection of are here and we've got any help you might need if you're struggling to solve it for yourself. There are a few misdirections in today's groupings, as well as some very clever additions that could quickly waste away your attempts.

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is available on PC as of today, and it offers the full suite of upscaling options, including DLSS 3, FSR 3, and XeSS (check out the game’s performance with DLSS 3 here). Interestingly, Ghost of Tsushima also offers something other games don’t – the ability to combine DLSS upscaling with FSR 3 frame generation.

Domestic home entertainment brand Govo debuted its latest soundbar lineup in a live event held in Delhi on Thursday. The newly launched products, Govo Go Surround 975 and 940 , mark a significant milestone as the first ‘made-in-India' soundbars equipped with Dolby Atmos technology. These audio devices are manufactured at Channelplay's facility in Manesar, Gurgaon. Here's everything you need to know about Govo's latest offerings:

PlayStation has revealed that it has managed to shift just over 59 million PS5s over the course of the system's first four years, but the platform's active user base of 118 million people implies that there are quite a lot of people still playing on PS4.

The hit strategy game can be somewhat overwhelming to new players, and not just because of its many-layered, interacting systems that players must become familiar with. New players may find themselves overwhelmed simply at the first couple of menu screens when asked to decide which among many they should choose as their first civilization. The new total number of Civilizations in Civilization VI is 50, including all the DLC and Season Pass content.

Shares of India's vaunted IT outsourcing firms are facing a reality check, as global investors' rush into the artificial intelligence theme starts to leave pricey old-economy tech stocks behind.

Thank your own personal deity—possibly the God of War and Tsushima—it's Friday! Speaking of that samurai epic, it arrived on PC last night, and I have been hilt deep in it since 2 o'clock in the AM. Runs well and looks phenomenal so far. Given Nixxes spectacular and recent craftsmanship with Horizon Forbidden West, my finely-tuned instincts already tell me this is worth the yen.

Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin's Creed Shadows will once again return to its series roots, but also feature modern mechanics.

Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin's Creed Shadows won't require an online connection at all times.

The games industry is caught in a tidal wave of negativity, and if you pay attention to social media, you may be forgiven for thinking the sky is falling. Sony posted a pretty positive financial report earlier this week, but the headlines that have come out of it run counter to that: PS5 declined 29 per cent year-over-year, is trending behind PS4 worldwide, and missed its revised forecast.

Sony has replaced outgoing CEO Jim Ryan with an all-star tag-team partnership: Hermen Hulst will lead PS Studios and its intellectual property, while Hideaki Nishino will focus on hardware and services. The pair, together, will be tasked with leading PlayStation into a new era, as PS5 enters the latter half of its lifecycle and the company explores new initiatives, like PC, mobile, and television.

If you’re yet to sample one of PlayStation’s greatest ever games, there’s no excuse for PS Plus Premium members: Sony has added a two hour trial of The Last of Us: Part 2 Remastered to the top-tier of its subscription service. That 120 minutes should give you just enough time to see the title’s controversial twist, which will either hook you or turn you off entirely. Without spoiling anything, let’s just say you’ll look at golf clubs in a different way.

The Monster Hunter franchise from Capcom continues to go from strength to strength as the publisher has announced the series has now sold over 100 million copies across its many entries. Fuelled by recent entries like World and Rise, it sits in prime position to capitalise on the series' growing popularity in the West with Monster Hunter Wilds launching in 2025.

Surpise-hit indie Animal Well was released late last week and already seems to have trapped a sizable number of players with its gorgeous pixel aesthetic and world full of secrets to uncover. Despite being a single player game, one particular secret puzzle will supposedly require 50 players working in concert to solve. Warning: vague spoilers for a post-game Animal Well secret puzzle to follow!

Developer Sabotage Studio and iam8bit have teamed up to bring the beloved Sea of Stars to physical retail, and it's squeaked into a top 10 that's otherwise filled with the games you'd expect. Debuting at number 10, it's a pretty solid result for the delayed physical release of a small, throwback RPG, but obviously it'll struggle to really compete with what's above it.

Businesses nowadays consider engagement and interest in their product line to essentially be just as important as hard sales numbers, and Sony is no different. During yesterday's conference call with investors to mark the end of Fiscal Year 2023, the general manager of finance at Sony, Sadahiko Hayakawa, explained how the PlayStation business adjusted its focus during the PS4 era as a result of network services like PSN and games designed to be played in perpetuity.

Following a short delay that pushed the console versions past the original PC launch, it has been confirmed INDIKA will release for PS5 later this week on 17th May 2024. An experience steeped in religious faith mixed with platforming and puzzle solving, the unusual game can be seen in action in the trailer above.

Another week has come to a premature conclusion, so it's time to discuss what we're playing this weekend. There's tons to choose from, so here's what's keeping us busy.

Wednesdays wouldn’t be the same without a ginormous PS Store sale to sink your teeth into, and this week is no different. Sony has plunged the price on another 2,000 titles today, with offers good through 29th May, 2024. Discounts top out at up to 95 per cent off, like Killing Floor 2, which can be yours for just £1.24.

Sony's handheld streaming device, the PS Portal, continues to defy the company's expectations as it's revealed demand for the machine has «exceeded supply for several months» in the USA. Responding to a question on Twitter, executive director at Circana (formerly NPD) Mat Piscatella said that while Sony isn't shifting «massive units», the handheld has still done well for itself.

Stumble Guys, a free-to-play, Fall Guys-like knockout platformer, is now available to download and play on both PS5 and PS4. Check out the trailer above to get an idea of what to expect.

Here’s some potentially huge news, unearthed by the eagle-eyed Gematsu: a new PS2 emulator appears to be imminent for PS5 and PS4. As many of you will already know, Sony has been gradually deploying PS1 and PSP titles on the PS Store as part of its PS Plus Premium subscription, with all releases boasting video filters, quick save, and rewind.

The announcement that Jake Solomon, first amongst the legendary Sid Meier's pupils, had left Firaxis to start his studio, Midsummer Studios, comes as a surprise, especially with the switch from strategy to the life sim genre. Looking towards the opportunity to create something entirely different, Soloman reflected on where his last game, Marvel's Midnight Suns, went wrong.

Square Enix has confirmed in a new medium-term business plan that it intends to «aggressively» pursue a multiplatform strategy across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and PC platforms. Instead of allowing select AAA games from its biggest series to be locked onto one system, the company will look to «build an environment where more customers can enjoy our titles».

Returning WWE fan-favourite CM Punk is the headline addition of the first WWE 2K24 DLC pack, releasing this coming Wednesday, 15th May 2024. His first appearance in the games since WWE 2K15, the wrestler will be part of the ECW Punk Pack, which also includes tag-team partners Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley, and Sandman and Terry Funk.

Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks has confirmed the upcoming physical version for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S will still be released via Limited Run Games despite Microsoft's plans to close the studio. In addition, one last update for the game will be available later today «to address some minor issues».

In a bid to redeploy «resources to bigger opportunities such as XDefiant and Rainbow Six», Ubisoft has today announced the cancellation of its free-to-play spin-off of The Division series, The Division Heartland. The move arrives as part of a bigger restructuring within the French publisher that's geared towards focusing on fewer but bigger games, such as the newly revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows.

PS Plus is back on the rise after a slightly rocky time following the service's big overhaul in 2022. As per Sony's latest financial results, the network services category — which comprises revenue from PS Plus and advertising — is up quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, meaning it's comfortably improved since moving to the current three tier system.

Sony is focusing on expanding its PS5 install base, the «enhancement of first-party software and PC deployment», and giving players «richer gaming experiences» as part of a three-year plan detailed in its latest financial results. The mid-term focus was quickly covered during the earnings call, revealing that Sony is preparing a significant first-party lineup once the current drought is over.

Persona 5: The Phantom X, a smartphone spin-off of Atlus’ iconic RPG series, launched last month in China, Taiwan, and Korea – and it’s received an enormous marketing push to say the least. In addition to bus liveries, we’ve seen entire subway station takeovers here in Taipei – and there have been representatives handing out free goodies around the anime obsessed Ximen district, too.

Update: In a change made to the Last Chance to Play section on PS5, Teardown has been removed from the list, suggesting it was mistakenly listed as leaving the service. As such, 34 games are now marked for removal on 21st May 2024.

Sony has today revealed the list of PS5, PS4, and Classic games landing on PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium for the month of May 2024. Available to download and play from Tuesday, 21st May 2024, the full list of games is as follows:

When it was announced Dave the Diver would finally come to PS5 and PS4, developer Mintrocket also unveiled a crossover DLC, bringing Godzilla to the game. Now, we have a release date for the add-on, as well as a few more details on what to expect.

MultiVersus will get its big re-release later this month, and it’ll be bringing a brand-new character to the brawl: the Joker, voiced by Mark Hamill. Following the character’s initial cinematic unveiling, here’s a better look at his gameplay, along with some unique dialogue between him and his face-painted bae, Harley Quinn.

We all know retail PS5 software sales are pretty poor in Japan right now, so it’s a testament to Shift Up’s character action outing that Stellar Blade’s actually doing decently. The Korean outing tagged another 13,033 units to its total for the week ending 12th May, lifting its lifetime sales up to 80,164 units overall. With digital numbers excluded, that’s not a bad number at all.

When it launches on PC later this week, the online co-op Legends mode in Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut will carry a beta tag when you wish to play with PS5, PS4 friends via crossplay. Rather than the final version of what port specialist Nixxes Software intends to ship, the developer is soliciting feedback so it can make tweaks to the feature «in the weeks following launch».

It’s safe to say that Gray Zone Warfare isn’t trying to be an accessible extraction shooter like Call of Duty Warzone’s DMZ mode, but rather one for the hardcore realism set who want to feel the thrill of high-stakes victory and the agony of bleeding out after getting shot in the leg as you try to limp toward the chopper. Not everyone wants to fuss with deciding between 7.32 parabellum vs full metal jacket rounds, or dealing with the fact that 5.56x59mm rounds don’t fit in a magazine for 5.56x72mm. But for those who do, it serves that audience fairly well in its early access state – at least, when it isn’t crashing, failing to register clear hits, or making you and your friends wait in line for your ride home.

Shōgunis an early contender for 2024’s best TV show. The series, which debuted in February, is smart, complicated, tremendously well made, beautifully acted, and the most watched FX series ever, according to a press release from the network. All of which makes Thursday’s announcement that the show is coming back for more season pretty unsurprising. The only question that remains is what exactly those seasons are going to be about.

The Pokemon TCG's march through Paldea continues today as the first details about the next Scarlet & Violet set were confirmed. Dubbed Shrouded Fable, almost everything in the new collection, including mini tins and special illustration collections booster bundles, will be released on August 2, 2024, with the exception of its booster bundles which will follow on September 6. If the excitement of new cards is too much to handle, Shrouded Fable's elite trainer box is already available for pre-order at the Pokemon Center.

Indie game developer Simogo has a long track record of interesting titles, but its newest, , might be the most ambitious and unusual yet. As a complex puzzle adventure set inside a black-and-white hotel, it doesn't take long for the game to set itself apart from anything out there. What also becomes clear is just how much thought and creativity went into the experience, which took over four years to craft.

The franchise has had numerous titles appear on the Nintendo Switch, many of which are among the best-selling games the console has had in its seven-plus years of life. However, new information has revealed that the Switch's lifecycle has been the best period of the series, as it has eclipsed all past generations by large margins, even ahead of Gen 10 and future games' releases.

The already large roster of playable characters in has grown this week with the release of the title's first DLC, the. The latest in a long-running wrestling franchise, has taken the action to new heights with a wide variety of game modes, a myriad of wrestler choices, and improved character creation. The new DLC is the first of five planned for the game, with the next release slated for this summer.

Reaching the top of ranked ladder requires some creative deckbuilding and is a true test of skill for any player. Second Dinner’s Marvel-themed card battler features dozens of excellent cards and powerful deck archetypes, all contributing to a fast-changing and flexible metagame. There are many great deck builds for reaching the game’s coveted Infinite rank, accessible to new and veteran players alike.

Wowhead's Patch 1.4 Gear and Itemization Changes Overview is now live, detailing the massive changes to Diablo 4's itemization introduced in Season 4: Loot Reborn. Gear and Itemization Changes Guide in Patch 1.4 With nearly every aspect of gear and loot receiving at least moderate updates in Patch 1.4, we've put together a guide to explore the changes to Legendary Aspects, Uniques, Gear Affixes, the Codex of Power, and Gems, as well as the new Tempering and Masterworking systems.

When the revised 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons becomes available on Sept. 17, the world will finally get a taste of the seminal role-playing game’s upgraded mechanics. But D&D’s most dedicated fans will likely have a head start. The Player’s Handbook (2024), including a version with a special alternate art cover, hits brick-and-mortar shelves first on Sept. 3.

A brand new benchmark of the upcoming AMD Ryzen "Strix Point" APU with 12 Zen 5 cores has leaked out & is on par with the 7700X.

After the Let Loose event, Apple is now focusing its attention on its more budget-friendly iPad mini and entry-level options. The latest report suggests that Apple will launch the iPad mini 7 by the end of the year.

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