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Adorable alpaca lounging in the new Planet Zoo Barnyard Animal Pack DLC
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Planet Zoo Barnyard Animal Pack DLC Brings Seven Adorable New Animals Later This Month

A new Planet Zoo DLC pack has been announced, and this one's bringing things a little closer to home with some barnyard animals. Previous Planet Zoo DLC packs have revolved around Eurasian wild…

April 22, 2024 | 09:56 EDT

A warrior in full armor in the new Valheim Ashlands update
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Valheim Ashlands Update Launches on Public Test Realm, Full Patch Notes Revealed

The much-anticipated and long-awaited Valheim Ashlands update has finally been released via the game's Public Test Realm, bringing a new biome, new gear to use, and much more. Ashlands represents…

April 22, 2024 | 08:11 EDT

Jaheira with a glowing hand in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Support Coming in Patch 7 Alongside New Evil Endings

Larian has detailed what's coming in Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7, and if you've been waiting for the chance to mod the celebrated CRPG, you won't have to wait much longer. Per a new Community Update on…

April 18, 2024 | 09:48 EDT

A character fighting off a zombie in artwork for the upcoming Dying Light 2 Nightmare Mode update
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Dying Light 2 Nightmare Mode Update Coming This Week, New Info Revealed

Techland has announced that the Dying Light 2 Nightmare Mode update is heading your way this week, bringing an all-new way to experience some zombie-killing parkour action. Nightmare Mode was…

April 15, 2024 | 11:50 EDT

An Enclave soldier saluting in the Fallout 4 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S update
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Fallout 4 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Update Officially Arrives Later This Month

Bethesda has announced the release date for the long-awaited Fallout 4 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S update. Per a post on the official Fallout website, the update will land on April 25th and will be free…

April 11, 2024 | 12:08 EDT

A soldier in a skull mask in Battlefield 2042
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Battlefield 2042 Roadmap for Spring Is Looking Pretty Thin

EA and DICE have revealed the Battlefield 2042 roadmap for this spring, and it's slim pickings, as expected. Yesterday, EA announced that Battlefield 2042's latest season would also be its last, as…

April 10, 2024 | 10:52 EDT

Elspeth von Draken, one of the Legendary Lords in the Total War: Warhammer 3 Thrones of Decay DLC
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Total War: Warhammer 3 Reveals Legendary Lords for Upcoming Thrones of Decay DLC

Creative Assembly and Sega have announced the three Legendary Lords you'll get if you pick up Total War: Warhammer 3's upcoming Thrones of Decay DLC. The DLC will add new Lords for the Empire, the…

April 9, 2024 | 11:24 EDT

A soldier wielding a gun in Battlefield 2042
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Battlefield 2042 Seasons to End as Production Ramps Up on Next Game

EA has announced that the latest Battlefield 2042 season will be its last, and that production on the next entry in the series is ramping up, aided by Star Wars: Squadrons studio Motive. In a post…

April 9, 2024 | 10:49 EDT

A ghoul looking down and to the right, pointing a gun at something.
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The Fallout TV Show Proves The Last of Us Wasn’t A Fluke

Video-game adaptations are mostly bad, so bad they’re good, or lucked into some cult following. Thankfully, we’ve now had the amazing The Last of Us release, and Fallout just knocked it out of the…

April 11, 2024 | 10:00 EDT

The three new cars being added as part of Gran Turismo update 1.44
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Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.44 Brings Three New Cars Including a Le Mans Legend

Sony and Polyphony Digital have announced a brand new Gran Turismo 7 update, and it's introducing three new cars, including one that's legendary among fans of Le Mans. Per a PlayStation Blog…

March 27, 2024 | 11:24 EDT

A screenshot of a box of Runescape Kingdoms Shadow of Elvarg on a gaming mat.
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Runescape Kingdoms Shadow of Elvarg Review – Hail Brassica Prime!

In my earliest gaming days, I loved playing Runescape. Jagex's long-running fantasy MMO, while not as high profile as its peers, maintained a strong grip on me thanks to its mix of grand fantasy…

March 29, 2024 | 10:00 EDT

Vane in Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Reveals New DLC Character Vane's Release Date and Gameplay

Today, after the awards ceremony of the Arc World Tour 2023, Cygames revealed a new trailer of its fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising.  The trailer focuses on Vane's gameplay. We already…

March 23, 2024 | 05:53 EDT

ConvAI character in Stormgate
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Developers of Starcraft Spiritual Successor Stormgate Considering Generative AI For Characters

Today Frost Giant Studios announced that it is considering the use of generative AI to drive characters in its upcoming RTS game Stormgate.  The announcement comes in the form of a video introduced…

March 20, 2024 | 11:26 EDT

Characters from League of Legends
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Riot Games Reset Development of League of Legends MMORPG, "Going Dark" for "Likely Several Years"

A few years ago, Riot Games announced the development of an MMORPG set in Runeterra, the universe of its ultra-popular MOBA League of Legends. We haven't heard much since, and today we learn why…

March 20, 2024 | 04:21 EDT

A character wearing pirate gear in the limited-time battle royale event World of Warcraft: Plunderstorm
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World of Warcraft: Plunderstorm is a 60-Player Battle Royale Mode Launching Today

Blizzard has announced World of Warcraft: Plunderstorm, a 60-player battle royale mode heading to the legendary MMORPG today. In its official announcement post, Blizzard describes Plunderstorm as a…

March 19, 2024 | 10:46 EDT

Several bards dancing on a stage in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Update Fixes Awkward Romances, Chatty Minthara, and More

Larian has released a brand new Baldur's Gate 3 update, and while it's not a massive one, it does contain some rather amusing fixes that should make your gameplay experience a little smoother. This…

March 18, 2024 | 10:46 EDT

A Spartan running while another fires a Needler at them in the March Halo Infinite update
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Halo Infinite Update to Bring Networking Overhaul, Easy Anti-Cheat, and More Next Week

343 Industries has detailed what's coming in next week's major Halo Infinite update, and if you've ever been frustrated by other players blatantly cheating, this one's for you. In a new update…

March 15, 2024 | 11:37 EDT

Beatrix in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Reveals First Look at Beatrix and Vane DLC Characters

Today Cygames hosted the Granblue Fantasy 10th Anniversary livestream and shared news about its fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. First of all, we get to see a trailer providing the…

March 9, 2024 | 02:25 EST

Several Temtem creatures in official artwork for the game
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Temtem Microtransactions Being Removed Later This Year, Big Updates To Stop

Crema has announced that larger updates for Temtem, which usually contain major gameplay additions and new content, will end later this year. In a very lengthy letter to the Temtem community, Crema…

March 4, 2024 | 08:56 EST

Astarion in in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Has "Way Over" 10 Million Players, Mod Support Has Been in the Works Since Launch

Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Studios has been very successful, but just how successful? Apparently "way over" 10 million players have now enjoyed the popular D&D game. The news comes by way of  …

February 26, 2024 | 07:44 EST

Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Developer Teases "Robust, Cross-Platform Plan for Mod Support"

Baldur's Gate 3 just received a new hotfix patch, and its developers revealed that they are working on cross-platform mod support. The new patdch, namely Hotfix #19 or version 4.1.1.4811634…

February 22, 2024 | 03:51 EST

Survivors fighting off zombies in Dying Light 2 with melee weapons and firearms
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Dying Light 2 Firearms Update Finally Lets You Blast the Undead to Kingdom Come

Techland has released the Dying Light 2 Firearms Update, and it's being touted as the zombie-slaying open-world parkour game's biggest update to date. Previous Dying Light 2 updates have added…

February 22, 2024 | 09:55 EST

Promotional screenshot of EVE: War For New Eden, featuring the box art, ship miniatures, and several officers in the background.
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EVE: War For New Eden Kickstarter Ends With Over 12 Times Its Funding Goal

Recently, a tabletop game Kickstarter concluded. The project was EVE: War For New Eden, a board game set in the world of EVE Online developed by Titanforge Games. The campaign wasn't just a success,…

February 21, 2024 | 05:33 EST

A character in Fallout London
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Fallout London Shows Massive World, Characters, Weapons, Factions, and More Ahead of Release

We're just a couple of months away from the release of Fallout London, the massive mod for Bethesda's Fallout 4, which will shift the setting to the devastated United Kingdom.  Today, the team…

February 20, 2024 | 05:32 EST

2B in Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising
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2B From NieR: Automata Invades Another Universe as Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Reveals Gameplay

Tomorrow, 2B from NieR: Automata will be released as a DLC guest character for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, and today Cygames revealed her gameplay. The trailer, which you can see below, reveals…

February 19, 2024 | 11:07 EST

Shadowheart and Lae'zel kissing one another in Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6
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Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 Available Now, Features Reworked Kissing, New Animations, and More

Larian has released Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6, and it comes with a ton of fixes and improvements, including new kissing animations, new idle animations for your companions in camp, and more. Last week…

February 16, 2024 | 07:53 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 Screenshot and DICE Awards logo
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Baldur's Gate 3 Wins Game of the Year at the D.I.C.E. Awards, Here Are All the Winners

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences just hosted the 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and the winners for all categories have been announced. If you're not familiar with the awards, the…

February 16, 2024 | 01:07 EST

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Xbox Will Release 4 Games on Other Platforms, Teases Next Generation Hardware and Holiday Reveal

Microsoft has just published the much-feared and much-discussed official Xbox Podcast in which the company's leadership discussed the future of the platform. Following over a week of over-the-top…

February 15, 2024 | 04:17 EST

Karlach in Baldur's Gate 2
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Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 Will Be 21 GB and Have More than Romance, New Details Shared

Today Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios shared more details about the upcoming Patch 6 for the game, which will include much more than the previously announced improvement to romance.  We…

February 13, 2024 | 01:10 EST

Shadowheart and Lae'zel prepare to kiss in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 Passes Half a Million Reviews on Steam and 96% Are Positive

Larian Studios' RPG Baldur's Gate 3 is extremely popular, but just how popular is it? A milestone passed on Steam certainly paints a positive picture. We learn that the game has passed a whopping…

February 12, 2024 | 12:23 EST

The main character kisses Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 "Hefty" Patch 6 Coming Next Week Improving Kisses and Much More

Baldur's Gate 3 is getting ready for Valentine's Day with a big patch coming next week, likely with the most appropriate content possible on the menu. As shared on X (formerly Twitter) on the…

February 10, 2024 | 04:10 EST

Official artwork for Foamstars, depicting several playable characters surfing a wave of colorful foam
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Foamstars Review - Party's Over

There's a moment during Foamstars' introductory tutorial wherein your instructor, Bublo Espuma (see what they did there?), says "this isn't like other games". This wouldn't be a Foamstars review if I…

February 12, 2024 | 12:09 EST

Saytang the Watcher in Total War: Warhammer 3
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Total War: Warhammer 3 Developers Add Content Aplenty to Latest & Next DLC Following Backlash

Today Creative Assembly announced relevant changes to be made to Total War: Warhammer 3's latest DLC Shadows of Change. The same will apply to the next.   This happens after the developer delivered…

February 8, 2024 | 11:12 EST

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Roblox Financials Show Huge Year-on-Year Growth, Platform Predicts More Prosperity

Roblox has announced its 2023 financial results, and it's been another banner year for the game (if, indeed, it can be called such), with revenue jumping by over 20% year-on-year. Per a new investor…

February 7, 2024 | 09:56 EST

Kickstarter Stormgate
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Starcraft Spiritual Successor Stormgate Wins Almost $2.4 Million with Successful Kickstarter

The Kickstarter campaign for Stormgate, a spiritual successor of Starcraft by Frost Giant Studios, has just concluded successfully.  28,143 backers pledged $2,380,701 for the game on Kickstarter,…

February 1, 2024 | 02:14 EST

Palworld and Baldur's Gate III
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Baldur's Gate 3 and Palworld Are the Most Played Games on Steam Deck in January 2024

Today Valve shared the most played games on its portable PC Steam Deck for the month of January 2024, and the results may or may not surprise you.  The ranking, shared on the Steam Deck's official X…

February 1, 2024 | 01:42 EST

Mass Effect Collaboration in Destiny 2
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Destiny 2 X Mass Effect Crossover Gear Released [UPDATED]

Today Bungie announced new crossover items coming to Destiny 2, and they're from another super-popular sci-fi IP, BioWare's Mass Effect.  According to the announcement made on X (formerly Twitter),…

February 13, 2024 | 12:16 EST

Two lions looking out over a zoo in Planet Zoo
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Planet Zoo Is Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in March

Frontier Developments has announced that its zoo sim Planet Zoo is heading to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S later this year. The game, which originally launched on PC via Steam all the way back…

January 30, 2024 | 09:25 EST

A collection of Valheim merchandise, including to-scale weapons, plushies, and dice, courtesy of Heroic Replicas
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New Valheim Merch Kickstarter Campaign Includes a $1,300 Sword and Much More

Iron Gate and merch company Heroic Replicas have announced a Kickstarter campaign for a new set of Valheim merchandise, including a full-scale replica of the game's ethereal Mistwalker sword. The…

January 29, 2024 | 10:26 EST

Granblue Fantasy Versis Rising 2B
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising 2B DLC and Update 1.2 Get Release Date

Today, during the Frosty Faustings tournament, Cygames has news to share about the next update coming to its fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. Director Tetsuya Fukuhara wasn't able to…

January 27, 2024 | 06:57 EST

A truck driving along an expansive Scandinavian road in the new Euro Truck Simulator 2 Nordic Horizons DLC
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Euro Truck Simulator 2 Nordic Horizons DLC Will Take You to Beautiful Scandinavia

SCS Software has announced a new Euro Truck Simulator 2 DLC expansion pack, and it's taking you all the way to Scandinavia. Previous expansions have incorporated the landscapes of locations like the…

January 26, 2024 | 11:52 EST

Gran Turismo 7 Bulgari Aluminium Vision Gran Turismo and Suzuki Jimny XC
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Gran Turismo 7 January Update Coming Tomorrow with 3 New Cars and More

Today Polyphony Digital and Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the next update coming to the racing game Gran Turismo 7. The update is coming tomorrow, January 25, and it's numbered 1.42.  As…

January 24, 2024 | 04:16 EST

The character used in promotional materials for the Fntastic game The Day Before
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The Day Before Developer Fntastic Blames "Hate Campaign" for Controversial Game's Failure

Fntastic still isn't done with The Day Before, it seems, as the studio has released a lengthy rebuttal to some of the accusations being leveled against it. In a post on the Fntastic X (formerly…

January 24, 2024 | 09:41 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 - Shadowheart and PlayStation Logo
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Baldur's Gate 3 Update for PS5 Fixes Invisible Save Files from Error 544

Today Larian Studios released a new patch for the PS5 version of its super-popular RPG Baldur's Gate 3 fixing a rather sneaky problem on the console.  Xbox players aren't the only ones who had…

January 23, 2024 | 01:13 EST

Riot Games Logo and league of Legends Cinematic
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League of Legends Developer Riot Games Laying Off 530 Employees, Riot Forge Will Cease Development

2023 has been an annus terribilis for employment in the gaming industry, but 2024 isn't starting any better. Riot Games, developer of League of Legends, Valorant, and more, has announced a large…

January 22, 2024 | 08:47 EST

Halo Infinite Mark IV Core and KAI-125 Helmet
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Halo Infinite Is Abandoning Seasons as 343 Confirms "Brand-New Projects" In Development

343 Industries just hosted a new community livestream explaining what's coming to Halo Infinite in the January update (CU29) and beyond. Starting with the update, it's coming on January 30 and it…

January 19, 2024 | 05:12 EST

Baldur's Gate 3 won't Be on Game Pass
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Baldur's Gate 3 Director Explains Why Larian's Games Won't Be on Subscription Services

Seeing big games appear on subscription services like Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus is almost the norm nowadays, but it won't happen with the acclaimed Baldur's Gate 3.  Larian Studios' CEO and…

January 17, 2024 | 08:24 EST

A construct with its eyes lit up in the new Diablo 4 Season of the Construct event
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Diablo 4 Season of the Construct Brings New Quests and Much More Next Week

Blizzard has announced a new Diablo 4 season. It's scheduled to start next week and will bring new quests, new dungeons to delve into, and much more. Season of the Construct will be the third major …

January 17, 2024 | 10:54 EST