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Testers Wanted | Fancy testing out Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 and its long-awaited crossplay mechanics? Larian's now letting folks sign up to do just that
Apply for a nice prezzie that you might get to open in January, if you're one of the players picked.
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We'll Lu-see | Fallout season two likely won't see Fallout 76 take its TV crossovers to a whole new level, as its devs don't want to "give fan service for just the sake of doing it"
"We probably won't go out of our way to add a whole bunch of stuff specific to the show, because we don't feel like we need to."
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Ray-Aw, Man | Rayman stars in a weird NFT game vaguely inspired by the coolest Far Cry DLC that Ubisoft's just quietly plopped out, because of course he does
Also, he's seemingly now a Die Hard baddie who makes a lot of probably very salient points about how America sucks.
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Future Box Fight | Either PlayStation or Xbox will "struggle mightily" to do well with their next gen console, while Nintendo'll be "the clear winner”, predicts research firm
“There isn’t room for more than two major console systems" in the upcoming cycle, reckons DFC Intelligence.
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Carnundrum | Helldivers 2's Illuminate are coming for your new wheels, and players are convinced it's a push towards Meridia's definitely not suspiciously revamped black hole
It's ok, Arrowhead says the purple circle's new appearance is nothing to worry about right now. People aren't buying that though.
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Super Santa | Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead comes up with a suitably festive solution to all that Killzone collab price backlash
"We will revisit this," the studio says of the item prices folks weren't fans of, while loading up the free gifts onto its sleigh.
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The Next Evolution? | Would Fallout 76's devs be open to doing playable super mutants? The game's lead producer says it could depend on how much people like going ghoul
"That does give pause to talk about: ‘Okay, does it make sense for us to have anything else in this world that players can do?’"
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Ghould Vibes | As it heads into 2025, Fallout 76’s lead producer discusses playable ghouls, why Fallout needs a giant snake, and whether we’ll ever get playable super mutants
“I think ‘cool’ kinda overrode whether or not anybody cared about ‘does this even fit like that’”, says lead producer Bill LaCoste.
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Radioactivity | Fallout 76 playable ghoul hands-on preview – a rad expansion, especially if you're keen for an undead dip
Playing as a noseless adventurer in a Fallout game had me embracing my inner irradiated Michael Phelps.
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BEEEEEGGGGGG | Stalker 2 gets its "first major patch", patch 1.1, featuring a mammoth list of more than 1,800 fixes that includes the first batch of A-Life tweaks
GSC says "the size of the patch is huge and the process of downloading will take some time", so you best set it away and make a cup of tea.
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Rock And Hard Place | As Helldivers 2's Killzone collab pricing backlash rumbles on, CCO Pilestedt says Arrowhead chose not to make it a warbond to try and avoid exactly this kind of thing
Either way, players don't reckon the price is right.
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Soulslike Strats | Sony becomes the "largest shareholder" in FromSoftware owner Kadokawa, as the two put an Elden Ring on a "strategic capital and business alliance"
After all that corporate courting, the big duo have opted to strengthen their collaborative ties, but haven't gone the full buyout route.
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Credit Crunch | "I hear what you're saying" Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead's CEO responds to backlash from players against the lofty prices of its new Killzone collab gear
"The more of this we sell - the more Illuminate type stuff we can keep dropping for free"
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Somewhere In Time | VG247's best games of 2024 that aren't actually from 2024, because we're all time- and money-poor these days, right?
Look, it's expensive to keep up with the release schedule these days, and most of us have a huge backlog to get through – so let's celebrate some older games, yeah?
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MassConaughey | Remember Exodus? Here's its first gameplay, featuring a not quite Commander Shepard sci-fi slapping up a space bear
The game also has Matthew McConaughey in it, doing video games for the first time.
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In The Killzone | Helldivers 2's first ever crossover is here, and it's good news for super credit flush Killzone fans
When two PlayStation-backed shooty things with armour that looks a bit fascist love each other very much...
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Ciri You Soon | Can't wait for The Witcher 4? Well, thanks to Witcher 3 modders, you can now get an early taste of playing as grown up monster slayer Ciri
As TW4's director says, the Witcher community always delivers.
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Eldamn, That Soon? | Wahey, Elden Ring Nightreign is getting a network test that'll let you play a bit of it early next year, and you can sign up very soon
You'll just be helping the devs make sure everything works as intended, but it's still cool.
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Ciri How It Goes | While Geralt's still hanging around, The Witcher 4 being about Ciri was "the natural choice" and CD Projekt says it'll lead to "more uncertainty and more surprises"
It's also an idea the studio's had in mind for a good decade or so.
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Pugi-wishlist | Forget everything else at The Game Awards, between Like A Dragon dev RGG's mysterious new game and a semi-leaked thing, the real winners last night were lovers of early 20th century scraps
Look, I just like getting into massive barneys that slightly pre-date the two world wars, ok?
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Street Shooter | Need more firepower to take on Helldivers 2's Illuminate? Well, the Urban Legends Warbond includes a flamethrower turret that can burn everything to death - including you
Hey, it'll only harm the user if its ammo canister gets hit. Surely the chances of that are lo-
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Good Omens | Helldivers 2 hits its highest Steam player number since May's PSN account linking backlash, and naturally all it took was Arrowhead finally unleashing the Illuminate
It's almost like this is what everyone had been waiting for.
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Going Psycho | Borderlands 4 gets a fresh trailer with some gameplay, and we can see why Randy Pitchford was "FREAKING OUT, yo"
Here's the thing Gearbox's CEO was doing those tweets about.
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Son Of A Witch-er | The Witcher 4 shows up at The Game Awards 2024, and it’s looking so much better than you would have thought
Your next adventure on the continent is looking pretty cool.
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I'm Mythbusting | Good Mews, Pokémon TCG Pocket's Mythical Island expansion is set to offer new booster packs with a chance to grab everyone's favourite pink cat
The game has also now surpassed the 60 million download milestone.
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The Real TGAs | VG247’s Alternate Game Awards 2024
Put on your nicest jacket and your tightest girdle, because it’s time to look snazzy for the biggest game awards show: the VG247 Alternate Game Awards for 2024
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Early Bird Special | Ahead of The Game Awards, Mafia: The Old Country appears to have had its release window leaked via a pesky YouTube ad
Looks like someone's gonna end up sleeping with the fishes.
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#LeaveSonyAlone | Sony confirms interest in acquiring Elden Ring developer FromSoftware's parent company, and wishes everyone would stop making it talk about this stuff
"We would appreciate it if you would allow us to refrain from further comment."
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Winter Video Games | Watch The Game Awards 2024 here
For one last time in 2024, it's a big games showcase thingy.
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Mine-or Problem | Helldivers 2 players famously once saved kids just because they didn't care about mines, so of course Arrowhead's whipped out some more as the latest MO reward
"I'm convinced they have mine stratagems ready to go specifically to troll when the community starts begging for new content."
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LonDLC Calling | Fallout: London's next patch will come with its first bits of DLC, as Team FOLON celebrates becoming a registered business by asking players to help shape its future
The massive mod's devs are going in for a penny, in for a pound.
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Sort Of Mediearly? | Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's release date gallops forward a little bit, meaning it'll technically be both late and early at the same time
Yep, I'm also confused.
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A Fresh Start? | "We've been doing elven gods and elves and the blight for four games now" Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs discuss where the series could go story-wise in the future
"Everything has changed, and what does that change look like?"
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New Cyberginnings | Cyberpunk 2077 just got a whole new intro and backstory option that'll let V relate to both big biz types and Panam's mates, thanks to a modder
A path for the folks who wish they'd lived a bit more of a complex life before being infected with the Keanu Reeves virus.
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Chilly Changes | EA Sports FC 25's beefy First Frost update is here, bringing new player roles and focuses alongside a heap of tweaks based on player feedback
EA certainly seems keen to kick off the festive season by getting in your good books, even if it doesn't look to have broken out the freaky red and blue non-humans.
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Super News | Helldivers 2 is closing out its rollercoaster year with a nice awards season bump that's propelled its recent Steam reviews back to "Overwhelmingly Positive"
Maybe now things have turned around enough that the review bomb cape can finally be deployed, eh Arrowhead?
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Sigh | XDefiant becomes the latest live service thing to bite the bullet, with Ubisoft set to shutter studios and lay off up to 277 staff
"Unfortunately, the journey became too much to sensibly continue."
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Good Luck | Call of Duty's getting a Squid Game crossover, so you've got like a month to try and teach squads who won't stop shooting each other pre-match what satire is
Look, will you all quit messing about with emotes and sprays for five minutes so you can hear me yakking about capitalism!
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Motell Me More | Alleged Fallout season two set pics have fans speculating New Vegas' Novac could show up, but I'm not believing it til I see the Dinky the dinosaur
There'll seemingly also be at least one nod to the Great Khans, if these snaps are legit.
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Souper Earth | Still on Illuminate high-alert, Helldivers 2 players reckon Arrowhead's doing some deliberate Steam update trolling by telling them "pineapple_soup_is_delicious"
Or maybe the DSS is getting some nice hot meal dispensers in time for the holidays?
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WOW | Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 are set to be pulled from GOG, but the storefront says it'll be sticking to its plans to preserve them
"Every user who already owns these games on GOG will continue to benefit from our commitment."
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On The Boatses | Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion on why he was keen to add some "very British, you know, everything's a nightmare" flavour to Fallout: London's sassiest mode of transport
"I didn't have any say on the lipstick, but we did improvise a lot."
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Super Salute | One of the Helldivers 2 team's post-release MVPs has ridden off into the sunset, as players battle to find out where the Jet Brigade came from
"The show goes on, just without me."
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Pressing Play? | Apparent GTA 6 playlist update is sending fans into trailer speculation overdrive, but it looks like it could well share the fate of all those moon theories
Potential harbinger of a second trailer to come, or just a weird YouTube bug?
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Need To Evolve | As Need For Speed turns 30, the devs currently running the series say the biggest challenge new entries face is "literally the age of the franchise"
"The trajectory has been bumpy, actually, in some cases."
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Illumi-wait over? | Helldivers 2 just got a Steam update literally entitled "gameplay_illuminates", and players aren't sure if it's the real thing, or god-tier Arrowhead trolling
"Can't wait for it being an update on the lighting in the gameplay and everyone getting bamboozled."
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Chk Yourself | Dragon Age: The Veilguard modders have added in Baldur's Gate 3's tattoos, so you can slap a reminder that its companions don't chuck you across a room as sexily as Lae'zel on your mug
There's also a fresh patch for the former, as BioWare dishes out more tweaks.
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Time To Kill | Stalker 2 modders have mutant and weapon deg nerfing on the brain, as well as messing with time itself
Not even the three different longer days mods will likely give you time to try everything they're creating.
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Drop the Warhammer | Sorry, Space Marine 2 mod lovers, Saber's banning them from public online sessions because it's found they're behind issues that even effect non-modders
"Mods are great, and they will no doubt contribute to this game's longevity. However, we as developers must also ensure game stability."