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Seething | Season of Hatred Rising brings roaming bosses with a portal to another realm on their back to Diablo 4

Diablo 4 turns into even more of an MMO with the arrival of Season of Hatred Rising, thanks to a number of long-awaited new features and clever encounters.

Oct. 3, 2024 Sherif Saed

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S6 Theme X Hatred | Watch Blizzard reveal Diablo 4 Season 6 here today, and tell us what's changing from the recent PTR

The day is here: the last Diablo 4 developer livestream before the big Vessel of Hatred expansion launch.

Oct. 2, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Yes | Elden Ring's latest update, Patch 1.15, aims to answer the prayers of ineffective golem fisters

It's ok, FromSoft's seen you crying as your ruthless knuckle thrusts don't have the desired effect.

Oct. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

Lae'zel with a nose in Baldur's Gate 3's latest animated short.

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RIP, Modding Wizard | Baldur's Gate 3 mods have arrived on console, with Larian celebrating by telling us it loves magic underpants and having Lae'zel chainsaw a flying beard to death

Patch 7 has come to PlayStation and Xbox, having already spurred 15 million mod downloads via the official toolkit on PC.

Oct. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

On the left, a Final Fantasy 14 Lalafell with a large paintbrush in its hand. On the right, a Hippo Calf minion from Final Fantasy 14 stood doing nothing.

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What A Calf-uffle | Moo Deng is an angel sent from heaven, but she's going to absolutely bankrupt Final Fantasy 14 players thanks to how much one minion now costs

Some players are breaking the hippocratic oath.

Sept. 30, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Lae'zel, Help! | Baldur's Gate 3's real-time combat mod now allows you to get your party involved in battles, but you might not want to rely on them to save your bottom

Modder tinybike has also implemented a rudimentary pause function, so the mod lives up to its real-time with pause billing.

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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At Hatred's Door | We're going to have to wait until next week to learn more about Diablo 4's Season 6, and see more from Vessel of Hatred

Diablo 4's next livestream is going to be big, but it's not happening for another week.

Sept. 25, 2024 Sherif Saed

Astarion opposite Agnesius the clown in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Bet He Tastes Funny | One of Baldur's Gate 3's earliest fully custom quest mods has you search for the nose of a clown living in a weird circus dimension, because of course it does

With help from a freshly modified version of Larian's toolkit, you can head through a portal and have chat with a strange man in a tent.

Sept. 24, 2024 Mark Warren

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Turned On Its Head | A Baldur's Gate 3 modder has managed to swap turn-based combat for real-time battles, but it currently comes with the risk of getting slaughtered mid-chat

There also looks to be no pause function right now, but this is clearly a work-in-progress experiment.

Sept. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

Guide

LUSTROUS TIDES | Wuthering Waves codes

Don’t miss out on any free Astrite, Tides and other WuWa rewards!

Sept. 23, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Tempted? | This may very well be your last chance to make up your mind about Diablo 4 before the big Vessel of Hatred expansion

Are you looking to jump into Diablo 4 before its first major expansion? This is probably the last chance you're getting.

Sept. 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

Wyll in Baldur's Gate 3 looking pretty chipper.

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Wylling Him On | Baldur's Gate 3 modders are delivering a "Wyll Cinematic Universe" to remedy "Larian's mistreatment" of the Blade of Frontiers

The first 'movie' in this CU is a new custom Act 3 romance cutscene you can download right now.

Sept. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Karlback Home | After Baldur's Gate 3 modders made custom maps possible, someone's already working on their own version of Avernus

I hope they've opened a window, toiling away near this much lava has to be sweaty work.

Sept. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Cool Billion | Diablo 4 made over 1 billion dollars so far, and $150 million of that from those exorbitantly priced skins

We've always known that Diablo 4 is one of Blizzard's most successful games, but now we have some figures to attach to those titles.

Sept. 16, 2024 Sherif Saed

Overwatch 2 characters wearing skins that look like characters from World of Warcraft, including Reinhardt as The Lich King, Widowmaker as Sylvanas Windrunner, Torbjorn as Magni Bronzebeard, and Zenyatta as Thrall.

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Happy Birthday! | Blizzard is working with, uh, Blizzard to celebrate World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary with some Overwatch 2 skins

Presumably the start of many celebrations.

Sept. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A character in Immortals of Aveum looking at something.

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Making Some Magic? | Following Immortals of Aveum not really doing a thing, some of its former devs sign on with new studio from Rockstar legend Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures

Absurd Marin is the name, and the ill-fated Immortals' director Bret Robbins is heading it.

Sept. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

An enemy with its arms folded in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree.

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Big Bad Balancing | Elden Ring’s latest patch, patch 1.1.4, should give you a better chance of finally making a mess of Shadow of the Erdtree’s final boss (if you haven’t already)

Yep, you might want to look away, hardcore git gudders, FromSoft's made things a little easier again.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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Diablo 4 Tired | Watch Diablo 4 fail to compute after one player's Barb does well beyond the highest amount of damage possible

One Diablo 4 player has caused the game to forget how to calculate damage after they did so much of it in such a short span of time.

Sept. 11, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Dark Desires | Following Patch 7, Baldur's Gate 3 Durge mains are urging Larian to revamp some key companion reactions before it moves on

"I honestly can't understand how this issue is being ignored, being that Durge is, along with Tav, the main character of the game, our own character."

Sept. 10, 2024 Mark Warren

A character unleashing an attack in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Next Level Stuff | Baldur's Gate 3 modders have already cheekily unlocked a developer mode in Larian's toolkit, potentially paving the way for full custom adventures

Because mods, and it could well just be the start of people doing cool in-depth stuff with the game.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

The main cast of Baldur's Gate 3 on a smoky, grey background.

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Where's The Rockers? | At more than 3m downloads in just over 24 hours after Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 dropped, you can probably say that the modding tools are popular

Baldur's Gate 3 and mods get on like a house on fire.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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When Durges Cry | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 unleashes some of the hardest lines you'll ever hear, and it's broken the hearts of a bard's stans

Larian's ability to write dialogue that gives you emotional whiplash certainly isn't Karlaching.

Sept. 6, 2024 Mark Warren

A character with a sword in Enotria: The Last Song.

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Back On Track | Wahey, Enotria: The Last Song devs confirm they're now "working closely" with Microsoft to bring the soulslike to Xbox "ASAP"

Well, it looks like Phil Spencer and co do care about Enotria after all.

Sept. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

World of Warcraft Paladin tier 2 set refreshed

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Birthday Bash | 20 years later, World of Warcraft is bringing back some of its oldest tier sets, dungeons, and bosses

No release date yet, but rest assured there'll be plenty to do.

Sept. 5, 2024 Connor Makar

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Model Behaviour | Cut free of Apple Arcade, Fantasian shows off the revolutionary spirit that helped Hironobu Sakaguchi create Final Fantasy in the first place - interview

With Fantasian, Sakaguchi has a different kind of revolution in mind; one that is rooted in art, and puts aesthetic first.

Sept. 4, 2024 Alex Donaldson

Two characters battling in Enotria: The Last Song.

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Soulslike Stumbles | "Ask Xbox why they haven't answered us for two months" - Enotria: The Last Song's Xbox version is delayed indefinitely, with devs citing lack of Microsoft comms

"Obviously they don't care about Enotria and they don't care about you."

Sept. 3, 2024 Mark Warren

World of Warcraft: The War Within flying mount

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Leveling Up | World of Warcraft: The War Within leveling change proves controversial among well-geared players diving into new content

The community is split, with some folks wanting a challenging leveling experience, while others wanna get to max level ASAP.

Aug. 29, 2024 Connor Makar

World of Warcraft; The War Within Thrall and Anduin

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WOW | World of Warcraft: The War Within is out right now - so update your add-ons and get that pizza order ready

You've got like two weeks until your awful class/spec stops getting invited to groups - jump in while the getting's good!

Aug. 27, 2024 Connor Makar

Wuthering Waves 1.2 official announcement art

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Shell Shocked | Wuthering Waves 1.2 trailer shows off new characters, weapons, and events

Plenty more to do in one of this' years more interesting gacha games, starting August 15.

Aug. 8, 2024 Connor Makar

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Digging down | "It's something we couldn't do in the past" How World of Warcraft: The War Within has one zone at its foundation

The journey deep into the earth required some serious groundwork.

Aug. 3, 2024 Connor Makar

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Back in It | No Rest for the Wicked's combat gets more brutal, the Crucible gets a revamp and stray animals arrive in latest update

It's been a while since No Rest for the Wicked has received a major update, and this latest one has certainly been worth the wait.

July 26, 2024 Sherif Saed

Two people, one wielding a sword, the other a bow, prepared to fight various enemies in some dark woods in key art for World of Warcraft: The War Within.

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World of Workers | Over 500 World of Warcraft devs at Blizzard have unionised, and they don't mind having lost the world's most worker-friendly race to Bethesda staff

It doesn't matter if you're the tortoise or the hare when it comes to securing protection for developers.

July 25, 2024 Mark Warren

Characters from Overwatch, Wuthering Waves, ZZZ, and The First Descendant over a blurred, decoloured background of UK money.

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LATE-STAGE MTX | From The First Descendant to Zenless Zone Zero, this summer we're drowning in F2P slop

I just like video games, man!

July 19, 2024 Fran Ruiz

A player exploring one of new planet biomes from No Man's Sky's Worlds update part one.

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Science Fact | No Man's Sky's Worlds Update part one comes with a bunch of new uber-immersive planet biomes, and a flamethrower-toting mech suit

"It feels like we’re bringing technology back from the future!"

July 17, 2024 Mark Warren

Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess header that reads: 4 stars, one of Capcom's most visually striking games.

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DANCE FLOORED | Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess review – Capcom once again dances to its own tune, and puts on a gorgeous show

An intriguing action strategy from Capcom, that blends action with tower defense to pleasing results.

July 15, 2024 Connor Makar

Marika holds up golden threads from the Elden Ring in the trailer for Shadow of the Erdtree.

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The Golden Rule | Shadow of the Erdtree finally lifted the veil on one of Elden Ring’s biggest mysteries, and it’s properly mind-blowing

He gets: Godhood. You get: Everything taken away

July 12, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Header image for Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, featuring a goddess and four bodyguards in traditional Japanese painter style.

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Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess could be this summer’s best sleeper hit, and you can play it right now

Capcom knows that experimentation works – that's how we got Devil May Cry, after all. Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess should be on your radar.

July 3, 2024 Alex Donaldson

Guide

Best Elden Ring builds by stat and status effect

You need not be a desperate, maidenless Tarnished with these builds.

June 28, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Metaphor Refantazio hands on header over some slightly blurred art of the cast.

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Get A Job | Metaphor ReFantazio plays like Persona and Shin Megami Tensei’s greatest hits – and that’s a good thing when it’s a compilation of absolute bangers

Atlus is being bold with a big new IP, but it’s paying off – Metaphor ReFantazio has what it takes to be the RPG of the year.

June 28, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

A mall in the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster.

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Dead Keen | Desperate to see more of the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster? You'll want to tune into the showcase Capcom's just announced

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and Resi 7 Biohazard for IOS are also set to make appearances.

June 27, 2024 Mark Warren

Guide

Bleed Deep | Elden Ring Best Bleed Build: Stats and Weapons

Bleed is pretty OP in Elden Ring, and here’s how to make a strong build that’s focused on haemorrhaging foes.

June 25, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Guide

All Elden Ring Grave and Ghost Glovewort Bell Bearing Locations

There are six Grave and Ghost Glovewort Bell Bearings across Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree. Here’s where they all are.

June 21, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Alone Time | Blizzard is considering following in Final Fantasy 14's footsteps and adding a story mode to legacy World of Warcraft raids

For all you solo players out there.

June 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

World of Warcraft Dragonflight key art showing a woman in red and gold armour, stood on a cliff edge, a dragon roaring behind her, swarms of dragons flying toward a castle amongst some mountains in the background.

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See Ya Later! | John Hight, head of the Warcraft franchise, is leaving Blizzard after almost 13 years at the company

"You have inspired me, challenged me, and made me a stronger developer."

June 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Three Wuthering Waves characters are shown in promotional artwork for the game. From left to right: Jianxin, Rover (F), and Chixia

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They Really Resonate | Wuthering Waves tier list and suggested team comps

A run-down of the best DPS, sub-DPS, and support characters in Wuthering Waves V1, plus our advice on how to put together the best team compositions.

June 12, 2024 Rebecca Jones

The main character of Metaphor sits in a throne, flanked by a red-headed fairy and some sort of mythical cat.

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SPEAKING IN METAPHOR | Metaphor: ReFantazio, which definitely isn't Persona, looks more Persona than ever in its latest trailer – and it's coming in October

Look forward to Fall 2024 if you're a fan of SMT and Persona – Atlus is cooking, again, and it looks amazing.

June 7, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

The Rover solving the Symphodai puzzle in the Clashing Blades quest in Wuthering Waves.

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Grand Library | Wuthering Waves Clashing Blades puzzles walkthrough

Solve the myriad puzzles of the Grand Library in Wuthering Waves' Clashing Blades quest!

June 7, 2024 James Billcliffe

The Rover using spare parts, a battery pack and an engine to repair the robot in Wuthering Waves.

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Phone Home | How to Repair the Robot in Wuthering Waves

To repair the robot in Wuthering Waves you need to complete both the No Response Tonight and Shooting Party quests!

June 7, 2024 James Billcliffe

The Rover exploring Tiger's Maw Mine in the Hidden Dangers in a Peaceful Life quest in Wuthering Waves.

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Hong's Your Uncle | Wuthering Waves Hidden Dangers in a Peaceful Life quest guide

Uncle Hong is missing and only the Rover can find him in the Hidden Dangers in a Peaceful Life quest in Wuthering Waves.

June 7, 2024 James Billcliffe

The Rover destroying an offshoot core in Wuthering Waves.

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Hoohoo | Wuthering Waves: When the Forest is No Longer Dim puzzles

Destroy the Offshoot Cores in the When the Forest is No Longer Dim quest in Wuthering Waves!

June 7, 2024 James Billcliffe