The Force isn’t strong with the remake of classic RPG Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, which has been delayed indefinitely following a badly received demo shown internally at the end of June. Bloomberg reports that the game’s design director and art director were subsequently fired from developers Aspyr Media during the week after the demo was finalised. Sources from Aspyr told Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier that the game had been intended for a 2022 release, but that 2025 was more "realistic".

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Warner Bros brawler MultiVersus has seen a strong start on Steam, following the arrival of its open beta yesterday.

At the time of writing, its player count is sitting at a comfortable 49,486, with a peak of 144,456 today.

These numbers currently put it ahead of other popular (although admittedly older) games such as Monster Hunter Rise, Destiny 2 and Fifa 22.

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Winning in Mario Strikers: Battle League means having the team that scores the most. But you can’t do that if you don’t have forwards good enough or even skilled enough to make that happen. With a dozen playable characters to play, only a few are suited to play forwards. Here are the best characters for left and right forward positions in Mario Strikers: Battle League.

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake is "in serious trouble" and "delayed indefinitely", according to a new report.

Bloomberg said developer Aspyr fired the game's art director and design director this month, and told staff the hotly-anticipated remake is "on pause".

The dramatic decision comes after Aspyr, which has been working on the game for three years, demoed a vertical slice to Lucasfilm and publisher Sony at the end of June. Apparently Aspyr bosses told staff this demo "wasn't where they wanted it to be".

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With its stylized aesthetic reminiscent of Genshin Impact, a dystopian setting, and fast-paced combat system, Level Infinite’s upcoming shared open-world RPG has caught the attention of many. But when does Tower of Fantasy release? Here we’ll highlight everything you need to know.

When Does Tower of Fantasy Release? Answered

Tower of Fantasy is set to launch later this summer, with a release date of Aug. 11. The announcement followed a cryptic Tweet from the game’s official channel which included a Morse code hinting at the date. It was then made official toward the end of July.

The date is in keeping with the Q3, 2022, launch window set by the development team earlier this year:

To everyone that has been asking about the release date for the global version of ToF – Get ready for Q3, 2022!

We thank you for your support and patience! Keep an eye on our socials for the exact release date!#ToF #TowerofFantasy #ToFReleaseDate pic.twitter.com/ecCbQFyq12

NieR: Automata‘s well of secrets continues to run deep, it would seem. Just last year, it was discovered that by pressing the right button inputs in an early game area, players would be able to jump straight to the secret Ending E sequence. This week, players have uncovered a whole new secret area and a very short cutscene in the game.

The video was originally posted by Reddit user sadfutago, who shows A2 falling through what looks like the Copied City, or perhaps even the very final area in the game. At the very bottom of the area is a church-like room, though it’s impossible to interact with any of the objects in there.

A follow-up video reveals that there was a short cutscene as well, indicating that this area might have been scrapped during development. Crucially, we get a shot of a Lunar Tear, which is a very significant and symbolic flower in the NieR and Drakengard series.

I still can't get over hearing that Grand Theft Auto was nearly canned - the Grand Theft Auto, the original, the game that started it all. What would have happened if it never came out? And it very nearly didn't, to hear Gary Penn talk about it, senior producer and then creative director on it. "That game was pretty much nearly canned every bloody week," he tells me in episode 20 of One-to-one, now available to all premium Eurogamer supporters.

Why was it nearly canned? Because "it was going nowhere and it was awful" - Penn isn't one for mincing his words. "I don't know why I used to defend it every week," he says. "I think I just believed that it could be something, as did Sam Houser who used to work there as well ... he was one of the other few people who believed in it." (Sam Houser went on to co-found Rockstar with his brother Dan and do very well out of GTA, of course.)

There's an audible sigh as I ask Gary Penn what was so awful about it, as if it's painful to remember. "For a start it rarely worked," he begins. "It would crash constantly - full-on, full-scale crashing, not sort of 'oh, slightly inconvenient'. You couldn't play it for more than a few minutes.

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Everything starts somewhere, and when the games industry began to form in the UK, back in the '80s, Gary Penn - my guest on the One-to-one podcast today - was there. A young adult passionate about games, he was propelled to micro-stardom, as he puts it, when he won a competition to find Britain's best gamer and ended up writing for Zzap!64 magazine. It was a magazine that changed the face of games journalism, injecting passion and charisma into it.

After Zzap!64, Penn would go on to win awards for The One magazine, before leaving editorial and side-stepping into consulting and ultimately, producing games. And it's then that he would cross paths with the most famous game series of all: Grand Theft Auto. Except, it wasn't called GTA at the time and it wasn't very good. In fact, Race n' Chase as it was known then, was "awful", according to Penn. But fate - and Penn - ensured the game wouldn't be cancelled and GTA would be released, paving the way for the series to become the cultural phenomenon it is today.

But by the time GTA3 was in development, Penn had had enough. He had severely burnt out and didn't want to work around the clock any more. So, along with some other DMA Design people, he would make a new studio called Denki to create very different kinds of games. Hundreds of these would be interactive TV games, but as time moved on, the studio ditched those in favour of games like Quarrel, which we loved on Eurogamer in 2011/2012 - a mash up of Risk and Scrabble.

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Anime Expo 2022, held earlier this month in Los Angeles, bills itself as “the largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America.” Just before the pandemic it was attracting over 100,000 people to the LACC, and while numbers were well down on that for this year’s show, for attendees it was a pleasure just to…

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Six guesses are more than enough for you to uncover the answer in Wordle, that is, if you have a better understanding of what words work and what don’t. In this guide, we’ll go through all the 5-letter words with O as the second letter and T as the third letter to lend you a hand on your quest to maintain a hot streak.

Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.

Overcome the difficulty of Wordle with just a little help; in this guide, we’ll go through all of the 5-letter words starting with M and ending with O to give you a good idea of where to start and aid you on the quest to maintain your streak.

Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.

All 5 Letter Words that Start With M and End With O

• macho
• macro
• maiko
• mambo
• mango
• manto
• matlo
• matzo
• mento
• mesto
• metho
• metro
• mezzo
• micro
• milko
• mimeo
• misdo
• misgo
• molto
• mondo
• mongo
• morro
• mosso
• motto
• mucho
• mucro
• mungo

Having prepared yourself with our help, it is time to take on the game proper. In addition, learn to gauge your guesses using the color indicators. Green will represent a letter in the right spot, yellow for a right letter in the wrong spot, and grey means you should omit that letter entirely.

Keep plugging away; eventually, you will get the right answer in six guesses or less. If you’d much rather skip the hassle, here is the answer to today’s puzzle.

The right preparation will save you plenty of headaches when it comes to a game like Wordle. In this guide, we’ll go through all of the 5-letter words that end with TO to give you a good idea of where to start and aid you on the quest to maintain your streak.

Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.

All 5 Letter Words that End With TO

• bento
• canto
• cento
• conto
• datto
• ditto
• facto
• gusto
• howto
• junto
• lento
• lotto
• mento
• molto
• motto
• panto
• pesto
• petto
• photo
• pinto
• potto
• punto
• putto
• recto
• santo
• sexto
• tanto

With this list of words at your disposal, you are in a much better position to try and overcome Wordle for the day. Using the colors, you can then further refine your answer. Green indicates the right letter in the right position, yellow signifies a correct letter in the wrong position, while grey means that letter is not present in the answer.

Keep plugging away; eventually, you will get the right answer in six guesses or less. If you’d much skip the hassle, here is the answer to today’s puzzle.

Ice Age is a children’s animated film featuring prehistoric animals. The original cast of characters include a mammoth, sabertooth tiger, a ground sloth, and a human child, all of whom learn to work together to return the young child to their family. It’s a heartwarming and surprisingly funny franchise that has held up over the years, despite many sequels and the growing list of characters. If you’ve never watched one before or have kids you’re sharing them with, here’s how to watch the Ice Age movies in chronological order.

How to Watch the Ice Age Movies in Chronological Order

Every Ice Age Movie in Order, Excluding Short Films

In total, there are six Ice Age movies. It may sound daunting and possibly confusing to keep track of, but the good news is that Blue Sky Studios didn’t release prequels. That means the order you watch them in is the same order in which they were released.

1. Ice Age (2002)
2. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
4. Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
5. Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
6. The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)

The other good news is that if you have a Disney+ subscription, you can watch all six films in quick succession. So, warm up some popcorn, grab some candy, and enjoy the movies.

If you have ever been around Roblox for any extended amount of time, you’ll already be familiar with one of the game’s platform’s most well-known (or annoying) quirks: that every time a player dies, there used to be a childish “oof” sound that was played.

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Being able to find your iPhone’s location is crucial if it gets lost, misplaced, or stolen. In that case, using Apple’s Find My app can be incredibly helpful. It not only locates your device, but also the devices of friends and family who share their location with you. However, the service relies on having a connection, which also means it doesn’t always work and an error may appear. Here’s what you can do to fix No Location Found on iPhones.

How to Fix No Location Found on iPhone

Check “Find My” App System Status

The first move you should make is to double-check that the Find My app service is currently available. Every now and then, Apple disables the service to make updates or fixes.

1. Visit Apple’s official System Status page.
2. The service you’re looking for is “Find My.”

If the Find My service is available, there will be a green dot next to the left. Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can do to change the status. When Apple is finished making changes, the service will be available once again. You would do the same if you’re getting an SSL error with Apple Music.

Update Your iPhone’s OS

If you checked the status for Apple’s services and the Find My service is up and running, then the next step is to update the operating system for your iPhone. This is especially true if the Find My app was working previously and no changes were made to the in-app settings.

1. Open Settings and select the General tab.
2. In General, choose Software Update.

Try using the Find My app again after the updates are downloaded and installed.

Wondering when Ophelia, AKA Thanatos, will be releasing in Dislyte? Here’s what you need to know.

As part of the upcoming Origami Love update, Dislyte will see the release of three new Espers, including the God of Death, Thanatos. Let’s get right into it.

Dislyte Ophelia (Thanatos) Release Date

Ophelia, or Thanatos, will be released in Dislyte on Aug. 2, Tuesday.

The devs have announced that the game will be undergoing maintenance on Aug. 2, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. UTC. During this time, players won’t be able to log in, but they will be compensated with 300 Nexus Crystals.

This falls in line with previous character releases. Zora, Ahmed, and Ollie were all announced a week before release, and dropped in the game on the following Tuesday. It stands to reason that Ophelia will follow the same schedule as her predecessors.

We’ll update this article with her exact release date and timing once it’s been officially announced, along with any downtime or maintenance periods planned for the update.

All Ophelia Abilities in Dislyte

We do know that Ophelia’s a Wind-attuned Esper, and has been classed as a Fighter. Here’s a preview of her kit:

Stray has been in the headlines for a lot of very good reasons over the last week, but having just finished the game, the one thing I can’t get out of my head is not the cat, nor the robots, nor the platforming, but how much I loved each one of its little worlds.

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Another daily trailer of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2 has been released by Atlus, showcasing on one of the demons that will be featured in the game.

This trailer shows off Sraosha, a demon inspired by Zoroastrian mythology that first debuted in the original Soul Hackers’ predecessor Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner in 1995. It also appeared in the recent Shin Megami Tensei V.

Like most daily trailers, we also get the daily horoscope, which sees Scorpio at the top of the fortune ranking and Aries at the bottom.

You can check the trailer out below.

Soul Hackers 2 launches for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC ( both on Steam and on the Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese release on August 25.

The upcoming Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is on indefinite hold following the recent firings of two key directors, Bloomberg reports.

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Ahead of the launch of the upcoming The Sims 4 High School Years Expansion Pack on July 28, Maxis Studios and EA have announced a new update has gone live. The update boasts a collection of base game improvements as well as bug fixes and contains something for every member of the Sims community.

You can find the full patch notes here.

Just like any game, Apex Legends is subject to the will of players discovering new glitches and hacks in order to get the upper hand. The newest glitch that’s been making the rounds in the community’s Reddit forum is an interesting one that only Thor the God of Thunder could make happen.

As shown in the above video, the team who suffered at the hands of the glitch were wiped by what appears to be a multitude of Ash’s Arc Snares trapping them in a violent thunder bubble. The exact cause or method on how to perform this is unknown, although some fans are saying it’s because of Rampart’s Amped Cover ability. However, it’s insanely powerful as the team was wiped as soon as they saw it.

While it’s currently being discussed as a potential glitch, many are quick to point out that it could be a new cheat. Earlier this year, a video of a dual-wielding R99 hacker surfaced which likely points to this new technique being a cheat. Hopefully, Apex Legends anti-cheat can pick this up before entire lobbies are swarmed with Ash Arc Snares or before some fans turn to boycotting the game.

Today, Rockstar Games released what might be one of the biggest, best updates Grand Theft Auto Online has seen in years. While it might not add something as big and flashy as a casino or superyacht, the new “Criminal Enterprises” update expands a huge list of old content, adds new quality-of-life changes, and even…

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Microsoft is hosting its quarterly financial conference call for investors and analysts and chief executive officer Satya Nadella and chief financial officer Amy Hood talked about the Xbox business.

Nadella claimed leadership in North America among next-gen (actually current-gen) consoles for three quarters in a row, mentioning that Microsoft sold more consoles life-to-date than any previous generation of Xbox.

He also revealed that 4 million people have streamed Fortnite on Xbox Cloud Gaming, and 1 million among them were new to the Xbox ecosystem.

“We offer the best value in the gaming industry. Our Xbox Game Pass Subscription Service includes access to hundreds of games and Xbox Series S is the most affordable next-generation console. We sold more consoles life to date than any previous generation of Xbox, and have been the market leader in North America for three quarters in a row amongst next-gen consoles.

And with Xbox Cloud Gaming, we are bringing games to new ene points. Players now can stream Xbox games on Samsung Smart TVs.

And we partnered with epic games to make Fortnite available for free via the browser. Over 4 million. People have streamed, the game to date, including over 1 million who were new to our ecosystem.”

Hood prefaced the reveal of the outlook by mentioning that it does not include the impact of the acquisition of Activision, which Microsoft still expects to close by the end of this fiscal year (March 2023).

Gaming revenue for the current quarter (between July and September 2022) is expected to decline in the low-to-mid single digits driven by decline in first-party content partly offset by the growth of Game Pass subscribers and consoles.

Capcom has released its financial results for Q1 2022, covering the three month period ending in June 30, reporting a year-over-year decrease in revenue and operating income.

The firm reported net sales of ¥25.2 billion ($184 million), a 48% decline during the same period of the previous year.

Operating income dropped by 49% year-over-year, coming in at ¥12 billion ($87.6 million).

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Urbek City Builder looks like a traditional entry to the genre: you place buildings, cars and little people begin to scurry about, and you gradually expand your urban sprawl. The twist is that there's no money fuelling your construction. Instead, your city flourishes or not based on your ability to fulfil each building's resource requirements, which quickly turns progress into more of a puzzle than a management game.

It's out on Steam now, and you can find a trailer of its pretty voxel world below.

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A wallpaper app is the tenth most-played game on Steam right now for one very good reason: Chinese players have been using it to distribute porn. Porn has been illegal in China since 1997, but the gray regulatory status of Steam has allowed Wallpaper Engine users to share uncensored content.

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Sega revealed at the July 2022 NGS Headline program that it will add new costumes and accessories modeled after Hololive Production VTubers in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. It will include these items in the "Virtual Streamers" scratch on August 24, 2022. Players of the online game will be able to obtain multiple items that turn their avatars into the three VTubers representing the entire group.

Shirakami Fubuki, who plays New Genesis the most in the group, will represent the Japanese VTuber team. Hololive English's Ninomae Ina'nis will also appear on behalf of the group's international talents. And Kageyama Shien will become the representative of the male VTuber group Holostars.

Other than Hololive Production, the "Virtual Streamers" scratch will also include costumes and accessories based on the game's dedicated Japanese streamer Sabakuro and the Phantasy Star series VTuber Popona.

Meta is taking the unusual step of raising prices on its latest VR headset.

The company today announced that beginning next month, the Meta Quest 2 will carry a suggested retail price of $400 for the 128GB model and $500 for the 256GB version. Both represent a $100 mark-up over the current price.

Those who buy the headset at the higher price point before the end of the year will be able to download a copy of Beat Saber at no extra cost.

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Tactics Ogre: Reborn will reportedly launch on November 11th, according to a new leak. The same leak also includes the first screenshots of Reborn, and a feature list that suggests Reborn is more than a straight port of 2010's Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together.

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Bank robberies are classic cowboy fare. Whether you're up to no good in Red Dead Redemption 2 or stealing from the rich to (sort of) give to the poor in the original Desperados, these temples of cash have long been the scenes of messy shootouts, upturned tables, and big, golden pay-outs. At least when your heist strategy's going according to plan, that is. In an exclusive demo for one of the later levels in Hard West 2, the upcoming sequel to the 2015 turn-based tactics original, Ice Code Games' chief technology officer Mateusz Pilski is starting to feel the heat a bit. The bank is well guarded, with at least half a dozen gunslingers staking out the doors at the front, and untold numbers waiting in hidden nooks and crannies further back. He takes a moment to consider his approach, but he begins his assault with confidence.

"In any XCOM-like, when you see that many enemies and that much firepower, in that good a position, you think, okay, I'm fucked up," he tells me. "In just a second, I will show you how you can use Bravado to totally overturn the situation."

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Square Enix released two new trailers of its upcoming Fullmetal Alchemist Mobile game.

The trailers focus on showcasing quick scenes with characters that fans of the manga and anime will be very familiar with.

We see Edward and Alphonse Elric, Winry Rockbell, Izumi Curtis, Sig Curtis, Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, Jean Havoc, Heymans Breda, Vato Falman, and Kain Fuery.

You can check them out below.

If you want to see gameplay, you can find it in the previous trailer, while another showcases anime-style cutscenes.

The game, which is simply named “Fullmetal Alchemist Mobile,” will be released in just a few days in Japan, on July 29.

Meta are increasing the price of all versions of the Meta Quest 2, their flagship wireless VR headset, by $100. They announced the decision in a post on the Oculus blog, saying that the increase in price would help them "continue to invest for the long term and keep driving the VR industry forward." Basically, Meta would like to lose less money now.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, there’s a good chance you’ve heard talk about FX/Hulu’s most recent breakout television series, The Bear. Starring Shameless’ Jeremy Allen White, the show takes a look at the story of what happens when a gifted young chef from the world of fine dining comes home to Chicago to run his family’s Italian beef sandwich shop.

A black comedy, The Bear deals with the behind-the-scenes chaos of running a kitchen and owning a restaurant, as well as the grief and coping that comes with losing a loved one. It’s arguably one of the best shows on television in 2022 and is filled with plenty of great references and inside jokes for anyone that’s ever worked in a restaurant.

What’s even more interesting than all of the back-of-house stuff that goes on is an interesting, possibly uncredited, voice you can hear during Episode 8, Braciole. If you listen closely while Neil Fak (Matty Matheson) talks to the Ball Breaker machine, you’ll hear a familiar voice: Paul Rudd.

In the conversation, Rudd plays a video game character that Fak is talking to (in a made-up conversation in his head, taking place at the 31: 34 mark), where he asks him if he ever feels sad. His character says, “Of course I do, but I don’t talk about it. I keep it all inside. It helps me beat the shit out of people.”

While there hasn’t been anything to confirm regarding the cameo, it seems pretty hard to deny that Paul Rudd was the voice of the video game character Fak is talking to in the Machine. Considering the star power The Bear was already able to pull in, including fellow Marvel actor Jon Bernthal (The Punisher), the idea doesn’t seem too far-fetched.

What do you think? Was that really Paul Rudd in The Bear’s final episode of Season 1? Be sure to let us know in the comment section below.

Last weekend’s Marvel panel at the San Diego Comic-Con brought a ton of news and fleshed out the direction the Marvel Cinematic Universe will head in for the next few years. With the announcement of Phase 6 bringing two new Avengers movies, today has brought confirmation that Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton will be at the helm of the first movie, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.

MultiVersus, WB Games’ answer to Super Smash Bros., entered open beta earlier today with a new playable character in real-life basketball player LeBron James and a host of balance changes.

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Today, Microsoft announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2022, related to the period between April 1, 2022, and June 30.

The press release included an update on the performance of the More Personal Computing business, which includes Microsoft’s gaming division and the Xbox brand.

You can check out all the relevant figures for the business in the slides below.