Starfield's "largest update to date" is out now. It includes dozens of bug fixes across the game alongside "lighting improvements". The update had previously been available on PC via a beta branch on Steam for a couple of weeks.

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Blizzard tend to do a good job maintaining even their oldest games, releasing patches sometimes decades after their original release. I therefore assumed that 1994's Warcraft: Orcs And Humans and 1997's Diablo were available via the studio's store and launcher, Battle.net.

Not so, it turns out, because Blizzard have just announced they've added them today, and with working multiplayer for both.

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If you boot up Fortnite right now and start digging around through the game’s massive amount of user-created content, you’ll quickly notice a strange pattern: Many user-made maps and modes feature AI-generated artwork of large men, often shirtless, smiling, and holding food. Some of these images also feature crude,…

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Third-person shooter Spec Ops: The Line has been removed from sale from Steam due to expiring "partnership licenses", according to a representative for 2K Games.

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AMD's best value graphics card is the RX 7800 XT - stop me if you've heard this one before. Today American customers have a great chance to pick up a powerful Gigabyte Gaming OC model of this card for just $480 thanks to a discount code at Newegg.

For the reduced price use BYJDN2823 at the checkout. As well as the graphics card, you'll also pick up a complimentary copy of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which is nice too.

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The Asus Prime AP201 Micro ATX case is down to $65 on Amazon US, a great price for a SFF case that's attracted warm reviews since launching in 2022.

The AP201 offers excellent compatibility with a wide range of cooling hardware and graphics cards, plus excellent thermals and easy buildability. It even has a classy, understated look that's the polar opposite of Asus' ROG designs. That's pretty much the full set when it comes to small form factor PC cases, so consider jumping on this one while you can!

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If your interests exist squarely within the Venn diagram of Mass Effect and Destiny 2, your day is almost here: Bungie has announced it's teaming up with EA and BioWare to bring Commander Shepard and company - or at least something vaguely inspired by them - to its free-to-play shooter as part of a new collaboration event.

As per Bungie's announcement, the 'Destiny 2 x BioWare' team-up will enable Destiny 2 players to "join the crew of the Normandy" from 13th February - which all sounds very exciting until it finishes its sentence, "with new cosmetics and in-game items".

On the premium cosmetics front, a new Normandy Crew Bundle will be available in the Eververse store once the event begins, containing a Commander Shepard-inspired N7 armour set for Titans, a Garrus-inspired Vakarian set for Hunters, and a Liara-inspired Shadow Broker set for Warlocks. An Omni Strike finisher and Flux Dance will also be purchasable with Silver.

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Elcoco announced the release of new NieR Automata Ver1.1a arcade prizes that include Pod figures that can hold drinks, and miniature accessory stands featuring the clothes of 2B, 9S, and A2.

There are figures of both Pod 042 and Pod 153 available, and each one stands at 19.5cm (or about 7.68 inches) tall. Each figure includes a rounded indentation in its base to hold glasses and other drinks, and the arms of the pods make them look like they’re holding them for you. Meanwhile, the accessory stands can be used to display and hold rings, accessories, and other small items.

Both the Pod figures and 2B, 9S, and A2 miniature accessory stands are set to release in late July 2024, and will be available as prizes in amusement centers and arcades throughout Japan.

You can check out the new NieR Automata Ver1.1a Pod figures below and character mini accessory stand here:

Every Palworld player knows the struggle of the moving process, where they’ll often be anchored down by their inventory. I mean, I get that it’s supposed to be realistic, but standard items like wood and stone shouldn’t be the bane of my existence when it comes to storage.

Fortunately, Twitter/X user makeUmove discovered a way to move items without being in that dreaded encumbered state. In their post, they could take an object and walk over to another storage location, all while not being weighed down.

The Yakuza series is known for its in-depth and absorbing minigames, and the series’ latest entry, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, is no exception. If you’re playing Infinite Wealth, you’ve probably already heard about its Animal Crossing-inspired island life sim, Dondoko Island, where you can create a tropical resort…

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With its large open world and vast assortment of Pals to acquire, new survival game sensation Palworld can be intimidating, and securing the best Pals can feel like a fulltime job. Not to worry, this guide will help you locate the best Pals for both combat and work-related tasks.

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A handful of Palworld Digimon mods appeared on Nexus Mods courtesy of SV BOY and FrancisLouis. SV BOY created ones of Gabumon, Omegamon, and Tyrannomon over the past week, while FrancisLouis created a Garurumon one.

All of these Digimon Palworld mods are Pal replacement ones. This means an existing character in your PC version of the game will be replaced with the new model. Here’s the full list of what each one changes:

• Bushi becomes Omegamon
• Eikthyrdeer becomes Garurumon
• Leezpunk becomes Gabumon
• Relaxaurus becomes Tyrannomon

The installation method for all of them is the same. You need to go into the directors in Steam to find Palworld, then place the new .pak files in the Palworld\Pal\Content\Paks folder. FrancisLouis also mentions making a “mods” folder in the “Paks” one. The Nexus Mods file download page for each also has the manual and mod manager download options.

Hinterland, the developer behind snowy survival game The Long Dark, has teased an 'unannounced survival game' currently in development at the studio, and the accompanying alpha footage certainly has the hallmarks of a potential The Long Dark 2.

Hinterland boss Raphael van Lierop (who confirmed he was stepping away from The Long Dark to start a new project at the studio back in 2022) shared the 22 seconds of "in-engine pre-alpha" footage on social media today, along with the caption, "Some good things happening in the Unannounced Survival Games space...".

The video itself is little more than a slow pan across a slightly ramshackle room - but a closer look might just offer some big clues as to the nature of Hinterland's new project. A running tally of "days" scrawled on the mirror and the general makeshift dilapidation of the room certainly suggest some kind of disaster has befallen the world outside, while the two roaring fires and the howling wind absolutely bring The Long Dark's big freeze to mind.

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Tekken 8 has been out since January 26 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. While you might be tempted to jump straight into its online matches, which you’re not prepared for—trust me—you should check out the game’s story mode first. Not only does it introduce you to many of Tekken 8's characters and themes,…

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HoYoVerse shared the requirements to start the 2.0 Honkai: Star Rail Trailblaze Mission “Long Day’s Journey into Night.” It also listed the seven kinds of rewards people will earn for finishing it.

The requirements aren’t too restrictive for the first 2.0 Honkai: Star Rail Trailblaze Mission. You basically need to just be completely caught up with the campaign. That means you had to finish all of the Xianzhou Luofu Trailblaze Missions before you can “head” to the new world. If you already cleared the Karmic Clouds Faded, War Banners Folded “Obsequies Performed, A Long Road Ahead” mission, then you are good to go. You can immediately pick up “Long Day’s Journey into Night” and head to Penacony. 

As for the rewards, they’re the typical ones we tend to get for Trailblaze Missions in the game. You’ll get some of the both types of currency, so Credits and Stellar Jades will be doled out. You’ll earn experience for your level too. There will be music acquired for the Astral Express jukebox. Finally, Lost Crystal, Refined Aether and Traveler’s Guide experience materials for Relics, Light Cones, and characters will be doled out. No increments were noted in the announcement.

If you spend a significant amount of time on YouTube, you’ll want to make the most of that time—whether it’s the choice of videos you get recommended or the quality of those videos when they start playing. There are actually lots of different ways you can tweak YouTube, both in the apps and on the web, to improve your…

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Kratos didn’t invent dad games in God of War (2018), but he helped solidify the genre. There are a lot of challenges Kratos deals with in his first Norse outing that most dads can’t relate to–not everybody has fought an all-powerful warrior. So there is a certain charm in the more down-to-earth dad tale of 2014’s Octod…

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Sega revealed more details about the second Nijisanji collaboration wave in PSO2: New Genesis at the January 2024 NGS Headline program. After previously announcing a teaser in December 2023, the company has shown how Amamiya Kokoro, Nagao Kei, Matsukai Mao, and Yorumi Rena will actually look like in the new Phantasy Star Online game.

The main highlight of this collaboration will be the Virtual Liver Style '24 scratch ticket, which will go live on February 14, 2024. Players will have a random chance to obtain avatar parts modeled after the Vtubers. In addition to dakimakura pillows featuring each Vtuber, the scratch ticket will also include Kei's katana and Rena's staff as actual weapon camos.

This wave will also add Nijisanji-based content for features that did not exist in PSO2: New Genesis when the first wave launched in February 2023. They include Vital Gauges that customize players' health bar visuals, Portable Holograms that players can place on fields, and Build Parts for Creative Spaces.

The Egyptian-themed Anubis, Pal number 100, is a popular catch in Palworld. Anubis has pretty incredible base attack stats, and can utilize powerful techniques like Sand and Stone Blast. With higher-level attacks like Ground Smash and Rock Lance, Anubis makes for a formidable threat—both for and against you. It’s also…

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Intelligent Systems revealed a new 1/7 scale figure modeled after the female Alear from Fire Emblem Engage. The static figure will come pre-painted and stand at approximately 255mm (10.04in) tall. The Fire Emblem series creator studio is working with Good Smile Company to release the figure worldwide in 2025.

Pre-orders for the static figure are immediately available worldwide via Good Smile Company's storefronts. People who are in the U.S. and Canada can go to Good Smile Online Shop U.S. to order the figure for $216.99. Those who reside elsewhere worldwide can instead access the international web store and place an order at ¥32,780 / €226.90.

Here are the sample images for the upcoming female Alear figure:

I don’t play Destiny 2, but after hearing Bungie and BioWare are collaborating to bring Mass Effect cosmetics to the game, I’m more tempted to jump in than I’ve been in the decade since its release. Will wearing Liara T’Soni’s cunty lab coat in Bungie’s MMO shooter fill the Mass Effect-shaped hole in my heart as we…

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Fans of the Mass Effect series have been clamoring for new content for years, and today, they finally got some good news – assuming they're fans of Destiny 2, that is. In a post on X, Bungie announced that Mass Effect cosmetics would be coming to their online shooter on February 13, just two weeks from now.

Join the Normandy crew.

Inspired by Commander Shepard, Garrus Vakarian, Liara T'Soni, and more from the Systems Alliance, arriving via mass relay in Destiny 2 on Feb. 13. pic.twitter.com/h47SeZ7T46

— Destiny 2 (@DestinyTheGame) January 30, 2024

As mentioned in the X post above, the Alliance Requisition Bundle includes armor sets based on Garrus, Liara, and the protagonist, Commander Shepard. In addition to the bundle, which players will presumably have to purchase, three items will be available for free – the Enhanced Defense Ghost Shell, Alliance Scout Frigate Ship, and Alliance Drop Ship Sparrow.

Palworld, and the infamous mod that changed its Pokémon-like creatures to actual Pokémon, have entered some sort of Inception-style vortex of copyright-violating complexity. After Nintendo DMCAd the living juices out of ToastedShoes’ mod, the group has returned, their work adapted, to now fill the game with…

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Good Smile Company is now accepting pre-orders for the Steins;Gate Makise Kurisu Wedding Dress version bride figure. The figure will cost $143.99 or ¥21,700, depending on the store you go through, and is to available to order until March 14, 2024.

The figure, which was previously shown off as an unpainted prototype, is a 1/7 scale one and stands at approximately 260mm tall. The figure is not articulated and does not come with any extra parts, but is mounted on a base shaped like the lab member pin badge from the show. Orders from Good Smile's US store will cost $143.99 and ship in quarter 2 of 2025, while orders from the Global store will cost ¥21,700 and are expected to ship in December, 2024.

You can get a look at the figure in the gallery below:

American-based video game peripheral manufacturer and distributor Hyperkin has announced a range of Bluetooth controllers based on different food products, including a mac-and-cheese gamepad and yes, one inspired by Oscar Mayer weiners.

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It seems like everytime a new mainline Final Fantasy game is released, the first criticism is that it doesn’t capture the same spirit as classic entries in the franchise. And while every new entry has its defenders, there is a general notalgia for the age when series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi was still part of the…

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I was instantly taken with the idea of Militsioner when I first saw it in 2021. The upcoming "Kafkaesque" immersive sim gives you the simple goal of escaping a town within a few days, a task which is somewhat complicated by the fact that a Leviathan-sized Russian cop towers over the city, watching you. In a new dev blog, developers TallBoys explain more of how you might court the giant's approval (the term "fully fleshed dating-sim mechanic" features) or avoid it by sneaking about while he sleeps. You might even—gasp!—do crimes. This also drew my attention to a ten-minute gameplay video they released last month and oh, yes, please.

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Apex Legends is a game that has been growing and changing in continually exciting ways since its surprise launch in 2019.  Featuring a fully released game on our cover is atypical for Game Informer, but Apex Legends continues to enamor players daily, which is why we jumped at the opportunity to visit Respawn's studio in Vancouver, Canada to dive deep into the game's history, and look ahead to what's coming next for the game on the horizon. As it readies to celebrate its five-year anniversary, Apex Legends is prepared to initiate some of its biggest changes yet, and we got a chance to speak with the team and play with its new modes and more.

To pull off this cover story, we decided to send in an expert: Jason Guisao. Jason is a former intern-turned-editor here at Game Informer, who also spent time at Bungie as a franchise editor, and is a devoted Apex Legends fan who has even played the game competitively at a Top 500 level. Jason, alongside video producer Alex Van Aken (a competitive Apex player and fan in his own right), visited Respawn in Vancouver to chat with the team, discuss its history, and go hands-on with what is changing for the game.

As good as the Fate/ series is, those of us outside of Japan always ended up a bit left out. We’d get all these spin-offs and other adaptations, but the original story eluded us. Like imagine you started with City Slickers 2 instead of the original City Slickers. (Okay, that’s not such a bad idea, since The Legend of Curly’s Gold is the superior film.) But now Type-Moon and Aniplex announced Fate/Stay Night Remastered, obviously a remaster of the original game, with an English language option. And frankly? We deserve this.

As a refresher for those wondering why we didn’t see Fate/Stay Night in English before now, well, it had adult content! Because it was a “mature” game, it didn’t show up 20 years ago when it debuted on PCs in Japan in 2004. Because the anime and manga removed that content, companies like Crunchyroll, Sentai Filmworks, and Tokyopop picked them up. 

One of my biggest complaints with the original Persona 3 was that, even if I just wanted to be friends with any of the girls in my party, the game’s social sim elements required you to enter a romantic relationship if you reached the end of their route. When this became clear to me, I stopped seeing their storylines…

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Square Enix announced the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster PC games now each got a patch that includes Font Type and BGM (background music) update. Both options originated in the PS4 and Switch versions of the games and are part of the Steam versions’ 1.1.0 update. 

While the patch notes for each title may have some additional variations and features, the three “major new features” are present in each one. This means that all six Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster PC games on Steam now have a patch that lets you switch between the “classic” or “modern” style font types, the original or arranged BGM soundtrack, and choose if you use cheats. The cheats are billed as “assistance features” that let you adjust increase (or eliminate) the amount of things like EXP and gil earned from battles. The company didn’t share screenshots or a trailer showing the changes, however.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out, but only for a handful of people who paid extra money for the Deluxe Edition to play it early. For most of us, Rocksteady’s long-awaited (albeit already divisive) follow-up to the Batman: Arkham series is launching Friday, February 2. However, if you’re worried about…

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Update 01/30/24, 11:35 a.m. ET: Following some maintenance that brought the servers down again, developer Rocksteady Games has confirmed that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is up and running once more. Kotaku booted up the game to verify that the servers were back online and yep, things appear to be working on…

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Some people will do anything for a quick buck, and stealing heaps of Pokémon cards is becoming an increasingly common tactic. The latest instance, which took place in San Jose, California last week, is one of the strangest and most audacious yet, seeing the thieves steal not just thousands of Pokémon cards, but a…

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While Visions of Mana will be on the Xbox Series X and PC, it will not be among the Xbox Game Pass games at launch. Eurogamer learned from Microsoft will not be a part of the subscription service when it debuts in Summer 2024. [Thanks, Eurogamer!]

The question came up as it briefly appeared on the official Xbox site according to Karim Jovian and Idle Sloth. However, Microsoft then noted this is an error. Visions of Mana won’t be an Xbox Game Pass game for the console and PC at launch. However, the comment from Microsoft did note that it is only not part “at this time.” Due to the nature of the service, this could change.

It isn’t uncommon for Square Enix games like Visions of Mana to show up on the service. For example, all of the Final Fantasy games capable of running on Microsoft platforms were a part of the library at one point. NieR: Automatawas there too. However, as of time of writing there are no notable Square Enix RPGs currently part of Xbox Game Pass.

It’s been six years since the release of the wonderful platformer, Celeste. Six years since we all jump, jump, jumped for our mental health, and jumped for the love of strawberries. To celebrate the beloved games’ sixth birthday, developers Extremely OK Games have released Celeste 64, a Nintendo 64-style reimagining…

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We all knew Nintendo would come after the Palworld Pokémon mod, but its modder has quickly struck back with a new download which replaces Palworld's friendly Pals with totally original "legally distinct" and "legit copyright free" pocket creatures.

Last week, YouTuber ToastedShoes took the Palworld's close Pokémon comparisons to the extreme, with an unlicensed Pokémon mod. Footage of the mod remained on the internet for about a day, before Nintendo got to work scrubbing it away.

The Pokémon Company itself soon responded, stating its intent to "investigate and take appropriate measures" regarding anything that could infringe on its copyright. Meanwhile, modding hub Nexus Mods released its own statement confirming it won't host Pokémon-themed Palworld mods thanks to the "headache of DMCA/legal threats from Nintendo".

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HoYoverse shared a new Honkai: Star Rail video, this time giving a look behind the scenes of design of the new Penacony world and the 2.0 update. While the trailer does give genuine insight to the developer's design ethos, there is also a humorous tone as the straight-faced interviewer asks increasingly irrelevent questions.

The video begins with a discussion with writer Shaoji about the origins of Penacony, which was originally a penal colony before it became a dream-powered hotel. Shaoji emphasises the contrast between the luxurious dreamscape and the rough past, and notes that the area was originally going to be based on Victorian England and steampunk aesthetics before they settled on Jazz-age theming. Later on, we see comments from concept artist Nio, game designer Dr. Orange, environment artist Baiyu, and gameplay designer Punk. The developers discuss everything from nausea induced by designing optical illusions to the team's obsession with trash cans.

You can watch the full Honkai: Star Rail Penacony Behind the Scenes video via Youtube below: