Despite being a contentious release among fans, Capcom considers Resident Evil 3 remake a success.
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Valorant Episode 3, Act 3, will bring about a nerf to the Classic right-click which has been much-requested for some time by casual and professional players alike. The right-click inaccuracy for walking, running, and jumping has been increased across the board, which is presumably designed to put a stronger emphasis on precise shooting.
Other notable changes in Patch 3.09 include some minor balancing tweaks to Fracture. Here’s the full overview via Riot Games’ official website:
The Classic has been over-performing in close to mid-range encounters when used while jumping or on the move. So we’ve reduced the weapon’s effective accuracy while jumping, running, and walking, with the intent of narrowing it’s ideal use case to only really close ranges.
Fortnite fans think the game's upcoming move to its third Chapter - and third Island map - may come sooner than expected.
The battle royale's original Island was sucked into a black hole after 10 seasons, to be replaced with the rebooted Chapter 2 Island we have now.
Whenever I have a conversation with someone about fantasy fiction, we always seem to end up recommending the same things. Things like The Name of the Wind by Rothfuss (the Kingkiller Chronicles), The Lies of Locke Lamora by Lynch (Gentleman Bastard series), or the Earthsea books - I revisited these recently and books one and two are still absolute bangers - by le Guin. Tolkien is always implied, maybe Philip Pullman and George R.R. Martin too, and Sapkowski's popular now too.
And this - this merry-go-round of the same recommendations - it started to bother me. It's not because the books are rubbish; obviously they're not. But they're known. Fantasy is saturated by them. And their voices, excluding le Guin, are all quite similar. I realised I'd become a bit trapped by their influence, and I realised I wanted something new.
Amazon Games has disabled all forms of wealth transfers in its popular MMO New World following an exploit that was found in the game allowing players to duplicate gold as well as post images to the game's global chat and crash other players' games.
An update post published on New World's forums detailed the actions that the studio is implementing in wake of the issue.
"We are aware of a possible gold duplication exploit that has been circling and we are temporarily disabling all forms of wealth transfer between players," reads a statement from one of the game's Community Managers. "Any player that has engaged in the use of this exploit will be actioned against," the post states before going on to confirm that the developer is working hard on a fix.
Disabling all forms of wealth transfers in the game may sound like a pretty extreme step from the developer but it's definitely one way to ensure that the studio has control over the situation while it investigates the problem further.
The forum's initial statement did not specify exactly what action would be taken against players participating in the duplication of gold, however, a subsequent post has since outlined this more clearly stating that the studio will be "banning individuals who were using [the exploit]."
Zombies will be playable in-game when Call of Duty: Vanguard launches Friday, but don’t expect to continue the Dark Aether narrative until after launch.
That’s because Zombies’ Main Quest won’t be available in Vanguard at launch, as first reported by IGN. More specifically, it seems like the Main Quest won’t be in full swing until after Vanguard’s Season One, which begins on December 2.
Click here to watch embedded mediaPlayStation 5 consoles are being airlifted into the UK in time for Christmas, with three full jumbo jets arriving in the UK over the last two weeks, and another two planned for later in November.
PS5s have been in increasingly short supply in the UK this year, but it seems Sony has started to take extra precautions to ensure more gamers can have access to the new console before the end of the year.
According to the report by The Sun, Boeing 747 jets have been touching down in London ready to ship the consoles across the UK.
"A phenomenal operation has been underway to stock UK shelves of PS5s for Christmas," a Sony source told The Sun. They also said that Sony "just wants to keep fans happy".
"The 747 plane is rare after being decommissioned by British Airways, but carries a vast amount of cargo as a freighter aircraft," the source added.
"Each plane can bring in 100 tonnes of equipment on almost 50 pallets. It means millions of gamers will now be smiling this Christmas."
In May, Sony CFO Hiroki Tokoi claimed during an earnings call that the company is expecting PS5s to remain in limited supply throughout next year. In that same month, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang echoed these thoughts, with supply shortages for the RTX 30 series to last until "the second half of this year."
The next Call of Duty entry is almost upon us, Call of Duty: Vanguard. If you've been looking to pick up a copy for release day November 5, well you're in luck. The game is currently on sale at a couple of online retailers in the UK, with a promo code even bringing it down to just £53.42 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
All you need to do is input code FESTIVE15 at eBay Trusted Seller BossDeals, and you'll get the game on release day with over £16 off the UK list price. PS4 and Xbox One copies of the game are also down to £50 using the same code (see here).
Preorders for Call of Duty Vanguard are also on sale at Amazon, with PS5 and Xbox Series X|S copies down to £63, with PS4 and Xbox One copies dropping to £58.
Call of Duty: Vanguard will release on November 5, 2021, for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
New commentary from SNK Character Designer Tomohiro Nakata goes over Dolores from KOF XV and explains she's "actually very easy to use."
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A new Genshin Impact web event builds on the Labyrinth Warriors event and involves helping Childe and Xinyan cook fish for Shiki Taishou.
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There will now be Hololive En Shorts videos looking at the English Myth and Council Vtubers, and the first one is out now.
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The Blue Archive global release is upon us, with people outside Japan able to begin playing Nexon's latest mobile game next week.
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The game's story mode is pretty much complete, while the PvP and online modes are still in beta.
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With only a few days to go, the world is getting ready to welcome Animal Crossing: New Horizons DLC in the form of Happy Home Paradise on November 5. This is a huge addition to an already expansive game, with a potentially game-changing mechanic, where players can help design custom vacation homes and put those techniques to good use on their own island.
If you have been searching for a new way to harness your creativity in home designing and building, then you are in the right spot. Here’s everything new in Animal Crossing New Horizons: Happy Home Paradise DLC.
The Avatar: The Last Airbender is known for having one of the most dedicated and fervent fan bases in all of entertainment, as the show and its sequel, Legend of Korra, have still maintained a prominent foothold in pop culture years thanks to them. And like many other popular series, there are plenty of fan fiction, theories, and ideas that sprout from the community that are hard not to fall in love with.
Few Avatar: The Last Airbender fan creations are as cool as what animator Rocketboiart posted to their social media earlier this week.
Valorant Episode 3, Act 3 kicks off this week, and while its main attraction, the new Agent Chamber, has been delayed by two weeks, there is at least a new weapon skin bundle to look forward to. It’s called Radiant Crisis, and it’s designed a cool comic-book aesthetic complete with whimsical SFX and animations.
One particularly appealing feature is its melee weapon, a cool baseball bat that is sure to go down a treat with fans of the game.
Sean Marino, associate art director at Riot Games, said of the design process in a press release:
“We looked at a number of different comic styles and eras, and even pulled references from some other games over the last few years that have executed a similar-looking 2D style in a 3D world. One of the biggest “Aha!” moments during this reference period was when one of our producers showed us a video of an artist who paints Gundam models as if they were drawn for the manga or anime. This bizarre juxtaposition of seeing something that looked as if it was made for 2D animation but represented as a physical object was exactly that kind of feeling we were going for, and with a combination of styles and references we were able to make something that we feel is incredibly unique for a skin.“
Here’s an overview of the bundle’s key features:
Price: 7,100 VP
Melee
Guns
You can check out a closer look of the weapon models in the gallery below.
Riot Games’ first foray into television is set to kick-off later this month when Arcane’s first episode releases, marking the premiere of an animated series based on the League of Legends universe. To celebrate, the publisher is running an enormous event called RiotX within League of Legends, but it’s also coming to Valorant as well.
While not all that surprising in itself given that Riot has run Valorant crossover events with League of Legends in the past, what is likely to surprise is the depth of content –both free and premium– that has been crafted for the event.
First off, there’s a free battle pass throughout November which marks Valorant’s largest event pass to date.
The 10 tiers of the battle pass offer the following rewards:
⦁ 1 Gun Buddy: Arcane Cupcake
⦁ 2 Arcane Player Cards: Arcane Embrace and Welcome to the Undercity
⦁ 2 Arcane Sprays: Calculated and Boom!
⦁ 3 Titles: Arcane, Cupcake, and Liar
⦁ 20 Radianite Points
Here’s a sneak peek at some of the content:
Sony Pictures Entertainment has just revealed a brand new trailer for their upcoming anti-hero film, Morbius. In the trailer below, we get some new shots from the movie, as well as a brand new release window of Jan. 28, 2022.
Originally, this vampire flick was scheduled to release in July of 2020. However, due to the pandemic, the film was delayed multiple times. Check out the official synopsis for a bit more background information on Morbius below.
One of Marvel’s most compelling and conflicted characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?
Morbius is directed by Daniel Espinosa and stars Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson.
If you took a portal to an alternate universe, you might find yourself living in a timeline where The Legend of Zelda, not Portal, popularized the use of live portals in video games. As spotted by VGC, ex-Nintendo dev Giles Goddard recently showed off an early tech demo of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on…
Chamber, Valorant’s newest defensive agent, looks like a monster. I am terrified of this fancy French man and his very pretty guns.
Super Smash Bros. series boss Masahiro Sakurai is unsure if the franchise can continue without him.
The latest issue of Famitsu, the Japanese gaming magazine, includes an interview with Sakurai discussing the future of the fighting series after Super Smash Bros. Ultimate received Sora as the final piece of DLC last month.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time had portals, before Portal.
British programmer Giles Goddard, who worked on a number of games in the 90s including Starfox 64 and 1080° Snowboarding, has shared footage of portals in an early build of the game.
RPG and tabletop publisher Modiphius Entertainment is creating a Skyrim board game that will include a sequel to the original RPG.
As detailed in an article by Polygon, the upcoming co-operative tabletop game will include two campaigns, each with three chapters. In an interview with the outlet, game designer Juan Echenique explained that fans embarking on the first of those campaigns will be able to take part in events that pre-date the narrative set out in its video game counterpart.
“The first campaign is 25 years before [the events of the video game],” said Echenique. “So you get to meet some of the [non-player characters] from Skyrim, but 25 years before when they were a young adventurer and then they take an arrow to the knee — and that happens!"
While finally uncovering the mystery behind that famous - albeit somewhat overused - stock NPC line is sure to peak the attention of Skyrim fans across the community, campaign two is also sure to turn a number of heads as fans will encounter Skyrim's famous Dragonborn from the perspective of other characters in Tamriel.
Tencent and TiMi Studio Group have announced Honor of Kings: World, a gorgeous open-world game that features vibrant, colourful graphics and cool monster fights. You can check out the trailer below.
Honor of Kings: World has its roots in one of China's biggest games, the mobile MOBA Honor of Kings. With 100 million daily users, it's one of the biggest games in the world, but is largely unheard of in the west. But developer TiMi Studio Group plans to bring Honor of Kings to the rest of the world, but this time "reimagined" as an AAA action RPG set in an open world. The trailer definitely gives off Monster Hunter and action RPG vibes, which is no bad thing.
Planned for release on "multiple platforms", Honor of Kings: World will see a worldwide release. Very little is known about the game so far, but TiMi Studio Group has offered a rough description of what we can expect.
"To uncover ancient secrets hidden in the whisper of wind, cross paths with a diverse cast of lovable characters, create your own story alongside the living legends of different schools of thought in the Jixia Academy, or delve into the wondrous scenery of the Chang'an city where magic and technology converge ..." reads a post on the game's Facebook page.
Startup game developer Mumo Studio – whose founders have resumes that include games like Black Desert Online and Dead to Rights – has announced Dubium, a new five-player social deduction multiplayer game for PC via Steam Early Access in 2022.
Gameplay, as the studio describes it, should sound familiar to Among Us fans: "Players take on the role of Frontier or Traitor and must escape from an abandoned space station by any means necessary. Frontiers will cooperate to repair solar panels that power the escape pod while trying to uncover the identity of the sole Traitor. Players must not relax until they escape; the Traitor will sabotage the Frontiers’ efforts at every step as they try to complete their own mission. The Traitor needs to hide their identity and use deceit and treachery to take the Frontiers out one by one in order to escape the station unopposed."
A key obvious difference between Among Us and Dubium, though, is certainly the presentation. While Among Us has its own cartoony look, Dubium aims for a much higher production value, though its visual style could certainly still be described as cartoony.
Gadgets are upgradeable during matches, a Twitch extension is built-in so as to try and make Dubium a streamer-friendly game, and you can sign up for a future closed beta test on the official website and see more on the Steam page.
Less than two weeks away from the 10th anniversary of Bethesda’s beloved fantasy RPG, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which is getting a special anniversary re-release, a new board game set in its world has been announced.
Dubbed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Adventure Game, this board game is being created by Modiphius Entertainment as a tabletop RPG that features 12 hours of story content, and that’s just for players that take the golden path. Add in unique story choices, character roleplay, different play styles, and more, and its playtime stretches to dozens of hours.
Click here to watch embedded media“This new solo/cooperative (up to four players) game of adventure and exploration invites aspiring adventurers to return to the frost-covered lands of Skyrim,” a press release reads. “Take up arms against dragons, Daedra, trolls, and many more wretched creatures to help the common folk sleep a little easier at night as you battle for glory. It’s a dangerous time, so the party brave enough to charge head-first into danger best have each other’s back.”
There's a new SAO Alicization Asuna figure, and it shows her as the goddess Stacia.
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NIS America confirmed the North American and European The Cruel King and the Great Hero release dates and offered a better look at the game.
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This will be the game's first free update, with two more planned for the future.
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Caulifla (Super Saiyan 2), Kale (Super Saiyan 2), Jiren (Full Power), and Gogeta (Dragon Bal Super) are on the way.
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Today Sega showcased future updates and content coming for its MMORPG Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis.
We start by taking a look at the AC scratch content and events coming in November, including an Attack on Titan collaboration event.
Next, we take a look at the previously teased major update titled “Sandstorm Requiem” releasing on December 15. It’ll include the Retem Region, new enemies, new characters, new class skills, a level cap raise, new elemental techniques, and Chapter 2 of the story.
We also meet the new characters Nadereh, Hadi, Jalil, and Mohsen. The Title system is also coming, even if most will start counting player achievements since the system’s implementation and not the launch of the game.
The new skills are as follows.
Today Netflix announced that they will be adding a new perk to current subscribers: video games. Specifically, at least, in this case, mobile games are what are on the menu. The service will be branded as Netflix Games.
Starting right now, anyone that’s a Netflix subscriber and also an Android phone user can download/open up the Netflix app and dive into a new Games row that will include the following games: Stranger Things: 1984 (BonusXP), Stranger Things 3: The Game (BonusXP), Shooting Hoops (Frosty Pop), Card Blast (Amuzo & Rogue Games), and Teeter Up (Frosty Pop).
At the moment this perk seems only available to Android phone users and there’s no mention whatsoever of Apple devices in the announcement posted by Netflix today.
At worst, considering there’s no additional cost to subscribers, this is a pretty non-offensive but also non-earthshattering development. If you’re an Android user and Netflix subscriber that would enjoy having access to some mobile games, with the hint of more to come, then I’m happy for you.
Is this the start of an Xbox Game Pass-like offering, though? Netflix certainly has a long way to go to catch up to Microsoft or even Sony on that front if that’s their ambition. Right now it’s hard to tell if Netflix is just angling to offer a little bit of extra value to their subscribers or if they have bigger plans down the road.
If you’re interested and want all of the details, you can check out Netflix’s post detailing everything you need to know.
Today, developer Saber Interactive and publisher Paramount Pictures dropped a new Nintendo Switch trailer to commemorate the debut of their co-op zombie-shooter, World War Z, on Nintendo’s handheld hybrid.
That’s right, the US-based studio’s undead-slaying experience has officially made its way to Switch so you can now mow down waves upon waves of the walking dead on the go. Hooray for Ninty’s pocket-sized portable, right?
If you want to check out how the title runs on the Big N’s latest system, feel free to take a gander at the new footage down below:
Today Sony Interactive Entertainment and Polyphony Digital released another trailer of the upcoming racing game Gran Turismo 7.
The video stars producer Kazunori Yamauchi as he talks about one aspect of car culture tied to the franchise, and this time it’s the livery editor and liveries in general.
This follows another trailer released a couple of weeks ago in which Yamauchi-san talked about car culture in general. We also saw one on collecting cars and one on racing.
You can check out the video below.
Riot Games has a lot planned for the third Act of Valorant Episode 3, and so naturally, there’s a new trailer to build the hype. As you’ll see, the meat of the trailer draws attention to the game’s newest Agent, Chamber, even though he’s unfortunately been delayed for two weeks.
At least you’ll be able to enjoy all the content planned as part of RiotX, an in-game event themed around Riot Games’ first television show, Arcane. That includes a free battle pass, a premium Arcane-themed weapon skin bundle, and exclusive in-game rewards that can be redeemed from Twitch. For a detailed summary of everything featured, check out our post here.
Valorant Episode 3, Act III is live now in North America, while EU and other regions will, as usual, have to wait until tomorrow until the new season begins.
This morning, the official Halo Twitter account tweeted out an almost four minute video titled Unspoken showing some of the background to how Master Chief’s energy shield came to be part of his arsenal.
The Tweet itself reads:
[Official UNSC Archives transmission] This is the untold story behind the Master Chief’s energy shield and the brave soldier who risked death to confiscate vital Covenant technology.
Unspoken starts with a brief text opening that says:
Assigned to a freighter escaping the destruction of Harvest, two marines confiscated alien energy shields while defending passengers from an enemy boarding assault. This led to a technological breakthrough that accelerated the development of the Master Chief’s defense system.
For those not as knowledgeable of Halo lore, Harvest bears great importance to the start of the war with the Covenant. Harvest also bears the sad but notable distinction of being the first Human planet “glassed” by the Covenant. The book Halo: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten tells the story of Harvest in depth, for anyone interested.
Unspoken shows Chris Preston, a Lance Corporal, using American Sign-Language as a computer translates the signing into words. The video is addressed to the parents of David Dominguez, the other marine mentioned in the opening who didn’t make it.
There’s no action, simply a marine who just accomplished one of the most important things in turning the tide of the war as it just began, telling the story of his brother in arms who didn’t make it. Prepare for an emotional video.
You can watch Unspoken here on Twitter or embedded below:
The ongoing chip shortage, which has affected nearly every electronic device on the planet, has forced Nintendo to grapple with a production reduction. Nikkei Asia reports that the Kyoto-based company will make 20 percent fewer Switch consoles through the end of its fiscal year, which wraps in March. All told, that…
Blizzard announced yesterday that it will be forming a new player organization called the WoW Community Council. It’s aiming to help the MMORPG’s developers get more detailed feedback on all aspects of the game, from players of different backgrounds and playstyles. The move comes as the game has faced a mountain of…
Twitch may be a cesspool of toxicity and marginalization, but while it continues to contend with longstanding issues around harassment and recently was the target of a massive hack, it’s OK to remember that sometimes, good and beautiful things can be found on the platform, too. This week, the company introduced a new…
