Elden Ring developer FromSoftware has released a patch that makes a number of significant balance changes to the base game as well as DLC expansion Shadow of the Erdtree.
Update 1.14, out now for Elden Ring across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via Steam, brings bug fixes and a long list of balance adjustments, including changes to the rock hard final fight in Shadow of the Erdtree that make it easier.
Elsewhere, there are PvP-exclusive balance adjustments, general balance adjustments, and various fixes, including for unstable performance. Check out the patch notes below, courtesy of publisher Bandai Namco.
Elden Ring is one of the biggest video games of recent years, selling an incredible 25...
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is set for an update for all platforms in addition to the recently confirmed PS5 Pro Enhanced patch.
Last night, Sony announced the $700 PS5 Pro alongside a list of first and third-party games that will have what are called PS5 Pro Enhanced updates when the console comes out on November 7, 2024. Sony has indicated up to 50 PS5 Pro Enhanced games will be available for launch.
Capcom’s action RPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 is among them. Like Sony’s announcement of the PS5 Pro, Dragon’s Dogma 2’s PS5 Pro Enhanced patch is light on details. All Capcom has said so far is that it will offer “a gaming experience that takes advantage of PS5 Pro's features.”
The hope is that Dragon’s Dogma 2 will run at 60 frames per second and 4K...
Welcome to the dawn of a new day of deals and, apparently, a mid-gen console refresh for Sony. I am of course talking about the recently unveiled PlayStation 5 Pro, a $1,199.95 (AUD) proposition that's due on November 7 (preorders start Sep 26). If that eyewatering RRP doesn't faze you, or you just love great games, you'll want some of the "PS5 Pro Enhanced" titles to showcase this beast. For today, my PS bargains list is nothing but those. Enjoy!
In retro news, I'm belting a slime-shaped pinata with a ‘16’ on it for Dragon Quest IV: The Chapters of the Chosen. For many Aussies, said Nintendo DS port was our gateway into this legendary RPG series (due to non-existent local releases of the first three NES titles). It worked out kinda...
Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 is in the works, but getting it on store shelves will be easier said than done.
Metal Gear series promotions director Jiro Oishi and production producer Noriaki Okamura touched on plans for its tactical espionage action franchise in a recent Production Hotline episode posted by Konami. During a Q&A segment, Okamura acknowledged the fans eagerly waiting to learn which games will be included in Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2. However, bringing some of the newer titles to modern audiences comes with a unique set of issues, including a desire to dodge the problems Vol. 1 faced at launch.
While Okamura assures that an additional entry in the Master...
After weeks for speculation and leaks, Sony has officially revealed the PS5 Pro during a nine-minute presentation that touched on some of the enhancements the console will offer. Boasting better GPU performance, advanced ray-tracing, and AI-powered upscaling, the PS5 Pro aims to eliminate the choices many of us currently have to make between performance and fidelity modes. In short, it aims to give us both of those modes running at the same time, and as part of the reveal we saw glimpses of games that will be enhanced for PlayStation 5 Pro by offering up higher-resolution visuals that run at a smoother 60-frames-per-second.
Although specific enhancements were mostly kept to first-party Sony games, we did get a broader look at what...
When Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases in October, it will include a first for the series — a fully-featured photo mode that will let fans capture personalized moments within Thedas. Photo modes have become a common sight in big-budget games in the years since the release of Dragon Age: Inqusition, but it nevertheless marks an important milestone for BioWare's fantasy series.
Happily, Dragon Age: The Veilguard's version of the popular mode has plenty of toys for fans who want to indulge their dreams of being a fantasy photographer. Here's some of what The Veilguard's photo mode has to offer.
Free-roaming camera, tilt, focal length, and lens distortion
Depth of Field
Auto Focus
Distance
F-Stop, which lets you control the lighting...
This has been a hard review to write. Not because I don't know what to say, but because every time I dip back into Satisfactory to look up an item name or confirm some detail, I find myself checking in on the state of my workshop, just for a moment, and then several hours have suddenly flown by. That’s the magic of this seemingly benign, inexplicably alluring factory simulator. Whether I’m pulling my hair out trying to troubleshoot a problem on the factory floor or running away from very disrespectful fireball-spitting aliens, every moment spent in this beautifully complex simulator has been worthwhile. Combining the creativity and exploration of Minecraft with the spreadsheet-inducing planning and optimization of Factorio, Satisfactory...
One player of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has used real life step tracking technology and an inclined treadmill to simulate walking The 7,000 Steps up the Throat of the World to the Greybeards of High Hrothgar.
YouTuber ShakeMistake uploads videos which combine fitness and gaming and through the Stepl app and, after already walking three hours from Riften to Solitude, decided to tackle Skyrim's famous 7,000 steps.
Video game technology of 2011 limited the number of steps actually on the mountain path, however, and in reality there's only 700 to 800 steps to be climbed. ShakeMistake therefore had to make some changes before he could authentically simulate the route.
Unable to make the game world larger to add more steps...
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead is lifting the lid on the game’s hotly anticipated 01.001.007 update with an early look at the patch notes.
The explosive shooter broke records when it launched earlier this year, becoming the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game of all time. But Arrowhead has suffered a torrid time of late as it struggles to satisfy Helldivers 2’s fanbase, with recent months in particular resulting in a ‘mostly negative’ recent user review rating on Steam. It's now up to 'mixed,' and Helldivers 2's overall Steam user review rating remains 'mostly positive.'
Most of the negativity revolves around a feeling that Arrowhead has been heavy handed in nerfing Helldivers 2’s various weapons and stratagems as it balances...
Star Wars Outlaws has its first major patch. Title update 1.1.2 weighs in at 1.92GB on PlayStation 5, 2.25GB on Xbox Series X and S, and 1.89GB on PC.
The patch notes, published to Ubisoft’s website, begins by thanking fans “for the amazing positivity and support following the launch of Star Wars Outlaws! Your passion, love for Kay, Nix, our open world and all your amazing creations through our Photo mode has been a real inspiration for the whole team.”
The patch focuses on early feedback to address various issues and PC performance, as well as overall stability, Ubisoft said. Additionally, cross progression and saves through Ubisoft Connect are now available.
But the highlight is an improvement to what Ubisoft called “some...
I Am Your Beast is a first-person shooter focussed solely on fast-paced slaughter. Sure, you can sluggishly flail around with no clear plan like an Australian breakdancer at the Olympics and potentially still scrape your way through to each bite-sized level’s exit intact, but nailing the best completion time possible requires repeat runs to gradually carve out the most efficient killing paths. What ensues is a brisk, three-hour-long burst of cel-shaded bullets and blood spray that’s backed up by silky smooth controls and an addictive, skull-rattling soundtrack, with the only real downside being that its insatiable need for speed leaves little room for much in the way of interesting plot amidst the relentless volley of violent headshots...
Much like the source novel Journey to the West, where the Monkey King Sun Wukong must overcome 81 trials to complete his adventure, the Destined Hero in Black Myth: Wukong must conquer over 80 boss fights to fulfil his destiny .
With so many boss fights to tackle – all of which you can learn the best strategies to beat in IGN’s Black Myth: Wukong guide – we figured it was time to rank the hardest boss fights in the game. With so many to choose from it was hard to whittle down the list of 25, but ultimately these are the bosses that pushed us to nearly break our controllers.
25. Mad Tiger
Okay, Mad Tiger is one of the easiest bosses on this list, but he’s still no cake walk if you’re not a ninja monkey ready kick ass. There’s no...
Team Fortress 2 players have gotten creative in the fight against the shooter's rampant bot problem by turning a 340,000 signature strong petition into an actual book and delivering it to Valve headquarters.
PC Gamer reported on the post from @thewhat89 on X/Twitter, which unveiled the hardback book in a fancy promotional video.
"340,000 plus names all compiled into one book," the post said. "This is a symbol of the astounding amount of people that love TF2 and want to see it flourish. This book has now reached its destination at Valve HQ. The future is looking bright for TF2. Thanks for taking part, everyone."
Team Fortress 2, which arrived way back in 2007, is one of the most popular and beloved multiplayer games of all time. But...
A minority investor in Ubisoft has called on the company to go private amid a shares slump following the release of Star Wars Outlaws.
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Slovakia-based AJ Investments issued a strongly worded open letter to Ubisoft’s board of directors, including its CEO Yves Guillemot, as well as fellow investor Tencent, that expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the company and its current share price.
Last week, Ubisoft’s share price plunged following the launch of Massive Entertainment’s Star Wars Outlaws, which some analysts predicted will come in below expectations. IGN's Star Wars Outlaws review returned a 7/10. We said: "Star Wars Outlaws is a fun intergalactic heist adventure with great...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will not offer campaign early access, Activision has confirmed.
In a statement given to CharlieIntel, Activision said the many Call of Duty developers working on the game are focused on its October 25, 2024 launch.
Activision has released campaign early access for those who pre-ordered recent Call of Duty games, including last year's poorly received Modern Warfare 3 campaign. The early access periods generally began a week before the full launch, offering fans the chance to play through the story so they can hit Multiplayer and Zombies right off the bat.
But for Black Ops 6, Activision has gone in a different direction. Here's the statement:
It’s worth noting that Black Ops 6 is the first mainline Call of...
Space Marine 2 launched proper yesterday, September 9 after four days of early access, and soon shot to record-breaking success for a Warhammer 40,000 game.
Saber Interactive’s action game sees Titus of the Ultramarines go up against the Tyranid horde as well as Chaos Marines in a sequel that arrives 13 years after its predecessor. It includes a campaign that can be played co-op, co-op focused Operations, and a PvP mode.
Space Marine 2 saw a huge 24-hour peak concurrent player count of 225,690 on Steam, the highest peak ever seen for a Warhammer 40,000 game on Valve’s platform, alongside a ‘very positive’ user review rating. Indeed, Space Marine 2 is now the most-played Warhammer 40,000 or Warhammer game ever on Steam. To put the...
Finally, I'm starting to see some decent chops on the title which begs the question: Can a DLC be given a GOTY Award? I think I'll let the more vocal corners of the Internet hash that one out. For now, let me just shower you with the hottest video game and peripherals bargains available today. Honestly, it's what I love to do best, all week long.
In retro news, I'm relishing the one day of the year when I'm allowed to gush about Burnout 3: Takedown, the now 20-year-old king of arcade racers. For me, this was all about the Road Rage events, which veered this hemmed-in street racer into becoming a vehicular fighting game where driving crazy earned you the NOS needed to go even faster. Instead of punches, you'd shunt your foes at the...
Summer is in the rear view, which means it's once again Call of Duty beta time. This year Treyarch is in the driver's seat with a follow-up to Black Ops Cold War set in the early 1990s – and friends, I am all-in on the setting. After spending the weekend grinding multiplayer matches to hit the beta’s level cap, I'm cautiously optimistic that this year's entry could recapture everything I loved about 2020's Cold War.
First off, some context: I have about 200 hours of multiplayer time in last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and found myself enjoying it quite a bit more than our reviewer (which is fine, reviews are opinions, and opinions differ). However, a lot of that has to do with the social aspect of it. I have a core group of...
Last year, Minecraft players who were fed up with the game's annual mob vote (which lets players pick the next creature added to the game) "unionized," spreading war propaganda-inspired posters on TikTok and creating a Change.org petition that garnered over 500,000 signatures. Now, Minecraft has revealed that the tradition is coming to an end as part of a new game update structure.
Today, Mojang announced that Minecraft Live, its annual news livestream, is abandoning the mob vote and being split up into several smaller broadcasts via a post on its blog. The new broadcasts, described as "more focused," will happen twice per year.
Mojang also revealed that it will release free content updates more often, straying away from its larger...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Interactive and developer Saber Interactive have detailed the game’s first update.
The patch, due out this week, “should” make:
Multiple crashfix (start of the game, 1st cutscene crash, etc...)
Improvement to CPU overheat issue
Server improvements
Render bug improvements
Since Space Marine 2’s early access launch, players have complained about numerous server problems and crash issues. The server problems in particular, and the dreaded “joining server bug,” have made co-op play difficult for some problems, and even caused lost progression and rewards.
Space Marine 2’s global release date is today, September 9, so it’s early days in the melee shooter’s life. But already its...
Valve shooter Deadlock already has a cheater problem, with clips posted online showing players curving bullets around walls, automatically targeting enemies, and more.
As reported by 80 Level, Reddit user MintDoe posted a game replay which appears to show myriad cheaters participating in a Deadlock match. The clip opens with the accused perfectly timing a jump to avoid an unseen Lightning Ball before opening fire immediately upon a wall where their opponents emerge from.
This is a classic symptom of an aim bot mod, a cheat which automatically targets enemies even before they're visible to the player. This was even more evident when the focus switched to sniping character Vindicta.
Her crosshair of her gun was lined up directly...
Destiny 2 is set for what developer Bungie has called “major changes” as it works to win back players amid troubling times at the studio.
The live service first-person shooter, currently seeing its lowest concurrent player count ever on PC platform Steam, will adopt a new model moving forward that includes the release of two medium-sized expansions and four major free content updates annually, Bungie said.
“This evolution aims to enhance the player experience through a new multi-year saga, introducing a non-linear story, more systemic innovation, and significant improvements to core game activities and rewards,” Bungie said.
This new expansion model kicks off with Codename Apollo, a nonlinear character-driven adventure due out in...
Looking to score some savings on Space Marine 2? Green Man Gaming is here to assist with a nice little 13% discount on the highly-anticipated action game for PC. This discount applies to its Standard Edition (which has dropped to $52.19), the Gold Edition (which has dropped to $78.29) and the Ultra Edition (which has dropped to $86.99). With the game launching today (you can check out Space Marine 2's global release times here), what better time to grab it?
Not to mention, by preordering one of these editions just before release, you'll also get some excellent preorder bonuses. The Standard Edition will net you access to the Macragge’s Chosen DLC, the Gold Edition also gets you the DLC along with access to the Season Pass and early...
Gameloft and HarperCollins Productions have announced Carmen Sandiego, a new single-player puzzle-adventure game relaunch of the popular edutainment hit from the 1980's and 1990's. This one will be based on the original 1980's IP (though it visually resembles the recent Netflix animated series that ran from 2019-2021 – and on a related note, the publishers note that a live-action Carmen Sandiego movie is also in the works at Netflix), and it will launch first on Netflix in Q1 of 2025, and will follow later in the same quarter for PC (via Steam), PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Gameloft and HarperCollins say there will be a story-driven campaign and "classic modes" (more on that below). Check out the first trailer above and the...
One Baldur's Gate 3 player has already unlocked Larian Studios' complete developer toolkit meaning modders can now create fully custom content and campaigns in the Dungeons & Dragons based role-playing game.
GamesRadar spotted the BG3 Toolkit Unlocked mod from Siegfre on NexusMods, which "unlocks all features and write permissions for the BG3 Toolkit including level editing, save editing, and more."
The BG3 Toolkit arrived alongside Baldur's Gate 3's highly anticipated Patch 7 and acts as an official modding tool for the beloved game, letting players pull assets already made by Larian and create custom content with them.
But the BG3 Toolkit Unlocked mod takes this one step further, essentially breaking through the pre-approved list...
PlayStation 5 exclusive Astro Bot has wowed critics and delighted players — but not everyone is happy with it.
Astro Bot, developed by Sony’s Japanese studio Team Asobi, is a 3D platformer that delves deep into PlayStation history for its many cameo bots. Check out IGN’s feature, Astro Bot: Every PlayStation Character - Easter Eggs, for more.
The bot cameos are little more than fun nods to PlayStation games past and present, and include joyful animations that lean on each character’s heritage. But for John Garvin, creative director of 2019 PlayStation 4 exclusive Days Gone, including protagonist Deacon St. John in Astro Bot promotional material is the cause of upset.
Quoting a tweet from Days Gone developer Bend Studio that...
Star Wars Outlaws is set for a patch to address the game's controversial instant fail stealth missions, its chief developer has said.
Creative director Julian Gerighty admitted to GamesRadar the missions were "incredibly punishing" so would be fixed soon. "For me, that is a mistake, and this is something that we're going to work on improving," he said.
"I don't think it means removing the fail state completely, but I do think there are millions of low hanging fruits where we can make it so much more enjoyable and understandable."
Gerighty continued: "I think it feels unfair. And believe it or not, this wasn't our intention. This is more of something that crept in in the last week or so, and that we're correcting already for a patch...
The first 90 minutes of Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake have appeared online ahead of its October 8, 2024 release date.
The 2BRO YouTube channel streamed Silent Hill 2 from the beginning as part of a paid promotion with publisher Konami, meaning that unlike most early gameplay reveals, this one won't be taken down for copyright infringements.
While the commentary is in Japanese the gameplay itself is in English, and introduces protagonist James Sunderland as he comes across the ever so spooky town of Silent Hill and all the nastiness one would expect from a survival horror title.
Those looking forward to the remake can therefore check out the gameplay, though should be warned that, as there isn't any branching paths in the...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is out in the wild and going down very well with fans, but it is not without issues. One issue in particular is creating an awkward situation between players before they set out on a co-op mission — so awkward in fact that it’s making simply playing the class you want more frustrating than it should be.
Space Marine 2 includes three-player co-op missions as part of Operations mode. These co-op missions are set during the game’s campaign, but with different characters who are off doing other missions that tie in to the events that follow Titus and co. These missions are referenced in the campaign, but Operations mode lets you actually play them.
Operations mode only lets your squad include one Space...
As a Warhammer 40,000 experience, Space Marine 2 is excellent at many things. The relentless tide of Tyranids. The firing patterns of each individual model of Bolt gun. The way Imperial Guardsmen look up at you as if you are a vengeful angel sent from above. As a video game, though, Space Marine 2 has less to boast about. In fact, it is only truly accomplished at one thing: combat.
This is far from the negative critique it first sounds. Space Marine 2, much like its 2011 predecessor, is built on the bones of Gears of War. It offers spectacle and destruction in equal measure, with linear levels designed purely to funnel you from one bloody battle to the next. Aside from the fun fact that such a singular focus makes it an authentic...