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Black Myth Wukong Following Elden Ring’s Lead With DLC Expansion Before Any Sequel

Black Myth Wukong developer Game Science is working on an Elden Ring-style expansion for the game ahead of any sequel. A Bloomberg report into Game Science investor Hero Games has revealed an updated sales figure for the smash hit Black Myth Wukong, which set Steam concurrents records upon its launch last month. Black Myth Wukong sold an eye-watering 18 million copies in just two weeks across PC and PlayStation 5, Bloomberg reported, making over $700 million in revenue so far. That’s enough to put Black Myth Wukong up there with Grand Theft Auto 5 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as one of the fastest-selling games of all time. In a subsequent tweet, Daniel Ahmad, director of research and insight at Niko Partners, said the $700...

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Star Wars Outlaws Director 'A Little Disappointed' by Its Review Scores but Vows to Improve the Game

Star Wars Outlaws director Julian Gerighty has admitted to being a "little disappointed" in the Ubisoft game's review scores but has committed to making it better. Gerighty told GamesRadar that Star Wars Outlaws — which earned a 7/10 in IGN's review and currently sits at a 76/100 on Metacritic — brought him and the team a "level of pride, happiness, and sense of accomplishment" but he still wanted a better critical reception. "I'm a little disappointed with the Metacritic," Gerighty said. "Of course, recognition from press and critics is very important to us, but players are really connecting with what we did." He continued: "It's brought me so much joy to see the incredible images being captured and shared. And I think that's...

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Publisher Asks Players Not to Spoil the Game as Early Access Period Goes Live

Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Interactive has asked players not to spoil the game’s story as its early access period goes live. Warhammer 40,000 action game Space Marine 2 sees Titus of the Ultramarines go up against the Tyranid horde as well as the forces of Chaos in a sequel that arrives 13 years after its predecessor. It includes a campaign that can be played co-op, a PvE Operations mode, and a PvP mode. IGN's Space Marine 2 review returned an 8/10. We said: "Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 may not break the third-person shooter mold, but it looks amazing, makes good use of its Warhammer lore, and has brutal combat that just feels great." In a tweet, Focus published a statement calling on Space Marine 2 players not to spoil the...

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State of Decay 3 Becomes Focus for Undead Labs as It Moves on From State of Decay 2

State of Decay developer Undead Labs has signaled the end of content updates for State of Decay 2 as it moves to focus on the upcoming State of Decay 3. Undead Labs has released nearly 40 content updates for State of Decay 2 in the six years since its 2018 launch on PC and Xbox One. In a blog post, Undead Labs said State of Decay 2’s final update, Update 38, is due out later this year. It aims to fix some long-standing issues, implement additional quality-of-life improvements, and permanently unlock seasonal or otherwise previously-gated content, such as Winter outfits and the Wizard Van. Of course, State of Decay 2 will remain playable, and as a Xbox Game Studios title it will remain part of the Xbox Game Pass library. “We know...

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Harry Potter Video Game Sequel Hogwarts Legacy 2 ‘One of the Biggest Priorities’ at Warner Bros

Following the blockbuster success of Hogwarts Legacy, Warner Bros. is working towards a direct sequel, it has confirmed. Avalanche Software’s Hogwarts Legacy has sold over 24 million copies since going on sale in February 2023, generating over $1 billion in revenue. It comes as little surprise, then, to learn that parent company Warner Bros. is keen on a Hogwarts Legacy 2. Speaking to Variety, Warner Bros. Discovery chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels said the sequel is due in a couple of years. “Obviously, a successor to Hogwarts Legacy is one of the biggest priorities in a couple of years down the road,” Wiedenfels said. “So there is certainly a significant growth contribution from that [games] business in our strategic...

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How to Easily Connect Your Steam Deck to a TV

The Steam Deck has revolutionized how many people play PC games, as it allows you to access a vast majority of your Steam library on the go. Whether you're jumping in for a quick session, or diving into a more robust game while relaxing on the couch or lying in bed, the Steam Deck has proven itself to be an incredibly versatile machine. However, the Steam Deck can also be connected to a TV or monitor for those moments where you'd like to experience your games on a bigger display with an adapter or by using a docking station. Check out the details below to find out how to easily connect your Steam Deck to a TV and start playing on a bigger screen. How to Connect With an Adapter Arguably the most straightforward way to connect the...

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Sony Doesn't Have Enough Original Franchises Build From the Ground Up, Executive Says

Sony Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki doesn't think that the media giant has enough franchises that it has "fostered from the beginning," calling it an issue for the company as it seeks to rival its competitors in the space. "Whether it’s for games, films or anime, we don’t have that much IP that we fostered from the beginning," Totoki said in an interview with the Financial Times. "We’re lacking the early phase (of IP) and that’s an issue for us." PlayStation fans quickly seized on Totoki's comments, posting images of Sly Cooper, Resistance, and other long lost franchises. But as others pointed out, Totoki was referring to the business as a whole, which is lacking in homegrown properties on the scale of, say, Mario. Outside of...

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How Mass Effect Became a Board Game

Mass Effect is one of the most acclaimed and beloved video game franchises of all time, with global sales of over 20 million copies across the series. Now, fans of Commander Shepherd and the Normandy Crew have the chance to see their favorite characters sculpted on the tabletop, thanks to the upcoming Mass Effect: The Board Game – Priority: Hagalaz. You might justifiably be concerned that this is a cheap cash-in, like many board game adaptations of video games, but the good news is that one of tabletop’s hottest designers, Eric Lang, creator of Blood Rage and XCOM: The Board Game, is attached to the project. The better news is that he’s a fan of the Mass Effect franchise himself. “I’ve been humbled by the game’s profound and...

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Little Nightmares 3: The First Preview

Sigmund Freud believed that the power of the uncanny came from placing the strange inside something that would otherwise be ordinary. Dolls, wax figures, settings, scenarios, people that are just off. It’s the familiar, but just strange enough to feel wrong, and it makes us anxious. I couldn’t help thinking of the uncanny as I played Little Nightmares 3. A sense of creeping dread pervaded my time with it, but I also found myself compelled to push forward, see more, and unravel the mysteries of its world. It’s a fine line to walk, but during my hour-long play session with the game, Little Nightmares 3 pulled it off, and left me wanting more when the “Thank you for playing” screen informed me my time was done. Little Nightmares 3 might...

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It Looks Like a Highly Anticipated Enemy Faction Is Finally Coming to Helldivers 2 Soon

Helldivers 2 fans may soon have a new war to fight, as some players suspect that the Illuminate faction will soon make its long-awaited debut. Fear that a new enemy will launch its attack against Super Earth started after a few players noticed strange behavior on the in-game Galactic War map. Where the circle layout usually only shows two factions – the Automatons and Terminids – and their progress as represented by red and orange colors, some were beginning to spot a third, purple color, gaining ground. Reddit user Helldiver343 was one of the first to share their findings and posted a screenshot of the updated map before the changes “vanished.” The image suggests that a third enemy, likely the Illuminate, will soon rear its head...

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Review

I was halfway through the opening level of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s campaign, unloading bolt rifle rounds alongside my two squadmates, when I found myself smiling at just how good it feels to be back in this futuristic grimdark fray. It’s been over a decade since the original, but Space Marine 2 reinvigorates the squad-based shooter series with seeming ease. The environments are varied and breathtaking, the running-and-gunning feels great, and the sense of comradeship while fighting with your team, be they bots or friends, can be exhilarating. It may not break much new ground in its genre, but it didn’t need to for me to have a blast playing through its dozen-hour campaign. Let’s get this out of the way early: The original...

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Scalpers Are Trying to Upsell Concord After Sony Pulled It From Sale

Scalpers are currently trying to sell physical copies of Concord for much more than its recommended retail price after Sony pulled the hero shooter from sale just 11 days after launch. Physical copies of Concord have been pulled from store shelves ahead of a server shut down on September 6, 2024. The PlayStation 5 and PC hero shooter launched to abysmal player numbers with analysts estimating as few as 25,000 copies were sold physically and digitally. Scalpers who still have a sealed copy of the game are therefore seeing it as an opportunity to make some money, listing Concord on eBay for double or even triple its price. Some sellers still have it available for its standard price of $39.99 so it's unlikely many of these will sell...

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Sektor’s Mortal Kombat 1 Fatality Channels Marvel’s Iron Man, Heads Out of This World

Mortal Kombat 1 developer NetherRealm has released a gameplay trailer for upcoming DLC character Sektor, showing off her Fatality and Animality. Sektor arrives as part of the Khaos Reigns expansion for Mortal Kombat 1, the latest game in the gory fighting game franchise that's sold over four million copies. The expansion adds new story mode chapters available from September 24, along with Kombat Pack 2, which itself includes six new DLC characters: Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob Saibot (available on September 24), and guest fighters Ghostface (Scream franchise), T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), and Conan the Barbarian (post-launch release timing to be announced at a later date). It’s Sektor who is the focus for this new gameplay video...

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No Man’s Sky Fan Art Inspired Latest Update That Finally Adds Fishing to the Game

No Man’s Sky’s next big update finally adds fishing to the game after a piece of fan art stopped developer Hello Games in its tracks. Following the release of No Man’s Sky’s Worlds Part 1 update and its new water technology, Hello Games has today, September 4, released the Aquarius update, which finally adds fishing to the long-running space sim. This fishing feature was inspired by a piece of fan art, below, that shows the player’s avatar fishing while sitting on their spaceship. It was published by redditor catador_de_potos with the thread title: "I'm a simple man with a simple dream." “Something folks really loved in the Worlds update was the new water technology, tons of players were posting videos of themselves just chilling...

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Deadlock Fans Are Welcoming Lost Concord Players Into Their Ranks

Fans of Valve shooter Deadlock are welcoming in lost Concord players who, as of September 6, 2024, will no longer be able to access the hero shooter as Sony shuts off servers a mere two weeks after launch. The PlayStation 5 and PC game launched August 23, 2024 to abysmal player numbers that made Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which was dubbed a disappointment by Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav and caused a $200 million hit to revenue, look like a titan. Sony removed it from sale 11 days later and three days after that is shutting off servers, making the entire game unplayable to everyone, even those who spent $39.99 on its standard edition or $59.99 Deluxe Edition. All players will be refunded. While PS5 Concord...

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Dragon Ball MOBA Arrives in 2025

Bandai Namco has confirmed the Dragon Ball MOBA, codenamed Dragon Ball Project: Multi, fully launches in 2025. A beta for the game wrapped yesterday, September 3, 2024, and Bandai Namco thanked fans for playing on its X/Twitter account while quietly announcing the full release window. "We sincerely thank everyone for taking part in the regional beta test," the post said. "All the valuable input we have received from our players will help our development team strive to make the game even more entertaining. "New information about the game will continue to be available on this account, so please follow us until release. The game is planned for official release in 2025." Dragon Ball Project: Multi was announced as a top-down action...

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Assassin's Creed Shadows Brings Back Double Assassinations

Assassin's Creed players who've lamented the removal of double assassinations in recent entries will be pleased to hear the Japan-set Assassin's Creed Shadows is bringing the nasty technique back. A Ubisoft blog post confirmed stealthy assassin Naoe, who is one of two playable protagonists in Assassin's Creed Shadows joined by the savage samurai Yasuke, can use the much-loved double assassination to take down two enemies at once. "Depending on her weapons, she can assassinate enemies in unique ways, and perform double assassinations with her Hidden Blade and tanto," the post said. Double assassinations were once a mainstay of Assassin's Creed but haven't appeared in the franchise since 2015's Assassin's Creed Syndicate, meaning...

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Global Release Times Confirmed

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Interactive has confirmed the release times for the hotly anticipated action game, both for its early access and global launch across PC and console. Space Marine 2 sees Titus of the Ultramarines go up against the Tyranid horde as well as the forces of Chaos in a sequel that arrives 13 years after its predecessor. It includes a campaign that can be played co-op, a PvE Operations mode, and a PvP mode. The global Space Marine 2 release date is September 9, but those who pre-order any special edition (Gold Edition, Ultra Edition, Collector’s Edition) get early access four days early, from September 5, at 11am UTC for consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S), and 4pm UTC for PC...

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Ubisoft Shares Take a Hit as Analysts Predict Lower Than Expected Star Wars Outlaws Sales

Ubisoft’s share price has fallen following the launch of Star Wars Outlaws, which some analysts have said has come in below expectations. Massive Entertainment’s Star Wars Outlaws, the first open-world Star Wars video game, launched on August 27 and since then Ubisoft’s share price has fallen 12.6% to a near 10-year low of 15.22 euros. At the time of this article’s publication, Ubisoft was valued at 1.96 billion euro. Ubisoft failed to announce a sales target for Star Wars Outlaws ahead of launch, although it did say it expected the game to boost its earnings. According to Reuters, J.P.Morgan analyst Daniel Kerven said Star Wars Outlaws “has struggled to meet our sales expectations despite positive critical reviews.” IGN's Star Wars...

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Concord Players Are Jumping Off Cliffs In-Game as They Desperately Grind for the Platinum Trophy Before Shutdown

Sony’s shock announcement of Concord’s shutdown just two weeks after it went on sale has sent its remaining players into overdrive as they desperately try to secure its Platinum trophy before it’s too late. PlayStation Studios’ ill-fated first-person hero shooter, which suffered a drastically low player count upon launch, goes dark on September 6, with all players set to receive a refund. Ryan Ellis, director at Sony-owned developer Firewalk, said: "while many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended." Soon after that announcement, reports indicated that Concord players were throwing Rivalry matches in a bid to earn...

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The Casting of Frank Stone Review

Developer Supermassive Games once dared us to survive until dawn, now the interactive slasher movie specialist wants us to be dead by daylight in The Casting of Frank Stone. This story-based spin-off of the popular asymmetric multiplayer sneak-and-slash ‘em up attempts to flesh out a backstory for the malevolent source of all evil in the Dead by Daylight universe, known as The Entity. However, aging, quicktime event-heavy gameplay, dismally superficial combat, an underdeveloped cast of characters, and a complete absence of scares make for a six-hour slog that’s barely worth staying up past your bedtime for. While Dead by Daylight’s character roster has swelled to include a who’s who of nightmare-haunting horror icons like Leatherface...

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Our Favorite Anker Power Bank for the Steam Deck Is on Sale at Amazon

Amazon is offering the powerful and high capacity Anker PowerCore 737 24,000mAh USB Power Bank for only $93.99, a 37% price drop from its original $150 MSRP. This is close to the highest capacity power bank you're allowed to bring on airplane carry-on, and it also boasts a massive 140W of USB power delivery to charge even the hungriest MacBook Pro. Anker PowerCore 737 24,000mAh Power Bank for $93.99 with 140W of USB Type-C Power Delivery The Anker PowerCore 737 can be used like any other power bank; it does a fine job of charging any of your standard mobile electronics. It has two USB Type-C ports and one USB Type-A port. One of the USB Type-C ports is bi-directional, meaning it can be used to charge devices AND it can also be used...

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Concord Is Suddenly Getting Pulled Offline With Sony Promising Full Refunds

PlayStation hero shooter Concord will be taken offline on September 6, 2024 and all players will receive a full refund, Sony announced today. Announced on the PlayStation Blog, director Ryan Ellis said "while many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended." Concord will therefore be taken offline so Sony and developer Firewalk Studios can "explore options, including those that will better reach our players." The game will be removed from sale immediately and anyone who purchased on the PlayStation Store or PlayStation Direct will be refunded to their original payment methods. Those who purchased on Steam and the Epic...

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Watch 22 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay Diving into Exploration and More | IGN First

Our IGN First coverage of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is in full swing, and as part of our recent trip to BioWare we got to take an exclusive look at a brand new area that shed new light on its exploration, its companion sidequests, and more. The new gameplay, which includes commentary from co-directors Corinne Busche and John Epler, offers the clearest look yet at The Veilguard's moment to moment exploration, showing it to be much more open-ended than it appeared when it was first revealed. You can watch the full video right here. Taking place at a later point in The Veilguard's story, the journey begins in The Lighthouse — the hub area set within the Fade where you can spend time with your companions — and continues into the...

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Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass September 2024 Wave 1 Lineup

Microsoft has announced the first wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in September 2024, headlined by Age of Empire spin-off Age of Mythology: Retold. This real time strategy game blends its beloved Age of Empire roots with vast mythologies from around the world, letting players not only overcome other nations but plenty of monsters too. It comes straight to Game Pass upon its September 4 launch. Next up is Expeditions: A MudRunner Game on September 5. Another action packed entry in the long running franchise, Expeditions blends camp and crew management with its core gameplay of exploring mountains and valleys in myriad off road vehicles. "Expeditions: A MudRunner Game isn’t a replacement for the supremely addictive SnowRunner...

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Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics Coming to Xbox After All

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is coming to Xbox after all despite controversially being announced for PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and PC with no Microsoft console in sight. The Marvel vs. Capcom X/Twitter account confirmed the game would be coming to Xbox One and will therefore be backwards compatible via the Xbox Series consoles. It was similarly announced for PlayStation 4 and not PlayStation 5. Xbox fans will have to wait longer, however, as while other platforms are getting the collection — which brings seven fan favorite fighting games together on modern consoles — on September 12, 2024, the Xbox version has the vague release window of 2025. "We're excited to announce that after technical discussions...

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Cyberpunk 2077: The Board Game Funded in 10 Minutes

Cyberpunk 2077: The Board Game from CD Projekt Red and Go On Board has reached its crowdfunding goal in a mere 10 minutes and 4 seconds. The campaign, which went live on crowdfunding website Gamefound at 6am Pacific, was fully funded by 6:10am. The board game is currently, less than two hours later, 777% funded, with $778,783 donated. "Cyberpunk 2077: The Board Game is a cooperative, story driven tactical action game with for one to four players which explores a "what if?" scenario which alters a crucial event from the video game," the synopsis reads. It features 13 missions, unique mechanics, and characters from CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk universe including V, Judy, Panam, and Jackie. "The dynamic and fast-paced board game...

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Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Passed on Destiny and Guitar Hero: 'I've Made Some of the Worst Game Choice Decisions'

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted he's perhaps not the best judge of what games will be successful, saying he passed over the chance to publish both Destiny and Guitar Hero in the past. Eurogamer spotted an interview with Spencer at video game convention PAX West in which he said he initially got the wrong impression of Destiny despite Microsoft having such close connections to its developer Bungle, creator of the flagship Xbox franchise Halo. "I have to be honest, when Destiny 1 came out, and I might have played some of the preview builds that we were doing on Xbox, it didn't really click with me," Spencer said. "I'm not a big PvP player. You can see my player history; it's not a lot of what I do. And I was a little worried I was...

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Souslike Enotria Delayed Indefinitely on Xbox Because Microsoft 'Decided to Ignore' Devs

Jyamma Games has indefinitely delayed the release of its Soulslike Enotria: The Last Song on Xbox because Microsoft "decided to ignore" it. As reported by Windows Central, Jyamma Games announced the delay just two weeks ahead of Enotria's September 19, 2024 release date, and PlayStation 5 and PC versions will go ahead. The harshest words came in Discord posts following the reveal, with Jyamma CEO Jacky Greco saying "obviously they don't care about Enotria and they don't care about you." Greco said Jyamma has Xbox Series X and S versions of the game ready to go but hasn't received support to actually release them on the platforms for two months. IGN has asked Microsoft for comment. Obviously they don't care about Enotria and they...

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Cheap COD, GTA, GT7, and Red Dead, Stellar Space Exploration Genre Specials, and More!

Welcome to a Tuesday teeming with wonderful gaming deals and (in a minute) an important quarter-century celebration. Today is a pretty even mix of best preorder prices on the hottest stuff just around the corner and slightly older things that you never should have ignored. This being said, that tactic sure worked out well for you in the money department, o' Patient One. So kudos! In retro news, I’m celebrating the 25th birthday of Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition. Though I had already played the absolute cartridge pins off Blue the year previous, I was powerless to resist this Pokémon the Series-inspired rejig of the originals. Mostly because it had everybody’s favourite electro-rat as a companion (plus distorted soundbites!)...

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