Diablo 4 and its upcoming expansion Vessel of Hatred will be PS5 Pro Enhanced, Blizzard has confirmed. It is the first Microsoft game with confirmed Enhanced support for Sony’s $700 mid-gen upgrade.
Microsoft owns all Activision Blizzard's franchises following its $69 billion acquisition of the company in 2023, and since then has added a number of the company’s games to its subscription service, Game Pass. Diablo 4 is in Game Pass, although not in its Standard tier.
Diablo boss Rod Fergusson confirmed the support in a tweet, without adding any details such as when the game will be updated or what players can expect on PS5 Pro. “Very proud of our hardworking team to make this happen,” Fergusson added. “More details at a later date.”...
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The Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero leaks have begun a week before its official release date — and Bandai Namco has responded in perhaps the only way it can: with takedowns and shifty eyes.
It seems someone got hold of a copy of the game early and, as is the internet way, started streaming the game. It didn’t take long for Bandai Namco to nuke that stream from orbit, but of course the internet noticed and never forgets.
Since then, Bandai Namco has worked to plug further leaks, but it faces an uphill battle at this stage. And in a tweet responding to the leaks, Bandai Namco made clear it’s keeping an eye (or two) on the internet. In any case, if you’re mindful of spoilers, now might be the time to batten down the hatches.
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Palworld has launched on PS5 in Japan even as its developer battles a lawsuit with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company in the country.
Palworld’s long-awaited PS5 release shadow-dropped on September 24 after an announcement during Sony’s State of Play broadcast, but while gamers in 68 countries worldwide were downloading the survival and crafting game dubbed 'Pokémon with guns' on PlayStation, Japanese gamers had to wait.
The Japanese PS5 release comes hot on the heels of Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s shock joint lawsuit against Pocketpair for alleged patent infringement, which was filed in Japan.
Pocketpair has insisted it had no idea which patents it’s accused of infringing, but experts have pointed to a “killer patent” that...
Concord. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Star Wars Outlaws. Final Fantasy 16. The list of big budget video game failures is growing longer each month, with triple-A publishers struggling to make a dent in the dominance of older, more established players in this most brutal of markets.
Throughout it all, massive hits come out of nowhere. One of those is Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, developed by World War Z and SnowRunner studio Saber Interactive and published by Focus Entertainment.
Of course, Space Marine 2 benefited from the strength of the Warhammer 40,000 brand, which is carefully managed by Games Workshop and about as big as it’s ever been. But still, Space Marine 2’s breakout success came as a surprise even to its...
Always the bridesmaid but never the bride, SpongeBob’s sleepy sidekick, Patrick Star, has often been overlooked in favour of his over-the-top neighbour – at least in the world of video games. That hasn’t stopped him from making a home in our hearts, though, so I was riding high when I learned the enigmatic starfish was finally being thrust into the limelight… but then the emotional rollercoaster dipped back down as I discovered SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game is little more than a sea of uninspired minigames and repetitive activities that waste almost all of its obvious potential, outside of a boatload of cute references to the show.
Stepping into the flowery shorts of Patrick himself, you embark on a six-hour sandbox...
Emerging from a team of developers at Atlus responsible for the legendary Persona JRPG series, Metaphor: ReFantazio is an all-new, tremendously promising genre effort that both embraces and iterates upon everything that made the Persona series so beloved in the first place. With that in mind, from release date to PC specifications and demo details, […]
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After a string of Resident Evil remakes, the resurrection of Dead Space, and even genre granddaddy Alone in the Dark stepping back into the spotlight earlier this year, it feels long overdue that seminal survival horror classic Silent Hill 2 should emerge from the fog and be given a modern makeover. Enter Bloober Team, the psychological horror specialists best known for Layers of Fear and Observer, who’ve been given the task of taking the morbid masterpiece from the PlayStation 2 era and making the fetid flesh of its many demonic ghouls seem fresh. As a big fan of the original, I’m happy to report that this resulting Silent Hill 2 remake is an exceptionally grim and grimy horrorscape that’s consistently compelling to explore, packed...
Thank your own personal, all-knowing entity—possibly Mira the Dog—it's Friday! I'm going to wrap up our week together with a bunch of cheapies I've seen on "olden year" sports titles, reduced LEGO, and more. In case I don't see you (in some random online lobby) over the weekend, stay safe, save often, and catch you Monday!
In retro news, I'm doing a 27-barrel-roll salute for the birthday of Lylat Wars, the first N64 game to rock our world/mitts with a Rumble Pak. My introduction to this 3D rail shooter is seared into my brain. Our eyes met at a demo kiosk in Sydney's domestic terminal as Lionel Richie's Hello played over the PA system. 20 mins later, my parents had to chokehold me off it, lest we miss our flight. There was so much to...
After the fast-travel extravaganza that was Starfield’s base campaign, I very much approve of the way its Shattered Space DLC course-corrects to make the new Va’ruun homeworld location feel much more like Bethesda’s previous open worlds. This planet is host to a substantial chunk of new quest content revolving around a long-winded but not uninteresting story about a futuristic theocracy that dangerously mingles science and religion despite their obvious conflict. That said, this first expansion is not terribly ambitious, either. It doesn’t introduce any significant new features that refresh anything you’ll do once you hop in your ship and leave this planet in a way similar to, say, the Dragonborn expansion did for Skyrim. Not every...
Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have deployed Star Wars Outlaws update 1.2, bringing a host of performance and gameplay enhancements on console and PC.
The publisher laid out everything new in title update 2 in a post on its website. It’s the latest in a series of title updates that includes a long list of tweaks to the visuals as well as some squashed bugs. Ubisoft says the batch of additions to its open-world sci-fi video game were included with fan feedback in mind, adding that it is “dedicated to listening closely” as post-launch support for Star Wars Outlaws continues.
Topping the list of more notable changes is that the stealth experience has been ironed out. That means adjusted AI detection, tweaked NPC locations and...
World of Warcraft's latest expansion, The War Within, has been out for over a month now, and things are going great. Critics and players are largely happy with all the new content additions, the new Delve feature appears to finally be appropriately balanced, and the Race to World First was a real fun nail-biter.
But there's been one major, glaring issue with The War Within simmering since a pre-launch patch that's frustrated hundreds of players, with seemingly no fix in sight: the disappearance of thousands of items from guild banks, seemingly never to be returned.
The Great Guild Bank Caper
Issues began on August 13 with Patch 11.0.2, which dropped a number of updates to the game ahead of the release of the latest expansion, The...
LEGO Horizon Adventures is set to release for PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC on November 14. It takes the story, characters, and environments of the PlayStation Horizon games and gives them the full LEGO treatment. That means it’s sillier than the original, family-friendly, and it supports couch co-op as Aloy and friends fight off robotic dinosaurs.
The game is available to preorder now from a number of retailers, in both physical and digital editions (see it at Amazon). Read on to see where to get it, how much it costs, what comes with it, and more.
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Publisher 2K Games and developer Firaxis Games have published Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 PC requirements ahead of its launch early next year.
The team behind the latest addition to the historically based 4X series detailed minimum, recommended, and ultra settings for PC users in a post on X/Twitter. It’s an extensive list of everything players need to know before they plot a course for their grand global plans, letting them know what they’ll need if they want to dive in when launch arrives in February. Although Civilization 7 is also scheduled to come to MacOS and Linux/SteamOS, 2K says it doesn’t have requirements to share for these platforms “at this time.”
A full list of everything you need to know about the PC version of...
The PlayStation 5 Pro has divided fans since it was announced in September, and game developers have differing outlooks on the new premium console as well.
Speaking with the developers behind Sonic the Hedgehog and Monster Hunter Wilds during Tokyo Game Show 2024 last weekend, each expressed interest in the added power the PS5 Pro affords. But when it comes to what it means for their individual games, their opinions start to diverge.
Monster Hunter series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto errs on the positive side, saying that Wilds team knew they definitely wanted to support the PS5 Pro as soon as they learned about it. Developed on the powerful RE Engine, Monster Hunter has lately been known for its graphical prowess, making the PS5 Pro a...
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (officially Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater) is a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid 3 that adds a full third-person mode to the game, but being able to run and gun made it so easy Konami manually bumped up the difficulty.
In an interview with Famitsu translated by Automaton, creative producer Yuji Korekado discussed the two gameplay modes available in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Legacy Style and New Style. The former is an exact recreation of the 2004 game, essentially a top-down camera with a fixed perspective, while the latter features modern gameplay in a third-person mode.
Another difference between the two modes is that New Style gives players the ability to move while aiming and shooting...
Synduality Echo of Ada is a curious game with a post-apocalyptic world, mechs, and idyllic AI companions. It even has its own anime tie-in called Synduality Noir. To be honest, it hadn’t even crossed my radar until recently, but after spending some time with this PvPvE extraction shooter and talking to the developers, I’m intrigued, to say the least.
I played the first hour or so of Synduality Echo of Ada, the same portion that was recently available during the closed network test. The game begins with a condensed history told with comic book-like storyboarding.
Many years ago, the world as we know it was destroyed after a poisonous rain called The Tears of the New Moon not only decimated the population, but spawned vicious monsters...
If you yearn for the thrill of seafaring adventures and the power to summon mythical beasts like the Kraken, Rogue Waters is your ticket to pirate paradise. As its name suggests, Rogue Waters is a roguelike, but one with a heavier emphasis on story than a lot of others in the genre. You take control of […]
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Tales of Graces f is often heralded as having the best combat of the long-running action-RPG series, and it’s unfortunately been “stuck” on the PS3 - at least over in the West, since its initial release here in 2012. Bandai Namco only just announced Tales of Graces f Remastered, and it’s being released on pretty much all platforms–Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, and PC. I had the chance to go hands-on with Tales of Graces f Remastered and talk to the game’s producer, Yuki Ishikawa.
In Tales of Graces f Remastered, Asbel Lhant makes many lifelong friends as a child. There’s Hubert Lhant, his brother; Sophie, an amnesiac; Cheria Barnes; a girl from his village; and Richard, a prince from a neighboring kingdom...
Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting its first AAA game, IGN can exclusively reveal.
Paramount Game Studios and Saber Interactive announced today a new action-RPG based in what's called in the Avatar Legends universe, the label based on the world first introduced by Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. It's in collaboration with Avatar Studios, the division launched by original show creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko in 2021 with the goal of expanding the Avatar universe.
It's still in early development, so details are a little slim at the moment, but the companies call it "the biggest video game in franchise history." It will be made for both PC and consoles and tell a new story in the universe that's being...
Konami has said remaking the first Metal Gear Solid would be much more complicated than its incoming remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
In an interview with Famitsu translated by Genki on X/Twitter, Metal Gear Solid series producer Noriaki Okamura didn't shut down the possibility of other remakes but made clear they wouldn't be coming anytime soon.
This is because a remake of the first Metal Gear Solid, alongside the original two Metal Gear games released for the MSX2 and Nintendo Entertainment System, would require the creation of many brand new elements.
Remaking the third game as Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (officially Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater), was seemingly much simpler, and previews for the game have...
God of War Ragnarok is now available on PC and, while Sony itself released an option to tone down puzzle hints from companions, one fan has released the Please Shut Up mod to cut them altogether.
Though 2022's God of War Ragnarok was incredibly well received, selling a whopping 11 million copies in less than three months and earning a 10/10 in IGN's review, one gripe players had was with companions throwing out puzzle solutions before players had a chance to solve them themselves.
Sony took action almost two years later by releasing a feature that would "reduce the frequency" of these hints, but this is only available in the PC version for now. NexusMods user Mophead01 said these changes did "little to resolve the problem," however...
Throne and Liberty developer NCSoft has released the Amazon Games-published MMO’s first post-launch patch, 1.1.0. It includes bug fixes for the user interface and settings, and performance improvements.
It's worth noting that on PS5 specifically, patch 1.1.0 makes optimizations to reduce screen tearing issues, and on Xbox Series X and S, it increases the resolution of the world map.
Throne and Liberty got off to a huge start on Steam this week, with a peak concurrent player count of 326,377 putting it behind only Valve’s own Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2, and the evergreen Banana. While Throne and Liberty also launched on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, Sony and Microsoft do not make player numbers public.
Its early performance...
Blizzard has detailed what to expect from Diablo 4’s upcoming Vessel of Hatred expansion and Season 6 Hatred Rising, and published the patch notes for both the 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 updates ahead of launch.
The patch notes for both updates, below, contain a long list of changes coming to Blizzard’s record-breaking action role-playing game alongside Season 6, called Hatred Rising, which kicks off October 7 at 4 pm PDT. Vessel of Hatred, Diablo 4's first expansion, officially goes live alongside Season 6 on October 7 at 4pm PDT globally.
During a pre-launch livestream, developers from Blizzard outlined the post-patch 2.0 Public Test Realm (PTR) changes, which touch on everything from progression and itemization to class balance and...
Welcome to a Thursday of high-end hardware savings. For starters, you can get a chunk of change off the sumptuous screen stylings of the Steam Deck OLED. For seconds, there's a bit of a fire sale going on for the discontinuing Meta Quest 3 128GB. Take it from an owner of both; these are very worthy acquisitions and gateways to hours of fun.
In retro news, I’m celebrating the PC bday of Sonic CD, a port from the ill-fated Mega-CD. It started as a Sonic 1 enhancement but bloomed into a unique, Back to the Future romp, and my 16-bit brain was blown by this version’s superior 60fps, CD crisp soundtrack, anime cutscenes, and the Super Peel Out mechanic. It also debuted Amy Rose, Super Mario Kart-looking Special Stages, and the coolest...
Steven Spielberg's love of video games is well-documented. There are numerous pictures of him posing next to classic arcade games like Donkey Kong, Missile Command, and Space Invaders, and he's been involved in various video game-related projects over the years, including directing the film adaptation of Ready Player One.
But while many adults lose their passion for gaming as the grow older, Spielberg is apparently still at it. There's just one thing: he doesn't like controllers.
"He loves story games and I'm always trying to get him to play Uncharted because it's Indiana Jones and I'm like, 'Hey, you'd appreciate this.' But he's like, 'I can't do controllers. I can only do keyboard and mouse,'" said his son Max Spielberg, himself a...
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt modding community is embracing spooky season by releasing a slew of Halloween-themed mods for the beloved role-playing game.
October is now upon us and NexusMods users are getting ready for All Hallow's Eve by turning the nine-year-old The Witcher 3 into a fall wonderland complete with pumpkin patches and black cats, with help from developer CD Projekt Red's official modding tool REDkit.
Setting the scene is ShapranArt's Fall Is Coming mod, which predictably turns the green trees of The Continent into hues of orange and brown. Farmers' fields across Temeria and Redania will also sprout pumpkins instead of their usual crops.
NexusMods user lisembart97 has paid particular attention to the famous Inn at the...
Larian Studios head Swen Vincke suggested during an acceptance speech at an awards ceremony in Malaysia today that fans could expect the studio’s next game in around 2028 or 2029. Speaking on stage at the SEA Game Awards 2024 where the company received a Special Recognition Award, Vincke said, “We need to work hard on the next game so we can be back here in five years”.
But speaking to IGN immediately afterwards, he walked it back, saying with a chuckle, “I knew you’d pick up on that. It was just a joke. I don’t know, we’ll release it when it’s ready. They’re big games and it takes time, so don’t hold us to a date.”
Larian Studios opened multiple development studios around the world to aid with the development of Baldur’s Gate 3, as...
Square Enix is temporarily suspending the auto-demolition of houses in Final Fantasy XIV in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which devastated several states in September.
The developer wrote in a post on Lodestone, "From all of us on the FFXIV development and management team, our hearts go out to those who were affected late last month by Hurricane Helene in
North America. Due to the damages and other factors, we have decided to temporarily suspend the automatic demolition of estates."
Housing demolition is an automatic process in Final Fantasy XIV, and will happen if you don't set foot in your house for at least 45 days. The idea is to give other players a chance to claim the parcel of land, which is a hot commodity in Eorzea. Indeed...
Close to three hours of gameplay from the PlayStation 5 and PC remake of Until Dawn has been streamed on Twitch, revealing the revamped opening of the fan-favorite horror game.
Insider Gaming spotted Twitch user Nikolai7PT streaming two hours and 47 minutes of the remake ahead of its October 4 release date. The stream begins from the very beginning of Until Dawn so covers everything from the title screen up to Chapter 3.
It's therefore the first look at the new prologue created by remake studio Ballistic Moon. We won't spoil how it unfolds here, but creative director Neil McEwan previously said it had "given the Washingtons extra screen time to explore their close family bond and get to know them a little better."
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment have issued a warning to toxic players, saying they really do not want to find themselves insulting Henry Cavill.
As revealed last month, Warhammer 40,000 superfan Henry Cavill is very much enjoying Space Marine 2. In an Instagram post, the Superman and Witcher star praised the developers at Saber for the action game set in Games Workshop’s grimdark universe, although revealed he failed to complete the campaign solo on the Angel of Death difficulty, which is the hardest of the four difficulties available.
As we can see from the photo above, Cavill was smart enough to paste over his username with the word “nope.” Yes, that means you could...