Today, Amazon is offering the powerful and high capacity Anker Prime 27,650mAh USB Power Bank for only $124.99, a hefty 31% price drop from its original $180 MSRP. This is the successor to the Anker 737 that we deemed the best Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally charger. It boasts an absolutely massive 250W of USB power delivery to charge all of your mobile devices simultaneously.
Anker Prime 27,600mAh Power Bank for $125
with 250W of USB Type-C Power Delivery
The Anker Prime is a hefy power bank, measuring 6.4"x2"x2.2" and weighing in at 1.5 pounds. It can be used like any other power bank; it does a fine job of charging any of your standard mobile electronics. However, its main purpose is to charge more power hungry devices like laptops...
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Former PlayStation executive Connie Booth, one of the chief architects of PlayStation's first-party strategy before her unexpected departure in 2023, is joining EA to help lead its studios amid its ongoing restructure.
Booth's title will be Group General Manager, Action RPG, with a portfolio that will include EA Motive (Iron Man), Cliffhanger (Black Panther), and BioWare (Dragon Age, Mass Effect). She will report directly to EA Entertainment head Laura Miele.
"Connie spent more than 30 years helping to build Sony Interactive Entertainment’s internal studios and is responsible for guiding the development of some of their biggest franchises, including Marvel’s Spider-Man 1 & 2, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, Uncharted, Ratchet and...
The Xbox Series X and S version of Final Fantasy 14 has a unique virtual currency that must be bought from the Microsoft Store before being spent in-game.
In a blog post, Square Enix revealed the currency, called 'FFXIV Coins', and issued a warning to Xbox players who plan to jump into the long-running MMO when it finally launches on their consoles on Thursday, March 21.
Here’s the info from Square Enix:
FFXIV Coins are not used with the PC and PlayStation versions of Final Fantasy 14, which has sparked something of a backlash from the Xbox community. Clearly, the addition of FFXIV Coins complicates matters for Xbox players, but there's additional confusion around how Xbox players will buy a Final Fantasy 14 subscription. Square...
When Overwatch 2 Season 10 releases next month, players won't have to wait to play its newest hero, Venture. Rather than make its 40th hero available through the Battle Pass, Blizzard is planning to make Venture immediately available along with every other hero to date.
The update is one of several changes that Blizzard has planned for Season 10, which is expected to launch in mid-April, including changes to Mythic skins, earning coins, and core gameplay. In particular, it seeks to streamline how players gain access to Overwatch 2's content, with heroes being one of the key areas of focus.
Once Season 10 starts, the main barrier to entry will be the tutorial in which players unlock various Overwatch characters. After the original...
Microsoft has confirmed the second wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass during March 2024.
Out today, March 19, is open-world farming adventure Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview) (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) as a day-one release. IGN’s Lightyear Frontier Early Access Review returned a 7/10. We said: “Cute and chill, homesteading in your giant mech on Lightyear Frontier’s alien world is already some good and simple fun, even if it currently stops a bit short.”
Also out today is MLB The Show 24 (Cloud and Console) as another day-one Game Pass launch. Coming soon, on March 20, is Supermassive’s The Quarry (Cloud and Console). IGN’s The Quarry Review returned a 7/10. We said: “The Quarry is a fun, bloody thrill ride on your first...
Long before the Evil became Resident, the Hill fell Silent, and the Space turned Dead, there was another seminal survival horror classic that established a lot of the fright-heavy fundamentals that would stalk the shadowy hallways of the genre for decades to come. That game was 1992’s Alone in the Dark, which featured 3D graphics that were groundbreaking at the time, as well as a genre-defining emphasis on puzzle-solving, inventory management, and combat that involved just as much flight as fight. Now developer Pieces Interactive has reimagined the aging original in the form of a new Alone in the Dark – but although it features some surprising environments to explore and a fairly compelling supernatural mystery to unravel, its shallow...
Terra Invicta launches on PC Game Pass and the Microsoft Store on March 26, publisher Hooded Horse has announced.
Terra Invicta is a sci-fi grand strategy game about dealing with an extraterrestrial invasion of the solar system. It launched in 2022 in early access form on Steam, where it enjoys a ‘very positive’ user review rating. Terra Invicta is developed by Pavonis Interactive, maker of the famous Long War mods for 2012 game XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Here’s the official blurb:
Each of the seven factions comes with its own unique end goal and playstyle:
The Resistance works to form an alliance of nations to mount a coordinated defense.
Humanity First vows to exterminate the aliens alongside any who sympathize with them.
The...
Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has given words of advice to players planning on using mods with the game after the highly anticipated 1.6 update releases on PC later today.
“PSA for people who use mods: A ton of mods are already updated for 1.6 (check out https://smapi.io/mods),” said Barone in a recent X/Twitter post. “Also, I've added a public steam branch that will let you stay on version 1.5.6 if you choose. I recommend trying out 1.6 without mods, but it's up to you.”
As highlighted by Barone, links for a wealth of supposedly compatible (and broken) 1.6 mods are available to browse on the Stardew Valley mod site SMAPI, which allow players to do everything from tweaking core gameplay mechanics and aesthetics to...
A demo for Sand Land is out now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via Steam, publisher Bandai Namco has announced.
The demo lets players explore part of the map alongside Beelzebub, Rao, and Thief and experiment with some of their skills. Bandai Namco said players will get a feel for weapon customisation and other upgrades for the vehicle. You can increase the vehicle’s efficiency during battles.
Sand Land was created by the late Akira Toriyama, a manga artist of major renown for his Dragon Ball series as well as his contributions to many games such as Dragon Quest. It debuted in 2000 as a short-lived tale of a demon prince exploring a desolate wilderness, with a feature-length film debuting last summer...
Capcom has confirmed the releasing times for owners of the digital version of Dragon’s Dogma 2.
The hotly-anticipated action role-playing game has an official release date of March 22, 2024, but it will be available to play on March 21 on Steam in certain regions. On PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, Dragon’s Dogma 2 launches 00:00 local time March 22 everywhere except regions that use Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), when it goes live 9pm March 21.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 global release times:
Steam
Los Angeles: 5pm PDT March 21
New York: 8pm EDT March 21
Toronto: 8pm EDT March 21
Mexico City: 6pm CST March 21
São Paulo: 9pm BRT March 21
London: 00:00 GMT March 22
Paris: 1am CET March 22
Helsinki: 2am EET March 22
Riyadh: 3am AST March...
Embattled Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection developer Aspyr has released the game's first post-launch update.
Update I, out now for Battlefront Classic Collection on Steam and in the submission and certification process for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, makes a number of changes to multiplayer, control schemes, visuals, audio, and fixes bugs and crashes.
The patch fixes a bug that has been a part of the original Battlefront 2 ever since its launch in 2005 that gave the Empire and Confederacy of Independent Systems factions an advantage on Death Star. ("Fixed the reinforcements to correctly deduct 1 reinforcement when the Republic or Rebels die on Death Star.")
It’s worth noting that the changes listed for Hero...
Not long ago, Madame Web and Anyone but You star Sydney Sweeney revealed in an IGN interview that, like many of us, she grew up playing a Simpsons video game - but she didn't reveal which one it was.
Luckily, for the sake of journalism, we've followed up and found out that the Simpsons game in question was, in fact, The Simpsons: Road Rage.
It all started a few weeks ago, when Sweeney mentioned at a press junket for Madame Web that she grew up with a brother who plays video games all the time. When asked what her favorite game was, she said, "we would play The Simpsons game," while miming a steering wheel. She also mentioned playing Super Mario Bros. games on her Nintendo DS when her co-star Isabela Merced brought it up.
Fans were...
Virtual reality has a lot of cool sports that simply can’t exist in real life, but Nock is easily the coolest one out there. Nock is in its most simple sense a ball game, but thanks to a great update last year, you can now choose to play it in two ways: one that feels […]
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Whether you’re being swarmed by flesh-rending bugs or knee-deep in murderous chrome within the hell that is Robot Vietnam, it’s certainly fair to say that Helldivers 2 can become overwhelming pretty quickly. Luckily for you, we’ve got no less than twenty stellar tips that will help to keep both you and your teammates alive as […]
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Capcom's highly anticipated role-playing game Dragon's Dogma 2 launches March 22, 2024 but spoilers have already leaked online.
As reported by Eurogamer, the now fairly common occurence of major games leaking before their release date has happened again with Dragon's Dogma 2, where players have seemingly received physical copies ahead of launch.
Regardless of how they obtained the copies, these players have streamed them online, uploaded videos to YouTube, and shared clips and other content on social media. While Capcom has issued takedown notices for some of these, the nature of the internet means they've already spread like wildfire.
Those looking forward to the RPG may therefore want to mute keywords on X/Twitter and avoid...
In a flip flop for the ages, Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone has revealed that mayonnaise will become a drinkable item for players once the highly anticipated 1.6 update lands for PC on March 19.
“I like pickles, but mayo... I plead the 5th,” said Barone to a fan in a 2021 Twitter/X post discussing why the digital versions of the foodstuffs couldn't be slurped down in Stardew Valley. “But if I remember right, the real reason you can't eat them in the game is because they are in a glass jar and I didn't want to have to draw a special animation for fishing out the pickles, and no way would I allow drinking mayonnaise.”
Well, time makes liars of us all, and in his latest daily patch note Barone announced that the impending 1.6...
Microsoft has created another custom Xbox Series X, this time theming after Fallout in celebration of the upcoming Amazon show.
Revealed in a post on X/Twitter, below, the console will be given away to one lucky fan who follows Xbox and retweets the post. The prize includes more than just the custom Xbox Series X, however, as it also bundles in a controller (which can actually be bought) and a custom vault to keep the hardware in.
This is a seemingly working safe with various bits of Fallout branding on it. It's marked as Vault 33, which is the same bunker where the Fallout TV show's protagonist comes from. Interestingly, it also has "Fort Knox" written on it, which is only mentioned in Bethesda's game universe in Fallout 76.
The...
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian has issued hotfix 22 across PC, PlayStation 5, Mac, and, crucially, Xbox, bringing players on Microsoft’s console up to date.
The sprawling Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game had lagged behind by a number of hotfixes on Xbox Series X and S as a result of an Xbox exclusive crash bug, but now with the release of hotfix 22, Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox has hotfixes 20 and 21, too.
Alongside this release, issues with Xbox cross-saves should now be resolved, Larian said. “Thank you again for your patience while we worked to fix the issue, and we’re sorry for any inconvenience it may have caused,” the developer added.
Hotfix #22, meanwhile, resolves further crashes and blockers, and, as Larian put it, makes...
The Monster Hunter Stories remaster was officially announced during the Nintendo Direct in February. If you want both that and its sequel, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, together, you can now preorder the physical version of the Monster Hunter Stories Collection for Nintendo Switch at various retailers (see at Amazon). This version comes with a game card for Monster Hunter Stories and then a download voucher for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.
It's set to release on June 14 this year and will set you back $59.99. Head to the links below to secure a copy for yourself today.
Preorder Monster Hunter Stories Collection
Also at GameStop - $59.99
Monster Hunter Stories Collection Preorder Bonus
There are a few...
The first stage of Cities: Skylines 2‘s long-awaited in-game modding support launches on March 25 alongside its first post-launch asset pack, called Beach Properties.
Colossal Order’s troubled city-builder sequel launched in October 2023 on PC via Steam and immediately ran into a number of issues. Player sentiment turned a ‘mixed’ Steam user review rating into ‘mostly negative’ for recent reviews, with the first Cities Skylines game currently enjoying more players than its sequel. Last month, Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen admitted the lack of modding support was the developer’s “biggest regret”.
Now, nearly six months after launch, Cities: Skylines 2’s first stage of mod support approaches, and is set to let players build...
A veteran Star Wars: Battlefront modder has dug further into the recently released Classic Collection and uncovered more evidence that the controversial release used their mod despite developer Aspyr promising it wouldn’t.
Last month, IGN reported on concern from the Star Wars: Battlefront community sparked by the Classic Collection’s debut trailer, which suggested the game used a mod that brought a previously Xbox-exclusive Battlefront 2 DLC to the PC original.
The original, Pandemic-developed Battlefront 2 that launched in 2005 had a DLC pack exclusive to the original Xbox version that added two new heroes (Kit Fisto and Asajj Ventress), as well as four maps. Both Kit and Asajj had unique animations and moves no other characters...
While most Helldivers 2 players are busy fending off the Terminids and Automatons, some believe they have seen evidence that a third faction called the Illuminate are on their way.
Players of the first Helldivers game will be familiar with The Illuminate, an ancient and technologically advanced alien civilization hell-bent on destroying Super Earth. Now, with Helldivers 2 out for over a month, players have reported seeing odd blue lasers that cause damage if they hit.
Redditor Dye335 reported a “vibrant” blue laser shot knocked them down to around 60% HP. “It must have been an Illuminate Sniper just like the first game, and it (the sniper) must’ve teleported out immediately after the shot,” Dye335 said. “I wish I was screen recording...
We've got some good news for Dragon's Dogma fans in the UK, as it has been discounted for both Xbox and PS5 before its release day this week. All you need to do is use code FRESH20 when preordering the game from The Game Collection via eBay, and rest assured your order will arrive for release day on March 22. This will bring the game down to just £50.36 (see here) on PS5, and £49.36 on Xbox, and a huge saving of around £20 when compared to buying the game digitally at £69.99.
We got our most recent taste of Dragon's Dogma 2 gameplay a few days ago, The most recent trailer puts a spotlight on the Sorcerer's vocation. For those currently shopping the latest eBay promo, a quick reminder that the FRESH20 code is only running until the...
Arriving twenty years after the original Outcast, a sequel, Outcast - A New Beginning is out now, and to herald its launch, publisher THQ Nordic and IGN partnered up to send the Adelpha Edition of the game to space. To make this stellar outing even better, one lucky fan will win the Adelpha Edition that actually went to space, plus another sealed version for their collection. Read on for details on how to enter for your chance to win.
The Launch
Early in the morning in a field in the Midlands, three copies of Outcast - A New Beginning (one for each platform) were loaded into the compartment of the custom built spacecraft, alongside the mounted 9.5” Saï statuette that is included in the Adelpha Edition of the game.
Overseeing...
A number of professional Apex Legends players were hacked mid-match during the game’s Global Series, putting a stop to the tournament and sparking concern about the security of some EA games.
During the North American finals of the Apex Legends Global Series, Noyan "Genburten" Ozkose was surprised to discover the ability to see through walls, an incident you can see in the video below from X/Twitter user @Apryze_:
It didn’t stop there. Phillip "ImperialHal" Dosen was then somehow given an aimbot. Footage shows chat taken over by the words "Apex hacking global series by Destroyer2009 & R4ndom."
Apex Legends esports was then forced to abandon the tournament. “Due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised, we have...
Welcome to our living list of smiles and savings! That's right, Amazon's Big Smile Sale is back again from today through to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 24. What's a Big Smile event? Something that sounds like a dentistry discount-fest but is actually a mini Prime Day—the best time to cheaply grab a game or some peripherals to make your forthcoming holidays awesome!
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 14th birthday of God of War III, a mind-blowing sequel that's still remembered as a high watermark for colossal sized bosses. Case in point: the titanic battle against a 1,600 ft tall Cronos that pushed the PS3 to its limits and still lives rent free in my head. Epic stuff.
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The weekend is coming to a close, and we've gathered up some excellent deals for you! Whether you're searching for a new laptop or a discounted game, we've got you covered with the best deals for Sunday, March 17. These deals include Resident Evil 4, Apple MacBook Air M1, PlayStation 5 Slum Bundle, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, God of War Ragnarok, and more.
Resident Evil 4 for $29.99
2023's Resident Evil 4 is one of the best remakes out there on current generation consoles. Following Leon S. Kennedy, you travel to a remote village in Europe with a mission to locate the President's missing daughter. This Resident Evil title is the perfect blend of action and horror. Right now, Amazon has the title half off for all consoles, which matches the...
From becoming a staple name in the 3D platformer genre with Crash Bandicoot to creating one of the most beloved stories in video games with The Last of Us, Naughty Dog is without question one of the biggest and most respected names in game development. Jumping from genre to genre with each major franchise it creates, the team’s now-iconic paw print logo has become synonymous with huge productions, heart-wrenching storytelling, and characters that transcend the medium.
Naughty Dog’s rise from the home of colorful, light-hearted platforming to the go-to studio for gripping, mature storytelling has been lined with nearly two dozen games, ranging from fantasy RPGs to educational math games. So, let’s run through every title Naughty Dog...
I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a certain satisfaction that comes from the Tetris-like puzzle of inventory management in some games – hell, a whole game based around that idea, Save Room, became its own hit. Meanwhile the autobattler genre that has exploded in recent years hits similar notes, providing the joy of seeing your planning and preparation pay off in PvP. The bite-sized indie joint Backpack Battles combines these two ideas, pitting your organizational skills and wits in creating RPG-like character builds against others in fast-paced one-on-one matches. After a dozen hours with its Early Access release, I've seen the seeds of something great in that concept, with the potential to grow into something unique and impressive...
If you're looking to dust off that original Xbox and play Halo 2 but wish you could hop on the servers like you did in the late 2000s, well, now you can, thanks to a group of devoted fans.
Those fans are behind the project Insignia, a free, unofficial original Xbox Live replacement that is dedicated to reviving the online multiplayer component for the Original Xbox game console. The official Insignia X/Twitter account posted this week that it was launching a Public Beta to revive the Halo 2 servers today.
The public beta will include ten multiplayer matchmaking playlists, which you can check out below:
Rumble Pit
Double Team
Team Slayer
Team Skirmish
Team Training
Team Snipers
Team Hardcore
Team Swat
Big Team Battle
H2 Challenge...