Gaming News

A Modern Warfare 3 player has unlocked the most coveted weapon camo in the game after a near 76-hour grind following the game’s launch.Call of Duty streamer Reidboyy unlocked the Interstellar camo live with 75 hours and 46 minutes on the clock and after an eye-watering 14,000 kills — all while wearing Call of Duty’s premium Nicki Minaj character skin.The Interstellar camo, considered the hardest to obtain in Modern Warfare 3 due to the sheer amount of time and effort it takes to unlock, involves the completion of all the game’s Priceless camo challenges. That means completing all the camo challenges for all 36 weapons (pistols, grenade launches, melee weapons, the lot) currently in the game. Some of these challenges are...

The developer of Cities Skylines 2 has issued an update on the game, confirming a significant delay to a key feature and the slowdown of patch releases.The city builder, which launched on Steam to a ‘mixed’ user review rating last month, does not currently have official mod support or the expected in-game editor. Without an asset import feature, mod makers are unable to import their own assets into the game. The original Cities Skylines enjoyed strong support from the modding community.In a blog post, Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen said the studio’s goal is to release the editor “as soon as possible”, but expects it will take a couple of months to get into “a shape where we can release it”. “We don’t have a concrete...

Welcome to another day of percolating pre-Black Friday bargains. For whatever reason, those fund-saving festivities have kicked off way earlier than usual. I'm seeing a bunch of Amazon AU scores on my radar, and the PlayStation Store has fired the first holiday season salvo with an Up To 75% Off Essentials Sale. Obviously, the term 'essentials' gets stretched pretty far there, but I did cherry-pick some actual gold for you...This Day in GamingAussie birthdays for notable games and hardware- Daytona USA: CCE (SAT) 1996.- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (PS2) 2002.- Beyond Good & Evil (PS2) 2003. Get- WoW: Wrath of the Lich King (PC) 2008.- DuckTales: Remastered (PC) 2013. Get- This War of Mine (PC) 2014. GetTable of Contents...

With Black Friday on the horizon, it’s a great time to start looking around for deals on video games, hardware, and accessories. When it comes to the former, you can find an excellent variety of games discounted during this sale event. But what happens if you miss your shot to pick up a game you wanted while it was discounted or it ran out of stock? Don’t worry, sale events actually happen all throughout the year, so there are plenty of other opportunities to get games at a cheaper price. No matter which platform you prefer to play on, there’s always a deal to find somewhere, whether that’s during a sale event or at a retailer.Retailers like Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target usually offer discounts on games throughout...

PlayStation has revealed some new details of its India Hero Project – the company’s big push into the exploding India game market. First announced in May 2023 as a followup to the successful China Hero Project, the new initiative aims to support game developers in India to bring their games to PlayStation 5.The gaming market in India is currently worth an estimated $868 million in 2023 according to analyst firm Niko Partners, which is expected to nearly double by 2027. Recent advances in affordable high-spec smartphones coupled with the Indian government’s investments in affordable high-speed mobile internet has made mobile platforms more easily accessible to gamers in India. And while console and PC platforms are currently a tiny...

Technology and e-commerce giant Amazon has laid off 180 workers from its video game division.First reported by Aftermath and independently confirmed by IGN, layoffs included Game Growth and the Crown Channel, an original program on Twitch that launched in 2020. Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartman addressed the layoffs in a memo to employees on Monday."It never feels good to say goodbye to colleagues. This isn't a decision the leadership team came to quickly; it was the result of extensive considerations and road mapping for our future," he wrote. "We are proud of the work the teams have been doing, pushing into new areas with weekly content on Crown Channel and finding more ways to help publishers reach new audiences with Game...

Nominees for The Game Awards 2023 have been revealed, with Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 leading the way with eight nominations each.Alan Wake 2's nominations include Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Sound Design, Best Performance (from Melanie Liburd), and Best Action/Adventure Game.Baldur's Gate 3 saw a number of similar nominations including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Score and Music, Best Performance (from Neil Newbon), Best Community Support, Best RPG, and Best Multiplayer.Marvel's Spider-Man 2 received seven nominations, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom received five alongside Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and...

Remedy Entertainment has issued an update on one of its four in-development games, confirming it has ditched the free-to-play model in the process.Codename Vanguard was set to be a free-to-play co-op game, but it’s now described as “a premium game with a strong cooperative multiplayer component”. This “reboot” has resulted in a new codename: Kestrel.Remedy signed a publishing deal with Tencent back in December 2021 to develop Vanguard but both companies have now agreed to the change in direction.“Due to uncertainties in creating a successful game to the rapidly changing free-to-play market and associated risks, the parties have discussed a new direction for the game project, which will be given the new codename, Kestrel,” Remedy...

I did not think for a second I was going to be impressed by the PlayStation Portal, Sony's small-screen Remote Play solution for the PS5. With Remote Play already working great on tablets and phones, and controller solutions like the Backbone designed specifically for playing console games remotely, the Portal seemed like a solution to a problem no one had. Why spend $200 on a single-purpose device when there are much cheaper solutions already available? And yet, after spending time with the PlayStation Portal, I gotta say… this thing rules. That's not to say I wouldn’t change anything about it. In fact, it has some missing features that make me scratch my head, but my initial skepticism has been replaced by enthusiasm.Bigger Is...

Call of Duty’s latest operator is a decorated Navy SEAL veteran and the cousin of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.Johnson’s cousin, Benjamin F., is a 16-year Navy SEAL veteran with multiple Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, Ben’s operator handle is Koa King. Koa means warrior in Samoan.Koa King is available as part of the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Warrior Pack, which raises money to help place unemployed and underemployed veterans in the U.S. and UK into high-quality jobs.The eldest of eight, Benjamin F. was born in American Samoa. Over his 16 years of service, he deployed to Europe, Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and received two Bronze Stars, both with Valor; the Purple Heart; the Navy...

The Baldur’s Gate 3 sex speedrunning community has turned its attention to the game’s infamous horny bear after a previous tactic was patched out.Developer Larian’s sprawling Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game has spawned a vociferous Sex% speedrun category in which players try to bed a companion in the quickest time possible. The current world record, set by speedrunner Mae, comes in at under two minutes and uses the previously established strategy of gaining enough early approval with Githyanki fighter Lae'zel that she agrees to spend the night.Lae'zel was the perfect companion for this strategy because she was relatively easy to impress right at the start of the game by bullying a Tiefling in Silvanus' Grove, an area players...

I’ve written about a lot of games in this column in the last year, all of which I’ve loved very much. But I don’t think I’ve been totally obsessed with any of them in the way I’ve been obsessed with In Stars and Time. For a week, I stayed up late every night because I couldn’t put it down. I dreamed about it. I sat at my desk at work, watching the clock, eager for the hour when I could finally get home and try again to unravel the mystery of what was really going on in the hearts and heads of protagonist Siffrin and his companions.In Stars and Time fits into a lovely mental box I have going of RPGs that riff on the Earthbound tradition by contrasting themes of earnestness and joy with an unsettling metanarrative that riffs on the...

Nintendo has announced a new Indie World Showcase airs on November 14, and features roughly 20 minutes of updates and announcements focussed on indie titles coming to the Switch.The presentation starts at 12pm ET on Tuesday, and can be streamed live on the Nintendo website and on the company’s official YouTube channel.Within minutes of going live, the X post was inundated by comments from fans hoping to see an update, or even a potential release date, for Hollow Knight: Silksong, while others implored fans of the franchise to keep their enthusiasm in check with the liberal use of memes.The last Indie World showcase took place in April earlier this year, and gave us our first glimpse at Blasphemous 2, along with updates on highly...

Mortal Kombat 1’s aggressive monetisation has once again come under fire from players after Nintendo spilled the beans on the standalone price of the Omni-Man DLC character.The Nintendo eShop currently displays the $7.99 price of Omni-Man, who arrives in Mortal Kombat 1 as a standalone purchase later this week after his early access arrival as part of Kombat Pack 1.Players of the full-price, $70 fighting game were quick to point out that Omni-Man’s price, which cements publisher Warner Bros. Games’ strategy of setting characters at $7.99, is further evidence of Mortal Kombat 1’s "wild" monetisation.Omni-Man, who of course comes complete with eye-catching Fatalities lifted from the Invincible Amazon Prime series, is cheaper than...

This article contains minor spoilers for a scene and location featured in Like a Dragon Gaiden Chapter 3.Yakuza fans are getting some major Persona 5 vibes from Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.The latest Yakuza/Like a Dragon entry seemingly takes inspiration from the beloved role-playing game with fans noticing some music and user interface elements bearing resemblance. One scene in particular really drove the idea home though, in which protagonist Kiryu Kazuma swings around a bright and colourful casino area in what could be a tribute to Persona 5's opening.Kiryu, under his new guise as a secret agent Joryu, gets several gadgets to play with in Like a Dragon Gaiden including the Spider, which ejects a thin...

Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Elden Ring, with mentions of its final bosses.Elden Ring's latest hero LetMeSoloThem, the Nightwing to Let Me Solo Her's Batman, has now helped 5,000 fellow Tarnished defeat the games final bosses.As reported by PCGamesN, LetMeSoloThem shared footage of their 5,000th victory on YouTube and thanked fans for their support throughout the long journey."Today I've reached the goal I set for myself a year ago: I've finally helped 5,000 people become Elden Lord," LetMeSoloThem said. "So I really just wanted to make this video to say thank you. Thank you to each and every one of you guys. I've had so much fun, truly. This has been such an amazing experience."Elden Ring's...

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is the first game in the long-running shooter series to carry forward cosmetics from a previous game, and while on paper this means welcome continued use for virtual items players have bought, out on the battlefield it’s causing a few problems.Warzone and Modern Warfare 2’s Gaia operator skin, dubbed ‘Groot’ by the community because it is made up of twisting roots much like the Marvel superhero, went live as part of the premium battle pass for the recently released Season 6. At the time, fans were quick to call Gaia pay-to-win because of how hard it is to see in-game.Last month, Activision adjusted the Gaia skin to improve visibility, acknowledging the problem in the process. But now Modern Warfare 3...

Tekken 8’s roster of playable characters is now complete with the announcement of Reina, the final launch character.Reina, aka the Purple Lightning, is “surrounded by mystery”, but we do know she is a student at the Mishima Polytechnical School, and is particularly interested in fighting Jin.Check out Reina in the screenshots below:Potential Tekken 8 story spoilers are ahead.Reina may in fact be the spiritual successor to Heihachi, who is dead in the ongoing Tekken story. She uses an acrobatic fighting style rooted in Taido, and plays a “vital” role in Tekken 8’s story mode, The Dark Awakens. Reina even uses some classic Mishima moves, including Wind God Fist and Spinning Demon, and the Heaven’s Wrath stance once used by...

Antony Starr, who plays Homelander in Amazon Prime show The Boys, has said he is not voicing the famous supervillain in fighting game Mortal Kombat 1, much to the disappointment of fans.Instagram user @vaguelyokay asked Starr: “Are you voicing Homelander in Mortal Kombat 1?” And Starr’s response was crystal clear: “Nope.”The news comes as a surprise given Mortal Kombat 1 developer NetherRealm has secured Starr’s likeness for Homelander, who is set to hit the game as part of Kombat Pack 1. NetherRealm did get Invincible actor JK Simmons’ voice and likeness for the recently released Omni-Man character. And NetherRealm chief Ed Boon has confirmed in interviews that actor John Cena provided voice work for Peacemaker, who is also an...

Black Friday seems to start earlier every year, and honestly, I'm of two minds about this phenomenon. The part of me that's a stickler hates how a literal one-day event has morphed into a two-week season that spans either side of Fri, 24 Nov. That said, the insatiable deals-hungry bargain hunter in me cares not for accuracy. He just wants cheap things. All day. Every day.With this being the case, it's time to zero in early on the hottest deals between now and the "official" Black Friday season. For the record, retailers like Amazon Australia consider that to be Friday, November 17 all the way through to Friday, November 24 in 2023. Also, may I suggest you Xmas shoppers start now because some Aussie ports are predicting shipping...

Hades, the beloved rouge-like from Supergiant Games that has you attempting to escape the Underworld of Greek myth, is headed to Apple devices via Netflix in 2024.When Hades arrives on iOS, it will do so without any in-game ads, no extra fees, and no in-app purchases, much like other Netflix games. It will simply be available to play as it always has, just now on more devices that have Netflix!We here at IGN are obviously happy more people will get a chance to play Hades as we awarded it our Game of the Year award in 2020."Hades is a one-of-a-kind rogue-lite that sets the bar for creatively combining wildly different genres and using their strengths to complement each other in unexpected ways," We wrote of Hades. "Satisfying...

This is our Zombies review for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Check out the single-player review for our thoughts on the campaign or the multiplayer review for our thoughts on PvP.Like a lot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, this year’s Zombies mode has undergone what might be described as a "Warzone-ification," forcing its traditional PvE elements into a larger, more open map. But as popular as the Warzone side of Call of Duty (or in this case, the extraction shooter mode, DMZ) might be, mixing it together with Zombies just dilutes both. This is less a new take on Zombies than it is a DMZ reskin, and with disparate elements cherry picked from both modes mashed against one another. It has had some highlights in the first few hours...

With the holiday season underway, NetherRealm Studios is joining in on the festivities with some holiday Mortal Kombat 1 Fatalities, including a Thanksgiving-themed one. It, like every other Fatality, is pretty gory, but that might not be what grosses you out about it.It's not out yet officially, but X/Twitter user @thethiny managed to datamine it, and it's already getting pretty visceral reactions. If you've got a strong stomach, you can watch it below. (Warning: It's quite graphic and may leave you feeling nauseous, especially if you're squeamish about vomit).Basically, it's pretty gnarly, as the character is shown getting their pummeled face forcibly stuffed with typical foods you'd consume at a Thanksgiving dinner — turkey...

After years of yearning from fans, intense speculation, rumors, unthinkably massive data breaches, and even an FBI Investigation, co-founder and President of Rockstar Games Sam Houser posted on the studio blog and Twitter account on December 8th that the “first trailer for the next Grand Theft Auto” will be released in early December.In just a few hours, the tweet had nearly a hundred million views, almost five hundred thousand retweets, and over one million likes. All for an announcement of an announcement.But how did hype for the next entry in the vaunted series reach such a fever pitch? Let’s take a look at everything we know about Grand Theft Auto 6.The Earliest ReportsWhile we didn’t get any concrete details about GTA 6...

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is getting a free, two-part update called The Traitor Curse, developer Fatshark has announced.Part one of the update arrives in November 2023 while part two arrives in December, sometime "before the winter holidays," Fatshark said. Nothing more specific was given, but The Traitor Curse is being released in celebration of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's first anniversary, which is November 30.Part one includes a new cinematic about the motivations of the Moebian 6th and also introduces players to The Carnival, a new disreputable zone promising transgressive distractions and entertainment. Fans can also get a brief glimpse at this new area in a trailer.The Carnival zone and a new mission naturally comes in...

A sweeping cosmic ocean filled with emergent possibilities, for the longest time space has been just been the ‘final frontier’, but so too has it long enjoyed being an enticing frontier for the imagination. Given the vast creative opportunities that exist within space, there has been no shortage of video games that have taken us […]The post The Best Solo Space Games on PC appeared first on Green Man Gaming Blog.Continue reading...

Mortal Kombat 1 now has its first DLC character, Omni-Man from the Invincible series, and players have already discovered he’s equal parts broken and hilarious.It’s early days of course, but already the community has declared Omni-Man an extremely powerful character. So he should be, right? It’s Omni-Man after all. He’s meant to be one of the most powerful beings around! But in a fighting game you want a decent balance across the roster of playable characters, and Omni-Man is perhaps a little overpowered for his own good.A lot of his damage potential comes from using incredible speed to punish his opponent, even from a projectile, and his ability to dodge attacks. The timing can be tight, but in the right hands Omni-Man is clearly...

The best fantasy city builders let you enjoy the wonders of infrastructure and keeping your citizens happy, while also indulging your more fantastical ideas. This subgenre of city builders has not only gained more popularity in recent years, but also gained some incredible new entries as well. We’re expecting SteamWorld Build to be a great […]The post The Best Fantasy City Builders To Enjoy Before SteamWorld Build appeared first on Green Man Gaming Blog.Continue reading...

With its sandbox-like “Open Combat” missions and the return of fan-favourite villain Makarov, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this year’s Call of Duty campaign might be a fun step forward for the series. Sadly, it’s a disaster. Modern Warfare 3 is the worst single-player outing for COD in its lifetime; a duct-taped mess of missions, many of which are quite literally ripped from Warzone, that frequently plays like DMZ multiplayer with bots. It’s almost certain to be remembered as Call of Duty’s lowest point when it comes to single-player design.I’ll leave it to our review to analyse MW3’s worst mistakes. Instead, let’s remember Call of Duty’s finest hour and the game that laid the foundations for the shooter’s contemporary image...

They say a picture is worth a thousand worths. And there are plenty of positive things to say about two recent images posted by Larian Studios, showing the strides the developer has made to optimize the Xbox Series S port of Baldur's Gate 3.Larian Studios CEO and founder Swen Vincke posted screenshots showcasing how the team has substantially reduced the RAM and VRAM loads for Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox Series S.Both graphs reveal the progress Larian made between September through early November, showing the drastic decreases with the current numbers around 2.3GB for VRAM and 4.7GB of RAM usage, down from the 3.5GB and 5.2GB both were hitting in early September.Though Vincke did not specify what Larian had done to achieve such a...