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SO FAR IN SO LITTLE | No Rest for the Wicked's biggest hotfix yet brings major performance boosts, adds quality of life updates, and 8 new shields

It's the one week anniversary of No Rest for the Wicked, and Moon Studios is celebrating with a beefy hotfix.

April 26, 2024 Sherif Saed

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The Witcher 3 New Game+: How to start and what carries over

Here's everything you need to know about starting The Witcher 3 over in NG+ mode, including what carries over between saves.

April 24, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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LMAPBEARER'S END | Lords of the Fallen's final major update says screw it, lets you balance the game yourself

The Lords of the Fallen roadmap has reached its conclusion, with one last big milestone.

April 24, 2024 Sherif Saed

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LOOPHOLE NO MORE | Steam just changed its refund policy, but it shouldn’t affect you too much – unless you were gaming the system

Valve clearly wants to keep up with the growing trend of games charging extra money to let players in early.

April 24, 2024 Sherif Saed

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FINALITY | 5 years on from Mortal Kombat 11's series high-point, the games industry seems intent on making it the last MK I'll ever love

I’ve always felt that Mortal Kombat 11 was the end of an era for NetherRealm, and Mortal Kombat 1 solidified that for me.

April 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

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NAMESAKE | No Rest for the Wicked is already making some of its most most annoying mechanics better

No Rest for the Wicked wrapped up its first weekend with a duo of hotfixes that definitely made a few things better.

April 22, 2024 Sherif Saed

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FORAGING FOR HERBS | No Rest for the Wicked makes a killer first impression, but I’m worried about all the crafting and survival guff

I am wary about how No Rest for the Wicked's mechanics could drive players away over time.

April 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

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MIXED FOR THE WICKED | No Rest for the Wicked has players divided, as it launches to Mixed Steam reviews and plenty of complaints

No Rest for the Wicked is Moon Studios' first Steam Early Access launch, and it shows.

April 19, 2024 Sherif Saed

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STOPPING THE SIFTING | Diablo 4 PTR's best feature has me more excited about Season 4 than I’ve ever been – and it’s not even the better loot

One of the perhaps less flashy changes in the recent Diablo 4 PTR is the one that actually has me most interested in playing Season 4 next month.

April 18, 2024 Sherif Saed

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CAVEAT-EMPTY | As Star Wars Outlaws locks missions behind $100 paywall, No Rest for the Wicked isn't afraid to buck the trend

No Rest for the Wicked looks to be a refreshing return to a time when games were content to sell you on an experience and leave it at that.

April 17, 2024 Sherif Saed

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NO DICE | EA wants its own Call of Duty salt mines with Battlefield, and it doesn’t make sense

EA is back on its Battlefield Universe horse again as it continues to rope in studios to work on Battlefield. But is it all a little desperate?

April 12, 2024 Sherif Saed

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PTR-FIED | Diablo 4's Season 4 PTR somehow attracted players who never played past seasons, probably because of how big the changes were

The hype around the changes in Diablo 4's PTR made it really attractive, even to players who don't typically care about seasons.

April 12, 2024 Sherif Saed

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BUBBLE BURST | Stellar Blade’s combat takes a lot from Sekiro, so why does it feel different?

Stellar Blade is a fun action game, except when you try to play it like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

April 11, 2024 Sherif Saed

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FIST RUN | Can you beat Dragon's Dogma 2 using only your fists? One unfortunate soul decided to find out

How much are you willing to sacrifice to beat Dragon's Dogma 2 using nothing but your bare hands? Is it even possible?

April 9, 2024 Sherif Saed

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ASHEARA COMPANY | The Diablo 4 PTR has been datamined and it looks like Diablo 2's famed Iron Wolves may return in Season 4

Diablo 4's Season 4 may be a while off yet, but thanks to the current PTR, we have a decent idea what it's going to be about.

April 8, 2024 Sherif Saed

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DOGMA CONFIDENCE | Dragon’s Dogma 2 doesn’t care about you in the slightest, and it’s the single most attractive thing about it

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the most expensive indie game ever made, and I won’t hear otherwise.

April 5, 2024 Sherif Saed

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GOOD SPIRITS | Best Elden Ring Spirit Ashes and locations

If you're looking for some powerful Spirit Ashes to give you an edge in a fight, here's where to find them in Elden Ring.

April 5, 2024 Sherif Saed

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FUTURE NOT FORBIDDEN | Horizon Forbidden West on an Nvidia RTX 4070 Super highlights the gulf between PC and console

The PC version of Horizon Forbidden West is fantastic way to peer into the future of game rendering tech on every platform.

April 2, 2024 Jim Trinca

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DOGMA SALES | Dragon's Dogma 2 week one sales already a third of the original's lifetime sales

Dragon's Dogma 2's early sales figures are in, and they're pretty good, even if they're not quite on the level of recent Capcom hits.

April 2, 2024 Sherif Saed

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CRESTING THE HILL | We may be getting a Silent Hill 2 remake release date soon

The Silent Hill 2 remake has been rated in the United States, suggesting imminent release date news.

April 1, 2024 Sherif Saed

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FIRST ONE OUT | Dragon's Dogma 2's first patch finally adds an option to start a new game, makes housing available earlier

The first proper patch for Dragon's Dogma 2 is here, bringing a couple of much-needed tweaks - but nothing too major.

April 1, 2024 Sherif Saed

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PTR-READY | Diablo 4: everything you need to know about next week's PTR launch, and how to get in on it

Diablo 4's first Public Test Realm (PTR) opens its doors next week, and there's plenty here for players to test ahead of Season 4.

March 29, 2024 Sherif Saed

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WILDS THEORY | "Not even GTA 6 would make them delay it," Capcom insider on Monster Hunter Wilds release window

Monster Hunter Wilds sounds like it's Capcom's most ambitious game yet, and it's going to be out right around when everyone suspected.

March 29, 2024 Sherif Saed

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LILITH PERSPECTIVE | Diablo 4 deserves a lot of the flack it gets, but anyone jumping into today's Game Pass launch shouldn’t care

Diablo 4 remains a compelling action RPG, and easily makes for an exceptional Game Pass get - warts and all.

March 28, 2024 Sherif Saed

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ROLLING D4 | Diablo 4 Game Pass launch time, how to play it on PC and which realm to choose

The Diablo 4 on Game Pass dream is real, and we're here to tell you how you can get in on it.

March 27, 2024 Sherif Saed

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OUTRAGE JUSTIFIED? | How to get (nearly) all Dragon's Dogma 2's DLC microtransactions items for free, in-game

Dragon's Dogma 2 may be a single-player RPG, but it launched with a somewhat long list paid DLC items. Let's break that down.

March 22, 2024 Sherif Saed

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CAN YOU FLY, RONIN? | How to use and upgrade the glider (Avicula) in Rise of the Ronin

Rise of the Ronin’s air glider will quickly become your most-used way of traversal, and it’s not even close.

March 21, 2024 Sherif Saed

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PICTURE THIS | How to get the camera in Rise of the Ronin

Taking photographs of people, things and beautiful scenery is one of the big mechanics in Rise of the Ronin.

March 21, 2024 Sherif Saed

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TIME TRAVEL | How to get the pocket watch and advance time in Rise of the Ronin

You can control time in Rise of the Ronin. And no, that sadly doesn’t mean bullet time.

March 21, 2024 Sherif Saed

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NO HORSIN’ AROUND | How to get and upgrade your horse in Rise of the Ronin

Rise of the Ronin’s open world may not be massive compared to most modern games, but you’ll nevertheless be happy you have a horse you can call on.

March 21, 2024 Sherif Saed

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KEEP RONIN RONIN | 17 things I wish I knew before starting Rise of the Ronin

Rise of the Ronin is Team Ninja’s most accessible action game yet, but it still manages to hide a lot of mechanics that evolved from the Nioh games.

March 21, 2024 Sherif Saed

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SOUP SANDWICH | Rise of the Ronin review - Team Ninja without the bite, or the Nioh heights

Rise of the Ronin is undeniably an evolution of everything Team Ninja has made before, it just picked the wrong path to evolve.

March 21, 2024 Sherif Saed

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PRAISE BE! | Diablo 4's Season 4 and its loot changes are so massive, Blizzard pushed it back by a month

Diablo 4 players will unfortunately have to be stuck with Season 3 longer than they anticipated, but there's a very good reason why.

March 21, 2024 Sherif Saed

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YOU IN? | Watch Blizzard tell you why you should care about Diablo 4's next season and its loot overhaul today

Blizzard returns today with a look at one of Diablo 4's biggest changes since its release.

March 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

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MOBILE DROPS | Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile release date and unlock times worldwide

Warzone Mobile finally opens up to the general public on iOS and Android this week. Here's when you can start playing.

March 19, 2024 Sherif Saed

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PTR BECKONS | Blizzard's next big Diablo 4 livestream will talk game's first Public Test Realm, huge loot overhauls, and Season 4

The next Diablo 4 Campfire Chat looks like one of the biggest so far, and it's not one you'd want to miss.

March 15, 2024 Sherif Saed

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RETURNING POINT? | Battlefield 2042 Season 7 arrives next week, and DICE is offering players who missed out on the last two seasons a bonus

As promised, the next Battlefield 2042 season of content has been fully revealed, and it will be here very soon.

March 13, 2024 Sherif Saed

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WHAT IF? | The Alters, from Frostpunk dev 11 bit Studios, finally shows off new gameplay - and it's coming to Game Pass

The Alters, the next big game from 11 bit, has reemerged to deliver some big news, and a proper look at its gameplay.

March 6, 2024 Sherif Saed

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NOPE | No, Sony has not acquired the developer of Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 may be breaking records, but its maker has not been bought by PlayStation.

March 6, 2024 Sherif Saed

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INVERSE | Helldivers 2 has done something most other games couldn't, and they'd kill for it

Helldivers 2 is a very popular game, but it's how it achieved this popularity that is turning heads in the industry.

March 5, 2024 Sherif Saed

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GET IN THERE | Oh god, Nioh's weapon stances are reborn in Rise of the Ronin's combat styles

These Rise of the Ronin combat styles very much look like Nioh's stances. You're not fooling anyone, Team Ninja!

March 4, 2024 Sherif Saed

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IS THIS IT? | Is Warzone Mobile’s cross-progression the thing Warzone needs to be relevant again?

Warzone Mobile has confirmed a release date, and reminded us of one feature that could be a game-changer.

March 1, 2024 Sherif Saed

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GAUNTLET'S RIFT | Diablo 4’s Gauntlet finally arrives next week, but there’s more here than just an endgame dungeon

Blizzard has finally, officially announced a release date for Diablo 4’s long-awaited endgame dungeon.

March 1, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Wolf, the main character from Sekiro, leans on his sword. He's imposed over the a veiled version of the Erdtree from Elden Ring, with a shadowed city beneath.

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FLATTENING THE CURVE | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree might have actually solved Souls DLC’s scaling problem, and it’s all thanks to Sekiro

Typicallly, jumping into the DLC for a FromSoftware game made me cautious due to difficulty and scaling – but Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is fixing that.

Feb. 29, 2024 Sherif Saed

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GAUNTLET TRIAL | Watch Diablo 4's (maybe?) final stream of the delayed Gauntlet and Trials here

This has to be the last time Blizzard will be showing off Diablo 4's Gauntlet before it comes out, right?

Feb. 29, 2024 Sherif Saed

Helldivers 1 anniversary key art, where four trooper celebrate around a cake with a big holographic floating '1' above it.

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HELLISH PAST | Want to know where Helldivers 2 is going? Just look back at the original game

As exciting and packed with content as Helldivers 2 is, it's actually missing quite a bit from the original game.

Feb. 27, 2024 Sherif Saed

A skeleton screaming a battlecry in Diablo 4, Season 3: Season of the Construct.

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LOOK WHO'S BACK | Blizzard will finally show off Diablo 4's Trials and the Gauntlet this week

Blizzard developers will be ending their hiatus soon for a bit of a show and tell of one of Diablo 4's big upcoming features.

Feb. 26, 2024 Sherif Saed

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A FRESH EPOCH | Last Epoch tips for Diablo 4 refugees

Are you a Diablo 4 player who’s interested in Last Epoch? Well, this may just be the thing you need to get you to check out the latest ARPG sensation.

Feb. 22, 2024 Sherif Saed