Hunt: Showdown just received its massive 1896 re-launch–one that overhauls Crytek’s supernatural extraction shooter and updates it for current-gen consoles–and it’s doing the numbers on Steam to prove it. Crytek’s shooter has always had a consistent player count of around 20,000-30,000 people on Steam over the last few years, slowly …
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Legendary’s cinematic Monsterverse is set to enter the realm of video games in a big way later this year following the success of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at the box office, with three Monsterverse games set to release in the back half of 2024. One of those upcoming …
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Fortnite Festival Season 5 launches this weekend with a headliner who’s a pretty major pivot from Metallica: Colombian pop and reggaeton singer Karol G. As has been the custom for each season of Festival so far, Karol G will have two skins available to obtain–one in the Season 5 Festival …
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Call of Duty’s current user-interface isn’t very user-friendly, with lots of scrolling needed for blocky menus that are often compared to the Hulu streaming app, but Activision is changing this before the launch of Black Ops 6. The publisher announced that a new interface is on the way, and the …
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Following a leak that spilled the beans ahead of schedule, EA and BioWare have officially announced that Dragon Age: The Veilguard will launch on October 31, 2024. BioWare made the announcement in a press release and new trailer that showed off more of Veilguard’s world and characters. Players take on …
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Update: Fortnite servers are back up as of just before 6 AM ET, and the new season is now live. You can see everything new in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4, the new weapons, map changes, and the new battle pass. The original story follows. Fortnite servers are down for …
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The tech tree is getting an upgrade for Sid Meier’s Civilization series. That’s because the contentious 2K launcher won’t be needed for Civilization VII when it launches in 2025. Additionally, the launcher was removed from Civilization VI on Steam this week. The announcement was made on the Steam page for …
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Against all odds, isometric computer-style RPGs are popular again. While the breakout popularity of Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 is certainly the watershed moment for the modern CRPG resurgence, numerous other companies have also aided in the genre’s resurrection over the years. Some of the most notable are Beamdog Studio’s …
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The end of Destiny 2‘s Episode: Echoes Act 2 finally reveals the identity of the Conductor, a new threat on Nessus who has taken control of the Vex on the planetoid for spooky and nefarious reasons. The community has long suspected exactly who the Conductor might be, and with the …
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The Elder Scrolls: Tastes and Tales of Tamriel (Official Cookbook Vol. 2) $35 Preorder at Amazon Preorder for Kindle The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook Vol. 1 The long wait for The Elder Scrolls 6 will continue until at least 2026, but at least you can prepare for your next …
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