In a rather interesting move, THQ Nordic announced it has purchased Koch Media, owner of Saints Row and Metro publisher Deep Silver, in a deal worth 121 million Euro (149 million dollars). As part of the deal, THQ Nordic gains all of of Deep Silver’s studios such as Volition and Dambuster and Dead Island, as well as Deep Silver’s exclusive rights to the Metro franchise, which is developed by 4A....
A press release came out earlier today revealing that THQ planned to spend the next three days explaining details about three new games. Unfortunately, the announcement was extremely vague, leaving many to speculate what these three games could turn out to be. What the publication did reveal was when the games were going to get announced, so there’s a positive flip on the hazy situation. Here’s when you can expect to learn about these three new games:...
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has received its third major 1.0.1.0g update and patch notes today, April 14. The new update is now available for players in all regions and on all platforms. The update’s highlight for most players will be the new weekly event, Fortunate Encounters. The new Fortunate Encounters event will give players more loot and moon orbs from random encounters in the Overworld. Perfect for anyone who has new items and/or upgrades that they’re working towards....
There can be a minimal argument that Rockstar Games is the best gaming company in the world. Starting life as Acme Software back in 1984 this small Dundee based company would become DMA Design Limited before releasing the groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto in 1997. From here they were eventually bought by Take-Two Interactive and the behemoth that’s now Rockstar Games was born. The company as it’s now known has been in existence for 21 years, and over that period, they have continually released fantastic game after fantastic game which gives them a back catalog that’s second to none....
Developer Realmforge Studios and publisher Kalypso Media announced today that the latest Tropico 6 DLC, dubbed Festival, releases on August 26th for PC and console. Putting those autocratic antics on the back burner, the Festival DLC casts players as a party planner tasked with helping El Presidente host a season of soirees for the ever-assenting Tropicana populace. But complicating the task is the no small matter of warding off an ancient entity known as ‘The Boredom’ vying to render the isle fun-less and drab....
Twitch is making plans to implement monetization changes that could affect content creators who are part of the Partner Program. As reported by Bloomberg, anonymous sources who are familiar with the plan said that the changes are in the discussion phases. One of those changes involves giving top streamers incentives to play more ads during their livestreams. Twitch already implemented the Ad Incentives Program in February, guaranteeing a select few Affiliate and Partner-level streamers a minimum monthly amount of ad revenue based on a set number of ads run per hour and the total number of hours streamed....
It looks like some people just don’t like having fun or the idea of others having fun. In response to people tweeting their Wordle results, a rogue developer seems to have created a Twitter bot that spoils the next day’s word. Fortunately, Twitter has taken timely action and has suspended the bot. As The Verge reports, a Twitter bot named “The Wordlinator” was created to automatically respond to people’s Wordle tweets with spoilers of the next day’s word....
Whether you can load the operating system or not depends on how many security settings have been enabled. On most modern BIOS systems, you can set a supervisor password, which simply restricts access to the BIOS utility itself, but allows Windows to load. A second option usually called Boot Up Password or something similar has to be enabled in order for you to see a message before the operating system loads....
Ultreia is a new point-and-click adventure game coming to the Nintendo Switch this Friday. The cute but dark game is the debut game by solo developer Olivier De Rop, an artist from Belgium. Players embark on a journey into the unknown to discover what is really important in life. Publisher RedDeer.games bring the title to the Nintendo Switch this Friday, March 25th. RedDeer uploaded a new trailer for Ultreia to their YouTube channel to announce the release....
Last year we heard about the iPhone 13 getting satellite connectivity but that didn’t happen. Turns out, this year’s iPhone 14 is in line to get this feature and even the next-gen Apple Watch, possibly the Apple Watch Series 8, could come with satellite connectivity, as per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Here are the details. Gurman, via his recent “Power On” newsletter, revealed that the Apple Watch is “destined” to get satellite connectivity support, which could either happen for this year’s Apple Watch or for the 2023 model....
It seems like a glorious return to form for the tactical RPG. Yesterday Sega surprised us all by releasing a demo for the upcoming Valkyria Chronicles 4. Following the original game fans have been pining for a true sequel. While its PSP sequels were great, they took the tone in a more high school romance direction. The demo allows you to play through the prologue and first two chapters of the final game and will allow you to import your save data....
As Vigil: The Longest Night is very akin to a soulsborne game, exploration is key to finding secrets. Without doing so, you’ll be missing on a lot of hidden things in the game. Because of the saving mechanic in Vigil, we can understand why going off the beaten track is ever so dangerous, because one slip up, and you have to reload, with all progress lost. However, you may find shortcuts that will lead you back to an Owl Statue save point, saving you a lot of progress lost if you fail....
In Warframe, Stunning Speed is a mod that increases both Reload Speed and the status effect chance of a pistol. The effect of the mod is dependent upon what Rank you infuse it to. The values for both stats, at different ranks, are as follows; Rank 0 +10% Reload Speed/+2.5% Status Chance Rank 1 +20% Reload Speed/+5% Status Chance Rank 2 +30% Reload Speed/+7.5% Status Chance Rank 3 +40% Reload Speed/+10% Status Chance How To Get Stunning Speed The mod can be obtained by doing Nightmare Mode missions, and can also be gotten from Alerts....
Go up close and personal and shred through foes with this powerful shotgun The Strun Prime is such a weird pick to be Nidus Prime’s signature weapon. In terms of the lore, though, there’d be no actual way that this Warframe would sport some kind of Infested Weapon that turned Orokin. However, at least what’s neat about this is that we have more weapons to mod and play around with. Here is a standard build for the Strun Prime, making use of its strengths....
Enemies become allies. Warzone 2 has a new feature where enemies can turn into allies. With so many new features coming into the game, one that we didn’t expect is the ability to accept enemy players into your squad and vice versa. Here is how the “request to join enemy squad” option works in Warzone 2. How to “Request to Join Enemy Squad” in Warzone 2 As Warzone 2 becomes unlocked for players in various regions, we are finding out that there is a “request to join enemy squad” feature on the emote wheel....
Ark: Survival Evolved is a game that dives deep into the world of survival, dinosaurs, and PvP. Its unique draw as a game comes from the complex crafting systems that require knowledge of items, resources, and gathering methods. In Ark, players have to make sure that they have access to all the vital resources that the game demands. Running out of any resource at any time can often result in big trouble for experienced and inexperienced players alike....
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide offers many enemies, from mindless undead to giant armored abominations. Each enemy faction has unique characteristics, which makes fighting very enjoyable. One of the more formidable enemies are Scabs. Find out more about these servants of Chaos in Warhammer 40k: Darktide so you can defeat them more easily. Who are Scabs in Warhammer 40k Darktide Scabs are former Imperial soldiers part of the Moebian Sixth elite regiment. They’ve succumbed to Chaos and now have only one wish - to eviscerate you and everyone in their path....
Chocobo Gp features a lot of content and ways for players to experience it. This includes characters, races, currency, and more. As for currency, there are three different types, including Tickets. You might be wondering what Tickets are and how to get them. Tickets are an in-game currency in Chocobo GP. It is used to purchase characters, skins, tickets, wallpapers, and more. Tickets are primarily used to customize the look of your racers, their vehicles, and backgrounds....
Jobs like blue mage in Final Fantasy XIV are known as limited jobs. Unlike normal jobs such as paladin, monk, and red mage, blue mages operate on their own sets of rules. Due to the varied amount of spells they can learn, blue mages could completely decimate any content balanced for normal jobs. Blue mages have spells to significantly reduce their damage taken, heal up the damage they do take, freeze groups of enemies, inflict multiple status ailments, and tons more....
A new video has been uploaded online looking at the impressive graphics engine that powers Horizon: Zero Dawn. Guerrilla Games showed the new video of real-time volumetric clouds. Not only does it show realistic cloud formations, but also a timelapse of the day too. Horizon: Zero Dawn will have a day/night cycle and this new video shows a little bit on how that will look like in the actual game. The lighting effects truly look stunning and the beautiful mountaintop setting makes everything look prettier....
