News outlets have been digging up rumors, job listings, and using common sense to come to the conclusion that this generation of consoles can’t last forever. As the rumors pile up and Sony & Microsoft both vehemently denying any announcements on the horizon, it’s hard to tell when, where, and why it’s time for a next generation. We’ve seen major engine developers like Epic and Crytek hint at what the next generation could be like....
Take back DC and have fun doing it. Tom Clancy’s The Division was at the forefront of the current looter shooter craze that has given us a ton of hits and an almost equal number of massive disappointments. While The Division wasn’t a perfect experience, and required some additional work from Ubisoft to get its endgame and long term plans in order, it ended up being easily one of the better loot-based shooters out there....
In Total War: Three Kingdoms, the positions in your Court will grow as you grow in power and prestige. You can gain prestige by taking over new settlements and cities or advancing the ones that are already under your control. To open up the Court menu, just hit the first circular icon beside your portrait in the top left of the screen, or hit 2 on your keyboard. How The Court Works On the Court screen, you can see all the positions that you currently have in your Court....
On Thursday, it was announced that Toys for Bob would now be supporting the development of Call of Duty: Warzone. This was an interesting announcement as the Activision-owned studio had just been hit with a round of layoffs. The Toys for Bob Twitter account made the announcement in a tweet sent Thursday: “Toys for Bob is proud to support development for Season 3 of Call of Duty #Warzone, and look forward to more to come....
A new charity bundle of games on Itch.io offers you the chance to purchase 21 games for $10 and raise money to support transgender artists. The bundle features games that have been developed purely by transgender artists, with the largest cut possible from all sales going to those artists. While The Transgender Artists Bundle isn’t the biggest bundle that’s ever been offered through Itch.io, it’s certainly one of the most interesting....
In September earlier this year, app reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi first spotted that Twitter is working on NFT profile pictures behind the scenes. The company has been working on this feature since then and from the looks of it, Twitter is in the final round of preparations to let users set NFTs as their display pictures. Going by screenshots Alessandro Paluzzi shared over the past few months, NFT profile pictures on Twitter will have a hexagonal shape....
A slew of new Fortnite: Battle Royale skins have been found within the game’s files, according to FortniteIntel. The skins include a T-Rex, a biker, a rogue agent, a squeaky pickaxe, and more. One of the great things about Fortnite is that there is no limit to what kind of skins Epic Games can add, as it has shown no regard for realism. Odds are that these new skins are part of season three’s rotating items in the in-game store, and they should be available within the coming weeks....
V Rising was in the news throughout last week. It launched in early access on Tuesday, May 17, and it quickly began selling like hotcakes and climbing the Steam charts. V Rising passed 500,000 copies sold just days after launch, and the trend continued — it was the best-selling Steam game for that whole week. The news comes from SteamDB, which aggregates data on Steam game sales and player counts. According to a new tweet, V Rising took the crown, as well as the #5 spot — Steam counts different versions of games as separate products, so the V Rising Founder’s Pack is listed in addition to the standard game....
When you initially wake up in Valheim at the center of several stones, you’re provided the basic tutorial you expect from most games, especially in the survival genre. You learn how to harvest basic resources, how to eat, how to survive, and how to build a shelter. The Valheim tutorial doesn’t teach you how deep each of those systems is and how much more diverse they become as you discover new biomes in your world....
While its sister brand Realme is steadily taking over the budget and mid-range segment, Vivo doesn’t want to be sitting ducks. Hardly a month after the unveiling of the Vivo Z1 Pro, the Chinese giant is back with another new mid-range smartphone – the Vivo S1. It comes equipped with the Helio P65 chipset, the first device to boast the same, a Super AMOLED display, in-display fingerprint scanner, triple cameras, and more....
Even though Watch Dogs received polarizing opinions from players, it appears many are still looking forward to the release of Watch Dogs 2 later this year. MCV UK had a chance to interview Ubisoft’s Alain Corre recently and he feels players are optimistic over the new game. He said: “More than 80 per cent of the original Watch Dogs players say they want to explore Watch Dogs 2, plus we will appeal to new fans....
2K Games has now released a video stream of them playing the new Legends Pack DLC for WWE 2K16. You get a good look of the entrances and gameplay of the new wrestlers being added to it. The cool thing about the this week’s stream is that they are joined by Wade Barrett who is with them playing the game. You get to see all of the wrestlers in action....
Rage against the Wyrm scene It’s a good time to be a fan of the World of Darkness universe. In addition to the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodline 2, another RPG under the same umbrella is on the way. Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood is heading our way early next year, bringing with it rage-fueled action RPG combat. Developer Cyanide Studio released a first look at the gameplay contained within their third-person title, which was announced three years ago....
Halo Infinite has been incredibly successful. Its multiplayer beta’s growing pains weren’t enough to stop the Halo train from speeding at full force. It may have launched with a limited playlist selection, but today, it features many more modes to suit different players’ moods. What are Halo Infinite’s current multiplayer offerings? Halo Infinite features the following multiplayer playlists: Quick Play: Quick play encompasses a variety of 4v4 modes. These include slayer, capture the flag, one flag capture the flag, strongholds, and oddball....
Staffs in Elden Ring are a requirement for any build that wants to take advantage of sorceries. Whether you’re looking to add some sorcery casting to a character or just trying to find an upgrade over your starting staff, there a few options available to you almost immediately. That is, as long as you don’t mind doing a little exploring. Glintstone Staff This is the most basic staff in the game and a starting weapon for the Prisoner class....
The Pokémon Go April Fools’ 2-Oh?-22 event added a Special Research mission that has a task confusing some trainers. One of the tasks is to catch three Transform Pokémon, but what are the Transform Pokémon in Pokémon Go? The Transform Pokémon is Ditto, the pink blob Gen I Pokémon that can transform and take the shape of other Pokémon. Ditto encounters are pretty rare, but the encounter rate was raised during April Fools’ Day....
In God of War Ragnarok, The Jungle is a hidden region within The Crater hidden region in the realm of Vanaheim. The Jungle’s most important feature is a dam that you need to destroy if you want to flood The Crater so that you can explore it by boat and get all the collectibles in The Plains and The Sinkholes. But The Jungle also has many collectibles of its own. It’s just that some of them might be marked “Undiscovered” when you first arrive....
In Nier Replicant, there are many items you can sell, but it is not clear what items are safe to sell, so here’s a list to give you a general idea of what you can and should sell. What can you sell in Nier Replicant? If you are wondering what items are safe to sell, for the most part, the general rule is that book drops from shades are ok to sell, as none of their items seem to have a clear use beyond just selling for extra cash....
Three new Guardians in Destiny 2! Destiny 2 has partnered with Epic Games which means that Destiny 2 skins are coming to Fortnite. Starting today, you can launch into Fortnite and purchase Destiny 2 skins from the Item Shop. Here are all of the Destiny 2 cosmetics coming to Fortnite. All Destiny 2 Skins in Fortnite Starting today, August 23, 2022, at 8 PM ET, you can go to the Fortnite Item Shop and find three Destiny 2 Skins....
This year I will be heading out to Los Angeles to represent Attack of the Fanboy at this year’s E3 convention. This will be a first for me, but just like you, this is something I’ve read about for years in magazines and websites. It’s a first for our site, and a first for myself, and since I’ll be making the trip by myself, I’ll be working overtime to bring our readers content from the show floor, press events, and other activities surrounding the show....
