What’s the best game where your character gets wet, then slowly dries off? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 99 Water palaver! Games are so good at simulating H2O, but which is the most clever? Image credit:Adobe, VG247 Realistic water and wetness were seen for years as a litmus test for photorealistic graphics, but by the PS3 generation, developers had it nailed: water shaders had become so sophisticated that Nathan Drake would emerge from a full dousing of seawater and slowly dry off, with his clothes soaked, and skin glistening....

What’s the difference between “Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games” and “Nintendo Switch 2 edition games”? Ninty says all will be revealed next week It seems it’s always worth reading the fine print. Image credit:Nintendo What’s a Nintendo Switch 2 edition game, and how does it differ from the console exclusives it seems to be separate thing to? That’s the question folks have been left contemplating after stumbling across a bit of small print Nintendo’s put out there, and the console maker says you’ll get your answer next week....

Where to find Inferno Sac in Monster Hunter Wilds Here’s where to find Inferno Sacs – an item vital for forging gear – in Monster Hunter Wilds. Image credit:Capcom/VG247 If you’re looking to forge High Rank armor – specifically the Kut-Ku or Guardian Rathalos set – or powerful weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds , you’re going to need Inferno Sacs sooner or later. These monster organs, which contain an explosive powder, are vital to crafting multiple pieces of armor and weapons....

Where to find the Gold Chicken Egg in Resident Evil 4 It’s one of those golden eggs you can’t eat… The Resident Evil franchise has always been something of a golden goose for Capcom, but in Resident Evil 4 Remake it’s a gold chicken egg that fetches the big bucks. You find this blue notice request in a pretty strange place, deep within the dark Mural Cave that shows Leon how to progress further in his search for Ashley in chapter 4 ....

Where Winds Meet Wayfarer locations: How to unlock the map To unlock the world map in Where Winds Meet you need to seek out these wandering Wayfarers. Image credit:VG247/Everstone Studios To view the sprawling map of Where Winds Meet in clearer detail, you need to track down wandering Wayfarers scattered across the landscape. These nomadic travellers have seen everything there is to see in Qinghe, Kaifeng and beyond, and can clue your main character into the locations of the major landmarks, towns and settlements, as well as the quests you need to complete throughout your adventure....

Where Winds Meet World Boss locations and rewards World Bosses in Where Winds Meet are unique challenges with unique rewards. Image credit:VG247/Everstone Studios On your journey from fledgling martial artist to Wuxia master, there will be almost no sterner test of your growing might than World Bosses in Where Winds Meet. Here’s where to find all of the World Bosses we’ve seen throughout Qinghe and beyond so far, as well as the rewards you get for defeating them!...

Wreckfest 2 early access is as stripped back as its bumperless bangers, but at least Bugbear’s bashing together a good chassis There’s no music and you’ll be racing against the well-honed skills of BOT 29, but the carnage is the thing - and it’s pretty satisfying. Image credit:VG247 My knees are inside the steering wheel. I think I can see the inside of my own arm. I’m not sure if my seat’s lower, or if the roof’s caved in so violently that it’s squashed my head down into my chest so far that I can probably taste my own intestines....

Xbox Game Pass gets new cheap tier, replacing Xbox Live Gold Xbox Game Pass Core is Microsoft’s latest iteration of Xbox Live Gold / Games With Gold, as Xbox continues to frontline XGP as a major feature. Image credit:VG247 It’s the end of an era. Per a press release shared with VG247, Xbox has confirmed that the rumours you’ve heard over the weekend are true: Xbox Game Pass Core is going to replace Xbox Live Gold ....

Xbox pulls off the best E3 showcase in years, it’s a pity that both brands died before it could happen Rumours of Xbox’s demise have clearly been exaggerated Image credit:Microsoft, E3, Adobe Stock, VG247 Here’s how things stand re Xbox: strictly speaking, there’s no longer any such thing as an Xbox exclusive, and that’s been the case for a while now. Its console exclusives are all proudly coming to PC ....

Yes, the next Call of Duty is Modern Warfare 3 Modern Warfare 3 leaks became so rampant that the developer had to acknowledge them. Image credit:Infinity Ward After promotional materials for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 have appeared out in the wild, the developer has begun to crack a couple jokes acknowledging the leaks. Twitter user, algebra_sloth, took to the platform to share images of multiple boxes of Monster Energy....

Yes, The Penguin will be in The Batman 2, and his spinoff show finally has a release date too You don’t have too much longer to wait now. Image credit:DC/ Warner Bros More than two years after The Batman was released, The Penguin TV series finally has a concrete release date. We’ve known for a little while now that The Penguin was due out sometime this coming September , but an exact release date has been up in the air a touch....

You’ll need 32 gigabytes of RAM to play Diablo 4 at 4K Diablo 4 is only the latest AAA game to require 32GBs of RAM for its highest fidelity experience. Image credit:Blizzard Diablo 4 is just a few short weeks away. As a classic PC series, knowing how well your PC will handle the action RPG is something of a tradition for anyone who’s been awaiting its release all those years....

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Gloom-borne Illness quest guide - How to make sunny porridge for the sick Grandma Help Link make some Sunny porridge for a sick grandma Image credit:Nintendo The Upheaval has spread a sickness throughout Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , leaving regular people weak and weary in their beds. When Link arrives in Kakariko Village , the Gloom-borne Illness quest sees him help a sick grandma with a porridge cure to ease the burden on her grandaughters, the shopkeeping sisters Claree and Lasli....

“I thought the project might fall apart”: The Baldur’s Gate 3 Stardew Valley mod Swen Vincke likes “almost got scrapped” just one month into development “Somehow, the right people just kept showing up when we needed them.” Image credit:Larian/XunHe1145 While Baldur’s Village - the Stardew Valley mod with a town full of Baldur’s Gate 3 characters - recently survived an accidentally served DMCA takedown from Wizards of the Coast , it might never have gotten that far if things had played out a little differently....

“I’m honestly heartbroken…” Helldivers 2’s latest patch upsets lovers of a gun that once caused accidental self-murders so much that they’re drawing MS Paint diagrams If you’re still wondering which weapon it is, I have one word for you - shrapnel. Image credit:Arrowhead Uh oh. The pretty titchy Helldivers 2 patch that dropped yesterday has managed to earn the ire of players who love a certain gun. It’s the Eruptor, and as you might have guessed if you’re a HD2 veteran, the tweak that’s caused the aggro is to the shrapnel the gun kicks out in order to do a lot of its damage....

“Just one more I to dot and one last T to cross” - Fallout: London devs have locked in a new release date “It literally lived in the void for a while.” Image credit:VG247/Bethesda/Fallout: London Fallout: London ’s developers have locked in a new release date for the game-sized mod, and it’ll seemigly be coming up very soon. Yup, while the exact date’s been settled, the team has decided not to fully reveal it quite yet, keeping us all on our toes....

“We are growing Helldivers 2 into Helldivers 3” says Arrowhead CCO Pilestedt, and he’s taking design suggestions for the massive miniguns everyone wants That said, it doesn’t sound like you’ll necessarily be getting your hands on one uber-soon. Image credit:Arrowhead With the calendar having rolled into 2025, the studio behind one of last year’s biggest games certainly doesn’t sound like it plans to rest on its laurels. Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead’s CCO and longtime figurehead Johan Pilestedt has seemigly suggested that the long-term plan could well end up being this second game “growing into” its successor through updates....

“You can be inspired, but understand the sacrifice” Fallout: London project lead on Team FOLON’s future and making massive mods “I don’t want us to move into this corporate sphere and then become anything less than we are.” Image credit:VG247/Team FOLON “Don’t.” That’s the first thing Fallout: London project manager Dean ‘Prilladog’ Carter, through a cheeky grin and a chuckle, says when I ask him, aside from the obvious point of not being a modding novice, what advice he might give to someone who sees the massive Fallout 4 mod and decides to embark on a similar project of their own....

10 years on from the PS4, I’m lamenting the PlayStation that could have been Should-a, would-a, could-a. When I realised recently that the PS4 would be turning 10 years old today, I truly felt every single one of those years right down to my bones. I might only be 26 but, jeez, that amount of time sure does change a person. It gets you to reflect on just what those changes are; who do I still have in my life, am I happy with who I’ve become, and most importantly, does PlayStation finally have games?...

12 anime you should be excited about releasing in 2025 You’ll be kept plenty busy with all of these titles to look forward to. With another year coming to a close, that means there’s a whole new year of anime to look forward to. There was plenty to enjoy in 2023, but 2024 is looking pretty stacked already, and that’s taking into consideration that there are still plenty of announcements to be made....