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Riot’s fighting game 2XKO will use Vanguard anti-cheat Speaking to VG247 at Evo 2024, 2XKO’s tech-lead Tony Cannon confirms the use of the kernel-level software in 2XKO. Image credit:VG247 Speaking to VG247 at Evo 2024, 2XKO tech lead Tony Cannon has confirmed that Riot Game’s upcoming fighting game will feature Vanguard, the company’s own kernel-level anti-cheat software. Tony stated the following, “A lot of the cheats we see in fighting games are either about reading inputs, reading game state, or injecting inputs....

Save $200 on one of the best standing desks from Flexispot Elevate your work and gaming space for less. Image credit:Flexispot Flexispot are renowned for making some of the best standing desks on the market, with options starting from as little as $130. Right now, the brand has big discounts on their most popular standing desks and even their latest models. This includes a huge $200 off on the brand’s best standing desk: the E7 Pro ....

Scream 7 seems to be going full legacy sequel after nearly crumbling apart, as it’s just cast Isabel May as Sidney Prescott’s daughter To the surprise of absolutely no one. Image credit:Paramount Pictures While most fans agree that Scream could be cooked after Melissa Barrera’s firing , Spyglass Entertainment and Paramount Pictures are still pushing ahead with a reworked seventh installment that will bring back Sidney Prescott and introduce her family to a world of pain and trauma....

Sea of Thieves latest crossover brings it to Monkey Island Guybrush Threepwood is back! Sea of Thieves is getting another free crossover expansion, this time with the very well fitting Monkey Island series. At yesterday’s Xbox showcase we got to see the latest world Sea of Thieves will be paying a visit to, having previously had a crossover with the also well fitting Pirates of the Caribbean . While it’s not quite as high profile as Pirates of the Caribbean, and might be a bit of a puzzling one for the younger player base, The Legend of Monkey Island is still a cool series to pull from....

Shogun is brave, bold, and a must-watch TV epic for the ages If you’re yet to watch FX’s hit new Japanese historical drama, there’s no more excuses: with the full season out, it’s a bingable must-watch. As someone who has always taken an interest in Japanese history, James Clavell’s 1975 novel Shōgun is one of my all-time favorite books. It’s an enticing premise: the story of the first Englishman to reach Japan and his experiences within the country....

Silent Hill 2 bracelets puzzle solution Here’s where to find and what to do with those three bracelets hidden around Brookhaven Hospital in the Silent Hill 2 remake. Image credit:Bloober Team/VG247 Brookhaven Hospital in the Silent Hill 2 remake remains as terrifying as it has always been, but there are new puzzles and revamped combat for even the most experienced of fans to be pleasantly surprised by. Around this hospital, James is tasked with finding multiple bracelets that can be used to acquire a mysterious key from the Director’s Office....

Silent Hill 2 remake set to release during October, with a particularly shiny new trailer ‘In my restless dreams, I see that town… You promised you’d take me there again someday.’ Well, Konami has finally named that day. Image credit:Konami Today’s PlayStation State of Play (May 30, 2024) has been a rather fruitful one, and for those who are anything like me - a complete nut for anything and everything Silent Hill - there’s good (or bad) news....

Skyrim Special Edition update: a mixed bag of Creation Club changes, Steam Deck support, and mod mayhem Oh… and ultrawide screen support. Bethesda has dropped an update for Skyrim Special Edition which adds a new paid mods page called Creations, among other things. With the update, Bethesda has done away with Creation Club , as Creations combines Skyrim’s existing mods, Creation Club items, and new creations under a single menu available....

Smite 2 shoots to the top of Steam’s top sellers entirely through pre-order founder packs The free-to-play moba has made a big splash on Steam, and it’s not even out yet. Image credit:Titan Forge Games / Hi Rez Smite 2 has just popped up on Steam, and has already soared all the way up to the platform’s Top Sellers list. The game has yet to get its initial release date. It doesn’t even have an open beta available....

Someone call 2004, Fortnite’s next big event looks set to feature Eminem I’m gonna lose myself in the battle royale till I collapse… Image credit:VG247/Epic Games Fortnite ’s next big live event, dubbed “The Big Bang’, will take place on December 2, and, in addition to bringing about “a new beginning” for the game, looks like it’ll feature a cameo from rapper Eminem. Yes, that Eminem. The guy who was very cheeky and popular in the late 90s and early 2000s, and has remained kind of cheeky and popular ever since....

Sons of the Forest kicks Starfield to the curb to become the most wishlisted game on Steam Folks are looking forward to the new experience from the makers of the The Forest. Starfield is no longer the most wishlisted game on Steam. That title now belongs to Sons of the Forest . This is according to SteamDB (thanks, ComicBook) , which lists the Endnight Games survival horror as being on 187,986 wishlists compared to Starfield at 183,004....

Sorry, The Batman fans, you’ll have to wait an entire year longer for its sequel By the time it releases, the first film will be more than four years old. Image credit:Warner Bros. Discovery The long wait for The Batman 2 has just gotten longer, as Warner Bros. has delayed the upcoming sequel by an entire year. It’s already been a couple of years since we were first introduced to Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s take on the world of Batman, but it seems we’re going to have to wait a while longer to see the caped crusader again....

Space Marine 2 is launching September 2024 A wait only a Primarch could handle. Oh well, good things come to those who wait. Image credit:Saber Interactive, Focus Entertainment Space Marine 2 has anounced its new release date at The Game Awards , following a delay earlier this year. It looks like we’ll be able to step into Titus’ big metal shoes on September 2024. The game - which throws everyone’s favourite edgy Ultramarine on a planet under siege from the ever-hungry Tryanids....

Spectre Divide is a new tactical shooter from ex-Respawn, Bungie and Riot devs with a unique multiplicity twist Spectre Divide is a shooter that wants you to think a few moves ahead as much as you do aiming and shooting. Image credit:Mountaintop Studios. After years of quietly working on the next big thing, Mountaintop Studios, a team made up of game development veterans from Respawn, Riot Games, Bungie and other AAA studios, has officially unveiled its first project to the world....

Square Enix hasn’t said anything yet, but it looks like a mobile version of Final Fantasy 14 is on its way to China Though it doesn’t sound like a straight-up port. Image credit:Square Enix It looks like that rumoured mobile version of Final Fantasy 14 is on the way, as one has just been approved for release in China. Last month it was reported that Tencent was working on a mobile version of the immensely popular MMO Final Fantasy 14, and it appears that said report has been confirmed....

Square Enix would really like it if early access Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail players would hold off on spoiler talk, though it won’t do anything to stop it You can hold off posting your funny tweet, can’t you? If you’re planning to play Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail in early access, Square Enix has a small request to make of you. After a two and half year long gap, Final Fantasy 14’s latest expansion Dawntrail is almost in player’s hands....

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl gets quietly pushed to an early 2024 release Expect the shooter to arrive in the first few months of the year. Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed out of 2023 into early 2024, according to developer GSC Game World. In the latest fact sheet from GSC Game World about its upcoming shooter, a section on distribution notes that the game “releases on PC and Xbox Series X/S in Q1 2024....

Starfield has no FOV slider on PC, so players are taking things into their own hands With one quick fix, you too can see the stars with as big a FOV as you’d like. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda Starfield is a great game - at least we think so! There’s lot to Bethesda’s new spacefaring RPG, be it spaceship battles, adoring fans, and other miscellaneous silliness. However, one thing that isn’t present is a field of view (FOV) slider....

Starfield takes up a quarter of your Series S’ storage space You’ll want to clear out that Xbox Series S ahead of time. Image credit:VG247 | Bethesda Back during June , we got a lengthy look at Bethesda’s gargantuan, space-faring RPG: Starfield . And we know that it is definitely gargantuan, because not only is there going to be procedurally-generated planets galore and over 250,000 lines of dialogue , it’s going to need 125GB of storage space, too....

Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC gets fresh deep-dive from Bethesda, with a bunch of story details about missing serpent dudes and “the vortex incident” Some experiment swallowed up part of a city and a weird faction’s engaged in an internal war - time to call John Starfield and his moon buggy. Image credit:Bethesda If you’re looking forward to digging into Starfield ’s Shattered Space expansion when it arrives later this month, you’re in luck, as Bethesda’s just put out a fresh deep-dive video that sees some of the DLC’s developers talk you through what you’ll be in for when you head off to discover what on Earth’s up with House Va-ruun....