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UPDATE: Yup, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is the name of 2024’s CoD title Thanks Activision, now please apologise to those poor dudes on Mount Rushmore. Image credit:Activision/mr__matthieu on Twitter UPDATE (23/05/24, 15:20 PM BST): Activision has now confirmed that this year’s COD is actually called Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It’ll be fully revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase on June 9 , with a Black Ops 6 Direct presentation - which’ll feature a “first in-depth look at all-new gameplay” - directly following that showcase....

Valheim building ideas and house designs | Build tips and tricks Here are some building tips for constructing your dream home. At the start of Valheim you’re dropped off (literally) in Viking purgatory with not much more than the clothes on your back and an idea of how to make a hammer. However, among the game’s many survival systems is the ability to explore various building ideas , including surprisingly deep and versatile possibilities for house designs ....

VG247’s The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.34: The best game that suffers from bloating Whether it’s mince pies or side-quests, you can always have too much of a good thing. Welcome to VG247’s Best Games Ever Podcast: Episode 34 - the best game that suffers from bloating Bloat was clearly on all our minds in the afterglow of the christmas season, so we did an entire podcast about the concept....

Wahey, Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom, the game’s “biggest update yet”, will let you go on an uber-hard Super Helldive soon That’s not all - fresh enemies, objectives, and environmental hazards are all on their way. Image credit:Arrowhead Everyone be quiet, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has just announced the game’s “biggest update yet”. It’s called Escalation of Freedom and it’s set to drop early next month with a bunch of the new content folks have been craving....

Warzone will now make sure cheaters plummet to their deaths as comeuppance for their crimes The Ricochet Anti-Cheat team is kicking off another year of Call of Duty with some cruelty towards cheaters. Image credit:Activision Modern Warfare 3 has arrived, and with it, a new update to Ricochet Anti-Cheat, Activision’s ever-evolving watcher. The team behind it has revealed some of the new tools being deployed on the backend, and a few delicious new additions to the ever-growing list of tricks the game can use to torment cheaters....

Watch all the base Mortal Kombat 1 fatalities here, if you have the stomach for it There’s plenty more to unlock, but here’s a nice taster of the kind of fatalities you can use. Image credit:VG247 / NetherRealm We all know why you’re here - you wanna see some gruesome fatalities in the new Mortal Kombat game. It’s okay - we’re all friends here. With Mortal Kombat 1 ’s release, we’ve got a huge number of new MK1 fatalities to check out....

Watch the Modern Warfare 3 beta on Twitch, get rewarded The beta has kicked off. You can earn rewards in Modern Warfare 3 upon release by watching others play the Call of Duty: Beta on Twitch. The more you watch, the more items you can earn in-game for Modern Warfare 3. The beta is currently live e and runs through October 16, and tuning into others on Twitch playing the beta will earn you rewards for Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer, Warzone, and more to use upon release....

What are you playing this weekend? Es un fin de semana de Diablo! This is an interesting weekend for folks, especially if they like Diablo. Those with keys can jump into the Diablo 4 Early Access beta this weekend - if they can get in: the queues are mighty long. But Blizzard is working to remedy that , so hopefully, more people will be able to get into Sanctuary soon. Until then, some of us will have to be patient ....

What if Five Nights at Freddy’s was real? What then? Well, we may be about to find out Chuck E. Cheese is throwing caution to the wind in an attempt to milk excitement for an upcoming blockbuster. Image credit:Chuck E Cheese If you’ve ever played a Five Night’s at Freddy’s game for even 30 minutes, you’ll have picked up on the fact that the creepy animatronics are (for the most part) not your mates....

What is the best driving (not racing) game? Vroom vroom vroom vroom, parallel park in my room. I don’t have a driving licence. I can’t drive a car. People assume I can because I like games with cars in them. I don’t bother to correct people anymore, as I’m almost 41 years old and I simply can’t be bothered. If you’ve ever imagined me driving a car because you assumed I could drive a car and this revelation has shaken you to your core, changing your worldview and altering your very existence on this earth, I’m sorry....

Where to find Herbivore Shell in Monster Hunter Wilds Herbivore Shells are one of many materials that can be gathered from Monster Hunter Wilds’ Small Monsters. Image credit:Capcom/VG247 If you’re hoping to craft that swanky new armor set you have wishlisted at the Smithy in Monster Hunter Wilds , you’re going to be in need of materials. Plenty of them! Fortunately, this is Monster Hunter, so most of the parts you need – including Herbivore Shell – can be gathered from the carcasses of the monsters you end up hunting....

Where to find Lampylumen Myriad in Wuthering Waves Looking for more Ascension Materials? Here’s how to get to the Lampylumen Myriad. Image credit:VG247/Kuro Games Wuthering Waves possesses plenty of bosses, many of which appear on the map long before you wind up naturally running into them via quest progression. And these bosses, of course, drop Ascension Materials that you’ll no doubt need for your Resonators , but some of them are very well-hidden among SOL-3’s terrain....

Where to find Monster Broth in Monster Hunter Wilds Here’s where to get your hands on Monster Broth. Image credit:Capcom/VG247 The most keen of Hunters will want to grind for High Rank armor and powerful, upgraded weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds . After all, better armor and weapons means quicker, more efficient hunts of High Rank monsters, which means more materials, Hunter Rank experience , and better gear. Rinse and repeat!...

Where to find Obsidian in LEGO Fortnite Obsidian is a dark and mysterious resource that is well worth finding! Image credit:Fortnite/VG247 Obsidian is a rare resource in LEGO Fortnite that is found inside caves in the Dry Valley region of your game world. It’s an advanced resource that can be used to create sparkling buildings and powerful equipment, so it’s well worth the effort to find. However, it can be difficult to track down if you don’t know where to look....

Where to get Lion’s Claw in Elden Ring Frontflip into your foes with the Lion’s Claw Ash of War in Elden Ring. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware Looking for a fancy Ash of War to help make the most of your weapon in Elden Ring ? How about one that sees you front-flipping into attacks like an angry gymnast? Well, the Lion’s Claw Ash of War , a skill honed by the Redmanes, is exactly that and it’s pretty powerful....

Where to get the Mimic Tear Ashes in Elden Ring Here’s where to get Elden Ring’s most controversial Spirit Ashes, the Mimic Tear. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware Elden Ring has been the topic of many debates since it was released in 2022, but one of the most hotly contested emerged with Patch 1.03 when one of the best Spirit Ashes in the game was unceremoniously nerfed: the Mimic Tear . Mainly, the debate consisted of people arguing whether the summon was overpowered or not....

Why are there no dogs in Starfield? We may have survived, but at what cost? Image credit:VG247 / Bethesda If you’re finding that there is a severe lack of dogs to pet in Starfield , that’s because they might have gone extinct. I’m not sure what cruel mind at Bethesda decided this was an OK thing to do, but as it stands, it’s looking like humanity’s best friends might have all died out in Starfield ....

With his turn as the 14th, David Tennant secures the bag as the greatest Doctor Who(s) of all time The fourteenth Doctor is a different beast to the tenth. And in many ways, he’s better. Image credit:VG247/BBC I have to confess that, despite being a fan, I groaned a little when I heard that David Tennant would be returning to the role of Doctor Who for the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations, which have been more or less everywhere you look for the past month or so....

Wo Long Shitieshou Bears: How to feed the panda bear demons These fuzzy friends will eat just about anything As you explore the late-Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history in Wo Long , you come across little black-and-white panda bear demons called “Shitieshou” , meaning “Iron Chewer”. These benevolent creatures aren’t aggressive and can offer decent rewards when they’re treated nicely. Plus, as you befriend more and more, they will populate the Hidden Village at Mt....

Xbox boss Phil Spencer gets why Helldivers 2 isn’t on Series X/S, but he doesn’t see who benefits from it being PlayStation exclusive The Xbox gaming chief believes you’d have to twist yourself to justify keeping Helldivers 2 off Xbox consoles. Image credit:Arrowhead Game Studios, PlayStation Helldivers 2 is quickly becoming one of 2024’s biggest multiplayer games. Following a tremendous launch across PC and PS5, the PlayStation-funded game quickly became the company’s biggest launch ever on PC ....