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How to regain Energy in Heartopia All the ways you can refill your stamina bar in Heartopia. Image credit:VG247 / XD Update 20th January: We tested what happens when you run out of Energy in Heartopia so you don’t have to! Your character in Heartopia won’t get tired just because they’ve gone too long without sleep or food, but nevertheless, the game does contain an Energy system. Like most life sims that aren’t going for full-on realism, your energy will reduce only when your character does high-intensity physical activities like chopping trees, reeling in fish, or digging in the garden....

Hunter x Hunter is finally getting a fighting game, and it’s coming from the devs behind Marvel vs Capcom 3 Let’s just hope it’s the good kind of fighting game; IYKYK. Hunter x Hunter fans rejoice, a fighting game based on the beloved shonen series is in the works. With its broad range of characters and their various abilities, you would think that a series like Hunter x Hunter would be ripe with fighting games....

I tried playing Elden Ring without playing Elden Ring, and it was going fine until I ran into the most terrifying boss of them all Please don’t come and chuck toilet paper at my shack in Limgrave. Image credit:VG24/FromSoftware I should have been better. But I’m not, and here I am. A Tarnished named Timmy sits by the site of grace tucked just inside Nokron, Eternal City . In this cavernous, overwhelming locale, as with all the others he’s passed through to get here, he’s got all the power a fighter could ever hope for coursing through his veins....

I’m hoping Hyper Light Breaker can pull a Hades and hammer out its flaws when it finally lands in Early Access later this year – preview It’s an interesting leap from 2D to 3D, and while the game has merit, I’m worried it’ll lose diehard fans. Image credit:VG247 When you release a sequel to a hit indie game, do you play it safe and stay true to the original vision, or do you take a chance and go off in new, interesting directions?...

I’m sorry, but Final Fantasy 15 is better than 16 Starting off 2024 with a hot one. The thing about Final Fantasy , is that there’s a lot of them. Not counting the countless spin offs and sequels, there’s roughly 16 of them (in the mainline series, at least), and with that many games not all of them can be bangers – even if a lot of them are. You all have a favourite, that one entry you swear is the best one, warts and all, but it seems that since Final Fantasy 13 , the beloved series has been a bit rough around the edges....

If Fable is at the Xbox Showcase you’ll see in-game or in-engine footage “None of our first party games in the show are full CG trailers," says Aaron Greenberg. Image credit:Fable | Playground Games The upcoming Xbox Showcase and Starfield Direct will contain no CGI-only trailers for first-party titles, as confirmed by marketing boss Aaron Greenberg . We are just under a week away from the Xbox Showcase and Starfield Direct, with the double feature set to be streamed live on June 11, from 10AM PT ....

If I had £500 I’d buy all this cool stuff on Black Friday I don’t have cash to burn, but if I did, here’s what I’d pick up this Black Friday. Image credit:VG247 Let me start by saying this. When it comes to spending money, for better or worse, I generally adopt a similar attitude to Seinfeld’s George Costanza; each bit of loose change I surrender, or any little number decrease to any of my bank accounts, hurts me on a physical level....

If you’ve ever used a cheat in Modern Warfare 2 or Warzone, Call of Duty is coming for you Another round of Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone cheaters have been banned, thanks to an effort to cut hacks off at the source. Activision Blizzard’s efforts to detect and ban cheaters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , and Warzone don’t seem to be wavering. Thanks to Ricochet and advanced detection techniques, over 14,000 more accounts have been banned from the two games....

Interdimensional adventure awaits: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leaping onto PC this July Prepare for Steam-powered dimension-hopping. Intergalactic adventurers Ratchet & Clank are making their debut on PC in July when Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is released. The game will arrive on July 26 courtesy of Nixxes Software in collaboration with Insomniac Games. Go dimension-hopping with Ratchet and Clank as they venture onto a PC near you. PC features include ray-traced reflections, a variety of quality levels, ray-traced shadows for natural light in outdoor areas, and support for 21:9, 32:9, and up to 48:9 resolutions for triple monitor setups....

Invincible might have had to sidestep its Spider-Man cameo, but the parody it went with is already a playable mod That was some quick work. Image credit:Insomniac Games/ Marvel/ Prime Video/ reza825 Invincible had its season 2 finale this week, and while it couldn’t pull off the comic’s Spider-Man cameo, the show’s parody version is now a playable mod. Spoilers ahead for both the comic version and show version of Invincible....

It turns almost half of Hunt: Showdown players haven’t even killed another player Quite the statistic when that’s half of the point of the game. It turns out that a pretty large portion of Hunt: Showdown players have actually even killed another player. If you’ve ever played Hunt: Showdown you’ll know that other players aren’t necessarily your biggest threat at any given point in time. It’s a threatening world to exist in, and that doesn’t always work for every player....

It’s not just Helldivers 2 players that’re disappointed with how the Escalation of Freedom update’s played out, Arrowhead’s CEO says many devs are too “We want every release to be a step in the right direction. Constant improvement. I don’t think we feel this was that.” Image credit:Arrowhead Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead’s CEO has revealed that it basically seems like close to no one - players or developers - involved with the game has been left happy following the deployment of the Escalation of Freedom update and the backlash that’s followed....

It’s truly the year of the crab, as one of 2024’s coolest action games is getting a massive free update this month Another Crab’s Treasure is dropping new game plus, boss rush mode, and more on April 21. Image credit:Aggro Crab Another Crab’s Treasure , certainly one of the coolest action games released last year, is getting a massive free content update on April 21. This was revealed via a nice little trailer on the official YouTube and social media platforms for the game....

Jim Ryan says the PS2 sold 160 million units, though it might not be as simple as that Even if it did only sell 155 million units, the PS2 is still the best selling console ever. Image credit:Evan Amos/ Sony Years after Sony stopped making them, the now former PlayStation boss Jim Ryan might have finally revealed the total number of PS2s sold. At this point in time, the PS2 is the best selling console ever made....

Kingdom Come Deliverance Skills Guide - How to Upgrade Your Stats and Skills Skills play a pretty large role in Kingdom Come Deliverance, especially if you want to survive for long out in the open world. In this complete Kingdom Come Deliverance skills guide , we’ll be detailing a complete list of all the skills you should be trying to unlock first in the game, as well as a full list of the very best skills available....

LA Chargers use The Sims 2 to announce their 2024 NFL schedule, and yes, there’s a pool steps-based murder I genuinely can’t stop sniggering at the Broncos wishing well gag, or how well Harrison Butker’s been roasted. Image credit:VG247/EA/LA Chargers OK, so for the past few years, the Los Angeles Chargers - one of LA’s NFL teams - have announced the schedule for the upcoming season in pretty entertaining fashion. This year, The Sims 2 has been chosen to host this reveal of who Justin Herbert and co will be playing against and when - creating something that both Sims fans and those of us who like American football can enjoy together....

Latest Village Defense Tycoon codes Upgrade your village with plenty of gold from our Village Defense Tycoon codes. Image credit:Village Defense Tycoon Village Defense Tycoon is a Roblox game that plays out exactly as you’d expect, given its name. Your job is to build your own village from the ground up before you then scramble to defend it from hordes of enemies. Whenever you take a break from defending your village, you can try your hand at raiding other players for gold, which is an important resource....

League of Legends 2023 roadmap: new champs, new reworks, and huge ranked changes It’s a big year for League. Here’s what the year has in store. Details on the League of Legends 2023 season have just been revealed, giving players of the popular Riot Games MOBA their first look into what the next year has in store for them. It’s looking like a packed twelve months, with a feast of champion updates, new champion releases, colourful new skin lines and a drastic new change to the ranked system to sink their teeth into....

League of Legends season 15 is here, and a bunch of bugs have popped up alongside it Plenty of cool features and controversies too! Image credit:Riot Games League of Legends season 15 is here, and with it plenty of in-game changes that drastically alter the way the good ol’ fashioned push and pull of Summoner’s Rift goes down. However, alongside a fresh coat of paint, a new champion, and some significant changes to the map courtesy of feats of strength and a new map boss, there are a few bugs that are rubbing folks the wrong way....

Life is Strange developer Don’t Nod has teased a new game that looks very 90s The Montreal-based studio is currently hiring for a number of roles. Don’t Nod , the original developer behind the Life is Strange series, has shown off a small teaser image for its next game. It looks like Don’t Nod has a few eggs in its basket at the moment, as the developer shared an image of one of its next projects on Twitter last week....