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We’re only a few days into Diablo 4 Season 8, and Blizzard is already looking for players to test out Season 9 Blizzard will soon reveal what players can expect from Diablo 4’s next season, which seems a little too early, but actually makes sense. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard has made something of a surprise announcement: the developer is almost ready to talk about Diablo 4 ’s next season. The fact that we’re getting information ahead of time isn’t surprising, it’s just how far off from the season it’s dropping that’s a little unusual....

Wednesday lead Jenna Ortega says season 2 is leaning into horror, a welcome change for the Netflix series And apparently episodes are feeling like movies too. Ortega also shared that “there’s some really good one-liners and I think everything is bigger. It’s a lot more action-packed. I think each episode will probably feel a little bit more like a movie, which is nice.” Whatever the second season ends up being like, it certainly sounds like Wednesday is upping the ante a bit....

What are you playing this weekend? The weekend is here. Yay! The holidays are almost upon us, and we’re practicing for some time off in the coming weeks by playing some newer games. For some of us, Thanksgiving is next week, which means days off doing a big bunch of nothing but eating, propping our feet up, and playing plenty of games. The Steam Autumn Sale will be in full swing by then, so there will likely be some new entries to our libraries....

What’s the best game that is hated by its publisher? Sometimes the black sheep just happens to be a banger. Image credit:Nintendo, VG247 Sometimes a game comes along that is, for reasons, a bit a of a black sheep as far as its parent company is concerned. It could be a passion project that doesn’t tick any zeigeisty boxes, a legacy IP that the current owners have no clue what to do with, sometimes even a perfectly decent game that the court of public opinion has turned sour on and therefore must be canned....

What’s the best game where you fight a bear? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 97 I’ll be honest, it’s far too many of them. Even if we’re still waiting on a Yogi and Boo-Boo FPS. Image credit:VG247 Bears. What are they like? Big and furry to be honest. Also, often in video games. Whether it’s they Yao Guai in Fallout New Vegas, or the two-headed bear in the NCR flag from Fallout New Vegas , or the two bears high fiving from that weird painting at the start of…er…Fallout New Vegas, you just can’t escape them....

What’s the best game with the worst gimmick? The Best Games Ever Show episode 59 Video games are full of gimmicks, and the bad ones are usually found in bad games. But not always… Welcome to The Best Games Ever Show episode 59: The best game with the worst gimmick. There are plenty of crap games with bad gimmicks. Tony Hawk: RIDE , for example, which was built around a terrible skateboard-shaped controller peripheral and was basically a terrible game as a result....

Where to find Flexwood in LEGO Fortnite Flexwood is some truly limber lumber! Image credit:Fortnite/VG247 Flexwood can be collected from the Dry Valley desert region of LEGO Fortnite by chopping down Cacti with a Level 3 “Rare” Forest Axe, by crushing Cacti with a boulder, or by blowing Cacti up with dynamite. Once you have gathered enough Flexwood, it has many extremely useful applications. It’s used in advanced construction, but, most helpfully, it can also be used to craft a pickaxe capable of mining Ruby , Copper and Obsidian ....

Where to find Gracium in Monster Hunter Wilds Here’s where you’ll find Gracium. Image credit:Capcom/VG247 Not every material that you need in Monster Hunter Wilds can be collected from the ferocious monsters you’ll constantly be hunting down and capturing. To craft High Rank armor and powerful weapons, players will need to take advantage of everything the world has to offer. That means hunting down smaller monsters, endemic life, plants, and mining....

Where to get Surf in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Surf is not only useful for traversal, but is also one of the most powerful water moves in Pokemon Red/Blue! Image credit:Nintendo/VG247 Back in the day, Surf was everyone’s best-loved HM move. It was the best water move, with high base power and none of the infuriating inaccuracy of Hydro Pump - plus you could teach it to as many Pokemon as you wanted....

While Geralt’s still hanging around, The Witcher 4 being about Ciri was “the natural choice” and CD Projekt says it’ll lead to “more uncertainty and more surprises” It’s also an idea the studio’s had in mind for a good decade or so. Image credit:CD Projekt We all got our first proper look at The Witcher 4 during The Game Awards last night, via a cool new trailer that showed Ciri - the game’s protagonist - doing some witchering....

With Cyberpunk 2 on the way, I hope its character creator isn’t pointless Cyberpunk 2077 could do with a shift in perspective. Cyberpunk 2077 is officially done with. CD Projekt Red has said as much , with the massive 2.0 overhaul update being the last big one the game will receive. We’ve known since last year that a sequel is in the works , unsurprising given the 25 million copies sold since its release three years ago....

World of Warcraft Season of Discovery players finish the new raid 12 hours after launch World first Gnomeregan stands as the latest in a long legacy of blasting through WoW patches. Image credit:Activision Blizzard World of Warcraft Classic was just blessed with phase two of its Season of Discovery last night, and a team of dedicated capital G Gamers have already not only hit max level, but cleared the new Gnomeregan raid....

XDefiant preview: A perfectly serviceable hero shooter that does nothing to alleviate FPS fatigue It’s another Ubisoft service shooter, and it looks perfectly fine – but is that enough in a genre that’s getting fuller and fuller? XDefiant is the latest arena shooter effort from Ubisoft , hoping to provide a fast-paced first-person shooter experience to anyone that likes the idea of diversifying their play styles, or has recently tired of Call of Duty and gotten a taste for all that sanitised military nonsense....

Yes, Stardew Valley mayonnaise drinking speedruns are now a thing, and already sub 20 minutes Hey, at least they’re not racing to get intimate with a bear like the Baldur’s Gate 3 lot…yet. Image credit:VG247/ConcernedApe Hi there. It’s Friday afternoon, everyone’s being very loud about Dragon’s Dogma 2 and I’m about to tell you about something that’s kinda disgusting. It’s about Stardew Valley . People are racing to drink mayonnaise in it as fast as they can....

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - How to save the Great Sky Island Koroks They just want to see their friends How to save the Great Sky Island Koroks in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a blueprint for how to save pretty much every Korok you find afterward. Reuniting the Korok friends isn’t mandatory, but it does make expanding your inventory with Hestu easier. Just make sure to take care of the lil’ wood spirits....

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Hestu location - How to increase inventory size Hestu is an important Korok who increases the size of Link’s inventory in Tears of the Kingdom. Image credit:Nintendo Update: We updated some links to ensure you can find what you’re looking for more easily! In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , Hestu takes Korok Seeds and exchanges them for an increase in your maximum inventory space, allowing you to carry more weapons, bows and shields in exchange for an ever-increasing amount of Korok Seeds....

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a bad game because you can’t pet the dog Unforgivable, really. Sorry to break it to those of you who haven’t tried it out yet, but no, you can’t pet the dog in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Look Nintendo. I’ve got a bone to pick with you, and yes, the pun is very intended. I don’t think every dog that appears in every game needs to have the option to let me pet it....

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Riju of Gerudo Town quest walkthrough The power of lightning is pretty cool. Big, undead bugs are not. Image credit:The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Nintendo During your adventure across Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , you’re tasked with investigating four Regional Phenomena. If you’re headed to Gerudo Town , you should’ve already visited the likes of Rito Village , Goron City , and Zora Domain ....

Zenless Zone Zero saves gooner Christmas by fixing bug that prevented pervy camera angles The online community freaked out a bit before it knew this was an unintended change. With the release of Version 1.4 of Zenless Zone Zero , a huge selection of major additions and minor tweaks and fixes were rolled out to a community of thirsty players. However, it’s this thirst that’s caused a bit of a backlash over the past few days, as the update brought with it a semi-block to certain camera angles that allowed players to get ‘up-close shots’ of their player avatar....

Zenless Zone Zero shows off Ye Shunguang gameplay for the first time at The Game Awards, teases the Angels of Delusion faction You may not come to The Game Awards for HoYoverse news, but the developer decided to surprise Zenless Zone Zero fans anyway and deliver some big news. Image credit:HoYoverse. Zenless Zone Zero brought some hot new information and a first look at its next major faction as part of The Game Awards 2025 ceremony....