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Diablo 4’s next livestream is going to be big, but it’s not happening for another week. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment. Anyone who’s been following Diablo 4 in recent weeks knows that Blizzard has been a little quiet about anything to do with Season 6, the game’s next season kicking off with the release of the Vessel of Hatred expansion. Considering this is Diablo 4’s first major content update since its release last year, the expansion understandably got a lot of airtime....

What are the best Bethesda games that aren’t Bethesda games? If you see it, you can go there. But who does it best? Find out in The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 66! With the imminent release of Starfield , people the world over are about to fill their boots once again with Bethesda’s signature style of go anywhere, do anything game. Unless they don’t have an Xbox or a decent PC, that is....

What are you playing this weekend? Another lovely long weekend awaits! It’s Memorial Day weekend in the US, which means folks in the States get an extra day to do nothing if the mood strikes them. Decoration Day, as it was originally called, was set aside after the Civil War ended to honor soldiers who died. Over the years, it turned into Memorial Day, a now Federal holiday. Basically, it’s a day we celebrate fallen members of the military....

What are you playing this weekend? Groundhog whispers of sunshine bright, but my teeth still chatter through the night. Image credit:The Deep End Games / 2124 Publishing Once again the weekend has come, along with a sense of security knowing we can idle through life for a couple of days before reality creeps through the door. It’s a shame it’s so cold out. Otherwise, we’d all plan something for the weekend that didn’t involve being crestfallen and cooped up due to inclement weather....

What’s the best Easter game? What even IS an Easter game? We’ve not had Christmas yet, but we’re extremely odd here at VG247. If you didn’t listen to last week’s show you might be confused as to why we’re doing a an Easter episode in September. Well, Jim was goaded into it (like he was with the Christmas episode), so we’re doing it. We also reserve the right to do another one when it’s actually Easter (we’re smart like that)....

What’s the best game with the WORST difficulty spike? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 49 Everyone has their own traumatic memory of a really Annoying Bit. Welcome to the Best Games Ever Show episode 49: The Best Game with the Worst Difficulty Spike. High difficulty is one thing. As long as it’s consistent, it can be an asset. Souls games are essentially all about providing a big mountain to climb....

What’s the best Pirate Game that ISN’T Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag? Find out in The Best Games Ever Podcast Contains only minimal discussion about Blackbeard’s syphilitic pinger. Image credit:Ubisoft, VG247 The Best Games Ever podcast is a game show where three regular panellists have to find the best game in a weirdly specific category such as “Best game with a named horse”, or “Best game with a terrible British accent”....

What’s new in Genshin Impact 5.0 The tourist guide to Genshin Impact’s Natlan The Genshin Impact 5.0 release date is just around the corner, and Natlan is only part of HoYoverse’s big plans for the RPG. Story quests are getting a regional overhaul in an effort to tie important characters more closely with the world around them, there’s a new World Level, a confusing new change to how 50/50 chances work on featured banners, and best of all, a new way to customize Artifacts so you actually get the stat you want....

Where to find Fuel in Once Human Here’s how to get plenty of Portable Mixed Fuel and Premium Fuel in Once Human. Image credit:VG247/Starry Studio UPDATE: We’ve added some more information to this guide about how to refuel vehicles and how to get Solar Power up and running properly in Once Human. As you start out your journey in Once Human , you’ll very quickly realize that this post-apocalyptic open-world you have been launched to is huge; far too huge for anyone to run around on foot....

Where to find Stone Blocks in Nightingale Stone blocks are the building blocks of Nightingale, literally. Image credit:VG247/Inflexion Games Nightingale is as much about exploration as it is about crafting your dream base in the magical wilderness, but that doesn’t mean that stone blocks are any less important of a resource. As well as providing the building blocks, literally, for a number of different kinds of buildings and structures, stone blocks are used in a wide variety of crafting recipes too....

While impressing shareholders about Xbox revenue, Microsoft avoids saying “layoffs” when talking about 1900 job losses “Last week’s announcement” still looms large in the minds of many, but it was only worth a passing mention. Image credit:VG247/Xbox After laying off a small town’s worth of people from its gaming arm just last week, Microsoft has managed to host an earnings call that, in a fashion that feels wrong even if it’s predictable, saw its top execs vaguely touch on said layoffs… without actually talking about the layoffs....

Whoops, Battlefield 6’s official reveal was entirely about the single-player campaign - and we didn’t even get a date EA has delivered, well, something today with the Battlefield 6 reveal trailer, which brought us a first look at the game’s campaign. Image credit:EA, DICE. EA and DICE just debuted the first-ever trailer for Battlefield 6 , right on schedule. The trailer premiered on YouTube moments ago, just days after the game’s official title was announced ....

Wuthering Waves Encore Build Here’s how to get the most out of having Encore on your WuWa team. Image credit:Kuro Game UPDATE: We’ve updated this page with a little more information on things like Echo stats and team compositions to help you with your Encore build. If Wuthering Waves ’ roster of Resonators already has you hollering for more, get ready for another round with the powerful and particularly easy to use five star character, Encore ....

Xbox’s Phil Spencer on why a new Fallout game didn’t drop alongside the TV show: “the play is much more long term than trying to drive some gift buying” The Microsoft gaming exec actually reckons not trying to time the two up together allows a bit of extra “creative liberty”. Image credit:Xbox/Amazon Prime Video Speaking to Inverse , the exec was seemingly pretty open in acknowledging that Xbox/Bethesda didn’t have anything specifically new lined up game-wise to go alongside the TV show, which spurred a pretty huge jolt in player numbers for the Fallouts you can currently play....

You might be shocked at how little Anya Taylor-Joy speaks in Furiosa The long-awaited film is finally out next week. Image credit:Warner Bros Anya Taylor-Joy is the star of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga , but she doesn’t talk all that much in it. I wouldn’t say Mad Max is known for its dialogue, other than that much memed on line from Fury Road . But, you still might be surprised to hear how much, or how little, Taylor-Joy actually talks in the upcoming Furiosa....

You’ve only got a few hours to grab some awesome turn-based RPGs like Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader in the Steam sale You got some time left to snatch up a lovely deal or two. Image credit:Owlcat Games Head’s up! You - yes you - have only a few hours left to jump on a turn-based RPG sale featuring loads of super good games for you to grab on the cheap. This includes Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader , which is getting a wild discount of 40% days before its next major DLC update....

Zack Snyder’s Justice League refuses to die, even as James Gunn remains busy with establishing the new DCU Heading to the big screen. Image credit:Warner Bros/ DC The Snyder Cut of Justice League never made its way to theatres, but Zack Snyder appears to be teasing that its time is finally coming. I think one of the weirdest things to happen in the film world over the past few years was the fervent demand for Snyder to be able to present his cut of the Justice League film, seeing as he wasn’t able to finish directing it....

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Gleeok locations and boss guide Three heads are deadlier than one. UPDATE: We have embedded interactive maps to help you with tracking down all of the different Gleeok locations in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Gleeok locations are a mix of easy-to-find spots that you’ll stumble on naturally and hidden areas that are exceptionally difficult to reach....

“Ask Xbox why they haven’t answered us for two months” - Enotria: The Last Song’s Xbox version is delayed indefinitely, with devs citing lack of Microsoft comms “Obviously they don’t care about Enotria and they don’t care about you.” Image credit:Jyamma Games The developers of Enotria: The Last Song , an Italian soulslike that’s set to release later this month, have announced that the Xbox version of the game has been delayed indefinitely....

“I believe people got used to everything being free” - delving into the debate surrounding Skyrim’s paid mods It’s been a while, but the most controversial topic in the Bethesda community remains a complex dilemma. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda “Modding starts as a hobby and mods are passion projects for most people when they get started,” modder Emmi Junkkari, whom you may know by the handle Elianora , tells me. “I doubt most people started making content for these games thinking they’ll make mad bucks with Patreon....