Armored Core 6 Needs An Easy Mode, But Not Just For The Reasons You Think

Armored Core 6 needs an easy mode, but not just for the reasons you think Sometimes you just want to look at something pretty in peace. It’s a bit old hat these days, but yes, I’m one of those kinds of people that thinks Armored Core 6 should have an easy mode. Shock horror, I know, but sue me for thinking that difficulty is relative and we should be accommodating of that....

January 16, 2026 · 4 min · 679 words · Gary Filippini

As Helldivers 2 Slides Down To About 10% Of Its Player Number Peak On Steam, Those Left Are Torn As To How Arrowhead Should Try To Right The Ship

As Helldivers 2 slides down to about 10% of its player number peak on Steam, those left are torn as to how Arrowhead should try to right the ship Sticking with fixes vs adding more new content - where do you stand? Image credit:Arrowhead Helldivers 2 has been in a bit of a quiet period lately, relatively speaking. With Arrowhead largely busy focusing on bug fixes and putting out stuff at a bit of a slower cadence, some players have been getting a bit tired of the same old thing, with an unfortunate milestone the game’s hit PC playerbase-wise having prompted some debate as to whether things might be getting a bit too static....

January 16, 2026 · 3 min · 570 words · James Williams

As Hitman Takes A Hiatus, Io Interactive Shares Details Of Its James Bond Game

As Hitman takes a hiatus, IO Interactive shares details of its James Bond game Still no release date, though. We might not be getting a new Hitman for a while, but IO Interactive does have a James Bond game on the way, and has shared a few more details. IO Interactive’s Bond game was first announced almost three years ago , and we haven’t really heard much about it since then....

January 16, 2026 · 3 min · 487 words · Vicente Aubrey

As It Turns Out, Helldivers 2's Self-killing Spike Has Been Due To Shrapnel, Not Ricochets

As it turns out, Helldivers 2’s self-killing spike has been due to shrapnel, not ricochets - don’t worry, a fix is coming Your streak of equally hilarious and frustrating insta-deaths should come to an end soon. Image credit:VG247/Arrowhead Following Helldivers 2 ’s latest patch, players have suddenly found themselves being insta-killed by their own ordinance on a regular basis , something that they’d no doubt find quite funny if they weren’t, you know, trying to score victories for Super Earth....

January 16, 2026 · 3 min · 489 words · Carlos Crabtree

Bag The Original Alan Wake And More For A Tenner Right Now

Bag the original Alan Wake and more for a tenner right now Hard to argue against eight games for a tenner. Looking to play the original Alan Wake before Alan Wake 2 arrives next week? You can bag it for just over a tenner right now, as well as some other great horror games. Alan Wake 2 is finally launched next Friday, October 27, more than 13 years after the original game....

January 16, 2026 · 2 min · 349 words · Jerrod Mccasland

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Has Just Dropped On Pc, Bringing With It Those Evil Endings, Mod Support And More

Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 7 has just dropped on PC, bringing with it those evil endings, mod support and more It’s here, finally, with a whole bunch of STUFF. Image credit:VG247/Larian WAKE UP! Baldur’s Gate 3 ’s uber-beefy Patch 7 is finally here, bringing with it all of the stuff Larian had previously announced or teased - such as those extra evil endings and mod support - as part of its total of “over 1,000 fixes and improvements”....

January 16, 2026 · 3 min · 536 words · David Wilson

Best Zenless Zone Zero Koleda Build

Best Zenless Zone Zero Koleda Build Here’s how to build Koleda in Zenless Zone Zero so you can make the most of the fiery S Rank Agent. Image credit:HoYoverse Zenless Zone Zero has a roster of wacky and distinct characters for you to get to know and use in battle, and some of them definitely pack more of a punch than others. Take the fiery Koleda of Belobog Industries, for example, who is capable of quickly stunning enemies and dishing out lots of damage while doing so....

January 16, 2026 · 6 min · 1107 words · Antonio Williamson

Bioware Teases Next Mass Effect With A Short Video For N7 Day 2023

Bioware teases next Mass Effect with a short video for N7 Day 2023 Who is this, why did they draw their weapon, and where are they headed? Image credit:Bioware It’s N7 Day, and Bioware could be teasing Mass Effect 5 , from what we gather. Bioware teased fans with codes to decipher, and each revealed video clips. Mass Effect teaser for N7 Day 2023.Watch on YouTube The first one saw users translating binary code from an official blog post , which spelled out the word Epsilon - which is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet and rather fitting for the teaser....

January 16, 2026 · 2 min · 225 words · Pamela Fleming

Black Ops 6 Season 1 Kicks Off Next Week With New Multiplayer Maps, New Modes, Zombies Directed Mode, And Some Big Changes To Warzone

Black Ops 6 Season 1 kicks off next week with new multiplayer maps, new modes, Zombies Directed Mode, and some big changes to Warzone We’re under one week away from the release of Black Ops 6’s first season, and the beginning of a new chapter in Warzone. Image credit:Activision, Treyarch, Raven. It may not feel like it, but we’re closer to the start of Season 1 in Black Ops 6 than we are to the game’s launch....

January 16, 2026 · 4 min · 690 words · Stephanie Cotto

Blizzard Is Bringing Back Diablo 4's Xp/gold Boost Event, And It's Marginally Better This Time

Blizzard is bringing back Diablo 4’s XP/Gold boost event, and it’s marginally better this time Diablo 4’s Mother’s Blessing event returns, and Blizzard has made some welcome changes. For a live service game, Diablo 4 has surprisingly few double XP events. Mother’s Blessing, as it’s known in the game, is the closest thing you’ll get to a double XP event (it’s not actually double). Well, the second iteration of that event is coming back next week....

January 16, 2026 · 2 min · 287 words · Brittany Davidson

Blizzard Shadow Drops Warcraft 1 + 2 Remastered, As Well As A Warcraft 3 Reforged Overhaul

Blizzard shadow drops Warcraft 1 + 2 remastered, as well as a Warcraft 3 reforged overhaul Old school RTS, back again. Second time’s the charm? Surprise! Activision Blizzard has suddenly dropped remasters of Warcraft: Orcs and Humans , as well as Warcraft II . Not only that, but Warcraft III: Reforged been given a 2.0 update, fixing several issues with the game that hopefully will make it more presentable to classic Blizzard RTS fans....

January 16, 2026 · 2 min · 387 words · Douglas Meeker

Call Of Duty Comes Back To Life As Xbox-360

Call of Duty comes back to life as Xbox-360-era games get surprise update The games had been plagued by server issues for a number of years. Large numbers of players are swarming back to older Call of Duty games on Xbox 360 thanks to a recent update. As spotted last week by Twitter user ZekcoFS , an update arrived for a number of older Call of Duty titles that fixed matchmaking....

January 16, 2026 · 3 min · 455 words · Lynda Rios

Can't Wait For Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6? You Don't Have To For Much Longer, Because It's Out This October

Can’t wait for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6? You don’t have to for much longer, because it’s out this October Though who’s that surprised? October 26! Image credit:Activision, Treyarch It’s not too long until Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be in your hands, as Microsoft just announced its release date. Ahead of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct set to take place right after the Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft confirmed that the upcoming entry in the long-running first-person shooter series would be releasing on October 26....

January 16, 2026 · 2 min · 309 words · Roland Horn

Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 Gets A Release Window And A Hearty Teaser Trailer With Certified Undead Hot Boy Alucard

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 gets a release window and a hearty teaser trailer with certified undead hot boy Alucard This should get your blood pumping. Image credit:Netflix/ Konami Netflix has dropped a brand new teaser trailer for Castlevania: Nocturne season 2, and it sure does seem like everyone’s favourite vampiric blonde boy will play a big part. It’s Netflix Geeked Week, which means that the streamer has a whole bunch of announcements coming including things like Arcane, Black Mirror, and Avatar: The Last Airbender ....

January 16, 2026 · 2 min · 411 words · Adam King

Cochise Partners With Rocket League For This Month's Neon Nights Event

Cochise partners with Rocket League for this month’s Neon Nights event Starting January 25, the artist will be getting their own in-game cosmetics. Rapper Cochise is partnering up with Psyonix for Rocket League ’s upcoming Neon Nights event, which is returning yet again later this month. Going live on January 25, players will be able to play a series of returning limited time modes, as well as earn some exclusive Cochise and Neon Night themed cosmetics until February 1....

January 16, 2026 · 2 min · 295 words · William Bazin

Connections Hints And Definitions For November 18, 2023

Connections hints and definitions for November 18, 2023 Let these Connections clues save you from the precipice! <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/connections-hint-tips.png?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“A Connections puzzle, showing the categories “Mild Oaths”, “Fast”, “Falsify” and “TV Shows” - 1”> Image credit:New York Times/VG247 Today’s Connections puzzle is a tough one, with a mixture of ambiguous words that could easily fit into multiple different categories. But never fear, here are a few Connections hints to get you started on the road to the solution, including definitions for every word featured and some alternatives that could also fit into the same category....

January 16, 2026 · 3 min · 599 words · Marietta Jones

Cyberpunk 2077 Best Ending

Cyberpunk 2077 Best Ending | How to get all endings and secret ending Get the ending you want — including the one newly added with Phantom Liberty. All good things must eventually come to an end, and such is the case with Cyberpunk 2077 ’s adventures in Night City. You might be surprised how quickly you reach the ending: compared to The Witcher 3 , Cyberpunk 2077 ’s point of no return for the main story comes quite soon....

January 16, 2026 · 15 min · 3116 words · Jay Bolick

Dave The Diver White Spotted Jellyfish And Limestone Cave Location

Dave the Diver White Spotted Jellyfish and Limestone Cave location Jellyfish spotting Finding the White Spotted Jellyfish location in Dave the Diver is a bit trickier than tracking down some of your more standard catches. The White Spotted Jellyfish lives in the Limestone Caves, but getting there requires some deep diving and a suit upgrade. You can’t catch the jellyfish in the usual ways either, so make sure you’ve got a few Hush Darts and your Net Gun handy....

January 16, 2026 · 2 min · 351 words · Ryan Phelps

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Review

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster review - A masterclass that turns an Xbox 360 classic into a 2024 game of the year contender One of the best Capcom games from the 7th generation of consoles has been brought back better than ever. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/DRDR-REVIEW-HEADER.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“A Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster header image that reads: “A remaster everyone should experience” and rewards 5 stars - 1”> Image credit:VG247 When Dead Rising was released back in 2006, Americans consumed 28....

January 16, 2026 · 8 min · 1587 words · Adriana Mitchelle

Destiny 2 Lightfall Is Already Reminding Me Of The Best Era Of Halo Games

Destiny 2 Lightfall is already reminding me of the best era of Halo games A breakneck retreat from a ship as it implodes, some of the classiest combat puzzles in the FPS genre, and a killer soundtrack. Halo is back, sorta. Remember when Bungie used to make Halo games? They were great, weren’t they? Some of the tightest, smartest shooters around – revolutionary in the way they opened up the corridors of the genre and popularised the use-the-weapons-of-your-enemy mechanic....

January 16, 2026 · 6 min · 1071 words · Christine Salas