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Forza Horizon 4 is getting delisted this year, but you’ve got time to complete its longest race in a crap car over 21,000 times before it goes Fire up your goofy little Peel Trident, it’s time to put the pedal to the metal! Image credit:Playground Games Right, I’ve got a lot of racing to do for reasons we’ll get into soon, so I’ll make this quick. Forza Horizon 4 is getting delisted from online storefronts on both Xbox and PC in December this year, Playground Games has announced, citing licensing and agreements with partners as the reason it’s being taken down....

Game of the year 2024? For me, it was all about karaoke, a trip to Yorkshire, and irradiated tea Forget Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo - here are the real big three that matter. Image credit:VG247 You know all those games we were talking about potentially being the thing this year around the time that Geoff Keighley was putting on his best corporate forced smile and preparing to take to the stage at The Game Awards ?...

Genshin Impact codes for February 2026 Grab your free Primogems here! Image credit:HoYoverse 6th February 2026: We added new Genshin Impact codes. Like a lot of free-to-play games, Genshin Impact has an in-game currency called Primogems that you’ll find yourself quickly spending on Wish Items and Original Resin. To keep you hooked however, miHoYo (HoYoverse) regularly gives away promo codes, offering up a bunch of freebies including Primogems, Mora, and a whole range of Enchantment Materials....

Genshin Impact Nightsoul Blessing, Burst, and Transmission explained Nightsoul is yet one more thing to keep track of in Genshin Impact’s Natlan region Genshin Impact Nightsoul is a new mechanic exclusive to Natlan and, more importantly, Natlan characters such as Mualani . Nightsoul has three components: Nightsoul’s Blessing, Nightsoul Burst, and Nightsoul Transmission. Nightsoul effects power up certain talents depending on who’s in your party at the time, and some characters can only use their skills when they enter the Nightsoul’s Blessing state....

Genshin Impact Xilonen build and teams The best weapons and Artifacts for Natlan’s 5-star support character Image credit:HoYoverse The best Genshin Impact Xilonen build depends on what role you want this excellent 5-star support character to play – and whether you get her signature weapon. Xilonen’s kit scales on defense, which is unusual for a sword-wielding character and limits the number of weapons that work well with her abilities. Still, you can make up for what she might not get from her weapon with a good set of Artifact stats....

Ghosts or aliens? Scott Pilgrim Takes Off studio’s next adaptation asks which of them is real It’s one or the other, you have to choose. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’s studio appears to be on a roll with its adaptations at the moment, as it looks to tackle the popular paranormal rom-com Dandadan . Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens? What if you think one of them is real but your friend is convinced the other is, and you become determined to prove that you’re right, but maybe you both are?...

Goldeneye on Xbox Game Pass is a bitter disappointment Compared to the abandoned 360 remaster, this re-release is a painful reminder of what could have been. ^Check out our discussion of the Goldeneye remaster, with oodles of 4K footage! There are, of course, plenty of grown-up reasons why Goldeneye 007 ’s ill-fated remaster – almost completed, but left abandoned some time in 2008 – will never officially see the light of day....

Halo season two trailer teases the titular ring, confirms a release date Live action Master Chief will be back on the small screen soon. The first trailer for the second season of the Halo TV series is here, giving us a first look at the very thing the name is based on (it’s a Halo ). Paramount showed off the trailer for Halo season two yesterday, and while it’s mostly just dramatic shots of characters looking emotional about something or other, it does offer us glimpses of the main things everyone loves about the series: Master Chief, the Covenant, and that titular Halo....

HBO’s The Last of Us is one of Max’s most streamed shows The show was renewed for a second season in January. If it wasn’t obvious already, HBO’s The Last of Us has been incredibly successful, so much so that it’s actually Max’s second most watched show. Whether you liked the live action adaptation of The Last of Us or not, the show has obviously done incredibly well for itself. That’s obviously in part due to the fact that it had a pre-established fanbase from the games, as well as having the showrunner of the highly rated Chernobly attached, but before it was released it wasn’t clear just how well it might do....

Hideo Kojima isn’t directing the Death Stranding movie, but he is “deeply involved” in it Still no word on when we can hear something concrete, though. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Death-Stranding_PostReview_Screenshot15.jpg?width=570&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=“Hideo Kojima isn’t directing the Death Stranding movie, but he is “deeply involved” in it - 1”> Hideo Kojima might be one of the biggest film nerds around, but he won’t be directing the film adaptation of Death Stranding ....

Hitman’s latest target is MMA lad Conor McGregor, even though Agent 47 can probably avoid his fists of fury by just shooting him in the face Hey, nice try Mr Notorious, but you brought some killer kicks to a sniper rifle fight. Image credit:Io Interactive Get this - Conor McGregor, yeah the loud Irish guy of MMA and, er, other stuff fame is coming to Hitman World of Assasination as Agent 47 next big elusive target....

Holy moly, you lot must love opening Pokemon cards, as Pokemon TCG Pocket is reportedly earning triple the amount Pokemon Go does per day The house always wins. Image credit:The Pokemon Company Yowza, Pokemon TCG Pocket is off to a flying start, as one report says the mobile trading card game is making three times as much as Pokemon Go . If you’re even remotely aware of the real life Pokemon Trading Card Game, you’ll know that it is incredibly popular - not even really because of the competitive side, but just to collect the things....

Honkai: Star Rail walkthroughs and beginner’s guides Here are all of our walkthroughs, guides and tips for HoYoverse’s latest RPG, Honkai Star Rail! Image credit:HoYoverse The space-age fantasy of Honkai: Star Rail is the latest massive RPG from the creators of Genshin Impact , boasting the same stylish visuals and its own copious collection of covetable characters. With a game as huge and never-ending as Honkai: Star Rail, it can be tough to know where to start, so that’s why we’ve collected this list of useful walkthrough pages, containing tips on forming the best teams from what you have available, as well as tricks for earning more currency and completing quests....

How to access Datlow Hall Conservatory in Atomfall Here’s how to gain access to the locked Datlow Hall Conservatory in Atomfall. Image credit:Rebellion/VG247 So, you’ve found yourself in Atomfall ’s Casterfell Woods, where Druids are in abundance and most of the region’s remaining NPC’s have lost their marbles. One such NPC, who has a few screws loose, is Prudence Rook of Datlow Hall, who gives you free reign of the entire place except the conservatory ....

How to acquire a Cyphered Tablet in MW3 Zombies Here’s how to acquire the Cyphered Tablet during a match of MWZ. Image credit:Activision In Modern Warfare 3 Zombies, you’ll be tasked with mowing down hordes of zombies and trying to exfil with arms full of loot. On top of that, though, there are story missions for players to complete for rewards that you can take into your next match with you, and a few of these need you to acquire the Cyphered Tablet item....

How to cast spells in Dark and Darker A wizard casts precisely when they mean to How to cast spells in Dark and Darker seems like something that should be intuitive, but like much else in the dungeon crawler RPG , the system isn’t quite as simple as it first appears. You need the right equipment and skills to cast a spell, and even then, you still have to practice careful timing to avoid getting overwhelmed....

How to complete the Josiu Shrine in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Let’s go and find that crystal! Image credit:VG247 | Nintendo Of all the shrines in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , there are a dozen that don’t take the traditional form of indoor shrines at all. These are crystal quests which send you after the giant stone that makes up the shrine building, asking you to seek out the crystal and return it to the shrine before you can gain access to the inside, and the Josiu Shrine in North Necluda Sky is one of them....

How to fast travel in Stalker 2 Here’s how to travel around the zone quickly with the help of Guides in Stalker 2. Image credit:GSC Game World Stalker 2 boasts a huge, sprawling wasteland packed with anomalies , artifacts , and some very bizarre goings-on. You’ll have likely already noticed how much sprinting from A to B the game contains, and how many Energy Drinks traveling can often have you consuming....

How to get the Climbing Gear in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Necessary for scaling mountains! Image credit:The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Nintendo UPDATE: We have embedded an interactive map to help you with tracking down all Climbing Gear set pieces in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Link, being the hero of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , actually starts out with a pretty poor arsenal of weapons and gear....

How to get the new endings in Until Dawn (2024) Make the right choices and you’ll see a couple of brand-new scenes at the end of the enhanced version of Until Dawn. Image credit:Ballistic Moon / PlayStation Publishing 2024’s Until Dawn may be more of a remaster than a remake of the 2015 original, but there are still a few new outcomes that diligent fans will no doubt be eager to dig out and see for themselves....