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You’re not in the Commonwealth anymore” - Fallout: London’s animation whiz is hyped to see players try its rad new weapons “Running around and exploring London with the various sets of weapons I animated is going to be fun.” Image credit:VG247/Team FOLON If you’re a Fallout fan, there’s a good chance you can’t wait to play Fallout: London when it arrives in April . Funnily enough, the modders who’ve been working on it are in a similar position, and we’ve spoken to one of them to get a lowdown on which bits of the mod they personally can’t wait for players to experience and try out for themselves....

Zelda Breath of the Wild Keo Ruug Shrine - Find the Keo Ruug Shrine and Beat the Fateful Stars Trial The Keo Ruug Shrine can be one of the tougher ones to crack in the early hours of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , but not if you come prepared. In this Zelda Breath of the Wild Keo Ruug Shrine guide , we’ll be walking you through beating the Breath of the Wild Fateful Stars Trial as easily as possible, so you can continue with your adventure in Hyrule....

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - All Zonai Devices and how to use Device Dispensers Searching for a specific Zonai Device? Here’s where to find it! Image credit:Nintendo In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , Zonai Devices are ancient technological wonders, capable of performing incredible feats like launching Link into the air, hardening lava into a walkable platform or firing laser beams. Because who doesn’t love firing laser beams?...

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Rumored Beast Location Link’s on the trail of a mysterious monster! Image credit:Nintendo One of the most intriguing tasks facing Link in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is where to find the rumored beast whispered about at stables around Hyrule. Rumors have spread like wildfire about a terrifying beast with huge footprints, intimidating horns and a reclusive and mysterious nature. But most interestingly of all, they seem to be related to the disappearance of Princess Zelda....

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom wasn’t clicking for me. Then I turned off motion controls Everything just made a bit more sense to me after I stopped wobbling my JoyCon around like an idiot. You’re all excited to play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , and you’ve just sat down with your Switch in hand (or with the machine docked nicely in its hub and the Joy-Con in your hand, philistine) and you get to the first dungeon....

Zelda’s voice actor didn’t know she was auditioning for the titular character Nintendo secrecy strikes again. It turns out that the voice actor behind Zelda in both Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom didn’t even know she was auditioning for the character. To say Nintendo is secretive is like saying you need air to breathe: the two come hand in hand. Obviously that’s especially been the case with Tears of the Kingdom , a game that only really had proper trailers this year, just a few months before it came out....

“It needs a lot more time in the oven” - Larian hopes it can distract you from whatever its next game is with a cute, puzzley Advent calendar Maybe next year! Image credit:Larian Studios No, Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios isn’t quite ready to show off its next game just yet, but it does have a little Advent calendar for you to get through at least. Here’s what we know about Larian’s next game so far: it exists!...

“We have a lot more control” 2XKO’s Tony Cannon speaks on server-based online, Vanguard anti-cheat, and more VG247 sat down with Tony Cannon at Evo 2024 for a short but sweet interview about Riot’s upcoming fighting game. Image credit:VG247 Evo 2024 has wrapped up, and while thousands of attendees all turned up to play and spectate their favourite fighting game, lines were long to try out the latest build of one not-yet revealed....

A Diablo show isn’t in the works, but the head of the series certainly likes the idea of one An animated series was supposedly in development at one point in time. No, there isn’t a Diablo show coming, though general manager of the franchise at Blizzard Rod Fergusson has expressed interest in the idea. It’s becoming increasingly clear that live-action adaptations of video games are the big thing in film and TV....

A fan built a website to help you find cool designs to make in Tears of the Kingdom Now you can build your own war machines! If you’re needing some help coming up with some cool ideas for creations in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , someone built a website for just that. One of the most surprising new abilities that Link now has in Tears of the Kingdom is Ultrahand....

A new volume of the Animal Crossing manga is finally out in the UK Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Deserted Island Diary Vol. 5 was released in Japan back in June 2022, but the rest of the world is still getting caught up. Image credit:Nintendo If you’re a UK-based fan of extremely niche multimedia tie-ins to extremely popular video games, boy do I have some exciting news for you, you hella specific nerd: the fifth volume of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons manga goes on sale in the UK from today....

A video game has won a Grammy for the first time, and it was DLC Congrats to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, a game that came out in 2020. The Grammys made history last night, if you care that much, by giving out its first award just for video game soundtracks. While games have kind of featured here and there at the Grammys in previous years (Austin Wintory won one for Journey), there hasn’t been an award solely dedicated to video games....

After conquering Sonic, the third film’s writers would love to have a go at making a Zelda movie based on a once divisive entry in the series And honestly, I hope they get to! Image credit:Nintendo The team behind Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has proven it knows how to make a video game movie, and now the writers have shared that they’d like to tackle a Zelda movie. It feels like a bit of a surprising thing to say that Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (the movie one, not the game one) is actually really quite good, considering the series’ lengthy and mixed history....

Ahead of the Fallout TV Show, new fan film gives Fallout 4’s main story the ending it arguably deserved Hey, it’s slightly more touching than just leaving him inside an Institute that’s about to go boom. Image credit:VG247/Fallout Deadweight Warning: Major spoilers for Fallout 4 lie ahead There are a lot of Fallout things coming in the very near future now that April’s upon us, but the first one that’s dropped looks to have done so pretty much out of the blue....

Alan Wake 2 review: The best psychological horror game I’ve played in generations In a superb blend of reality and fiction, Alan Wake 2 will earn its place as one of the best horror games out there. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Alan-wake-2-header_39cVSAc.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 review header for VG247’s Alan Wake 2 review, featuring the game name, a five-star rating, and a quote that reads: “Horror experiences don’t get much better than this”. - 1”>...

All Fallout: London Perks and what they do Here are all the Fallout: London Perks that you can unlock, and how they can benefit you. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda/Team FOLON As you step foot in post-apocalyptic London and explore all that Fallout: London has to offer, one thing you certainly do not want to neglect are Perks . These function as additional Skills for your character to unlock, improving their capabilities in combat, chem-consuming, conversation, and much more....

The bomb is currently set to drop in spring 2024. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda The announcement came via a teaser posted to Twitter by the series’ official account and seemingly confirms April 12, 2024 as the date when the series, or at least its first episode, will debut. Veteran wastelanders will recognise the clip as using a shot of a Pip-Boy’s boot-up sequence to convey this message. Tucked away within the lines of green text that scroll across the device’s screen before it reaches its main menu and shows off the release date are a couple of extra little details, including a stylised mention of the word Kilter, likely an allusion to Kilter Films, the series’ production company....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons pair of Nook Inc. branded Switch Lites announced for Nintendo’s holiday lineup But it’s a cheap coaster set that’s fuelled surprise update rumours Image credit:Nintendo Things have been very, very quiet on the Animal Crossing: New Horizons front since the game’s hefty Version 2.0 update landed in November 2021, leaving many fans lamenting the fact that one of the biggest and best games of 2020 received barely 18 months’ active support from Nintendo....

Are we witnessing the death of the Halo franchise? 343 Industries is doing a lot of soul-searching after Halo Infinite’s uneasy launch. What needs to happen to ensure the future of this Xbox icon? Countless Halo fans all over the world eagerly waited for the launch of Halo Infinite back in November 2021. Series veterans, like myself, were convinced that the game would finally return to the franchise’s roots and offer the quintessential Halo experience – something even developer 343 Industries was hinting towards in pre-release media drops....

As Warner Bros. prepares for a Superman and Minecraft-led 2025, dusty IPs like Gremlins and Goonies are being unearthed Bring me franchiseable IP. Image credit:Warner Bros. This whole Warner Bros. Discovery thing has been a mess, hasn’t it? The media and entertainment company puts out a fair amount of bangers each year because it controls so much, but it’s been abundantly clear that there’s no real plan for its assets (yuck, hate that word)....