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Forget about spending real money on Diablo 4 in-game cosmetics, get real clothes instead Forget dumping your cash into Activision Blizzard’s questionable in-game cosmetics and nab yourself some nice IRL threads instead. It should be no surprise to you, at this point, that Diablo 4 will feature microtransactions. Per Kegan Clark, Blizzard’s director of product for the game, Diablo 4 will be “a full-price game with a Cosmetics Shop and Battle Pass—none of which provide any pay-for-power options”....

Forget Bloodborne, two of 2023’s most exciting soulslikes are teaming up No official word on if its in-game skins, merch, or otherwise, but who doesn’t love a good ol’ fashioned collab? Lies of P and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty are teaming up for a collab later this year, although there isn’t any word yet on what exactly we’ll be getting from this team up. With Koei Techmo and Neowiz bringing both companies’ 2023 soulslikes together for a cheeky bit of dual promotion, it’s a good reminder that this year is looking pretty good for fans of the genre - even if we have to keep praying for a Bloodborne port or remaster....

Former The Sims studio head is working on a competing life-sim, Life By You Guess what? It looks a lot like The Sims. During yesterday’s Paradox Announcement Showcase, we were witness to a teaser trailer for an eerily familiar game called Life By You . Why is it familiar? Well, it looks an awful lot like Paradox’s take on The Sims . It also comes as no surprise either, considering Life By You is being developed by Paradox Tectonic, with development led by former The Sims studio head and former Second Life CEO, Rod Humble....

Forspoken PC specs and features announced alongside demo update You won’t need a magical, sentient PC to play it, but you may have to tweak things a bit. A new video providing a first look at Forspoken running on PC has been released, along with details on the PC specs and features. The PC video showcases gameplay and in-game cinematics footage and highlights some of the specs and features that will be available upon release....

Fragpunk is like every shooter, everywhere, all at once - and could be Netease’s next Marvel Rivals (if the dev plays its cards right) Competitive FPS, Fragpunk, revolves around the central mechanic of Shard Cards, which change the rules of every round. Image credit:VG247 Fragpunk is like every shooter, everywhere, all at once. When a mysterious element called Glunite appeared, it shattered the Shardverse and gave Lancers their otherworldly abilities, pulling people from different realities into a kaleidoscopic series of parallel universes where they now work as mercenaries collecting Glunite for their own ends....

Frostpunk is getting an Unreal Engine remake with mod support, as 11 Bit Studios puts its own proprietary game engine on ice You’ll have to chill on the excitement though, as Frostpunk 1886 is set to release in 2027. Image credit:11 Bit Studios Frostpunk 1886 , an Unreal Engine remake of the beloved dystopian management game, has just been announced. Set for a 2027 release, this announcement comes as developers 11 Bit Studios puts its own proprietary game engine - the Liquid Engine - on ice....

Game of Thrones star Lena Headey makes a triumphant return to genre TV Beacon 23 redefines the bottle episode as a stage for immense creativity. Image credit:MGM Huge advances in CGI have, in theory, unlocked boundless creative freedom for scifi and fantasy shows – if a writer can imagine it you can get it on screen. Though,in practice, that potential has been tempered by late stage capitalism and its propensity to devalue everything that doesn’t throw a 600% return up to a bunch of vampiric ghouls who lack the basic human capacity for joy....

Genshin Impact best Xingqiu build, weapons, and Xingqiu F2P options The power of water Power comes in many forms, and the best Genshin Impact Xingqiu build turns what looks like a pint-sized weakling into one of the most important characters in the open-world game . Xingqiu doesn’t do much on his own, but what he does do is create Rain Swords. These handy sources of extra damage apply Hydro and make setting up powerful reactions easier than ever....

Genshin Impact Udumbara locations and how to collect pistils Flower power We updated our Udumbara locations guide with the remaining three pistil locations. You’ll need these for a second Fravashi Tree, one located at the western end of the swamp. Finding the Genshin Impact Udumbara locations should be comparatively straightforward, except the game muddles the quest and makes it harder than it needs to be. As soon as you speak to the Favrashi Tree spirit who requests the pistils, a message about where to go next flashes on the screen for barely a second before disappearing....

Genshin Impact Wolfhook locations and Wolfhook farming tips A forest forage frolic Genshin Impact Wolfhook locations are some of the more difficult to find depending on how much exploring you do. They’re tucked away in a forested corner of Mondstadt that you only briefly visit during the prologue, and it’s easy to forget about or overlook them. Only two characters need Wolfhook for their ascension so far – Razer and Mika – which is good since fewer than 35 Wolfhook exist at a given point in the wild, and you can’t grow them....

Genshin Impact Xianyun materials list for ascension and Talents One needs mats If Cloud Retainer came home to roost for you, it’s time to start getting all your Genshin Impact Xianyun materials in order. Getting Xianyun’s mats in order takes you to Liyue’s Chenyu Vale, the only place you can find most of them, and brings the Hilichurls under fire again. Xianyun uses Anemo stones for her main ascension material, which, happily, has a decent chance of dropping from the version 4....

Geralt rises again: Doug Cockle lends his voice to our favorite Witcher in Netflix’s upcoming animated film The voice is back. Image credit:Netflix Netflix is developing a new animated film set in The Witcher franchise. Titled Sirens of The Deep, Doug Cockle will reprise the role of Geralt from The Witcher series video games. A couple of stars from the live-action show will also lend their voices to the film: Anya Chalotra and Joey Batey, who star as Yennefer of Vengerberg and Jaskier, respectively....

Get this Zephyrus G14 laptop with an RX 6800S and a Ryzen 9 chip for just $1200 from Best Buy Big bangs for small bucks. Asus’ Zephyrus line of gaming laptops has offered gamers high-end components in a small, stylish design in recent years. This is often reflected in a higher price range compared to the more standard-looking gaming laptops offered by Asus, Dell and others. This Zephyrus G14 is completely packed with an AMD Ryzen 9 CPU and also AMD’s RX 6800S GPU, and it’s currently down to just $1199....

Godzilla x Kong’s second trailer saves cinema by giving giant apes bone whips and power fists Among other rad things. Image credit:WB Pictures/Legendary Pictures Turns out that first Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire trailer was only the tip of the giant iceberg, as things are now looking much wilder and cartoonier (in a good way) than in 2021’s battle royale. Shortly after moving up on the calendar and taking over March 29 , Godzilla x Kong has received a second trailer which takes the Showa-era vibes to the next level....

Good news, seamless co-op Elden Ring lovers: your favourite mod now works with Shadow of the Erdtree Just don’t expect it to run perfectly right off the bat. Image credit:FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco If you’ve been desperate to play Elden Ring : Shadow of the Erdtree in seamless co-op, I’ve got great news: the mod has just been updated. Anyone that’s played a modern FromSoftware game knows that its online multiplayer is one part interesting, and in another part a ballache....

Good news, Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion is dropping this fall, with a “big update” set to arrive even sooner Get ready for some fresh shipbuilding and city map related, er, “stuff”. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda While we’ve all been caught up in Fallout fever, Starfield , the latest game Bethesda’s actually released into the world, has kind of taken a backseat in most of our minds - something that’s arguably been happening since the start of this year....

Goodbye superhero movies, hello again westerns: Clint Eastwood classic A Fistful of Dollars is getting a remake I hope you like spaghetti. Image credit:Jolly Film The original spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars is apparently getting a remake, and originality is dead. There’s been all sorts of trends in Hollywood since films started being big events rather than just experiments in what’s possible with the medium. These days it’s superhero films, though they might be on the way out....

Gray Zone Warfare immediately becomes Steam’s top seller as it shoots up the most played chart Gray Zone Warfare is having a good launch right now, just don’t look at those Steam reviews. Image credit:Madfinger Games As expected, the hottest release in realistic military shooters right now, Gray Zone Warfare , has done quite well in such a short span of time. The tactical extraction shooter launched on Steam Early Access earlier today , and has quickly become Steam’s best-selling game ....

GTA 6? What GTA 6? Veteran Rockstar leaker suggests Grand Theft Auto 4 port for current-gen consoles is in development and could drop later this year They also claim it’s “one more reason” the Liberty City Preservation Project mod was issued a takedown. Image credit:Rockstar Games It might not be the mid to late 2000s right now, but that’s not for a lack of trying on the behalf of publishers keen to get us all playing the likes of Oblivion and Gears of War again....

Halo didn’t skip not-E3 after all Master Chief and The Arbiter are coming to Brawlhalla, a game that probably has more active players than Halo Infinite right now. Believe it or not, Halo was actually at not-E3 this year. You didn’t miss it during the Xbox Showcase, instead it made a brief but lovely appearance at the Ubisoft Forward event last night. Both Master Chief and The Arbiter are coming to Brawlhalla ....