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Diablo 4 is free to play this weekend on Steam, and Blizzard keeps creating more reasons to convince you to dive in This weekend may be the best time to try out Diablo 4 completely free on Steam, and there’s more than one reason why. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment. It’s pretty easy to be excited about Diablo 4 right now. The game is currently in its best form ever, following the fundamental loot and itemisation overhaul from Season 4 , and the new endgame activities and quality of life improvements that arrived with Season 5 ....

Diablo 4 is free to play until the new year on everything, and you can even try out the new Spiritborn class Blizzard really wants you to be playing Diablo 4 over the holidays and into the new year. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment. While the core ARPG community may be busy arguing the merits of Path of Exile 2 right now; how challenging (and sometimes downright unfair) it can be, and how much it is and isn’t like Diablo , casual players likely don’t care much about all that....

Diablo 4 player steps up to fix the game’s Aspect sorting problem The more you play Diablo 4, the more tracking and filtering the Aspects you own becomes a real drag. By now, anyone who finished Diablo 4 ’s campaign and spent any meaningful time in the post-campaign/endgame, will be acutely aware of the game’s inventory sorting problems. Even setting aside the inventory size itself, the real issue is that there is no way to accurately (and quickly) see what you have....

Diablo 4 will now turn on resolution scaling by default on PC, so don’t be alarmed if things suddenly look blurry Diablo 4’s next patch arrives soon, and it’s going to make a change a lot of PC players won’t be enitrely happy with. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard has revealed the patch notes for Diablo 4 ’s next update, which will arrive tomorrow, March 18 on all platforms. This is a smaller patch, so don’t expect anything massive....

Disco Elysium is being released on mobile because ZA/UM wants to, er, “captivate the TikTok user” by “creating an all new, deeply engaging form of entertainment” Yeah, I don’t know either. Image credit:ZA/UM You know Disco Elysium , that game that’s arguably better known at this point for all the fallout at developer ZA/UM and beyond which followed its initial release, often proving as seriously concerning as it has strange?...

Does Atomfall have New Game Plus? Can’t get enough of post-apocalyptic northern England? We’ve some bad news for you when it comes to New Game Plus then. Image credit:Rebellion/VG247 Atomfall has you wake up in a bunker in the middle of northern England with no memory of who you are or what has happened. This isn’t exactly unusual, considering that’s how most northerner’s weekends end up concluding, but the difference is that the northern England that you’re exploring has been victim to the Windscale disaster....

Don’t expect any more Marvel’s What If…? after season 3, as a studio exec calls it “the completion of a trilogy” What if… the show got a season 4? Image credit:Marvel Marvel’s What If…? sounds like it will be ending after three seasons, so don’t go expecting regular looks around the MCU’s multiverse apart from its tentpole films and shows. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is still getting its footing on the whole multiverse thing, but the Disney+ series What If…?...

Don’t panic, Starfield definitely isn’t coming to Nintendo Switch It’s just a little Twitter gaffe from Bethesda in regards to - guess what? A Skyrim update! Image credit:VG247/Bethesda Ok, strap yourself in. You know how Xbox said Starfield isn’t coming to any other platforms as of right now ? Well, it still isn’t, despite a Twitter post from Bethesda having managed to give a few people who struggle with reading minor heart attacks....

Don’t worry, Life is Strange: Double Exposure won’t canonise either ending of the original game, Deck Nine says Did you save Bae or Bay? Either way, your choice will still count when Max Caulfield makes her long-awaited return to the franchise this October. Image credit:Deck Nine / Square Enix Life is Strange: Double Exposure will respect the player’s final decision from the first game and won’t be declaring either original ending canon, Deck Nine has confirmed....

DOOM: The Dark Ages Chapter 1 Village of Khalim secrets Here’s where you’ll find every secret and collectible in Chapter 1 – Village of Khalim – of DOOM: The Dark Ages. Image credit:id Software/Bethesda DOOM: The Dark Ages first chapter, The Village of Khalim , largely acts as a tutorial. It introduces you to the game’s mechanics, some new weapons, and has the first of many secret locations and collectibles for you to find while ripping and tearing through foes....

Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn’t do as well as EA hoped, but EA Sports FC 25’s struggles to score big financial numbers were an even bigger factor in it revising expectations Damn, even the perennial cash cow that is EA’s footy behemoth hasn’t quite delivered in the way it hoped this year. Image credit:EA EA has revealed that both Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 have both “underperformed” its expectations, though it’s the latter of the two that it cites as “accounting for the majority of the change” it’s had to make in its financial projections....

Dune Awakening will have a smart fix for the age old problem of faction imbalance: a third faction dedicated to levelling the playing field Now that’s a scoop. What would this third faction be? Image credit:Funcom Faction imbalance is a problem as old as MMOs themselves, one must only look at World of Warcraft servers being dominated by either the Alliance or Horde as an example of how players love flocking to the faction leading the pack....

EA Sports FC 24 Icons and Heroes: Who’s confirmed, who’s leaked? All legendary names from football’s history, but who’s an Icon and who’s a Hero? Image credit:EA Sports While EA Sports FC 24 has retained many of the licences it held during the series’ time as FIFA by negotiating with players’ unions, competitions and clubs directly, one headline feature that is still murky is which Icons and Heroes will appear in EA Sports FC 24?...

Elden Ring Nightreign gets a tiny patch that boosts Storm Ruler for that Everdark Augur fight The latest Elden Ring Nightreign is here, bringing with it a big change to one particular skill. Image credit:FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Elden Ring Nightreign servers are back online following three hours of maintenance that kicked off earlier today in preparation for the release of the game’s latest update. Patch 1.02.1 has now rolled out across all platforms, and it’s another incremental one....

Elden Ring Nightreign’s next update will make sure your Depth level actually goes up when you win, let you drop it down when it gets too hard The next Elden Ring Nightreign update is currently in the works, and FromSoftware has its eye on a couple of Deep of Night issues. Image credit:FromSoftware. The ultra-chalenging Deep of Night mode has only been available in Elden Ring Nightreign for about ten days, but players have already identified a couple of areas where it could improve, and unfortunately ran into a nasty bug that could rob you of your victory....

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Igon quest guide Igon’s quest nets you some pretty cool rewards, so be sure to spend some time with the screaming man. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree is full of interesting characters for you to meet. One of them, who you’ll hear wailing and crying from a distance before you even see them, is Igon . This guy has clearly been through it, and his quest takes you on a perilous journey where you’ll wind up fighting multiple dragons....

Embark on a breathtaking journey when Planet of Lana releases on PC and Xbox this month Experience a lovely world full of wonder and danger. Wishfully has provided a release date for its cinematic puzzle adventure game, Planet of Lana . Published by Thunderful, Planet of Lana will release on May 23 for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It is also a day-one release on Game Pass. One of the most anticipated indie titles of 2023, the game tells the story of Lana and her loyal animal companion, Mui, who are on a mission to rescue Lana’s sister....

Epic Games Store still hasn’t managed to turn a profit since its launch This comes from Epic Games’ antitrust suit against Google. The Epic Games Store first launched back in December of 2018, but as confirmed in a new court case between Epic and Google, the game developer and publisher said the storefront is still unprofitable. Back in 2020, Epic introduced an update to Fortnite which meant that players that bought V-Bucks directly from its storefront as opposed to the Apple or Google Storefronts would get a 20% discount....

Everspace 2 gets April release date, but won’t launch on Xbox One or PS4 Those of us who patiently await the complete build of Everspace 2 have good news to celebrate, and some bad news. Everspace 2 , the single-player space shooter epic from Rockfish, is finally approaching its full release. The developer announced today that the game will be leaving early access on April 6. This milestone arrives after over two years of active development, which saw the release six major content updates....

Everything you need to know about Battlefield Redsec battle royale, Gauntlet and Portal Redsec is a big deal for Battlefield 6, so we wanted to break down everything you’re going to find when you download it. Image credit:Battlefield Studios, EA. Battlefield 6 ’s free-to-play experience, Redsec , has officially gone live with Season 1. Redsec represents something fresh for the Battlefield franchise, a new type of platform that exists within the larger BF6 experience....