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The Monster Hunter Wilds PC benchmark tool may be the final proof you need that the full game will run better than the beta Capcom has released a new Monster Hunter Wilds benchmark tool for all the PC players concerned about the game’s performance on their hardware. Image credit:Capcom One of the “apps” topping the Steam most played charts right now is the just-released benchmark tool for Monster Hunter Wilds ....

The Pokemon Company donates $200k to Hawai’i following Championships 2024 location reveal This comes as the island of Maui continues to suffer from wildfire damage. Image credit:The Pokemon Company/ Game Freak Following the announcement that the next Pokemon World Championship was being held in Honolulu, The Pokemon Company has announced it has donated $200k to the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund. The 2023 Pokemon World Championships took place over the weekend in Yokohama, Japan, where it was announced that Honolulu, the capital of Hawai’i, would be where the next tournament is held in 2024....

The Sims 4 Realm of Magic cheats Become a spellcaster, level up your perks to access more powerful spells, and gain witchy new traits instantly with these TS4 Realm of Magic cheats! Image credit:Maxis / Electronic Arts The Sims 4 Realm of Magic introduces a brand-new life state known as “Spellcasters” to The Sims series. Human in appearance but able to harness the power of four different magical disciplines, spellcasters encompass a number of previously discrete Sim occult types including witches/wizards, fairies, and genies....

The Witcher 3 Romance Options: How to romance Triss, Yennefer and more Here’s how to complete every romance option in The Witcher 3, including Triss, Yennefer, Keira, Jutta An Dimun, and Madame Sasha. The Witcher 3 romance options bring up some of Geralt’s past relationships and have you choose whether he should pick them up or maybe look elsewhere for love. Throughout his journey in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Geralt of Rivia has several chances to engage in romantic activities with certain women....

The Witcher 3: Finders Keepers walkthrough This quest will only be found by those who take the time to really explore the Skelligan coast. The Finders Keepers quest is hard to find in The Witcher 3 , and is one that the keenest of explorer’s will run into on the coast of Skellige. While you won’t find much loot during it, it is another opportunity for Geralt to help local folk out, and you might as well do that if you’re already here....

The Witcher 4 seemingly gets its first character reveal that’s not just Geralt saying he’s showing up, thanks to a Star Wars and EastEnders actor’s CV Who’s Branko? We’ve got no idea, but it looks like you might be meeting him in your return to The Continent. Image credit:CD Projekt Red We don’t know much about what we’ll be doing in The Witcher 4 whenever it arrives, but it looks like an encounter with a character called Branko can be added to that list....

The Zelda movie is real and I need someone to wake me up from this nightmare And… Sony is producing it? Have I shifted into another plane of existence? Image credit:Nintendo While I might struggle to actually write this out due to an overwhelming sense of disbelief, a live action The Legend of Zelda film is in the works. We all remember the horrifying moment where Chris Pratt was announced as the voice of Mario in this year’s animated Super Mario Bros....

There’s an official Starfield bomber jacket to complement all your spaceflight dreams You too can be a spacefarer - in game and in real life Image credit:Insert coin Starfield isn’t out yet, sadly. However, if you’re looking to rep your love for a game you’ve not even played yet, you can now buy a genuinely quite nice looking Starfield bomber jacket now from Insert Coin clothing. This jacket comes with embroidered patches, a flight tag, and a Starfield logo on the back that are all inspired from in-game symbols and iconography....

Turns out that Discord exists because the chat service’s co-creator wanted somewhere he could chat about Final Fantasy 11 Maybe a bit too relatable… Discord is obviously the de facto service to use for gamers that want to talk with their friends, and as it turned out, its origin story is quite similar in nature. There are undoubtedly countless Final Fantasy 14 Discord servers out there for all manner of reasons, whether that be for specific game servers or more private reasons....

Uh oh, Helldivers 2 has been pulled from sale on Steam in over 170 countries following its PSN controversy This can only go down well. Image credit:VG247/Arrowhead Helldivers 2 is falling from grace a touch, as now the game has seemingly been pulled from sale in over 170 countries on Steam. Earlier this week, Sony made the very controversial announcement that soon all Helldivers 2 PC players would have to link their Steam accounts to a PSN account just to play the game ....

And £95 for UK readers! Great for all Steam Deck owners. It used to be the case that the smaller 2230 form factor SSDs were much more expensive than the more ubiquitous, longer 2280 drives. However, with newer laptops, desktops, and gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck making these drives more common, it’s caused the price to go down much quicker than other storage drives. Because it’s a Gen4 NVMe drive, you’ll benefit from some of the fastest speeds available in a consumer drive today....

VG247’s The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.45: The best game that’s rubbish after ten hours Some games are incredibly front-loaded, but which has the best, er, front? Welcome to VG247’s Best Games Ever Podcast: Episode 44: The best game where you’d swap places with the main character. Video games are very long-form pieces of entertainment, and as such, they have to work hard to hold our attention. Statistically, most single-player games are left unfinished by a staggering majority of the people who buy them, as much as 90% by some estimates....

Visions of Mana only came out yesterday, but its studio is reportedly already set to be shuttered, following a long string of cuts NetEase scaling back its Japanese presence looks to be the reason for the impending closure. Image credit:Square Enix/Ouka Studios Visions of Mana only released yesterday, August 29, but according to a new report, plans to cut back at and eventually close the JRPG’s developer - Ouka Studios - have been in the works for a good while, with the current situation being that NetEase has cut “all but a handful of jobs”....

Want a physical copy of Baldur’s Gate 3? You’ll need the upcoming Japanese version Published later this year by Spike Chunsoft, a boxed copy of Baldur’s Gate 3 could be yours! Image credit:Larian Studios For those of you out there looking to ensure your love for Astarion, Gale, and all things Baldur’s Gate 3 survives forever, a physical version of the game is coming out later this year. This is thanks to Spike Chunsoft, who is bringing the hugely popular CRPG to Japan in the near future....

Warner Bros. is allegedly “threatening to destroy” a popular YouTube modding channel over, er, some silly Mortal Kombat 1 videos What harm can a little mod do anyway? Image credit:NetherRealm Studios As popular as they might be, Warner Bros. has seemingly threatened to “destroy” YouTuber ToastedShoes’ channel over his Mortal Kombat 1 mod videos. While they can obviously get you in a bit of trouble, mods for fighting games are actually pretty popular, primarily because it’s just plain old funny to watch the most random of people or characters duke it out (take this Mortal Kombat 1 Kendrick vs Drake mod , for example)....

Where to easily find crops, wood and minerals in AC: Shadows Here’s where to find all of the Hideout Resources you’ll ever need in Assassin’s Creed Shadows! Image credit:Ubisoft/VG247 Three major resources are vital to any settlement: you need crops to feed the people, wood to build their homes, and minerals for walls and buildings. These three things are also the main hideout resources in Assassin’s Creed Shadows and you’ll need a lot of all of them if you’re going to turn your small homestead into a thriving community....

Where to find Frozen Icebone in Monster Hunter Wilds Frozen Icebone is, unsurprisingly, found in Bonepiles in Wilds. Here’s where to get plenty of the material. Image credit:Capcom/VG247 In Monster Hunter Wilds , you’ll no doubt be spending much of your time tracking down and slaying Large Monsters , but foraging your environment and taking on Small Monsters is just as important when it comes to crafting that new High Rank armor set or upgraded weapon you have wishlisted....

Where to find Sunset Fireflies in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom These glowing critters can be a pain to catch. Image credit:The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Nintendo UPDATE: We have embedded an interactive map into this Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom guide, to help you with tracking down Sunset Fireflies across Hyrule. In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , there are plenty of side quests to embark on and creatures to battle it out with outside of the main story....

Why Black Ops’ David Vonderhaar doesn’t want his new studio Bulletfarm to compete with Call of Duty David Vonderhaar made Call of Duty for nearly 20 years. Now he’s creating something new at BulletFarm. Image credit:VG247/Activision/David Vonderhaar When you’ve made some of the biggest games on the planet, juggling budgets of millions of dollars and selling millions of copies, what comes next? For David Vonderhaar it was nearly a year off in an RV with his dog; but then he decided to do it all again - only on his terms this time around....

Why does GTA 3’s moon change shape when you snipe it? Because some Rockstar devs couldn’t settle a tiff “A few days later, four artists were at my desk asking me to change the size of the moon.” Image credit:VG247/Rockstar Games Why does the moon in GTA 3 change size whenever you shoot it with a sniper rifle? It’s a question that’s been haunting all of us for a long time now....