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Ever wondered why Cyberpunk 2077’s side quests are so good? Apparently all it takes is a lot of rejection And even more pitching. Image credit:VG247/CD Projekt Cyberpunk 2077 has plenty of good side quests, but perhaps unsurprisingly, the road to get there is paved with a whole lot of rejections. Earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 lead quest designer Paweł Sasko spoke with PC Gamer at GDC, where he shared what it took to make the side quests as good as they are....

Every Netflix user can play a brand new PS5 game for free, today Oxenfree 2 is a superb sequel that follows on from the original’s narrative cues in smart, fun, and interesting ways. Image credit:Netflix / VG247 If you’ve yet to play the first game – the critically-acclaimed narrative adventure game with an absolutely killer OST – it is available to purchase for 80% off on PC or Mac via Steam, the Nintendo Switch, and 75% off on PlayStation 4 for a limited time....

Fallout 4 next-gen update release time: When will it arrive? We already know it’ll contain some cool Enclave goodies and fun-looking guns, but when will it drop? Image credit:VG247/Bethesda UPDATE (25/04/24, 15:15 PM GMT): Fallout 4’s next-gen update is now seemingly available for download on Steam (we can definitely confirm that one), PlayStation and Xbox, the game is also now purchasable via the Epic Games Store . If you’ve been hopping back into the Fallout games recently - or trying them for the first time - you’re probably pretty keen to give Fallout 4’s next-gen update a go....

Fallout season 2 will feature, er, that iconic location, but you don’t need to worry about your headcanon Your version of events are still yours, no matter what the show says. Image credit:Amazon/ Bethesda Big spoilers ahead for the end of the Fallout series. With the knowledge that the Fallout show would be set in what once was California, fans were of course wondering if one particular area from the games would show up or not - that being New Vegas, obviously, given that they’re neighbouring states....

Fancy a Palworld playthrough that violates the Geneva Conventions? Try breeding nearly 2000 dinosaurs with missile launchers Life surrounded by a Jurassic tonne of Relaxsauri isn’t that relaxing, as it turns out. Image credit:VG247/Pocketpair/Vash Cowaii Inspired by a Reddit post (what else?) a Palworld player has managed to breed close to 2000 of the game’s missile-wielding dinosaur Pals and cause about as much chaos as that meteor that wiped out the T-rexes and Diplodocuses of our own world....

FC 26 New Icons List: Ibrahimovic, Iniesta, Totti confirmed From the King of Rome to the goalkeeping king, 12 new Icons have arrived in EA Sports FC 26 to spill the tea. Image credit:EA Sports The kings and queens of the noughties and tens era of football are coming to EA Sports FC 26, with the confirmation of 12 new Icons appearing in Ultimate Team and Career Mode. With some of the new Icons playing as recently as 2024, it’s finally time for people in their 20s to feel old as time itself as the greats from their youth get the same sepia treatment as their mum and dad’s faves....

Fear not, Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox players, a firmware update is coming to fix those pesky save issues Microsoft has a solution set to arrive next week, and Larian thinks it’ll do the trick. Image credit:VG247/Larian Studios Good news, Baldur’s Gate 3 players on Xbox who’ve spent the past few weeks living in fear of losing a bunch of progress via the annoying save issue that’s been plaguing the game on that platform - a permanent fix is set to arrive soon in the form of an Xbox firmware update....

Fetch the loo roll: Helldivers 2’s next big twist is here, as “the full Illuminate fleet is emerging from the Meridia Singularity” “Nothing is safe - not even the Heart of Democracy itself.” Image credit:Arrowhead Look sharp and prepare to defecate within your undergarments! Helldivers 2 ’s mysterious Station-81 teases and livestream have given way to an in-game payoff. It’s the massive Illuminate invasion everyone feared. The bunch of code-cracking via dedicated channels in Helldivers 2’s official Discord server, with players there typing in commands and the livestream showing them results is done....

Final Fantasy 16 could be as great as the golden era FF games – if it fixes the mistakes of the modern era The golden era of Final Fantasy games has gone, but the latest entry in the long-running series has what it takes to tickle the nostalgia glands. For a five-year stretch at the turn of millennium, the Final Fantasy series released an unprecedented run of indisputable JRPG bangers. Four games in a row – Final Fantasy 7 to Final Fantasy 10 – each its own contained adventure with a bespoke world of a particular aesthetic and vision....

Finished Resident Evil 4 Remake? Here are 6 Resident Evil Spin-offs you probably haven’t played Wondering what to do now you’ve rolled credits on Resident Evil 4? Here are six Resident Evil spin-offs and side-stories that are worth tracking down. What do you do when you’re finished with the Resident Evil 4 Remake ? Play it again? Dive right into Resident Evil 5 ? The latter might seem like the logical option, even though it suffers from a lack of floppy-haired ex-cops....

Fire Emblem Engage’s opening cinematic gives us a flashy look at our toothpaste coloured protagonist Plus, a short look at the title screen too. Fire Emblem Engage is set to launch in just a couple of weeks now, and its opening cinematic is available to check out now. Announced just a few months ago , Fire Emblem Engage is out January 20, with a number of outlets getting their hands on it for the first time....

Fishing Simulator codes for February 2026 Reel-y good freebies. Image credit:Roblox, Cloud Entertainment 27th May 2025: We removed all expired Fishing Simulator codes. Do you love the idea of fishing but don’t have a clue where to start? Then Fishing Simulator is the Roblox game for you. As the name suggests, this experience is all about fishing. You start off as a budding fisher armed with just an old, trusty wooden rod....

Five Lord of the Rings games to be released between now and 2024 Not quite a fellowship, but it’s close. Lord of the Rings fans either have plenty to look forward to or despair over in the coming months. It just depends on which end of Bilbo’s hill you stand on. According to its latest financials , Embracer Group has another game in the works set in Tolkien’s universe. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - Gameplay Reveal Trailer...

Five reasons why YOU should care about PS5 exclusive Rise of the Ronin (even if you’re scared of soulslikes) Life wasn’t easy in 19th century Japan, but it wasn’t THAT bad. Image credit:Sony, Adobe Stock Curious about Rise of the Ronin , but not into souls-likes? Well, VG247 contributor Sherif is here to assure you that if you skipped Team Ninja’s games in the past because of their reputation for uncompromising difficulty, Rise of the Ronin might just be your ticket in....

Forget that controversial 300GB figure: even senior CoD developers don’t actually know how big Black Ops 6 modes will be Treyarch wants players to download parts of the game important to them, but can’t say how big those parts will be. Image credit:Treyarch, Raven Software, Activision. Since the reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 at Summer Game Fest 2024 , many online have been gawking at the roughly 300GB storage requirement listed on the game’s store page....

Forspoken: Everything we know so far Here’s everything we know about Square Enix’s PS5 console exclusive. Forspoken is one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year, coming to both PC and PS5 as a console exclusive. It’s being published by Square Enix and developed by their own internal Luminous Productions studio. This is the studio that delivered Final Fantasy XV, so we know they’re very capable for giving us a deep and beautiful RPG....

Furiosa may be a surprise prequel to the best 7/10 game ever made Believe it or not, this is a hot topic among Mad Max fanatics. According to Hollywood writer Drew McWeeny, Warner Bros’ 2015 Mad Max game may indeed be canon, judging from his reading of the script for upcoming blockbuster Furiosa. While seemingly a small detail, this adds yet another battle scar to perhaps the most peculiar IP battles within the Mad Max franchise....

Genshin Impact 5.8 finally makes a summer event map permanent, plus introduces the first Nod-Krai character The next major update for Genshin Impact will soon be with us, and some of the new content won’t be going away. Image credit:HoYoverse. The Genshin Impact Special Program has come and gone, and it brought us the news we’d been expecting about the game’s next major release. Version 5.8 - dubbed Sunspray Summer Resort - will arrive on July 30 ....

Genshin Impact Faruzan materials for ascension and talents Academic ascension Gathering all the Faruzan materials in Genshin Impact takes you through the desert and into the lair of some rogue technology. Faruzan doesn’t share her materials with too many characters, so farming should be less intensive than it is for the likes of Ganyu. If you’re not sure how to make Faruzan shine, check out our Faruzan team recommendations for some tips!...

Ghost of Tsushima brings PS exclusives back to the top of Steam charts, but nothing has reached the heights of God of War The Steam launch of Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is something of a return to form for Sony’s first-party games, but it’s not breaking any records. Image credit:Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software, Sony Interactive Entertainment. The latest Sony first-party release to make the jump from PlayStation to PC is Ghost of Tsushima ....