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Diablo 4 dominates US sales chart in June Final Fantasy 16 and Street Fighter 6 didn’t do too badly either. Circana, formerly known as NPD, has released its June 2023 report for consumer spending, and it finds Diablo 4 dominating the US chart. According to the firm, Diablo 4 was the best-selling game of June and the third best-selling game of 2023 year-to-date. Blizzard’s RPG wasn’t the only debut to crack the top 20 for June, as four other new releases hit the chart....

Diablo 4’s Lunar New Year event supes up the game’s shrines Diablo 4’s next limited-time event is Lunar Awakening. It starts very soon, and sounds even better than the last one. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment The shrines of Diablo 4 have acquired some big new powers, which we’ll all get to experience when the Lunar Awakening in-game event kicks off. As the name suggests, the event is a celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year....

Disney is thinking about “revamping” Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a reboot says, uh, Dolly Parton apparently Add “producer on a hit 90s show” to the list of the country singing icon’s credits. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.jpg?width=570&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=“Disney is thinking about “revamping” Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a reboot says, uh, Dolly Parton apparently - 1”> Country singer icon Dolly Parton has shared that the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot isn’t quite dead yet....

Elden Ring DLC will feature “new battles and new characters” similar to Bloodborne Still a ways off. Image credit:FromSoftware A small amount of information on the upcoming Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, was shared during the PlayStation Partner Awards 2023 Japan Asia on December 1. In a short interview (thanks, Game Watch ), director Yasuhiro Kitao said it wasn’t time to discuss the DLC just yet, as it is still “a little ways off,” but that progress is going well....

Elden Ring might have received universal praise, but Hidetaka Miyazaki says he’s yet to make his “ideal fantasy RPG” Look, can someone just give him the Berserk licence already? Image credit:FromSoftware Elden Ring has widely been accepted as one of the best games ever made, yet director Hidetaka Miyazaki is apparently still searching for his “ideal fantasy RPG.” When I say “Elden Ring is…” it’s quite likely that your response is “a perfect video game....

Elden Ring’s uber-popular seamless co-op mod now has a Dark Souls 3 version, in case those Nightreign network tests haven’t been enough to tide you over til release Another opportunity to get sacrificially decked by bosses while your mates sneakily slap them in the back, cool. Image credit:Yui/FromSoftware Ahead of Elden Ring Nightreign giving you a chance to battle through some bosses with friends in a few months’ time, the uber popular mod that brought that kind of multiplayer to the original Elden Ring has given birth to a sibling....

Ever wondered why GTA San Andreas’ glitchy mirrors can have characters reach out of them? Don’t worry, there’s no underworld back there “Not ideal, but better than mirrorless barber shops.” Image credit:VG247/Rockstar Games/Obbe Vermeij Psst, remember the mirrors in GTA San Andreas ? Like a lot of things in retro GTA games, they can be pretty quirky in a number of glitchy ways, and, thanks to one of the developers who worked on the game, we now know exactly why....

Everspace 2’s Titans DLC brings massive ships to the game, and we won’t have to wait too long to play it Everspace 2 is about to get a little more interesting with the arrival of the biggest ships the series has ever seen. Image credit:Rockfish Games At Gamescom 2024, Everspace 2 developer Rockfish Games revealed the next chapter in the space shooter-RPG’s story. Titans is the game’s first paid add-on, and it brings something we’ve strangely never seen before in the game....

Everyone in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is too nice, and I can’t stand it Dragon Age: The Veilguard is as sickly-sweet as they come - and that’s a problem. Image credit:VG247 I want to be absolutely clear: I really think Dragon Age: The Veilguard is rather good. It’s also true that it’s a game that is drawn taut between its different ambitions. It wants to reach new fans while satisfying series fans who’ve waited a decade for Inquisition ’s cliffhanger to resolve....

Which iconic Survivor are you going to pick? All the characters - Survivors or Demons - are broken down into classes. Each class will have their own unique abilities. Evil Dead: The Game Survivors - Leaders Evil Dead: The Game Survivors - Hunters Evil Dead: The Game Survivors - Warriors Evil Dead: The Game Survivors - Support How to Unlock Characters in Evil Dead: The Game Leaders are as they sound, and they’ll be responsible for keeping on top of communication, strategising and achieving each target so that their team can survive....

Ex-Marathon director was reportedly fired from Bungie following a misconduct investigation Joe Ziegler was announced as having replaced Chris Barrett as lead on the game earlier this year. Image credit:Bungie Following Chris Barrett having been replaced as director of the Marathon reboot earlier this year, a new report is claming that the veteran developer was fired from Bungie following an internal investigation into misconduct. According to Bloomberg , Barrett was let go by the studio this spring following allegations of inappropriate behaviour from “at least eight” female employees at the company....

Ex-Activision boss suggests buying Project Gotham Racing developer was “a bad acquisition”, and it’s seemingly scarred him so badly he can’t remember Bizarre Creations’ name In the same chat, Bobby Kotick did manage to recall the name of Neversoft, because it can be interpreted as a gag about erections. Image credit:Kleiner Perkins Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has said that buying a UK-based studio known for making driving games on Xbox was “a bad acquisition”, but wasn’t able to remember the name of said studio....

Fallout 4 Cheats and Console Key Commands for PC Jump high, use fly cams, and even become God at the push of a button. We’ve got all the Fallout 4 cheats and console commands. Image credit:Bethesda Fallout 4 Cheats can help power up your character, or introduce the type of chaos the new TV show has turned into comedy gold. By activating the in-game console, PC players of Fallout 4 can initiate a whole slew of cheat commands to alter their game experience, for better or worse....

Fallout co-creator Jonathan Nolan wants a shot at tying up Westworld’s loose ends Sense8 got a feature-length finale after being cancelled, so there’s a chance. Image credit:HBO “Yes. 100 percent… We’re completionists… It took me eight years and a change of director to get Interstellar made. We’d like to finish the story we started,” Fallout ’s co-creator explained. “I’m so f—ing proud of what we made. It was an extraordinary experience....

Fancy living in the Astral Lounge? This Starfield mod lets you set up player homes almost anywhere I’m sure there aren’t any downsides to setting up your bedroom in the middle of a nightclub dancefloor. Image credit:VG247/Bethesda Sure, everyone loves setting up a cosy little outpost on a distant planet, but what you really want in Starfield is to be able to set up your home in a random public place that makes no practical sense....

FC 26 Best Formations and meta Custom Tactics with codes Use these Custom Tactics Codes to unlock some of the best meta formations in EA Sports FC 26. Image credit:EA Sports/VG247 Update: Another new patch has dropped, so we’ve updated our tactics codes for the best formations in FC 26 to suit the current meta. As the tactics meta has evolved since the start of FC 26, one thing has become clear: defending is hard....

Final Fantasy 16 has a novel approach to the age-old ‘accessibility versus difficulty’ conundrum If you think that action-RPG games like Devil May Cry and Elden Ring are too hard, Final Fantasy 16’s fascinating setup may intrigue you. Alongside review scores, whether Game Pass is good or bad for the industry, and the ethics of crunch (it’s bad), difficulty options are one part of the games discourse that just won’t go away....

Fire Emblem Engage has some refreshing representation, especially by Nintendo standards Without making a big deal of it, Fire Emblem Engage just casually presents a diverse fantasy world - and it’s better for it. There’s a lot to love about Fire Emblem Engage . I’ve been particularly taken with its more detail-led approach to its strategy combat, more in line with some of the older entries in this series than Three Houses....

Forspoken Poppet Locations: Where to chase all the cats Feline fun on the streets of Cipal If there’s one thing Forspoken teaches us about Frey it’s that she loves cats. Lucky for her, there are plenty of feline friends to meet around Cipal, and that relationship nets her one of the cuter types of collectibles hidden around Athia: Poppets . These blue-hatted little gnome statues can be traded for useful rewards, but you will have to complete multiple side quests throughout your entire journey with Forspoken to collect them all....

Fortnite has disabled the Shockwave Hammer temporarily The Shockwave Hammer will be re-enabled in the next update to the game. Just before Christmas, Fortnite removed the Deku Smash ability (added as part of the My Hero Academia collaboration) for unknown reasons. It hasn’t returned, and definitely won’t be. To add to the removal of fun ways to kill enemies, the Shockwave Hammer is also currently disabled in Fortnite. The Shockwave Hammer was introduced to the vibrant battle royale during Season 1 of Chapter 4 , alongside a whole new map, support for Unreal Engine 5, and more....