Multiversus Has Closed Its Open Beta, But You Can Still Practice Offline Until It's Back

MultiVersus has closed its open beta, but you can still practice offline until it’s back The game is set to return in 2024. Almost a year on from the start of the game’s open beta, MultiVersus has shut down all online functionality until it properly launches next year. Back in March, MultiVersus developer Player announced that the game would be temporarily shutting down , with a full launch supposedly coming some time in 2024....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 271 words · Jason Anglin

Mw3 Best Amr9 Loadout

MW3 best AMR9 loadout Here’s how to turn the AMR9 into a powerful SMG that melts through enemies. Image credit:Activision Update: Our best MW3 AMR9 loadout was updated with new and alternative attachments to be up to date with changes made to MW3 since its launch. Modern Warfare 3 comes with a huge arsenal of weapons that can be customised with attachments to make a powerful weapon that suits your playstyle....

January 4, 2026 · 5 min · 1012 words · Justin Johnson

Netflix's Live

Netflix’s live-action One Piece recruits its first lot of baddies for season 2 Still waiting on news about Tony Tony Chopper, though. Image credit:Netflix/ Eiichiro Oda One Piece season 2 is yet to start filming, but it has just added a fresh batch of pirates for Luffy and co to take down. With the live-action adaptation One Piece being as successful as it was, it wasn’t much of a surprise when Netflix quickly renewed it for a second season....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 401 words · John Sheeley

Nintendo Announces Nintendo Today, A New App That'll Beam Switch 2 News Directly Into Your Eyeballs 24/7, Plus A "virtual Game Card" System

Nintendo announces Nintendo Today, a new app that’ll beam Switch 2 news directly into your eyeballs 24/7, plus a “Virtual Game Card” system Shigeru Miyamoto popped up at the end of today’s Direct to deliver exactly the thing we were all expecting. Image credit:Nintendo You. Yes, you. Do you get enough Nintendo Switch 2 news and updates on the daily for your liking? Do you long for another Nintendo thing to look at when you’re not actually playing Switch games or being dragged away from the cousin of death by the cries of your Alarmo?...

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 512 words · Melinda Moore

No Man's Sky's Worlds Update Part One Comes With A Bunch Of New Uber-immersive Planet Biomes, And A Flamethrower

No Man’s Sky’s Worlds Update part one comes with a bunch of new uber-immersive planet biomes, and a flamethrower-toting mech suit “It feels like we’re bringing technology back from the future!” Image credit:Hello Games The latest update for No Man’s Sky is dubbed the Worlds Update part one, and it looks like a pretty big one, even if as you can glean from its name, there’s more to come in the future....

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 505 words · Stephanie Lewis

Now That It’s Back On Game Pass, You Really Need To Give This Underrated Souls

Now that it’s back on Game Pass, you really need to give this underrated Souls-like a go 2023 has begun, and while we still don’t have a full picture of the Game Pass line-up in January, there’s one game that you should definitely play: Mortal Shell. Technically, this isn’t Mortal Shell ’s Game Pass debut. It’s actually the second time it joins the service, having left last November. It’s a little unusual for a game to leave and return a few weeks later, but we’re not complaining....

January 4, 2026 · 5 min · 926 words · John Smith

One Of Those Potential Disco Elysium Spiritual Successors Says It's Secured A Bunch Of Investment Kapital To Help It Make Its Marx

One of those potential Disco Elysium spiritual successors says it’s secured a bunch of investment Kapital to help it make its Marx An influx of money has come to lubricate those development gears. Image credit:Dark Math Dark Math Games - a splinter studio with ex-ZA/UM devs currently working on its own detective RPG XXX Nightshift - just secured new funding. This cash injection comes courtesy of MM Grupp, an Estonian investment company which had previously helped fund Disco Elysium itself....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 407 words · Marjorie Patterson

Online Players Think This Is The Scariest Street Fighter 6 Character In The Game

Online players think this is the scariest Street Fighter 6 character in the game – do you agree? Believe it or not, it’s not Ken! Image credit:Capcom Number crunchers online have compiled threads posted on the Street Fighter 6 Reddit, using them to determine which characters are the scariest in the mind of the fighting games’ online community. Who came out on top? The answer may surprise you. Fighters including ranged powerhouse JP, rushdown nightmare Ken and British high-flyer Cammy in the top slots....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 368 words · William Stelzer

Overwatch 2 Gets Its First Samoan Character With Mauga

Overwatch 2 gets its first Samoan character with Mauga A frontline tank with two massive machine guns, Mauga looks absolutely huge. Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard has revealed a brand-new hero for Overwatch 2 during its Blizzcon Opening Ceremony. Mauga is coming to the game. Wonder if anyone saw this coming? 😉 The long-awaited Tank Mauga is the next hero in #Overwatch2 pic.twitter.com/J3duvnTfUr — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) November 3, 2023 Packing two massive machine guns, Magua is a tank able to rush into the front lines of a fight and dish out as much as he takes....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 371 words · Kevin Eberhardt

Palworld Work Suitability Guide: Best Pals For Your Base

Palworld Work Suitability Guide: best Pals for your base Here’s Palworld’s work suitability system explained, including which Pals are best for your base. Image credit:Pocketpair Palworld has certainly taken the world by storm, with millions of players flocking to get a taste of its familiar formula where you collect a team of powerful monsters, explore a rich open world and set your Pals to work building your base. But when it comes to finding the right jobs for the right Pals and setting them to work most effectively, you will need to be clued up on how work suitabilities affect each would-be team member....

January 4, 2026 · 4 min · 658 words · Darlene Tolliver

Pet Simulator 99 Release Date And Time Confirmed

Pet Simulator 99 release date and time confirmed Mark it in your diaries! Image credit:VG247/BIG Games Pets Before 2023 comes to a close there’s one major Roblox game launching that fans of the platform will want to keep an eye. In just a matter of days BIG Games, the makers of the hugely popular Pet Simulator X , will be launching their next game Pet Simulator 99 . The follow-up to one of the most popular Roblox games around will be arriving just in time for Christmas, and if you can’t wait to play it the good news is the Pet Simulator 99 release date and time has been confirmed....

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 450 words · Elizebeth Cappello

Pickaxe Simulator Codes For February 2026

Pickaxe Simulator codes for February 2026 Upgrade that lousy pickaxe faster with these Pickaxe Simulator codes! Image credit:67 Games Pickaxe Simulator is a Roblox tycoon game that’s all about mining over and over again. You’ll start off with a pretty lousy pickaxe, but as you mine to gather sellable ore, train on the rocks in the lobby, and hatch stat-boosting pets, you’ll unlock new pickaxes, stat upgrades, and even rebirths....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 319 words · Linda Walsh

Plants Vs Brainrots Codes For February 2026

Plants Vs Brainrots codes for February 2026 Get cash and potions without spending Robux with these Plants Vs Brainrots freebie codes! Image credit:Yo Gurt Studio / Roblox 29th January 2026: We checked for new Plants Vs Brainrots codes. Plants Vs Brainrots is a high-concept mash-up game that has taken Roblox by storm. Gone are the simpler times when Roblox creators would merely attempt to re-enact their favourite anime series in homebrew video game form by injecting it with a dash of their favourite game mechanic....

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 483 words · Delores Johnson

Playstation Showcase: Watch Here For Exclusive Reveals And Updates

PlayStation Showcase: Watch here for exclusive reveals and updates Be sure to set some time aside to hear about what’s coming to PlayStation. Sony will host its first PlayStation Showcase since 2021 later today, and you can watch it here with us. We say evening because, in most countries, it airs during that time. In the US, it takes place in the late or mid-afternoon, depending on what side of the country you reside....

January 4, 2026 · 1 min · 169 words · Paul Thies

Pokemon Tcg Pocket Cresselia Ex Deck Guide And Card List

Pokemon TCG Pocket Cresselia ex deck guide and card list Here’s how to make the most of Pokemon TCG Pocket’s Cresselia ex promo card! Image credit:The Pokemon Company/VG247 Pokemon TCG Pocket is laden with promotional events that give players new cards and other goodies, and one such event that’s providing players with a relatively good Psychic-type card is the Cresselia ex event. Taking part in solo battles against the Pokemon gives you promo packs, and with some luck, you’ll pull enough Cresselia ex’s to attempt building the ‘mon into your own deck....

January 4, 2026 · 5 min · 977 words · Stephen Roberts

Preview: Ascendant Infinity Has Heart, But Is That Enough To Escape The Shadow Of Fps Giants?

Preview: Ascendant Infinity has heart, but is that enough to escape the shadow of FPS giants? Even if Ascendant Infinity has merit, it’ll take a lot of work to keep it from the shadow of Apex Legends and The Finals. Image credit:PlayFusion Not all good games are successful. I’m sure many of you out there have a game close to your heart that just didn’t hit the numbers it needed to....

January 4, 2026 · 7 min · 1448 words · Barbara Lotti

Princess Peach: Showtime Welcome To The Festival Of Sweets Sparkle Gems

Princess Peach: Showtime Welcome to the Festival of Sweets Sparkle Gems Who doesn’t love sweets…and Sparkle Gems? Here’s where all Sparkle Gems are during the Festival of Sweets. Image credit:VG247/Nintendo You’d think that the Sour Bunch wouldn’t have much interest in sweet treats given their name in Princess Peach: Showtime , but they do, and in the Festival of Sweets stage-play - Patissiere Peach ’s first act - they’re trying to take over the festival....

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 572 words · Kimberly Chalk

Project Egoist Codes For February 2026

Project Egoist codes for February 2026 Get free Yen and unlock new Styles, Emotes and more! Image credit:Cool group for big cool people / VG247 15th July 2025: We added new Project Egoist codes. Project Egoist is an anime-inspired Roblox game that should appeal to fans of experiences like Blue Lock Rivals and Azure Latch . As with those games, Project Egoist is based on the popular anime and manga series Blue Lock, and it lets players take part in online matches where they can activate powerful abilities and breeze past their opponents like a superhero version of Kylian Mbappé....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 388 words · Rita Montgomery

Ps5 Beta Firmware Adds Dolby Atmos, Support For Bigger Capacity Ssds

PS5 beta firmware adds Dolby Atmos, support for bigger capacity SSDs You can finally make use of that expensive Dolby Atmos soundbar you have with your PS5. Sony has rolled out a new firmware update for PlayStation 5 . This is only a beta test, with the full launch expected sometime later this year. The new firmware is fairly significant because of a couple of the key features it introduces. For one, the new update finally adds support for Dolby Atmos devices....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 410 words · Denise Dixon

Quantic Dream Addresses Toxicity, Tech Bugs And Tutorials For Spellcasters Chronicles Closed Beta 2

Quantic Dream addresses toxicity, tech bugs and tutorials for Spellcasters Chronicles closed beta 2 - here’s how to get a key Here are the start and end times for the second Spellcasters Chronicles closed beta, as well as what’s new in this latest test. Image credit:Quantic Dream Quantic Dream has opened up its upcoming fantasy MOBA for a second closed beta weekend starting from today, January 29, until 9AM UTC on Monday February 2....

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 442 words · Earl Wilkinson