Stardew Valley Has A Hardcore Mode Now Thanks To A Silly Joke, But It's No Laughing Matter

Stardew Valley has a hardcore mode now thanks to a silly joke, but it’s no laughing matter - you will lose your save if you use a guide For all the gamers that like to take risks. If you like to live on the wild side, cosy farming sim Stardew Valley now has a hardcore mode mod. Stardew Valley isn’t exactly the kind of game you can make a hardcore mode for....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 399 words · Edwin Frye

Starfield Breaking The Bank: Should You Kill Larry Dumbrosky?

Starfield Breaking the Bank: Should you kill Larry Dumbrosky? Larry Dumbrosky has more Credits than he knows what to do with, and everyone else wants their hands on them. Image credit:Bethesda/VG247 You’ve joined the Crimson Fleet faction in Starfield , and are well on your way to earning their trust. You’ll have infiltrated prison - the Lock - by now, and learnt of a mysterious ship known as the Legacy that supposedly has a fortune in credits on board....

January 4, 2026 · 7 min · 1322 words · Rex Jones

Starfield Fishy Business Quest Guide

Starfield Fishy Business quest guide Here’s your crash course in how to make Unprocessed Aurora. Image credit:Bethesda/VG247 Have you found yourself amidst some ‘Fishy Business’ in Starfield ? Well, while this business certainly is fishy, you won’t actually be handling any fish. The ‘Fishy Business’ side quest is assigned to you by Yannick Legrande in Starfield , and will see you learning how to whip up the space drug, Aurora, for his drinks....

January 4, 2026 · 4 min · 707 words · James Lee

Starfield Psa: Those 'emergency Cuttable Walls' Are Very Easy To Open

Starfield PSA: Those ‘Emergency Cuttable Walls’ are very easy to open Just a simple blast of your cutter should do the trick. It turns out those emergency cuttable doors you’ve been seeing around Starfield , are, in fact, quite easy to open. Starfield is one of those kinds of games where players will be sharing tips and tricks for years to come. But before the game is even out, some have already discovered little things that make you go “oh hey, that’s neat!...

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 285 words · Todd Thomas

Steam Mega Hit, The Finals, Is Now Playable On Geforce Now

Steam mega hit, The Finals, is now playable on Geforce Now The game has also passed 10 million players, which is a big deal for an up and comer FPS. Image credit:Embark Studios Good news contestants, it looks like Steam mega hit The Finals is playable today on NVIDIA’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service. Great news for The Vogues, who will now be able to cash out while touching grass....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 360 words · Marilyn Hall

Street Fighter 6 Has Already Broken A Record On Steam, Ko'ing Mortal Kombat

Street Fighter 6 has already broken a record on Steam, KO’ing Mortal Kombat Just in case there was any doubt about how much anticipation there is for Street Fighter 6, the game has set new records on PC to prove it. Image credit:Capcom Street Fighter is finally big on PC. The release of Street Fighter 6 has not only demonstrated that to be the case, it also showed that the long-running fighting game series is capable of outselling even the most popular fighting games on Steam....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 398 words · Jorge Akins

Summer Finally Gets Going In The Sims 4 With A Roadmap, And The Reveal Of A New Expansion Next Week

Summer finally gets going in The Sims 4 with a roadmap, and the reveal of a new expansion next week The Sim 4 has kicked off its summer season with a content-filled roadmap, and a big new expansion that we’ll be getting a look at fairly soon. Image credit:Maxis / Electronic Arts Maxis has, as promised, delivered some news about some of the content coming to The Sims 4 in the very near future....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 413 words · Ronnie Kelly

Super Mario Rpg Remake Was Made By A Long

Super Mario RPG remake was made by a long-time Dragon Quest support dev The remake of the classic RPG is out next week. The remake of Super Mario RPG is out next week, and it turns out the developer behind it is no stranger to Square Enix properties. Social media users recently noticed that a copyright notice attached to eShop pre-orders of the game, which is out next week, has confirmed that Japanese developer ArtePiazza is the team behind the upcoming RPG (thanks, VGC )....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 364 words · Christopher Kuster

Supermassive Games Crafting An Intense Single

Supermassive Games crafting an intense single-player Dead by Daylight experience Survive the nightmare alone. Supermassive Games has another horror title in the works, and it’s a single-player game based in Behaviour Interactive’s Dead by Daylight universe. The interactive story game from the studio behind Until Dawn , The Dark Pictures Anthology, and The Quarry will offer players an “intense narrative experience.” Dead by Daylight has been around for seven years, and there’s more in store for the IP ahead....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 379 words · Sasha Szeto

Tekken 8's First Dlc Character Is None Other Than Series Mainstay Eddy Gordo

Tekken 8’s first DLC character is none other than series mainstay Eddy Gordo He’ll be the first of four DLC characters as part of Tekken 8 season 1. Image credit:Bandai Namco Tekken 8 is almost here, and to get you excited about the future of the latest instalment, Bandai Namco has revealed the first DLC character will be fan favourite Eddy Godo. Over the weekend, Bandai Namco released Tekken 8 ’s opening movie, showing off plenty of pre-rendered fights between characters old and new....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 363 words · Billy Zimmerman

The Baftas Announce Banger

The BAFTAs announce banger-packed players choice awards nominees including Baldur’s Gate 3, and Lethal Company One final chance to show your love for 2023’s biggest hits. Image credit:VG247/Larian Studios The player’s choice nominees for the BAFTA game awards have been announced, and feature a wall-to-wall roster of absolute bangers for the public to pick a champion from. As the last major video game awards show for 2023 heavy-hitters, this could be the last chance for some of these games to take home a trophy come April....

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 630 words · Timothy Wingfield

The Battle To Play Borderlands Online Continues, As Dedicated Archivists Ask For Help In Pursuit Of The Long Lost Mmo

The battle to play Borderlands Online continues, as dedicated archivists ask for help in pursuit of the long lost MMO The team working on bringing this game back is now asking for help from experts to get the game playable. Image credit:2K China The Borderlands Online archival saga continues, with the small group of people hoping to get the game playable putting out a call-to-action for those with coding experience (specifically with software like DNSpy and Unity Ripper) in order to break through the game’s character selection screen....

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 536 words · Anna Geist

The Best Pokemon Games, Ranked

The best Pokemon games, ranked We’ve ranked the mainline Pokemon games, and their remakes, from best to worst. Image credit:The Pokemon Company Gamers got their first taste for catching and battling pocket monsters back in 1996 when Pokemon Red and Green first released. Ever since, Pokemon fans - young and old, far and wide - haven’t been able to get enough of the series, with each game generally amassing more sales than the last, even when they’re riddled with issues ....

January 4, 2026 · 15 min · 3140 words · Robert Romero

The Best Thing About 2024's Tomb Raider 1

The best thing about 2024’s Tomb Raider 1-3 remasters? The price point is perfect Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss your way through the original adventures of Lara Croft next February. Image credit:VG247 Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft isn’t the most succinct video game title out there, but at least it certainly lets you know what you’re getting. Launching in early 2024, it collects the original Tomb Raider trilogy — as developed by Core Design and released annually between 1996-98 — but buffs out all of the angular polygons in favour of a fresh lick of graphical paint....

January 4, 2026 · 5 min · 1043 words · Jessica Johnson

The First Three Hours Of Dragon's Dogma 2

The first three hours of Dragon’s Dogma 2 Three hours is a tiny drop in the ocean of such a vast RPG, but it’s more than enough to realise how special this game is. You might be aware that things are changing here at Gamer Network. As well as a certain looming sale that became public knowledge a few weeks back, we’re also shuffling things around to unify our video teams from across all the brands, making a sort of videography supergroup that encompasses everyone from Dicebreaker to Eurogamer....

January 4, 2026 · 3 min · 622 words · Kristen Russo

The Forge Codes For February 2026

The Forge codes for February 2026 Need to boost your luck or stats in The Forge? Redeem these codes. Image credit:The Forge 8th February 2026: We added new The Forge codes. The Forge is a Roblox tycoon RPG about running a forge. In The Forge, you’ll mine to earn minerals and then forge them into cool weapons through a few different minigames. Once you’ve made some weapons, you’ll sell them off to earn better tools, which in turn will let you mine better minerals (and fight stronger foes) that you can turn into better weapons… and the cycle repeats....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 336 words · Betty Payne

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Isn't Danganronpa 4, But It's Happy To Revisit Some Fan

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy isn’t Danganronpa 4, but it’s happy to revisit some fan-favourite tropes Too Kyo is also gonna troll you a bit for hoping it would straight-up be Danganronpa 4 because, you know, that’s how they roll. Image credit:VG247 / Too Kyo Games / Media Vision Inc. / Aniplex Inc. By happy coincidence, I finished playing Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony for the first time earlier this month – meaning that I’ve finally conquered the full main story of a massive multimedia franchise that’s had a chokehold on my attention ever since I got swept up by its mini-renaissance during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020....

January 4, 2026 · 6 min · 1240 words · Elena Walter

The Hunger Games Star Tom Blyth Has Joined The Upcoming Watch Dogs Movie

The Hunger Games star Tom Blyth has joined the upcoming Watch Dogs movie No new games in sight, but the franchise ain’t offline. Image credit:Lionsgate Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs franchise is an odd one. After three major game releases that failed to make it nearly as big as Assassin’s Creed and some transmedia playfulness , Ubisoft is doubling down on the idea of bringing it to the big screen . Now, the publisher and New Regency have landed yet another big star to spearhead the cast....

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 400 words · Goldie Jones

The Most Downloaded Games On The Playstation Store In 2022 Have Been Announced

The most downloaded games on the PlayStation Store in 2022 have been announced FIFA 23, God of War Ragnarok, Modern Warfare 2, and Elden Ring made the cut. The games most downloaded through the PlayStation Store in 2022 have been announced by Sony. Sony broke the top 20 lists down by region for the US and Europe. Odin comes across like the head of a crime family in God of War Ragnarok...

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · 275 words · Christopher Whittington

The Sims 4 Lost Legacies Event Guide: What It Is, How Can You Take Part, And What Are The Rewards?

The Sims 4 Lost Legacies Event Guide: What it is, how can you take part, and what are the rewards? Image credit:EA / Maxis As is now more or less a tradition at this point, The Sims 4 is currently running an in-game event to tie into its latest expansion pack release. With The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy coming out in mid-February, the Lost Legacies event aims to promote the pack’s new features – as well as its hefty dose of new Sims world lore – with exclusive goodies for players who take part during the six weeks surrounding launch....

January 4, 2026 · 9 min · 1750 words · Florence Jones