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Ian Higton’s bum guffs: The Best Games Ever podcast episode 103 What are the best games that didn’t live up to their hype? Find out within. Image credit:VG247 Still inspired by last week’s topic, we thought we’d flip it on its head an ask perhaps an even more pertinent question in an age of decade-long marketing campaigns: what’s the best rubbish game that had a great reveal trailer ? Baffled by the concept of how a rubbish game can be “best”?...

If you were convinced you’d be good at Gwent if it were only real, good news: CD Projekt Red has turned it into a physical card game Gwent isn’t dead, it’s just taking a new form! Image credit:CD Projekt Red Gwent fans and physical card game lovers, I’ve got great news for you: the beloved digital card game is being made real. I’m a big fan of card games, but I have to say that the whole fervour with which certain Witcher fans talk about Gwent never quite hit me....

Is there any chance James Cameron won’t be back for Avatar 4 and 5? Only if he gets ‘hit by a bus’ and ends up in ‘an iron lung’ “I got plenty of energy, love doing what I’m doing. Why would I not?” Image credit:20th Century Studios Don’t worry, James Cameron lovers, the director is still planning on helming the fourth and fifth Avatar films, and there’s not much anyone can do to stop him....

It looks like one of Xbox’s biggest 2022 exclusives is coming to PlayStation Wise-cracking weapons. High on Life from Squanch Games is coming to PlayStation if a PlayStation 4 game database listing is correct. According to Orbis Patches (thanks, MP1ST ), the PlayStation database has the game as being listed on July 17. While the listing is for PS4, a PS5 verion is likely. The game, where you play a bounty hunter who uses talking weapons to fight an alien drug cartel, was announced for PC and Xbox in 2022 ....

It might have taken almost four years, but Cyberpunk 2077 is finally heading into “overwhelmingly positive” territory on Steam Cyberpunk certainly isn’t the game it once was. Image credit:VG247/CD Projekt Cyberpunk 2077 infamously had an awful launch, but some recent positive reviews have put the game in a much better position. At the time of writing, Cyberpunk 2077 is currently sitting at an “overwhelmingly positive” rating for recent reviews. For those that don’t know, that means at least 95% of the most recent 7000 reviews from the last 30 days are positive, a difficult to achieve feat for most Steam games given how… well, how gamers can be sometimes, if you know what I mean....

It sounds like The Hunt for Gollum will take a while, as Gandalf himself says the team behind it is planning for two films Two for the price of two. Image credit:New Line Cinema The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is, perhaps unsurprisingly, supposedly going to be split into two films, according to Ian McKellen. It seems like Warner Bros is looking to continue its tradition of stretching out Lord of the Rings films into slightly too long with its next project, The Hunt for Gollum - you might remember that The Hobbit was turned into a trilogy, despite there not being quite enough book to actually manage that, but hey ho, there’s money to be made....

It sure looks like Jurassic World Evolution 3 is coming next year, alongside Jurassic World: Rebirth New parks to manage and more prehistoric mouths to feed. Image credit:Frontier Developments Earlier this year, we learned a new Jurassic World game was in active development at Frontier . While the press release didn’t 100% confirm the project is Evolution 3, it was the most likely possibility. Now, new details on the company’s portfolio strategy for the next year and beyond have illuminated the matter a bit more....

It’s taken years, but Dune Awakening is finally getting an end-game info dump next week, so we’ll finally know how the rest of the game plays We’re finally get a deeper dive into the real meat of this Survival MMO. Image credit:Funcom Finally, Dune Awakening fans can expect a dedicated live stream to show off the real meat of any MMO: the endgame. This event will cover what players will be up to once they’ve progressed through the story and prepped themselves for the Deep Desert, something that has remained a bit mysterious upo until now....

It’s official: Battlefield 6 is 2025’s best-selling game, but Black Ops 7 still managed to be November’s top-seller 2025 will be remembered for many things, but in the ultra-competitive games industry, it’s going to be thought of as the year Battlefield 6 did what many thought couldn’t happen. Image credit:Battlefield Studios, EA. Circan’s November 2025 video game sales report has easily been one of the most anticipated. For one, November is always one of the most lucrative for the games industry, but this year in particular has seen several major hits - including new entries in two rival series....

Kaiju No. 8 season 2 hasn’t been confirmed, but the kaiju anime will be getting a sequel of some sorts Details are very slim right now. Image credit:Naoya Matsumoto/ Production I.G. Kaiju No. 8 will be getting a sequel anime of some sorts, but all that’s been confirmed right now is where it will be streaming. If you’ve been enjoying the anime adaptation of Kaiju No. 8 and its particular take on the kaiju genre, then I’ve got great news for you: after the 12th and final episode of the first season aired, it was quickly confirmed that the series will be receiving a sequel of some sorts....

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Oratores walkthrough and tips Including where to find the royal treasury key Image credit:Warhorse | VG 24/7 Things finally start coming to a head in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Oratores , as the prep work from The Lion’s Den pays off. Henry and his fellow conspirators settle on a plan to strike at Sigismund where it hurts – his wallet. The road to this point is rather more straightforward than it initially seems – you can’t, for example, torture von Bergow, no matter how much the Devil thinks he might deserve it....

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 preview: less jank, less frustration, and a strong obsession with lusty historical accuracy We tried out Warhorse Studios’ upcoming RPG, and it looks to be a banger. Image credit:Warhorse Studios In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 two guys - Henry and Hans - pull up to a Bohemian castle with an urgent message. They’re dressed like serfs, and are treated appropriately as two guards pour a bucket of excrement over the front gates and onto the duo....

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 continues the realism-obsessed RPG series - and is set to release later this year Warhorse Studios returns to Bohemia with a sequel to its realism-focused action RPG. After a successful first outing, Czech game developer Warhorse Studios is back with a sequel to Kingdom Come: Deliverance - and fans will be able to play it later this year. Simply titled Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 , the new title promises to be another realism-focused action RPG - set against the backdrop of a chaotic civil war raging across 15th Century Bohemia - the historic region of the world that encompasses much of the modern-day Czech Republic....

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess review – Capcom once again dances to its own tune, and puts on a gorgeous show An intriguing action strategy from Capcom, that blends action with tower defense to pleasing results. Image credit:VG247 Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a strange beast. A game that blends tower defense with squad-based strategy and third-person combat. When I first sat down with it, I was strapping in for the long haul....

LEGO Fortnite Guide: How to build your brick kingdom! Use these guides to survive and thrive in the harsh world of LEGO Fortnite! Image credit:Fortnite/VG247 Update: We’ve updated this LEGO Fortnite guide with even more guides that we have been working on. The below pages should help you with finding your feet - and resources - throughout the game, and we’ll make sure to add more to each page as and when we learn more....

Lost Ark dev Smilegate is working on bringing back all those real accounts it accidentally banned A number of players who haven’t booted up the game in awhile have received bans despite not doing anything. Lost Ark developer Smilegate recently banned a wave of bots to prevent cheating, but a number of real players have found they were banned too. Bot bans obviously aren’t uncommon in any online game, particularly MMOs which can have huge playerbases....

Love and Deepspace Caleb: How to unlock him, and his lore and backstory explained Everything you need to know about LaDS’ fifth love interest, a childhood friend who’s unexpectedly returned… but isn’t quite the same any more. Image credit:Papergames / Infold Games If your taste in dating sim love interests runs towards the yandere end of the scale, then Love and Deepspace ’s Caleb could just be the LI for you....

Love Zenless Zone Zero? Get creative and prove it to the developer, and you could stand to win $3000 in cash The drip fest is here, giving you an opportunity to showcase your artistic and stylistic skills. Image credit:HoYoverse Are you creatively minded? Do you have a basic idea of fashion sense, know what colours go together, or know how to properly shade a picture? If so, you might be in for a chance of winning some cash, courtesy of HoYoVerse and the Zenless Zone Zero Drip Fest....

Straight off the web. Image credit:VG247 Photo Composite / WOTC + Marvel Spider-Man is officially slinging into Magic: The Gathering , and I’ve never been more ready to throw my wallet at some cardboard. This isn’t just some random Secret Lair drop. It’s a full-on Standard-legal set. You can draft it, build decks, and flex on your friends with premium Marvel-flavored power plays. If you’re just here to collect every web-covered variant like a true Spidey fan, I respect that....

Manor Lords: How to get sheep Farming for fun and profit How to get sheep in Manor Lords is something you’ll need to figure out fairly soon to make life easier. Starting your first sheep farm is expensive, but the long-term gains outweigh the initial high costs. Just maybe don’t go overboard in the sheep department at first, depending on which mode you play in. Our Manor Lords sheep guide explains how to get your first sheep and what to do with them from there....