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Nightingale Puzzle Core Guide Nightingale’s Puzzle Cores live up to their name! Image credit:VG247/Inflexion Games As you explore the untamed Fae realms in Nightingale , you come across interesting magical structures left by previous civilizations. Just one of the many types of intriguing contraption you find in these arcane ruins are puzzle cores. These glowing, mysterious pyramids live up to their name - they are indeed quite puzzling. This is particularly because the first time you encounter one, you have probably already solved it by accident....

Nintendo levels up with a fresh wave of retro games for Switch Online Four additional games added to the mix. Nintendo has released the latest batch of retro games for Nintendo Switch Online. These titles are available for the standard subscription and include an NES game, a SNES game, and two Game Boy Color titles. Here’s a look at the latest games released to the Switch Online library.Watch on YouTube...

No one called me ‘daddy’: I roleplayed as Pedro Pascal and went to nightclubs in Final Fantasy 14 Will The Last Of Us star turn as many heads in-game as in real life? Image credit:VG247/WWD Thousands do it, but roleplaying in an MMO is weirdly intimidating. It shouldn’t be: videogames are all about playing as characters (or souped-up versions of yourself) in exciting new worlds, so why is taking the next step and becoming someone else so scary?...

No Russian: Modern Warfare 3 reveal teases the return of CoD’s most controversial moment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is introducing its villain, and you already know who he is. Image credit:Activision In case you’ve somehow missed it, Modern Warfare 3 is the new Call of Duty for 2023. It’s been leaked more than one way , and later officially announced with a November 10 release date. Today, we got the game’s reveal trailer....

One of the most highly-requested legacy characters has finally been revealed for Tekken 8, Season 2, but at what cost? Anna Williams is back with a new look, and a rocket launcher of all things. Image credit:Bandai Namco An incredibly popular character from the Tekken series has made a stunning return via a fancy new reveal trailer, but with a drastic redesign. Tekken 8 will soon be getting Anna Williams at last, though she’s packing a slick new haircut and a rocket launcher....

Overwatch 2 is collaborating with One Punch Man, hosting a dating sim, and more in Season 3 Season 3 is going to be packed with content. Overwatch 2 is quickly approaching Season 3, and has detailed what to expect of the new season in a new blog post . On top of Asian Mythology-themed skins, Overwatch 2 will also introduce a new map, host a Valentine’s Day event, and add an unexpected crossover with One Punch Man....

PlayStation Plus August 2023 Lineup Includes Sea of Stars, Moving Out 2, and Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Also included: Two Point Hospital, Lost Judgment, Cursed to Golf, and more. Sony has announced the batch of games PlayStation Plus users with an Extra or Premium subscription can download and play in August. This month’s lineup includes two indies available with Game Catalog on their respective launch days: Sea of Stars and Moving Out 2 ....

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet welcomes back all past starters in its DLC Yes, even your favourite one. If you were missing your favourite starter in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet , you’ll be happy to hear they’ll finally be available when the games’ DLC drops. Since Pokemon made the jump to Nintendo Switch, whenever a new generation of games are released, not every Pokemon is immediately accessible. In fact, each generation definitely won’t have every single Pokemon ever released , something that was no different in Scarlet and Violet....

Pokemon TCG Pocket Shining Revelry Card List The third mini-set to arrive in Pokemon TCG Pocket, Shining Revelry has introduced shiny Pokemon into the mix. Here’s what cards you can expect to try and pull! Image credit:The Pokemon Company/VG247 Pokemon TCG Pocket booster packs are arriving thick and fast, with most of us unable to keep up with the sheer amount of cards we need to collect. That said, nobody is complaining about the arrival of Shining Revelry – even if our Triumphant Light card lists are nowhere near complete - because this new set comes with a very interesting addition....

Prime Gaming members get Ghostwire: Tokyo, Dead by Daylight content, and more in October You can also claim in-game content for Cyberpunk 2077. Image credit:Prime Gaming The October free games with Prime lineup has been announced, and there are seven season-appropriate titles to download and play. On October 5, GRUNND arrives for free on the service. The game centers around a nightmarish Halloween-themed realm, and you must navigate the ominous environments while unraveling puzzles and confronting horrible creatures....

Princess Peach: Showtime The Dark Baker & the Bewitching Sweets Sparkle Gems Patisserie Peach has more baking to do before the Sour Bunch tire of their evil plans in The Dark Baker and the Bewitching Sweets stage-play. Image credit:VG247/Nintendo Patissiere Peach returns for her third act in Princess Peach: Showtime , and this time, she’ll have a little help with her baking as she tries to finally reclaim the show back from the Sour Bunch....

RDR2 Double-Action Revolver: How to unlock the gold version Log into GTA Online to get a special Red Dead Redemption 2 weapon. Image credit:VG247/Rockstar Games If you’re looking to start Red Dead Redemption 2 with a snazzy new pistol, you can unlock the Double-Action Revolver . The catch here is Arthur Morgan will only get this weapon at the start of his adventures if you play GTA Online. Once you unlock it in Los Santos, it becomes available to use in Red Dead Redemption 2 in a striking gold finish....

Redfall’s broken bite: One year since launch Arkane Studios has yet to deliver promised Bite Back Edition content And now you’ve disappeared somewhere, like outer space… One year since its release, Arkand has yet to release the extra content included with the Bite Back Edition of its vampire killing game, Redfall . As noticed by Kotaku , the promised content included with the game’s special edition is MIA with nary a word on when it might be released....

Riot Games lays off another wave of staff as part of effort to “evolve” League of Legends This is the second wave of layoffs to affect Riot employees this year. Image credit:Riot Games Riot Games is going through another wave of layoffs. This has been announced by Riot Co-Founder Marc Merrill on Twitter, who announced the news through a written article on the social media platform. This statement starts by reassuring fans that League of Legends will be okay, before diving into the job cuts....

Sand Land: A perfect epitaph to Akira Toryiama, I wish I had a game like this when I was growing up – final preview Non-patronising, uncompromising in its vision, and – above all – fun. Sand Land feels like a perfect summary of everything Toriyama set out to achieve with his art and writing. Image credit:VG247 What an honour it is to Akira Toriyama’s legacy that Sand Land is releasing just after his unfortunate passing ....

Skate 4 is getting console playtests, somewhere down the line Full Circle also introduces “flumping” into the series. A new episode of The Board Room has confirmed that Skate will be getting some playtests on console in the future, and that the game will have flumping. You know, flumping? The latest episode of The Board Room gave us another look at the upcoming Skate game (still actually called skate. but I’m not writing it that way, sorry), showing off some of the gameplay activities we can look forward to whenever the game does launch....

Sony has created a prototype AI Aloy chatbot, and hastily taken down a leaked video of it in action A purely internal test video, nonetheless it shows Sony is cooking up some form of AI NPC behind closed doors. Image credit:Guerilla Games A leaked video of Sony’s internal prototype for an AI-powered NPC has appeared online, showing Aloy from the Horizon series responding to questions both in a demo and during gameplay....

Sony’s latest patent imagines a future where your PlayStation… plays your games for you? Who wants to play their own games anyway? A recently published patent from Sony has revealed that the company is considering introducing a method to let your games play themselves. Have you ever thought to yourself, “wow, I sure do wish that my game would just play itself so I can get this annoying grinding out the way and, I dunno, do my taxes or something else adults do in the meantime”?...

Sony’s live-action One Punch Man movie is getting a rewrite from… Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon? Wouldn’t have been my first choice. Image credit:Adult Swim/ ONE Sony is still developing its live-action adaptation of One Punch Man , and it’s brought on Rick and Morty writers Dan Harmon and Heather Anne Campbell. With superhero movies not being as popular as they used to be, the two next big things that Hollywood is trying to tackle are video game and anime adaptations....

Soulframe shows its true nature in first ever gameplay demo A scoop of Warframe, a pinch of Ghosts of Tsushima, maybe a sprinkle of Dark Messiah? Count me in! Image credit:Digital Extremes Soulframe has just gotten its first ever gameplay demo shown off at Tennocon 2023, giving fans present in-person and watching online their first proper look at Digital Extreme’s next big project. For a small glimpse of the demonstration, check out this new trailer here!...