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Don’t worry, Dragon Age fans, The Veilguard will be a “complete out-of-the-box package” meaning no post-release DLC that finishes the story BioWare avoiding past mistakes. Image credit:Bioware It’s sounding like Dragon Age: The Veilguard is going to be the complete package, as its director has said there aren’t any plans for DLC expansions. There are many things that in the years since gaming has moved to be more internet focused that are generally quite annoying, but I think even now, DLC is one of the highest ranking....

Don’t worry, the upcoming Alien prequel series is ignoring Prometheus too Music to my ears. Good news, everyone: Noah Hawley, showrunner of the upcoming Alien prequel series, has no plans to acknowledge Prometheus in the show. Prometheus, as a whole, was just a bit of a silly film; it took away too much mystery from the original Alien, and structurally just revisited already well trodden ground. Alien fans would all just prefer to ignore it, and in a recent interview with KCRW’s The Business podcast (via The Hollywood Reporter ), Hawley essentially said he intends to do the same....

Dragon Age: The Veilguard modders have added in Baldur’s Gate 3’s tattoos, so you can slap a reminder that its companions don’t chuck you across a room as sexily as Lae’zel on your mug There’s also a fresh patch for the former, as BioWare dishes out more tweaks. Image credit:Larian/BioWare Dragon Age: The Veilguard ’s a game about you and a group of different people - weirdo mates, if we’re honest - doing a fantasy thing....

Dragon Ball Z’s best game series is making a comeback This will be the first new game in the series in more than a decade. If you think there aren’t enough Dragon Ball games in the world, good news, as Bandai Namco just revealed a new Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi game. It’s been years since we’ve last had an entry in this particular line of Dragon Ball games, but yesterday, Bandai Namco teased that a new Budokai Tenkaichi game is in the works....

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero looks to be giving fans exactly what they want in its first DLC pack: characters that will inevitably end up being way too OP It’s Dragon Ball! What else did you expect. Image credit:Bandai Namco The first DLC pack coming to Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has been properly revealed, and fans probably won’t be surprised to see it’s based on the most recent movie. While Dragon Ball might have a new anime in the form of Daima currently, it’s technically a sequel to the original Z series, set before the events of Super....

Dragon’s Dogma 2 A Case of Sculptor’s Block guide How to get Klark’s griffin sculpture and petrify a griffin The Dragon’s Dogma 2 Case of Sculptor’s Block quest seems straightforward, until you speak to the artist in question and hear his rather unusual request. The process of petrifying a griffin is pretty arduous and time consuming, though once you know where to look, the battle’s more than half over already....

Dragon’s Dogma 2 director wants you to think its world is so exciting you won’t care you can’t ride a horse The game might leave you feeling a bit horse-less. Image credit:Capcom Dragon’s Dogma 2 doesn’t make it easy to get around its world, but the game’s director hopes that the world is enticing enough so that it doesn’t matter. Fast travel? Who needs it! Ok, a lot of people probably, as open world games can often be massive and a bit of a pain in the derriere to get around, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting when games try to force you to explore nonetheless....

Dragon’s Dogma 2 The Beggar’s Tale: Who should you present the Beggar’s Garb to? This quest is a treat for literary fans, as you’re tasked with finding out where the storyteller Albert gets his money from. Image credit:VG247 / Capcom Everybody loves a good whole-plot reference, and it seems that the writers of Dragon’s Dogma 2 are no exception! The side-quest The Beggar’s Tale , available from the time you start exploring the city of Vernworth, sees your Arisen giving their best Sherlock Holmes impression (plus a party of pawns as willing Watsons, naturally) while investigating how a street performer scrabbling for tips in the Merchant’s Quarter somehow always has loads of ready cash....

EA wants its own Call of Duty salt mines with Battlefield, and it doesn’t make sense EA is back on its Battlefield Universe horse again as it continues to rope in studios to work on Battlefield. But is it all a little desperate? Image credit:VG247 The road EA is taking with the next Battlefield has been slowly coming into view in the months since the company began to right the Battlefield 2042 ship....

EA, fresh from killing a big Marvel game, reassures fans it still has three other Marvel projects it could kill in the future Black Panther may be dead and the entire studio may be closed, but don’t worry kids, they’ve loads more studios to shut down. Image credit:Crystal Dynamics Yesterday, EA announced it was cancelling its in-development Black Panther game , and closing down Cliffhanger Games, the studio making it. But don’t worry gang, EA and Marvel have come forward to reassure fans that there are still other games in development that have yet to be suddenly and unceremoniously killed....

Elden Ring fan-made anime director reckons Sony’s deal with FromSoftware’s parent company shouldn’t chuck up any surprise DMCA boss battles ahead of summer 2025 release As the project releases a fresh teaser offering a behind-the-scenes look at stuff coming together. Image credit:Stein Alter The fan-made Elden Ring anime that’s been in the works for a little while now has just put out a fresh teaser confirming that it’s still on track for a summer 2025 release, and it sounds like the team behind it isn’t expecting last year’s deal between Sony and FromSoft’s parent company to throw up any unexpected obstacles....

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Best Dryleaf Arts Build Inflict Bleed by punching someone with this Hand-to-hand Bleed build, using Shadow of the Erdtree weapons and gear. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware UPDATE: We’ve gone ahead and added two interactive maps to this Dryleaf Arts build guide, to give you an extra helping hand tracking down all the items needed for it. With Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC introducing over 100 new weapons to the game, including eight new weapon types, there is plenty of interesting gear to be experimenting with....

Elden Ring’s now been beaten using morse code, and yes, watching it happen will probably make you feel useless at games A dot and dash dance with death. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware I’m gonna cut to the chase here. A streamer’s just beaten Elden Ring - including my buddy and yours Malenia - using button-operated morse code. As with asll these kinds of challenge runs, it’s an incredibly impressive feat, and will no doubt leave you utterly devastated about how terrible you are at video games in comparison....

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered screenshots and details seemingly leak, showing what it’s done to your favourite game about people with funny faces trying to close gates Complete with apparent deluxe edition horse armour. Image credit:Bethesda Screens and details about The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - that long-rumoured remake of the Elder Scrolls game about a soon-to-be mad realm dweller helping some potato-faced weirdos to shut some big doors so youths in hoodies can’t keep letting a draft in - appear to have leaked via Virtuos Games’ website....

Embracer continues its dark side run, cancelling new Deus Ex and laying off almost 100 staff The embrace of death continues to be a thing, sadly. Image credit:VG247/Eidos Montreal In what’s already proving to be a pretty depressing year for the games industry, Embracer Group has decided to push itself back into the baddie limelight by cancelling a Deus Ex game and laying off close to 100 people. Yes, last week it was Microsoft electing to fire an entire town’s worth of people into the sun following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, this week it’s Embracer deciding to cut staff at Eidos Montreal and simultaneously do away with a title it’d spent two years working on....

Embracer Group sells Borderlands creator Gearbox to Take Two for 460 million Embracer will retain ownership of Gearbox Publishing, as well as other developers which will be folded into Embracer. Image credit:Gearbox Embracer Groups is divesting itself of Gearbox for 460 million dollars, according to an official Embracer Group press release . Gearbox - creator of Borderlands , Risk of Rain , and more video game IPs - will be aquired by Take Two and paid entirely with newly created Take Two shares....

Episode 3 of Resident Evil 4 Remake’s anime spin-off is here, and it can’t get much better Dr. Salvador’s time to shine. As we prepare for the release of Resident Evil 4 Remake , Capcom has been treating us to an adorably bizarre anime spin-off of Leon and Ashley’s adventure, called ‘Leon and the Mysterious Village.’ The third episode in the series, which comes from the talented folk at Nippon Animation, is titled “Help us, Old Man” and runs at just a few seconds longer than prior episodes, lasting one minute and two seconds....

ER Shadow of the Erdtree: How to reach Charo’s Hidden Grave Less “hidden” and more “just behind a big dead dragon” Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree ’s Charo’s Hidden Grave location sounds like a small place – just a tiny grave, nothing major. It’s actually half of the Cerulean Coast area, and there’s more than one hidden treasure, another gaol, and an excellent weapon inside. Our Shadow of the Erdtree Charo’s Hidden Grave guide breaks down how to reach this hidden location quickly and why it’s worth your time....

Everything announced at The Game Awards 2023 Here are all the biggest headlines from this year’s iteration of the annual December showcase. Image credit:VG247/The Game Awards Another year of the video games, another three hour long event just before Christmas that tells us all about the video games, The Game Awards 2023 has officially finished washing over us all. If you couldn’t tune in live or are in the mood for a sobering recap of all the show’s biggest announcements, from Marvel’s Blade to Hideo Kojima’s OD, here it is, in no particular order....

Exoprimal is cross-platform, but it will have some limitations at launch Cross-platform party creation will hopefully be coming further down the line. While you’ll technically be able to play with players on different consoles in Exoprimal , you won’t be able to make a party with them. Earlier this week, the official Exoprimal Twitter account shared a thread explaining how cross-platform works in the game, as well as the team’s plans to make the feature more broad....