There’s good fan service, and then there’s Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero I played perhaps the most luscious, loving send-up to source material in years. Image credit:Bandai Namco Let’s cut to the chase. Dragon Ball fans, you’re going to be eating good with Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero . I was able to sit down and play around an hour of the game at Summer Game Fest 2024 earlier this month and it was a surprise hit for me....
This Helldivers 2 player has notched 116 gun butt bash kills so far, and they won’t stop until proper melee weapons arrive Bonking everything in sight until Arrowhead adds some futuristic swords? Sounds like a plan. Image credit:VG247/Arrowhead Game Studios While plenty of members of the huge gaggle of folks playing Helldivers 2 have been spending a lot of time lately desperately trying to work out which of its guns is the best , like nerds, there’s now at least one who’s given up on that an launched a campaign of sorts to try and convince Arrowhead to add in proper melee weapons....
Throne and Liberty: How to get magic powder No, not that kind of magic powder. Image credit:VG247 There are a lot of different crafting resources in Throne and Liberty , all of them with different uses and requiring different actions from the player to gather them. But one that might just escape your grasp early game is magic powder , an important resource for crafting equipment, weapons, and more. How to get magic powder in Throne and Liberty is a key question for new players....
Todd Howard reveals how you should solve Starfield’s ending Turns out, Todd thinks the ending might not go down well with everyone. Bethesda games aren’t always known for their satisfying endings, but director Todd Howard thinks Starfield ’s could be controversial. Seeing as for the majority of us, Starfield only just came out today, thinking about the game’s ending is something we don’t want to do just yet. That’s a whole bunch of hours of gameplay away, who cares what it’s like just yet!...
Tokyo Godfathers is the best alternative take on family Christmas films There just isn’t anything else like it. Are there any Christmas movies that aren’t about family in some shape or form? I’m sure there must be, but they normally are, especially the best ones. It’s just quite a natural thing to focus on, given that it’s meant to be the time of year that families come together, for better or worse....
Uh oh, the PS5 Slim’s disc drive looks like it might require an internet connection to install You (potentially) don’t spin me right round without connecting to the net first. Image credit:VG247/PlayStation You might need to be connected to the internet in order to pair up the new PlayStation 5 disc drive add-on with the soon-to-be-released slim version of the console. As spotted by Eurogamer , pictures of PS5 Slim boxes have begun popping up online ahead of its US launch, which is set for November, with some of these seemingly showing a rather concerning line printed on the side of the packaging....
Unlike The Game Awards, the GDC Awards didn’t shy away from industry layoffs and the situation in Gaza During both the Indie Game Awards and GDC Awards, multiple devs spoke out about major issues facing the world, and the games industry. Image credit:VG247 The GDCAs were hosted last night during GDC 2024. While various awards were given out and developers celebrated as expected, the stage also was used by winners to shine a spotlight on a variety of important ongoing issues....
UPDATE: EA Sports FC 24’s fourth title update looks to deliver a proper fix for the infamous ‘calf dribble’ glitch Sticky balls should hopefully no longer be a sticking point once the update goes live. Image credit:VG247/EA UPDATE (31 October, 10:40AM GMT): EA has now confirmed via a tweet that this particular glitch has been addressed by title update four, adding that: “The Trickster+ PlayStyle was returned to applicable Player Items before the start of the UT Champions Finals this past weekend....
UPDATE: Yes, Fallout 4’s next-gen update will affect Fallout: London, the massive mod’s release has had to be pushed back again “As soon as we’ve fixed it, it’ll drop.” Image credit:VG247/Bethesda/Fallout: London UPDATE (14/04/24, 09:10 AM GMT): Team FOLON has now released its update video on the situation, which you can watch here . In it, Fallout: London’s project lead, Dean ‘Prilladog’ Carter confirms that due to the “unavoidable fact” the arrival of Fallout 4’s next-gen update on April 25 would “break [the mod’s] core systems”, Fallout: London will no longer be releasing in April 23....
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines at 20: A masterpiece of RPG storytelling which might just have a blighted bloodline of its own Seriously vamily, we probably shouldn’t have made all those jokes about cursed legacies. Image credit:VG247 / Troika Games / Activision There was a lot working against Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines when it launched on this day back in 2004. Nobody wants to launch up against a game as hotly anticipated as Half-Life 2 , let alone be pushed out half-finished due to a bizarre corporate mandate to launch on the same day as said game — which, incidentally, used the same brand-new engine as V:TM-B was built in, but as proprietary in-house technology rather than via a third-party licence, and so very much getting the better end of the deal....
Watch Dungeons & Dragons authors play with the character creator in Baldur’s Gate 3 They seem to be having fun. Image credit:Penguin Random House / D&D Licensed Baldur’s Gate 3 is based on the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition rules, so it’s only fitting that the authors behind the latest guide to the tabletop series would give the game’s character creator a try. In celebration of the release of Lore & Legends, an illustrated guide to Dungeons & Dragons’fifth edition, authors Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, and Jon Peterson decided to give the character creator a whirl, and you can see what they cmae up with in this video....
We’re going to learn about “the future of Diablo 4” in this BlizzCon Campfire Chat - watch it here We’re in for a very special episode of Diablo 4’s Campfire Chats live from BlizzCon 2023. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/diablo-4-new-s2-store-items-1.jpeg?width=570&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“We’re going to learn about “the future of Diablo 4” in this BlizzCon Campfire Chat - 1”> Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment BlizzCon 2023 is here, folks, and we have a date with another one of the Diablo 4 Campfire Chat livestreams....
What are you playing this weekend? Many of you are likely exploring the stars. Image credit:VG247 This weekend is all about Starfield for many. Well, at least for those who purchased one of the special editions. Other folks will just have to wait for the standard edition to go live on September 6. And just because one of the biggest games of the year is dropping doesn’t mean everyone is playing it or will be playing it....
What if Resident Evil 4’s Ashley was a mouse? Wonder no longer Twitter users and beyond are turning Ashley Graham into a mouse. You read that right. Folk across Twitter and beyond are turning Resident Evil 4 Remake ’s Ashley into a mouse. I’m not sure how I feel about it, but I know that I sure as hell can’t stop thinking about it. What started as an innocent message from Tom Orry in Slack, asking if Ashley being depicted as a mouse was ‘a thing’, resulted in me trawling through illustration after illustration of mouse-Ashley....
What time is Sony’s PS5 Pro Tech Presentation and where to watch it It’ll feature Knack’s director, so you know you don’t want to miss this. Image credit:VG247/Sony Do you like boxes that can play the video games? Well, if so, you’ll probably want to tune into the PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation that’s set to air later today, September 10, and you can find all the details as to how to do so right here....
Where to find Frostspore Butterflies in Heartopia These icy insect variants are exclusive to the Winter Frost Season – catch them before they go away again! Image credit:VG247 / XD Heartopia celebrated its global launch in January, so it’s only appropriate that its first round of seasonal content is quite literally themed around the seasons – Winter Frost, to be exact. Running from January 31st to March 13th , this six-week seasonal programme features a line-up of various sub-events, including opportunities to add limited-time variations to your various hobby collections....
Where to find the Church Cellar Key in Atomfall Here’s where to find the Church Cellar Key so you can see what’s going on beneath the church in Atomfall. Image credit:Rebellion/VG247 It turns out that Vicar McHenry doesn’t keep a very watchful eye on his church or the happenings inside it in Atomfall . First, you walk in and find that there’s been a murder , and then you explore a little further and find that the cellar of the church is long-forgotten about… and locked....
Where to find the Provisioner Card in Nightingale Use the Provisioner Card to further expand your horizons in Nightingale! Image credit:VG247/Inflexion Games As you make a life for yourself in the Fae Realms of Nightingale , you will need to find the Provisioner Card to take your Realmwalking to the next level. The Provisioner Card marks an interesting departure from the previous Realms you’ve encountered, introducing even more recognizably human elements into the ethereal landscapes you’ve become accustomed to so far in your adventure....
Where to get Radagon’s Soreseal in Elden Ring Radagon’s Soreseal is one of multiple Legendary Talisman’s in Elden Ring. Here’s where to find it! Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware In Elden Ring , you’ve over 100 Talismans to choose from, but you can only equip for at a time. So, you’ll likely want to experiment with the Talismans you find, see what works for you, and adjust them depending on the bosses and areas you’re coming up against....
Where to get the O Mother gesture in ER Shadow of the Erdtree Here’s where to find the O Mother gesture needed to gain passage to the Hinterlands in Shadow of the Erdtree. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree is packed with secrets for keen Tarnished to uncover, especially given its smaller, denser map. Much like the base game, some solutions - and rewards - hide in plain sight, but can be easily missed given some obtuse prerequisites that aren’t always straight-forward....
