Gaming

Pocketpair’s open-world creature collecting and survival game Palworld, unofficially dubbed by the internet as ‘Pokémon with guns,’ released in early access on Steam and Xbox Series X|S today (January 19), and it’s already proven to be exceptionally popular. In a post on Twitter / X, Pocketpair revealed that in just eight hours, its open-world survival

Palworld was released during the wee hours today, and within eight hours, it was purchased over one million times. The game went live on Steam this morning at 3am ET, and players jumped in immediately. As of press time, there are 344,662 concurrent players, with the high today (so far) reaching 370,128. With so many

It’s that time of the year in EA Sports FC 24, with the eagerly anticipated Team of the Year promotion launching today. The first batch of TOTY cards are available in Ultimate Team packs from today, and there’s one big change compared to previous promotions in FIFA. For the very first time, we’ve now got

If you’ve got a successful live service game on your hands these days, I can only imagine how careful you’d be to make sure to not mess it up. The best free-to-play games are crumbling en masse like houses on the Norfolk coastline. This perilous environment adds a burden of risk to any significant update,

During Xbox Developer Direct, Oxide Games gave us a new look at Ara: History Untold gameplay and shared an overview of the key features coming to the historical grand strategy title. The overview also touched upon the game’s crafting system, approach to simultaneous turns, and more. Here’s a behind the scenes look at Ara: History

The Elder Scrolls Online’s next chapter, Gold Road, has been revealed during the ESO 2024 Global Reveal showcase, and its setting is going to feel very familiar for fans of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. The next paid expansion for ZeniMax Online Studios’ massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is set in the West Weald

True Detective: Night Country lead actress Jodie Foster has revealed she was offered the Princess Leia role in the original Star Wars movie back in the ’70s. Her accepting the part could’ve substantially changed the course of the beloved story. Via The Hollywood Reporter, the actress talked on NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon about

Call of Duty‘s anti-cheat software will now detect if a player is using aim assist on a keyboard and mouse and shut down their game.  In a recent post shared on Twitter / X (via IGN), Activision announced that its anti-cheat technology, commonly known as ‘Ricochet’ to players, has been improved and now features the

Harmonix has announced that Rock Band 4 DLC will exit stage left on January 25. After over eight years of releasing weekly DLC, Harmonix plans to shift focus to the free-to-play Fortnite Festival, which brings rhythm-action gaming to the Fortnite ecosystem. Players can expect a rotating selection of songs, and it will support Rock Band

It seems like Marvel’s Midnight Suns, the troubled superhero RPG from the XCOM people, is getting an upswell of goodwill on social media following a stint of discounts and its inclusion in the current Humble Choice bundle. Jake Solomon, the game’s director who left Firaxis following the game’s disappointing release responded in disbelief, posting “As

The Sony Inzone H5 finds itself in the middle of the pack of the company’s gaming headset range. However, the set is less ‘middle of the road’ and much more ‘hits the sweet spot’ given its balance of performance, features, and pricing. In many ways, I found all my expectations to be greatly exceeded. If

It’s been confirmed that UK store Game will stop offering trade-ins as it looks to phase out its pre-owned stock.  An internal source confirmed to TechRadar Gaming (TRG) that all stores will stop trade-ins from February 16. Our source also tells us that internally, following the reports of this news surfacing online yesterday (January 15),

Hotfix 17 has arrived for Baldur’s Gate 3 and the good news is that it contains a fix designed to stop everyone’s favourite member of the shadow wizard money gang – Gale – from deserting you forever if you’re unable to offer him a magical item every time he asks. Yup, following a hotfix that

Every couple of years we get a new generation of graphics cards – but of course it’s only natural that not all cards, or even generations, are created equal. Nvidia’s 40-series of GPUs, designed with ray tracing, AI, and other such cutting-edge features in mind, impressed with performance but left brows furrowed on price. In

Ubisoft is testing out more changes to Rainbow Six Siege in its Lab Test Server, and not everyone is happy about what’s in store.  Earlier today (January 15), the Lab Test Server opened its doors, and until January 22 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT / 9pm GMT (January 23 at 8am AEDT), players will

If you follow broader industry trends, particularly when it comes to the types of games every publisher is keen to have in their catalogues (before they realise it may not be such a good idea to invest so much in one basket), you’ll definitely be familiar with Sony’s nascent push into live service games.The company’s

There’s a Lethal Company VR mod on the way, and to the surprise of no one, it looks like a bit of a nightmare. Lethal Company is a very funny game – it’s ripe with opportunities for good bits, goofs, and gafs. It is also quite a scary game, as each of the cryptids that

Smite 2 has been officially announced, and despite the significant improvements that have been shown off, developer Titan Forge Games has concerns that some players may be unhappy about the lack of transferable content between the two games.  The upcoming multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) won’t be replacing Smite 1, which is sure to be