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2023 was, for better or worse, a year. One of its good bits was The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, the only good game that came out in August. Ahem. Much like that other story-driven masterpiece I’ve sneakily alluded to there (Baldur’s Gate 3, just in case you’re reading this before 8AM) Cosmic’s main draw lies in

I still think about that one Final Fantasy Versus 13 trailer. You know the one, that first time Square Enix really showed off the supposed Final Fantasy 13 spin-off in full for the first time. The opening shot of a sleepy Noctis being driven into a modern day city, the blend of fantasy creatures and

Surprise! Out of nowhere, FromSoftware has announced that a brand new update is being rolled out for Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon tomorrow (December 19), which will add ranked player vs player (PvP) matchmaking to the game alongside some brand new maps to duke it out in. In a new trailer posted to YouTube

Good news, sweaty mech pilots, Armored Core 6 is getting ranked online matches as part of a fresh update tomorrow, so you can spend Christmas absolutely merking some poor fools. Yup, FromSoft is dropping patch 1.05 for the game on December 19 and it features ranked online play with a leaderboard of some kind, which

We have a lot of guests on the VG247 podcast because we know a lot of Games Media Personalities and most of them are too polite and/or socially inept to say “no” when we ask them to be on our podcast. In the last year we’ve had such Talented Greats as Mike Channel from Outside

The best gaming chairs need to ensure you have all the comfort and support you need for your gaming sessions, and the Boulies Master Series gaming chair succeeds in doing exactly that. Despite its simple, all-black appearance, the Boulies Master Series offers a tonne of features to help customize your comfort. So, if you’ve been

Swen Vincke, the director of Baldur’s Gate 3 and CEO of Larian Studios, has spoken out about the role-playing game’s lack of Xbox Game Pass release, saying that it was a decision made “from the get-go.” In a new interview with IGN, Vincke was asked if Xbox had offered a sum of money in an

The JBL Quantum 360X is a solid wireless headset that may not be as top-of-the-range as sets from the likes of Turtle Beach and SteelSeries, but it still offers a great audio experience capable of immersing you into your favorite Xbox games. It may not fall among the best wireless gaming headsets, but it’s still

Pulse Explore restock quick links Keeping on top of PlayStation Pulse Explore earbuds restocks is now a fun sequal to the Portal restock trouble folks have been experiencing – but never fear, as we’re here to help point you in the right direction to try your luck at retailers or poke about in the right

Dota 2 is celebrating Frostivus 2023 by handing out goodies to all. You can earn goodies in matches, fill up your Frostivus Spirit Meter, and get a locked Frostivus Treasure Chest and a random Stocking Stuffer, which covers everything from sprays to emoticons to stickers. You can also buy keys to unlock chests. You can

Embracer Group has issued another round of layoffs across its studios, and this time, redundancies have hit 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks. News of the layoffs were confirmed by various employees at the companies, as well as Scott Miller, the original founder of 3D Realms. The Duke Nukem and Graven developers were acquired by Embracer

A number of employees at Embracer-owned developer Slipgate Ironworks and publisher 3D Realms have reported on social media that they’ve been impacted by layoffs. However, it’s not currently clear how many people have been affected, and there’s been no official confirmation or messaging yet. Slipgate Ironworks and 3D Realms are both subsidiaries of Saber Interactive,

Valve has announced the nominees for this year’s Steam Awards, based on your nominations during the Steam Autumn Sale. The Steam Winter Sale marks not only a time to vote but a time to shop thousands of deals on games. Steam Winter Sale 2023: Official Trailer Voting opens with the start of the Steam Winter

During The Game Awards last week, Hideo Kojima was given a sizable chunk of stage-time – alongside horror director Jordan Peele – to show off a very brief, unnerving teaser for Kojima Productions’ upcoming game, OD. This bizarre teaser showed two characters, portrayed by Sophia Lillis and Udo Kier, as they recited poetry. After a

The multiplayer Last of Us game Naughty Dog had in the works is no more, with the studio having revealed that it’s been cancelled due the impact that supporting it as a live service would have had on ND’s single player plans going forwards. To be fair, it is nice to see a company within

It seems writing off Battlefield 2042, even this many years after its release, would not be wise. After the release of Season 6, no one expected any more seasons in the game’s future, but DICE clearly had other ideas. The developer announced that Battlefield 2042 will be getting a seventh season, and even confirmed it

Electronic Arts has released some interesting figures about some of its games. The figures highlight the publisher’s 2023 and cover games such as EA Sports FC 2024, Madden NFL 24, The Sims 4, and others. Some interesting stats from FC 2024 include 1.7 billion total cross-play matches, and FC Mobile saw 45.1 billion games played

Ubisoft’s 2014 online-only racing game, The Crew, is currently unavailable to buy from Steam, and according to its store page, its servers will soon be shut down for good, too, rendering it unplayable. This news was first highlighted by Twitter / X account @Wario64, who shared that visiting the game’s store page now brings up