DICE is back from the holidays, and one of the first items on the agenda is adressing the XP earn problem in Battlefield 2042‘s Portal mode. Shortly after the launch of Battlefield 2042, some quickly started creating XP farming servers in the community-driven Portal experience. DICE quickly caught on, and decided to disable XP earn
Hello folks. I would say Happy New Year, but it’s already the 19th January and we’ve had two of the biggest news stories of the year in the space of a week, so I think that means it’s officially too late to keep banging the old New Year drum, isn’t it? The sentiment remains, of
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: Sam Pak/Unsplash)As if Microsoft hasn’t made enough headlines this week, it’s marked a new occasion by reaching 25 million subscribers on its Game Pass subscription service. The latest subscriber count was found buried in a Securities and Exchange Commission
The next chapter of Aloy’s story begins on February 18, and she’ll face a storm of new threats: a world-ending blight, Regalla and her rebels, Sylens and his machinations… plus many new dangers that have yet to be revealed. But as she ventures into the frontier of the Forbidden West, Aloy won’t face these perils
The latest edition of Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu is now with subscribers in the land of the rising sun and there’s a smattering of reviews this week. The highest scoring game in Issue 1729 is Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2, which is the latest Gunvolt game from the talented team at Inti Creates. The
This announcement is dedicated to everyone who loves games, loves reading about games, or those people who click on links about games – this one’s for you. We’ve got more coming to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass soon; some are even available today! Whether you’re looking to squad up with your friends to
Metroplex makes his cinematic debut in this dazzling trailer for Fall of Cybertron during E3 2012’s All Access Live coverage! For more E3 2012 coverage, head over to GameTrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/e3 Check out the Spike 2011 VGA Trailer here: And see more Transformers: Fall of Cybertron media on GameTrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/game/transformers-fall-of-cybertron/15599
Drinkbox’s latest is a charming, though uneven action RPG with a clever core mechanic that allows you to transform into 15 different forms in order to save the world. Nobody Saves the World reviewed by Mitchell Saltzman on PC. Also available on Xbox. #IGN #Gaming #NobodySavesTheWorld
“Play-to-earn” is an insidious new phrase that’s made its way into the gaming sphere in the last year or so. The concept of being paid with in-game money or resources that have real-world value might be appealing to a small subset of gamers now, but Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian believes that sentiment will increase exponentially
In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you’d find all the weird goofs that we couldn’t fit in anywhere else. Some may call it “filler”; we prefer “a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag”. We don’t have pages on the internet, but we
The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It’s been Xbox console exclusive since launch (and available on PC), but the ballad of Francis Vendetti will soon find a new audience. That’s because the game is launching on PlayStation consoles and Switch on
From the creators of the satisfyingly punchy Guacamelee! comes a brand new RPG that is looking to hook you in with its combat based around assuming different forms – Mega Man style – either on your lonesome or with an online friend. Will you put an end to the evil Calamity and (ironically) save the
How much I enjoyed Nobody Saves the World was constantly in flux as I played, which is somewhat appropriate given the transforming nature of its hero. The latest from Drinkbox Studios is a fun but uneven top-down action-RPG that has you somewhat clumsily swapping between 15 different unlockable forms, mixing and matching their abilities to
Xbox Head Phil Spencer has commented on recent rumors of the Sony alternative to Microsoft’s Game Pass, stating that he thinks it’s “the right move” for the company. Spencer also adds that he believes subscription services like Game Pass are an inevitability and that companies should release games on all platforms and services — including
Audio player loading… The same day Microsoft unveiled its planned takeover of Activision-Blizzard, it also announced that over 25 million people have subscribed to Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft’s game subscription service is expected to entice even more players in the near future, too, with a surge likely to happen in anticipation of Activision-Blizzard’s catalog of
It seems Microsoft still plans to support Activision games on other platforms, according to comments made to Bloomberg. Regarding possible Xbox exclusivity for franchises such as Call of Duty, Xbox boss, and now CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer told Bloomberg that Microsoft doesn’t “intend” to fracture the community. “I’ll just say to players out
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft didn’t start out as a gaming company, but it’s been 20 years since it launched the first Xbox and it’s only becoming a bigger part of the industry. With its recent acquisition of ZeniMax complete, Microsoft is scooping up
“As you ascend from your shelter after the long long years, a brave new old world awaits you. A world inhabited with nasty and vile creatures. A world with no other human soul to be seen. A world with nature in its reigns now. A world that’s about to get even worse.” This is how