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To celebrate a year since the launch of , Dambuster Studios has announced new content is in the works. After nine years of troubled development in which the title bounced between different developers, Dambuster Studios finally released in April 2023. The title was well-received, with plenty of gory zombie-slaying antics making for a fun romp across an apocalyptic Los Angeles, and its expansion pass brought two new story chapters, , which revolved around a billionaire’s secret techno-death cult, and , which featured a zombified music festival.

may boast about its thousands of planets that players can explore to their hearts' content, but when it comes to speedily zipping across the surface, one fan may have discovered the most efficient maneuver yet. One of the most common complaints leveled at Bethesda's sprawling sci-fi RPG is that traversal can be somewhat tedious, especially when landing upon a planet that's largely devoid of life or points of interest. Fortunately, as the community waits for the land vehicle update, an alternative means of travel has been discovered thanks to a fun exploit.

AManor Lords player has discovered a hilarious bug that catapults characters into the sky. This Manor Lords bug has captured the attention of players, leading to amusing conversations within the game's community.

One of the least pleasant tasks players have to engage with in is removing dead bodies from settlements. Leaving bodies unburied can drastically reduce a settlement’s overall Approval, negatively affecting population growth. As such, it’s up to players to provide the dead with appropriate final resting places.

Star Trek’s future is a secular one. Franchise creator Gene Roddenberry was an avowed atheist, and the series and its spin-offs have routinely criticized organized religion as manipulative, illogical, and detrimental to the evolution of a society. Individual members of the human race may have an undefined spirituality, a curiosity about the afterlife, or a sense of wonder at the unknown or unknowable, but specific religious beliefs are typically reserved for alien cultures.

Helldivers 2 Community Manager 'Spitz' is seemingly no longer with Arrowhead Game Studios following outings he did over the now-canceled mandatory PSN account linking update.

Ever since last year, generative AI has been on everyone's lips as it promised to disrupt most industries. The highly tech-based games industry is, of course, no exception.

Helldivers 2 players are getting mixed signals from developers after a recent patch indirectly nerfed a fan-favorite primary weapon. 

Blizzard has released Hotfix notes for Cataclysm Classic, which include many quest fixes, spell corrections, and a recalibration of the PvP Resilience stat.

Each Tuesday, The Gauntlet in Diablo 4 rolls over to its new week, immortalizing the previous week's scores and refreshing with a new layout, new strategies to find, and new loot to earn. However, with this week's reset time come and gone and no new Gauntlet in sight, Blizzard has stated they're investigating the issue. Diablo Global Community Development Director Adam Fletcher stated on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Blizzard has begun looking into why the Gauntlet didn't reset, but did not give an ETA for the issue.

players tired of their creations wasting their time playing video games like Blicblock and Incredible Sports are in luck because anew mod allows them to experience some excellent real-world titles. Given how flexible and reactive ' systems are, it stands to reason that users could have their Sims spend time sitting at the computer and grinding out levels in their favorite video game. While there are certainly more beneficial hobbies, it's a fun bit of meta-textual design to have characters in the game playing a video themselves.

In the last five days, Helldivers 2 was removed from the PC market in 177 countries and the game’s Steam reviews collapsed under the weight of more than 200,000 negative ratings, dropping from Positive to Mixed. It’s now Tuesday and the Helldivers 2 Steam page is overrun with people ranting against Sony and celebrating democracy, and for anyone taking their first glance at the game, it’s all a bit confusing.

A new leak suggests that projects have already been greenlit for Nintendo's upcoming console. After years of speculation, the President of Nintendo Shuntaro Furukawa, confirmed that the Nintendo Switch's successor — often called " by the Nintendo community — would be revealed later this year, and many quickly turned their attention to what games could be in development for it.

One detail in Sanctuary Hills may point to a dark theory surrounding Vault-Tec while taking inspiration from a real-life location. Sanctuary Hills is the location players are first introduced to in a sequence set in the year that the bombs fell in 2077, being the home of the Sole Survivor and their families.

Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty has announced the shutdown of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks amidst huge cuts at Bethesda.

Helldivers 2 patch 01.000.032 has been deployed across PC and PS5, finally fixing damage-over-time (DoTS) effects.

After the recent fiasco surrounding and Sony's attempt to make PSN account linking on Steam mandatory, the game's community is campaigning to commemorate its victory with a special cape. After days of backlash following the announcement that players on PC would need to create a PlayStation Network account to keep playing, users showed their dissatisfaction by «reviewing bombing» the game's Steam page with hundreds of thousands of negative reviews. The tactic proved effective, forcing Sony to walk back its decision while accidentally creating what could be a very cool cosmetic.

SHIFT UP’s PlayStation 5 exclusive game Stellar Blade has been a massive hit since its late April debut. The developer has teased two intriguing prospects for future updates, which fans greatly anticipated. Stellar Blade will soon have a boss challenge mode and a crossover with the well-liked mobile game Goddess of Victory: Nikke.

After Sony U-turned on its controversial decision to force Helldivers 2 PC gamers to account link to PlayStation Network, the game’s community has launched an initiative to drag Steam user reviews out from under rock bottom.

The community has issued its own major order to help clean up the mass review bombing that the game has received recently. 's review scores plummeted on Steam following the announcement that players would have to link their accounts to the PlayStation Network to continue, something that some were reluctant to do, and also prevented entire regions from accessing the game.

Helldivers 2’s first patch since the PSN login debacle is out now, making some much-needed fixes to the game.

Helldivers 2 dropped to 'Mostly Negative' this weekend after announcing that players would have to link their PSN and Steam accounts to keep playing, making it so that the game couldn't be accessed in over 150 countries. This was partly spurred on by community manager Spitz, who mysteriously disappeared from the Discord server on Saturday.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for May 7: FF Max, the battle royale successor to the popular Free Fire, is here to fuel your fight for survival. Since its launch in India, Free Fire Max has taken the gaming community by storm with its stunning visuals and thrilling action.

Being a Helldivers 2 fan has been an absolute rollercoaster over this past weekend, with the game being the most loved live service game out there, to the most hated, and back again over the course of just a few days. Most of you will know that this was down to Sony's sudden implementation of its PSN account system, requiring Helldivers 2 players on Steam to sign up for the PlayStation Network if they want to continue playing.

With the PSN account linking fiasco now in the rearview mirror, what was nearly a disaster moment for Helldivers 2 is now becoming a part of community lore. Fans have been busy working on cape designs since Sony reversed course, at least some of which have seemingly caught the eye of the development team.

Helldivers 2 players have spent their time in the galaxy since launch learning how to work together for a common cause. When the Automatons mysteriously returned to menace the galaxy, tacticians would take to X and Discord to encourage fans to hit the right planets. Super Earth asked Helldivers to kill two billion bugs, and the player base pulled it off within hours. But the biggest coordinated effort that players have pulled off is not against the bugs or bots, but against the game’s publisher, Sony — and after a weekend of protest, the Helldivers scored a massive triumph.

Samsung has commenced the rollout of its highly anticipated One UI 6.1 update to its flagship Galaxy smartphones from 2021 and 2022 in South Korea. This update, based on Android 14, introduces numerous enhancements and AI features to the Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy S21 series, and previous models of Galaxy foldable phones.

In the days since Sony Interactive Entertainment announced an unpopular Helldivers 2 and PlayStation linking policy, players have been flooding the game’s Steam page wil negative reviews. By Sunday, more than 200,000 of Helldivers 2’s 266,126 reviews on Steam were negative, filed in the aftermath of the disastrous announcement. But the review-bombing worked: Sony heard Helldivers 2 players and announced Monday that it’s no longer requiring Steam players to link a PlayStation Network account.

The creative director of Helldivers 2 has said he's impressed by the "willpower" of fans after their feedback caused Sony to reverse its decision regarding PlayStation Network accounts being required by all players.

Helldivers 2 was on top of the world. Released in February to surprise acclaim, PlayStation and Arrowhead’s co-op shooter quickly became the kind of success story that any gaming company would want to emulate. In a world of live service risks, this one was paying off thanks to a dedicated community whose commitment to democracy showed no signs of slowing down.

Over the weekend, Helldivers 2 announced that players will soon need to sign into the PlayStation Network to keep playing on PC.

The Helldivers 2 debacle has reached new hellish lows as the year's best-selling game is now unavailable on Steam in over 170 countries. 

Over 145,000 negative user reviews have hit Helldivers 2's Steam page these last few days, tarnishing its once spotless score. 

Nintendo 3DS and Wii U servers were shut down almost a month ago, but eight dedicated players who refuse to turn off their systems are, miraculously, still online and holding on to both consoles, beating a record long held by the final Halo 2 superfans. 

Sony has reversed a decision that would have required Helldivers 2 players to link their Steam accounts to PlayStation Network accounts.

Helldivers 2 PC players who live in regions without access to the PlayStation Network will still be able to play the game, even after the account linking mandate comes into effect, according to one developer. 

After creating a massive kerfuffle by forcing Helldivers 2 PC players to link their Steam accounts to the PlayStation Network, Sony is backing down. The May 6 update will no longer be released and, presumably, the game won't be removed from sale on Steam in 177 countries and territories as reported yesterday.

Last year, months before Homelander was even revealed, Antony Starr confirmed that he wouldn't be voicing his iconic The Boys character in Mortal Kombat 1.

Helldivers 2 PC players galore as Sony has confirmed that it has canceled the upcoming mandatory Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update.

Sony has cancelled their planned update for Helldivers 2 which would require a linked PSN account for the game on PC, following a days long campaign by the community to pushback against the plan.

Helldivers 2 is getting a new Warbond next week, as the Polar Patriots Warbond looks set to add some juicy weapons, as well as some stylish capes, armor, and emotes to flaunt on the battlefield. The announcement of a new Warbond is usually cause for celebration among the Helldivers 2 community, but this one is being treated with suspicion, as some believe it's teasing the introduction of one of the first game's most terrifying bugs.

Helldivers 2's creative director and CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, Johan Pilestedt, has revealed that he doesn't know what players affected by the game's removal from Steam can do next.

Helldivers 2 has now been delisted in 177 regions on Steam, following Sony’s announcement that a linked PSN account will become a requirement for the co-op shooter, and the community backlash that this has sparked.

Helldivers 2 is no longer purchasable via Steam in numerous countries following the news that having a PSN account will become mandatory.

After much consideration, the Season of Discovery team has determined that the populations of the Lava Lash (US), Lava Lash (EU), and Chaos Bolt (EU) servers are too low. In order to create healthier communities, Blizzard is closing these realms to new accounts and opening transfers to other realms. Players currently on these realms will have the option to transfer to the Wild Growth PvE or Crusader Strike RP-PvP servers of their respective regions.

Following the news that Helldivers 2 on PC will soon require a PlayStation Network account to play, the community reacted by review bombing the Steam page. Whereas the game previously enjoyed a Very Positive aggregate user score, it has now dropped to Mixed for overall reviews and Mostly Negative for recent reviews. In the span of a few hours, over 57K negative reviews have been left for Helldivers 2 on Steam.

As Helldivers 2 endures thousands of negative Steam user reviews prompted by mandatory PlayStation Network account linking, community managers from developer Arrowhead have been rushing around handing out context and clarification to disgruntled players. A key point comes from community manager Twinbeard on Discord: "It's Sony's decision, not ours."

Manor Lords solo developer Slavic Magic suspects some players aren't enjoying the city builder's farming element because they don't understand how it works at a fundamental level.

Helldivers 2 is about to actually start enforcing its previously stated requirement for players on Steam to sign in with a PlayStation account, and to put it mildly, the community isn't taking it well. After 20,000 negative reviews in less than 24 hours, the game's developers say they get why players are upset.

Less than a week after Riot rolled out League of Legends' polarizing new anti-cheat software, the developer has publicly responded to claims of PCs being bricked by the program.

Linking to a random third-party account when you just want to play a video game you paid for is truly annoying and, honestly, keeps me from even launching certain games by certain publishers who shall remain nameless. Helldivers 2 players are experiencing this frustration right now, as the PC version of the massively popular third-person shooter will soon require a link to a PlayStation account.

On May 2, we held a Developer Update diving into itemization and system updates coming in Season 4: Loot Reborn on May 14. Community director Adam Fletcher, associate game director Joe Piepiora, lead live class designer Adam Jackson, lead live game designer Colin Finer and lead seasons designer Deric Nunez sat down to discuss updates to Helltide, Itemization changes, Public Test Realm learnings, balance updates, and more.

Sony has announced that, starting next week, Helldivers 2 players on Steam will start to be required to connect their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account in order to play the hit bug and bot shooter. In response, PC players have taken to a now traditional campaign of review bombing to crater the game’s reputation on Steam and share their overwhelming dissatisfaction at this move.

An upcoming update for Helldivers 2 will require PC players to link to their PlayStation Network account, which has caused an uproar from some fans.

Sony has sparked a backlash after announcing plans to force Helldivers 2 Steam players to connect to a PlayStation Network account.

Great news for Transmog collectors! Blizzard has announced that Legacy Tier Set transmogs will be Warbound in The War Within. This change is big new for transmog collectors! Previously, Blizzard announced that all transmog can be learned, even if you weren't the same armor type — except for Tier Sets.

Game streaming platform Streamlabs has released an official plugin for Open Broadcaster Software (OBS).

Helldivers 2's latest patch, 01.000.300, dropped yesterday. It introduced sweeping balancing changes to the game and announced in-universe that the previously placid Terminids had broken free of their humane enclosures. While these once-captive sources of E-710 (which Socialists will suggest is just «oil» spelt backwards) run rampant, the Helldivers community debates whether developer Arrowhead may have introduced a fun nerf.

The Helldivers 2 community isn't entirely impressed with developer Arrowhead's latest patch, 01.000.300, which, according to some, significantly nerfed players' fun. In the patch notes, a fix for the seemingly busted way shrapnel ricochets was alleged, but the community has since proved the problem still exists, although it's actually the Eruptor that's to blame.

Update: Since publishing this article earlier in the week, Stellar Blade's user score rating has increased another point, up to 9.3 from the Metacritic community. That makes it one of the highest rated PS5 games of all time.

Helldivers 2's latest balance patch was full of changes for a load of different weapons, for better or worse. However, arguably the best change of all was given to the Senator revolver, and it doesn't make it any stronger – it just makes it significantly cooler.

Diablo 4 season 4's upcoming loot overhaul probably won't be the action-RPG's final major system rework.

World of Warcraft speedrunner and Vanilla WoW World Recold holder Joana, also known as FuriousPaul, passed away yesterday, as confirmed by a family member and the Twitter/X account of TomCatsTours. Back in January 2006, Joana fully recorded his sixth Level 1-60 speedrun on the Jubei'Thos server with a total playtime of 4 days and 20 hours — an astonishing record that was bound to last for over a decade.

Earlier this month, the International Game Developers Association published a call to action urging leaders across the games industry to consider the consequences of layoffs, and prompting them to embrace sustainability.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has issued a statement on recent changes to the way ricochet works in the game after members of the community pointed out one weapon in particular was killing players more than it should.

Deliver Us The Moon and Deliver Us Mars studio KeokeN has laid off its entire team after failing to get funding for new projects, co-development or work for hire opportunities through the start of the year. Founders Koen and Paul Deetman have committed to rebuilding KeokeN “brick by brick” in an effort to round out a Deliver Us trilogy with Deliver Us Home

Rare’s Sea of Thieves is one of the most consistently beautiful-looking games we’ve ever played, with gorgeous, tropical vistas at every turn. In addition to being generally fun and colorful to look at, the world is littered with little secrets and Easter eggs for eagle-eyed players, and there have been dozens of them added over the years. Many of these were made by the developers in tribute to players and community members for particularly memorable deeds or contributions, while others are more personal and honor those lost too soon. We’ve scoured the sea to record some of our favorites.

Manor Lords, the medieval-themed strategy game released in early access last week, recently got a mod that allows it to be played with a VR headset, and it's even caught the attention of the game's developer.

The forges burn with renewed vigor, stoked by braziers to hone the steel of Sanctuary’s finest. Across the land, Hell’s expanded Legions gather and multiply, marshalling their strength to ambush wanderers that fall prey to their Helltide.

Longtime Tekken character Eddy Gordo has always been a little polarizing, particularly in Tekken 8, and one streamer has found a way to make him even more of a pain to fight, rising through ranked mode using a script that spams one button.

Blizzard has released patch notes for Cataclysm Classic Patch 4.4.0, which detail the new Race/Class combinations, Reforging, and the new Archaeology Profession. Cataclysm Pre-Patch is expected to become available after today's scheduled maintenance. Cataclysm Classic Pre-Patch Overview Guide New Race and Class Combinations — Cataclysm Classic

Blizzard has just released a new blog, detailing much of the new content coming to Diablo 4 in Season 4: Loot Reborn!

While Square Enix may remain quiet when it comes to the development of , a new report alleges that the highly-anticipated sequel could be out sooner than expected. Despite its massive fanbase and passionate community, isn't exactly known for maintaining a consistent release schedule given that over a decade passed between the launch of the second and third games. Smaller titles have been released for handheld systems and mobile devices in that time span, but the mainline franchise has always suffered when it comes to consistent releases.

It's not often that one gets to climb into a gigantic tank in , but one talented player managed to do just that by creating a powerful vehicle that serves as a homage to another classic video game series. Thanks to the incredible building mechanics available in the latest game, the community has spent thousands of collective hours pushing the system to its limits in an effort to create as many wonderful contraptions as possible. This build is one such instance of hours of effort paying off with a functional death machine.

The Tekken 8 community is getting rocked by a bot that's obliterating opponents by repeatedly mashing one button.

Whenever Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead releases a big balance update for the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter, the community debates the various nerfs and buffs as it gets to grips with the evolving meta. After this week’s release of patch 01.000.300, which tweaked a long list of weapons, stratagems, and enemies, the debate was especially vociferous.

Square Enix has revised its approach to PC and console game development, and absorbed ¥22.1 billion (approx $140.9 million) in what it calls “content abandonment losses.”

Stellar Blade launched last week, yet you wouldn't believe it with all the talk surrounding the title to do with censorship and the game's jiggle physics. If you were, let's say, the developer of a cozy indie farming sim that had previously shown very little concern about how bouncy their female characters' chests are, now would be the worst time to make a comment about it.