Summary Over the past few days, the news coming fromBioWarehas been bleak. First, it was reported thatDragon Age: The Veilguardhad reached 1.5 million players,failing to meet EA’s expectations by 50 percent. Then, it was revealed thatBioWare was undergoing restructuringto make it a more “agile, focused studio”. Judging from all the devs now looking for jobs, this was corporate speak for layoffs. As part of this, what remains of BioWare will now be solely focused onMass Effect....

I was on tenterhooks whenFromSoftware surprised us all with a brand-new game at TGA 2024. Hidetaka Miyazaki repeatedly saidhe was done with Elden Ring: no more DLC and definitely no sequel. Yet here was a trailer showing us a beautiful sweeping shot of what looked to be Limgrave, with characters moving as fluidly as Wolf did inSekiro. Returning to this meticulously handcrafted world for one more adventure, especially afterShadow of the Erdtree—easily the studio’s magnum opus— was a thrilling idea that caught me completely off guard....

Summary The online outage cycle has found its latest target inCD Projekt Red. While it was brewing beforeThe Witcher 4’s reveal last month, things only heated up when it was confirmed thatCiri would be leading the series now, taking over from Geralt. Predictably, some people had a lot to say about this. Around this time, these groups began reporting on the fact that some developers had left CDPR to form their own studio, Rebel Wolves, as if this were a new story....

Summary Take-Two InteractiveCEO Strauss Zelnick has revealed in a recent interview that the company feels “really good” about the chances ofGrand Theft Auto 6not getting delayed out of its Fall 2025 date. From the moment GTA 6 was revealed with a tentative release year of 2025, there were people who thought it was inevitably going to get delayed.Despite a firmer release window of Fall 2025 from Take-Two, that sceptical viewpoint has become the majority over the past few months,as Rockstar has remained completely silent on its upcoming behemoth....

Supergianthas released yet another major update forHades 2, and as with all previous patches, it feels like the dungeon crawler is slowly but surely coming together as stories expand and mechanics are further refined. I’ve been following development from the start, putting 40 hours or so into the early access version since it arrived earlier last year. I love it, and acting as a fly on the wall as one of my favourite games in recent memory is pieced together, is an experience like no other....

Once upon a time, the idea of an Xbox exclusive likeHaloorGears of Wargracing a rival’s platform was unthinkable. It’s like when you boot upThe Master Chief CollectiononPCthen decide to play with a DualSense controller; something about it just feels incredibly wrong. I grew up in a household where I owned aPS2while two of my older brothers had theXboxandNintendo GameCube, meaning console war battle lines were drawn between us by our parents whether they realized it or not....

You are a wanderer in a world full of floating islands in the survival gameAloft. This cozy adventure has you traveling through the skies to explore islands of different biomes and diverse ecosystems. Unfortunately, a mysterious corruption has found its way to several islands destroying the life on them. Your task is to cure the world of corruption and restore the ecosystems of the islands. If you want to explore what the world has to offer at your own leisure, you can use console commands to change the different settings of the world and your environment....

Quick Links So, yourMarvel Rivalsrank just took a nosedive? Don’t panic — it’s not you, it’s the seasonal rank reset. This system ensures everyone starts the new season with a clean-ish slate, while still keeping things just fair enough to reflect last season’s performance. Whether you’re plotting your triumphant return to the top or just trying to figure out how bad the damage is, we’ve got the details you need. From where your rank starts to how much sweat (or luck) it’ll take to climb back up, this guide will ensure you’re ready to tackle the grind....

Quick Links To fish is to be one with the water. To catch a fish, you have to think like one. What do they like to eat, how do they act, are they frightened easily? Fishing can be relaxing, but it takes great patience and skill to be good at it. And with so many fishing minigames, it only makes sense forMonster Hunter Wildsto have one of its own. For her final request, Kanya asks for one last fish, one that is more a general form of aquatic life than what one would strictly call a fish....

Quick Links WithThe Sims 4:Businesses & Hobbies, mentoring has been expanded and Sims can now both mentor others and be mentored themselves. Skill building is much faster using this system and mentoring can be used for most skills, not just pottery and tattooing. The Master Mentor Aspiration is a new aspiration path that will help you go through the basics of both receiving mentorship and offering it to other Sims. Here’s how to complete it....

Quick Links There are quite a lot of things you get to unlock as your progress throughSniper Elite: Resistance, with a lot of those things unlocked in different ways. There are quite a few weapons and attachments that are unlocked by progressing through the campaign, or else by finding a particular thing in a mission, or killing that mission’s Kill Target in a certain way. One thing that’s always unlocked the exact same way are skills....

Quick Links Freedom Wars Remasteredis set in a dystopian world where the few people alive must battle one another in an attempt to harvest the planet’s scant resources. Firefights and bloodshed are a part of everyday life, so you’ll need to constantly build your arsenal if you hope to survive long. While you’ll add many weapons to your collection naturally by completing objectives, they won’t always be perfect fits for your loadout....

Quick Links Assassin’s Creed Shadowsfeatures a massive world, meaning there is no shortage of side content. You have to assassinate many unknown organizations, and doing so isn’t easy. One such organization is the Silver Smugglers, who trade stolen silver for teppo. This quest, in particular, is way too time-consuming, as you have to locate and eliminate seven smugglers. We will tell you about each smuggler’s location and how to assassinate them so you don’t have to waste your time and resources....