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Hell in 2025 | Diablo 4's first free trial of 2025 is here just in time for the new season; and you can even try the definitely-not-nerfed new class

Blizzard is kicking off the new year with a free Diablo 4 trial, and some discounts to get you to convince your friends to jump into the new season.

Jan. 22, 2025 Sherif Saed

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In Mintyberranzan | Big Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod about an all-new adventure to Minthara's terrifying home town is aiming to release a demo pretty soon

Time to see if all the horrifying tales Minty's spun after starting a sentence with the dreaded 'In Menzoberranzan...' are true.

Jan. 21, 2025 Mark Warren

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Price Ain't Right? | Will GTA 6 cost $100? There's hope for that kind of price tag around the industry, analyst says, as it continues to face "an uncomfortable truth"

It's the age-old debate about game prices reignited by a finance guy, and Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director has weighed in.

Jan. 20, 2025 Mark Warren

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LUSTROUS TIDES | Wuthering Waves codes

Don’t miss out on any free Astrite, Tides and other WuWa rewards!

Jan. 18, 2025 Kelsey Raynor

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No Stopping the Born | Despite getting nuked, Diablo 4's Spiritborn is still one of the strongest classes going into Season 7

The glory days of the Spiritborn's utter dominance in Diablo 4 may be about to be over, but it's looking like the new class will still be among the strongest.

Jan. 17, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Witchy Preview | Watch Blizzard show off Diablo 4 Season of Witchcraft before it launches next week and we all get back on the grind

Today's Diablo 4 Developer Update livestream is the first of the new year, and one that'll offer one last look at Season of Witchcraft.

Jan. 16, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Bloody Busy | Bloodborne 2? Bloodborne remaster? Anything Bloodborne at all? Miyazaki is just too "busy" and "doesn't want anyone else to touch it" theorises PlayStation veteran

The legendary developer's previously said he's "not opposed" to such things.

Jan. 16, 2025 Mark Warren

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ExtrActionRPG | The studio behind one of the best-looking ARPGs, which you probably forgot about, is back with a game that blends Diablo with Tarkov

For the last five or so years, Wolcen Studio has been cooking, and it's finally ready to unveil a fresh take on the action RPG genre.

Jan. 15, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Witching Season | Witchcraft Powers, Headhunts, Tree of Whispers updates, character loadouts and a pet raven are all coming to Diablo 4 with Season 7

Blizzard has lifted all the remaining veils off Diablo 4's next season, which is now officially called Season of Witchcraft.

Jan. 15, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Vamp Time | The Blood of Dawnwalker - a new action RPG from former Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs - just got a slick cinematic reveal trailer

Vampires doing vampire stuff. You love to see it.

Jan. 14, 2025 Connor Makar

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Solo Leveling: Arise codes

Get free Essence Stones and Draw new characters!

Jan. 14, 2025 Amelia Zollner

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Awoooooooooooooooooo | Rebel Wolves, that studio led by ex-Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs, is fittingly set to properly reveal its new RPG under a "full wolf moon" today - watch it here

Get ready to spam 'on all levels but physical' in the chat.

Jan. 13, 2025 Mark Warren

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Patience Is A Virtue | As Larian's CEO tells fans to "stay tuned," the Baldur's Gate 3 studio puts its "full attention" on its next game, even if that does mean you might not hear from the dev as much going forward

They're still not telling us what it is, though.

Jan. 13, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Rule of Thirds | Dynasty Warriors Origins review: 2025 has its first great action game

A perfect jumping-on point, and an excuse to play the year's first great action game.

Jan. 13, 2025 Connor Makar

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Radahnmance Not Dead | Elden Ring Nightreign network test sign-ups open, as FromSoft makes safe bet its maidenless hardcores will battle through site outages to spaff away some of Valentine's Day

Hey, it's a perfectly romantic way to spend three hours, no doubt falling in love with some big bad bosses.

Jan. 10, 2025 Mark Warren

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S7 Party | Diablo 4's first livestream of the year is coming next week, and will be all about Season 7 and its new questline

We're in the final days of Diablo 4's Season 6, which only means that Blizzard is just about ready to answer any final Season 7 questions you might have.

Jan. 10, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Miner Key | Good news culture lovers, a Minecraft YouTuber is hopping on Classic FM to blast banging choons from Skyrim, Street Fighter, and more

And here's the symphony that plays when an army of creepers blows up your entire town, delivered by the brass section of the New York philharmonic.

Jan. 8, 2025 Mark Warren

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Messmering About | Elden Ring player self-dubbed the "First Elden Sandwich" is racking up daily no hit beatings of Messmer until Nightreign arrives, because Souls game

Yep, everything seems as it should be here. Slay on, Chickensandwich420.

Jan. 6, 2025 Mark Warren

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But Whole | It makes total sense that Elden Ring: Nightreign won't be bringing back one of the Souls games' most recognisable features

From Demon's Souls all the way to Elden Ring, one feature in particular has come to define FromSoftware's games, but we're fine letting it go for Nightreign.

Jan. 6, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Still Going Rogue | Baldur's Gate 3's popular roguelike overhaul mod just got a total revamp, including a level 27 "superboss" for the uber-masochists out there

It looks like the list of new "unique, rarely-fought enemies" might also include a sheep, because why not?

Jan. 2, 2025 Mark Warren

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2025

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

Jan. 1, 2025 Connor Makar

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Let's go dungeon crawling!

Dec. 24, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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Some Rest | No Rest for the Wicked dev may have been quiet for a little too long, but it will back with a vengeance in January

We're finally getting some major No Rest for the Wicked news in the new year, to kick-start 2025 with a bang.

Dec. 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Testers Wanted | Fancy testing out Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 and its long-awaited crossplay mechanics? Larian's now letting folks sign up to do just that

Apply for a nice prezzie that you might get to open in January, if you're one of the players picked.

Dec. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Holiday Hell Hurl | Diablo 4 is free to play until the new year on everything, and you can even try out the new Spiritborn class

Blizzard really wants you to be playing Diablo 4 over the holidays and into the new year.

Dec. 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Soulslike Strats | Sony becomes the "largest shareholder" in FromSoftware owner Kadokawa, as the two put an Elden Ring on a "strategic capital and business alliance"

After all that corporate courting, the big duo have opted to strengthen their collaborative ties, but haven't gone the full buyout route.

Dec. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Leaf It Out, Mate | My game of the year is Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree because, yes, of course you're are allowed to choose DLC

It's my game of the year, I'll choose whatever I like, thanks.

Dec. 17, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Global Goblin Grind | Diablo 4's final event of the year has the entire community chasing Treasure Goblins for some cool rewards

Diablo 4 is just about ready to wrap up 2024, and it's going to do so with a very on-theme event.

Dec. 16, 2024 Sherif Saed

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As You Please | Hidetaka Miyazaki's five words of advice for the director of Elden Ring: Nightreign probably sum up his own ethos better than any of us ever could

And they're good words of advice too.

Dec. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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More! More! More! | With Okami and Onimusha sequels finally in the works, you might be hoping Capcom is planning some more comebacks, and it turns out you might just get your wish

It's a good time to be Capcom.

Dec. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Counting The Days | "It needs a lot more time in the oven" - Larian hopes it can distract you from whatever its next game is with a cute, puzzley Advent calendar

Maybe next year!

Dec. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Freebie Frenzy | Tiny Tina's Wonderlands SHiFT Codes

SHiFT codes are back, and here’s all you need to know about racking up legendary loot and riotous rewards.

Dec. 14, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Eldamn, That Soon? | Wahey, Elden Ring Nightreign is getting a network test that'll let you play a bit of it early next year, and you can sign up very soon

You'll just be helping the devs make sure everything works as intended, but it's still cool.

Dec. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Oni, Oh My | Move over Resident Evil, Capcom's newest remake darling is Onimusha (just don't expect to get your hands on it until 2026)

Onimusha is Capcom's 10th best selling franchise - but I expect that number is going to change once you see this trailer.

Dec. 13, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Tree of Life | It's not quite Elden Ring 2, but Elden Ring Nightreign certainly looks like everything us FromSoft-heads could want

FromSoftware has announced Elden Ring Nightreign, and it's a standalone co-op spin-off from FromSoft's best.

Dec. 13, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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#LeaveSonyAlone | Sony confirms interest in acquiring Elden Ring developer FromSoftware's parent company, and wishes everyone would stop making it talk about this stuff

"We would appreciate it if you would allow us to refrain from further comment."

Dec. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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More Work? | Warcraft 3: Reforged 2.0 is a fantastic upgrade of an eternal RTS classic, but I think I'll be sticking with the upscaled original graphics

Sometimes, you just can't replicate or update perfection.

Dec. 6, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Stranding Around | Dragon Age: The Veilguard fans that were left wanting should be excited that the series' original designer's next game just got a release date

Eternal Strands might just have what you were looking for.

Dec. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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More To Come | "I think we’ll be able to show you a new FromSoftware" - Elden Ring director Miyazaki on the multiple projects across different genres the studio's currently working on

But there's some bad news about Elden Ring 2...

Dec. 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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WOW | Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 are set to be pulled from GOG, but the storefront says it'll be sticking to its plans to preserve them

"Every user who already owns these games on GOG will continue to benefit from our commitment."

Dec. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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On The Boatses | Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion on why he was keen to add some "very British, you know, everything's a nightmare" flavour to Fallout: London's sassiest mode of transport

"I didn't have any say on the lipstick, but we did improvise a lot."

Dec. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Humble Brag | "This is the most confident I've ever been" - one veteran RPG dev with titles like Baldur's Gate and Fallout under his belt on the upcoming Avowed

"I'm just overjoyed at how well everything's come together."

Dec. 2, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Pixel Monsters | Far from slowing down in the face of legal trouble, Palworld has announced a mystery collaboration with Terraria for 2025

There are no brakes on this train.

Nov. 28, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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It Never Ends | Been thinking you're done with Baldur's Gate 3? Well, Larian isn't done with you, as photo mode, cross-play, and 12 subclasses are coming in 2025

Time to roll the dice again.

Nov. 28, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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That's All, Folks | Diablo 4 players who own Vessel of Hatred will be getting exclusive content in future seasons, but the bonus may not be as big as you think

As Diablo 4 seasons continue to roll out, anyone who forked out for the Vessel of Hatred expansion will continue seeing exclusive benefits.

Nov. 25, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Where To Start? | Final Fantasy 14 Mobile is starting at the beginning, but not necessarily the beginning you might be hoping for

You'll need to keep holding out hope for a classic mode, I'm afraid.

Nov. 24, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Chk Yourself | Dragon Age: The Veilguard modders have added in Baldur's Gate 3's tattoos, so you can slap a reminder that its companions don't chuck you across a room as sexily as Lae'zel on your mug

There's also a fresh patch for the former, as BioWare dishes out more tweaks.

Nov. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Witchy | Diablo 4's next season lets you be a witch, makes Ultimates more powerful and finally introduces character loadouts

The next Diablo 4 PTR will spoil the theme of Season 7, but the core gameplay changes - and the new content itself - should make everyone happy.

Nov. 22, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Black Friday | Elden Ring gets a huge discount in time for Black Friday, get it for just $20

It's one of the best games ever made.

Nov. 21, 2024 Joe O’Neill-Parker

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2.1 PTR Watch | Watch Blizzard explain why Diablo 4’s next big patch needs its own, dedicated PTR in today’s livestream

Diablo 4's next patch may not be as game-changing as 2.0, but it's still significant enough to get its own PTR.

Nov. 21, 2024 Sherif Saed