As with all character event Banners, the Xiao Banner, Invitation to Mundane Life, also features 4-Star characters who receive boosted drop rates. Below, you can find the Xiao Banner end date in Genshin Impact, who the boosted 4-Star characters are, and all character and weapon drop rates. Make sure to visit our best Xiao build page for details on his best weapon, Artifact, and a breakdown of his Talents and materials!...

For the curious, Darktide is a spiritual follow-up to Fatshark’s previous four-player co-op games, Warhammer: Vermintide and Vermintide 2, which are a bit like medieval Left 4 Deads but with giant rats. This one’s set in the even grimmer and darker universe of the year 40K. And it’s all quite supremely 40K, by the looks of things. We get a nice glimpse of the four classes - Psyker, Veteran, Zealot, Ogryn - blowing apart the hordes of cultists-cum-space-zombies in different ways....

The great thing about portable SSDs is that you can use them for almost anything. If you like taking photos and working on the go a lot, or if you want to work across different computers. You can even use them on your PS5 for more space. If you’re looking for a portable SSD for any reason, then you can find some big savings on SanDisk’s Extreme Portable ones, like the 1TB 1050 MB/s version for £128....

While there may be ‘just’ two types, there’s a huge amount of choice when figuring out what Gran Turismo 6’s best car is. Simply put, there’s no one answer. Thanks to being able to tweak so much within Gran Turismo 7, you can easily soup up a weaker car to be something far more spectacular. Of course, it’ll cost you a number of credits and it might still not feel as cool as going big straight away....

It’s a big boon for the new hardware, joining Horizon Call of the Mountain when it comes to first-party titles available for PSVR2 at launch. Racing games are a natural fit for virtual reality - it’s been my preferred way to play ever since it became a viable option - and Gran Turismo 7 follows in the footsteps of Gran Turismo Sport which was supported by the original PSVR headset....

It will take you just north of 20 hours to complete, and this Gran Turismo 7 walkthrough can take you through every car unlock required. There are various other things to unlock as you go, such as tracks and one or two of our best cars in Gran Turismo 7, as well as the multiplayer Sport mode. In short - you’ll need to complete the campaign to unlock some major features....

It’s also becoming easier to access VR gaming. With new hardware like the Valve Index coming out, it makes competitors like the Meta Quest 2 and HTV Vive bring their prices down, making it cheaper to get your hands on the hardware. Whether you already have a VR headset or are planning on getting one, you can start bulding up your library of VR games for cheap thanks to the VR Sale happening right now at Green Man Gaming....

It was previously revealed that players will soon be able to earn XP just through playing, but now we have more detail. When this update goes live on 8th November, Halo Infinite’s “Match XP Beta” will see players rewarded for playing “whatever mode they want”. Each individual player’s performance will then earn them additional rewards for things such as being part of the winning team. 343 will be “monitoring the values for each reward category, adjusting them as we move forwards with this new model”, hence the decision to call it a “beta” for now....

Heardle is a music game inspired by Wordle - where instead of guessing a word, you hear the opening of a song, with each failed guess extending the preview to help you solve the title and artist in question. If you fail to guess once you have heard the complete preview, then you’ll break your streak - which is why discovering today’s Heardle answer is so important for players, especially as some song intros are more elusive than others....

Known as Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, this animated adaption takes place several years after the events of Resident Evil 4, with Leon S. Kennedy once again serving as the US president’s bodyguard - which would probably seem like a walk in the park compared to his usual adventures if it wasn’t for the threat of an imminent zombie outbreak. Claire Redfield also plays a role in Leon’s latest adventure, embarking on her own investigation as (the supposedly canon) events unfold, and if you’re curious to see how proceedings kick off, you can do that via the first three minutes of the show below....

Speaking to IGN, Kojima said he partnered with Barbarian executive producer Alex Lebovici in a bid to avoid making a “blockbuster” film. “I was on video calls with lots of people in Hollywood every week beginning last year, and not just for Death Stranding,” Kojima revealed. “I received a lot of offers, but my intention from the start was never to make a blockbuster film. Alex Lebovici from Hammerstone Studios shared my vision with regards to that....

When the original GreedFall launched in 2019, its combination of RPG action and BioWare-style player choice struck a bit of a chord despite its unavoidable rough edges, quickly raising its profile through plenty of positive word of mouth - ultimately, to the tune of over 2m sales - as players got stuck into its ambitious historical fantasy yarn. “GreedFall has more than its fair share of faults,” said Eurogamer contributor Malindy Hetfield in her review at the time, “and its curious mix of the sweet and the sour is far from a roleplaying revelation....

“We would like to thanks fans from around the world on the tremendous reaction to the announcement of Hogwarts Legacy from our Portkey Games label,” a message posted to Hogwarts Legacy’s Twitter reads. Creating the best possible experience for all of the Wizarding World and gaming fans is paramount to us so we are giving the game the time it needs. “Hogwarts Legacy will be released in 2022.” Hogwarts Legacy was officially announced last September during Sony’s big PlayStation 5 showcase, after an early leak first appeared back in 2018 which Eurogamer rubber stamped as the real deal....

After receiving review code pre-Christmas, Sony approached us asking whether we’d like to speak to the developers about the game and we eagerly took up the opportunity! In this tech interview, you’ll find out what the goals of Sony Santa Monica and Jetpack Interactive were, why the choice was made to use the older DirectX 11 API as its foundation (other first-party Sony ports have favoured DX12), and how the team converted a game based on a single platform with a unified memory subsystem to the split pools used on PC....

After a straightforward encounter at the start of the game, Arven seeks for your help in finding the five Titans across Paldea - Stony Cliff, Open Sky, Lurking Steel, Quaking Earth and False Dragon. Once done, he challenges you to a battle with his strengthened party in order to finish the storyline. It’s required if you wish to reach the end game - so best know what you are up against!...

Both robots appear in the final main campaign storyline of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, The Way Home, though which one you face is version dependent. In Scarlet, you’ll be battling AI Sada and, in Violet, your opponent is AI Turo. Below you’ll learn how to defeat AI Sada and AI Turo in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, along with a look at their Pokémon teams. On this page: If you’d like to learn more about your Paldea adventure, visit our Pokémon Scarlet and Violet walkthrough....

Kingfish can only be caught by fishing in certain biomes, and even then you’ll need to look out for the correct bubble colour and fish at the right time, so we’ve detailed exactly how to catch Kingfish in Disney Dreamlight Valley below. Just be warned that it’s still a fairly rare catch, even when you’re doing everything right. For more help in Dreamlight Valley, we’ve got pages on how to get Stitch, festive fish and an updated recipe list - including how to make fruitcake, boba tea, and yule logs, and a gingerbread house....

And thank Arceus, because for once you don’t have to go out and do a thing 108 times. That said, it isn’t the easiest Pokémon to find - especially as the Pokédex won’t list locations - which is where we can help. Here’s where to find a Spiritomb in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. On this page: If you’d like to learn more about your Paldea adventure, visit our Pokémon Scarlet and Violet walkthrough....

Like all of the Hisuian variants, Hisui Qwilfish has a new typing - dark and poison-type - compared to its Gen 2 original. It’s evolution, Overqwil, also debuted in Legends Arceus. Below you’ll learn how to evolve Hisui Qwilfish into Overqwil, along with where to find Hisui Qwilfish if you haven’t caught one yet. On this page: If you’d like to learn more about the game, visit our Pokémon Legends: Arceus walkthrough....

Digerati is not seeking money at this time, but requests the developer perform its obligations to ensure the game is a success. The publisher sent a statement to Eurogamer alongside the lawsuit, you can read our update here. ORIGINAL STORY 11/12/22: The developer of The Outbound Ghost has asked players not to buy his game following a falling out with his publisher. Conrad Grindheim - lead developer on The Outbound Ghost - took to YouTube to state that his relationship with his publisher, Digerati, had “dissolved” and wanted the publisher to return the publishing rights to him....