Valve Is Ceasing Development On Card Battler Reboot Artifact 2 0

The original version of Artifact, designed by Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield, failed to make much of an impact following its launch in 2018. Players rejected everything from its perceived complexity to its pricing mode (requiring both an upfront purchase and payment for additional cards), and it was barely seeing 100 players online in a 24-hour period by July. Then, in May last year, after almost a year of silence, Valve confirmed it was embarking on a major overhaul of the game called Artifact 2....

November 22, 2022 · 2 min · 365 words · Donna Lee

Various Xbox Series S Bundles Are Available At Currys

Once again, it’s the more affordable Xbox Series S that’s back in stock - and a number of bundles are now available to order from Currys. I’m not quite sure how Currys is releasing stock onto its site, but all of its different Xbox Series S bundles are going on sale for a short period of time before being removed or relisted. It’s a bit of a nightmare to follow....

November 22, 2022 · 2 min · 277 words · Frances Bolt

Vermintide 2 S Chaos Wastes Expansion Launches Free On Xbox Playstation Next Month

Already available on PC, the add-on will turn up for Xbox One and Series X/S on 3rd June. PS4 players get the expansion later in June. Fatshark’s co-op rat smasher launched on PC back in 2018 to a positive response (we said it was a “sequel done right” in Eurogamer’s Warhammer Vermintide 2 review). Now, three years on, Chaos Wastes adds a number of new features - and also support for a “fifth player” via Twitch audience vote integration....

November 22, 2022 · 1 min · 172 words · Ollie Mendez

Wayforward S Bloodrayne Betrayal Gets The Remaster Treatment This September

Developed by Shantae studio WayForward and released in 2011, Betrayal marked a notable shift for the BloodRayne series, ditching the third-person action of previous instalments in order to send half-vampire protagonist Rayne on a side-scrolling hack-and-slash adventure through 15 monster-battering stages of spooky old castle. For Betrayal’s imminent remaster - officially known as BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites - WayForward and publisher Ziggurat Interactive are promising a range of improvements, including the addition of full voice acting to enliven the text-only original....

November 22, 2022 · 1 min · 202 words · Tommy Lubin

Where To Find Ice Stones In Pok Mon Scarlet And Violet

For some Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, using a Ice Stone is the only way to evolve them, as simply increasing their level won’t quite be enough. Here’s where to find Ice Stones in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet — one of the few evolution items that money simply can’t buy. On this page: If you’d like to learn more about your Paldea adventure, visit our Pokémon Scarlet and Violet walkthrough....

November 22, 2022 · 3 min · 514 words · Sheila Martin

Wordle Answer Today For Friday 7Th October What Is The Word Today For 475

For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going. So why gamble on a risky final guess when you can learn a few clues and, failing that, get the definitive answer?...

November 22, 2022 · 3 min · 561 words · Gene Boykin

Xbox Game Studios List All Microsoft Studios And Upcoming Xbox Studio Games

Even if you’re not close enough to the games industry to need to know who-owns-who, if you are an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, it can give you an idea of what will be coming in the future - especially with Microsoft’s commitment to put everything it makes from its first-party studios onto the subscription service - as well as what’s playable now through Xbox backwards compatibility. With the likes of Halo, Forza, Minecraft, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Doom - and soon Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Crash Bandicoot - there’s an awful lot of games now under the Xbox Studios umbrella....

November 22, 2022 · 8 min · 1519 words · Christie Himes

Xbox Live Officially Rebranded To Xbox Network

“Xbox Live isn’t going away,” Microsoft told Eurogamer. “We are making ongoing adjustments to create a simpler, more descriptive messaging system for Xbox in different areas. None of these experiences or features will change as part of these updates.” ORIGINAL STORY 22/3/21: Microsoft is renaming Xbox Live, its underlying online multiplayer and digital media delivery service, to ‘Xbox network’, a move it says will help distinguish it from Xbox Live Gold....

November 22, 2022 · 2 min · 259 words · Jeffrey Giles

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Announced For Nintendo Switch

Takahashi revealed that the trailer’s closing scene showing a broken great sword of Mechonis and the body of the Urayan Titan with a gaping wound was conceived a long time ago. In fact, the seed for this image was initially planted between “the end of development of Xenoblade Chronicles and the beginning of development of Xenoblade Chronicles 2”. The director also acknowledged that this visual probably left views “quite surprised” and hints that more will be revealed about this mysterious image in the future....

November 22, 2022 · 2 min · 382 words · Barbara Wright

You Can Now Pick Up The Five Game Doom Slayers Collection On Switch

The reveal isn’t too much of a surprise - US retailer Best Buy successfully managed to leak the Doom Slayers Collection for Switch earlier today ahead of its official reveal - but the game’s immediate post-announcement launch most certainly was, and Switch players can now enjoy some demon-hued FPS japes all in one bundle, featuring seminal 1993 original Doom, Doom 2, Doom 64, Doom 3, and 2016’s sort-of-rebooted Doom. Notably, that’s one more game than was featured in the Doom Slayers Collection for Xbox and PlayStation, which released toward the end of last year minus Doom 64 - a pleasant treat for Switch owners, based on Digital Foundry’s previous enthusiasm for the port....

November 22, 2022 · 1 min · 159 words · Thomas Rolfe

Youtuber Logan Paul Wastes 3 5M On Fake Pok Mon Cards

Last month the influencer boasted about “dropping” the cash on what he believed was a “sealed & authenticated box of 1st Edition Pokémon cards”. Turns out though, once they arrived, they were in fact GI Joe cards - worth significantly less. Paul shared the news on his YouTube channel, beginning: “This story is fucking crazy. And it sucks. And I’m out three and a half million dollars.” He documents the run-up to the opening, including the Pokémon community believing the cards would be fake due to their sketchy origins....

November 22, 2022 · 2 min · 252 words · Jean Mendenhall

Zone Of The Enders Hd Collection Leads September S Games With Gold

First out the gate is Zone of the Enders HD Collection for Xbox 360, which will be available as part of Games with Gold between 1st September and 15th September. Initially release in 2012 (where it was infamously so poor it ended up getting an extensive patch from an entirely different porting studio), it features high-definition remasters of the Hideo-Kojima-produced Zone of the Enders and Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, each serving up a celebrated blend of mech-based third-person shooting and hack-and-slash action....

November 22, 2022 · 2 min · 247 words · John Sause

343 Warns Halo Infinite Players Not To Quick Resume The Campaign

The campaign, which released yesterday, is set on a large slice of a Halo ring. Dotted around the ring are armour lockers that, once found, unlock cosmetics for use in the multiplayer. However, if you are offline or disconnected from the Halo servers, these cosmetics will not show up in your multiplayer inventory. Unfortunately, Quick Resume has a habit of failing to connect, leaving you playing offline. And so, Halo community director Brian Jarrard tweeted to warn players against using the feature....

November 21, 2022 · 2 min · 215 words · Thomas Denson

A Demo For Kirby And The Forgotten Land Is Available Now

The full game is set for release on 25th March, with the demo offering a taster of Mouthful Mode and more. The demo consists of three levels from the first world, including the first boss. Players who complete the demo will receive a Present Code to unlock extra items in the final release. Throughout the game, Kirby will journey through a land devoid of civilisation to rescue missing Waddle Dees....

November 21, 2022 · 1 min · 160 words · Rebecca Gurley

A Harry Potter Mmo Was Killed By Ea For Lack Of Belief In The Ip

Twitch streamer The Real Brandolorian interviewed Kim Salzer, who was EA’s director of product marketing from 2000-2003. Salzer mentioned the MMO when asked about a game that never saw the light of day. “A big one for me, because I was so personally involved in it, and it’s such a huge IP that has lived on is an online massively multiplayer game for Harry Potter,” she said. “We did all the research, we had the beta built out, it was a combination offline/online experience where we’d actually mail stuff to the kids, like prizes and ribbons and stuff like that....

November 21, 2022 · 1 min · 208 words · Michael Hicks

A New Twisted Metal Game Is Reportedly In The Works

The news comes via GamesBeat journalist Jeff Grubb who, as spotted by VGC, discussed development of a new Twisted Metal title during the latest Giant Bomb video show. According to Grubb, the new instalment represents a “broadening” of Sony’s first-party games strategy as it seeks to align releases with its numerous movie and television projects. Sony initially revealed it would be adapting Twisted Metal for television back in 2019, but it wasn’t until earlier this year that first details were revealed....

November 21, 2022 · 1 min · 186 words · William Hernandez

A Us Politician Is Trying To Ban Violent Video Games In Illinois

Illinois state representative Marcus C. Evans Jr. is seeking to amend a 2012 Illinois law that bans underage children from accessing violent video games. If passed, HB3531 would prohibit “the sale of all violent video games” in the state, with a penalty of up to $1000 (£709) for those selling violent games. It would also modify the definition of a violent video game to one that “allows a user or player to control a character within the video game that is encouraged to perpetuate human-on-human violence in which the player kills or otherwise causes serious physical or psychological harm to another human or an animal”....

November 21, 2022 · 3 min · 619 words · George Horton

Activision Lost A Third Of Its Active Players In Past Year

In March 2021, Activision had 150 million monthly active players across its games (at this point, a figure likely dominated by those playing Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty Warzone). In March 2022, Activision had 100 million monthly active players - a third less than a year ago. Activision has acknowledged the fact Call of Duty revenues were down year-on-year - something it has blamed on both the poorer sales of 2021’s flagship launch Vanguard versus 2020’s Black Ops Cold War, but also on “lower engagement” in the free-to-play Warzone....

November 21, 2022 · 2 min · 306 words · Virginia Ruscio

All Destiny 2 Players Will Get A Power Buff In Preparation For The Witch Queen Expansion

The uplift comes in anticipation of the sci-fi shooter’s upcoming expansion, The Witch Queen, which drops that same day. “Even if you’ve taken a break from Destiny 2, we’ll be bumping up the power of your gear to get you straight into the Witch Queen campaign on Tuesday,” tweeted senior community manager, Dylan Gafner, over the weekend. “Any player who signs in will be at appropriate Power levels to start the Witch Queen campaign, even if they’ve taken a recent break from the game....

November 21, 2022 · 1 min · 200 words · Frances Swan

Amd Ryzen 7 5800X3D Review Cache Money

So what exactly is a 3D V-Cache anyway? Let’s start with the basics. You can think of a processor’s cache as a place to store data it’s currently working on - a bit like RAM, but because it’s inside the CPU it is an order of magnitude faster to access and an order of magnitude smaller in terms of the amount of data it can store. Modern processors typically use three levels of cache - L1, L2, L3 - with L1 cache being the fastest to access but the smallest, L2 being slower but larger, and L3 being slower and larger again....

November 21, 2022 · 4 min · 759 words · Joe Butler