 | | Oct 01, 09:32 VG247 Latest Articles Feed | | |  All the remaining details about Season 6 in Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War have been revealed, and it looks like it'll be one of the biggest so far. Season 6 begins Thursday, October 7 in both games, and you can expect files to be made available for download earlier in the week as usual. As for what you can expect, there's a host of new content across Warzone, multiplayer and Zombies. Beginning with Warzone, the Verdansk 84 map has seen a few changes. Thanks to fissures that broke out underneath the surface, several areas of the map have been ravaged. The stadium, most notably, had large parts of it destroyed. Read more |
| | Oct 01, 08:13 VG247 Latest Articles Feed | | |  Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Life is Strange, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, and Life is Strange: Wavelengths. Both on paper and in practice, Life is Strange: Wavelengths is a direct prequel to September's Life is Strange: True Colors from Deck Nine Games. But beyond that, it's the real conclusion to the Arcadia Bay Rachel/Chloe storyline that Deck Nine first explored in Life is Strange: Before the Storm. This DLC is pitched as "Steph's story," and that's exactly what it is, but because of the position Steph occupies in past LiS installments, it ends up being the so-called "true end" to that plotline. Steph is first introduced in Before the Storm, where she and her friend Mikey end up persuading Chloe to join in their legally-distinct-from-D&D tabletop campaign. Because of this, both end up with a front row seat to Chloe and Rachel Amber's relationship, and the tragedy that befalls them both. Read more |
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| | Oct 01, 09:14 Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt | | | The company has patents for a DLSS-like system for upscaling images to higher resolutions, and also mentions Nvidia's Tensor Cores.
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| | Oct 01, 08:31 Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt | | | VentureBeat's Jeff Grubb also noted that the recently circulating figure of 30 million subscribers, courtesy of Take Two's Strauss Zelnick, is incorrect.
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| | Oct 01, 08:11 Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt | | | Insider Millie Amand has noted the other to be an original game with a "similar size to Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales."
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| | Oct 01, 09:20 IGN Video Games | | | In a new interview, director Sam Raimi talked about his hesitation to take on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, saying that his 'awful' experience with Spider-Man 3 made him wonder if he could do it.
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| | Oct 01, 09:40 Nintendo Life | Latest Updates | | | Key game updates on the way. Tokyo Game Show is into its second day, and we're into our second stream from the show that will hopefully have a bit of Switch goodness in it. This time around it's Square Enix in the hotseat promising updates on its key games. It kicks off at 3am PT / 6am ET / 11am BST / noon CEST, so if you're in Europe (or a very early riser in North America) settle down in a cozy seat and enjoy the show! Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| | Oct 01, 09:15 Nintendo Life | Latest Updates | | | And we've been doing the maths... As you can imagine, we play an awful lot of games here at Nintendo Life – you should see some of the team's total playtime on games like Splatoon 2 and Zelda: Breath of the Wild – but even we can't come close to the total time put in by this fan. If you head to your profile page from the Switch's main menu, you'll be greeted with a list of the games you've played recently and the total number of hours you've put in. You'll likely see numbers in the tens, or possibly the hundreds for your favourite titles, but Reddit user daveboy2000 claims to have reached the Switch's maximum play time counter limit in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
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| | Oct 01, 09:39 PCGamesN | | |  The hugely popular military MMO, World of Tanks, is now offering new players a bumper sign-up bonus. In addition to a beefy tank to start you off strong, and 600 gold to spend in game as you wish, this offer also gives players unlimited access to a premium account for seven days - all for the grand price of absolutely nothing. With a worldwide userbase of over 160 million players, you'll pretty much always have an opponent ready and waiting whenever you want to play. Just sign up to one of the best tank games using this link and you'll gain access to all the goodies mentioned above. Starting a new MMO can be daunting (especially one that's been around as long as WoT), but that's part of what makes this deal so great: the M22 Locust is a tier 3 premium tank which would normally cost 900 gold. By signing up now and claiming your bonus, you'll gain some early leverage against the more seasoned players who have been playing for years. If you're playing from a CIS country, you'll instead receive the T-127, another equally cool tier 3 premium tank. RELATED LINKS: Play World of Tanks for free, Play World of Warships for free, Best tank games |
| | Oct 01, 09:32 PCGamesN | | |  New World, is turns out, is very popular. Amazon Games' fantasy MMORPG launched earlier this week and immediately saw budding adventures diving into Aeternum in their hundreds of thousands, with peaks of over 750k concurrent players - numbers that put it comfortably among Steam's most-played right now. Naturally, that's meant some pretty hefty queues for some players as servers have struggled to keep up, and the devs announced a server transfer opportunity was coming up to help ease congestion soon. Now, it seems that's due to arrive next week. In a Twitter post updating players on this topic (below), the New World devs announce that they've been "working around the clock to add as many servers as we can and will continue to do so until we stabilise wait times". So far, they've "more than doubled" the number of New World servers and are working to dial up capacity on all available worlds get a higher population cap in place. While these efforts are pushing on, the devs encourage new players diving in for the first time to go for one of the 40% of servers with "low or no wait times". While you might be keen to get stuck in with your friends, the New World devs explain that they're "working hard on a feature that will allow you to transfer your characters to a different server", with their goal being to "release this feature next week". RELATED LINKS: New World system requirements, New World factions, New World release date |
| | Oct 01, 08:17 PCGamesN | | |  The end of the 2021 League of Legends patch cycle nears, LoL fans. League of Legends patch 11.19 - the second of the MOBA game's two pre-Worlds patches - has left the testing grounds for (live) pastures new, and it's now 11.20's turn to make its debut on the PBE for a fortnight of tinkering and test-driving. So, let's dig into it and see what's coming. So far, we've got some suitably spooky new skins coming up, just in time for Halloween. There are six new styles from League's Bewitching alternate universe line this patch, with lucky champions Fiora, Nami, Poppy, Syndra, and Yuumi getting their own skins, while Morgana gets her Prestige Edition Bewitching skin with 11.20. You can check these out in the New Champion Skins section below to see the splashes and skins in action. As for balance changes, this patch we've got gameplay updates for Amumu, Darius, Shen, Hecarim, and - well - a good ol' handful of champs. We also know that Rengar will be hanging about for some more testing, though there's no set release patch for his changes just yet. You can catch the latest details on all these changes in the relevant sections below. RELATED LINKS: Best LoL Champions , League of Legends patch 11.20, LoL tier list |
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| | Oct 01, 09:57 Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed | | |  Wondering how to get a house in Genshin Impact? Genshin Impact's Serenitea Pot system grants you the ability to decorate your own realm with characters, furniture, plants, rocks, and even pets. Some players have carefully crafted gardens with elegantly decorated houses. Other players have simply used their teapots to trap Venti in an empty room filled with animals — whatever you want to do with your house, we can't judge. Whether you haven't unlocked the housing system yet or you're looking for ways to improve your Serenitea Pot, this guide will show you everything you need, including unlocking housing, placing characters, choosing a layout, getting furniture, and increasing your Trust Rank and Adeptal Energy. Read more |
| | Oct 01, 09:30 Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed | | |  Not just the best songs. These are the best songs performed by characters in-game. In other words, if it's not sung by a fictional band, hollered by a karaoke-obsessed protagonist, or purred by a honey-tongued vocalist who also shoots at you with a ridiculous firearm, then it doesn't count. For this reason, in-game radios are also out. It's too easy, video games. Sorry. That means no rock station classics from Grand Theft Auto and no 80s bangers from Metal Gear Solid V. Learn to accept it. The best music is diegetic, baby. Read more |
| | Oct 01, 08:49 Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed | | |  Want to know how to save in New World? MMOs can be complicated beasts, and you could easily spend hours just mining iron or strolling along the shores of Aeternum in New World. The last thing you'd want is that time to be wasted by failing to save your game. This guide will tell you how to save your game in New World, so that you don't need to feel unsure about whether all your progress will be waiting for you next time you log on. Read more |
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| | Oct 01, 09:14 Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt | | | The company has patents for a DLSS-like system for upscaling images to higher resolutions, and also mentions Nvidia's Tensor Cores.
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| | Oct 01, 08:31 Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt | | | VentureBeat's Jeff Grubb also noted that the recently circulating figure of 30 million subscribers, courtesy of Take Two's Strauss Zelnick, is incorrect.
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| | Oct 01, 08:11 Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt | | | Insider Millie Amand has noted the other to be an original game with a "similar size to Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales."
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| | Oct 01, 10:00 Gamezebo | | | Bike Life is a game about pulling off awesome wheelies. In fact, you're always pulling off awesome wheelies. You need to guide your rider through traffic, pedestrians and other hazards to try and get to the finish line on one wheel. That's much easier said than done, which is why we've written this strategy guide. […]
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| | Oct 01, 09:52 GamingOnLinux Latest Articles | | | While today will see the Steam Next Fest arrive, Valve have more plans as the digital Tabletop Fest returns to Steam between October 21 - 25 and this time around it's all about the RPGs. Kicking off at 10 AM PST / 5 PM UTC it will see a big sale with hundreds of titles discounted, so you might want to start filling up your wishlist. There will also be around 18 hours of streaming from developers, which is being done in partnership with Auroch Digital. Starting off with Robert Kurvitz, lead writer and designer on Disco Elysium. Check out their teaser trailer: 
Watch video on YouTube.com See more on the event page. Is there any particular game you're hoping to pick up discounted? Let us know! |
| | Oct 01, 09:40 GamingOnLinux Latest Articles | | | XIGNCODE3 is another popular anti-cheat like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye that currently causes issues for Linux and it's going to hopefully see support (thanks Reddit) for Linux and the Steam Deck by launch. Developed by Wellbia, XIGNCODE3 protects something around 272 titles according to their website although that appears to be spread across PC, mobile and consoles. What games specifically use XIGNCODE3? That's actually not all that easy to find out, as Wellbia don't list the games specifically. Black Desert Online did previously use it but that switched over to Easy Anti-Cheat. Games that do use XIGNCODE3 that we've been able to find include Aion, Blade & Soul, DJMAX RESPECT V, Knight Online and the upcoming ELYON. It's not exactly surprising to suddenly see more vendors look to support Linux either through native builds or Proton, since we know the Steam Deck has a lot of excitement around it. Since it uses SteamOS 3 (based on Arch Linux), any anti-cheat will likely need to be updated for it. We've sent off a message to Wellbia to see if we can find out more information. |
| | Oct 01, 08:41 GamingOnLinux Latest Articles | | | Two big bits of news for Steam Play Proton today with two new versions getting released so let's take a look and see exactly what's new for the Windows compatibility layer. Firstly, NVIDIA announced back in August that DLSS would come to Proton in September for DirectX 11 / 12. Well, their date was a bit off there it seems but Valve / CodeWeavers managed to pull in DLSS support for at least DirectX 12 in Proton Experimental as of September 30. To enable it you need to set PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 as a launch option for games. Additionally this release also fixes crashes in Project Wingman, Satisfactory and other Unreal Engine 4 games using the Vulkan renderer. On top of that Proton 6.3-7 is also officially out now which includes these improvements: - The following games are now playable:
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Quake Champions (broken after a game update)
- Divinity Original Sin 2 (broken after a game update)
- eFootball PES 2021
- EVERSLAUGHT VR
- WRC 8, 9 and 10
- Fix Logitech G920 mapping for F1 2020.
- Fix Resident Evil Village display settings.
- Improve Forza Horizon 4 windowing.
- Update DXVK to v1.9.2.
- Update vkd3d-proton to include the latest development work.
Details can be seen on the official changelog any time. If you need to learn more about Proton be sure to check out our Beginner's Guide. |
| | Oct 01, 08:30 GamingOnLinux Latest Articles | | | September 2021 is officially over and with it a whole lot of news came in. Here's our monthly overview round-up of what was big in case you missed it. If you wish to keep track of these overview posts you can with our Overview RSS. Since it's a fresh month our user statistics have also been updated so be sure to take a look. Here's what was popular with our readers: - Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton
- Today, Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Games / Epic Online Services has officially announced a full expansion for Linux including native builds and Wine + Proton. This is big for Linux Gaming and the Steam Deck.
- Take-Two filed a lawsuit against the reverse-engineered GTA III and Vice City developers
- Well this is a shame but in many ways to be expected. Take-Two Interactive Software, the parent company of Rockstar Games, has filed a lawsuit against the developers of the reverse-engineered GTA III and Vice City code.
- Linux continues to remain above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey
- We don't usually comment directly on the Steam Hardware Survey every month, not unless it's something real interesting and this is the second month where it is because we're still officially above 1%!
- Looks like Valve sent out quite a lot of Steam Deck developer kits
- You probably heard recently that Valve was readying up Steam Deck developer kits and now we can see that quite a lot of developers have received one.
- BattlEye confirms Linux support for Steam Deck, will be opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat
- Just recently we had Epic Games announce that Easy Anti-Cheat now offers proper native Linux support and in addition support for Wine and Steam Play Proton - now we have BattlEye also confirming the same readying up for the Steam Deck.
- Clearing up what games will and won't run on the Steam Deck
- There seems to be some confusion brewing on what games will actually run on the Steam Deck, so let this serve as a reminder on keeping expectations in check. Here's a quick refresher of how things are right now.
- Valve answer questions about the Steam Deck in a new FAQ, anti-cheat for all Linux systems
- After gathering questions from pretty much everyone, Valve has put up a new official FAQ page for the Steam Deck that answers some pretty important questions and it's good news.
- RetroArch 1.9.9 is out with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) support
- Emulation just got even more interesting as the RetroArch team have released another major update. This release adds in AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) support.
- Take down a resurrected Maggie Thatcher in this upcoming Doom II campaign
- Yes that's right, Maggie Thatcher has somehow escaped from Hell in Thatcher's Techbase, a new Doom II campaign that has been announced that will be free to grab on September 24.
- PS4 emulator Spine gets a new demo release
- Spine is an upcoming PlayStation 4 emulator that's currently closed-source while it's under heavy development. It's also currently only available for Linux.
- Linux on the Framework DIY Laptop has been very popular
- Framework is the high-performance, thin and light notebook that's "designed to last" with modular components along with a commitment to make it easy to repair and upgrade.
- Proton Experimental gets DEATHLOOP working on Linux with AMD GPUs (update: NVIDIA too)
- Valve and CodeWeavers have updated Proton Experimental again, the special testing version of Proton that brings in some of the latest fixes for the Windows-game compatibility layer. UPDATED.
- Wine 6.18 is out now with HID joystick enabled by default
- The latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine for running Windows games and applications on Linux is out now with Wine 6.18.
- Q1K3 is a homage to Quake made with 13 kb of JavaScript
- Games seem to be getting bigger all the time taking up vast amounts of drive space but what can be done with very little resources? Quite a lot actually as the Quake homage Q1K3 has shown.
- AMD shows off their new CPU frequency control mechanism for Linux
- Currently limited to Zen 3, AMD has revealed their work on a brand new CPU frequency control mechanism "amd-pstate".
- Steam has turned 18 years old and PC gaming has never been the same since
- It's truly hard to imagine just how much Valve managed to change what PC gaming is thanks to Steam. On September 12, the Steam client celebrated 18 years.
- Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move Valve say, as some already have it
- Valve has given a short update on the dev-kits for the upcoming Linux powered handheld Steam Deck, with more developers being able to get their hands on it soon.
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2 developer responds on Easy Anti-Cheat for Linux with Proton
- One developer that has actually properly released a statement on updating Easy Anti-Cheat to support Linux and Proton for the Steam Deck is Fatshark for Warhammer: Vermintide 2.
- Valve rolls out big Steam client update with new Downloads Page & Storage Management
- After being in Beta since the end of July, Valve has now released a big update to the stable version of the Steam client for everyone which has the new Downloads Page & Storage Management.
- Lutris game manager gets a second Beta for version 0.5.9 with Epic Store support
- Building upon a bunch of big new features in the first Lutris 0.5.9 Beta, a second Beta is out now with a focus on polishing up the experience that needs more testing.
- New patent from Valve appears for "instant play" of games and more
- Published today is a new patent from Valve that (amongst other things) might allow for an "instant play" feature for games being downloaded from Steam.
- Ray Tracing on Linux with AMD GPUs gets closer with multiple games working
- While Ray Tracing has worked on Linux for a long time with NVIDIA, the situation with Mesa+AMD is still being worked out but the good news is that it's all finally coming together.
- Couch gaming Linux distribution ChimeraOS has a new release
- ChimeraOS (originally GamerOS) is a big-screen Linux gaming experience designed for couch gaming (think like SteamOS) and there's a brand new release available.
- Stellaris to get the free 3.1 'Lem' update on September 14
- Paradox Interactive announced today that the free 3.1 Lem update for Stellaris is going to release on September 14.
- RetroArch gets a Steam release bringing emulation to even more gamers
- While it might not be the first application to provide emulation on Steam it's probably one of the biggest projects as RetroArch is not a single emulator. Instead, it provides a tidy user interface to get lots of different emulators, as well as play media and all sorts.
- GNOME 41 released with performance enhanced, new power modes, store improvements
- Another 6 months of development later and GNOME 41 is out with plenty of enhancements for GNOME desktop fans.
- Dota 2 to drop OpenGL and 32bit, Vulkan default on Linux and TI 21 tickets on September 22
- With The International 2021 tournament fast approaching Valve has given an update on the future of Dota 2 with some major underlying tech changes planned to come in.
- The new work on futex2 from Collabora to improve Linux gaming and Proton has third attempt
- It seems the ongoing saga of getting the futex2 work into the Linux Kernel, which is supposed to help Linux gaming and Steam Play Proton, has another attempt up.
- Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond DLC out with a free update
- Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond is the brand new expansion with Paradox Interactive reviving the game under a new developer with Abstraction and there's a free update too.
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| | Oct 01, 09:36 TheXboxHub | | | Drive. Destroy. Get Paid. Upgrade! Not only is this the core gameplay loop for Gearshifters on Xbox, it is also the mantra of this new post-apocalyptic vehicular combat game. Best of all, it is available to download today on Xbox, PlayStation, PC and Nintendo Switch. The post Gearshifters Shifts into Gear appeared first on TheXboxHub. |
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| | Oct 01, 09:55 Cyberockk | | |  2K has released the latest NBA 2k22 update. The new NBA 2K22 update 1.6 is now available to download on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. According, to the NBA 2K22 1.6 patch notes, the update brings progression fixes to MyCAREER, new scans and/or general likeness, stability & performance improvements, and more. NBA 2k22 update 1.6 […] The post NBA 2K22 Update 1.6 Patch Notes Released appeared first on Cyberockk. |
| | Oct 01, 08:09 Cyberockk | | |  A new KB5005611 cumulative update for Windows 10 2004, Windows 10 20H2, and Windows 10 21H1 are now available to download. Windows 10 users after updating to the new KB5005611 update will find Windows 10 2004 updated to build 19041.1266, Windows 10 20H2 to build 19042.1266, and Windows 10 21H1 to build 19043.1266. According to […] The post Windows 10 KB5005611 Update Fixes Microsoft Outlook Stop Working Issue and More appeared first on Cyberockk. |
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| | Oct 01, 09:22 PCGamer latest | | | Revisiting the depths of Rapture a decade on.
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| | Oct 01, 09:15 PCGamer latest | | | It's official, now's your chance to pick up a new graphics card in store.
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