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With Borderlands 4 being a Borderlands game, you'll inevitably come across a piece a gear that just won't shut up. Borderlands 2 had The Bane, a unique submachine gun that screamed incessantly; meanwhile, Borderlands 3 had The Unkempt Harold, a legendary pistol that made illogically funny statements. Borderlands 4 is no different, with the legendary shield Cindershelly treating you like a sub to its dom. But, apparently, this armament wasn't supposed to bark smutty lines as often as Gearbox...
Nostalgia is a beautiful thing, which is why Sony finally opted to make its previously limited-time 30th Anniversary themes a permanent part of the PS5 experience. If you're looking to breathe a bit of old-school PlayStation love into your PS5 UI and sound profile, you can choose themes based on previous generations of Sony's consoles--ranging from PS1 to PS4--for a healthy dose of retro charm. Changing your PS5 theme is an easy affair that just requires a quick trip into your system...
Battlefield 6 Season 1 is just a few days away, but Battlefield Studios is already looking to make changes ahead of time while laying out a path for future updates. Towards that end, the studio shared the improvements for the battle royale mode before it even launched. Now, the rest of the upcoming improvement plans have been released. According to Battlefield Studios, its current focus is on improving the game's overall performance and enhancing the combat experience. The following updates...
Diablo 4 Season 10 ends in a little over a month, and Blizzard is looking to help give players a little extra help to see their season journey through to completion with two limited-time events. Starting on October 28, Diablo 4's Mother's Blessing event will return once again, doling out increased XP and gold. Past Mother's Blessing events have gifted players a 35% increase to XP and a 50% increase to gold, so expect the same this time around. Sweetening the deal is a new Seasonal...
A new Season 1 update for Battlefield 6 is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, bringing a huge collection of changes and fixes to the military shooter. This includes adjustments for "core movement and animations," weapon accuracy and handling, visibility and lighting improvements, and a whole bunch more. Update 1.1.1.0, which Battlefield Studios posted to X on October 24, will arrive on October 28. The update is huge and the patch notes are long, but the changes and fixes...
Activision has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 featuring Peter Stormare's fan-favorite fictional character, The Replacer. But the twist with this new ad is that The Replacer is busy on a space flight to Mars with celebrities, so he needs to call in "Replacer replacers." Activision said in a news release that the video is a "tongue-in-cheek play on the Blue Origin celebrity space adventure we saw unfold this year, but this time things go sideways…" That's a reference to...
There are few unmade video games more famous than Silent Hills and its beloved Playable Trailer. Although P.T. is now very hard to find since Konami took it offline, an instructor in Japan is using it as a tool to teach students how to speak English. Tsunan Secondary School in Niigata Prefecture shared a blog entry (via IGN) that demonstrated how an assistant language teacher utilized P.T. in class as a learning tool. Students were invited to play through P.T. in English, while other...
Battlefield 6 has posted some impressive numbers since launch, but right now, it looks like the game has some competition. While Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 won't be out until next month, indie eggs-traction shooter Escape From Duckov is busy climbing the charts on Steam. For a brief time, the viral indie game had 152,207 concurrent players, beating Battlefield 6 during that time period with its concurrent-player count of 129,729 players. Spotted by Dexerto, Escape From Duckov outshone...
Xbox boss Phil Spencer got pretty candid at the Paley International Council Summit in California, saying that protecting creativity is important to the gaming giant but that it hasn't been the best at doing that as of late. During the moderated discussion with Double Fine head Tim Schafer (via PC Gamer), Spencer expressed how valuable it is for not just game companies but the media industry writ large to shield the creative teams that pour their hearts and souls into the work they produce...
The first week for Ball X Pit was pretty good, according to Devolver Digital and developer Kenny Sun. They rolled out statistics for the action-roguelite game and revealed it's sold over 400,000 copies so far. Keep in mind that Ball X Pit is available on Xbox Game Pass, too, a subscription service that doesn't account for traditional sales. On X, the official Ball X Pit account shared the first-week numbers. Other notable highlights for the game--which launched October 15--include hitting...
Battlefield Studios has published a list of changes and improvements for the Battlefield 6 battle royale game, and it's not even out yet or even fully announced. In a post detailing changes coming for Battlefield 6 Season 1 on October 28, Battlefield Studios said it is implementing a series of updates for the untitled battle royale mode ahead of its rumored shadowdrop with Season 1. Battlefield Studios made the battle royale game available to testers in the Battlefield Labs program, and...
While Hades 2 fans finally can take their journey through the Underworld on the go on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, the battle continues on PC with the release of the first Post-Launch Patch 1 Preview for the game. Supergiant Games said it is grateful for all the community feedback since the v1 Launch, and those reports have directly inspired a host of new enhancements, most notably to the narrative's True Ending. This preview is now available to brave players who want to jump in early...
Nintendo and Macy's have announced that there will be a Mario helium balloon flying high above the streets of New York City this Thanksgiving for the 99th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Nintendo released a 3D model of what the balloon will look like, and yep, that's Mario. The real thing will be 51 feet long, 37 feet wide, and nearly 44 feet tall. He's wearing his iconic blue overalls and well-known red cap. His body is positioned in such a way to be a callback to Super Mario...
Actress Jennifer Hale has voiced myriad characters over the years, but her most iconic role is probably that of Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect trilogy. While Mass Effect 5 is currently in development, and BioWare has yet to contact Hale to reprise her role, the Canadian talent said she's ready to return to the series whenever. In an October 24 interview, IGN asked Hale if she'd need to play FemShep again or if she's open to giving life to other characters whenever the next Mass Effect...
Strauss Zelnick, the chairman and CEO of Take-Two, has once again shared his thoughts on AI in the video game space, and he believes the technology is "great" but people are overstating what it can do. PC Gamer reported that Zelnick said at the Paley International Council Summit this week that, "AI is a great thing" for "every industry," including video games. But it's not a magic wand. "Will it recreate or create genius? No. Will it create hits? No. It's a bunch of data with a bunch of...
The rumors about a Simpsons-themed season of Fortnite began earlier this year, but it's been picking up steam in the last few weeks. Now, some apparent leaks have revealed which Simpsons characters will be in the battle pass, and what fans can expect from the map of Springfield. According to this leak, the battle pass includes Homer Simpson and his wife, Marge Simpson. Ned Flanders appears to confirm a previous rumor, but there's no sign of Bart, Lisa, or even Moe. Instead, Peely Remix and...
Battlefield 6's mysterious, but confirmed, battle royale mode could release as soon as next week as a shadowdrop. That's according to a datamining effort and information from sources. Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming said the battle royale mode will shadowdrop on October 28. As for the datamining details, something called "Granite" has reportedly been discovered in the Battlefield 6 game files. Modern Warzone, meanwhile, reported that this is the battle royale mode and it is indeed coming on...
It's probably not a Pikachu shock to report that Pokemon is still popular. Case in point: After a week, Pokemon Legends: Z-A has already sold 5.8 million copies. The Pokemon Company revealed the launch figures in a press release, adding that roughly half of sales came from the Switch 2 Edition. The Pokemon Legends: Z-A sales numbers also include digital copies. As such, the Switch 2 bundle with the RPG is a boost, though Switch overall hardware sales clearly dwarf the new Switch 2 (153...
Bethesda's Todd Howard has teased that "even more" Fallout is coming, with many taking that to be a suggestion about more games in the series. This would be no surprise, given that Bethesda first revealed it was making Fallout 5 years ago. During the Fallout Day broadcast, Howard said the team is aware that fans want to see more Fallout. He responded, "Just know, we are working on even more. We're looking forward to the day when we can share that with everybody." Not long ago, a report...
Borderlands 4 has added one of its biggest updates since launch, and it includes a number of quality-of-life fixes and upgrades, as well as a limited-time Halloween-themed event, Horrors of Kairos. As part of that, players will get a chance to earn two new Legendary weapons: the Legendary Order Grenade and Legendary Tediore Assault Riffle. Horrors of Kairos is a free event that will run from October 23 to November 6, and it even transforms the weather during boss encounters into "a...