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Battlefield 6 includes a full campaign, and there are plenty of collectibles to find throughout the missions. The game includes 30 dog tags and one toy T-Rex dinosaur to locate, which are all required if you're hoping to earn all of the achievements/trophies in Battlefield 6. Additionally, there are some decent cosmetic rewards you can earn by finding all the dog tags in the campaign. Below you'll find our full guide to walk you through finding all the collectibles hidden in Battlefield 6's...
Pokemon Go is celebrating the arrival of fall with the Harvest Festival event from October 10-16. Fall-themed Pokemon like Miltank, Smoliv, and Combee will be appearing more frequently over the next few days, but most exciting is the arrival of two new Pokemon: Dipplin and its evolved form, Hydrapple. Dipplin is another alternate evolution of Applin, originally introduced as part of the Teal Mask DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Like Applin's other evolved forms, however, you'll need to...
Ratchet & Clank's franchise has been dormant since Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was released in 2021, but that didn't stop some fans from searching for a game that few remembered. Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home was announced was announced in the mid-2000s as the follow-up to the mobile title Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile. Although Clone Home was canceled and never officially released, the game has finally been found and a copy has been shared online. The Golden Bolt's YouTube channel (via...
One of the nice perks of EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (which includes EA Play) are 10-hour trials for new releases from EA. It's a good way to try a game before dropping money on buying it. But the free trials are not available for every EA game, including the just-launched Battlefield 6. The game launched today, October 10, and has no free trial, a spokesperson for EA confirmed to GameSpot. This is somewhat unusual, as many EA games do offer 10-hour free trials. The last entry in...
Earlier this year, Discord began testing a new age-verification process in the United Kingdom that required users to scan their government-issued ID. That has come back to haunt both Discord and the users who shared that info, as a new report suggests that millions of people may have had their ID and other info exposed during a recent data hack. According to a statement on Discord's official site, the government-issued ID of 70,000 users may have been exposed when a third-party service...
As the size of video games continues to expand thanks to greater resolution textures, uncompressed audio, and more detailed 3D models, space on hard drives is more of a premium than ever. Some especially large titles have begun to adopt the approach of letting players pick and choose what is installed to help save on that coveted storage, and Battlefield 6 is no different. By default, on Steam, when you click “install,” all the components will be installed, but on console, you will be able...
Hearthstone's next expansion is coming on November 4, and it's about time. The Across the Timeways expansion introduces multiple new mechanics revolving around celebrating past and present Warcraft heroes by pulling them into the game. The most powerful of these minions are Fabled heroes, recognizable greats that are so powerful they automatically slot in extra Legendary cards. GameSpot has the exclusive reveal for Lady Azshara, the Fabled Druid legendary card that also grants you two...
At the end of 2022, an unknown number of online leagues in Madden 23 were deleted overnight due to what EA called a "data-storage issue that resulted in Franchise files being corrupted." Some players who were affected eventually got their leagues back, while others never did. The total number of affected players or leagues was never revealed, but it wasn't an especially rare event, as the game's subreddit, EA Forums, and various Discord servers were flooded with players decrying their...
In Battlefield lore, a Rendezook is a legendary maneuver that dates back to Battlefield 3. It's become so ubiquitous with the series that DICE included a Rendezook in the Battlefield 2042 announcement trailer. The Rendezook is not only back in Battlefield 6,: Players can can earn a reward if they pull it off. As reported by Eurogamer, a Rendezook dog tag cosmetic is now given to players who successfully jump out of their jet, use a well-placed shot from a bazooka to take out an enemy jet...
EA's long-awaited and heavily hyped Battlefield 6 is finally out now, and it's off to a hot start on Steam. Within the game's first 30 minutes of public availability, it exceeded 500,000 concurrent users, according to Steam's own data. The free games Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2 are the only two games rank higher than Battlefield 6 currently. At press time, Battlefield 6 stands at more than 606,000 concurrent players on Steam. A massive launch for Battlefield 6 was expected. One analyst...
Once Battlefield 6 players start digging into user-created Portal content, they'll find that someone already made a familiar map from Battlefield's biggest competitor. As Portal tools were already available a day before the release of Battlefield 6 itself, creator DANNYonPC took it upon himself to recreate Call of Duty's Shipment map using the Portal editor. In a YouTube video, the creator specified that this version of Shipment is based on the iteration seen in the 2019 Call of Duty...
Nintendo has added three new SNES games for Switch Online members, with one particular title releasing outside Japan for the first time ever. Mario & Wario is a puzzle-platform title from 1993 that was actually developed by Game Freak--before the studio developed Pokemon. Of note, the game reportedly has always featured English text, even though it didn't see the light of day in the US for over three decades. Mario & Wario does require mouse controls, according to Nintendo's video (seen...
The Battlefield 6 release date has finally come around, promising one of the most engaging FPS games experiences in recent memory. With so much hype around the title, it wouldn't be surprising to stumble upon connectivity issues, or long queue times. Whether it's a problem with the game's servers or something to do with your hardware can be difficult to determine, we've got all you need to know about the current Battlefield 6 server status. You may also want to check out our guide on how to...
Battlefield 6 officially launches today, October 10, and it seems the game is poised for a massive debut. Analyst Rhys Elliott of Aliena Analytics said in his newsletter that the game reached 1.8 million pre-sales on Steam alone prior to launch, which works out to more than $100 million in revenue. Right now, Battlefield 6 ranks as the No. 1 best-selling game on Steam in the US and globally. "All signs, at least pre-launch, suggest Battlefield is back in the fight. Our estimates reflect a...
Dozens of employees and former workers at Mindseye developer Build a Rocket Boy have signed an open letter to the studio's leadership, demanding a response to allegations of the staff being mistreated. Together with the Game Workers Branch of the Independent Workers of Great Britain, the 93 BARB employees and ex-employees have singled out studio leaders Mark Gerhard and former GTA lead developer Leslie Benzies, citing various issues. According to the letter, BARB leadership allegedly failed...
Thirty years ago, the first game in the Heroes of Might & Magic series was released. This week, Ubisoft celebrated that milestone by announcing that two of the classic Heroes of Might & Magic games are now available to PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. During Ubisoft's Heroes of Might & Magic 30th Anniversary Showcase, the publisher revealed that Heroes of Might & Magic II: Gold and Heroes of Might & Magic III: Complete have been added to Game Pass. After making the...
Actor Ralph Ineson, who played the pirate Charles Vane in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, has reacted to the recent revelation that Ubisoft reportedly canceled an American Civil War Assassin's Creed game. He said on social media, "Once again, f**k off." A report from Game File said the idea for a game's setting--the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era of the 1860s and 1870s--was deemed too controversial. The report said the game was canceled early in development and would have...
One gameplay staple of extraction shooters is the regular "wipe" that resets everyone's in-game progress back to square one. Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios knows that this system can be controversial, and to keep things fair, the studio aims to make wipes a voluntary feature of the game through its Expedition Projects. Players will unlock an Expedition Project at level 20. Each Expedition cycle runs for roughly eight weeks and players will contribute toward overall progress. Once the...
Tavern Keeper developer Greenheart Games has officially announced that its fantasy-themed business simulator will be launching in Steam Early Access on November 3. A follow-up to Game Dev Tycoon, Greenheart Games is celebrating the development milestone with a new trailer for the game and an updated demo that has gone live ahead of the October edition of Steam Next Fest. Similar to management games like Two-Point Hospital, Tavern Keeper is all about running your very own inn and dealing...
Electronic Arts has been implementing AI technologies in its development cycles for years, and while EA says there is no content in Battlefield 6 made using generative AI, the technology is "very seducing," according to DICE GM Rebecka Coutaz. She told BBC Newsbeat that EA's teams use genAI in the early stages of development "to allow more time and more space to be creative." But Battlefield 6 has no genAI-created content. She is optimistic about the technology overall, though. "If we can...