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EA has announced that it will delay Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to April 28, 2023. The upcoming Star Wars game was initially supposed to come out on March 17. The announcement came from the EA Star Wars account via Twitter, where Stig Asmussen, the game director at Respawn Entertainment, said the reasoning is to focus on "bug fixes to enhance performance, stability, polish and most importantly, the player experience." Asmussen explains that the delay will allow Respawn to hit a "quality...
Respawn Entertainment has announced that its award-winning mobile game, Apex Legends Mobile, will no longer be playable as of May 1, just shy of its one-year launch date. The announcement was made via Twitter, accompanied by a link to a Q&A section on EA's website. The announcement comes as a surprise given Apex Mobile's rise to popularity. It earned $5 million during its first week after launch, and swept the competition at both the App Store Awards and Google Play's Best of 2022 awards...
Microsoft is removing more than 45 older Xbox games and their related DLC from the Xbox Store on Xbox 360 in early February, the company has announced. The games will still be available on newer Xbox consoles for both purchase and download. The removals will begin on February 7, 2023, Microsoft said in an Xbox Support page spotted by Wario64 on Twitter. The page also confirms that any game removed will be able to be re-downloaded from the Download History page. Some of the titles set for...
If you're looking forward to Hogwarts Legacy, you may also be interested in picking up the Hogwarts Legacy: Official Game Guide and The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy artbook. The former collects tips and tricks about the game, while the latter is a hardcover artbook offering a behind-the-scenes look at the game's development. You can take a closer look at both books below. If you haven't preordered a copy of Hogwarts Legacy yet, you can save on the PC version ahead of its February 10...
In Fire Emblem Engage, you can pair your units with the Divine Rings, each containing a Fire Emblem hero from past games. There are no restrictions on this system, allowing you to equip the rings to any unit you want, creating some interesting and powerful combinations. While experimentation is a great way to discover new powerful pairs, here are a few of the best classes to match with each Divine Ring in Fire Emblem Engage. Since you can change your units into different classes, the...
World of Warcraft's all-new Trading Post feature is nearly here, bringing with it new cosmetics for players to earn. Unfortunately, the Trading Posts' most coveted reward is locked behind a full year's worth of grinding, something many in the WoW community aren't thrilled about. First, a quick breakdown of the Trading Post. Each month, players will be able to complete various tasks and challenges that reward points. Earning a certain number of points each month will reward players with a...
A new series of Oathbound Quests have made their way into Fortnite this week, and there are quite a lot of challenges to complete if you want to see the current part of the storyline through to the end. One quest in particular tasks you with scanning a player with a Falcon Scout and collecting their schematic. In this guide, we'll tell you how to make that happen. How to scan players with a Falcon Scout and collect their schematic in Fortnite The first step to scanning players with a...
New content is coming to Call of Duty: Warzone 2 in Season 2, and the big update will include the brand-new Ashika Island map. The full map was revealed on January 31, with close-ups of a few points of interest being shared in a series of tweets. Ashika Island is a smaller, secondary map designed for Warzone 2's Resurgence respawn modes and DMZ. Ashika Island features seven main points of interest, and while it's hard to determine just from the overhead layout, the map size should be...
Project Rene, which may end up being called The Sims 5, has started some small playtests. A new video series, Behind The Sims, will continue to show off upcoming features in the Sims franchise. This video discusses Project Rene, as well as several new features coming to The Sims 4 and the franchise's mobile titles. In the video, Sims Team member Mersea interviewed Project Rene's game director Grant Rodiek. He describes the playtests as "just the start of an incredibly long journey." This...
Ahead of Hogwarts Legacy's launch next week, Fanatical has kicked off a promotion that runs until February 17. If you purchase a Steam key via Fanatical, you'll receive a free mystery gift that can be opened immediately. The mystery gift will either be a free game or a coupon that can be used on your next order at Fanatical. Preorder at Fanatical In addition to the mystery gift, you'll get a discount on the game as long as you buy a copy prior to launch (February 10). The standard edition...
It's Tuesday, January 31, and we're back with another edition of our Wordle guides. It's the last day of January, so players will want to ensure they end this month on the right note. Luckily, today's answer isn't too difficult, but it does feature a tricky spelling that might trip players up in their first few guesses. If you haven't started the January 31 Wordle yet, you can check out our list of recommended starting words to give yourself an advantage before you've begun. However, if...
If you were intrigued by The Callisto Protocol when it launched last month but didn't want to shell out $70 for it, now's your chance to get the survival horror game for a great price. The Callisto Protocol is on sale for only $40 at Walmart for PS5. It's the lowest price yet for the PS5 version. Sadly, Xbox Series X owners can't take advantage of this deal. It's worth noting that both the PS4 and Xbox One editions are discounted to $40, too. See at Walmart The Callisto Protocol is the...
Ahead of the game's full reveal, the cover star for MLB The Show 23 has been announced, and it's 24-year-old Jazz Chisholm of the Miami Marlins. As many have observed following the announcement, Chisholm was an unexpected choice. He is an exciting upcoming player but doesn't have the star power of, say, Shohei Ohtani, who was MLB The Show 22's cover star. In a PlayStation Blog post, San Diego Studio's Ramone Russell said, "Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s electric personality, play, and love for all...
Nintendo is at it again with another collaboration. This time it's with Freiberger Lebensmittel GmbH, a German frozen food brand, to create Mario-themed frozen pizzas. And at long last, Waluigi is going to be a star. According to a Nintendo Wire report, the Mario pizzas will come in two boxes with different toppings. The first one will have Mario and Luigi on the box and will come with chorizo, salami, and spicy calabrese salami cubes. The other one will feature their evil counterparts...
You'll finally be able to throw down against your friends in Marvel Snap very soon. Developer Second Dinner announced that the new feature, called Battle Mode, is coming Tuesday, January 31. A teaser image accompanying the announcement shows Squirrel Girl facing off against Arnim Zola, both of which are popular cards in the meta. As previously detailed, Battle Mode will let you play against your friends (or frenemies) by sharing a code to start matches. Each player starts with 10 bars of...
Call of Duty: Warzone 2 is set to get a brand-new map for Season 2, and Activision has released the first teaser clip for the upcoming Resurgence map. A tweet from the official Call of Duty Twitter account says, "Enjoy a moment of zen before battle." The video showcases a marble rolling through the sand with Japanese text that translates to Sea Lion. A second tweet from Call of Duty names the new location as Ashika Island, and players can expect a map reveal on January 31. In addition to...
During the 30th anniversary NIS stream, the company announced two new titles. First, Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless, which adds samurai and catgirls with laser guns to its hellish SRPG formula. Second, Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles, which brings two classic JRPGs to North America and Europe for the first time. Disgaea 7 is set in the netherworld Hinomoto, inspired by historical Japan. The game follows the demon warrior Fuji and his companion Pirilika, a catgirl with a gun. Among the...
Not long after celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the tangled nest of rights issues surrounding GoldenEye 007 was untangled just enough for the classic first-person shooter to be ported to modern platforms. Xbox Game Pass and Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, as well as digital owners of Rare Replay, now have access to Rare's seminal FPS. Of course, your platform of choice may have a significant impact on the experience, with the Switch version being the only one to support...
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One of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's worst DPS specializations, Retribution Paladin, will see a significant talent tree rework in the game's upcoming patch 10.0.7, Blizzard has announced. In a lengthy forum post, Blizzard explained all the reasons it is currently unhappy with the state of the specialization: button bloat, too many stacking modifiers, a lack of survivability, poor maneuverability, and missing group utility. "Retribution Paladins currently have one of the highest death...
Pokemon Go Tour: Hoenn goes live globally at the end of February, but Niantic has now announced Primal Rumblings, which is a short preview event that ends the day before Go Tour begins. The Pokemon Go Primal Rumblings event begins February 22 at 10 AM local time, and it will run until February 24 at 10 AM local time. Multiple Pokemon from the Hoenn region of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire will appear in the wild, while the legendary Pokemon Rayquaza, Mega Latias, and Mega Latios will return to...