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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, which just recently concluded its first-ever Twitch drop promotion, is now giving away even more free goodies for watching WoW-content on the streaming platform. To celebrate the upcoming "Race to World First," in which top guilds from around the world will compete to be the first to complete Dragonflight's new Vault of the Incarnates raid, Blizzard is offering an in-game mount, pet, and toy that can be earned simply through watching WoW on Twitch. From...
Paragon: The Overprime, a sort-of sequel to Epic Games' canceled third-person MOBA Paragon, is now available in early access form. It has arrived just a week after another Paragon successor, titled Predecessor, launched in early access. The free-to-play Paragon: The Overprime comes from Korean developer and publisher Netmarble and features Paragon's roster of characters and assets, along with new, original additions and gameplay elements. It's available both on Steam and the Epic Games...
Activision has announced that the mid-season update for Season 1 of Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 arrives on December 14. Season 1 Reloaded will add Shipment as the "new" multiplayer map, a soccer-themed Warzone LTM, and Call of Duty's first-ever Raid. Here we highlight the biggest announcements of the update. For battle royale, Call of Duty continues to celebrate the Men's World Cup by adding a Rocket League-style "Warzone Cup" as a limited-time mode. This mode brings two teams of three...
It's a brand-new season of activity in Destiny 2, but you can always count on intergalactic arms dealer Xur to make a scheduled visit to this corner of the cosmos. The Agent of the Nine has returned for another weekend, and as usual, you can expect him to have a fresh stock of Exotic weapons and Legendary-class gear. Here's where you can find Xur and what Exotics he's selling this week. This week you can find Xur in the EDZ, in the Winding Cove area. For his weapon, Xur is offering Sweet...
Thanks to better availability of the PlayStation 5, sales of consoles in the US during November jumped significantly. The NPD Group reported that hardware sales during November jumped by 45% to $1.3 billion during November. This uptick in sales was attributed primarily to a "significant increase in PS5 volume" compared to November 2021, the NPD said. The PS5 was November 2022's best-selling console platform for unit and dollar sales, and the Switch was No. 2 during the month by both...
After being officially revealed at Star Wars Celebration earlier this year, the first gameplay trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor--the next Star Wars adventure from EA and Respawn Entertainment--aired during The Game Awards, with lead Jedi Cal Kestis taking center stage. The trailer showed off some of the older Cal's new abilities, including a grappling hook for improved traversal and a new fighting stance that incorporates dual lightsabers for an extra edge. Multiple friends and foes...
The numbers are in for the most-downloaded games of November on the PlayStation Store, and unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has been a big winner. While God of War Ragnarok took first place across the US, Canadian, and European PS5 charts, the latest Call of Duty was the most-downloaded PS4 game of November. God of War Ragnarok's PS5 first-place finish is impressive--and has set a record as the fast-selling first-party PlayStation game--while Modern Warfare II's pole position...
As part of the FTC's anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft over the Activision Blizzard deal, the government group published its full complaint, and it contains some juicy information, or it almost does. In a section pertaining to AAA games, the production budgets for Halo Infinite and another upcoming game were divulged, but unfortunately for all of us, the information was redacted. The document states that Halo Infinite "was in production for [REDACTED] years, and cost almost [REDACTED]...
The Game Awards went pretty much without a hiccup until the very bizarre end. It appears that a random kid ended up on stage with the Elden Ring team and interrupted by mumbling something completely unrelated to the evening's proceedings into the mic. After The Game Awards ended, host Geoff Keighly confirmed that this individual has been arrested. It's unclear what he exactly said, though Bill Clinton seemed to be mentioned, but it is clear that he was not part of the Elden Ring entourage...
For two years in a row, the loud and lovable Muppet Animal has graced The Game Award's stage to talk games and dish out awards alongside host Geoff Keighley. This year, however, Animal treated us not only to some of his signature pizzazz, but some of his takes on 2022's biggest games. Turns out, Animal is a big fan of Elden Ring, and when asked who his favorite boss in the game was, he was very enthusiastic to reveal his undying affection for the Goddess of Rot herself, Malenia. While not...
A new From Software game was announced at this year's Game Awards, but it's not another iteration of the Soulsbornes we've come to expect from the studio. Instead From is going back to its roots with a new entry in its mecha shooter series, called Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. The brief teaser trailer showed a ruined world followed by some glamor shots of big stompy robots, as well as other giant mechanized behemoths, which is what you would want from a mecha game. Source
Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty expansion will feature actor Idris Elba. CD Projekt Red announced during The Game Awards that the Luther and The Wire actor will appear in the expansion as Solomon Reed, an FIA agent for the NUSA. The expansion is themed around espionage and survival, and it takes players to a new part of Night City. The add-on launches in 2023 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. You can check out the teaser reveal in the video below. Phantom Liberty will not be released for...
If you had a dream that Vanilla Ice and Chuck Norris were starring in a first-person crime shooter together, you'd probably laugh when you woke up. However, that game is real, and it's called Crime Boss: Rockay City. Announced during The Game Awards, the co-op game comes from Ingame Studios and 505 Games, and those two stars are just the tip of the iceberg. Michael Masden (Reservoir Dogs) stars in the lead role as Travis Baker, a career criminal attempting to take power in the mob after a...
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is getting a free content update on December 14, which will include a new Raid mode. Announced during The Game Awards 2022, players can expect Season One: Reloaded to feature Raids next week, starting with Episode 1: Atomgrad, with even more Raid episodes on the way. Activision has previously confirmed that the first raid will be narrative-focused as it continues the Modern Warfare 2 storyline. Season One will also add a brand-new Spec Ops mission, as well...
Bandai Namco has announced more details about the English-language release of its anime-inspired MMORPG Blue Protocol. The game will be releasing in 2023 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with Amazon Games in partnership for the western release. Blue Protocol is a free-to-play MMORPG developed in tandem by Bandai Namco Online and Bandai Namco Studios. It was announced today that Amazon Games will be publishing the English version of Blue Protocol in the west. The new trailer showed off a...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's gameplay trailer premiered at The Game Awards. In it, Captain Titus went head-to-head with wave after wave of alien lifeforms called Tyranids. Space Marine 2, developed by Saber Interactive, is a long-awaited sequel to the 2011 Space Marine game. The trailer mostly showcased the fast-paced action, as well as the huge buildings Captain Titus will fight aliens in. It's available to wishlist on Steam right now. Space Marine 2 was actually first announced at...
A new clip from the Super Mario Bros. Movie debuted during tonight's Game Awards, putting a spotlight on Toad, Mario's plucky mushroom sidekick. The clip shows Chris Pratt's Mario following Toad--voiced by Keegan-Michael Key--as they traverse the Mushroom Kingdom toward Peach's Castle. Toad is familiar with all of the obstacles, while Mario has a bit of trouble. A variety of obstacles seen in Mario games are shown, including the clear pipes from Super Mario 3D World, and if you listen...
During The Game Awards, Don't Nod revealed its next game, and it's a brand-new IP that looks nothing like Life is Strange, the series that made the French dev house famous. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a third-person action-adventure game with role-playing elements that takes place in an original story universe where players are tasked with banishing spirits from their lands. Banishers is called an action-RPG by the team making it. In it, players will take on the roles of two ghost...
Company of Heroes 3 is officially coming to console. Developer Relic announced during The Game Awards that the strategy game will come to console in 2023. This isn't a big surprise, as a recently discovered rating revealed that Company of Heroes 3 would be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Whether or not the game comes to last-generation consoles remains to be seen. Company of Heroes 3 will be the first entry in the series to come to console--2006's Company of Heroes and...
As part of The Game Awards, Behaviour Interactive has revealed Meet Your Maker, the long-awaited follow-up to its popular PvP slasher, Dead By Daylight. A wholly new IP, Meet Your Maker is described as "a unique first-person building and raiding game" that will see players both creating and defending their own bases of operations while also heading out into the world and raiding enemy players' bases, each one as intricate and devilish in design as their creators can accomplish. The game is...