Next year marks the 25th anniversary of Halo, and it's been apparent for some time that there's a game on the horizon. As recently as last month, Halo Studios reminded fans that it's going to unveil some big news at the Halo World Championships. Now we know exactly when that announcement is going to come.
The Halo World Championships run from October 24-26 in Seattle, Washington. The schedule has been released, and Halo Studios will be sharing its news at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET on Friday...
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Battlefield Studios has addressed the Battlefield 6 progression elephant in the room, explaining how it intends to patch out "XP farms" and improve player development in the long term. In an update that has begun rolling out across all platforms, players can look forward to a boost to experience points gained from match completion--this has been increased by 10%--and XP from completing daily challenges has increased by 40%.
The XP needed to unlock the first 20 Attachment Ranks has also been...
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has revealed the game's first-ever PvE mode, and fittingly, it's a ghoulish addition to the game that will launch on October 23. As part of a collaboration with Marvel Animation, Marvel Rivals players can hop into Zombie Mode starting next week.
Inspired by last month's Marvel Zombies miniseries, the mode features a select team of heroes--Thor, Jeff, Magik, Blade, and the Punisher--joining forces to take on endless waves of zombies.
Not only will players...
Glen Schofield, a video game industry veteran known for co-creating the Dead Space series and working on multiple Call of Duty games, has said the gaming industry is facing major challenges and that developers can look to artificial intelligence technologies to help solve some of the issues. Schofield made these comments at the same time that many in the video game industry have raised concerns, objections, and fears about the further adoption and implementation of AI.
"We need to fix the...
The former creative lead of the Assassin's Creed series wants to clarify that it wasn't his choice to step away from the franchise. Earlier this week, Marc-Alexis Côté left Ubisoft after roughly 20 years with the company--including the last three as vice president and executive producer of Assassin's Creed.
On LinkedIn, Côté stated that he's still passionate about Assassin's Creed, and he didn't "make that choice" to leave the series. "I did not walk away. I stayed at my post until Ubisoft...
After less than two days, Battlefield Studios has announced that it's reverting the recent Battlefield 6 ticket changes based on feedback. For anyone just catching up, the developer said on Wednesday that ticket numbers for Conquest maps would drop from 1000 to lower values, but less than 48 hours later, the developer confirmed the ticket numbers are reverting back to 1000 for all maps.
All Conquest matches now begin with 1,000 tickets for each side and a 45-minute time limit. The developer...
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, the long-anticipated vampire action-RPG, has finally arrived. You awaken in Seattle with a pile of mysteries to solve, in a city on the verge of vampire war. Early on, you have to make an important choice: which clan you come from, and making this choice will change which abilities you have access to early in the game.
What's the difference between clans?
You can gain access to abilities from other clans buy spending Blood Resonance currency...
Guitars have been a popular choice for anyone wanting to learn how to play a musical instrument--they're easy to learn and challenging to master--and if you're looking to do just that, you might want to check out this controller and teaching game for Nintendo Switch. Hori Guitar Life launched last year in Japan, and preorders have now opened up for the peripheral ahead of its US release. Priced at $100, it'll be released on December 15, and you can preorder it now through Amazon. Just...
The stellar remasters of Final Fantasy X, X-2, and Final Fantasy XII are available for great prices for Nintendo Switch at Amazon. The Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster collection and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age are $25 each. Final Fantasy XII is marked $15 off, but you're saving even more compared to the digital editions, which are $50 each on the Switch eShop. Both games are sold and shipped directly from Amazon.
These Final Fantasy remasters aren't always in stock at major retailers...
If you've been hanging around in a field hoping for the Great Pumpkin to appear, then you're going to be waiting a long time. The only spooky pumpkins coming your way this year are in Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, the pumpkin-carving MMO that's back online after its planned hiatus
Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival was created by Whippoorwill Ltd aka Adam R. & Dawn B., and the game sends players into a literal ghost town where they can take part in the in-game Halloween festival and pumpkin-carving...
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a substantial price increase for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. If you're a subscriber in the US, you will now be charged $30/month, a $10 bump from the previous $20/month rate. The new price is effective immediately, so you may have already paid the increased rate if you were billed already this month. That said, there is a way to avoid the price increase: prepaid codes. The price of prepaid membership codes hasn't changed--at least not yet. Over at Amazon...
Earlier this week, Team Cherry released a patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong, and now the developer has already dropped a new beta patch that's currently in the works. For now, this update appears to be even smaller than the last patch, with a focus on localization and control issues.
One of the most notable improvements is that rumble features have now been implemented. The devs also note that they are using a new script with an updated Chinese translation, which will be further refined...
Dead Space co-creator Glen Schofield has said he has "quite a few ideas" for what he wants to make next, and one of them is Dead Space 4. With EA's pending $55 billion sale to an investor consortium for $55 billion, Schofield said he thinks "there's an opportunity" to make it happen.
He told IGN, "I'm already making calls."
Schofield did not return for Dead Space 2 or Dead Space 3, and he told VGC that he played "just a little bit" of the 2023 remake and enjoyed it. The developer also...
When Ubisoft launched The Crew 2 in 2018, there weren't any options to bring this online racing game offline. Now, seven years later, The Crew 2 has finally received its much-requested offline mode.
Starting today, PC players can download an update from Ubisoft and enjoy The Crew 2 without an internet connection with Hybrid Mode. The console update for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be released later today.
Players now have the option of picking either online or offline when starting up...
Glen Schofield, a former Call of Duty boss at Sledgehammer Games, has said he is "immensely" worried about the future of the series under Microsoft. He also stated that the quality of most Call of Duty releases since he left has fallen.
Speaking to VGC, Schofield said of Microsoft's ownership of Call of Duty, "I worry about it immensely, I really do. Because what's happening here is a war."
"Unfortunately, once you're assimilated by one of these companies, I think you take on some of their...
PowerWash Simulator 2 is a zen experience solo, allowing you to get lost in a relaxing process of cleaning away grime for hours on end. However, it also features a multiplayer component for up to four players, so you can team up with friends to tackle some of the game's biggest and most challenging jobs together. If you're curious about what options you'll have available when doing so, here's everything you need to know about split-screen, crossplay, and cross-progression in PowerWash...
Diablo 4 Season 11 is poised to bring huge changes to Blizzard's ARPG, and will overhaul item progression, see the return of leaderboards, rework the Renown system, and even dramatically change how the game's potions work. And that's not even everything.
While noticeable changes to the core of Diablo 4 come alongside nearly every season, most notably with Season 4's Loot Reborn, Season 11 still stands out. None of these changes were detailed in the game's 2025 content roadmap, and Blizzard...
Diablo 4 may be far more challenging come Season 11, with a slew of updates set to address monster behavior and difficulty.
As detailed by Blizzard, the goal is to have monsters starting with Season 11 more regularly test players' defenses and force players to interact with them in new ways. Enemy monsters will see changes to make their behavior less predictable, while at the same time making it so each type of monster will have their own clear role and identity in combat. Monsters packs...
Poe Ratcho can now pop up in Two Point Museum, thanks to a very unexpected collaboration between the simulation game and Vampire Survivors. The elderly protagonist isn't the only part of the free crossover, either, as Two Point Museum players can now put garlic on display and send experts out to three locations from the roguelike title.
A trailer for the Two Point Museum and Vampire Survivors crossover can be seen below, showcasing how discoveries can also be equipped to staff members in...
Windows 11 has been out in its current form since 2021, but Microsoft has grand visions of transforming its operating system into an even more AI-friendly system. Starting today, Microsoft is adding AI features to Windows 11 PCs that encourage users to utilize Copilot by speaking to their computers and allowing AI to perform some basic functions for them. These updates are being rolled out alongside an ad campaign that invites people to "meet the computer you can talk to."
"We think we're...