Category: All Games
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15 years after Oblivion, Skyrim Anniversary Edition throws in free horse armor
Oblivion’s premium horse armor paved the way for microtransactions back in 2006. Today, it’s free for Skyrim. Skyrim Anniversary Edition has arrived, with a few freebies for people who own Skyrim Special Edition and more than 500 extras for those willing to buy the new edition. But there’s an added bonus, which is also a long-running…
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Planetside 2 is getting its first new continent in seven years
Expedition: Oshur will finally go live in December. If you’ve been holding out faithfully, hoping for new Planetside 2 stuff, your time is almost at hand. Next month, the free-to-play MMOFPS is getting its first major update in seven years. Expedition: Oshur, originally announced way back in August 2018, adds a new “full-featured water system” that will enable…
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Back 4 Blood roadmap reveals a new offline mode and Tunnels of Terror expansion
Turtle Rock Studios has big plans for the rest of 2021 and into next year. Turtle Rock’s co-op zombie shooter Back 4 Blood turned out to be really good—”A triumphant return to the genre it created,” we said in our 88% review—and so it’s probably not a great surprise to learn that the studio has big plans for…
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BioWare shares teaser image, says ‘Mass Effect will continue’
As part of the N7 Day celebration of all things Mass Effect. November 7 is N7 Day, when the Mass Effect community comes together to celebrate the series. In previous years BioWare has been involved to varying degrees, last year using the occasion to announce Mass Effect Legendary Edition and confirm a new Mass Effect is in development.…
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Forza Horizon 5 hasn’t released, but there are already 800,000 people playing it
Quick off the blocks. Forza Horizon 5 will be available from November 9 on Steam, the Microsoft Store, Xbox, and Game Pass. Unless you’re one of those who paid for the Premium Edition or the Premium Add-Ons Bundle, in which case you’ve been playing it since November 5. You might think that being on Game Pass…
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Five Elden Ring classes revealed
It’s two weeks later, on December 7th. There’s a network test for Elden Ring coming up, which unfortunately for us isn’t available to PC players. To hype up this closed beta From Software has revealed the classes that will be available in it, writing that “In seven days, these five brave Tarnished will cross the Sea of Fog.” The…
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Far Cry 6’s premature Danny Trejo tie-in has been removed
Though it’s currently unclear when the PC patch will be released. This week, Far Cry 6 found itself in the bizarre position of accidentally featuring actor Danny “Machete” Trejo. Fortunately, Ubisoft has swiftly worked to remove all traces of Trejo from the game at this time, with the promise of full, production-ready Trejo to return at a…
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Warhammer 40,000 celebrates the festive season with grimdark scented candles
There is no time for peace in the 41st millennium, but apparently there’s time for potpourri. First there were Warhammer-themed ugly Christmas sweaters (which were not ugly enough to win our Ugly Gaming Christmas Sweater Battle Royale, sadly). Then, the Warhammer-themed Christmas stockings and plush squig. Now, the people whose job is coming up with bizarre ideas…
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‘New World is not client authoritative’, Amazon says
Claims that exploits were possible because of reliance on client-side data have been disputed. An invulnerability exploit was recently discovered in Amazon’s massively multiplayer colonialism simulator New World. Though it’s now been patched, the simple trick made players unkillable when they moved the window New World was running in. This started a conversation about whether the exploit worked…
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Hearthstone’s ‘Deadmines’ mini-set lands on November 2, brings multiple parrots with it
The patch notes for the big 21.6 update also includes some new Mercenaries. Blizzard announced today that following a brief delay caused by the launch of the Mercenaries expansion, Hearthstone’s United in Stormwind Deadmines mini-set will roll out on November 2 as part of the 21.6 patch. The pirate-themed mini-set will feature 35 unique new cards available…