For a while there, day/night cycles were how developers promoted their games. They were front and centre of marketing campaigns, the subject of dedicated trailers. You can still find those videos on YouTube - soothing timelapses in which dappled light gives way to long shadows, the beige beauty of sunset, and finally stars in the sky. Why were these timelapse trailers the toast of 2008? Because they demonstrated not just graphical progress, but real change in the way we experienced games....

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla version 1.2.0 will introduce gear transmog to the title at long last – meaning players will be able to make their gear look how you want, no matter what skills and buffs it has attached to it. In order to Transmog your gear, though, you’ll need to head to Ravensthorpe, chat to Gunnar (the blacksmith), and pay 50 silver per item you want to change. As if this much-requested feature wasn’t enough, you’ll start seeing support for Valhalla’s upcoming Easter “Ostara” Festival once you download the patch, too....

Earlier this week (July 15), the official Back 4 Blood Twitter put out a tweet saying that while it would “love to confirm the release date” for the game’s second expansion, the team needs “a bit more time.” According to Turtle Rock, “it’s an exciting update and we’re so pumped, it’s been like a cult around these parts.” That mention of a cult in the text of the tweet, paired with the image posted alongside it, certainly makes it seem like players will get to experience a romp through a cult’s compound, though what that will entail exactly isn’t clear from the tweet....

Following a week of short stories that unveiled more of the world of Battlefield 2042, DICE has now dropped the last piece of the puzzle: a short film titled Exodus. The short film, as with the different stories shared over the last week, focuses on the game’s No-Pats, a group of people whose countries have collapsed in a cascade of events that leads to the game’s main conflict. One of the bigger reveals is the return of Battlefield 4 characters Kimble “Irish” Graves, and Clayton “Pac” Pakowski, who are aboard the Exodus....

Though it’s unclear what exactly the tweet means, it might indicate that Hellena won’t be voicing Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3, which would be a shame and baffling given how much of what makes the character work is her voice. Still, it’s a touch early to sound the alarm too loudly. After all, it could also mean that she’s done after Bayonetta 3 is released and that there won’t be any more games past the third....

There are a few great rune farming locations you can find in Elden Ring, but two really stand out. The first is best for early game players, while the second is a bit more involved and works better at levels 50+. There’s also an area near the early-game spot where you can get an easy 80k Runes if you feel like getting your hands dirty. Best Elden Ring rune farming locations for the early-game Caelid The best early game rune farm in Elden Ring is in Greyoll’s Dragonbarrow, which is a higher level area you can access via a portal from near the start of the game....

That’s not me, unfortunately. Someone more cultured will probably have more interesting picks, but I am a man of simple pleasures. And so, without further ado, here are all my game of the year picks for 2022 – starting with the game that secured its spot all the way back in February. Elden Ring – PC There was little chance Elden Ring wasn’t going to be one of my favourite games of any year it’s released in....

The closed beta for Bleeding Edge kicks off soon, and this video provides a look at one of the three tanks, El Bastardo. Like the other characters, he has basic abilities as well as specials and supers. Starting off with his basic abilities, you will find these to be Machetes and Evade. With Machetes, El Bastardo can hack enemies and steal their energy to add to the Life Support backpack....

While the feature might be planned for a future update, Bless Unleashed has a couple of handy ways to max out Blessings and skill points even if you make some bad investments early on. Bless Unleashed skill point reset | How to reset skill points There’s no way to reset skill points. The development team said it’s not something you can do “currently,” so it’s possible Bless Unleashed skill point reset could happen in the future....

Blizzard Arcade Collection contains the first Lost Vikings, Rock n’ Roll Racing, and Blackthorne. All three titles were released during the 90s. It is out now on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One with quality of life updates. It will also be playable on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S via backwards compatibility. The collection retails for $19.99 and is available now. The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling platform adventure originally released for Super NES in 1993 before heading to other platforms....

Games giant Blizzard is going to be trying out its upcoming mobile game Diablo Immortal in a limited test in the near future. In a video on Twitter, the game’s lead designer Wyatt Cheng said that a technical alpha for Diablo Immortal would be “briefly” available to a small group of players, primarily in Australia, to help Blizzard test out the game. Specifically, the firm wants to focus on the early levelling experience in Diablo Immortal, as well as and some of its mid-game systems....

Last October, Konami finally announced the long-rumoured Silent Hill 2 remake, confirming suspicions and leaks that Bloober would be developing it. The reveal wasn’t a big surprise because of those rumours and leaks, but fans of the series have expressed concern considering the generally average reception that Bloober’s games have received. In a recent interview with DreadXP, Anna Jasińska, Bloober’s chief marketing officer, touched on those concerns, seemingly trying to reassure fans....

At The Game Awards this evening, Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games revealed Evil Dead: The Game, an upcoming co-op and PvP multiplayer title in development for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. For the first time ever, the Evil Dead universe comes together in “one over-the-top experience” starring boomstick-brandishing Ashley J. Williams. Based on the Evil Dead franchise and characters, the game casts players against the forces of evil that have been unleashed from the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, with sights and sounds inspired by the films and the Ash vs Evil Dead television series....

A few of the titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in October have been announced, and it all kicks off on October 1 with Doom Eternal for Android and console. Alongside Doom Eternal on October 1 comes Drake Hollow. In this cooperative action village building game, you will build and defend villages full of Drakes which are basically veggie people. You can play solo or with friends while exploring a dynamically generated world of islands....

Case in point: side missions. There are two side missions in Black Ops Cold War: Operation Chaos, and Red Circus. In this guide, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about Operation Chaos, including where to find all three pieces of evidence, how to solve the puzzle and how to decrypt the floppy disk. Where to find Operation Chaos evidence How to decrypt the Operation Chaos floppy disk...

Set in the early 1980s, Cold War casts the player as a CIA agent on a globetrotting mission to take down a nefarious Russian spy. Is capitalist triumph inevitable, or will a glorious global Soviet utopia reign supreme? Only one way to find out! Fans can expect all the classic Call of Duty features in this new game: a single player campaign, tonnes of multiplayer options, and the much-loved zombie mode, with a new map and an expanded storyline all of its own....

One multiplayer feature the developers showed off was swimming and Aquatic Combat. Instead of dying when hitting the water like in previous games, action now occurs above, on, and in water. Various elements will be present such as currents and waves, and the water can be clean, murky, polluted, or have debris. In the open beta, maps with water will showcase these enhancements, and you can use water as a stealth or escape mechanism....

Infinity Ward has revealed this week’s stack of events and playlist updates across both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone. A number of modes teased in the Season 5 roadmap will either debut this week, or continue on from launch week. On the Modern Warfare side, the biggest new arrival is the Bare Bones playlist. In Bare Bones, killstreaks, perks and field upgrades are all removed, making it the first time this style of play has been made available in Modern Warfare....

Infinity Ward released a small update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare yesterday, and it fixes a bug that allowed players to use attachments they hadn’t yet earned. The update also patched an exploit on various maps and modes and squashed a bug that left a player’s CDL filter active after joining a party without CDL filters. Some backend fixes were also applied. Season Two for the game recently kicked off with the return of Rust from Modern Warfare 2, and the Zhokov Boneyard ground war map....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward has announced that the currently underway Season One of the game will now end on February 11, an eight-day extension. This should give players working on their Battle Pass progression a bit more time to catch up. Infinity Ward said the season is being extended to make room for new content, which is coming between now and the end of the season....