The first thing you’ll notice with Seas of Thieves on Xbox Series X/S is 60 frames per second in full 4K definition on the Xbox Series X, and 60fps in 1080p on the Xbox Series S. You can also expect improvements thanks to greater processing power which will lead to reduced load times, helping you get into or back in the action in a quicker manner. This optimized version of Sea of Thieves will be available to all players with Xbox Game Pass alongside the launch of both consoles, and via Smart Delivery for existing owners....

Shindo Life, like a lot of Roblox games, has a gacha system, which means you’re going to want to grab as many codes as possible. Giving you free spins and RELLcoins, our list of Shindo Life codes will help you quickly build the strongest ninjas out there, and helping you more quickly get those elusive bloodlines. New codes are normally added when the game hits certain milestones, or when new updates come out, but they can move quite fast, so it’s worth checking back here regularly for more....

Last week, EA gave us another incredibly early look at Skate 4, inviting players to sign up to playtest the game. And now, as reported by Eurogamer, not even a week later footage has leaked online. To be clear, this is expressly against the terms set by EA when agreeing to take part in the playtest, but that’s never stopped anyone in the past. A YouTube video showing off the footage has now been taken down, but a Reddit post collating an introduction video and three gameplay videos via some Google Drive links still lets people take a look at the upcoming skateboarding game....

Let’s rip the band-aid off. I’ve been on the record saying it a lot, even on the recent editions of the VG247 podcast-that’s-not-a-podcast: I don’t think The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a truly great game. In the past, I’ve said that in much stronger and less friendly terms, too - but the new HD Remaster on Switch has me reconsidering my stance somewhat. I’m not going to do a complete u-turn, though....

With that in mind, if you’re looking for the likes of Flutter Slimes or Radiant Ore, you’ll need to branch further afield. This will require a little work, but it’ll all be worth it to have a successful, bustling slime ranch. With that in mind, we’ve explained how to make your way to Ember Valley in Slime Rancher 2. How do I get to Ember Valley in Slime Rancher 2?...

When Sam first encounters Fragile at the beginning of Death Stranding, she pulls out a cryptobiote and chows down. I didn’t think about it much - it’s a strange, floaty bug/land-based marine-looking animal thing, and this is the world of Death Stranding, where nothing really makes sense anyway. So I thought, sure, why wonder what on earth is going on with cryptobiotes when they’re not even close to being the weirdest thing in Death Stranding....

This comes from Bloomberg, who says that people familiar with the situation provided them this information. Mass production apparently began last month (September), and as of yet there hasn’t been any supply chain issues. It’s also noted that the production figure might change depending on the headset’s sales momentum when it’s released early next year, whenever that might be. According to the report, Sony’s roadmap for the PS VR 2 is predicting a much greater popularity than the original PS VR for the PS4....

In a financial briefing, Sony said it expects exponential growth to be sustained by PC titles beyond its current fiscal year. PC revenue for the firm has climbed year-over-year from $35 million in 2020 to $80 million in 2021. It expects to hit $300 million by the end of FY 2022, which ends on March 31, 2023. The company noted unit sales of its latest PC releases with Horizon Zero Dawn leading the group with 2....

You can look over the Spider-Man: Miles Morales reviews below in our handy round-up. The game picks up where Marvel’s Spider-Man and its downloadable content The City That Never Sleeps left off. Miles Morales has been bitten by a genetically-enhanced spider and has gained powers similar to Parker’s. A year after the first game ends, Parker has trained Morales as Spider-Man. He must defend his home in Harlem and the rest of New York City from a gang war between the Roxxon Energy Corporation and a group of criminals called the Underground....

Splatoon 3 retains the original games’ 4v4 action, where two teams compete to cover the arena with paint. The game will introduce new main and special weapons, but the real interesting changes come to the single-player campaign. Dubbed Return of the Mammalians, this mode will explore why all mammals have vanished from the game’s world, and let you encounter them for the first time. They’re two cats. Splatoon 3 takes place in Inklings’ native Splatlands, where the Splatsville city is located....

The new update from the studio doesn’t make for encouraging reading for anyone expecting to get their hands on the single-player portion of Star Citizen any time soon. Director Chris Roberts posted in a new update on the studio’s blog revealing that Squadron 42 itself is nowhere near complete. “[…] I have decided that it is best to not show Squadron 42 gameplay publicly, nor discuss any release date until we are closer to the home stretch and have high confidence in the remaining time needed to finish the game to the quality we want....

The latest Steam build, available now in beta, brings a surprise addition for fans of niche control schemes. Valve has implemented support for Jibb Smart’s Flick Stick. Flick stick is a relatively new way of using controllers that utilises both the right analogue stick, as well as gyroscope to offer finer camera control. It works best with controllers that have built-in gyro, such as the DualShock 4 and Switch Pro Controller, but any controller can technically use flick stick....

Steam Next Fest: June 2022 Edition will start on June 13 and end the following week on June 20. As usual, you can expect tons of free demos from all sorts of upcoming games on Steam. This incentive gives developers a chance to start building an audience and gather early feedback on their games. While you’re checking out hundreds of cool demos throughout the week, you’ll also have a chance to watch livestreams and interact with the teams behind the games....

The new trailer can be found embedded below, which showcases a lot of excellent high fying, combo-centric melee action like we got only a glimpse off last year in the initial reveal trailer for Project Eve. Now, it looks like that action has only be turned up to 11 in the time away from the spotlight, with sci-fi fighting that has us foaming at the mouth. In the trailer, we’re introduced to a variety of new friendly characters that come alongside us in a journey across a ruined and largely abbandoned world....

If you’re a dedicated Steam player and wanted to experinece the Chaos-fuelled nonsense of Jack and his buddies at launch, we may have some bad news for you: it looks like the game is exclusive to Epic Games Store only for the foreseeable. Sometimes, we’ll see games that launch on Epic Games Store come to other platforms later (similarly to how PlayStation or Xbox get one-year exclusivity deals) but the branding and marketing for Square Enix’s latest Final Fantasy experiment suggests we’ll only be seeing the game on the Epic storefront for now....

During today’s look at Steve and Alex from Minecraft in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you can expect a gameplay video, a deep dive, and more details including a release date. The stream will be presented by Smash creator Masahiro Sakurai. You can tune in right here at 7.30am PT, 10.30am ET, 3.30pm UK, 4.30pm CEST. The Minecraft character Steve was announced as DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate earlier this week....

The Good Life is being developed by White Owls and led by Swery, creator of Deadly Premonition, and Yukio Futatsugi, creator of Panzer Dragoon and Phantom Dust. Originally slated for release this summer, along with a new publisher, the game has been pushed into fall 2021. In the game, you play as journalist Naomi Hayward who is drowning in debt. To help pay the bills, she has accepted a request from The Morning Bell newspaper to “uncover the mystery of a small English town” called Rainy Woods....

In a new tech demo (via IGN), Valve shows off some of the Steam Deck’s more interesting features – specifically focusing on the built-in gyroscopic controls that can combine with its capacitive touchpads and thumbsticks, giving you more control over your game than you may have seen before. “We have capacitive touch joysticks,” explained Valve designer Scott Dalton. “And one of the really cool things about that is we can use that in tandem with our gyroscope to sort of turn on or turn off gyroscopic aiming and motion controls in games....

The news was confirmed in a note to investors, which says that the deal values Codemasters at a cool £759 million (US$994 million). Think about how many Freddo bars you could buy with that cash money!* The deal is set to close in the first quarter of 2021. “We are exceedingly pleased to announce this recommended transaction with the board of Codemasters,” said Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick. “Codemasters has a renowned history of creating some of our industry’s most beloved and commercially successful racing franchises, and we believe that their offerings will be highly complementary to our sports portfolio and enhance further our organization’s long-term growth....

We all dearly wish we could have seen Hideo Kojima’s take on Silent Hill (and obviously so does he), but unfortunately we likely never will, outside of any footage of PT that’s currently online. PT was an incredibly promising demo, and now due to its cancellation isn’t even downloadable for those that owned it at any point in time. And now the very person who had it taken down from the PSN has spoken about the situation....