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Set to launch on July 30, the free Animal Crossing: New Horizons update, Wave 2, also includes Dreaming. Here, you can choose to take a nap in any bed placed in your home and doze off to find yourself in a “strange realm” where Luna will offer a visit to other islands while you dream. Below is the full rundown on what to expect in the update which also and island back up and restore backup service....

As such, we’ve recapped the Apex Legends season 14 patch notes here so you can quickly go through and see how the game has shifted. Vantage release and abilities Level cap increase Weapon changes, nerfs, and buffs Season 14 Ranked Changes Apex Legends season 14 legends buffs and nerfs Crafting changes Map rotation and changes Quality of Life changes Bug Fixes Vantage release and abilities Vantage is the new sniper brought to Apex Legends season 14, and comes with a variety of unique abilities that you need to know about!...

As DICE and much of the world went on a holiday break, more of Battlefield 2042’s core design problems bubbled to the surface and became the biggest point of discussion. Despite a a free weekend and sales practically everywhere, the game continued losing players. At several points, Battlefield 5 had more active players on Steam compared to the latest game. This all has lead the frustrated community to await some sort of communication from DICE about how, or indeed if, the studio plans to address the game’s long list of problems....

On Friday, November 11, the most recent episode of the Pokémon anime aired in Japan, showing Ash (or Satoshi as he is originally known) winning the Masters Eight tournament of the Pokémon World Coronation Series. This comes towards the end of the current season, called Journeys, which has shown Ash and best boy Pikachu travelling the world of Pokémon, revisiting some friends along the way. The tournament saw him facing off against some classic champions, like Cynthia, Iris, Steven, Lance, and lastly, the reigning champion of Galar Leon alongside his signature Charizard....

Ubisoft has detailed the day one title update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, along with the full game size, and when you can start pre-loading the game. Title update v1.0.2 will fine-tune the balancing of the game, address various quest-related nuisances, include miscellaneous bug fixes, and provide improved performance and stability. It also adds content such as additional localized audio packs, and the Codex. Here, the Animus Database will return with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla as “Codex”....

The first Back 4 Blood beta launched less than 24 hours ago on all platforms. Despite being limited to pre-order players, and those who managed to get a code from giveaways and Twitch drops, the beta has been very popular in its first few hours. The player count continued to rise as initial server woes dissipated, with the game peaking at 88,403 players on Steam, according to SteamDB. This landed Back 4 Blood comfortably into Steam’s top ten list of the most actively played game....

This week, we got a chance to play the upcoming beta for Back 4 Blood ahead of the first public session, which begins today for pre-order players and those with early access codes. Back 4 Blood is a co-op zombie shooter in the classic style from Turtle Rock Studios, the innovators behind it all. It would be pointless to compare its different components to Left 4 Dead’s – Turtle Rock’s claim to fame, so I won’t....

During the Xbox + Bethesda showcase today it was announced that Back 4 Blood will be a day one release on Xbox Game Pass for PC and Xbox consoles. The news shouldn’t come as any surprise considering Waner pretty much leaked it when it announced an upcoming livestream of the game’s upcoming PvP reveal. Turtle Rock will release the game on October 12 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S....

As part of a report on the major shake-up the Battlefield franchise is undergoing - chiefly with Respawn’s Vince Zampella taking charge, and EA’s interest in building a Battlefield universe - we also learned about some of DICE’s plans for the end of this year, and season one early in 2022. Although the game’s first season does not yet have a start date, we know it’ll kick off early next year....

One look at the Battlefield 2042 subreddit will show just how many threads are discussing this. The new Battlefield 2042 scoreboard has an unusual design, one that focuses on individual performance, but doesn’t actually show how you rank among the rest of the team/server. On the left, the panel simply lists the top squads, as well as general match score for both teams. As it stands, there is no way to see how high/low you rank amongst your team, or the enemy’s....

You have a couple of options for how to spend your hard-won Crystals. One of them is definitely not worth your time, however. Bless Unleashed Soul Crystals | How to get Soul Crystals Bless Unleashed rewards you with Soul Crystals for defeating Unique Bosses. You can only take on these field bosses with other players, and each region has just one Unique Boss. However, Adventure Dungeons have three Unique Bosses to challenge....

In the most recent patch notes for Overwatch 2, Blizzard confirmed that it has begun to roll out its audio transcription feature as a part of its Defence Matrix initiative (thanks, Eurogamer). The feature is only available for PC players in select countries at the moment, so if you’re not seeing it that will be why. This feature essentially uses audio transcriptions of the voice chat that allows Blizzard to “analyse a transcript from a temporary voice chat recording of a reported player....

It’s E3 season, which means supposed leaks and made-up rumours are hard to miss, and often harder to tell apart. This one comes from Reddit, and it’s supposedly a list of 2K Games’ E3 reveals with a couple of interesting surprises. Reddit user Swine_flu_greg, who claimed they got this information from a trusted source, shared a list of unannounced projects at 2K Games, which the publisher will, according to them, announce at E3 next week....

In a press release that primarily looks back at 2021, the developer has announced some vague windows for when we can expect the long-promised current-gen versions of its illustrious RPGs. “We are hard at work on the next-gen version of Cyberpunk, scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2022, alongside another major update for all platforms,” the update reads. There’s also a small note about some of the other projects the developer is working on, though there’s no timeline when we’re going to see these....

In a new post over on the Xbox Wire, Microsoft has announced that a new crop of games is due to drop on the online subscription service soon. Games will be added across PC, console (that’s Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X), and Android. We knew a selection of the games were coming thanks to comments from Double Fine’s Tim Schafer, who announced that a set of LucasArts games would be coming to Xbox Games Pass back in an Xbox podcast earlier in the month....

UK trade-in retailer CEX is facing fury from consumers over the £815 it is charging for PlayStation 5s. As reported by Eurogamer, both customers and employees aren’t happy about the company charging almost double the RRP for the console. The PlayStation 5 launched in the UK on November 19 at £450, but CEX is offering £650 to attract those who already have Sony’s new machine to sell it to the store....

Knockout City is a competitive third-person team-based take on dodgeball where you can even turn into a ball and have your teammates toss you at opponents. You will be able to define your style by customizing characters and use different strategies of attack. There will be five arenas available at launch and include areas such as traffic-clogged main streets and rooftops. The game offers free-for-all, as well as 3v3 and 4v4 modes....

In a press release, Amplitude Studios has announced that it will be pushing Humankind out of its April release window in order to improve the so-called Civ killer in a variety of areas: Accessibility, Onboarding, Pacing, Balancing, Diplomacy, and AI. “The team will be focused on improving areas of work identified by the community during our previous Lucy OpenDev, when players tested out 4 eras and 40 cultures of the game to give us their thoughts,” the studio explains....

For those who connect their purchase of Cyberpunk 2077 to GOG Galaxy, they will receive a whole host of bonuses when the game releases on December 10. Every copy of the game comes with the following digital rewards: Original score Art booklet Digital comic “Cyberpunk 2077: Your Voice” Cyberpunk 2020 sourcebook Set of wallpapers for desktop and mobile In-game items, which can be picked up from an item stash in V’s apartment include:...

The creators of the CryEngine are seeking to dismiss its own lawsuit against the developer of Star Citizen, according to legal documents shared by Reddit user RiSC1911. Crytek now hopes to wait until the release of Star Citizen’s single-player counterpart Squadron 42 before it continues its suit. In a document filed January 2, Crytek now seeks to reschedule the trial to October 13 when Squadron 42 is expected to have launched....