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The Lords of the Fallen developers continue to make improvements to the game, with the latest update targeting performance issues. Hexworks’ dark fantasy action-RPG launched last week to a “mixed” user review rating of 57% on Steam. Most of the complaints revolve around performance issues, with crashes chief among them….

So, Xbox owns Activision-Blizzard now, right? So why are Call of Duty and Diablo not on Game Pass yet? That’s been a question on many people’s minds lately now that Xbox’s massive acquisition has finally closed. And today, Xbox head Phil Spencer showed up on the Official Xbox Podcast to…

Xbox’s Activision Blizzard merger is finally done, but that doesn’t mean that Phil Spencer is suddenly ready to reverse course and make Call of Duty an Xbox exclusive. Speaking on the Official Xbox Podcast, Spencer reiterated that the platform’s goal is “100 percent parity” on content across all platforms. “The…

With a ridiculous on-the-nose title like Wizard with a Gun, you know exactly what you’re getting into. You’re a wizard, and you have a gun. But the gun is also your wand, so even though you’re shooting all manner of creatures, it’s magical shooting. This silly premise has a lot…

The developers at Nintendo had thousands of ideas for the latest Mario game, many of which made it into Super Mario Bros. Wonder through the game’s world-shifting Wonder Flowers. But some ideas didn’t: including sound director Koji Kondo’s whacky idea for an “eight-heads-tall, life-sized, live-action Mario.” This wild idea for…

In back-to-back developer blogs published today, Nintendo answered a variety of questions about the upcoming 2D platformer Super Mario Bros. Wonder, including repeatedly confirming that it was not influenced by The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Despite receiving a significant graphical overhaul compared to New Super Mario Bros., developers working on…

Diablo IV fans will have to wait just a tiny bit longer to dig into Season of Blood, which is scheduled to launch today. Blizzard says that technical issues have forced it to delay the new vampire-driven season’s release by “a few hours.” “We have encountered some technical issues with…

This article features mild spoilers for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, though nothing players won’t become aware of beyond the opening hours of the game. A dataminer has found what they claim is a cut post-credits scene in Assassin’s Creed Mirage that sets up an even more complicated twist coming to the…

Skull Island: Rise of Kong is out today, October 17, and the $39.99 action adventure has already been called “the worst game of 2023”. Skull Island: Rise of Kong was developed by IguanaBee, the Chilean studio behind 2020’s G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout and Headsnatchers, and is published by Nickelodeon All-Star…

Lies of P has sold one million copies since going on sale last month, publisher Neowiz has said. Round8 Studio’s well-received soulslike launched on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, PC via Steam, and Mac via the Mac App Store on September 18. It reimagines…