Helldivers 2 Cutting Edge warbond is out, sparking fresh debate about the Illuminate faction

The passes aren’t time-sensitive, so there’s no rush to grind out the goods. Food for thought while waiting for the dropship! Don’t think too hard, mind you - it’s bad for your patriotism. Anyway, here’s a trailer breakdown of the Warbond’s contents.

March 14, 2024 · 1 min · 42 words · Tyler Johnson

Check out the trailer for this cyberpunk-noir detective game with a hard-boiled private dick

I shout “She had legs all the way up to her thighs!” and then laugh at myself. The trailer forNobody Wants To Dieseems like it’s self-seriousness is actually self-awareness. Little surprise that a serial killer is going around murdering New York’s elite. Critical support to them while I play as James to track them down. So it’s sort of a detectivepuzzlegame deal, rather than an action game. TheSteampage tells us that we will have access to a bunch of advanced cyberpunky gadgets to solve the crimes....

March 13, 2024 · 1 min · 97 words · Dustin Horton

Dark Souls 3 overhaul mod inspired by Demon Souls gets demo release date

If there was ever a reason to return to Dark Souls 3, this is probably it. Sometimes mods might nail the aesthetics but struggle to convey enemies and spaces with words - but not Archthrones.

March 13, 2024 · 1 min · 35 words · Daniel Miles

Discord aiming to make more games playable inside the client with new dev tools

I’m broadly up for things removing faff from getting casual hangout games running with pals. It does also have handy tools like drawing on a whiteboard or watching YouTube together. They even let you play with folks across the desktop, web client, and mobile clients. Now Discord want to open Activities up to all developers. On Monday the 18th, they will releasethe Embedded App SDK. Whether that will be attractive to developers, let alone financially worth it, remains to be seen....

March 13, 2024 · 1 min · 91 words · Angela Johnson

Ereban: Shadow Legacy's blend of Splatoon and Assassin's Creed releases in April

Other explicit inspirations includeMetal Gear,Aragamiand, yep, Assassin’s Creed. See, I’m not just in the business of forcing comparisons! There’s also a sequence in which Ayana has to weave a path through shadows thrown by whirring cogs. Ereban will be available onSteamand Epic Games Store, and again, it’s out 10th April.

March 13, 2024 · 1 min · 50 words · Mark Callahan

EVE Online dev CCP's blockchain "survival experience" Project Awakening is getting a closed playtest in May

The project is set in a region of space where civilization has collapsed. It tasks players with exploring and rebuilding a “broken world”. Our Jeremy Peelinterviewed CCP about all thisin October last year. you’re able to register for the Project Awakening closed playtesthere. There’s also anew lore docon the Project Awakening site which makes mention of celestial music and dead stars.

March 13, 2024 · 1 min · 61 words · Rachel Fitzgerald

Alleged leaked Spider-Man: The Great Web trailer shows off Insomniac's cancelled co-op spin-off

but I will do you the great honour of describing the footage below. The voiceover also makes mention of famed supervillain boyband the Sinister Six. One immediate point of comparison is Rocksteadys Suicide Squad game, which hasnot done too tremendously.

March 12, 2024 · 1 min · 40 words · Tony Owens

Best Dexterity weapons in Elden Ring

If you’ve invested yourrunesinto Dexterity, you’ll need a weapon that scales well with that stat. However, the power behind the Bloodhound’s Fang comes mostly from theBloodhound’s FinesseWeapon Skill. This skill essentially releases a devastating upward slash, after which, your Tarnished immediately takes a step back. This inflicts impressive damage whilst maintaining distance between yourself and enemies. This is a unique skill however, which means that itcannot be infusedwith different Ashes of War....

March 12, 2024 · 3 min · 481 words · Stephanie Graham

Former God of War and Star Wars devs team up to make new "single-player-focused action adventure"

Let me know if you have more luck. Asmussen has been talking about Giant Skull’s launch toGamesIndustry.biz. Apparently, the idea for the new studio came to him while he was working on Jedi: Survivor. “I really enjoyed my time at Respawn, and the Jedi team is incredible,” he said. “EA was a very supportive company. “The early days of Respawn was really fun,” Asmussen went on. “We were like a garage band....

March 12, 2024 · 1 min · 170 words · Jessica Rhodes

Helldivers 2 doesn't really have "stealth gameplay" - "it's just that everything just has to make sense"

As General Brasch might put it, the stench of deception is also the aroma of victory! There’s some follow-up chat on how much fun Arrowhead are having watching players experiment with the moving parts. Another excerpt: “We’re so surprised and happy by the reception of the game. Especially the combination of some of the milsim features that we bring to somewhat of an arcadey game. Mind you, Helldivers 2’s military simulation aspects also reflect personal experience of gadding about with military hardware....

March 12, 2024 · 1 min · 100 words · Elizabeth Mccormick

Helldivers 2 patch makes the toughest Terminids less frequent and easier to kill on higher difficulties

To that end we have reduced the spawn rate of Chargers and Bile Titans on difficulties 7 and up. In addition we have reduced the risk of spawn spikes of Chargers and Bile Titans. kindly note that we have changed the distribution of enemy types, not reduced difficulty. Expect other enemy types to appear in greater numbers instead. Alas, Helldivers 2 remains subject to a vicious infestation of Known Issues....

March 12, 2024 · 1 min · 206 words · Karen Burke

Almost a year after ending its open beta, MultiVersus will return on May 28th

Holy crossover, Batman! The crossover throwdown ofMultiVersuswill return to officially launch on the 28th of May, Warner Bros. announced today. So what have developers Player First Games been up to? It will boast “full cross-play and cross-progression support,” WB say. And yup, it’ll be free-to-play again. While Warner Bros. are bringing MultiVersus back, they’re also taking away a great many other games. Many other developers haven’t heard anything and don’t know if their games will be affected....

March 11, 2024 · 1 min · 77 words · Norman Irwin

Destiny 2 is crossing over with Ghostbusters next week, complete with a Slimer Ghost and Ecto-1

Speaking of,Destiny 2is getting Ghostbusters cosmetics next week! (Also, whats up with Slimers accordion arms?) Ecto-1, the other bit of Ghostbusters youre probably thinking of, will also show up. Will this be the one to finally let it rest in peace?

March 11, 2024 · 1 min · 41 words · Maria Shah