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Call Of Duty Cheat Providers Shut Down Ahead Of Verdansk's Return

By S.E. Doster - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 18:06

Four Call of Duty cheater providers have reportedly shut down, with the timing notably coming just ahead of the upcoming launch of Season 3 for Black Ops 6 and Warzone. Call of Duty has recently strug...

Split Fiction Movie Rights Up For Grabs In Hollywood Bidding War

By Zack Zwiezen - Kotaku | Mar 21, 2025 - 18:05

Just 15 weeks ago, EA and Hazelight announced sci-fi co-op game Split Fiction. Earlier this month, the game launched to rave reviews and is a massive success. And reportedly there’s now a bidding war...

Keychron keyboards are on sale at Best Buy for a limited time

By Alice Jovanée - Polygon | Mar 21, 2025 - 18:05

Keychron continues to match or exceed the performance of pricier gaming keyboards but at a fraction of what you might pay for comparable models from Logitech or Razer. If you’d like to update your set...

Free-To-Play Game Of Thrones RPG Launches On Steam Soon, But You'll Have To Pay

By Cameron Koch - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:55

Upcoming action-RPG Game of Thrones: Kingsroad may be free-to-play when it launches on mobile devices, but those who want to play on Steam as soon as possible will have to pay.Developer Netmarble anno...

A Jensen Huang-signed version of this golden Asus RTX 5090 will be auctioned off to support relief efforts for the California wildfires

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:45

All together now, in our best Mike Myers: Goooooooooooooold...

Nvidia CEO sets sights on making 'several hundred billion' dollars worth of electronics in the USA over the next four years, increasing the chance of your next GPU being made in America

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:38

Whether that will continue after that is anyone's guess.

'We all got laid off', says former Deck Nine narrative designer, after no-one was around to pick up Life is Strange: Double Exposure's GDC Awards win

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:31

Bleak.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the Steam Deck surprise of the year so far

By James Archer - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:26

Who can say what made Ubisoft change their minds on Steam Deck support for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the pretty good samurai stealther that previously stated an intention to go without. Perhaps a hi...

Monster Hunter Wilds' first free update will feature 'a whole host of new additions' and a majestic water wyvern for players to blow sky high

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:26

Bubble blowing double-baby Mizutsune is finally en route to the Forbidden Lands.

Get Rich Quick By Hunting Lowlifes In Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii

By Brandon Morgan - Kotaku | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:25

Upgrading stats and skills is one of the first mechanics you’ll learn in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. But it doesn’t come free. You’ll have to invest cash to improve your abilities. But sin...

Ichiban Kasuga makes like a dragonfish and joins Dave the Diver’s latest DLC on April 10th for some fisticuffs and a few rounds of karaoke

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:20

From diving to divekicks, the Yakuza crossover gets a release date, a dev vlog and a bunch of merch

Pokémon TCG Pocket Is Getting Even Rarer Cards To Hunt For

By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:05

Across Pokémon games, Shiny Pokémon are desired for their rarity. The most dedicated players spend hundreds of hours hunting for the variants to truly max out their collections. Pokémon TCG Pocket wil...

Check Out An Exclusive Look Of Disco Elysium Running On Mobile

By Evan Campbell - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:02

Disco Elysium is coming to mobile devices for the first time later this year, and we got exclusive hands (and thumbs) on with the new version of the RPG. This isn't a simple port whatsoever. In fact,...

I built a starship to play video games in

By Charlie Hall - Polygon | Mar 21, 2025 - 17:00

Around the middle part of 2024, just as a dire political season kicked off in earnest, I realized I needed to change my diet. Not the kind of food I ate, but the kind of news media I consumed and, mos...

All Assassin's Creed Shadows Tea Ceremony answers

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 16:55

Successfully infiltrate the tea ceremony to find the Golden Teppo.

The best early deals in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

By Cameron Faulkner - Polygon | Mar 21, 2025 - 16:45

Between Black Friday and Prime Day, Amazon already has fall and summer sales covered. Now, Amazon has turned spring into another opportunity to get deals on movies, gadgets for gaming and entertainmen...

You can win an MSI RTX 5080 in Taiwan if you collect nine dragon figurines given away with *checks notes* MSI RTX 50-series GPUs

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 16:30

You can also collect the figures on the second-hand market, which sounds like Pokémon with extra steps.

Colorful iGame RTX 5070 Ti Vulcan OC review

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 16:26

Pinning the moniker of the god of fire to an overclocked graphics card has gone about as well as you might expect.

PC Gamer vindicated by Swen Vincke: Larian boss calls Balatro his personal GOTY as it sweeps top prize from devs at GDC awards

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 16:26

All well and good that Balatro got its plaudits, but what truly matters here is that we were right.

After a controversial coding slip-up fed stalkers info on their victim's alts, FF14 wipes the slate clean to try and fix its mistakes

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 16:14

Better late than never.

A fond farewell to Katharine Castle

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 16:03

Hey everyone, I'm very sorry to say that this week is Katharine Castle's last at Eurogamer - and in games journalism as a whole! - as she's heading off into the world of game development. Read m...

Look Outside is a survival horror RPG where you absolutely should not look outside

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 16:00

Though you should talk to the monsters.

Pokémon TCG Pocket's next booster pack adds Shiny Pokémon

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:56

Shiny Pokémon are coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket as part of the game's next themed booster pack, Shining Revelry, which launches next week on Thursday, 27th March. Read more

9 New Game Reveals You Missed From The Future Spring Showcase

By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:55

Spring has arrived and the equinox was marked by a marathon Future Games Showcase that included a bunch of new trailers for upcoming games and expansions. The event also included first-time reveals f...

Overwatch 2: The Best Perk Choices For Tank Heroes

By Samuel Moreno - Kotaku | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:55

Overwatch 2 introduced some big changes last in February, 2025. The all new Perk system is perhaps the most significant. It offers each hero two pairs of unique buffs to choose between. Some provide i...

Too big for Steam Deck? Many triple-A games are unplayable on Valve's handheld

By Oliver Mackenzie - Eurogamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:53

Valve's Steam Deck pushes out impressive frame-rates in a wide range of software - up to and including a range of current generation exclusives. A broad array of demanding games are at least playab...

Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Says AI Could "Destroy" The Reputation Of Game Companies

By Eddie Makuch - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:43

Baldur's Gate 3 actor Samantha Beart, who played Karlach, has spoken out against artificial intelligence technologies being used for short-term gain. Speaking to Edge, Beart said CEOs want to use AI t...

Razer's Seiren V3 Streaming Mic And BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless Headset Get Big Discounts At Amazon

By Jon Bitner - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:43

Razer products are often at the top of their class but also tend to be quite expensive, with hefty price tags that reflect their premium nature. However, if you've been eyeing Razer's Seiren V3 Chroma...

This fighter is Marvel Vs Capcom for classic mecha anime sickos, launching into early access with a strategy RPG story mode on its heels

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:37

Who needs Ryu and Ken when you’ve got Koji Kabuto and Ryoma Nagare?

Microsoft announces DirectX Raytracing 1.2 claiming 'game changing' performance benefits but it looks like the important stuff is already in Nvidia's RTX GPUs, even the old ones

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:37

Is Microsoft tracing Nvidia's already-trodden path...?

Severance Renewed For Third Season, Surprising No One

By Kenneth Shepard - Kotaku | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:35

In news that will surprise almost no one who watched Severance’s season two finale last night, Apple TV+ has renewed the dystopian workplace thriller for a third season. Yeah, it could have been a bol...

Microsoft crawls back to Steam ahead of schedule by leaking a screenshot of an app where you can launch Steam games through Xbox

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:35

Maybe it'll be good? Maybe?

Assassin's Creed Shadows canon mode explained

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:30

Take some responsibility off your shoulders by having Naoe and Yasuke make the choices for you.

Assassin's Creed Shadows guided exploration explained

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:30

Take away the guesswork when tracking your targets.

Assassin's Creed Shadows immersive mode explained

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:30

Immersive yourself in Shadows' sixteenth-century Japan.

Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Adds Shiny Pokemon Later This Month

By Darryn Bonthuys - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:25

Shiny Pokemon are on the way to Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, and fans of these ultra-rare pocket monsters can expect to see them later this month. These sought-after Pokemon can be found through...

Cyberpunk 2077 Is Getting Its Own Arcade Game

By Blair Marnell - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:22

Near the end of 2024, CD Projekt Red shifted away from Cyberpunk 2077 updates as the developer focused on putting The Witcher 4 into full production. There will be a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, but it's ye...

Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Take You A Whopping 60 Hours To Finish, And That's If You Rush

By Brandon Morgan - Kotaku | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:15

You could easily spend hundreds of hours on a single playthrough for the past few RPG-oriented titles in the Assassin’s Creed series, those being Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. It’s been a a bit too...

Xbox App Update Will Show Your Steam And Epic Games - Report

By George Yang - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:15

Microsoft has recently revealed a new UI mockup for Xbox that shows what games players own across a variety of devices and storefronts, including Steam.As spotted by The Verge, Microsoft posted a new...

Atomfall review

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:00

A trip through the British countryside takes a nasty turn.

Atomfall review

By Tom Orry - Eurogamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:00

Not long after I'd started college I found myself accidentally walking into an ongoing lesson. I can't remember what was being taught, but I do remember the faces of 20-odd near-adults turning to loo...

Dive into Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium's exhilarating new update [Aphelion]

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:00

Recruit the ice-cold leader Klukai, engage in new game modes and more.

Atomfall review

By James Archer - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 21, 2025 - 15:00

The villagers of Wyndham are miserable. Stuck in a military cordon with little to do except look up at the exploded power plant that put them there, escape made even less feasible by the bandits and...

Why Anthropic’s Claude still hasn’t beaten Pokémon

By Kyle Orland - Ars Technica | Mar 21, 2025 - 14:49

Weeks later, Sonnet's "reasoning" model is struggling with a game designed for children.

Assassin's Creed Shadows Reaches Impressive Milestone In Just One Day

By Darryn Bonthuys - Gamespot | Mar 21, 2025 - 14:45

Assassin's Creed Shadows is off to a strong start on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, as the game reached 1 million players within hours of launch, Ubisoft says. Concurrent players on PC via Steam for it...

The first non-Steam Deck SteamOS handheld is now available for preorder, and Lenovo may be aiming for the ROG Ally X's throne

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 14:27

The SteamOS model takes a price cut on the recent Windows one.

Is Steam coming to Xbox?

By Oli Welsh - Polygon | Mar 21, 2025 - 14:22

Microsoft seems intent on tearing down the norms of game-industry competition between platforms. Not content with publishing precious first-party games on rival consoles, it now looks as though Xbox i...

Ghoul players in Fallout 76 are starting to place their camps in the most radioactive areas of the map, and regular humans aren't happy: 'I had to inject 30+ radaway into my veins'

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 14:19

Only for the children of atoms.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s Costa del Sol gives so much wanderlust it hurts

By Ari Notis - Polygon | Mar 21, 2025 - 14:00

I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: Polygon is weird. I can’t think of a single person on staff (besides me, obviously) who knows how to properly enjoy good weather. My coworkers openly celebrate...

Friendship ended with human race: Boffins declare the 'meme Turing test' has been passed, and AI is now making funnier captions on average than you useless lumps

By PC Gamer | Mar 21, 2025 - 13:46

But it might also be something to do with people enjoying 'bad' memes.