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A new Helldivers 2 patch has arrived ahead of the slightly delayed Redacted Regiment warbond also making its sneaky debut today, January 22nd. In line with that warbond’s stealthy shushness, this patch has seen Arrowhead add in new commando missions designed to reward those who know when to crouch-walk. They’ve also revealed that the slim build that’s been in beta for a little while is finally ready to take the reigns from the standard version and its very chunky install size.

It looks like Hytale, after a reasonably successful launch, isn’t resting on its laurels. The Minecraft-like has already released a substantial update, with another, even larger one arriving imminently. However, after sharing the patch notes for Hytale Update 2, Hypixel Studios head Simon Collins-Laflamme has had to give some clarification on the new grimoire to stop “Reddit going full panic mode.” Hytale is a process; it’s an evolving building game that is looking to be as adaptable as possible, both in terms of modding and in audience participation. Collins-Laflamme is in a constant back-and-forth on X with players, taking suggestions…

The fourth annual Xbox Developer Direct will be shown later today, promising a closer look at some of Xbox’s biggest games of the year.Xbox first held a Developer Direct in January 2023, and has since returned with it every January to show off some of its upcoming releases.While the Xbox Games Showcases held in the summer tend to focus on quantity – with trailers and reveals of a large number of games – Developer Directs tend to instead offer deeper dives on a smaller selection of games.This year developer Playground Studios will be the main focus, with two of its…

Return to Silent Hill has sent us back to the bad old days of video game movies with an unspeakably low Rotten Tomatoes score.As of writing, the horror – which adapts the story of Konami’s seminal Silent Hill 2 – is sitting at 6% on the reviews aggregator.Our own Return to Silent Hill review was similarly unkind to the adaptation. Our reviewer wrote, “Return to Silent Hill’s nonsensical story strips its 2001 source material of all moral and emotional complexity, leaving only elementary shock value from its original story of a widower tortured by guilt.” You may like In a…

Ubisoft’s bloodbath of game cancellations and restructuring yesterday has attracted the expected fiery response from unionised workers, with the French game industry union Solidaires Informatique calling a half-day strike today. Cost-cutting and potential layoffs aside, the strikers are protesting against Ubisoft’s decision to mandate a full return to office, with workers given an annual allowance of work from home days instead – something a publisher executive has justified as a move “to enhance collective efficiency” and “the sense of belonging”.

Verdict Significantly cheaper than Valve’s Steam Deck Docking Station, the Jsaux 5-in-1 Docking Station has one less USB port than the official version at less than a third of the price. It’s also well-built and smart-looking, making it an easy recommendation. Pros Fantastic value Great build quality Loads of connections Fits wide range of gaming handhelds Cons Xbox Ally X doesn’t fit in it One less USB port than Valve’s dock Valve’s Steam Deck Dock is a great addition to your Steam Deck setup, if you need an easy way to connect your device to a TV and other peripherals…

Nintendo continues to slowly update its big Switch 2 launch game, this time with an update adding team races to Mario Kart World’s most chaotic mode.The 1.5.0 update drifted into the kart racer earlier today, and the headlining feature is that Nintendo “added team races to Knockout Tour when playing in a room during ‘Online Play’ and ‘Wireless Play.'”The rules remain largely the same as team races in other Mario Kart World modes, with team members adding to a shared score based on their placement at the end of the race while the highest-scoring team nabs the trophy. I imagine…

With their latest Fallout modathon having wrapped up at the close of last year, mod-hosting site Nexus Mods have decided to try something new with their latest event designed to supercharge mod creation around a specific game or theme. Rather than asking folks to submit fresh individual mods like usual, the modathon that’s about to kick off is all about putting together chunky multi-mod lists which can overhaul a game in one fell swoop. These user-assembled modlists, dubbed Collections, are a feature Nexus Mods have been pushing for a number of years now, so it’s not surprising they’re now serving…

Verdict The Jsaux Carrying Case is a great quality general purpose case for the Steam Deck and other gaming handhelds. Its extra depth means you can carry your power supply and cables inside, and it’s just about big enough for the Xbox Ally X too. Built to last yet super cheap, it’s a great option if you want all your portable gaming gear in one case. Pros Great build quality Extra capacity for power supply and cables Amazing value Cons Bulkier than standard Steam Deck case The official Steam Deck case is great. It provides excellent protection for your Deck…

Mario Kart World has received a free update which adds team racing to its popular Knockout Tour mode.Knockout Tour is the Switch 2 game’s signature mode, and has 24 players racing through a series of tracks in a single end-to-end race.Checkpoints mark the transition to each track, and players below a certain position are eliminated when they reach these checkpoints, eventually whittling the pack down to four players for the final phase.If players reach the end, Knockout Tour races last more than 10 minutes, but because there’s only one winner at the end this means there are 23 players who…