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Arc Raiders goes full-friendly PvE tomorrow with new Shared Watch event: "Team up with strangers, turn your barrels on the machines, and earn rewards"
It’s not the dedicated PvE mode that, I maintain, would actually be a terrible idea, but Arc Raiders is really leaning into PvE with a new limited-time event called Shared Watch.Quietly announced on social media channels like X/Twitter on Monday, Shared Watch will run from Tuesday, February 10 through Tuesday, February 24, giving players two weeks to engage in extra-jolly cooperation.With the subtext of, “Please stop shooting each other for 10 minutes please God,” developer Embark Studios writes: “You watch my back, I’ll watch yours – that’s how Speranza keeps ticking. You may like “Join your fellow Raiders in celebrating…
Helldivers 2 rolls out the cyborgs as a barrage of bloodcurdling binary heralds the Machinery of Oppression update
Grab your exploding hammer if you’ve invested in one, Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead have revealed a trio of new cyborg enemies which’ll be deploying on the battlefield as the shooter’s forever war shifts into a battle to conquer Cyberstan. Well, I say new, these metal-augmented marauders will be plenty familiar if you’re a veteran of the first Helldivers.
Discord confirms global age verification rollout, will trigger default restricted settings next month
It’s been on the horizon for some time, but Discord just officially confirmed it’s rolling out age verification measures globally, starting from next month. Due to specific laws in countries such as the United Kingdom, some Discord users have already jumped through the age verification hoops to access the platform’s full suite of features and adult content. However, this will now be enforced on all users worldwide. As part of Discord’s “long-standing commitment to creating a safer and more inclusive experience for users over the age of 13,” it will soon be enabling “teen-by-default settings” for those that are yet…
Riot Games has announced it’s downsizing the development team behind its League of Legends fighting game 2XKO, just weeks after it left early access and launched for consoles.In a statement, the developer said that, following its full launch on January 21, the free-to-play title “hasn’t reached the level needed support a team of this size long term”.Executive producer Tom Cannon claimed that affected employees would be supported either with roles on different teams or a “minimum” of 6 months of notice pay and severance.The scale of layoffs isn’t yet clear, but former producer Patrick Miller claimed on BlueSky that he’d…
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined is having a great time on Steam as players flock to the cult classic JRPG, but Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D still reigns supreme
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined is enjoying series-high player numbers and great reviews on Steam, but there’s one game keeping it from being the franchise’s biggest launch on the platform: Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D, which is still ahead by a wide margin.Specifically, we’re talking about Steam’s tracking of peak concurrent players. Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined has managed an all-time peak player count of 27,390 as of yesterday – likely to be its highest peak as it happened the weekend after launch – while Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D’s peak from its November 2024 launch is 45,357, quite the jump from 7 Reimagined.As…
If you want nothing more than to hollow out a brutalist alien monolith, then tower defence mining game Iter-8 is for you
I’m just a tiny mining droid trying to carve an upward path through the brutalist monolith that dominates the skyline. Not hurting anyone, am I? Yet, I’d be making much better progress if it weren’t for the pesky red-eyed monsters that keep attacking my base. They’re just afraid of change – NIMBYs the lot of them. Every few floors I climb, I have to race home to blast the incoming creeps with my base’s gun turret. But then that’s the ever-present challenge of Iter-8, the latest half-mining game, half tower defence game to have stolen my attention.
Let's all punch some Nazis as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, plus all its DLC, is cheaper than ever
Like the satisfyingly fast crack of a whip, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle instantly entered my list of the best action-adventure games. Even over a year later, I still look back at my time as Indy with fondness and a further love for the character than ever before. It’s got everything: exploration, historical sites, beating up Nazis, and this gem of a new chapter for our beloved Dr Jones is nothing short of a fantastic time. If you’ve been waiting to give it a try, the full experience so far is cheaper than ever at Fanatical, so you have…
Working with Final Fantasy is like "deciphering sacred texts," says veteran JRPG composer: "I feel my posture straighten every time I engage with Final Fantasy music"
There’s not much to say about Nobuo Uematsu’s iconic Final Fantasy 7 music that hasn’t already been said by people much more qualified than me, but veteran JRPG composer Yasunori Nishiki is in the unique position to offer genuinely novel insights.Nishiki, primarily known as the main composer for Octopath Traveler, also handled various arrangements for Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth, including Rebirth’s versions of One-Winged Angel and Hollow Skies, and he recently opened up to RPG Site about what it was like having a hand in adapting such a beloved score.”Final Fantasy music is something that’s legendary to me,…
A recent update to Steam allows developers to list a planned 1.0 release date for their Early Access games. While developers have always been free to share this information in blog posts or in the description on the store, in the past, they couldn’t flag a game’s planned release so clearly. While this might seem like a small change, I’m thrilled to see it. Steam Early Access can be an excellent tool for developers, allowing them to put their game into players’ hands and earn money without waiting until it’s ready for a 1.0 release, but it can be a…
Like any of the best soulslikes, Nioh 3 can be frustrating. Learning attack patterns and using the right gear to take on foes of all sizes, from those little demonic creatures to the large yokai, is part of the core experience. Luckily, Nioh 3 also manages to strike a balance between stress and excitement, grabbing my attention for hours on end as I slash my way through Team Ninja’s latest entry in the franchise. If you’re hoping to score this triple-A game for free, well, our latest giveaway could be the prime opportunity for one lucky player. Nioh 3 features…