Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke says he’s made significant progress drafting the first act of an upcoming project. TheBaldur’s Gate 3director shared the news in an update on X (formerly Twitter), but he told fans not to expect an official announcement about the title in the near future. “Been a great morning! After 4 months of rewriting and rewriting and abandoning ideas and then revisiting them, finally figured out what act 1 on this thing I’ve been working on needs to be,” hewrote....

Bethesda has announced several promotions running in October to coincide with the Fallout franchise’s 25th anniversary this month. The publisher said on Monday that it’s planning a month-longcelebrationof the series featuring “special events”, developer retrospectives, sales and community giveaways. Upcoming promotions include a seven-dayFallout 76free trial, which will begin this week and conclude on October 10. Bethesdawill be offering “deep discounts across the entire Fallout franchise” with an anniversary sale running until October 12 onXboxandPlayStationconsoles, and until October 18 onSteam....

BioWare has confirmed that a number of Mass Effect trilogy veterans are working on the next entry in the series. Project director Mike Gamble, who’s tasked with envisioning the future of the Mass Effect franchise, introduced several team members onTwitterfollowing the release of the firstMass Effect 4 teaser trailerlast week. Dusty Everman, principal narrative designer for the next Mass Effect, and creative director Parrish Ley, both rejoinedBioWarethis year to work on the series....

The first official gameplay trailer for the upcoming Blair Witch game has been released. Announced at E3 in June, the first-person psychological horror title is in the works at Layers of Fear studioBloober Teamand Lionsgate Games. It sees players take on the role of Ellis, a former police officer who has joined the search for a missing boy in the Black Hills Forest near Burkittsville, Maryland, accompanied by his canine companion Bullet....

Cloud Cannons and Rabbit Chases Cat Shines are the subjects of this guide, in which we break down each Cat Shine and its location within this region of Bowser’s Fury and Lake Lapcat. Rabbit Chase Cat Shines By the end of this guide, you’ll knowwhere to find Cloud Cannons and Rabbit Chases Cat Shines, and for other regions you can click back to ourCat Shine locations guidefor the other locations....

Lost Toads locations are the subject of this guide, in which we break down each missing Toad and its location within Bowser’s Fury and Lake Lapcat. Bowser’s Fury Lost Toads locations By the end of this guide, you’ll knowwhere to find the Lost Toads, and for other collectibles you can click back to ourCat Shine locations guidefor Cat Shines, Kittens and more. Toad Brigade: Lost Leader Once you get 50 Shines and defeat Fury Bowser to see the ending, a number of Toads appear on the map....

Call of Duty: Mobile’s Zombies mode will be cut from the game this month. Explaining the move,Activisionsaid the mode hasn’t reached its desired quality level followingits introduction in November, when it was announced as a limited time experience. “After extensive evaluation we are sharing that Zombies Mode is being removed on March 25th,”it said. “We had always mentioned it was limited but with no explicit end-date. “We wanted to see the reception, see the feedback, and see how we can potentially shape the mode for the future....

Activision has today announced that its new anti-cheat software, Ricochet, will debut alongside Call of Duty: Vanguard, and then later in Warzone with it’s Pacific update. In apostWednesday 13 October to the Call of Duty blog, the developer detailed how the new system will work. “The Ricochet Anti-Cheat initiative is a multi-faceted approach to combat cheating, featuring new server-side tools which monitor analytics to identify cheating, enhanced investigation processes to stamp out cheaters, updates to strengthen account security, and more....

Call of Duty players are facing a familiar frustration this weekend as Vanguard’s cross-platform multiplayer beta appears to have already been targeted by cheaters. As seen in the social media videos below, less than 48 hours into the console andPCtest, several players already seem to have encountered players using cheats to auto aim on opponents. Cheating and hacks have been a major issue in recent Call of Duty games, to the extent that a new anti-cheat system isbeing marketed as one of the key featuresofVanguard....

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has shipped 1 million units according to developer Sandfall Interactive, and that doesn’t include players who’ve played the game on Game Pass. The developer has announced that the game, the studio’s debut title, has shipped one million copies, noting that this number includes physical copies shipped to stores rather than one million copies directly sold to consumers. The number of players reached by the game is likely far higher thanks to its inclusion on Game Pass on both console andPC, however, Sandfall has yet to release those numbers publicly....

Bloober Team has released the first gameplay trailer for its new IP, Cronos: The New Dawn. The game takes place across two time periods, “the grim ruins of a post-apocalyptic future as well as in 1980s-era Poland.” Cronos, which was announced in October, is set for release later in 2025 onPlayStation 5,Xbox Series X/S, andPC. No specific release date has been announced. A new gameplay trailer, which can be seen below, shows off the first extended gameplay of the forthcoming survival horror game....

Dead Rising knew exactly what it was. Keiji Inafune’s B-movie zombie smash-em-up is a quintessential Xbox 360 game. A relic of the transition from SD to HD, while some companies focused on hyper-realistic graphics that have aged terribly, Capcom focused on shoving as many zombies on screen as possible. From a core gameplay perspective, Dead Rising is just as fun to play in 2024 as it was in 2006, a testament to its simple loop, and campy slapstick horror....

A new trailer for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach has been debuted at Summer Game Fest. Death Stranding 2: On The Beachis due for release at the end of June, and as part of a world tour, directorHideo Kojimaappeared atSummer Game Festto show a trailer for the game. The clip features Luca Marinelli as Neil, and Alyssa Jung as Lucy, who will both feature in key roles in the game....