Many open world games have a ‘step out into the world’ moment—remember that feeling of leaving the vault in Fallout 3? Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trades the dirty, cramped slums of Midgar for the open plains of The Planet. Seeing the light of the unblocked sun spill onto verdant greenery for the first time truly hammers home why these eco-terrorists are fighting Shinra tooth and nail. During a recent preview event, VGC went hands-on with chapters one and two of the upcoming Rebirth, which is out February 29....

DICE has revealed the first details on Battlefield 2042’s next two seasons of live content and launched a free game trial. While publisherEAoriginally committed to releasing four seasons of content forBattlefield 2042over the course of a year,DICErecently confirmed that additional content was in the works too. And in newblog post, the studio has officially confirmed plans to launch a fifth season in 2023. Season 3launched on November 22, when the game alsojoined the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Playsubscription services, and it’s set to introducea reworked class-based systemin early 2023....

Epic Games has launched Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 7, which is titled Invasion. The game’s latest season brings an alien invasion to theFortnite’s island, and with it a range of new gameplay features. For a start, players who get caught by a UFO (Saucer) will be transported to a random location on the Island. However, if players manage to shoot down a Saucer, they can pilot the alien craft and command both its abduction beam and energy cannon....

Nintendo has a history of releasing games that encourage creativity in their players. Going as far back as Mario Paint on the SNES and the Game Boy Camera, Nintendo has always dabbled with giving players the chance to come up with their own ideas, rather than simply experiencing the ones thought up by its own developers. In recent years these efforts have culminated in a number of titles designed to specifically let players create works that are actually playable games in their own right....

Ghost of Yotei has been announced. Announced duringSony‘sState of Play, the game is being developed bySucker Punch. A brief trailer teased that the game will see the protagonist being hunted by Ronin in Northern Japan. It’s currently unclear whether the game should be considered the secondGhost of Tsushimagame, or a spin-off similar toSpider-Man: Miles Morales. “In 1603, a new Ghost named Atsu sets out on a journey in the lands surrounding Mount Yōtei, an area filled with sprawling grasslands, snowy tundras, and unexpected dangers,” the game’s description reads....

The Season 2 premiere of HBO’s The Last of Us series outpaced Season 1’s by 10% on Sunday, according to the network. The second season debuted this weekend, with the first episode being broadcast in the US on Sunday night. In the UK, the show was simulcast at 2 am on Monday on Sky Atlantic. In the US, the episode reached 5.3 million “same-day cross-platform viewers”, according to HBO (viaDeadline), beating the 4....

Helldivers 2’s latest premium Warbond has been revealed Warbond – Polar Patriots will be released forPlayStation 5andPCon May 9. The DLC will include new weapons, armour, emotes and capes, which are showcased in the reveal trailer below. Here’s a round-up of the upcoming weapons, straight from thePlayStation Blog: Helldivers 2ranks 7th in lifetime US dollar salesforSonypublished games after just two months of availability. That’s according to research firm Circana, which published its US games industry sales report for March on Wednesday....

Ubisoft has shared the first official gameplay for standalone free-to-play game The Division Heartland, and opened beta registration for mobile title Resurgence. The publisher announcedThe DivisionHeartland in May 2021, when it said development of the “standalone experience” was being led byRed Storm Entertainmentfor release onPC,PlayStationandXboxconsoles. Players can sign up for future closed tests atthedivisiongame.com. “This standalone free-to-play The Division game introduces new playable characters in a rural setting, far from the events in New York and Washington D....

Martha is Dead, the upcoming game from Wired Productions and LKA has had content removed in the PS5 and PS4 versions of the game, it has been announced. In a statement posted to Twitter, the team claimed that theXboxandPCversions of the game would be unaffected. However exactly, which content has been removed fromPlayStationplatforms was not disclosed. “Martha is Deadis a narrative adventure recommended for adult audiences only, with play consisting of potentially discomforting scenes and themes that may distress some players....

Hogwarts Legacy puzzle doors are hidden all over Hogwarts Castle. As you explore the school, you’ll find severalHogwarts Legacypuzzle doorsand, in order to open them and unlock what’s inside, you’ll have to solve a number puzzle. While thepuzzle doorsthemselves seem like basic math, an annoying quirk about the numbers the symbols around the door represent is easy to miss if you don’t find the right instruction. We’ll also tell you what there is to find behind theHogwarts Legacypuzzle doorsand if they’re worth going after....

Latest update28th Jun 2024 / 8:00 pm With Dawntrail now live in early access, we’ve updated this guide with a handy map. If you’re looking to channel your inner anime hero inFinal Fantasy XIV‘s Dawntrail expansion, you’ll want to knowhow to unlock the Viper class in FFXIVafter the big 7.0 update. Starting at level 80, which is where the prior expansion kicked off, you won’t have to worry about starting with too few Viper skills to make things interesting: unless you decide to run through the accelerated levelling experience that is Palace of the Dead....

The next Nintendo Direct live stream will take place today and you‘ll be able to watch events unfold live here. Nintendorecently confirmed that Thursday’s showcase will begin at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm GMT / 4pm CEST andlast for approximately 40 minutes. “Mostly focused onNintendo Switchgames releasing this winter”, the Direct presentation will be viewable on YouTube, and we’ve embedded the stream at the top of this page....

Gamer Network, the family of games media brands including Eurogamer and GamesIndustry.biz, has been acquired by IGN Entertainment. The UK-based games media company has been acquired for an unknown sum from ReedPop, the Pax and New York Comic-Con organiser, which acquired it in 2018. The news was shared on Tuesday, along with confirmation that the acquisition would result in redundancies across the organisation. Events such as EGX and MCM will remain with ReedPop....