Apex Legends devs dole out nearly 6,000 hardware bans in anti-cheat crackdown on “malicious bad actors”

Respawn Entertainment has shared another update from Apex Legends‘ anti-cheat team, stating that since the end of April, “nearly 6,000 hardware bans across PC and console” have been issued in the shooter game. This follows on from their previous announcement in May of 139,697 bans across all platforms Apex Legends is playable on, covering a…

Lord of the Rings Hunt for Gollum first footage released

Actor-director Andy Serkis is back in the motion capture suit and behind the camera for next year’s The Lord of the Rings spinoff The Hunt for Gollum. While we still have more than a year to wait to see how The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum turns out, Warner Bros. Pictures offered…

Digimon Story Time Stranger Review (Switch 2)

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Docked) It’s safe to say that, while they’re often unfairly compared as franchises, Digimon and Pokémon have diverged in recent years. Game Freak has stuck to the same mechanical loop, taking the odd risk with its tried and true formula, while Digimon has pushed into story-driven adventures with darker themes…

Techland Cancels PlayStation 4 And Xbox One Versions Of Dying Light: The Beast

Techland launched Dying Light: The Beast last September for current consoles and PC, but had planned to bring the game to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at a later date. Unfortunately for players on those platforms, those plans have been axed. The developer/publisher posted on X stating that it will no longer bring Dying Light:…

A forgotten dungeon crawler from the Baldur’s Gate era is coming to Steam and GOG for the first time ever

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor launched in 2001 amidst the isometric D&D resurgence powered by the success of the Baldur’s Gate games. Alas, it did not fare quite as well, because—bluntly—it wasn’t great. It faded into memory fairly quickly, recalled occasionally by die-hard fans of the genre and not many others, but never…

PlayStation Store Refunds Being Issued for Canceled PS4 Game

A game that’s recently been canceled on the PlayStation 4 is giving fans their money back. The game was released last year, but will not be making its way to older consoles. Dying Light: The Beast won’t be on PS4, but you can get your money back In a recent post on social media, developer Techland confirmed…

Ex-PlayStation Boss Wants ‘Xbox To Get Some Of Its Mojo Back’

The “console wars” have largely been relegated to the past, and are, probably rightfully, the butt of jokes nowadays. But in a world where Xbox seems to be actively shriveling up into a husk of itself, I think there’s at least a little real nostalgia to be had for a time when it was a…

Where to find hardwood in Palworld

You are constantly barrelling through upgrades in Palworld, and there’s always something else to reach for in that tech tree. One ingredient you’ll soon come across is hardwood, and it’s a bit of a doozy because it isn’t something accessible near the starting areas, and there isn’t a logging site to farm it from base….

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Developer Ubisoft Barcelona Goes On Strike To Protest Layoffs

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced launched last week, on July 9, and one of the various Ubisoft studios behind its development is facing impending layoffs, despite the remake’s early success. Ubisoft Barcelona, which is responsible for the game’s underwater exploration and tech, is set to lose 51 employees in the coming weeks as part of…

Activision’s Latest Call Of Duty Announcement Is Upsetting And Bewildering Fans

Activision has announced that the leaderboards and combat records for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) are being “permanently disabled” ahead of Modern Warfare 4’s release in October. Activision said it’s doing this “as we optimize backend services” in the lead-up to MW4’s launch. The announcement…