As part of the ID@Xbox Digital Showcase, Poncle has released an amazing update for Vampire Survivors completely out of nowhere. The Laborratory updatedrops todayand is as bewildering as it is spectacular. I’m at a bit of a loss here because Poncle already does a better job at covering their big reveals than I could ever hope to. Whatever devious bastard they have in charge of their bulleted lists has them down to an artform....

Saber Interactive, the developer ofWarhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, has recently acquired a significant equity investment from two leading equity firms. The investment has allowed the developer to pay off its debt to holding company Embracer Group, pending an additional amount in late 2024/early 2025. Aleph Capital Partners and Crestview Partners made the investment in Saber Interactive. These are leading equity companies based in London and New York, respectively. The exact amount each company invested hasn’t been disclosed, but it must be quite a lot for the developer to be able to pay off Embracer Group, which acquired it in 2020....

InWorld of Warcraft: The War Within, one of the new Hero Talents for the Demon Hunter class is the Aldrachi Reaver. It is one of two Hero Talents available for Demon Hunter alongside Fel-Scarred. Aldrachi Reaver is available to both Havoc and Vengeance Demon Hunters. Here are all of the Hero Talents for Aldrachi Reaver Demon Hunters inWoW: The War Within. All Aldrachi Reaver Demon Hunter Hero Talents The Aldrachi warriors were the ultimate glaivemasters and wielded their blades with deadly grace, consuming souls and imbuing their weapons with greater power....

When I tell people (especially new game journos) about the “old E3,” I always point out what a crazy spectacle it was. Thinking of the last good one, E3 2006, my mind recalls images of scantily clad girls pushing their way through a crowd, handing out lollipops. Nerds gathered around standees and posed for pictures. Dozens of GameStop employees tried to look calm and collected, like they were supposed to be there....

Then keep it offline forever if you want The Xbox One was introduced as an always-online console, but by the time it’s in the consumer’s hands this November, it’ll be an “online for a minimum of 20 minutes” machine.Quite the drastic changefrom the system that we were shown in the early summer. Marc Whitten, Xbox One’s chief platform architect, recently toldIGNthat the console’s required first day update would take less than a half hour to install....

‘We love Banjo & Banjo fans though’ Playtonic Games has had a good run so far. After a very successful Kickstarter forYooka-Laylee, they also released their second game,Impossible Lair, which had a better reception with a more pared-down platformer approach. They seemed to really hit their stride and their publishing partnership with Team17 has endured over several years. So what are they doing next? That’s anyone’s guess! But it isn’t aBanjo-Kazooierevival....

The Blue Meanie When it comes to competitive multiplayer games, we all have our favorite characters and classes. In this series, I’m putting some of mine under the microscope to see what makes them tick, how they fit into their games, and ultimately why I like them! If you told me a few years ago that the fighting game I’d be spending the most time with in 2017 wasMortal Kombat X, I wouldn’t have believed you....

But don’t expect anything in December The Xbox One is a very different console than when it launched last November. Monthly updates to the user interface and operating system have made it significantly easier to navigate and have added a lot of requested features. Microsoft doesn’t plan on slowing that progress anytime soon. Xbox head Phil Spencer said on Major Nelson’s podcast that“as [Microsoft] roll(s) into 2015, we definitely have a road map for monthly updates....

Updated: June 21, 2025 We searched for new codes! The menacing evil force pulled all the fictional worlds into decades of darkness and despair. Who is going to save us all? The answer is, of course, you—the glorious protector of all things anime. If smacking enemies in tower defense games is your thing,Anime Vanguardsis waiting for you. When the perils of the battle become too much to handle, there’s something you’re able to always rely on....

Full launch sometime this spring The very large MMO about giant dinosaurs is coming to the platform that’s physically the smallest.ARK: Survival Evolvedis getting a mobile adaption. Developer Studio Wildcard just announced thatARKwill be released on both iOS and Android. The mobile version is being developed by War Drum Studios, which most recently created the mobile port ofBully. This take onARKwill be free-to-play, but a press release states that it’ll have the “full online survival experience” that’s found on PC and console....

I want to go For decades I’ve stared at this iconic picture of Link staring off into the distance at an idyllic countryside, and thought nothing of it. I mean maybe it wasn’t idyllic forhim, as Ganon was reigning over the land and that mountain in the background was actuallyDeath Mountain, but still. I’m staring at the picture more than ever this morning, as this post over on Reddit proves that this area is a real place you can go....

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Baywas awesome. It was one of the best games for the original Xbox, and was one of the only movie-to-game adaptations that was good. So why isn’t the original game backwards compatible with the 360? Is Microsoft too busy making moreBarbiegames backwards compatible? Actually, in this case, the blame goes to Starbreeze Studios for the lack of backwards compatibility. It’s not that Starbreeze didn’t try and make it backwards compatible, it’s just that it’s not really possible....

Her ability to apply Shock to targets at low intervals and massively buff its effect makes Grace both one of the Anomaly agents inZenless Zone Zeroand a cornerstone in many of the game’s best teams. However, the above can also make her one of the trickiest agents to build. After all, should you go all out on Anomaly Mastery and Proficiency or pay close attention to other stats? To help you energize the battlefield....