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Everything we know about Call of Duty: Vanguard
04-Nov-2021, 9:00 am
Sacha Loric
News
Call of Duty: Vanguard launches on November 5. Fight your way through Europe, North Africa, Russia, and the Pacific to stop the Axis threat.
Call of Duty: Vanguard is only days away from release, so it’s time to get hyped for another long-awaited sequel to a classic FPOV shooter. Developed by Sledgehammer Games, Vanguard pulls us back to World War II-era 1940s. Players will face combat on various fronts across the world: advancing through Eastern Europe, fighting sieges in Russia, blitzing enemy forces in North Africa, and scouring the Pacific islands. According to Activision, expect “breath-taking visual fidelity, a photorealistic world, lifelike characters and...
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Jen Oneal steps down as Blizzard co-leader
03-Nov-2021, 12:15 pm
Fyra Frost
News
Only three months after her appointment she resigns from her position with the company still in a big mess.
Three months was all the time needed for Jen Oneal to abandon her position as co-head of Blizzard. A lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing after an investigation that revealed stories of multiple women suffering harassment and abuse while working at Activision Blizzard led to a scandal that ended with J.Allen Brack stepping down as President of the company. Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra were appointed the new heads of the company in an attempt...
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Marvel's Avengers is not selling XP boosts anymore
03-Nov-2021, 9:00 am
Fyra Frost
News
Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix backpedal and remove pay-to-win items from Marvel's Avengers cash shop due to the pressure from the players.
When Crystal Dynamics announced that it would be possible to acquire XP Boosters for real cash, it didn't sit well with many Marvel's Avengers players. Microtransactions have always been a delicate matter in video games, especially when you can buy things that give you any type of advantage over other players. It does not matter if it's items that directly make your character more powerful, which obviously have an impact in a multiplayer environment or items that grant you additional...
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Choo-Choo Charles Pits You Against a Demonic Spider-Train
02-Nov-2021, 2:00 pm
Sacha Loric
News
In Two Star Game's Choo-Choo Charles, you get chased by a hideous man-eating train with giant spider legs.
Indie games have a lot to offer those brave enough to try them, and one game happens to be turning heads with its nightmarish scenario. In Two Star Games’ Choo-Choo Charles, you are being chased by an enormous, man-eating train with a hideous face and giant spider legs. You can check out its announcement trailer below.
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A second Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC is available today
02-Nov-2021, 12:00 pm
Fyra Frost
News
Wave 2: Age of Remembrance expands the content in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity with new characters, events, and more.
The fans of Link and Princess Zelda have found a comfortable home at Hyrule: Warriors Age of Calamity while they wait for the release of a new installment in the series that is more similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. After all, Age of Calamity offers quite a different experience leaving aside puzzles, platforms, and plenty of other RPG elements to focus on thrilling hack and slash combats. As a prequel of sorts to...
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Gold transfers got blocked in New World
02-Nov-2021, 9:00 am
Fyra Frost
News
Amazon Games disables transfers in order to prevent a massive economy crash in New World due to a gold dupe exploit.
New World players are having a rough time due to some bugs in the game. A gold dupe exploit in the recently launched MMORPG threatens with destabilizing the whole economy of the game. Even though a similar problem was detected and fixed not too long ago, it seems that Amazon Games has its hands full trying to solve issues after the game's release. First, it was the queues, which were expected. The developer finally managed to implement a character transfer...
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Age of Empires IV has a great launch on Steam
01-Nov-2021, 6:00 pm
Fyra Frost
News
Thousands of players have been enjoying Age of Empires IV after its launch and numbers keep increasing steadily.
All the indicators anticipated that Age of Empires IV was going to be a success. The return of one of the most long-lived and iconic series in the Real-Time Strategy genre was eagerly awaited by a lot of fans. The proof is that it's been one of the games most played on Steam last weekend following its launch. Age of Empires IV had almost 70,000 concurrent players on Steam, leaving far behind Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, which...
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The Dark Pictures Anthology's new chapter is The Devil in Me
01-Nov-2021, 12:00 pm
Fyra Frost
News
Filming a documentary about a famous murderer will lead to a completely unexpected and terrifying experience in The Devil in Me.
The fans of the horror games were in for a nice treat when the first chapter in The Dark Pictures Anthology was announced. Man of Medan offered the player a new type of cooperative horror experience but knowing that it would be followed by several other chapters guaranteed that the level of fun could only increase. The formula used in the games in The Dark Pictures Anthology is quite simple but at the same time incredibly effective in delivering a...
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Skyrim Anniversary Edition Releases Details
01-Nov-2021, 8:57 am
Sacha Loric
News
The 10th anniversary edition of this legendary game from Bethesda will feature a metric ton of content.
If there’s one thing we can rely on, it’s that Skyrim is forever. Bethesda Softworks has just announced some details on their Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition, coming out this November 11. They also welcome us back to Tamriel with this new video:
There’s a lot to unpack from the trailer. The Anniversary...
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DARQ is free on PC this week
29-Oct-2021, 3:00 pm
Fyra Frost
Free Games
Finding yourself trapped inside a nightmare in DARQ is one of the best ways of celebrating Halloween this week.
Halloween is the perfect time of the year to enjoy horror games. Epic Games knows it, and they have chosen suitable games to give away for free this week. Last week you could delve into the world of dreams thanks to Among the Sleep, which was available for free on Epic Games Store. This week the scenario is completely changed in DARQ, a horror adventure game that takes a completely different approach to that mysterious universe we visit when we...
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Battlefield 2042 Wows with 3 Enormous New Maps
29-Oct-2021, 1:00 pm
Sacha Loric
News
These three scenarios will serve as both an arena and an obstacle course for 128 players.
There’s no doubt that Battlefield 2042 is going to be big. With its 128-player versus battles that will include vehicles and flight suits, there’s no way they can go otherwise. Which is why EA has released details about three of its truly gigantic maps, with a glorious new gameplay video to showcase them.
As...
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Try Metroid Dread for free before buying
29-Oct-2021, 9:00 am
Fyra Frost
Demo
Join Damus Aran as she travels to Planet ZDR to deal with a parasite infestation in Metroid Dread free demo.
The huge popularity of the Metroid video game series and its protagonist Samus Aran are enough to grant the success of Metroid Dread. The new game was recently released for Nintendo Switch. It has had a very warm welcome from the players, who are already exploring every nook and cranny of the remote Planet ZDR looking for a way of getting rid of a dangerous parasite known as X.
Metroid Dread is a side-scrolling action game that features the...
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