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With the release of Baldur’s Gate 3 just around the corner, RPG enthusiasts of all ages are re-discovering the whole franchise. Baldur’s Gate was one of the earliest games to bring Dungeons & Dragons mechanics to the world of role-playing video games, including everything from classes to items and moral alignments. The recent release of Baldur’s Gate Enhanced for tablets and phones is part of an effort to reach out to old and new fans alike....

Rare and Dlala Studios’ Battletoads is a game with gameplay that can prove difficult for newer players to the franchise. Whether it’s the game’s infamous turbo bike sections, where Battletoads players have already wrecked over 10 million turbo bikes or the vicious character brawler sections, some players could use some pointers on how to survive. Players wanting to give themselves an edge in the boss fight with Axeley in Act 2 will only need to learn one little secret that will also net them an achievement in the process....

Before Your Eyes is an experience unlike any other. As opposed to clicking your way through each scene as you might do in a more conventional game, progression is almost entirely mapped to blinking. After playing through Before Your Eyes, I got the chance to sit down with game director Oliver Lewin and lead programmer Bela Messex in order to discuss how the team invented, iterated on, and ultimately implemented the functions necessary for creating such a unique experience in the first place....

Bethesda announces their plans for the Bethesda E3 Showcase 2016, their second annual E3 keynote. Expect details on Dishonored 2 and the future of Fallout 4. January 2016 has come to an end and as February begins there’s clearly one thing on everyone’s mind. E3? Yes, with four and a half months left until the most hyped video game convention of the year, it’s clear that planning and scheduling must begin now....

Multiple Bethesda games are receiving FPS boosts as they arrive on Xbox Game Pass. With Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda now complete, things are finally officially being put in motion. Along with teases and announcements being made, videos being put forward, and more, a bevy of Bethesda games have entered Xbox Game Pass; and some of them have added performance boosts on Xbox Series X|S. A remarkable 20 Bethesda Games are now on Xbox Game Pass as a part of the Bethesda welcome party to the Xbox family....

It’s been almost 30 years since Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted Theodore Logan rocked out in Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, but Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are back in this summer’s Bill & Ted Face the Music as the iconic duo, spurred to action once more when a visitor from the future tells them one of their songs can save the world and bring harmony to the universe....

When a game developer says something like “procedurally-generated map,” we’re immediately going to think of games like Diablo 3 or No Man’s Sky, where every time you play the game you’ll see something new and different. In procedural generation, computers use an algorithm to randomly create something. It might be a creature in Spore, a planet in Deep Rock Galactic, or an entire galaxy in Stellaris. Starfield will also feature procedural generation, but it won’t be quite the same....

All gamers love a good Pokémon game, especially when it comes to the originals. The games Pokémon Red and Pokemon Blue are fan favorites because they incorporate classic Pokémon fun. Players meet up with Professor Oak and he explains that it is too dangerous to travel without a Pokémon. Players then choose from the famous three starters Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur. They begin with the Pokémon of their choice and battle other Pokémon throughout their travels including Professor Oak’s grandson’s Pokémon....

Call of Duty: Warzone has been a hit with players as it has brought the mechanics of the reboot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to a battle royale game mode. Although there have been critics of Warzone, the free-to-play mode has largely been acclaimed. However, Warzone has had glitches and it seems that a professional player has experienced an odd occurrence after being sent to the Gulag. The Gulag adds pressure as it is where players who have been killed in Warzone fight to be redeployed on the map....

A new update brought back popular multiplayer game modes, but Call of Duty: Warzone fans got a separate surprise. Although the patch did fix several issues, it seems to have generated an unexpected glitch that is quickly becoming a game-breaking problem. Call of Duty: Warzone fans are not sure exactly how to counter it, which leaves solutions in the hands of the game’s development team. Players have long had the ability to call in Call of Duty: Warzone loadout drops midgame....

Cheating can be dangerous for the longevity of any online game, especially those that have a competitive edge and cross-play between consoles and PC like Call of Duty: Warzone. This is what leads companies like Activision to crack down hard on programs like Warzone’s recent EngineOwning bans, which may be seeing a resurgence as the cheating software makes a decisive comeback. The previous banning resulted in 20,000 players getting the boot from Call of Duty: Warzone as the EngineOwning software was detected on players’ accounts, with many of these cheaters disappointed by the ban wave....

Just yesterday, Activision and Sledgehammer Games teased a forthcoming St. Patrick’s Day-themed event in the first-person shooter Call of Duty: WW2, leading many to speculate what kind of content would eventually be included in the holiday celebration. Now, the publisher and developer have officially confirmed the event as Operation: Shamrock & Awe, with players of the FPS able to experience its action from now until April 3, 2018. As seen below in the official Call of Duty: WW2 Operation: Shamrock & Awe trailer, the first-person shooter’s Headquarters are now decked out in St....

A new leak may have just spoiled when the next season of Call of Duty: Warzone will start. Soon. That’s according to a new leak that suggests Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s Season 4 will begin later this week. The news comes from a dataminer that revealed the launch date in the Call of Duty Discord server, which then got posted onto Twitter by the Discord server’s admin. And that date?...

Call of Duty: Mobile has just teased its season 6 roadmap, and fans of the extremely popular mobile adaptation have a lot to be excited about. The road map details new maps, new modes, and more all coming to the game by the end of May, meaning fans don’t even have long to wait before seeing all this new content. Beyond outlining the rest of Call of Duty: Mobile Season 6 for players, it is also noted that future seasons’ road maps would be revealed far earlier than fans are used to....

Every gamer has that one memorable story. That glitch that they encountered that was so unusual and unique. For some, it was the horrifying missing faces in Assassin’s Creed: Unity. For me, it was the time a headless harpy tried to grab me from behind after I finished looting a chest. I screamed. Bugs, and glitches are just a fact of video games. Sometimes they’re funny. Other times they break your game and frustrate you enough to defenestrate your controller....

Our quick take Audio Pro A10 MkII - 4.5 / 5 Design Available in grey and white 193 mm by 140 mm Fabric cover with metallic top and buttons Sound performance 55-20000 Hz frequency response 1 x 1.25″ BMR driver, 1 x 3″ long throw woofer Features and connectivity Apple AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Audio Pro Multiroom, Spotify Connect support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm inputs To recap This is a really capable speaker that adds a few welcome connectivity options to cement its place as a great audio option - but its price rise makes it a slightly less attractive proposition....

Cooking games are quite prevalent these days. The popularity of cooking franchises such as Overcooked, Cook, Serve, Delicious and Cooking Mama, shows that there is a market for making food in video games. When first opening Automachef I was expecting a similar experience. What I got was something far more. Automachef offers a unique take on the cooking simulation genre, focusing on puzzles and logistics while presenting an increasingly difficult challenge....

WB Games Montreal, the development studio behind Batman: Arkham Origins, is currently hiring for two separate AAA titles to be set in the DC universe. According to a post on WB Games Montreal’s job listings page, the company is looking for fresh talent to develop a couple of new games based on DC Comics that are “focused on expanding the DC Comics universe in the interactive space” beyond the world it crafted with Batman: Arkham Origins....

Video game publisher Electronic Arts teases that news regarding the open beta for its forthcoming World War I first-person shooter Battlefield 1 is coming soon. Following yesterday’s reveal from Electronic Arts that Battlefield 1 is currently holding a “very small” closed alpha test on PC platforms, the company has now offered fans who weren’t invited a sliver of hope at being able to play the forthcoming game soon enough. As it happens, the game publisher recently took to Battlefield 1’s official Twitter account to tease the prospect of details eventually being revealed about an upcoming public trial for the first-person shooter....

Bernie Sanders has come out in favor of game industry unions. Which isn’t really surprising; the heavily left-leaning presidential candidate and Senator from Vermont has been a vocal proponent of unions since time immemorial. However, it’s still nice to see Bernie take aim at an industry that’s near and dear to us all, and one that seems to desperately need the corrective action that can only come about from workers organizing....