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Fatshark revealed its newest game set within the gritty universe of Warhammer 40,000 during yesterday’s Xbox Games Showcase. Following in the footsteps of 2015’s award-winning Vermintide game and its 2018 sequel, Fatshark is now adding a Warhammer 40k sci-fi edge their Left 4 Dead-inspired series with Warhammer 40,0000: Darktide. Like the games that came before it, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide will offer gamers a four-player co-op FPS experience. The released trailer showcased a team of four Inquisition Acolytes investigating a hive city named Tertium, which should have been densely populated....

What is Google Wifi and how does the mesh router work? Best Wi-Fi 6 router: Future-proof your home network now. Why we’ve got new names for Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 6 means 802.11ax technology - the new generation of Wi-Fi, present in many routers you can buy today Wi-Fi 5 means 802.11ac technology - effectively the previous generation Wi-Fi 4 means 802.11n technology - many people will have networking gear based on 802....

Years ago, Iam8bit released the Persona 5 soundtrack as a lovely vinyl collection. It’s been long gone, but today the company announced it would bring back the absolutely bangin’ OST in vinyl form, along with a new release of the Persona 5 Royal soundtrack in vinyl. Mark your calendars for tomorrow and set an alarm, pre-orders for the Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal vinyls go live at 9am PST, Thursday, December 17 on Iam8bit’s site....

Cyberpunk 2077 will be available in eleven languages when it launches. And that’s not just with translated subtitles–advanced technology will allow every character’s lips to sync with the words spoken regardless of whether it’s in Korean, Spanish, or English. Of course, since CD Projekt Red is a Polish company, they’re naturally going to make sure that Cyberpunk 2077 features a Polish voice cast. And it turns out they had an easy time casting male V and braindance technician Judy Alvarez....

When hip hop duo Run the Jewels released the single “No Save Point” and its music video for the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack, it resulted in the Celebrity Paradox. This phenomenon is when a work of fiction depicts an actor existing in the same universe as the character they play. As a result, many questions arise from this predicament surrounding the consequences of this parallel existence. In his verse, Killer Mike referenced Keanu Reeves (“Keanu Reeves, cyber arm under my sleeve”)....

While some heroes have a witty retort for every situation they find themselves in, others prefer to let someone else do the talking. The silent protagonist has been a staple of gaming going back to the original Super Mario Bros. and NES, when dialog was only text on a screen. Creating voices on early systems was difficult, and early stories were simple—jump on a few enemies’ heads and make it to the castle just in time to find that the princess isn’t even there....

Throughout the history of the notorious social media platform, it has become abundantly clear that the Reddit community has one the strangest, yet most frequently hilarious, senses of humor of any site on the internet. From making hilarious crossovers between Animal Crossing and Doom Eternal to the literal thousands of strange memes that originate from the site, it seems Reddit’s numerous forums have become a hub for people to make strange jokes that quickly go viral....

This The Watch review contains spoilers. The Watch Episodes 1 and 2 Anyone who has read science fiction and fantasy novels in the last 40 years has at least heard of Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld,” and it’s with some trepidation and cautious optimism that fans of the books have anticipated the new BBC adaptation, The Watch, which focuses on some of the best-loved characters from the 41-book series. What readers should know is that the series is very much an adaptation, and while there are plenty of moments that are true to the originals, and add details from various books, don’t go in expecting something as faithful as Bridgerton....

The quest Turn and Face the Strange is only available in the second expansion Blood and Wine. Once Geralt finishes the quest Blood Run, he will encounter a young boy who will hand him a letter. Depending on whom Geralt romanced in the base game, he will get a letter addressed from either from Yennefer or Triss. If Geralt hasn’t romanced anyone, the letter will always be from Yennefer. Geralt can reward the boy for delivering the letter by giving him 5 crowns....

Like many side quests in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the one known as “In Wolf’s Clothing” has multiple endings. Each results in a different amount of experience and rewards, with the optimal choices netting the player 345 XP, 85 crowns, the silver sword Deithwen, as well as a recipe for the Werewolf Decoction. To get the most from this quest, witchers should be sure to explore every option and gain as much information as possible before slaying the cursed werewolf Morkvarg....

Fans of The Witcher series will have to wait. CD Projekt Red is currently working on a Cyberpunk 2077 follow-up, but there is no Witcher 4 in sight. Cyberpunk 2077 comes out next year as a single-player experience. We know it’ll also have Keanu Reeves, which basically means it will be the greatest game of all time. But what about The Witcher, CD Projekt Red’s other successful video game franchise? Well, fans of that series will be disappointed to hear that the Polisher developers resources are almost entirely focused on Cyberpunk’s success....

One of The Witcher’s main strengths during the show’s first season was the highly praised aesthetics accomplished by their art direction and costume design teams, something which they are keen on highlighting as new images from the set continue to leak. Fans of The Witcher have already been treated to official reveals from Netflix that show completely new looks for their main cast of characters, Geralt of Rivia, Ciri and Yennefer, but recently surfaced images show that their main antagonists, the armies of Nilfgaard, are also getting a makeover....

Game clones aren’t really a new thing. Every now and then, we’ve stumbled across a game that has lifted its core mechanic right from another popular one. While this does happen in console and PC games, it’s rampant in the mobile gaming industry. However, this latest one might just take the cake. A listing for Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been spotted on the Microsoft PC Store! In case it didn’t occur to you, that is definitely a fake, which has used what looks like the original logo of the game....

There’s a mod out there for Crusader Kings 3 that ensures the emperor never wears any clothes. Crusader Kings is a very special game franchise. Very few games let you marry your sister to begin an incestuous line of nobles that get progressively more inbred the further along you go. And if that’s not really your speed, you can just sleep your way across Europe, building alliances and dynasties as you go....

Pokémon GO Grandpa, real name Chen San-yuan, is back at it again, and this time with a whopping 64 smartphones. You may have heard of Pokémon GO Grandpa before. Chen, who picked up Pokémon GO after hearing about it from his young grandson, has gone viral multiple times due to his love of the game. Chen plays the game by biking around Taiwan with a mounted smartphone setup attached to the handlebars, with extra phones that won’t fit on the setup contained in a small bag....

This week has brought big news with regards to the long-awaited overhaul of the base game Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. According to the latest Letter from the Producer livestream, game director Noki Yoshida and community manager Toshio Murouchi discussed at length what players can expect in this major update with the upcoming patch 5.3. The new patch will not only bring new content in the form of quests and the continuation of the next major story quests....

After the massive success of Pokemon GO, we couldn’t help but brainstorm other properties that would make for fun augmented reality games. Here are our top 10 ideas. Despite losing a significant number of players over the last few weeks, Pokemon GO continues to dominate the mobile gaming world. The augmented reality game landed developer Niantic over $200 million in the first month, and that number continues to grow. Now that Niantic is on a roll with updating Pokemon GO and preparing additional new features for those still engaged in the mobile game, there are undoubtedly many eyes on the developer right now....

An important part of making a good game is finding the right setting. Picking the right era, environment, or the right culture can really impact how much the audience enjoys a game and how deeply it moves them. The United States provides a really good setting for a lot of different games. Its history is rife with struggles for freedom and equality, periods where outlaws and lawlessness ruled the land, and a melting pot of all different cultures....

Google today announced that two popular action-adventure games are “coming soon” to Stadia – Trine 4 and Blue Fire. Specific release dates for the two games weren’t announced, although Stadia did offer up two trailers. You can check out Trine 4 in action below, while Blue Fire’s gameplay can be found here. Trine 4 released on other platforms in 2020, while Blue Fire just hit the market last month. Seeing the two games come to Stadia is great news for fans of the service, which continues to add new titles on a regular basis....

Twitch streamer Byron “Reckful” Bernstein has died at age 31, as confirmed by his roommate. No official cause of death has been announced, but reports indicate that Bernstein committed suicide. In the video game industry, Reckful was best known for his time playing games like World of Warcraft at a professional level. In 2010, Reckful participated and won a World of Warcraft tournament hosted by Major League Gaming, and was notable for being one of the top WoW players in the world....