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When developer Respawn first announced and started talking about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, the studio promised an experience that would encourage exploration and revisiting planets to find new secrets. With that claim came questions about whether the game would offer a fast travel system, and Respawn was quick to say that the game would not support quickly moving between save points. Now, after having played Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order it’s clear that Respawn’s decision not to have fast travel was a mistake....

We’ve all heard of the Monster Hunter series and the Palicoes that made it famous, among other things. But what if you wanted that, but with more Fortnite? Well then, traveler, get your weapon and head into the untamed lands of Wild Hearts, an upcoming game of hunting giant critters in a fantasy feudal Japan. The land of Azuma is beset by trouble. Kemono — animals imbued by massive nature powers — are ruining the place....

One of the staple features of the PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles is the full integration of PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs. Not only do these systems use SSDs to house data, the OS design takes full advantage of the SSD bandwidth, thus enabling rapid loading times; near instantaneous, in some games. Although the PC market is no stranger to the world of SSDs, squeezing out such breakneck performance the way next-gen consoles do has not really happened yet....

It’s a new day, and you know what that means - time to work out the Wordle answer for today, 3rd November. For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going....

A number of credible sources are claiming that Xbox and Bethesda could be holding a showcase event for later this month. According to Windows Central journalist Jez Corden, the showcase will be entitled the Xbox & Bethesda ‘Developer_Direct’ and take place on January 25 at 12pm PT (8pm UK time) but “may be subject to change”. As per the report, the games expected to appear at the show include Redfall, Forza Motorsport and Minecraft Legends....

Microsoft has unveiled the Games With Gold titles that will be available to subscribers in the month of September. Here are the four games you will be able to add to your library. All are available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Thrillville is an Xbox Original title and therefore lacks achievements. Gods Will Fall: Available September 1 to 30Double Kick Heroes: Available September 16 to October 15Thrillville: Available September 1 to 15Portal 2: Available September 16 to 30 These are all the official descriptions given for the games if you are unfamiliar with any of them....

Xbox One won’t be the last video game console you’ll see from Microsoft, head of Xbox Phil Spencer has said. Speaking to The Verge about the future of Xbox, Spencer said: “I fully expect that you’ll see another console from us […] Our best customers are Xbox console customers, and I want to keep those people engaged both on the Xbox One and anything we might do in the future. I’m 100 percent committed to that....

The highly-anticipated ARPG title, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, is right around the corner, and the players who have pre-ordered the game can now pre-install it. In simple terms, Nintendo allows you to download the game before its release date so that you can embark on the thrilling adventure immediately. With that being said, here’s a detailed breakdown of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 preload times & installation size. How to Preload Xenoblade Chronicles 3 As we’ve mentioned earlier, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 fans can now preload the game on their Nintendo Switch consoles....

Developer miHoYo has announced that a beta test for its new game, Zenless Zone Zero, has begun from today. The game is the newest offering from the developers of Genshin Impact. It’s set to be similar, in that it’ll be a free-to-play action RPG. However, the setting seems much more rooted in sci-fi. The action takes place in a post-apocalyptic city called New Eridu. Here, entities called Ethereal have wiped out most of humanity....

He’s already known for two iconic roles — one live-action and one animated — and now Mark Hamill has taken on a third. Hamill, who you might recall from his starring role as Luke Skywalker in that little series of films collectively known as Star Wars, is providing the voice of the murderous doll named Chucky in the upcoming remake of Child’s Play. Hamill, of course, is no secret to voice acting: he’s done a majority of his work there, led by his legendary portrayal of the Joker — still considered the definitive version of the character — in Batman: The Animated Series and numerous other DC animated properties (he’s also done live-action DC as well, appearing as the Trickster in three episodes of The Flash)....

A decade after its release, the most evocative images of The Dark Knight in our cultural memory have little to do with what we anticipate in superhero movies. A lone hero standing in the rubble of a ruined building, mourning the dead while fires still rage behind him; an empty firetruck abandoned on the side of the road and engulfed in the flames it was intended to stop; and a maniac riding in the back of a stolen cop cruiser, relishing the pre-dawn air like a dog scenting blood....

UPDATE: Nintendo has allegedly denied Eurogamer’s report, telling Japanese site IT Media that “there is no change to our continuing [Wii U] production”. As translated by Kotaku, a spokesperson for Nintendo explained that claims the console is to be discontinued this week are “not true”, adding: “Even though the Nintendo Switch is slated to go on sale, [Wii U] production is scheduled to continue.” Wii U’s successor Nintendo Switch goes on sale in March 2017....

This review contains spoilers. Supposing the multiverse exists, there’s a parallel dimension in which The Killing and its Scandi noir pals never happened – a world where desaturated continuing-story grimness exerted no influence on UK TV, and we kept on merrily making regional police romps about eccentric coppers with unusual methods upsetting the locals. PC Nick Rowan, Dalziel and Pascoe, Hetty Wainthrop … that lot would all still be wearing hats and solving cases of the week....

Gaming is about to get really exciting! Some of the BIGGEST titles of the year are due for release and Flubit.com is giving one lucky VideoGamer.com reader a chance to win a choice of five titles including Star Wars: Battlefront, Metal Gear solid V: The Phantom Pain, FIFA 16, Fallout 4 and plenty more. Other games which may take your fancy include Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Until Dawn, Destiny: The Taken King, Mad Max, The Nathan Drake Collection, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and PES 2016....

As standalone genres, point-and-click text adventures and RPGs have never really appealed to me. However, the horror genre - especially titles that feature stories with the most twisted and unsettling horror tropes - draws me in like a moth to a flame. As such, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by World of Horror, developed by panstasz and currently available in Steam Early Access. Don’t be fooled by the fact that game is a 1-bit text adventure....

Dr Disrespect has been challenged by WWE’s “The Undertaker,” receiving a call from the intimidating wrestler while livestreaming on Twitch. Strange events have been occurring on Dr Disrespect’s stream throughout the past week, and with a few tweets, the meeting of the two is confirmed. The latest teaser features the two extremely tall characters face-to-face, ending with simultaneous throat-grabs as the screen quickly fades to black. Amusingly, Dr Disrespect’s “Give ‘Em The Love” is used in the video, ending with what appears to be his broken gaming sunglasses....

We’ve been told plenty of times that Xbox is focusing heavily on backwards compability, but today Microsoft have really solidifed the extent on how much they’ve leaned into it, confirming with two weeks to go that almost all games currently playable on Xbox One from the entire history of the Xbox family of consoles will be playable on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X at launch. Jason Ronald, who is the Director of Partner Management at Xbox, today confirmed that following over 500K hours(!...

In a ’twist’ that everyone saw coming, that mysterious face that Hideo Kojima was teasing along with his new game at TGS last month is indeed that of Elle Fanning. A new QR code was found at the PAX Aus gaming convention, with the enigmatic words “where am I?” written across its front. The code was found next to a poster of the same cryptic silhouette. Scanning this code then leads to a new website and a picture of, yes, Elle Fanning looking back at you, as you can see below from the shot I took on my phone when I scanned the QR code for myself....

Rock Band 4 players are now able to export songs from Rock Band 3 into the new game, Harmonix has announced. In the UK the export will cost you £11.99 and you’ll need to have a verified version of Rock Band 3 – digital or disc – from the same console family. You’ll find full instructions here. In addition, Harmonix has said fans can expect exporting from earlier games to come in January....

The Witcher has been a big hit with viewers. Still, some fans of the book series that inspired both the games and the show are confused as to why the bard is named Jaskier and not Dandelion like in the English translations of the books and the games produced by CD Projekt Red. The issue is purely a translation issue; Jaskier and Dandelion are the same person. When the books were translated from Polish, the bard’s name Jaskier became Buttercup for a brief time....