Truth be told, when it comes to Warhammer 40,000 on the tabletop, I’m utterly repulsed by the putrid Death Guard legion. And yet, when I get put on the Heretic Astartes team in Space Marine 2’s PVP mode, Eternal War, it’s impossible to resist playing the rotted Bulwark class because there is something so comically disgusting about this shield-wielding sicko.I love his deranged dialogue, but it helps a lot that the Bulwark is also an excellent class with its sturdy shield and armor-repairing banner that blares intense drum beats. However, it’s not disgustingly overpowered either. I can do just as well using almost any other class in PVP – largely because each one is so simple that they’re amazingly easy to pick up, and all feel quite balanced. It makes Space Marine 2’s Eternal War mode a comparably simple take on PVP by today’s standards and, despite the Nurgle-adoring Bulwarks stinking up the place, it’s a surprising breath of fresh…

It’s official: the PS5 Pro is on the way, and with it, a host of PS5 Pro enhanced games. The latest edition of the flagship console offers a stunning graphical overhaul, upgrading how players will experience some of the best PS5 games around. In its recent tech demo, Sony has finally given us a closer glimpse of what its long-awaited PS5 rework will look, feel, and play like come its November 7 launch date. With PS5 Pro pre-orders now live, you might be wondering which of your favorite games are expected to receive a pro glow-up.The eye-watering $700 price tag might sound steep, but there’s a reason why Sony thinks the PS5 Pro is “the most visually impressive way to play games on PlayStation,” according to PlayStation Blog. We’ll get into the nitty gritty of what exactly PS5 Pro does to make your games look so much better below, but first, here’s a quick look at all the PS5 Pro enhanced games we currently know about.How does the PS5 Pro enhance games?  The PS5 Pro will feature an…

Bethesda officially launched The Elder Scrolls: Castles, its new Fallout Shelter-like mobile game, today, September 10. After a soft-launch earlier this year, and an even softer launch nearly a full year ago, the game is now available globally on iOS and Android.Castles has had a confusing rollout with surprisingly little fanfare. We’ve had writers playing it before Bethesda ever acknowledged it existed, a region-limited launch at the beginning of the year, and now a full release with barely a peep. Outside of a handful of social posts from Bethesda accounts, the game hasn’t had much in the way of marketing. Even its predecessor, The Elder Scrolls: Blades, had a comparatively sizable reveal at Bethesda’s 2018 E3 showcase. It seems Bethesda is mirroring Fallout Shelter’s shadow drop. Despite all of that, The Elder Scrolls: Castles is out now, for real this time, and you can download it to see for yourself. It’s got all of the management sim gameplay from Fallout Shelter, but d…

The PS5 Pro is all but confirmed, though a leak from months ago has already given us an idea of what’s inside the beefed-up console.Months before Sony announced today’s fancy PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation hosted by console architect Mark Cerny, The Verge got its hands on official documents outlining the PS5 Pro’s specs which gives us a slightly early window into the upcoming console.The PS5 Pro’s GPU is said to be “about 45 percent faster than standard PlayStation 5,” according to documents seen by The Verge, which should help to enable ray traced lighting in more games while keeping framerates stable.Meanwhile, the CPU is expected to be the same as the standard console, but a new mode supposedly has it running higher. “Trinity [the codename for the PS5 Pro] has a mode that targets 3.85GHz CPU frequency,” the document reportedly explains. That’s about a 10% upgrade from the regular PS5’s 3.5GHz, and the higher mode will only result in “roughly 1 percent lower performance.” Sony …

Video game players love a good challenge, and they often take it upon themselves to try outlandish ways to play their favorite games – from streamers beating Elden Ring with a dance pad to defeating Destiny raids solo. One person, though, has gone above and beyond by managing to play all three of the mainline Borderlands games, as well as the Pre-Sequel, at the same time.Reddit user 404-UserNotFound-404, also known as Mr.Esuba on other channels, posted a video of themselves controlling the four Borderlands games with one controller. The characters moved in tandem on the screen with just the single input.Proof it’s possible to play all 4 borderlands games at once from r/borderlands3They have begun streaming the entire saga over on YouTube under the account Mr.Esuba. You can watch as Mr. Esuba has to struggle with navigating menus in some games while engaging in combat in others. They’ve only just begun streaming it, but it’s already been a wild ride. In a Reddit comment, Mr.Esuba m…

The Bot of War ravens in Astro Bot are a hidden collectible of sorts, in that you don’t get an in-game reward for finding all of them in unusual places around the God of War themed level and eliminating them with your axe. However, this is a requirement for the Eyes Of The All-Father Trophy, so is an important step on your journey towards the Platinum. While some of these birds are in plain sight, others are more hidden which can make completing the set a tricky task. To help you with that, here are all eight of the Astro Bot Bot of War ravens locations.If you haven’t already collected them, don’t miss out on the Astro Bot Dude Raiding egg artefacts to earn another Trophy.Astro Bot ravens locations in Bot of War There are a total of eight Bot of War ravens to find in Astro Bot, which can be collected in any order but for ease of reference are in the following locations:On a pillar as you fly in on the Dual SpeederOn a platform above the giant yellow spiked shellOn a stone st…

Well, it’s official, folks: Concord is gone. The hero shooter FPS launched just two weeks ago to the day, but after poor sales and lukewarm reception, PlayStation halted sales, refunded all copies, and now it’s pulled the game offline entirely.After an eye-watering eight years in development, Concord’s abrupt and shocking cancellation makes it a stronger contender for the worst launch of 2024, and arguably one of the poorest performances of any online game of the last decade or so. I can only think of a few off the top of my head whose launch states and shutdowns overshadowed the game itself to such an overwhelming degree. Anthem, maybe? But at least EA and BioWare tried salvaging that with post-release content and then a switch to seasonal updates before ultimately cancelling all future content two years after its launch. Somewhat similarly, in 2015 Turtle Rock took a lot of heat for Evolve’s infamous 44 DLC packs and the general development direction at launch, but it still stum…

Baldur’s Gate 3 mods are absolutely booming ever since developer Larian Studios added official support for players’ weird and wonderful ideas.Baldur’s Gate 3 seventh major update added official mod support to the smash hit RPG – alongside evil endings and 18,000 words worth of patch notes – which means it’s now easier than ever to pick and install mods for the game via Steam. The integrated mod manager also lets you do all the tinkering directly from the game, rather than having to go to separate websites. The patch proved so popular, in fact, it even surprised Larian Studios CEO and Baldur’s Gate 3 director Swen Vincke. “Modding is pretty big,” Vincke tweeted earlier today, “we had more than a million mods installed in less than 24 hours.” As of the time of writing, mod.io says the game has amassed 1.4 million mod downloads today alone.Many of the available mods add new playable races, such as Imps and Astral Elves, and new classes, such as Warlocks and Mystics, as well as your u…

Update: Martyn Ware has clarified that the GTA 6 music deal his band was offered amounted to $7,500 for each of the song’s three writers.In response to a tweet about the offer, Ware, singer of band Heaven 17, confirmed that the deal was not $7,500 total, but “$7,500 each for three writers,” amounting to a total payout of $22,500.$7500 each for 3 writersStill utterly unacceptable Also $8.6B gross, not profit – but still…September 8, 2024Regardless of that increased figure, however, it seems Ware is in no hurry to accept the deal. He confirmed in that tweet that the offer was “still utterly unacceptable,” also clarifying that his previous comments about GTA 5’s profit were not wholly accurate – the $8.6 billion figure he cited relates to gross revenue, not total profit.Original story: Heaven 17 singer Martyn Ware claims that Rockstar Games only offered $7,500 to use the band’s 1983 hit song Temptation in the upcoming GTA 6 “forever” – a proposition he refused because of GTA 5’s ou…

Both God War Ragnarok and Valhalla expansion are on PS4 and PS5 alike, a surprising accommodation given that the PlayStation 4 is now pretty firmly in the “last-gen”, and Ragnarok likes pushing hardware to its limits. Not only that, but there’s more platforms and consoles that Ragnarok seems set to move to – and we’ve got all the details marked out below. If you want to know how to play God of War Ragnarok on PS4, PS5 and PC, we’ll explain what’s going on below.God of War Ragnarok PS4 and PS5 release date God of War Ragnarok is playable on PS4 consoles as well as PS5. The same goes for the Valhalla DLC. And, if you buy the PS4 version of God of War Ragnarok and later upgrade to a PS5, you’ll be able to get the digital PS5 version at a discounted price (sadly, it’s not a free upgrade). It’s important to note that if you own a PS4 disc copy of God of War Ragnarok, you can only upgrade if you also have a PS5 with a disc drive as well, as the upgrade process requires you to insert the PS4…