Reality Bytes: Underdogs is the undisputed champion of the VR arena fighter

Thrilla in Gorilla It’s been a while since I played a game as effortlessly cool asUnderdogs. This VR mech-fightinggame has you pilot a giant mechanical gorilla, pummelling robots and human-controlled mechs with arms the length of lorries in grungy, trap-filled arenas. The combat alone is chest-thumpingly good, but Underdogs couples it with a fantastically evocative cyberpunk setting, and a smartly implemented rogue-like structure. Before the show kicks off proper, a quick preamble from the pundits....

March 29, 2024 · 5 min · 924 words · Larry King

TimeSplitters fan remake - its last hope after Free Radical’s demise - struggles amid "incredibly challenging" industry

“Unless we have changes to our team composition, representation from TimeSplitters 2 and Future Perfect may be quite limited” TimeSplitters Rewind, a fan-made remake of the zany shooters’ multiplayer in a single game, might well represent the last gasp of the belovedfirst-person shooterfranchise following the closure ofresurrectedoriginal developers Free Radical - who were working ontheir own TimeSplitters reboot- at the end of last year. With over a decade of work already invested in the fan project, however, the team have now released a call for help to overcome development hurdles caused by the ongoing troubled state of the games industry....

March 29, 2024 · 2 min · 383 words · Paul Anderson

Witcher 4 is more than ‘The Witcher 3 in new clothing’, promise CDPR, as over 400 devs work on Polaris

Cyberpunk 2077 team drops to just 17, which studio say is “enough” given no more big updates are planned CD Projekt Red are continuing to bulk up the team developingThe Witcher 4- officially codenamed Polaris - with two-thirds of the studio now working on the follow-up toThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Meanwhile, the team working onCyberpunk 2077has shrunk to fewer than 20 people, less than half the number working on its upcoming sequel....

March 29, 2024 · 3 min · 438 words · Joy Young

Wordle hints and answer (#1014): How to solve the Friday March 29 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 29? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

March 29, 2024 · 6 min · 1230 words · Kathryn Daniel

A new Borderlands is "in active development" but new owners Take-Two don't have much to say

A bold prediction: it will have lots of guns Alongside announcing plans tobuy Borderlands developers Gearboxfrom the collapsing wreckage of Embracer Group, Borderlands publishers Take-Two overnight casually mentioned that they are “in active development on next installment in Borderlands series”. This isn’t a formal announcement as much as a businessblast to hype shareholders, so it didn’t have anything specific to say about what Gearbox are up to with their wildly popular and deeply unfunny looter shooter series....

March 28, 2024 · 2 min · 270 words · Kara Lewis

Bandai Namco would like you to have a free dog

The catch is that the dog is a filth criminal Today I learned that ‘Wanko’ is Japanese for dog, rather than just being Aussie slang in the vein of ‘smoko’ or my favourite, ‘bottle-o’, which is what they call an off-license. I learnt this because ofDoronko Wanko, a lovelyfree gameabout a dirty pomeranian where you try to score as high as possible by doing actual, financial damage to your owner’s home....

March 28, 2024 · 2 min · 303 words · Erin Martinez

Dragon's Dogma 2 walkthrough: How to beat all the main quests

A full walkthrough of every main quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Looking for a full walkthrough of Dragon’s Dogma 2?The sprawling world ofDragon’s Dogma 2can be pretty daunting at first - as is so often the case with massive open-worldRPGs. At times, we know it can be hard to keep track of where you’re going and what must be done to fulfil your destiny as the Arisen in a land teeming with threats and mysteries....

March 28, 2024 · 8 min · 1534 words · Erin Lewis

Dragon's Dogma 2: Best Warfarer skills and augments

Best Warfarer skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Interested in the best Warfarer skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2?Jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none! That’s the Warfarer ofDragon’s Dogma 2in a nutshell. This late game vocation, which uses the weapons, armour, and skills of all other vocations, is best suited toDragon’s Dogma 2veterans who have ranked up all other classes or at least dabbled in them enough to get a sense of how they want to mix and match....

March 28, 2024 · 6 min · 1142 words · Roy Kennedy

Embracer say their restructure is over, but it's "too early" to start acquiring studios again

My bone thresher is not yet ready to thresh more bones Earlier today, megacorp Embracer announcedthey were selling Borderlands developer Gearbox to Take-Two. During an investor call about the divestment, CEO Lars Wingefors confirmed that this brought an end to the restructuring processEmbracer announced last year. He was also asked whether this meant Embracer had plans to start acquiring other studios again. Wingefors said it was “way too early” to restart “the M&A engines....

March 28, 2024 · 2 min · 382 words · Brady Higgins

Embracer sell Borderlands devs Gearbox to Rockstar parent Take-Two for $460 million in shares

Remnant series, Hyper Light Breaker and unannounced games staying with Embracer Embracer haveannouncedthat they’re selling Borderlands developers Gearbox Entertainment to Take-Two Interactive, owners of 2K Games and GTA 6 developers Rockstar, for $460 million in Take-Two shares. Three Gearbox Software studios - the flagship studio in Texas, together with Gearbox Montréal and Gearbox Quebec - will change hands as part of the deal. Take-Two will also acquire the Borderlands andTiny Tina’s Wonderlandsfranchises, together with Homeworld,Risk of Rain,Brothers in ArmsandDuke Nukem....

March 28, 2024 · 3 min · 631 words · Rebecca Lopez

How to get Wakestones in Dragon's Dogma 2

Here’s everything you need to know about Wakestones in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Want to know how to get Wakestones in Dragon’s Dogma 2?Wakestones inDragon’s Dogma 2are an extremely important revival item that will instantly put your Arisen to full health if they die in combat. Monsters, however, will continue the fight at the point of death meaning you can use Wakestones to finish off an encounter. Below, we’ll go through how to get Wakestones inDragon’s Dogma 2as well as how to get theEternal Wakestone, which can be used to revive multiple allies at once....

March 28, 2024 · 3 min · 607 words · Kevin Weaver

How to recover max health in Dragon's Dogma 2: Loss Gauge explained

Here’s a rundown of Loss Gauge in Dragon’s Dogma 2, including how to recover max HP Looking to regain your Loss Gauge in Dragon’s Dogma 2?Loss Gauge inDragon’s Dogma 2is essentially the reduction of your maximum health bar. This means, when active, your Loss Gauge can limit the maximum amount of HP you can recover from healing. Join us, as we explain Loss Gauge inDragon’s Dogma 2and how to regain it for maximum health recovery....

March 28, 2024 · 3 min · 525 words · Robert Taylor

How to revive Pawns in Dragon's Dogma 2

Here’s how to revive your Main Pawn and other Pawns in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Looking for how to revive Pawns in Dragon’s Dogma 2?Pawns are helpful NPCs inDragon’s Dogma 2that follow you around, help in combat and hold items for you if your inventory is full. If your Main Pawn dies whilst in your service, however, their inventory is temporarily lost until you revive them. To learn how to revive your Main Pawn and all other Pawns inDragon’s Dogma 2, read below....

March 28, 2024 · 2 min · 315 words · Travis Young