It is being designed as a single-player experience, CD Projekt told IGN, rather than having a focus on competitive multiplayer. Artwork shown for upcoming cards includes images of The Barbarian, Living Fire, Fire Elemental and The Golden Nekker - a creature which also serves as CD Projekt’s internal codename for the project. The existence of the project was previously known, but its plan for a release this year will be welcome news for fans of The Witcher’s card-battling mini-game....

Below, you’ll find a rundown of the unique elements of each leader and civilization along with tips on how to play as them, as well as what to watch out for if you’re playing against them. Bear in mind that the ‘Agenda’ described in each leader’s tips section details their consistent likes and dislikes based on their personality. In addition to this, each leader will have a hidden agenda that is randomly assigned at the beginning of each game; to unearth that hidden agenda, you’ll need to gain their trust and improve your relationship with them through delegations, trade deals and by adhering to their known likes....

That’s according to Hollywood Reporter, which confirms that the shooter is getting the “feature film treatment” from the team behind the Cobra Kai TV show. Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg - which created Cobra Kai - have all signed up to produce the Legendary Entertainment production, which also brought us the Godzilla and Dune movies. Also producing is Jean Julien Baronnet, who worked on the Assassin’s Creed movie with Marla Studios, which reportedly “specialises” in video game adaptations....

Previously it was listed only as this winter. That release date is across PlayStation and Xbox consoles, Nintendo Switch, and PC (via Steam) and was revealed in a new launch date trailer, below. Watch on YouTube CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION | Launch Date Trailer For the unaware, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 - Reunion is a remaster of the 2007 PSP game. It’s a prequel to the main Final Fantasy 7 game that focuses on Zack Fair....

The Crysis Remastered Trilogy, if this all seems a little like déjà vu, first released for PlayStation, Switch, and PC last October, but the PC version was limited to the Epic Games Store - despite the remaster of the original Crysis already having been launched on Steam. Come November, though, Steam players will also have the opportunity to check out Crytek’s remasters of Crysis 2 and 3, with all three games bundled into one package featuring various tweaks and enhancements for their respective single-player campaigns....

We’ve already seen some amazing savings for Xbox gamers during the huge sales event, so make sure you’ve had a gander at our Xbox Cyber Monday guide to see what else is on offer over the next few days. Xbox Game Pass Cyber Monday deals As always you can get your first month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for just £1/$1 when you sign up for the first time: Here are some early deals on Xbox Game Pass subscription codes: Game Pass Ultimate offers loads of excellent games and other benefits to Xbox and PC players....

Let’s start things off with the Dark Souls Trilogy, which has fallen to its lowest ever price on PS4 at £29.99. Because why have just one tough-as-nails RPG when you can have three? I say good luck to you if you try to play all three back-to-back! Sticking on a similar theme, you can also get Code Vein on PS4 and Xbox One for £29.99. The influence of the Souls series on this Bandai Namco action-RPG is unmistakable, with Edwin calling it “anime Bloodborne with added buddy bonding”....

The announcement came with little fanfare: a note on Hidden Path’s website and a tweet to say the studio was hiring staff for the project. The only extra info I gleaned from Hidden Path’s website reveals this mystery game is built using Unreal Engine 4. Doesn’t tell us much, I know! Hidden Path is the Bellevue, Washington-based studio best known for the popular tower defense series Defense Grid. It’s also worked closely with Valve over the years, helping to make Counter-Strike: Global Offensive....

This is designed as an homage to a gun of Bungie’s past - the Battle Rifle from the Halo Series. It’s an accurate and aggressive weapon that excels at repeated critical hits. This page will detail how to get BxR-55 Battler in Destiny 2, and which BxR-55 Battler god rolls will help you slay your enemies like a certain famous Spartan. On this page: Next, visit Xur’s Treasure Hoard. Behind Xur is a chest that opens with your Treasure Key....

Found throughout the Europa destination, these are bodies of Exos dotted throughout most main areas and Lost Sectors, which appeared after the completion of the Deep Stone Crypt raid by the community. Finding three of these is required to advance the start of The Lament quest - to help, the first three locations on this page are the fastest to find to complete this step. Additionally, finding all nine will reward you with the Salvage the Past Triumph....

Weapon crafting takes a fair bit of grinding and patience, but once you level up a weapon enough, you can essentially make your own god roll. The process requires you find Deepsight weapons and complete their Attunement requirements, and while the prospect of obtaining materials might seem daunting, with time and effort, there will be a way to get what you need. On this page: Once you’re back at the Enclave on Mars, you’re directed to the large building behind where you spawn....

Unfortunately and inevitably, it’s an unfortunate initial showing for fans of Sony’s amazing library of older games in that we are seeing 50Hz titles badly fit into a 60Hz output - but there is hope, with Sony announcing that where possible, 60Hz renditions of those games will be made available. John, Alex and I discuss the news, hopeful that this disappointing scenario will eventually be resolved in the way Sony says it will, but at the same time wondering how we got into this mess in the first place....

Early access to the beta begins at 6pm UK time on Friday 13th August across PC, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The beta is not available on Nintendo Switch. To get the early access you have to pre-purchase the game or the Diablo Prime Evil Collection. For the early access beta, you need to have separately pre-ordered Diablo 2: Resurrected or Diablo Prime Evil Collection on each platform you want to play on, Blizzard added....

As noted by PCGamerN, players reported earlier this month that they were not receiving XP rewards as expected for progressing through the game’s battle pass. “I completed bounties and finished a battle pass rank,” wrote one user on reddit. “The XP animation played but the XP bar did not increase at all.” This was echoed by another, who revealed, “I lost more XP this week… 3 mill last week and 2 mill this week....

Unlike the BlizzCon 2018 demo, this is a substantial chunk of game, with a level cap of 45, four character classes to try, many of the game’s features (excluding the in-game shop, but more on that later), a massively multiplayer city hub and multiple adventure zones and dungeons to explore. While there is doubtless a lot of debugging, optimisation and balancing still to do, for an alpha, it is extraordinarily polished....

The New War, for the uninitiated, is a three-act slab of strictly single-player, heavily cinematic sci-fi adventure telling the story of a massive Sentient invasion from the perspectives of multiple playable characters - including a Grineer Lancer called Kahl-175, Corpus engineer Veso, and Conclave Master Teshin. It’s also a culmination of - and, in many ways, a celebration of - every major narrative arc and mechanical addition Digital Extremes has brought to the game thus far, laying the groundwork for new adventures to come....

The free-to-play app will include new and classic stories set in the worlds of the Whoniverse, with familiar faces and enemies popping up along the way. The still-untitled game is described as being a narrative adventure in the idle genre - the same as Cookie Clicker and Clicker Heroes - and is due for worldwide release this year. Exactly how this will look remains to be seen. Will you be building bits of the TARDIS to adventure further?...

At first, playing the recent demo, I was like: hey, this is SteamWorld Dig! Kind of. I’m on an strange planet, protected by a funny little dome. There’s a tunnel leading down, so down I go. I hit rock and start to drill. The rock breaks. Sometimes it contains gems, which I can haul back up to the dome to be processed. Sometimes I’m just making empty tunnels. The walls around me alive with possible riches....

The mode was not due to be released until later this year, ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar which begins in November. FIFA 23 owners on PlayStation 5 have posted screenshots of the mode on social media, which show four different sub-modes: FIFA World Cup Live, FIFA World Cup Kick-Off, Online Tournament and FIFA World Cup 2022. Players have also reported that 48 teams will be available to play in the mode, which is higher than the 32 teams which qualified in the actual World Cup....

Technically it’s an Ashe of War called Ground Slam but let’s be real: it’s a butt stomp. Spotted by PC Gamer, the streamer has a highlights video of the run up on YouTube that shows the butt slamming route to victory. It’s not as simple as just spamming the slam though. The wind up of the move takes time and can be interrupted for serious damage, so analysing boss attack timings is imperative....