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‘Iceborne’ Yep, Capcom is teaming up with CD Projekt Red in an upcomingMonster Hunterevent. Geralt is traveling the world it seems after another recent Bandai Namco collaboration! Announced today with a very effective trailer, Geralt himself fromThe Witcherseries is coming toWorldas part of a free event in “early 2019.” The kicker is that he heralds a new “massive expansion” calledIceborne, also coming at some point next year in the “autumn.” The expansion will bring the much welcome freezing ice biome into the mix, and is part of Capcom’s massive content plan forWorld....

Relive the tale before the sequel hits One of the more delightful, and heavily rumored, announcements out of The Game Awards wasThe Wolf Among Us 2. With the demise of Telltale Games, it was unknown if the second season of the revered series would ever see the light of day. Thankfully, things have worked out because of LCG Entertainment and to celebrate this announcement, the Epic Games Store is giving away the first season ofThe Wolf Among Usfor free right now through December 19....

Delicious Oscar bait It’s the moment all of Toronto (well, Film Twitter at least) has been waiting for: Toronto International Film Festival has announced its winners. The festival, which ran between 5-15 September, has seen the world premieres of the latest films from esteemed and up-and-coming directors. The big winners include Peter Farrelly’sGreen Bookand were announced at the festival’s closing ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox. This year,Green Bookhas won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award....

From Digital Deluxe to Standard Edition Pre-load has started forMarvel vs. Capcom: Infiniteand if you’re thinking about picking the game up on release week, digital copy is probably the way to go for those without membership with Best Buy GCU or Amazon Prime. As of writing, you’re able to score up to 35% off on digital version ofMarvel vs. Capcom: Infinitedepending on the edition and platform you choose. Here’s the quick breakdown: PS4 gamers gets a nominal 10% off while PC gamers can pick up Steam version from 25% to 35% off....

It certainly feels like I’ve been waiting this long With the ridiculously speedy success of inXile’sKickstarterforTorment: Tides of Numenera,it’s only a matter of time until we’ll be diving into the role of the Last Cast-off, the title’s protagonist. I got up to speed on what we can expect from the setting and the story when I spoke with inXile’s Kevin Saunders and Colin McComb earlier this week, and you can see the full extent of the interviewright now....

By now, many of you know thatPortal 2on PlayStation 3 will take advantage of Steam. The main selling point has been, so far, that buying the game for PS3 automatically gets you the PC and Mac versions at no extra cost to you. Pretty slick deal, butnow we have more to go on. Essentially, we’re getting cross-platform everything — matchmaking, friends, chat, and achievements. Plus, co-op and single-player saves alike will be sent to the cloud, meaning your progress is remembered on any PS3; unfortunately, you can’t pick up the same save on PC/Mac....

It’s a way for select creators to make money Valve famously “didn’t understand exactly what [it] was doing” when ittried letting people charge moneyfor theirThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimmods on Steam. There was enough of a backlash that those plans quickly fell through, and refunds were issued, but the company hinted that it would experiment with paying community creators again in the future. That time is now. The company has introducedCustom Game Passes, a new method for rewarding the folks behind popularDota 2custom games....

Newell speaks out at the BAFTAs Gabe Newell received a fellowshipat this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, and took the opportunity to reveal that Valve’s business was up 50 percent last year. “I think in the last year our business has grown about 50 percent on the back of the opportunities that have been created by having these open platforms. And just so people sort of understand the scale of how big it’s getting… so like the lastDota 2update we were generating three-and-a-half terabytes per second, so that’s about two percent of of all of the mobile and land based internet activity was just for a single game update....

Grab the app If you boot up your PS4 you’ll be staring at an “update now” message and might be wondering what it entails: well, it’s mostly about iOS remote play this week. As part of update 6.50 you’ll be able to control your PS4 with an iOS device. The app sports an on-screen controller layout as well as a keyboard for messaging and even voice chat support. While a lot of people are probably going “no one asked for this,” well, it’s actually a nice surprise....

How to sully hard developer work: part one So we knew thatDiablo Immortalwould have microtransactions. The team has been kind of mum on them overall outside of general platitudes that they wouldn’t impact the game that much: but several posts and YouTube channels are actually breaking this down the new monetization model scientifically, and things aren’t looking good forDiablo Immortalmax stat requirements. That material includesa Reddit post by daymeeuhnthat showcases how far the stat and gem rabbit hole goes,a full explanation of pay-to-win from Gregg2G, anda rundown from the Bellular News channel....

RPG Maker and indie horror games have an amazing symbiotic relationship. The engine is relatively cheap and easy to use, even for those who have little experience with coding games. It also has enough flexibility to let creators create wonderful 2D adventures, either as an RPG or another genre. Horror itself also remains ripe for interesting and experimental stories that best suit a medium like gaming. Many RPG Maker horror gems receive the recognition they deserve while others remain highly underrated....

Yep, it still looks great Live at Summer Game Fest 2023, Remedy Entertainment game director Sam Lake took the stage to give us the elevator pitch forAlan Wake 2: one of the least necessary pitches of the modern gaming landscape. Alan Wake 2 looks fantastic so far, but at the very least, we got an actual look at gameplay today. On stage, Keighty reminds Lake that the game was teased at The Game Awards in 2021 for a “2023” release....

Jagex has announced that it has scheduled aRuneScape Dragonwildspatch update 0.7.1.5 for April 2025, and it includes a bunch of changes for Ashenfall. Table of contents RuneScape Dragonwilds patch 0.7.1.5 changes With patch 0.7.1.5, the devs have tweaked multiple events, including Being Hunted, Warbands Raiding, and Velgar Attacks. Ghornfell Raids or the Goblin Raid Parties will now have an increased cooldown from two in-game days to four days. The grace period of Ghornfell Base Raids has been increased from nine in-game days to 12 days before the raid can happen....