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A new voice moderation tool, powered by AI, has been added to Call of Duty to protect players from “toxic or disruptive behaviour they may encounter.” This tool is said to help increase Activision’s ability to “identify and enforce against bad behaviour that has gone unreported.” The initial rollout of the voice chat moderation tool

Sony has officially confirmed the line-up of monthly games that PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download and keep as part of their subscription in September 2023. Active subscribers will be able to claim Saints Row (2023), Black Desert -Traveler Edition and Generation Zero. Subscribers will be able to claim the three games from

It’s about time Pokemon Go players got some Scarlet and Violet love. Ninantic Labs has announced that Pokemon from the Paldea region will debut in Pokemon Go starting September 5. Pokemon from the Paldea Region make their Pokemon Go debuts in September. The creatures first encountered in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will start debuting next

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is a cool mech game where you get to geek out on load limits, energy consumption, and spend hours testing out and equipping the best weapons for the job. But what if you didn’t want to worry about armaments, and just decided to face every enemy head on… punching

Arco, a single-player tactical action RPG, is scheduled to arrive in 2024, and its beautiful reveal trailer whisks you through stunning visuals and a captivating score – which are just a few key ingredients in any title that seeks to join our list of the best indie games.  Arco will offer you the opportunity to

Larian Studios released its first major patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 last week, and it wants you to know it is working hard on Patch 2. Michael Douse, the director of publishing at Larian Studios, told folks on Twitter that Patch 2 is going to be “chonky” and reiterated that it’s right around the corner.

Armored Core 6 players are flocking together in an attempt to name one of the game’s most tragic characters – the nameless pilot you have to kill early on in Chapter 1. This pilot, unexperienced and unnamed, is your first AC fight in the game. While tankier than unmanned AC’s you fight in the game’s

Bad news, Xbox fans – you won’t be able to play Starfield for $1, because Xbox has withdrawn the $1 14-day Xbox Game Pass trial. Again. The $1/£1 trial month had long been a staple of the subscription service since it launched way back in 2017, but in March 2023, Microsoft confirmed it was ditching

It’s been long enough now since the most recent Diablo 4 patch, which sped up Malignant farming. The patch has been generally well-received, and it’s now time for another, fairly significant update. Blizzard detailed the next Diablo 4 patch in a blog post. Version 1.1.3 arrives tomorrow, August 29 on all platforms, and it’s also

Armored Core 6: Fire of Rubicon is off to a mechtastic start, racking up over 156,000 concurrent players in its debut weekend, making it the fifth biggest launch of 2023 and FromSoftware’s best launch weekend ever, second only to the mighty Elden Ring. According to SteamDB (via GameRant), Armored Core 6 was Steam’s ninth-most-played game

If you weren’t impressed by Baldur’s Gate 3 enough already, it turns out that motion capture from 248 actors was used across its many NPCs. Baldur’s Gate 3 is wowing players for a whole host of reasons, with the big cast of characters and their performances, whether they’re a major part of the story or

The person behind the big leak of the opening 40 minutes of Starfield has been arrested for allegedly stealing copies of the game, which he then tried to sell. Earlier this week, you might have seen some warnings that Starfield leaks had started appearing online. They came courtesy of Darrin Harris, who shared footage of

If you think The Elder Scrolls 6 was possibly announced a bit too early, you’re not alone, because Bethesda head Todd Howard seems to be thinking the same. It might be a bit of a surprise to hear it, but back in June it was the fifth anniversary of The Elder Scrolls 6’s announcement. Yes,

Soulframe, the upcoming free-to-play fantasy action RPG, just received a fresh preview showing off combat, questing, and character customization.  Developer Digital Extremes has unveiled 30 minutes of footage from the game, showing off questing, combat, and elements of the game’s character customization systems. The demo culminates in a boss fight, which, while reminiscent of soulsborne

Soulframe has just gotten its first ever gameplay demo shown off at Tennocon 2023, giving fans present in-person and watching online their first proper look at Digital Extreme’s next big project. For a small glimpse of the demonstration, check out this new trailer here! In the roughly 30-minute demo, we see various fights between the

Bethesda’s head of publishing, Pete Hines, has suggested that Starfield modders could create their own planets and stories.  Speaking during the Bethesda MainStream Special Women in Gaming livestream during Gamescom 2023, Hines discussed the potential of player freedom in Starfield and implied that players will be able to mod the game and create their very

Sometimes, you just need a game that’s big and dumb and fun. After a slow Gamescom that feels very lacking in the triple-A space, I can’t tell you how much of a relief it was to venture over to Focus Entertainment’s booth and rip and tear my way through the grimdark future. Some of the

With the imminent release of Starfield, people the world over are about to fill their boots once again with Bethesda’s signature style of go anywhere, do anything game. Unless they don’t have an Xbox or a decent PC, that is. But Bethesda aren’t the only studio who have had a crack at that particular style