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It looks like some Helldivers 2 players are accessing the hotly anticipated mechs early — and this time it may well be official....

Fortnite Chapter 5: Season 2 has arrived. Dubbed "Myths & Mortals," the latest season of Epic Games popular battle royale is themed around Greek mythology and its various gods and goddesses. As today marks the start of a new season (after the usual downtime, of course), there's a new battle pass to earn and it features plenty of great skins. Plus, the new season introduces several new points of interest to visit, weapons to use, and more.  Everything You Need To Know About Fortnite Chapter 5: Season 2 Somebody (it was us, the players) opened Pandora's Box on the Fortnite Battle Royale Island, bringing Olympus and its heroic gods and goddesses to the fight. Olympian legends like the god of the underworld, Hades, and the god of thunder, Zeus, now rule the island with rage.  You can get a...

The 20th BAFTA Games Awards take place on Thursday, April 11. Streaming live from Queen Elizabeth's Hall in London starting at 7 p.m. BST/11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET, this spin-off of the prestigious film/TV awards show celebrates 40 games released in 2023 boasting "an outstanding level of creative excellence."  The full list of categories and nominees has been revealed. Baldur's Gate 3 leads the pack with 10 nominations, though Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Alan Wake 2 aren't far behind with 9 and 8 nominations, respectively. Winners are decided by BAFTA's global membership comprised of experienced minds in the game industry. The EE Players' Choice award is the only category open to public voting, which you can do here. The nominees are:  Best Game Alan Wake 2 Baldur’s Gate 3 Dave the Diver The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the...

South Park: Snow Day adds the show's humor to the classic rogue-like formula with chaotic results...

Fortnite: Chapter 5 was a huge launch for the long-running battle royale developed by Epic Games. Not only did it bring a mafia-themed season to the battle royale aspect of Fortnite, with a new battle pass too, but it introduced three new ways to play the game: Fortnite Festival, a Rock Band-like experience developed by Harmonix, Lego Fortnite, a Minecraft-like survival experience, and Rocket Racing, a racing game developed by Rocket League studio Psyonix. As Season 1 of Chapter 5 reaches its closing hours, Epic Games has revealed the next season is called Myths & Mortals, promising a Greek Mythology-themed season with skins of gods and goddesses and more.  Prepare thyselves, mere mortals! The gods have updated their celestial loading screen ✨ pic.twitter.com/0d91p34hCu — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) March 7, 2024 Unfortunately, the above announcement and accompanying image is all we have so far...

The Helldivers 2 galactic war has taken another turn, this time seemingly locking the release of mechs behind the liberation of a planet called Tien Kwan....

Arrowhead Game Studios has revealed in a PlayStation Blog post that Season 2 of Helldivers 2 launches next week with a new "Cutting Edge" Warbond. This new Warbond is packed with "high-voltage vibes," giving players access to new loadout potential with ultra-futuristic armor, guns that spit lightning, stylish capes, emotes, and more.  Warbond – Cutting Edge goes live next week on March 14 and brings with it a new "Acquisitions" battle pass of things to unlock. However, don't fret if you're still working through the first free and premium Warbonds in Helldivers 2 – Warbonds don't expire.  Check out the Helldivers 2 Warbond – Cutting Edge trailer for yourself below:  Within this new Warbond, players will find multiple EX Series armor prototypes. The EX-03 Prototype 3 includes a rubber underlayer for insulation with "wires that operate at a shocking...

Amazon Studios has released the first official trailer for its upcoming Fallout TV series and unsurprisingly, it features power armor, a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, Vault Dwellers, and plenty more. And it looks great. Today's trailer is just a three-minute tease of what awaits in the full series, which premiers next month on April 11 (originally set to premiere April 12, its premiere has been moved up one day), exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.  The trailer begins with a character explaining the importance of vaults before the world falls to nuclear destruction. Fast forward 200 years and Vault Dwellers emerge, ready to discover what awaits in the vast Californian wasteland. We get new looks at Ella Purnell's Jean, the primary Vault Dweller protagonist, Walton Goggins' Ghoul, Kyle MacLachlan's mysterious character, Aaron Clifton Moten's Maximus, who is a member of the Brotherhood...

The RPG Maker series is arguably the most efficiently named “game” in the medium. It is a tool that lets players make their own RPGs. The series has been around in Japan since the late '80s but has regularly made its way to North America across myriad platforms. It has always existed somewhere between a development tool and a fun, digital creativity toy. The next entry, RPG Maker With – considering it will be for consoles – seems to fall more in the direction of the latter.   With doesn’t appear to have any major surprises. It boasts user-friendly and intuitive controls, all kinds of new assets to build your game with, the ability to make your own assets, and it will let you share your creations, finished or in-progress, with others online. RPG Maker With and is coming...

Amid industry-wide layoffs that have already affected more than 6,700 people in 2024 alone (on top of 10,000 laid off in the games industry last year), Capcom has announced it is increasing its starting salary in Japan by more than 25 percent. Plus, those already working at the company behind games like Street Fighter 6, Dragon's Dogma 2, and the Resident Evil franchise will be getting an increase in their salaries as well.  This news comes by way of VideoGamesChronicle, which reports that the existing pay for "new graduate hires" is around $1,560 per month but, starting in Capcom's 2025 fiscal year, that will change to around $2000 a month, representing a more than 25 percent jump in pay. Existing salaries will be bumped up by more than 5 percent, on average, in Capcom's 2024 fiscal year, according to VGC, and...