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SuperData recently released a report claiming that Fortnite’s earnings have been on a gradual decline ever since November 2017, and now Epic Games has come out to pretty much claim that SuperData has no idea what they’re talking about. The Nielsen-owned SuperData claimed in its monthly report that Fortine’s numbers have “hit their lowest level since November 2017,” in comparison to a jump in month-over-month active users competing battle royale games Apex Legends and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds....

Epic Games is continuing to give away free games into 2020, a tradition that began with the launch of the Epic Games Store in 2018 (via VG247). The news comes with a flock of facts and figures reflecting the roaring success of the Epic Games Store’s first year of operation. Over the course of 2019, approximately 108 million users spent $608 million through their cumulative store activity. $251 million of the final total was divvied out to third-party games and DLC, and this figure excludes subsidies....

The new game from Flavourworks, the studio that brought us FMV-style game Erica, arrives today, and it’s called Hush - Crane and is available free from Google Play and the App Store. Hush - Crane is pretty short, around 20 minutes or so, and is very similar in many ways to Erica - a movie-like game you can touch to interact with, and a game I really liked. Hush - Crane follows a kind of hitman, or gangster - someone working for an underworld organised gang - who ends up tangled in a love affair with someone who’s not all they seem....

Coming off of a fully-funded Kickstarter campaign, Everspace 2 seems to be in great form coming into the new year. I stopped by the Rockfish Games booth at PAX South and was able to talk with the studio’s community ambassador, Erik Schrader. Rockfish Games is a cooperative effort between the original German studio and the US-based team that was present for the conference — just over 20 members total. Erik spoke about the studio’s value for doing things correctly, even though it meant some initial fan disappointment in the 2021 release date that came along with its 2019 Gamescom reveal in August....

Out of all the tools at the player’s disposal in Minecraft the most interesting and often most useful are the various tameable mobs the player can encounter or create. These animals and creatures can provide helpful abilities that the player would not otherwise have and can dramatically improve the player’s ability to build, mine, and survive. 12 Allay The Allay is the newest, somewhat tameable mob added in Minecraft’s new Wild Update in June 2022....

It’s time for another episode from Fallout 4’s S.P.E.C.I.A.L. video series designed to help players prepare for the possibility of total atomic annihilation. Today’s episode takes a look at Charisma, needed to enable players to negotiate their way out of danger with unsavoury characters and to earn the trust of fellow Wasteland inhabitants. Still to come in the video series are Intelligence, Agility and Luck, each impacting how you survive when exiting the vault....

Maintaining a good Bethesda/life balance is crucial in times such as these precarious weeks following the release of one of their massive RPGs. It’s essential that, while we’re navigating Fallout 4’s sprawling wasteland, we don’t allow other aspects of our adult lives to fall into disrepair. To that end, Jim has put together a handy guide to surviving Fallout 4’s potentially devastating effect on your work, your health, and your relationships....

Scott Bennie, a writer and contributor to the original Fallout, has died aged 61. Bennie served as a designer, writer and producer of numerous games during his time at Interplay in the 1990s, including The Lord of the Rings, Starfleet Academy, plus Starfleet Command and its sequel. On Fallout, Bennie memorably said his career had peaked with the popular naming of its canine companion, Dogmeat. “I didn’t have that much to do with Fallout....

How to Fix Far Cry 6 Xbox HD Texture Pack Not Working Issue? The download size for Xbox Series X|S is around 26GB so ensure that you have freed up this amount of hard drive space. Now, some players are saying that it gets downloaded automatically while some don’t get it. It seems that if you have enough space, you get an automatic download. Otherwise, you have to download it manually....

Chemistry in FIFA 23 works dramatically different to previous games in the series, but it remains one of the most important aspects of Ultimate Team you need to master. FIFA 23 ditches the previous line-based Chemistry system for a brand new Chemistry system that means players can link up across the pitch. We explain the FIFA 23 Chemistry changes, how Team Chemistry, Individual Chemistry and FUT Chemistry now works, and how to increase Chemistry in FIFA 23....

EA Sports launched its next installment of FIFA and players have been lining up to play it. The game houses HyperMotion 2 Gaming Technology which bridges the gap between in-game mechanics and real-world football. The upgrades available in FIFA 23 are not limited to graphics but also the AI motion and movement, the upgrades in attacking, skills, dribbling, and defending. While playing FIFA 23, you will have the ability to perform multiple types of shots....

Square Enix communicated that physical copies of Final Fantasy VII Remake may not reach players on the game’s release date due to “unforeseeable changes in the distribution and retail landscape.” (via Eurogamer). Though the worldwide release date of the game has not been moved, the global economic impact of the pandemic has caused complications across countless industries. The developer brought the community up to speed in a statement published to Twitter, citing “extraordinary circumstances....

Our Tower of Zot guide is here to help out those of you who pre-ordered Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker and are currently playing through early access. And, judging by the queues and the occasional server blips, that’s most of you. So! With Endwalker, we’ve got a whole load of new dungeons and trials, but this level 81 love letter to Final Fantasy IV is the first one you’ll battle through… after battling through a few hours of cutscenes and conversations....

PowerWash Simulator, as the name suggests, is a simulation game where players assume the role of a small power washing business company and take jobs from various clients. While each clientele can be deemed as a level, once crossed they provide money that can be used to upgrade the tools. Although the game is in its early stages, it has gathered attraction from a big set of crowd. While players love playing it, some PC users cannot relate to the feeling....

Football Manager 2023 Console will now launch on 1st February for PlayStation 5. The inaugural PS5 edition of the game was delayed in November due to “unforeseen circumstances which arose during the submissions and approval process”. The game will also have a 20 percent discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers until 14th February, a discount consistent with the pre-order incentive prior to the initial intended release. Watch on YouTube Football Manager 2022 | Launch Trailer...

School can be one wild ride. There are cliques and classes, tests and papers, proms and sporting events. It’s a time to find out who you are and who you want to become. It’s full of pressure, yes. But in the long run, it’s worth it – especially when you come out on the other side. Elsa and Anna had some challenges of their own. Elsa had trouble letting anyone in, and her sister chased after love in all the wrong places....

If you have been playing Disney Dreamlight Valley for a while, you must have figured out that collecting materials, cooking and completing various different quests is a major part of the gameplay experience. Recipes in this game can require a variety of ingredients that can only be acquired by completing a set of quests or tasks. One such ingredient is Slush Ice that can only be bought from Remy’s pantry and is used to make desserts like different flavors of Ice-cream and Sorbets....

Before getting my hands on Dodgeball Academia, I wasn’t sure if I was getting into an arcade-style dodgeball game or a JRPG. The distinction was tough to make, because the game blends the two genres together. The overall narrative and character-building play like a role-playing game, but combat consists of fast-paced dodgeball matches. It’s a fun, fantastical combination. You play as Otto, a new transfer to the school who is determined to become the best dodgeball player in the world....

Dome Keeper is a thrillingly bad time. You know this sort of game: claustrophobic, tense, mercilessly well designed. A sharp design. The best kind of awful. 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....

Don’t expect VideoGamer or any other publication to publish a review of The Division ahead of release, as reviewers will be playing the game alongside everyone else when the game launches and servers are turned on, Ubisoft has said. “Since it’s impossible for us to populate the servers in a way that would adequately replicate playing The Division on launch day, reviewers will start playing the game along with everyone else when it’s released on March 8 – after the servers go live officially at 00:01AM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT),” said Ubisoft....