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DreamHack returns once more, but as an online show starting today. In lieu of being a live-person event, the organizers have revealed DreamHack Beyond, a “hybrid festival and online multiplayer game” for participants to explore the showcase and cheer on teams from the safety of home. The DreamHack Beyond game was created by Super Crowd. The developer has been behind other multiplayer expo games for events like gamescom and the Hamburg Games Conference Online 2021....

Dreams remains one of those few titles that comes around enlivening the gaming sphere through the use of creativity, imagination, and self-styled guile. Merely look at the variety of creations gamers have constructed using the Dreams creator platform, from the likes of a terrifying P.T. recreated hallway to even Metal Gear Solid itself. Dreams vies to be a resource as much as an experience, separating it from many of its gaming counterparts....

It’s time to build a new Dungeons & Dragons character. The class of choice? Barbarian. As with any D&D class, there are many ways to build a barbarian warrior—but only a few ways to make that barbarian the absolute best rage-monster they can be. So here’s a handy step-by-step guide on how to maximize a barbarian’s raw natural power on the battlefield during character creation. Barbarians are an inherently strong D&D class....

Choosing a difficulty in a game like Dying Light 2 can make a massive difference to your overall experience. Usually, players pick their difficulties based on experience. However, some also like to challenge themselves by picking a difficulty they are not familiar with. DL2 features three difficulties, namely Easy, Normal, & Hard. A lot of players who are newer to the game might be wondering which of the game’s difficulties are the right ones to choose....

Hello hello, and welcome back to our E3 liveblog series. This time we’ll be covering the E3 2021 announcements for the second day, which is when things really kick off on the PC front. Before starting this liveblog we’ve already had a look at Naraka: Bladepoint, but a few of the big companies have their showcases today. We’ve got Xbox & Bethesda up first, Square Enix right after, a quick look at Back 4 Blood after that, and then the PC Gaming Show and the Future Games Show....

In a move upsetting to many fans of EA franchises, the gaming conglomerate has made the decision to raise the prices on different games coming to Steam. One such game includes the Mass Effect Collection. For the Mass Effect Collection, this holds true among a variety of currencies, including the following, according to VG247. Philippine Peso Argentine Peso Russian Ruble New Zealand Dollar Chilean Peso Brasilian Real Indian Rupee Malaysian Ringgit Singapore Dollar Colombian Peso South African Rand Canadian Dollar Taiwan Dollar South Korean Won Swiss Franc Indonesian Rupiah Polish Zloty Thai Baht Norwegian Krone Ukrainian Hryvnia Turkish Lira Euro British Pound Mexican Peso Emirati Dirham Israeli New Shekel As per VG 247, the price of the Mass Effect Collection will remain the same in the below currencies....

EA would love to make another NCAA sports game, but it would require the developer to secure the rights for the likenesses of ‘each and every individual athlete’ featured in the game (via The Gamer). EA hasn’t made an NCAA game since NCAA Football 2014. No, the developer wasn’t hit on the head with a flying pigskin and only just remembered that the popular sports series existed. In 2009, a former UCLA basketball player – Ed O’Bannon – filed a lawsuit against EA, the Collegiate Licensing Company, and the NCAA requesting royalties for the college athletes who were featured in the sports games....

Technically, there’s no best class in Elden Ring, since you can try your best to make certain builds work. You could even be over-leveled to the point that several encounters become trivial. Still, it’s worth discussing the type of class that could suit certain playstyles. Here’s our Elden Ring guide to help you choose the right class for you during character creation. Note: For more information, check out our Elden Ring guides and features hub....

What does the Elden Ring Network Status Check Failed error mean in Elden Ring and how to fix it? Let’s answer this question in this guide. Elden Ring has got overwhelmingly glowing reviews from critics and players and has faced considerably low launch issues compared to other games. This particular error is related to servers and cannot be resolved by fixes from your end. Elden Ring Network Status Check Failed Error The Network Status Check Failed error in Elden Ring means that the servers are overloaded by the number of players trying to play the game....

Elden Ring, the latest title from developer FromSoftware, is no stranger to throwing its players into some tricky challenges. In fact, one of its hardest fights was against Starscourge Radahn. This hulking behemoth was once able to decimate players with high damaging ranged attacks and a frantic flurry of combos. However, after patch 1.03, Radahn’s damage output was reduced enough to make the fight much easier. Well, after the latest update for Elden Ring, it looks like Radahn got a re-buff and is back to normal....

With the coronavirus spreading further and further around the world, GDC has seen a number of massive companies drop out of its annual conference due to concerns that the virus may spread. Kojima Productions was the most recent name to pull out of the yearly event due to concerns about the illness, with PlayStation also opting to play it safe and not attend either. Now, it appears another notable name originally set to appear at the show has decided to cancel due to coronavirus concerns....

During TwitchCon 2019, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear took to the stage to address the controversy surrounding the company’s inconsistent moderation policies. At the time he admitted that “We haven’t always been consistent in our enforcement in the past.” This news came as a surprise to absolutely no one as he reassured viewers that the company has a “Head of Trust and Safety” and is “building up to consistently and fairly apply the rules all over Twitch....

The Epic Games Store is kicking off the new year with a big announcement: more free games! While the storefront’s plan for free titles was originally set to end in December 2019, they will be continuing it into 2020. Every week, EGS will offer a free game. Just log in, claim your game, and it’s yours for all eternity. That’s a pretty sweet deal. Even if you never spend a dime on the Epic Store, you can nab 50 titles throughout 2020....

In news we can easily file under “hmm, that makes sense” former Gambit solo movie director Rupert Wyatt has confirmed that we were about a playing card’s width away from getting a cinematic adventure with the kinetic mutant back in 2015, until Fox saw the box office numbers rolling in from Josh Trank’s heavily edited Fantastic Four. The Gambit film was – and still is – set to star Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau, who has enjoyed an on again-off again relationship with the X-Men over the years in the Marvel comics....

The largest draw of Farming Simulator is no doubt its agricultural farming mechanics. However, the series has long featured animal husbandry as well. Giants has gone ahead and showed a little extra love to our feathered and furry friends as shown in a new trailer for the upcoming Farming Simulator 22. In this newest version of the sim, the animals will look “a lot cuter,” in addition to being “more important than ever....

Ever since the Microsoft Xbox Adaptive Controller was announced at E3 in 2018, modders and developers have been finding new ways for people of all abilities to game. The only issue with the ground-breaking device has been that the controller only works for Xbox devices. Even though the controller has helped many, one father has gone the extra mile and has modified the Xbox Adaptive Controller to work on Nintendo Switch....

This Fear the Walking Dead review contains spoilers. Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 10 Intentionally or not, “210 Words Per Minute” raises a very interesting question about mortality. In the zombie apocalypse, does a terminal illness carry the same weight it once did if death is always just around the corner? Unfortunately, Fear the Walking Dead doesn’t do much with this intriguing premise, not that it’s honor-bound to do so....

In recent weeks, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake has been mostly quiet, which should be no surprise give that its release date is some time off. One of the biggest, more recent reveals though was that of Ifrit and Shiva, the long-running Fire and Ice summons related to the franchise. Graphically, each are beautiful creations with also a little revealed about how they will work. In the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, summons depart from the way they worked in the original to provide more of a flourish in combat....

Is Square Enix already working on a PC port of the new Final Fantasy VII Remake? The company has released a brand new video message in honor of the game’s launch on the PlayStation 4. While the video doesn’t reveal anything too surprising, Final Fantasy fans are now speculating that the studio may already be working on bringing the game to PC. Right at the start of the video message, text flashes up over game footage....

These days, it seems that every major vehicle manufacturer has released their own take on a battery electric vehicle. From GM to Toyota, from Ford to Volkswagen, from Nissan to Volvo, there are more BEVs to choose from than the average consumer knows what to do with. For this reason, it helps to narrow down your options to just two choices and compare and contrast from there. Here, we’ll do exactly that with the Ford Mustang Mach-E vs Polestar 2....