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Death Stranding is under attack from users that really dislike Kojima. If there’s one thing that can be said about Death Stranding, the recently released magnum opus from Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, it’s that the game is very deeply polarizing. You either love Death Stranding or you hate it, with very little in between. The critical reviews for Death Stranding are mostly positive, with many reviewers calling it the most important game of our time....

Take a look at last week’s gameplay demo of Homefront: The Revolution and you’ll probably spot a fair few resemblances to Ubisoft’s Far Cry series. But while Deep Silver Dambuster acknowledges that there may be some elements to Homefront that Far Cry players “find familiar”, it also claims there are things that “set it apart in a different way”. “Obviously this is just a small section of the open world,” game designer Fasahat Salim told VideoGamer....

On March 9th, Destiny 2’s current Season of Dawn will come to an end as the tenth Season of the Worthy will replace it. With just a few weeks left in the current season, there are a few things players will want to make sure they get done before the season switches over. Some content will no longer be available once Season 9 ends, such as the Sundial activity, so that adds some extra impetus to complete some tasks before they are no longer a part of the game....

With the release and completion of the Garden of Salvation, the first raid of Destiny 2’s Shadowkeep expansion, players have discovered a secret Exotic quest. The Divine Fragmentation is a Vex-related Exotic quest that will have players adventuring from the Moon to Nessus and back again as players try to fix and then empower a mysterious Vex Core. Destiny 2 players are still uncovering all of the Divine Fragmentation’s secrets, but it should be solved sooner than later....

Any Destiny players that are fans of lore should be familiar with MyNameIsByf, a content creator whose focus is on telling the key stories of Bungie’s shared world shooter. Over the years, Byf has created some epic Destiny videos about a number of different topics, but this weekend he released his magnum opus: The Complete Story of Destiny. Obviously, there is still more Destiny story to be written with the Shadowkeep expansion releasing next week, but even so there is a lot to cover already....

UPDATE 03/08/22: Blizzard has responded to the Diablo Immortal player who found themselves unable to get into the battlegrounds after shelling out an eye watering $100k in the game. In a new video, jtisallbusiness has revealed the developer will be releasing a fix for the issue. “Blizzard did reach out to me,” jtitsallbusiness said, before stating that a Blizzard representative told them the company had “approved a fix” which will be implemented in the “next coming days”....

Dino Crisis artwork has popped up on the new PlayStation Plus service, hinting that the game may be on its way. Subscribers to the new PS Plus service have spotted artwork for the PlayStation survival horror game. Does this mean that it is on its way to the service? The artwork in questions shows the game’s heroine, Regina, adorning the “Classic Games” section. The game is not yet on the service....

Amid tensions between the United States and Iran, which have now been further increased due to Major General Qassim Suleimani’s death, it looks like the politics of it all has spread over to the gaming world – particularly Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Destiny 2. According to user reports, the servers for both games are beginning to get blocked in Iran. The information comes from Reddit user hamoun76, who made a post on the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare subreddit page explaining the situation and providing a possible solution to the problem....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, like most online-oriented games nowadays, has been subjected to datamining efforts in an attempt to figure out what’s coming next. That1MiningGuy, best known for their Apex Legends leaks, has started datamining Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, discovering quite a bit about the popular game’s future in the process. That1MiningGuy has been posting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare leaks on Twitter, revealing 38 unreleased maps, cosmetics, and more....

Call of Duty fans are switching off from the franchise, Activision’s latest user figures suggest. Monthly active user data published by Activision shows player numbers have dipped over the past 12 months - from 127 million in June 2021 to just 94 million this year. The details are part of a tough round of financial results for Activision Blizzard this quarter, despite the recent and highly-profitable launch of Diablo Immortal....

The second Century: Age of Ashes closed beta will launch on Steam this Friday. Playwing announced today that all users who requested access via the Steam page can play the second closed beta on March 12. The new beta will include improvements based on player feedback. Plus, there’s new content to explore, including additional game modes. According to Steam, Century: Age of Ashes is a “free-to-play multiplayer dragon battle game.” Players can take control of different classes and dragons and compete against friends in battles....

With the upcoming CES 2023 officially beginning shortly, those interested in watching the presentations should probably have a good overview of the schedule so that they don’t miss out on the latest updates and releases in the ever-growing technology industry. Once you’ve found out when a presentation is on through our CES 2023 schedule, you’ll then want to find out how to watch or livestream the showcase. You can do this by using our other article as a guide – so that you are best equipped this year to find out what emerging technologies are on their way....

UPDATE: A blog post shared via the official Apex Legends Twitter account confirmed many of the details in this story. In the post, game publisher Electronic Arts confirmed the Halloween event and shared additional details. It will run from Oct. 15 through Nov. 5 and will include several Fight or Fright cosmetics, including two legendary weapon skins, which are available to all players at no extra cost. The blog post also confirmed the Lifeline Heirloom Set, which players are guaranteed to receive upon unlocking all 24 event-limited premium cosmetics....

GameStop’s situation has grown increasingly desperate for the past few years. Since the launch of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, an increasingly digital games industry has threatened the company’s way of life. Where the retailer once thrived on selling used games to the masses, it now struggles to compete with the growing convenience of digital downloads and a culture of gamers trained to wait for flash deals before buying games....

I still can’t get over hearing that Grand Theft Auto was nearly canned - the Grand Theft Auto, the original, the game that started it all. What would have happened if it never came out? And it very nearly didn’t, to hear Gary Penn talk about it, senior producer and then creative director on it. “That game was pretty much nearly canned every bloody week,” he tells me in episode 20 of One-to-one, now available to all premium Eurogamer supporters....

It’s time to go large or go home with these Cyber Monday LG Z2 deals and make savings of up to $3,500! This premium LG TV, simply put, is a BEAST. It’s one of the best TVs out there to watch the World Cup on thanks to its extraordinary 8K display. It’s also capable of AI upscaling, so there’s no need to worry that your content hasn’t caught up with 8K yet....

Ray tracing is something that Nvidia continues to market as the next great thing. While the tech demos certainly are impressive, the RTX technology itself remains a novelty for most gamers at best. The truth is, RTX ray tracing still doesn’t have that much support from developers. That’s because it’s extremely taxing on performance and it requires newer Nvidia GPUs to even run in the first place. Eventually, it’s sure to catch on as more gamers upgrade to hardware that supports it....

Cyberpunk 2077 studio CD Projekt has detailed what’s in store for the RPG in the company’s latest earnings report, confirming the game will get a “major update” in early 2022. As noted by Video Games Chronicle, the studio says it’s “on track” to release next-gen versions of both Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in the first half of 2022. The company announced back in October it was delaying both releases slightly....

Dangerous Golf has been delayed until June, developer Three Fields Entertainment has confirmed to VideoGamer.com. The game had previously been due to release in May. The explosive golf game tasks players with causing as much destruction as possible in a variety of environments, including a petrol station, hotel kitchen, palace ballroom and medieval castle, and is being developed by the creative team behind Burnout. “[Dangerous Golf is] as serious a golf game as Burnout was a serious simulation to driving games,” creative director Alex Ward said at the game’s announcement....

Dark Souls 3 is a game beloved by many. A series that has become bigger than anyone at FROM Software could’ve dreamed, it now stands as a true giant within the video game industry. But that doesn’t mean it’s not for babies… So let Simon ‘The Miller Report’ Miller run down the 7 reasons why Dark Souls 3 is for babies. Brace yourselves: