That’s according to Joseph Staten, head of creative at 343 Industries, speaking on the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences podcast Game Maker’s Notebook (thanks TechRadar). Infinite was the first open world Halo game so it’s understandable there were several changes during development, but in particular the scope and biome variety were heavily revised. Watch on YouTube Halo Infinite Campaign Co-Op Tested… With Steam Deck In The Mix! “The team went through a lot of iterations on scope and biome variety before I joined the team,” said Staten....

This back to school themed event will feature Foundables inspired by Platform 9 ¾ and the gates of Hogwarts. You’ll be able to add these new Foundbales to a special event page in your Registry. There are also new Special Assignments for you to complete and new rewards to earn, including cosmetic items and Restricted Section Books, which are vital for levelling up your chosen Profession. On this page: The first week of Brilliant Event: Back to Hogwarts will run from August 13th to August 20th, with a start time of:...

Whether you want to tackle a Wizarding Challenge or are tracking down an Oddities - you’ll be casting some combat spells. Strategic Spells can turn the tide of a tough battle and a Potion can give you the extra boost you need to knock out a monster, especially if that monster is a Horned Serpent. On this page: First on your list should always be Spell Energy. Without Spell Energy you will be a sitting target for your enemies, unable to attack as they slowly whittle down your Stamina....

Heardle is a music game inspired by Wordle - where instead of guessing a word, you hear the opening of a song, with each failed guess extending the preview to help you solve the title and artist in question. If you fail to guess once you have heard the complete preview, then you’ll break your streak - which is why discovering today’s Heardle answer is so important for players, especially as some song intros are more elusive than others....

Heardle is a music game inspired by Wordle - where instead of guessing a word, you hear the opening of a song, with each failed guess extending the preview to help you solve the title and artist in question. If you fail to guess once you have heard the complete preview, then you’ll break your streak - which is why discovering today’s Heardle answer is so important for players, especially as some song intros are more elusive than others....

The studio confirmed that the teaser comes from an “in-game cinematic” taken from the fourth mainline installment of the franchise, Dreadwolf. “Elven god of lies or heroic rebel against tyranny?” BioWare teased on Instagram. “Depends who you ask. Happy #DragonAgeDay! We’re kicking today off with an in-game cinematic from #Dreadwolf!” As for what the new game will be about? “Solas, the Dread Wolf,” teases the title’s official blurb. “Some say he might be an ancient elven god, but some say not....

It will take place on Thursday 17th March at 9pm UK time on Twitch and YouTube. The presentation will last for 20 minutes and feature an extended 14 minute first look at gameplay for the Harry Potter RPG. Since Sony first announced the game back in 2020, the trailer has been viewed over 28m times on the PlayStation YouTube channel. Fans have been eager for more information ever since. There’s still no specific release date for the game, though the official word is it will be released in 2022 despite reports of a delay....

There’s no word on plot details for Horizon - or any of the above projects - or word on when we might see them materialise. Still, hopefully someone at Sony is talking to Game of Thrones actress Rose Leslie right now and asking about her availability. These latest three TV projects come in addition to another three video game adaptations which Sony also listed as part of its presentation documentation: HBO’s currently-shooting The Last of Us series, a Ghost of Tsushima movie, and a Twisted Metal show for NBC’s Peacock....

For completing the Witch’s Brew challenge in Overwatch 2 you’ll receive Sojourn’s ‘It’s always the widow’ voice line. Some other challenges give XP toward the Battle Pass, but this voice line is a nice unique reward. You’ll have to visit a specific area at the right moment, so we’ve explained how to complete the Witch’s Brew challenge below. For help with other Halloween challenges, check out our guides on Ominous Portent, Lantern Lit, and Photozomb....

A Pokémon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl save file is what you need on your Switch to access both Darkrai and the new clothing set. You can also unlock an encounter with Shaymin and the Shaymin Kimono Set, as well as the Pikachu and Eevee Masks, by having save files for past instalments in the Pokémon series on your console. On this page: If you’d like to learn more, visit our Pokémon Legends: Arceus guide....

This character hails from the Marvel universe and is an alias used by a number of different characters who clash with Spider-Man. Below you’ll learn how to unlock the Prowler skin, along with the Prowler cosmetic items, by completing the Prowler challenges. On this page: Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed. What’s new? Chapter 3 Season 3 has arrived! New additions include Reality Seeds and Saplings and riding animals, along with the new Battle Pass, characters collection and map changes....

Then the screen turns to black: I have been summoned. A quick look on eBay is enough to see that runes are being sold for actual, real-life money. Runes - like souls in the Dark Souls games - are the currency of Elden Ring. They allow you to level up your character, or buy items and equipment. Now you can buy them on the black market. In actuality, what you’re buying is the promise of a trip to another world in the game’s slightly convoluted summoning mechanic to pick up a pile of Golden Runes, an item that can be used to gain runes ready to spend....

Reeves, who will be reprising his role as Johnny Silverhand on the DLC’s release next year, will be joined by none other than Idris Elba. Elba will be playing Solomon Reed, an “FIA Agent for the New United States of America”. His character will be pivotal to the expansion’s story. You can see both Reeves and Elba in the latest trailer for Phantom Liberty below. This DLC is Cyberpunk 2077’s only planned expansion, with the developer recently confirming it will be a paid one....

Black Myth: Wukong, the Chinese-made action game based on Journey to the West that took the internet by storm back in August 2020, has now moved over to Unreal Engine 5, Hangzhou-based developer Game Science Studio confirmed. In fact, the video is recorded real-time in Unreal Engine 5 and “supported” by Nvidia’s DLSS technology. Black Myth: Wukong is the first Unreal Engine 5 game to feature DLSS, Nvidia said. The video gives us a good look at the action role-playing game, showing off fancy snow and ice deformation....

First of all, we need to look at the plausibility of an actual DLSS-capable processor ending up in a mobile console. There at least, there are positive answers. Nvidia’s latest Tegra SoC (system on chip) is codenamed Orin, it’s based on the latest Ampere architecture and it’s primarily designed for the automotive industry which presents our first problem - it has a 45W power budget, in a world where the debut Switch hit a maximum of 15W, with 10-11W likely used by the main processor itself (and probably half of that in mobile mode)....

Game Pass is, officially, big. Subscribers jumped a whopping 50 per cent, from 10 million to 15 million, between April and September 2020 - before the Series X and S consoles had even launched - and have continued to grow in the months since, reaching over 18 million as of late January 2021. Putting that number into context is tricky - Xbox doesn’t do console sales figures anymore - but it’s over a third of the number of people subscribed to PS Plus, which hit 47....

Moreover, the story is excruciatingly told. Your daughter finds a book about love at school, and it manifests as some all-powerful, passionate latin love guru, an over-the-top love therapist for shrunken Mum and Dad. All they - you - need to do is to learn to work together again! Rediscover your passion! Hhhhrrr. Pass me the sick bucket. It’s like being pitched a condescending, sugar-powered seminar on marital relations by the Cartoon Network....

Halfbrick - also the studio responsible for mobile classic Fruit Ninja - initially announced an iOS and Android sequel to Jetpack Joyride back in February 2021, with an accompanying trailer suggesting some very familiar action, albeit with a slightly slicker new HD art style. That announcement was accompanied by a limited launch in select territories, but Halfbrick suddenly pulled the game from Google Play and the iOS App Store in March this year, saying it had “entered a new closed phase of development for an indefinite period”....

Following on from the recent release of patch 0.9, developer Poncle has now released patch 0.10.0 for the game, or in its words, “The Not One” patch. You can see a teaser for it below. This patch brings with it a host of new content, such as new characters Cosmo Pavone and Big Trousers. Players will also now be able to get two new achievements, a new Arcana and a new weapon....

Wild Hearts, a collaboration between Omega Force (the studio behind the long-running Warriors series) and EA Originals, transplants the creature battling formula most closely associated with Capcom’s Monster Hunter games to a fantastical feudal Japan. This isn’t Omega Force’s first turn in the monster hunting genre, of course; it previously dabbled in its two Toukiden games, and Wild Hearts expands on those to introduce an experience where up to three players can seamlessly battle mysterious beasts known as Kemono....