MIT engineers create 'second skin' that could make games all the more immersive https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/vr-hardware/i-am-the-controller-now-mit-engineers-have-created-a-second-skin-that-could-one-day-track-whole-bodies-in-vr/
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Nintendo of America announced that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is available now on Nintendo Switch 2. The post also links to the game's store page.
Take on Skeletor's evil forces to defend Eternia in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction! Launching Feb 4 on Nintendo Switch.
Hello Games announced that No Man's Sky will launch on iOS on October 28, including last month's large Cosmos update and the full game rather than a lite version. The studio said the port took three years and shrank the game to under 4GB, with iPhone 11 and 3rd gen iPad Air and above supported, Planetary Settlements limited to iPhone 15 Pro and above, and no multiplayer. Controls and UI were redesigned for touch, with controller and mouse and keyboard also supported, and the game will use a free to try model with the full price not yet revealed.
MVP Haters Come Here ft. Mauisnake and Striker https://www.hltv.org/news/45709/mvp-haters-come-here-ft-mauisnake-and-striker
Does @NER0cs rig MVPs for m0NESY? Does @StrikerHLTVorg award MVPs for the sake of Top 20? 🤭
STAR WARS: Galactic Racer (Steam) is $47.95 on Gamebillet https://buff.ly/h4dKZ4j
The "Celeste's Teenage Rebellion" quest in Arc Raiders follows immediately after the "Celeste's Childhood Drawings" quest and takes place on the same Riven Tides map. Players must find a lookout tower, a raider camp, and then a large antenna, traveling across the coastal town.
The ARC Raiders free trial and Frozen Trail update have sent the player count climbing again. Keys for the game are currently up to 58% off.
Chivalware will launch for Switch 2 and PC via Steam on November 5, publishers The Arcade Crew and Imperfect Games and developer Regal Pigeon announced, with the Switch 2 version newly added. A demo is available now for both platforms. The tile-matching action roguelite has players equip up to three weapon disks, with four playable Disk Knights, over 80 weapons, and more than 150 upgrades.
Xbox's disc to digital system has added a licence history feature that lets users track whether a digital licence has been revoked from their account. It can be accessed through the official Play.Xbox browser page under Settings > Manage Games > Disc to digital licence history. Licences may be limited or revoked if a player loses, sells, gives away or otherwise no longer possesses the qualifying disc.
Engineers at MIT have developed a sheet full of optical fibres that can digitally reconstruct its own shape even as it is flexed and folded, and the team reckons it could be fashioned into a garment for accurately mirroring real-world movements in a game. The algorithm reconstructs the sheet's movement with a margin of error of less than 0.4 centimeters, compared with around 1 to 2 centimeters for existing rigid-sensor designs. The team plans to trim down the prototype, whose optical fibres currently measure 1 millimetre thick, and says the tech could also aid patients undergoing physical therapy.
Xbox is testing a system that prominently displays a console user's Xbox "streak" below their gamertag on the system's dashboard
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii used Anthropic's AI tools to build a short browser game, Komiya in the Interrogation Room, in about 30 minutes. Players question a 72-year-old suspect named Komiya and balance Agitation and Resistance meters that cap at 100. Horii said that unlike making The Portopia Serial Murder Case alone, AI now lets him create a game just by giving instructions.
Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition said the game suffered a DDoS attack over the weekend that caused login and connection issues. Players reported trouble connecting to multiplayer matches on Sunday, as well as disconnects after getting into a game. The Coalition said its teams are continuing to monitor and mitigate the activity.
A roundup of Valor Mortis reviews shows a Metacritic average of 76 and an OpenCritic average of 81. Outlet scores range from 9 at TheGamer, Destructoid and GamingTrend down to 5 at Gamekult, with IGN and Game Informer at 7 and Gamespot and Gamesradar at 6.
🏆 With the recent ESL Pro League S24 victory, @zywoo has surpassed @dev1ce in number of notable trophies won across CSGO and CS2 and taken fourth place in the all-time leaderboard
Arc Raiders could eventually be split into PvE and PvP modes. Talking to GamesRadar+ ahead of Embark's limited PvE test next week, executive producer Aleksander Grøndal said the idea of a more peaceful Arc Raiders is "possible". https://bit.ly/4j9b90K
Chivalware is adding a Switch 2 version and will launch on November 5. The report comes from Gematsu and gives no further platform or gameplay details.
SteamDB shows Valve's Steam storefront hit a new concurrent player record on Sunday with more than 43.5 million users, over 14 million of whom were in-game at the same time, also a record. This marks the second time the platform has surpassed its own peak this year, after previously hitting 42 million concurrents in January.
GOG has launched four simultaneous sales this week, offering over 3,000 DRM-free games. The deals span everything from indie gems to sci-fi adventures.
No Man's Sky has been released for iPhone and iPad. The release includes ten years worth of updates, according to Digital Foundry.
Digital Foundry published a review of Dragon's Dogma 2 on Switch 2, framing it in the headline as the first impossible port of the new generation. The full review is available on the Digital Foundry website.
He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe: Dragon Pearl Of Destruction (PS5/XSX/Switch) up for preorder at VGP ($31.55 US Dollars) https://buff.ly/4HbnZyD
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard From Vampire Survivors is officially out on phones. Author Giovanni Colantonio looks back on the games he has played this year and still counts the April release among his best-of-the-year picks.
Chivalware is set to release on Nov 5 for PC and Switch 2.
Hytale released an official trailer for Early Access Chapter I.
The Coalition has confirmed that DDoS attacks targeting Gears of War: E-Day's online services caused intermittent disconnects and login issues during the game's first weekend live. The studio said on October 12th that its teams are continuing to monitor and mitigate the activity. E-Day released on October 6th.
Indigo, a "full game replacement" romhack for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, already has a couple of public demos and is playable on PC via static recompilation. Set 15 years after Majora's Mask, it stars an older, bearded Link who is asked by the fairy Tael to find his missing sister Tatl. The project promises new items, enemies, bosses, maps, and story, while an official Ocarina of Time remake is due out in November.
Riftbound's new Radiance set features rare cards dominated by Riot Games Music crossovers, including Oversized Heartsteel cards, SP K/DA cards, and an Oversized Ekko, Revolutionary using Ekko's original True Damage skin. The set's only Ultimate Rare is Battlefield: Packed Amphitheater, appearing in about 0.025% of booster packs, or roughly 1 in 4,000 packs. Radiance Pre-Rifts start at local game stores on Oct. 16, with booster boxes, packs, and vaults available on Oct. 23.
After weeks of testing 13 gaming earbuds, the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds stand out for their comfortable fit, balanced audio, and large library of built-in equalizers that adapt sound to specific games. Players who need an open-ear design or strong noise canceling for commuting should pick a different set of gaming earbuds.
Nintendo says it has no plans to abandon physical games, keeping an "agnostic" approach that offers both physical and digital versions on Switch 2. Nintendo's VP and general manager for Latin America, Bill van Zyll, said the company follows consumer preference and noted the Switch 2 is barely over a year into its life with both capabilities. This contrasts with Sony, which has decided to move toward a digital-only game marketplace starting in 2028.
A GameSpot piece ranks houses from video games purely by how practical and pleasant they would be to actually live in, judging layout, facilities, location, storage, outdoor space, and "the vibe." Each property is also weighed for the odds of being murdered in your sleep, supernatural interference, and signs of an impending apocalypse, assuming you can afford it. Stardew Valley's farmhouse comes first, praised for space to keep animals and grow your own food.
Valor Mortis drew mixed reviews ahead of its day-one Xbox Game Pass launch on October 13, holding a Metacritic score of 77 overall, 77 on PC and 83 on PS5, with no Xbox Series reviews yet. Destructoid, TheGamer and Gamer Social Club gave it 9/10, Eurogamer and Push Square 8/10, IGN and Game Informer 7/10, and GameSpot and GamesRadar+ 6/10. The game is developed by Ghostrunner studio One More Level and is a first-person soulslike set in an alternate 19th century Napoleonic Europe.
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen has nine permanent Portcrystals in the Norgan region, including the Norgandian Settlement, Rivercave Campground, Shrine of Wisdom, Northwall Campground, Sealed Study, Gagana's Grotto, Castletown Campground, Lorade Castle and Mordria Temple. Players start with an Eternal Ferrystone, allowing fast travel to any Portcrystal from anywhere with a clear view of the sky, while portable Norgan Portcrystals come from chests and quest rewards.
Arc Raiders rose to version 2.0 with the Frozen Trail update, and its Steam concurrent player peak climbed to 185,443, the highest since March and well above its usual sub-40,000 daily peaks. A free trial launched alongside the update, so some of those players may never buy the game. Frozen Trail adds the largest new map Pendola Pass, new Arc enemy units, new weapons, a player home called The Outpost and a skill tree revamp, and Embark is officially testing a dedicated PvE mode from 13th to 20th October.
Arc Raiders saw its player numbers rebound with the launch of Frozen Trail and the game's 2.0 release. Eurogamer notes those numbers may be deceptively high.
EA and Full Circle - the developer behind the new early access Skate game (skate.) - don't have a problem with modders and "creativity from players," but they're drawing the line with mods that aim to unlock paid microtransactions and unreleased content. https://bit.ly/4hP8aZ7
No Man's Sky is coming to iOS on October 28. The game is currently available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store. The iOS version lets players try the beginning for free, with a one-time purchase unlocking the full game including 10 years of updates.