Being stranded on a hostile alien world teeming with dangerous wildlife would be reason enough to adopt new methods of staying alive, but having to deal with super-powered humans requires brand new mantras for survival according to the latest Outriders trailer.As the video below points out, survival on Enoch boils down to four key factors; ditching cover, liberally using the powers that you've unlocked, killing to heal yourself, and thinking aggressively. With the Outriders demo providing a substantial chunk of the game's opening act to play through, all four of those key pillars of gameplay were on display as the early opening missions and boss fights motivated players to use aggressive tactics to overcome early challenges.Outriders launches on April 1 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, and will also be available on Xbox Game Pass on launch day. If you've been enjoying the demo and you're looking to farm it for a few legendary items to carry over to the full game, your best bet to do so is to grind through a few of the game's tougher foes according to our Outriders Legendary Loot farming guide.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Rick and Morty Season 5 is right around the corner, and while a specific release date has yet to be announced, the new episodes could arrive in 2021. Here's what we know about the upcoming season of the Adult Swim show.Like most TV shows in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic put a halt on production, which in turn led to numerous delays. Eventually, production for most TV series picked back up, but according to Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon, working on the series had become more efficient during lockdown. "We're more on schedule than we’ve ever been," Harmon said during PayleyFest NY 2020 (via Syfy). "It kind of makes you have to focus on the whole process when you don't have this office environment anymore. Everyone has to run this bee colony remotely, so the honey just gets made more consistently. It's working for us."Season 5 release dateA specific release date has not been announced yet. Writing wrapped on the show and animation was underway as of July 2020--Adult Swim released an animatic for Season 5 during Adult Swim Con in July, which you can check out below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The recently announced 93rd Academy Awards nominations have something surprising in common with last week's list of Golden Raspberry Awards nominations: They've both included Glenn Close's performance in Hillbilly Elegy to be in the running for their highest honor extended to supporting actresses.On both lists, Hillbilly Elegy appears twice for Oscar noms (Actress in a Supporting Role and Makeup and Hairstyling) and three times for Razzies (Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay). As The Hollywood Reporter has helpfully pointed and also diligently listed out, this situation isn't entirely unusual--there have been other award seasons where an actor has been simultaneously honored for both their best and worst performances in the same year. What is unusual about Hillbilly Elegy, however, is the same actor receiving both nominations for the same role--which may be further support for the belief that the only aim for art should be for it to cause a reaction, period.Hillbilly Elegy, a drama co-starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams (Arrival, The Fighter), was released on Netflix back in November. Directed by Ron Howard and adapted from a 2016 memoir of the same name by J.D. Vance, the movie is an exploration of the American Dream through three generations of an Appalachian family in Ohio.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Game developer Troy Leavitt, who found himself in hot water after coming under fire for his controversial YouTube channel, has explained why he left Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy studio Avalanche Software. He released the recording of a video presentation he gave to colleagues at the time of his departure, which spells out the reasons for his departure, his reaction to the articles written about him, and more.He started by laying out a timeline. In January 2020, before the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Leavitt said he received some "difficult news" about his family. By April of 2020, he told HR that he was planning to retire in August of 2020 and then move to Nevada to be closer to family and help with the "family issues." The Avalanche team suggested that Leavitt instead take some time off and come back when he could, and that's what he did.Leavitt said WB Games was a good partner during his time at Avalanche and said again that the management was aware of his YouTube channel years ago. After reports about Leavitt's YouTube channel began to make the rounds, management at WB Games did not pressure him into retiring or stepping away, Leavitt said. "Not in the least," he said. "I never felt like my job or my position was truly threatened." But Leavitt eventually followed through with his plan to retire and he did so in March 2021 to be with his family.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A few fresh job listings at Blizzard seem to suggest that the company is working on a "unannounced triple-A multiplayer game." The listings were first promoted on social media by Blizzard senior artist Dan John Cox, who said that his team is "looking to hire a LOT of people on a REALLY REALLY cool unannounced project."The listings call for an associate combat designer, a senior 3D environmental artist, and a senior systems designer, among others. Each job posting is tied to an "unannounced project," and while we don't know the nature of this new game--or if it will even ever see the light of day--it seems likely that it's some sort of online action game.My team is looking to hire a LOT of people on an REALLY REALLY cool unannounced project. We've even got some awesome Associate level design jobs!!This is hands down the best project and team I've ever worked with in my career.Message me or DM me and I'll toss you job links! pic.twitter.com/Maf3MnQL4R — Dan John Cox (@danjohncox) March 11, 2021In general, drawing conclusions about upcoming games based on job listings isn't always a good idea, since incomplete games are shelved, delayed, and completely reconfigured all the time. (For example, Blizzard's own mega-hit Overwatch famously came out of the demise of Project Titan, perhaps the most high-profile failure in the history of the developer.) However, considering that Cox is speaking publicly about these roles, it's clear that people at Blizzard are excited about this project.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV series has lost a cast member, who has departed the project after Amazon reportedly decided to go a different direction with his character.Tom Budge announced on Instagram that he has left Amazon's series over the creative changes. "After recently seeing the first episodes shot over the last year Amazon has decided to go in another direction with the character I was portraying," Budge said.He included a video of the Johnny Cash song "Ring of Fire" in his post, which will surely prompt speculation regarding his intentions of using that song.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The latest update for Assassin's Creed Valhalla arrives on March 16, and much like previous patches, it's going to be a big download. In a new Ubisoft blog post, the company provided the following size estimations for Title Update 1.2.0:Xbox Series X|S: 17.97 GBXbox One: 12.81 GBPlayStation 5: 12.28 GBPlayStation 4: 12.6 GBPC: 15.85 GBOnce installed, Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be ready for the Ostara Festival event, Transmog options will be added, and most importantly, there'll be an increase in cats roaming the lands of England. Transmog has been a major fan-requested feature for the game ever since it arrived, and with the new patch players will be able to visit Gunnar's blacksmith in Ravensthorpe where they can change their appearance for the price of 50 Silver.New skills are also being added, such as Fearless Leaper (leap attack damage has a larger area of effect and can be done at any height), Raven's Loot (your raven gathers loot from targets killed with ranged attacks), and Loot Food (Eivor now has a higher chance of looting food from dead bodies). As for the actual gameplay, numerous other balancing fixes will be applied.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Just a few weeks after its launch, Nvidia's RTX 3060 has had its Ethereum blocking measures circumvented by a beta driver the company issued itself to users.The latest 470.05 driver for Nvidia GPUs has lifted the restriction on Ethereum mining on the company's latest card, which was marketed as the first in the RTX line to feature silicon-level restrictions for mining. Various outlets have now confirmed that the driver overcomes this without any additional tweaks, with ComputerBase, HardwareLuxx, and PC Watch all confirming hash rates well over double previous rates before the driver update.This is bad news if you were planning to secure the already scarce card, and it drastically reduces the value proposition of Nvidia's planned mining-focused CMP GPU range. Gaming GPUs are more valuable on the secondhand market given their ability to output video and still play games without issues even after extended mining periods, giving miners options to recoup costs if profitability dives over the next few months.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Red Candle Games has launched an online store where you can purchase its two horror games, Detention and Devotion. As many horror fans know, Devotion was removed from Steam due to a controversial art asset that seemingly compared Chinese president Xi Jingping to popular children book's character Winnie the Pooh. In particular, Devotion is considered one of the best horror games of recent years.This Winnie the Pooh comparison is considered controversial because memes comparing the Chinese president to the character have become a popular way to criticize his policies. At the time, the Taiwan-based Red Candle Games released a statement stating that the art asset was a mistake. Nevertheless, Devotion was removed from Steam shortly afterward.Late last year, Red Candle Games announced that Devotion would be available on CD Projekt Red's storefront GOG, but GOG reversed that decision within hours. A physical release of the game was published last June, but it wasn't available to customers in the West. In our Devotion review, critic Richard Wakeling scored the game 9/10 stated that the game "evokes P.T.'s terrifying spirit to paint an inventive, thought-provoking, and insidious portrait of family life within the claustrophobic confines of a small Taiwanese apartment."Info from Gamespot.com

Game developer Toby Fox's Undertale is an excellent game, and Xbox users can finally play it this week. Microsoft has announced that not only is Undertale coming to Xbox platforms on March 16, but it will release on launch day into Game Pass.In a blog post, publisher 8-4 said the Xbox edition is "largely similar" to the PC version, but there are some enhancements on Xbox to "make for a more comfortable" experience. Due to this, there is no cross-progression between Xbox and PC, the publisher said.While that's a bummer, 8-4 teased that the Xbox version "features its own little…shrine, one might say…of exclusive content to look out for."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The recently announced The Wonder Years reboot on ABC has finally cast its Kevin Arnold, according to Deadline. As has been previously reported, the classic American TV show will still be taking place in the '60s, but instead focus on a Black family--and Elisha "EJ" Williams will star as Dean, the counterpart to Fred Savage's Kevin Arnold. Check out a clip of Savage passing the torch in a video released by ABC below."I've been connected to this show for, like, 30 years," Arnold tells Williams. "When I was your age, I played--it was Kevin then… all of us are so invested, and it means so much to us."At about the 43-second mark, Arnold breaks the news to Williams that he's been cast, and it's his turn to carry the torch. Because no one is exempt from the standard Zoom issues and hiccups we've been experiencing in quarantine, Williams smiles and admits: "I would be enjoying this a whole lot more if you did not just lag."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Professional basketball superstar Kevin Durant has announced an investor partnership with Andbox, the esports organization that owns and operates the Call of Duty League's New York Subliners, the Overwatch League's NYXL, and the Andbox Valorant team.The size of Durant's investment, which includes his business partner Rich Kleiman and their firm Thirty Five Ventures also signing on, was not disclosed. However, according to Andbox co-founder and president Farzam Kamel, Durant has "material skin in the game."Durant will help Andbox increase brand awareness, collaborate on online tournaments and live events with gamers, and create custom merchandise. Fans will also start to see Durant clad in Andbox gear that will be distributed by both the esports organization and Thirty Five Ventures. The two plan to start hosting regular meetings on marketing, community, and apparel, as well as lining up collaborations with top gamers. There's no word on who that might be just yet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

PlayStations Communities on PS4 will soon be removed, Sony has announced. The console manufacturer announced that the social feature will no longer be available in April. PlayStation Communities allowed like-minded players to form parties, send each other messages, compare screenshots, among other activities.According to TechRadar, Sony removed the PlayStation Communities app in March of last year, as well as removing the ability to create private parties on PS4. However, it seems players can still make parties by sorting their friends into groups. Additionally, the PS5 does not support the PlayStation Communities feature, and Sony hasn't announced any plans to bring it to the current-gen console.Sony hasn't been shy about removing features from older consoles. Late last year, the company removed the ability to buy PS3, PSP, and PS Vita content via a computer or phone, as well as discontinuing the wishlist functionality. Sony recently confirmed that the PS5 is being sold at a loss, which is common for game consoles. If you're one of the many people who are still trying to get a PS5, check out our restock guide.Info from Gamespot.com

A big part of the Valheim survival experience is constructing a robust base where you're protected while sleeping and crafting all your various gear. Constructing your buildings out of stone makes them much stronger than the Wood structures you can start with, but you'll have to do some work to unlock the ability to work stone. Here's everything you need to know to make a Stonecutter and start building stone structures.Advance Through The Bronze AgeTo access stoneworking, you need metal tools, and getting metal is a long, involved process. Your ultimate goal is to build a Stonecutter, which is the crafting station that makes building stone structures possible. Getting it requires you to have access to Iron, though, which means you'll need to explore the Swamp biome and defeat the first two bosses in Valheim.To get Iron, you'll first need to unlock the ability to forge Bronze and make Bronze tools and gear. Check out our Bronze guide for information on how to do that. The gist is that, before you can start making seriously cool things out of stone, you'll have to earn all the upgrades you can get from the Meadows and Black Forest biomes and defeat their bosses. You'll also need a Bronze Pickaxe (made from 10 Bronze and 3 Core Wood).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Epic and Nintendo are releasing another piece of special-edition Fortnite hardware, a pair of themed Switch Joy-Con controllers. The controllers come with a Fortnite-themed paintjob, and just for good measure, they include some cosmetic DLC as well. The Joy-Con two-pack is coming on June 4.The package includes a blue left Joy-Con and a yellow right Joy-Con, and the yellow one has an extra design element to look like Peely the banana. The set also includes the Fleet Force bundle, which grants you back bling, glowing weapons, and 500 V-Bucks. The announcement didn't give a price for the set, but Joy-Con bundles typically cost $80.Nintendo has offered special hardware based on the popular battle royale game before, having made the system itself sport a Fortnite makeover. The Wildcat bundle also included a yellow-and-blue color scheme, but reversed and with other Fortnite design elements on the Switch itself and the dock.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com