Nexon and developer NAT Games have revealed a first look at the upcoming loot shooter that's currently titled Project Magnum.At first glance it appears to be inspired by Destiny, but other than the idea of unlocking powerful new abilities, co-op teams taking on legions of enemies that vaguely resemble the Cabal, and what appears to be an all-powerful giant golf ball in the sky, the game has a number of features to help it stand out.As a third-person game, Project Magnum is focused on PvE activities, many of which feature gigantic enemies that players will have to work to take down. Another key feature is an energy-based grappling hook that can be used to quickly maneuver around the battlefield when the titanic enemies unleash a barrage of attacks.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of the largest changes coming in the second part of Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs update impacts both caves and cliffs. The update will include multiple changes to the way the game generates its blocky worlds, shifting mountains even higher into the sky while caves will have brand-new underground biomes. The update itself isn't out yet, but players can preview some of Minecraft's new world generation in its latest Snapshot beta.Included in Minecraft Snapshot 6 are a suite of terrain generation updates, with the first and foremost making mountains generate so they match the surrounding terrain better. The game will now take climate into account when generating its mountains, so in warm climates, players can expect to find snow higher up on a mountain, while others in colder climates will have snow closer to their base.Caves are also receiving some sizable changes with this Snapshot, although players may not find them too friendly. Ocean floors will now be "cavier," linking to underground cave systems. Players will now be able to find cave systems by diving to the bottom of the ocean easily, but they may also find that more of the caves they explore are totally flooded. The Snapshot also marks the return of underwater ravines.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Early today Sony opened up preorders for Horizon Forbidden West, the anticipated sequel to Guerrilla Games' franchise arriving for PS4 and PS5 in February 2022. With it came details on a plethora of editions you can buy, ranging from standard game purchases to expensive and impressive collector's editions with loads of extra goodies, all of which you can find in our preorder guide for the game. What it also revealed is that Sony is seemingly changing its approach towards PS4-to-PS5 upgrades, and it's suddenly a lot more expensive, and more confusing, with Horizon Forbidden West.In the past, Sony has offered a simple avenue for cross-generation upgrades. Although launch games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales offered them for free, games since have allowed PS4 players to pay $10 to upgrade their game to the PS5 version. This was the case up until now, with Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut players on PS4 able to use this method to get the PS5 version of the game when they managed to purchase Sony's new console. This is also the case for Death Stranding: Director's Cut coming out this month.That isn't the case with Horizon Forbidden West. In fact, there seems to be no current upgrade path at all planned for the game. Instead, Sony is suggesting you make that decision up front. You'll still have the $60 version for PS4 and $70 version for PS5 to choose from, but you won't be able to pay the $10 upgrade fee to make the jump after the fact. Instead, Sony says that they only way to get a version of that game that works across both consoles, you'll need to purchase one of the game's more premium editions, starting at the $80 Digital Deluxe Edition.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Amazon Prime Video has released the very first teaser trailer for the upcoming series The Wheel of Time. The first three episodes will arrive on Friday, November 19, with new episodes arriving every Friday afterward, leading to the Season 1 finale on December 24.The Wheel of Time is based on the best-selling fantasy novels by Robert Jordan, which sold more than 90 million books. The series spans 14 books--three of which were completed after Jordan’s death by Brandon Sanderson. Check out the trailer for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series below.The series will star Rosamund Pike as Moiraine, who is a member of Aes Sedai--a powerful all-female organization. After arriving at the town of Two Rivers, Sedai and a group of other adventurers head off on a journey across the world. However, one of the members of the group is the Dragon Reborn, who will save humanity or destroy it.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty player and YouTuber Whoovie challenged themself to not only beat Black Ops Cold War Zombies' Mauer der Toten Easter egg, but the goal was to complete the quest in under an hour using a piano.Season 4's Mauer der Toten is Cold War's most recent round-based Zombies map, bringing players to the zombie-infested streets of Berlin. This map's main Easter egg has several complex parts and even timed steps that can end your game if you fail them, so attempting to beat the quest with a piano in lieu of a controller or keyboard and mouse sounds bold. However, this isn't Whoovie's first attempt at playing Call of Duty with a piano. There's an in-depth video where Whoovie talks about playing Warzone with a piano, how they convert their piano inputs into keyboard inputs on PC, and how they trained for a month to improve their aim with piano keys.For the Mauer der Toten Easter egg, Whoovie released a 6-minute YouTube video, where they provided gameplay and brief commentary of most major steps of Mauer der Toten's quest. There was a timer in the top right corner of the screen to keep track of how long Mauer der Toten's full quest was taking Whoovie to complete with the piano.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo has announced that grape-harvest baskets are returning to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. They are being sold for 800 Bells at Nook's Cranny.The item can be worn on your character's back and serves no practical function whatsoever. However, the grapes definitely add to the autumn aesthetic if you're intending to match the look of the upcoming season. The grape-harvest baskets are available now until the end of the month on September 30.Being a seasonal item, they were available for players last year and now Nintendo is bringing them back again. If you wanted one but missed your shot last time, now is another chance. Whether it'll come back again in subsequent years or a new item will be introduced in place of it is up in the air.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Minecraft celebration event, Minecraft Live, will return in 2021 through a digital showcase scheduled for the middle of October. The Minecraft Live event will celebrate "all things blocky," promising an "epic livestream" for fans to tune into on YouTube or the Minecraft website.Fans can look forward to guest appearances by "new and familiar faces" from developer Mojang Studios, the community at large, and a "surprise appearance or two." There will be in-depth interviews, "exciting reveals," and lots of puns, Mojang said in its announcement.The event will also play host to a community vote where fans will get to decide the game's next mob. Check out a trailer for Minecraft Live below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As of today, players in GTA Online can gun for one of the game's single-player heist targets: the Union Depository. The highly-guarded building, which houses millions of dollars for players to steal in Grand Theft Auto V's story mode, isn't the focus of a new heist on GTA Online, but rather a robbery contract.This week's GTA Online update was shared via the Rockstar Newswire, but you can find all the important details down below.Hit the Union DepositoryPlayers who want to go after the Union Depository in GTA Online's latest contract will first have to purchase an Auto Shop. From there, the contract can be selected from the Job Board. Players who successfully complete this or any other robbery contract this week will also earn twice the usual cash and XP.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Bungie revealed the patch notes for Destiny 2's Update 3.3.0.1 today, which is the first update following the launch of Season of the Lost. While most of the update is dedicated to bug fixes and tweaks, it also enables cross-platform voice chat for Destiny 2's recently added cross-play functionality.In general, the hotfix smooths out some of the issues that have cropped up since the launch of the new season. For example, it fixes an issue where the Astral Alignment activity could soft-lock upon destruction of all Ether Wisps, or when players quit while holding objects.In addition, the update tweaks a handful of problems with weapons and armor. It solves an issue where Stasis crystals were doing more detonation damage against players than intended, which could conceivably feel like a small nerf against Stasis abilities.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The new details about Guillermo Del Toro's upcoming horror anthology series have been revealed. The show, which was previously known as 10 After Midnight, will now be titled Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.Netflix has also announced details of the show's cast and crew. Among the names that will star in the series are Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead), F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest), Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen), Crispin Glover (Back to the Future), Ben Barnes (Westworld), Peter Weller (Robocop), and Essie Davis (The Babadook).Behind the camera, the show's directors will include Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), Vincenzo Natali (Cube), Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), and David Prior (The Empty Man). Writers include David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight), Lee Patterson (The Colony), and Del Toro himself.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Madden NFL 22 was released in late August, and though we were pretty pleased with the changes and improvements made for this year, the game also came loaded with bugs. A new patch takes aim at several of these, and it also makes gameplay improvements that should get it closer to where it probably should have been at launch. The majority of updates and improvements listed in the patch notes are apply to both the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions as well as the PC, Stadia game, though the last-gen game is missing some features. The overarching gist of the update was "adding more historical content" and "stability improvements causing connectivity issues," which means more uniforms and fixes to player likenesses, but there are also a bunch of updates to the gameplay and progression systems. Actions are being taken to address pass coverage concerns though it isn't being updated quite yet, and the new momentum system is being changed so it doesn't swing back and forth so quickly in online games. Certain exploits and issues related to defensive formations were addressed, and run-pass option plays will now be harder for the QB to scramble away from defenders. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone's Season 5 Reloaded update will go live on September 9, and now Activision has divulged what players can expect in the big refresh. All of the information was announced in a blog post, and we're rounding up the key points.Season 5 Reloaded approachesBlack Ops Cold WarBlack Ops Cold War is getting one new map in the Season 5 Reloaded update, and it is a remake of Zoo from the original Black Ops. The objective-based Demolition mode comes to Black Ops Cold War in the update as well.ZombiesFor the Zombies mode, a new Armada location has been added to the Outbreak map, while a world event called Black Chest is coming as well. There is also a new feature, the Rampage Inducer, and a new Outbreak mode called Survival (coming after launch).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The mild-mannered Compton Boole's mind is inspired by an Iron Chef-style cooking game show in Psychonauts 2. When Raz enters the mind of the former member of the Psychic Six, he finds the cooking metaphor is the manifestation of all of Compton's self-doubts and imagined criticisms from his real-life Psychonaut friends. Fashioned after a game show set, the area is less linear than some others in the game. Instead, it's structured as a single open space with various cooking stations, so the collectibles are scattered around a relatively small area. Some Figments will only become available in certain rounds of the cooking segment, but otherwise you can find the collectibles anytime--including when you return in the post-game.Here's how to find everything in Compton's Cookoff. Stay tuned for more Psychonauts 2 coverage and guides, including our rundown of all the collectibles in Loboto's Labyrinth, Hollis's Classroom, and Hollis' Hot Streak. And don't forget to check out our Psychonauts 2 review.Compton's Cookoff CollectiblesNuggets of Wisdom: 2Memory Vaults: 2Emotional Baggage: Duffle Bag, Suit Case, Purse, Hat Box, Steamer TrunkHalf-A-Minds: 2Figments: 51Compton's Cookoff is made up of a central stage area with audience stands, as well as four cooking stations. Those stations, from left to right, are Boiling, Blending, Skillet, and Chopping. These areas are each marked by an icon at the entrance to each area, and a series of grind rails and Mental Connection nodes link the areas to each other.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Microsoft just announced a Shang-Chi Xbox Series X custom console and now the company has partnered with Ubisoft for another special edition system themed around Far Cry 6.Like the franchise it's based on, the Far Cry 6-themed Xbox Series X is very over the top and ornate, as you can see in the image below. It's seemingly modeled after the type of makeshift weapons you can create in Far Cry 6, and if nothing else, it's very striking-looking. The controller sports a similar style and design.Behold, the Far Cry-themed Xbox Series XMicrosoft is giving the console away, along with the controller, a digital copy of the game, a Samsung Neo QLED TV, and Far Cry 6 merch, as part of a sweepstakes through Microsoft Rewards. The contest is open to anyone in the US, UK, Canada, Germany, or Franchise. The sweepstakes ends on September 30--here are the full contest rules.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When you think of Tony Hawk, who you may have almost recognized at the airport, his many games' incredible soundtracks probably come to mind. The Birdman is a big fan of the punk rock included in those early games, and he covered the original's best song with some help from his famous friends. And no, that song is not "Superman."The song is "No Cigar" by Millencolin, featured in the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater as well as the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake released in 2020. Hawk himself takes lead vocal duties as he skates down the street, with Millencolin lead singer and bassist Nikola Sarcevic taking on background vocal duties. Darrin Pfeiffer, formerly of Goldfinger and currently touring with Punk Rock Karoake, is behind the kit, and pro skater Steve Caballero and Mikey Hawdon both share guitar duty.The video itself is edited to resemble a video game, with scores and ranks going up over the course of the song. If only it could have been filmed in the Warehouse, which is a real place, it would have been perfect.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com