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Steamforged Games has officially announced a RuneScape board game and a tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) book. According to reports, fans of the longtime MMORPG will be able to get their hands on the board game and TTRPG book later this year. Steamforged shared that both games will highlight “fresh-but-faithful” adaptations of the many quests and characters from RuneScape’s two-decade history; the board game will feature a one to five player campaign in the world of Gielinor, where ComicBook states “players will craft and upgrade equipment, upskill their characters, and take on a variety of different sidequests,” while the TTRPG will have a hardcover rule book with instructions for character-building and guides. Phil Mansell of Jagex, the developers of RuneScape, shared that this will be...

Ahead of the 2022 Game Developers Conference, organizers ran their usual industry survey gathering a glimpse into the present and future of the gaming world. Informed by the ongoing interest in cryptocurrency and NFTs, this year’s State Of The Game Industry 2022 survey featured a section dedicated to the tradable digital asset built on blockchain technology and accompanying non-fungible tokens. The question, “What is your studio’s interest in cryptocurrency as a payment tool?” saw 72% of people respond “Not interested,” 21% “Somewhat interested,” 6% “Very interested” and 1% “Already using it.” While “What is your studio’s interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs)?,” saw similar responses with 70% of people responding “Not interested,” 21% “Somewhat interested,” 7% “Very interested” and 1% “Al...

With Battlefield 2042 drawing heavy criticism from players, many fans have turned towards the game’s Portal feature, which allows them to create their very own custom game modes. Unfortunately, it now seems that EA will also be influencing how those modes are made and played, as the gaming giant has just removed a popular fan-made zombie mode in hopes of preventing XP farming. The game’s senior design director Justin Wiebe took to Twitter to explain the decision, saying that the zombie mode has now been replaced with Gun Game instead. “We’ve removed the Zombie’s mode and replaced with Gun Game,” he writes. “Hopefully we can fix it in the future and keep it in alignment with standard game progression. We’ve also tightened our review process to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Thank...

A Dark Souls exploit has now left PC players completely vulnerable. The exploit was first brought to light during a Dark Souls 3 live stream earlier this week when a hacker managed to take control of the streamer’s computer using a remote code execution exploit (RCE). The RCE essentially allows hackers to access everything in your computer or even brick it completely. Since then, Bandai Namco and From Software had temporarily shut down servers across Dark Souls Remastered, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls 3 in an attempt to thwart more hackers and fix the exploit. Over on the third installment’s subreddit, a group of users has also created a new anti-cheat system called Blue Sentinel that can prevent hackers from tapping into the RCE. Most importantly, some players hav...

German developer Sebastian Staacks has found a way to “play” Grand Theft Auto V on a Game Boy console. In a lengthy blog post accompanied by a video, Staacks explained that he uses his WiFi Game Boy cartridge to “stream full resolution video and even play games” on the Nintendo console. ComicBook reports that the video game is originally on a PlayStation console and is then sent to a Linux laptop that sends the information to the WiFi Game Boy cartridge. To conclude his blog post, Staacks wrote: “With this new demo, many other demos almost become obsolete. I can display anything and I can control anything that can be displayed on and controlled by my PC. Of course, the interface and image are almost unusable this way, so some dedicated implementations might still be interesting. And also, ...

Following the massive popularity of Netflix‘s League of Legends animated show Arcane, Jinx joined Fortnite back in November, and it’s only natural that her older sister Vi is now following in her footsteps. Now available over in the fan-favorite battle royale’s Item Shop, the Vi outfit depicts the iconic character’s appearance from Arcane. Unlike the show, however, the hero will be equipped with Jayce’s Warden Hammer instead of her usual Hextech gauntlets which, according to Epic, are currently being repaired. As usual, there’ll be other themed items you can purchase as well, including her Memories of Zaun bunny Back Bling, a Piltover’s Finest loading screen, and a Punching Practice emote. Fortunately for those who might’ve missed Jinx’s release last year, Epic Games will al...

Dying Light 2‘s release date is just around the corner, and developer Techland is aware that many gamers might not have had the chance to get their hands on a next-gen console yet given supply shortages, so it has now announced that those who purchase the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One versions of the game will receive free upgrades when they change over to the PlayStation 5 of Xbox Series X/S. Once you’ve converted over to the new platforms, the game will offer three different rendering modes for you to choose from. If you’re looking for higher framerates, a Performance mode will let your console push the game up to 60 fps or more, while a Resolution mode will prioritize 4K graphics. An extra Quality mode will enhance graphics even further with ray-tracing enabled. Dying Light 2 will launch fo...

The long-awaited LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has finally received an official release date along with a closer look at what’s to come. Now arriving in April, the massive title will be the largest video game LEGO has ever created, covering the entire nine-movie span of the legendary Skywalker Saga. With newly-designed blaster controls and fighting mechanics, players will be thrust into the world of Star Wars, allowing them to play as a myriad of characters such as Luke, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Rey, Boba Fett, Yoda, Darth Maul and Poe Dameron while using Kyber Bricks to unlock new features and abilities for classes like the Jedi, Dark Side, Scavenger, Astromech Droid, and Bounty Hunter. Of course, they’ll also we plenty of space travel and dog fights along the way, and you’ll ...