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This year marks the 10th-anniversary of Skyrim, and while Bethesda is busy celebrating the occasion with a new Skyrim: Anniversary Edition, it also means that fans of the Elder Scrolls franchise haven’t had a new installment for a decade. Speaking to IGN, Bethesda director Todd Howard has now divulged why the company has decided to move forward with Starfield instead of making Elder Scrolls VI first. While both games were announced during E3 back in 2018, Howard explained that Bethesda had already set its eyes on Starfield as early as 2015 when it had just finished developing Fallout 4. “We felt doing something like Starfield,” he remarked. “We’d been wanting to do something else for a long time and play in a new universe, so if not now — I’m going back i...

Shortly after the premiere of Arcane on Netflix, Riot Games is now expanding on its partnership with the streaming platform’s gaming division with a new League of Legends spin-off called Hextech Mayhem. Created by Riot Forge and Bit.Trip developer Choice Provisions, the new rhythm runner is based in League of Legends‘ Piltover, where you’ll dash through the city as Ziggs, causing chaos among its streets. The goal is to perform bomb-jumps and bomb attacks while avoiding obstacles, enemies and Heimerdinger himself, all in time with the music to cause as much destruction as possible. As the trailer above shows, Hextech Mayhem‘s levels all carry vibrant and creative layouts to create a truly enjoyable platformer for fans of Runeterra. For those interested, He...

Being talked about for some time, leaks have just surfaced revealing new content for Nintendo Switch’s  Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl remakes. The leaks first surfaced on Reddit and claimed to be from an early copy of the game, dropping now-deleted images and footage. More videos are being re-uploaded on YouTube, showing off gym battles, Team Galactic fights, and the Pokédex. Users also released new models over Twitter, along with poses, and animations of some Pokémon such as Bidoof and Murkrow. Believed to be a faithful remake of the original with additional bonus content — not confirmed by Nintendo — the game could feature updates like Battle Frontier and Distortion World which was seen in Pokémon Platinum. Check out some of the leaks for the Pokémon Brilliant Diamond ...

Though Horizon Forbidden West‘s highly anticipated release date is still some time away, the development team behind the beloved franchise has now shared more details about the upcoming title’s new machines and monsters. Discussing the game in a new blog post on Sony’s PlayStation site, Guerilla Games‘ principal machine designer Blake Politeski revealed that ideas that first came up in Horizon Zero Dawn but never made it into the game can now be fleshed out with the sequel. “During Horizon Zero Dawn’s development, we had a ton of ideas — of course not everything could make it into the first game, but now with Horizon Forbidden West we’ve been able to match some exciting ideas that previously weren’t feasible with new and interesting concepts,” the designer said. Now that Aloy is ventu...

With more Sony PlayStation 5 consoles reaching the hands of gamers, gaming peripheral maker HexGaming is now introducing its Ultimate PS5 controller for esports fans and casual gamers alike. Fully customizable with HexGaming’s offering of dozens of color tones, patterns and graphics, the Ultimate controller brings you just as much functionality. The rear sports extra buttons that you can fully program and remap in-game to the 15 different standard buttons on your controller, while six different thumbstick variations give you plenty of room to find your personal preference. The triggers activate with only 2mm of travel and the device can even be used both wired or wirelessly, depending on the intensity of your game. There are also two different thumb grip configurations — domed or concave —...

Konami has now announced that several Metal Gear Solid titles will be pulled from various storefronts due to licensing issues the developer has with some of the historical footage used within those games. According to a statement from the Japanese game developer, the affected titles mainly revolve around Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3, but since the two installments have also been included in a myriad of bundles and remasters over the years, Konami says it’ll also have to suspend sales for “all products that include these games,” including bundles such as the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. There’s also no mention of specific clips or footage from the two installments that are causing these licensing issues, but fans who’ve played the series will be familiar that ...

In celebration of Diwali this year, Niantic has launched its very own Festival of Lights on Pokémon Go. Taking place from November 5 to November 14, the special event will see the introduction of a new Pokémon to the game as well as more frequent appearances by other related Pokémon and a few player bonuses. The beloved electric type Dedenne will finally be joining the popular mobile game, with players able to catch it both out in the wild and during one-star raids. Other Pokémon related to the theme of lights will appear more often alongside Dedenne, including Magmar, Electabuzz, Vulpix, Magnemite and Litleo. You’ll also find Charmander, Chinchou and Litwick more at one-star raids, Alolan Raichu, Bellossom, Electabuzz and Bellossom in three-star raids, and Pokémon like Alolan Geodude and ...

Originally slated for release later this month, Square Enix has now announced the delay of Final Fantasy XIV‘s newest expansion pack Endwalker in its new launch trailer. Debuted over at the “Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXVII” livestream for the game, its director and producer Naoki Yoshida revealed that the expansion will now arrive on December 7 instead of the originally slated November 23, with early access available starting from December 3. He further elaborated that since Endwalker will be the largest expansion pack ever created for Final Fantasy XIV and will conclude the “first major saga” of the MMORPG, the development team wanted to push to the limits and ensure that the game could meet its potential without jeopardizing performance and stability. As for ...

Secretlab has joined forces with Riot Games to release a special Jinx Edition chair to celebrate the highly anticipated Netflix premiere of League of Legends animated series Arcane. Available in small, regular, and large, the Secretlab Jinx Edition Gaming chair is upholstered in a plush and supple hybrid leatherette and features all the ergonomic upgrades of the brand’s all-new TITAN Evo 2022 chair. Accents are finished in a blue and pink color palette, and an array of bullets and clouds adorn the chair’s side wings and edges. Jinx’s Fishbones rocket launcher is emblazoned in a spray-on style on the back, and a vivid “Jinx” graffiti logo is displayed on the front. “I’ve personally always enjoyed Jinx’s loud and explosive personality in-game, and our design team also had a lot of fun convey...

The Pokémon Company has now delayed the launch of its upcoming Pokémon TCG Live. Created to replace the current Pokémon TCG Online, the new game was supposed to be released sometime this year, but the company has now announced over on Twitter that it’ll be delayed to 2022. “To provide Trainers with a more polished experience, the Pokémon TCG Live mobile soft launch in Canada, and global open beta for desktop, have been shifted to 2022,” the statement reads. It added that while the service isn’t online yet, those who have previously received promotional cards will still be able to redeem them. “Some of you may have recently received code cards with Pokémon TCG Live branding as part of some Pokémon TCG products,” the announcement continued. “Though Pokémon TCG Live is not available at this t...