Everything announced at today’s Xbox Developer Direct 2024 Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, Avowed and more Image credit:MachineGames Today’s Xbox Developer Direct stream offered updates on some of 2024’s biggest Microsoft games, including MachineGames’ Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, Obsidian’s Avowed and Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. If you missed the stream and want a quick roundup of all the news, games, release dates and trailers featured, we’ve gathered it all together in this post....

Fallout 76 mutations and all effects How to pick the best mutations and how to cure them What are the best mutations in Fallout 76? Not even an apple a day can prevent mutations in Fallout 76 . While the mutations here are hyper-unrealistic, you’ll still need to take precautions to prevent them appearing or reverse any mutation you may contract. Some mutations are worth keeping though. To that end, we’ve prepared this Fallout 76 mutations guide that will go over the best and worst mutations, and how to get rid of them if you want to cure them....

Faster loading times and more are coming to GTA V on PC, as we slowly wait for news of GTA 6 More crime for your no money Image credit:Rockstar Games The upgrade is free “with a one-time Character Migration flow to bring over your Story Mode and Online progress”, and offers new vehicles and vehicle performance upgrades, animal encounters, new graphics options, and faster loading time. There’s also a “and much more” in there but Colin loves saying that....

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail is looking summer ready as we explore the new land of Tural Fans, feedback and face cream Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Square Enix After the climatic end to a decade-long saga in Endwalker , anticipation is high for Final Fantasy XIV ’s next expansion, Dawntrail. I got to try out the game and talk to Director Naoki Yoshida (aka Yoshi-P) about new Jobs and the difficulty of incorporating fan feedback (not to mention the reasons the Warrior of Light has such great skin - you’ll see)....

Former Dragon Age exec thinks EA’s new owners might sell BioWare and use other studios for Saudi Arabian PR But reckons EA Sports at large are “very safe” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts I have been sort of enjoying former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah’s reinvention as a Youtuber who trades insider BioWare anecdotes for merch. He’s got an actual T-shirt line, including a T-shirt for babies upon which Mark threatens to “pump NFTs” unless you buy his gear....

Future game you tell everyone is really good actually RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business now has a release date It’s pretty close too! Image credit:Teyon RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business was announced just last month , and despite its slightly wordy and DLC-sounding title, it was a welcome surprise. The first game was prime 7/10 material, and it’s pretty rare we get an AA game of this calibre these days....

Gaming’s number one ratmasher Vermintide 2 is getting a free map and enemy update Crushingly, the new enemy is not a rat Image credit:Fatshark Did I ever my mention my, possibly unhealthy to the point of actually contracting something with buboes, obsession with Warhammer’s weirdo little rat friends? If, like me, you also derive untold joy watching these scrabbling binlickers go about their daily business, you’ll be pleased to hear that co-op ratmasher game Vermintide 2 is giving you a great excuse to pal around with the Skaven again in the form of free update A Parting of the Waves , out this Thursday April 11th....

Guilty Gear Strive dev Arc System Works’ first showcase had a lot of good games, and a hopeful goal for the industry’s future “We feel the need to focus our efforts towards the future” Image credit:Arc System Works First up is possibly the most exciting announcement of the bunch, Dear me, I was , a dialogueless interactive adventure game that unfortunately isn’t coming to PC but I need to make mention of....

Helldivers 3 is “hopefully many years away” says Arrowhead’s CEO, who did not vote for gun “I’m very bought into the vision” Image credit:Arrowhead Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead have made clear that they’re still very much all-in on the game right now, with adding more stuff to the good shootery thing they’ve got going being the main focus. That said, the studio’s bigwigs have provided a couple of hints at what the future might hold for them, with the latest being that Helldivers 3 is “hopefully many years away”....

Hello Neighbor’s creator is making a Home Alone-esque game that looks a lot like Hello Neighbor RBO is in playtest on Steam right now Image credit:Nikita Kolesnikov, TinyBuild I’m kind of fascinated by what happened to Hello Neighbor . The original, a stealth horror game against a creepy AI that learned your likely movements, was hugely popular in alpha in 2016. The series was acquired by TinyBuild in 2020, and since then there has been a heroic number of spin-offs ....

Hollow Knight Silksong: What does Curveclaw do? How to find the Mottled Skarr seller and get the Curveclaw Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Wondering what the Curveclaw does in Hollow Knight: Silksong? The Mottled Skarr, a secret seller in Hollow Knight: Silksong, has a few items for sale that are not immediately identifiable due to some linguistic differences with Hornet. One of these is the Curveclaw, which is actually a very useful Tool - but alas, you’ve got to pay 140 Rosaries to figure out what it does....

Hollow Knight: Silksong is faster, prettier, and harder, yet still feels like a safe sequel Nice threads Image credit:Team Cherry I woke up far too early this morning, to stand in a queue for far too long, all to play fan-vexing (and newly release-dated ) soulsvania Hollow Knight: Silksong on the Gamescom show floor. No pre-release review codes ? Pah – I couldn’t even get a demo appointment at the most demo appointment-centric games event of the year....

Hollow Knight: Silksong won’t cost nearly as much as they could probably charge for it Team Cherry confirm final release timings and pricepoints Image credit:Team Cherry Team Cherry have confirmed release times and price points for Hollow Knight: Silksong . It’ll cost $19.99, €19.99 and ¥2300 at launch on Thursday 4th September, with pricing for other regions such as the UK to follow. As an indication, the above pricepoints equate to around £17, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they charged £19....

How to change language to English in Black Myth Wukong Here’s how to set Black Myth Wukong’s language to English Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science How to change your language to English in Black Myth Wukong? As Black Myth Wukong sometimes starts with Chinese instead of English as the default language, you may be wondering how to navigate the menu and find the right language settings for you. This Black Myth Wukong guide will show you how to change the game’s language, either spoken or text, and overcome the language bug....

How to fix “Generic Storage Full” alert in Manor Lords What does “Generic Storage Full” actually mean? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse What does “Generic Storage Full” mean in Manor Lords? It’s an alert you’ll likely have seen crop up every now and then in Manor Lords , and quite possibly a lot more than any other alert as you head into the midgame. It’s annoying, isn’t it? We think so too....

How to Gesture in Elden Ring Plus a list of all Gestures and how to unlock them! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to learn how to Gesture in Elden Ring? Gestures are FromSoftware’s version of emotes, and all their Souls-y games have had a storied history of using Gestures to communicate with others or unlock certain secrets. The same is true of Elden Ring , which gives players access to a massive 48 different Gestures (and at least five extra in the Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC)....

How to get the Dragon-Hunter’s Great Katana in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Here’s how to find the Dragon-Hunter’s Great Katana in Shadow Of The Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for the Dragon Hunter’s Great Katana in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree? Great Katanas are a new weapon type in Elden Ring ’s new expansion Shadow Of The Erdtree , and they’re perfect for any Tarnished who wants a Katana with a bit more oomph....

How to play Hytale multiplayer with friends: Easy setup and how to host a dedicated server Here’s how to quickly get set up with multiplayer and dedicated server hosting in Hytale Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hypixel Studios Want to play Hytale multiplayer with your friends? There’s definitely some appeal in tackling a new survival crafting game as a lone wolf, but let’s be honest: Hytale is always going to be better in multiplayer, playing with your friends and family by your side....

How to upgrade weapons in Stalker 2 Learn how to upgrade your gun’s stats and add new attachments in Stalker 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Looking to upgrade your weapons and gear in Stalker 2? Stalker’s gunplay has always been very important to the legacy of the series, and part of that legacy is rooted in the ability to customise your weapons as you like, through specialised upgrades and attachments....

I hope Straftat is 2024’s breakout shooter, because the demo’s 25 maps are gloriously unwholesome The ghosts of FPS past, present and future Image credit:Lemaitre Bros “Do you have a ping of 1000 or something,” my opponent asked, during my inaugural bout of Straftat . Ah yes, this is it, that sense of unpleasantly intimate sheepishness. That ’s the withering late-90s chatbox scorn I’ve been missing, in this age of glossy live service multiplayer....