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LEGO’s Pac-Man Arcade is its greatest gaming tribute yet

June 1, 2023VG247

LEGO has been doing good work in the gaming space, but it’s biggest throwback yet might just be the company’s strongest. In recent years, The Lego Group has undergone something of a transformation. Something clicked for the company with as much clarity as two classic 2×4 studded bricks snapping together; adults like this stuff just as much as kids. This realization has led to a new category of Lego, branded occasionally as ‘Adults Welcome’: clad in sleek black boxes and with eye-watering piece counts and prices, these sets are for the young-at-heart more than the young. And brilliantly, this realization…

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We should all be very thankful we never got a rumoured Elden Ring season pass

May 31, 2023VG247

Elden Ring’s DLC could’ve looked a lot different. Elden Ring | FromSoftware First reported by the folk over at Twisted Voxel, a rumour surrounding the long-awaited Elden Ring DLC has emerged. Supposedly, the Elden Ring DLC revealed on Twitter earlier this year – Shadow of the Erdtree – was to initially launch as a a ‘season pass’ comprised of two DLCs. ELDEN RING is our actual GOTY, and honestly? Nothing else comes close. The season pass concept was reportedly scrapped by FromSoftware, which favoured a larger, single expansion in the form of Shadow of the Erdtree. We also got a…

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The Witcher 3 has sold over 50M copies: legendary saga among the best-selling games of all time

May 30, 2023VG247

CD Projekt Red has announced the lastest sales figure for The Wither 3, and it’s a big number. According to the studio, the game has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, making it the ninth best-selling game of all time behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Minecraft is at the top of the list, with over 238 million sold as of the last count. Become Geralt of Rivia, a monster slayer for hire taking on the greatest contract of your life- tracking down the Child of Prophecy. A figure for The Witcher Trilogy was also shared by CDP. According to the…

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Grab your Pip-Boy and dive into Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition – available for free on Epic Games Store

May 25, 2023VG247

Enjoy some post-apocalyptic fun in the Mojave Wasteland. Your weekly freebie has arrived on the Epic Games Store, and it’s Fallout: New Vegas, considered by many as one of the best Fallout games ever made. Developed by Obsidian and published by Bethesda, this is the Ultimate Edition, and it comes with all base game content along with the full suite of add-ons. The add-on DLC consists of Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road, and the other add-on packs: Courier’s Stash and Gun Runners Arsenal. With Dead Money, you find yourself lured into a trap masquerading as…

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Elden Ring wins another award, this time Best Game Writing at The Nebulas

May 21, 2023VG247

Another win for one of 2022’s biggest games. Elden Ring has won the Nebula Award for the Best Game Writing category, beating out the likes of some other top contenders. The Nebula Awards, an awards group that recognises some of the best science-fiction and fantasy writing each year, were held earlier this week, and like it has every year since 2018, the Best Game Writing category was part of the lineup this year. You probably won’t be surprised to hear that Elden Ring took home the award, given it won the game of the year award at both the Game…

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Long Covid Mods translate “real-world symptoms” into Elden Ring, Minecraft, and The Witcher 3

May 16, 2023RockPaperShotgun

A new series of challenge mod packs aim to raise awareness for Long Covid and chronic fatigue symptoms using three perennial favourites: Elden Ring, Minecraft, and The Witcher 3. The initiative is called Long Covid Mode and all three mods make sweeping adjustments to the games, turning “real-world symptoms into in-game effects.” Take a look at some of the examples below: Read more

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Let Me Solo Her managed to beat an Elden Ring full of Malenias

April 30, 2023VG247

You can try this at home, but maybe you shouldn’t. The one and only Let Me Solo Her has just finished an impressive Elden Ring run where every enemy NPC in the game was turned into Malenia. Let Me Solo Her quickly made Elden Ring history last year following the release of Elden Ring thanks to them aiding many players by soloing Malenia, all while completely naked apart from wearing a pot for a hat. Last month, Let Me Solo Her set themself the task of trying to beat the game without levelling up vigor at all, acquiring the famed…

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Impossible theme park manager Park Beyond gets a closed beta test next month

April 18, 2023RockPaperShotgun

Theme park management sim Park Beyond is getting a new closed beta test, ahead of its full launch on June 16th. It’s a whacky-looking game that lets you build impossible rollercoaster rides that are just begging to be sued, all while you try to turn a profit running your park. The closed beta is completely free and begins on May 9th, so if you want a test ride, you can register at this link. In the meantime, publisher Bandai Namco have also released a new, more in-depth gameplay trailer, giving us a closer look at some of the minutiae involved…

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A teaser trailer for The Dark Pictures Anthology next game, Directive 8020, has leaked

November 17, 2022VG247

Here’s a spoiler free rundown of what you need to know. Unless it involves The Sims 5, leaks in all shape or form simply suck. That said, someone has leaked the teaser trailer for the next instalment in The Dark Pictures Anthology, Directive 8020 ahead of the launch of The Devil in Me, which is tomorrow (November 18). Here’s the teaser trailer for Directive 8020, but be sure to mute this if you don’t want any spoilers before playing The Devil in Me. For context, The Devil in Me marks the end of season one of the anthology, and in…

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Absolute chad beats every Souls game back to back, without taking a single hit

November 16, 2022VG247

This run hasn’t been seen before, so it’s quite the feat. It might not come as news to you that one player with the patience of a saint has managed to beat every Souls game, including Elden Ring, back-to-back without taking any damage. What do you want to see from an Elden Ring sequel? We’ve previously seen players take on Elden Ring while limiting themselves to one hit per boss, in a display fit for an episode of One Punch Man. We’ve also even witnessed one player complete all the Souls games (excluding Elden Ring) back to back without taking…

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The Devil in Me game director on creating impactful horror, serial killers, and The Dark Pictures Anthology

August 25, 2022VG247

When a group of keen filmmakers is adamant on securing the second season of their true-crime show, the finale of their first season needs to go out with a bang. The issue, however, is that they’re creatively bankrupt, until a mysterious architect approaches them with an irresistible offer. The Devil in Me, releasing this autumn from Supermassive Games, follows the crew as they investigate the crimes of notorious serial killer, H. H. Holmes, over a century later. Catch the new features trailer for The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me straight from Gamescom right here. The Devil in Me…

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Pac-Man munching his way onto the silver screen with a live action movie in development

August 9, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The original idea for the film comes from associate producer of Sonic the Hedgehog (2018). As if the news of Sonic getting a third movie wasn’t enough, it appears that Pac-Man will also be in receipt of its very own live-action movie. Pac-Man World Re-Pac is coming soon! Catch the trailer here. Pac-Man is a video game series first conceived in 1980 by Namco, that went on to become somewhat of a social phenomenon. As a result, Pac-Man isn’t a…

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“Ridiculously well-made” – Harada comments on Tekken 7 Elden Ring mod

March 31, 2022VG247

He also wants people to know it’s not official, so people stop contacting him about it. In case you haven’t had enough Elden Ring just yet, we’ve got some good news for you – there’s now a mod that brings the sprawling, intimidating action-RPG to the relatively confined arenas of Tekken 7. In a tweet shared by “game director/chief producer” of the fighting game series himself, Katsuhiro Harada, we see the world of The Lands Between invade the King Of Iron Fist Tournament 7 with a ludicrous mod that even brings Torrent into the melee. Sharing the mod – which…

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Watch this Elden Ring modder summon previous Soulsborne heroes to help defeat the final boss

March 29, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Get by with a little help from your friends. A little help goes a long way when you’re trying to defeat a badass boss in Elden Ring, and this mod brings plenty of help to the battlefield. Garden of Eyes, a well-known modder in the Soulsborne community, has released a video where he ported all of the previous Soulsborne games main cover armors, and made custom NPC summons that helped him defeat the final boss of the game. Every Soulsborne…

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Elden Ring’s turtles are so much more than grade-A meme fodder

March 28, 2022VG247

In the grim world of The Lands Between, turtles are peaceful and powerful creatures – but that power dooms them to a grim fate. Turtles are everywhere in Elden Ring. From the first time you encounter a player message telling you there’s a “dog ahead” only to find a shelled creature wandering aimlessly, to the multitude of turtle-themed items you can find, it’s clear that someone in the FromSoftware team has a soft spot for these sweet, docile reptiles. And why shouldn’t they? Turtles (and indeed other adjacent creatures in the ‘testudine’ family, all of which Elden Ring describes as…

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