Glove slap, baby glove slap Remember whenBattlefield 3came out and all everyone was doing was impotently running helicopters into the ground? DICE wasn’t happy with the its flying learning curve, according toBattlefield 4creative director Lars Gustavsson, speaking toVG24/7. The team is aiming to improve pick and play accessibility withBattlefield 4. We’ve added a test range where you can learn to fly the transport helicopter, not crash it into your friends. We’ve reworked menus to give you a much better understanding of how you customise – comparisons when you add attachments that give you a better understanding, just like racing games....

February 25 Valve is hoping to make up for itsArtifactstumble (no joke, I had to Google the name of that game, and I played it!) withDota Underlords, which is already getting a lot more buzz and has actual support to boot. Born out of the recent Auto Chess wars,Dota Underlordsis the official Auto Battler of Valve, and uses theDotaname as well as its universe. It was previously available in Early Access form with various major updates adding in extra characters and functionality, but come February 25, it’ll launch for real....

Trial version postponed ‘until further notice’ Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshidaissued an updateon the game’s Facebook page. “We have been listening to your feedback and realize that patience understandably is running out,” he said. “Evo is working around the clock to close the gap, and we have deployed additional engineering resources to help resolve the remaining issues as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the time frames required to roll out the fully connected experience will be longer than anticipated and we do not have an exact time frame for when they will be resolved....

Your adventure inDying Light 2: Bloody Ties will soon come to a conclusion. Still, there are some key choices that you need to make, which will influence the events that will transpire. Here’s ourDying Light 2: Bloody Ties guide to help you with the endings and important decisions. Note:For more information, check out ourDying Light 2guides and features hub. Likewise, please be reminded thatthis guide contains spoilers. Dying Light 2: Bloody Ties – All endings and important decisions guide As far as we can tell, there are a select few important decisions that will affect the ending you’ll receive inDying Light 2: Bloody Ties....

Now we have a trailer (after the jump) and screens from Climax Entertainment’sDinosaur King, a game our own Tiff Chow described as “Rock, Paper, Scissors with dinosaurs shooting lightning and using wrestling moves.” At a glance, this game looks like anotherPokemonknockoff — albeit with dinosaurs — and after reading the fact sheet I’m not so sure that would be an inaccurate observation. Instead of capturing the 100 available dinosaurs inside tiny red and white balls, however, you’ll need travel to archeological sites across five continents and dig up fossils with your stylus....

EA seems to want ‘new experiences’ The Electronic Arts family got a little bigger today. EA has just announced the acquisition of Pasadena-based Industrial Toys, which is a studio that focuses on making “hardcore games for mobile platforms.” The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Industrial Toys isn’t exactly a well-known name. Since its formation in 2012, the developer has released a couple of mobile shooters in theMidnight Starseries.The original was fairly well-received, but the sequel failed to make a splash....

The announcement ofElden Ring: Nightreignduring The Game Awards 2024 surprised many, but what kept the community chatting was not merely its existence.Elden Ring: Nightreigncrosses dimensions with other FromSoftware properties, bringing together enemies from the base game andDark Souls. Like the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme, FromSoftware fans called out moments in theElden Ring: Nightreigntrailer that seemed to include enemies that didn’t belong to the base game. It was like the ghosts ofDark Souls‘ past were suddenly invading the Lands Between....

Early alpha/beta access and in-game items The Founder’s Packs forEverQuest Next Landmarkare now availablefor purchase should you have money sitting around and a desire to send it Sony Online Entertainment’s way. There are three tiers — $19.99, $59.99, and $99.99 — that most notably come with keys to the game’s closed beta and alpha next year. For the latter two packs, alpha access arrives on June 29, 2025 whereas the cheapest pack guarantees only beta access on Aug 07, 2025....

A Korean rating is just the latest There is no shortage of evidence that theMass Effecttrilogy is getting a remaster sometime soon. Add one more scrap to the pile. Gematsureports that the Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea has ratedMass Effect: Legendary Edition. (I can’t get the search to work but Gematsu usually has these leaks on lock.) It’s definitely real and everyone knows it. However, EA refuses to acknowledge it....

A full recap of the Microsoft conference, coming at ya Was today’s Microsoft conference the most explosive E3 conference ever? No. But it was fun and breezy, which is just what we need after a stressful year. The image below pretty much recaps the entire conference: at least as far as first-party games are concerned. We got tons of Game Pass confirmations, as well as newHalo Infinitemultiplayer info, and a few surprise indie developments....

Each year, Gamma entrants are asked to make games under certain constraints. This year, all Gamma4 entries must be controlled with a single button. I plan to write up my impressions of all six Gamma4 games. I’m going to try to do a back-of-the-game-box summary of what Mikengreg’s4Fourthsentails. Wish me luck. 4Fourthsis a four-player cooperative boss rush game where each player controls one half of a spaceship. One player might be charged with controlling the vertical thrust of the leftmost ship, while the second player might control that ship’s weapon systems (ditto for the other player-controlled ship on the opposite end of the screen)....

Kojima says it would have been better to launch both games at once Speaking withFamitsumagazine, Hideo Kojima talked a bit about the decision to split the upcomingGround ZeroesandPhantom Paininto two games, and how he would have rather “released it all at once.” Kojima hints that Phantom Pain will most likely come out when the PlayStation 4 “becomes more spread out,” which implies a larger install base, and thus a larger wait....

Nice, it deserves it Blizzard has sent over word to Destructoid thatHearthstonenow has 20 million players around the world. The game is free-to-play, allowing you to experience the entire game without paying, but forking over some cash will grant you new decks, as well as access to theCurse of Naxxramasexpansion — though everything can also be bought with in-game gold. As a note, Blizzard says to look forward to the Android version of the game in the “not so distant future,” as well as the iPhone edition....