Throughout your adventures inBaldur’s Gate 3, you’ll encounter a character known as the Strange Ox. Talking to it results in a few “moos” initially, but there’s more to this mysterious creature than you’d expect. While this mystery won’t quite unravel until the game’s final act, there’s some information you can glean starting from Act One, with more details surfacing as you progress. Let’s learn more about the Strange Ox, including its behavior, dialogue, and potential rewards in all three acts....

Wuthering Wavesplayers have been patiently awaiting the PlayStation 5 version since it wasfirst revealed. Now a date is locked in place, so mark your calendars for July 10, 2025. The PS5 port ofWuthering Wavesmissed the chance to launch alongsideprevious updates like 1.2, but now it’s being paired with the upcoming 2.0 release. The PlayStation 5 version of Wuthering Waves is scheduled for release on June 13, 2025, coinciding with the launch of Version 2....

Shame it wasn’t a cage match Last night, pro-wrestling promotion WWE held their annual Royal Rumble event from Phoenix, AZ. It wasn’t great. Fortunately, the show did had its highlights, including an ass-kicking fight between Asuka and Becky Lynch for the WWE SmackDown Women’s title – and this fun cosplay moment from spitfire Zelina Vega. Vega was an entrant in the Women’s Royal Rumble match, a clusterfuck which sees new competitors enter the ring every 90 seconds....

Xbox 720? We need a better name Immediately following Sony’s big shindig this week, event planners Eventcore have registered the URLXboxEvent.com. And we’re talking right after, yesterday, Feb. 21.NeoGAFpoints out that these are the same folks that are listed as putting together Microsoft’s E3 media event last year. It looks like an event is coming up from all of this. Our guess? The next Xbox will be revealed soon. I think we all expect Microsoft to do this before E3....

Hopefully not baaaaahd news [Update:Catherinefor PChas received an M rating from the ESRB. It’s looking very likely that the block-shifting nightmare is headed to the Steam platform in the near future.] Here’s a little lunchtime mystery for you. Over on the Steam community page forBayonetta, the SEGADEV accounthas uploaded a photograph of a cheeky-looking sheepalong with the simple phrase “Baa.” What could this mean? After all, Sega has been known in the past touse the Steam accounts of its games to tease the release of other gameson the PC platform....

As far as I’m concerned,Baldur’s Gate 3is my game of the year. It’s the experience finally rekindling my love for games as lengthier affairs without feeling like a drag. I can’t get enough of the cast, the environments are enchanting, and the dialogue is spot-on. I’ve played it a little every day since launch with no signs of slowing down. And looking at the rest of 2023, I don’t see anything dethroning the RPG, not even a messy glitch here or there, but ohgod, did I ever breakBG3last night....

[I had no idea that aCblogon the subject of difficulty was written, or that it would get promoted. Now you get to read two articles on the same subject.] Difficulty in videogames is a subject that crops up often. Retro fans lament how games are getting easier and easier. Reviewers are often called out for “sucking” at a game if they mention any unforgiving elements or perceive an unfair challenge. It’s difficult to tell where skill level ends and the game “being cheap” begins....

[For his Monthly Musing, ArcticFox tells us howCall of Duty 4blew him away and changed how he looked at the first person shooter genre entirely. There’s only one more week to get your blogs written onApril’s topic, so if you’ve been putting it off all month,now is the time to write. — JRo] Call of Dutywas not the first shooter franchise to leave World War 2 behind, but it was the one that refined it to near perfection and changed the face of the entire shooter genre....

A new report alleges CEO Bobby Kotick knew of sexual misconduct allegations within the company for years A massive new report from theWall Street Journal todayhas brought even more allegations to light at publisher Activision Blizzard. It says Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick knew of allegations of employee misconduct, while bringing forward further allegations against Kotick and the company’s internal culture. And now, employees are walking out and calling for his resignation....

Coming to Xbox One and PC in January Rise and shine: it’s not just something I put off doing each and every morning. It’s also a video game — an eye-catching run-and-gun published by Adult Swim Games, in fact — that’s coming to PC and Xbox One on August 02, 2025. “Rise” is a child, and “Shine” is his gun. Hence,Rise & Shine. This is “a true ‘think and gun’ that combines elements of arcade shooters, bullet hells, and puzzle platformers to create a new blend of strategy and viscera....

The hype surrounding the imminent release ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3is about to reach its absolute zenith, withcampaign mode early access already out. And, for those who participated in the beta access, there’s a whole array of (potentially) delightfulModern Warfare 3beta rewards waiting to be claimed, too. An obvious caveat to keep in mind here is that none of the items featured below are unlockable anymore. Both ofModern Warfare 3‘s beta access weekends have already wrapped up, and there’s no way for newcomers to unlock any of these goodies....

But it will make you curse your mother Angry Video Game Nerd Adventuresis a game that wants you to curse at it. It wants you to flip out and go ballistic and yell at small children. It wants to give you the experience of being the Nerd in more ways than one. AVGN Adventuresis all about “Nintendo hard,” a level of difficulty so obscene that getting through a stage is its own achievement....

You’re all lucky I’m not going, yessire… As part of next month’s EVO 2018 fighting game tournament, publishers SNK and Atlus have teamed up to offer a nice $5,000 cash pot for the winners of aKing of Fighters XIVtourney, held at fun side-event AnimEVO. AnimEVO is an adjacent event that runs parallel to the main Evolution Championships. AnimEVO featuresa cool selection of classic competitive titles, which this year includesGundam Versus, Windjammers, Melty Blood, Catherine,Samurai Shodown II, evenTMNT: Tournament Fighters,among many others....