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Diablo 4 early access has begun, and the race to level 100 is on
Is a pre-order still a pre-order if you can play the game immediately? Isn't that just an order? Well, whatever the case, the full version of Diablo 4 is playable in "early access" now for anyone who's pre-ordered the $90 Deluxe Edition or…
Here’s how each Diablo 4 class is performing in the race to level 100
Diablo 4 is live now for those who preordered one of the special editions, and rather than meandering through Sanctuary—stopping to smell the corpses here and there—some players are racing through the game in an effort to be one of the…
PlayStation players are buying Diablo 4 currency to bypass an invalid license error
No online game ever launched smoothly, and that goes double for Blizzard games. Maybe triple for Diablo given the legacy of old mate Error 37. As Diablo 4 arrives in early access for folks who pre-ordered it, those of us playing on PC have…
Today’s Wordle hint and answer #713: Friday, June 2
A clue written for today's Wordle is ready and waiting to save your win streak if you need it, and our tips, guides, and past solutions below can improve every game. If you just need to win as quickly as possible, the answer to the June 2…
Blizzard dev claims he was fired for writing loot goblin that made fun of corporate greed
Though treasure goblins started as a Diablo thing, they've had a couple of cameos in World of Warcraft, showing up during the Diablo 20th anniversary world event back in 2017 and then as "loot specialists" added in a Dragonflight patch…
MSI’s new line of Gaming X Slim graphics cards has made me irrationally angry
As well as showing off new graphics card prototypes with all new kinds of super cooling arrays slapped on them, MSI has also given us a preview of its new Gaming X Slim line of cards at Computex this year. We've been told that it is…
The ultimate McDonald’s tie-in toy has arrived, a McNugget that plays Tetris
I'd seen the game Tetris running on most things up till now, but it wasn't until today that I saw the famous rotating block puzzle game running on a chicken nugget. Yes, you heard that right. Tetris, running on a chicken nugget.Well, I…
AI-generated story and dialogue is not going to work, says Dragon Age creator David Gaider: ‘A…
Procedural generation is a powerful tool for games. From Minecraft's endless worlds, to Borderlands' "87 bazillion" guns, to Shadow of Mordor's countless orc captains, a system that can create new, semi-randomised content on the fly can…
Venerable Minecraft server gets shuttered, before the old guard got back together to save it
The world of Minecraft custom content is so large that it supports countless different ways of playing the game, from all-out anarchy to prescribed roleplay. And then there's things like Mineplex. First appearing in 2013 and subsequently…
The Sims is getting rid of a photo bug but players just want the photo bug left alone: ‘Who…
Look, the Sims community can be a bit odd. I've just been reading a thread about the joys of flirting with married men with single female sims to knock out a particular baby achievement ("they won’t move out of their house so them and…