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At the back end of 2019, Riot Games announced that it was creating a digital card game based on the League of Legends universe called Legends of Runeterra. There have been some limited access closed betas since the announcement. But fans have been begging Riot to give them more than just a taste of the game. So, in an announcement on the Legends of Runeterra YouTube channel, Riot revealed that an open beta would be starting on January 24....

The idea of life debts has long been a running trope in fantasy fiction, with some executions better than others. “There is a line in The Witcher where a man offers Geralt of Rivia a life debt and I found myself laughing out loud because giving someone who will most definitely out-live you a life debt seems like a sweet gesture but one that would almost be a burden to them....

Since the game picked up Steam within the Twitch community, Escape From Tarkov has quickly become one of the most exciting shooters on the market today. It seems every streamer has a tense highlight from the game, whether that be losing all their loot at the worst moment possible, annihilating the competition like John Wick, or surviving a vicious onslaught and emerging victorious. Popular streamer Lirik experienced exactly the latter in a recent stream, where he managed to fight his way out of a seemingly impossible situation to the amazement of his entire livestream chat....

Tarsier Studios, the developer behind Little Nightmares, has been acquired by the parent company of both Koch Media and THQ Nordic. Embracer Group is the parent company, and it has acquired Tarsier Studios, and all of its IPs, for $9.4 million (SEK 88 million), as well as another $1.2 million (SEK 11 million ) in B-shares (via VG24/7). Tarsier is a small Swedish studio; its most famous game is Little Nightmares, a horror adventure that looks like a dark Jean-Pierre Jeunet version of Luigi’s Mansion....

Your journey continues Many Lost Ark players are still making their way through the existing content, but the March update will have those who have completed Feiton, along with the “Let There Be Light” quest in Yorn, and “Start of Our Story” quest in Whispering Islet, search for the first Guardian Slayer, Kadan. This new story arc will add additional quests, the aforementioned islands, and more cinematic moments. You’ll meet some new characters, partner with some old friends, and learn more about the Sidereals....

Lost Ark has plenty of servers that players can join, some are even language specific (majorly). On some days, if you try to play the game and you come across the Selected Region is closed message or see servers locked in Lost Ark, you might get confused. Here’s what it means and what you can do about it. Lost Ark Selected Region is Closed Error Meaning When you get the Region closed message in Lost Ark, it’s due to the servers being down for maintenance....

Lost Ark’s first Legion Raid, Valtan, is set to release in the western version of the game now developer Smilegate believes “enough of [its] player base has reached the item level needed to participate”. In an update on the game’s official blog, the team confirmed that the “difficult team-based activities” will require an item level of 1415 for normal difficulty, and 1445 for hard mode and will release later this month....

Players of Madden NFL 22 have been left feeling frustrated with an issue that has caused the auction house to remain locked. In this article, we will show you why the house has remained locked in the game. Why is the Madden NFL 22 Auction House Closed? EA Sports decided to close down the Auction House in Madden NFL 22 because it needed to investigate an issue that was occurring in the game....

The lead-up to the release of Mario Kart Tour has been overshadowed by the first reveal of Nintendo’s monetization structure for the game. Now that the game has launched, the microtransaction mess is worse than first thought. The game is available for both iOS and Android devices, and while it pretends to be a free-to-play title, a portion of the content is gated behind a shocking $4.99 / £4.99 a month subscription, and Mario himself, the iconic symbol of the series, costs $19....

Despite the summer almost being over, Nintendo still insists Mario Kart Tour will be released on iOS and Android before the fall. Since the dawn of the franchise all the way back in 1993, Mario Kart has become perhaps the most successful spinoff of all time. Its titles never fail to sell copious amounts of copies, regardless of the platform they’re released on. However, later this year, the racing game may face its toughest challenge yet in the form of Mario Kart Tour....

Crystal Dynamics has announced that players of its superhero brawler Marvel’s Avengers will get to enjoy some Holiday bonuses from today. Between now and December 27, players will be able to claim quadruple XP and 2x the normal resources. This should help them level up their heroes nice and quickly for the duration of the event. Meanwhile, the Cosmic Threat event has also returned, allowing heroes to obtain unique Cosmic gear pieces until January 6....

Spider-Man: Miles Morales was a major part of last night’s PlayStation 5 showcase, with the latest outing of web-swinging action getting a meaty eight minutes of new footage shown off at the event. In addition, Sony confirmed that the PlayStation exclusive will be packaged in an Ultimate Edition which will include Miles Morales and a code for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the rather excellent 2018 original game given a major overhaul to take advantage of the PS5’s more powerful hardware including ray tracing, improved higher quality textures, an increased draw distance, faster loading times and the same high-performance visual mode that will be available on Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales....

Kickstarter-funded Massive Chalice will exit Steam Early Access and launch in full on June 1, developer Double Fine has announced. “It’s been two years since we started on our quest for the Massive Chalice, and we’re excited to say that our journey is nearly at an end! After many months of designing, building, reading through our early access feedback, and playing the game for hours on end, we’re finally in lockdown....

Metal Gear Online will include support for up to 16 players on PS4, Xbox One and PC, and 12 players on Xbox 360 and PS3, Konami has revealed. The player counts were detailed on the Japanese Metal Gear Solid website, with access to the online mode included with all copies of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. The service is due to go live at the game’s launch on September 1....

Konami has revealed new details on Metal Gear Solid V’s co-op spin-off Metal Gear Survive, confirming that the game is “being developed by members from the original MGSV: TPP production team”. Furthermore, the publisher has announced that the game will be getting its first gameplay reveal at TGS this Saturday, September 15. You’ll have to get up early to watch it, though: the presentation will be streamed live on Konami’s YouTube channel at 8:15am BST....

Update: A solution has now been found. Some things never change. Metro Exodus, the third game in the stealth action game series (fifth if you count the two Redux remastered titles), features gorgeous graphics enhanced for 4K HDR and ray tracing technology. The PC version includes options to modify the texture filtering, shading rate, along with the ability to turn tessellation, advanced PhysX, and Nvidia Hairworks on and off. But what it doesn’t have is the option to change the field of view (FOV) so that players can see more of the world and have a more comfortable experience....

The launch of Metro Exodus is both highly anticipated and marked by controversy. Although some may take issue with the game’s one-year exclusivity period on the Epic Games Store, that doesn’t change the fact the game offers a breathtaking open world adventure that takes players out into the post-apocalyptic world. While much of the game’s enjoyment comes from its unique characters, dangerous monsters, and gorgeous environments, tech enthusiasts may want to play the game to give their new Nvidia RTX cards for a spin....

Nintendo has released a new trailer for Metroid: Samus Returns that provides an overview of the game’s story, details new features and showcases the lovely Amiibo additions being made to the game prior to its September 15 release. The narrated video details Samus’s abilities and bodysuit upgrades that will help her complete the mission, as well as the new ability the melee counter. Aeion abilities are also new inclusions to the game....

Nintendo has rebooted Metroid Prime 4 and placed series developer Retro Studios in charge of the title’s ongoing development. “The current development status is very challenged, and we had to make a difficult decision as a development team,” Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi said in a stunning new video announcement. “We did not make this decision lightly. This change will essentially mean restarting development from the beginning, so the completion of the game will be delayed from our initial internal plan…We strongly recognise that this delay will come as a disappointment to the many fans who have been looking forward to the launch of Metroid Prime 4....

The Xbox Series X is definitely launching in the holiday season of this year, said Microsoft, after an “inaccurate” release date appeared on several international versions of the new console’s product website (via Eurogamer). This mistake claimed the console would launch on “Thanksgiving 2020”—that’s November 26, 2020. Yet, the U.S. version of the Xbox Series X product page continued to say it would become available in “Holiday 2020.” The three previous generations of the Xbox have all been released around that same time in the past, so it wasn’t totally out of the question....