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Elden Ring developer FromSoftware has released patch 1.15 for the action game and its expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via Steam. Patch 1.15 comes hot on the heels of Elden Ring’s big balance-changing 1.14 update , and thus does not contain any further balance changes or additional features. Check out the patch notes below, courtesy of publisher Bandai Namco . Elden Ring is one of the biggest video games of recent years, selling an incredible 25 million copies since going on sale in 2022. The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is a hit, too, selling five million in just three days despite tough requirements . IGN's Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree review returned a 10/10. We said: "Like the base game did before it, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree raises the bar for single-player DLC expansions. It takes everything that made the base game such a landmark RPG, condenses it into a relatively compact 20-2

Palworld developer Pocketpair has signed a deal with PUBG company Krafton to develop a mobile version of the hit game. Krafton, fresh from acquiring Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks from Microsoft , has now inked a licensing agreement with Pocketpair to expand the Palworld intellectual property to mobile devices, Gematsu reported. Krafton’s subsidiary PUBG Studios will develop the mobile version of Palworld, which reimagines and adapts the core gameplay elements for mobile. No release window was mentioned. PUBG Studios is the development arm behind the phenomenally successful battle royale as well as its equally successful mobile versions. Indeed, PUBG Mobile has had over one billion players since launching in March 2018. The announcement of Palworld mobile comes hot on the heels of Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s joint lawsuit against Pocketpair for alleged patent infringement, and the subsequent launch of Palworld on PlayStation 5 everywhere except Japan , where the la

If you thought it was too early for this game to go on sale, guess again. Woot! (owned by Amazon) is offering The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom for Nintendo Switch for only $51.99. This is a good deal only if you're an Amazon Prime member because you get free shipping. Otherwise, you'll have to pay an additional $6 for shipping, which makes it just a few dollars cheaper than buying it elsewhere. This is a physical copy and includes a 90-day Woot! warranty. Woot! mentions that copies may or may not be imported, but all Nintendo Switch games are region-free so you'll be able to play the game regardless. Also, you won't have to worry about language either, since that setting is determined by your Switch console. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Check out our The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom review and see why this game earned an "Amazing" 9/10 score. In it, writer Tom Marks states "The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is far greater t

Castlevania veteran Shutaro Ida has announced that he will be stepping back from work on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2 following his recent cancer diagnosis. The game developer, who worked on a long list of entries in Konami’s Castlevania series and more recently directed 2019’s Bloodstained, announced the news in a post on X/Twitter . He says he’ll be offloading some of his responsibilities with the rest of the team at developer ArtPlay now that he has begun his cancer battle. “I, SHUTARO, also known as Curry Boy and Curry Sage, have been diagnosed with cancer and have begun my battle with the disease. I have already started talking about the sequel to Bloodstained, and have ideas for the game and such. From now on, the responsibility [for game direction] will be shared. Thank you for your support," Ida wrote in a post translated by X and verified by IGN. Ida has been instrumental in the Bloodstained universe and had planned on continuing it with a sequel. Bloodstain

Liam Hemsworth may not have watched The Witcher show or read the original book series before being cast by Netflix as Geralt of Rivia, but he was a big fan of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The actor, who'll portray Geralt in Season 4 and the final Season 5 after Cavill stepped down , said on Live With Killy and Mark that he played The Witcher 3 at launch and was otherwise a big gamer. "I hadn't seen the TV show and I hadn't read the books but I played the video game like ten years ago or something," Hemsworth said. "It's still, to this day, one of the best video games of all time, and Netflix came to me almost two years ago now and said that they wanted me to step in and take over, and I was really excited by taking on that character because I was a fan of the video game." Hemsworth didn't say yes immediately, however, as he wanted to get to grips with the world of The Witcher beyond just the game before committing. "I said, 'let me

PlayStation Network is coming back online after an evening outage that left users unable to play some of their games for hours. At the time of this article’s publication, Sony’s PSN service status page still showed warnings across Account management, Gaming and social, PlayStation Video, and the PlayStation Store, with an overall warning that “some services are experiencing issues.” This PSN issue affected all PlayStation consoles currently supported (PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5) and other services that require a PSN login. The Japanese Ask PlayStation Twitter account said Sony was investigating and carrying out recovery work. “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused,” Sony said. However, users are reporting PSN is slowly coming back online, and IGN was able to log in to PSN this morning in the UK. The PSN outage once again raises issues with a lack of true offline play for many single-player focused games. Does it play?, which tests commercial releases to ensure they

Annapurna Interactive has moved to reassure fans concerned over the future of Silent Hill: Townfall after a significant upheaval that saw a mass walkout at the publisher. Last month, 25 people comprising the entire staff of Annapurna Interactive walked out the door in a group resignation. An IGN investigation dug into the reasons why . The upshot is concern over the future of games set to be published or co-developed by Annapurna, and one of those games is Silent Hill: Townfall. Silent Hill: Townfall was announced two years ago , in October 2022, as a co-production between Annapurna Interactive and Observation and Stories Untold developer No Code Studios. Silent Hill: Townfall's reveal consisted of a series of unsettling images, with most of the teaser swapping between images of ocean waves in black and white (and, at the end, bright red) and a slow zoom in to a pocket CRTV, while a voice demanded to know why the listener was here. At the time, No Code creative director Jo