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The Thing: Remastered is Nightdive Studios’ fastest-selling launch title ever, surpassing expectations.

The improvements made in the remaster, beyond graphics, include balancing infection features for a fairer experience.

Fans can expect more remasters from Nightdive Studios thanks to the success of The Thing: Remastered.

New financial reports indicate that The Thing: Remastered is Nightdive Studios’ fastest-selling launch title ever. Nightdive Studios is well-known for the quality of its remasters, and it seems that The Thing: Remastered has surpassed expectations, being a huge hit for the developer.

Originally released in 2002, The Thing was a direct sequel to the 1982 film, something unusual, considering most games based on movie franchises were adaptations at the time. The PS2 title was a third-person game with strong horror vibes and sold over a million units back in the day, becoming known as one of the scariest games of its era. The remaster of The Thing was anno..

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Souls Harvest in Diablo 4 can be made 20% more powerful by strategically using it on larger groups of mobs.

Diablo 4’s seventh season offers players 25 witchcraft powers to choose from, enhancing gameplay.

Players can activate Souls Harvest’s powerful effect by attacking multiple targets, boosting main stats by up to 20%.

A Diablo 4 player has discovered a way to make the witchcraft power Souls Harvest even more powerful. Blizzard introduces a new mechanic to Diablo 4 players every season. Similar to what happened in the game’s second season, players can now explore the powers of witchcraft.

The seventh Diablo 4 season introduced four schools of witchcraft powers – Eldritch, Psyche, Growth & Decay, and Lost Powers. Each of these schools has seven abilities, except for the Lost Powers, of which there are four, totaling 25 powers from which players can choose six – five normal and one Unique. These abilities give the player various attributes, including the power to summo..

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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is set for a 2025 release, developed by an elite team of racing game devs.

Speculation suggests Sega AM2 members with racing game experience are behind the new Sonic kart racer.

Theories point to multi-vehicle gameplay including land, sea, air, and space.

Statements from Sega have revealed that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is being developed by an “elite” team of racing game developers. The developer of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is currently unknown, as the game was recently revealed at The Game Awards 2024 earlier this December. Discerning fans believe the upcoming racing game is being developed in Japan by members of Sega AM2 who have experience in the genre.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a new racing game by Sega set to release in 2025, based on a comment from Geoff Keigley at The Game Awards. The game will be a kart racer, similar to Mario Kart, as revealed in the brief teaser trailer at The Game Awards. In this trailer, Shadow the Hedgehog is ..

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A Fortnite fan creates a clay replica of the Chapter 6 Season 1 map, wowing the community with its intricate detail.

The clay model captures the diverse regions of Oninoshima and took the creator two weeks to complete.

One passionate Fortnite fan has built a clay replica of the multiplayer game’s map of Oninoshima from Chapter 6 Season 1. Having recently kicked off on December 1, Chapter 6 Season 1 is the latest ongoing season in Fortnite set to continue through February 21, 2025.

As one of the most popular games in the world, Fortnite attracts tens of thousands of players across console, PC, and mobile platforms every day. To keep the sheer number of players engaged, the online title’s original Battle Royale game mode follows a season-based content strategy in which it refreshes in-game content after the end of every “season,” each of which spans for about a few months. A Fortnite season brings a bunch of new additions to the game, ranging from new skins and in-game them..

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Double XP returns to Black Ops 6 & Warzone on Dec 24 for faster leveling during the holiday season.

Some players have complained about the Double XP events offering less than advertised XP.

The upcoming Double XP event will aid new players in catching up with the Prestige Masters.

Treyarch has revealed that Double XP is returning to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone on December 24. This will give players the opportunity to grind out the levels in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 over the holiday season with a much faster XP rate than usual.

Gamers who have been playing plenty of Black Ops 6 since launch may have noticed that Treyarch has been extremely liberal with its Double XP events. The grind to Prestige Master isn’t easy, but Treyarch has continued to provide players with lots of opportunities to make the journey much easier. There has been a fair bit of controversy surrounding Black Ops 6’s Double XP events so far, though. Many gamers have complained that they only e..

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AAA dark fantasy action RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker will have its full-fledged reveal on January 13, just over a year following its original announcement.

The Blood of Dawnwalker is the first title from Rebel Wolves, a studio comprised of some CDPR veterans.

A new big-budget role-playing game called The Blood of Dawnwalker will be revealed on January 13. The upcoming RPG is in development at Rebel Wolves, with Bandai Namco handling the publishing.

Rebel Wolves is a Polish studio founded in 2022 by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, a CD Projekt Red veteran who directed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and worked on the prior two entries in the hit series, in addition to serving as head of production on Cyberpunk 2077, among other projects. Joining him at the company are several other The Witcher veterans, including art director Bartlomiej Gawel, animation director Tamara Zawada, and narrative director Jakub Szamalek. Rebel Wolves’ first game was officially announced as Dawnwalker in January 2..

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Final Fantasy 14 devs are eager to collaborate with Monster Hunter Wilds, showing strong interest in a potential crossover.

The FF14 team previously worked on a successful Monster Hunter World collaboration.

There is no official announcement for such a team-up yet, but with interest from Square Enix, hopefilly one will happen.

Final Fantasy 14 lead battle content designer Masaki Nakagawa recently commented on the potential for a Monster Hunter Wilds collaboration. The popular MMORPG previously collaborated with Monster Hunter World, leading many fans to hope that the Final Fantasy 14 developers are willing to work with Capcom again to give fans more new content.

In 2018, Square Enix and Capcom announced and launched a crossover between Final Fantasy 14 and Monster Hunter World with free collaboration content in both games. Final Fantasy 14 players teamed up to take on Monster Hunter’s Rathalos in a special quest, while Monster Hunter World players worked together to hun..

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A WoW survey considers a new death counter for Mythic+ Dungeons, like Delves.

Players’ reactions are mixed to potential changes in WoW’s Mythic+ Dungeon system.

Blizzard’s upcoming Patch 11.0.7 includes the Siren Isle update and class balance adjustments.

According to a survey sent to World of Warcraft players, Blizzard is considering changing Mythic+ Dungeons to using a death counter instead of timers, similar to how Delves are currently handled. The new World of Warcraft survey was made to gauge player interest in potential Mythic+ Dungeon changes, though any changes made would not happen until the current season has concluded.

The news came as World of Warcraft gears up to release Patch 11.0.7 on Tuesday, December 17. The new update will take players to the Siren Isle, where they will assist the Earthen, Goblins, and Arathi in braving the island’s hazardous conditions and uncovering its mysteries. Additionally, some ofWorld of Warcraft’s classes will receive balance ..