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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has more than two and a half times the peak concurrent player count the original game ever achieved, an impressive feat for any direct sequel.
Sequels are a tricky business. On the one hand, they allow developers to reuse assets and get a game out of the door faster, and if the original game was a success, it’s comforting for investors to know there’s already a fan base. On the other hand, if a sequel relies on you having played its predecessor, it can alienate some and lead to fewer sales. Well, it seems you’re all much more interested in dense RPGs now than you were in 2018.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance had a peak concurrent player count of 96,069 when it was released in February 2018 – a very respectable number. But the sequel got a staggering 256,206 over the weekend. As noted by one redditor, this means the game is in Steam’s top 50 chart for all-time peak concurrents. There’s already a roadmap and post-launch plans, so all of you enjoying it now have more..

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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..

“Winter Tales: Gifts from Above 2024,” Dying Light 2’s Christmas-themed event for this year, is now live, giving players the opportunity to take part in festive activities and collect special rewards for a limited time. The game’s developer, Techland, previously described the last Winter Tales event for Dying Light 2 as a gift and love letter to its community.

Techland recently released update 1.20 for Dying Light 2, which introduced some improvements to the title’s prologue and addressed several issues. Coinciding with the release of this latest update, the studio also announced the return of the Winter Tales event for its popular open-world zombie survival game.

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2022 Open-World RPG Outperforms GTA 5 on PS Plus Extra

A new report shows that a well-received 2022 open-world RPG was played by more PS Plus Extra subscribers than GTA 5 in November 2024.

Dying Light 2 players can unlock gear like the Killer Krampus Outfit by completing bounties from special vendor Baka ..