Boundary, the zero-G FPS from indie developer Surgical Scalpels, will be offering a benchmark tool beginning September 24. The free benchmark is designed to test the ray tracing capabilities of your PC. The developer reckons the game’s real-time visual quality pushes the envelope when ray tracing is involved. It’s not exactly clear which elements of the scene are ray traced, but the developer mentioned reflections among the supported features. Boundary has always looked impressive, and ray tracing support will make it look even more stunning....

In Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, players relive the story of the series as Kakarot or, Goku. You will experience his quest to grow stronger, his need to challenge, and a battle to protect Earth from powerful villains. This new video goes over the various character progression mechanics. These include a look at how eating elaborate dishes can grow your stats; how collecting and spending Z-Orbs and D-Medals can unlock powerful skills; and how gathering and arranging the Souls Emblems can push your strength “to new heights....

According to the anonymous sources who spoke to Insider Gaming, the detachable disc drive will connect to the PS5 via a USB port at the back of the console. This new console will reportedly be sold on its own or as part of a bundle, with the detachable drive also being sold seperately so you can (relatively) cheaply replace it if you swing it around, step on it, or bust it up via other methods....

The fallout from Activision Blizzard’s lawsuit with the State of California continues. After the company backtracked on its shameful initial response, a number of other incidents have come to light, painting an even more grim picture. A wave of new reports discussed some fairly out-in-the-open practices that women and marginalised groups have been dealing with for years. For those familiar with company culture, the allegations in the lawsuit were not surprising....

Recent Call of Duty games have received a lot of praise for the Gunsmith feature. The in-depth customization screen has given players more control over exactly how they set up their loadouts and has made it easier to see exactly what each attachment and perk changes. Now, a new patent filed by David Vonderhaar – the lead developer on the multiplayer side of many Treyarch Call of Duty games – suggests the studio is working on a feature that will allow you to share your loadout directly to social media for other players to download and use....

Earlier today, a rumor that Spider-Man was coming to Marvel’s Avengers as a PS4-exclusive character was debunked by the UK retailer who listed a description introducing the possibility in the first place. Apparently the details were old, and had not come from Crystal Dynamics directly. Since then, it has been confirmed that Spidey truly is coming to PS4 and PS4 only. He’ll websling his way towards PS4s and PS5s all over the world in early 2021, and won’t be helping the Avengers if they’re fighting baddies on other platforms....

This week on the Epic Games Store, you can grab the rather spooky Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and micro strategy game Kingdom: New Lands. Coming next week is Costume Quest 2 alongside Layers of Fear 2. Bloober Team’s Layers of Fear 2 will be free starting on October 22. In this first-person psychological horror game, the story-driven plot stars an actor who takes on the lead role in a film set on an ocean liner....

Fortnite Impostors is suspiciously similar to the smash-hit indie game that took the world by storm last year, Among Us. In both Fortnite’s new mode and InnerSloth’s international hit, teams of players work together to either eliminate everyone else or work out who’s lying. The similarities – and the fact Epic opted to ride on the back of Among Us’ success without input from the team at InnerSloth – haven’t gone down particularly well with the staff at the indie studio....

The free update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons will arrive on January 28. The free update contains plenty to get you in the carnival spirit and features new seasonal items. This new update includes a “feather-filled” Festivale event, new Reactions, and new items to purchase. Starting this week, the update will add the following features to the game: Festivale Event – Feel the heat with the colorful Festivale event filled with dancing and flying feathers!...

When you first arrive on your Animal Crossing deserted island getaway, you won’t have much to your name. A tent, which you freely place, and likewise tents for your neighbors. In a central position in town, which will vary depending on your choice of starting island, there’ll be the town square and the residential services tent. Later, that tent will become a building - and the town square, residential services and the airport through which you arrived are the only immovable buildings in the game....

McCoy, who most recently served as an executive producer for the company, has been with Respawn since the studio’s founding in 2010. He is leaving the studio to “find new challenges,” according to a post on Twitter. “Today marks the start of a new adventure for me. I will absolutely cherish the last 10 years I spent helping start Respawn and ship some awesome games alongside amazing people,” writes McCoy in a tweet....

Apex Legends developer Respawn has revealed that 120fps support on PS5 and Xbox Series X is a big priority for the team. In a Reddit AMA celebrating the Season 8 launch, Respawn answered a wide range of questions. This is where we recently heard about plans to nerf Caustic a bit. Steven Ferreira, team director at Respawn’s Vancouver studio, was asked whether the studio plans to take better advantage of the power of PS5 and Xbox Series X....

This month’s lineup not only has you scaling Egyptian pyramids but controlling football clubs from around the world, brawling your way through Mordor, battling hordes, and more. Along with Assassin’s Creed Origins, you will be able to claim Football Manager 2022, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition, and Defend the Rook. Other free games for Prime members include The Dig from LucasArts and Steven Spielberg. This game takes you on an adventure into the unknown as Boston Low, a NASA veteran tasked with stopping an asteroid from destroying the Earth....

Both are required for the legendary Dwarven smith Ivaldi to create the magical binding Odin needs. Like the puzzle to unseal the Well of Urdr, these quests are unlike many that you’ve come across in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla so far, and as such can be very confusing. Rather than a traditional quest marker or set of clues, you have to solve riddles found in your character inventory to progress. To find them, open your menu, go to inventory, then hover over the bag in the top right corner....

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Siege of Paris DLC review Like the previous DLC pack, Wrath of the Druids, Siege of Paris slots seamlessly into the main game, playing out like one of Valhalla’s other arcs as Eivor travels to new lands to play kingmaker and secure an alliance in the region. And if Siege of Paris was one the main game’s arcs, it’d easily be the best. Thanks to a reworked mission structure, a lesser reliance on padding, and plenty of meaningful choices, this DLC is a strong addition to Valhalla as a whole....

Details about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla smart delivery originally appeared on Reddit, where a poster shared the game’s listed product information. You can check out the post below, which includes a screenshot highlighting all of the relevant smart delivery details. “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla leverages the Smart Delivery technology - buy the game once and play it on either Xbox One or Xbox Series X when both the console and that version of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are available....

Astro’s Playroom, which comes with every PS5, shouldn’t be dismissed as a simple pack-in title. In fact I’d go as far as to say that it’s one of the most essential PS5 gaming experiences available at launch. Designed to showcase the PS5’s brand new DualSense controller, Astro’s Playroom is a 3D platformer with zones designed around components of the PS5. One level is the GPU Jungle, for instance, complete with subsections like Renderforest, Teraflop Treetops, Raytrace Ruins, and Mt....

Lost Words: Beyond the Page explores a young girl’s journey as she faces the reality of losing a loved one. In the game, you will interact with the words in Izzy’s diary to solve puzzles and build platforming segments to progress through the landscape. As you go through the words on each page, they will get you one step closer to solving puzzles to unlock the next chapter. Penned by Rhianna Pratchett (Mirror’s Edge, Tomb Raider), the game was developed by Sketchbook Games formed of veterans from Fable 2 and the Harry Potter games....

The tease in question comes from a tweet from the senior community manager at Bungie, Dylan Gafner (linked below), which listed out the major points of discussion we’ll be seeing in this week’s blog post. All of them are substantial, such as information on power levels and the next raid release date, but it was the call to action in regard to Gunsmith mats that has caught the eye of the community at large....

Right. So. Auto Chess is being turned into a MOBA. The news was broken earlier this month by publisher Dragonest - as spotted by Kotaku - which said that that it would be adapted into a MOBA title featuring all the of the characters and heroes from the Auto Chess game. The title will apparently be free, boast both day and night versions as well as destructible objects. In a video, Dragonest said one of Auto Chess MOBA’s core design pillars was “fairness,” meaning no pay-to-win mechanics....