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Summary The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced its nominees for the 27th Annual DICE Awards, honoring the best games that were released in 2023 in a variety of categories, withSpider-Man 2finding itself nominated for the most awards at nine.The DICE Awards are considered some of the most prestigiousin gaming. Spider-Man 2has found itself nominated for multiple Game of the Year awards. Notably,Spider-Man 2was nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023, but it ultimately lost toBaldur’s Gate 3....

Summary Starfield’s next update will be entering Steam Beta next week with plans to bring it to PC and Xbox at some point later.Starfieldhas received multiple updates since the hit open world sci-fi RPG launched earlier this year, mostly aimed at squashing lingering bugs and improving its performance. Prior to launch,Starfieldwas described as the Bethesda game with the least amount of bugs at launch. Many would agree thatStarfieldlived up to that promise, yet it still launched with its fair share of technical problems....

Summary Twitch streamer Trainwreckstv has embarked on one of the rarestCounter-Strike: Global Offensivecase-opening challenges in history, spending tons of money in the process. Gamers will spendhundreds of thousands forCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveskins, but this challenge could set Trainwreckstv back even more than that in the worst-case scenario. With March’s huge reveal ofCounter-Strike 2, the hype has continued to build for the release of the sequel. Right now, many players are taking part in theCounter-Strike 2Limited Test, and gamers seeing their friends enjoy the new game has only made the wait more agonizing for many out there....

In recent years, gamers have focused their attention more on saving up funds forthe latest graphics cardsrather than purchasing powerhouse CPUs. With the ability to transform a meager system into a full-fledged gaming champion with a simple GPU swap, this change in priorities is understandable. Even so, processors remain the brains of any PC, and CPU-intensive titles likeCall of Duty: Modern Warfarestill demands adequate Intel or AMD chips. For gamers with limited funds,considering the exorbitant cost of graphics cards, finding the best budget CPU for gaming becomes an even more difficult task requiring research and deciding on various price-to-performance implications of certain decisions going into 2024....

Summary Resident Evilremakes have become a staple of the contemporary video-game landscape. 2019’sResident Evil2kicked off a chain of remakes for the series, and for good reason. Capcom’s new vision forResident Evil 2re-imagined the title in a way that perfectly blended new and old, and thoughResident Evil 3’s remake was a bit more divisive,Resident Evil 4’s remake was released in March and has been one of the year’s most well-received titles. Now thatResident Evil 4has been conquered, the future ofResident Evil’s line of remakes is uncertain....

Cyberpunk 2077is a video game that has gone through its fair share of troubles and controversy, with its disastrous launch sticking out like a sore thumb. The sheer amount of anger following the release of this game had drastic consequences, leading to CD Projekt Red’s reputation and share price taking a hit and the game seemingly being written off. RELATED:Cyberpunk 2077: All Of V’s Apartments, Ranked However, CD Projekt Red never gave up on the game, releasing a multitude of bug fixes that improved performance on all consoles and ironing out most of the kinks....

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Summary TheTurok 3: Shadow of Oblivionremaster was accidentally released early in Europe and Australia due to an error involving the game’s release date on the Nintendo eShop. Nightdive Studios released an official statement regarding the state of theTurok 3: Shadow of Oblivionremaster before its release on November 30. Nightdive Studios is a Washington-based studio that focuses on developing and updating classic games for modern platforms, and its works include the belovedTurokseries of first-person shooters....

Summary It seems fair to say thatHogwarts Legacyhas performed much better than anyone could have ever anticipated. WhileHarry Potteris obviously still an incredibly popular franchise, despite its creator’s hateful rhetoric, the levels of success thatHogwarts Legacyis still continuing to see are genuinely astounding, with it managing to maintain itsbest-selling game of 2023title since release despite huge games likeStar Wars Jedi: SurvivorandZelda: Tears of the Kingdomreleasing. While it’s seen extreme success,Hogwarts Legacywasn’t a perfect game, even if it was admittedly a great starting point....

A rather creativeThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer has built a vehicle of death and destruction so ridiculous that it would make theSpider-Manvillain Big Wheel proud.Tears of the Kingdomhas been a hotbed of ludicrous creativity for its players who are having the time of their lives using the game’s mechanics to build some truly wild machines. Since its release,Tears of the Kingdomhas allowed millions of players to be the unhinged engineers they’ve always wanted to be....

Summary Crossovers have become a staple of modern-day pop-culture. While superhero comics and various popular movie IPs have been crossing over for decades, it’s only been in the last decade or so thatlarge-scale media crossovershave become the norm across all entertainment mediums, including video games. If a game is popular enough, and a collaboration makes sense, it’s become pretty standard that fans will receive some kind of crossover in the near-future, and that’s been exactly the case forDead by Daylight....

Summary AMinecraftplayer has used a new command to change spiders.Minecraftplayers see a variety of mobs during the day, like pigs and cows, but it’s when night falls thatMinecraftplayers come across much less friendly mobs. One of these dangerous mobs is the spider, which often appear at night or in dark corners of caves. If the lighting level is sufficient, the spiders will remain passive and only attack if attacked. Spiders aren’t one ofMinecraft’smost powerful mobs, but they are something to pay attention to while adventuring....

Summary APalworldfan has created an adorable original Pal called Mushgloom, showing what it would be like if the game had one more Grass/Dark-type monster.Palworldwas released in Early Access with more than 100 Pals divided into nine elements, each with a different design and origin. WhilePalworldplayers wait for new Pals, the community has been showing its ingenuity by creating original Pals. Previously, aPalworldfan created Plossum, an original Grass-type Pal in the shape of a green skunk carrying a bulb on its back, which is very similar toPokemon’s Bulbasaur....