The first three native herb crafting materials you’ll find in Avowed — Paradisan Ladder, Hylea’s Talon, and Admeth’s Wyrt — are what you’ll use to upgrade Common, Fine, and Exceptional quality gear. You’ll need to keep upgrading your gear to take on the challenging enemies that await you on your adventure across the Living Lands. Here’s how to get Paradisan Ladder, Hylea’s Talon, and Admeth’s Wyrt in Avowed. I’ve explained each of these methods in more detail below....

A new presentation just showcased some Xbox cloud gaming enhancements Xbox cloud gamingmouse and keyboard support, continually teased for roughly a year now, is finally coming to the platform.Announced by way of the Microsoft Game Dev YouTube channelin a stream meant to assist developers creating projects on the Xbox platform, the long-awaited feature is going to be rolled out widely this year. Xbox engineer Morgan Brown started the segment (which begins at 16:45 in the below video) on how they’ve been looking at adding the feature “for a while now,” and are finally implementing it....

The wonderful-looking mech combat gameHawkenwill be launching June 09, 2025. (Perfect date for a marketing team, eh?) Since that’s painfully far away, now is a good time to. If you manage to get three friends to join in, you’ll be allowed to reserve a gamertag. I’m not sure if we ever covered the news aboutHawkenadopting the free-to-play model, but that’s happening. For a multiplayer game — even one that looks this promising — having a huge base of active players is key, so the decision makes plenty of sense....

Drum ‘n’ Fun on Switch and Drum Session on PS4 [Update:Bemanistyle has confirmedthat Bandai Namco currently has “no plans” to bring the physical drum sets west.] We’ve seen a lot of buildup toward moreTaiko no Tatsujingames coming west, and now all of those leaks and trademark pages have built up to this: an official announcement from Bandai Namco. According to the publisher bothTaiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun(Switch) andTaiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session(PS4) will arrive in the west on November 2....

Living in a digital world? Activision have announced the closure of their one remaining U.S warehouse and distribution centre, leading to speculation that the publisher is taking steps toward gaming’s looming all-digital future. The centre, which operated in Fresno, CA, closed its doors on January 5, unfortunately laying of its entire staff of some fifty employees. The site was responsible for the packaging and distribution of many of Activision/Blizzard’s top titles, includingCall of DutyandStarCraft, which it then shipped throughout the U....

Out on September 4 Bungie has revealed the new expansion forDestiny 2, dubbed “Forsaken,” and it looks like the first substantial update since launch. It takes place on the Tangled Shore (part of the Reef), and deals with a horde of prisoners — or as Bungie calls them “the worst of the worst criminals.” Over-the-top boss archetypes are teased, including a sniper specific battle and a melee stompy big bad. Bows are also in, and each class seems to be getting significant reworks — “anime” style Void Warlock teleports were highlighted as the standout alteration....

The Globetrotters Passport Upgrade SBC is a really interesting challenge to consider in EA FC 25, and it offers a guaranteed Globetrotters promo item. In return, you’ll have to submit fodder items, so the cost of completing the challenge is pretty low. That said, let’s first take a look at all the possible items you can find after completing the challenge. All EA FC 25 Globetrotters Passport Upgrade SBC rewards The available pool of rewards includes every Globetrotters item that are currently available in the packs....

The Switch 2 is officially launching on June 5. While new games are fun, older titles are also in the spotlight, getting enhanced editions with improved graphics, smoother gameplay, and special secrets unique to the Switch 2. Let’s see if your favorites are among the upcoming enhanced upgrades. Table of contents All Switch 2 Enhanced Games Here’s a complete list of every game getting an Enhanced Edition upgrade for the Nintendo Switch 2:...

APB Reloadedofficially went into open beta back in May. Since then, the outpouring of major updates for the game has been slim. Earlier today GamersFirst released the next big update in the form of version 1.5.2, better known as Open Beta 2. They detailed the specifics of the update and the plans for continuing on with the game on the officialAPB Reloadeddev blog. According to the post, this update “contains the biggest changes to Missions, Matchmaking, Skill Rating and District Recommendation to date”; as such, they will be spending most of the weekend taking down different districts for patching to help with any instability caused by the update....

The first major update forAttack on Titan Revolutionadded the new Raid feature, a system that allows players to team up and take on hordes of enemies before taking on the final boss in exchange for powerful rewards. Here’s everything you need to know about the newAttack on Titan RevolutionAttack Titan raid boss. How to access Attack Titan (Eren) Raid With Update 1 forAttack on Titan Revolution, you can now access the new Raid content via the Main Menu screen....

It seems as though Nintendo isn’t exactly appreciative to the more “artistic” Balance Board covers that have sprung up since the peripheral’s debut. The offensive covers byAMR Racingdepictingrebel flags, cannabis, andchicks’ buttshave given reason for Nintendo to back away from 3rd party products. In a no-response type response togamesindustry.biz’sinquiry as to the nature of the covers, Nintendo had this to say: These are not officially licensed products, we always recommend the use of official first or third party Nintendo products to ensure 100 per cent compatibility and reliability with our hardware....

New screenshots and music Human Nature Studios, the developer of the upcomingToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, has released new screenshots and audio samples from theKickstarted title, and boy do they have me excited. The art style reminds me of one of my favorite childhood cartoons,Rocko’s Modern Life, andbothof thesongs releasedhit me right in the childhood. I can picture a young Jed, sitting in front of his Sega Genesis wearing a bright yellow hat with a rat tail coming out the back, smiling from ear to ear playing the classic games; I hope to have that feeling again — minus the rat tail — whenToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groovereleases this fall for PC....

Genesis Does The ultimate Sega compilation,Sega Genesis Classics, launches today for PS4 and Xbox One (with the previous Steam release getting a free update). The package includes 50 Genesis titles with the likes ofSonic the Hedgehog,Vectorman, andStreets of Ragebeing represented. For some odd reason,Sonic 3 & Knucklesis not present on the console compilation, but the rest of the games aren’t dramatically different from the PS3 and 360 release. To celebrate the launch of this compilation, Sega has teamed up with remix artist Electric Method to create an original song based on 16-bit sound effects....