Patches

Minecraft Dungeons has charm and potential, but needs lot more time in the furnace

  Minecraft is one of the most popular games on the planet, so it’s natural that Microsoft, after buying creator Mojang some years back, would attempt to apply the genre’s playful, blocky aesthetic to other genres. After modest success with the Story Mode adventure game and Pokémon GO-like Minecraft Earth, they’ve tried their hand at a light action-RPG à la Diablo — and unfortunately come up rather short. For now, that is. Minecraft Dungeons is a sort of my-first-dungeon-crawler type game, a friendly, streamlined version of the genre Diablo created

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord’s Next Big Update Brings More Crash Fixes

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has pushed beta version 1.3.0 to its main servers after just under two weeks of testing, bringing with it more refinements, crash fixes and improvements in the behavior of its many AI characters.Leading the patch notes for the new game version 1.3.0 is a collection of crash fixes, which have been the main focus of most of the patches to date. While the game has suffered from crashes and bugs since release, the developers have been working hard in conjunction with player feedback and bug

Animal Crossing: New Horizons datamine alleges upcoming bug spawn nerfs

It looks like tarantulas, scorpions, and other insects in Animal Crossing: New Horizons may be on the slate for spawn nerf in an upcoming update according to dataminers. It seems as though Nintendo has some plans for insects and their spawn rates in an upcoming Animal Crossing: New Horizons patch. Recent datamining indicates that nerfs are coming across the board for creepy crawlies, but tarantulas and scorpions are getting a notably large hit from the nerf bat. The discovery of these changes recently came from Animal Crossing dataminer and Twitter

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord Is Patching Daily To Fix Crash Issues

Since releasing into Early Access on March 30, Steam-favorite Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has had a number of patches. These have largely been aimed at fixing game-crashing bugs, but also updating with small quality-of-life fixes.Since the April 1 patch, Bannerlord has received three new patches and a hotfix. Patch 1.0.3 was small, with just one fix: "Fixed a critical issue that corrupted save files after a certain number of saves."April 3’s patch was more extensive, with 17 different causes of game crashes being identified and patched. Patch 1.0.4 also

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord April Patch Is Out Now

TaleWorlds Entertainment has released another patch for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, which is now out via Steam Early Access. This patch follows on the heels of a day one update and day two patch, the latter of which addresses a pesky bug that was affecting the Rival Gangs quest.Like the March 31 patch, the April 1 patch for Bannerlord addresses a bunch of bugs that have been causing the game to crash. The patch doesn't focus on any one quest though--instead it addresses several problems associated with both Bannerlord's

Capcom’s Shinsekai: Into The Depths out now on Nintendo Switch

Capcom's underwater adventure Shinsekai: Into The Depths was a surprise release today, just like the Nintendo Direct Mini. Capcom's newest title Shinsekai: Into the Depths is an intriguing journey into the depths of the deep sea. It's also now available today on Nintendo Switch. The game was announced and released during today's surprise Nintendo Direct Mini, an intriguing exploration of an underwater world as humanity's last remaining survivor. It's all about navigating potentially treacherous waters, managing oxygen, your suit, and plenty of other aspects of survival. Think games like Subnautica,

Control’s Foundation DLC Explores The Board And The Bureau’s Past

The Hiss threat might have been pushed back at the end of Control, but it still persists through the game’s DLC expansions. The first story based addition is The Foundation, an addition that gives Control's combat a more environmental focus, while providing a look at the origin of the Bureau of Control's use of a building that might even be alive.Control picks up where the main story left off to tie up a loose thread: What happened to Marshall, the Bureau's head of operations. During the vanilla game, Marshall disappeared

PS5 Won’t Have Long Game-Install Times Like PS4

One of the most annoying aspects of updating games on PS4 right now is the excruciatingly long time it takes for the patch files to copy over to your game install. Sony knows that, and it's why it will be a thing of the past with the PlayStation 5.Touched on by lead system architect Mark Cerny during Sony's Road to PS5 stream (which revealed the system's full specs), the problem hinges on the speed of the hard drive. The PS5 is going to utilize a custom SSD that will feature

PS5 Won’t Have Long Install Times Like PS4

One of the most annoying aspects of patching games on PS4 right now is the excruciatingly long time it takes for the files to copy over to your game install. Sony knows that, and it's why it will be a thing of the past with the PlayStation 5.Touched on by lead system architect Mark Cerny during Sony's Road to PS5 stream (which revealed the system's full specs), the problem hinges on the speed of the hard drive. The PS5 is going to utilize a custom SSD that will feature transfer

Legends of Runeterra Patch Notes 0.9.2 slows Hecarim’s charge

Legends of Runeterra Patch 0.9.2 just launched and it brings a healthy dose of card changes, including a full rework on Kalista, and a nerf to slow Hecarim's roll. As Legends of Runeterra continues to roll through its open beta period, the meta continues to shift and Riot continues to fine tune with new patches. The Legends of Runeterra Patch Notes 0.9.2 just dropped and with it came a host of changes. Hecarim caught the hard nerf to bust his status as a late game answer to everything, Kalista got