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CDPR’s shareholders have revealed they are still in the dark regarding when Cyberpunk 2077 will return to the PlayStation Store. Cyberpunk 2077’s release last December was a little rocky, to say the least. Seven years after CD Projekt first revealed Cyberpunk was on the way, the studio felt pressured to actually release it following a number of delays. Cyberpunk was so weighed down by bugs that many declared it unplayable, especially on PS4 and Xbox One which CDPR later admitted didn’t get as much attention as the PC version of the game....

The Dota 2 esports team OG has announced that Ceb will be returning to the team after a short hiatus. The news that Ceb was returning to the active roster was revealed on Og’s Twitter. The brief announcement on July 25 declared that he’d be coming back as the team’s offlane player for Dota 2. They also took the opportunity to thank Sumail on Twitter for filling the position in Ceb’s absence....

In our last set of Civilization 6 tips and tricks, we looked at some things that players can do in the very earliest tuns of a game to improve their edge. Indeed, this first set of Civ 6 tips and tricks touched on concepts like UI settings, capital placement, and preliminary exploration, and hopefully fans have been able to successfully incorporate some of those recommendations into their own games. Now, for players that would like to go a little bit deeper, here are five more tips for getting better at Civilization 6....

If Blizzard took a vote, Zul’Gurub would be everyone’s favorite Classic World of Warcraft raid. It’s set in a tropical jungle, populated by trolls that are equally colorful and vicious, and is filled to the brim with fantastic loot. Plus, the design is an open concept with an outdoor location, so you can ride your mount through the instance and cut down on the travel time. It’s not just the scenery and shiny purples that players love about Zul’Gurub....

You’ve worked hard on your character in World of Warcraft Classic, grinding up and getting the gear, and that level cap is finally looming on the horizon. It’s not just about hitting 80, it’s about getting ready for the endgame. That means finding the right best-in-slot (BiS) gear along with leveling as quickly as possible. Don’t forget the substantial amount of gold you’ll need, too. The path to the endgame in Classic WoW can be daunting, which is why it means that much more when you finally get there....

A brand new class has come to the battle royale mode in COD Mobile as part of the Technogeek event, among other exciting rewards. This new class, the hacker, is very different from any existing class, leading to a strong reaction from the community. Love it or hate it, you will want to get your hands on this new class for yourself to determine whether or not it fits your playstyle....

Call of Duty: Warzone has a bunch of different locations that players can drop off at when starting out in a match, and although some of them are well designed, others just aren’t that good. For reasons such as low loot spawns and large amounts of enemies, players will want to avoid certain drop points if they are trying to win the match. Winning a match of Warzone isn’t easy, and having a lot of loot and surviving the first few circles will be crucial for players that want to add another win to their belt....

Those drawn to the unique anime style and dark themes of the dungeon-crawler, action RPG Code Vein may have signed up to test the game awhile back. Now, their wait is over. Bandai Namco is currently sending out invites for players to participate in a Code Vein network test running through the weekend. The style of Code Vein is best described as an anime-inspired Dark Souls, which is exactly why many are drawn to it....

A year on from launch, Control has been going strong with its Foundation DLC and is gearing up to unleash its next major add-on, the Alan Wake-themed AWE expansion. The DLC will be coming out later this month, and with it will come a free update that will make it easier for players to get into Remedy Entertainment’s mind-bending shooter. All in all, Control was highly-praised when it first came out, becoming a frequent contender for and winner of 2019 Game of the Year awards throughout the industry....

Scary games have been a gaming staple since pretty much forever. What’s more amusing than playing through the likes of Dead Space 2 or any upcoming Resident Evil title are the numerous unintentionally frightening foibles the industry has seen over the course of a few decades. It’s like a house of virtual horrors. Of course these horrors haven’t really been thrilling or enjoyable, and most likely cost someone lots of money, but we can all look back and laugh, right?...

Upcoming PC and Xbox One game Crackdown 3 has had a ‘rough’ development and there are ‘still issues’, though the game will not be cancelled like Scalebound, says an insider. It has been an interesting 12 months for upcoming action game Crackdown 3. Not only did the game skip E3, where its presence was sorely missed during the Microsoft press conference, but soon after, the game was delayed to 2017. Concerns about the game’s development have been rumbling ever since, with fans suggesting that the game may have been cancelled or that development certainly isn’t going as smoothly as was hoped....

Today at 1pm PT is the big PlayStation 5 game reveal event, where Sony will be showing off its PS5 launch titles as well as games that will be available for the next-generation console within the launch window. It remains to be seen exactly what Sony will be showing during the PS5 game reveal event, but a merchandise leak suggests that a new Crash Bandicoot game will be one of the titles....

If you’ve been struggling to run Crysis Remastered on your PC, today’s new update might be the remedy you need. Official support for Nvidia’s DLSS technology has been added to the game via its latest update. For those unaware of what DLSS is, it’s a method of super-sampling that renders games at a lower internal resolution and upscales the visuals to your selected resolution. It was engineered in order to cut down on the performance hit that ray-tracing takes....

Yacht Club Games is no stranger to 2D side-scrolling platforming games, having developed Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope and its handful of follow-ups. It’s no surprise, then, that Yacht Club made the decision to publish Cyber Shadow - another 8-bit action platformer developed by Mechanical Head Studios. Cyber Shadow may not breathe new life into the genre, but its take on retro platforming is executed near-flawlessly while being great for players of any skill level....

If you happen to have an ultra-powerful gaming rig, you might be able to take advantage of the latest Cyberpunk 2077 ray tracing mod. The aptly named “Enable Cinematic_RTX” mod doesn’t actually bring anything new to your game, rather it unlocks a ray tracing mod already hardcoded by CD Projekt Red. You can find the full details about the graphics mod on its Nexus Mods page, but activating the breathtaking graphics tweak is surprisingly simple....

Players love getting involved in a game’s story, in Cyberpunk 2077’s case, bounty hunting, and tackling criminal activity across a large open-world. Yet no matter how engaging the story may be, people just cannot resist the joy of cute animals, which is why discovering that the main character V can pet cats has been so well-received. The fluffy discovery was made by Miranda Sanchez of IGN, who was wandering the streets of Night City in a four hour gameplay demo of the much anticipated game....

There are a variety of colorful characters in the Legend Of Zelda franchise each with their own personalities and ambitions. Some are helpful characters that assist players along by providing gifts, advice or equipment gamers can buy, others are helpful as they want to be and some can cause serious problems in the world. The D&D alignment is a good way of identifying who is who in the various games and which ones players should watch out for, which are going to be helpful, and which ones players need to tread carefully with, lest they become enemies....

From Software made a resounding wave in the gaming industry with the release of their masterpiece. Dark Souls combined the tenets of old-school gaming and integrated it with various modern nuances in a title that is an absolute thrill ride from start to end. There are several reasons why Dark Souls became such an instant classic, but focusing on each and every aspect would take ages. It goes without saying that From Software has crafted some of the greatest boss encounters of all time, and Dark Souls is the game that popularized this notion....

“Metacritic score is everything,” Days Gone director John Garvin says, “If you’re the creative director on a franchise and your game is coming in at a 70, you’re not gonna be a creative director on that franchise for very long.” Day’s Gone reportedly isn’t getting a sequel, and the directors of the game have since left Sony Bend Studios, but Garvin has taken this a step further by speaking about the situation on a live stream, addressing what he believes Sony’s method to be, and that is that it values perceived quality for its brand over the number of sales....

Coming into 2019, Sony faced a lot of questions about what’s next largely due to the swirling PS5 rumors and the fact that most of its announced first party games are still without actual launch dates. Sony continued to complicate matters after announcing it is opting out of E3 this year in favor of finding new ways to engage its fans. Even with all of the uncertainty, Sony is preparing to launch Days Gone, an open-world action shooter that’s exclusively hitting the PlayStation 4 next month....