Diablo 2: Resurrected brings back the classic action-RPG for modern platforms, and while it's gotten a visual overhaul and some other quality-of-life improvements, it's a largely faithful remake of a two-decade-old game. As such, you can expect it to generally be less friendly to players than Diablo 3--if that's your only exposure to the series thus far, prepare for Resurrected to tell you a whole lot less, kick your teeth in, and then make you walk--not run--away because you've run out of stamina.Fortunately, this being largely faithful means there are plenty of existing resources to help guide you through the many complex elements of Diablo 2, be it the complexities of the Horadric Cube, Runewords, or character builds. Here, we're taking a look at some essential tips that will help ease you into the world of Diablo 2 based on our experience with the original game and Resurrected's beta--it should be useful whether you're a first-time player or someone who just hasn't picked up the game in years and forgot all about the joys of Scrolls of Identify, Baal runs, and those damn cows.Table of Contents [hide]Pick a good starter classPick a good starter classYour first decision upon starting is choosing a class, and unfortunately, the game does about as little as possible to explain what it's like to play as any of them. Aside from a brief description, you're left to make your choice largely based on the look of each class. While you can always roll additional new characters, there's no swapping classes once you make your choice, so any time you sink into a character will be for naught if you decide you'd actually rather play something else. (You can, thankfully, make use of the new shared loot box to move items between characters--no more starting a session, dropping everything you own in town, exiting, and then returning with another character to move items.)Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

CD Projekt Red, the developer of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, appears to be hiring for a new open-world game. As reported by Gadgetcrutches, a job posting was listed on GameJobs.co for CD Projekt Red looking for an open-world designer to join the developer at its main office in Poland and "to fill our game world with believable and exciting content consisting of communities and events that players will encounter."The job posting seems like it could be for the next game in The Witcher series, which CD Projekt Red was reportedly planning on developing after the release of Cyberpunk 2077. The developer also announced in March that it would be adjusting its studio's workflow to develop two franchises at the same time, with one of those presumably being The Witcher. CD Projekt Red has previously confirmed that The Witcher 3 was the end of Geralt's story, so a new Witcher game could star Ciri or someone completely new.The other possibilities are that CD Projekt Red is gearing up to make a brand-new IP or adapt something new. This job listing could also just be for working on the Cyberpunk 2077 expansions that are supposed to release sometime down the road.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Diablo 2: Resurrected releases tomorrow, September 23, but it won't be out at midnight ET like we typically see for a lot of other major games. This means you might be able to get a better night's sleep before spending most of tomorrow battling demons and collecting loot, but just when does Diablo 2: Resurrected unlock? Even if you've preloaded it, you'll have to wait for this launch time to actually access the game, so we've broken down the Diablo 2: Resurrected release time by region below.Diablo 2: Resurrected Launch Times8 AM PT11 AM ET4 PM BST1 AM AEST (September 24)And here is a map to make it even easier, directly from Blizzard:Diablo 2: Resurrected Unlock Time MapYou can pre-load Diablo 2: Resurrected right now across consoles and PC, meaning the second the game has hit its unlock time, you'll be able to start playing. It's not a ludicrously big file, but the PS5 version measured in at well over 30GB, which can take a while to download if you don't have the fastest internet connection.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The PlayStation Store's Big in Japan promotion has returned with a fresh slate of deals that are worth checking out. More than 200 Japanese-developed games are discounted, including a handful of titles that released this year. Nier Replicant is slashed to $39, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade for PS5 is down to $49.69, Scarlet Nexus is $36, and NEO: The World Ends With You is $42.Those are some of the best prices we've seen for those games so far, and there are plenty more excellent deals on games from previous years, too. Persona 5 Royal, one of our favorite games of 2020, is discounted to just $24. The updated version of Atlus' already-stellar JRPG earned a rare 10/10 in our Persona 5 Royal review. Meanwhile the Musou-style spin-off Persona 5 Strikers is on sale for $39. PS Plus 12-month digital code Here's the best PS Plus deal available now. $40 at eBay If you pick up Nier Replicant, you may want to grab the great sequel, too. Nier Automata's Game of the Yorha edition is down to $20. If you're looking for a thoroughly traditional turn-based JRPG, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is one of the best modern takes on the genre. The Definitive Edition is on sale for only $26. Speaking of wonderful turn-based games, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which is a good entry point for newcomers to the series, is discounted to $36.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As the weather is starting to change to cooler and more comfortable temps near you, it can only mean one thing: October and all your favorite seasonal programming is right over the horizon. Disney+ is doing its part by peppering October with tons of new stuff to meet your Halloween needs.The obvious big headliner in that regard is Muppets Haunted Mansion, which will be available starting October 8. Here's the official logline for the upcoming special: "The Great Gonzo-- world famous daredevil artiste, has done it all, seen it all, and survived it all. But on Halloween night, the fearless Gonzo takes on the greatest challenge of his life by spending one very daring night in the most grim grinning place on Earth… The Haunted Mansion." An early list of the cast includes some pretty fun celebrity guests including Will Arnett, Danny Trejo, Yvette Nicole Brown, and notably also Ed Asner in one of his final performances.On October 6, What If…? will be airing its season finale. The animated series exploring the Marvel multiverse is wrapping up its first batch of episodes then, and on October 27, we'll be getting a peek behind the curtains with an Assembled episode that gets into how the show was made. Assembled is a new documentary series of specials that goes behind the scenes on MCU shows and movies.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

While Titanfall 2 may have had a bit of a renaissance this year, another entry in the franchise isn't on the way. As spotted by Dexerto, Respawn community coordinator Jason Garza spoke about Titanfall at the end of a livestream, shooting down any hopes fans had a new game in the franchise releasing anytime soon, saying, "There's nothing. There's nothing there."Garza went on to say that "We've got too many other games in the works right now." Those other games are likely whatever Respawn has cooking for the Star Wars: Jedi franchise and Apex Legends. Along with constantly being updated, the battle royale title is also facing its own suite of problems at the moment, mostly stemming from its servers.However, Respawn hasn't completely abandoned Titanfall. When one viewer commented that they were going to give up on the games being fixed, Garza explained that Respawn is "still working on the current situation, but as always, can't really telegraph those moves publicly." The current situation referenced by Garza is the ongoing DDOS attack that has largely left Titanfall 1 and 2 unplayable on PC. The attack is allegedly coming from a group of hackers looking to raise awareness for Titanfall's multiplayer. Currently, the Titanfall games only have one or two developers working on them at a time.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As you upgrade your Wayfinder's Compass in Destiny 2's Season of the Lost, you can unlock new mysteries hidden in the Shattered Realm, one of the new areas added with the season. Among those mysteries are Awoken Data Caches, which you'll want to find to unlock new information about the story as it unfolds and to earn Triumphs as part of the game's Seasonal Challenges.The Awoken Data Caches require you to have the Frequency Echoes upgrade for your Wayfinder's Compass, so make sure you're clearing your Seasonal Challenges and buying upgrades with Parallax Trajectory in order to unlock it. Here's where to find the three Awoken Data Caches in the Debris of Dreams location in the Shattered Realm.While you're at it, you might also want to check out our Ascendant Mysteries guide for Debris of Dreams, as well.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Respawn Entertainment's massively popular free-to-play battle royale Apex Legends is available across pretty much every platform, including PC, the system requirements for which are outlined below. On PC, the hero-based shooter is available through both EA's own storefront, Origin, and through Steam, offering cross-progression between the two launchers and cross-play between PC and console.Apex Legends' minimum system requirements are considerably low, allowing players with relatively weak machines to get in on the action. The free-to-play title was likely developed with the intention of letting as many players as possible download and play. The minimum specs for Apex Legends comes in under one of its competitors, Fortnite, and even comes in with a lower minimum requirement in some regards than Respawn Entertainment's own Titanfall 2, which was released in 2016.The recommended requirements for Apex Legends aren't too much higher than the minimum requirements, seeing higher needs in the CPU, RAM, and graphics card. Considering that Apex Legends can run on the last-gen consoles and the Nintendo Switch, it shouldn't come as a surprise that low-end PCs can run it. Those looking to push Apex Legends to its limits with high frame rates will want to have a fairly beefy machine, but that's the case for most first-person shooters.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This week, Guardians are returning to the Debris of Dreams section of the Shattered Realm in Destiny 2's Season of the Lost. The area is reminiscent of the Tangled Shore, populated by angry Scorn who are trying to uncover the secrets of the Ascendant Plane--ostensibly on behalf of Xivu Arath. This week, new Ascendant Mysteries are part of the activity, giving you a chance to mess up the Scorn's plans and claim some new loot for yourself.Here's where to find the two Ascendant Mysteries hidden in the Debris of Dreams, and what you need to do to complete each one. And while you're at it, check out our guide to help you find the Awoken Data Caches hidden in the Shattered Realm, as well.Refined PowerAs in the Forest of Echoes last week, each Ascendant Mystery in the Debris of Dreams is tied to aligning its nearby beacon. After you align the first beacon, you'll see a notification message on your screen noting that the Scorn are drilling for something.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Halo Infinite marks a big change for the sci-fi series in terms of player progression for multiplayer, with the game focusing exclusively on encouraging players to advance through a battle pass-based system. There is no per-match XP and there will not be a separate XP progression system outside of the battle pass at launch.In the September edition of Inside Infinite, 343 Industries responded to the feedback about this, saying it is "actively exploring" giving players more weapons to progress through multiplayer beyond the battle pass alone."We have heard community feedback around wanting more progression options including things like 'match XP' to feed into the Battle Pass and an entirely separate, incremental system along the lines of earning SR152 in Halo 5: Guardians," 343 said. "Expanding multiplayer progression offerings is something the team is actively exploring, and we look forward to continuing to evolve the experience in future seasons post-launch."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The trailer for Marvel's Hit-Monkey has been released. The animated series stars Ted Lasso's Jason Sudeikis, and it premieres on Hulu on November 17.Hit-Monkey is based on the Marvel comic book by Daniel Way and Dalibor Talajić. The title character is indeed a monkey who becomes an assassin--specifically, a Japanese Macaque out for vengeance against a criminal gang. Sudeikis voices Bryce, a deceased hitman who appears only to Hit-Monkey, and offers him advice from beond the grave. It looks like an unusual, action-packed series that at the very least stand out from other Marvel shows out there. Check the trailer out below:Hit-Monkey's voice-cast also includes George Takei (Star Trek) as a politician named Shinji and Olivia Munn (the X-Men movies, The Predator) as his niece Akiko. The showrunners are Josh Gordon and Will Speck, who are best known for directing the hit comedies Blades of Glory and Office Christmas Party.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As a free-to-play standalone game, Halo Infinite multiplayer embraces microtransactions in its business model, just like Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, Apex Legends, and many others. 343 Industries has now begun to lay out its vision for Halo Infinite as it relates to what will be available in the store to buy with real money.The studio divulged these details in the latest installment of the Inside Infinite series, and we're rounding up the key details.Starting with cosmetics, players can unlock new customization items in Halo Infinite multiplayer at launch through a variety of means, including by spending real money. Specific price points have not been announced yet, however.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Slice, the online pizza-ordering app, has rolled out a new promotion where you can get free DLC for Far Cry 6 and a chance to win a PlayStation 5 by ordering with them.Now through October 21, everyone who orders pizza through Slice will receive the Peso Pack for Far Cry 6. And for this week only, everyone who orders through the app gets entered into a raffle to win one of five PlayStation 5s that could be delivered to your door alongside your pizza pie. Eating pizza may finally be your ticket to securing a hard-to-find next-gen console (but the odds aren't great--sorry).From now until 10/21, every time you order on the Slice app you'll receive a free Peso Pack to be redeemed in @Ubisoft's upcoming release, @FarCryGame. Order now to start earning: https://t.co/YBOoedHI6e — Slice (@slice) September 20, 2021Peso Packs come with in-game currency that you can use to buy stuff in Far Cry 6. Pizza companies taking part in this promotion will also offer a "custom Far Cry 6 pizza," and we can only imagine what this might be.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A beta for Halo Infinite's bigger-than-ever Big Team Battle mode is coming up later this month, and now 343 Industries has shared some new insight into what fans can expect from the mode overall.Starting off with the studio's design philosophy for BTB, which expands the player count to 12v12, lead multiplayer designer Andrew Witts said in the newest installment of the Inside Infinite series that there are three main pillars. These include "embrace the Spartan battle fantasy," "Empower player types to thrive," and "Unleash the Halo Infinite sandbox." Here is a rundown of each, as explained by Witts:Embrace the Spartan Battle Fantasy – We want players to really feel like they are within a Spartan unit pushing through the battlefield and capturing objectives as a team. That’s why we’ve invested in things like Pelican Drops, Commander mode VO, Weapon Pods falling from the sky to resupply the field and a few more dynamic elements – we wanted it to feel like an active battle inside the Halo universe. Additionally, we wanted maps to feel like they were a part of an iconic battle within the Halo universe.Empower Player Types to Thrive – There are many different types of players in the Halo ecosystem. Some players are pilots, others are slayers or objective hunters, but we wanted all of them to work together in this BTB experience. [Senior multiplayer designer Fernando Reyes Medina] has a fantastic phrase that sums up this pillar well: Make sure everyone can feel like a hero in any match.Unleash the Halo Infinite Sandbox – This pillar kind of speaks for itself. We felt like the “big” in BTB was not just the number of players in the match or the size of the maps but the number of options at players’ disposal. All the toys are available in this space for maximum fun.In designing Halo Infinite's Big Team Battle, the studio looked back at some of their favorite BTB experiences and came up with "new twists" to put a fresh take on it.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Seth MacFarlane has revealed a new Family Guy-themed COVID-19 vaccine PSA featuring Stewie and Brian encouraging people to get the vaccine. In the clip, which debuted on Jimmy Kimmel's late night show before the full-length video was published later on (see below), Stewie runs through the reasons why it's important to follow CDC guidance and take the vaccine."The common side effects from the COVID vaccines are generally mild and last a few days. But do you know what can have serious long-term side effects? COVID," Stewie says to Brian, who is playing the skeptic in the video.Then Brian asks Stewie about what people could say to a person--namely, Peter--who doesn't feel the need to get the vaccine if everyone else around them does.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com