Following indications that the cracked version of Resident Evil Village on PC was offering players a better experience than paying customers, a report into the issue has proved that the removal of DRM from the game drastically improves overall performance.Digital Foundry conducted tests on both the retail and cracked versions of Capcom's latest sequel, coming away with the conclusion that the game's anti-piracy features are currently behind the poor performance of the game on PC. Since launch, Resident Evil Village has exhibited issues with frametimes, causing large stutters during normal gameplay sequences such as shooting. The issues are worse in certain scenarios, such as the early encounter with Lady Dimitrescu's daughters, which can plummet the frame rate from the high 100s all the way down to the low 30s.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

2020 Apple MacBook Pro with M1 Chip $1,100 (was $1,300) See at Amazon 2020 Apple MacBook Air with M1 Chip $1,100 (was $1,249) See at Amazon 2021 Apple 12.9" iPad Pro (Wi-Fi, 128GB) with M1 Chip $999 (was $1,100) See at Amazon Apple AirPods Max $477 (was $549) See at Amazon Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 44mm) $349 (was $429) See at Amazon Beats Solo Pro Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones $149 (was $300) See at Walmart Apple AirPods Pro $197 (was $249) See at Amazon It might seem early, but July is when back-to-school sales start to kick into full gear, and whether you're actually heading to a campus this fall or not, now's a great time to pick up a new laptop, headphones, or tablet for way less. The Apple back-to-school sale is always one of the biggest promotions that rolls around every summer, and it means you can find some great deals on pricey Apple products right now, from the newest iPad Pro to powerful MacBooks equipped with the M1 chip.On top of a bunch of general discounts on these products, Apple is throwing in a free pair of AirPods with purchases of select Mac and iPad models (you can also opt to receive AirPods Pro for just 90 bucks). This offer is available for current and newly accepted college students, parents, faculty, and staff. Interestingly, Apple doesn't ask you to verify student status when taking advantage of this deal online. We're absolutely not telling you to lie and take advantage of this if you're not actually in school, but, you know, just observing.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A YouTuber named Victorstk says that he's fixed his Joy-Con drift permanently, and now you can too. In a lengthy video, Victorstk (also known as VK) discusses many of the suspected causes for the joystick drift that has impacted the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers on a massive scale, noting that his alleged fix is the only one that seems to work permanently.While VK's video is well put-together, as usual with these sort of claims, it's best to regard them with a grain of salt, or perhaps a spoonful. Still, VK's fix--which is placing a 1 mm piece of paper or card stock on top of one area of the Joy-Con after taking it apart--is substantially less invasive than sending the Joy-Con to Nintendo, or attempting to replace the stick yourself.VK's analysis concludes that the Joy-Con drift is caused by the metal casing that holds the stick slowly loosening over time due to use, which makes the metal prongs lose contact with the graphite pads that detect the input.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

WizKids has been taking recognizable items and characters from the world of Dungeons & Dragons and bringing them to life in collectible form. Earlier this year, WizKids debuted the Hand and Eye of Vecna--familiar magical items from D&D. Now, WizKids is making collectibles of Efreeti and the Wand of Orcus.First is an infamous character familiar to Advanced D&D players, a statue of Efreeti. Modeled after its appearance on the Dungeon's Master guide, the statue stands at 12 inches tall and features a pose ripped from the cover and brought into your home. Check out some image renderings below, and obviously, this may not be what the final product looks like when it arrives this November for $250.Gallery "It's a really good 'Goldilocks' size for a statue like this--large enough to be well-detailed and have presence on a display shelf, but not so big that it's hard to find a home for," explained WizKids creative producer Mat Smith. "Matching the style of the artwork and how the anatomy was depicted did offer some interesting challenges."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A major new update for Creative Assembly's Total War: Warhammer 2 is here, bringing with it new DLC, quality-of-life-improvements, balance changes, and more. Unfortunately, the latest update may also make current saved campaign games unplayable.In a new post outlining all the changes, Creative Assembly warns the update will make currently installed mods unstable and may affect current campaigns. Thankfully, there is a workaround. Players can opt-in for a beta of the earlier 1.11.1 version of the game to finish any campaign saves. When players are ready to update to the latest version, they simply need to opt-out of the beta client and download the game's latest updates. Here's the exact process for enabling the beta:In your Steam games library, right-click Total War: Warhammer 2 and select PropertiesIn the Properties window, select the Betas tabSelect warhammerii_1.11.1 from the listTotal War: Warhammer 2 will now update to the beta versionIt's unclear what precisely makes it so older campaign saves are incompatible with Total War: Warhammer 2's latest update, but there are certainly a huge list of changes to factor in. The Hammers & Headstones update, as it's called, brings substantial updates to the Beastmen and Dwarf factions and campaigns, while also making room for two new Lords that will appear in-game under AI control regardless if players have purchased the new The Silence and The Fury DLC or not. Combined with new free DLC like the Dwarf Lord Thorek Ironbrow, as well as a lengthy list of bug fixes and balance changes, there is plenty for Total War: Warhammer 2 fans to sink their teeth into.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Horror director Rob Zombie has provided an update on his movie reboot of the classic '60s sitcom The Munsters. The filmmaker has revealed that construction on the Munsters house is about to start, as well as providing a first look at one of Lily and Herman Munster's costumes.Zombie shared the images on Instagram. The first is of the blueprint for the Munsters House, which Zombie states would be "the most perfect Munsters house since 1964." The second shows Lily and Herman is their night wear, designed "by our amazing costume designers." Check the costumes out below, and the house blueprint here. View this post on InstagramA post shared by RobZombieofficial (@robzombieofficial)The Munsters will be shot in Budapest, Hungary. In June, Zombie posted from the city, where he stated, "this place is amazing. The locations are perfect."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A mod that will add the RMS Titanic to the PC version of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven has been in development for 15 years. The project's lead developer, Robin Bongaarts--who is also a maritime engineer from the Netherlands--told Eurogamer in a feature that he started working on the project in September 2006.Bongaarts says that he has a "nerd-like interest" in the Titanic and other massive ocean liners of the time, such as the Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic. He decided to add the ship to Mafia after he heard that the game was relatively easy to mod. While he expected the project to take him only three months, it actually took him four years to actually learn the skills he needed to render the ship with the level of detail he wanted.The mod will include fully-voiced acted missions that will provide a reason for protagonist Thomas Angelo to go onto the ship--making sure that an expensive car isn't stolen by a rival mob boss. The mod will also include the famous sinking of the Titanic, because of course it will. According to Bongaarts, the mod will be released in four different parts, with the first part coming out sometime later this year, or perhaps afterward. Check out the project's Moddb page for more information.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Warner Bros. has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for The Suicide Squad in which director James Gunn and members of the cast hype the superhero film and tease more of what to expect from it.In particular, writer-director James Gunn said The Suicide Squad is the biggest movie he's ever made and that one of his goals was to film most of it using practical effects--and he achieved this. In the video, you can get a glimpse at the great lengths the crew went to film with practical effects and in real locations like Panama as opposed to relying too heavily on CG. In one sequence, we see a water scene with camera operators submerged. "You're hearing the explosions, you're smelling the gunpowder, and that ups the ante," Harley actress Margot Robbie says in the video.Of course, the movie does use a number of visual effects shots, and Sylvester Stallone's entire King Shark character is completely CG. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The hackers who stole 780 GB of EA data are allegedly posting it online to force the company to pay an undisclosed ransom, according to a Motherboard report.It's unclear where the hackers are sharing this stolen data, but Motherboard reports that 1.3 GB of the 780 GB total has already been released. This compressed cache allegedly contains information on EA tools and the company's Origin store. The hackers are attempting to extort the company."Few week ago we send email for ransome [sic] to EA but we dont get any response so we will posting the src [source]," the hackers wrote in a post online. "If they dont contact us or dont pay us we will keep posting it [sic]."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Players can grab two classic adventure games, Syberia 1 and 2, for free on PC thanks to a GOG.com giveaway, but only for a limited time.You'll need a GOG.com account to claim the free games and agree to receive marketing communications via email from the virtual game store. Syberia 1 and 2 are only free for the next few days, so be sure to claim them soon Claim free games at GOG Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In a recent interview, Suicide Squad director James Gunn has opened up to The New York Times about--among many other things--the 2018 Twitter controversy that got him temporarily fired from Marvel. The article comes in advance of the upcoming Suicide Squad movie, which is finally due in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6.As The New York Time article recounts, Gunn discovered one day in July 2018 that he was trending on Twitter--and not for good reasons. Internet sleuths had surfaced a series of tweets from The Guardian of the Galaxy filmmaker, which included several deliberately crude and offensive jokes or comments about a number of sensitive topics including the Holocaust, 9/11, AIDS, pedophlia, and rape. But, Gunn says, it was not immediately clear whether there would be repercussions for these tweets coming to light."I called Kevin [Feige, Marvel Studios president] the morning it was going on, and I said, 'Is this a big deal?'" said Gunn. "He goes, 'I don't know.' That was a moment. I was like, 'You don't know?'"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Preorder NBA 2K22 standard edition $70 for PS5 and Xbox Series X; $60 for older consoles See at Amazon Preorder NBA 2K22 WNBA edition $70 See at GameStop Preorder NBA 2K22 Cross-Gen Digital Bundle $80 See on PlayStation Store Preorder NBA 2K22 75th Anniversary Edition $100 See at Amazon NBA 2K22 is officially up for preorder after 2K announced this year's cover athletes early today. As usual, there are numerous editions to choose from at a range of price points, with each cover differing quite a bit and certain cover stars exclusive to specific editions. NBA 2K22 releases September 10 on consoles and PC.NBA 2K22 preorders start at $60 with the standard edition for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, while PS5 and Xbox Series X standard edition preorders are $10 more at $70. The standard edition is also available with a GameStop-exclusive cover starring WNBA player Candace Parker. A Cross-Gen Digital Bundle getting you access to previous- and current-gen console versions will cost you $80. Finally, this year's premium edition is the NBA 2K22 Anniversary Edition, which costs $100, has a special three-athlete cover, and includes the Cross-Gen Bundle.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go Fest 2021 is almost here. The big two-day event takes place this weekend, July 17-18, and features a myriad of special Pokemon spawns, challenges, and more. Just as last year, each day of Pokemon Go Fest 2021 will have a different focus. Day 1 is all about catching Pokemon, while day 2 will revolve around Legendary Raids. Here's everything you need to know about the first day of Pokemon Go Fest 2021.Rotating Habitat ScheduleLike last year, Niantic will hold rotating virtual habitats throughout the first day of Pokemon Go Fest 2021. There will be five habitats in total: Jungle, Desert Mountain, Ocean Beach, and Cave. These will rotate out every hour and determine which Pokemon you encounter in the wild. The habitats will rotate in the following order beginning at 10 AM UTC:10 AM UTC - Jungle11 AM UTC - Desert Mountain12 PM UTC - Ocean Beach1 PM UTC - Cave2 PM UTC - Jungle3 PM UTC - Desert Mountain4 PM UTC - Ocean Beach5 PM UTC - CaveThe habitats will continue to rotate every hour until day 1 of Pokemon Go Fest ends "in the latest participating time zone." Niantic says that players will only experience the habitats during the event hours in their local time zone. This means US players on the East Coast will first experience the Jungle habitat starting at 10 AM ET (2 PM UTC), while players on the West Coast will begin with the Cave habitat at 10 AM PT (5 PM UTC).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Remember LG showing off a high-concept prototype of a rollable OLED at CES a few years ago? Well, it's finally getting a wide consumer release in the United States--but it'll cost you a pretty penny. For the privilege of owning one of the most unique TV sets on the market, you'll have to shell out $100,000. So what do you get for the price of a high-end Tesla? LG's Signature OLED R display is a 65-inch 4K smart TV that has the bells and whistles you'd expect, like support for 120 Hz refresh rates, HDR, low-latency modes, a variable refresh rate mode, and four HDMI 2.1 ports. It's also compatible with a bunch of third-party services like Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Apple Airplay 2, and Apple Homekit. And, of course, the real reason why the display is so expensive is that it can roll down into its base, disappearing from view. The TV has technically been buyable in the U.S. previous to this release. However, LG never published a price for it and required potential customers to call into a sales representative in order to place an order.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's debut trailer showed beloved cartoon characters like SpongeBob, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Reptar, and Danny Phantom all duking it out in developer Ludosity's Super Smash Bros.-like, but a piece of leaked cover art seems to imply even more characters are on the horizon, including Korra from Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel series The Legend of Korra.Cover art for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl that appeared on Target's website, and has since been removed, clearly shows a silhouette for Korra, as well as additional, yet-to-be announced characters like CatDog, Ren, Stimpy, and, possibly, Aang. Confirmed characters like SpongeBob's Patrick Star, Oblina from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and others also appear on the leaked cover art.The artwork was first spotted by Twitter user El Blitzy (via Kotaku). Target has since replaced the cover art with a now silhouette-less version that only includes the game's logo.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com