During previous console generations, the concept of popping down to your local big-box store and buying the hot new console of your choice wasn’t a luxury–it’s simply how things worked. Over the past two years, the pandemic completely changed the way that most people shop for desirable items such as the PS5 and Xbox Series X. In recent months, however, there have been indications that the new shortage culture surrounding video game consoles might be fading–at least in the short term.
If you tried to get your hands on a PS5 or Xbox Series X in the past two years, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Eager would-be buyers were greeted by “out-of-stock” messages at every retailer. Advertised restocks would run dry within a minute or two after the gate opened…
Read moreWyverns have come to Ark: Survival Evolved. The new DLC expansion map of Fjordur in Ark: Survival Evolved has introduced several new dinosaurs, regions to explore, and resources to harvest. As always in Ark, getting around the map to accomplish the different tasks set out for you is made ten times easier if you have a tamed creature to help you along the way. Whether this is so you can ride it around the map, saving hours compared to being on foot, or helping you retrieve items you’ve lost after death, having a handy-dandy dino by your side makes life easier in Ark. On the map of Fjordur, the story is the same. However, the dinosaurs this time around can be a little difficult to tame, so why go through all of the trouble? In Fjordur, you can acquire wyvern eggs, that can hatch and give …
Read moreBaldur’s Gate 3 players on Xbox banned for recording clips of some of the game’s more explicit content should soon see their bans lifted, according to developer Larian Studios.
The issue recently came to light after a player posted on Reddit to warn other Xbox users about using the console’s capture tools, in this case video recording, to record scenes involving, as they put it, “naked camp time fun.” The player, Daddy-Vegas, received a ban for all three of their recorded clips, resulting in a ban of over a year total. Larian caught word of the bans and said it would work with Microsoft to remedy the situation, with the studio’s director of publishing Michael Douse calling the whole ordeal “annoying and uncool.” Come from ba…
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