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Silent Hill: Townfall Keeps Changing Difficulty, Patch 1.6 Adds Hard Mode

  • Update 1.6 adds Hard mode to the PS5 game.
  • Hard sits between Normal and Nightmare.
  • The patch also rebalances all four difficulties.

Silent Hill: Townfall update 1.6 adds a Hard mode to the PS5 game, giving players a difficulty between Normal and Nightmare. The developers say it emphasises stealth, patience and careful resource use, expanding the choices available to players. The update also rebalances gameplay across all four difficulty settings…

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Phantom Blade Zero dev says don’t get the latest Nvidia drivers

  • S-Game recommends Nvidia driver 617.42 for Phantom Blade Zero.
  • The latest version is 621.01.
  • Nvidia is expected to release another update soon.

S-Game advises Phantom Blade Zero players using Nvidia graphics cards to avoid the latest driver, version 621.01, and use version 617.42 instead. The recommendation matters because the newer driver may harm the game experience, despite being released with updates intended to support it. The developer says its testing…

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Modern Warfare 4 limits Possum revives to prevent immediate counterattacks

  • Possum now has limits on when it can revive players.
  • Infinity Ward aims to make it a survival tool.
  • The patch also adds Shipment and weapon changes.

Infinity Ward has restricted Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s Possum ability in DMZ after players used it to revive and attack those who had just killed them. The developer says Possum should give operators a second chance to survive and extract, rather than let them return straight…

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Phantom Blade Zero Fixes My Biggest Annoyance With Boss Fights

  • The writer says boss retries often waste time.
  • Repeating easier phases can overshadow the hard parts.
  • Phantom Blade Zero prompted him to question that design.

IGN opinion writer Travis Northup argues that “Scrub Tax” in difficult action games wastes players’ time after they die, through long walks back, unskippable cutscenes, loading screens or having to repeat boss phases. He says Phantom Blade Zero addresses his frustration with boss fights by challenging the assumption…

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Not all Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake devs have played the N64 original, series producer says

  • Some remake developers had never played the N64 original.
  • Aonuma says their fresh perspective helped shape the adaptation.
  • The remake adds sidequests, dungeon changes and a jump button.

Producer Eiji Aonuma says some developers working on the Ocarina of Time remake had not played the 1998 Nintendo 64 original. He sees their fresh perspective as helping the team adapt the game for modern players while keeping it enjoyable with today’s controls. Aonuma credited younger staff with…

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Justice and Gesaffelstein release seven-minute track for GTA 6 score

  • Justice and Gesaffelstein released the seven-minute ‘Pusher’.
  • The track was made for the GTA 6 score.
  • The full score is due on 11 December.

Justice and Gesaffelstein have released ‘Pusher’, a seven-minute track made for the score of Grand Theft Auto 6. The bass-heavy collaboration offers a preview of the game’s original music, with the full score set for release across streaming and physical formats. Justice, the French duo of Gaspard Augé…

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Xbox leader Asha Sharma says there’s “more demand than consoles available” as Xbox hardware sales dip by 14%

  • Xbox hardware sales fell 14 per cent year on year.
  • Sharma says console demand exceeds available supply.
  • Lower Game Pass and third-party content revenue weighed on results.

Xbox chief Asha Sharma says demand for consoles exceeds available supply, even as Microsoft reported a 14 per cent year-on-year fall in Xbox hardware sales. The comments present supply constraints as a factor behind weaker sales, while the results also show Xbox revenue edging down two per cent.…

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Helldivers 2 Review Bombed on Steam After Anti-Cheat Friendly Fire

  • Easy Anti-Cheat has triggered a wave of negative recent reviews.
  • Players say it blocks quality-of-life mods as well as cheats.
  • Arrowhead says it wants to prevent unfair advantages.

Arrowhead’s move to Easy Anti-Cheat in Helldivers 2 has sparked backlash from players, with recent Steam reviews falling to “Mostly Negative”. The change aims to curb cheating, but players say it also blocks harmless mods that improve the game, raising concerns about how the studio balances fair play…

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GTA 6 has a smell reaction system, which immediately joins Red Dead Redemption 2’s dynamically shrinking horse balls on Rockstar’s list of immersive symbols of excess

  • GTA 6 reportedly has characters react to smells in different locations.
  • The system grew from a single piece of explorable content.
  • It continues Rockstar’s tradition of elaborate environmental details.

GTA 6 reportedly includes a system that makes protagonists Lucia and Jason react to unpleasant smells in different locations. The detail reflects Rockstar’s approach to building highly specific immersive features, even when players might not notice them, and echoes the temperature-sensitive horse anatomy in Red Dead Redemption 2.…

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The Watcher has appeared in VisionQuest, and that usually means bad news

  • The Watcher is confirmed in episode 6 of *VisionQuest*.
  • His past appearances have coincided with major upheavals.
  • Ultron’s connection to Vision may reshape the story’s history.

The Watcher appears briefly in episode 6 of *VisionQuest*, with glowing eyes visible in a doorway during a scene in Madripoor. Showrunner Terry Matalas confirmed the figure’s identity, making the glimpse an intentional cameo that may signal events with wider consequences for the Marvel universe. The Watcher has…

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