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Give a hoot, kill an owl Microsoft is addressing the Xbox One’s excessive latent power consumption ($6-$15 worth per year)with an update, but Natural Resources Defense Council scientist Noah Horowitz says on the non-profit’swebsite, “It may be premature to conclude that [the new setup option] will result in the desired energy savings and also avoid the associated pollution.” The energy-saving setting was always an option, but now the Xbox One presents users the choice at start up, rather than defaulting to Instant-on and requiring users to track down the saver setting....

Final Fantasy XIV’s Realm Rebornreboot has become one of the most famous stories in the gaming sphere. What originally started off as a failed lackluster MMO got a complete overhaul and is now one of the most quality subscription-based games on the market. To celebrate Square Enix put up a sculpture at the Sapporo Snow Festival this year, which not only looks great during the day, but lights up at night....

WE LIKE IKE! Those looking to get their hands on some more Nintendo themedWarriorsaction won’t have much longer to wait. Taking to Twitter, Nintendo of America has announced thatFire Emblem Warriorswill be launching on October 20 for the Nintendo Switch (probably the 3DS, as well). If that weren’t enough news to excite you, the game is also getting a collector’s edition! #FireEmblemWarriorsSpecial Edition includes 3 CDs, a dual-sided poster & 25 character art cards!...

No Leona love… The 2018 Comic Exhibition took place in Tapei last week and among the various toys and collectibles on offer were a selection of figurines based on SNK’sKing of Fightersseries. Iori Yagami, Kyo Kusanagi and the always-welcome Mai Shiranui are the three characters who have been immortalised in 1/8 and 1/6 scale figures by manufacturer Gantaku. All the figurines on display feature colourful, translucent flame effects and feature the veteran characters dynamically posing in their classic outfits....

Satoru Iwata’s GDC keynoteended with a bang thanks to the announcement of a new Nintendo DSZeldatitle. CalledThe Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, the title reminded Dale of Nintendo GameCube’s iteration of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Wakerbecause of it’s cutesy cel-shaded visuals. The announcement trailer didn’t reveal any hard details, but we did observe Link on a train — ushering back memories ofWind Waker’sboat — and a dungeon-type environment....

Stay away from that trap door, ‘cos there’s something down there Screaming Villains, the small-scale studio that brought usNight Trap: 30th Anniversary Edition, has today launched its second remaster from the annals of terrible FMV video games.Double Switch: 25th Anniversary Edition,is available today on PS4 and PC. Originally released byNight Trap-helmers Digital Pictures back in 1993,Double Switchisn’t a straight sequel, but remains an incredibly similar title. Players once again switch between CCTV cameras and activate a series of hidden traps, this time within the walls of an opulent apartment complex....

A game site going live isn’t normally an incredibly exciting part of a hyped game’s belabored crawl to a release date, that is unless it’s the site forGhostbusters: The Game,at which point all bets are off andanynew media is like perfectly melon-balled spheres of mana from heaven, fed to you by two shaven love-slaves whilst reclining on a dais carved from pure gold. Don’t believe me? Just ask Colette; the woman literally urinated all over the new carpet in my office (utility closet) here at HQ when I showed her the site....

Mere days after Arrowhead’s CEO coylyteased the Heavy Machine Gun, it fell intoHelldivers 2players’ collectives laps this morning. And it’s not alone.Helldivers 2got two new Stratagems today: The Heavy Machine Gun and Quasar Cannon. The weapons appeared in players’ arsenals seemingly to assist them with the current Major Order.Operation Swift Disassemblysicced thousands upon thousands of Helldivers on Automaton-controlled worlds in what is apparently Super Earth’s attempt to curtail their expansion toward Cyberstan....

Helldivers 2’scrossplay features have caused some issues with friend requests not working. As a result, many PC and PS5 users cannot play together due to this inconvenience. However, there are a few ways to fix the problem, and we’re here to help get your team back on the fight for Super Earth. Helldivers 2 friend requests not working solution To fix theHelldivers 2friend requestnot working, use the following methods: If you’ve initiated the standard restarts and turning mechanics on/off, check theHelldivers 2servers viaDownDetectoror the game’sTwitter....

It’s taken the better part of the year, but Arrowhead Games has finally releasedthe long-anticipated third enemy faction forHelldivers 2. That’s right, folks: theIlluminate forces are hereas part of the Omens of Tyranny update, and they’re a menace. We’ve been waiting for the Illuminate to make themselves known forquite a while now. Teasers have been coming in thick for months, and since the third faction is the last major piece ofcontent from the originalHelldiversthat we hadn’t yet seen, there was a lot of excitement and mystery surrounding it....

Exciting new footage shown at Xbox showcase One of gaming’s most coveted upcoming releases,Hollow Knight: Silksong, showed up at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase this morning! We got a new gameplay trailer and confirmation that it’ll be included in the Game Pass library the day it releases — the only question is,when? We still don’t have a release date, but we’re getting closer. For what it’s worth, the Xbox showcase was focused on games that are coming to Xbox and PC “over the next 12 months,” so while there’s still plenty of ambiguity aboutHollow Knight: Silksong‘s release plans, the sequel feelsa bit more real....

Pretty perfect Overwatch cosplay Here’s is the best cosplay I’ve seen since that Lightning get up thatlooked like it could be in-game, or at least a high-res action figure photo shoot. And since it’s not Lightning, the model has the added challenge of actually needing to emote! Look at this shit, blood.Korean cosplayer Tashais sick-nasty with attention to detail and faithful recreation ofOverwatch‘s Tracer (yes, of butt drama fame). Also, look at the spooky ghost man she’s sitting on in the behind-the-scenes....

BitLife’sLove Isle challenge tests your ability to find love for your character while enjoying the sun and getting up to some mischief. While there are some shenanigans here and there, you’ll mostly need time, determination, and a bit of luck. Here’s how to complete the Love Isle challenge inBitLife. BitLife Love Isle challenge guide BitLife’sLove Isle challenge has five objectives to complete: Don’t worry; you won’t need any special career packs for this challenge....