Colorful fantasy action MMO Wayfinder, the latest from Ruined King and Darksiders studio Airship Syndicate and Warframe publisher Digital Extremes, has hit a very harsh reception from early adopters as sheer volume has caused server troubles and extended wait times for those most interested in the game—this Early Access release costs $20, but the full game scheduled to launch in six months will be free to play.
Airship Syndicate said it’s seeing more players every minute of uptime than played in their beta each day, and that the queue system in place failed immediately. Players are reporting hours-long queues that end with failed connection attempts and a reset, as well as playing for only a few minutes before getting disconnected after waiting in those queues.
Other players complained about missing free items from a premium Founder’s Pack bundle, as well as exploitative pricing on in-game items relative to the size of in-game currency packs. Generally speaking it’…
“Behold the 5-ton Mega-Karlach,” states the deservedly proud lesser_panjandrum on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit as they post up a thrice-enlarged tiefling like they’re showing off a genetically engineered golden retriever. To be fair, replace “genetically” with “magically” and that’s almost what’s happening here.
TIL Enlarge effects can stack. Behold the 5-ton Mega-Karlach from r/BaldursGate3
As far as I can tell, this is an interaction between the Enlarge spell and the Elixir of the Colossus. The Enlarge spell doesn’t stack by itself, but as long as you can get buffs that are technically different—as that Elixir seems to be—well, this happens. Giga-Karlach weighs in at 5,005kg, has a carrying capacity of 440kg (which lesser_panjamdrum notes is around ‘3,500 cups of flour’) and is about 20ft tall, as noted by our friends over at GamesRadar.
Her size category is also “Huge”. As someone who’s played a lot of Dungeons …
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It’s been five years since Grinding Gear Games announced Path of Exile 2—five years that I’ve spent wondering feverishly when I’ll get to reenter the endless grind for build-perfect loot. Now, thanks to a reveal at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live earlier today, we finally know when the sequel to the free-to-play Diablo-like will be playable. Path of Exile 2 is entering early access on November 15, 2024.
The trailer accompanying the early access announcement has every aesthetic hallmark you’d hope to see in a Path of Exile follow-up: It’s got fleshy horrors. It’s got ominous religious overtones. It’s got an overzealous figure declaring their intent to “sweep aside this world and build it anew.” It’s all in there.
We also get a look at a lineup of bosses we’ll almost certainly be farming hundreds of times over. A haunting figure wearing a bizarre skull headdress emerges from a pit in an underground tomb. A four-armed, blood-smeared creature brandishes flaming …
World of Warcraft: The War Within will be taking players deep, deep underground to do battle with the Nerubian empire—which, inevitably, means spiders. A lot of spiders. Dungeons full of ’em. Raids, even.
Which is a nightmare for the arachnophobes among us. Luckily, The War Within will have an arachnophobia filter that’s as comprehensive as it is novel—simply ticking an option in the menu will turn every single spider in the game into a crab of equivalent size and colour. Yes, seriously. Here’s the spiders of Deadwind Pass getting hit with the crab ray.
During a roundtable interview, WoW director Ion Hazzikostas described the environment that birthed this most adorable of filters:
“When it became known that we were building the centre of the Nerubian empire, there were a lot of concerns … they were a little creepy back in 2008, but in 2024 levels of fidelity, that’s much more of a concern. There were some folks on the team that exp…
I’ve personally been waiting for this moment since the full release of Baldur’s Gate 3—FSR 2.2 is now sitting pretty in the graphics options, ready to give you higher frame rates and a way better visual experience than the sparkling aliased nightmare of the first gen FSR it launched with.
Say what you want about upscaling, it sure can make a difference if you’re struggling to get the frame rates you want when you’re flailing around Moonrise Towers and Reithwin. But if you’ve been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 on an AMD graphics card, Steam Deck, or any other PC handheld, then you’ll likely have suffered with FSR 1.0 and the terrible image quality it delivers.
Even on the Ultra Quality settings FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 (to give it its full title) is horrid. But with the new FSR 2.2 update, patched into the latest version of the game with today’s Patch #4.
Curiously, the FSR 2.2 support isn’t mentioned in the patch notes, and I only noticed it…
It’s rough to search for PC swagger on a budget—even on Black Friday. We’ve got some killer Black Friday deals, sure, but that doesn’t make the spending anxiety any less real, especially when your wallet’s thinner than usual. Luckily for you, I’ve found a couple of great steals for under $500. Don’t say uncle Harvey never gave you anything.
First up, you can never underestimate the power of a good gaming monitor—even if it’s the last thing you might consider when putting together your build. When you’ve already shelled out thousands for a top-of-the-line graphics card and a CPU that could pilot a spaceship, it’s hard to drop another few hundred bucks on something external.
Fortunately, you can get a great higher-end monitor at Newegg for just shy of $400—or $350 with the promo code: BFCY2Z739. 32 inches, 4K capability, 144Hz and IPS, this thing’s a steal for its price, since it’s usually a bank-busting $700. If you’ve already got a good…