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While Lost Ark is a free-to-play game, it does have an in-game store that offers quite a few cosmetic and resource items that can help make your overall gameplay experience go a little smoother. They’re entirely optional of course, but getting your hands on any extra items will certainly help. In addition to that, Prime members can also claim five games including Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey, As Far as the Eye, and Stellaris....

Sales of the PS4 were up 380 per cent last week in the UK as a result of retailer-wide price cuts on the original form factor PS4, reports MCV. In the week ending October 1 PS4 sales on the whole were 55 per cent higher than Xbox One, GfK data has revealed. The week prior, Xbox One took a 71 per cent share of the market. Last week retailers slashed the price of 500GB and 1TB PS4 consoles, bundling them with FIFA 17 or LEGO Star Wars for as little as £149....

Sony has now shipped 17.3m PS5 consoles, according to its latest earnings report. That figure is per the end of 2021, with 3.9m consoles shipped in Q3 of its fiscal year. However, these numbers are less than the PS5 sold in its equivalent quarter last year: 4.5m. Sony has also dropped its full-year outlook of PS5 sales from 14.8m units to 11.5m units. This is due not to demand, but by the ongoing chip shortage that’s affecting manufacturing....

Realtime streaming platform Beam, which was recently acquired by Microsoft, will launch for Xbox One and Windows 10 this winter. We’re extremely excited to announce that Beam is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 this Winter!! — Beam (@Beam) September 14, 2016 Beam uses secret sauce to deliver streams that have under one second of delay, making interaction with viewers much easier, as if they were in the same room....

Remedy Entertainment announced that The Foundation—Control’s first DLC—will release for all platforms on March 26. Is it a rescue mission? Is it a battle of wills? Well, I don’t know. But, players will be able to get their mitts on the first DLC on March 26. The second DLC—the cryptically titled AWE—will roll out in mid-2020, and might answer a few questions we have from 2010. Dataminers had found a reference to possible DLC almost as soon as the game was out, and the string of code read “St01_MM_04_Marshall_START_Plus_PS4_SM15_Dlc....

Since Raksha was released in December, most of the RuneScape community probably wasn’t expecting another new boss anytime soon. However, in today’s developer live stream, RuneScape developer Jagex confirmed that the new Rex Matriarch bosses will release on March 8. Inspired by the Dagannoth Kings, Rex Matriarch is made up of three different bosses that each use one-third of the combat triangle. Unlike the Dagaonnoth Kings, none of the new bosses require the use of a certain combat style....

In a surprise launch today, Riot Games released one of its more secretive projects, Ruined King: A League of Legends Story. In hindsight, it’s not a surprise that Riot was ready to launch the game during the Arcane premiere. All eyes are on the company right now, and fans of the company’s projects will undoubtedly turn their heads towards the newest game. Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, explores the Bilgewater region, featuring some of the location’s most iconic characters....

This week has been an exciting and busy one for the Epic Games Store and its free games department (if there is such a thing). Right now we can enjoy Pikuniku which is a charming little adventure from publisher Devolver Digital. Rogue Company from Hi-Rez Studios also went free-to-play, while the recent free-to-play addition of Rocket League is still likely resulting in a lot of downloads, too. As far as the traditional Epic Store free games go though, we’ve learned that Rising Storm 2: Vietnam and Abzu will be free October 8-15....

Code Mystics and Hopoo Games have announced the latest result of their on-going love affair with PlayStation, with the duo finally bringing the undead-killing action title Deadbolt to PS4 and PS Vita later this month following its PC debut in 2016. Set in a world somewhere between life and death, Deadbolt casts you as the reaper; an armed-to-the-teeth, death-dealing juggernaut who is tasked with one goal: Exterminate the undead. It’s not as easy as you might think however, as the reaper can only take one single hit before eating the dirt, leaving little room for error....

Obsidian Entertainment has announced that Pentiment, its narrative adventure RPG that takes place in 16th century Bavaria, will be coming to PC and Xbox on 15th November. As is to be expected, Pentiment will be available on PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass upon its release. For those not subscibed to these services, it is currently listed for £14.99 on Steam. Throughout Pentiment, players will take on the mantle of Andreas Maler, “a very clever journeyman artist who gets caught up in a series of murders and scandals that spans 25 years in the fictional town of Tassing and Kiersau Abbey”....

YouTube hosts some of the largest and most loyal fandoms around the world, and two such fandoms are crossing over in a big way. In a recent video, Felix Kjellberg (better known as PewDiePie) reacted to footage of an obsessive fan of the Korean pop band BTS, and discussed the BTS fandom’s intense fixation on their idols. To provide some insight into how massive these two communities are, PewDiePie currently has 102 million subscribers on YouTube, and is one of the biggest creators on the platform....

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has spoken out against Microsoft’s offer to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for “at least several more years” beyond Sony’s existing agreement with publisher Activision Blizzard, calling the deal “inadequate on many levels” - despite Microsoft’s insistence it went “well beyond typical gaming industry agreements”. It’s the latest shot fired in an increasingly public back and forth between the two companies as governmental scrutiny of Microsoft’s proposed $69bn USD acquisition of Activision Blizzard grows, particularly in relation to its impact on other gaming platforms....

Now that Black Friday is just a few weeks away, retailers are now starting to offer a peek of their upcoming holiday deals. Yesterday, Microsoft revealed its Early Holiday Sale, which offered massive deals on Xbox One consoles and gaming PCs. Now, Sony is holding its Double Discounts Sale, which gives players tons of savings. The sale includes discounts on select games on the PS4, but PS Plus subscribers will get double the savings....

Raichu has been the forgotten evolution of Pikachu since the days of Pokémon Red & Blue, as it has had to live in the shadow of its more famous earlier self for over twenty years now. There was a time during the development of Pokémon Red & Blue when Raichu wasn’t the only other member of the Pikachu line. A recent interview with three of the principal designers behind the first Pokémon games has revealed that a second evolution for Pikachu was planned at one point....

An Akala Adventure is a special research quest released as part of the Season of Alola in Pokémon Go. If you complete this quest, along with A Melemele Adventure and two other quests themed around the Alola region, before Wednesday, 1st June, you’ll be granted free access to an end-of-season event. Below you’ll find all of the An Akala Adventure quest steps and rewards in Pokémon Go. On this page:...

Tapu Lele, one of the Gen 7 legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Go, debuted as part of the Season of Alola. Tapu Lele first appeared in five-star raids during the Lush Jungle event, but, whenever it’s avaliable, your ability to defeat it depends on your experience with Pokémon Go. Even experienced trainers, however, should know the Tapu Lele counters and weaknesses before battling it. Hopefully you’ll be able to catch this guardian deity and others - Tapu Koko, Tapu Bulu and Tapu Fini!...

Elesa and Zebstrika have struck down in Pokémon Masters as a newly obtainable sync pair. The new electrifying arrivals brought along a barrage of in-game events, including a new EX challenge and Rally. While those are rather typical events for this sort of update, Pokémon Masters is shaking things up for Elesa’s arrival by shifting the focus away from solely battling and introducing more story than the events usually provide....

Pokémon Sword & Shield’s Isle of Armor DLC will launch on June 17. The new story takes the Galar Champion to the Isle of Armor, where new and legacy Pokémon not seen in the game’s main region roam the land. The Dojo is its star attraction, and it is here where the player will meet Mustard, a wizened Trainer with his own Legendary, Kubfu. Once they have proven their strength, Mustard will gift his Kubfu to the player, and the Pokémon will be able to evolve into two different forms of Urshifu....

Even if you’ve already beaten Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and have checked out all of the post-game content, there’s still plenty to do in the Paldean region. Tera Raids are going to be Scarlet and Violet’s main source of live content, and there’s more to look forward to in the coming weeks. Revealed by Serebii this week, the next 5-star Tera Raid will be focused on Delibird, which will run from Dec....

Following the official announcement of Portal 2, details have slowly been trickling in via Game Informer. It has now been a month since Valve unveiled Portal 2 to the world, and here at Game Rant, we’ve collected together all the pieces of concept art, and gathered them in one place for your enjoyment. The new artwork shows the ruin that Aperture Science has become, along with some pretty awesome looking foliage and forestry that has now overrun the facility - needless to say, it looks absolutely stunning....