Epic appears to be feeling mighty generous this festive season. Alongside its Holiday Sale, the company has announced that once per day, from December 17 through December 31, customers can download a free game. That means there will be 15 free titles available to players that boot up the Epic Games Store and download them. You have to be quick, though; each title will only be available to download for 24 hours....

Epic Games, through its trial with Apple over anti-trust concerns, has submitted a number of documents detailing several aspects of how it manages the Epic Games Store business on PC, as well as its relations with partners. It’s how we learned about Sony’s cross-play fees, how much money Epic spent on the Borderlands 3 exclusive and much more. One other reveal Epic made was detailing exactly how much money was given to every developer and publisher whose game was part of the Epic Games Store’s various weekly free giveaways....

The news comes from a report published over at GamesIndustry.biz. According to the report, Dean Evans and Gabriela Salvatore have decided that legumes are the best foodstuff upon which to base a video game studio’s name. I concur. At present, Evans and Salvatore are hard at work on an unannounced game due to be published by Devolver Digital. Although the game itself wasn’t shown during yesterday’s Devolver Direct, they confirmed that Beans is actively seeking some extra pairs of hands to help with development - they reckon they’ll take on about seven people before the year is out....

Developer Mediatonic first gave us a rundown of what the generous new mid-Season patch would include last week, where it also gave us the long and unwieldy update name “stop with the yeets name it anything else just don’t include the word yeet please im begging you”. Now, though, we finally have a release date – and it’s landing sooner than we would have thought. In a tweet (below), the developer announced the new patch will be dropping tomorrow....

The Rusty Pick bar is close by to the Belching Betty mine which plays a role in the Fire Breathers questline in Fallout 76. However, there’s a new merchant in town: The Purveyor, who deals in powerful items in exchange for Legendary Scrip. Once you acquire some of this Legendary Scrip resource, you’ll receive a miscellaneous objective to head over to the Rusty Pick and meet the Purveyor. Fallout 76 Rusty Pick Location You will find the Rusty Pick bar in the southwest corner of the map....

Originally set to release on April 7, the Wastelanders update for Fallout 76 will instead release on April 14. This is the same day the game arrives on Steam. If you purchased the game on PC and played it through the Bethesda.net Launcher, you will receive a free copy of the game to play on Steam. To claim your copy, you will need to link your Steam account to your Bethesda....

There are only two ways to get industrial circuits, and both involve a fair bit of work. What are Industrial Circuits in Far Cry 6? You’ll need Industrial Circuits for high-level Supremo and Resolver weapon upgrades. These upgrades are only available later in the game, but it’s worth setting some Monedas aside if you have it. Resolver weapons are among the best in the game, and the right Supremo can spell the difference between mission success and death....

The body noted in the release that it has granted an extension to EA Sports for the simulation football category only, which will allow the release of FIFA 23 later this year. FIFA also said it is engaging with publishers, studios, and investors on the development of a major new simulation football title for 2024. The new, non-simulation games that are already in development will release during the third quarter of this year, the first of which features the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which promises to bring “new interactive experiences to fans across the globe....

Final Fantasy 14 will go into open beta on PS5 April 13 alongside the release of Patch 5.5. Those who are currently playing on PS4 will be able to use their existing characters and game data during the test. Players can expect faster loading times, increased frame rates, true 4K resolution, 3D audio, and haptic feedback. Timing of the start of the official launch for the PS5 version will be determined based on the progress of the open beta and will begin immediately upon conclusion of the test....

As part of today’s PlayStation State of Play, Square Enix announced Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, a new episode carrying on from the events of last year’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake. It arrives on June 10, 2021. The new content revolves around Yuffie Kisaragi, the optional FF7 party member that didn’t make the cut in the original release of Remake. It looks like she has her own storyline and dedicated encounters that may take place during Chapter 8 of the original game....

The developers behind the as-yet-unnamed Final Fantasy 7 Remake sequel gave an interview at The Computer Entertainment Developers Conference where they acknowledged the sequel’s narrative structure and hinted that – going forward – there will likely be more deviations from the original game. During the interview (as translated Twitter user aitaikimochi), Kitase highlighted the significance of subverting player expectations satisfyingly – and that his goal was to deceive players in a positive way (thanks, Siliconera)....

Season 5 is finally here on the Fortnite Battle Royale island with new areas and realities being spliced into the existing map. Locations like Doom’s Domain and Stark Industries have disappeared and have been replaced with Pleasant Park and Colossal Coliseum. There are new points of interest to visit too, with more expected as the season progresses. There are new biomes on the map now also, with a desert pulled in around the Zero Point at the centre of the map....

Fortnite Team Rumble Skill-based matchmaking changes The list of changes were confirmed on the FortniteBR subreddit by an official Epic Games account. They will come into effect tomorrow when the game is updated. You can find our page on all of the Fortnite Season 2 leaks, here. “With the new season coming tomorrow, we have made a few changes to Team Rumble,” u/EpicDustyDevo said. The changes are as follows: All weapon drops are blue or better Bandages completely removed Glider redeployment is now a free ability that doesn’t take a slot 150/150/150 in all three materials are given to you at the start of a match Skill-based matchmaking has been turned off Increased elimination goal to 125...

So far there’s been little official word on what to expect from the next season, but thanks to observant players and data miners, we’ve had a few hints about what we’re likely to see. Hints at Season 7 theme: Aliens?! What will be included in the Season 7 battle pass? Hints at Season 7 theme: Aliens?! The latest weekly update saw the introduction of the Foreshadowing questline. It’s widely believed that this five-part Epic Quest series will provide the story link between Seasons 6 and 7....

Previously known as Project TVADGYCGJR, On the Edge is the third expansion to 11 bit studios’ survival sim Frostpunk. It’s the final content drop part of the Season Pass and is set after the Great Storm, and finds the expedition set from New London with a special assignment. Here’s more: The Edge symbolizes a cross between what has been the past and what’s new to come. Although the society of New London — the city believed to be the last one on Earth — has survived, it doesn’t mean the struggle is over....

In a random act of true wholesomeness, 10 Redditors have joined forces to give out digital copies of the game to those in need who commented on the thread. “I will facilitate the purchase of a digital copy of the standard edition for someone who is in need and cannot do it themselves because of this situation,” reads the original post by Reddit user frumpybuffalo. Winners would be chosen from the comments, with users encouraged to tell the story of how the coronavirus lockdown has affected their lives....

Another iconic dance move is making its way into Epic’s battle royale Fortnite. The title’s Korean Twitter account revealed yesterday that Gangnam Style is landing in Fortnite. A subsequent tweet from the game’s main Twitter account said the emote went live today (Friday, January 29). For those who have forgotten Gangnam Style, let me set the scene. The year was 2012. It was a halcyon time when British people could be vaguely proud of our objectively rubbish island thanks to the London Olympics....

As such, we’ve created this short guide on when Genshin Impact version 2.7 is releasing, as well as the exact time you’ll be able to download and play the update depending on where you are in the world. Genshin Impact 2.7 release time Genshin Impact version 2.7 is releasing on May 30 / May 31 depending on your timezone, and will become playable after a maintenance period of roughly five hours....

It’s a long quest, so make sure to set some time aside before getting started. You’ll want to bring a Pyro character and a good defender with you, and Thoma fits the bill perfectly if you’re lucky enough to get him later. Genshin Impact A Particularly Particular Author - How to get through the fog on Tsurumi Island Downloading the 2.2 update adds Tsurumi Island to your map, but you can’t do much there just yet....

Childe might be a bow user, but he excels in melee combat and has the potential to be your party’s best source of Elemental damage. There’s a new bow designed essentially just for him, but our F2P Childe build ensures he can still keep up the pressure just the same. Genshin Impact Child build guide - Is Childe a DPS character? Yes, emphatically. His attack might not be as high as Baal or Diluc, but Childe excels in a DPS role....