Diablo 4 has been out for just over a week and developer Blizzard has revealed its most-played class.
According to Diablo development chief Rod Fergusson, Diablo 4’s most-played class is the Sorcerer/Sorceress.
“Pssst!,” Fergusson wrote in a tweet. “I didn’t ask for permission to share this but I thought you might be interested to know that right now, the number one most played class in Diablo 4 is the Sorcerer/Sorceress!
“But you didn’t hear it from me. In case someone from PR or Marketing asks…”
Pssst!
I didn’t ask for permission to share this but I thought you might be interested to know that right now, the number 1 most played class in #DiabloIV is the Sorcerer/Sorceress!
Diablo 4 launched with five classes: the aforementioned Sorcerer/Sorceress, the Barbarian, the Necromancer, the Rogue, and the Druid.
What’s fuelling the popularity of the Sorcerer/Sorceress? Players are understandably drawn to a class generally considered more powerful than the others, and the Sorcerer fits the bill.
The magic user harnesses the elements of fire, lightning, and ice to output huge damage at range, although at the cost of lower health and armour compared to the other classes. (Check out IGN’s dedicated Diablo 4 Sorcerer guide to find out more.)
But the Sorcerer is also one of the more fun classes to play in Diablo 4, with flashy spells and some cool-looking armour to hunt down (or buy, if you’re not put off by Diablo 4’s costly microtransactions).
“I apologize again for the downtime but we should be good to go again,” Diablo development chief Rod Fergusson tweeted yesterday after Blizzard got Diablo 4 back up and running.
“Really appreciate your patience as we continue to hit record highs for concurrency and prepare for the expected surge this weekend. Thank you!”
I apologize again for the downtime but we should be good to go again. Really appreciate your patience as we continue to hit record highs for concurrency and prepare for the expected surge this weekend. Thank you!
The dreaded error code 300202 is approaching meme territory, with the Diablo 4 community expressing its concern about the weekend to come.
“I’m expecting the worst…” one redditor wrote following yesterday’s server issues.
“Yeah it’s gonna be down all weekend,” said another.
Diablo fans continue to call for an offline mode for Diablo 4, although this seems unlikely given the online features that permeate the game.
Diablo 4 features lite-MMO elements that enable player-versus-player combat, shared social spaces and party-based dungeon crawling. Blizzard has said it is a big fan of these elements, and encourages occasional unplanned interactions between players.
Apart from yesterday’s extended downtime, Diablo 4 has enjoyed a relatively smooth launch. It seems this weekend will provide Blizzard’s servers with their sternest test yet.
When Diablo 4 online, check out our interactive Diablo 4 map to start tracking your progress as you play.
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The two resources in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that feel as though they’re always running out are rupees and, arguably more importantly, stamina – the pesky green circle that allows you to run, climb, swim, tame horses, and paraglide. Getting more green stamina rings in TotK requires players to complete four shrines and trade the earned Light of Blessings for a marginal stamina upgrade. If you’re not down to complete a ton of shrines in TotK or would rather save them for later, there are a few ways to boost your stamina through other means.
Using Elixirs and Food to Boost Stamina
The easiest way to recover and boost stamina temporarily is through elixirs and recipes. While neither of these is permanent, they can be helpful for extended exploration and for taking on other stamina-heavy challenges, like taming giant horses.
To best make use of these, be sure to have a lot in your inventory before setting out on your next adventure. Elixirs and meals can be made better by using more ingredients, though you’ll occasionally get a random boost. This boost is nearly guaranteed if you make something during or in the moments after a Blood Moon.
Then, while you’re out and about, simply throw open the menu and use your elixir or meal of choice to recover stamina – you can eat a meal mid-climb or during any activity to refill your stamina meter. It can be a little cumbersome to have to constantly throw open the menu for more stamina, but it’s a decent stopgap until you have the time or interest to complete more shrines.
There are two stamina elixirs in TotK: the Energizing Elixir and the Enduring Elixir. The Energizing Elixir refills your stamina bar but won’t extend it into the yellow “bonus stamina” zone. It’s helpful to have a few of these on hand if you expect to do a lot of gliding and climbing or need to tame powerful horses.
Restless Crickets can be found in tall grass (chop it down with a sword and be ready to mash A to grab them!) and periodically under rocks. Energetic Rhino Beetle are found on the trees on the Great Sky Island and around West Necluda. Learn more about both on their guide pages.
The Enduring Elixir is harder to make, but better to have since it actually extends your stamina bar beyond what you have unlocked.
Enduring Elixir Recipe:
Tireless Frog – Found in cave streams and rivers around Hyrule, speciallfically the Zora River and around Hyrule Field.
Meals made with certain ingredients can also restore stamina, but they’ll also restore hearts. It’s best to save these for a fight or somewhere you’re taking damage, otherwise you’re wasting half the resource. Either way, though, wasting the heart regeneration is worth it if you’re in a spot where stamina is essential!
Note that these ingredients must be cooked in order to activate their restorative properties. Otherwise, you’ll only get hearts.
Stamina Restoring Ingredients:
Staminoka Bass – Found in lakes and rivers of Hyrule Field and West Necluda.
Stamella Shroom – These can be found near Fort Hateno and in Upland Zorana.
Stambulb – One of the new greens in the game, Stambulb can be found on islands across the Hyrule Sky.
Stamina Extension Ingredients:
Endura Shroom – You’ll find these rare mushrooms in the North Tabantha Sky Archipelago and North Necluda Sky Archipelago.
Endura Carrot – These can be reliably found beneath the cherry blossom trees with the shrine and on the plateau east of the Horse God Bridge in Faron.
Movement Speed Buff Ingredients:
While these won’t restore your stamina, they will make the most of your stamina as you’ll move faster.
Rushroom – You can find these around the Great Sky Island.
Swift Carrot – These can be purchased from various merchants, but they’re easiest to get at Hateno Village’s East Wind General Goods shop.
Swift Violet – These can be found on cliffsides, but are easy to purchase at The Coral Reef in Zora’s Domain too.
Fleet-Lotus Seeds – Find these on Linebeck Island and near the Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower.
If you want to learn how to use these ingredients beyond basic fried greens, mushroom skewers, and other simple combinations, check out the Tears of the Kingdom recipe guide.
Helpful Armor
There is no armor that improves your stamina that we know of, but you can use armor for perpetual speed buffs and to reduce how much stamina is used for select activities.
Climbing Gear Set – The Climber’s set improves climbing speed, but even better, reduces climbing jump stamina consumption after the set has been upgraded to level 2!
And, of course and already mentioned, you’ll eventually want to do as many shrines as you can to boost that stamina bar permanently! Below are eight easy shrines (mostly shrines featuring Rauru’s Blessing) throughout Hyrule to hopefully get you at least two more increases to stamina.
Be sure to drop any easy shrines you’ve completed in the comments below to help others snag the ones that can be done quickly.
There’s plenty more to boost, improve, and find in Tears of the Kingdom, though, and you can learn more about all of it quick with our guide written by Zelda experts. Below are a few recommended guides to check out next that can help you gear up for your next adventure in Hyrule.
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The Devolver Direct has returned for another hilarious showcase, and this year it featured a presentation from Volv-E, a company that is totally real and not fake at all and promises to build games with “generative algorithms and deep-learning techniques” that doesn’t need any real-life developers at all! What could go wrong with that!?
In all seriousness though, 2023’s Devolver Direct featured new looks at four exciting games -Baby Steps, Human Fall Flat 2, The Talos Principle 2, and Wizard With a Gun. This roundup will share all you need to know about these new titles alongside the trailers of the gameplay so you can see how the look for yourself.
Ape Out Creators Announce Baby Steps, a Literal Walking Simulator
Baby Steps is a new game from Gabe Cuzillo, Ape Out’s Maxi Boch, and QWOP’s Bennett Foddy, and it stars Nate – a 35-year-old ‘failson’ who lives in his parents’ basement and hasn’t done much with his life. That all changes when, one day, he gets transported to another world and learns he can walk and put “one foot in front of the other.”
Players will not only need to take each step for Nate, but also deal with the hilarious physics the game features that will make this task anything but a… well… walk in the park.
Baby Steps, which really is a literal walking simulator and features a “fully dynamic onesie soilage system,” will be released on PS5 and PC in 2024.
Human Fall Flat 2 Is Officially ‘Under Construction’
Human Fall Flat was first released in 2016 and No Brakes Games has just confirmed that Human Fall Flat 2 is officially “under construction.” This game promises to be the “bigger, better, and clumsier sequel” to the original and will feature new levels, customizable characters, and so much more. Human Fall Flat will also let players complete puzzles by themselves or with up to seven other friends.
We still don’t know exactly when Human Fall Flat 2 will be released, but a new trailer shows the improved visuals and teases some of the physics-based fun players will be having at some point in the future.
The Talos Principle 2 Looks to Build Upon the Stellar Foundation Set From the 2014 Original
The Talos Principle 2 was first announced at the latest PlayStation Showcase, and Summer Game Fest gave fans a new look at the sequel to the orginal from 2014. We already knew The Talos Principle is planned for 2023 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, but this trailer helped reveal the new game will feature “more mind-bending puzzles to solve, new puzzle mechanics, a richer storyline, more secrets to uncover, and the biggest, weirdest world Croteam has ever built.”
Some of these new mechanics include mind transference and gravity manipulation, and the story will have players discovering the history of this world where humankind went extinct and left robots of their image in their stead.
Wizard With A Gun Is a Survival Game Set in a World ‘Invaded by Chaos’
Wizard With a Gun takes place in a world that “slowly being invaded by chaos,” and you and your friends will need to survive in it by collecting resources, building up a base, defeating countless enemies, and much more. The game is also filled with many different biomes, a ton of powerful loot, a full crafting system, and a sandbox just waiting to be explored.
Wizard With a Gun will be released on PC and a single-player demo is available now.
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Following a series of cryptic teases, Square Enix officially revealed the first trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at Summer Game Fest, setting a release window for “early 2024” and revealing the physical edition would be split across two discs.
Picking up from Final Fantasy VII Remake and last year’s Crisis Core remake, the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth trailer shown at Summer Game Fest finally showed the party outside the walls of Midgar, riding chocobos and discussing where Cloud has been for the last five years. It also confirmed that Red XIII will be a playable character this time around, with Yuffie also making a brief appearance..
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has been hotly-anticipated by fans ever since Final Fantasy VII Remake’s surprise ending. It was first revealed during last year’s Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary Celebration Stream, with a release date originally set for 2023. Square Enix had previously said it was on track for this year, but this trailer now confirms it will arrive early next year.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth continues the story started by Final Fantasy VII Remake, which was largely contained with Midgar. The follow-up steps beyond Shinra’s capital and into the wider world. It’s the second in a planned trilogy, with the third game’s development already underway.
This is shaping up to be a big year for Final Fantasy overall, with Final Fantasy XVI set to release on June 22 and a closed beta for Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis beginning today. As for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, we’re still waiting on a firm release date, but we should hear more soon. For everything else revealed as Summer Game Fest, check out our full recap right here.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 release date is officially October 20, 2023, and Sony shared details about preorders and the various editions of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Preorders start June 16.
Marvel’s Spider-Man Collector’s Edition
The collector’s edition of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is priced at $229.99 and “includes a voucher for the Digital Deluxe Edition,” and all the bonuses that entails, a Steelbook case, and “an extraordinary, high-quality 19-inch statue featuring our Spider-Men battling fan-favorite Venom.” The Collector’s Edition will only be available from PlayStation Direct beginning at 10 AM “local time” on June 16.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Digital Deluxe Edition
The Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 digital deluxe edition costs $79.99 and comes with the two early-unlock suits available on all preorders, and also comes with “10 unique suits (5 for Peter, 5 for Miles), additional Photo Mode frames and stickers, and 2 additional skill points.”
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Standard Edition Preorders
Anyone who preorders Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, regardless of version, get the Arachknight Suit for Peter Parker “with 3 additional color variants,” the Shadow Spider Suit for Miles Morales “with 3 additional color variants,” an the Web Grabber gadget, and 3 skill points.
All preordes will be live beginning at 10 AM local time across multiple regions on June 16, 2023. Full details are on the PlayStation Blog.
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A flashy new trailer for Honkai: Star Rail was shown during today’s Summer Game Fest showcase, narrowing its PlayStation 5 release window to Q4 of 2023 and showing off a new character.
Earlier this year our Honkai: Star Rail review said it was “a free-to-play RPG that might hook you for months – without making you feel like you have to pay.”
We already knew that Blasphemous 2 would launch sometime this year. And today, we got a firm release date for the game, which is due this summer.
As part of IGN’s Summer of Gaming announcements, we learned that the 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania game will arrive on PC, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X/S on August 24. Set after the events of the Wounds of Eventide DLC, Blasphemous 2 will include the trademark pixel-based art and the return of The Penitent One.
Originally released in 2020, Blasphemous is a Metroidvania action-adventure with a distinctive art style and challenging combat. Its sequel was originally announced nearly two years ago at Gamescom 2021.
As expected in a sequel, Blasphemous 2 will introduce new weapons offering new moves. And more interestingly, the sequel will have a bigger focus on customization, allowing players to customize their skillset and cater it based on their preferred playstyle.
In our review of the original Blasphemous, which we awarded a 7, we said, “Blasphemous is an eery Metroidvania with gorgeous animations and combat that’s just a tad too one-dimensional.”
PS5 owners can now download a demo from the PlayStation Store. It will help them get to grips with the subtleties of the gameplay mechanics ahead of Viewfinder’s full release, after which the demo will remain permanently available.
At the time of writing no price was confirmed, and the PC version has yet to receive an official release date.
Upon being set in position, a 2D picture, such as a sketch of a room or photograph of a bridge, will immediately take on a 3D aspect, thus allowing the player to create their own MC Escher-esque worlds as they explore Viewfinder’s compact narrative.
Thankfully, Sad Owl Studios has included a VHS-style rewind feature, which, as highlighted in a new gameplay trailer, lets players explore with impunity, free of the fear of reality paving their way into a dead end, or deleting an all important teleporter.
“We wanted to encourage experimentation and remove the fear of failure,” wrote Sad Owl Studios’ director Gwen Foster in a PlayStation Blog post announcing the game’s release date. “Now when you stumble upon something that would have otherwise been game breaking, you can just turn back time and try again!”
“It is very important that people play the game at their own pace and discover things in their own way. It doesn’t matter how you play the game, as long as you have fun along the way.”
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— Friday The 13th Game (@Friday13thGame) June 8, 2023
In a statement posted on the official Friday the 13th: The Game Twitter account, Gun said that after December 31, 2023, it will no longer be able to sell physical or digital copies of the asymmetrical survival horror multiplayer game. Though the statement notes the game will continue to be playable “through at least December 31, 2024,” provided you bought the game before the end of this year.
While there will be at least one more year of support for Friday the 13th: The Game after it is no longer available to buy, it is important to remember that the online servers were shut down nearly three years ago. So if you plan to buy this game, your only options of play are online via peer-to-peer matchmaking or by playing an offline match using bots.
Additionally, Gun reduced the base game’s price to just $4.99, and each piece of DLC content has been discounted to just $0.99. These prices remain “up until” the game is removed from storefronts at the end of the year.
Friday the 13th: The Game released back in 2017, and in the years following was met with legal disputes over the brand. This resulted in Gun halting all new work on the title in 2019. In 2021, Gun CEO Wes Keltner revealed all the canceled content that was originally planned, including an Among Us-styled werewolf mode.
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