BlizzCon, the convention centered around all things Blizzard, is   back on the calendar after a multi-year hiatus . The Anaheim Convention Center will host BlizzCon on November 3 and 4 this year, and Blizzard will release more information on competitions, cosplay, and tickets next month. This is the first time in four years that BlizzCon will be held in person, rather than online. The COVID-19 pandemic was an obvious deterrent for in-person gatherings in 2020. It has been a tumultuous few years for Blizzard, and not just because of COVID. In summer 2021, Activision Blizzard was the subject of a lawsuit from the state of California claiming the publisher had fostered an environment of “constant sexual harassment.” And for the past few years, Microsoft has been attempting to buy Activision Blizzard, navigating regulatory issues around the biggest acquisition deal gaming has ever seen. The atmosphere around Blizzard remains uncertain.  Overwatch ...

  The   Frostbite Armor   is a set with excellent qualities for your trips through cold environments in   The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom . Wearing pieces of this armor imbues Link’s attacks with ice damage whenever he’s in low-temperature environments. If you’re exploring Rito Village and its whereabouts, this set is a great option to make the most of the cold weather. It’s likely that you’ll receive hints on where to find the Frostbite Armor from NPCs or Old Maps scattered across Hyrule. But like with the Ember Armor, if you want to skip the additional steps and get straight to the treasure, we’ll explain where to find it as quickly as possible — detailing the spots for the  Frostbite Shirt ,  Frostbite Trousers,  and  Frostbite Headdress . FROSTBITE ARMOR CHEST PIECE LOCATION You can find the  Frostbite Shirt  inside the Brightcap cave at the coordinates  (-3002, 1641, 0201) , east of Rito Village. From the Lucky C...

  The Super Mario Bros. Movie   is far and away the biggest hit of 2023 so far, having grossed over $521.8 million in the United States   and $1.1 billion in total around the world . Nintendo could call it a win and walk away, but the year has only just begun. As   Mario   enters its sixth weekend at the box office, there’s only one real threat to its complete hold on all-ages audiences:   The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom . The long-anticipated Zelda sequel is here, and destined to become another astronomical win for the company. Nintendo’s undeniable hold on the zeitgeist raises an important question: Where’s the Zelda movie? At the tail end of Polygon’s big interview with  Tears of the Kingdom  producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, we found ourselves dying to know if a Zelda movie was a remote possibility, let alone one on the horizon. The answer was promising for anyone hoping to one day put down the controller a...

  If you want to play   Diablo 4   one last time before its release on the 6th June, this is your last chance. The so-called Server Slam — which is basically an open beta — is now live on PS5 and PS4. All you need to do is download the client from the PlayStation Store. The Server Slam includes the whole first act of Diablo 4, which equates to a sizeable amount of playable content. What's more, all five character classes — Barbarian, Sorcerer, Necromancer, Rogue, and Druid — are available to try. If you didn't take part in the previous betas, then we think it's well worth jumping in to see whether the game's for you. As the name suggests, the Server Slam should allow Blizzard to get a handle on the technical side of things ahead of the action RPG's full launch in just a few weeks. With that in mind, we wouldn't be surprised if there are some technical hiccups over the testing period — just so you know! The Server Slam lasts the full weekend, ending on Sunday the...

  The  PC  version of  side-scrolling   action   platformer   Elypse  will launch via  Steam  and  Epic Games Store  on May 17, publisher  PID Games  and developer  Hot Chili Games  announced. PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch versions are due out later in 2023. Every ten years, a sacrifice must be made to protect your people from the Abyss, a place as worshiped as it is feared… This time you were chosen and thrown into the darkness… Nobody has ever returned but perhaps you can achieve the impossible? Welcomed by Nyx, living alone with its boulders in a cave, you have survived for ten years. With his help you will try to reach a portal that could finally let you escape the depth of the Abyss in this Metroidvania platformer. A 2D Action Platformer with a Dark and Gloomy Style  –  Elypse  is a 2D Metroidvania combining platforming and action that takes place in the depths of an ...

  Unlike most high-profile games released in recent times, Dead Island 2, the second entry in the series developed by Dambuster Studios, doesn't support ray tracing in any form, which is a shame, as the game's excellent rendition of Los Angeles would look stunning with it, as shown by a new video shared online. The video, which was put together by Digital Dreams, showcases how great the game looks with the ReShade Ray Traced Global Illumination Beyond All Limits preset. As the preset's implementation isn't perfect, one can only wonder how good the game would look with proper ray tracing implementation. Outside of the solid optimization on all formats, including last-generation consoles, many are the things that Dead Island 2 does right, as I highlighted in my review, such as the wacky setting and characters and the solid combat system that allows players to take zombies with all sorts of weapons while taking advantage of the environment. Unfortunately, the second entry ...

  Part of Snapdragon’s Elite Gaming suite of technologies, Qualcomm announced   Game Super Resolution   (Snapdragon GSR) today, poised to bring better performance and improved battery life to mobile games like Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, Jade Dynasty: New Fantasy, Farming Simulator 23 Mobile, and more. What is Snapdragon Game Super Resolution (GSR)? According to Qualcomm’s press release, which can sometimes feel like reading a different language, GSR is a “single pass spatial aware super resolution technique” designed to provide super scaling quality with the best performance and power savings. As explained, there are many techniques for upscaling, with having some sort of negative trade-off for the improved resolution. With GSR, the goal is fast performance, good output quality, all in a single pass. For users like me and you, we should be able to notice four things when this becomes available on mobile titles: increased resolution while the visual quality of graphics r...