Developer Heart Machine and publisher Gearbox have announced Hyper Light Breaker, a follow-up to 2016’s Hyper Light Drifter.

This game takes place in the Overgrowth, a new place in the Hyper Light universe filled with big biomes and monsters. Hyper Light Breaker is a rouge-lite and the player’s goal is to overthrow the Abyss King.

Where Hyper Light Drifter was a 2D isometric game, Breaker is fully 3D, and players can wall-dash, hoverboard, and glide across ever-changing environments. Hyper Light Breaker will also feature co-op as well. The game enters Early Access on Steam sometime in Spring 2023, but no other platforms have been announced yet. Heart Machine’s previous project, Solar Ash, launched in December 2021 for PC and PlayStation 5.

In GameSpot’s Hyper Light Drifter review, Kevin Vanord said, “As stunning as it is, Hyper Light Drifter’s greatest triumph isn’t in the story that it tells, but in the stories that it doesn’t. I don’t know this place’s entire history, but its desolate elegance inspires me to fill in the gaps myself.”

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A new update has arrived for Call of Duty: Vanguard in Season 2 Reloaded, and the March 31 patch notes detail quite a bit of weapon balancing for multiplayer and updates to the new Arms Race mode.

According to Sledgehammer Games’ patch notes, the developer has addressed a few issues with Season 2 Reloaded’s large-scale Arms Race mode. The update fixes an exploit that previously allowed players to become invulnerable after dying to fall damage, and it addresses a bug that caused Buy Station purchases to not subtract from a player’s cash balance. Additionally, players should no longer experience having an invisible weapon when the “Bioluminescence” or “Steamer” blueprints are equipped.

The update also includes a bit of weapon balancing for Vanguard’s multiplayer. The Cooper Carbine assault rifle gets a few attachment buffs with 8″ Ragdoll Short and 18″ Ragdoll G45 barrels both getting a decrease to recoil while firing. The popular 22″ Cooper Custom barrel attachment is now nerfed with an increase to the ADS time.

For Vanguard’s light machine guns, The Type 11 now has decreased recoil while firing, while the popular Bren light machine gun is nerfed a bit with an increase to both sprint-out time and hip-fire spread. Season 2’s Whitley light machine has also been powerful in multiplayer, but the patch notes reveal a massive 32% decreased damage bonus to the gun’s .50 BMG 150 Round Boxes magazine attachment.

Changes also hit Vanguard’s marksman rifles. The M1 Garand now has decreased ADS time, while the SVT-40 has an increased ADS time. For the G-43 marksman rifle, players can expect a decrease to both the gun’s ADS time and hip-fire spread.

Additionally, Vanguard’s Engineer perk gets a slight buff with the update, providing increased visibility of highlighted enemy equipment and killstreaks. And a bug fix was made to Vanguard’s UI, so Combat Pacing and Quick Play filter selections will no longer be reset after players return to the main menu screen.

Call of Duty: Vanguard is currently offering two weeks of free access to select multiplayer modes, which is available across all platforms until April 13. For Warzone, players are currently participating in the ongoing Rebirth Reinforced event with individual and community-based challenges.

The full patch notes can be found below, as shared by Sledgehammer Games.

MULTIPLAYER

Modes

Arms Race

The “Escort” and “Eliminate” UI elements will now properly update during the sudden death phase of a match.

Addressed an exploit that allowed players to become invulnerable after dying to fall damage.

Addressed an issue that caused Buy Station purchases to not subtract from the player’s cash balance.

Players will no longer have an invisible weapon when the “Bioluminescence” or “Steamer” Blueprints are equipped.

Ranked Play

Updated Restrictions

The Skal Crusher has been restricted in Ranked Play and can no longer be equipped to loadouts.

Weapons

Cooper Carbine (Assault Rifle)

22” Cooper Custom (Barrel)

Increased ADS time.

8” Ragdoll Short (Barrel)

Decreased recoil while firing.

18” Ragdoll G45 (Barrel)

Decreased recoil while firing.

Cooper 45rs (Stock)

Increased initial recoil while firing.

Armaguerra 43 (Submachine Gun)

Addressed an issue that prevented progression of challenges in the Mindgames camo category.

Type 11 (Light Machine Gun)

Decreased recoil while firing.

Bren (Light Machine Gun)

Increased sprintout time.

Increased hip-fire spread.

Oak & Shield 590mm Model 2B (Barrel)

Decreased ADS time (-8%).

.50 BMG 50 Round Mags (Magazine)

Increased ADS time.

Increased hip-fire spread.

Whitley (Light Machine Gun)

.50 BMG 150 Round Boxes (Magazine)

Decreased damage bonus (-32%).

M1 Garand (Marksman Rifle)

Decreased ADS time.

.30-06 and 6.5 Sakura Drums (Magazine)

Increased ammo capacity from 16 to 20 (+25%).

SVT-40 (Marksman Rifle)

Increased ADS time.

G-43 (Marksman Rifle)

Decreased ADS time.

Decreased hip-fire spread.

Kar98K (Sniper Rifle)

Addressed an issue that caused slower than intended ADS time when an Optic Attachment was not equipped.

Combat Shield (Melee)

Addressed an issue that allowed enemy Attack Dogs to deal damage through the Combat Shield.

Machine Pistol (Handgun)

Decreased recoil while firing.

Decreased hip-fire spread.

Perks

Engineer (Intel)

Increased the visibility of highlighted enemy Equipment and Killstreaks.

User Interface & Experience

Bug Fixes

Operators will now properly walk in the lobby while a Combat Shield and Pistol are equipped in the favorite loadout.

Combat Pacing and Quick Play Filter selections will no longer be reset after returning to the Main Menu.

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The unforgiving world of Weird West can be made a bit more manageable with the right armor, which in WolfEye Studio’s debut boils down to the vest you wear. But the process of upgrading your vest is more complex than it may seem at first, with several kinds of crafting ingredients needed for specific vests, each with its own stats and perks. Weird West leaves it up to you to wrap your head around this system, but we’re here to help. Here’s all you need to know about upgrading your armor in Weird West.

Weird West – How to upgrade vest

You’ll find your first vest in the game’s opening hour that unfolds like a tutorial for some of the game’s many intricate systems. It’s nice to have, but you’ll soon want to upgrade it so you can enjoy better stats and some passive perks offered by better vests. Like upgrading guns, vests are split into several tiers identified by the number of stars each vest has. But vests include an added wrinkle: They can be crafted from the skins of four different animals found in the wild, meaning there are essentially 20 different vests in the game, though stats and passive perks, such as lightning and fire resistances, seem to be somewhat randomized, giving you even more options to choose from.

Here are the different vests and what they each require for upgrading:

One-star vest: Two like animal skins (deer, bear, bison, or snake)Two-star vest: One-star vest + three like animal skins (deer, bear, bison, or snake)Three-star vest: Two-star vest + four like animal skins (deer, bear, bison, or snake)Four-star vest: Three-star vest + four like animal skins of superior quality (deer, bear, bison, or snake)Five-star vest: Four-star animal vest + five like animal skins of superior quality (deer, bear, bison, or snake)Different animal pelts grant you different vests with their own stats and perks.

As of now, we aren’t sure whether superior skins are dropped by animals at random, dropped only when using certain weapons or tools, or perhaps when they’re killed cleanly, like with a headshot. We’ll confirm the best method after a bit more experimentation. Either way, you can also get around this confusion by buying skins, including superior skins, from the Dagger & Bones Trading Company within Grackle. Inside the shopkeeper has both a tanning station, used for crafting vests, as well as a shop inventory, where you can buy those skins, often called “leathers” in stores.

If you’d rather hunt for your supply, be sure to stop at Dagger & Bones anyway, as you’ll need the skinning toolbag to actually obtain the skins from hunted animals. Without it, you can only take their flesh to be made into food at campfires. That’s helpful too, but if you’re strictly looking to improve your armor, it’s their skins you’ll need, either in the wild or from the store.

For more on WolfEye’s debut, check out our Weird West tips for beginners.

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Elden Ring has earned itself a reputation as one of the best games of the year so far, and now it can lay claim to also being one of the best fighting games as well (sort of). A Tekken 7 mod created by Ultraboy has replaced several characters from the popular fighting game with Elden Ring models, such as Melina as Iidia, Ranni the Witch as Kazumi, and Iron Fist Alexander AKA Potboy as Gigas.

You can even use Heihachi Mishima’s moveset in this mod, if you don’t mind playing as a giant lobster. On Twitter, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada noted how “ridiculously well-made” the mod is, and also asked fans to stop asking him questions about it.

“You probably don’t know, but there are surprisingly many people who think this is an official mod or make various misunderstandings and contact us,” Harada said in a separate tweet. “The rights holder can’t say OK when officially asked for an answer. In other words, Let sleeping dogs lie. I don’t say anything about what fans are enjoying in a category that doesn’t cross the line. but, we may comment if it increases the number of inquiries or misunderstandings.”

Both Tekken and Elden Ring are published by Bandai Namco, and over the years the fighting game has had a number of notable guest stars added to its roster. For a title like Elden Ring, Bandai Namco’s other fighting game franchise Soul Calibur may have been a better fit for From Software’s world of swords and sorcery. If Yoda and Darth Vader could make the cut in older Soul Calibur games, a Tarnished warrior appearing isn’t too far-fetched.

In other Elden Ring news one player showed off a build that turned him into an almost-unstoppable warrior. The game also received its first major post-launch patch recently, and you can read up on how Elden Ring and Tunic take different approaches to mystery.

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Long-running indie games showcase Day of the Devs will once again be teaming up with Geoff Kieghley in 2022 to bring us Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition. The event marks the 10th anniversary of Day of the Devs, which began as a collaboration between Double Fine and Iam8bit in 2012.

In the past few years, Day of the Devs has also teamed up with Summer Game Fest, an event begun in 2020 by Geoff Keighley after E3 was cancelled due to the pandemic. This year, that partnership will continue, providing a larger platform for Day of the Devs’ usual showcase of “unique, diverse, and beautiful” indie games spanning all types and genres.

For indie devs looking to showcase their games at the event, submissions are open now until April 8. For the rest of us, we’ll have to wait for more details, with dates and timing of both Summer Game Fest and Day of the Devs still yet to be announced.

Some of the games featured at last year’s event include Glee-Cheese Studio’s A Musical Story, Thomas Happ Games’ Axiom Verge 2, Akupara Games and Silver Lining Studio’s Behind the Frame, Devolver Digital and Acid Nerve’s Death’s Door, Picogram and Rose City Games’s Garden Story, Annapurna Interactive and Variable State’s Last Stop and Something We Made’s TOEM.

Beyond Day of the Devs, Summer Game Fest usually includes a number of events and streams, including new announcements, gameplay demos, trailer reveals, and even musical performances.

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