Emily Carter

Helldiver 2’s long-awaited third enemy faction, the Illuminate – previously seen in Helldivers 1, but still conspicuously absent from its sequel – has briefly appeared in-game. Which hasn’t stopped developer Arrowhead Game Studios from declaring the incident to be “fake news”.

Players began reporting strange sightings across Helldivers 2’s Galactic War map (thanks PC Gamer) earlier today, beginning with a mysterious cluster of purple sectors where players had previously only seen red for Automaton incursions and orange for Terminids.

If it’s near-incontrovertible proof of an Illuminate presence you’re after, though, then look no further than the small purple symbol players discovered when rolling over one of the mysterious new purple sectors – a symbol long-t…

Sony has announced it’s pulling LittleBigPlanet 3 and all LittleBigPlanet DLC from sale via the PlayStation Store later this month, on 31st October.

LittleBigPlanet 3, which was developed by Sumo Digital rather that series originators Media Molecule, released for PS3 and PS4 back in 2014, meaning it celebrates its tenth anniversary this November. Instead of balloons and a nice bit of cake, however, Sony is marking the occasion with a culling, announcing the game’s imminent demise in a statement shared on X.

While LittleBigPlanet 3 and the “entire range” of DLC will be removed from sale on the PlayStation Store on 31st October, Sony notes anyone who currently owns the game – or who purchases its prior to its delisting – will continue to have access following i…

Sea of Thieves’ 14th season is almost upon us; Rare has confirmed it’ll be bringing a whole bunch of new stealthy treats to its multiplayer pirate adventure on 17th October.

When last we heard hints of Season 14, it was all the way back in March, when Rare laid out its content plans for 2024. And while today’s release date announcement was a little light on specifics – a proper season breakdown video is scheduled to arrive soon – we do at least have some idea of what it’ll bring thanks to that early showing.

As per March’s roadmap, Season 14 is all about introducing a stealthier, more mischievous style of play to Sea of Thieves, with new additions – assuming plans haven’t dramatically changed – set to include a crouch ability, plus the power to hang off the s…

After a succession of leaks, Meta has officially unveiled its lower-priced Meta Quest 3S headset line-up, which launches on 15th October.

Meta Quest 3S starts at £289.99/$299.99 USD with 128GB of storage, but there’s also a 256GB option priced at £379.99/$399.99. To put that into context, the 128GB Meta Quest 2 weighs in at around $199.99, and the 128GB Quest 3 now costs $429.99. However, Meta has confirmed it’s phasing out Quest 2, the Quest Pro, and the 128GB version of Quest 3 – leaving just the 512GB Quest 3 (now slashed by $150 to $499.99) as an alternative.

As for specs, the Meta Quest 3S’ innards are similar to those of the Meta Quest 3, and the inclusion of the same Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset means it’ll be able to play previously Quest …