Hardcore

Pulp’s landmark album This Is Hardcore was released in 1998, and photographer Paul Burgess documented the band and video shoots to promote it. A forthcoming book, written and designed by Burgess and Louise Colbourne, contains unseen images, plus interviews with band members and creatives involved in its production. This Is Hardcore: The Cinematic World of Pulp is available to pre-order from Thames & Hudson, published on 23 November…

A guild of some of the most dedicated World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore players in the world was brought low by a notorious griefer, ruining 10,000+ hours of work in the process.The guild HC Elite were attempting to conquer all of WoW Classic's raid content using the community's unofficial "Hardcore" (aka one-life permadeath) ruleset before Blizzard introduces their own official Hardcore servers later this summer. Until July 11, they had nearly succeeded, conquering almost every challenge the game could…

Is Lilith up to no good? It took a bit longer than I expected, but the Diablo 4 hardcore contest has come to an end. Blizzard revealed on Twitter that 1000 qualifying players have hit level 100 on hardcore mode and will have their names carved into history. Unfortunately, the contest has been plagued by drama before it even began, and then some. Shortly after revealing the list of 1000 winners, the tweet became flooded by players claiming they should be on the list but aren’t. Please look into some of the people who's…

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The Tata Punch micro-SUV is undoubtedly the most popular vehicle in its segment, and despite being out for a couple of years, its popularity does not seem to fade away. The company, in order to capitalize on its name, is reportedly already working on the CNG and EV iterations of this vehicle, and they will likely debut them by the end of this year. Taking note of the popularity of this micro-SUV, one of the many talented artists from the country decided to create a video rendering of this micro-SUV reimagined as an…

World of Warcraft Classic will receive official "Hardcore" servers before the end of the summer, with a public-test-realm build for the permadeath version of the game going live on June 29. Heavily inspired by a popular community game mode with a "death=delete" motto, Blizzard's official version will sport some key differences but will largely leave it up to players to decide how they want to approach the challenge.In a group interview with WoW Classic team members Josh Greenfield and Nora Valletta that…

How do you kill that which has no life? For months now, World of Warcraft players have been using a popular addon to create their own Classic Hardcore experience. Despite how well the addon works, fans have been looking for official Hardcore servers. Blizzard announced today that official Classic Hardcore realms are in development, and are coming soon to World of Warcraft. The ultimate rule of Classic Hardcore is simple: Death=Delete. Image via Blizzard New systems and features for Classic Hardcore realms With how…

Blizzard is bringing hardcore servers to World of Warcraft Classic. Inspired by the game’s popular , the mode limits any character you create to exactly one life. If your hero dies, running back to their body as a ghost won’t bring them back to life, nor can someone else resurrect your character with a class ability like the Shaman’s Ancestral Spirit spell. You also can’t use abilities like the Warlock’s Soulstone spell to bring your character back to life on their own. Oh, and Paladins won’t be able to bubble hearth out…

Ukrainian-born musician Eugene Hütz, leader of the New York-bred band Gogol Bordello, readily admits he first found it shocking when he came across images of his old friends armed to the teeth in battle in the current war with Russia. “It was particularly alarming that somebody you used to jam and rock out with is now on TikTok with a rocket launcher,” he said. “But after that initial blow, it quickly settled in that this is part of the historical DNA of Ukrainians. Being a self-sufficient warrior is at the center of our…

The never-ending clones of Darcel the bugged If you’re playing a Hardcore character on Diablo 4 and adventuring into the Act II region of Scosglen, beware of which side quests you do. In the town of Braestig, you will find a woman offering the side quest Stolen Artifice. The quest itself is simple enough: Head to the north and track down the bandit Darcel. Slay him and retrieve a charm and bring it back to the quest giver. The problem, however, is that Darcel is currently bugged. For some reason every time he…