Permadeath

Assassin's Creed Mirage is about to get a big new update on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC. Available at 1pm GMT UK time on February 20, update 1.07 introduces a permadeath mode, complete with a selection of new rewards. Ubisoft explains more: "When enabled, Basim will desynchronise from the animus if he dies, or if he commits illegal actions (e.g. killing citizens, going outside of authorised map locations). When Basim desynchronises from the animus, instead of the usual desynchronised reload screen, a new…

Ubisoft has announced that it is pushing back the release of the permadeath feature for Assassin's Creed Mirage to sometime in 2024. However, its New Game Plus feature is still on track to be released this month."New Game + for Assassin’s Creed Mirage is coming next week! Dive back into Basim’s journey with your current progression and new rewards," Ubisoft said on Twitter. "The team is still working on the permadeath mode, which is expected to release in an update early 2024. Stay tuned!"The December…

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…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgtloTl51d0The Last of Us Part 1 PC version will support both Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR 2. Both of these upscaling technologies will help you get better visuals and increased frame rate from your GPU. The game will also support unlocked frame rates on PC. Besides these, the PC version gets permadeath and speedrun modes from the console version. As the name suggests, the permadeath mode will end your entire progress and make you restart the game from the beginning if you die. In the console…

Naughty Dog has released a lengthy trailer for The Last of Us Part 1, showcasing the improvements made from the original along with a host of new features. The trailer features various members of the development team speaking about the upcoming remake, with The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann featuring prominently. The Last of Us remake will have a new permadeath mode, meaning one slip-up will cause your save file to delete. In the same vein, the game will also feature a speedrun mode so players can time how fast…