PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 5:56 AM  Looking for a Gillopod location to complete Dareel's quest in Monster Hunter Wilds? If you've come this far, catching this rather large specimen of endemic life shouldn't be an issue once you know where to look. You might also score a handy crafting material. Once you've handed in the quest and collected your reward, it's likely time to get back into the fight. Check out our Monster Hunter Wilds armor recommendations or Monster Hunter Wilds builds to compliment your playstyle. And if you're looking to mix things up for the last few chapters, we've ranked the best (and worst) Monster Hunter Wilds weapons to influence your next switch. Continue reading Monster Hunter Wilds Gillopod location MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Monster Hunter Wilds armor, Monster Hunter Wilds weapons, Monster Hunter Wilds review |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 5:50 AM  Renowned Command and Conquer fan and WWE Champion John Cena has dropped an incredibly cryptic GTA 6 image on his Instagram. The actor, professional wrestler, and Make A Wish granter hasn't said anything about potential involvement with Rockstar's next Grand Theft Auto game, so this mysterious post to his social media could mean quite literally anything, but one theory remains on top: he's a memer. Continue reading GTA 6 gets a not so cryptic tease from none other than John Cena MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GTA 6 release date, Best open-world games, GTA 5 cheats |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 5:14 AM  Looking for the Giant Squid location in Monster Hunter Wilds? Whether you're fishing for the achievement or looking to complete the final fishing quest, landing this monstrous aquatic life can be a little tricky without knowing what you're looking for. Once you're done with the great aquatic hunt, get back into the fight with the latest and greatest Monster Hunter Wilds builds to suit your playstyle. And if all that fishing has muddled your story progression, check out our Monster Hunter Wilds quest list to see what you were supposed to be doing before you decided to empty the seas. Continue reading Monster Hunter Wilds Giant Squid location MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Monster Hunter Wilds armor, Monster Hunter Wilds weapons, Monster Hunter Wilds review |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 5:08 AM  What's inside the next Helldivers 2 Warbond? If you were overwhelmed by the sheer number of weapons and stratagems available to you before, the latest battle pass, or Warbond as Helldivers 2 refers to it, is about to give you a headache. That's right; there are even more options if you pick up the Servants of Freedom Warbond, including new armor sets, stratagems, and more. Kicking crime to the curb is at the heart of Helldivers 2, and the latest Warbond will put you in the best place possible to apply mandatory peace. You should check out our guides on the best Helldivers 2 loadouts and the best Helldivers 2 weapons to ensure you use the strongest equipment. Here's everything we know about the Helldivers 2 Premium Warbond: Servants of Freedom, including its original release date, price, and available items. Continue reading Helldivers 2 Warbond - Servants of Freedom details MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Helldivers 2 weapons, Helldivers 2 stratagems, Helldivers 2 system requirements |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 5:15 AM  March 3, 2025: We added three new Reverse 1999 codes and removed five expired codes. What are the new Reverse 1999 codes? If you're making a start in Bluepoch's strategic RPG, you're probably burning through essential resources at a worrying rate. It's tough going in the early game while you're still finding your feet, so we've compiled all the active Reverse 1999 codes you could need for free clear drops, dust, and much more. Reverse 1999 is another anime gacha game available on mobile and PC, joining the likes of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail in the competitive genre. If you're torn between playing them all, we've got Genshin Impact codes and Zenless Zone Zero codes, too, but this guide has all the latest Reverse 1999 codes for your alt-history 20th-century Timekeeper needs. Codes aren't enough to get you through those tricky battles, so be sure to check out our Reverse 1999 tier list featuring the best characters. Continue reading Reverse 1999 codes March 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Reverse 1999 codes, Reverse 1999 tier list, Best anime games |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 5:02 AM  Where is Tophat Gudetama in Hello Kitty Island Adventure? Once you've befriended Pochacco in Hello Kitty Island Adventure, he lets you know that fan-favorite Sanrio character Gudetama can be found dotted around the island as small figurines. While many of these can be found posed in different situations, some very special Gudetamas are key to the Laziest Egg weekly quest. Once you have triggered the Laziest Egg quest with Pochacco in Hello Kitty Island Adventure, the weekly quest appears in your log automatically to find Gudetama wearing a top hat. Only one of these Gudetamas spawns each week, and, luckily, its location is on a simple rotation, and we've got them all right here. Take a look below to find the Tophat Gudetama location this week, or browse where it might appear in the relaxing game in the future. Continue reading Hello Kitty Island Adventure Tophat Gudetama location MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best relaxing games, Games like Animal Crossing, Best life games |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 5:54 AM  March 3, 2025: We added one new Honkai Star Rail code and removed 22 expired codes. What are the new Honkai Star Rail codes? If you're just starting your adventure through developer HoYoverse's gacha RPG, you might be wondering if there are any freebies to give you a boost. Thankfully, HoYoverse has delivered, and we've got the complete list of working promo codes for you to redeem. HSR codes are released periodically and often appear in livestreams and social channels ahead of major updates. These codes can net you some high-value currency, including Honkai Star Rail Stellar Jade, which you can use to pull the best characters from Honkai Star Rail banners. To save you time, we've collected all the latest promo codes in Honkai Star Rail, so be sure to check back regularly before they expire. Continue reading Honkai Star Rail codes March 2025 and how to redeem MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Honkai Star Rail review, Honkai Star Rail codes, Honkai Star Rail tier list |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 4:59 AM  March 3, 2025: The Marvel Rivals tier list has been updated. The Thing has been moved from S to A-tier, Invisible Woman from A to S, and Loki from B to A. Who are the best Marvel Rivals characters? Marvel and NetEase's star-studded hero (and villain) shooter is filled with fan-favorite characters from across the multiverse. While each character brings their unique gameplay flair to the game, some are far mightier than others. Our Marvel Rivals tier list for Season 1.5 divides the multiplayer game's 37-strong cast into multiple bands of viability, taking into account their innate power and presence in the meta. Once you've found a top-tier Marvel Rivals hero to climb the ranked ladder with, learn all about them in our Marvel Rivals characters guide. Continue reading Marvel Rivals tier list for Season 1.5 - March 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Marvel Rivals codes, Marvel Rivals characters, Marvel Rivals tier list |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 4:49 AM  Can't spot a Sandstar location in Monster Hunter Wilds? These tiny mouse-like critters shouldn't be too hard to see in the correct conditions. Landing your Capture Net onto one is a whole other story, however. Once you're through catching little creatures for research purposes, get back to brandishing steel against the larger monsters causing a ruckus around the wilds, using our list of popular Monster Hunter Wilds builds to inflict maximum hurt. And if you need a reminder after all those side quests, our Monster Hunter Wilds quest list should be able to get you back onto the main story path. Continue reading Monster Hunter Wilds Sandstar location MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Monster Hunter Wilds armor, Monster Hunter Wilds weapons, Monster Hunter Wilds review |
PCGamesN Monday, March 3, 2025 4:36 AM  What are the latest DBD codes? These freebie-granting DBD rewards can reward you with anything from a few bonus Bloodpoints to help prestige the latest character, to new and exclusive in-game cosmetics, so it's crucial you get them while they're live. There are more ways to customize your game than ever with DBD badges and banners, but there are still occasional rewards for items for your DBD killers and survivors, too. All of them let you show off your style, while Dead by Daylight Bloodpoints and Rift Fragments help your in-game progress, so there are always plenty of goodies to be had. Some of these Dead by Daylight codes are ongoing though, so you may have snapped them up already. Continue reading DBD codes March 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: DBD killer tier list, Best horror games, DBD codes |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 3, 2025 4:32 AM  Good morrow to ye, stranger! This week's new PC game round-up is jam-packed indeed - absolutely sardine-canned. So let's skip the customary preamble about the Maw's digestive habits and proceed directly to the banqueting table. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 3, 2025 4:32 AM I finally found a reasonably priced RTX 5080 pre-built gaming PC: Alienware Aura R16 for under $2400  If you've been trying to buy an RTX 5080, you already know it's nearly impossible to find. Nvidia's new GPU has been selling out instantly, with standalone cards unavailable or listed at outrageous resale prices. That's why this deal from Dell is worth a look. The Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC includes an RTX 5080 for just $2,399.99 right now. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 3, 2025 4:10 AM  Lubricate your brain with some pure Omega-3 oils, a new puzzle game from the makers of Opus Magnum and Eliza has been announced. Kaizen: A Factory Story will be an "open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan" in which you'll build toy robots, computers, TVs, and... katsu curry? Well, why not. Although the studio behind this engineer 'em up is technically new, the main designers - Zach Barth and Matthew Seiji Burns - are the same folks who brought you Exapunks, TIS-100, and Shenzhen I/O. This, my friends, is very good news. |
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If there's one thing to be said about Skyrim, it's that it's a pretty game. From day one (cast your minds waaaay back), it's been held aloft for its visual qualities. Okay, the vanilla release has aged massively, but we have ways of milking this RPG cow.
As noted by DSO Gaming, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim still has some life left in it, to the point where it can be reinterpreted in a different engine for that umph in graphical acuity. In this instance, YouTuber L. Torres has rendered the game in Unreal Engine 5, specifically by showing us a walkthrough of Riverwood.
The resultant footage casts a new light on Skyrim, quite literally. The render uses version 5.4 of UE, along with some additional tools for that extra detail, such as Lumens for the lighting and Blender for the textures and modeling.
Sadly, NOT coming to a Skyrim near you
The above footage speaks for itself. We get to see a different take on Riverwood, with far more advanced visuals, such that you can be forgiven for thinking this is a separate game entirely. Given that TES5 was released in 2011, L. Torres' video easily demonstrates just how far video game technology has come over the past decade or so.
It should be mentioned that this walkthrough is not a showcase for any upcoming mod that's currently in the works, official or otherwise. As the creator says, this is a fan-made "cinematic lore [visualization] for the Elder Scrolls" and nothing more.
We've seen a few instances of Skyrim being reimagined in Unreal Engine 5, showing the possibilities of a remake or what things could have been like had Bethesda released the game just a couple of years ago. Honestly, it fascinates me that people are still tinkering with the aged RPG, squeezing as much life out of it as they can. Here's to the game being rendered in UE6 when that comes out, because you can't flog a dead horse if said horse is alive and well.
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Destructoid Monday, March 3, 2025 4:58 AM
Windows sucks. I feel that this is not an awfully controversial statement in this day and age at all. It's just that every other desktop operating system sucks at least a tiny bit more than Windows does. Yet, Windows 11's latest 24H2 update is particularly problematic on Intel CPUs.
I'm not sure what it is about Windows 11 24H2 that makes it such a performance hog, but boy howdy does it love eating up unnecessary CPU cycles whenever it feels like doing so. You may recall that 24H2 in particular had substantial performance problems just a few months back, on top of breaking support for a number of Ubisoft games (among a myriad of other issues). Well, we're in for it once again, as the tech and hardware website Neowin has discovered a new performance problem on the cutting-edge Intel CPUs.
Windows 11 42H2 is throttling Intel Ultra 9 CPUs
More specifically, it would seem that the latest Intel Ultra 9 285K CPUs are being aggressively throttled in Windows 11 24H2 for whatever reason. This is even more notable considering the fact that Microsoft lists this specific CPU as fully supported by the OS. Further, this problem doesn't appear to be present on other higher-end Intel CPUs from generations prior. Neowin states that they've been unable to reproduce the throttling issue on the last-gen Intel i9-12900K, and it's not popping up with Ryzen 9 9950X either, which is notable because it is not officially supported as of 24H2.
It's a bit of a mess, frankly, but if you're running Intel's cutting-edge, top-of-the-line CPU and having problems with gaming performance, this may well be it.
I've happily not been having major problems with Windows 11 in any respect yet, but I'm eager to move on to greener pastures if and when that becomes a realistic option. Alternatives such as SteamOS sound more and more enticing the longer I spend dealing with Microsoft's forced updates and general instability, and I've been using Windows for a very long time now.
On that note, the general release of SteamOS just isn't here yet, which I am quite sad about. Might it be that Valve has simply given up on launching the OS for general-purpose use, choosing instead to stick with the more closed-off Steam Deck hardware lineup? Could be, though I'm hoping that's not the case.
The fact of the matter is that Microsoft has been sitting on its laurels as far as desktop PCs go for far too long, and even though I'm sure a future hotfix will resolve this particular set of performance problems, it's just a matter of time before more pop up. The OS itself is ever-changing, annoyingly so, which makes it hardly as reliable as it should be. Yet, with no proper alternative to Windows OS, it is what it is.
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Destructoid Monday, March 3, 2025 3:05 AM
Fine Windward Aloe is one of the several Special Items you can find in Monster Hunter Wilds, and it will help you to complete a specific quest inside the game.
Special Items typically represent a group of unique goods not used directly as crafting ingredients. Instead, they're mainly used to trade for vital resources from NPCs. Finding Fine Windward Aloe can be tricky, but knowing their locations will help narrow your search.
How to get Fine Windward Aloe in Monster Hunter Wilds
The first place where you'll come across this particular item is in the Windward Plains region. You must complete Chapter 1-4, titled "A Hunter's Pride". Once done, open the map and look for Windward Succulent. These plants will provide you with Windward Aloe and its Finer variant (after you have progressed more on the main questline).
You'll be disappointed if you're looking for Windward Aloe directly on the map. Instead, look out for the Windward Succulent plants and where they're located in the Windward Plains, and you'll find joy.
Once you've obtained the item, head to the Windsong Village in Windward Plains. There, you'll find an NPC called Kilama - the trader of that location. Ask to see her goods, and you can trade the Fine Windward Aloe you obtained with Kunafa Cheese, which will be required later. This specific item is also used in different recipes, so there's no harm in farming as much Fine Windward Aloe as possible. If you get the basic Windward Aloe, the only difference is the amount of Kunafa Cheese you can obtain.
Best spot to farm Fine Windward Aloe in Monster Hunter Wilds
The process of collecting Fine Windward Aloe and its base variant is the same. The source is also the same as you have to harvest Windward Succulent. The map will change slightly once you have progressed more, and you'll start getting the fine variant. However, the location I am in the image above will always be your best spot to find Windward Aloe.
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