Kotaku Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:35 AM  Raw on Netflix may have shifted the WrestleMania landscape for the second consecutive time. Last week's Raw featured Iyo Sky shocking the wrestling world by ending Rhea Ripley's WWE Women's Championship reign at two months and booking her ticket to WrestleMania against Elimination Chamber winner Bianca Belair. But… |
Kotaku Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:25 AM  Horizon Forbidden West's Aloy is a clone in a post-apocalyptic future who uses a bow and spear to fight giant robot animals and corrupted AI programs. It's a neat premise for what happens to be a very cool sci-fi action-RPG series. But what if Aloy was also controlled by an AI program and could patiently chat with you… |
Kotaku Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:15 AM  Surviving in Monster Hunter Wilds requires more than strong weapons and sick-looking armor – you also need to make use of your skills. While long-time fans will adjust to mechanical changes and some new types of skills, any novice hunters are sure to be overwhelmed. Layers and columns of stats aren't the most welcome… |
Kotaku Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:10 AM  ZA/UM Studio, the entity which at one point released Disco Elysium, a critically acclaimed detective RPG about navigating the ruins of capitalism and solving a murder, has finally revealed its next game nearly six years later. Instead of Disco Elysium 2, it's a spy RPG still mostly shrouded in secrecy called Project[… |
Kotaku Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:15 AM  The launch of a brand-new Monster Hunter is always a chance to dive into a fantastical world, with exciting characters and gameplay mechanics. But it also leaves plenty of questions. For example, how long does it take to finish Monster Hunter Wilds? Well, it's something of a trick question, as the story mode is more… |
Kotaku Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:00 AM  The best TV shows create fictional worlds you want to explore and characters you sometimes want to be. That's part of the reason why every show from The Sopranos and Lost (in the PS2 era) to M*A*S*H (way back on the Atari 2600) have been turned into (mostly pretty lousy) video games. (Of course, it also helps that… |
Kotaku Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:30 AM  As you start your pirate journey in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii—an absolute fever dream of an experience—you'll find your meager pirate crew proves initially lackluster. Sure, you have a washed-up drunken father who can navigate, and a cook wielding the most enormous cleaver I've ever seen, but what about… |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:59 AM  How do you get Guild Wars 2 Twitch drops? After announcing Twitch drops in 2022 as part of their tenth anniversary and Steam release, Guild Wars 2 is back with another Twitch drop offering to see in the new content, here's when to tune in. To celebrate the Janthir Wilds Repentance expansion, where we'll get to explore dangerous new lands in major updates to carry us into 2025, we're also treated to raids, encounters, a new mount, and more. Alongside the release, ArenaNet has announced a new wave of Guild Wars 2 Twitch drops and the rewards we can earn for taking part. Continue reading Guild Wars 2 Twitch drops and how to claim MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best MMOs on PC, Guild Wars 2 system requirements, Guild Wars 2 expansion |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:58 AM  AMD recently released its new FSR 4 upscaling technology alongside its new RDNA 4 gaming GPUs, and modders have already figured out a way to get this new upscaling tech working in just about any game that already has Nvidia DLSS included. AMD FSR 4 requires a Radeon 9000 series GPU, and you can read all about the latest one in our RX 9070 XT review. Not only is it one of the best graphics cards that money can buy, but it is applying some serious pressure on Nvidia amidst that company's ongoing stock and performance issues for its RTX 5000 GPUs. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:55 AM  Want to know what Genshin Impact outfits are available? The outfits system was introduced in the Genshin Impact 1.6 update, following months of pleading from the community. These outfits give you the chance to dress your favourite characters in brand-new clothes. As Genshin Impact characters are locked behind gacha mechanics in the free PC game, players were initially worried that skins may be sold using the same system. However, there are actually two methods to unlock skins: purchase the skin for 1,680 Genesis Crystals, or complete specific Genshin Impact events to unlock the skin for free. If you're unlucky enough to miss the event, free skins will make their way to the Character Outfit Shop in the future. Here's a list of every outfit available in Genshin Impact right now and how to get them all for yourself. Continue reading Genshin Impact outfits - available skins and costumes MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Genshin Impact codes, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:51 AM  Which games are coming out in 2025? If you're anything like us, your time is already stretched trying to play all the great games out right now, and the year isn't slowing down any time soon. Hope and anticipation, agony and elation - the endless cycle of emotions we go through during the annual PC release schedule. Year in, and year out, videogames are produced in such varying degrees of quality that not a single one of them is destined for certain success. Some of the best PC games of all time release alongside utter disasters, series are born while others dwindle, and occasionally a game lives up to our expectations. Below you'll find all the upcoming PC games to keep on your radar, and it's wildly varied. There are racing games, story games, city builders, and more, plus all of their expected release dates. Continue reading Upcoming PC games 2025 and beyond MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GTA 6 release date, Best open-world games, GTA 5 cheats |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:26 AM  Who are the best Dead By Daylight killers? Eight years in, the Dead by Daylight character roster is bigger than ever, boasting a massive 38 killers and 45 survivors at the time of writing. Thanks to that huge list of names, and regular changes to perks and add-ons, it's certainly difficult to keep track of who you should main. Among the best PC games out there, the joy of asymmetrical horror games has always been the ability to be the bad guy. While there's certainly something thrilling fighting for your life in survival games (there must be a reason we all wonder how we'd do in a zombie apocalypse, right?), nothing gets the heart racing like shirking the lawful-good responsibilities of real life and taking on the role of a blood-thirsty killer. Every one of the following DBD killers has their own terrifying unique power, from ranged axe throws, to infectious bile and close-range chainsaw attacks. But which is best? Find out with our tier list of all Dead by Daylight killers. Continue reading Dead by Daylight killer tier list: all 38 deadly DBD killers ranked MORE FROM PCGAMESN: DBD killer tier list, Best horror games, DBD codes |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:26 AM  What is the next Dead by Daylight Chapter? New chapters arrive in Dead by Daylight every three months, and it can be difficult to keep up with the new characters, maps, and more. Luckily, these updates arrive on a fairly rigid schedule, so we can usually look forward to the next DBD chapter before we even know what it is. With so much additional content, it's incredible that Behaviour Interactive is able to come up with new perks and powers for the latest DBD killers and survivors. The last Dead by Daylight character to enter The Fog was the gruesomely gorgeous Houndmaster and her pet dog, Snug. Joining them was Taurie Cain, the first Scottish survivor in the horror game. Next, The Ghoul arrives alone, with the DBD FNAF update to follow this summer. Here's everything we know about the next DBD updates and PTBs. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: DBD killer tier list, Best horror games, DBD codes |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:41 AM  Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale in the store? LoL is a free-to-play game in the truest sense - you can enjoy everything the MOBA offers for absolutely nothing. Now if you were to ask a seasoned League player if that were true, they'd probably have to stifle a few tears as they check how much their bank account has suffered buying skins since they started battling on the Rift. Riot rotates a series of skins in the store, with the savviest of us holding out until the cosmetic they want ends up in the discount section store or even the League of Legends Mythic shop. The shiny new cosmetics are only available briefly, so act fast if you want to snag the new hotness. Here is every League of Legends skin on sale right now if you want to know what's in the store without booting up the client. Continue reading Which League of Legends skins are currently on sale? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends Mythic shop rotation, LoL tier list |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:25 AM  What's on sale in the League of Legends Mythic shop? New skins for LoL are released all the time, with a new event arriving on the Rift every few weeks, but what happens if you missed the boat with that awesome K/DA Evelynn skin, or if you've seen a Hextech skin in a game of Summoner's Rift and want to bag it for yourself? The Mythic shop is a special storefront in the free PC game that stocks rare skins, wards, chromas, and Nexes finishers. These cosmetic items aren't available for real-world money, as they can only be purchased with Mythic Essence, so no more worrying about how much you've spent in League of Legends. The stock held in this store is rotated regularly, with some skins becoming unavailable for months, so it's best to keep up to date on what's on sale in the League of Legends Mythic store. Continue reading League of Legends Mythic shop March 2025 - what's on sale now? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends Mythic shop rotation, LoL tier list |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:01 AM  Normally, when you think of Dead by Daylight killers, you think of, well, bad guys. There's Dracula from Castlevania, myriad classic horror villains, and various in-universe characters that are desperate to hack The Fog's survivor roster to pieces. It may come as a surprise, then, that Tokyo Ghoul's protagonist, Ken Kaneki, will be the next DBD killer, aptly entitled 'The Ghoul.' Set to put a horror spin on the iconic anime character, he's available right now on the game's PTB. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: DBD killer tier list, Best horror games, DBD codes |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:01 AM  What are the best ATS mods in 2025? The cult-favorite trucking game is still going strong since its release in 2016. While American Truck Simulator is a fantastic game in its own right, its longevity can also be attributed to its modding community. Given how long the game has been out at this point, finding the very best ATS mods can be a little bit tricky in 2025. That's where we come in. We've curated our picks for the best mods in American Truck Simulator to download in 2025. We've included a variety of mod types in our list, from striking visual improvements to enhanced navigation and a realistic fuel economy. No matter your experience with the simulation game, our collection of the top American Truck Simulator mods has something for everyone. Continue reading The 17 best ATS mods 2025 - top American Truck Simulator mods |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:03 AM  A new report has suggested that an Xbox handheld is coming this year, but Microsoft isn't going to be making it. Instead, it has reportedly reached out to partners and struck a deal that will see a device hit the market sometime in 2025. Unfortunately, it is likely to still be running Windows, with no sign of a new handheld version of the OS set to land soon. While the Steam Deck is still the best handheld gaming PC for most people, this new rumored initiative from Microsoft has the potential to be extremely disruptive. Windows has long been viewed as the biggest weakness of any handheld on which it's installed, which begs the question, is Microsoft putting the cart before the horse if this reported Xbox handheld is released before Windows is optimized for it? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Microsoft DirectX Raytracing, Microsoft Hololens hands-on, Windows Game Mode preview |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:05 AM  Acclaimed indie developer ZA/UM is partial to a letter-and-number codename. Project Y12 and X7, purported to be a Disco Elysium standalone expansion and sequel, have since been canceled. Project M0 is rumored to be an Elysium spin-off for touchscreen devices. That leaves Project P1, a sci-fi RPG that (you guessed it) was reportedly canceled following producer Kaur Kender's departure, and – "This is not Disco Elysium 2," Disco Elysium's producer and writer Siim "Kosmos" Sinamäe confirms in a closed-door presentation alongside lead voice-over director Jim Ashelevi. "This is C4." Explosive. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Disco Elysium review, Best RPGs on PC, The best PC games |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:00 AM  The SteelSeries QcK Performance lineup is a new mousepad range that comes in two sizes and three different surface types: Speed, Balance, and Control. Each is pitched as ideal for slightly different gaming styles, letting you maximize the fluidity of your mousing, or focus on a slower, more controlled movement style. With SteelSeries no stranger to making some of the best gaming mouse options as well as producing some of the best gaming mousepad options, it has plenty of pedigree in the space. Does that make the SteelSeries QcK Performance range an essential upgrade for most gamers? Potentially. [site_jumplinks] MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:26 AM  For most people nowadays, their first MMORPG is World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy 14. For me, it was Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet's classic fantasy adventure that remains my favorite of the genre. Its most recent expansion, Janthir Wilds, added everything from the Spear weapon track to player housing. Now my fellow Tyrians can rejoice for Janthir Wilds' second major content drop, Repentance, has arrived, adding a whole new region and bringing back some beloved Relics. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best MMOs on PC, Guild Wars 2 system requirements, Guild Wars 2 expansion |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:13 AM  What are the best Warhammer 40K games? Games Workshop's grimdark futuristic universe, where everything is at war with each other, is an ideal setting for plenty of games. While the miniature war game company's licensing history has seen plenty of digital adaptations, the fact of the matter is that some have been hit or miss. It should come as no surprise to fans that plenty of the best Warhammer 40K games ever made are from eons ago, but more recently, we've seen some excellent and unique adaptations. Genre variety is a big thing here as we're also being treated to space games and even action-adventure RPGs. We're not here to highlight our ancient battle brothers of 40K games of yore - they've had their time in the sun. Instead, we want to highlight the best Warhammer 40K games that have been released in more recent times. Continue reading Best Warhammer 40K games on PC MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best FPS games, Best Warhammer games, Best Warhammer 40k games |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:19 AM  Trying to find out where to buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 GPU? Well, we're here to help you with that. We've checked the virtual store shelves of retailers around the world to find where Nvidia's latest mid-range gaming GPU is either in stock, available for pre-order, or where you can set up stock notifications for the new graphics card. Although our RTX 5070 review showed it to be a card that doesn't offer the best bang per buck compared to the performance we saw from AMD in our RX 9070 XT review, it's still the best graphics card option from Nvidia in this price range, even if the company's claims the RTX 5070 offers RTX 4090 performance don't really hold up to scrutiny. Meanwhile, with the RTX 5070 release date now upon us, stock of the GPU is extremely limited. As such, you'll have to be lightning fast to grab one, if you don't want to pay inflated prices from scalpers buying the cards from trusted retailers, only to then resell them on the likes of eBay. The official RTX 5070 price is $549 / $549 CAD / £549 / AU$1,109 for the Founders Edition card, so that's the price you should be hoping to pay for Nvidia's own stylish model. Other overclocked cards from the likes of Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Palit, PNY, and Zotac might demand more, but that's the ballpark figure you should expect to pay for a standard, stock speed card. Continue reading Where to buy 5070 - Nvidia RTX 5070 stock for March 11 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia RTX 5090 review, Nvidia RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:10 AM  Looking for where to buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU? Well, we have some good news as we're updating this guide daily with links to retailers around the world, so you can find out where the new mid-range graphics card is in stock, or at least find where there are pre-order or notification options in place. The Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti is the mid-tier card in the company's new RTX 5000 series GPU lineup. While the RTX 5070 is your entry into the series, and the RTX 5090 is the range-topper, the RTX 5070 Ti is the best graphics card choice in Nvidia's mid-range selection, thanks to its 16GB of VRAM. A notable aspect of the RTX 5070 Ti is that Nvidia isn't producing its own Founders Edition card. As such, there isn't an MSRP for that exact card. However, the guide price for stock-speed cards is $749 / $749 CAD / £729 / AU$1,109. These cards are manufactured by the likes of Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Palit, PNY, and Zotac. The RTX 5070 Ti release date was February 20, 2025, although stock sold out quickly after the launch. Continue reading Where to buy 5070 Ti - Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti stock for March 11 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia RTX 5090 review, Nvidia RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:03 AM  What are the best Minecraft texture packs? These colorful and game-altering texture packs can make your world a new experience. Of course, Minecraft's low-fi charm is part of the draw, but texture packs range from subtle changes to an all-over reskin, so you can choose just how much you want to leave vanilla Minecraft behind. We've scoured and tried a bunch of different packs to be able to recommend the very best. Just like the best Minecraft mods and shaders, texture packs can help give an entirely new feel to one of the best PC games of the last decade, and it's just one of many ways of keeping the sandbox game feeling fresh after all these years. While some mods can alter Minecraft gameplay, and shaders change the quality and style of the graphics, texture packs allow you to add a new skin to existing blocks. Included in our list of the best Minecraft texture packs are realistic blocks, cartoonish overhauls, and cute changes to the way Minecraft mobs look. Continue reading The 42 best Minecraft texture packs March 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:58 AM  If you want to find out where to buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, then you've come to the right place. We're updating this guide daily with links to retailers worldwide so we can let you know as soon as they get stock on their shelves. Even though the RTX 5080 came out in January 2025, many retailers still haven't replenished their stock of graphics cards, but there are some ways to get hold of the new GPU. The Nvidia RTX 5080 is a very popular option for those wanting to upgrade to an RTX 5000 series GPU. That's because, while our RTX 5090 review showed it to be the undisputed new best graphics card, it also offers relatively poor value for $1,999. The RTX 5080, though, is a more sensible choice that offers reasonable value, as we found in our RTX 5080 review. With an official price of $999 / $1,449.99 CAD / £979 / AU$2,019, Nvidia's own Founders Edition card is one of the most affordable options. Other cards from the likes of Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Palit, PNY, and Zotac might demand more money, but they also sometimes offer lower running temperatures, quieter fans, and more overclocking headroom. The RTX 5080 release date was Thursday, January 30, with the launch time being 9am ET / 6am PT / 2pm GMT. With most stores already sold out, some are operating a "notify me" service, so you can sign up to know when stock becomes available again. Continue reading Where to buy 5080 - Nvidia RTX 5080 stock for March 11 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia RTX 5090 review, Nvidia RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:41 AM  If you need to know where to buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, we have you covered. In this guide, you'll find links to online retailers in various countries that either have stock available, or include pre-orders or stock notifications. We update it every day, to see if new stock has arrived anywhere. If you want to grab the most hotly-demanded graphics card of the moment, you're in exactly the right place. With our RTX 5090 review proving the latest top-end Nvidia GPU is the undisputed new best graphics card in terms of raw power, demand for it is currently huge. What's more, the RTX 5090 is currently only dropping in very limited numbers, so you'll have to be quick on the draw to grab one in the coming months, especially if you don't want to pay inflated prices from scalpers on the likes of Ebay. With an official price of $1,999 / $4,449 CAD / £1,939 / AU$4,039 for the Founders Edition card, that's the price you should be hoping to pay for Nvidia's own impressively slim card design. Other cards from the likes of Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and Zotac can demand more, especially if they're overclocked, but that's the ballpark figure you should expect to pay. The RTX 5090 release date was Thursday, January 30, at 9am ET / 6am PT / 2pm GMT, with stock becoming available then, although most retailers are out of stock right now. Some stores are operating a "notify me" service, so you can sign up to know when more stock becomes available, so if you can't find the card you want, you might be able to get a notification for when more stock arrives. Continue reading Where to buy 5090 - Nvidia RTX 5090 stock for March 11 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia RTX 5090 review, Nvidia RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:39 AM  After years spent waiting for a true open-world samurai game, we've seen a flurry of them arrive on PC in pretty close proximity. First, there was Ghost of Tsushima. Later this month, we'll finally have Assassin's Creed Shadows, which puts Ubisoft's signature open-world stealth twist on the feudal setting. But wedged in the middle is Nioh and Ninja Gaiden developer Team Ninja's Rise of the Ronin, a 19th-century adventure that blends parry-based swordplay with the industrial era's advancing technology in a sprawling open-world map. With its 2024 PS5 version rated 76 on Metacritic, it's just dropped on Steam this week and could be a solid way to while away the hours until Shadows drops, even if the early Steam user reviews don't paint the prettiest picture. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs, Best open-world games, Best sandbox games |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:34 AM  We've found a brilliant wireless gaming headset deal on Amazon that will save you over $100 on the Sony Inzone H9 noise-canceling headphones. Packed with features and designed with both PC and PS5 in mind, this high-end headset could be your go-to cross-platform choice for years to come at just a fraction of its MSRP, if they don't sell out beforehand. We have the Inzone H9 earmarked as one of the best wireless gaming headsets, but acknowledged that its usual $299.99 MSRP was difficult to swallow. This deal on Amazon, with a very similar offer also live on Best Buy, reduces the initial cost of this Sony headset by at least 33%, meaning this multi-platform headset is much more affordable. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:15 AM  What are the best Roblox games? Games aren't just better than ever for kids; the means of creating them are, too. The best example of that is Roblox: a massively multiplayer online game creation platform. Its user-generated creations allow you to weather the threat of a natural disaster, try your hand as a pizza maker, or take a break with a fishing adventure full of exploration and discovery. From sims and RPGs to tower defense and grand adventure titles, we've highlighted the best Roblox games to enjoy with over 100 million other pals in online games. Think of it like Minecraft and LittleBigPlanet smooshed together to create one of the best free PC games available. Below, you can find the best Roblox games and more about this exciting platform. Continue reading The best Roblox games in 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Roblox games, Roblox promo codes, Roblox music codes |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:46 AM  Who are the new Honkai Star Rail characters? Following in the footsteps of Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail includes an ever-expanding roster of characters. From bubbly extroverts to brooders with a dark past, there's no end to the number of fan favorites we can expect to encounter on our Trailblazing expedition. We've collated them all into one handy guide, so you can keep track of who they are and how they appear in the story. Most of the characters in Honkai Star Rail are available to pull from HSR banners, though the free PC game also has various upcoming characters scheduled to appear as well. Some of them will achieve greatness at the top of our Honkai Star Rail tier list, while others will still win plenty of fans thanks to their glowing personality. Either way, we highly recommend picking up free Honkai Star Rail Stellar Jade and redeeming the latest Honkai Star Rail codes if you plan to pull them all. Continue reading Honkai Star Rail characters - all new and upcoming characters MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Honkai Star Rail review, Honkai Star Rail codes, Honkai Star Rail tier list |
PCGamesN Tuesday, March 11, 2025 6:53 AM  What is the next Monopoly Go event? With so many limited-time events in Monopoly Go, it can be hard to keep track of the rewards you can get your hands on. Monopoly Go events can last anywhere from a few hours to a week, so bookmark this page as we'll keep it regularly updated with the next events and their start and end dates. Monopoly Go is the latest online board game sweeping the globe, but completing all of these events won't be easy without some free Monopoly Go dice links, so check out our daily updated guide for some freebies and rewards before you get started on the next Monopoly Go tournament. Continue reading All Monopoly Go events, tournaments, dates, and rewards - March 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:59 AM  I'm not all that big on ranking games, truth be told - why would I want to catalogue a piece of art that way? But seeing as you have me at gunpoint (just pretend for me), I'll admit I'd probably put Celeste in my top five. The platforming is tighter than any Mario entry, the art and soundtrack are stellar, and the story really hits home for me too. You can imagine how excited I was when Earthblade, the follow-up from developer Extremely OK Games, was announced, and how upset I was when it was cancelled a couple months back. Still, we've been treated to a small taste of what the game might have been like in the form of a mini-album with a select set of tracks from composer Lena Raine. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:06 AM  Grand yet furtive robot action-adventure Steel Seed will launch on April 10th, developers Storm in a Teacup and publishers ESDigital Games have announced. Not heard of Steel Seed before? You would've if I'd ever written up that demo build I played at last year's Game Developer Conference. I don't know why it's taken me this long to mention the game, given that it contains one of my favourite things in fiction: a machine the size of a world. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:00 AM  With several Disco Elysium spiritual successors in the works from former staff, controversy regarding the exits of key team members behind the beloved RPG, and an in-development expansion cancelled, you might have been wondering what Studio ZA/UM will do next. Well, that answer is here. In a recent presentation held for the press, ZA/UM revealed a first look at their next game. It's called C4 and it's about espionage. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:20 AM  The passage of time is unfortunately an unstoppable thing, and I seem to have blinked and five years have passed since the release of Call of Duty: Warzone. In the intervening period, a sort-of-sequel was released simply titled Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 - now just called Call of Duty: Warzone, too - and the single, bountiful map players War upon has changed several times over. Yesterday on March 10th, the day Warzone officially released back in 2020, Activision shared a teaser trailer confirming that the game's original map Verdansk will be making a comeback. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:23 AM  The first enemy I encounter in the Steam demo for Songs Of Rats is a giant golem, encased in fridge-thick armour with fists the size of fridges and a thousand-fridge stare. If RPGs are good at anything, it's making numbers scary. To wit: The battle golem has 40 health, and I have a nerf crossbow with pretensions that does one entire damage. I manage to do two entire damage, and he downs me in two hits. This may well be what it feels like for a real life rat to fight a real life fridge, and in that, Songs Of Rats earns its name. The intro is all 80s cheese meets a desperate melancholy bolstered by bleak and bitty retro-futurist visuals. It's also very pen n' paper, down to losing health if you don't have enough food and the limited action points you have to spend each day on exploration. A trailer for you. It took some digging, I tell you. A certain other song about rats has monopoly on the search term. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:12 AM  We all know what's coming up in The Last of Us season 2, right? I mean, everyone knows what happens quite early on in the game, because it was a pretty controversial narrative choice so everyone and their mum has spoiled it. I haven't played it myself and I know what happens, but it seems like streaming service Max is happy to pretend that everything is peaches and cream (more or less) in their adaptation. A new trailer for The Last of Us season 2 dropped over the weekend that is full of drama and light on spoilers, which is why I'm staying quiet too, but it has been funny watching all of these trailers knowing that they're lying just a little bit. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, March 11, 2025 6:22 AM  Sony are experimenting with AI-powered characters who'll speak to the player directly using OpenAI and Chat-GPT to hold a conversation, according to leaked footage seen by the Verge. The video shows familiar robot whacker Aloy from the Horizon games "responding to queries with an AI-powered synthesized voice and facial movements". Sony's copyright patrolmen showed up with a "'ello 'ello what have we 'ere" and got the video taken down from YouTube. But, shhh, there are other ways to see it. |
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Good Smile Company opened pre-orders for the new NieR: Automata Ver1.1a figma figure of A2. The figure costs $110.99/12,800 yen and it is set to release in Japan on January 2026, with its North American release window set for Q2 2026. [Thanks, Dengeki Hobby!]
Note: There will be major NieR: Automata spoilers regarding A2 below.
The pre-orders for the figure opened today in both the Good Smile Company Japan and US online shops, with the pre-order period ending on April 23, 2025. The figure is fully articulated and it stands at approximately 160mm (or 6.30 inches) tall when set upright.
Alongside a base to set A2 in different action or resting poses, the figure comes with various hand parts and three face plates; a standard one, a face with gritted teeth, and a shouting face. Additionally, other parts included are a Type-4O small sword and large blade, as well as various alternate hair pieces, such as a dynamic long hair part, and a short hair part.
You can check out the new A2 figma figure here:
The figure was originally announced during the Wonder Festival 2025 back in February 10, 2025 alongside another scale figure of A2, both of them based on the character's appearance in the NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime adaptation.
The NieR: Automata Ver1.1a figma figure of A2 costs $110.99/12,800 yen and it will release on January 2026 in Japan and Q2 2026 in North America. The game is available on the PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and Windows PC. There is also an anime adaptation that is available to stream via Crunchyroll.
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Siliconera Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:30 AM
Build-a-Bear continues to make and sell giant Sanrio character stuffed animals, and it announced that it brought back its huge Kuromi plush. This is a gigantic toy that first debuted about a year ago in March 2024. It's now back on March 11, 2025, with a $128 standard version and one that costs $134.50 and includes a bow.
This Kuromi stands at 36 inches tall. As such, she can't wear standard Build-a-Bear clothing. The only accessory option available at the retailer is a "gifting bow" with that is purple with pink skull accents, lavendar hearts, and little versions of the character on it. That can be bought in the bundle or alone for $6.50. While it is large, it can arrive either stuffed or unstuffed, so you could have it filled at a store.
The size does involve some other limitations. You can't choose economy shipping, so only standard, express, and next day options are available. There are also extra charges if you go with the faster two options. You also can only get it online. It won't be in-stores, and you can't pick up one you purchased from a location in a mall or something.
Here's how the Build-a-Bear giant Kuromi plush looks, with the pictures of it offering a sense of scale due to a person holding the Sanrio stuffed animal in them.
The last huge Sanrio stuffed animal to appear there was one of Cinnamoroll. The rerun of that toy appeared in January 2025. We also got to meet a big Pompompurin too. That showed up in October 2024.
The giant Kuromi plush is now back at Build-a-Bear, and the store is selling both it and a standard size stuffed animal of the Sanrio character now. You can only find the huge version of the character online.
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Siliconera Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:01 AM
Behaviour Interactive announced that Tokyo Ghoul is the next Dead by Daylight crossover and confirmed that means Ken Kaneki will be a playable character. He's available to test out later on March 11, 2025, if you get access to the Steam public test build. However, his official launch doesn't come until April 2, 2025, when cosmetics based on other characters from the anime and manga series and masks will appear.
There are very few details on how Ken Kaneki will function as the new killer called The Ghoul in Dead by Daylight, but we should know details soon considering he's in the public test build later today. We do know he's a "bad guy" here, rather than being a hero like he is in the original anime and manga. He will still use his Rinkaku Kagune tentacles to move and attack. Behaviour also mentioned an Enraged Mode, which almost sounds a bit like it resembles his Rinkaku Kakuja state.
As for the other characters who will appear as part of the Dead by Daylight Tokyo Ghoul crossover, there's a list of some of the cosmetics debuting when that launches in April 2025. Here's what we'll see:
There's no word about prices for anything yet.
One of the last crossovers in Dead by Daylight involved Castlevania. If someone picked up that $7.99 Chapter DLC after it debuted in August 2024, they got access to the Killer Dracula and Survivor Trevor Belmont. Since then, a Doomed Course add-on brought The Houndmaster Killer and Survivor Taurie Cain in November 2024.
Dead by Daylight is available on the PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X, and PC. The Tokyo Ghoul DLC debuts officially on April 2, 2025. The Tokyo Ghoul anime is streaming on Crunchyroll, while Viz Media handles the manga outside Japan.
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Siliconera Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:30 AM
Capcom and Taito announced that they will add Mai Shiranui to Street Fighter 6: Type Arcade on March 13, 2025. Players of the game's arcade version will soon be able to use the SNK guest character on their preferred platform. As that will be in a cabinet, there will be no additional fee or need to buy DLC to use the crossover character.
The arcade version, which is separately handled by Taito, usually has a staggered update pace from the original fighting game releases that Capcom is managing on consoles and PC. As an example, the other SNK guest character Terry Bogard appeared in Street Fighter 6: Type Arcade on October 24, 2024, which is exactly a month after he debuted on the console and PC releases on September 24, 2024. Mai will be a similar case, as she has been available on the original Street Fighter 6 releases since February 5, 2025.
The difference will lie in the availabilities in the character selection menu. In the console and PC releases, players have to purchase DLC to unlock the post-launch characters. In this arcade port, Capcom and Taito are making all extra characters available to choose without any additional charges besides the credits required for a gameplay session.
The addition of Mai Shiranui will not be the only new thing in this arcade update. Capcom and Taito will also add High Master, Grand Master, and Ultimate Master as new achievable ranks in the Master League.
In addition, people who play the game on both arcades and consoles (or PC) can link both of their accounts. If they have acquired Master League titles and DX character colors in the console/PC version of Street Fighter 6, they can also use those in their linked account for Type Arcade.
Mai Shiranui will appear in Street Fighter 6: Type Arcade on March 13, 2025. The character is readily available via DLC in the PC and console releases of Street Fighter 6, the latter of which appear on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Series X.
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Siliconera Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:00 AM
Square Enix announced that the company is planning various projects to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Chrono Trigger. The company did not offer any further details on what these projects will entail.
The announcement post mentioned that the anniversary celebration projects will appear over the next year. Furthermore, the company specified that these upcoming projects will be outside of the realm of video game, so we shouldn't see any major video game announcements for the anniversary celebration.
More information about the Chrono Trigger anniversary projects will appear in the game's official social media accounts, as well as the official Square Enix social media. As a side note, the official Square Enix account misspelled the Chrono Trigger release year as 1985, with the game's official account correcting this mistake in its own announcement post.
March 11, 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Chrono Trigger in Japan. It is a game created as a collaboration between Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii, Dragon Ball manga author Akira Toriyama, and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. It first debuted on the Super Nintendo worldwide, before eventually being ported to other platforms.
Chrono Trigger is readily available on PC via Steam, Android, and iOS devices. The game originally released on March 11, 1995 for Super Famicom, and it also received PlayStation and Nintendo DS re-releases.
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Siliconera Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:30 AM
Infold changed the way Love and Deepspace players interact with our love interests, turning the typically 2D anime-style otome genre into a 3D free-to-play mobile game. It was an instant hint when it launched in January 2024, but that didn't stop players from questioning why the portable dating sim contained a period tracker. Now in an interview with 4Gamer, the developers explained why the feature ended up added. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
Producer Reese and lead writer Nomi explained why the team decided to offer its players the ability to track their periods. As translated by Siliconera, Reese explained, "Firstly, we have many female users, and many of the people on our team are women. For most women, menstruation is part of their daily lives. We thought about how nice it would be if our partners took extra care of us during this time."
The team also explained how they wanted the feature to be completely optional, and didn't want players to feel pressured into inputting their menstrual data into the game. This is why there are no rewards for doing so, outside of your "husband" of choice writing you an extra cute note to help you get through the day, and offering his loving support.
This is one of multiple major updates to appear in Love and Deepspace in 2025. Caleb ended up added as a new love interest, bringing the total number up to five. A Rafayel birthday event appeared earlier in March 2025, and there's currently a Zayne banner running.
Love and Deepspace is available for free on Android and iOS.
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Siliconera Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:00 AM
Carmen Sandiego is one of the world's most beloved edutainment game series. Somehow, this spy game that secretly tries to teach kids about geography is still going. After the 2019 animated series from Netflix, here is an adaptation of that series taking it back to its video game roots.
On the surface, the new Carmen Sandiego might not have much to do with the original Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. The trailers all show cool action sequences and puzzle-solving, painting a picture of a game where our titular heroine undergoes cool heists and saves the day. Do not believe the lies. This is, despite the flashy Netflix presentation, the same Carmen Sandiego kids in the 90s played to learn the capital of Uganda. Mostly.
If you're unaware how the Carmen Sandiego game series works, you are a detective with the ACME agency, on the hunt for master thieves across the world. An artifact has been stolen, and you must track who stole it and where in the world they are. In each location, you find clues. These come in two forms – clues to where the suspect went, and clues to who they are. The latter are usually things like eye color or favorite food, both of which can be cross-referenced with the agency's files to narrow down the suspect. The meat of this is in the location clues though, which mostly consist of real-world facts about the possible destinations.
Carmen herself was one of the master thieves you were trying to track down in the original game. However, this game is based on the Netflix series, where she is now Sly Cooper for some reason. Still a master thief, just one that goes after other criminals. So instead of trying to find her, you play as her as she hunts down the other suspects.
This is where all the fancy stuff comes in. In the original game, you'd click on a location within each city you travel to and get a clue. Now you have to work for that clue, usually via a point-and-click segment where you speak to people and investigate suspicious parts of the environment. Sometimes this will be replaced with a minigame, such as a QTE, a safe-cracking minigame, a gliding game or something similar. Either way, the clue is your reward for completing these segments successfully.
The point-and-click segments are decent. They're a little simplistic, but they do add a nice extra layer of interactivity. The minigames, however, are a mixed bag. Any of the QTE style minigames are generally tedious and a reminder of why we should be grateful games stopped relying on them years ago. The safe cracking is fine but nothing special. The hang-gliding minigame should be great but is marred with control issues. On top of these problems, all the minigames come with the stink of mobile game ranking systems. A gaudy star meter hovers nearby in almost all of them, assessing your performance. Gameloft should have just stuck to making this a straightforward adventure game, but I guess these minigames look more exciting in a trailer.
Despite the issues with the minigames, the actual mystery solving of Carmen Sandiego starts out interesting. The geographic clues proved to be genuinely challenging to figure out. The suspect database was fun to work with. The time limit inherent to every case also applies a decent level of pressure to figure out the answers quickly.
However, it doesn't take long before you've seen everything Carmen Sandiego has to offer. The number of cities you can travel to is pathetically small, consisting of maybe two cities per continent. A similar problem happens with the clues themselves, which frequently default to "the airport code contains this letter" above any other option. These are the least interesting, as I can figure out a suspect went to Tokyo when they visit a ryokan, but I'm never remembering either of the city's major airport codes. What's worse, I eventually started getting that specific clue two times per city, and it sucked all fun out of the mystery solving.
Progressing through the story of Carmen Sandiego exacerbates this. Remember I said you get assessed on a 5-star system on every minigame like it's a generic mobile game? This style of design seeps into progression too, where unlocking new stages is based on your current level, but simply playing the game normally never awards enough XP. Instead, you constantly have play stripped down versions of the main stages that remove the minigames and presentation. Usually multiple times because these also give a tiny amount of XP compared to what you need to level up. It's so tedious that I half expected a store page to pop up saying I could skip the grind by purchasing some special XP packs. This didn't happen in my review build but don't be surprised if it sneaks into the final release since it feels cynically designed for it.
The result of all this repetition is a miserable experience buried under some decent presentation. At first I was willing to accept a lot of this simplicity as the game being intended for younger audiences. However, a cursory glance at the original Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? exposes further problems with the new game. The original game saw you drowning in cities across all continents, and the level of detail the clues went into required a lot more research and learning than the new game's obsession with remembering three letters used by baggage handlers. The original game felt like a suitable challenge for a child but also capable of feeding them a ton of knowledge.
Carmen Sandiego does improve a lot from the original design, admittedly. Clues are retained in an easy-to-reference notebook. The suspect database is streamlined and easy to work with. The presentation is excellent, with decent visuals and a superb jazzy soundtrack that enhances the detective vibes. However, where it really matters, this new game is an inferior experience. The limited scope of locations and clues coupled with tedious progression turn the game into a slog, and it doesn't even have the educational value for young audiences that the original does.
Ultimately, I came away from this new Carmen Sandiego game feeling frustrated. The strong basic mechanics and presentation are let down with baffling progression and repetition. You'd be better off playing the original in a browser for free. At least you might learn something there.
The new Carmen Sandiego game is out now for Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and mobile devices via Netflix.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:07 AM
Subterra is a pretty unique game (if you've never played the Steam World Dig series), and it can be daunting to figure out what you're actually supposed to do. To help you progress through the mines and biomes, we made this robust yet simple guide to help you along the way. If you're just starting out with Subterra, you should find everything you need in this Ultimate Subterra Beginner's Guide.
Table of contents
How to upgrade Backpack / Pickaxe in Subterra
This should be your highest priority in the game. Whenever you can, upgrade your Backpack and Pickaxe. Not only that, but every time you start working on a new upgrade, make sure you pin the materials needed to the side (talk to the Backpack Upgrade and the Blacksmith NPC and select the pin option to do so). Working towards your next upgrade is also a great way to tell how deeper into the mines you need to go.
How to fast travel in Subterra
One very convenient feature in Subterra is your ability to quickly go back to the surface and back into the mines again. Simply select the "To Surface" option above your health bar (bottom left corner). You can also use the "To Mines" option while on the surface, but it won't teleport you back to the exact same location you were while in the mines. Later into the game, you'll also unlock the ability to fast travel using portals.
How to rank up in Subterra
Ranking up in Subterra is similar to prestiging in video games. During each rank, you have a level cap you need to reach. When you do, you pretty much have to rank up in order to proceed. This resets your level back to 1, gives you some Chrono Shards, but it also raises your level cap a bit. Every two levels, you also get an extra ability slot.
Your level cap is always: Your current rank X 5. Currently, the max rank is 11. While it may seem annoying to level up your character from the beginning every time you use this, you still get to keep all your items, and you'll eventually get to grow stronger, so try not to let it bother you too much.
How to get Chrono Shards in Subterra
Chrono Shards are something of a premium currency in Subterra. Even though you can buy them using Robux, you can also earn a bunch just by playing the game, and here's how:
Chorono Shards are used to draw new ability cards from the Chrono Crystal, which give you new passive abilities.
Where to find Copper / Tin / Iron / Silver / Gold / Platinum in Subterra
If you can't find a certain type of raw ore needed for the next upgrade, it usually means you need to go deeper. The order in which you find the ores are as follows:
Copper - Tin - Iron - Silver - Gold - Platinum - Cobalt - Chromium - Titanium - Wolframite
However, if you fall down pretty deep and see Gold, but you are looking for Iron, you've gone too deep (so climb back up a few steps).
How to get Gems, Shards, and Crystals in Subterra
Unlike raw ore, Gems, Shards, and Crystals are pretty rare and somewhat difficult to find. They can appear anywhere on the map. The most effective way to find them is to open any chests you come across and hope you get the one you need inside. This worked for us better than looking for them by digging.
Which item should I always take with me in Subterra?
Wooden Ladder. Seriously, we can't count the number of times we found something cool but couldn't reach it because we didn't have a Wooden Ladder or a few of them. Always carry 5 - 10 of these, just in case.
What is the Collapse in Subterra?
The Collapse in Subterra is when the entire mine resets and players need to dig back down again. Because Subterra is a multiplayer game, any player can dig almost any block until eventually there would be nothing left to dig through. To prevent this, the Colapse resets the entire mine, along with all blocks, chests, and everything else.
That's all there is to it. Have fun digging and progressing in Subterra. If you want to stay up to date with the game's development, check out the Subterra Trello and Discord.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:38 AM
If you want to experience free games on Steam, there is, thankfully, a lot that the store has to offer. You can gallivant with your friends on hostile planets in PlanetSide 2 or message your love interest friend in a pseudo-AOL Messenger in Emily is Away.
The best free games on Steam offer a ton of content and have as few restrictions as possible. These 20 titles certainly do that in spades. The monthly active users are based on Steam Charts' stats from the past 30 days.
Apex Legends
One of the best battle royales in the market right now is Apex Legends. It provides the high-precision gunplay from Titanfall 2 and brings it into the competitive battle royale space. Sliding down hills and using each hero's powers is satisfying to perform in the game.
You'll have many intense moments as you contend against opposing teams, and the game provides many opportunities to fail or succeed. The free-to-play model is a little on the expensive side if you want cosmetics and more characters, but playing from the base roster is also entertaining to start off with in Apex Legends .
Brawlhalla
If you're annoyed you can't play Super Smash Bros. on PC, check out Brawlhalla. It features a smooth platform fighter experience that plays great online. It also has a vibrant cast of characters to choose from. Many will be locked behind payments or in-game progression, but there is a regularly updated free rotation of characters to choose from. One of the game's unique strategic elements is switching two weapons available to each player. Each weapon's move set is radically different, and you'll need to decide which option best suits the situation.
The Finals
Destructible environments, participating in a game show, and great gunplay all combine into The Finals, one of the latest multiplayer hits on Steam. You're taking a cash prize and trying to transport it to a capture area. On the way, you'll have to fend off two other teams of three.
With an exciting vertical element to each map, The Finals manages to stand out among its FPS competition. Check this game out when you can! Oh, and it's crossplay too!
My Hero Ultra Rumble
Anime fans, rejoice! My Hero Ultra Rumble is a neat battle royale take on the beloved anime series. Each hero or villain has their own quirks that change the battle. Deku can pick up allies and run fast to get away from enemies. Meanwhile, Cementoss creates stone walls to protect his team and keep the enemy team distracted.
If you don't want to shoot down enemies in Call of Duty Warzone or Fortnite, My Hero Ultra Rumble offers a refreshing take on the genre.
Emily is Away
Emily is Away is a nostalgic journey back into the Windows XP era of communication. There was no Facebook, TikTok, or Instagram. Instead, you used to chat on AOL Instant Messenger. This unique storytelling device isn't just a gimmick, however.
There's a beautifully told narrative about two friends who have grown apart from each other since high school and are trying to reconnect. Despite zero voice acting, all the emotional beats are there, as you await Emily's response. Try this one-hour game out when you can. It's one of the best free games on Steam.
Guild Wars 2
Can't afford Final Fantasy XIV Online or don't want to bother with the Battle.net client on PC for World of Warcraft? Guild Wars 2 is a good third option for an MMO. You can play the entirety of the engaging core campaign for free. However, there are restrictions you should keep in mind, like locked content until you reach a certain level. Despite that one fault, Guild Wars 2 offers a stunning world enriched with entertaining MMORPG gameplay.
Farlight 84
Tired of Fortnite and want something new? Farlight 84 may be your antidote. It blends the art style of Epic Games' battle royale and mixes it with the ability-based system of Apex Legends.
The result is a solid shooter that impresses new fans of the game and isn't even out of Early Access yet. The weapons feel heavy and powerful, and the overall environments look pleasing to the eye. Just turn off the voice acting; it's pretty bad!
Disney Speedstorm
Want a fun Mario Kart-like game without having to resort to emulation? Disney Speedstorm is a great free-to-play substitute. The tracks are immaculately designed and based on the films we know and love like Lilo & Stitch, Aladdin, and Pirates of the Caribbean. You'll avoid pillars of fire within the Cave of Wonders and giant tentacles from sea monsters in Port Royal.
While the items are disappointingly generic for a Disney game like this, there is a neat alternate use for most of them by holding down the button. For example, with a boost (mushroom), you can hold it to get three smaller bursts of speed rather than just one. Read my review for more information.
Marvel Snap
Everyone knows and loves the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so a card game based on the property could be a cheap cash-in. Fortunately, Marvel Snap is a cherished title for fans of card games, and it's free to play. "At work and at home, I just can't put it down," said CJ Andriessen in his review. "With its structure and speed, it doesn't feel as tactical as some of the other card games I've played, but it finds a way to be satisfying in its brevity." Each match in Marvel Snap also only lasts for three or so minutes, as opposed to Hearthstone, making this quick and easy to play.
Path of Exile
Path of Exile, despite it being a free Steam game, is an excellent alternative to the Diablo series if you crave more ARPG goodness. It features a tonne of passives to unlock through the huge skill tree system. It also includes plenty of classes, including the Duelist, Marauder, Ranger, Scion, Shadow, Templar, and Witch. Path of Exile will offer hours upon hours of content for the low, low price of $0, and it also has PvP modes like tournaments and Capture The Flag.
Team Fortress 2
A cherished multiplayer game for many Team Fortress 2 is an absolute classic. This team-based shooter has you playing different roles. One can be the Heavy, dealing a lot of damage with his mini-gun. Another player can send out Sentries and Teleporters throughout the map as the Engineer. There are many options available, so you can find the right playstyle. Despite the game being over a decade old, it still holds up visually with a cartoony art style. Give it a go if you haven't already.
The Sims 4
Living out your dreams as a Sim doesn't necessarily sound fun, but The Sims 4 somehow sucks you in for many hours at a time. Building your own house, family, and wealth in the game will feel rewarding. You also grow relationships with other sims by hanging out with them and performing a variety of activities in the community.
All of this is now free to play on Steam, so go ahead and download The Sims 4 if you want a chill simulation game to play.
Warframe
It's been a decade, but Warframe still pulls in players today. This game is extremely fast with powerful guns and delightful swordplay. It's been supported thoroughly by developer Digital Extremes. The game added an open world, and there is spaceship warfare to be had. The art style is also unabashedly strange as it embellishes its sci-fi genre with pride.
Omega Strikers
The precision of the MOBA gameplay of League mixed with the sport of soccer doesn't sound like a great mix, but Omega Strikers certainly proved me wrong. Each character has their own skills to master while you're trying to score a goal.
You can even take out your foes with your abilities by striking them out of the arena. The graphics are gorgeous, the concept really comes through, and the head-bump-worthy music will keep your heart racing. Check this game out!
Dark & Darker
Those who like sickeningly hard games will find comfort in Dark & Darker. In a D&D-like dungeon, you're exploring an ancient citadel thwart with many dangers. You'll be taking on tough monsters and making your way through the depths of this citadel to get the treasure you're seeing.
You can play as a barbarian, a ranger, and a bard in a three-person squad as you turn off lights to get away from enemy detection and utilize magic to gain the upper hand. The game is currently in early access, but it has a Mostly Positive score on Steam right now.
Marvel Rivals
Marvel Rivals is the latest game to take the world by storm with its well-designed suite of characters based on the comic book property. This third-person shooter/action multiplayer hybrid takes the heroes we know and love and has them work as a team. Luna Snow and Jeff the Land Shark heal the group (or freeze enemies in Luna's case), while guys like The Hulk and The Thing pummel the competition.
With fantastic visuals and exciting stages to explore, Marvel Rivals is a fantastic multiplayer game to get into. All of the characters are free, and sometimes skins are even offered for completing event missions. It's been called an Overwatch killer by many fans in the space.
Faaast Penguin
While Faaast Penguin isn't super active with 276 active players over the past 30 days, this little multiplayer game does have its fans. It's a rush to race against other players in frenetic courses as you're going down sledding as a penguin. You can also find shortcuts to help you beat fellow penguins in the race.
The visuals are bright, colorful, and charming to look at. It's also cross-play, so you can race your friends who are on consoles like the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. As you're playing the game, you'll gain a bunch of different outfits along the way. Keep in mind, however, that you'll need an Epic account to play this game, even on Steam.
Smite 2
Smite 2 is a continuation of the epic MOBA in Unreal Engine 5 rather than the old UE3 that the series has been plagued with for a long time. To me, this MOBA is much more accessible with its third-person camera and action-game-like setting than a top-down view. Despite that, it features the strategy you expect from the genre.
Ymir is an awesome tank that can freeze enemies in place and put up ice walls to stop them from getting away. Smite 2 revolves around Gods of different mythologies brawling it out, and it's fun to see how Hi-Rez Studios and the developer Titan Forge Games are inspired by the classic tales. Like Faaast Penguin, there is cross-play between all versions of the game, so no one will be left out.
Sky: Children of the Light
If you want a gaming experience a little less intense than Smite 2 or Marvel Rivals, Sky: Children of Light might be the answer. The developer of Journey and Flower, thatgamecompany has created a gorgeous multiplayer title that has you solving puzzles with friends and flying through seven stunning biomes with them. The aim of the game is to free your ancestors' spirits from the darkness and heal them. They can then be sent to their home among the stars above.
While you're going through this peaceful experience, you can unlock all manner of cosmetics that will make you stand out in this social MMO. Our original review for the mobile version said that the game is "blissful, imaginative, and a sight to behold."
Throne and Liberty
Throne and Liberty shows how far free-to-play games have come, in terms of scale and beautiful graphics. Developed by the studio that made Guild Wars, this action RPG has you exploring the open world of Solisium. It features a mix of PvP and PvE, and the battles you take part in can be affected by the weather and time of day, alongside other players who may fight you during key moments of the game.
Our review gave Throne and Liberty an impressive 8.5/10 score, comparing the game to classic eras of World of Warcraft and EverQuest. "Throne and Liberty feels like a step back in the right direction for MMORPGs, reviving a lot of the social features that seem to be missing from modern entries in the genre," the writer said. "While you can certainly still play solo, T&L gives you the opportunity to socialize and play with others in every aspect of its gameplay, even while leveling."
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:24 AM
Throughout Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2, you'll rob trains, break into bank vaults, and dive into black markets to acquire their wares. Along the way, you'll hear about special Mythic and Exotic-grade weapons that, although expensive, can easily secure you a win if you get them early.
How to find Outlaw Exotic and Mythic weapons in Fortnite
Most of Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2's Outlaw Mythic and Exotic weapons are available after completing the game's Outlaw Keycard Community quests. After the community robs enough vaults to finish the quest, you'll unlock another set of objectives that level up your keycard rarity. An Uncommon-grade keycard lets you access Fortnite's Black Market backrooms to purchase Mythic and Exotic weapons.
Since the Outlaw Keycard quest is a community mission, you and everyone who plays Fortnite must try your best to rob as many vaults and cases as possible to reach 100 percent. From here, completing the second quest set lets you upgrade your keycard, unlock the backrooms, and spend Dill Bits on the game's strongest items. Here's a list of some weapons you can obtain:
Although these backrooms have most of the high-value Mythic and Exotic weapons we're looking for, you'll also find additional Mythic-grade items in the Black Markets themselves. Crime City now features a Mythic Pump & Dump weapon, while Seaport City still has a Mythic Falcon Eye Sniper. These all require Dill Bits to buy, so break into a few vaults before going on your shopping trip.
Alongside the Lawless items within black market backrooms, you'll also find weapons like the Rocket Drill, Outlaw Shotgun, and the Pump & Dump through chest drops, floor loot, and player eliminations. These aren't nearly as powerful, but they have their own upsides despite their more common rarities.
All Black Market backroom locations in Fortnite
Fortnite features three Black Market locations near Crime City, Seaport City, and Magic Mosses. Within them, you'll find locked doors that are only accessible using keycards. Here's a list of every black market and their backroom location:
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:13 AM
Back in 2018 when Two Point Hospital first came out, I don't think anyone truly expected the developer to spin out a whole franchise. In 2025, though, we have Two Point Campus and Two Point Museum, and the latter, in particular, is an absolute delight.
Make no mistake, I adored both Hospital and Campus in their own ways. Two Point Hospital came about as an honest-to-goodness, albeit goofy, follow-up to the legendary Theme Hospital, and it very well could've stood on its own as a standalone product. Two Point Campus, on the other hand, proved that there was merit in making a franchise out of this Wallace & Gromit-esque schtick. The game had its own set of issues, however, most of which stemmed from the fact that all the actual management was done between semesters, with Campus playing itself when things truly kicked off.
Two Point Museum, however, solves all the problems I had with its predecessors. It doesn't have the automation issues that came about in Campus, and it doesn't suffer from being an essentially solvable game, like Hospital. No, Museum keeps players on their toes for way longer than any other Two Point title, and I'm thrilled to report that Zoey Handley's preview for the game was spot-on in a few key ways.
There are two fundamental improvements Two Point Studios has delivered upon with Two Point Museum:
The first novelty, in particular, cannot be overstated: whereas you used to be able to wrap up a facility and simply move on to greener pastures in Hospital and Campus, Museum instead specifically tasks you with improving and upgrading old levels over and over again. You might head on over to an afterlife-themed facility later on in the campaign, which leads to a whole bevy of thematic (and goofy!) upgrades. All of them can subsequently be applied to your older museums, which in turn increases their ratings and nets you more currency and even more unlockables.
Levels are no longer "solved" after just one playthrough, which makes them rewarding to replay over and again, each time iterating upon your optimal exhibition layout to a greater extent. This is the ultimate solution to the prior Two Point titles' biggest problem, and makes Museum the kind of game that's hard to put down. There's always something going on, and there's always something you could be iterating on.
Management games aren't everyone's cup of tea, that's a given. Yet, I can't help but feel that Two Point Museum shows that you don't have to sacrifice accessibility to make a truly compelling game of this kind.
The last couple of months have given us some of the best games we've seen over the past years. Between Avowed, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, there's absolutely no shortage of awesome, dynamic, and immersive action games to play for hundreds of hours on end. Yet, I can't help but play Two Point Museum instead. It's so good of an experience that I can't set it down.
Crucially, I hope Two Point Museum is a crucial turning point for the franchise. Two Point Studios has seemingly figured out how to elevate its management gameplay loop beyond issues present in its older titles. I'm not saying it's going to be easy or straightforward to apply a similar approach to whatever the next Two Point game might, but it's a delightful sign of things that are hopefully to come.
That's a different can of worms, however. In the interim, the main takeaway is that Two Point Museum is an absolute joy to play. Between its humor, the lovely visuals, and an inviting gameplay loop, there's really not much else a genre fan could ask for. So go and play it, already!
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:04 AM
Endrick is the latest footballer whose signature King Kong celebration has been added to EA FC 25. You can perform it inside different game modes.
The Brazilian is on Real Madrid's books, and he's rated pretty highly among the football community. While his base version in EA FC 25 isn't very powerful, he is a special promo item in Ultimate Team. Let's look at how to perform the newest signature celebration inside the game.
How to celebrate like Endrick in EA FC 25
As of this writing, the King Kong celebration is a signature celebration. In simpler words, signature celebrations are usually restricted to only one footballer. While EA Sports has made a few signature celebrations universal, King Kong is restricted to Endrick.
If you're playing in an offline game mode, you'll have to pick Real Madrid. Then, score a goal with Endrick and press the X/A button after scoring to perform his signature celebration. The same method is also applicable for Ultimate Team. In Ultimate Team, you can perform the celebration with his base item or the Future Stars card.
It's a shame we can't recreate the celebration universally. If you're not sure how the celebration looks, make sure to check out the following tweet, which has a glimpse of the animations.
I believe that the celebration will become universal once Season 6 goes live in Ultimate Team. The new season will begin on March 13, with a fresh track of rewards for all of us to grind. EA Sports took this approach last year after introducing the "Cold" Palmer celebration. If my prediction becomes true, an updated method will be added to the guide.
Typically, the celebration will be added as a seasonal reward. You'll have to unlock it first and then equip it. This will allow any player to perform the King Kong celebration, but it depends now on EA Sports. Unlike Endrick, Cristiano Ronaldo's signature "Siuuu" can be performed by anyone, so make sure to check out our guide to know about the correct controls.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:01 AM
With the success of Bloober Team's remake of Silent Hill 2, it's safe to assume that Konami's long-dormant series is back. As such, many will no doubt be excited for what comes next. With the latest Konami Transmission announced this week, should we even be excited?
The Konami Transmission will provide an opportunity to discuss upcoming projects, in this case, Silent Hill f. While we don't really know a great deal about the game, a recent post on X by director Al Yang says the team is "excited to finally be able to share what we've been cooking."
As a fan of horror in general, not to mention the classic Silent Hill games, NeoBard Entertainment's take on the iconic series is definitely something to keep an eye on. Given that the developer is typically known for ports, it will be interesting to see how the team copes with a full game from a beloved franchise. So how excited should we be?
The "f" stands for "fhorror"
As already mentioned, the remake of Silent Hill 2 went down a storm. Currently, it has a rating on Steam of "very positive" for recent reviews and "overwhelmingly positive" overall. In short: it's a far cry from my initial assumption that Bloober Team may have bitten off more than it could chew. Consider my hat well and truly eaten.
But since the revival of the series, the games that have been released have been pretty lackluster, to put it as mildly as possible. Silent Hill: The Short Message, which released in January 2024 and feels almost like it slipped under the net, has a Metacritic score of 53. Meanwhile, Ascension, the interactive experience co-produced by Bad Robots and released in October 2023, has a user score of 0.7, aka "overwhelming dislike."
Really, the only good Silent Hill game we've had recently was a remake developed by a studio very well known for horror (despite criticisms). Given this, it's hard to know what Silent Hill f will be like, especially seeing as it's being made by a developer that seems to be stepping out of its comfort zone. Look, as we've already seen, I've been wrong about things like this in the past, so I guess we'll just have to wait for the Konami Transmission, which will go ahead on March 13 at 3pm PDT.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:47 AM
The Deep Woods is a whole new area added to Fields of Mistria in the second major update. It's been trapped behind a wall of thorns since the game released into early access in August 2024, but now it's finally open for players to explore.
If you've ever wondered what's beyond the thorn-covered stairs in the north of The Eastern Road, then wonder no more. With features added in the update, it's possible to break through the thorns and get to the Deep Woods.
Where to find the Deep Woods in Fields of Mistria
If you head to The Eastern Road, where the Wishing Well and the Carpenter's Shop are, and then head as far north as you can get, you'll come across a wall of thorns blocking off some stairs. This is the entrance to the Deep Woods.
If you've not yet reached floor 60 of the Mines and broken the Fire Seal, you won't be able to get past these thorns, so head there first and then come back once you've reached the Lava Caves.
How to get into the Deep Woods in Fields of Mistria
Before you can get into the Deep Woods, you'll need to get deep into the Mines. Once you hit floor sixty, having already broken through the Water Seal and the Earth Seal, you'll be confronted with the Fire Seal. Unlocking this door is not as straightforward as the previous two, but once you've done it, you'll meet Caldarus in his human form for the first time.
After saving you from the nightmare of the Sealing Scroll at the Fire Seal, Caldarus will tell you he's heading off to the Deep Woods to rest at his Shrine. Using the spell he bestowed upon you after unlocking the Fire Seal, Dragon's Breath, you can head to the thorn wall and burn it down easily, gaining access to the Deep Woods.
What's in the Deep Woods in Fields of Mistria?
The main draw of the Deep Woods is Caldarus' Shrine in the northeast, but there are other things to be found in the new area.
To the northwest of the entrance to the Deep Woods, you'll find some large pine trees with grave markers in them. Most are too high to read, but the front two are within reach. The left two are for Olric and March's parents, Jade and Olin. The one on the right tree is for Greta, who once resided on Sweetwater Farm.
There is also a small pile of moss-covered stones on a rock in the bottom corner of the tree area. If you interact with these stones, you'll learn that they were put there "a long time ago," but no further information is given.
Outside of these two attractions and Caldarus' Shrine to the northeast, you'll also be able to find a selection of new Forageables, Fish, and Artifacts. Most of them can be handed in at the Museum as part of the new sets, so you want to keep an eye out for anything new.
There's only one Fishing spot in the Deep Woods, the pond in the center of the map, so all the new Fish can be found there. You're also able to catch fish that were previously available in other areas, as well, so you may be fishing for a while.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:36 AM
With the second major update to Fields of Mistria, lots of new features and items have been added to the hit cozy game from NPC Studios. One of the most exciting additions is the 20 new floors to the Mines, filled with new monsters, forageables, and resources.
However, before you can access these new floors, you'll need to break through the Fire Seal. If you've got to this point, you will have already broken through the Earth Seal and the Water Seal, so you'll know a bit about what to expect, but things have gone up a notch and become quite complicated for this newly added Seal.
It makes sense because breaking through the Fire Seal is what unlocks a whole bunch of new content and features, including the Deep Woods and Sprite Statues. Spoilers ahead.
How to break the Fire Seal in Fields of Mistria
As you progress through the Mines, you'll encounter a new Seal every 20 floors. The Fire Seal is down on floor 60, and as with previous Seals, you'll need to offer up some items found on the previous 20 floors before you can get through it. Unlike previous seals, which required four items, this one only needs three. For the fourth, you'll need to work with Balor.
The easy part of this is getting the items from Deep Earth:
How to get a Sealing Scroll
The fourth and final item you'll need to get through the Fire Seal is slightly more complicated to procure. According to Juniper, it's a dangerous item and hard to come by. Of course, we all know somebody who is skilled at getting items of that nature. It's time to put Balor to good use.
After you take the rubbing to Juniper, she will automatically take you to Balor at the Inn. He'll tell you that it won't come cheap, and you'll need to give him a few days to source the Sealing Scroll.
After two in-game days, you'll get mail from Balor telling you to meet him at the Inn. This time, he'll tell you the cost, and he wants more than Tesserae. To get the Sealing Scroll, you'll need to place the following items in the Donation Box placed beside Balor's Wagon:
Once you've done that, you can talk to Balor again to complete the quest and he will deliver the Sealing Scroll to you the following day. You can then take the necessary items to the Fire Seal and place them on their designated pedestals.
However, this is not a straightforward task. Once you've placed the items onto their respective pedestals, the Sealing Scroll will float and the Priestess will warn you to flee. You won't get far before the Sealing Scroll traps you within a circle and saps you of health and stamina.
You will have the option to call out for help, and Caldarus will come to your rescue, giving you a new spell — Dragon's Breath. Sadly, you're too far gone to use the spell yourself, but Caldarus will shift into his human-ish form to save the day.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:29 AM
As part of the second major update to Fields of Mistria, two new items were added that are incredibly useful around the farm — Water Sprite and Animal Sprite Statues. Unfortunately, you'll need a new type of resource called Essence Stones if you want to run them.
Essence Stones are a type of stone made using a combination of Stone and Essence, perhaps unsurprisingly. Before you can combine the two, you'll need to build the Stone Refinery.
How to build the Stone Refinery in Fields of Mistria
Once you hit town rank 55, you'll receive a letter in the mail from Adeline, asking you to meet her at the Mines. It turns out that with Mistria doing so well, the town can have its very own Stone Refinery. As with all other town upgrades, it's down to us to provide both the resources and the funds for this project.
To build the Stone Refinery, you'll need to put the following resources into the Donation Box by the entrance to the Mines:
When you've supplied all of the resources, you can head back to Adeline and talk to her to hand over 5,000 Tesserae. You'll meet back up with her, Olric, and Errol at the Mines to construct the Stone Refinery to the right of the elevator.
How to get Essence Stones in Fields of Mistria
There are two ways to get Essence Stones in Fields of Mistria — you might get lucky and find them while toiling away in the Mines (this seems more likely at lower levels), or you can create them at the Stone Refinery using Stone and Essence.
There are four different sizes of Essence Stones, each needing a different amount of both Stone and Essence to create:
How to use Essence Stones in Fields of Mistria
Essence Stones are used to power both Water Sprite and Animal Sprite Statues. For those more familiar with Stardew Valley, these are identical to both the Auto-Petter and the Sprinkler respectively.
For these items to work, you'll need to place an Essence Stone into them. Each different size of Essence Stone is capable of powering a Statue for a different amount of time:
If you're running low on Essence and happen to find an Essence Stone in the Mines, you can also consume it to gain some Essence. Each Essence Stone will give you the same amount of Essence as they take to make.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:26 AM
Let's face it, there's always too much to do and not enough time in any cozy game, and Fields of Mistria has always been a victim of this curse. Tending crops and caring for animals always eats into the days, but now there's an option to make the days longer.
As part of the second major update on March 10, players now have a new accessibility option to make time pass more slowly, allowing you to get more done each day. It's an incredibly useful feature, not to mention a highly requested one, so it's nice to know that NPC Studios is listening to player feedback and implementing these features into the cozy hit.
How to change time speed in Fields of Mistria
Changing the length of a day in Fields of Mistria is easy. All you need to do is head into the settings from the main menu or journal, head to the Accessibility tab, and then select "Day Time Speed" at the top. After a brief warning (more on that in a moment), you'll have the option to change the length of the day between the following:
According to the pop-up warning that appears every time you try to change this setting, NPCs within Fields of Mistria are optimized for the Standard day length, and you may face issues with certain events if you change the length of the day. However, I have played a full in-game week on both Longer and Longest, and I've faced zero issues on either day length.
That's not to say that issues won't occur outside of the two weeks I experimented with, but it is at least a little reassuring, I hope.
You'll only feel the effects of changing this setting once you start a new day. The slower time begins from the moment you wake up. If you want to change the setting again, you'll need to sleep before it comes into effect.
How long is a day in Fields of Mistria?
As part of my experimentation with time, I allowed a full day to pass without doing anything while I had a stopwatch running to test how long each option makes a day. I realize that I could have timed 10 seconds and then worked it out from there, but I've never been very good at math.
Either way. the difference isn't huge. Here's how long each day length lasts in Fields of Mistria:
Like I said, you're not suddenly going to get hours of gameplay each day, but those extra couple of minutes make a difference if you're trying to sneak in one last fishing trip or toiling away down in the Mines after breaking through the Fire Seal.
For the Stardew Valley veterans out there, in which a day lasts approximately 14 minutes between waking up and passing out, choosing the Longer option will put the length of each day on an equal footing in Fields of Mistria.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:09 AM
How GTA 6 will eventually look on our consoles (and PC) is still a matter of great intrigue, but a clip made in Fortnite is trying to show us a glimpse of the possible future.
In a clip uploaded by YouTuber Brux, we managed to get an extremely GTA-fashioned action scene made using Fortnite's in-game engine. It's a known fact that Epic allows many tools for modders to create their own maps, and some of them are extremely popular.
While the creation shown in the clip might not be functional, it couldn't have appeared at a better time as we await the next chapter of GTA.
Viral GTA 6 clip shows the real potential of Fortnite's engine
Many social media users were left confused when this short clip from Blux surfaced online. It wouldn't be the first time that GTA 6's clips have surfaced online (who can forget the infamous leaks), but this one comes to us thanks to Fortnite. According to the creator, it took them nine months to create.
In the clip, we can see a female character hijacking a car before being chased by the police. As a shootout ensues, it becomes quite clear that the footage is definitely from Fortnite. We have the classic instance of the blue shield being chipped away as the officer got shot and glimpses of the game's building creation.
Despite some accounts on X spreading false rumors about it, the creator has made clear how the clip was made on the 2018 engine and how long it took.
I won't rule out seeing more clips until we get a confirmation from Rockstar about when GTA 6 will go live. Based on the current information, the game is expected to be released in 2025 and will be available on current-gen consoles. A PC release or its potential timeline has yet to be announced, as the gaming community eagerly waits for Rockstar's next major showcase.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:39 AM
Nihom Falcom remake Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter has gained an excellent English voice cast as announced on Tuesday. It includes the likes of Matt Mercer (Overwatch, Critical Role), Cristina Vee (Hunter x Hunter), and Stephanie Sheh (Your Name), among others.
Your Name star is in Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter voice cast
The publisher of the JRPG reimagining GungHo Online Entertainment published a trailer for Trails in the Sky 1st revealing both the Japanese and English voice actors. This seemingly confirms dual-audio support. The full cast so far includes the following:
Stephanie Sheh is a long-time voice actor, who has worked on the award-winning Your Name, in addition to Sonic x Shadow Generations, and the Sailor Moon series. Johnny Yong Bosch, who plays the protagonist's brother, was once a Power Ranger but has since transitioned to voice acting in the likes of Demon Slayer, Devil May Cry 5, and the Dragon Ball series.
Cristina Vee and Matthew Mercer are also standout members of the English voice cast for Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. Vee has performed as Killua in the magnificent Hunter x Hunter series, in addition to the adorable Tulin from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Mercer, meanwhile, has entertained many with his voices for Leon Kennedy in the Resident Evil series, Overwatch's Cassidy, and Like a Dragon's Goro Majima.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is a full reimagining of the first tale with new visuals and now voice acting. It tells the tale of Estelle and Joshua Bright, who are trying to get higher up on the totem pole in the peacemaking guild. However, they take more than they can handle with one mission, which spirals out of control. Interestingly, once you're out battling threats in this RPG, you can choose between turn-based and real-time action combat to suit your tastes.
Whatever your gameplay style, you'll be able to pick up Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter sometime this fall for PS5, Switch, and PC (via Steam).
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:35 AM
I like Forza in general and Forza Motorsport specifically, though I definitely understand why some franchise veterans might not be quite as thrilled about the content-and-feature-slim offering. The new Update 18, titled Velocity, continues a mildly disappointing streak of post-launch releases, which doesn't help its case.
More specifically, I do have to point out that Turn 10 has turned things around ever since Forza Motorsport came out in a sorry state back in October 2023. Heck, the team is even looking at ways to reimplement previously sunset FOMO content, which is a nice touch (albeit slow). To say nothing of the frankly transformative ray-tracing update we received late in 2024. Yeah, it was an eventful 2024 for Motorsport, for sure, but that zippy tempo has now been replaced with a series of more dreary and cynical vehicle roster updates. Sadly, Update 18 is precisely just that: more of the same.
The next Forza Motorsport track is coming in May, but the Porsche update is on the horizon
Forza Motorsport's Update 18 continues the established tempo of Update 17 but with a greater focus on racing vehicles in particular. Whereas Update 17 was all about those snazzy little daily drivers from Hyundai and the like, Update 18 kicks off the aptly named Velocity Month featuring extremely fast race-cars and production-tier supercars:
It's a stellar list of cars, I'll admit. It's just that there's not much else to fiddle around with in Update 18, other than to complete all the new events as they roll out. Turn 10 has delivered notable audio improvements to the 1998 and 2020 versions of the Toyota Supra (RZ and GR models, respectively), as well as pushing out revised car audio for the 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia, as per community feedback.
Multiplayer matchmaking should be better now, too, and "Short" races should last 10 minutes in Featured Multiplayer modes, which is a two-minute increase compared to the old values. Nothing huge, really.
The big "problem" with these updates, as it were, is that there's no new track or major new content drop to go alongside the usual array of fixes and car roster updates. We know for a fact that the next new race track won't release until May, for example, which should be Update 20 by my count. In the interim, with Update 18 now actively roaming about, we're still going to receive one full content drop (Update 19: Porsche Motorsport) without anything else to go alongside the new cars.
Don't get me wrong: new content is always good news in Forza Motorsport, but the track roster should've been substantially larger on day one, and not receiving new maps on a regular basis doesn't spark much hope for what's to come. Again, we'll have to wait until Update 20 to see what Turn 10's long-term plan for the game is. Let's hope it's a tad more concrete than what we've been getting as of late.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:20 AM
One thing we love about Roblox is seeing devs take already existing games and making Roblox versions of them with all the bells and whistles. Subterra takes everything great about the Steam World Dig series and turns it into a fun Roblox experience. Since the game is still in its beta phase, you know things are only going to get better, and there's no better way to stay informed than following the official Subterra Trello and Discord.
Subterra Relevant Links
The Subterra developer, Polywork Studio, is hard at work in turning the game into something special. To stay up to date with the development, you can use the following links:
To kick things off, the Discord server is pretty active, as you'd expect from a brand new Roblox game. Many players are sharing tips and tricks on how to progress, as well as complaining about the game and talking about things they wish could be added to the game.
The community group has around 1,300 members and is a bit less active than Discord but still has plenty of players voicing their suggestions and complaints about the game.
And then there's the Trello. As you can probably imagine, the Trello board is filled with everything you could possibly want to know about the game. Here's a summary of everything available:
As the game gets updated and leaves Beta, the Trello board will surely get updated, and we'll do our best to keep you in the know as well.
That's all there is to it. Have fun playing Subterra and staying informed with the Trello and the Discord. If you are just starting out, check out our Subterra codes for some awesome freebies.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:03 AM
WWE 2K25 has a series of Payback moves that you can utilize inside the ring, and when timed properly, will result in you gaining a huge advantage over your opponent.
These moves are different from the standard moves, and they all have certain conditions to fulfill before you can trigger them. This guide will help you perform all of them, including the secret, hidden ones.
All Payback Moves in WWE 2K25
The following table includes the list of all Payback moves you can use in the game.
Along with Paybacks, you'll also want to unlock more superstars to add new choices to your available roster. Make sure to check out all the unlockable superstars available in WWE 2K25.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 6:24 AM
We are now three months into 2025, and Steam is steadily gearing up with some of the best sales of this year, the Spring Sale being the upcoming one. Here's when it begins.
Steam Sales are arguably the best times of the year when you can save some bucks on your favorite titles. Publishers give good, sometimes great, discounts on some of their most popular video games, and that's when you should utilize the opportunity to the fullest.
Steam Spring Sale 2025 start and end dates
The Steam Spring Sale 2025 will start on March 13 at 10 a.m. PT and will end on March 20 at 10 a.m. PT.
Since this sale is not as major as the Summer and Winter sales, it will last just 7 days. So, whatever you want to purchase, you have to jump within that one week in March 2025.
Here are the scheduled times for other time zones:
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 6:17 AM
Hugo is a new Attack specialty Agent with the Ice Attribute in Zenless Zone Zero. He will be released in version 1.7 and a reliable source has shared details about Hugo's kit based on the beta. This includes his Basic Attacks, Ultimate, Core Passive, and Additional Abilities.
Hugo kit leaks
Below is a brief description of all of Hugo's kit, based on the info shared by Hakush.in:
Basic Attack and Enhanced Basic Attack
Performs up to 4 attacks that deal Physical DMG and Ice DMG. Hugo can also perform a charged attack when holding the attack button during his fourth attack.
When using the Enhanced Basic Attack, Hugo uses his Scythe to deal Ice DMG. Holding the button will trigger a charged attack. Hugo gains a charge stack upon hitting an enemy and consumes these stacks to restore energy after casting his ultimate.
Special Attack and EX Special Attack
Tapping the Special Attack will increase Hugo's interruption resistance, and he will perform two attacks to deal Ice DMG. When he has enough energy, tapping the EX Special Attack button will deal increased Ice DMG and restore some energy. Meanwhile, holding the EX Special Attack button will deal even more increased Ice DMG and his interruption resistance will increase during the attack.
Also read: Zenless Zone Zero 1.7 characters revealed
Chain Attack (Ultimate)
Upon casting the ultimate, Hugo throws his scythe to perform a large AoE attack that deals Ice DMG, and his interruption resistance will increase while he's performing his ultimate.
Core Passive
When hitting an enemy in Daze with the EX Special Attack, Hugo gains a Final Judgment effect that increases his EX Special Attack DMG depending on the stun time left.
Additional Abilities
Hugo can unlock an additional ability when you have a Stun or Support character in the team. When in effect, the ability increases Hugo's Ice DMG bonus. Furthermore, he can reapply the daze bar on the enemy based on how much stun time is left before Hugo's passive is triggered.
That's all for Hugo's kit leaks. Do note that his abilities are subject to change since they are based on the beta.
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Destructoid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 6:01 AM
Hugo, a member of The Mockingbird, is a new playable Agent that will be released in Zenless Zone Zero version 1.7, expected to go live on April 23, 2025. With the help of this guide, you can start farming his ascension and skill level-up materials right away.
His drip marketing post has already confirmed his Attribute and Specialty, so it is not difficult to guess his materials.
Hugo level-up materials
Hugo is an Attack-specialty Agent in ZZZ, so you will need the following items for his ascension:
For Hugo's skills, you can farm the items listed below:
Lastly, the materials required to level up Hugo's Core Skills haven't been revealed officially. However, @_hiragara_ on X claims that you will need to farm the following:
We will update the Core Skill materials once they are officially confirmed.
Also read: Zenless Zone Zero Vivian ascension materials
Where to farm Hugo's ascension and skill materials
Basic Attack Certification Seal, Advanced Attack Certification Seal, and Pioneer's Certification Seal
You can farm the Basic Attack Certification Seal, Advanced Attack Certification Seal, and Pioneer's Certification Seal by challenging the Attack Drill Combat Simulation to upgrade Hugo's level cap. You can also use the Dismantle function to obtain these seals.
Basic Freeze Chip, Advanced Freeze Chip, and Specialized Freeze Chip
You can complete the Icing Test Combat Simulation to farm Basic Freeze Chip, Advanced Freeze Chip, and Specialized Freeze Chip.
Hamster Cage Pass
You will obtain the Hamster Cage Pass from the events and the New Eridu City Fund Battle Pass to max Hugo's skills.
Ferocious Grip
You can farm the Ferocious Grip by Newborn Dead End Butcher Notorious Hunt to level up Hugo's Core Skills. This game mode can only be unlocked after reaching Inter-Knot Level 30 in Zenless Zone Zero.
Higher Dimensional Data: Falling Fist
Higher Dimensional Data: Falling Fist is also one of the materials needed to level up Hugo's Core Skill. You can obtain it by completing the Rampant Brute Expert Challenge.
And that's the full Hugo ascension and skill level-up materials farming guide. Happy farming!
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