GamersHeroes Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:25 AM Combining the tactical depth of the tower defense genre with the accessible, rewarding loop of idle RPGs we've all come to know and love, the team at Com2Us has announced their new title Summoners War: Rush. The post Tower Defense-Idle RPG Hybrid Summoners War: Rush Announced appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:23 AM MLB RIVALS has officially formed a partnership with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to celebrate the history and enduring legacy of baseball through a number of exclusive in-game content. The post MLB RIVALS x National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Partnership Announced appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:19 AM A long-awaited remaster to the legendary Sudden Attack (from 2005!), NEXON announced that Sudden Attack Zero Point will launch for the PC via Steam this year. The post Sudden Attack Zero Point Launching on Steam This Year appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:18 AM A solo-developed title five years in the making, Seeds of Calamity is now available in Steam Early Access. The post Seeds of Calamity Now Available in Early Access appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:27 AM Packing tricks and treats in equal measure, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo will no doubt be the talk around New Jolt City with its new school old school cool. The post Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Review appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:18 AM Elden Ring Nightreign is truly worthy of its namesake. Fans who still have the Elden Ring itch even after the DLC should gear up for some jolly good cooperation. The post Elden Ring Nightreign Review appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:35 AM  I'm playing with randos. One is a big burly guy dressed in animal skins and crowned with ram antlers. The other is a katana-wielding ninja in sleek black armor. We are frantically racing around, killing and plundering everything we can in a fever dream remix of Limgrave from 2022's megahit Elden Ring. Unlike in that… |
Kotaku Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:05 AM  Persona 4 voice actor Yuri Lowenthal, who has voiced the character of Yosuke in every Persona 4 game and project, announced on social media that he wouldn't be returning in the upcoming Persona 4 remake, despite asking if he could come back. Funny thing, though: Atlus and Sega haven't actually announced a remake of Pe… |
Kotaku Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:15 AM  Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International have just announced the date for the next Pokémon Presents, due to be with us before the end of July. |
Kotaku Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:45 AM  The Switch 2 is just days away from its official June 5 launch, but already footage is beginning to spread online of people going hands-on with Nintendo's next console. One fan based in Russia recently uploaded a nearly 10-minute video that includes the Switch 2's startup sequence and a tour through its menu… |
Kotaku Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:20 AM  Pokémon Legends Z-A, the much-anticipated sequel to 2022's Pokémon Legends: Arceus and the first new full-scale Pokémon game since late 2022's Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, finally has an official release date. It's due to be with us on October 16, with pre-orders starting as early as June 5. |
Kotaku Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:15 AM  The C9 is one of the first submachine guns available to the player in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It's a stock class until you unlock custom classes after a few levels, and it's a viable long-term SMG that many still use at high ranks. I do—though it can be a tough gun to master. But with the right attachments,… |
Kotaku Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:00 AM  The Last of Us concluded its second season on Sunday with a pretty big cliffhanger, as HBO plans to adapt the story of The Last of Us Part II across three seasons in total. Here at Kotaku, I've been recapping each episode of the show, and I have not been having a good time. Frankly, I find it to be a mostly… |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:56 AM Had your fill of Diablo 4 and Vessel of Hatred? Still waiting for Path of Exile 2 to round out its early-access development period? If you're craving an ARPG with incredible class identity, a ton of skill expression, and oodles of loot, you owe it to yourself to try Last Epoch. After a successful 1.0 release in 2024, Eleventh Hour Games recently launched Season 2 of the time-hopping action RPG, bringing it to a new bar of quality that saw it overtake PoE 2 on Steam, and you can snag it cheap right now. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Last Epoch review, Last Epoch builds, Last Epoch tier list |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:18 AM A couple of AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT benchmarks have just appeared on the Geekbench browser, suggesting that the new gaming GPU is already being tested in advance of reviews. Not only that, but the results imply that the new graphics card is considerably quicker than AMD's last budget gaming GPU, the Radeon RX 7600. You can still find the Radeon RX 7600 listed on our best GPU guide, thanks to its low price. However, this AMD GPU's days are now looking numbered with the Radeon RX 9060 XT release date on the horizon. In the meantime, though, let's take a look at this benchmark leak and see what the numbers reveal. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:12 AM Corsair has updated its mini gaming PC lineup with a new model that squeezes a pair of 240mm AIO coolers into its tiny chassis. This gives the new Corsair One i600 a significant advantage over the i500, which only had a 120mm AIO cooler to keep its CPU in check, meaning both the CPU and GPU are liquid cooled, despite the tight confines of the chassis. We're not just talking about a low-end CPU or GPU either – this new mini gaming PC comes with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, which has 24 cores, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, the best graphics card in its league, meaning this rig has plenty of gaming power on tap. Proving that you don't lose much by going for a small PC these days, the Corsair One i600 also comes with a massive 64GB of DDR5 RAM in its top configuration, as well as a pair of 2TB NVMe SSDs, giving you 4TB of high-speed storage. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Corsair One i500 review, Corsair K55 Core review, Best gaming keyboard |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:05 AM What's the best F1 25 Japan setup? Suzuka is another fan-favorite that comes early in the Formula 1 season. In My Team, the new season of Braking Point, or online races, you'll inevitably be jumping into the Japan GP earlier than other events. As you might expect, the setup required for Japan is very different to other F1 25 locations. This year's racing game is one of the best we've seen in years, but there are also various new gameplay and simulation elements that you need to get used to. With the right setup, you should be comfortable in no time at all. Continue reading F1 25 Japan setup MORE FROM PCGAMESN: F1 25 review, F1 25 Australia setup, F1 25 China setup |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:00 AM Tweaked, balanced, and perpetually adjusted, Counter-Strike 2 feels as much like an instrument, or a piece of fine glassware, than it does an FPS game. If Valve alters one little value over here, it tips the scale and upsets the tuning all the way over there. But there was a time when Counter-Strike was rougher, readier, and more reckless, when you could pick a gun and sprint into battle without having to compare damage values per second, or pay close attention to the minutiae of level geometry. Multiplayer shooters have become either painstakingly complex ballroom dances, or, in cases like Escape From Tarkov and Gray Zone Warfare, punishing pseudo simulators. Sudden Attack belongs to a different time, and now it's coming back. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best free Steam games, Best free PC games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:26 AM What are the best Ark Survival Ascended mods? Ascended might be a reimagined version of the dinosaur survival game, but it still promises much of the same core gameplay. Build a tribe from scratch, either on your own or with your friends, and tame dinosaurs across the eras, from the Triassic to the Jurassic, and many more. So, when you've had your fill of the base gameplay in Ark Survival Ascended, mods can make it feel new. Some make mundane chores a breeze, while others add completely new beasts or different colored variants to the dinosaur game. You may wish to ensure that your PC can handle mods on top of its otherwise hefty minimum specs, so check out our Ark Survival Ascended system requirements to compare for yourself. Continue reading The 14 best Ark Survival Ascended mods MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best dinosaur games, Best co-op games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:41 AM What are the best gacha games? A spiritual successor to coin-operated gachapon machines, gacha games take the joy of capsule toys and translate them into a live-service videogame format where players wish on banners to pull their favorite characters. Whether you love to hate them or hate to love them, gacha games are here to stay, and we've got the top picks for you. The best gacha games balance the low barrier to entry that comes from a free PC game with reasonable odds when pulling for premium characters, so that you can still have fun without being coerced into opening your wallet. We've also endeavored to include gacha games on this list that deliver engaging stories and gameplay alongside the built-in gambling mechanics. From massive open-world games to time-travelling card games, there's a gacha on this list that's perfect for you. Continue reading Best gacha games on PC in 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Genshin Impact codes, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:00 AM Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess was my 2024 game of the year. Sure, there was Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and even Balatro, but Capcom's bizarre tower defense action game hybrid was something new. Developed by Capcom Division 1, the team behind one of my all-time favorite series, Devil May Cry, it's faithfulness to Japanese culture and highly stylized demonic Seethe make it gorgeous to look at, while its hard-as-nails strategy gameplay and slick, almost dance-like combat make it hard but not overly punishing. If you've completed the game already or, like me, want another reason to dive back in, the brand-new Wayward Journey mode is perfect for you - but beware, it's tough as hell. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best action games, Best strategy games, Best single-player games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:45 AM What are the best Minecraft tower designs? While houses may seem like the ideal way to showcase your Minecraft skills, and a Minecraft treehouse is a wonderful accomplishment, there's something to be said about putting together a tower that reaches into the heavens. It's going to take a lot of time and energy, but boy, are the results worth it when you're quite literally towering over your world. The freedom to make whatever you want makes Minecraft one of the best PC games. These juggernauts are intricately detailed, fully climbable, and sure to keep you safe from the most dangerous Minecraft mobs - unless, of course, they start chipping away at the base. Between massive gothic spires, fantasy turrets, and everything in between, we've put together a list of some of our favorite Minecraft towers - which should be just enough to send your imagination sky-high in the survival game. Continue reading 14 best Minecraft tower designs in 1.21.5 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:20 AM The next Crusader Kings 3 DLC is set to significantly fill out missing parts of the CK3 map as developer Paradox targets a "full medieval world." The Stellaris and Hearts of Iron 4 studio has plenty of incredible strategy games under its belt, and recently confirmed that Europa Universalis 5 is on the way, but it isn't leaving its dynastical showpiece behind quite yet. Following a recent deep-dive into plans for previous expansion Khans of the Steppe, Paradox reveals what we can expect from the upcoming All Under Heaven. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Crusader Kings 3 DLC guide, Best Crusader Kings 3 mods, Crusader Kings 3 review |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:05 AM What's the best F1 25 Bahrain setup? Early in the season, you move away from the classic locations in Melbourne and Shanghai, heading instead for the deserts in the middle east. While not a traditional track, the Bahrain GP has become a staple of the F1 calendar. Since Bahrain is focused on long straights and high-speed sweeping corners, you'll need a different setup to most other tracks in F1 25. The racing game has various options you need to play around with to ensure you can go as fast as possible. Below are our choices for the changes you should make. Continue reading F1 25 Bahrain setup MORE FROM PCGAMESN: F1 25 review, F1 25 Australia setup, F1 25 China setup |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:13 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 Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:48 AM May 28, 2025: We added one new ZZZ code and removed one expired livestream code. What are the new Zenless Zone Zero codes? We love a freebie. Whether it's free Polychrome, Investigator Logs, or Bangboo Algorithm Modules, the latest in-game redemption codes are the fastest, cheapest, and easiest way to get free items while also skipping the gacha grind. With that in mind, we've collected all the latest codes available to redeem right now. HoYoverse periodically release ZZZ codes for their gacha games that coincide with major updates and livestreams, but the developer also loves to stealth drop codes, too. Now that Zenless Zone Zero is finally here, there are a ton of redeem codes waiting for you to scoop up. As our Zenless Zone Zero review attests, there's a lot of currency and materials to gather in the free PC game, so here are all the Zenless Zone Zero codes to get ahead in the latest update. Continue reading ZZZ codes May 2025 and how to redeem MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Zenless Zone Zero review, Zenless Zone Zero codes, Zenless Zone Zero banners |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:55 AM "Summon one another as spirits, cross the gaps between worlds, and engage in jolly cooperation." The immortal words of Solaire of Astora have echoed across FromSoftware's Souls series and beyond. It's a rallying cry to band together during adversity; a reminder that, no matter how impossible a challenge, the wider community is just a summon sign away. Until Elden Ring Nightreign, its multiplayer elements have historically amounted to transient encounters with strangers that either help or harm. Continue reading Elden Ring Nightreign review - I'd rather be playing Elden Ring MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Elden Ring Nightreign review, Elden Ring Nightreign class, Elden Ring Nightreign bosses |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:52 AM Scavenging for food and water. Crafting tools and improvised shelters to protect you from the elements. Fighting tooth and nail against wild animals. Fundamentally, The Long Dark has a lot in common with its survival game contemporaries, the same foundational mechanics as Rust, Sons of the Forest, and Project Zomboid. But what makes Hinterland's opus stand out is its gorgeous, natural world. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes brutal, even after eight years, The Long Dark's combination of shimmering auroras and decaying, leafless forests is instantly recognizable. With the final episode of the Wintermute story on the way, as well as the sequel, Blackfrost, a significant update transforms The Long Dark's visuals. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best single-player games, Best FPS games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:50 AM May 28, 2025: We added the latest Monopoly Go dice links for free dice rolls. How can I get free Monopoly Go dice links? The household favorite board game has been reimagined as a free-to-play app on smartphones, allowing everyone to experience the thrills of Monopoly on practically any device. Everything that makes the board game special is here in Monopoly Go, so you'll be collecting properties and building hotels as you go around the board, and there are a variety of multiplayer minigames to get through along the way. You're going to need to get your hands on Monopoly dice rolls, but they are difficult to come by no matter how far you are into the board game. There are ways to earn additional dice rolls, including logging into the game every day to collect daily bonuses, progressing further in the game, and inviting friends to try Monopoly Go. While you can also spend real money to unlock more dice rolls, you may want to give our list of Monopoly Go dice links a try instead, especially if you're waiting for the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event. Take a look at all the currently active Monopoly Go free dice links for today. Continue reading Free Monopoly Go dice links May 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:31 AM How do you get a Minecraft cape? You've heard rumors, whispers of a mythical piece of cloth that adorns the shoulders of the most elite Minecraft players. Word on the block (sigh) is that capes also modify the appearance of Minecraft Elytra, the magical wings found in end ships, as they occupy the same space on a player's back. Needless to say, Minecraft capes are highly coveted, but they aren't easy to get. An almost endless amount of customization options make Minecraft one of the best PC games around: from the world itself, to gameplay, graphics, and your skin. Minecraft capes sit on the back of your avatar skin in the sandbox game, so you can chop and change it at will - even easier than you can change your Minecraft skin. However, acquiring Minecraft capes is much harder than it seems. Here's how to get your very own Minecraft cape, and how to equip them when you finally get your hands on one. Continue reading Minecraft capes - How to get a cape in Java and Bedrock MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:46 AM When are the Escape From Tarkov 1.0 and Steam release dates? EFT is one of the most brutal - and beloved - extraction shooters, and it has managed to carve out a sizable corner for itself in what has been a competitive market. A dedicated client has potentially held the game back from a much wider audience, but that is about to change. The Escape From Tarkov Steam release will finally make one of the original and longest-running extraction FPS games more widely and easily available – if EFT is going to get bigger and break out from its relative niche, it needs to hit Valve's store. We estimate the date of the FPS game's Steam release, as well as its much-anticipated 1.0 release. Continue reading Escape From Tarkov 1.0 and Steam release date estimate MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Escape from Tarkov system requirements, Escape From Tarkov Steam, Best FPS games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:55 AM When is the Crimson Desert release date? First announced in 2019, Crimson Desert is a story-driven adventure from the team behind the Black Desert MMORPG. Four years since its initial reveal, there's still a significant wait ahead for the Crimson Desert release date following an indefinite delay in July 2021. The devs cited the "need to dedicate more time to added new ideas for an even deeper, more enriching game." We now know that the enrichment process includes petting dogs, carrying sheep on your shoulders, and fighting giant crabs in the magical action-adventure game. I mean, what more could you ask for? Based on the gameplay footage of Crimson Desert so far, it does seem as though nature and animals play a massive part in the world of Pywel. The region looks at first glance like an ancient medieval continent, but it soon becomes apparent that it's filled with magic and mystery. Here's everything we know about Pywel and the Crimson Desert release date window so far. Continue reading Crimson Desert release date window, story, gameplay, and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best action games, Best fantasy games, Best action-adventure-games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:51 AM How do you change Life in Fantasy Life? Whether it's to learn a new skill to supplement another or to move onto bigger and better things, knowing how to change your Life (Ok, Class) in Fantasy Life is a skill you'll come to rely on as you adventure through the past, present, and future. While you work through the different lives in Fantasy Life, whether that be solo or in Fantasy Life multiplayer, you'll need Fantasy Life gift codes to make your life in the life sim game easier. They give you goodies that you won't be able to get elsewhere. Continue reading How to change life in Fantasy Life and unlock new classes MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs, Best JRPGs, Best turn-based RPGs |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:46 AM Intel CPU prices are dropping like stones right now, and the latest gaming CPU to get the bargain treatment is the Core i5 14600K. Now available for just $164, this overclockable 14-core chip makes for a great upgrade if you're still using an Intel 12th-gen system, or if you want to upgrade from a budget LGA1700 CPU, such as the Core i5 13400F. As we found in our Intel Core i5 14600K review, this CPU is a great all rounder. It's perfectly capable of churning out decent frame rates in the latest games, thanks to its six P-Cores, while its eight E-Cores also give this Intel CPU an edge in heavily multi-threaded software over eight-core chips, such as the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It was overpriced at its $329 launch MSRP, but at $164, it's a veritable bargain, being less than half the launch price in under two years. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K review, Best gaming CPU, Core i9 14900K review |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:37 AM What are the best Valorant agents? This Valorant tier list categorizes all of the game's agents based on their potential effectiveness in the average match. The best agents in our book are those who are self-sufficient, yet have tool kits that blend well with others. Simply, this tier list is perfect for high-octane Valorant. There are 27 Valorant characters as of Season 2025 Act 3, but not all of them are well-suited to tackle the current cut-throat pace of the game. During each Valorant act, different agents will have their time in the sun as balance patches come into effect. To find out who tops our Valorant tier list right now, read on. If you're a newcomer to the FPS game, check our expert picks of who you should play first at the bottom of this guide - here's a handy link. Continue reading Valorant tier list - the best agents for Season 2025 Act 3 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Valorant Night Market dates, Valorant ranks, Valorant crosshair codes |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:36 AM What are the best Fallout 4 mods on PC? Despite having been around for nearly a decade, Fallout 4 remains one of the most popular games in the series, thanks in no small part to its vibrant modding community. With the Fallout TV series spiking interest in the Bethesda series again, what better time than to jump back in with more modded gameplay? Thanks to mods like these, RPG games like Fallout 4 enjoy such longevity after launch. To celebrate the weird and wonderful creations of the Fallout 4 mod community, we've picked more than 50 of the best Fallout 4 mods to get you on your way to a more interesting Boston Wasteland. If that's not enough tinkering for you, check out our list of Fallout 4 console commands, which give you even more customization in one of the best PC games around. Continue reading Best Fallout 4 mods 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Fallout 4 mods, Fallout 5 release date, Best games like Fallout |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:34 AM When is the Dead by Daylight anniversary event 2025? Every year, to celebrate the original release date of the asymmetrical horror game, players are invited to a very twisted masquerade. This year is no different, and the annual anniversary event is back this June, though it does mark the last Dead By Daylight Twisted Masquerade ever. During the Dead by Daylight ninth anniversary livestream on May 27, 2025, you might have been focused on the FNAF chapter details, but there was another ground-breaking announcement: this year's Twisted Masquerade is the last. We've been promised something new and exciting for the tenth anniversary of the horror game, but this year we need to make the most of Trixie and her bag of tricks while we still can. Here's everything we know about the Twisted Masquerade 2025. Continue reading DBD Twisted Masquerade 2025 event, rewards, and more MORE FROM PCGAMESN: DBD killer tier list, Best horror games, DBD codes |
PCGamesN Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:30 AM How does Fantasy Life multiplayer work? As a big co-op adventure from the Nintendo 3DS era, the wide release of the new Fantasy Life game has multiplayer at its core. While the game can be played entirely offline on your own or with a nearby friend, the limits of the Fantasy Life multiplayer modes need to be explained. Whether you're playing alone or with friends, you'll need to know the latest Fantasy Life codes to get goodies in-game. Fantasy Life has joined the ranks of excellent multiplayer games that have launched in 2025. Once you jump into the action, you'll start build a new life of your own. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs, Best JRPGs, Best turn-based RPGs |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:00 AM  Elden Ring had a starting class named the Wretch that gets a club and some ratty underwear filled with dreams and nothing else, and there's something special about the first few hours in Limgrave playing them, scavenging your first pieces of mismatched armour and build-defining treasures. The first time you hit a site of grace, that initial stat boost feels like a deific power surge. Insomuch as Elden Ring's most memorable stories run tangential and emergent to its static lore, this early fraught scramble is the player's self-woven tale at its most captivating. Soon enough, though, the feeling is gone. You're as powerful as god, desiring nothing but more bulbous Albinauric skulls to toss on the pile. Elden Ring: Nightreign feels unique among FromSoft's modern catalogue for its flippant attitude toward a convincing sense of place, and so regrettably sacrifices much of its studio's identity as committed worldbuilders, even while amplifying some of their more peculiar and interesting beats. It's tempting, then, to ask why it exists in the first place. On a generous day, I'd say that Nightreign exists to recreate - over and over - that same, wretchedly gratifying early-game feeling. Where every scrap of progress feels like a milestone, dull smithing stones shimmer like silver, and each incremental bonk stat increase is a hero's journey in miniature. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, May 28, 2025 8:30 AM  There exists in this world much which, if stripped of even one of its components, would be rendered naught but a frail illusion. Roast pork without applesauce? An insult to god and man alike. A sword without a hilt? Merely sharpened iron, stripped of use or dignity. As our band of eight rode into Heuwiller - Thillmann at the head as befitted his command, Slackbladder at the back as befitted our nostrils - a dark cloud fell upon us. For what is a village without a single poxy alehouse in sight? Nary a trough full of fermented carrot juice. It was going to be a long day. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:43 AM  Ho, Lethal Companions! Put down your airhorns, let fall your precious armfuls of plastic fish, and prick up your freakin' ears. Something is coming to 2023's breakout horror multiplayer game. Something that will make the music boxes and springhead marionettes look like child's playthings! I mean, like the child's playthings they already look like, but without the parts that make them horrifying. That something is... to be announced, but I considered the below teaser text pithy enough to be worth a shout regardless. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:00 AM  I am falling asleep at the wheel of a big bulldozer. RoadCraft is not necessarily a boring game, but it is so meditatively slow, lumbering, and bit-by-bit that I find myself dozing when I'm supposed to be, um, dozing. Some of this is down to simple tiredness, but there's also a dreamy sensation while playing this engine-purring infrastructure 'em up. I don't mean dreamy in the sense that it fulfills the promise of nostalgic fantasy put forward by the game's trailer (the one that suggests you'll feel like a child playing with toy diggers again). I just mean that flattening sand makes me sleepy. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, May 28, 2025 6:54 AM  My sherry-swilling, moustache-twirling armchair theorist understanding of ocean-wide coral decline is that addressing it will require a, forgive me, seachange in attitudes towards the "natural" realm we generally position as external and other, ripe for the despoiling - a new way of inhabiting and co-constituting this mote caught in a sunbeam, this stargazing planet from which lamentation is spun, this blithe blue impossibility we (but who are "we"???) call home. Failing that, perhaps we can ask some magic Pixar squid to play underwater SimCity. Sorry, this is my fairly jaded introduction to Life Below, the latest game from Trolls vs Vikings devs Megapop and Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus publishers Kasedo, which I do genuinely find intriguing in that it is trying to do two, somewhat incompatible things. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, May 28, 2025 5:16 AM Two of the best skating games are back on Steam after being mysteriously pulled from sale months ago  Two very good skating games are back up for sale on Steam after disappearing for four months. Bright 'n' cheery skateboarding game OlliOlli World and dystopian rollerskate shooter Rollerdrome both vanished in a cloud of toxic corporate smoke in February this year, some time after the closure of the games' developers Roll7. But it looks like the poisonous fumes have finally cleared, and the games are once again available. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, May 28, 2025 4:46 AM  Reader, I'm getting some serious de ja vu from the the poster for Liberation Escape Rooms 'Castle Of Conundrums' experience, but I'm having trouble placing it. I don't think I've been to this escape room before, never having visited the town of Southaven, Mississippi. Perhaps I should go? The reviews are positively glowing. "Very exciting and unique escape rooms," writes Anna R. Five stars! "Today's game in the Castle just blew us away," enthuses Tracey S. Five stars again! An unmissable experience by all accounts. And yet, I'd feel woefully unequiped to take on the Castle Of Conundrums if I cannot solve the much more pressing conundrum at hand. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, May 28, 2025 4:14 AM  "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne," wrote Chaucer. But you'd trained hard with that crossbow, and let any man in bolting distance try to claim you hadn't mastered it. You never wanted to go to war, but the crops were failing, you'd just lost your seventeenth child to medium-pox, and dark portents swirled on the horizon like curdled goat's milk. Also, the actual goat's milk was curdling. In that tent, you'd communed with angels, and the righteous fury of all the heavens coursed through every fibre of your being. You'd likely die today, you knew. But you'd die knowing you did all you could to put this fair kingdom to rights. You step outside, breathe deep the morning air, and immediately eat a point blank pump-action shotgun to the torso. Then you lose both your legs to the tank shell. Then someone runs over your corpse with a dirtbike. Bloody typical. |
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Siliconera Wednesday, May 28, 2025 12:00 PM
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company International announced the next Pokemon Presents showcase that will go over new games, but we won't see it for about two months. It will air on July 22, 2025. There's no exact time for it or placeholder yet, but it will appear on YouTube like past presentations.
A major focus in this stream will likely be Pokemon Legends: Z-A. Nintendo shared the October 2025 release date for it on May 28, 2025, and it being closer to the actual launch day probably means new gameplay footage and reveals. We'll likely see a lot more to do with the upcoming Pokemon Champions title as well. It is possible that the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet mainline installment will debut during this presentation for the first time too.
These Pokemon Presents streams also involve announcements for ongoing games based on the series, as we saw with the Pokemon Day entry in February 2025, so this one should offer a number of announcements tied to the mobile games. Pokemon Unite, Pokemon GO, and Pokemon Cafe Remix updates often come up, and those often involve new characters coming to the game. We also sometimes learn about what is on the way for titles like Pokemon Sleep and Pokemon Masters EX, though the other games feature more prominently. Now that Pokemon TCG Pocket is also live and active, it's likely a new expansion for that mobile game could show up during the event.
The next Pokemon Presents showcase will go over upcoming games and announcements for existing titles on July 22, 2025.
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Siliconera Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:00 AM
Yuri Lowenthal took to Bluesky to discuss the possibility of him playing Yosuke Hanamura in a possible Persona 4 remake. He definitively said it won't happen. He also said, "…They don't want me to come back." He voiced the character since the original game, which debuted in 2008.
Here is a screenshot of Lowenthal's statement on Bluesky. In it, he addressed the fact that multiple people apparently brought up the question. He also referenced a possible Persona 4 remake, though Atlus hasn't announced any revival project for that entry.
Yuri Lowenthal has been the English voice actor for Yosuke for multiple Persona 4 projects and general Persona games. In addition to playing the character in the original game and Golden update, he also played the role in spin-offs like Persona 4 Arena and Persona 4: Dancing All Night.
If a Persona 4 remake did happen, it wouldn't be unprecedented for Atlus to go with an actor other than Yuri Lowenthal to play Yosuke. When the company made the Persona 3 Reload remake, it went with an entirely new English cast.
Persona 4 is available on the PS2, and Persona 4 Golden showed up on the Switch, PS4, Vita, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC. Atlus hasn't announced a remake of it, but did release a remake of Persona 3 in 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:00 AM
Nintendo used social media to reveal the release date for both the Switch and Switch 2 versions of Pokemon Legends: Z-A. Nintendo kept mentioning it would be a late 2025 release. Now we know it will show up worldwide on October 16, 2025. We also know what its box art will look like.
First, here's the cover teaser image. It shows Lumiose City after dark. It also highlights the fact that Pokemon can appear freely, due to ones like Gardevoir nearby as the player characters battle against an opponent using Mega Lucario. This also highlights how, like Pokemon Legends: Arceus, battles with Pokemon will take place in the city among everyone. All three starters, which are Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile, also appear alongside the trainer options.
Here's how that will look:
Some of the other social media announcements that appeared included other details about the release. The one on the Pokemon series account confirmed the frame rate and graphics will be better for the Switch 2 version of Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and it noted Switch buyers can eventually get the upgrade pack for it. The Japanese account also noted that digital pre-orders start on the eShop in Japan on June 5, 2025, the day the Switch 2 launches. That reveal also noted physical copy pre-orders would open on July 23, 2025.
The Pokemon Legends: Z-A release date is October 16, 2025, and we'll find it on both the Switch and Switch 2.
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Siliconera Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:00 AM
Anyone else ever worry when a game gets delayed, then delayed again, then delayed even further? I do. It completely shakes my confidence. Especially when the developer behind it hasn't launched a lot of titles recently and talks about using AI when making things. Simply put, Fantasy Life ended up being one of my absolute favorite 3DS games, and I was terrified about Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time after the delays and the disaster that was Fantasy Life Online.
I didn't need to be. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is amazing. My only concern is perhaps maybe that Level-5 tries to do too much with it, but even then it is easy to just… ignore the elements you don't care for as much and focus on the ones you do. There are like three games worth of games in Fantasy Life i, and all of them are good.
When I say there's so much to Fantasy Life i, that applies to the story too. Our avatar is an archeologist working alongside Edward to investigate a mysterious dragon skeleton that led their crew to an island spot. Except upon reaching an unusual place, it means the fossil awakens to become Skelegon. So in the past, we're investigating Mysteria in the past, our home base hub on the outskirts of depths with a mysterious gear somewhere inside in the present, and an additional major landmass known as Ginormosia. Each place has its own mysteries, not to mention gameplay elements, and they all feed into each other.
The Mysteria past location in Fantasy Life i feels most like a traditional action-RPG and Fantasy Life game. Here's where you'll pick up the 14 lives. Four of them are classic RPG class roles, which are Hunter (archer), Magician, Mercenary, and Paladin. These are used for the action-RPG combat segments. The gathering jobs are Angler, Farmer, Miner, and Woodcutter, which are tied to fishing, getting crops, mining rocks and ore, and getting wood. Those directly feed into the crafting lives, which are the Alchemist, Artist, Blacksmith, Carpenter, and Tailor. The alchemist can make potions, some accessories, and mounts, the artist works on home decorations, the blacksmith makes weapons and equipment, the carpenter makes furniture, and the tailor makes some decorations and clothing. And since the best way to get equipment for your combat classes is via the Alchemist, Blacksmith, and Tailor roles, all that feeds into each other again. Artist and Farmer are the new roles this time around and, as such, need to be unlocked by actually going through the campaign quests.
When going through the campaign, tied mostly to the Mysteria part in the past and our hub in the present, it means following storylines that send you to different locations. In the past, you'll work alongside Rem to go to different islands in Mysteria from the main hub of Eternia, which is your base in the present. There aren't really traditional dungeons here, as instead you'll go through woods, caves, fields, and other locations. These will be filled with gathering points for those types of jobs, enemies to fight, and even "bosses" for the combat and gathering roles. For example, a "boss" for a miner might be a major elemental crystal or for a woodcutter would be a tree with angel wings. Aside from having more health than usual, these "foes" will change their weak point, forcing you to search for the "sweet spot" to deal damage when "attacking" to gather. Naturally, there will be enemy bosses as well, which could be a real boss or a bigger and more adept version of lesser foes around you.
However, interestingly enough, our base in the present time in Fantasy Life i involves Animal Crossing types of elements. There's terraforming, to determine how it all looks. We have villagers of sorts, in the restored Strangelings from Ginormosia and the main campaign. We get a home that we can customize. It is based on 24-hour, real world time for flower, crop, and resource gathering. There's even relationship-building with these allies, which unlocks additional traits and bonuses for when they join you while adventuring in the world or crafting. Yes, if you're not playing with folks online, you can have up to three in your party for adventures at any time. They'll help when you fight enemies! When you're gathering, they'll offer buffs for you, debuffs on the target, or even join in if they share that job. Whenever you craft, you can add folks who share that role to the task to boost your skill level and get a possible bonus.
There's also open-world style exploring. Like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, heading to Ginormosia means finding towers that unlock new views of the map, conquering shrines with different sorts of challenges to get Strangelings that can be restored into villagers for your hub, more gathering opportunities, enemies to challenge, and even villages to save, as well as additional insights into the overarching story and major characters you'll encounter in them. And you can jump into this area at any time! It's even encouraged, since fast traveling back and forth can reset resources in certain areas or make it easier to find certain foes for tasks. However, I noticed that facing enemies in these spots seemed to trigger bugs where suddenly foes will be temporarily invincible, due to being outside their range or getting stuck on different "levels" or "elements" of the environment. That usually rectifies itself after a few seconds.
The funny thing about Fantasy Life i is, while this is a game that absolutely involves grinding, it never feels like a grind. It respects your time in so many ways. Do you need resources? Once you can bring in NPC allies or work together with other players, it takes far less time to get the materials you need and ends up being more fun. Worried about that crafting minigame? Get enough experience and you can automatically skip it by unlocking certain abilities in the skill tree and adding allies. Need money? There are folks in the past who will offer sidequests with helpful rewards. Getting a lot of Celestia flowers? You can put those toward items in a shop in the present. Ginormosia is getting too easy? Rank things up at a tower. Don't like how you look? You can change it at any time in the present and "buy" new catalogs to add additional cosmetic options. Just want access to the new jobs without the tutorial quests? You can skip them. Happen upon a gathering spot, group of enemies, or crafting table that needs a job you don't have equipped? It automatically swaps to the one you need at a push of a button. Want to forge some equipment when you're in a restaurant with cooking equipment? Any workbench offers access to all crafting Lives' actions. By finding other people to play with, unlocking Strangeling allies from Ginormosia, and unlocking certain nodes in the skill trees for each job, you can basically customize elements of the experience to your liking.
There's also a sense of freedom that comes from reaching certain points in the Fantasy Life i story. Once I got access to Ginormosia, I immediately unlocked all the towers, found all the shrines, and made sure I restored a Strangeling from each crafting and gathering class. After I got the Farmer role unlocked, I spent a lot of time leveling Lives, finishing sidequests, and starting to work on my own little town. It's like open-world games in that way, as you get this sense of freedom to do what you want and prioritize the elements you enjoy. Yes, you unlock more recipes, Lives, and locations if you follow the campaign. But if you take your time, you'll find just as much to do without advancing things.
The only real issue I noticed is that Fantasy Life i has a real issue on handheld gaming PCs. This is a problem not only I noticed, but someone else I consulted with as well. It plays amazingly well on high settings! …Until you enter a cutscene. Then everything slows to a crawl. The only way I managed to solve it was to drop down to medium settings, then play around with all of the other features like shadows, anti-aliasing, and such until I found a combination that worked. Once you do go through that, I found it works perfectly and still looks fantastic, so it's more of a potentially temporary annoyance than anything.
Again, minor hiccups aside, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is amazing. There's so much to it, and it is easy to prioritize the elements you like best. There's an endless wealth of content and options, and you could probably spend months enjoying every element. The original Fantasy Life is one of the best 3DS games, and now Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is one of the best titles we'll see on the Switch and PC. Since Level-5 also confirmed there will be DLC, I also wonder if we'll see it get even better.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and it will also come to the Switch 2.
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Destructoid Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10:05 AM
I've been playing FromSoftware games since the original Dark Souls, which is now somehow almost 14 years old. The game that created an entire sub-genre following in the footsteps of 2009's Demon's Souls was the start of something very special.
It feels like Elden Ring: Nightreign is the next step of the journey that began all those years ago, as FromSoftware has taken its punishing combat and open-world gameplay and combined it with a co-op emphasis and different mechanics of other genres to create something unique and extravagant, although not quite perfect.
Dying is better with friends
FromSoft's co-op has always been a nagging point for me. It's never been simple, never easy, and I've always wanted more from it. Nightreign isn't the endpoint of Soulslike co-ops, but it shows what the developer is truly capable of. Alongside the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods, FromSoft is flexing the future of what its games will look like, so don't be surprised if the next big Dark Souls or Elden Ring game features seamless co-op from beginning to end as an option.
While multiplayer has felt like an accessory in the studio's previous titles, Nightreign is definitely meant to be played in co-op. You can also play solo, but it feels exceedingly difficult and almost like it's missing the point of the game. There's fun to be had and it's possible to do, but this is an experience that's way better with friends or strong allies met in random matchmaking.
Because of this, one of the game's most egregious and glaring negatives is the lack of crossplay between platforms (PC, Xbox, and PlayStation). This feels like a huge oversight in 2025, where the feature has become commonplace. So if you can, make sure your friends all have it on the same platform (teams of three only, no duos at launch, unfortunately). Figuring out this core multiplayer feature in 2025 is FromSoft's final boss, and once it's conquered, we are truly in for some fun.
Having said that, I'm thrilled to say that Nightreign is a fantastic experience if only because it's more Elden Ring, but with a co-op twist that takes inspiration from roguelikes and battle royale to craft an addicting, satisfying experience that's also not for the faint of heart, as is the studio's M.O.
Even without crossplay, fighting Elden Ring's terrifying boss battles with friends has never been easier than in this new experience, where teams of three drop into an evolving version of the base game's Limgrave map. It's called Limveld, and it's being taken over by the night.
Nightreign features eight playable characters at launch, all with their own unique abilities and backstories. Each expedition starts with players selecting their character, all of whom can be upgraded over time with itemized buffs called Relics, in an ever-changing adventure, effortlessly capturing the allure of battle royale and roguelike games.
Prepare to die and run like hell
When you begin your adventure, you will die. You will die a lot. But with each expedition, you learn more about the map, the game's characters and mechanics, and find and earn items that help make everything a bit easier.
Every match of Nightreign takes place over the course of three in-game days (about 15 minutes each). Drop in, plot a course on the map, and start killing enemies to level up as much and as fast as you can, because a storm circle is closing in. When the circle closes and concludes each day, a boss fight will occur against a variety of enemies from the base game, and other previous FromSoft games, too, which always makes for a nice surprise when you see an old foe who tormented you in previous titles.
Survive the first night and get ready to do it all again the next day. Survive a second major boss fight and then get ready for a bigger battler against a new, powerful endgame boss called a Night Lord, where success means big rewards and progression for your character and their story.
The roguelike elements of Nightreign combine with traditional BR mechanics in that you land at level one with your own character and base weapon and go from there. It's all about speed in Nightreign—kill quick, loot quick, and move quick as the circle encroaches, all while dealing with Elden Ring's classically challenging enemies. It's incredibly fun, and sometimes frustrating, but always interesting with a group of friends. The map is littered with optional bosses and other points of interest that drop big buffs and high-tier loot, and taking them down is a huge help when it comes to accomplishing your goals.
The loot on the map has rarities and randomized abilities, as you may expect, and just about every powerful weapon from Elden Ring can be found there. My first random legendary weapon I found was Devourer's Scepter, but it's all here: Sword of Night and Flame, Dark Moon Greatsword, all of it, and each run shapes how you play, depending on what you get.
Like other games with random loot drops, some runs will feel magical as it all comes together. During the review period, this happened for me once after I luckily found Rivers of Blood and Moonveil and dual-wielded them to a hard-fought, well-earned victory over a tough boss. In other games, I found nothing and struggled. Welcome to Elden Ring.
A world worth living (and dying) in
As you play through Nightreign, you progress your characters and their storylines by beating bosses, completing expeditions, and surviving three nights. The better you do, the more currency and Relics you unlock, thus furthering your chances for success.
At a base level, each hero has low HP, mana, and stamina. Leveling up is a necessity, as you won't stand a chance against many enemies. Dying means losing a level and your stats gained, but you can be revived by teammates who hilariously have to beat you up with their own weapons to revive you. This can be frustrating with occasional desync and lag while in co-op, only adding to the sweaty experience.
In the review period, I had several matches that felt doomed after dying early on. But we pushed on, found a way to survive after some clutch revives, and ended up somehow defeating the bosses presented against us. This is where the game truly shines, and its replay value is immense.
That feeling of frustration followed by accomplishment, relief, and satisfaction after tackling a difficult boss has been around since Demon's Souls. It still feels amazing, and now you can experience it with pals as a pre-made team in bite-sized experiences, marking what feels like it could be a true turning point for FromSoft into a new era.
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Destructoid Wednesday, May 28, 2025 9:13 AM
Nintendo confirmed today that Pokémon Legends Z-A will launch on Oct. 16, alongside releasing the cover art for the game for those who buy the physical version.
The news came as quite a shock when I opened social media and saw the release date staring me in the face—especially considering we had no indication that any of this was happening anytime soon. But there we go, Nintendo and Game Freak have confirmed an oddly early release date, and I couldn't be happier considering it releases the week of my birthday!
On top of the release date, Pokémon has also confirmed a new Pokémon Presents presentation will be running on July 22, likely to tie in with Z-A and give trainers a first look at more gameplay and maybe (hopefully) reveal some new species.
Not much else is known about the game following this release date bombshell out of nowhere, but it's exciting to think we are just over four months away from the first big new Pokémon game in nearly two years.
For those leaving under a Geodude, Pokémon Legends Z-A in the next main line series game in the Pokémon franchise, and trainers are set to return to the Kalos region, the sixth generation of Pokémon games, to explore Lumiose City and try to catch 'em all. It's also the first time in the Switch era where you'll be able to use Mega Pokémon, which haven't been in a Pokémon game since the 3DS era.
The game will be available on both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, with the Switch 2 version having improved visuals and framerate over the previous generation version, making it the go-to for anyone who wants a smooth experience when exploring the world.
There isn't really much else to say here, so I'll just end by reminding everyone that the game comes out Oct. 16, and it can't come soon enough.
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Destructoid Wednesday, May 28, 2025 5:16 AM
Somehow, someway, people are getting retail versions of the Nintendo Switch 2 a week ahead of launch, but upon turning on the system, they have found out that they are unable to play any games on it due to the system needing a day one patch to work, including using physical games.
This has led to an uproar among fans on social media about Nintendo locking the console's basic features behind a day one update, though, equally, it means Nintendo has stopped games like Mario Kart World from leaking at all until day one by using this method.
Most of the arguments stem from the console being locked entirely until you update it and if you don't have an internet connection, your buying a brick at launch, though, I feel the argument is being taken further then it should be, especially with the PS5 won't let you use the disk drive until you update it online, and the Series X having similiar download gate keeping at launch.
After the initial day one update, you'll be free to use the Switch 2 as intended. It's about getting over that initial hurdle. Approximately 93% of the US population has internet access, and most major cities and towns have some form of public internet, even if it's slow. So surely there are a lot of options?
I'm aware that outside of the US and other countries, there are places you can buy the console reasonably, but internet speed and connection aren't as great as in other parts of the world, but I feel like there has to be some workaround, surely?
I also feel like if you can afford to buy a Nintendo Switch 2 and its games, then surely you can source some form of internet, either at an internet cafe, coffee shop, friends, family, etc. It feels baffling to me that this remains an issue. But perhaps I'm more disillusioned than I care to admit. But I made this story to try and gauge if it's just a me thing, feeling this way, or if others share the same sentiment, or can give me a different viewpoint on where this outrage is coming from.
Let me know in the comments down below.
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WGB Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:45 AM Many studios are reporting player numbers instead of sales due to subscription models like Game Pass. DOOM: The Dark Ages sold poorly, with only 800,000 purchases out of 3 million players. |
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