Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 1:54 PM  Cooperation is the name of the game in Elden Ring Nightreign, so it's good to know how to communicate well with your party to help one another succeed. And since loot is one of an expedition's most important aspects, you'll want to be certain everyone's working together to find the best stuff for each member of your… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 1:40 PM  Clearing bosses on the map in Elden Ring Nightreign is generally the best way to level up quickly, so you'll want to prioritize anything that grants you access to these big baddies. One great way to do this is to find Stonesword Keys, which can open gaols found around Limveld that will let you tackle a (usually)… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 1:30 PM  Your favorite mystery wrapped in a riddle that's cloaked in secrecy is back with more breadcrumbs, leading our insatiable appetites toward still more unanswered questions. Months after Severance's second season ended with Innie Mark (Adam Scott) and Innie Helly (Britt Lower) literally running into an uncertain future,… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 1:20 PM  Elden Ring Nightreign is tough as hell and very cryptic, as should be expected from any FromSoftware title. There are a lot of little details that are easy to overlook, so you'd be forgiven if you find yourself confused from time to time. Even a few of the game's trophies and achievements are vague enough to trip up… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 1:14 PM  Elden Ring was a massive open-world game that stretched well beyond what many of us expected back in 2022; and its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC even added dozens more hours of fun. Elden Ring Nightreign, on the other hand, is a multiplayer roguelike game with a smaller scope and more focused, action-packed gameplay loop… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 1:10 PM  MindsEye looks like a flashy but somewhat genericthird-person shooter techno thriller from the Xbox 360 era that recently escaped containment and is now coming out in just a few weeks. Two of the most notable things about it are its director, longtime Rockstar Games producer and Grand Theft Auto 5 lead designer… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 12:45 PM  On May 30, 1990, the world received a new Garfield comic strip. This isn't a big deal. We've been getting daily Garfield comic strips since 1978. We got a new one today! But 35 years ago, a single Garfield comic strip became one of the most infamous in the franchise's history because a lot of people thought it… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 12:38 PM  ZeniMax Workers United just became the first game developer union in the country to win a contract at a major publisher. The group of over 300 quality assurance testers across franchises like Fallout and Doom secured an agreement with Microsoft that includes wage increases, salary minimums, and crediting… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 12:25 PM  There are eight playable Nightfarers in Elden Ring Nightreign, but two must be unlocked. The first of these characters you'll be able to unlock is Duchess, who is a nimble character with a moveset that prioritizes dodging and sneak attacks. As such, characters who enjoy unleashing rapid attacks and leaping around the… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 10:55 AM  The Witcher 3 turned 10 years old this month, but the seminal fantasy role-playing game keeps finding new ways to reinvent itself. Three years after its "next-gen" upgrade brought the open-world adventure to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, CD Projekt Red revealed that Geralt and Ciri's adventures will continue when… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 10:15 AM  Elden Ring Nightreign had a huge first night on PC. It's already FromSoftware's second-biggest launch ever on Steam. But the multiplayer spin-off of the 2022 hit open-world RPG is also already getting hammered by user reviews as fans complain about the lack of onboarding, poor communication tools, and the need to play… |
Kotaku Friday, May 30, 2025 9:35 AM  "The President of Super Earth has been killed in action by the Illuminate during the fall of Prosperity City." That was the message that greeted Helldivers 2 players when they logged on last night in one last bid to repel their invading squid-like foes. Some truthers think the hit was inside job. When the dust settled… |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 1:52 PM Stellar Blade was a big deal when it launched on PlayStation 5 last year. A glossy mix of character action games like Devil May Cry 5, Bayonetta, or Nier Automata and soulslikes such as Elden Ring Nightreign or Sekiro, it's stood out for its solid combat design and detailed visual style. Though it's finally slated for a quickly approaching PC launch, excitement for this new version has been tempered by concerns over players needing to link the game with its publisher's PlayStation Network account system and the region locking that accompanies this choice. Now, along with the launch of its first PC demo, good news has come regarding these issues. Continue reading The Stellar Blade PC version is available to try right now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Stellar Blade PC, Best soulslike games, Best RPG games |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:44 PM May 23 2025: We checked for the latest Girls Frontline 2 codes. What are the latest Girls Frontline 2 Exilium codes? Girls Frontline 2 is different from anything you've seen so far, thanks to its thrilling, female-led military theme and top-down turn-based strategy combat. For its uniqueness, Girls Frontline 2: Exilium is still a gacha game, so you're going to need the most up-to-date Girls Frontline 2 codes to give yourself a head start in drawing for the latest Dolls like Suomi and Nemesis. Lucky, then, that we've got them right here, along with how to redeem them in the anime game for some useful rewards. Continue reading Girls Frontline 2 codes May 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best anime games, Girls Frontline 2 codes, Best gacha games |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:42 PM How do you get Marvel Rivals Twitch drops? Twitch drops make it easy to earn freebies by simply watching people stream games, and Marvel Rivals is dishing out the goods for Season 2.5. Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has been offering up the chance to earn Marvel Rivals Twitch drops, bequeathing some extra cosmetic treats for the multiplayer game by simply watching your favorite streamers. You will, however, need to learn how to actually claim your shiny new drops, so read on as we explain how everything works. Continue reading Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 Twitch drops and how to claim MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Marvel Rivals codes, Marvel Rivals characters, Marvel Rivals tier list |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:38 PM Knox Country is gigantic and every single building can be broken into and explored, but nevertheless, Project Zomboid feels painfully, anxiously claustrophobic. The streets may be wide, but they're packed with the undead. A house or a former school might have lots of rooms and supplies, but you can never see what's behind the next closed door, what's lurking around the corner. Co-created by a former Zomboid modder, upcoming survival game Dandelion Void takes the oppression of The Indie Stone's opus and amplifies it dozens of times over. Combined with its truly disgusting plant-life monsters, this is definitely one to watch. Continue reading Terrifying new survival game feels like Project Zomboid set in space |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:38 PM Adding a new game to your library, especially one that exceeded your expectations, certainly feels like treasure. Fortunately, you don't need to watch out for traps, fight off Nazis, and avoid almost certain death to grab this prize, as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is at its lowest price right now - although, you do have to be fast. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle length, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Game Pass |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:37 PM One year after it first launched, dungeon crawler and word puzzler Cryptmaster has been given a special anniversary present. The bold RPG won my heart in 2024 with a similar confidence in its silliness to that of this year's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and deploying unique exploration and battle mechanics that bring typing, logic, and strategy together in glorious harmony. It won't suit everyone, but its 95%-positive Steam rating shows that, if it clicks for you, there's a lot to love. Now, developers Paul Hart and Lee Williams have deployed a big celebratory overhaul, giving me one more reason to convince you to try it. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs, Best indie games, Best puzzle games |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:36 PM Dynasty Warriors Origins is one of the most celebrated entries to the long-running action RPG series to date, marking a strong return to the series seven years after the launch of Dynasty Warriors 9. Though it's seemed like a high point for Omega Force, the team also responsible for games like Wild Hearts, Persona 5 Strikers, and, of course, a huge catalog of Warriors games, its producer and director has remarked that Origins' success doesn't mean his studio considers the Dynasty Warriors series itself as a Western hit. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Dynasty Warriors Origins review, Best action games, Best war games |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:32 PM Want to change your Elden Ring Nightreign skins? When you start slaying some Night Lords, you'll soon gain access to character customization options. The best part for returning Souls fans is that you can unlock some familiar Souls characters for some of the classes. With the Elden Ring Nightreign release date finally here, it's time to get going on expeditions in style. While the original outfits are decent, we want our Nightfarers to stand out from the crowd. Here are all the skins we've seen so far for the multiplayer game, which currency you'll need to get them, and how you can equip them in Nightreign. Continue reading How to change Elden Ring Nightreign skins MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Elden Ring Nightreign review, Elden Ring Nightreign class, Elden Ring Nightreign bosses |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:17 PM May 30, 2025: We checked for new Warframe codes. What are the new Warframe codes? If you're on the hunt for free glyphs and cosmetics, you're in luck - we've got a complete list of available codes for the Digital Extremes shooter. If you don't want to spend money on unlocking cosmetics, then using codes for in-game character cosmetics, emotes, and glyphs is the best way to get around it. Content creators periodically reveal new Warframe codes, and we've listed every live code and how to redeem them below. Temporary promo codes for boosters, cosmetics, and items also occasionally pop up around big updates or special events and rewards from Warframe Twitch drops. No matter the occasion, check back regularly to redeem the latest Warframe codes. Continue reading Warframe codes May 2025 and how to redeem MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Warframe on Steam Deck, Warframe builds, Warframe codes |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:13 PM May 30, 2025: We checked for the latest Once Human codes. What are the latest Once Human codes? There are times in all of our gaming lives when we need a little bit of help. Call it a handout, a freebie, call it whatever you like, but receiving a gift occasionally is lovely - and vital when there are eldritch abominations around each corner, wanting to turn you into their next meal. Whether you're just starting off in Nalcott or working towards the last of the Once Human bosses, you could always use a little help. As with many free PC games, Once Human offers redemption codes to give you a boost. The Once Human codes below can help you fill your coffers without having to spend hours collecting resources and risking your life outside your cozy home base. Continue reading Once Human codes and how to redeem MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best sandbox games, Best open-world games, Best survival games |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:45 PM What are all the Elden Ring Nightreign bosses? These fearsome foes constitute the most challenging encounters in Limveld, but beating them is also the fastest way to get ahead before night falls. However, when every run is different in Nightreign, you need to be prepared for anything. Several bosses in Elden Ring Nightreign made their first appearance in Dark Souls, and many more can also be found on our list of all Elden Ring bosses. Beating a boss releases their dormant power and the best Nightreign relics. Here are all Nightreign bosses in the soulslike game and how to beat them. Continue reading All Elden Ring Nightreign bosses and how to beat them MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Elden Ring Nightreign review, Elden Ring Nightreign class, Elden Ring Nightreign bosses |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 11:57 AM What is the best Elden Ring Nightreign Duchess build? The Duchess is the most agile Nightfarer of the bunch, providing you with the tools you need to avoid enemy attacks with ease. She also has access to an invisibility cloak that can get you and your party out of serious trouble, making her an excellent support option. If you're the type of person who pays close attention to how your teammates are doing, she could be the Elden Ring Nightreign class for you. Bloodborne fans in particular will appreciate the Duchess' evasion options that grant extra invincibility frames compared to the other Elden Ring Nightreign classes. We're here to highlight what you need to create the best Duchess build, from her best Relics to the ways you should utilize her unique abilities. Continue reading Best Elden Ring Nightreign Duchess build and how to unlock MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Elden Ring Nightreign review, Elden Ring Nightreign class, Elden Ring Nightreign bosses |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 12:57 PM What is the best Elden Ring Nightreign Revenant build? The Revenant represents a powerful duality of light and darkness, owing to her mastery over life and death. Not only does she serve as the game's necromancer class, but she also operates as its main healer. The Revenant has one of the highest skill floors out of the Elden Ring Nightreign classes, largely due to the pinpoint perfect FP management you'll have to deploy to keep her ticking over. Should you master her, the Elden Ring Nightreign bosses will fall to your shadowy legion and powerful incantations. Now, Nightfarer, let's explore the optimal way to play Elden Ring Nightreign's Revenant. Continue reading Best Elden Ring Nightreign Revenant build and how to unlock MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Elden Ring Nightreign review, Elden Ring Nightreign class, Elden Ring Nightreign bosses |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 11:47 AM May 29, 2025 Now that the game is out for everyone and has been released worldwide, we have added setups for more tracks. More are coming soon, too. What are the best F1 25 setups? If you stick to the same settings for your car across every event in a formula one season, you'll struggle a lot. You need to approach the high speed tracks and the tight street circuits differently. To help you figure out the best settings to use and ensure you have a good chance of reaching the top step of the podium in F1 25, we have put together the best setups for various events in the formula one season. The racing game is complex, so you'll need to check for the fastest setup each time you jump into a new location. Continue reading Best F1 25 setups MORE FROM PCGAMESN: F1 25 review, F1 25 Australia setup, F1 25 China setup |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 11:05 AM If you've tried to get into Escape From Tarkov and struggled with its steep difficulty curve, you're not alone. Battlestate's shooter has a lot to offer, but part of what makes it work is the fact that it's not welcoming. Counter-Strike 2 is a similarly tough prospect, but for different reasons. Rather than arduous realism, it's so fast and optimized even the most casual game can leave you with no kills and a heap of deaths. Exfil wants to find the middle ground. Swimming in the same post-Flashpoint and Ghost Recon waters as a lot of milsims, it perhaps comes closest to finding the balance between challenging and accessible, and now you can try it for free. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best multiplayer games, Best co-op games |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 11:04 AM The next Elden Ring Nightreign patch will help struggling solo players survive the trials of Limveld. Like its predecessor before it, Nightreign is a punishing RPG that will put your skills to the test, no matter which build you use, but it's been built with three-player co-op in mind, and that often leaves lone wanderers coughing in the dust. To help rectify this issue, developer Fromsoftware confirms that Elden Ring Nightreign patch 1.02 will buff solo play. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Elden Ring Nightreign review, Elden Ring Nightreign class, Elden Ring Nightreign bosses |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 11:00 AM I can happily admit that sometimes, I'm really good at Valorant, and other times, I am absolute horseshit. I've gotten aces on pistol round and used Neon's lighting to decimate enemy teams, before happily wandering into an obvious ambush or panicking so much that I spray the wall with bullets instead of my enemies. There was a period, however, when I really wanted to get better at Valorant, but in order to watch my matches back I'd need to use OBS because it doesn't offer any way to review previous games. Well, after five years of waiting, we can finally kick OBS to the kerb: Riot has revealed when the Valorant replay system is going to drop. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Valorant Night Market dates, Valorant ranks, Valorant crosshair codes |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 10:51 AM Is Crystal of Atlan on Steam? If you're searching for your next massively multiplayer experience, the fast-paced and free-to-play Crystal of Atlan could be your next favorite game. Dubbed a 'Magicpunk MMO Action RPG', Crystal of Atlan features over ten classes with customizable skillsets, classic button-mashing battle combos, and challenging multiplayer dungeons and boss battles, all in an epic anime setting. If this sounds like a bit of you, the next step is downloading the MMORPG to your PC. While most of us head straight to Valve's well-known game platform by default (other game libraries are available), you might have trouble finding Crystal of Atlan on Steam. So, can you download the free PC game on Steam? And if not, where do you go? Find out right here. Continue reading Is Crystal of Atlan on Steam? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Crystal of Atlan codes, Crystal of Atlan tier list, Best action games |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 10:52 AM What are the best Minecraft mods in 2025? Every game of vanilla Minecraft can vary quite dramatically, and the best Minecraft mods go one step further to provide an entirely new experience. Whether you love creative building, terrifying survival, or speed running the story, we've got the mods for you. We've even thrown in interface mods and tools to make things easier, too. All the Minecraft mods below are divided into sections, depending on what you want to do with the sandbox game – from simple utility changes to deep world mods you can get lost in for months. There are new mobs, new biomes, performance-boosting mods, and more, and you can jump to the bottom if you don't know how to install Minecraft mods and want to learn. Continue reading The 65 best Minecraft mods May 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 10:50 AM Still not jumped on the Steam Deck hype train? Well, Nvidia is giving you the chance to win one of two Steam Deck OLED handhelds, complete with a dock, and all you have to do is follow three simple steps. We recently tested the GeForce Now app on Steam Deck and found that it completely changes how triple-A games work on the aging Steam Deck hardware. With the ability to run the latest games at high settings breathing new life into the best handheld, thanks to streaming, here's a great opportunity to possibly bag one for free. Continue reading Win a free Steam Deck OLED, thanks to Nvidia MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 10:43 AM What are the free games on the Epic Games Store this week? Each week in 2025, Epic is giving away free games for you to own forever. These games are separate to the free-to-play games available on the store, and you only have one week to claim them. Epic has given away over $10,000 worth of games since 2018, and it doesn't look like they're going to stop any time soon. It's worth checking in each week to see which games are on offer. Occasionally, you can even redeem in-game goodies and exclusive items for your favorite free PC games. Let's take a look at the free Epic games right now, and what to expect from upcoming games on the Epic Games Store. Continue reading Free Epic games this week May 2025 |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 11:21 AM May 30, 2025 - We have updated our best pet tier list with the changes from the latest Grow a Garden update. What's the Grow a Garden pet tier list? With an ever-increasing number of pets and wild animals have roaming your garden, it makes sense to question the best use of pet slots and which eggs to shell out your shackles on. Need a free seed pack to use alongside the pets you have roaming around in the biggest Roblox game ever? Check out all of the Grow a Garden codes. And after you sow your seeds, get a head start in other popular Roblox titles with the latest Blue Lock Rivals codes or Climb and Jump codes. For more help in making money in Grow a Garden, check out our Grow a Garden values list. Continue reading Grow a Garden pet tier list - best pets and egg MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Roblox games, Roblox promo codes, Roblox music codes |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 10:34 AM What are the Kingmakers system requirements? As far as viral indie games go, Kingmakers is up there with the elite after its remarkable debut trailer had the internet talking for weeks. Now, we know what your gaming PC will need to run it, but some details are far too basic. While the final requirements are subject to change, it looks as though you won't need one of the best graphics cards to get the best out of Kingmakers, but when it comes to your CPU, only a rough generation is listed rather than any specifics surrounding models or even cores. In fact, AMD doesn't feature anywhere across any component, which is very strange. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 10:29 AM There's something tremendously relaxing about putting together the perfect rail network. Games like Cities Skylines are great for it, but sometimes the overarching management elements can be overwhelming. Transport Fever 3 is on the way, but what about something simpler, prettier, and cozier, and that you can play right now? Islands and Trains delivers exactly what it promises, and once you've seen it in action you'll immediately understand why it caught my eye. Out now on Steam, this is pure delight at a budget price. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games, New PC games, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Friday, May 30, 2025 10:46 AM May 30, 2025 Ahead of the new update, we have added how to get the Plasma mutation from the Cosmetics update and its multiplier. What are the best Grow a Garden mutations? Whether you want to build a garden that's perfect to show off to friends, or one that's designed to just make money, there are Grow a Garden mutations you'll want, others you'll want to avoid, and you'll need to know the effects one mutation might have when paired with another. Since Grow a Garden works while you're not even playing, check out the best Roblox games around for something else to play while things grow. If you're open to quick recommendations of the biggest games around, check out the latest Blox Fruits codes or Blue Lock Rivals codes. Of course, be sure to check for new Grow a Garden codes, too. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, May 30, 2025 12:29 PM  Yooka-Laylee developers Playtonic are laying off staff across their operations, as they wrestle with what they call "a period of profound change in how games are created and financed". It's not clear what these "profound changes" are, exactly – soaring budgets? Evergreen service games drinking up all the oxygen? Falling interest in the genre of mascot platformer Playtonic are best known for? Either way, the outcome is that a bunch of artists, game designers, narrative designers, producers and UI or UX people are now looking for work. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, May 30, 2025 11:48 AM  I have spun out on wet tarmac again and I am furious with myself. JDM: Japanese Drift Master requires a different mentality to most other racing games. Drifting around a corner is not the side gimmick that you'll do a few times during races. Drifting is the race. In this self-described "simcade" game, you've got to slide around the bendy roads of sunny (and rainy) Japan while delivering sushi and chasing boy racers for style points. It all adds up to some remarkably weighty speedfreakery that is bitingly frustrating when I'm bad at it, and rumblingly compelling when I'm good at it. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, May 30, 2025 11:00 AM  Elden Ring Nightreign might replace its source material's sprawling RPG exploration with a mad dash around tightly-nestled hotspots, but under the bonnet, this is still essentially just Elden Ring with a quicker sprint and character models of hitherto-unseen birdpeople. Even the system requirements are, save for a minor CPU bump, a copy and paste job, confirming the feathers aren't even that high-poly. As a result, this spinoff runs equally well on the Steam Deck, even appearing to take advantage of the same SteamOS/Proton tweak that made Elden Ring less stutter-prone on Valve's handheld specifically. My Steam Deck settings guide for the base game works here too, though having been yanked around Limveld at greave-splintering speeds by loothounds Nic and Ollie, I actually think further quality cuts could be prudent. This is FromSoft at their paciest, and it makes sense to help framerates keep up. |
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Siliconera Friday, May 30, 2025 2:00 PM
HoYoVerse announced the first sign that the 8.3 update is on the way for Honkai Impact 3rd by announcing the beta test phase that introduces elements like the new Erdos Helia Planar Armament: Warped Spacetime Battlesuit. Applications are now open for all of us who play the game.
Gaining access to the test server for 8.3 works in the same way as previous ones offered for Honkai Impact 3rd. You need to be an active player, for one. This is because the only way to access the application is via the client. It'll show up as a news item under an announcement labeled "Recruiting v8.3 Tester." After clicking on that, you can fill out a form. HoYoVerse will then email anyone picked to participate in the beta.
While the official YouTube account hasn't shared any Honkai Impact 3rd footage of the Erdos Helia Battlesuit Planar Armament: Warped Spacetime, multiple videos appeared on the official Bilibili one. Some of these were story-based, while others looked more at gameplay. Given the past trends and release schedules, we'll likely start seeing English of those closer to the global launch of the 8.3 update.
This will mark the second Battlesuit available for the character. Erdos Helia debuted in Part 2. When she did, her Valkyrie Boltstorm unit appeared.
Honkai Impact 3rd is available for the PC and mobile devices, and the new story missions and Erdos Helia Planar Armament: Warped Spacetime Battlesuit will appear in 8.3 in the near future. 8.3 beta test recruitment is open until June 3, 2025.
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Siliconera Friday, May 30, 2025 1:00 PM
Good Smile Company shared the release windows for the new Persona 3 Reload Nendoroid of protagonist Makoto Yuki, and the Basic version of the figure will release later in 2025 in some regions. In Japan, we'll see it show up in September 2025. The worldwide release is set for Q1 2026.
As this is a Nendoroid Basic figure, it won't be as robust or expensive as others in the line. It'll be ￥3,900/$26.99. His facial expression is a stoic, neutral one. He also hold his base one-handed sword in his right hand.
Here are two photos Good Smile Company shared with us that highlight how the figure will look:
This isn't the first Persona 3 Nendoroid, as the original figure based on Makoto's appearance in the PS2 game debuted in 2022. Since that is a more traditional model, it included extra face plates, hand parts, and accessories. It only showed up once worldwide, and there's been no rerun since its debut.
While this is a Persona 3 Reload model, it isn't too dissimilar from the original Persona 3 version. The hairstyle and facial expression are identical to the 2022 release, and the uniform seems almost exactly the same. The weapon is different, however, as the one-handed sword for this figure is an all-silver one that resembles Makoto's starting weapon and the one with the original figure was a more traditional sword with gold hilt.
The Persona 3 Reload Nendoroid Basic figure of the protagonist Makoto Yuki will appear in Japan in September 2025. It will appear later worldwide in Q1 2026. Pre-orders for it will close on June 25, 2025. Persona 3 Reload is available worldwide on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the original game first debuted on the PS2.
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Siliconera Friday, May 30, 2025 12:00 PM
Cygames released a number of new trailers for the English release of Umamusume, with one of them going over the notable unit Mejiro McQueen and the other highlighting what we can expect from the Anime Expo 2025 appearance of the title. There are four new unit trailers to watch total, and all of them should be in-game when it launches worldwide at the end of June 2026.
First, the Anime Expo 2025 Umamusume reveal video featured Silence Shizuka and Oguri Cap voice actresses Marika Kohno and Tomoyo Takayanagi in-costume discussing what we'll see at the convention. Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era, the 2024 movie, will be shown in Panel Room 403AB at 1:45pm PT on July 6, 2025. That's not streaming anywhere, so it being shown at the event is notable. Cygames will give away Silence Shizuka, Special Week, and Tokai Teio pins at its booth throughout the event. Mini cushions will be present there. Takayanagi introduced Oguri Cap and Kohno shared details about Silence Shizuka to close out that video.
As for the new Umamusume character trailers, they featured Grass Wonder, King Halo, Mejiro McQueen, and Mejiro Ryan. Grass Wonder is the star of the thirteenth trailer. She's voiced by Rena Maeda. She is a part of Team Rigil alongside units like El Condor Pasa and Taiki Shuttle.
King Halo's trailer showed up after that. Iori Saeki plays that heroine. She's not associated with any team.
As for Mejiro McQueen, she's considered one of the better characters to use in Umamusume even after all this time. She's also prominently featured in the game and anime adaptation. She's played y Saori Onishi. While her team affiliation varies based on what you're playing or watching, she's on Team Sirius in the game. Oguri Cap used to be on that team, and characters like Narito Brian and Rice Shower are on it with her.
Finally, the most recent trailer goes over Mejiro Ryan. Yes, she is related to Mejiro McQueen. She isn't associated with any particular team. Afumi Hashi voices her.
Cygames regularly shares new horse girl trailers ahead of the English Umamusume launch. One of the latest batches included major ones like Daiwa Scarlet.
The Umamusume: Pretty Derby English release date is June 26, 2025, and we'll be able to preregister for the global version of the game on the PC via Steam and Android and iOS mobile devices on April 28, 2025. It is already available in Asia. The new Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime is on Amazon, and other anime adaptations are on Crunchyroll. Anime Expo will be held July 3-6, 2025, and Cygames will have a booth and show one of the movies based on the series there.
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Siliconera Friday, May 30, 2025 11:00 AM
At the end of May 2025, Level-5 confirmed that the Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time upgrade update would be available for the Switch 2 at launch and teased its changes. It noted it would look and run better, basically. Now the company further explained the difference with two more detailed videos that compare Switch and Switch 2 gameplay.
In each case, there are split-screen videos on YouTube that directly compare the same instances in the Switch 2 version of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time to show the changes between the two. Each one is rather brief and designed to give a quick glimpse of the changes in action. The shorter of the two is the Graphics Showcase. That only lists 15 seconds. In both, a player's avatar is using the Woodcutter role to chop down one of the bosses for that job in the field. In the case of the Switch 2 version, the textures for the environment are clearer and we can more clearly see the character's facial features and clothing.
The one comparing the load times in Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time on both Nintendo platforms is a bit longer. That comes in at 40 seconds. This is because it is showing the time it takes to start the game from the main menu and to go between the Guild Hall in the Present to Ginormosia. It takes 6:19 seconds to load the game on the Switch 2 after starting and 12:12 to do so on the Switch. In the case of heading to Ginormosia with the teleportation gate, it takes 9:39 seconds on the Switch 2 and 17:06 seconds on the Switch. So in each case, the time is almost double on the older console.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is available now on the Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the Switch 2 version and upgrade update file will launch on June 5, 2025.
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Siliconera Friday, May 30, 2025 10:00 AM
Good Smile Company and miHoYo announced the release of a new Nendoroid figure of Dr Ratio from Honkai: Star Rail. The figure costs 349 yuan (or about $48.44), and it is expected to release first in China on December 2025. At the moment, there is no information regarding a release date for other regions, though past ones like Aventurine and March 7th appeared worldwide.
The Dr Ratio Nendoroid figure is approximately 100mm (or about 3,94 inches) tall and is articulated. The figure comes with three different faces plates, as is common with Nendoroids. These will be a standard smiling face, a thinking face, and a closed-eyes face plate. In addition to the faces, the figure comes with 4 other parts, including his signature Book of Truth, a rubber duck, a pistol, and a bathtub. The bathtub pose appears on a Light Cone in-game.
Furthermore, a special acrylic stand will be added with the Chinese release. It's still unclear if the stand or a different bonus will be included once the global release of the figure is announced.
You can check out the figure in more detail, alongside its optional parts, here:
As a reminder, the Honkai: Star Rail Nendoroids figures of Robin and Sunday are expected to release on August 2025, and an Aventurine Nendoroid was recently announced and it will be coming out in Japan on February 2026 and in North America sometime in Q3 2026.
The Honkai: Star Rail Nendoroid figure of Dr Ratio costs 349 yuan (~$48.44) and will release in China on December 2025. Honkai: Star Rail is readily available for the PS5, PC, Android, and iOS devices.
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Siliconera Friday, May 30, 2025 9:00 AM
I enjoy seeing what independent developers can achieve with smaller projects. There might be unusual takes on genres or experimentations with genres and ideas. Chronomon is one of these types of titles, as Stone Golem Studios is attempting to fuse popular genres such as Pokemon style creature capturing and Stardew Valley sorts of farming. It's still early days, and of course there's clunkiness in such small things, but the idea seems like a promising one.
Chronomon begins with our avatars awaking in a bunker. Someone else living there, named Kyral, lets you know that some creatures ended up being successfully trapped last night. After choosing a "starter" and using a CIM card to get its data, the worst happens. Members of the Epoch Syndicate show up and force a retreat. Worse, since they might breach the underground base, Kyral helps you escape, as well as learn how to use a Chronomon to flip switches to escape. Fortunately, a farm has been prepared. It's dilapidated and in need of repairs, but we have a chance to regroup, establish ourselves, make connections with villages, and perhaps start to rebuild and fight back. Granted, since this is early access, we don't have all of that yet, but we can make a start.
I really like the initial approach in Chronomon, and it does feel like a mix of Pokemon monster-raising JRPGsand Stardew Valley style life sims in a way that similar sorts of games like Moonstone Island doesn't. There's a very dark atmosphere that fits the dystopian tone, yet also a sense of hope since we are fighting back and connecting with other people and a village. The feedback look is pretty strong at the moment, especially with farming, though I do think improved controls will help that in time. It also pulls from games like Marvelous' Rune Factory in that every type of action you're undertaking shapes your character and progress, so it feels like choosing to farm, fish, or battle with monsters each carries weight. Farming comes down to clearing land, tilling soil, planting crops, and waiting to harvest. Monster battling and catching entails heading out into the world and going through turn-based fights.
As an early access title, I did notice some elements of Chronomon do feel like they need a bit of touching up. The thing that initially bothered me most, so much so that I ended up restarting, is during the first selection of your monster ally, the execution, controls, and menu meant that I selected a character I didn't want when I was just attempting to check the stats. Said control issues are currently a problem throughout my sessions, as I went through it on a Legion Go and couldn't try and go with a mix of switching to keyboard and mouse if I found things weren't ideal. This is compounded by, at the moment, the UI being a bit cumbersome. Considering how heavy of a focus crafting and character management is, I wish it was a bit clearer and easier to parse. However, keep in mind this is a game isn't even one month into early access as I write this and, on May 13, 2025, Stone Golem Studios created a Steam Discussions thread specifically looking to address the controls issue.
Another early issue has to do with balance in Chronomon. Which, again, I think we will see addressed over the coming weeks and months. At the moment, I feel like the goal is to really make this feel like a post-apocalyptic adventure with odds stacked against you. It takes a while for your creatures to level up, even when they're under level 5 or 10. Enemy creatures can be incredibly strong. If you die, you're both losing items in your inventory and money. I found it quite daunting, especially in the first three hours I played. I'm not sure if the answer is implementing some difficulty options or eventual balancing patches or adding items that adjust earned experience and influence stats. But again, it's early on and things could change.
I do think the one thing I'd like most from Chronomon is something that we might not see happen over the course of development. The game and its concept possess a really strong identity, and you can see that from the outset. Stone Golem Studios seems like it has a really strong idea of what it wants to do, the story it is going to tell, and an approach to pairing farming and a life sim with monster catching and battling. However, I feel like sometimes it visually doesn't always match that. I wish the character designs for the monsters, NPCs, and our avatars stood out a bit more. Especially since there will be a relationship element with friendship systems. I'd love to see the major NPCs look more unique and some of the Chronomon stand out more as development continues. I even feel like this ties into the UI issue I mentioned earlier. Some adjustments to define the game's visual identity so it leaves the same sort of impression as the gameplay concepts would be great.
Chronomon could be an indie to keep an eye on. The concept behind pairing a Pokemon like with Stardew Valley is sound. The initial loop is encouraging, and it seems like Stone Golem Studios is trying to use the idea of a post-apocalyptic world to explain its gameplay and narrative in a cohesive way. There are some minor issues at the moment, and I would love to see more defined character and UI designs to help it stand out. However, you have to expect that from an Early Access title. It might be worth watching in the weeks and months to come.
Chronomon is in early access on PCs via Steam.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 12:21 PM
Elden Ring. Ooohhh, Elden Ring. It's back with Nightreign, a multiplayer spin-off of the FromSoftware classic, which is both a blessing and a curse.
Elden Ring: Nightreign is a blessing because it spins the roguelike genre with FromSoftware flavoring and allows you to play Elden Ring with friends, but a curse because you need functional online servers to play it properly. This is a common occurrence in online games, and Nightreign is susceptible to these same ills.
Here are a few things to try if you're having issues with Elden Ring Nightreign matchmaking.
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How to fix Elden Ring Nightreign matchmaking not working
Restart your game
A common fix for Elden Ring Nightreign's matchmaking being wonky is to fully restart the game. This sometimes reboots the title into triggering the multiplayer servers and getting the game back online. And as always, double check your internet connection to make sure the problem isn't on your end before trying to queue again.
This has happened to me multiple times where I would try over and over again to select LOG IN for multiplayer, but the issue would not go away until I fully closed and restarted the game again.
Make sure you're queued for multiplayer
In the game, make sure you have multiplayer and not singleplayer selected. Also, go to the Settings menu, then Network, and for Launch Setting, make sure Play Online is selected. Turning on Perform Matchmaking under Cross-Region play will also help with matchmaking times.
Check Elden Ring server status
Elden Ring Nightreign servers may be having issues if you can't play multiplayer. Websites like DownDetector can sometimes track reports of server problems, but Nightreign doesn't have a page set up for it just yet, so options are limited to following accounts like @ELDENRING or @BandaiNamcoUS for more info. Bandai Namco's support page is another option.
Play a solo run
If the servers are struggling, you still have the option to play the game solo. In Roundtable Hold, select Commence Expedition, then tab over to Matchmaking Settings. At the bottom of the menu, under Expedition Type, select Single Player. When this is selected, you will set out on an expedition on your own without needing to matchmake.
Wait it out
Unfortunately, sometimes the best solution for matchmaking errors is to come back and try after a few hours, or until an update has been deployed. Server issues in online games are a plague but they still happen in 2025 and there's sometimes not much we can do about it besides touch some grass.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 12:01 PM
It's been a less-than-happy first 24 hours for Call of Duty's season four, with a myriad of issues plaguing the game and frustrating players since it launched.
Season four of Black Ops 6 and Warzone added a number of new weapons, maps, and features like Grief mode in Zombies and a new POI in Verdansk, but several different problems with the season's update has had Activision and its teams scrambling to fix the game as quickly as it can.
And now this morning, the server issues have gotten so bad that players have been struggling to even get into matches in both BO6 and Warzone, further souring the experience for those who are still trying to enjoy this year's CoD offerings before the next one drops in the fall.
Activision's @CODUpdates account posted this morning that it's "investigating an issue that is causing players to disconnect from matches," which is rightfully so a priority among a sea of other bugs that have popped up with the new season.
But that's just the latest in a number of official announcements from the company about season four's problems. Ranked Play in Warzone has been delayed indefinitely while the company works on "bringing the experience back to it's intended fidelity," for starters.
Other notable problems include an issue with fast-travel mechanics in Zombies, a bug that caused the team to disable the "Motherclucker" blueprint for the ASG-89 shotgun, and some horrendous lag spikes in Warzone's team deathmatch-like Clash mode.
According to in-game countdown timers, this season will last until the first week of August, meaning the next big content drop in CoD may be far away. And until then, we may even catch our first glimpse of 2025's CoD title (rumored to be another Black Ops game), and that's likely not a moment too soon for those struggling to play right now.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 12:01 PM
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 11:12 AM
Disney Dreamlight Valley's Parks Fest event features five new cupcake recipes, several cosmetic and furniture additions, and a few quests to spice things up. You'll also find several new village duties, with Sweet Samaritan being one you can finish within a day or two with enough time and dedication.
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Sweet Samaritan duty guide in Disney Dreamlight Valley Parks Fest
Completing the Sweet Samaritan duty during the Dreamlight Parks Fest event requires baking and gifting 50 cupcakes. Below are the five cupcake types that count toward this duty:
However, baking them is only half of the battle. Once you make all 50 cupcakes, you'll have to gift each to various Dreamlight Valley villagers. Doing this fulfils the Sweet Samaritan duty, allowing you to claim the Magic Kingdom Map wall banner. To get your prize, head back into your Dreamlight duties menu, pick the Village subcategory, and select the Sweet Samaritan duty.
Although it doesn't matter which of these five cupcakes you make for the Sweet Samaritan duty, your best bet is to complete your Dreamlight Parks Fest event's daily quests. Each day, you'll receive a quest from one of five villagers asking you to bake cupcakes and gift them to others. Below are the five characters that can give you this task:
Completing a daily mission rewards you with 20 green buttons, bringing you one step closer to finishing the Sweet Samaritan duty. From here, you can either wait until the next day to complete more quests or make 45 more cupcakes before gifting them.
All Sweet Samaritan cupcake recipes in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Although most cupcakes follow a similar recipe, each has a secret ingredient that sets it apart from the others. Here's a complete list of every cupcake recipe eligible for Disney Dreamlight Valley's Sweet Samaritan duty:
As you'll quickly notice, every recipe includes butter, milk, wheat, and sugarcane. You can purchase butter and milk from the Chez Remy kitchen's shop for 190 and 230 Star Coins, respectively. Wheat and sugarcane are available from Peaceful Meadow and Dazzle Beach through Goofy's stall.
Your main challenge is obtaining the fifth ingredient for each recipe. Here are the spawn locations for all five items:
All five ingredients are available from Disney Dreamlight Valley's first three biomes, making them easy to obtain, even for newer players. If you already have some on hand, head to any stovetop or Chez Remy's restaurant to cook up your cupcake dishes and gift them to your villagers.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 10:34 AM
Ultron is here in Marvel Rivals' season 2.5 update, but the new healer is just the beginning when it comes to some big changes arriving in the patch.
NetEase Games is aiming to make good on its promise to keep Marvel Rivals ever-evolving, changing up the formula with hero nerfs and buffs, new and removed team-up abilities, and a new map to play on when the midseason update drops.
Take a look below to see what's new and different in Marvel Rivals in season 2.5.
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Marvel Rivals season 2.5 balance changes
NetEase Games Dev Vision Vol. 06 revealed a slew of changes coming to the game in the midseason update, including nerfs and buffs, along with other information that's sure to excite players.
New Strategist hero: Ultron
The rogue AI Ultron joins the game as its newest Strategist hero, with the ability to fly, summon drones, and use energy beams to both heal and deal damage. Here's a look at Ultron's leaked abilities from several months ago:
New map: Arakko
Krakoa's neighboring island, Arakko, has been taken over by Ultron and turned into a menacing mechanical location after once being lush and overrun with life.
Hero buffs
Hero nerfs
New Team-Up Abilities
Removed Team-Up Abilities
Changed Team-Up Abilities
The season 2.5 update is now available for download on all platforms. The full patch notes can be found on the Marvel Rivals website.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 10:34 AM
There are many vague achievements you need to figure out how to complete in Marvel Rivals. One of these tasks is Arrako Goes Analog, and you're not given all the information you need to finish it, so getting it done can be tricky.
If you want to earn all of the available achievement rewards, getting this one done is essential. There's a bit of luck involved with this task, but it's still much easier to complete once you know everything it entails, so here's how to complete Arrako Goes Analog in Marvel Rivals.
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How to get Arrako Goes Analog achievement in Marvel Rivals
You can complete the Arrako Goes Analog achievement by purging Ultron's virus on the Arakko map. This is achieved by escorting the Avatar of Krako across the entire map, which can only be done when you're on the side that's pushing the convoy.
To tackle this feat, you need to be on Arrakko in Quick Match or Competitive. You can't complete this one in any other mode, so make sure you choose one of these two to get it done.
How to purge Ultron's virus in Arakko in Marvel Rivals
To purge Ultron's virus in Arakko, you need to bring the Avatar of Krakoa convoy all the way to the end of the map and win the round. The Avatar of Krako can only purge Ultron's virus if your team is the one getting them where they need to go. This means you need to be on the side that's escorting the convoy rather than trying to stop it.
There's no way to choose which side you get, so there's a bit of luck involved with this one. You'll know you're on the right side if you see the "Help Krakoa and Arrako to become Okkara" and "Escort the Avatar of Krakoa to the Great Ring" messages near the top left corner of the screen.
For the start of season 2.5, you can load into the Quick Match (Arrako) mode to make this task easier. It's still random whether you end up on the right side, but your odds are a lot better with this option.
The ability to specifically choose this map won't always be available, though, so if you don't get it done early on in 2.5, you'll have to hope luck is on your side and that it's randomly selected as the map you're playing on. It's unknown exactly how long the ability to select Arrako will be available for, so be sure to do it as soon as you can to make finishing this achievement as easy as possible.
When you see the victory screen with the Avatar of Krakoa growing greenery on an Ultron machine, you've successfully completed this task. It might take a few tries to get it done if you don't manage to make it all the way to the end on your first attempt.
There are plenty of other achievements you need to get done, so next, you might consider working on Mutant and Proud! and Whispers in Pieces if you're looking to get some other ones done.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 10:29 AM
The night is dark and full of gamers. Elden Ring: Nightreign has already hit two million sales on its first day, but one facet of the game is so difficult it already is getting nerfed.
While From Software's latest Soulslike game is built for co-op play with friends, Nightreign also has a solo mode that's so punishing that the developer has already confirmed multiple changes to make it easier in an update next week.
Since the game is built around co-op play for three players, the scaling for solo play is definitely a bit harsh. And so FromSoftware announced today that it will be buffing the amount of Runes gained in solo play to help even the playing field, while also allowing for one automatic revival upon death to keep players in the fight.
This is definitely a welcome change, considering that the game lacks crossplay, support for duos, and has scarce communication mechanics in-game including no voice chat support. This change to solo play should hopefully encourage more players to try the game out or at least give those who have bought it already some reason to go it alone while waiting for friends.
In my review period with the game, I barely touched solo play because it did not feel very fair. The Night Lord bosses, especially, feel like they're built for multiple players as opposed to just one where it may feel oppressive. Soulslike veterans may have an easier time with it, but the masses most likely need these nerfs.
In our review of Elden Ring: Nightreign, I called it a Soulslike with "seamless co-op, combined with the roguelike elements of games like Hades, with some of the urgency of battle royale games sprinkled in," making for a fun yet flawed experience. It's out now on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 9:46 AM
The main goal of Disney Dreamlight Valley's Parks Fest event is for you to decorate your village with cheerful theme park decorations after collecting buttons and crafting decorative popcorn buckets. While most buttons are available through foraging and fishing, one particular type links to a crafting recipe.
Crafting these buttons serves multiple purposes, from allowing you to craft popcorn buckets to advancing you through the event's Button-Maker duty. Here's exactly how to complete Disney Dreamlight Valley's Button-Maker objective during the Dreamlight Parks Fest event.
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Button-Maker duty guide in Disney Dreamlight Valley Parks Fest
Completing the Button-Maker duty during the Dreamlight Parks Fest event requires creating 20 purple buttons in your crafting table using blue and red buttons. Below are the exact crafting materials for one purple button:
In other words, you'll need 20 blue buttons, 40 red ones, and 2,000 Dreamlight for all 20 purple buttons. Once you have these required items, head into your crafting table and scroll through the Functional Items category until you find the purple button option. Whether you craft them gradually or create all 20 at once is up to you.
Once you have made all 20 purple buttons, go back to your Dreamlight duties menu and find the task to claim your cosmetic reward. You'll obtain a Retro Magic Kingdom Map as your prize, which you can use anywhere within your village house.
How to easily find red and blue buttons
Usually, the most challenging part of making purple buttons is getting enough blue and red buttons. Red buttons spawn on the ground outside villager houses, while blue buttons are a potential fishing drop. However, there's a way to make this process easier if you participated in the 2024 version of Dreamlight Parks Fest.
If you took part in the original Dreamlight Parks Fest event and have progressed far enough into Disney Dreamlight Valley's storyline, you'll eventually unlock the Cheshire Cat as a villager. One of his friendship quests unlocks a machine called the Uncrafting Station, letting you break down furniture items and receive their raw materials. You can toss popcorn buckets into here, letting you claim all your buttons and either recraft the buckets or use your excess blue and red buttons to make purple ones.
If you weren't available to participate in Dreamlight Parks Fest 2024 or didn't craft every popcorn bucket, you'll have to find red and blue buttons manually. With red buttons, your best bet is to watch the ground as you run around your village in case some randomly spawn around, especially since they can appear in any biome. If you're hunting for blue buttons, focus on white fishing circles, as these are the only types that spawn them.
Once you have at least 20 blue buttons and 40 red ones, head into any crafting station to make your purple buttons, letting you complete Button-Maker and claim your prize.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 9:31 AM
In Disney Dreamlight Valley, from May 28 until June 17, you can participate in the ongoing Dreamlight Parks Fest event and craft exclusive furniture. During this time, you can complete several Dreamlight duties to unlock additional items, with the Popcorn Enthusiast duty being, by far, the most challenging to finish.
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Popcorn Enthusiast duty guide in Disney Dreamlight Valley Parks Fest
Completing the Popcorn Enthusiast duty in Disney Dreamlight Valley requires crafting and placing five popcorn buckets added throughout both versions of the Dreamlight Parks Fest event. The event, which runs from May 28 to June 17, introduces five button types that you'll use to craft each bucket, allowing you to decorate your village and claim your quest reward.
Of the seven popcorn bucket types available in the 2025 Dreamlight Parks Fest event, you only need to craft five to complete this task. Here's a quick list of all seven popcorn bucket options you can make for the Popcorn Enthusiast duty:
You don't have to wait until you unlock the Dug and Mine Cart Popcorn Buckets to finish this task. Instead, you're free to make the five original buckets introduced during the 2024 Dreamlight Parks Fest event before completing Scrooge McDuck and Mirabel's special quests and receiving these bucket recipes.
To make each popcorn bucket, you'll have to travel around Dreamlight Valley and search for buttons. You'll obtain these buttons by fishing, completing daily quests, and foraging. While you can farm some for an indefinite time, others, such as green, flower, and red buttons, are limited by daily quests and spawn rates, making it impossible to complete in one day.
If you participated in this event previously, you can redo the task by using the Cheshire Cat's Uncrafting Station. That way, you can break down each bucket, retrieve your buttons, and recraft them to complete the event's village tasks. The only exception to this is the Dug and Mine Cart Popcorn Buckets, as they weren't available during last year's event.
All Dreamlight Parks Fest Popcorn Bucket recipes
Below is a list of every popcorn bucket introduced during the Dreamlight Parks Fest event alongside their crafting requirements:
In other words, you'll need the following buttons to make all five popcorn buckets:
That's a lot of buttons. While some, like blue and flower buttons, are readily available through fishing and flower collecting, the others require days of questing, foraging, and crafting, making this task much more challenging than Sweet Samaritan and Button-Maker. Fortunately, making all five popcorn buckets allows you to finish the Button-Maker task simultaneously, quickly knocking out two of the three event duties.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 9:10 AM
I think this might be the easiest "What are you Playing" stories I have ever written for Destructoid, and that's saying something because I've only been doing them for the past three weeks now.
Hey Destructoid, how are we doing? Welcome to that segment every week where I talk on for a few minutes about games and then ask you the same old question that's blatantly in the title. Today, we are going to talk about plans for the last weekend of May, but I already have a feeling what a lot of you have planned to play this weekend.
Elden Ring Nightreign is out and thousands of players are fighting against the various Night Lords as we speak and I imagine a lot of you are gearing up for a good weekend of playing with friends as you look to unlock everything the game has to offer and hopefully have a good few successful runs under your belt by the time we talk about next week's big releases.
Really, though, there isn't that much else I can think to play this weekend myself. I'm kind of trying to find something to tick time away as next week, a lot of us will finally (and hopefully) get our hands on the Nintendo Switch 2 and have a bucketload of games to play, so I think if there was anytime to try and get through some backlog games you might have—this weekend is the time to do it.
There is also the REMATCH Beta test happening this weekend, and a few other Steam Next Fest demos I really want to try out before they go, like Escape from Duckov. But I haven't really been keeping track of things coming up as been preparing for Switch 2 launch and Summer Games Fest next weekend instead.
So let me know in the comments below if you think I should give another game a look, and what your plans are this weekend, Destructoid!
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 8:56 AM
There are many unique achievements you can tackle in Marvel Rivals, all of which help you unlock new rewards. Many of these tasks don't give you all the information you need to get them done, which makes completing them a bit tricky, as is the case with Whispers in Pieces.
This task can seem daunting if you're unsure where you need to go and what you need to do, but it's a fairly easy one to knock out once you have all of the information you need. If you're looking to get this one done, here's how to complete Whispers in Pieces in Marvel Rivals.
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How to get Whispers in Pieces achievement in Marvel Rivals
To complete the Whispers in Pieces achievement, you need to destroy at least one robot hanging from the Robot Wailing Wall on the Arakko map. It's a fairly tricky task to get done since you have to be on the right map, locate the correct area, and get it done while also trying to help your team win.
Make sure you're playing in Quick Play or Competitive to get this task done. Achievements don't track in other modes like Practice VS. AI, so you need to play a real round to complete it. If you don't want to waste time trying to find it in an actual round, you can load into Practice VS. AI or create a Custom Game to scout the map ahead of time, then load into an official match to head there straight away.
Shatter one robot on the Robot Wailing Wall in Arakko in Marvel Rivals
There are a few steps to this process, so here's a full breakdown of everything you need to do to shatter one robot on the Robot Wailing Wall for the Whispers in Pieces achievement.
Robot Wailing Wall location in Marvel Rivals
The Robot Wailing Wall is a tunnel that can be found right past the second checkpoint on the Arakko map. From the attacking side of the map, you can follow the path of the Avatar of Krakoa to find the right spot. It takes a bit, but you'll eventually get there.
From the defending side, you can find it a lot more quickly by exiting the spawn point and heading right. Don't destroy a robot until the match timer starts, or it won't count for this task.
With this task out of the way, you can get to work learning about all of Ultron's abilities so you can master his skillset. If you're looking for more achievements to get done, consider completing Mutant and Proud! next.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 8:03 AM
The 2025 installment of Disney Dreamlight Valley's Parks Fest event began on May 28, and although it's only been around for about two days, I can't wait for it to be over. It was already one of my least favorite events, and it's somehow even more annoying this year.
The tedious, repetitive, and frustrating nature of this event feels even worse with the addition of several new time-gated quests. There's so much to do, and none of it seems fun, so after barely starting, I'm not even sure I want to participate any further.
The 2025 installment of Dreamlight Parks Fest includes a collection of fresh scavenger hunt quests with Scrooge McDuck and Mirabel. Completing these quests is the only way to tackle the Squirrel! and Mine Time! duties so you can get your hands on the shiny new Dug and Mine Cart Popcorn Buckets.
Just like all other Popcorn Buckets from the past run of this event, these ones are incredibly costly to craft, but they're even more of a nuisance to make since you have to complete several quests before you can even unlock the recipe for them. Scrooge McDuck's quests ask you to mine specific Gems around the village, which is a tricky task since it's mostly luck-based whether or not you get what you're after.
As bad as Scrooge McDuck's quests are, Mirabel's are a whole lot worse. All of her scavenger hunt quests involve tracking down critters around the valley. Since each critter has a unique schedule and is only available on certain days and times, you can't properly progress until you find all of them. The very first one of her quests requires the elusive White Squirrel, so we're all just waiting until Sunday for this creature to show up. If you miss the limited window for this critter or other ones in her quests afterward, you're then stuck for a full week, which just seems ridiculous.
These quests would be overly complex no matter what, but they seem especially silly considering the rewards are just two measly Popcorn Buckets. This is the main prize you get for all Dreamlight Parks Fest event duties, and sure, they're cool, but they just don't seem worth the hassle.
Because you also have to spend time farming Buttons by fishing, foraging, crafting, and cooking, the Parks Fest event is feeling more like a monotonous bore than an exciting festive experience. It's honestly a bit overwhelming, and I don't think I'm invested enough in some Popcorn Buckets to pour hours into trying to get it done. There's also the pressure of it being a timed event with only a short period when these tasks can be done. If it were longer, I might be a bit more open to it, but as it stands, I'll probably be avoiding most of the event.
I'm surprising even myself with this choice as I've been an avid collector of most items in DDV so far. I've participated in every single event since the game first launched, but this is the one I just can't get behind.
Last year, I did a bit of the event, but even when there was a bit less to do, I couldn't bring myself to push through the whole thing. The furniture versions of the Popcorn Buckets aren't necessities to me, but the added handheld variants in the 2025 release are a lot more appealing.
Instead of gathering the materials to make each one, though, I used the Uncrafting Station to complete the specific duties that unlock them, since they don't disappear when you unmake them. Kind of a sneaky move, I know, but if it means I don't have to spend hours fishing in the hopes of catching just a few Blue Buttons, I'll take it.
Truthfully, most events we get in DDV are kind of a lot to deal with, except for Star Paths, which I always enjoy. I think the event system overall could do with an overhaul, but considering most of them follow a fairly similar format with some of the same gameplay elements, it doesn't seem likely we'll get one. I can handle the rest, but I'm over Parks Fest for good and not looking forward to seeing it unfold or witnessing its likely return each year.
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Destructoid Friday, May 30, 2025 7:22 AM
The character customization (or class) of Elden Ring Nightreign is slightly different from the older system (from Elden Ring), as it's now tied with skins that you can unlock inside the game.
You and your friends will no longer have to focus entirely on armor, as every "Nightfarer" class has its defensive stats. That doesn't mean your characters will have to bear with the same designs throughout your in-game journey. Once you have unlocked skins, you can equip them with a character of your liking.
Since the first step is to unlock the skins, we will begin from there.
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How to unlock character skins in Elden Ring Nightreign
It's going to take a bit of time to get the ability to unlock and use new skins, as you'll have to defeat at least two Nightlords. The first one will be Gladius for all, as it's the only Nightlord to beat in the beginning. All other Nightlords will be locked at first, barring Gladius, so your target is clear.
Once you've defeated Gladius, all the six other Nightlords will be available for hunt. You can hunt any of the six, and your choice doesn't matter. As long as you take down another Nightlord along with Gladius, you'll get the option to unlock and change the appearances of your characters. At this point, a message will pop up telling you a dresser has been fitted to your storage room.
At first, you'll have only two available options that you can purchase in exchange for Murk. You'll get a total of 16 different options (two each for every class), but the options will increase as you complete in-game achievements and beat more bosses. Defeating the final boss reportedly gives you a couple of Dark Souls-inspired skins, but I am quite some way off (politely speaking) from reaching there.
Once you have an extra skin available for a character, you can then use it from the Garb menu in Elden Ring Nightreign.
How to equip a skin in Elden Ring Nightreign
The Garb Menu can be accessed by pressing the pause button to open the Roundtable Hold Menu. From there, you can check out all the skins that are in your inventory. The menu also acts as a shop for more skins that you might be interested in buying.
Unlocking skins does require a lot of Murk, especially the Darkness variant. You also have to do it individually for every character, so prioritize the class you're using.
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