Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:50 AM  One of the more unique Nightlord fights you'll encounter is Gnoster, Wisdom of Night, during the Sentient Pest mission. The first phase of this boss is a dual fight, which then turns into a single-target encounter halfway through. |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:40 AM  Elden Ring Nightreign can pose an immense challenge, even for seasoned veterans of the Soulslike genre. So, you'll want to be sure you've got all of the resources you can possibly find to increase your chances of survival. Chief among these is healing flasks, which may stand between you and a fatal blow. If you're… |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:30 AM  Many of us have been waiting for the day when we could download Ryan Coogler's exceptional horror flick Sinners so it can scare us in the comfort of our own homes. To celebrate the release of Sinners on digital retailers, Fandango released a deleted scene from the film that adds a bit more emotional weight to the… |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:24 AM  If you like to tank attacks from enemies, there's one class in Elden Ring Nightreign that's perfect for you: Guardian. This big bird is decked out with armor and a shield for the ultimate protection. The Guardian is fantastic at both crowd control and diverting attention away from his teammates to be one of the best… |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:05 AM  Sonic Racing Crossworlds is the next mainline installment in Sega's popular kart racing franchise. The Mario Kart-like racing game is set to launch later this year and will include the roster of characters you'd expect, like Sonic himself, Tails, Dr. Robotnik, and uh...SpongeBob SquarePants? Wait a minute. |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:50 AM  There are some pretty difficult bosses in Elden Ring Nightreign, including the Nightlords who you'll have to face at the end of the third day. Some are harder than others, but they all can be overcome with the right preparation and strategy. |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:44 AM  Switch 2 pre-orders have basically been sold out since they went live last month, but a lucky few might still be able to nab the new Nintendo console in person when it launches on June 5. GameStop, Best Buy, and others have promised limited quantities on site at certain stores when fans go to pick-up their midnight… |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:55 AM  In a functioning universe, the disastrous results of adding an AI-voiced Darth Vader to Fortnite would have led to the concept being torn up and abandoned. Unfortunately, we live in a dysfunctional universe, where rationality and sense have long been abandoned, and Epic is responding to the ethically objectionable… |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:45 AM  Nearly a decade after the original Switch came out, and following years of fans' pining for a major upgrade to Nintendo's wildly popular portable gaming platform, the Switch 2 is here. It's already June 5—the console's official launch date—in some parts of the world, and a day-one update with "important features and… |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:00 AM  No Man's Sky is joining the Switch 2 launch party. The 2016 sci-fi survival sim has spent nearly a decade evolving, and Hello Games announced the live-service game's latest milestone: a major new update called Beacon and a Switch 2 version that massively improves the game on Nintendo's platform. The best part is that… |
Kotaku Wednesday, June 4, 2025 8:23 AM  Disney first started making live-action movies in the 1950s to compete with the rise of television and expand its Hollywood presence beyond animation. The studio began with literary adaptations and family-friendly films like Old Yeller and The Parent Trap before moving on to more experimental fantasy with Tron and Esca… |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:55 AM A new update just dropped for the Nvidia App, which adds optimal game settings for a ton of popular titles, including Elden Ring Nightreign and GTA 5 enhanced, while also fixing a crucial frame generation bug, and perhaps most importantly, adding a light mode. If you own an Nvidia RTX 5070, you'll also notice that the in-game overlay is now accessible again, while many of the best graphics cards should be able to download and install drivers without issues following this update. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:48 AM June 4, 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 June 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:31 AM The Razer Hammerhead Pro Hyperspeed is Razer's current flagship wireless gaming earbuds set, or gamebuds, if you prefer. Like other gaming earbuds, their key differentiator from conventional wireless earbuds is that they include a USB dongle, so not only can you connect these to your Bluetooth devices, but you can also connect them to your gaming PC via a dedicated high-speed wireless connection. This immensely useful utility means you can take a call while gaming, control your PC media via your earbuds, and of course use a single set of earbuds for both gaming and travel. Considering the cost of premium earbuds, potentially only needing to buy one set for all your uses is a major boon. Razer doesn't have this combination to itself, though. It's fighting with the likes of the SteelSeries Arctis Gamebuds, Sony InZone Buds, and Turtle Beach Scout Air for a recommendation as the best gaming earbuds you can buy, as well as the best gaming headset. I've tested the Hammerhead Pro Hyperspeeds over several months, including home gaming and travel by train and plane, to see how they hold up. Continue reading Razer Hammerhead Pro Hyperspeed review MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Razer Blade 16 2025 review, Razer DeathAdder V3 review , Best gaming mouse |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:21 AM A new high-end AMD graphics card is reportedly being tested in the company's labs right now, with significantly more powerful specs than the company's current crop of GPUs, including large quantities of GDDR7 VRAM and very high clock speeds. The latest speculation says that the new GPU could potentially beat the RTX 5080 Super and RTX 4090, and is likely to be called the AMD Radeon RX 9090 XT or 9080 XT. As we've just found in our Radeon RX 9060 XT review, the latest AMD RDNA 4 architecture is extremely powerful, with the $349 16GB version being a much better buy than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060. However, AMD has previously stated that it plans to abandon high-end GPUs with this generation, which makes these latest rumors particularly surprising. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:01 AM What are the best Minecraft cities? Minecraft is full of jaw-dropping builds, it's one of the best building games there is, and it seems that its community's creativity knows no bounds. Among them, Minecraft cities pop up all the time, available for anyone to download and explore. Creators have brought their favorite shows, games, and films to life through incredible creations for one of the best PC games. There has been a Minecraft Hogwarts map, The Titanic, and even a recreation of Lord of the Rings' Middle-earth. It's no wonder some of the best Minecraft city maps are based on iconic locations, such as Gotham and King's Landing, and are now available to explore in the crafting game, alongside those inspired by bustling real-life destinations like Sydney and Seattle. Continue reading Best Minecraft cities and city maps MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:38 AM Is Dune Awakening down? While we still love single-player games, but there's also something to be said for the chaotic joy to be had in multiplayer experiences - especially massively multiplayer ones. One of the few downsides that comes with playing with friends and strangers around the world is the instability of online servers. As a survival MMO, Dune Awakening could be victim to severe server downtime, so if you're struggling to get into Arrakis, that could be why. Here, we've got the latest on maintenance in the crafting game, and the current Dune Awakening server status. Continue reading Is Dune Awakening down? Server status right now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best MMOs, Dune Awakening release date |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:21 AM When is the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz? This special, limited-time event allows players to trade the usually locked golden stickers up to five times a day. This is an ideal solution for grabbing elusive missing stickers and completing albums quickly. While you can trade these up to five times a day, each event is limited to two specific stickers, set by Scopely. There's no official schedule for Monopoly Go's Golden Blitz event, so we can only estimate the date of the next Star Wars GO Golden Blitz based on previous events and official sticker polls. However, we check daily for official word on the next trade. While you wait, be sure to participate in other Monopoly Go events for a chance to earn rare sticker pack, and keep on top of freebies with our free Monopoly Go dice rolls guide, which is updated regularly with the newest links. Continue reading When is the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:06 AM Space Marine 2 patch 8 is bringing us more than just the new Siege mode, and the good news is that you don't have to wait for weeks to try it. The new update for one of the best Warhammer 40k games also includes a long-requested overhaul for the Absolute difficulty, and a new way to play the Bulwark class. If you're a Steam player, the Space Marine 2 public test server (PTS) has just opened its doors once again, meaning you can dive into an early version of the patch and test out the changes. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best co-op games, Best Warhammer games, Best Warhammer 40k games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:12 AM How do you unlock the hollow doors in the Alone in the Dark Chapel? The best horror survival games are filled with complex puzzles and conundrums - after all, a jump scare just wouldn't be the same if you didn't have to spend ten minutes unlocking the door in front of it first. As you explore Derceto Manor in Alone in the Dark, and another world entirely, there are plenty of brain-teasers to keep you distracted from what might be creeping around you. Among the most terrifying locations in the horror game are the chapel crypts you enter directly from the Manor basement. Naturally filled with undead creatures, this area of Alone in the Dark has three separate doors that must be unlocked with gold medallions - very Resident Evil. To get these hollow doors open as quickly as possible, and avoid being devoured by monsters, here's where to find each of the Alone in the Dark chapel medallions and how to arrange them. Continue reading All Alone in the Dark chapel medallions MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best horror games, Alone in the Dark release date, Alone in the Dark system requirements |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:42 AM Certain characteristics of Dagger Directive might convince you that it's a milsim shooter in the vein of Ground Branch or Arma. Bullets are affected by distance and velocity. Both you and your enemies will die if you're hit even once. Weapons are expansively customizable and, especially without suppressors, plausibly, realistically loud. But this is something else. So far, the boomer shooter trend has been primarily built on our collective memories of Doom, Quake, and Half-Life. Dagger Directive, published by old-school PC icon Microprose, brings Novalogic's Delta Force, the original Rainbow Six, and 2001's Ghost Recon into the inspiration pool. But even then, it's more than just a tribute act. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best strategy games, Best war games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:33 AM What are the Alone in the Dark combination lock solutions? We've been here before. While Alone in the Dark is very much its own game, it's easy to draw similarities to other genre stalwarts like Resident Evil. These parallels are only aggravated by the similarity in some of the puzzles, and it's hard to think of a horror survival game without at least one combination lock. The 1992 original Alone in the Dark is one of the games considered as having launched the genre, but the colorful, almost comical game never had quite the same grit and gore as, say, Resident Evil 1. That came a few years later, and its puzzles were far simpler. Utilizing everything the horror survival game genre is today, Alone in the Dark has many more head-scratchers to solve as we return to 1920s Deep South, including classic combination lock puzzles. Continue reading All Alone in the Dark combination lock puzzle solutions MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best horror games, Alone in the Dark release date, Alone in the Dark system requirements |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:02 AM Remedy's highly anticipated co-op shooter is out soon, and the FBC Firebreak system requirements are looking very reasonable at first glance, but remarkably, we have another case of upscaling being used to possibly list older PC hardware, which is somewhat misleading. You won't need the best graphics card to run this supernatural FPS, but you are going to need Nvidia DLSS or AMD FSR, just like the Hell is Us system requirements, which admit to using upscaling at all tiers. More baffling is the fact that FBC Firebreak is using a version of the Northlight Engine, Remedy's in-house creation that has been in use since 2016, so it's not like this decision is driven by the introduction of a powerful new engine. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:00 AM It still blows me away, as someone who was initially burned by its dismal launch state, that No Man's Sky is in the position it's in today. It's now one of the best space games ever made, and it's still delivering massive new features every few months, all these years later. The latest No Man's Sky update has now arrived, and it makes settlement discovery and management a much deeper part of the game. Oh, and you can now run the show and become the ultimate diplomat as your settlements' very own galactic mayor. Continue reading New No Man's Sky update lets you become a galactic mayor MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPG games, Best open-world games, Best space games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:00 AM After spending several GPU generations struggling to climb out of limbo, AMD is now determined to fight back. Thanks to some very aggressive pricing and its new supremely capable RDNA 4 graphics architecture, the Radeon RX 9070 XT has already made a big splash, despite its largely fictional MSRP, and now AMD has Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 series in its sights with its new GPU, which we're testing now for our AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT review. Costing just $349 for the 16GB version, this new AMD GPU undercuts the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB by $80, at least in terms of MSRP, while the 8GB version has the same $299 price as the RTX 5060, while offering a lot more GPU power. Has AMD just made the best graphics card for gamers on a budget? I've been running the new GPU in loads of the latest games, as well as some older ones, to find out. [site_jumplinks] MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 8:29 AM What are the best Disney games on PC? The House of Mouse dominates everything around us, from film and TV to theme parks, and even societal debate. With numerous acquisitions covering the likes of Star Wars and Marvel, sometimes you don't even know what you're consuming is Disney. The downside for fans of the mouse, though, is overwhelming choice. Luckily for you, we've played and sifted through decades of releases to offer you this selection of the very best Disney games. Despite Disney closing their in-house game development studio in 2016, there are still plenty of Disney PC games to dive into, from new games, old remasters, or collabs and crossovers. Ranging from classic '90s click-based adventure games all the way to big-budget sandbox games, whether you're looking for the best Disney games, Pixar characters, or even just stylistic influence, there's guaranteed to be something here for you. And you don't even have to worry about mods or emulation tools to play the games in this list. Continue reading The 17 best Disney games on PC 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Disney games, What's the next Dreamlight Valley update?, Disney Dreamlight Valley guide |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 8:04 AM With so many diverse MMORPG worlds to choose from these days, it can be hard to pick one. I've personally lost weeks to Final Fantasy 14's Eorzea, but World of Warcraft's Azeroth and ESO's Tamriel continue to invite me back, and I just can't say no. Then there's the continent of Tyria, the land of Guild Wars 2. This free-to-play MMO has been going strong for more than a decade now, with last year's Janthir Wilds expansion introducing player housing and the two-handed spear weapon type. Now, JW's third and final major content update is here, called Absolution, with plenty of reasons to jump back in. Continue reading The final Guild Wars 2 Janthir Wilds update sends it out with a bang MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best MMOs on PC, Guild Wars 2 system requirements, Guild Wars 2 expansion |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:58 AM June 4, 2025: We looked for new NBA 2L25 codes. What are the active NBA 2K25 codes? It's another year in the NBA 2K calendar, and as is tradition, there are plenty of freebies to collect. Over the lifetime of each game in the storied basketball series, 2K dishes out a slew of locker codes that can be punched in, rewarding you with everything from free packs to top-rated stars as the season progresses. In NBA 2K25, you can expect a similar slurry of goodies to come your way, helping you make the most of your time in the sports game. Of course, NBA 2K25 locker codes don't last forever, so you'll have to act fast when a new code does pop up. Fortunately, we're keeping our eagle eyes eagerly on the latest codes, which you can find below. Continue reading NBA 2K25 codes June 2025 - all locker codes MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best sports games, Best multiplayer games, New PC games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:56 AM What are the current and upcoming Genshin Impact events? A new version of Genshin Impact arrives every six weeks, complete with new characters, quests, and events. It's difficult to keep track of which events are currently running and if there are any new ones coming soon, so here's a schedule for all current and upcoming Genshin Impact events. There are usually a number of Genshin Impact events running simultaneously, and they aren't just in-game events. HoYoverse often launches a web event every update, which gives players a chance to learn about the latest Genshin Impact characters through an interactive story told through a web browser. Like all gacha games, the rewards for completing events in Genshin Impact range from in-game items like Primogems and Mora, to real life prizes like mouse mats and plushies. Continue reading Genshin Impact events - all current and upcoming events MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Genshin Impact codes, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:47 AM What are the best sports games on PC? For the longest time, publishers were reluctant to bring their best-selling sports games to PC. Besides EA's annual EA Sports FC release and Sports Interactive's Football Manager series, the sports genre on PC has been pretty sparse up until recently. Nowadays, no matter what sport you're into, you should find something to scratch that competitive itch. There used to be a time when console versions of sports games used to be superior in terms of the player base, graphics, and more. Fortunately, crossplay has drastically changed everything for PC players, putting them on the same footing as their console brethren. The PC versions of sports games have much to offer, including support for high refresh rates and resolutions beyond 4K. Ever wanted a view of the entire pitch in a soccer game? That's entirely possible on PC. Continue reading The best sports games on PC 2025 |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:31 AM If you want to expand your Steam Deck or ROG Ally storage, and want faster performance than a microSD card, this gaming SSD deal is perfect, with 1TB and 2TB models on offer. The Sabrent Rocket Q4 is a 2230 form factor SSD, meaning it's a lot smaller than traditional SSDs, but its smaller stature makes it perfect for gaming handhelds. While the Steam Deck is still hands down the best gaming handheld for most, its storage options start from just 64GB and max out at 1TB, which in the modern gaming era is only enough space for a few big triple-A games. This SSD deal makes it much cheaper to upgrade your internal storage to as high as 2TB, and will set up your gaming handheld for the long term. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:19 AM What are the best free PC games? Whether you're broke or just frugal, free is a price point that appeals to everybody's purse. No matter your genre of choice, it turns out that zero can buy you quite a lot in the F2P game world, and even beloved classics are available at the steepest possible discount. We've collated the top free games on PC that are guaranteed to deliver a near-endless stream of complementary entertainment. All you need to spend is your time. From cultural landmarks like Fortnite to all-time greats like Team Fortress 2, some entries on this list can easily make our list of the best PC games of all time. In no particular order, here are the best free games on PC. Continue reading The best free PC games MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Genshin Impact codes, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:06 AM What are the best indie games? The great indie boom triggered by digital distribution over a decade ago turned out to be more of a Big Bang, firing small-team development into a plethora of directions that now defy simple categorisation. The sheer volume is intimidating, so we have plenty to choose from when compiling our list of the best indie games. Perhaps too much. But we should take stock to appreciate everything indie development has given us. Some of the games listed below were built in a weekend by first-time coders, while others were crafted by former triple-A creators who've instilled their independent work with the same technical standards. They barely have anything in common but a healthy dose of idiosyncrasy and ideas that make Steam worth spelunking and make our list of the best PC games. Continue reading The best indie games on PC 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games, New PC games, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:05 AM Looking for Elden Ring Nightreign guides? Your time in the Lands Between isn't over just yet, Tarnished. Or should that be Nightfarer? This standalone multiplayer game is the closest FromSoftware fans can get to an official Elden Ring co-op mode, and there's plenty to learn. Elden Ring Nightreign is set in a parallel universe to that of the soulslike game we all know and love, paving the way for new possibilities. As our Elden Ring Nightreign review attests, this co-op adventure shrinks the boundaries of Elden Ring's open world to a procedurally generated "open-air dungeon" populated with random enemies, locations, and even surprise cameos pulled from other FromSoftware titles. Gather your fellow Nightfarers, peruse our expansive guides, and conquer the night. Continue reading Elden Ring Nightreign guides MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Elden Ring Nightreign review, Elden Ring Nightreign class, Elden Ring Nightreign bosses |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:08 AM How do you join Monopoly Go Tycoon Club? Whether you're a Monopoly novice or a mega-rich tycoon, you have an equal chance of entering the elusive club if the stars align. Here's how to get a Tycoon Club invite, the Tycoon Club benefits, how its unique rewards work, and how to proudly show them off to those still waiting for their way in. Ready to make a big splash with Mr. M? Check out the latest list of free Monopoly Go dice links to score hundreds of free dice rolls every day. Save them up to breeze through upcoming Monopoly Go events. Wait for the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz to start and you'll make those spins go even further. Continue reading Monopoly Go Tycoon Club codes, rewards, and invite guide MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:05 AM When is the Haunted Chocolatier release date? The upcoming 2D role-playing adventure is being developed by Eric Barone, otherwise known as ConcernedApe, who also created Stardew Valley. That means that we should expect some lovely pixel art, a picturesque town, and an awesome soundtrack - but with less farming and more chocolate, of course. If Haunted Chocolatier reaches the heights of Stardew Valley, it'll be up there as one of the best indie games of all time, and possibly one of the best PC games ever. From the first gameplay trailer and boss teaser to the latest news, here's everything we know about the Haunted Chocolatier release date so far. Continue reading Haunted Chocolatier release date estimate and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Haunted Chocolatier release date, Upcoming PC games, Games like Stardew Valley |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:46 AM  Witcher fans have naturally been busy poring over The Witcher 4's tech demo in search of interesting details beyond the big obvious teases. One group on Reddit reckon their ears picked up the voice of Witcher 3 actor Richard Hawley. Hawley voiced a few characters in Gerry from the Riviera's RPG clash with the Wild Hunt, with Caleb Menge, Francis Bedlam, and Redanian schemer Sigismund Dijkstra all boasting his dulcet tones. It's that last one that'll likely have lodged the actor's voice into your brain. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:13 AM  If you caught The Witcher 4's tech demo at yesterday's Unreal showcase, you likely spent an above-average amount of time for a Tuesday being impressed by horse muscles. Still, however excited you were about that horse, I'd wager you weren't quite as happy as Alice Ruppert - consultant on the upcoming Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori, and owner of the very best website about video game horses on the internet. Ruppert's initial reaction? "Tears of joy in my eyes when they showed the slow mo horse movement". "I'm a big fan of the of the Witcher books, and so I knew that Ciri has a horse named Kelpie in the books," Ruppert tells me over a call, "so, that's part of it". But it's also the care that's been put in. "Like: here's our gorgeous horse. We care about it, and we know you care about it. And that made me feel very seen. I think that's what brought the tears to my eyes. Of course, I am so profoundly a horse girl that you can, depending on my mood of the day, you can show me a slow mo footage of a horse galloping and I will cry in any case. That's just my horse appreciation brain rot." |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 8:59 AM  If you found the feudal festival of backstabbing that was Final Fantasy Tactics distressingly upbeat and wholesome, perhaps you'll be more impressed by Never's End, a new turn and grid-based RPG from Destiny's former lead sandbox gameplay designer Ryan Jucket with character designs from Final Fantasy artist Masayoshi Nishimura. It takes place in a world swamped by creeping undead darkness, and casts you as a warrior spirit wrought of deathless silver. Taking charge of the last surviving village, you will possess and burn away the very souls of townsfolk in order to transform them into battlefield units. Careful, though, because the more villagers you catch in your mirrors and reduce to living weapons, the stronger the Never becomes. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:17 AM  Following the recently-concluded invasion of Super Earth, Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead have decided to keep on chugging with the invasions. Yep, in the most Helldivers 2 development ever to hit Helldivers 2, an Illuminate invasion has given way to an Automaton invasion. The game's Galactic War is a genuine forever war, and I continue to enjoy watching Arrowhead find new ways to kick its community of bed and shout 'come on, you've got new things to do'. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:01 AM  Back in 2023, several former Ubisoft executives were taken into custody by French police, following allegations of sexual harassment, workplace abuse, sexism and violence in 2020. Now, some of those executives have appeared in court in Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis to defend their alleged role in cultivating a workplace where women were frequently assaulted or humiliated by senior members of staff. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 6:27 AM  Get yer flip-flops out and dust last year's sand off the boogie board. Subnautica 2's world map will be bigger than previous games in the soaking survival series. At least that's what the developers say in a recent Q & A video. They've also said they're returning to the storytelling style of the first game, with a silent protagonist and "player discovery" being the big driver of the story. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 5:50 AM  Oblivion is really a game about the Imperial Watch. Forget all the Mehrunes Dagon stuff and that Hero of Kvatch - the real stars of the show are the stupid guards who pop out of the ether to tell you it's time to pay the fine for your long list of misdeeds or head off to jail. One Oblivion Remastered modder clearly feels the same way, as they've just fleshed out the Imperial Watch and Forestry divisions into joinable factions, via the addition of some new radiant quests and systems. These kinds of mods have become a bit of a hobby for the modder in question, ColdTyrant, and I spoke to them about it pretty recently. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 4:51 AM  I currently do not have time to play Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, the game Katherine (RPS in peace) called a "spiritual successor" to (unbelievably good stealth tactics game) Invisible Inc. So, I'm writing about its release from early access as a sort of vicarious joy substitute. Because, boy, does it tick several big honking megaboxes for me. The idea is that you'll be pulling off cyberpunky heists with a squad of mercs, planning and executing while keeping the future fuzz off your backs. There's also lots of dense RPG multiclassing stuff I'll talk about in a second. Here's a launch trailer. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 4:38 AM  Glory Holes Of Oblivion is an Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered mod that lets you shoot arrows and cast spells through holes in gates, and also allows your enemies to do the same. Cheers Ex Research for the spot. NexusMods lists Glory Holes Of Oblivion as containing 'adult content'. This is surely because they're not scholars of glassblowing or drawers. More on this in a second. First, here's a good skeleton demonstrating the use of the mod. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, June 4, 2025 4:28 AM  I need help identifying an Ossic Ring. Whatever an Ossic Ring is, it's related to a serpent goddess and is great at keeping away vermin. Legend holds that you can hear it hissing. I'm not sure if the Ossic Ring is an actual ring, and if so, whether it's a ring for your finger or a ring necklace or a ring design found on something unhelpfully nonringular. With time running short (I am playing the demo for Bad Viking's Strange Antiquities on the train), I grab weird knick knacks from my shelves at random and thrust them imperiously at the customer. Perhaps this berringed corpse's hand? No? How about this iron band enclosing a blue crystal tear? I get it wrong three times in a row and my character's brain saturates with Dread. To dispel the Dread, I must play a farkle-style dice game, matching faces to sigils before my soul collapses. Ah, this is just like recommending guest beers at the gastropub I worked in before getting my first job in the shitpost business. Do Strange Ales next, Bad Viking. |
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Siliconera Wednesday, June 4, 2025 12:00 PM
Square Enix announced its Final Fantasy music box collection will grow in October 2025, as three more songs from the FFIX soundtrack will be part of it. This is part of the ongoing nod to the 25th anniversary of this installment. Each one costs 2,750円 (~$19) in Japan. Only the e-Store features listings for them as of time of writing, but Square Enix sold past entries in its Online Store and on Amazon.
The three FFIX songs in the Final Fantasy music box lineup this time are "Not Alone," "A Place to Call Home," and "Roses of May." The first one, "Not Alone," is associated with the cast as a whole, and it relates to the way in which they support Zidane. "A Place to Call Home" comes up frequently throughout the game, and the top of that one features the game's logo and track name. As "Roses of May" is the theme for Beatrix, she's featured prominently on the top of that box. Finally, "You are not Alone."
Here's how all three look. Square Enix didn't share YouTube videos that let us hear how they sound.
This isn't the only entry from this game in the Final Fantasy music box collection. A "Melodies of Life" one of the game's main theme is already available worldwide. It usually costs between $22 and $30, depending on where you find it and its age.
The next three entries FFIX music box releases will debut in Japan in October 31, 2025, with a worldwide launch following that. The game is available on the PlayStation, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC, and mobile devices.
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Siliconera Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:00 AM
Ahead of the debut of Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster, Square Enix shared looks into the past lives of Agnes Oblige and Edea Lee. Each one highlights what they were doing just ahead of the events of the game, which debuts on the Switch 2 on June 5, 2025. It also offers glimpses at other people we see throughout the game.
The first image involved a peek at Agnes before she headed out on her mission for the Crystal Orthodoxy in Bravely Default. She's the Wind Vestal devoted to that elemental crystal. As shown in her prequel art and story, she's working alongside another nun from the Temple of Wind to teach people in Ancheim about the importance of crystals.
The Bravely Default second image showed Edea Lee at the Duchy of Eternia back when she fought alongside the Sky Knights. This is before we meet and join up with her in the game following her mission to intercept Agnes. In the background we can see her father Braev Lee, Grand Marshall of the Council of Six, watching as she walks alongside Alternis Dim, another member of the order.
Here's how both images look. Each one features a brief story segment below it.
As a reminder, this is one of multiple JRPGs that are part of the Switch 2 launch window, with all of them being familiar faces.
Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster will come to the Switch 2 on June 5, 2025, and the original game appeared on the 3DS.
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Siliconera Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:00 AM
Hideaki Anno was directly involved in writing the ninth episode of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. The founder and president of Khara also published tweets explaining several details behind the episode's production on the studio's secondary social media account. Be advised that the rest of this article will contain Spoiler Warnings for the new episode.
Editor's Note: There will be spoilers regarding the involvement of Hideaki Anno in episode 9 of the Gundam GQuuuuuuX anime below.
In the first tweet, Anno described the amphibious Mobile Suits that appeared at the end of the ninth episode. He asked the show's director Kazuya Tsurumaki to have them appear with a minimal amount of work. The team only needed to depict the upper halves of the Mobile Suits, as they had just returned to the surface after working underwater.
The second tweet covered the crux of the episode. Hideaki Anno noted that the earlier plot for GQuuuuuuX in November 2022 featured a different character from the original Mobile Suit Gundam. He also clarified that this character does not come from a specific island. However, when the studio made the first version of the script in July 2023, the story was completely changed to feature the specific girl instead.
Anno also revealed that he and Yoji Enokido made their own separate scripts for the new scenes inside the warship Sodon. Kazuya Tsurumaki would later combine both scripts for the final release.
In the most recently published third tweet, Anno noted from the show's scripts that after the One Year War concluded in the GQuuuuuuX universe, Zeon established several exclaves in geopolitically important regions on Earth. It also set up military bases and arms factories to help safeguard those regions.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is available worldwide on Amazon Prime Video. The platform exclusively publishes new episodes, including the latest ninth episode, the earliest after the Japanese television premiere.
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Siliconera Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:00 AM
Among the most active Hololive English branch members is Kiara Takanashi, a Vtuber who is coming up on her fifth year performing with Cover. She's also quite prolific, working on original songs, covers, conducting interviews on Holotalk, and streaming games. Siliconera got a chance to catch up with her following the release of "Perfume" to talk about her latest song, other tracks, and plans for the future.
Jenni Lada: You just released your most recent song, "Perfume." How long was it in production, and what sorts of challenges did you face when preparing it?
Kiara Takanashi: There were some delays for the release, as I was originally gonna release it in December, so the song was already ready for quite a while. For my 3D music videos, my MV maker Kanauru usually speeds through it in only 1 month after I provide my recorded motion data! But 1-2 months before the MV making process starts, and a little bit into the process, I was also working on the creation of the 3D model. Designing it, illustrating it, and then supervising the process of it being turned into 3D.
Also, another thing being done simultaneously was the digital jacket design. I had a very specific image in my had of a perfume bottle standing right on the edge of a pool, with sunlight throwing some strong shadows and all that. The challenge throughout all of
this is handling so much on my own, due to not being with a music label! It gives me more creative freedom, but it is also a lot more stressful.
For the "Perfume" music video, you designed your outfit for it. How did you go through that process, and were there any specific real-world designs you used as inspiration for it?
Kiara Takanashi: I think this time I did not have anything as inspiration, I just knew from the start that I wanted a very flowy, cutesy, girly dress, with 2 layers in the skirt part so that when I would turn during a dance, you could see the 2 layers twirl separately.
I did have inspiration though for the hair, actually. I wanted really straight and long hair, because I had seen [Jang] Wonyoung from IVE slay with that kind of hairstyle a lot, and it looked so
sophisticated, so I thought this is what I need. I feel like a lot of the time we Vtubers will have big, fluffy, spikey or curly hair, with over the top design elements and all that, but I just wanted it
to look somewhat realistic and elegant for this purpose.
Finishing everything up with some pretty diamond accessories, because at least in 3D they do not cost millions to produce, I think I managed to bring the whole look of a sophisticated, cute
girl together quite well, and my fans hopefully saw a very different me this time.
You released your first album, Point of View, back in 2023. With "Chimera," "Mirage," and "Perfume" released in 2024 and 2025, are you currently working on a second one?
Kiara Takanashi: I am not - but I am thinking about it! Again, since I am not with a music label, making a single is already quite stressful sometimes, but a whole album was more challenging than I had anticipated. But who knows, I might want to give it a try again!
You applied for Eurovision 2024. Would you consider applying for the 2026 competition?
Kiara Takanashi: Perhaps yes! I think they may have not been quite ready yet for something like a Vtuber, because the logistics already seem difficult to produce for them, but I think it could make for some interesting headlines for them and for us, and I would love to be on such a big stage, at an event that is so important to that part of the world that I am from.
You worked on a number of duet covers recently with fellow Hololive members like La+ Darknesss and Sakamata Chloe. What does the process look like for preparing these performances?
Kiara Takanashi: Usually the one inviting the other handles the whole process, like finding an artist to draw the illustrations and giving them the instructions - also the music video creator. I was so focused the past 2 years on my original songs that I was not making many song covers, but there were some recent bangers from my favorite song creators that I could not just let go uncovered.
Sakamata Chloe had also announced her graduation, and since our performance of "WILDCARD" was so well received at holofes 2024, I wanted to make sure that people can listen to it publicly eternally. So, I decided to whip up a song cover version of it and I am so glad that she had time to record it!
For Laplus, people have been seeing some kind of connection between us for a while because she openly praises my music a lot, and both of us are quite the dancers. Recently we have been
bonding a bit more than usual, and there was this song, "FAKE HEART," that I really wanted to cover. It is originally already a duet song, and I thought her voice would fit the role of Kagamine Len perfectly! Maybe at some point, we can also perform it in 3D!?
You recently participated in Enigmatic Recollection: The Chains of Fate with fellow Hololive English members. What kind of preparation goes into that type of roleplay? Are there any tricks you use on the fly to help keep up with lore and establish your character behind the scenes?
Kiara Takanashi: To be honest, this is the second time for this event, and I struggled both last time and this time with it, mostly due to language. I think my English is very fluent and for everyday streaming, there are no issues for me to find the words that I need to say. But ENReco is kind of in this medieval atmosphere, so I need to try to speak like that if I want to really blend in. I actually love that kind of medieval stuff, but talking like that in a foreign language is still a big challenge for me.
Regardless, I really committed this time and spent a lot of time streaming the project, even though the streams were at 3AM-7AM my time roughly, for 8 days in a row. Sunlight was not witnessed for a while, but many exciting and chaotic moments have been shared!
We've seen a number of Hololive Vtubers perform themes for projects like anime series, and in the past you acted as the Tales of Arise ambassador for Bandai Namco. How would you feel about getting to be the featured singer for an anime or game opening, and is there any specific title you'd consider a dream project?
Kiara Takanashi: Recently I actually had that honor, by singing an opening for One Piece - not alone though! Together with a couple others, but it was super cool to hear my voice through the TV throughout March 2025, when it was aired. It was a cover song of an older iconic opening song, "WE GO!," which was super fun to record.
But if I were able to do such a thing one day as the sole singer, that would of course be even more awesome. I would always be open for it, may it be for a game or for an anime. My own song have been mostly following a more western direction, but I used to sing in a more JPOP style too, and still love that kind of anison genre very much. It's just so much fun! So hopefully one day I get that chance again!
I know Japanese creations like games and animes also like make songs that feature german lyrics because they sound cool to them, so … Just as a reminder, German is my first language… Wink wink!
Your Holotalk show show essentially turned into not only a project to help better introduce people worldwide to people from other branches, but as something of a means of commemorating departing individuals like Gawr Gura, Nanashi Mumei, Fauna Ceres, and Amelia Watson. How do you feel about this project after conducting these interviews for coming up on five years, and do you have any other goals for the show going forward? Could we see some Indonesia branch members appear?
Kiara Takanashi: Even though I have already done so many episodes, I always feel super nervous during these. Preparing them is always a bit of work, and I want to do each talent justice with the questions and information shared. Recently I have done these graduation episodes too, which gives me that pressure even more so, but I am so glad I get a chance to take a deeper look into their
activities one last time and share it in both English and Japanese, so that Japanese fans of these girls may also understand a bit more, if they don't speak English.
Indonesian members, just like English members have been on my mind for this for a long time, I was just gonna do Japanese members first for the longest time - The only reason why I started
the English ones earlier than planned was the graduations… But! Perhaps it is finally time to get to my lovely friends from Indonesia soon!
Speaking of which, you're coming up on five years with Cover and Hololive. What kinds of goals would you like to pursue in 2025 and 2026?
Kiara Takanashi: 2025 is going by so fast, we are already halfway through… I am currently preparing for my 3D Birthday live concert - shortly after the big one I had at Easter!! And then soon after that, I will have to prepare for the 3D Anniversary concert with my genmates. The summer is packed!
2024 I had the honor to be part of the first World Tour of ours, so compared to that 2025 maybe looks to be less exciting in terms of concerts for me. Therefore, hopefully 2026 more opportunities will come my way!
Kiara Takanashi streams can be viewed on YouTube, and she's active on social media.
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Siliconera Wednesday, June 4, 2025 8:00 AM
The Switch 2 launch is a pretty good one for fans of JRPGs. Aside from being largely compatible with many of the Switch games we already own, meaning we get access to a large selection of existing titles, the launch library also contains six JRPGs so far. I mean, it could be more. We do have Summer Game Fest 2025 this month, and that could mean shadowdrops. To help you keep up, here's all six of the JRPGs we know will be on the system as of June 4, 2025. (And I'll be sure to keep it updated throughout the first few months of its "life.")
Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster
Out of the entire Switch 2 lineup, Bravely Default HD Remaster is likely the first one you'll think of when the JRPG genre comes to mind. This is because it is the most traditional new game that fits that formula. A remastered version of the classic 3DS game, it's a turn-based adventure that is honestly very Final Fantasy due to its use of crystals and reliance on jobs for abilities. (It's basically a successor to the DS game Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light.) Anyone playing it for the first time can look forward to a really interesting story!
Deltarune
Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4launch alongside the Switch 2, giving us the next part in the series to play when the new console debuts. Its turn-based battle system is very much like a JRPG. This means we can almost nearly complete the game, what with Chapter 5 being the final part. Even better is that you can test this out without paying first, as Chapters 1 and 2 are available for free.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
Level-5 only announced Fantasy Life i would be a Switch 2 launch title at basically the last minute. But don't take that as an indicator of the quality! This is an amazing game in which you take part in action-RPG battles and build up Lives (jobs) tied to combat, crafting, and gathering. The Switch 2 upgrade purchase gets you higher frame rates and better graphics. Go through three different time periods, build yourself up, do lots of crafting, and figure out what's going on with a mystery that goes all the way back into the past as well as the present.
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
Atlus has us covered for the Switch 2 launch with the return of a classic action-RPG from its Shin Megami Tensei JRPG library. Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is back just after the new console's debut. We follow Raidou Kuzunoha XIV during the Taisho era as he solves the supernatural disappearance of a young woman with demons by his side. There are lots of quality of life adjustments in this release too!
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
While there's a little light platforming that can be an issue, Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is actually a fantastic JRPG for the Switch 2. It isn't as heavy on the farming as past installments, instead prioritizing fighting your way through different regions as you explore, help build up villages, and form relationships with different characters. This is all set against a storyline about awakening gods and saving a region from disaster. There's even a $10 Switch 2 upgrade for it.
Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
While Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars did initially debut earlier in 2025, the compilation is also part of the Switch 2 launch window. This gives you the HD versions of two of the best JRPGs from the PlayStation era. It could easily keep you busy for 80 hours. It ran well on the original Switch, so it should be just as fantastic on the Switch 2 too.
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Destructoid Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:30 AM
There are a lot of adorable critters running around the Valley and Eternity Isle in Disney Dreamlight Valley, and each of them has its own unique tastes and behaviour. Each critter can become a companion if they trust you enough, but earning that trust is easier said than done.
Whether you're desperate for a Raccoon to follow you everywhere you go or want a Cobra to be your best bud, you need to learn their likes and dislikes as well as how to approach each animal.
While some critters don't mind your presence, others will repeatedly run away and entice you into chasing them. There's a lot to remember, but it soon becomes second nature, especially for your personal favorites. Let's uncover every Disney Dreamlight Valley critter's favorite foods and some tips for approaching each animal.
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How to befriend critters in Dreamlight Valley
How to feed Squirrels
Squirrels are the first critters you'll encounter in Disney Dreamlight Valley. They live in the Plaza and have a preference for peanuts. You can purchase peanuts from Remy's restaurant shop. Squirrels won't run away from you when you approach them, letting you freely interact and feed them.
How to feed Rabbits
Next up is rabbits, who you'll mainly find in Peaceful Meadow early in your playthrough. Their favorite food is carrots, which you can purchase from Goofy's stall or grow from seeds you obtain from the Meadow's Night Thorns. Unlike squirrels, you'll have to chase rabbits around three times before they stop and let you feed them.
How to feed Turtles
On the right side of Disney Dreamlight Valley's map is Dazzle Beach, a coastal biome that houses adorable sea turtles. Their favorite food is seaweed, which you can find in any biome. Your best strategy for obtaining this resource is to avoid bubbling ripples while fishing.
The sea turtle is the first critter you need to be cautious around. As you approach it, it'll hide in its shell for a few second before reappearing. When the turtle hides, stop moving for a second and wait for it to reveal itself again before moving again. Repeat this until you're in range to feed it.
How to feed Raccoons
Right above Dazzle Beach is the Forest of Valor, a wooded region full of raccoons. Raccoons love their regional food, with blueberries being their favorite. You'll find blueberries inside bushes scattered around the forest.
As you enter their detection range, they'll go on alert, searching the area for predators and fleeing when it finds one. In this case, it's you. As they do this, stop moving until their head's down before continuing to move, repeating until you're within the raccoon's range. It'll then become passive, letting you feed it some blueberries.
How to feed Crocodiles
On the opposite side of the map is our first mid-game region, the Glade of Trust. Within the glade, you'll find several crocodiles waiting to eat their favorite food, lobsters. You can find lobsters by fishing in orange fishing spots within the Glade of Trust.
The crocodile has an identical movement and detection pattern to raccoons. Its head will go up once you're in range, so you'll need to wait until relaxes before approaching.
How to feed Foxes
Directly north of the Forest of Valor is Frosted Heights, a frozen tundra where you'll find numerous foxes. The fox's favorite food is the White Sturgeon, a rare fish you catch by fishing in orange spots within Frosted Heights.
The fox has the same movement and detection pattern as rabbits. They'll run away as you approach, so keep chasing them down until they relax, allowing you to feed them some White Sturgeon and take one step closer to recruiting them as companions.
How to feed Sunbirds
Sunbirds are a critter native to Sunlit Plateau, the desert-like region north of the Glade of Trust. They differ from other critters, as each differently colored Sunbird has it's own favorite food. Their favorite food is Houseleek, a flower also found on Sunlit Plateau, with the bird's wing color determining the exact type.
Sunbirds are friendly critters that will approach you without hesitation, much like squirrels. By the time you collect a few Houseleeks, you'll likely already have one nearby, ready to eat. If not, chase one down until it stops and lets you feed it some flowers.
How to feed Ravens
Our last critter within Disney Dreamlight Valley's base game is the raven, an animal only found within the Forgotten Lands. They have an expensive taste, with five-star meals being their favorite food. Like squirrels and sunbirds, you can easily walk up to them to feed them.
The easiest five-star meal to produce is a Large Seafood Platter, as it simply requires four Shellfish—Clams, Oysters or Scallops from Dazzle Beach's shores—and a Lemon, which can be foraged from trees in the Forest of Valor or Glade of Trust.
How to befriend critters on Eternity Isle
How to feed Monkeys
Our first Rift in Time critter is monkeys that reside in Ancient's Landing. Their favorite food is the banana split, which you can create using the following ingredients:
They have the same movement pattern as rabbits and foxes. Once you approach them, they'll mischievously run away. Continue chasing it until it stops and lets you feed it some delicious banana splits.
How to feed Cobras
Next is the Cobra, a critter native to the Glittering Dunes. Their favorite food is eggs, which you can easily buy from the Chez Remy restaurant's kitchen shop. Like raccoons and crocodiles, you'll need to watch its head while approaching it.
How to feed Capybaras
Our final A Rift in Time critter is the capybaras of the Wild Tangle. Their favorite food is cabbages, available from Goofy's Wild Tangle stalls. Like the real world, capybaras are chill creatures. You don't need to watch for any special movement patterns with them. Just walk up to them and give them a cabbage to make them happy.
How to befriend critters in Storybook Vale
How to feed owls
Our next set of animals are those from the Storybook Vale, with The Bind's owls being the first you'll encounter. Their favorite food is barley, a grain purchased from Goofy's stall in The Bind. Like regular birds in Disney Dreamlight Valley's base game, you can walk up to owls and feed them without them going on alert or flying away.
How to feed Pegasuses
Next is the Pegasus, an adorable critter that runs around Mythopia. They have a peculiar diet, eating only four-star or higher meals that are vegetable-based. If there's any meat within the dish, they won't be a fan.
Like rabbits and foxes, Pegasuses will run away as you approach them. You'll need to chase them down to tire them out, letting you feed them some food and get another step closer to unlocking every critter as a companion.
How to feed baby dragons
Our last Storybook Vale critter is the baby dragons within Everafter. They have two favorite dishes—Pure Ice and Magma—that you can find within Everafter and Mythopia. Unlike owls and Pegasuses, they'll go on alert as you approach them, so watch their head patterns and move carefully to avoid scaring them.
Over time, you'll notice that every animal has different colors and appearances. Although this doesn't affect their behavior and favorite food, you can unlock each variant as unique companions. However, they only appear at specific times, so knowing every Disney Dreamlight Valley critter's schedule will help narrow down your search.
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Destructoid Wednesday, June 4, 2025 9:00 AM
No Man's Sky continues its ever-evolving journey of free updates today with Beacon, but that's just part of the good news about the space exploration game.
Developer Hello Games also confirmed a free update is coming to enhance the existing game on Nintendo Switch for the Nintendo Switch 2 version, and it drops alongside the new console tomorrow, June 5.
"For the last year we've had this secret room with some Switch 2 dev-kits from Nintendo," the dev said. "New platforms are always exciting and our small team has loved pushing the new hardware to its limits."
For starters, the Switch 2 version of No Man's Sky will support cross save and cross play and add full multiplayer, high-res texture support, an increase in pixel density in both TV and handheld mode, an increase in the resolution of the UI, full support for touch screen, and gyro controls.
The free update for Switch owners on Switch 2 will also include Beacon, which "completely overhauls settlements, bringing towns and their management to the game, "including huge new robotic settlements to discover, with impossibly new sci-fi buildings."
"Players can become town mayor and take ownership of multiple settlements," Hello Games said. "You can construct buildings and upgrade each one, with new building types like jukebox bars where you can choose the music, merchants where you can build custom starships or even ponds you can chill and fish at. Each inhabitant can be conversed with, with their own abilities and attributes to manage. As town mayor you'll be enlisted to welcome new settlers, resolve disputes, and make choices to create prosperity."
Beacon is the latest in a long line of free, massive overhaul updates to No Man's Sky, which has undergone a laundry list of quality-of-life changes since its original launch way back in 2016 to become an impossibly large space spectacle. And now, you can play it on the newest console out there when it launches tomorrow.
But the Switch 2 is just one of many platforms where No Man's Sky can be played. The game, and Beacon, are also available on PC, PS4, PS5, PSVR, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PCVR, and Steam Deck.
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Destructoid Wednesday, June 4, 2025 8:45 AM
Mirabel has some critter-related tasks for you to get done during Disney Dreamlight Valley's Parks Fest event. Tackling these quests is essential if you want to fully complete everything the event has to offer.
All of Mirabel's asks challenge you to find specific critters around the valley, which can be a pretty daunting task if you aren't familiar with interacting with them. If this task has you stumped, here's how to complete Dreamlight Parks Fest: Critter Snacks in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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Dreamlight Parks Fest: Critter Snacks duty in Disney Dreamlight Valley
To fully complete the Dreamlight Parks Fest: Critter Snacks quest, you need to find three Rabbits around the Peaceful Meadow biome and feed them their favorite food. There generally aren't three Rabbits wandering around this region at the same time, so knowing their schedules is crucial for getting this task done.
Rabbit schedule in Disney Dreamlight Valley
There are five Rabbits that call the Peaceful Meadow biome home. Each one has a unique schedule and can only be found and interacted with on certain days within specific timeframes. Here are all of the Rabbits you can meet and when you can find each one.
Feed some Rabbits in the Peaceful Meadow their favorite food in Disney Dreamlight Valley
You can feed some Rabbits in the Peaceful Meadow their favorite food for the Dreamlight Parks Fest: Critter Snacks duty by giving three different Rabbits a Carrot. To make progress in this quest, you need to select three unique Rabbits to interact with rather than feeding the same one multiple times.
Rabbits also like several other foods, including most grains, spices, fruits, and vegetables. Since Mirabel's quest specifically asks you to give them their favorite food, though, you must stick to only giving them Carrots to get it done.
Before you can feed each Rabbit, you need to play a game of tag and chase them around the biome until they allow you to interact with them. You generally need to chase after them around three to five times before they're ready to be fed.
With this quest out of the way, you can move on to tackling other important tasks in the Dreamlight Parks Fest event. Scrooge McDuck has several duties for you to get done, too, including Dreamlight Parks Fest: Dig It, Dreamlight Parks Fest: Ovals, and Dreamlight Parks Fest: Rectangles.
If you need a break from quests, you might want to tackle crafting some Popcorn Buckets instead. To do so, you need to complete tasks like Mine Time!, Oh, Bother, Squirrel!, and A Shining Icon.
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Destructoid Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:18 AM
Phasmophobia has been spooking ghost hunters since its initial release in an early access state back in 2020, and it's now bringing the haunts to Hollywood with a feature film. On June 3, it was announced that the Phasmophobia team is partnering with Blumhouse to develop a movie.
The film is already in development, but a timeline as to when we might expect to see it released hasn't been shared. It's likely at least a year or more out since it's in the very early stages of production, but we do already know a bit about it.
Blumhouse is the driving force behind this adaptation, and it's the company behind many massive horror films, including Get Out, The Conjuring, M3GAN, Happy Death Day, Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Halloween. More recently, it's also the studio that brought the Five Nights at Freddy's game to the silver screen and is actively working to develop Five Nights at Freddy's 2.
Blumhouse is certainly familiar with adapting video games and is the powerhouse production company behind many of the most iconic and well-known horror movies, so it seems as though the Phasmophobia adaptation has landed in the right place.
Daniel Knight, the Director of Kinetic Games and Lead Developer of Phasmophobia, said this announcement is the "start of something really exciting" and that the team "never could've imagined the incredible heights this game would reach when it launched five years ago."
This reveal didn't come with any details on what the movie will entail, so it's unclear how exactly this adaptation will play out. Phasmophobia doesn't have a whole lot of lore, nor does it have a comprehensive storyline, so there's plenty of room for the movie to get creative with it. It'll be interesting to see what kind of approach Blumhouse takes with it.
"Working with Blumhouse and Atomic Monster marks an incredible new chapter for the game, and we can't wait to share more as the project develops," the lead developer also said.
Since its launch back in 2020, Phasmophobia has amassed over 23 million global sales despite still technically being in an early access state. It's consistently received massive updates and overhauls as the devs work on moving it toward official release, which is currently slated to happen sometime in 2026.
This news comes shortly after the Chronicle update announcement and the Horror 2.0 update moving into development, so it's been a pretty busy time for the ghost-hunting game recently, and there seems to be plenty to look forward to. Although we don't have much information about what this movie adaptation will entail, we'll certainly learn more as the development process continues.
If you want to learn a bit more about this news, you can check out the official press release.
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