GamersHeroes Thursday, August 28, 2025 1:15 PM Ahead of its release next month, gear up for Techland Games' highly anticipated Dying Light: The Beast with the first official devblog for the title. The post Dying Light: The Beast First Devblog Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:32 PM World-renowned dance crew The Kinjaz has collaborated with SEGA to embody the spirit of SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance's Joe Musashi with their new official dance video. The post SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance The Kinjaz Official Dance Video Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:15 PM The sweet sounds of SEGA's Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds keep coming ahead of its release next month, with the official release of the second DJ Mix. The post Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds DJ Mix 2 Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:53 AM The team at Arc Games, together with DECA Games, has released the "Timeless Legacy" bundle for the PlayStation and Xbox versions of Star Trek Online. The post Star Trek Online "Timeless Legacy" Starship Bundle Now Available on Consoles appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:36 AM The team at NEXON has announced that the next character to join The First Descendant as part of the next September update is the K-pop-inspired Ultimate Luna. The post Ultimate Luna Coming to The First Descendant's September Update appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:23 AM All those that dive into Rockstar Games' GTA Online can net themselves Double GTA$ and RP on the new Cayo Perico Survival. The post New Cayo Perico Survival This Week in GTA Online appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:04 AM A free content-rich update is now available for SEGA and Two Point Studios' Two Point Museum, bringing with it the new Digiverse expedition map done in collaboration with Black Salt Games' DREDGE. The post Two Point Museum X DREDGE Collaboration Live appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 1:28 PM
Over 1,350 developers at Blizzard have formed unions The post <i>Diablo</i> Team Unionizes Over AI, Remote Work, And 'Passion Tax' Of Working In Games appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 1:04 PM
Agent 47's growing collection of exciting stealth challenges offers up an exquisite and rewarding game of cat and mouse The post <i>Hitman World Of Assassination</i>: The <i>Kotaku</i> Review appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:46 PM
FromSoftware's new Deep of Night difficulty mode has officially been revealed The post New <i>Elden Ring: Nightreign</i> Mode Is About To Ratchet The Difficulty Up To 11 appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:42 PM
Letter Boxed and Tiles are also now locked behind a New York Times subscription The post <i>The NYT'</i>s Mini Crossword No Longer Free-To-Play And Fans Are Pissed appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:24 AM
Plus: Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox port is odd, some former Black Panther devs are working on something new for Wizards of the Coast, and some M&M lore The post Capcom Has Reportedly Tried And Failed To Remake <i>Dino Crisis</i> A Few Times appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:20 AM Google Pixel Tablet Falls to All-Time Low, Likely Clearing Stock Right After Pixel 10 Series Release
The white 128GB model of this Android tablet is just $250 right now, so don't be picky about the color. The post Google Pixel Tablet Falls to All-Time Low, Likely Clearing Stock Right After Pixel 10 Series Release appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:50 AM
Save 19% on the officially-licensed Xbox expansion drive from Seagate for a limited time. The post Seagate Expansion Card SSD for Xbox Is Now Back to Black Friday Price for Labor Day appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:20 AM
Over 13,000 Amazon reviewers love Apple's latest buds, and you can join them for just $90, a 30% price plunge. The post AirPods 4 Crash to Lowest Price as Labor Day Sales Line Up With Apple's September Event appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:02 AM
Naoki Yoshida is begging fans to stop posting lewds and ripping off the item shop The post <i>Final Fantasy 14</i> Boss Explains Why One Of The Game's Most Popular Mods Was Banned appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:50 AM
For this price, it's the kind of screen that changes how you work and play. The post This 15″ Portable Gaming Monitor Now Costs Peanuts, Amazon Goes Big for Labor Day appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:43 AM
Mega Hawlucha joins Dragonite and Victreebel as new mega forms in the upcoming RPG The post <em>Pokémon Legends: Z-A</em>'s Latest Mega Evolution Reveal Could Be A Sports Anime appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:20 AM
It didn't get a cut on Prime Day, this Labor Day deal is wild! The post The New Asus RTX 5080 Crashes to a Record Low, Amazon Launches a Big Labor Day Clearout appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 8:50 AM
This Windows 11 laptop is more than enough for everyday (basic) use. The post This HP Laptop with Office 365 Is Cheaper Than Buying Office Alone, Amazon Clears Out Stock for Labor Day appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 8:20 AM
No Windows laptop comes close to this MacBook Air deal. The post Amazon Slashes All Its Margin on the New MacBook Air, Now Cheaper Than an Average Laptop appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 7:50 AM
At this price, skip the regular iPad and grab this deal fast. The post Forget Prime Day, Amazon Crashes the Price of the 2025 iPad Air to a New All-Time Low appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Thursday, August 28, 2025 7:20 AM
For Star Wars fans, this LEGO set isn't optional, it's essential. The post Amazon Sells at a Loss, LEGO Star Wars Ahsoka T-6 Jedi Shuttle Reaches a New All-Time Low appeared first on Kotaku. |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 1:28 PM As pre-registrations continue to skyrocket past the 5.2 million mark, the Duet Night Abyss system requirements have been revealed on the Epic Games Store. They're relatively low for a 3D game being released in 2025, but this is to be expected given the animated art style of this fantasy RPG that should in theory make is easy to run on older gaming PCs and laptops. Duet Night Abyss recently confirmed the removal of all gacha systems, a bold move that could favor the game in the long run against the likes of Genshin Impact. Just like Genshin, you won't need the best graphics card to run this RPG, with decade-old systems having a shot at running the game with decent performance. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:46 PM Arriving a little later than initially planned, the Schedule 1 cartel update has just brought the deadly Benzies Family to the smash-hit crime sim. Charting your journey from small-time pusher to underworld overlord, Schedule 1 quickly grew into one of 2025's biggest winners with a Steam player count high of almost half a million. Even five months after launch and with plenty of big-name challengers since, it still routinely pulls in 20,000 users daily, and its latest overhaul is a great reason to check back in. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games, New PC games, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:44 PM Naturally, I'm pumped for Hollow Knight: Silksong. Honestly, I can't wait; it feels like it was announced a century ago. For those who never got around to playing the original, now would be the ideal time to grab it, because Humble Bundle is offering it at 50% off. I'm sure Silksong will be accessible to newcomers, but I always think it's nice to be filled in on all the lore and history before playing new games. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Hollow Knight system requirements, Best Metroidvania games, Best soulslike games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:40 PM Battlefield 6 is already making waves in the shooter space, finally providing proper competition to the juggernaut that is Call of Duty. Its recent beta saw players flood its servers in their droves, and EA's using the litany of feedback at its disposal to hone its offering. Despite promises to improve gunplay, movement, and more, the talk of the town as of late has concerned itself with the custom search functionality utilized by the beta. Specifically, with how lackluster it is in comparison to the old school server browser everyone's clamoring to see return. Of course, this is only the opening salvo, and the Battlefield team has much more in its locker. Now, it's not only offered up its vision for the latest iteration of its map creation tool, Portal, but how it'll mesh with its server browser system. It's all well and good having custom servers, but it's pointless going to all that effort if they're not persistent. Whether or not EA's giving total freedom in this sense has been the big question on players' lips. With this latest update, we finally have our answer. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Battlefield 6 preview, Battlefield 6 release date, Battlefield 6 system requirements |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:39 PM What are the best Metal Gear Solid Delta mods? Metal Gear Solid 3 may be one of the greatest games ever made, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved upon with mods. That goes double for MGS Delta due to the number of issues with the game's performance, making it a pain to run on low-end rigs. As we highlighted in our Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater review, the PC port of the stealth game clearly has some major issues that need to be addressed. From the game not supporting ultrawide aspect ratios to the inclusion of a 60fps cap, the devs should've dealt with these problems before the game launched. Don't worry, all hope is not lost. We've found the best Metal Gear Solid Delta mods to improve your performance and gameplay experience. Continue reading Best Metal Gear Solid Delta mods MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater review, Metal Gear Solid Delta bosses, How to escape the prison in Metal Gear Solid Delta |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:25 PM Atomfall was so much more than the 'British Fallout' everyone described it as after seeing the first trailer. It was less RPG and more survival game, featuring great stealth sections and brutal combat. I scoured every inch of the Lake District, lapping up its secrets and figuring out what actually happened at the Windscale power plant. Now, we can return to those beautiful hills to figure out the crux of another conundrum, this time involving those mechs that stomp about the place in the name of BARD. Continue reading Those oh-so-friendly robots go rogue in new Atomfall DLC teaser MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best RPGs, Best open-world games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:15 PM I don't think anyone really believed Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 4 would ever exist. Even I, a journalist tapped into the immaterium that we call the gaming zeitgeist, who broke the news that Relic was having conversations with Games Workshop, was taken aback. I initially thought the long-awaited sequel could be on the cards, but the announcement of Dawn of War Remastered knocked the wind out of my Ravager's sails. But the game exists. I've played it. And I also sat down to chat to the developers, who talked me through how they chose which armies will be playable at launch. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: New PC games, Best PC games, Free PC games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:13 PM A new name could soon be seen among the usual Asus, ASRock, MSI, and Gigabyte motherboards outside China, as it looks as though another well-established gaming hardware firm is about to enter the fray. That company is Sapphire, which has just teased an image on social media that shows part of a Sapphire motherboard with the company's Nitro+ branding, which the company uses for its high-end AMD Radeon graphics cards. "We've got something exciting coming up soon!" says the accompanying caption, and I, for one, would love to see our best gaming motherboard buying guide spiced up with some more competition. I've reviewed a number of Sapphire graphics cards over the years, and the Nitro+ cards in particular have consistently offered superb build quality, great looks, decent cooling, and quiet operation. Sapphire has been making motherboards for a long time, but they're usually only available in China. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:07 PM There's something so alluring about a cathedral at night. Hallowed spaces meant for prayer and reflection, they almost take on a different form when the sun goes down, illuminated by flickering candlelight and oozing mystery. They're a reminder of times past, where belief in the supernatural was rife, be it vampires and werewolves, or ghosts and specters. If there's anywhere in the world where the veil feels thin, it's in a cathedral. In my Gamescom preview of The Blood of Dawnwalker, however, I see one of Vale Sangora's religious refuges in two different lights - literally. Once a monument to Christianity, during the day it's warped and twisted into a place of vampiric worship, while at night its eerie silence entices the creatures lurking in the shadows. In some ways, visiting during the day somehow feels worse. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: New PC games, Best PC games, Free PC games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:46 AM Paradox's first Europa Universalis 5 developer diary has arrived, and it naturally kicks things off with a deep dive into one of the most fundamental changes the grand strategy sequel is bringing to the table. EU5 'pops' allow people to be modeled down to a much more intricate level than was possible in previous entries. It's reminiscent of systems we've seen in other games such as Stellaris, and promises to ramp up both the simulation and immersion aspects of Europa Universalis 5 to all-new levels, so let's take a look at how it works. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best grand strategy games, Europa Universalis 5 release date, Europa Universalis 5 preview |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:36 AM If you're jumping back into the original Gears game with this new, definitive release, you'll need to know the best Gears of War Reloaded settings, so you can strike the ideal balance between frame rates and graphical fidelity. The OG Gears game has never looked better, and even running it at 4K with the ultra graphics preset is surprisingly easy on a relatively modern mid-range setup. The Gears of War Reloaded system requirements notably list a ton of graphics cards across just two tiers of specs, leaving us a little confused. While we're no clearer as to why so many were present, we can safely say that you aren't going to need anywhere near the best graphics card from our extensive buying guide to run Gears of War Reloaded with great performance. Continue reading Best Gears of War Reloaded settings for PC and Steam Deck MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:33 AM Game sequels are always tricky to pull off. Whether you're The Witcher 4 trying to live up to millions of fans' lofty expectations or Hades 2 trying to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was the first game, you're never going to please everyone. Some fans will want more of the same, exactly the same. Others will want meaningful iterations, both mechanical and narrative. Others will just wish you'd leave that world behind and try something new. I think Ishtar Games has the right idea with Dead in Antares, where it has transplanted its iconic turn-based management game to a new setting with each sequel. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best management games, Best turn-based strategy games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:32 AM If you're on the hunt for a new GPU, but aren't looking to pay full price for an RTX 5090, Nvidia is giving you the chance to win one instead. Only this isn't any old RTX 5090; it's a Founder's Edition card signed by Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 takes pride of place on our best graphics card guide as the top choice for 4K gaming. It is by far the most powerful gaming GPU around, but Nvidia finds itself currently unchallenged by both AMD and Intel at this level. Continue reading Win a free Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 signed by Jensen Huang MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:39 AM What are the best Ready or Not mods? Maintaining peace in Los Sueños is hard work, what with all the violent crime, bomb threats, and other high-profile criminal activity scourging the city. The SWAT experience out of the box is one of the best around, but it can always be that bit better. The thousands-strong library of Ready or Not mods provides the means to make dramatic gameplay improvements, from AI improvements to new weapons you can make crime pay with in the FPS game. Below you'll find our pick of the bunch that'll provide the best experience as you work through the Ready or Not missions list or play with pals online. Continue reading Best Ready or Not mods MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ready or Not missions list, Best Ready or Not mods, Best multiplayer games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:10 AM Why is Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 so good? It's captured the gaming zeitgeist perfectly, at a time when Warhammer is more popular than ever thanks to the popularity of Stranger Things and a pandemic boost. It's got crunchy combat and brutal boss battles. Best of all, though, you can customize your Space Marine to whatever Chapter you wish. Unless you're an Iron Hands player like me, in which case you're still waiting for your champion pack or chapter pack. Thankfully, developer Saber Interactive has revealed the roadmap for the game's second year, and there's a lot of good news. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best co-op games, Best Warhammer games, Best Warhammer 40k games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:08 AM FromSoftware's faced a bit of an uphill battle with Elden Ring Nightreign. It's not for any fault of its own, though, it's because its most fervent players are a bit too proficient at killing its toughest bosses. So, if you're a studio that's famous for giving players hellish challenges, what do you do? You take what's already there and make it harder. Well, From tried that with its Everdark Sovereigns, and players were still dancing with the devils under the pale moonlight as if they were born in a ballroom. When simply amping up the difficulty of bosses isn't enough, the next logical step is to make everything torturously tough. So, say hello to Deep of the Night. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Elden Ring Nightreign review, Elden Ring Nightreign class, Elden Ring Nightreign bosses |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:08 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 from 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 August 2025 |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:21 AM Oh, Supervive. Once touted as a disruptive force that would cause even behemoths like League of Legends to break out in a cold sweat, it's struggled to consistently make waves since its big 1.0 launch last month. Introducing a polarizing grind-based progression system that has given many the ick, while failing to provide enough variation elsewhere to keep players coming back, Theorycraft Games' battle royale-MOBA-hybrid finds itself in a tough spot. However, recent updates have started to get it back on the right track; the latest of which is set to give the Breach a big ol' shake-up for the better. Continue reading Struggling Supervive tackles "samey" gameplay with huge map changes MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best MOBAs, Best battle royale games, Best multiplayer games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:10 AM If you're looking for your next deckbuilding obsession between Balatro, Monster Train 2, and the upcoming Slay the Spire 2, Black Jacket might be just the thing. This new roguelike deckbuilder adapts the fundamentals of blackjack into a twisted gamble for your soul. Trapped in the afterlife, you must outwit the other restless souls in a warped version of the classic card game to earn the coin needed to bribe the ferryman and claim your freedom. Built by Mipumi Games and published by Skystone Games, it's coming soon. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games, New PC games, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:04 AM The Intel Nova Lake rumors are stacking up quickly now, and the latest leak appears to reveal that Intel will be skipping the Core Ultra 300 naming convention entirely on the desktop, and instead jump straight to Intel Core Ultra 400 branding for its next-gen Nova Lake gaming CPU range. This would also mean that rumored Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs will be sticking to the existing Core Ultra 200 naming scheme used by Intel's current chips. This wouldn't be the first time Intel has skipped a whole numbering system on the desktop. The whole Core Ultra 100 series, based on the Meteor Lake architecture, also skipped the desktop and only appeared in mobile CPUs. Intel's existing Core Ultra 200 CPUs, as we found in our Core Ultra 7 265K review, struggle to compete with AMD in our guide to buying the best gaming CPU, and Intel may want to use its branding to represent a clean break between its new CPUs and its existing chips. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K review, Best gaming CPU, Core i9 14900K review |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:48 AM When is the next Grow a Garden update? Grow a Garden has quickly become the biggest Roblox game of all time with over two million active players. Fighting through the noise of anime RPGs and obbys, this tycoon game stands out in a field of its own thanks to its relaxing farming sim gameplay and idle progress. Another reason for the Roblox game's immense popularity might be the creator's dedication to providing regular content updates. New Grow a Garden pets, seeds, mutations, and more are added every week, making it one of the best Roblox games around. If your garden is full of watermelons and bamboo right now, you might be wondering which new GaG seeds to grab during the next Grow a Garden update, so here's what we know so far Continue reading Next Grow a Garden update release date, schedule, and details MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Roblox games, Roblox promo codes, Roblox music codes |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:37 AM There are very few game genres I hate. I'm not a sports fan, for example, so while I'll happily cheer on the Texans during NFL season, you won't catch me playing Madden. Similarly, I'm not a fan of games that mimic real life; I want to roleplay as a magical spell-slinging mage, being a mafia don simply doesn't do it for me. But survival games are perhaps my least favorite of all. The idea of chopping down trees for hours on end while simultaneously managing hunger, thirst, and my own IRL sanity is an absolute chore, and even the most fantastical entries in the genre like Runescape Dragonwilds and V Rising consistently fail to hold my attention. When I learned that Envar Studio's debut title, Witchspire, was, indeed, a survival experience, my heart sank a little - the trailer was amazing, and the aesthetics are perfect, but could I overcome the aforementioned thirst, hunger, and depression? At Gamescom 2025 I sat down with head of studio Liam O'Neill and game director Oliver Granlund for a guided tour of Witchspire's magical world and, maybe, just maybe, I've found the survival challenge for me. Continue reading I hate the survival genre, but Witchspire may just change my mind MORE FROM PCGAMESN: New PC games, Best PC games, Free PC games |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:13 AM What is the best gaming desk? That will depend on the space you have, the features you want, and the budget at your disposal. But, if you're looking for some recommendations of the best desks for gaming, this is the place to be. After testing dozens of options, these are the desks we've picked out as the best models for a range of prices and needs. The best overall is the Secretlab Magnus Pro, as it packs so many useful features into its metal frame and desk top. Meanwhile, the Flexispot E7 is a great value option and the Corsair Platform:6 offers loads of extra storage spaces. If you're not sure what to look for in a gaming desk, check out the how to choose section at the bottom of this guide, and also have a read of the FAQ to find answers to common gaming desk questions. Continue reading Best gaming desk 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 8:04 AM What are the latest Destiny Rising codes? Bungie's iconic looter shooter may have had its ups and downs, but there's no denying that Destiny has been one of the biggest names in gaming in the last decade. Now there's a new mobile spin-off. Our only question is, "What took you so long?" Actually, that's one of two Destiny Rising questions we have. The other is, "Are there Destiny Rising promo codes?" As a NetEase RPG game, there are a few consumables that can really help you get ahead as you start another journey with a new Ghost companion, and we would assume some redemption codes will give you the boost you need. Continue reading Destiny Rising codes August 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Destiny Rising codes, Best multiplayer games, Best RPGs |
PCGamesN Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:14 AM Splitgate 2 has had a wild ride so far. Having launched "too early," 1047 Games' portal-popping shooter sequel failed to strike a chord with series veterans, and struggled to entice new players into giving it a try. Its restrictive faction system, lack of portalling spots on certain maps, and overpowered abilities like Hypersight (effectively wall hacks) were unwelcome shifts away from what made the original Splitgate so good. The good news is that, as Splitgate 2 returns to public playtesting this weekend, 1047 has heard the feedback loud and clear, making sweeping changes that should bring us closer to the feel of its original cult hit. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best free PC games, Best multiplayer games |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:20 PM  Elden Ring Nightreign will get a new rock-hard Expedition mode called Deep of Night on 11th September. "Rock-hard" is a cliché worn to uselessness, of course: to be more specific, this is at least tungsten-carbide-hard, possibly even as hard as stishovite, though the exact degree of toughness is variable. It's variable because Deep of Night gets statistically harder, the more you win, with a difficulty rating or "depth" that fluctuates based on wins and losses. Enemies are tougher than usual by default, and you can't specify which Nightlord you're hunting, so be prepared for nasty surprises. There are new special Depth Relics, exclusive to this mode, which sadistically bundle together additional buffs and debuffs. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:07 PM  A bundle of games aiming to raise money to aid the United Nations' Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in their efforts to help Palestinian refugees is set to go on sale via Itch.io next week. Just over 380 games are part of it, including the likes of Coffee Talk, Lucifer Within Us, and a cow life simulator that features an alligator who's really into arson. Organised by Junch and the South East Asian Games for Good initiative, the bundle's dubbed Play for Peace - Games for Palestine. It's taken over 10 months to come together. The result's a 382-game strong bundle that includes a huge variety of creations that contain not a whiff of AI or NFTs. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:30 AM Space Marine 2's new Techmarine class, Helbrute mode and other update plans detailed in Year 2 video  In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only more bloody downloadable content for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Developers Saber Interactive are supposed to be working on Space Marine 3, but you wouldn't know that from all the Stuff they've jammed into the previous game's year 2 content schedule. There's a major Anniversary patch due on 4th September, just in time for Silksong. Five more patches are coming over 2025 and 2026, plus nine DLC packs via season pass. The manufactorums are overflowing! Here's a video to lay it all out. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:35 AM  Dig your finest cricket bat out of the loft - Atomfall developers Rebellion have revealed its second story expansion is set to arrive in September. It's dubbed The Red Strain, and looks to star a not-Robobrain who's connected to a bunch of crimson plantlife filling the Cumberland quarantine zone. This second DLC follows Wicked Isle, the first Atomfall expansion that you got automatically if you plumped for the deluxe edition of the radioactive pasty survivathon. I still need to go back and play that expansion, and this next add-on looks like an intriguing excuse to do so. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:26 AM  You know what, I'm going to bare all: I've still yet to play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beyond the hour or so I played at a preview event, during which I approximately deemed it "a pretty tidy slice of RPG with some cheeky QTEs on the side", but certainly not the diamond-plated GOTY candidate described by Nic in his review. As is my rotten nature, my desire to see what all the fuss is about is proportionately lower for knowing that they're going to make a sequel - or at least, some rather substantial-sounding DLC. Ugh, I have even more to catch up on now. Why do the gods mock me. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:52 AM  Every October, Microsoft host an Employee Giving campaign for charities chosen by staff, with the company matching any funds they raise. During last October's Giving month, a group of Microsoft workers organised a vigil for Palestinians killed by the Israeli military during the current invasion of Gaza, stumping up donations for organisations such as the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, while paying tribute to fellow tech workers who've lost their lives in the war. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 8:14 AM  You know when you're friends with three people, then one of them suddenly pulls a Robbie Rotten and morphs into a real villain who terrorises your existence? No? Just me then, and also the protagonist of Ken Levine's Judas, whose main foe you'll get to dictate the identity of through your actions in the game. It happens via a villainy system, which Levine and the crew at Ghost Story Games discuss in the first ever Judas dev log they've just put out. We've only seen this non-corridory BioShock-like with evil dentist chairs and an evil Brum in spits and spurts since the announcement in 2022. This looks to the first sign of more regular updates in the offing. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 7:25 AM  Civilization 7 is still trying to fix up those gosh-danged Age transitions. For those just joining us, when you move between Ages in Firaxis's latest historical map-painter, it's sort of like starting over. You're asked to pick a new Civilisation, appropriate to the Age, and your units will be reshuffled, downgraded and, in some cases, deleted like rabid dogs. The game also runs a broom over the geography, rearranging all the resources. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 6:48 AM  Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics have laid off an unspecified number of staff, their second round of jobs cuts this year. The studio say that the future of the Tomb Raider series won't be affected by this latest taking away of folks' livelihoods. The news comes not too long after the Perfect Dark reboot Crystal Dynamics were working alongside The Initiative was cancelled amid Microsoft's mass cuts in July. The Initiative were shut down as part of that culling. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, August 28, 2025 6:28 AM  What a strange reality we live in, when Silent Hill is becoming worryingly actionised and Resident "No thanks bro" Evil is perceived as being too scary. Horror developers: that is the wrong way around. Regardless, the latter point has been raised by Resident Evil: Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi himself, who told GamesRadar+ that part of the reasoning for giving the upcoming sequel a choice of first and third person modes was that the solely FPP Resident Evil 7 – which Nakanishi also directed – maybe worked a little too well at enabling scares. |
Siliconera Thursday, August 28, 2025 2:00 PM
Video Games Plus (VGP), a Canadian store known for selling games, accessories, peripherals, and limited run releases, took to social media to confirm it will continue selling to people in the US even with President Donald Trump ending De Minimis Exemption via an executive order and inflicting tariffs. However, the company did note that packages will be delayed as a result of the new process.
The statement from VGP went over prices, shipping, the new duties and taxes due to tariffs, and delays on shipments of games bought from the store. The company noted that the prices on site are "stable," but "are subject to change at any moment." It also noted that if someone made an order when a certain cost was showing, it would honor that price. It also said it will "manage all tariff costs" and that at the moment the store doesn't "anticipate that US customers will face any extra charges on their orders." However, the notice did say that could change too. As for shipments, it said delays will happen and could be "at least one day." It also hopes to ship from within the US in the future for US customers.
Here's the full statement from X.
While VGP is continuing to sell games and accessories to the US as usual, a number of other stores temporarily suspended shipments as a result of Trump ending De Minimis Exemption on packages under $800. Among them are Tokyo Otaku Mode, Hobby Link Japan, and Good Smile Company. Since Japan Post and DHL also suspended service in general, that means other retailers also may be unable to ship during this period.
The De Minimis Exemption ends on August 29, 2025.
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Siliconera Thursday, August 28, 2025 1:00 PM
Sega announced it will release two perching "Chokonose" figures of The Summer Hikaru Died characters Yoshiki Tsujinaka and "Hikaru." These will be available as prizes in Japanese arcades starting on September 26, 2025. Stores worldwide are already showing listings, with Crunchyroll suggesting each will be available for $29.99 on November 1, 2025. Big Bad Toy Store also had listings for both with December 2025 release windows, but sold out.
As both of these are part of the established line of Chokonose perching figures from Sega, each one is designed to sit on the edge of a shelf or on top of an item. Yoshiki is the taller of the two at 14cm, while "Hikaru" is 13cm tall. Each one is holding a croquette in a napkin that they are about to eat, and both of them are in their school uniforms. "Hikaru" also has his backpack on.
Here's how the two of them look:
As a reminder, The Summer Hikaru Died is both a boys love and horror story about Yoshiki, who realizes his friend Hikaru died and was replaced by "Hikaru." While dealing with his grief, he's also connecting with this new entity and investigating what happened, their town, and the being's identity. It started as a manga, but light novel and an anime on Netflix followed.
The Summer Hikaru Died Yoshiki and "Hikaru" perching figures will appear in Japan on September 26, 2025, and they'll appear worldwide later this year. Yen Press handles the manga and light novels
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Siliconera Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:00 PM
A new, free Two Point Museum update added a Dredge crossover to the management simulation. It appeared alongside Meat Wizard, which is known as a recurring in-game game series within the Two Point collection. A trailer showed hints at the Expedition Points of Interest finds, decorations, and possible exhibits we can collect as a result.
After updating the game, people can start going on Digiverse Expeditions in Two Point Museum to unlock the two new types of exhibits. You do need to get through some tutorials and reach the two star rating in Memento Mile before you start sending experts to Points of Interest. There are four POIs for Meat Wizard and three for Dredge. The former involves more fantasy and magical elements, as well as an option to craft Power Ups to drive guest approval and interactions. The latter adds more aquatic and dark horror elements, including some Aberration Fish from that game.
Here is the closer look at the Two Point Museum Dredge crossover and Meat Wizard addition.
Two Point Museum is available on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, with the free Dredge crossover live now, and it will appear on the Switch 2 in 2025.
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Siliconera Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:00 AM
Nintendo announced that Mega Hawlucha is the latest new Mega Evolution in Pokemon Legends: Z-A. There's a whole trailer dedicated to the character. It highlights what we can expect when the game debuts in October.
The official website also updated to showcase the character. It noted it is still a Fighting and Flying double type after the transformation. It also gets a boost to attack and defense when it happens. That page also confirmed Flying Press is still considered its "signature move." That's a physical move that's been around since the Pokemon first debuted.
Here's the Mega Hawlucha trailer showing what the new Mega Evolution looks like in Pokemon Legends: Z-A. It starts with us seeing the standard version of the character in battle, but then circumstances force the trainer to Mega Evolve them in order to win.
We've now seen three new Mega Evolution options in Pokemon Legends: Z-A ahead of launch, thanks to the Mega Hawlucha reveal. The first was Mega Dragonite, which features huge wings on its head after evolving. The other recent one ended up being Mega Victreebel. That showed up in its own "found footage" style trailer.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A will come to the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on October 16, 2025.
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Siliconera Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:00 AM
Sega has launched Project ONSOKU, which features new collaboration songs featuring Hatsune Miku and Sonic the Hedgehog. The company also revealed that it will add the songs to its upcoming video game, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
The first song published is "Sai Love Jinsei Runner" by Kairiki bear, who also made the album cover in addition to the song's composition. Nou also helped with the song's illustration that features both Miku and Sonic.
Sega also published another trailer detailing the new Project ONSOKU. The trailer revealed that Sega will gradually reveal a new song every week following the grand reveal on Thursday, August 28, 2025. The Japanese press release revealed the following schedule:
Sega has been known for working closely with Crypton Future Media to publish Hatsune Miku rhythm games, such as Project Diva and Project Sekai: Colorful Stage. The company also revealed at Summer Game Fest 2025 back in June that it will add Miku as one of the guest characters in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
Sega will add the new Hatsune Miku Project ONSOKU songs to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, which will appear worldwide for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on September 25, 2025. A Switch 2 edition of the game will also appear.
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Siliconera Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:00 AM
I hate Gold Ship. No, let me be more clear. I hate any Gold Ship that isn't one of the ones I raised. Mine are precious angels who have helped me win the Umamusume: Pretty Derby Champions Meeting: Taurus Cup PvP races sometimes. All those other ones who come up out of nowhere and so often knock my Symboli Rudolf, Gold Ship, or Silence Suzuka out of place? They're just jerks. This is what the PvP in Umamusume: Pretty Derby has done to me, and I love it for that.
In general, an Umamusume: Pretty Derby Champions Meeting PvP race isn't all that different from the casual ones we can set up in the game. We pick three of our Veteran characters that we feel best meet the stipulations for the current race. In this August 2025 instance, that meant a 2,400m Medium race on a left-handed track in spring when it is sunny and the turf is firm. However, other conditions make it more challenging. You can opt into Graded races, which are more challenging ranked ones. You pick a group of three runners, as do two other opponents. Then, you go through five races. In the case of the first one, you need to win three to be in Group A. But in general, you're trying to win as many as possible.
Going into this first global version Champions Meeting, we all had some idea of what to expect. This race did already run in the Japanese version in 2021, after all. However, the actual experience of it ended up being sobering for me. Seeing my horse daughters who had over 10,000 points to their name and A ratings tumble down in ranks was heartbreaking. However, I think it sometimes felt even worse when they'd be so close and almost in first, but would see that victory stolen away.
Do you know how it feels to be in a race with each playing putting a Gold Ship on their team, then seeing the top four horses being an enemy's Gold Ship, your Gold Ship, your Symboli Rudolf, and finally the other Gold Ship? Tragic!
Now, in a way this is all incredibly satisfying. Because we know the terms of the races, we can do a lot of preparing and planning! Do we raise three serious contenders, with high stamina and stamina-restoring skills to counter debuffs, for our team? Do we go with one or maybe even two debuffers who will make opponents feel rushed, fatigued, and generally miserable so our one good unit has a better chance? Do we all worship Gold Ship as our lord and savior for the Umamusume: Pretty Derby Champions Meeting PvP races? ...I mean, from what I've seen, everyone's turned to Gold Ship.
But at the same time, it 100% does feel infuriating. Stephanie warned all of us about what to use ahead of the races. I thought I prepared. I made a Gold Ship with the best Stamina skills I could muster and inheritances from Narita Taishin like Nemesis. I made sure Symboli Rudolf had Dominator. I made a new Silence Suzuka, in hopes of making her someone who might win a race, but would definitely get in other people's ways. But nope. Somehow, every other Gold Ship is better.
Which means I'm desperately retrained again, but at the same loved it. Because it meant a new challenge. New approaches to build. New insights.
Now with Umamusume: Pretty Derby Champions Meeting: Gemini Cup coming up next, I honestly feel even more excited about the next PvP event. Now I know what I'm dealing with. I have a new challenge. That Gold Ship I built that did well? Maybe she can work for this one too! I should build a new Narita Taishin with some passives that apply to that race! Maybe it's time I developed a brutal Grass Wonder? It's just so enthralling, and I can't wait to see other players try to beat my team again.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby is available for the PC and mobile devices, and the Champions Meeting: Gemini Cup appears in September 2025. The original anime is on Crunchyroll, and the Cinderella Gray anime is on Amazon.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 1:29 PM
After delaying extraction shooter Marathon out of its scheduled release next month, Bungie is reportedly pulling out all the stops to play test the heck out of the FPS.
The studio just recently launched a 30-day daily play test, according to TheGamePost, with players invited via email over the past few days. According to the report, the servers will be available for the test for four hours every day.
For participating (participants are "required" to play for at least one hour a day), testers are being rewarded with a $500 gift card of their choice at the end of the test. That's not so bad for one hour a day, or 30 hours of work, basically. I would not say no to it.
There will also be a daily and weekly survey to help field feedback on the title, which massively underwhelmed with a closed beta test earlier this year. The feedback to that test was so harsh, followed by an unfortunate plagiarism incident with art in the game, that Bungie pushed the title back.
It currently does not have a release date any longer, but PlayStation is expecting it to launch before the current fiscal year ends on March 31, 2026. And so Bungie's commitment to fixing the game's ills feel very, very important.
I still have no idea how to feel about Marathon. I played it, I enjoyed it for a bit, but quickly fell off within a day or two. The genre is not really my thing, but even for those who do enjoy the Tarkov-like experience, many were left wanting more. That's where this sort of test and feedback comes in.
I want Marathon to succeed, because more good games to play is a good thing, so I hope that this test helps the studio concoct the game into one that may have a wider appeal than the closed beta test would have ever indicated.
It appears that being selected for the test comes down to luck, unfortunately. That $500 gift card sounds pretty sweet right now. Keep an eye on those email inboxes for a message from Bungie, though.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:45 PM
The Emotional Rescue update in Disney Dreamlight Valley has brought with it a fresh Star Path event packed with loads to tackle and earn. The Retro Roadtrip Star Path is a big one, with plenty of duties you can complete for rewards.
Like all Star Path events, this one comes with quite a few tricky tasks to solve. You need to get all of them done if you want to earn the many prizes available, though, so here are all the Retro Roadtrip Star Path duties and rewards in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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All Retro Roadtrip Star Path duties in Disney Dreamlight Valley
There are 73 duties you can complete throughout the entirety of the Retro Roadtrip Star Path event. This event also has a new feature called routine duties, which are some additional tasks that unlock weekly, so there are also some additional missions to get done as the event progresses.
Here are all of the main duties you can complete in the Retro Roadtrip Star Path event.
All Retro Roadtrip Star Path routine duties in Disney Dreamlight Valley
The Retro Roadtrip Star Path is the first event to feature routine duties. These are fresh missions that unlock weekly every Wednesday at 8am CT. Throughout the course of the event, there will be five sets of routine duties to finish, so we'll add them here as they become available.
Week one
Week two
All Retro Roadtrip Star Path rewards in Disney Dreamlight Valley
The Retro Roadtrip Star Path has six pages of event rewards plus three bonus ones if you manage to claim all of the standard prizes. The bonus rewards are mostly just recolors of the standard items, but the grand prize is the Cozy Cone Motel, so it's certainly worth getting all tasks done to claim it.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:44 AM
I have come back to The Forever Winter after several months of hiatus, expecting the game to have evolved from what I last saw. Even so much time down the line, though, The Forever Winter remains a lackluster, if unique, attempt at something grand.
Six months, not an inch forward
The last time I played The Forever Winter was back in February, with the same friends I pre-ordered the game with. We were excited back then for what the game had to offer, as we were when it first launched. The grip of its atmosphere, art direction, and designs remains powerful, and it'll keep you looking at buildings, guns, and areas for a very long time.
The gameplay loop was then the same as it is now and on launch. You gear up, drop into a zone, explore it, gather loot, complete quests, and then proceed to the extraction point. If at any moment you end up dead, your character is gone for good, while your friends can potentially salvage some of your loot and trade it back to you.
It's a fun little circle to run in, and I can't say we haven't had fun doing it. For dozens of hours we would explore the dilapidated post-industrial world of The Forever Winter where war is a constant and no one ever rests. Whether it's the trenches, wide open fields covered by cybernetic bodies and remnants of guns and tanks, or claustrophobic medical wards where every corner is potentially fatal, we enjoyed every bit of our stay.
So many months down the line, though, the game remains exactly the same. Given that it's an early-access title, we had hoped to see a lot of new content after a six-month break. Sadly, there's very little to differentiate the game from what it was before. The loop is the same, a level and a half was added in, and the water system additionally changed, this time for the worse.
Whereas before you could drop into any zone whenever you wanted, you now have to pay a special water currency for particular places, meaning you're locked out of zones you want to play if you don't have enough water. You're then forced into playing the same zones, relying on RNG, to gather enough water to play something more exciting and newer, which is a system I fundamentally disliked.
Having not played for so long, all my unlocked vendors, reputations, and such were reset, forcing me to start from scratch, this time also without any water or ability to play the new zones. What's more, whenever I did drop into the gameplay, I was met with exactly the same enemies, now much tougher and more RNG-dependent, with difficulty spikes out of this world. The Forever Winter was always a challenging game, but now it's beyond unfair and unreliable.
Performance down the drain
Early-access titles tend to suffer from bad performance, since optimization is always the last entry on the checklist for a full game. I understand that perfectly, but what The Forever Winter has done over the past half a year is just beyond parody. A game which used to run with some hitches here and there and the occassional, expected bug is now a complete mess where each run is bound to result in horrible performance.
We were beset on all sides by T-posing unkillable cyborgs, players getting stuck in a looting animation and dying because they couldn't move or perform any actions, ungodly fps drops, unreliable shooting and surfaces, and so on. None of these issues were in the game when we last played, and I was awestruck by how poorly the performance side was being handled.
When coupled with stale and unchanging gameplay, issues that have been in the game since launch (floaty movement, horrible movement controls, randomized damage, etc.) have become significantly exacerbated, to the point that several of our runs were rendered completely dead right off the bat by some random, stupid bug.
And this wasn't just one instance—every match we played on our return ended disastrously due to technical problems, none of which were there before.
Though it promised to be a shining beacon in gaming, The Forever Winter still misses its light, and I'm afraid that its developers aren't going to change the game fundamentally enough to warrant my return again.
Things are "progressing" way too slowly which, when compared to other in-development games like Deadlock, is not enough to keep me coming back, though I do hope that changes at some point in the future.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:22 AM
Disney Dreamlight Valley's Memory Mania event is one of the toughest annual occurrences to navigate. It comes with lots of vague and tricky tasks to work through, like the Feeling Nostalgic mission.
Since you're only given the title of this duty as a hint for what needs to be done, it's a fairly tricky task to work through. The name of this one doesn't really point you in the right direction, so there's a decent chance you might be stumped by this one. If you're stuck, here's how to complete Feeling Nostalgic in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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Feeling Nostalgic duty in Disney Dreamlight Valley
To finish the Feeling Nostalgic task for the Memory Mania event, you need to remove Hockey Trophies from around the valley to fully piece together an Inside Out memory of Riley celebrating her birthday with her parents. There are six parts to this memory, so you need to find and remove a minimum of six Hockey Trophies.
If you're lucky, you may only need six Hockey Trophies to finish this task. Not all Hockey Trophies are guaranteed to drop a Memory Shard, though, so if you get Star Coins instead, you'll need to find more than anticipated.
Where to find Hockey Trophy in Disney Dreamlight Valley
While the Memory Mania event is active, you can find Hockey Tropies around Scrooge McDuck's shop and the Dream Castle. They can spawn anywhere around both buildings, so be sure to check all floors and behind all furniture in each one.
This item can be especially tricky to spot in the Dream Castle. Make sure you fully circle around the fountain and balcony areas on each level to avoid missing the trophies, as they often spawn in inconvenient corners around there.
All Hockey Trophies look the same, so search around for a small golden trophy featuring a hockey player hitting a puck. This item is also marked with some golden sparkles once you're within range, so you can keep an eye out for them, too, to make finding them a bit easier.
Additional Hockey Trophies spawn about 30 minutes after one is removed. To ensure there's room for more to arrive, it's best to sweep Dream Castle and Scrooge McDuck's shop for them frequently. Some parts of the event can be tackled even after it ends, but this one can only be done while it's active since it involves the spawning of a special event item.
Feeling Nostalgic reward in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Fully piecing together the memory to finish the Feeling Nostalgic task unlocks the Envy Rabbit Companion. This critter is based on the character Envy from Inside Out 2 and is one of the many themed Companions you can unlock throughout this event.
To unlock more Companions and Inside Out-themed rewards, you'll need to work through the rest of this massive event. Next, you might work on tackling essential quests like Memorabilia, Feeling Expansive, Get Nostalgic!, Spark Joy, and Embrace the Blues.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:21 AM
Deadlock, Valve's upcoming title that has no release date or official announcement, is now at its best, with exclusively positive prospects. With a fresh new look, a bunch of added heroes, and revamped mechanics, there hasn't been a better time to get back in.
Though Valve still hasn't announced Deadlock or showed it to the broader world in any official capacity, the game is more than alive and well, with tens of thousands of players clocking in at any time of day. The game is still locked behind an invitation system, meaning only those with access to the game and go and spread the good word and invite people in. It's a simple and effective way for Valve to get folks in to test everything extensively without using any loudspeakers.
And the system works so well that Deadlock is effectively an entirely different game from what it was just a year ago. Over the past few days, Valve has introduced six new heroes (the sixth is still pending addition, though), revamped the game's art style, added an interactive main menu the likes of which you probably have never seen, and even reworked the map from a four-lane to a three-lane system.
Each and every hero in the game has also received either a small visual makeover or substantial changes to their abilities and kit, or even both, which has influenced gameplay to a significant degree.
All of the above is only the beginning, however, as Deadlock remains a title still heavily in development, with players serving to give feedback and try out everything Valve has in store. With each passing month, the game gets more and more content, works and plays and looks better than most games on the market today.
While Gabe Newell is stuck on a yacht somewhere exploring secrets of the Deep Ones, the devs at Valve are hard at work making Deadlock into possibly the best MOBA ever made. And, as their efforts have finally started really showing, now is the best time to get back into Deadlock or even try it out for the first time.
And if you're lacking an invite, don't tell anyone I told you this: the game's subreddit has a bunch of people willing to invite you, free of charge! Shocking news, I know! Don't go around telling everyone you know!
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:47 AM
A few years back, a massive hack and leak of Insomniac Games revealed work-in-progress prototypes of several games, leaving an indelible mark on the studio.
The hack was a terrible thing, affecting the studio's employees with a lot of personal info leaking out. But one of the projects shown within the leak was a scrapped multiplayer mode for Marvel's Spider-Man, codenamed Spider-Man: The Great Web.
The trailer showed off several Spider-Verse heroes, such as Peter Parker, Spider-Man 2099, Miles Morales, Ghost-Spider, and Scarlet Spider teaming up to take down enemies. Back when I saw it, I was almost thankful that the project never made it, because it felt unnecessary. But now? I'm not so sure.
A newly minted multiplayer mod for Marvel's Spider-Man: Remastered on PC has been going viral this week, with players posting videos of the fun they're having with friends. The mod allows numerous players to connect and play the story together, creating some fun moments and lots of hilarity. This does not appear to be the first mod of its kind, but this one's presence on social media has gotten my wheels spinning.
The mod, made by hbgda on Patreon, is locked behind a paywall for a subscription, which makes me think that it may get shut down relatively quickly. But the fun that the players are having makes me wish for something like this to come to fruition, potentially in the inevitable Marvel's Spider-Man 3.
I do enjoy the solace of a solo gaming experience, and the Insomniac Spider-Man games have all been stellar. But the idea of working together with other spider heroes (played by friends or random netizens) is looking and sounding increasingly more fun.
I hope that, whenever Insomniac can go full bore on Marvel's Spider-Man 3 development, the reaction to this mod is taken into consideration. The game is likely several years away from seeing the light of day, but I would love to see that talented studio take a crack at something like they were planning with The Great Web.
What do you think about the prospects of a multiplayer Spider-Verse game? Let us know in the comments below.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:38 AM
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For gamers looking to improve, advice often focuses on expensive GPUs and CPUs. However, one of the most impactful upgrades is often overlooked: your monitor. A high refresh rate is the single biggest change you can make for a smoother, more responsive competitive gaming experience. The GIGABYTE G25F2 and GS25F2 are designed to deliver this crucial advantage without a premium price, making elite performance accessible to everyone.
Why 200Hz matters: Seeing is believing
The key feature of these monitors is a 200Hz refresh rate. Think of refresh rate as how many times the screen updates with a new image every second. A standard monitor runs at 60Hz; the G25F 2 and GS25F 2 refresh over three times faster.
This means drastically smoother motion and significantly reduced input lag. In fast-paced games, this allows you to track opponents more easily and react to new information quicker. It's not just a minor improvement; it's a transformative difference that gives you a clearer, more fluid view of the action.
Clarity in motion: 1ms GTG response time
A fast refresh rate needs an equally fast pixel response to be effective. With a 1ms (GTG) response time, these monitors prevent the motion blur and "ghosting" artifacts that plague slower displays. This ensures that even during the most rapid movements, the image remains sharp and defined, allowing for precise aiming and quick decisions.
The ideal competitive canvas: A 24.5" IPS display
Both models feature a 24.5-inch full HD (1920x1080) IPS panel. This combination is a competitive gaming staple for good reason:
Choose your model: Flexibility or pure value
The GIGABYTE G25F2 ($109.99) includes a fully adjustable stand for height, tilt, and swivel, ideal for achieving the perfect ergonomic position.
The GIGABYTE GS25F2 ($99.99) offers the identical 200Hz IPS panel with a compact, tilt-only stand, representing pure performance value.
Both provide versatile connectivity with DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 ports, support HDR10 for enhanced contrast, and feature a 100x100mm VESA mount for easy installation on monitor arms or wall brackets.
For gamers seeking a tangible edge, upgrading to a high-refresh-rate monitor is essential. The GIGABYTE G25F 2 and GS25F 2 deliver a top-tier 200Hz experience focused on the specs that matter most for competition, all at an entry-level price.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:43 AM
No Man's Sky's Voyager update has finally made it feasible for you to own and fly in a Corvette, and they're entirely customizable.
Unlike other classes, Corvettes can't be purchased from a trader. You must craft them from the workshop (available at every space station). You can also upgrade your Corvette with the help of additional modules from the same workshop.
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How to craft a Corvette in No Man's Sky?
There are two ways to get a Corvette inside the game.
If you're unsure about the initial steps, this guide will help you get access to the workshop and complete the first steps towards getting Corvette.
Once you confirm the build, your Corvette will be ready. You can then add it to your collection and explore the space.
How to upgrade a Corvette in No Man's Sky
There are different ways to upgrade a Corvette inside the game.
Upgrades will allow your Corvette to increase its stats like damage potential, storage capacity, and more.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:09 AM
Mega Hawlucha is officially the third new Mega Evolution coming to Pokémon Legends: Z-A this October. Its special transformation was confirmed this Thursday morning with a video that The Pokémon Company published on their social channels, showing Hawlucha fighting Machamp.
Many Pokémon fans were expecting this reveal since Tuesday, when The Pokémon Company published a short video teasing the "mega matchup of the millennium" featuring Machamp and Hawlucha. Since fans know Pokémon Legends: Z-A will feature dozens of new Megas, they found TPC wasn't too subtle with the 'mega' hint, so it was easy to guess what the announcement would be. While some thought both Pokémon would get a Mega Evolution, those who follow alleged leaks were convinced the reveal was only about Mega Hawlucha.
Mega Hawlucha uses a black and gold mask instead of the base form's green and orange. It gets a shiny golden cape that makes it look like a glorious luchador who's never lost a single fight. Of course, all this means is there to show how it's much stronger than before, and Hawlucha finishes off Machamp in the video with its signature Flying Press.
Machamp was chosen as Hawlucha's adversary for this reveal because of the two Pokémon's beef in the anime. In Episode 35 of the XY series, the two Pokémon are seen in the wild fighting for the title of Forest Champion. Hawlucha defends his title after Machamp gives up on the fight because his allied Ursaring and Conkeldurr jump in to protect him after seeing Hawlucha beat up Machamp.
Mega Hawlucha joins Mega Victreebel and Mega Dragonite in the confirmed megas for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. While Mega Victreebel also got a special, spooky video for its reveal, Mega Dragonite's disappointing design was announced in a standard gameplay video. Other Megas may be revealed before Oct. 16, when Legends: Z-A releases on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, but none of that is confirmed. Maybe The Pokémon Company will leave some of the fun of exploration and discovery of Megas for players.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 8:37 AM
One of the cutest additions in Disney Dreamlight Valley's Inside Out update is the introduction of a Bing Bong Plushie. This cute elephant can live in your village forever as long as you find all of its required crafting ingredients.
This special item isn't easy to acquire, as you must go on a secret scavenger hunt to unlock it. If you're hoping to unlock this fun imaginary friend, here's how to get the Bing Bong Plushie in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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How to get Bing Bong in Disney Dreamlight Valley
The Bing Bong Plushie can be obtained by finding the required items to craft it. This item is hidden from the crafting station until you have all four of the needed materials to make it, so the first step is embarking on a scavenger hunt to obtain what you need.
How to craft Bing Bong Plushie in Disney Dreamlight Valley
You can obtain the Inside Out Bing Bong plushie by crafting it at any workstation. Below are the ingredients you need to make it:
All of these materials are available within the Inside Out Realm. You can find them while progressing through the realm's storyline or return later and collect them all if you missed a few. Once you have all four materials, head to any crafting station, select the Furniture category, and choose the Bing Bong plushie to craft it.
Everlasting Cotton Candy location
Our first ingredient, Everlasting Cotton Candy, appears inside lockers within the Inside Out Realm's Headquarters. If you're near Joy and the emotion console, turn toward the room's crafting station and run forward until you see a staircase to your right, or head through the tunnel to find the lockers right at the end of it.
There are five lockers here, but the Everlasting Cotton Candy can only be found inside one. Approach the locker near the far right edge and interact with it to recover this item from inside.
Tiny Bowler Hat location
You'll find the second item, a Tiny Bowler Hat, inside the long-term memory room. During the Out of the Blue quest, you'll enter this room to search for Sadness and Riley's piano lesson memories.
Starting at the memory room's entrance, head out of the room, turn right, then make another right turn at the intersection. Look down next to the pallet of golden memory orbs to spot the Tiny Bowler Hat you need.
Tiny Bowtie location
Our next stop is the Dream Production studio, which you first encounter after finding Sadness and reuniting with Joy. Here, you'll find the pink Tiny Bowtie on the floor next to one of the furniture platforms to the left of the main stage.
How to craft Rainbow Energy
The last item you need is Rainbow Energy, which must be crafted from two more items you need to find. Next, you must track down a Flashy Diamond and a Bright Bulb Lamp. Both of these items are in the Inside Out Realm, too.
Flashy Diamond location
The first item you need for Rainbow Energy, a Flashy Diamond, is available as soon as you enter the Inside Out Realm for the first time. As you search for console parts for Joy in Headquarters, you'll find a sparkling shelf of vials on the wall of the tunnel that, upon interacting with it, will drop the Flashy Diamond.
Just watch out, as the diamond might spawn behind the wall, making it slightly difficult to spot. If you're having trouble grabbing it, you can try heading into the tunnel and picking it up from the other side.
Bright Bulb Lamp location
The second item you need for Rainbow Energy, the Bright Bulb Lamp, requires you to solve an orb puzzle in long-term memory that you'll first encounter during the Get Up and Glow quest. As you search for pop concert memories during it, you'll come across an orb puzzle with a blank terminal alongside two normal ones.
If you're having trouble finding the right spot to acquire this item, start by heading back to the spawn point in long-term memory. Head right after entering this area, and follow the winding pathway until you reach a fork in the road. At this point, turn left, walk forward slightly, then turn left again.
At the end of the path, you'll find a console with a puzzle you need to solve. Press the button on the far left once, followed by the button on the far right once, to lower the wall. Walk into the new area you unlocked to acquire the Bright Bulb Lamp.
With both the Flashy Diamond and Bright Bulb Lamp on hand, go to any crafting station to make the Rainbow Energy through the Functional Items menu, giving you the final material needed to make your Bing Bong plushie. Once you have it, switch to the Furniture page and select the Bind Bong Plushie item to craft it.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 8:07 AM
One of the most essential parts of the Memory Mania event is scouring the village to recover hidden items in Disney Dreamlight Valley. One of the many items you need to find and remove is Birthday Cakes.
While you might come across some event items naturally while exploring, you're not likely to find this one unless you're specifically seeking it out, since it spawns around locations you likely don't visit often. If you're hoping to finish the full event, here's where to find Birthday Cakes in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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Birthday Cake location in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Birthday Cake only spawns in a few Realms for the duration of the Memory Mania event, including the Moana Realm, Ratatouille Realm, and Wall-E Realm. There are many different Realms you can explore throughout the Dream Castle, but only these three have a chance of containing some Birthday Cakes for you to discover.
In all three Realms, Birthday Cake spawns on the ground. This item always appears as a small light pink cake with the number 13 candles on top. Like all other event items, it's also always marked by some golden sparkles to make finding it a bit easier.
How to get Birthday Cake in Disney Dreamlight Valley
You can get Birthday Cake by finding it around the Moana Realm, Ratatouille Realm, and Wall-E Realm, then selecting the Interact button that pops up next to it once you're by it. Birthday Cake can't actually be picked up or eaten, but interacting with it does drop a special event item you need.
What do Birthday Cakes do in Disney Dreamlight Valley?
Birthday Cake drops pink Memory Shards you can open to receive pieces of an Inside Out memory featuring Joy surrounded by confetti. This memory has six pieces to it, and every time you interact with a Birthday Cake, you have a shot at finding one of them.
Not all Memory Shards dropped by Birthday Cake are guaranteed to have a piece of this memory inside. Instead, some may grant you Star Coins, so there's a chance you'll need to open more than six to finish the full puzzle. Fully completing this memory finishes the Feeling Joyful task and unlocks the Ennui Raven Companion.
How often do Birthday Cakes respawn in Disney Dreamlight Valley?
Birthday Cakes respawn about every 30 minutes as long as the Memory Mania event is live. For more to appear, you need to remove the already present cakes. Each time you remove one, a secret timer begins for another one to respawn approximately 30 minutes after that point.
There's a lot more to get done before this event ends. If you're not sure what to tackle next, you might consider working on Memorabilia, Feeling Expansive, Get Nostalgic!, Spark Joy, and Embrace the Blues.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 7:28 AM
One of the trickiest duties to get done during Disney Dreamlight Valley's Memory Mania event is Memorabilia. While most other event missions can be completed fairly quickly, this one takes a long time and requires a lot of hard work to get done.
For this and all other Memory Mania event duties, you're only given the name as a hint for what needs to be done. It can be fairly tough to solve what this quest is on your own when you don't have much information to work with, so here's how to complete Memorabilia in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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Memorabilia duty in Disney Dreamlight Valley
To complete the Memorabilia duty, you need to find and open 200 Memory Shards. These items are generally quite rare to come across while playing, so getting this task done can take quite some time.
While some duties can only be finished while the event is live, this one can be tackled year-round, so there's no rush to find all 200 Memory Shards while the event is ongoing. The items you can find throughout the event do make recovering memories a bit easier, so you should be able to make decent progress, but you'll likely still need to continue this task after the event ends.
Not every Memory Shard you come across is guaranteed to drop a memory piece. Luckily, for the purposes of this task, all shards you open count, regardless of whether they grant a new piece or just some Star Coins.
Since you need to find a whopping 200 Memory Shards to get this one done, I recommend prioritizing other key event tasks and not worrying too much about this one. I started working on it in 2024 when the Memory Mania event first debuted, and didn't get around to finishing it until now. Working on it in the background by playing the game naturally over time is a much more efficient way to get it done rather than trying to force lots of shards to spawn all at once.
How to find Memory Shards in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Memory Shards drop randomly while performing key tasks around the valley. For the duration of the Memory Mania event, they're also guaranteed to drop when you find and remove event items. Here are all of the ways you can work on finding Memory Shards for the Memorabilia task.
Completing any of these tasks has a chance of dropping a Memory Shard. How frequently they do appear ultimately comes down to luck, though, which can make the Memorabilia mission much easier or harder to finish than anticipated.
Memorabilia reward in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Finishing the Memorabilia task unlocks the Lance Slashblade Statue furniture item. This statue is of a character who appears briefly in Inside Out 2. You only get one to start, but you can order more from Scrooge McDuck's shop after unlocking it.
There are plenty of other Inside Out prizes waiting to be claimed in this event. If you haven't unlocked them all yet, get to work tackling Feeling Expansive, Get Nostalgic!, Spark Joy, and Embrace the Blues next.
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Destructoid Thursday, August 28, 2025 6:19 AM
Poliwrath ex is such a weird card to base a deck around due to its attack card effect, requiring you to make a deck with both Water-type and Fighting-type energy in Pokémon TCG Pocket to make it work. Still, I think I have come up with a way to make a plausible deck that could be enjoyable to play, albeit casually.
I think this is a fun deck to play, but I'm unsure if it can handle higher ranks. Maybe I am wrong. You be the judge.
Best Poliwrath ex deck list in Pokémon TCG Pocket
First things first, you need to be using both Water and Fighting-type energy here to make this work, and you must ensure that you are directing most of this energy towards your Poliwrath ex. I also considered adding some Fighting-type Pokémon into the mix or even using a variant of Gallade ex to mix and match, but it felt like focusing entirely on the Poliwag line made the most sense.
Mantyke is a key new Water-type Pokémon setup, and that is what you will be doing a lot here. Setting up. Politoed in the backline gives you an additional boost of damage to your Poliwrath ex. If you can get both Water and Fighting-type energy on your Poliwrath ex, it'll deal enough damage that it will one-hit most, if not all, Pokémon TCG Pocket so far.
The issues I've found with it so far are that the deck is extremely slow and difficult to get something going. It relies too heavily on pulling the right cards at the right time all the time, and if you don't get what you need early to set up, you'll easily be overcome by most, if not every, deck that you can come across.
I feel like the deck is still missing something, so if you have created a better deck or have some suggestions on things you would change, I'd appreciate it. Let me know in the comments below as I want to come back to this deck eventually to hopefully update it with future expansions if this type of deck gets more support.
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