Kotaku Wednesday, December 24, 2025 9:05 AM
As slightly belated holiday gifting goes, a top-class smartwatch and fitness tracker for 29% off at Amazon is a great option. The post Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 (2025) Crashes to a Record Low, No Need to Pay More for Older Models appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Save 20% on the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition for a limited time. The post Amazon Goes Clearance on E-Readers, Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (32GB) Hits an All-Time Low appeared first on Kotaku. |
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AI slop infected more games, cool stuff was canned, people lost their jobs, and other horrible video game news from 2025 The post The 10 Biggest Gaming Disappointments Of 2025 appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Looking to play some Switch games? Now's the time to grab one of the OLED models as it's on sale. The post Nintendo Switch With Joy-Con Clearance Starts on Amazon, Already Selling Out Fast at Its Lowest Price appeared first on Kotaku. |
PCGamesN Wednesday, December 24, 2025 7:11 AM An Ark Survival Ascended Switch 2 port could now be a reality thanks to the "night and day" performance improvements Unreal 5.7 brings. |
PCGamesN Wednesday, December 24, 2025 7:09 AM Squadron 42 looks on course for its targeted 2026 release date as Star Citizen dev Cloud Imperium gives us a promising update. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, December 24, 2025 6:59 AM  For the past month we have been shouting about the games we consider to be the best games of 2025. As is tradition, our choices for the RPS Advent Calendar haven't appeared in an order from least good to best – to us, they're all special. However, that's not true of the game behind door number 24. When the team's votes were counted, it was a close thing, with only five points in it, but there was a winner. RPS's favourite game of 2025 is Hades 2. Now, perhaps someone would like to explain why we didn't give Supergiant's roguelite wonder a Bestest Best sticker? |
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Siliconera Wednesday, December 24, 2025 10:00 AM
Last week, Level-5 promised it would have the Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time free, roguelike DLC called The Sinister Broker Bazario's Schemes would be out "around Christmas." On December 24, 2025, the developer and publisher released the add-on worldwide. The company billed it as "a Christmas present" on social media. As long as you own the game on any platform, you can download and access this update.
After getting to a certain point in the story, the option to visit Snoozaland will come up at your base camp in-game. If you head out on this optional new journey, you'll start out pretty weak and nearly powerless on each run. As you explore the Ginormosia-like location, you'll get opportunities to become more powerful as you beat enemies and gain rewards like new outfit equipment and mounts. These can then be used in any part of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time.
There's also one new trailer involving Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. However, it's more of an overview that also explains what Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is like.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is available on the Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the roguelike The Sinister Broker Bazario's Schemes DLC is available for free on every storefront.
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Siliconera Wednesday, December 24, 2025 9:00 AM
We've been able to watch Cross Blitz grow over the last few years. After all, the roguelike deck-building game started out in early access back in November 2023, with Tako Boy Studios gradually building it up until its November 2025 launch two years later. We've seen the team adjust and fix issues. While I do appreciate how far the team and game has come, it feels like it's lacking some important quality of life adjustments.
Cross Blitz is unusual in that it does feature some roguelike elements, but it's also a deck-building game with strategic elements that features a more traditional campaign too. The two parts feed into each other, in a way. The Fables Story Mode follows the characters Mereena, Quill, Redcroft, Seto, and Violet as they go around the world fighting in matches with their decks to accomplish individual goals after winning matches. This can feel a bit like the Game Boy Pokemon Trading Card Game affairs, in terms of the whole collectible card RPG thing, and each storyline is three chapters long. Doing well here unlocks cards via actions like completing recipes or earning XP as you go through chapters, which feed into your deck in further affairs. In the Tusk Tales roguelike mode, you and one of 20 mercenaries go through randomized matches to earn Husks and build your deck up, with both your partner's cards and your own influencing what the build can look like.
Matches proceed a lot like Hearthstone. You'll find certain synergies and archetypes to build around when collecting and compiling cards. These are placed in the 4x4 field, with four spaces in front of each of the two players. (There's no competitive multiplayer against actual people, with only virtual opponents available.) Relics can be acquired to help affect matches and runs as well. There are hundreds of cards, so there's so much freedom when developing decks. And the Tusk Tales Mode has daily and weekly hunts to encourage revisiting even if the Fables are all done. The actual core gameplay is fine.
So the first issue with Cross Blitz is that there's no native controller support. It is planned. Tako Boy Studios confirmed it on the Steam Discussions board. But considering this is a game that's been in early access for two years now, the fact that it's a genre that we've seen comfortably accommodate controller support before, and that we're about a month out of 1.0 without it, it's disappointing that it's absent. It's one of the things that keeps me from really enjoying and getting into it on a Lenovo Legion Go or Steam Deck-like handheld gaming PC.
The other is the UI. In a deck-building game or roguelike with those elements, being able to clearly understand what you're doing and see what cards can do is critical, and Cross Blitz is not great at it. Especially if you are playing it on a handheld gaming PC. The menus aren't helpful. Informative boxes will overlap and block out information. The cards themselves tend to be very clear, with descriptions that let us know what they do, though the brevity does mean sometimes critical information might not appear. This means you'll need to learn by doing. Combine that with times when it can feel like it's harder to put together some decks, collect some cards, and check some information than it could be due to some QOL UI issues, and it's a bit buggy. I'm still experiencing some crashes and lag.
Cross Blitz's actual matches and modes are quite fun, with so many deck-building options, but it feels like it needs a few more patches. It's close to being a really great game! It's just not quite perfect yet. In a way, that's a little disappointing. You'd expect some of these crash, UI, and QOL elements to be addressed after two years in early access. But one controller support is in the pipeline and we already saw a patch on December 2, 2025, so I'm hopeful it will be in a much better position in a few more weeks.
Cross Blitz is available on PCs.
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Destructoid Wednesday, December 24, 2025 6:32 AM
Fallout 76 players can enjoy the festive period of Christmas and New Year by grabbing some unique cosmetics from the Sunset Stranger mini-season that's now live across all platforms.
The new event went live earlier on Dec. 23, and it will be live until Jan. 6. This guide will provide you with all the details required for completing this event and unlocking all available rewards.
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How to get all Fallout 76 Sunset Stranger event rewards
The Sunset Stranger event will have its own ticket that can be earned by completing challenges. The exact number of tickets you get will vary across different tasks. The main reward for this event is the Sunset Sarsaparilla Deputy Hat, which is provided to all for free.
To earn the tickets, equip the hat on your character, and start completing as many objectives as possible. Here's the list of all rewards you'll grind for when the event is live.
Now that we know all the rewards, let's look at how to earn the tickets.
All Fallout 76 Sunset Stranger objectives
There will be three sets of challenges that will be active during the event. Do note that some of the information shared on this guide is in data-mined form.
Week 1
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To complete the event, you'll need to kill an enemy in the Burning Springs Region and with the Sunset Sarsaparilla Deputy Hat on your character. This will fetch you 175 extra tickets. You can then use the tickets to unlock the rewards mentioned above.
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Destructoid Wednesday, December 24, 2025 5:18 AM
If you're looking for a way to stay in the know with GHOUL://RE Roblox game, you're in the right place. Whether you are wondering about the combat, the crafting, or just when you can play the game, we've got the links, and we're here to share them. Here are the GHOUL://RE Trello, Wiki and Discord links.
GHOUL://RE Trello, Wiki and Discord Links
First of all, here are all the links to everything for GHOUL://RE:
The Trello is the best place to start if you want to be informed about all the in-game content. It's got info on:
Then, you should join the official Discord server which is a lively HUB for community interaction, questions and updates. Joining the Discord used to be a mandatory step if you wanted to get CC acess but nowadays it's just a very good place to get info and form raid groups. And, before you ask, YES, they do host giveaways on the server.
Best of all, the GHOUL://RE Discord server hosts all the patch notes/update logs for all the changes in the re-release. It'll give you an overview of every buff, nerf, rework and new content to the game.
That's all there is to it for our Official GHOUL://RE Trello, Wiki and Discord guide. Stay tuned to Destructoid for more GHOUL://RE guides and walkthroughs. If you haven't already, check out our GHOUL://RE codes for some cool in-game freebies.
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Destructoid Wednesday, December 24, 2025 3:14 AM
The Old Peace update introduced the Tauron Strike mechanic in Warframe that allows you to work with extra abilities, and all of them offer unique bonuses.
Once you complete The Old Peace update and unlock the Perita Rebellion mode, you'll be able to use the Tauron Strike mechanic. This mechanic, however, isn't entirely restricted to the Perita Rebellion mode as long as you can manage to secure Tektolyst Artifacts.
Let's look at all the different weapons and their passives, along with how to obtain them.
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All Tauron Strike Tektolyst weapon passives in Warframe
There are five different Tektolyst Artifact weapons to obtain in Warframe.
Every weapon is associated with a specific set of nodes, and you'll want to use the one that suits your build. When you buy a Tektolyst Artifact (required to use these weapons outside Perita Rebellion), it will unlock five extra passive nodes.
The first level will be unlocked automatically, but the remaining nodes and levels have to be unlocked manually using various resources.
Cogron (Unairu Passives)
Lorak (Zenurik Passives)
Nidri (Vazarin Passives)
Thara (Madurai Passives)
Vexoric (Naramon Passives)
How to get Tektolyst Artifacts in Warframe
You can obtain Tektolyst Artifacts from Marie by exchanging the following resources.
Completing the Perita Rebellion missions will help you get all three of these resources. You'll also get 75 of all three resources from The Old Peace quest. The remaining quantities will require you to grind out the missions.
While you can pick multiple Artifacts, they're expensive. Hence, you should always make your first pick carefully.
How to perform a Tauron Strike in Warframe
Once you have equipped a Tektolyst Artifact, you'll notice a circle near your energy bar. This circle represents how close you're to casting a Tauron Strike (think of them like ultimate attacks). Once you cast an attack, you'll have to wait for the charging process to complete. Here's how you can charge your Tauron Strike meter.
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