GamersHeroes Monday, March 16, 2026 9:02 AM Drawing from stone-cold classics like Hi-Fi Rush, BPM: Bullets Per Minute, and Crypt of the NecroDancer, a new Steam demo for RibCage Games' rhythm action title Alpha Nomos is now available. The post Rhythm-Action Title Alpha Nomos Steam Demo Live appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Monday, March 16, 2026 11:30 AM  I'm sorry, but If you want to play Cryo Archive, you'll have to finish Introducing: Sekiguchi |
Kotaku Monday, March 16, 2026 11:20 AM  The country continues snatching up gaming assets |
Kotaku Monday, March 16, 2026 11:15 AM  The AR monster-catching app can't simply stay a good thing |
Kotaku Monday, March 16, 2026 10:52 AM  The new costumes are half-finished, seemingly melting, or just plain terrible |
Kotaku Monday, March 16, 2026 9:30 AM  It's not the 'real' merchant, but it's still pretty wild |
Kotaku Monday, March 16, 2026 9:19 AM  The ex- Overwatch director had choice words for people who complain about games they don't even play |
Kotaku Monday, March 16, 2026 8:55 AM  There are still dozens of developers who have been there since Halo |
Kotaku Monday, March 16, 2026 7:00 AM  Nathan Fillion dropped the news during a recent convention appearance |
PCGamesN Monday, March 16, 2026 9:17 AM Marathon Update 1.0.5 is drastically increasing vault stack sizes for certain items, and I can't wait to spend less time clearing out loot. |
PCGamesN Monday, March 16, 2026 9:11 AM Get ahead in the biggest Roblox revival of the year with the latest Anime Fighters Simulator codes, grabbing anything from Shiny Potions to Dungeon Tokens. |
PCGamesN Monday, March 16, 2026 9:04 AM Don't Lose Aggro is a single-player roguelite that focuses solely on tanking mobs, and you'll get to play the role exactly as you please. |
PCGamesN Monday, March 16, 2026 9:01 AM Here is whether there's Demonfall codes available, alongside the full instructions on how to redeem any that appear for the Roblox game. |
PCGamesN Monday, March 16, 2026 8:57 AM Here's how you can find the latest Jujutsu Shenanigans codes so you can bag some excellent freebies for the new exciting Roblox game. |
PCGamesN Monday, March 16, 2026 8:30 AM Despite some annoying stumbles that stop it being an unrivalled FPS experience, Marathon has managed to keep me firmly in its grasp. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 16, 2026 10:53 AM  While not as close to release as its sibling-of-sorts Skyblivion, we've been getting regular looks at what Morrowind remake mod Skywind for a looooong time now. The latest of these peeks at its team's efforts to reinvent The Elder Scrolls 3 in Skyrim's engine came as part of a charity modding streamathon, and featured a nice stroll around Vivec. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 16, 2026 9:07 AM  Last week our resident novelty-guzzling elder god the Maw ate me, as Julian sorrowfully reported. Well, I'm back in the waking world, and not as smelly as I could be, all things considered. I've been eaten by the Maw a few times now, but this is the first time I've managed to escape via one of its mouths, rather than by way of… other orifices. "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED," I bellow, straightening heroically with my shoulders braced against the cyclopean gums, as chunks of rancid Call Of Duty DLC sluice between my ankles. "MY OTHER CAR'S A MOTHRA", I roar, as the other RPS staff hastily gather with a jump net. "HERE ARE SOME NEW PC GAMES," I add, throwing myself into the waiting arms of my brethren. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 16, 2026 7:54 AM  Warner Bros. Games Montréal, developers of Gotham Knights, look to have laid off an unspecified number of staff late last week. At least three former workers at the studio took to LinkedIn on Friday to post about their departures, with one explicitly mentioning that they'd been cut as part of a round of layoffs. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 16, 2026 6:37 AM  Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is out today on PC. It's another licensed retro first-person shooter from Auroch Digital, the creators of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. It casts you as a Mobile Infantry soldier wrassling with the Arachnids on a bunch of human colonies, including a seaside resort planet that reminds me of Halo: Combat Evolved. In general, the game caters to a slightly more recent era of graphicsability than the Doom-ish Boltgun, with boxy weapons and enemies that have me dreaming of the early polygonal 3D period, a few years before the brownification of action games set in. Think heyday of MDK and Turok. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, March 16, 2026 6:17 AM  A chunky Fallout: New Vegas expansion mod which sees the courier set off east to the post-apocalyptic Illinois has released its first demo. No prizes for guessing where this mod - Fallout Chicago - is set. Though, you might want to brush up on your knowledge of Fallout Tactics' lore before you dive in. |
Siliconera Monday, March 16, 2026 12:00 PM
Square Enix announced two ways in which it is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy XII, with one being a live stream of the soundtrack and the other being official FFXII shirts on the company's official Amazon on Demand storefront in Japan. Said shirts are only available in that country right now, but we could end up seeing them worldwide like the Octopath Traveler and Voice of Cards clothing Square Enix sells on Amazon.
Final Fantasy XII is the entry set in Ivalice, the same world in which the Final Fantasy Tactics titles take place, and it appeared on the PS2 ahead of the FFXII: The Zodiac Age Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It changed things up in a number of ways, such as the inclusion of Gambits that involved setting conditions to determine how allies behave in battle and a License Board skill tree system. After Dalmasca's royal family is seemingly killed and its head captain supposedly responsible, we learn Captain Basch's twin was the one who killed the king, his daughter Princess Ashe is alive. Vaan and Penelo, two ordinary people, end up joining Ashe, Basch, and the sky pirates Balthier and Fran, with the whole crew joining together to restore Ashe and find magicite and nethicite.
In the case of the 20th anniversary Final Fantasy XII soundtrack stream, that's live now and includes footage from the game as tracks play. You can watch it on YouTube.
As for the Final Fantasy shirts, Square Enix noted on social media they'll be sold on its Amazon storefront in Japan until March 15, 2027, and these include images from FFXII: The Zodiac Age. There are four designs available in different styles like t-shirts, long-sleeved shirts, and sweatshirts. One of them features the Ryoma Ito anniversary illustration.
Here's how the four different designs look. All of them feature the game's logo. Three designs show the main cast. One features Moogles from that series above the anniversary logo.
Final Fantasy XII is available on the PS2, and FFXII: The Zodiac Age is on the Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
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Siliconera Monday, March 16, 2026 11:00 AM
Fate/Extra Record will be delayed indefinitely, and Bandai Namco Entertainment announced it will no longer be publishing the game. It was supposed to come out in Spring 2026 on the PS4, PS5, Switch, and PC via Steam. There's no word on if the platforms will remain the same following this confirmation.
The Fate/Extra Record X (formerly Twitter) account posted a statement about the situation. It said that Bandai Namco Entertainment would no longer be publishing it, and then it apologized to everyone who had been waiting for the remake's release. To clarify, development on the game hasn't stopped. The publisher will just be different.
People who have already pre-ordered the game via Asobi Store will receive a refund, and the order will be canceled. Anyone who pre-ordered will receive an e-mail from Asobi Store about that and next steps.
Fate/Extra Record is the upcoming remake of Fate/Extra, a dungeon-crawling JRPG spin-off that takes place in an alternate Fate universe from stay night. This game originally came out in 2010 for the PSP, and it was popular enough to get its own sequels, companion game, and anime adaptation. Characters originating from Fate/Extra, such as Nero and Tamamo, also appear in Fate/Grand Order. Fate/Extra Record was originally announced in 2020, and it was supposed to come out in 2025 before the studio delayed the game to 2026.
Type-Moon will continue to develop Fate/Extra Record while looking for a publisher. More information on the new release window will come out later.
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Siliconera Monday, March 16, 2026 10:00 AM
Kadokawa Game Linkage has announced the winners of the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2026. Konami's Silent Hill f notably won the most prestigious Game of the Year award in this event.
Silent Hill f also won the most awards by scoring three wins in this event. A number of other games also won multiple awards, with The Hundred Line, Ghost of Yotei, Pokemon Legends Z-A, and Urban Myth Dissolution Center winning two awards each.
Here is the full list of award winners in the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2026:
Silent Hill f, the Game of the Year award winner in the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2026, is available worldwide on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC.
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Siliconera Monday, March 16, 2026 9:00 AM
The first Planet of Lana game felt like a desperate race to survive, thrive, and free loved ones. It ended up being an incredibly tense, short situation that focused on things like puzzles and stealth, even though situations could get quite heated and quick-time events appeared. It also left some mysteries unsolved and a situation in which the people on the planet suddenly had access to new technologies and robot assistance. While billed as a standalone sequel, Planet of Lana II builds on the premise in every way, while also leaving room for the future.
Editor's Note: There will be Planet of Lana spoilers in the next paragraph.
Even though Wishfully mentioned Planet of Lana II is a standalone game and it begins with a full retrospective of everything that happened in the first installment, I feel like actually going through the first experience is important. Yes, there's a full summary. But the brief introduction lacks the same punch. I felt it didn't make clear the twist that everyone on the planet is descended from people from a colony ship the "invading" alien robots worked on, and the altercation came from them attempting to follow their original programming. I think someone coming to this without that experience might not be as connected to Lana and Mui's story.
Anyways, as a result of the events of the first game, all of the people now live alongside robots and are beginning to use of the alien-to-them technology from the original. However, that means some aren't using it peacefully or appropriately, which is causing societal issues. Lana herself is more driven to figure out more of the truth of her people's past, especially after seeing certain elements on ships. There's also the question of background for Mui, her companion, and other characters. Plus, as an additional driving force, Lana needs to find a cure for an ailing child. Which prompts her to set out on another adventure for answers.
Artistically and narratively, Wishfully handled Planet of Lana II so well. The game is still quite gorgeous. Even though we are seeing some places depicted in the original, the design, lighting, and other visual enhancements make it all somehow look even more beautiful. It looks (and runs) especially well on the Switch 2 and is quite vivid. There's also a conscious design decision for there to be an original language used, so we need to infer what some interactions and elements mean. While there are occasional subtitles to help set up certain plot points, it's a choice that works because the developer is constantly showing us what we need to know through character actions and environmental storytelling. I also found the brief Mui's Journey segments, in which we control that character and gain additional insights into their experiences, are very insightful and well-executed.
In terms of gameplay, Planet of Lana II works a lot like the original game. While this is an action adventure, it tends to rely more on thoughtful puzzle-solving than skill-based platforming. That isn't to say there's none. This time around, Lana is able to do things like wall-jump and slide to reach certain areas. Stealth is also still used, since Lana and Mui aren't attacking. Meanwhile, as in the original, puzzles can involve things like pulling boxes to places, flipping switches, managing Mui and having them work with and even sacrifice other animals, and hacking robots. Since Lana doesn't directly attack, other approaches are necessary to handle foes and make what might have been a boss fight in another game into a puzzle here.
One thing I did notice when going through Planet of Lana II is because it is a more methodical type of adventure, it can take time adjusting to the controls. Things do move very smoothly and it is easy to execute actions. However, knowing where hitboxes are for potential hazards or what cover will actually, well, cover, can take some time to work out. The first chapter feels like a learning experience for this. Also, since the game itself is pretty short and takes about five hours, it usually doesn't get too exacting until about the fifth chapter. So by the time you do get to the more demanding seventh chapter, you're prepared.
Planet of Lana II is quite a successful sequel that builds on the original in pretty much every way. Wishfully also tells its story in a fascinating way that still leaves every intention and action crystal clear. It might take some time to adjust to inputs, but it's a brief adventure with interesting puzzles and a promising cliffhanger.
Planet of Lana II is available on the Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 11:04 AM
If you think you've mastered the art of ghost hunting in Phasmophobia, you may be ready to put your skills to the test. Weekly challenge modes are a great way to find out just how good you are.
These special trials modify how the game works, usually with rules that make the experience a lot harder. Successfully finishing the challenge gets you plenty of XP and cash, so it's well worth the effort. Here's the weekly challenge in Phasmophobia and everything you need to know to beat it.
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Phasmophobia weekly challenge mode (March 15-22)
From March 15 to 22, the weekly challenge is Speedrun! in Phasmophobia. In this challenge, you're asked to find the ghost as quickly as possible when lots of useful boosts are given to you. There's no actual timer or countdown, but you're meant to try and speedrun through the contract as fast as you can, simply to see if you can get it done quickly.
How to complete the weekly challenge in Phasmophobia
To finish the weekly challenge mode in Phasmophobia, you need to correctly identify the ghost present on the featured map three times. The specific changes in each trial mode vary, but your goal is always the same.
All Speedrun! weekly challenge modifiers in Phasmophobia
This challenge mode has several specific rules that modify the way the contract functions. Here are all the key details you need to know.
Phasmophobia Speedrun! weekly challenge mode tips
This is one of the trickier challenges you can attempt in Phasmophobia, so here are some of the best tips you can employ to help you get it done.
When does the challenge mode change in Phasmophobia?
The challenge mode changes every Monday at 12am UTC, which translates to 6pm CT every Sunday. You have a full week to tackle each challenge mode when it's available. All challenge modes return regularly since they're on a rotating schedule, so if you don't get to finish one, you can always try it again in the future.
Next weekly challenge mode in Phasmophobia
The next weekly challenge mode, which will run for a full week from March 22 to 29, will be Survival of the Fittest. This challenge mode will begin as soon as this week's featured one ends.
All weekly challenge modes in Phasmophobia
There are 26 challenge modes in Phasmophobia. A different one is available to complete each week, and the challenge order stays identical, so it's easy to know which one is coming next. Here are all of the challenges you may face in Phasmophobia.
Special challenge modes in Phasmophobia
In addition to the regular challenge modes that rotate in and out on a consistent basis, there are also sometimes special challenge modes that have only ever appeared once and left the rotation afterward. These trials are generally designed for testing out features that are new at the time, like fresh equipment and maps.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 10:39 AM
If you put in a tremendous amount of effort in BitLife, you may eventually be rewarded with some unique achievements. One of these is getting inducted into the Hall of Fame as a pro sports player.
This is a pretty big achievement, so making it happen is a very tough task that takes a long time. It's a crucial goal for certain challenges, though, so you may need to know how to get inducted into the Hall of Fame in BitLife.
How do you get inducted into the Hall of Fame in BitLife?
You can get inducted into the Hall of Fame by selecting the "Attend the ceremony" option when the Hall of Fame pop-up appears in BitLife. This pop-up is quite random and unpredictable, which means it may be presented to you at any given point once you've been deemed worthy of it.
There's no way to guarantee your entry into the Hall of Fame, nor is there any way to force the associated pop-up to appear since it's a completely random event. You can, however, boost your chances of seeing it by taking certain actions. Overall, your goal should be to have a long, successful career in your chosen field, as this is what will secure you Hall of Fame status.
The first is to be a professional sports player. This one is actually a must, as you cannot enter the Hall of Fame unless you are a qualifying candidate. Becoming a pro sports player is quite a tough task on its own, so focus on this goal first.
Once you've landed a pro sports job, work extremely hard at it. Practice and train often to improve your skills and help your team. Check out your specific sports stats and work on improving whichever ones are lowest, especially those that are in the red. Aim to eventually get all of them in the green. Be sure to also keep your Smarts and Health stats high, as you need to be reliable all around to ensure you find success in your career.
With these requirements met, all you can do is wait and hope. It generally takes a long and lucrative career built over many years to achieve Hall of Fame status. It's typical not to see this pop up for 10 or more years, so don't get too discouraged if it takes a while. Age up fairly often to increase your odds of seeing it, as this pop-up tends to appear many years down the line in your career. The more work you put in and the more wins you achieve, the better your odds are of being asked to join, so don't give up.
Being inducted into the Hall of Fame is a key goal in the Mamba challenge, so you're now ready to take on this tricky trial. If you're looking for some more difficult tasks to get done, consider also working on the Kahlo My World challenge, learning how to become famous, completing the Titanic challenge, and attempting to survive a shipwreck.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 10:27 AM
They put a whole bunch of deep, dark story in my extraction shooter, and I kind of love it.
For those potentially unaware, Bungie's Marathon is actually a new sequel in a franchise that's decades old. The original Marathon launched in 1994 and birthed a few sequels, bringing with it some very dark and deep sci-fi lore surrounding rogue AI, humanity's expansion into the stars, and the titular ghost ship that was meant to carry the human race into a new solar system.
And while the new extraction shooter may seem like a waste of the franchise's genuinely awesome storyline (I would so much prefer a singleplayer story campaign than getting destroyed by other players online), Bungie is using the live-service game as a vessel to deliver new story content, beginning with its fourth map, Cryo Archive.
Cryo Archive is set on the UESC Marathon ship, which was an ark of sorts, carrying over 30,000 humans in cryo stasis to the planned new home on Tau Ceti IV (we've been looting its ruins for weeks now). The circumstances behind the fate of the ship have been a mystery for some time, but the ARG that began with in-game terminals firing up across the game's existing maps may be coming to a head soon.
Throughout each stage of the complex ARG, those working together to crack codes in Discord communities have unlocked teaser videos for Cryo Archive, which is set to be Marathon's most punishing location yet. Details found over the weekend suggest players will need to be level 25 and have unlocked all factions to even access it.
The videos tease a haunting location, filled with large, hanging bags marked "human." The planet-sized ship that was meant to deliver mankind to the stars is now haunted and dormant, and massive, horrifying S'pht Compilers likely patrol its halls, along with other untold horrors. Players will need to bring their best possible gear and their top wits, because Cryo Archive may also include raid-like mechanics along with other players and the toughest AI enemies yet.
As players are running and gearing up in anticipation for the map to become playable, the ARG grinders like content creator MrRoflWaffles (of CoD Zombies easter egg-hunting fame) and many others are attempting to be the ones to open the gates for everybody, and it's been really cool to watch along (this sort of stuff is way above my paygrade and intelligence level). This weekend's latest development actually made Cryo Archive appear in-game as a selectable map that's currently "redacted," so we're getting close.
It's unclear what will happen when the ARG is fully solved (it's been timegated several times), but a confirmation of Cryo Archive's release date is most likely. Given how Bungie has delivered post-launch content in Destiny 2 for years, we can assume that this weekend, which will mark two weeks since the game launched, may be the time that the UESC Marathon will be open for business.
And the studio's penchant for these sorts of ARGs and community-driven events makes it feel like the new map's launch will be must-play or must-watch, depending on your own personal experiences with Marathon. In the meantime, you can watch a lore recap video on YouTube if you don't feel like playing the original games, which are also available on Steam.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 10:08 AM
Resident Evil 7 made the series scarier than ever, in more ways than just improved scares. Resident Evil turned very serious out of the blue, bereft of funny tonal imbalances that once served as breathers. Good, but also sad, because it was once a provider of comedy gold.
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Anyone lucky enough to experience the first game in the series certainly remembers its scariest moments, sure, but also its incredibly dumb writing delivered by equally awkward voice acting. Barry rescues Jill after she nearly gets crushed to death in one of the first game's most claustrophobic moments, only to throw all the tension out of the window by mentioning a "Jill Sandwich?" Fantastic.
That became one of the most famous examples of unintentional comedy in gaming, a moment referenced by many other games in the series and even other media. A true "Oh hi Mark" moment from The Room long before it was a thing.
That was enough to keep fans laughing for over a decade, but just when you thought the joke had gotten stale, we learned of another dimension to it that made it funnier than ever. It turns out the voice lines were delivered in such a weird manner because the freelance actors didn't know they were reading for a horror game, and the voice directors didn't know much English, so they had the voice actors say the lines and used the takes they believed sounded the coolest for Japanese ears.
The best feature in Resident Evil Director's Cut was the laughs
But the funniest thing about the original Resident Evil can only be found in the Resident Evil Director's Cut edition. This early attempt at milking a franchise by promising a few improvements really did a few things better, such as adding new game modes for newcomers and veteran players, as well as customized gameplay modes. Still, it also boasted an awesome new soundtrack, which was anything but. Please feast your ears on what's arguably the worst song ever put into a serious video game.
That song, too, only becomes funnier the deeper we dive into it. That's the result of Capcom hiring a supposedly legendary deaf Japanese composer named Mamoru Samuragochi. Now, before anyone unaware of history thinks "well, that's what you get when you hire a deaf guy to make music," it turns out that Samuragochi actually isn't deaf in real life. Pretty fun plot twist, right? Well, that was before fans found out that he likely wasn't even the one composing the songs in the first place.
Even Resident Evil's revival kept things pretty funny
Resident Evil 4 surprised everyone by showing Leon fully evolved from a rookie cop to a spec-ops badass, complete with a repertoire of badass zingers that everyone's dads would absolutely love. Asking if the entire village's population had gone to bingo after the biggest slaughter in the history of the series gets interrupted remains one of the most weirdly iconic moments in the series. Same with Salazar's threat of using his "right hand" to dispose of Leon, which is met with the most deadpan delivery of "Does your right hand come off?"
And there's even more gold underneath the surface. Though this part absolutely wasn't intended by the devs, Resident Evil 4 features not-too-rare glitches that remain some of the best examples of perfect comedy only achievable in video games, like Ashley somehow gaining access to Leon's moveset and becoming a pro-Wrestler.
19 years later, it remains equally fun to witness. And, equally good, is Leon ditching Ashley and his whole mission at the last minute because he has become a human jet ski no longer bothered by human matters.
Then Resident Evil 5 tricked players into believing it would be a much more serious Resident Evil experience, only for it to end with the most cartoony depiction of a man trying to move a boulder in all of fiction.
In an anime-physics way, I understand why Chris could think that punching a boulder would somehow energize him to the point of getting strong enough to move the boulder, but the funniest part is that the punches aren't a mere power-up; they're the endgame, and Chris ends up finally moving the boulder not by pushing, but by Shoryukening it out of his way. Now that's how you end your game.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 9:31 AM
BitLife's many weekly challenges come with lots of tricky goals, many of which ask you to check off quests you may have no idea how to complete. One such mission is to trash-talk opponents when pursuing a career in sports.
While most dialogue options are easy to find by clicking on individuals you know, this one isn't as accessible. Because of this, you might struggle to get it done. If you're having trouble solving this one, here's how to trash-talk opponents in BitLife.
How do you trash-talk opponents in BitLife?
You can trash-talk opponents by selecting the "Trash-talk to them" option when a pop-up with this option appears in BitLife. The trash talk option isn't always available and is only an action you can take in certain random situations.
Opponents aren't available to chat with like regular characters. Instead, they're only able to be interacted with during certain work-related events, which means you can only trash-talk them when these events happen to unfold.
This pop-up can happen at any point when you're practicing your sport or playing matches. There's no way to guarantee it occurs, so how easy or difficult it is to find and trash-talk opponents is completely random and based on luck, as many unique situations in BitLife are. You might get it on the first try, or it may instead take several years in your career to encounter it.
Although you can't control when this pop-up occurs, you can increase your chances of getting it by working hard at your career and engaging in work tasks frequently, since any career-related events have a chance of this pop-up occurring. You can practice as often as you like, so practicing your sport super often is a great way to boost your chances. Matches are rarer, as they just happen from time to time on their own, but they have a solid chance of having this pop up, too.
When you do get a career event pop-up, be sure to look through all of the available choices before choosing one. The option to trash-talk someone may appear at any point, so whenever you do see it, be sure to select this option, as it won't always be a potential dialogue choice.
Trash-talking a few opponents is one of the trickier goals you need to get done in the Mamba challenge, so you're now ready to take on that trial if you haven't already. There are also plenty of other tough feats you may want to try after this one, like the Kahlo My World challenge, becoming a pro basketball player, the Titanic challenge, and becoming famous.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 8:52 AM
The Crimson Desert launch is coming soon to PC and console, and developer Pearl Abyss has announced a Twitch Drops campaign for all.
The upcoming drops will allow you to win some unique rewards to use on your adventures. All the rewards can be obtained for free, and this guide has all the required information.
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All Crimson Desert launch Twitch Drops rewards
The Twitch Drops rewards at launch will be distributed across two weeks. Here's the complete list of all the rewards that will be part of the campaign.
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Week 2
As of writing, the schedule and further details are yet to be revealed. However, here are the likely steps for obtaining your rewards (based on how the same system works in Black Desert).
That said, I will update this guide with more instructions once it's available from Pearly Abyss. Since the drops will take place across two weeks, there's a schedule to watch out for as well. The first week of the rewards campaign should begin when the game goes live on Thursday, March 19.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 8:29 AM
Some careers are tougher to pursue than others, and BitLife challenges often ask you to try all kinds of unique ones out. One of the most difficult jobs you might need to get after is to become a pro basketball player.
While many careers can be joined at any point if you have the right requirements for them, others are a lot more picky and may only be options available through certain pop-ups under specific conditions. The pro basketball career is one of these, making it a difficult profession to pursue. If you're having trouble with this one, here's how to become a pro basketball player in BitLife.
How to become a professional basketball player in BitLife
You can become a pro basketball player by joining the draft and being chosen by a team when prompted to do so in BitLife. This is a long-term goal that requires you to put in a lot of work first, so here's a full step-by-step breakdown of how to make it happen.
If you're someone who spends real money while playing BitLife, you can bypass all of these steps and go pro right away if you desire to do so. You can make this happen by selecting the Occupation button in the bottom left corner, followed by the Pro Athlete option to buy the job pack.
Becoming a pro basketball player is a crucial part of trials like the Mamba challenge, so if you haven't tackled this one yet, now is a great time to do so, since you know how to check off one of the key goals. If you're up for even more BitLife chaos, consider also working on becoming famous, completing the Kahlo My World challenge, learning to swim, and finishing the Titanic challenge.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 8:25 AM
The fourth Marathon map, Cryo Archive, is coming very soon, meaning we can start to prepare to unlock it when it arrives.
Unlike maps like the Perimeter and Dire Marsh, beginners won't have immediate access to it. While the map isn't live as of writing, you can complete all the requirements already.
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All Cryo Archive unlock requirements in Marathon
Unlocking the Cryo Archive map has got to do with the secret terminals that have popped up in Marathon. Ideally, you'll need to solve the ARG puzzle for the requirements. Thankfully, the conditions have already been decrypted, and here are the requirements.
How to unlock all six factions
To unlock all available functions in the game, you'll have to complete their respective Introduction contracts.
All these quests appear as contracts once you complete the initial ones. Complete them, and you'll have unlocked all the factions in Marathon.
How to reach level 25 in Marathon
This is an easier, but lengthier, process. There's no shortcut, but you have to focus on finishing the contracts. When you finish a contract, you gain XP and Reps (the latter is required to improve your standing with different factions).
Keep gaining the XP until you reach Level 25, and you should be able to unlock Cryo Archive when the map is added to Marathon. To gain more XP, you should be active on your run. Killing runners, UESC enemies, and opening loot helps to get more experience points as well.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 7:42 AM
BitLife's weekly challenges often task you with making it big in certain careers, which can be tough to work through. The Mamba challenge is all about becoming a huge basketball star, and it's a pretty tricky trial to complete.
Becoming the best of the best in this field requires a lot of hard work and dedication. All of the goals featured in this one are difficult to check off, so here's how to complete the Mamba challenge in BitLife.
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BitLife Mamba challenge walkthrough
The Mamba challenge has five key goals you need to work through to complete it, which are:
Become a pro basketball player in BitLife
The first mission in this challenge is to become a pro basketball player, and it can take the longest to check off. To succeed here, you'll need to start making the right choices from a very young age.
As you navigate through school, focus on getting good grades and keeping both your Smarts and Health high. Do lots of athletic activities, like going to the gym, going on a walk, and performing martial arts, as often as you can to build your athleticism.
Proceed through school until you reach middle school, at which point you can apply for and join the Basketball Team. As long as your athleticism and Health are high, you should get in. If you don't, keep building the required stats and try again. Once you get to high school, join the Basketball Team there, too.
If you give basketball your all in school, you'll hopefully be offered a scholarship to continue playing at university. If not, make sure you join the team again at this point and continue to give it your all for a few years. Once it's time to graduate, you may receive an offer allowing you to enter the draft. Accept this offer to try to go pro. Hopefully, a team will scoop you up at this point, officially making you a professional basketball player.
Trash-talk 3+ opponents in BitLife
Now that you're a pro, it's time to trash-talk three of your opponents. This is a tough mission to get done, as there's a lot of luck and randomness involved with it. While practicing basketball for your career or competing in matches, you may sometimes get a pop-up telling you that a player from another team has done or said something. In response, you may have the option to trash-talk them. Anytime you see this option, choose it, as you need to trash-talk a total of three times to check off this goal.
Win 5+ championships in BitLife
Next up, you need to try to win five championships. This goal takes a while to get done. To increase your odds of successfully completing it, work hard at your career, practicing frequently while still keeping your Smarts and Health stats up as much as possible. Move around between teams if you're given offers to join ones that seem to be doing better, as your odds of winning go up with better ones.
There's no way to guarantee your team wins a championship. All you can do is give it your all until you eventually get a pop-up letting you know your team has won one. This may happen anytime you age up while in this career. You need five championships to complete this goal.
Win an MVP award in BitLife
Next, you need to win an MVP award. This is another goal that is fairly random and based mostly on luck, although there are ways to improve your odds. Practice a lot and do all you can to help your team succeed in matches. Continue to keep your key stats high so you succeed.
If you do all this, there's a chance you may receive an MVP award at any point, especially if your contribution bar is high when you win a championship. It may take many seasons over many years to achieve one, though.
Get inducted into the Hall of Fame in BitLife
The final goal in this challenge is to get inducted into the Hall of Fame. Like most of the quests in this trial, luck and randomness are huge factors here. This is one of the hardest missions to get done, as you must have an overall very successful basketball career over a long period of time to potentially get this offer. Still, it's quite random, so there's no way to guarantee you get it.
To increase your odds of getting inducted, all you can do is give your career everything you've got, practicing frequently, keeping your stats high, and trying to help your team succeed whenever possible. At any point deep into your career, you may get a pop-up asking you to attend a ceremony inducting you into the hall of fame. Be sure to attend when prompted to check this goal off, officially completing the Mamba challenge.
If you're looking for more tricky tasks to get done after finishing this trial, BitLife has plenty of other ones to choose from. Next, you might work on the Kahlo My World challenge, learn how to become famous, complete the Titanic challenge, and attempt to survive a shipwreck.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 6:34 AM
The Week 20 Trials in ARC Raiders are now live, and it has a difficult task to complete: getting hit by lightning.
Ideally, you should stay as far away as possible from a lightning strike. They do an incredible amount of damage, and you can get trapped in them. But you'll need to get struck by lightning if you want to get three stars on your trials.
How to get struck by lightning in ARC Raiders
To get struck by lightning, you need to start a fresh round on the Spaceport map when the Electromagnetic Storm modifier is active. Like all other modifiers, the Electromagnetic Storm appears in rotation, so it won't be available at all times. You can also participate in other maps, but most tasks of the current trials require you to play on Spaceport.
When the modifier is active, you'll notice blue spots appearing on the map at random locations. The blue spot is where the lightning will strike. To get stuck by lightning, stand at the spot, and wait for it to strike. You can also just walk into a spot that has been hit by lightning, and that will also count for the trials.
I have also noticed that when you remain stationary in the open for a period of time, you raise the chances of getting hit by lightning. This is purely my experience, and I haven't found any evidence for or against this notion. However, it can't hurt to try out this theory if you're not getting struck by lightning.
When you get stuck by lightning, you will take a lot of damage. Here are some key items to bring with you.
That's pretty much all you need to do to get hit by lightning deliberately. The Week 20 Trials have four more tasks, and this guide will help you get three stars.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 5:08 AM
Unleash the animal inside you and train hard to become as fast as the expiration date of the latest Roblox trend. There's a variety of creatures in Animal Training, and you'll surely want to unlock them all. Hit that treadmill and then dominate the race track.
Naturally, it takes a while to gain all the speed and wins you require to unlock the best animals, pets, and items in the game, so you should use the latest Animal Training codes and grab a bunch of free potions for instant boosts. For another Roblox experience all about our animal friends, visit our article on Build a Zoo codes and claim all the freebies while they're still available!
All Animal Training codes list
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Related: Raise Animals codes
How to redeem Animal Training codes
Follow our guide below to successfully redeem all your Animal Training codes:
How to get more Animal Training codes
For more Animal Training codes, you can join the Animal Training Discord server and the Animal Run Club Roblox group. If you'd rather skip the tedious process of digging for codes, bookmark our article and rely on our easy-to-use code list, which we update regularly.
Why are my Animal Training codes not working?
It's easy to make a typing mistake when entering Animal Training codes manually, so we suggest using our copy feature to always get everything correct. Still, sometimes you'll encounter codes that the developer has decided to remove from the game. Let us know about those so that we can move them to the Expired section of our list.
What is Animal Training?
Animal Training is your typical Roblox train-to-race experience. Use treadmills to gain speed, so that you can race and collect wins. With enough wins, you'll be able to hatch pets, purchase trails, and acquire items that provide all sorts of boosts. You'll also be able to feed your animal so that it grows, and, of course, unlock new, faster animals to play as. Don't stop until you're a T. rex with a top hat.
If there are any other Roblox titles that come to mind where you could really use a helping hand, head straight to our Roblox Codes section and discover all the handy free goodies that you can claim right now!
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 4:27 AM
Looking for the best skills in Roblox Hooked!? In a game where the base movement speed is slow the best skills are the mobility ones for both dodging and repositioning for your own hooks. I ranked all skills in the game from S-Tier to C-Tier for an easy overview. Here's my Roblox Hooked Skills tier list and guide.
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Best Skills in Hooked Roblox
The best skills in Hooked are currently the mobility skills since it's so powerful to be able to move faster in this game where base movement is slow. That said, there are also some strong offensive and supporting options for teamfights. In general, the most powerful options are in S and A-Tier with B-Tier being situonally strong skills and C-Tier being weaker options. There's currently no useless skills since each skill can be good in some situation so no D-Tier abilities as of yet.
S-Tier Skills
A-Tier Skills
B-Tier Skills
C-Tier Skills
That's it for my guide on the Roblox Hooked skills tier list. Check out our Hooked Codes for free gold in the game so that you can unlock the best skills faster.
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Destructoid Monday, March 16, 2026 4:23 AM
The ARC Raiders Week 20 Trials are now live, and we have five fresh tasks to complete. One of these tasks appears to be quite dangerous, so let's look at how to complete all the tasks to get the required star ratings.
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ARC Raiders Week 20 Trials guide
Here are the five tasks for Week 20.
Deliver Carriables
The first task involves finding carriables along the map and then delivering them to Field Depots. Doing so gets you different rewards, which can also include blueprints if you're lucky. When you're carrying a deliverable, you won't be able to use any weapons. Hence, you should be careful about nearby enemies when delivering a carriable to a Field Depot.
You'll find all the Field Depots on Spaceport in the image above. However, you'll find Field Depots on all maps. The carriables usually tend to be within a 100m radius from the depots.
Damage Hornets
Next, we have to go head-to-head against one of the peskier flying ARCs. Hornets are bigger than Wasps, and they have stronger armor. You can find them pretty easily all around the map. They're also common at exfil locations.
To take down a Hornet, aim for its rear rotors. That will destabilize the Hornet and make it easier for you to take them down. Using the Hullcracker is a great option as a couple of shots are usually enough. However, you can also use the Anvil or the Renegade to take them down.
As a precaution, reserve your energy for the Hornet to aim at you. Then, use your dodge roll to escape from getting hit.
Damage Bombardiers
Bombardiers are one of the most dangerous ARCs. You can find them on all maps, but the easiest way to fight is to participate in a Matriarch hunt. Bombardiers will always spawn near the Matriarch to protect it.
To damage the Bombardier, you'll need to take out the Spotters first. This will protect you from its rockets. Next, you can use weapons like the Aphelion or the Jupiter to destroy the Bombardier. The Hullcracker also works pretty well, as a few shots are enough to take it down. You can also use the Renegade, but you'll need to engage from a distance.
Damage flying ARC inside the walls
This task is new, and it's open for interpretation as of writing. However, it likely requires you to target flying enemies when they're within the walled areas of Spaceport. That's almost the entire map, barring the outskirts, and you can target any flying ARC.
For your convenience, I have marked what the wall actually looks like on the map. If you're in a round on the Spaceport map, you'll find the massive walls on the perimeter.
Get hit by lightning
This task is currently being tested as it's a completely new one. I will add the instructions once I have figured out the exact step and strategy for getting hit by lightning. One step is to start a round on the Spaceport map when the Electromagnetic Storm map event is active.
Look out for glowing blue spots on the ground where the next lightning is supposed to strike. Stand on it and wait to get hit. Once done, heal your shields and health to avoid death. However, there should be another way based on the official hint as revealed by Embark.
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