GamersHeroes Friday, August 8, 2025 1:16 PM Just in time for the weekend, the mid-season update for Team Jade's Delta Force is live, bringing with it a new Alan Walker Collaboration, a new firearm, and a console-exclusive reward ahead of its console launch. The post Delta Force Mid-Season Update Live appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Friday, August 8, 2025 1:16 PM The team at NEXON has released the Season 3 Breakthrough update for the looter-shooter title The First Descendant on both PC and consoles. The post The First Descendant Season 3 Breakthrough Update Now Available appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
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I'm sorry I did that to you but please keep reading the article, thanks The post Capcom Announces New <i>Dino Crisis</i>…Merch Sale appeared first on Kotaku. |
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The first Madden on a Nintendo console in over a decade has players divided The post <i>Madden 26</i> Is Already Topping The Switch 2 Charts Even As Some Fans Beg For Refunds appeared first on Kotaku. |
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The upgraded version has been out in the wild for a bit, so is it worth it? The post Everything You Need To Know About Playing <i>Tears Of The Kingdom</i> On Switch 2 appeared first on Kotaku. |
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In EA's new military FPS helping others is easy, but very few people are doing it The post Please, I'm Begging You, Revive People In <i>Battlefield 6</i> appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Friday, August 8, 2025 11:06 AM
Will 'Golden' take home the gold medal, or will it get taken down by 'Takedown'? The post Every Song On <em>KPop Demon Hunters</em>' Incredible Soundtrack, Ranked From Good To Best appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Friday, August 8, 2025 10:06 AM
Here's how to unlock the Sealed Dragon Cloth and craft it for your hunter when it's available The post A Beloved Scarf Is In <i>Monster Hunter Wilds</i>, But Only Through Limited-Time Events appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Light of Motiram removed the most blatant references from its Steam store page The post Tencent's <i>Horizon Zero Dawn</i> Knockoff Quietly Scrubs Steam Page Following Sony Lawsuit appeared first on Kotaku. |
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When asked directly, Strauss Zelnick went off on foggy tangents about 'value' The post Take-Two CEO Won't Say How Much <i>GTA 6</i> Will Cost appeared first on Kotaku. |
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August's games include Thief: Definitive Edition and Civilization III: Complete, via DRM-free GOG codes The post Amazon Prime Gaming's Latest Batch Of Freebies Can Be Grabbed Now appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Just don't tell the adults that those wooden blocks are secretly amiibos The post Start 'Em While They're Young! Nintendo Launches Preschool <i>My Mario</i> Products appeared first on Kotaku. |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 1:57 PM How do you make a waffle in Grow a Garden? If Chris. P is craving another sweet treat, be ready with these Roblox Grow a Garden waffle recipes. Whether you serve them with a sweet or savoury finish, you'll get some tasty cooking event rewards for your culinary contributions. Making a hefty Legendary waffle requires two Mythical seeds. Set up a Grow a Garden stock tracker to nab those whenever they're restocked. Not sure if the cooking rewards are worth cooking up a storm for? Check out the Grow a Garden pets tier list to see how the critters from the Gourmet egg stack up. Continue reading How to make a Grow a Garden waffle MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Roblox games, Roblox promo codes, Roblox music codes |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 1:45 PM How do you make ice cream in Grow a Garden? With no cows in sight, making any sort of creamy dessert for greedy gourmand Chris. P in the premium Roblox offering can be confusing. But where there's a will, there's a way. And we have some easy Grow a Garden ice cream recipes you can follow for some quick rewards. While you're waiting for your cold ice cream to fly out of the bubbling vat, check out the Grow a Garden pets tier list to see if any new eggs are worth picking up. And if you're wondering why your crops look like you, you might need to look into the latest Grow a Garden mutations. Eager for what's coming? Here's what the next Grow a Garden update may bring. Continue reading How to make ice cream in Grow a Garden MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Roblox games, Roblox promo codes, Roblox music codes |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 1:29 PM How do you make donuts in Grow a Garden? Though we'll never know how the iconic sprinkles end up on the finished product, we do have loads of tested Roblox Grow a Garden donut recipes below to get you great rewards from Chris P.'s cooking event. If you're unsure where to get some of the simple ingredients needed in many of the donut recipes in the Roblox game, check out the Grow a Garden seeds tier list. Crops come and go as events are replaced by the next Grow a Garden update. If you don't have a Grow a Garden stock tracker set up already, now's the time. Continue reading How to make a donut in Grow a Garden |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 1:05 PM Some games really leave you feeling like you're in a fever dream, and Promise Mascot Agency falls perfectly into that category. One of the most random, jarring, yet brilliant open-world RPGs around, it combines all manner of genre influences and surreal character designs to create something totally unique. Now, it's cranking the weirdness up another notch, because thanks to a free update, you can grind your trusty kei truck on rails like you're in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Promise Mascot Agency review, Best management games, Best open-world games |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 1:15 PM How do you make sushi in Grow a Garden? If Chris P., the gourmand, is craving the traditional rice and fish cuisine, you may be wondering how you're expected to appease the big pig. After all, there's no fishing in the Roblox Grow a Garden phenomenon. Fortunately, we have multiple vegetarian Roblox Grow a Garden sushi recipes below. So long as you've been keeping a close eye on the Grow a Garden seeds tier list, you should have what you need for GaG Sushi without needing to set up a Grow a Garden stock tracker. If not, use new Grow a Garden codes to get something worth trading for the correct crops. Continue reading How to make sushi in Grow a Garden MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Roblox games, Roblox promo codes, Roblox music codes |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 1:02 PM How do you make a cake in Grow a Garden? You don't need to cook your eggs to get the ingredients needed for the best Grow a Garden cake recipes. So long as you have some simple crops, you're all set to please a particularly hungry Roblox piggy on the plot. While you won't need a Grow a Garden stock tracker to get cake ingredients, it's worth setting up. Many other Grow a Garden recipes require rare crops. Preparation is key. Wondering if the Gourmet egg rewards are even worth it? Check out the Grow a Garden pets tier list to find out more. Continue reading How to make cake in Grow a Garden MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Roblox games, Roblox promo codes, Roblox music codes |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 12:53 PM How do you make a burger in Grow a Garden? Who can blame you for getting confused? After all, you can't fry your furry friends. Luckily, the crops you grow on your allotment will do. As such, we these Grow a Garden burger recipes can get you a juicy meal for Chris P., the seemingly insatiable piggy, during the Grow a Garden cooking event. Heads up: almost every Roblox Grow a Garden burger recipe requires crops high on the Grow a Garden seeds tier list. If you don't have what you need, consider using a Grow a Garden stock tracker. They can let you know when needed seeds come back in stock. Continue reading How to make a burger in Grow a Garden |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 12:43 PM Microsoft has begun to roll out Gaming Copilot, its AI companion for gamers, to Windows 11 beta testers. The feature is available from the Windows Game Bar and is designed to be the "ultimate gaming sidekick" to help you in tricky-to-navigate gaming situations. Microsoft claims it will make gaming "more seamless" but, like all AI tools, your mileage is likely to vary. While the feature is just for Windows 11 Insider testers right now, it's likely we'll see the feature rolled out to the general public over the next few months. It's a natural step for Microsoft, a company which has bet big on the AI revolution by ramming it into as many of its tools as possible. You shouldn't need a top PC from our best gaming PC guide for it to work, either. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Microsoft DirectX Raytracing, Microsoft Hololens hands-on, Windows Game Mode preview |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 12:34 PM The Hbada E3 Pro Ergonomic office chair is not just made for a little sit. Oh no, it is designed to provide comfort and support for extended periods, whether you're working or gaming - though of course, it's still good at those little sits too. After all, "sit well, stay healthy" is Hbada's mantra. Released in September 2021, the E3 Pro originally cost $709.99, but has had what appears to be a permanent reduction to a more comfortable $509.99 price. This chair may seem like a decadent expense, but unlike a lot of the other so-called "ergonomic" chairs out there, it offers both decent lumbar support and a great footrest. It even comes in pink! That alone isn't enough to earn a spot on our best gaming chair guide but combined with all its other brilliant features it is. This isn't Hbada's highest-tier office chair, as that honor goes to the E3 Ultra. However, the differences between the two are quite subtle, despite the pronounced $664.99 price gap. The main difference is that the E3 Ultra has 360° mechanical armrests instead of 6D armrests. But other than that, both chairs have an "auto gravity-sensing chassis" and high elasticity cushions (and of course, both are still very comfortable). The E3 Pro manages to tick almost all of the same boxes, but without the price tag soaring too high. Continue reading Hbada E3 Pro ergonomic chair review MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 12:35 PM I didn't realize how much I needed anime versions of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Kassandra, and Alexios from the Assassin's Creed series until now, but fantasy RPG Reverse: 1999 has given them to me anyway. The gorgeous free-to-play game has teamed up with the Ubisoft series to bring three of its most recognizable and beloved faces to the table, and you can even claim one of them simply by playing. |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 12:28 PM Vampires have never been hotter. I guess that's not true, considering they don't age and therefore have always looked this hot (or not, depending on your preferences), but you get what I mean. Upcoming romantic horror game Drăculești has been fully funded on Kickstarter, and it turns those vampire-loving dials up to 11. Self-published by developer Fine Feathered Fiends, the visual novel amps up the queer undertones of Bram Stoker's iconic epistolary tale for a steamy and sordid fantasy affair. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games, New PC games, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 12:03 PM A modder has successfully demonstrated a workable method for upgrading the Steam Deck OLED to 32GB of RAM. With some of the latest handheld gaming PCs now shipping with 32GB, this timely upgrade offers one way to improve the longevity of the popular Valve handheld, as long as you've got the guts to rip it apart and solder the new RAM modules into place. The Steam Deck continues to be our favorite portable gaming device in our best handheld buying guide, but it only offers 16GB of RAM, unlike some of its newer competitors. The OLED model is no different, offering a better screen but with similar specs to the original, meaning 16GB is your limit without a mod like such as this one. It isn't going to be for the faint of heart, however, and we wouldn't recommend it for most gamers unless you're handy with a soldering iron. Continue reading This Steam Deck mod upgrades the RAM to 32GB, if you dare MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 12:14 PM The Battlefield 6 system requirements are official for the open beta that's just been released. Although these specs are still entirely subject to change as we move ever closer to the release of the final game, they very closely mirror the Battlefield Labs specs we spotted earlier in the week. Battlefield 6 is set to be one of the biggest games of 2025, and while we wait for the official PC specs, we've been given a set for the open beta that's just been released. The good news is that if these specs do end up being somewhat close to the hardware you need to run Battlefield 6 when the full release day comes around, you're not going to require one of the best GPU picks from our buying guide to start playing. Continue reading Battlefield 6 system requirements MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 12:02 PM When is the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz? This special, limited-time event allows players to trade two, usually locked golden stickers during a 24-hour period. This is an ideal solution for grabbing elusive missing stickers and completing albums before they come to an end. There's no official schedule for Monopoly Go's Golden Blitz event, so we can only estimate the date of the first Summer Escape Golden Blitz based on previous events and official sticker polls. However, we check daily for official word on the next trade. While you wait, be sure to participate in other Monopoly Go events for a chance to earn rare sticker packs, and keep on top of freebies with our free Monopoly Go dice rolls guide, which is updated regularly with the newest links. Continue reading When is the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 11:59 AM How do you complete the BO6 Reckoning main quest? The time is here. The final Zombies map of Black Ops 6 arrived with Season 5, and we're not ready for the end. It feels like only yesterday we took our first steps in Liberty Falls, and now we're finally close to getting Sam back. Maybe. As with each of the Zombies maps before it, there is an epic main quest to discover when playing Reckoning, the fifth and final map of the Black Ops 6 Zombies story. This is the most epic (and complex) quest in the zombie game yet, and it even offers you choices, each with its own unique rewards. So, if you're ready to find out how this all ends, here's how to complete the BO6 Reckoning main quest. Continue reading Black Ops 6 Reckoning main quest MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Black Ops 6 guns, Black Ops 6 review, Black Ops 6 loadouts |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 11:48 AM If the live-service seasons of Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2 are proving a little overwhelming, perhaps it's time for a nice ARPG vacation. Titan Quest 2 has just landed in early access, and so far developer Grimlore Games has been very happy with the response. Despite offering a relatively short taste of its campaign, there's a lot to love about the long-awaited sequel, which currently boasts an 85% positive Steam review score from over 7,500 user responses. Now, Grimlore has laid out its first Titan Quest 2 roadmap, promising new features including a character creator. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best fantasy games, Best games like Diablo, Best co-op games |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 11:42 AM The Xbox handheld is reportedly set to come out in just a few months. That's according to a new rumor, which suggests that both Asus ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X handhelds will go on sale on October 16, with the date apparently set to be confirmed by Microsoft at Gamescom on August 20. We've already reported on a recent Xbox handheld pre-order rumor, from the same source, which suggests pre-orders are set to go live on the same day as the Gamescom announcement by Microsoft. That would leave eight weeks for gamers before they get their hands on this new Asus device, which we're expecting to compete with the models already in our best handheld guide. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 review, Asus ROG Ally X review, Best gaming motherboard |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 11:05 AM The Midnight Murder Club system requirements are a breeze to meet, but some pretty decent headphones wouldn't be amiss if you want to get the drop on your enemies in this proximity chat horror game. The game is, however, in early access, so its hardware demands are subject to change. If Midnight Murder Club wants to count itself among the best battle royale games, it'll need to build up an audience, and its minimum requirements should allow it to do just that with ease. You definitely won't need the best gaming PC from our guide to get the game running, as even a nearly decade-old graphics card will cope with it fine. Continue reading Midnight Murder Club system requirements MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 11:19 AM When it comes to keeping things fresh, you can't say that Delta Force isn't trying. The free-to-play shooter is going out on a limb with its latest mid-season update. The patch not only adds a brand new firearm—standard fare for a live-service FPS game—but also a collaboration with a niche Norwegian DJ. I'm not sure what it is about those Scandinavians that makes them so good at manipulating the turntables, but soon enough Alan Walker will be strutting his stuff in your multiplayer matches as well as on the decks. Continue reading Delta Force mid-season patch adds new firearm and a Norwegian DJ MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Delta Force guns, Delta Force operators, Delta Force loadouts |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 10:42 AM Halloween nowadays is used primarily as an excuse to dress up, eat way too much candy, and watch Hocus Pocus. Over 2,000 years before it evolved into the massively commercialized holiday we currently celebrate, Halloween was a Celtic festival known as Samhain. Marking the time of the year when the Celts believed the veil between life and death was at its weakest, allowing spirits to enter the living realm, the people erected bonfires and donned costumes to ward off evil entities. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best puzzle games, Best horror games, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 10:41 AM Facepunch has just dropped the Rust August update, and its big feature is the return of Hardcore mode in a new, even more realistic incarnation. There's something in the patch notes for everyone, though; the survival game remains one of Steam's most-played games daily, and Facepunch promises that you'll still have lots to get stuck into even if you aren't a Hardcore player. With a long-requested menu overhaul, faster loading, metal detector changes, and improved atmosphere, the overall Rust experience is about to get much slicker too. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Rust system requirements, Rust commands, Rust servers |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 10:36 AM I met Amelia Tyler in the restroom at Tennocon, Warframe's annual community event. The stars aligned an hour before my allocated interview slot with her (the interview did not take place in said restroom, to clarify) and it felt like, as a result, we'd formed a bond forged in fire and bad-smelling soap. In many ways, our newfound friendship felt akin to the ones I'd formed in Baldur's Gate 3 with Astarion, Lae'zel, and my beloved Shadowheart: a chance meeting that changed, in BG3's case, the course of history, and in our case, the general vibe of our interview (and potentially history, too). It's a relationship that you never quite have with the narrator of Faerûn's greatest tale to date; she's a faceless whisper, tempting and dissuading in her own way. She isn't a visible entity like Karlach, Wyll, and company, but she is still a character in her own right. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Warframe on Steam Deck, Warframe builds, Warframe codes |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 10:42 AM What are the best weapons in BF6? Games like Battlefield can live or die on their gunplay, with both the selection of firearms and the feel of using them key in ensuring a fun and rewarding experience. Thankfully, it looks like BF6 not only has a varied cast of guns, but Kinesthetic Combat looks to ensure a satisfying learning curve for any weapon you choose to pick up. With the Battlefield 6 release date not far off and one of several Battlefield 6 beta weekends in progress, players are starting to get themselves prepared to jump back into the fight. One way to prep yourself is you get comfortable with the guns you'll be using to win matches and dominate foes on your way to the top. Here are the best Battlefield 6 weapons. Continue reading Best Battlefield 6 weapons MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Battlefield 6 preview, Battlefield 6 release date, Battlefield 6 weapons |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 10:19 AM The bombastic soundtrack, the electric-fast pace, and the brutality of blood painting the walls are reason enough to buy Ultrakill, even at full price, but when it goes on sale, well, you'd be silly not to get it. It's one of my favorite FPS games, beating out the titans of the genre like Doom and Call of Duty, and you can now grab it for just $7.50, alongside other Steam Deck Verified games, for a short time. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Friday, August 8, 2025 10:18 AM Whether you take up the mantle of a defenseless little clockwork bunny or the malevolent Magician, the Carnival Hunt system requirements bear no ill will towards any modern gaming rig. If anything, mastering the game's mechanics and learning the map will prove far more of a challenge, even for Dead By Daylight veterans. Carnival Hunt takes your average Dead By Daylight map, fleshes it out in incredible detail, and adds a considerable element of verticality. You and three other clockwork bunnies must escape the clutches of the carnival monsters without running out of charge or taking too much damage. As the monster, you'll be hunting for keys to keep your own dark clockwork ticking while chasing terrified players. Fortunately, you won't need the best graphics card from our buying guide to get this contender for the best horror game going, but the game is still in beta and so its requirements could increase closer to a full release. Continue reading Carnival Hunt system requirements MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, August 8, 2025 12:24 PM  If I went to hell, I can't imagine the first thing on my mind would be trying to pull off a bank job with a crew of fellow damned souls. However, in freshly announced tactical RPG Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, that's the sort thing you'll be doing, with plenty of choice and consequence if things go pear-shaped. Thousand Hells is the latest cool thing from Six Ages and King of Dragon Pass devs A Sharp. While they're working with Kitfox Games as publisher again, there's plenty of different stuff going on, including a move away from world of Glorantha as a setting. That's in favour of fantasy pastures new, inspired by myths of the ancient proto-Indo-European, Norse, and Mesopotamian varieties. Oh, and a dash of Hieronymus Bosch's lovely paintings. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, August 8, 2025 11:18 AM  Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has reaffirmed 2K Games' assertion that the reportedly troubled BioShock 4, currently in the works at Cloud Chamber, will make it to release. The reassurance follows a report from Bloomberg earlier this week which reported that the game had failed a recent internal progress check, with the story specifically being tapped as an aspect that needs reworking, and some of the devs working on it have been reassigned to non-BioShock roles. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, August 8, 2025 10:48 AM  To speedily summarise a lot of very knotty reporting, last month a bunch of credit card companies and payment processors forced Steam and Itch.io to alter their definitions of acceptable sexual material in PC games. Seemingly faced with the prospect of having all transactions blocked, the two storefronts now require developers to comply with the extremely open-ended adult content policies of their financial partners. This has led to a spate of delistings or outright takedowns across Steam and especially Itch, with projects affected ranging from anime stepdaughter fantasies on Steam to bundles of self-described "games for girlthings with something wrong with them". |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, August 8, 2025 10:41 AM  1000 Deaths, which released yesterday, primarily pitches itself as a 3D platformer with some tricksy plays on gravity – but the running and jumping only demands half your attention at most. The other half is dedicated to shaping the lives of four variously maladjusted losers (who, like the rest of their surroundings, resemble a child's crayon drawings made flesh), the platforming challenges being punctuated by destiny-altering decisions to make on their behalf. Hints of VVVVVV, but with stronger notes of a Telltale adventure that's been left in a microwave. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, August 8, 2025 8:01 AM  Waiting's been a bit of theme during the early stages of the Battlefield 6 open beta, which has otherwise been earning a lot of thumbs up from FPS heads. If you've recently run into an never-ending loading screen while trying to jump into a Conquest match, the good news is that the devs have been working to solve those issues. While EA reckon the problem's specific to that game mode and the Siege of Cairo map, that doesn't look to have stopped plenty of players from running into it over the past 24 hours. Cue a number of frustrated Reddit posts that boil down to the word 'stuck' being yelled so loud it could bring down a helicopter. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, August 8, 2025 7:29 AM  I'm a bit of a sicko when it comes to keyboards, and have built the kind of collection that makes my wife duck for cover when I bring them up in conversation. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, August 8, 2025 7:00 AM  Wake up, it's the 90s again. Ok, so maybe I've lied to you there, but two classic shooters from the decade that I as a child of 1999 definitely remember fondly have been re-released as one handy bundle with some extra features. Heretic + Hexen is out now. The surprise re-release of these virtual spell boxes came as part of QuakeCon, with Nightdive Studios and id Software collborating to revamp more old school shooty things after doing the same with Doom and Doom 2 last year. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, August 8, 2025 7:00 AM  The heatwave has won this time, readers. The plan this year... oh god, let's not talk about The Plan, it's too upsetting. For several years now, we've fought back the heatwave with a low-intensity strategy game, defying the evil fire orb with games that are manageable even for a brain composed partially of plasma. I'd hoped, this year, to move beyond, and fight back the sky with three such games. But. It warm. Still, you're getting two. This year's Low-Intensity Games For To Do Strategy Despite Grotesque Hot are Hyper Empire and High Strategy: Oradros. |
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Siliconera Friday, August 8, 2025 2:00 PM
Nintendo announced a number of pieces of Super Mario series merchandise geared toward little kids, and among them is a Hello Mario Switch and mobile app. That will function in a manner similar to the Super Mario 64 start menu, in which someone could interact with Mario's face to change it around or see different reactions. There will also be two wood block sets that act as toys and amiibo. The new items and the app will launch in Japan on August 26, 2025, but some of the merchandise won't appear in the US and other regions until 2026.
In the one Japanese announcement, a number of Hello Mario photos appeared that showed how similar to the Super Mario 64 Mario face start menu the app will be. The difference is, this will be a more cartoonish, 2D rendition. Other images suggested we'll be able to interact with the character's hands and offer items like a mushroom. That will be a free app.
Here's how the initial images look:
In the case of the My Mario wood block sets that are also amiibo, there is one basic option and another more intricate one. The base Mario Wood Block Set is ¥2,980 (~$20). That gives you a Mario block, a mushroom one, and a question block. According to the announcement, the Mario one would function as an amiibo. The Mario and Friends Wood Block set is ¥19,980 (~$135). That features 30 blocks and a box that offers a stage backdrop. Some of the more notable character ones that are also amiibo include Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi. The Mario one is identical to the one in the smaller, three-piece set. So if you get the larger one, you don't need to get the smaller one too.
Here are all the blocks:
As for the other pieces of Super Mario merchandise in the English announcement, a ¥1,870 (~$13) Hello Mario interactive picture book and free It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts came up. The Japanese site also showed clothing and plush toys for kids.
The My Mario merchandise inspired by the Super Mario series and Hello Mario Switch and mobile app will come to Japan on August 26, 2025. Some items in the collection will appear worldwide in 2026.
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Siliconera Friday, August 8, 2025 1:00 PM
Cygames announced on social media that the race horse Grass Wonder, which inspired the fictional character of the same name in the Umamusume: Pretty Derby game and anime, died. He was 30 years old when he died on August 8, 2025. In real life, the animal raced between 1997 and 2000 before being retired.
In Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Grass Wonder is a character present since launch. She's a two-star unit, though like all of them can be upgraded up to five stars if you get enough Star Pieces. Her skills like in her ability to run Mile or Long races on Turf, though since her Medium ranking is "B" it is easy to get that up to "A" level as well. In terms of strategy, you want to run her using either a Pace or Late strategy. This also tied in with her Unique Skill called Where There's a Will, There's a Way, as it makes her speed up if she's in a Pace, Late, or End position toward the middle or back and passes someone.
She also plays prominent roles in original anime. Grass Wonder is a part of Team Spica alongside characters based on other major horses like Special Week, Silence Suzuka, Gold Ship, and El Condor Pasa. However, due to the way the story is told there, she's only one of the more prominent characters in the first season.
Given the nature of the game, there are a number of Umamusume: Pretty Derby characters based on race horses that are still alive. One of them is Haru Urara. As a result, fans of the racer in the title actually sent her grass to eat or even visited her in Japan.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby is available for the PC and mobile devices, the original anime is streaming on Crunchyroll, and the Cinderella Gray anime is on Amazon.
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Siliconera Friday, August 8, 2025 12:00 PM
With Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater set to arrive at the end of August 2025, Konami offered an update on the Fox Hunt online multiplayer mode. It will appear in Fall 2025. It will be a competitive mode, and it also again established this is a hide-and-seek type of competition.
The updated site noted it is based on Metal Gear Online "Sneaking." In that PS3 game, there were multiple stealth multiplayer options. The standard Sneaking Mission involved an OctoCamo Snake who may or may not have an ally and others trying to find him. Team Sneaking involved one stealth team and the other defending against them. The third was a free-for-all that involved every player with stealth camouflage to hide and take out others.
Here are some of the latest Fox Hunt screenshots Konami shared:
One element we won't have to wait for. The Ape Escape crossover content will be in Metal Gear Solid Delta at launch. The Snake Escape minigame appeared in the original title.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will come out on August 28, 2025 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam, and the Fox Hunt online multiplayer mode will debut sometime in Fall 2025. Standard and collector's editions will be available.
The post Metal Gear Solid Delta Fox Hunt Online Multiplayer Arrives Post-Launch appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Friday, August 8, 2025 11:00 AM
Capcom has launched a new Cap Kuji Online lottery featuring merchandise from its Dino Crisis series. People residing in Japan can get new items themed after the game series at random.
This lottery has a similar structure to previously held Cap Kuji Online campaigns that featured franchises like Mega Man and Ace Attorney. A single ticket will cost 880 yen (~$6), and purchasing ten tickets at a time will allow the buyer to pay for only nine of them. Each ticket will guarantee a prize reward, but prizes in higher tiers will have a lower probability. Capcom will also offer simultaneous domestic shipments for up to 20 prizes to the same address at 660 yen (~$4.50).
The full prize list from the kuji lottery is as follows:
The Dino Crisis kuji lottery features all three mainline entries released to date. While Dino Crisis 3 came out exclusively on the first Xbox in 2003, Capcom has re-released the PS1 version of the first Dino Crisis on the PS5/PS4 PlayStation Store, as well as the 2000s PC releases of the first two games on GOG.
The Dino Crisis Cap Kuji Online lottery is available until Friday, September 12, 2025, at 1:59 PM JST. Capcom will deliver the prizes between late December 2025 and early January 2026.
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Siliconera Friday, August 8, 2025 10:00 AM
Bandai Namco announced a new line of Hatsune Miku x Gundam plushes and plush keychains that is coming to Japan on November 2025. The new merchandise belongs to the Hatsune Miku collection celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Gundam franchise.
There is a total of 6 plushes including motifs from the main characters or the main Mobile Suit of various Gundam anime series. The shows and mechas featured are the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, the Aile Strike Gundam from Gundam SEED, the Strike Freedom Gundam Type II from Gundam SEED Freedom, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and the Wing Gundam Zero (EW) from Gundam Wing Endless Waltz.
They are available in a plush format for 4,620 yen (or approximately $31,40) or as a plush keychain for 2,200 yen (~$14,96.) Additionally, a Miku-themed Haro is available as a regular plush for 3,630 yen (~$24,68) or as a plush keychain for 1,760 yen (~$11,97.) The plushes are about 22cm tall, with the keychains being 10cm tall.
You can check out the items in more detail here:
The 45th anniversary of Gundam was held on 2024 and various merchandise collections appeared on the official year of its celebration. A similar lineup of Gundam-themed Miku keychain designs appeared on July 2025 in the US as a series of Gashapon capsule toys.
The Hatsune Miku x Gundam plushes and plush keychains will appear in Japan on November 2025. Pre-orders are now open from the Shopnui and the Premium Bandai online stores.
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Siliconera Friday, August 8, 2025 9:00 AM
Discounty is Crinkle Cut Games and PQube's latest store management sim, and it also happens to be the name of the tiny supermarket off the highway in a town that's seen better days. However, the goal is of course for your efforts improving it to also help build up the community too. Given I've only played a handful of hours, I'm not exactly sure how good we'll all be at accomplishing those larger goals. But when it comes to just getting started, it seems like it attempts to get everyone off on the right foot as a new store manager.
Blomkest is a small town that… doesn't leave a good impression. A lot of stores are closed and dilapidated. You can tell it was once a relatively major hub, due to being just off the highway and having a harbor nearby. But now, there's just so little there. A small supermarket is nearby, but even it is barebones. Players' aunts invited them to run it, calling in a favor, in the hopes of rejuvenating the area. It's up to someone to start small, then build up what you can offer, how big your store is, and your customer base.
Discounty does start out simply. You get a few shelves and stock essentials like soda, apples, milk, and toilet paper. Each shelf up front can hold five of each item, but the back storeroom can hold boxes of additional stock. Since you're it when it begins, that means you do it all. Handle the checkout (complete with hand-entering and adding up totals), clean up messes, restock, reorganize, and address any issues. Things are fairly simple to accomplish, though at the start you're naturally limited by how many items you can stock, what you can carry, and so on.
I do appreciate that, while Discounty is a store management simulation, the game has you work in town and outside the supermarket to handle business and build up something of a life. You have your home in a trailer near your aunt's house. Early on, you're introduced to placing up advertisements in order to spread the word about your place. You're encouraged to interact with the people who are in Blomkest, and assisting opens up more. The most obvious situation involves a man named Karl. If you find his missing sheep, then there's the promise of opening up access to a new area past the park.
The only thing I don't like about Discounty after playing the demo is that it isn't always optimized. Since this is an earlier build, maybe things could change or be improved in patches? Handling the checkout on a Lenovo Legion Go handheld gaming PC like a Steam Deck isn't really comfortable. (I didn't mind the math element, since it's light and easy stuff.) It means it can take a while to enter everything and get it done correctly, which can be frustrating when multiple customers are waiting. When placing an order for the next day, you can also only do one. Forget to order an item? You can't place a second order and also have it arrive. It's little things that could add up the more people play. It would also be nice if the hotbar that holds all of our items was a bit easy to navigate. I didn't expect to need to go back and forth with the shoulder buttons, rather than just have it cycle, but again that could eventually be changed. (Hopefully!)
But in general, Discounty seems rather sound. It's an easy to adjust to supermarket management simulation. You get a lot of control over how your store looks, what you stock, and running the place. There are a few comfort issues and I could see room for some quality adjustments along the way. Hopefully, we'll see patches for those. But the early impression is a pleasant one.
Discounty will come to the Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on August 21, 2025.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 1:26 PM
Indie co-op survival adventure PEAK has announced its first major expansion, and it's coming right after the weekend.
Titled Mesa, the upcoming update will be the first major expansion in the game's history. The developers shared a small trailer ahead of the launch, which gave a few ideas about the general theme of the new content. What makes me happy is knowing the launch date, so that my buddies and I can prepare accordingly.
PEAK's Mesa update should be the perfect excuse to pick up the game
PEAK is arguably one of the most fun games I have played with friends, and minor updates have added to the entertainment value. Who could have foreseen the cannibalism update that has been added as actual content? So far, the content updates have been minor, as the focus has been on bug fixes.
Come Aug. 11, that will all change. The Mesa update's trailer might also have revealed what we can expect. There should be a new biome if the cactus is anything of significance. I am more interested in seeing how the new biome fits in with the existing ones on the island.
If you thought survival on the island was hard, it could become even more difficult. We could be getting tornadoes as part of the Mesa update. Of course, this is purely my speculation based on the trailer, but surviving a full-scale tornado might make all our lives pretty difficult.
The developers haven't announced the exact release time, but the update goes live on Monday. Additionally, we can also look forward to an exclusive quest that PEAK will have with Discord. This limited-time quest will be live between Aug. 11 and Aug. 17, and allow you to unlock your very own Bing Bong avatar.
I have also noticed that there's a host of new achievements, which are likely going to be added to the game related to the upcoming update. For the time being, the only option is to wait patiently for Monday to arrive.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 1:23 PM
Grafton Farmhouse is getting a massive makeover in Phasmophobia, but not in the way you might expect. This rework is turning it from just a regular home into a dilapidated building that's fallen into absolute ruin.
If it's anything like the Bleasdale Farmhouse rework, the Grafton makeover will likely make it feel like a whole new map with plenty of exciting additions to explore. To ensure you're ready to start ghost hunting as soon as possible, here's the exact time and date when the Phasmophobia Grafton Farmhouse rework update will be released.
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Phasmophobia Grafton Farmhouse rework update release date and time
The exact launch time for the Grafton Farmhouse rework update hasn't been shared, but it was confirmed to launch on Aug. 12 in an official blog post highlighting future content. Although a release time hasn't been shared, most past updates and events have been released around the same time, which is 7am CT/12pm UTC.
For now, we've set our countdown to precisely this time. If the devs share a different time or any delays occur, we'll update all relevant details here, so you can check back leading up to the launch to see how much longer you have to wait.
Phasmophobia Grafton Farmhouse rework update features
The Grafton Farmhouse rework update focuses on completely overhauling the look and feel of the classic Grafton Farmhouse map. This update will be very similar to the one that remodeled Bleasdale Farmhouse, meaning that it's focused on one specific location.
While the Bleasdale Farmhouse makeover was dedicated to making it feel much more luxurious and fancy, the Grafton Farmhouse remodel is going for exactly the opposite treatment. Broken windows, shattered lights, scattered rubble, barely patched-together walls, ruined furniture, and creepy mannequins are just a few of the features that have been teased for this refurbishment in various blogs.
Dev preview 19 painted a great picture of what to expect with this rework with this teaser: "Surrounded by a near dead cornfield, Grafton Farmhouse has been long abandoned, walls crumbled apart, doors boarded, and the building left open to be beaten by the extreme weather conditions. What caused this once thriving home to be evacuated, and what still lingers there?"
The basic bones of Grafton Farmhouse will remain, but it will likely feel like almost an entirely new location outside of the main layout. In the dev preview 19, the devs did confirm that it will include some "minor layout changes," though, including some re-themed rooms, small alterations to the size of certain rooms, and the addition of a compact attic.
Since this update is dedicated to overhauling Grafton Farmhouse, it doesn't seem to include any other new additions. We won't know for sure until the update is released, though, but considering the Bleasdale Farmhouse rework update only featured minor changes and bug fixes, we can likely expect the same to be true here.
While you wait for this exciting update to arrive, there are plenty of tasks to keep you busy in the meantime. You might work on finishing the weekly challenge, unlocking all hidden achievements, tracking down Slenderman, and mastering the use of the Sound Recorder.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 12:51 PM
MGS Delta: Snake Eater, the remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, is not going to launch with its planned multiplayer mode, Fox Hunt. This new online component will differ from previous iterations, such as Metal Gear Online, and should come within a few months after release.
Though Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is still aiming to release worldwide and on all major platforms on Aug. 28, its online component, called Fox Hunt, will be put off for a few months. According to IGN, Konami did not specify when exactly Fox Hunt is to be added to MGS Delta, but said it'll be this Fall, i.e., between September and December.
As opposed to previous online Metal Gear modes, such as Metal Gear Online that came with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Fox Hunt is a unique and specially designed mode tied solely to this new Metal Gear title. As Yu Sahara, a long-time Metal Gear Solid developer, told IGN, Fox Hunt is "a completely original" mode with "completely different" gameplay to MGS Delta: Snake Eater.
He added that Fox Hunt will be focused on survival and stealth and be "more than just a shootout," explaining the mode should take "camouflage and hide and go seek to the next level."
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a remake of the 2004 classic stealth-action game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, directed by the one and only Hideo Kojima. It aims to maintain the original's core design philosophy and stick as closely to it as possible while expanding mechanics and introducing waves of quality-of-life improvements, among other things.
It is slated for release on Aug. 28, though unfortunately without its multiplayer component.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 12:11 PM
Uber Klaus is the new elite enemy in BO6 Zombies' Reckoning map, and the monstrosity can truly test the abilities of your team to the brink.
Out of all the enemies I've faced, Uber Klaus can be one of the toughest nemeses to take down (ignoring the main bosses). It has a massive amount of armor that absorbs damage quite easily. But like all enemies, Uber Klaus has certain weaknesses, and you can exploit them with a few strategic decisions.
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The Uber Klaus has a visible weak spot on both of its shoulders, which are its shield generators. The shield generators should be your primary targets, since they will take down the monster's defenses. Once the shields are down, you'll be able to dish out decent damage, which can be further amplified with the help of suitable ammo mods (more on that later).
The Uber Klaus has an apparent weakness: its attacking patterns. If you get within its melee damage radius, you'll lose a large amount of health on one hit. You could even get knocked out if your shields are down. The easiest way to counter this is by staying at a distance and using assault rifles. If you have already defeated him once, chances are you have the Gorgofex. The Wonder Weapon will be an amazing option, but use assault rifles that are high on the current meta.
Once you've done a lot of damage, the Uber Klaus Core will jump and start chasing you. It's fast, but squishier. Land a few headshots, and that should do the job.
Best BO6 Zombies Reckoning ammo mods against Uber Klaus
My favorite against Klaus is my all-time trusted ally: Cryo Freeze. Some of my allies enjoyed hitting him with Napalm Burst, but Cryo Freeze is my go-to choice. It slows down other zombies and Klaus on successful hits, and also affects the rate of shield generation. Once you can debuff his defenses, Klaus is a sitting duck.
Cryo Freeze and its effects are also fantastic against the second form of Klaus, as the dent in its movement speed will be amazing. This should be your choice, but Napalm Burst is a good alternative.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 11:53 AM
Fortnite Chapter Six, season four is bringing a massive wave of bugs and fresh content to the island. Many of the most exciting additions are those featured on the shiny new battle pass.
This season's battle pass has quite a few collaborations featured on it, much more than there usually are, which means there are plenty of epic items you can unlock. If you aren't sure whether this pass is worth getting, reviewing everything it includes will make your choice much easier. Here are all the rewards featured in the Fortnite Chapter Six, season four Shock N' Awesome battle pass.
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Chapter Six, season four is a regular season in Fortnite, which means there are eight skins you can unlock throughout the battle pass. These skins span across 14 pages, and you need 100 levels and to finish a few bonus quests for the secret skin to earn all of them. All of the outfits, accessories, and other items featured throughout this pass are as follows.
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Fortnite Shock N' Awesome battle pass secret skin
The Dino Megazord outfit, an amalgam of all the Power Rangers, is the secret skin featured in Chapter Six, season four. Unlike all of the other styles, this one won't be obtainable until Sept. 16, when quests to unlock it will become available. There are two pages of rewards featured alongside this skin, meaning there are plenty of accesories to go with them.
Are Power Rangers on the battle pass in Fortnite?
Not all Power Rangers are included on the battle pass in Fortnite, but the Green Ranger and the Dino Megazord outfit, which is an amalgam of all the Rangers, are. The rest of the team, including the Red Ranger, Black Ranger, Pink Ranger, Yellow Ranger, and Blue Ranger, are shop-exclusive. You can get them all together in a bundle for 3,600 V-Bucks, or purchase an individual one for 1,200 V-Bucks.
How long is the Shock N' Awesome battle pass available in Fortnite?
The Shock N' Awesome battle pass is available to complete from Aug. 7 to Nov. 1. After this date, the battle pass will be removed and replaced by a new one. All items featured on the pass may be added to the shop later, but not until at least eight months have passed, and no items are guaranteed to show up.
If you're not sure what to do after reviewing this season's battle bass, you may want to learn all weapons and loot available to find around the island, find and open OXR Bunkers, collect items from Hive Stashes, and increase your OXR Rank.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 11:52 AM
As I attempt to gracefully age into my elder years as a gamer who just so happens to write about their hobby as a career, I'm generally a pretty happy person on any given day, and I'm thankful for that.
But man, sometimes I just want to be left alone. And years ago, that never would've been the case. In my 20s, if I was stuck at home alone on a Friday or Saturday night, I would've been disgusted. Now? It's all I long for.
This is just one of several reasons why, as I age, I appreciate singleplayer games more and more. Other reasons are totally out of my control, like the fact that aging usually means having fewer and fewer friends to game with.
As you get older and friends and relatives start building their own families, having jobs, and their own lives and responsibilities, they tend to game less. And if they do game, trying to match up your schedule with theirs to play a couple multiplayer matches becomes a more and more tiring and difficult process.
Thusly, this means if I do want to play a multiplayer game like Marvel Rivals, Overwatch 2, Call of Duty, Battlefield, or anything else, it means going it solo. And man, playing multiplayer games as a solo player sucks pretty damn hard.
Multiplayer games are generally enriched by having friends to chat it up with, talk crap to, or work together with to achieve an objective. But by myself? I detest my teammates, I dislike how sweaty I have to play if I want to succeed with random allies, and it usually just ends up pissing me off more than anything else.
But with solo, singleplayer experiences, I find peace and enjoyment, and I don't need anybody else for it. Several 2025 titles already come to mind for fond gaming memories I've made on my own, including Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (the latter two are likely my top picks for GOTY thus far). I didn't have to rely on anyone else but myself and some me time to have some fun, and my old ass loves that fact.
I do long for the days of staying up all night, grinding levels in Destiny 2, or those "just one more match" evenings in CoD or Overwatch. But in my isolation, I've found that maybe my best co-op partner is me? Weird to think about.
As publishers continue to try to push the envelope with "live-service" multiplayer games, I just wish for more isolated singleplayer ones. Don't get me wrong, I still find some joy in a handful of multiplayer matches, but it gets old quick. Give me more games like the ones above, and please, publishers, let the developers do the work they need and finish them before rushing them to market.
Thankfully, 2025 has several promising solo titles left to look forward to, including Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us, Silent Hill f, Ghost of Yōtei, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and more. I greatly anticipated locking my door and shutting out the world for those and many more into my senior years.
I'm 36, by the way, so I intend on being around for a lot more of these experiences. I just hope the gaming industry still finds value in them like I do.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 11:22 AM
Battlefield 6 has only just begun its early access open beta window, and we already have reports of cheaters in the game. What we believed was impossible given EA's heavily intrusive anti-cheat measures became reality within hours of the beta's launch, and it can only get worse from here.
Though it's not even been a full day since Battlefield 6's open beta (early access) began, we already have confirmation of active cheats in the game. This could come as a relative surprise, given how far EA has gone to prevent cheating in its new franchise installment, from a new kernel-level anti-cheat called Javelin to Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 requirements, both of which should prevent unrecognized software from running on your machine.
The cheats in question, showed above, are a soft auto-aim and full-blown wallhack, giving the user all the information they could possibly want in a shooter. While Battlefield 6 is by no means Counter-Strike or Valorant, where cheats like these offer a competitive edge, it's still a massive disadvantage for anyone playing against them.
It's still unclear how exactly these cheats work, but from what I could gather over the years, these sophisticated premium-priced programs usually find ways to bypass memory checks any given anti-cheat performs, thereby completely avoiding its detection. What's more, it seems they now work externally rather than being run on your machine directly, which should help bypass even TPM and Secure Boot measures EA has put in for Battlefield 6.
Keep in mind that these high-level cheats are very expensive and hard to obtain, which should help alleviate the fears that Battlefield is about to be a cheat-ridden hellhole, much like some other shooters these days. Circumventing all the measures put in place for the game, however, is extremely hard and will likely not be used en masse, or at least I hope.
Additionally, if my assumptions are correct, these sorts of cheats can affect consoles as well, given their external nature. If so, turning crossplay off could be a good idea anyhow, but not a definitive means to avoid cheaters.
I have reached out to EA and DICE for a comment and will follow up with additional information when it becomes available.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 11:22 AM
The latest entry in the Mafia franchise is here. Welcome back to the old country.
Mafia: The Old Country turns back the clock to the early 1900s and brings it back to the island of Sicily, introducing protagonist Enzo Favara and his journey from the bottom of society to becoming a made man the Torrisi crime family.
Like the other Mafia games, The Old Country is a relatively short journey, but an enjoyable one. I gave the game a score of 8/10 in my review as I found it to be an enjoyable single-player experience despite its length. But just how long is the game?
Here's how many chapters you can expect to play through in your 10-12 hour journey through Mafia: The Old Country.
How many chapters are there in Mafia: The Old Country?
Stop reading now if you're looking to avoid spoilers for Mafia: The Old Country. This is your final warning!
There are 14 total chapters to play through in Mafia: The Old Country. Each chapter consists of a playable story mission, with some freedom to play them via the method of your choosing, such as deciding to go full stealth mode or let it rip with guns blazing.
Here's the full list of each chapter in the game, not including the game's Prologue, named "Tremori":
From my experience, each chapter takes around 45 minutes to an hour to complete, but it varies. You may play quicker or slower than I did, but in general, the game should take around 12 hours to finish, with several more for those who look to complete everything and finish all achievements.
Once the credits roll, you can replay any chapter from the beginning, but also use the Explore function to hop into the open world map of Valle Dorata to drive around, enjoy the scenery, find collectibles, or spend your Dinari on weapons and upgrades.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 11:08 AM
Battlefield 6's open beta is the first great opportunity to test out the upcoming launch, and you can do so in a pack.
While there are dedicated servers that allow you to matchmake, you can also form a lobby with your friends. Just like the full version, the open beta also offers crossplay that will enable you to co-op with your friends and try out the available game modes.
With the beta already available on early access prior to the weekend of Aug. 9 to 10, let's find out how you can play with your friends.
How to play Battlefield 6 with friends?
The exact process of forming a lobby in Battlefield 6 depends on whether all of you are on the same platform. For simplicity's sake, let's assume that all of you're on different platforms. If that's the case, crossplay must be turned on for all of you. There are a few additional steps to complete along with that.
The next step is to invite your friends to your lobby and play together. Once the home screen, you'll find the Lobby option on the left side of your screen. Click on it, and you'll get the chance to invite your friends. If you've linked your accounts properly, you can invite friends on the same/different platforms. As long as they're online, you'll be able to send them an invite.
Similarly, you can also join their lobby and play together. Once you've set up your party, proceed to choose the mode you'll want to play. That's pretty much all you need to do to play with your friends. If you're trying before Aug. 9, you'll need early access.
From Aug. 9, there's no need for an early access code as the open beta is available for all by default.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 9:44 AM
Every Fortnite season has a unique loot pool packed with lots of new and returning items you can find around the vast island. Since it changes frequently, it can be tough to know which weapons and loot are available to choose from.
If you want to ensure you have the best inventory of items possible and increase your chances of claiming victory, knowing everything there is to find is essential. Here are all of the weapons and loot you can find around the island in Fortnite Chapter Six, season four.
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Fortnite Chapter 6, season 4 loot pool
The loot pool for this season includes lots of fresh weapons dedicated to eliminating bugs around the island, some unvaulted tools from past seasons, and plenty of healing and shielding items to support you in combat.
Here's everything you can find around the island for Chapter Six, season four. As any changes or additions to the loot pool occur, we'll update all relevant details here.
All new weapons in Fortnite Chapter 6, season 4
This season, there are plenty of special bug-themed weapons, Mythic weapons, and Exotic weapons to choose from. Here are all of the fresh additions to the loot pool.
All unvaulted weapons and loot in Fortnite Chapter 6, season 4
Some old items have made a return this season, with some special loot you can find around the island. These items aren't new, but they weren't featured in last season, so they're officially unvaulted for now.
All vaulted weapons and loot in Fortnite Chapter 6, season 4
The vaulted loot pool is quite massive this season, with loads of special Supernova Academy gear now removed. All items that were specially made to fit last season's theme are now gone, and a few other classic loot pool items were also removed.
All healing and utility items in Fortnite Chapter 6, season 4
In addition to the many weapons you can find around the island, there are also plenty of healing and utility items worth using. This includes general healing and shielding items, Boons, traversal tools, Medallions, and much more.
It can be tough to find strong weapons around the island, but there are some ways to make this process easier. Consider finding and opening OXR Bunkers, collecting items from Hive Stashes, increasing your OXR Rank, and locating OXR Armories. All of these methods can help you obtain better loot.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 8:21 AM
There are many secrets hidden around the island in Fortnite, and OXR Bunkers are one of the best ones. They're treasure troves packed with useful items to help you in the great bug war, but finding and accessing them can be tricky.
OXR Bunkers aren't very common, and you can only open them after meeting a specific requirement. They take quite a bit of effort to unlock, but the loot you can find inside is worth the effort, so here's how to find and open OXR Bunkers in Fortnite.
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How to find an OXR Bunker in Fortnite
An OXR Bunker is automatically marked on the map as soon as you fulfill the requirement for unlocking it, which is to reach OXR Rank A. You can technically find one whenever, but you won't be allowed entry until this condition is met.
All bunkers appear as large metal doors with the letter "A" displayed in front of them. They're all tucked away in mountains or discreet corners to make them a bit more secret. Once you've reached the required rank, you can check your map for the small white bunker icon to see where one is.
OXR Bunker locations in Fortnite
There are four OXR Bunkers hidden around the island. Here's where to find each one.
How to open an OXR Bunker in Fortnite
You can open an OXR Bunker by approaching the front door and interacting with it once you are OXR Rank A or better. There's no way to gain entry any sooner, so you generally won't be able to enter these special bunkers until fairly late into each round.
What's inside OXR Bunkers in Fortnite?
OXR Bunkers are rich with just about any kind of loot you might want. The exact contents of each one vary in each round, but there's always plenty of items to uncover. Here's everything we've found in them.
If you're seeking an Exotic weapon, visiting an OXR Bunker is a must. There's no other way to earn these powerful weapons this season, so work on progressing your OXR Rank until you reach Rank A or better.
There are lots of other tasks you need to get done around the island after finding and unlocking OXR Bunkers. Next, you might work on slaying the Queen, earning Medallions, claiming Capture Points, and collecting items from Hive Stashes.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 7:33 AM
If you're going to defend the island from the deadly bug invasion, you need the best weapons you can get your hands on in Fortnite. Exotic weapons are easily some of the most powerful tools you can have at your disposal if you manage to find them.
These tools are extremely rare, with only one of each type in circulation during any given round. To claim one, you have to be quite lucky and know exactly where to look. If you're hoping to add one to your inventory, here are all Exotic weapons and how to get them in Fortnite Chapter Six, season four.
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All Shock N' Awesome Exotic weapons and what they do in Fortnite
There are four Exotic weapons you can find around the island in Fortnite Chapter Six, season four, plus one special shield item, too. More may be added as the season progresses, so if any additional ones emerge, they'll be added here. Here are all the Exotics featured in this season.
How to get all Exotic weapons in Fortnite Chapter 6, season 4
All Exotic weapons are exclusively available in OXR Bunkers hidden around the island. To find one that has a chance of obtaining an Exotic weapon, you need to be at least OXR Rank A. There's no way to predict what loot you find inside a bunker, so how easy or difficult it is to find one of these powerful tools ultimately comes down to luck.
As soon as you reach the right rank, an OXR Bunker will be marked on the map. Travel to it as quickly as possible, as other players who reach the same rank might be directed to the same one, then scan your rank at the door to gain access. Inside, you'll find a large array of weapons and other loot you can grab, possibly including an Exotic weapon.
Now that you have solid loot, it's time to start eradicating those pesky bugs. Next, you might work on slaying the Queen, earning Medallions, claiming Capture Points, and collecting items from Hive Stashes.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 6:45 AM
The new Reckoning map in Black Ops 6 Zombies has a fresh Wonder Weapon called the Gorgofex, and the weapon is directly tied to the main campaign.
Finding the new Wonder Weapon won't be easy, and it can be considered almost the main reward. Your effort won't be in vain, but the game doesn't make it easy. Once you unlock the Pack-A-Punch and complete the basic objectives, there's no clue about what to do next.
Let's take a look at all the steps you need to complete.
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How do you get the Gorgofex in BO6 Zombies Reckoning?
So we begin by spawning on the map, and what you do after that will be crucial.
Head to the T1 Mutant Research Lab
Your first task is to take the correct elevator and reach the lab. You'll come across two computer terminals showing random static. The first one is located right beside the Deadshot Daiquiri, while the second one is on the west wall (right by the clones of Richtofen's child and wife). You'll find a single word appearing randomly on these screens.
Don't pay attention to the words. Pay attention to the first letters. In my case, the two words began with P and O, which combine to form Polonium. While I knew what Po stands for on the periodic table, you don't necessarily have to know chemistry.
Instead, you can use the Periodic Table located at the T1 Mutant lab to get your code. Your code is essentially 0, followed by the Periodic Table Code. So in my case, it was 084. 0 is by default, and 84 is the Periodic Table code for Polonium. This opens the door to T1 Bioweapons Lab (you'll find a couple of stairs in the T1 Mutant Research Lab that lead to this location.
Get the Cyst from the T1 Bioweapons Lab
The next task is to obtain the Cyst located in the metal case on the eastern part of the room. At first, you'll find that the case is locked. To unlock the Cyst, you'll need to kill three parasites or vermin next to it. On doing so, you'll find the Cyst floating above and getting added to your inventory.
Repeat this process three times, and this is mandatory. You'll soon learn why that's the case.
Absorb Aesthetic Flora from Quantum Computing Core Room
Our next stop is to reach the T1 Quantum Computing Core Room. Reach there, and you'll find glowing mushrooms all over the place. You'll find three Dark Aether Plants that are glowing in the dark, and your job is to drain their health. Remember when I said you'll need three Cysts? The reason is simple: you'll have to absorb the health from three Aesthetic Flora plants.
The task is relatively simple, but watch out for the acid attacks that can do a lot of damage. In fact, try to spare a couple of zombies before ending the round, and then try the process. This will allow you to absorb the health without having to bother much about being mauled to death.
Start Power Surge in Dark Entity Containment
Our next step is the T2 Dark Entity Containment room, and this step confused me a lot. The task at hand is to initiate a power surge. You can do so using four different computer terminals, all present at this location.
You'll begin from the northeast side, and keep following the terminals in the north, and then south. Make sure to find out the four locations first, because the entire test is timed. If the time runs out, you'll have to start a new round and retry the process.
Additionally, be very careful, as this step will spawn an Uber Klaus, which is essential.
Bring the Uber Klaus in front of the Forsaken
If you have completed the previous step, you must have found the Forsaken (that gigantic mechanoid in the glass cage). As I said, initiating the Power Surge triggers the Uber Klaus. First, kill all the minions and undead to single out Klaus. Then, take out his shield generators (on his shoulders) to weaken him. Don't kill him at this stage.
Instead, lure him out and bring him right in front of the Forsaken. Once you do so, the Forsaken's soul will go into Uber Klaus to start a new boss fight. This part is mandatory if you want to obtain the Gorgofex.
Defeat Forsaken in Uber Klaus' body
Once the Forsaken goes inside Uber Klaus, he becomes far more dangerous. Based on what I found, the Hand Cannon scorestreak seems to be working well for many, and it was pretty effective for me. You'll have to target the Dark Aether crystals to bring down its health. Before it dies, Forsaken will summon several Klauses that will explode on contact. Get rid of them as quickly as possible before taking down Forsaken. Once done, the Gorgofex will appear from its corpse within a glowing orb.
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Destructoid Friday, August 8, 2025 6:05 AM
If you've seen our Type Soul Shikai and Bankai tier list you'll notice a similar pattern here for Arrancar/Hollow Partial and Full Resurrection where Commons and Rares have become quite strong due to the re-release buffs and nerfs. Now with only 1 Partial Res move and the Arrancar Cero Oscuras cooldown resent it's more important than ever to choose the best Partial Res to start your build and then move onto Full and Segunda. Here's my Type Soul Resurrection and Segunda Etapa tier list and guide.
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Type Soul Arrancar Partial Res Tier List
When it comes to the best Type Soul Partial Res for Arrancar/Hollow now it's important to note that Hollows/Arrancars have been reduced back to only 1 Partial move. This makes picking the best moves a highly important consideration when picking a Partial Res. This is essentially how I'll rank them as in which ones have the best move to base your build around since you can now reset Partial CD if you land Cero Oscuras (Partial Essence new effect). Let's dive into all Partial Res options below and analyze them individually.
S-Tier Partial Res
A-Tier Partial Res
B-Tier Partial Res
C-Tier Partial Res
Type Soul Full Res and Segunda Etapa Tier List
As for the best Hollow and Arrancar Full Resurrection and Segunda Etapa in Type Soul I'll be combining them since the Full Res boosts base moves and Segunda gives you new ones. You'll see some drastic changes from the Partial Res tier list with Snake moving from C to S and in general a lot of movement for better or worse. Some reach full potential with just the Full Res while some are only good with Segunda and so on. Below I'll analyze each Full Res and Segunda in Type Soul individually.
S-Tier Full Res and Segunda Etapa
A-Tier Full Res and Segunda Etapa
B-Tier Full Res and Segunda Etapa
C-Tier Full Res and Segunda Etapa
That's it for my Type Soul Resurrection and Segunda Etapa tier list and guide for Arrancar and Hollow. If you want to reroll you Res check out our Type Soul codes for rerolls.
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