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Where To Find Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree's Curseblade Meera Spirit Ash
21.6.2024
The Spirit Ash for Curseblade Meera summons the titular spirit to help you do battle, but it can only be found in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. If you’d like to add this Spirit Ash to your collection, you’ll need to tackle a perilous dungeon and defeat a tough boss.Read more
Where To Find Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree's Star-Lined Sword
21.6.2024
The Star-Lined Sword is a Katana that can be found in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. It’s an excellent option for DEX/INT builds and features a cool move set that keeps things interesting in combat, especially if you make good use of its unique Ash of War. If you like to wield...
How To Defeat The Blackgaol Knight In Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
21.6.2024
There’s a place called prison and a place called gaol....Read more
Elden Ring Is Broken On Steam Deck, But A Fix Is On The Way
20.6.2024
The long-awaited and well-reviewed Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, is out very soon on all platforms. However, if you’ve been playing Elden Ring on Valve’s portable PC, the Steam Deck, you might have to wait for an upcoming hotfix to check out the new expansion as the game appears unplayable...
This Cozy Virtual Pet Sim Is 'Microsoft Clippy, But Better'
20.6.2024
One night, as I’m playing Selaco—a fast-paced retro-inspired FPS—I round a corner and shoot three space guards with a grenade launcher and watch their body parts fly through the air. Meanwhile, watching from my desktop is Mustard, my new digital pet. He’s from a different game, Weyrdlets, and he’s...
Star Wars: The Acolyte Haters Are Trying To Turn Alien Lifespans Into Its Next Big Controversy
20.6.2024
Some Star Wars fans are upset, again. Imagine that. The latest freak-out turns on a minor bit of canon that was just scrambled in episode 4 of Star Wars: The Acolyte. It has to do with the prequel movies and the lifespans of one particular race of aliens that really doesn’t factor into anything...
PSA: There Are Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Spoilers Out There
17.6.2024
With tiresome predictability, action RPG Elden Ring’s first and only DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, is already being spoiled online, four days ahead of its release. This warning comes from no smaller a source than its own developers, FromSoftware. (There are no spoilers at all in this post.)Read more
Cut Out Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Filler And Stick To The Good Stuff With These Mods
14.6.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is coming this fall, and fans and newcomers alike are going back to play the first three games before BioWare’s next fantasy RPG hits store shelves. However, Dragon Age: Inquisition is much more expansive than its predecessors, opting for the “open zone” format with...
The Quickest Way To Catch Up On Dragon Age Before The Veilguard Arrives
13.6.2024
It’s been ten years since Dragon Age: Inquisition, the third entry in BioWare’s fantasy RPG series, and so it’s likely that a lot of people who are intrigued by the upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard have never touched a game in the series before. If you were enticed by the early gameplay...
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure Gameplay Reveal Confirms It Will Respect Both The First Game's Endings
13.6.2024
During Summer Game Fest last week, Deck Nine Games revealed that it’s returning to original Life Is Strange protagonist Max Caulfield in a direct sequel, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure. The studio held a reveal lifestream today, June 13, and on top of interviews with the development team and...
Animal Well Cat Guide: How To Free The Felines
12.6.2024
If you’re playing the newly released Metroidvania, Animal Well, you might have come across this. In the bottom-right biome of Animal Well’s map, you’ll find two rooms that contain a total of five cats locked in cages. You may notice that above each cage is a black box with five lines, and those...
You Can Pet The Dog At Summer Game Fest
12.6.2024
Summer Game Fest 2024 was the biggest iteration of Geoff Keighley’s E3 replacement yet. We saw a ton of incredible trailers during the Friday livestream, and developers, journalists, and content creators were able to go hands-on with upcoming games like Star Wars: Outlaws, Flintlock, S.T.A.L.K.E.R...
RPG Devs Can't Add Dating System Because Team Lacks 'Real Life Experience'
11.6.2024
“Write what you know” is a popular piece of advice for authors and other creators. But what happens when your audience wants something that you don’t know much about? Well, you have to tell your fans on Steam that, no, you can’t add dating to your anime-themed tactical RPG because you and your team...
Every Layer of Animal Well (And How To Solve It), Explained
11.6.2024
Animal Well, Shared Memory’s excellent metroidvania, is a natural conversation starter, thanks in no small part to its “layers” of progression. The term at least partially stems from this list of tips from the game’s developer Billy Basso, in which Basso discloses that “Animal Well is designed with...
14 Cool Details We Spotted In Star Wars Outlaws' New Gameplay Trailer
11.6.2024
On June 10, Ubisoft held its annual Ubisoft Forward event as the final big event of Summer Game Fest 2024. The show was a bit subdued compared to past years, but we did get a huge look at Star Wars Outlaws, which is set to launch on August 30, 2024 on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.Read more
Max Caulfield Returns In New Life Is Strange Game
9.6.2024
The Life Is Strange games have typically changed main characters with each entry, but that will change with Life Is Strange: Double Exposure. The fifth game in the adventure series will focus on a grown-up version of Max Caulfield, the time-reversing teenager from the first game back in 2015.Read...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Will Bring Back DAII’s Divisive Approach To Romance
6.6.2024
Dragon Age II is a big centerpiece in conversations around video game romance. The 2011 BioWare RPG let players pursue whoever they wanted, regardless of what gender player character they chose. With Inquisition, BioWare opted to define your party’s identities, which meant not every love story...
13 Tips For XDefiant, Ubisoft’s New F2P Shooter
4.6.2024
XDefiant, Ubisoft’s new, Call of Duty-like free-to-play shooter, has been out for about two weeks now and I’ve spent a lot of time playing it. I’m not an expert. I don’t claim to be one. But I do think I can offer some tips for both new players and vets about how to play better while also having...
Animal Well: Where To Find The Three Medals And Each Circular Recess
4.6.2024
As you explore the many biomes in Shared Memory’s hit metroidvania Animal Well, you’ll come across at least one enigmatic pillar simply called “Circular Recess.” The game gives you no explicit clue about what to do here, and you don’t need to solve these puzzles to complete the first “layer” of...
New Zany Open World Game Is For All You Simpsons: Hit And Run Fans
3.6.2024
Below this paragraph is my full review of Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip—a new comedic open-world action game out now on Steam and playable on Steam Deck. And it’s a good review. It does what you expect. But I can save you some time right now. If you are a fan of The Simpsons: Hit and Run, then you should...