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Thanks to the recent launch of its Enhanced edition, Grand Theft Auto 5 has entered Steam's top ten most played games twice, a feat not accomplished by another title before. Grand Theft Auto 5players on PC were recently treated to a massive new update that brought a plethora of graphical improvements to the twelve-year-old title, but the big upgrade also separated the title into a Legacy and Enhanced version. View the full article

Capcom has launched the first time-limited event quests for Monster Hunter Wilds, offering players across all platforms two weeks (until March 18) to participate and obtain various unique rewards. Monster Hunter Wilds players can already tackle the first two quests, while the rest will unlock over the next two weeks. View the full article

Coal Supper‘s comedy game Thank Goodness You’re Here took home the main prize at the UKIE Video Game Awards 2025. It won the *** Game of the Year award ahead of fellow nominees Planet Coaster 2 (Frontier Developments) and Still Wakes the Deep (Sumo Digital). Released last August for PC and consoles, Thank Goodness You’re Here is about a colourful, fictional northern English town called Barnsworth. Read More... View the full article

Steam Next Fest has wrapped up once again, giving players a chance to try out a huge selection of upcoming games before release. The week-long event, which ran from Feb. 24 to March 3, let players download and test demos to get a taste of what’s coming next in the world of PC gaming. Now that it’s over, Valve has revealed the 50 most-played demos, and the results are a mix of surprises, breakout hits, and a few controversial entries. To highlight the best ones, I hunted down the top 10 entries, checking the data on SteamDB to find out which games actually had high player counts. View the full article

Anaxa is an upcoming character in Honkai Star Rail and his ascension materials have been leaked by a reliable source. He will be released in version 3.2 so players can use the chance to pre-farm Anaxa's materials and level him up when he makes his debut. In this article, you can find all the materials required to level up Anaxa and his Traces in Honkai Star Rail. Anaxa's ascension and Traces materials guide Listed below are all of Anaxa's ascension materials you will need to farm in Honkai Star Rail, as per [Hidden Content]: A Glass of the Besotted Era x65 Ethereal Omen x15 Echoing Wail x15 Eternal Lament x15 Credit x308,000 After leveling up Anaxa, you can start farming the following items to upgrade his Traces: Ethereal Omen x41 Echoing Wail x56 Eternal Lament x58 Rough Sketch x18 Dynamic Outlining x69 Exquisite Colored Draft x139 Lost Echo of the Shared Wish x12 Tracks of Destiny x8 Credit x3,000,000 Also read: Honkai Star Rail 3.2 Light Cones Where to farm the materials Ethereal Omen, Echoing Wail, and Eternal Lament Image via HoYoverse Ethereal Omen, Echoing Wail, and Eternal Lament are character level-up materials that are commonly dropped by the ****** Tide Creatures in Amphoreus. You can also obtain them in the Divergent Universe and Simulated Universe. A Glass of the Besotted Era Image via HoYoverse A Glass of the Besotted Era is one of Anaxa's ascension materials and you can obtain it by challenging the Shape of Gloam Stagnant Shadow in Penacony Grand Theater. Rough Sketch, Dynamic Outlining, and Exquisite Colored Draft Image via HoYoverse Rough Sketch, Dynamic Outlining, and Exquisite Colored Draft are Trace materials that you can farm in any Bud of Erudition Crimson Calyx in Honkai Star Rail. Lost Echo of the Shared Wish Image via HoYoverse You can farm the Lost Echo of the Shared Wish by challenging the Salutations of Ashen Dreams Echo of War in Penacony Grand Theater. Tracks of Destiny Tracks of Destiny is a Trace material that you can obtain from the limited-time events, Simulated Universe, Nameless Honor Battle Pass, and in-game shop. Credit Credit is the in-game currency in Honkai Star Rail, and you can easily farm it by challenging any Golden Calyx or by completing missions and opening treasures. The post Honkai Star Rail Anaxa ascension materials leaked appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The March Humble Choice games are here, and there are some real hidden gems for Steam Deck among them. While there is an absence of any triple-A big hitters in this month's lineup, the selection of smaller or indie games is ideal for Valve's handheld. All but one of this month's games are rated verified or playable for the best handheld gaming PC, but even the one game that is classed as "Unsupported" still works great after a few settings tweaks. The Steam Deck continues to be a leader in the handheld market, and even though we're waiting for more news on a Steam Deck 2, the current model still has more than enough power to tackle many modern games. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: You can grab excellent roguelike Dead Cells cheap right now, but not for long This House Flipper and Friends Humble Bundle is great for cozy Steam Deck gamers The best way to get premium games free each month View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Breathe out, untense your muscles, and relax, because after years of being lost in the wilderness AMD has finally come up with a decent GPU for an amazing price. I don't have to reach for obscure use cases to suggest scenarios where the new AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is actually worth buying, because this time AMD has genuinely come up with the goods, with a graphics card that largely beats Nvidia at its own game. It might not have an equivalent of Nvidia's latest multi frame gen tech at its disposal, but this new GPU sees AMD catching up with Nvidia in several key areas. For a start, ray tracing is no longer an issue, with the Radeon RX 9070 XT even out-performing the RTX 5070 in a number of our ray-traced benchmarks, and it can do path tracing too. Secondly, AMD's new FSR 4 tech is an absolute game changer when it comes to upscaling, with a massive improvement in image quality over FSR 3. I've tested the Radeon RX 9070 XT in several games, testing frame gen, upscaling, ray tracing and standard rasterization, and it all adds up to a firm new entry on our guide to the best graphics card. It's not all perfect, as I'll explain over this review of the ASRock Taichi OC version of this card, but this is AMD's strongest GPU for over a decade by far. [site_jumplinks] Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT gaming GPU stock is "much healthier" than Nvidia RTX 5070 AMD Radeon RX 9060 is official, rumored to have near-RTX 4070 gaming performance This Sonic the Hedgehog gaming PC build is a stunningly stylish success View the full article

Jensen Huang made a startling claim about the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 when he paraded its talents at CES in January 2025. This $549 gaming GPU, said Huang, was as fast as the mighty RTX 4090, thanks to the magic of Nvidia's new multi frame gen tech with DLSS 4. There were echoes of when the RTX 3070 was genuinely as fast as the RTX 2080 Ti when it came out, but this time it's all down to AI wizardry rather than raw rendering power. Nvidia has bet the house on AI for its current generation of RTX 5000 GPUs, and the lack of competition had undoubtedly helped it so far. In our RTX 5090 review, we found a GPU that may be extremely expensive and power-hungry but is still ultimately the best graphics card you can buy, if you can afford it and assuming you can find 5090 stock. The situation is less clear cut with the RTX 5070, which has ended up being released in March, rather than February as originally planned, and now finds itself fending off some ferocious competition from AMD. The RTX 5070 still has multi frame gen in its arsenal, of course, as well as wide support for Nvidia DLSS tech in games, plus the enormous brand recognition that Nvidia now commands in the graphics card market. Is that enough? I've benchmarked this Asus Prime RTX 5070 card in a number of games, including multi frame gen tests, to find out. [site_jumplinks] Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This Asus display is now one of the cheapest OLED gaming monitors you can buy This Asus Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 gaming laptop has a ridiculously low price now Another Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card reportedly just caught fire View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Cooking can be pretty tedious when you have to make lots of dishes, but there are a few ways to make it easier in Disney Dreamlight Valley. One of these ways is completing Tiana’s Slow and Steady quest. Using the new Slow Cooker you get in this quest can be tricky since it’s pretty different from how you usually cook. Navigating through this task can also be tough if you’re missing required items or don’t know the recipe you need, so if you’re stuck, here’s how to complete Slow and Steady in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article

With multiple changes to Exotic weapons and armor flying into Destiny 2 with Episode Heresy, including reworks of D.A.R.C.I. and Lord of Wolves, it feels like the right time to think about what other weapons are overdue for an update. Most of these weapons are severely underused in PvE (we’re not talking about PvP at all), and while some of them may have occasional use, they’re either too niche, don’t feel as fun and rewarding to play or feel out of place in the current sandbox. View the full article

Unfortunately for fans, FragPunk's console release has been pushed back at the last minute, with publisher NetEase announcing pre-order cancelation and compensation plans. The 5v5 hero shooter is trying to break into a crowded market dominated by giants like Overwatch 2 and Marvel Rivals, though FragPunk is offering its own unique take on the genre thanks to its unique style. View the full article

There are a lot of quirky things about Marvel Rivals, but I really don’t get its MVP system. If you don’t either, you’ll love going through this popular Reddit thread, with fans trying to decode heroes who rarely get an MVP mention. To start off, the player who created the post thinks it’s Rocket Raccoon, and most of us seem to agree to this observation. In the comments, Rocket mains pointed out how they rarely receive the highest title in a Marvel Rivals match because they only have the highest healing and assists in the match and little to no damage dealt. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The Gravid Bowfin in MH Wilds is part of the Fishing for Flavor side questView the full article

There would be no museum without exhibits, and the only way to get hold of them is to send your staff on Expeditions. Expeditions can be dangerous and cost the museum a lot of money, but there is no reward without risk in the world of Two Point Museum. Table of contentsHow to set up an Expedition in Two Point MuseumHow to avoid Events during Two Point Museum ExpeditionsHow to solve Dilemmas during a Two Point Museum Expedition How to set up an Expedition in Two Point Museum You can set up your Expeditions from the Helipad. Most museums already have a Helipad ready to use, but you can build more, starting from $100,000. Each subsequent Helipad costs an additional $100,000. Don’t worry about adding more Helipads until you have established your museum and are making a decent profit. View the full article

The Russo brothers have said their production company AGBO is receptive to the idea of developing games tied to their upcoming Avengers movies. Having previously co-directed Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, plus two Captain America films, Joe and Anthony Russo are helming next year’s Avengers: Doomsday and 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars. Their most recent film, The Electric State, launches this week on Netflix, and AGBO helped the streaming giant develop a tie-in mobile game which is also releasing this month. Read More... View the full article

R.E.P.O. is a hit new survival horror game taking over Steam right now, tasking players with surviving levels with monsters as they look for items to sell before moving onto the next level. As you progress, the number of extraction points increases as does the level of difficulty, the number of monsters per map, and the number of valuable items. If you haven’t been upgrading your character or working together well with other players, you won’t last long the further you dive in. View the full article

As a thank you for the colossal launch of the Steam demo, Mecha Break developer Amazing Seasun Games is giving all players some free in-game currency. The multiplayer mech game's demo quickly started contending with Valve stalwarts as soon as it dropped, and is still pulling in very respectable numbers. Even so, the game currently has an incredibly low user rating from players, sitting at 'Mostly Negative' on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Mecha Break demo is the fourth biggest game on Steam after mere hours Multiplayer mech brawler Mecha Break has a brand-new demo, playable now Mecha Break is basically multiplayer PvP Armored Core, and it's got a new beta View the full article

A free event is coming to Destiny 2 for the third Act of Episode: Heresy. Much like the beloved event that preceded The Final Shape expansion, the upcoming Rite of the Nine adds coveted holofoil variant weapons, a new social space, and a fresh breath of life into the game. Just before The Final Shape, all Guardians got to experience Into the Light. The Into the Light event added the Onslaught horde mode to Destiny 2 and first introduced the concept of holofoil, or shiny, weapon variants. The event was a big success, and now it looks like Bungie is trying to recapture some of that energy for Rite of the Nine. A focus on Dungeons Image via Bungie YouTube Rite of the Nine will put players' focus on three Dungeons from Destiny 2's past: Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher, and Ghosts of the Deep. Bungie described how the event would allow Guardians to experience these Dungeons on their own terms, opting for a safer Explorer mode or ramping it up to the Contest Mode-like Ultimatum mode. Players will also get access to a returning social space, a repurposed The Third Spire locale from the Trials of the Nine. There, you'll be able to visit the Emissary for the Quests, Bounties, and rewards associated with the event. You can also see whatever Dungeon is currently featured while at The Third Spire, appearing off in the unreachable distance. The team indicated that one of the Dungeons would be featured each week, cycling through all after three weeks. The Third Spire is also where Guardians will go to attune to specific Dungeon weapons revamped for Rite of the Nine. Four armaments were selected from each Dungeon, getting a full Perk rework and retuning. This equipment can come in holofoil variants, harkening back to the shiny weapons from Into the Light or even the more recent Heretical weapons from The Nether. Bungie clarified that the Adept/holofoil variants of these Rite of the Nine weapons would only be earnable through Ultimatum mode, providing a little more incentive for players to go out and challenge themselves. While the team wasn't ready to share any definitive dates for Rite of the Nine, players can expect more information to come from Bungie as we get closer to the event. For now, players still have the second Act of Episode: Heresy on the immediate horizon. The post Destiny 2’s free Rite of the Nine event brings back the best parts of Into the Light for Dungeons during Heresy Act 3 appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Consumables in Monster Hunter Wilds are a core part of its gameplay loop. That's especially true as you approach the endgame. While all of them have their place, the best define how hunts begin and how quickly they end, which is why we're ranking them here today. The best consumables in Monster Hunter Wilds Screenshot by Destructoid For this list, I'll be ranking items from the Healing/Support crafting menu, which includes things like Mega Potions, Cool Drinks, ****** Drugs, and the like. I'll also be including items like Might and Adamant Seeds, as their effects stack. Let's get started. 15. Potions and First Aid Meds The humble Potion is the most basic consumable in the game. It doesn't heal much, takes forever to use without Skill buffs, and is usually only good to keep so you can craft more Mega Potions in quests. If you have no other heals in reserve, though, they can be the difference between hunting a monster and taking a cart back to camp. 14. Immunizer You don't always need to heal after taking damage. If your health bar is showing a line of red, you can simply wait for it to naturally recover. Immunizers increase the efficacy of that effect, and can save you resources if you take the time to let the effect occur. Immunizers are also a key ingredient in some invaluable consumables later in our list. 13. Herbal Medicine Where Antidotes are just Potions, but to cure Poison, Medicine pairs the lesser item's healing effect with a near instant Poison cleanse. Plus, its short use animation immediately puts Herbal Medicine above the more cumbersome items on this list. 12. Energy Drink Stamina consumption and management are key to the gameplay of some of the best weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds. And while an Energy Drink only restores a set amount of expended Stamina, it can be the difference between a good DPS phase and a bad one. That it wakes you up from sleep is nice, too. 11. Herbal Powder Screenshot by Destructoid The first of the AoE items on our list, Herbal Powder is a team-wide Poison cleanse with some mild healing effects. While not as immediately useful as other AoE items, if you're fighting a Rathian or some other monster that applies constant Poison, having a few Herbal Powders handy will win you a lot of friends. 10. Mega Potion The Mega Potion is the workhorse consumable in Monster Hunter Wilds, as it has been since time immemorial. Even top-level players rely on it at least a little bit early on, and it's a literal lifesaver for the rest of us. It's only number ten here becaus,e as ubiquitous as it is, its effects don't always completely change the course of a hunt — they only extend its timer. 9. Lifepowder Short of spec-ing into Wide Range and Free Meal, Lifepowder is one of the best ways to keep you and your team in the fight without sacrificing your damage output or your build's potential. It's not the most effective AoE heal on the list, but if it saves even a single cart during a co-op hunt, Lifepowder will have more than earned its crafting cost. 8. Might/Adamant Seed The Might and Adamant Seeds are the core ingredients in the more potent damage and defense buffs in Monster Hunter Wilds. They're also much more abundant than those potions, and their effects stack, making them useful at any point in the game. The only thing holding them back is their limited duration. 7. Demondrug/Armorskin Screenshot by Destructoid The lesser form of the stat-boosting potions in Monster Hunter Wilds, Demondrug and Armorskin are nonetheless staples of pre-hunt preparations. You'll use them as soon as you arrive at your destination, and they increase your damage or defense for a good chunk of the fight. 6. Dash Juice I said Stamina management is invaluable to being an effective hunter, and Dash Juice makes that job a bit less troublesome. Between giving back Stamina on consumption, it also makes actions that consume Stamina use less of it, letting you dodge, block, and use a Bow more effectively, among other benefits. 5. ******/Hardshell Powder Another staple of the pre-hunt ritual is the use of ****** or Hardshell Powder while everyone is close together. The bonus it provides to attack and defense is significant despite its relative brevity. And like all other AoE items, you'll be a hero to the rest of your party if playing co-op. Don't rule out its usefulness while solo, either. 4. Dust of Life As the best AoE heal in the game, you can only carry two units of Dust of Life in your field pouch at a time. Those two uses might also be the deciding factor of whether your healer — with their Wide Range and Free Meal — get to use their last Mega Potion before an Elden Dragon slaps them sideways. 3. Ancient Potion The most powerful healing item in all of Monster Hunter Wilds, the Ancient Potion fills both your Health and Stamina bars to their maximum length. You can only carry one of them at a time as a bit of game balance, and they're an item of last resort. What holds them back on this list is, in most situations, they're best used outside of a hunt to get yourself back ikn fighting form, particularly after a cart. They're also cumbersome to craft outside of a tent. 2. Mega Demondrug/Armorskin Screenshot by Destructoid If you have access to the materials to make them, every hunt you go on should start with consuming a Mega Demondug and Mega Armorskin. Well, every hunt you know will actually be a challenge. For me, their use is mandatory, both as a matter of habit and because they offer more damage for very little additional investment. All you need is a solid collection of materials, which you should have by the endgame when these potions become invaluable. 1. Max Potion The Max Potion, otherwise known as the first heal you should use in a hunt at or near the endgame. You can consume them faster than a Mega Potion; they grant a full heal, and their crafting ingredients are relatively easy to gather. Sure, Mega Potions are more available, and Ancient Potions are more powerful, but nothing in my six years with the Monster Hunter series has saved my sorry behind more often than chomping down on a Max Potion after taking a massive dragon laser to the face. Those are my rankings for the best consumables in Monster Hunter Wilds. All of them make hunting a less onerous experience, but the cream of the crop turn hopeless situations into winnable ones. The post Best consumables in Monster Hunter Wilds, ranked appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The Magic: The Gathering card Inti, Seneschal of the Sun is starting to spike in price. This rare red card is still plenty cheap, but it has doubled in value since the latest set, Aetherdrift, came out, and still seems to be climbing. On February 14, the card cost $2, but now it's up to $4. Interestingly, this is one of those cards where the regular version is the most expensive - and you can get both foils and special treatment versions for a little bit less. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG's real reason for ditching the UB frame has nothing to do with "complexity" All MTG sets in order, as of March 2025 Old zombie MTG card that badly needs a reprint spikes 565% View the full article

The complete structure of the character banners in Honkai: Star Rail 3.2 has allegedly leaked, providing players with insight into when they will be able to obtain the new units teased by HoYoverse and which rerun characters will be available during the Phase 1 and Phase 2 periods. The turn-based RPG by HoYoverse has just entered Version 3.1, an important patch that gives sequence to the main story events started with Version 3.0 earlier this year. The update brings new campaign missions and introduces Mydei and Tribbie to Honkai: Star Rail as playable characters following their appearances as NPCs. View the full article

GTA 5's swanky new upgrade for PC has arrived, bringing the platform up to the lofty GTA standards next-gen console players have been enjoying for a little while. Unfortuntely, it's debuted to mixed reviews on Steam, with some folks being disappointed by the features on offer, or struggling to pull their existing characters across into the new version. Read more View the full article

Too many patriots could tip the balance unfairlyView the full article