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A recent leak from Honkai: Star Rail is hinting at a brand-new free Light Cone coming to the game, set to be given out as an event reward during an upcoming patch. Light Cones serve as one of the HoYoverse sci-fi RPG's most influential means of improving a player's characters, granting powerful stat boosts alongside unique effects. Many of the game's Light Cones are also catered towards specific characters or playstyles, allowing players to further optimize their favorite units for maximum performance. Now, fans will soon get the chance to pick up a new Light Cone for free. View the full article

Avowed features a limited range of classes for players to choose, though it doesn’t skimp on depth for each of them, providing a solid number of specialized skills, weapons, and equipment. The Ranger is the game’s quick and agile class, capable of doing fast damage from a distance without ever getting caught by the enemies. To help you navigate through its robust skill tree, here is our best build for the Ranger class in Avowed. View the full article

Shortly after the launch of Obsidian's newest RPG, Avowed, the game's director shed some light on the game's troubled development in a new interview. After it was first revealed in 2020, Avowed took five years to release, during which time the game shifted direction drastically from what was shown in the initial trailer - seemingly for the better, as the game has released to generally positive reviews. According to director Carrie Patel, however, that shift in direction posed some major challenges while the game was still in development. View the full article

There are many unique weapon options in Avowed that suit a Ranger build, but the ones that synergize most are daggers, swords, spears, longbows, arquebuses, and pistols. This guide will help you decide which unique weapons to utilize along the way if you decide not to upgrade any basic weapons. These unique Ranger weapons can be found at different legs in your journey, and you'll likely want to swap them out depending on certain situations. View the full article

Ratatoskr has entered Marvel Rivals, but he’s been captured in the Blood Moon ritual in Central Park. For the Midnight Features II event, there’s a quest where you have to save Ratatoskr five times to receive 60 Units, which you can use to unlock exclusive skins for your favorite heroes. If you’re trying to lock this objective down, don’t sweat it. There are some quick ways you can knock it out to receive this reward. However, if you’re simply playing the game, it’s easy to miss this objective and not know how to complete it. Here’s what you need to know to save Ratatoskr in Marvel Rivals. View the full article

Baldur's Gate 3 provides a plethora of spells for Tav and the party to choose from during their adventures, all adapted from fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. Making the leap between mediums is no mean feat, but BG3 manages to not only keep many spells exactly the same as their tabletop counterparts, but in some cases improve on them. From cantrips to combat, there are plenty of spells that are much more fun in BG3. View the full article

WWE 2K25's DLC plans include the addition of "shocking" surprise wrestlers that one of its producers believes will astonish fans with their presence in a wrestling game. There are only a couple of weeks left before WWE 2K25's launch, and no official DLC wrestlers have been announced yet, but many fans are excited to see what the rest of the year will have in store. View the full article

It’s been a few months since Sony dropped their PS5 Pro back in November, and the sales are reportedly starting ... Read more View the full article

Skyblivion, the massive modding project that’s remaking The Elder Scrolls IV in Skyrim’s engine, has just shown off some fresh quest gameplay at C3 (Community Creations ****) ahead of its 2025 release. Read more View the full article

BitLife's Impossible Girl challenge tests your ability to balance day-to-day work with crime. There's some luck involved this time, but for the most part, your focus is to find a special best friend, pursue romance, and shatter it all in one go. BitLife Impossible Girl challenge guide BitLife's Impossible Girl challenge has five tasks to complete: Be born a female in the United Kingdom Become best friends with a doctor Become a baker Rob a bank ******* a boyfriend If you have access to the criminal special talent from the ****** job pack, you'll have a slightly easier time robbing a bank and murdering your character's boyfriend later. Otherwise, there are no specific requirements for this challenge, allowing anyone to participate in it. Be born a female in the United Kingdom Your first task of the Impossible Girl challenge is to create a female character born in the United Kingdom. To do this, choose female as your Gender and the United Kingdom as your starting country. Your name and place are entirely up to you. Screenshot by Destructoid From here, your first two goals are to pursue Medical School and become a doctor before swapping to a baker career later in your playthrough. That way, you can knock out two birds with one stone, even if it'll take some time and money. Become best friends with a doctor Next up is becoming best friends with a doctor, which you can accomplish with one of two strategies: get lucky and find a doctor friend or become a doctor yourself and befriend a coworker. The first option is entirely luck-dependent and can take some time, while the other requires completing Medical School. Your first option is to get lucky and befriend a doctor. To attempt this, befriend as many people as possible throughout your playthrough and age up until everyone starts getting jobs. By the time you're around age 30, you'll notice your friends have random jobs with a small chance of someone becoming a doctor. The more friends you have, the higher your odds of this happening. Once you spot a doctor in your list, raise your relationship and change your status to "Best Friend" to finish the task. Alternatively, you can go to Medical School, become a doctor, and befriend one of your coworkers. However, this'll make it slightly harder to become a baker, as your full-time job list will prioritize giving you medical careers. Nonetheless, it's another option if you have trouble finding friends through random encounters. Become a baker Once you either befriend a doctor or become one yourself, you'll be ready to swap over to a baker job. Unlike the doctor role, being a baker requires no job experience or formal education. You just need to scroll through your full-time job list until you see the position. Screenshot by Destructoid The baker job appears with a "Small Business" tag and a croissant emoji next to its name. Once you find it, apply for the role and pass the interview to become a baker, setting you up for the two hardest tasks of the Impossible Girl challenge. Rob a bank Now that you've made a new friend and pursued a lifelong career, it's time to turn things upside down with some crime. First is robbing a bank, which you can do by heading into Activities, Crime, and Bank Robbery. Your options are up to you; the result is the important part. If you fail the robbery, you can restart your BitLife app or accept the outcome and try again later. Either way, once you successfully pull off the heist, you'll complete four of the five tasks of this challenge. Eliminate a boyfriend Last but not least, you must eliminate your BitLife character's boyfriend. Your character has a chance to find a boyfriend through random encounters or by visiting the gym, but you can also head into Activities, Love, and Date to get a partner. From here, head back into the Crime tab and choose ******* before picking an inconspicuous option like poison or drive-by. Succeeding the attempt will complete the Impossible Girl challenge, rewarding you with a mystery cosmetic prize. The post How to complete the Impossible Girl challenge in BitLife appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has to be one of the most bizarre spin-offs ever made. Featuring a side character from the original Yakuza series as its protagonist, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii takes players on a seafaring romp through idyllic locations populated by memorable yet utterly wacky people. There's a lot to love about Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, but for those who this isn't an immediate sell, whether they're just pirate fans or those beginning to dabble in the Like a Dragon series, understanding where it stands compared to the previous games is important. View the full article

Looking for something interesting to check out this weekend? You’ve got less than a week left to challenge the Forgotten Knight in Infinity Knights: Xross, as this demo ends on February 27th. In this three player co-op action RPG, you can team up to take on some strong bosses and enjoy some nostalgic retro graphics! […] Source View the full article

A new season in Fortnite means a new battle pass to grind through with rewards to claim, and Creative offers some of the best XP-farming methods available. To help you with your push, we’ve outlined some of our favorite maps. The Chapter Six, season two battle pass in Fortnite has plenty of rewards worth grabbing, including the Sub-Zero outfit marking Mortal Kombat’s arrival into the game, but some of the best rewards are tied to higher tiers. Fortunately, there are ways to amplify your XP gains. View the full article

Tech giant Nvidia stated that some GeForce RTX 50 graphics cards, including the RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti, are missing some raster operating pipeline (ROP) units, leading to degraded gaming performance. Nvidia said that users with defective RTX 50 GPUs should contact the part manufacturer for a replacement. View the full article

The Thing is seeing tons of appreciation from the Marvel Rivals community, with players more than happy that he was added to the game. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, however, as some believe The Thing’s cosmetic side leaves a lot to be desire. “The reward for worst 600 currency skin goes to this thing,” said the creator of a Feb. 22 Reddit discussion focused on The Thing’s 600 currency skin that changes… basically nothing. It’s just him in a different pair of shorts with everything else looking the same. Not even his shading changed to match the iteration of the character from the comics who also wears that same pair of shorts. Meanwhile, the other “First Family” skins for the rest of the Fantastic Four all follow a shared pattern—blue with ****** accents—whereas First Family Thing does the complete opposite and wears ****** shorts with blue accents. “I wish it was in line with the others more,” one player said. View the full article

Cyberpunk 2077 has come a long way over its lifetime, receiving a massive turnaround in public perception after its developers stuck with the game long enough to fix its largest issues. From redesigning Cyberpunk 2077's entire progression system to patching out countless bugs and performance issues, CD Project Red has managed to transform Cyberpunk into what was originally promised in its marketing material. With Cyberpunk 2077's sequel, Project Orion, reportedly in development, CD Project Red has everything it needs to avoid the catastrophic mistakes of its past. View the full article

Five Nights At Freddy's: Secret of the Mimiccomes out later in 2025 and will continue the Steel Wool Studios era of FNAF games with its villain, the Mimic. While Security Breach and its DLC, Ruin, attempted to establish the Mimic as a threat, its lack of presence throughout the games and its lack of motivation have made it a lackluster villain. To replace William Afton as the series antagonist, Secret of the Mimic needs to let players connect with the Mimic and learn why it is so truly horrifying. View the full article

WWE 2K25 will include a special alternate entrance for Jey Uso that allows him to Yeet his way to the ring through the crowd. Although he debuted for the wrestling company nearly 15 years ago alongside his twin brother, Jimmy Uso, Jey's more recent solo run has turned him into one of the top individual stars in WWE, and WWE 2K25's developers seem to want to emphasize his growing popularity with a special entrance. View the full article

Twitch streamer Asmongold announced he has left gaming and entertainment company One True King following his shift to more controversial political content. During a Feb. 21 stream on his secondary Twitch channel “zackrawrr,” Asmongold confirmed he has separated himself from OTK. The streamer explained that his involvement with OTK restricted him from making content he wanted to do, made it difficult for the company to find sponsors, and left other members open to harassment. He added that the departure was best for his career path and health. View the full article

The Fantasy FC Player Pick SBC is a really interesting challenge to consider in EA FC 25 Ultimate Team, as it allows you to pick between two promo cards. The latest SBC features promo items for Emi Buendia and Kerolin Nicoli. You can pick only one, but to do so, you'll first have to complete the challenge. Let's take a look at how you can complete the SBC without breaking the bank. EA FC 25 Fantasy FC Player Pick SBC tasks The Fantasy FC Player Pick SBC has two tasks, and here are the conditions. Task 1 - Top Form Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 84 Task 2 - 86-Rated Squad Min. Team Rating: 86 EA FC 25 Fantasy FC Player Pick SBC solutions Here's a set of solutions you can use to complete the challenge in Ultimate Team. Task 1 - Top Form Any 87-rated TOTW item Luana 82 Hegering 82 Baltimore 84 Olmo 84 Dovbyk 84 Dallmann 84 Schmidt 82 Hofmann 82 Guerreiro 82 Grealish 84 Task 2 - 86-Rated Squad Lavelle 87 Blundell 84 Pajor 87 Sommer 87 Palacios 84 Ruben Neves 84 Vlahovic 84 Gundogan 87 Engen 84 Benzema 86 De Paul 84 Incidentally, both cards have similar stats and the exact same playstyles+ (Trivela and Quick Step). My favorite pick is Buendia, as I believe he will have more chances to get upgrades in the near future. Additionally, Bundesliga items will be easier to fit in as well if you consider league chemistry. If you have a WSL-based squad, Nicoli might be the card to go for. If you have a higher budget, the Guti Fantasy FC Hero SBC offers amazing value even without any upgrades in the future. Unlocking the card will grant you a brilliant creative playmaker. The post EA FC 25 Fantasy FC Player Pick SBC solutions appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The Ruud Gullit Icon SBC is now live in EA FC 25, and you can complete the challenge to unlock the Dutch legend for your Ultimate Team squad. While the base version of Gullit has been available in the market for a long time, this SBC guarantees you the card. It's certainly an expensive challenge to consider, as there are 14 tasks. EA FC 25 Ruud Gullit Icon SBC tasks Here are the requirements of all 14 tasks. Task 1 - Born Legend Exactly 11 Players: Rare Exactly Bronze Players Task 2 - Rising Star Exactly 11 Players: Rare Exactly Silver Players Task 3 - On a Loan Min. Team Rating: 84 Task 4 - The Dutch Tulip Min. 1 Players from: Milano FC Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 85 Task 5 - Blue is the new Red Min. 1 Players from: Chelsea Min. Team Rating: 86 Task 6 - Oranje Machine Captain Min. 1 Players from: Netherlands Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 86 Task 7 - League Finesse Min. 1 Players from: Premier League Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 86 Task 8 - League Legend Min. 1 Players from: Serie A TIM Min. Team Rating: 87 Task 9 - Top-notch Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 87 Task 10 - 87-Rated Squad Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 87 Task 11 - 88-Rated Squad Min. Team Rating: 88 Task 12 - 88-Rated Squad Min. Team Rating: 88 Task 13 - 88-Rated Squad Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week Min. Team Rating: 88 Task 14 - 89-Rated Squad Min. Team Rating: 89 EA FC 25 Ruud Gullit Icon SBC solutions Here's a set of solutions you can use to complete the latest Icon SBC in Ultimate Team. Task 1 - Born Legend 11 Rare Bronze items Task 2 - Rising Star 11 Rare Silver items Task 3 - On a Loan Any 11 84-rated items Task 4 - The Dutch Tulip Any 9 85-rated items Any 85-rated TOTW item Bennacer 83 Task 5 - Blue is the new Red Lavelle 87 Blundell 84 Pajor 87 Sommer 87 James 84 Ruben Neves 84 Vlahovic 84 Gundogan 87 Engen 84 Benzema 86 De Paul 84 Task 6 - Oranje Machine Captain Lavelle 87 Blundell 84 Pajor 87 Sommer 87 Simons 83 Palmer 85 Vlahovic 84 Gundogan 87 Engen 84 Any 86-rated TOTW item De Paul 84 Task 7 - League Finesse Lavelle 87 Blundell 84 Pajor 87 Sommer 87 Simons 83 Palmer 85 Vlahovic 84 Gundogan 87 Engen 84 Any 86-rated TOTW item De Paul 84 Task 8 - League Legend Osimhen 87 Palmer 85 Musiala 87 Pedri 86 Pajor 87 Mateo 85 Gabriel 86 Hansen 90 Girellli 85 Bastoni 87 Benzema 86 Task 9 - Top-notch Osimhen 87 Palmer 85 Musiala 87 Pedri 86 Pajor 87 Mateo 85 Gabriel 86 Hansen 90 Girellli 85 Any 87-rated TOTW item Benzema 86 Task 10 - 87-Rated Squad Osimhen 87 Palmer 85 Musiala 87 Pedri 86 Pajor 87 Mateo 85 Gabriel 86 Hansen 90 Girellli 85 Any 87-rated TOTW item Benzema 86 Task 11 - 88-Rated Squad Pajor 87 Renard 88 Osimhen 87 Gundogan 87 Hegerberg 89 Gabriel 86 Mead 88 Messi 88 Kobel 88 Ederson 88 Reiten 88 Task 12 - 88-Rated Squad Pajor 87 Renard 88 Osimhen 87 Gundogan 87 Hegerberg 89 Gabriel 86 Mead 88 Messi 88 Kobel 88 Ederson 88 Reiten 88 Task 13 - 88-Rated Squad Pajor 87 Renard 88 Osimhen 87 Gundogan 87 Hegerberg 89 Gabriel 86 Mead 88 Messi 88 Kobel 88 Ederson 88 Any 88-rated TOTW item Task 14 - 89-Rated Squad Mahrez Grassroot Greats 89 Any 90-rated TOTW item Cahill Grassroot Greats Hero 89 Picket Grassroot Greats 89 Mapi Leon 89 Brandt RTTK 89 Palhinha 85 Hegerberg 89 Odegaard 89 Van Dijk 89 Casemiro 84 It's best to avoid the SBC unless you're a die-hard fan of Gullit. As good as the card is, it's already below the current power curve. With items having two playstyle+, there are better cards at cheaper prices to consider. The recently launcher Guti Fantasy FC SBC offers far better value, and it costs lot less to complete. The post EA FC 25 Ruud Gullit Icon SBC solutions appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

While the Envoy in Avowed does have an actual level, a large component of their strength lies in the gear they have equipped. Part of the reason for this is because of the way Avowed's attributes function: they are incremental in nature. A few extra points in strength to boost damage is nice, but it pales in comparison to gear quality when looked at it in terms of raw power increases. As such, gear is an important piece in the power progression puzzle of Avowed. View the full article

The Submarines in Fisch have upgrades, and you’ll need to get your hands on some precious fish and materials to take your underwater vessel to the next level. Roblox Fisch’s latest update brings the highly anticipated Mariana’s Veil to the game, where you need to use your Submarine to go down the Roslit waters to find different levels. Some levels have requirements you must complete to gain access to the next zone and obtain the Dr. Glimmerfin suit, which is resistant to different temperatures. If you’re looking to acquire the first Heat Submarine upgrade, we’ve got you covered. View the full article

Poppy Playtimeisn’t just about jump scares and creepy toys; it creates a deep and unsettling nightmare experience. What started as a simple horror game quickly developed into a complicated story full of disturbing details about the shady Playtime Co. and its dark past. From the eerie quiet of an abandoned toy factory to the thrilling chases through tight vents and winding hallways, each chapter takes players deeper into terror, pushing the limits of what the series wants to show. View the full article

In Marvel Rivals, The Thing is a strong frontline hero meant to take charge on the battlefield. He’s tough and designed to soak up damage while disrupting enemy strategies and supporting his team. The Thing doesn’t just stand there; he actively engages in fights, controlling the action, and protecting his teammates. One of the easier Fantastic Four members to control, he was added in during Season 1. View the full article