Bloober Team is making a Star Trek game, we discovered over the weekend. It will feature badass bajoran Ro Laren, and yes it's a horror game. It's a combination of genre, developer and licence that could only be the product of throwing darts at a board. Maybe a drunken game of Mad Libs... Read more.View the full article
The southernmost POI of the island in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3, aka Cluster Coast, has a hidden secret vault for you to access. Unlocking it requires you to complete a few extra steps. Once you unlock the vault, you’ll find some wonderful rewards. Let’s find out how to solve this mysterious puzzle to gain access to the vault. Table of contentsCluster Coast Hidden Vault location in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3How to unlock the Cluster Coast Hidden Vault in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3https://embeds.beehiiv.com/a8d62108-86ed-4039-bf49-44877ba62c15 Cluster Coast Hidden Vault location in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 The secret vault in Cluster Coast is located in the building opposite the mansion. Go in through the entrance that’s exactly opposite the mansion, and you’ll find the door to the vault on your left. Screenshot by Destructoid If you’re where I am in the image above, you’ll be in the vault. However, you can’t just waltz your way in. You’ll first need to unlock the door. Screenshot by Destructoid How to unlock the Cluster Coast Hidden Vault in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 To unlock the vault, we will need to find the Duck Key. To get the key, you’ll have to spot a mysterious rubber duck wearing a pair of glasses. I found it around the golden water fountain in front of the mansion. Screenshot by Destructoid However, it can also spawn in the swimming pool in the left room of the mansion. Also check the aquarium in the mansion and the pool outside. The duck will spawn in one of these four locations. You’ll get the chance to interact with it to get the key. Screenshot by Destructoid Next, take the key and enter the building that contains the vault. When you enter the door, you’ll find a glass case. Place the key in it, and you’ll open a secret door that leads to the vault. Screenshot by Destructoid The vault door is opposite the pool. It will be automatically unlocked once you place the Duck Key. Screenshot by Destructoid Head inside, and you’ll get two Rare Chests, two Chests, two Ammo Crates, and plenty of Gold. I also found the Legendary Hunting Rifle from one of the Rare Chests, so make sure to access the vault if possible. /wp-content/themes/destructoid2025/assets/img/icons/likes-off.png0 The post How to open the Cluster Coast Hidden Vault in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
It's a tale of two immersive sim remasters: Over the weekend, we shared the first trailer for Nightdive's take on Thief: The Dark Project in the PC Gaming Show, and the vibes couldn't be better. Nightdive has already shown a strong grasp of Looking Glass' Dark Engine and visual style in the System Shock 2 remaster... Read more.View the full article
Apple announced a ******* effort for trust and safety to protect children on its platforms. During the WWDC keynote on Apple’s campus, Apple leader Craig Federighi announced the company has revamped tools for both parents and game developers to help them protect kids and reduce their exposure to inappropriate content on Apple devices. In the past year or so, this has become a huge issue as parents — and lawyers — push back against social media platforms and gaming platforms like Roblox. Countries around the world are considering or enforcing regulations for social media and online games in the name of child safety. The company has teamed up with the American Academy of Pediatrics to come up with child safety guidelines. There are a number of software development kit (SDK) tools for developers of games and other apps to use to protect kids. (You can see the list in this image). Apple’s child safety tools for developers. Source: Apple Parents can create child accounts that block adult websites and more, and they can convert existing accounts to bring them under more direct control. The parent-controlled accounts govern what kids can see, who they can talk to, and what they have access to. It gives parents tools to control what their kids see over time. Start Focused is a tool that gives parents control, giving kids access only to what they need immediately, and the list of sites can be expanded over time. Apple’s child safety tools are getting easier to use. Source: Apple Parents are in control of who kids can talk to, and parents need to give permission before anyone can connect. Parents can also screen the content that kids can see in live interactions, such as chat or live FaceTime calls. It can block ******* content, gore, or violence in real time. Parents can also set screen time. They can set Time Allowances. Each category has its own time allowance recommendation to begin with, with guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Apple said it can also control social media access, as experts say children under 13 should not use it. Parents can set up a schedule to show what apps can be available to kids during the day. They can fully customize the schedules and give more leeway for time for games, entertainment and social media on the weekends. Apple redesigned Screentime, a tool for parents, to see at a glance how kids are using devices. Parents can see how their kids are using their devices and then use a tap to adjust the time for any given activity. Developers can use a declared age-range API to tailor the app experience for kids. Kids can use a feature “Ask to Browse” to ask their parents if they can see a web site. It is automatically enabled for kids under 13. Parents can enable it for kids too. The post Apple launches renewed trust and safety effort for protecting kids | WWDC appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article
Gears of War: E-Day's big showing at the Xbox Games Showcase was primarily focused on its campaign, but the game is also set to have what will undoubtedly be a killer multiplayer mode too, and players won't have to wait too long to try it. Xbox has confirmed that a multiplayer beta is coming, starting on August 6. While the "open beta" will eventually be available to everyone, those who preorder Gears of War: E-Day can get in early and play during the first beta weekend. Here are all the details you need until then. How to Get Into the Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta As far as Beta Codes go, the Gears website also says that, "Players who digitally pre-order Gears of War: E-Day are automatically granted Early Access to the Open Beta and do not require a Beta Code." Players who pre-order a physical edition should expect to receive a Beta Code at the point of ***** from participating retailers, granting entry into Open Beta for Early Access." That means Gears of War: E-Day's beta is ultimately open to everyone, but, as we mentioned, players who preorder any edition of the game can jump in before the wider public (that includes the standard, premium, or collector's edition). Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass subscribers will also receive access during the August 6 weekend as part of their membership benefits. As far as how it works for everyone else looking to access in the second beta weekend, we'll have to await further information from Xbox. Gears of War: E-Day - Preorder GuideSee at Amazon - $69.99See at Best Buy - $69.99See at GameStop - $69.99See at Walmart - $69 Digital See at Best Buy - $69.99See at Xbox - $69.99 PC See at Steam - $69.99[/url]When is the Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta? Xbox has confirmed that Gears of War: E-Day's multiplayer beta will be split across two weekends, starting on August 6. Gears of War E-Day is an Xbox Console Exclusive Standard Edition of Gears of War: E-Day is available in both a physical and digital format, and listed for $69.99. But, it's only available for Xbox consoles and on PC. This one isn't coming to PS5. Alongside the main game and getting early access to the Open Beta, ordering now also sets you up with a preorder bonus of a character skin and weapon skin. If you are going this route, I'd suggest a choosing retailer like Best Buy or Amazon, which won't charge you until the game eventually ships in October later this year. If you don't click with the game during the beta, you can simply cancel your preorder without the stress of having to await a refund. Robert Anderson is IGN's Senior Commerce Editor and resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Bluesky. View the full article
The Hawk Eye Evolution is live in FC 26, and it’s a terrific set of upgrades you can use on a card of your choice. The evolution allows you to use up to 91-rated items, and the selected card will get stat boosts, playstyles, roles, and more. Let’s find out the best candidates for this evolution based on the requirements and offered upgrades. Table of contentsFC 26 Hawk Eye Evolution requirementsFC 26 Hawk Eye Evolution upgradesBest players to use in Hawk Eye Evolutionhttps://embeds.beehiiv.com/a8d62108-86ed-4039-bf49-44877ba62c15 FC 26 Hawk Eye Evolution requirements Here are the requirements of Hawk Eye Evolution in FC 26. Overall: Max 91 PlayStyle: Max 10 PlayStyle+: Max 2 Not Rarity: World Tour Silver Stars Not Position: GK FC 26 Hawk Eye Evolution upgrades The evolution has three upgrade levels, each with specific conditions to meet. Level 1 upgrades Overall: +20|93 Acceleration: +20|93 Positioning: +20|95 Sprint Speed: +20|93 PlayStyles+: Quick Step|3 PlayStyles: Low Driven Shot Level 2 upgrades Finishing: +20|95 Long Shots: +20|95 Shot Power: +20|95 Volleys: +20|96 PlayStyles+: Finesse Shot|3 PlayStyles: Rapid|8 Level 3 upgrades Aggression: +20|95 Jumping: +20|95 Stamina: +20|95 Strength: +20|95 PlayStyles+: Gamechanger|3 PlayStyles: Relentless Level 1 upgrade requirements Play 1 match in Squad Battles on min Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events) using your active EVO player. Level 2 upgrade requirements Play 1 match in Squad Battles on min Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events) using your active EVO player. Level 3 upgrade requirements Play 1 match in Squad Battles on min Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events) using your active EVO player in game. Best players to use in Hawk Eye Evolution Here are some of my best recommendations to include in the evolution. Fabian Ruiz Showdown Frenkie De Jong Flashback Seger TOTY Icon Gavi Showdown Dewsbury-Hall FC Fantasy Live Oscar Bobb FC Fantasy Lamine Yamal LaLiga POTM Neymar (create a chain) Endrick TOTW Bahoya Ultimate Birthday Doue Future Stars /wp-content/themes/destructoid2025/assets/img/icons/likes-off.png0 The post Best players for FC 26 Hawk Eye Evolution appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
God of War Laufey proved immediately controversial, and I get it. GOW sent players on a quest to give Faye peace in the afterlife, and now we learn she’d actually been fighting demons in hell the whole time. The memes are, naturally, marvelous. quick fanart for#godofwarlaufey#godofwar [Hidden Content] — 민아 (@_als_dk) June 3, 2026 I love how fans have already established that Fey isn’t in normal Hell, the one made for puny humans, but “super hell”, something meant to prevent even deities from getting away. [Hidden Content] Kratos: “Fear not boy, your mother is finally at peace.” Meanwhile Faye getting TOD air combo’d in super hell: [Hidden Content] — ERT (@ErtDoesArt) June 3, 2026 Or maybe even super duper hell, as others have pointed out. Anyway, the trend is to compare Faye’s predicament in the game to the direst moment in the history of various main characters, and it’s great. Image via Twitter And having to fight demons for all eternity is pretty awful, I suppose, so some of these memes take the psychological horror approach, and they work just as well. Image via Twitter Many fans have also been very interested in the newly introduced gods of war from different cultures, which, despite looking quite monstrous in the game, can exhibit extremely human expressions, courtesy of Santa Monica’s artistic prowess. Image via BlueSky And as far as the gameplay itself goes, Laufey looks like a blast, but there’s a fair bit of criticism to be had. Some have been complaining that Faye doesn’t look as attractive as her IRL reference, but that’s a discourse I have zero interest in. Artists should be allowed to let their vision come to life. Giving angry Twitter voices a say in the matter will only ensure we get a less-inspired version of what we were going to have in the first place. God of War: Laufey [Hidden Content] — No.2 Type B (@S00GE) June 2, 2026 I believe the tweet above translates to “let them cook,” and I’m all here for it. The worthy criticism here, I believe, is how the plot of this game undermines the heartfelt journey in the God of War reboot, where Kratos and Atreus set out to scatter the ashes of Faye, because that’d be a worthy father-son journey, and also a way to grant Faye rest. Knowing she’d actually been in “super hell” the entire time does undermine that quite a bit, though, as I’ve just said, it’s important to let the people behind the game tell their story as they want to. The criticism, constructive, I hope, can follow after all is said and done. An example of nefarious criticism is the one seen by Domino’s Pizza, which can be given the benefit of the doubt for having perhaps been born from a place of honesty, but it serves a shadier purpose, whether the author was aware or not. Domino’s Twitter account compared a God of War game with no Kratos to pepperoni pizza with no pepperoni, a take nobody really gains anything from. That sucks because, even if unintentionally, we’re looking at a big brand spreading what could very well read like echoes of Gamergate. Luckily, Sony Santa Monica shut that down very nicely. ok thanks for the feedback, dominos pizza corporate account — Santa Monica Studio – God of War Laufey (@SonySantaMonica) June 3, 2026 And though I have no insider knowledge on Laufey, I’m pretty sure Kratos will be in the game. This feels like playing the God of War reboot, believing that we totally wouldn’t get to wield the blades of chaos at some point. Another fair criticism is that, well, we’ve seen gods trying to make it out of hell in about half the games in this series, but that has never stopped them from being fun, so there’s that. Regardless, seeing Faye pushing through what I’m very sure will be increasingly more perilous and brutal scenarios will only more clearly remind me of all the memes, which will definitely help carry me throughout the entire thing with equal parts laughter and thirst for ****** blood. /wp-content/themes/destructoid2025/assets/img/icons/likes-off.png0 The post These brilliant God Of War Laufey memes totally sold me on the game appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Keep up with redeeming these new Spin a Femboy codes, and you'll generate **** stacks of cash faster than ever before. They're already money-printing machines in their own right, but who are you to pass up an extra revenue stream in this economy? Read the full story on PCGamesN: Spin a Femboy codes (June 2026) View the full article
If you like the sort of game that actively plays itself, toss in these Portal Keeper codes, and you'll be swimming in free rewards, including the good stuff you'll need to enchant your favorite weapons. Leave them to expire, and you'll have to put in some serious time to earn what was once only a few clicks away. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Portal Keeper codes (June 2026) View the full article
We welcome this fresh wave of Roblox management games, and while new Run a Restaurant codes won't have you playing a wholly unique take on the genre, they will give you a good start in running a familiar establishment. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Run a Restaurant codes (June 2026) View the full article
These new Noob Incremental codes can boost your journey through one of the most tastefully meme-laden Roblox games in a hot minute. Turning Noobs into Oofs is your main objective, with the ultimate goal being to "become the ultimate Noob." What a dream. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Noob Incremental codes (June 2026) View the full article
Diablo Immortal has officially unveiled the new Warlock class, marking the 10th class available in the game. First announced as part of the Diablo 30th Anniversary celebration back in February, Diablo Immortal will be the third game in the franchise to add the Warlock to its ranks this year. The Warlock is coming to Diablo Immortal on June 17 alongside the game's 5.0 update. View the full article
Xbox’s new chief strategist has said this week’s announced console exclusives are “not a one-off” and that players can expect a “reliable pipeline” of Xbox-only games in the future. Speaking at The Game Business Live event at Summer Game Fest, Xbox’s CSO, Matthew Ball, said the announcement of Gears of War E-Day and Clockwork Revolution as console exclusives is the start of a program at Microsoft. In recent years, Xbox has pushed towards a multiplatform release model, putting nearly all of its biggest releases on rival consoles. However, according to Ball, this weekend’s announcements signal that this strategy has now changed. Read More... View the full article
I'm a goth who plays games. Of course I sunk hundreds of hours into Don't Starve in the 2010s. I was 16 when the spooky survival game released, and it was one of the defining games of my awkward teens. Read the full story on Wargamer: First impressions: The Don't Starve board game is another overcooked videogame tie-in View the full article
Steam Bullet Fest is on now through June 15th at 10 am PT. As you can see from our trailer, there are all kinds of shoot-'em-ups offering discounts all week long! You'll find hack-n-slashes, anime side scrollers, incremental bullet hells, and more. Join us now for Steam Bullet Fest, on through June 15th at 10 am Pacific! View the full article
Steam Bullet Fest is on now through June 15th at 10 am PT. As you can see from our trailer, there are all kinds of shoot-'em-ups offering discounts all week long! You'll find hack-n-slashes, anime side scrollers, incremental bullet hells, and more. Join us now for Steam Bullet Fest, on through June 15th at 10 am Pacific! View the full article
Survival title Solarpunk is now available in version 1.0, and while there aren’t tons of settings to tweak, you can still get the most out of it if you’re on PC. It’s not a graphically intensive game, but almost every new launch has some optimization issues. This guide will help you ensure that you’re running Solarpunk at maximum frames and without any lag. Best Solarpunk graphics settingshttps://embeds.beehiiv.com/a8d62108-86ed-4039-bf49-44877ba62c15 Before I deep dive into the best settings, here’s a summary of my current setup. 32 GB of DDR4 RAM AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Radeon RT 9060 XT My system is comfortably above the recommended settings, but yours might not be. Nevertheless, the following list of settings will help you run Solarpunk without any lag or stutters. Image via Cyberwave Quality: Medium (This seems like the sweet spot if your PC is older. While you can go lower and get better performance, Medium shouldn’t create much of a problem. Unfortunately, only presets are currently available). Display: Borderless (I did encounter a stutter or two when it started to rain, and the display was on Fullscreen. Going Borderless seems like the better option). Vsync: It’s best to keep this off if you aren’t having lag. If you are, enable it. While Vsync will limit the frames you get, it results in smoother gameplay. FOV: 80 (This is the lowest you can go, and it’s fine if you want to avoid lag. Having a higher FOV is a luxury since this isn’t Call of Duty, where we will want to detect the enemy from as far as we can). Overall, Solarpunk goes easy on all modern systems due to its low requirements. The performance also appears to be better compared to the earlier demo, which is a positive. /wp-content/themes/destructoid2025/assets/img/icons/likes-off.png0 The post Best Solarpunk graphics settings for no lag and max FPS appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is bringing back Queen's Blood, though game director Naoki Hamaguchi has revealed that players will notice a big change once they delve into the story of the popular mini-game. Since its introduction in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the return of Queen's Blood in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation was done with player feedback taken into consideration. View the full article
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Bloober Team is making a Star Trek game, we discovered over the weekend. It will feature badass bajoran Ro Laren, and yes it's a horror game. It's a combination of genre, developer and licence that could only be the product of throwing darts at a board. Maybe a drunken game of Mad Libs... Read more.View the full article