Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has been live and kicking for over a month, and that’s plenty of time for players to rigorously field-test all the new Incantations and Sorceries. Now, the verdict is in—the new DLC spells are frustratingly bad. Players on Reddit have been complaining about Shadow of the Erdtree‘s spells since the expansion dropped, but a July 25 Reddit thread succinctly describes the problem. View the full article
In a certifiably not-great week for gaming CPUs, AMD have announced that the new Ryzen 9000 series is being delayed for a few days. That’s thanks to initial production units not being up to standards, an AMD executive admitted, and comes shortly after rivals Intel copped to a potentially chip-******** fault in their latest Core processors. Ah well, there’s always – oh, wait. No. Those are the only two. Read more View the full article
Everyone loves Radahn! Perhaps one of the most memorable bosses in Elden Ring is a fan favourite among players and far-flung spectators alike. But if you're still hungry for some time with FromSoftware's beloved horse rider you can spend an indefinate amount of time with the bloke in an unexpected game: League of Legends. This comes courtesy of a fan-made skin for Pantheon available through Rune Forge, the MOBA's biggest hub for custom skins. For those who download it, Pantheon will be totally morphed into the Elden Ring boss, with all his abilities altered to match Radahn's own move set. The creator of the skin Kaizen posted their results on Twitter, as well as work-in-process videos and screenshots in prior weeks that you can check through. It's always ***** to see grassroots, passion-led creatives make all manner of fun stuff for their chosen games, and League is no different with its community skin scene. Read more View the full article
Many Ultimate Modules in The First Descendant change how your builds work and require dedicated strategy. The Absolute Curse Module is designed to help you in Void Intercept Battles, so here’s how to get and use it in The First Descendant. Where to find the Absolute Curse Module in The First Descendant It’s best to combine this farm with something else. Screenshot by Dot Esports Absolute Curse is an Ultimate Descendant Module in The First Descendant, which you can unlock by farming two specific activities. The drop rate for this Module ranges from four to five percent (depending on the difficulty), but it can also drop from multiple missions in Hagios and Vespers as a monster drop. View the full article
The hotly anticipated Fallout 4 mod, Fallout London, finally launches today, July 25, after a series of delays. Team FOLON lead project manager Dean Carter told Inverse that, “unless nuclear war happens, yes,” July 25 is the release date. Fallout London is perhaps the most high-profile mod ever created, and lets players engage with everything from “stuffy parliamentary aristocrats to a resurrection of the Knights of the Round Table to an uncompromising cult of revolutionaries" in what amounts to an expansion-sized add-on. It has even secured the likes of Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon for its voice cast, with former *** Speaker of the House John Bercow in the game, too. The mod was previously due to arrive on April 23, 2024 but actual Fallout developer Bethesda announced a surprise update for Fallout 4, which the mod developer feared would impact its release. Carter later lamented how Bethesda, which has made clear it's aware of Fallout: London, ******* to inform Team FOLON of its plans. "That has, for lack of a better term, sort of screwed us over, somewhat,” Carter said. As a result of Bethesda’s Fallout 4 updates, the release of Fallout London is slightly fiddly. If you get the mod on GOG, it’s compatible with Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition from both GOG and Steam. But the Steam version of the game is after the next-gen update, making it non-compatible, which means you have to downgrade your game. Meanwhile, GOG has confirmed that Fallout London won't be playable via Epic Games Store-bought copies of Fallout 4 at launch because the storefront doesn't support update rollbacks. Bethesda development chief Todd Howard has confirmed Fallout 5 will arrive after the Elder Scrolls 6, which is still years away itself, though massively multiplayer online game Fallout 76 continues to be updated. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
Since its inception, Red ***** Online has introduced five roles to the main game. These roles function as classes, and the newest one included in the Moonshiners DLC is the Moonshiner, a more illicit role than the rest. So, how does one go about becoming a Moonshiner? Becoming a Moonshiner in Red ***** Online The new Moonshiner role is an offshoot of the original Trader specialist role in Red ***** Online introduced in the latest update. To unlock the class, you first need to become a Trader and then get the role up to level five. This can be expensive since you must purchase a Butcher’s Table for 15 Gold Bars to get started as a Trader. You can do this from the Wilderness Outfitters store. View the full article
Finding the balance with XP sliders in College Football 25 can be a game-changer. If you want to find the most realistic approach, we’ve got you covered. XP sliders in College Football 25 control the rate players in different positions gain experience, with the standard rates in the game providing much slower gains for some positions than others—which isn’t the best approach. View the full article
With Deadpool & Wolverine now rolling out in theaters worldwide and many Marvel fans revisiting the two characters' past solo adventures, it makes sense that we'd hear something from Logan director James Mangold, who tried to wrap up Hugh Jackman's run as Wolverine back in 2017 at 20th Century Fox. Unsurprisingly, he doesn't have kind words for cinematic universes, yet almost half his big-screen career is IP work. The filmmaker admits in an interview for Rolling Stone, following the release of the first trailer for his Bob Dylan biopic, that even he's surprised he's worked in "the world of IP entertainment," which is funny considering he's cashed three **** checks already thanks to two Wolverine movies and the fifth Indiana Jones. Moreover, he's set to direct a Star Wars movie at Lucasfilm and Swamp Thing for James Gunn's DCU, Warner's new attempt at mimicking the MCU. "It’s weird that I’ve even worked in the world of IP entertainment because I don’t like multi-movie universe-building. I think it’s the ****** of storytelling. The ****** of storytelling. It’s more interesting to people the way the Legos connect than the way the story works in front of us," he explained. And you know what? The thing is that he's not wrong. Studios and fans often get lost looking for quick profits and surface-level satisfaction even if fan-service and proper good narratives can coexist. Read more View the full article
Over 500 World of Warcraft developers at Blizzard have come together to form a union, narrowly missing out on pipping the Bethesda staff who did the same late last week to the post, but it's ok, there was never anything other than a a bit of "friendly" competition between the two. This Blizzard union is called the WoW Gamemaker's Guild, or WoWGG, and has been formed in partnership with the Communications Workers of America, or CWA. The difference between this union and ones we've seen in the past is that's its a wall-to-wall union, meaning members stretch across multiple departments within the company, rather than a single portion of the company. He added that, while, there was a bit of fun competion going on between the Blizzard and Bethesda staff over their efforts to unionise, the WoW folks are more than fine having taken second place, saying: "In a friendly way, we were seeing who was going to squeak in there first. Never happier to be outrun. Huge congratulations to them." Read more View the full article
Sony has begun rolling out a new PlayStation 5 firmware update beta, and it’s one with somewhat of an unusual set of features. The new beta mainly includes three features that enhance what’s already there in interesting new ways. Perhaps the most interesting (and longest in development) is the ability for the PS5 to create custom 3D audio profiles for each user based on the unique characteristics of their ears. Read more View the full article
Team builder for College Football 25 provides a staggering amount of customization and the ability to create your own teams, but some players are experiencing issues with the feature. If the team builder isn’t working for you, we have some tips to fix it. As an online feature, team builder in College Football 25 is subject to the usual woes of server issues and maintenance, but some problems may occur on your end. If this is the case, we’ve got some fixes. View the full article
There’s a lot of good TV available nowadays, but one show surpassed the others after receiving a “record 23 Emmy nominations, with The.” We know what the answer is if you’re struggling with the July 25 NYT Mini Crossword. For a show to beat out Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Walking *****, and countless other hit TV shows, it must be doing something right. So much so it’s been immortalized in the July 25 edition of the NYT Mini Crossword. View the full article
The War Within is just around the corner. Patch 11.0 has dropped, and judging by the World of Warcraft community’s reaction, there’s lots to laugh about. Patch 11.0 makes sweeping Talent changes, adds Skyriding for most flying mounts in WoW, and introduces Warbands so your characters can finally share items, currency, and Renown. Warbands are undoubtedly the standout feature; WoW’s character select screen underwent a substantial makeover in 11.0, so as soon as you log in, you see your top four characters cozily huddled around a campfire. View the full article
Apex Legends developers Respawn Entertainment have announced that poorly-received plans to overhaul the battle royale's Premium Battle Pass will be partially walked back. Most crucially, the new passes – set to launch alongside the upcoming Season 22 in August – will no longer be sold exclusively for real-world cash; as with previous BPs, players will still be able to buy them with accumulated in-game currency. Read more View the full article
I've never been a poetry guy, not because I don't like it, I've just never gone out of my way to read them over books or whatnot. The poems I've engaged with the most are those read out during wedding ceremonies, those that pop-up before the start of a horror game, or The Tiger by 6-year old Nael that occasionally pops up as I'm doomscrolling. But thanks to the multiplayer web game "fridge poetry", where you drag words to create poems, I might become a day-to-day poem guy. Going off my first effort, I don't think many will appreciate my career switch. Read more View the full article
Concord, Sony’s $40 hero shooter set to launch on PlayStation 5 and PC in August, does not have a battle pass. Sony-owned developer Firewalk Studios took to social media to answer questions coming out of the recent closed and open betas, and confirmed Concord bucks the live service trend by ditching a battle pass in favor of an old-school unlock system fueled simply by playing the game, completing objectives, and leveling up. “Concord does not have a battle pass,” Firewalk said. “We wanted to focus our attention on making Concord a rewarding and robust experience on day one, where just playing the game, leveling up your accounts and characters, and completing jobs yields meaningful rewards.” No Battle Pass, folks. You own Concord, Concord doesn't own you. Firewalk Studios gameplay animation director, Mark DeRidder, followed up by tweeting: “No Battle Pass, folks. You own Concord, Concord doesn't own you.” Concord is set to enter the tough live service hero shooter market, taking on established players such as Blizzard's Overwatch 2, EA's Apex Legends, and Riot's Valorant by charging $40 all-in, rather than go free-to-play with microtransactions and battle passes, as its competitors do. The game’s chances of success are a hot topic online, with recent poor concurrent player numbers on Steam for the closed and open beta fueling the sense that Concord will likely struggle on PC. Concord may fare better on PS5 (Sony does not make PlayStation player numbers public), but tough questions will surely continue around whether the game hits Sony’s commercial expectations for it. Sony has found enormous success going down the PS5/PC cross-platform route for fellow PlayStation live service, Helldivers 2. Arrowhead’s third-person co-op shooter, which also launched at $40, is PlayStation's fastest-selling game of all time with over 12 million sold in 12 weeks. Early indicators suggest Concord will struggle to emulate its live service predecessor’s sales success. Meanwhile, Firewalk confirmed Concord does not have a PvE mode at launch, although pointed to the addition of new modes in the future. Concord launches with the six 5v5 PvP modes seen in the beta, alongside 12 maps and hundreds of customization items to unlock. The idea is Firewalk will release new characters, maps, and plenty more as part of regular post-launch seasons. Cinematic vignettes will be released weekly in-game at launch (three we shown during the beta). These let you get to know the characters and learn about life as a Freegunner and the broader Concord galaxy. One big problem the beta suffered from was no mid-match leaver penalty, and no join-in-progress system. That meant players would be faced with playing as part of an under strength team, or against a team short on numbers, which would encourage more players to leave. Firewalk said “ensuring teams are complete and evenly matched throughout a game is a priority for us,” and confirmed plans to explore the potential of a leaver penalty system “to incentivize players to start and stay in complete teams,” but it doesn’t sound like it will be in place for launch. And finally, at launch, Concord will have its training mode and Galactic Guide unlocked. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
Recruitment is a vital component of success in College Football 25. Managing your recruiting hours is pivotal, but can you increase the number of hours available? We’ve got the answers. Learning how to recruit is the most important thing in College Football 25, and we have plenty of tips to help you get to grips with the mechanic, but maximizing the time available to you is the most valuable approach. View the full article
An update for the PC version will launch on the same date, including an improved block and parry system, charged heavy attacks, new enemies, UI changes, and improved controller support. View the full article
After Five Nights at Freddy's success on the big screen, it only makes sense that Hollywood studios are scrambling to find the next hit which may convince Generation Alpha to leave their computers and phones for a bit and visit the nearest cinema. However, trying to make a franchise out of the brain-rotting viral Internet sensation Skibidi ******* might be a bit too much. Variety shared an exclusive interview with filmmaker Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman on July 24. The main subject of the conversation? They're seriously looking at Skibidi ******* as something with movie and TV potential. If you aren't a teenager, chances are you don't know what the ***** we're blabbering about here, so let us give you a quick rundown of Skibidi ******* lore: In a general sense, Skibidi ******* is a machinima web series of YouTube videos and shorts that have been created by Alexey Gerasimov and uploaded to the channel ******!?*****!. These were produced using Valve's handy Source Filmmaker, and while the series started as kind of a joke, it's somehow evolved into a story that presents a fictional war between human-headed toilets and humanoid characters with electronic devices for heads. Read more View the full article
Has your mind ever been blown while doing a crossword? Mine has. Today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue is all about how you’d react or what you might say in a mind-blowing situation. Imagine you got Wordle on the first try. That’s mind-blowing. What’s the first thing that would come out of your mouth in that scenario? View the full article
The Escalation of Freedom is Helldivers 2‘s biggest update yet, and in addition to introducing new content, it features quality-of-life changes to address the grief-kicking problem. In a Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom blog post on July 24, developer Arrowhead Game Studios announced a system where if you get kicked, you spawn in a new session as a host with all the team’s loot from the previous session. You can pick up all the items before extraction and get out without losing any rewards. View the full article
Chained Together is the latest platforming co-op sensation where you climb up from ***** while chained to another player—and it’s finally come to Roblox. While similar to the game it’s based on, this is still a Roblox game with codes. Here are all the codes for Roblox Chained Together. View the full article
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Grit And Valor 1949 certainly evokes the tactics of Into The Breach, with its stompy machinery and floating tile battlegrounds. But, despite all appearances, this one isn’t actually turn-based at all. A tiley, tiny real time strategy then? Aye, and one that’s actually pretty frantic as it happens. Missions are snappy, intense skirmishes. You’ll ****** off waves while trying to protect your useless, freeloading command vehicle. This threat, combined with on-the-fly tactical consider-me-do's like utilising cover and keeping rock-paper-scissors matchups in your favour ends up spawning something quite distinct. Please, do stomp on, preferably with less hypens for all our sakes. Read more View the full article
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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has been live and kicking for over a month, and that’s plenty of time for players to rigorously field-test all the new Incantations and Sorceries. Now, the verdict is in—the new DLC spells are frustratingly bad. Players on Reddit have been complaining about Shadow of the Erdtree‘s spells since the expansion dropped, but a July 25 Reddit thread succinctly describes the problem. View the full article