All of Zibai’s materials in Genshin Impact have been leaked, and I highly recommend that you start farming these items to make sure you have most of what’s needed ready to Ascend the character to max level and upgrade her Talents. Zibai is a new Geo character arriving in Version 6.3, as teased by developer HoYoverse. Alongside Columbina, she is expected to be one of the two new 5-star characters in Genshin Impact 6.3, though the update should also feature the 4-star unit Illuga. View the full article
With Roblox doing absolutely silly numbers this year with games like Grow a Garden and, worryingly, Steal a Brainrot pulling tens of millions more concurrent players than almost any game in history, it's getting harder to suggest the platform is just a blip in the long history of gaming. Just as Minecraft kids are now young adults who still enjoy mining for virtual coal, those growing up with Roblox are likely to come back time and again as they age. And if the 2025 Roblox Replay is anything to go by, the proof is in the oof, as one of the best Roblox games around continues to dominate on PC. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Anime Fighting Simulator Endless codes December 2025 Dungeon Hunters codes December 2025 Universal Tower Defense tier list - best units at launch View the full article
Нашумевшая фэнтезийная пошаговая ролевая игра Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 от французской студии Sandfall Interactive стала главным триумфатором сезона наград в 2025 году, однако теперь лишилась одного из титулов «Игра года».View the full article
Dungeons and Dragons, more so the former, haved become synonymous with fantasy tabletop RPGs. Whether you're exploring the Forgotten Realms or wandering the streets of Eberron, some kind of dungeon crawl is inevitable. These ruins are core to the worldbuilding and gameplay of many RPGs. If you're in the mood for a sandbox RPG that features tons of these kinds of ruins, Elden Ring-style, Trespasser might be for you. And its latest update just so happens to be all about dungeons. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Experience the rich history of dungeon crawling with this adventure for DIE RPG Blood on the Clocktower's new Loric make my favorite board game even more entertaining Dire Wolf, the best digital board games publisher around, acquires a rival to Tabletop Simulator View the full article
I freely admit that regular chess isn't quite my jam. It's not that I don't find it a compelling game, there's a good reason why it has stood the test of time. But frankly, I live in an era of the most madcap board games. Explosive felines, secretive dictators, and comedic battle-boarding are only some of the wildest gimmicks I've come across. Since I'm not the "competitive" type, chess never quite grabbed my attention (to the fortune of many high elo players.) But the upcoming Chess Joker from Carl Chudyk might change all that. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best chess sets to buy in 2024 How to play Chess for beginners The our favorite chess-like board games View the full article
Even two years on, Starbreeze Studios seems intent on trying to breathe new life in Payday 3. In the meantime, it's handed the reins for Payday 2 over to Sidetrack Games, who are by all accounts doing a great job of continuing to support the classic. But my attention is elsewhere. I've been getting my heist fix from One-Armed Robber, a free Steam game with a unique twist on the format. It's got a beautiful physicality to the action that really sells the frantic feeling of executing a high-stakes mission, and it just got a new location DLC alongside another big update including a whole heap of explosives and throwables. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: In the run up to Diablo 4's new expansion, you can get this Nordic-inspired ARPG for free A grittier take on post-apocalyptic MMOs like Fallout 76, Pioner finally lands on Steam to mixed reviews Supervive, League of Legends' most promising competitor, is shutting down next year View the full article
For the last four years, the hottest mapping event in the retro FPS scene has been the Quake Brutalist Jam. Here, mapmakers enthralled by id Software's 1996 shooter have gathered to honour architecture's moodiest style, constructing levels designed to evoke its austere, concrete minimalism... Read more.View the full article
It's been a good year for Victoria 3. The 19th-Century grand strategy game struggled hard to match up to its beloved predecessor at launch, but it's been walking a long road to redemption. The past few months in particular have been big winners; following the success of its big Sphere of Influence expansion and Charters of Commerce DLC, the most recent drop has likewise landed to a warm reception. Both Victoria 3 update 1.12 and the Iberian Twilight immersion pack are doing very well for themselves, and recent Steam reviews sit at 88% positive, helping pull its overall rating out of the dreaded 'mixed' range. Now, developer Paradox says it's ready to "return to the main quest" as we move into 2026. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Victoria 3 patch notes deepen the potential for cultural and religious fracture Victoria 3's next DLC embodies Paradox's obsession with historical detail After struggling on Steam, new Victoria 3 DLC lets you curb or coax an uprising View the full article
Fresh after winning Game of the Year at The Game Awards, Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 picked up the lesser known top awards from the Indie Game Awards. But it was stripped of its title hours later over its use of generative AI. The organizers of the The Inide Game Awards show announced Clair Obscur as the winner on Saturday, but they revoked the wins for Game of the Year and Debut Game after the team said it used early generative AI tools for temporary placeholder textures in pre-production. Insider Gaming first reported the revocation of the awards for the role-playing game. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Read This Article Free Get instant access by joining the GB MAX Access tier — it’s free to sign up and unlock premium content.Join Now to Start ReadingAlready a member? Sign in The post Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stripped of Indie Game of the Year win due to GenAI use appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article
Season 4 is arriving soon in FC 26 Ultimate Team to usher in the Christmas spirits, and it could feature wonderful rewards for you to obtain. Season 4 is expected to continue from where the ongoing Season 3 festivities end. Once again, there will be a new season pass with plenty of unique rewards for you to find. However, let's look at when the new season begins for us to kickstart the grind. Table of contentsFC 26 Season 4 release countdownFC 26 Season 4 pass rewardsFC 26 Season 4 release countdown Season 4 will go live on Thursday, Dec. 25. The new season will be live simultaneously across all platforms, and the following countdown will expire when it's available. [hurrytimer id="1158137"] The countdown is based on the following timings. 12am PST2am CST3am EST8am UTC9am CEST This has been the standard schedule that EA Sports follows for the launch of a new season. It's the same moment when Season 3 expires from Ultimate Team. There's plenty of SP to earn if you manage to complete the various objectives that are currently available across different modes. FC 26 Season 4 pass rewards As of writing, we are still waiting for official confirmation regarding Season 4 rewards. A few social media rumors suggest new Silver Icons that will be themed around a global tournament. Most of the seasonal rewards will be presented via the pass, which will have two versions. The rewards on the free version of the pass will be available for all Ultimate Team users. Those opting to spend either 500,000 coins or $10 will be able to get additional rewards. The rewards will feature special cards, packs, cosmetics, and more. Once the season goes live, we will have the complete pass details on this guide. Season 4 could also be the first time when we could end up with the first double playstyle+ item from the rewards track. The post FC 26 Season 4 release countdown and season pass rewards appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
The Cryolophosaurus is a menacing-looking creature that you can tame and add to your party in ARK Survival Ascended if you own the Lost Colony DLC. While it looks like a traditional dinosaur, the Cryolophosaurus has a Cryo pod near its mouth that it uses to throw blasters. This guide will provide you with all the necessary information required for taming this genetic anomaly. Table of contentsBest Cryolophosaurus location in ARK Survival AscendedHow to tame a Cryolophosaurus in ARK Survival AscendedBest Cryolophosaurus location in ARK Survival Ascended The Cryolophosaurus is a relatively common spawn that can be found throughout the northern, western, and eastern parts of the maps. You can encounter it directly in the wild and try to tame it. This is in stark contrast to other creatures like the Gigadesmodus that require you to take down the Alpha Lost King. Remix by Destructoid I have marked some of the locations on the screenshot above. These aren't specific locations; they're zones where the Cryolophosaurus can potentially spawn on the map. How to tame a Cryolophosaurus in ARK Survival Ascended To tame a Cryolophosaurus, you'll first have to knock it out. You're going to need decent gear, a dino mount, and most importantly, a shield. You can use the Riot Shield or a Metal Shield. The Cryolophosaurus has two attacks: the Blizzard Shot and Torpo Blasts. To take down the creature, you don't have to use your guns. Instead, avoid the Blizzard Shot by using a mount. But stay close to the creature so that the fight doesn't reset. To knock it out, you'll have to parry the Torpo Blasts. You don't need to perfect parry by any means; just hold the shield up, and it should do the job. The fight will take some time, depending on how well you can avoid and parry its attacks. If you get hit by the attacks, you'll freeze, and your movements will become slower. Image via Studio Wildcard Once you manage to knock out the creature, just wait for the timer to be up, and you'll have received your brand new Cryolophosaurus. If you're in for a ******* challenge, you can try getting the Gigadesmodus. If you don't want to explore the map to find a Cryolophosaurus, you can also choose to use console commands if they're enabled on your server. The post How to tame the Cryolophosaurus in ARK Survival Ascended Lost Colony DLC appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Red Element is an interesting item available in ARK Survival Ascended if you own the Lost Colony DLC, but its true purpose is yet to be known. While we remain unsure about how to use it exactly, you can obtain the resource and add it to your inventory. You can directly craft it by using the correct ingredients. This guide will help you understand what the Red Element is and how you can obtain it. How to craft Red Element in ARK Survival Ascended Lost Colony DLC To craft Red Element, you'll need the Bloodforge. The Bloodforge itself is part of the Lost Colony DLC. It's a crafting station that allows you to repair your gear with Blood irrespective of its wear and tear. You can also use it to create items like the Red Element. Here's the recipe if you're interested. Two Elements50 Blood Packs To make Element, you/ll want to find lights/street lamps (can be found on bridges). You can get Element Dust by simply destroying these lights. You can then use the resources to craft Element, which is the first of the two resources. Image via Studio Wildcard Second, we are going to need a lot of Blood. For that, you'll first have to build the Medical Stand. This item is used normally to heal your creatures, but you'll need it to craft the Blood Packs. Attach the creature to the Medical Stand, and then activate the Take Blood tab. While your creature will take damage, you'll start generating Blood Packs. You're going to need 50 Blood Packs for a single Red Element. You should keep a check on your creature's health while you're extracting Blood out of it. Once done, you can use the Medical Stand to heal your creature. Image via Studio Wildcard Once you have all the required resources, head to the Bloodforge in your base and use the extracted resources to create Red Element. You'll get an Unstable Red Element, so wait for the Spoil Timer to go down. You'll get the Red Element after completing the process. You can also find Red Element as Outpost mission rewards, which will be required to recruit the Thralls on your side. However, this method takes a lot of time for you to collect a sufficient number of Blood Packs. Hence, crafting is the way to go as it's much more practical. The post How to get Red Element in ARK Survival Ascended Lost Colony DLC appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Организаторы The Indie Game Awards 2025 огласили финалистов, назвав лучшие игры года в той или иной категории. Главный приз взяла Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, отмеченная входящими в жюри представителями СМИ и блогерами. View the full article
В Resident Evil Requiem Леон Кеннеди придет на помощь новой героине Грейс Эшкрофт, которая может вызывать ассоциации с оказавшейся пленницей зараженных паразитом культистов Эшли Грэм из ремейка Resident Evil 4. Дочь президента США не появится в следующей игре, но скоро напомнит о себе в качестве реалистичной статуи производства Infinity Studio. View the full article
Студия Liquid Swords, возглавляемая автором Just Cause Кристофером Сандбергом в начале этого месяца анонсировала приключенческий экшен Samson. Действие игры разворачивается в Тиндалстоне, где главный герой пытается погасить свой долг. View the full article
На этой неделе прошла церемония The Indie Game Awards 2025, в ходе которой Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 была признана лучшей игрой 2025 года. Однако уже на следующий день организаторы решили пересмотреть результаты и отозвали награду у разработчиков французской RPG-сенсации. View the full article
Spanning across the decades and with games releasing over several generations of consoles, the Halofranchise and its overarching storyline can be a little hard to keep track of at times. Even with Halo's massive catalog of fantastic novels that help fill the gaps between games aside, the franchise tends to jump across its sci-fi timeline the more you start venturing outside its numbered entries. View the full article
BitLife's Bad Santa challenge is making a return for the first time in five years. While some challenges are full of happiness and excitement, this event has your character experiencing all sides of the holiday season, including stress, sadness, and mischief. The Bad Santa challenge has six objectives to complete: Table of contentsBitLife Bad Santa challenge guideBe a maleBecome SantaBe depressedBurgle 10 homesShoplift 10 itemsTell a child that Santa isn't realBitLife Bad Santa challenge guide BitLife's Bad Santa challenge doesn't require any paid expansion packs or Bitizenship to complete. If you didn't finish its 2020 version, you now have another chance to tackle its objectives for free without having to make any job pack or premium pass purchases. Be a male The BitLife Bad Santa challenge's first task requires you to have a male character. It doesn't matter where he's born, as long as his starting gender is set to Male. It's up to you whether you continue from a pre-existing save or start fresh. Screenshot by Destructoid While you're not required to have any job packs for this challenge, having the ****** pack's Criminal special talent will help you later on. Aside from this, you'll mostly be relying on your own efforts and some luck later on. Become Santa Your next job is to become Santa himself. To do this, age up your character until you unlock part-time jobs before heading into the Occupation menu. Search the part-time job menu until you find a Mall Santa position open. Screenshot by Destructoid If your character is young, there's a chance he won't get the job right away. In this case, keep aging up and applying for the job until you succeed in knocking out this objective. Be depressed Throughout your character's life, you'll need to do everything in your power to make them depressed. Here are some ideas for doing this: Try to spend time with someone you have low relationship stats withHave one of your character's friends, pets, or family members pass away.Lose a jobGet caught committing a crimeFail to cure a diseaseLose money gambling at a casino Once your character reaches zero percent happiness, they'll become depressed, letting you complete this next task. Burgle 10 homes The next part of BitLife's Bad Santa challenge requires you to burgle ten houses. To do this, head into Activities, Crime, and choose Burgle. Here, you'll find a maze minigame that'll net you rewards depending on your performance. Screenshot by Destructoid During this minigame, you'll navigate hallways from a top-down point of view. Your goal is to avoid whoever is in the house, collect items, and escape without having the cops appear and thwart your plans. Completing this minigame ten times will finish this task, leading into the second half of our character's criminal arc. Shoplift 10 items Our character's crime spree isn't over yet. Our next goal is to shoplift, which you can do by heading back into the Crime menu and picking Shoplift. The easiest way to complete this is to pick low-value items so that, even if your character is caught, the consequences won't be too severe. Tell a child that Santa isn't real The final task of BitLife's Bad Santa challenge is to tell a child that Santa isn't real. During your character's life, there's a chance you'll find a random event that'll enable you to do this. If you don't encounter this event, you can create a new character and try again, use the Time Machine to go back in time, or refresh your save by closing and reopening the BitLife app. Completing all six tasks will wrap up the Bad Santa challenge, rewarding you with a cosmetic prize. If you're looking to finish a past challenge, be sure to check out how to complete the BitLife Baby challenge, or click the tags below to explore more BitLife guides. The post How to complete the Bad Santa challenge in BitLife appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
ARK Survival Ascended's Lost Colony DLC has added a few unique creatures and items, and nothing tops the elusive Vulpite Crystals. This is arguably one of the most essential items to find if you're looking to evolve your Veilwyn. Unlike other creatures, the Veilwyn has different evolutions. The Pristine Vulpite is required if you want to evolve your Veilwyn to a Solwyn. Incidentally, you also get the Vulpite from a Solwyn. If all of this sounds confusing, this guide will clear all your doubts. How to get Pristine Vulpite in ARK Survival Ascended To get a Pristine Vulpite crystal, you'll need your own Veilwyn. The Veilwyn also has to be marked as your companion. The next step is to find a wild Solwyn (with the Veilwyn as your companion). When you approach the Solwyn, you'll see an emote icon on top of it (right below the curiosity level). You'll need to perform the same emote from the emote wheel. Once you do that, you'll notice that the curiosity will increase. Image via Studio Wildcard You aim to take the curiosity of the wild Solwyn to 100%. This will take some time, and you'll want to avoid selecting the wrong emoticons. Doing so will put a cooldown, and you'll need to begin from the start. Hence, selecting the correct emojis is necessary. Thankfully, there are just three emojis to pick from. Hence, there's not much chance of you picking the wrong option. Once the curiosity level reaches 100%, you'll get a Vulpite Crystal. You can repeat this process to gain more Pristine Vulpite Crystals if you want. The crystal will be directly available in your inventory. You can then use it to evolve your own Veilwyn into a Solwyn directly. If you find the instructions and requirements too hard, you can always use console commands if they're allowed on your servers. The post How to get Vulpite Crystals in ARK Survival Ascended Lost Colony DLC appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Just days before Christmas, Valve announced it had discontinued the production of the Steam Deck LCD model, which was the cheapest version of the popular gaming handheld. Valve's Steam Deck announcement resulted in its handheld becoming indirectly more expensive, as the pricier OLED models are the only ones now available for users to buy. View the full article
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has officially been disqualified from the Indie Game Awards 2025 after developer Sandfall Interactive confirmed the game's use of generative AI in its development. Six One Indie, the creators of the Indie Game Awards, announced that this use of generative AI has disqualified Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from receiving the two awards it won during the show on December 18, which will now go to the runners-up. View the full article
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All of Zibai’s materials in Genshin Impact have been leaked, and I highly recommend that you start farming these items to make sure you have most of what’s needed ready to Ascend the character to max level and upgrade her Talents. Zibai is a new Geo character arriving in Version 6.3, as teased by developer HoYoverse. Alongside Columbina, she is expected to be one of the two new 5-star characters in Genshin Impact 6.3, though the update should also feature the 4-star unit Illuga. View the full article