If I told you that you could get packs of Pokémon Destined Rivals, Mega Evolution, Phantasmal Flames, and more in one collection - at retail price - you'd likely laugh. However, the Pokémon Mega Charizard X EX Ultra-Premium Collection is very real, and it's coming soon. If you want to get 18 packs of some of 2025's biggest expansions, you'll want to find it, and here's where to place your orders. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This basic Pokémon Stellar Crown card is actually worth over $1000 Newest Pokémon set revealed and released All Legendary Pokémon and Mythical Pokémon in order View the full article
Dungeons and Dragons dropped a new playtest document just before Halloween, and while many of its subclasses are interesting, only one is definitively spooky. That would be the Oathbreaker Paladin, a 5e subclass that was previously condemned to the 2014 Dungeon Master's Guide. This edgy character has gotten a serious makeover for the spooky season - and it might show some potential as a necromancer substitute. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Opinion - The collapse of D&D's Project Sigil is the last domino to fall from the OGL debacle D&D's first Forgotten Realms book of 2025 is finally live - here are the new magic items, monsters, and more Get over 200 bucks' worth of D&D comics for $18 in this mega Critical Role bundle View the full article
Capcom has launched Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection pre-orders with three different editions on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC Steam. View the full article
With all the indie titles being released on Steam every week, it can be hard to make your game stand out. Italian developer Fix-a-Bug accidentally gave its 2D dungeon crawler a big prelaunch popularity boost in Japan by accidentally naming the game “Shitty Dungeon” in Japanese. Although the game’s English title is The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles, its Japanese language Steam Store page ended up displaying the title as Kuso Danjon. This means “Shitty Dungeon” or “Crap Dungeon,” if you want to be slightly more polite. In a recent interview with Game*Spark spotted by Automaton, developer Paolo Nicoletti explained that the ‘shitty dungeon incident’ occurred back in August this year, when the team was releasing a demo version of the game and had yet to get a professional Japanese translation. When they realized their mistake, Nicoletti says, "Everyone was cracking up, and honestly, I also laughed a lot about it. It was completely unintentional.” However the mishap did not flush the rogue-lite dungeon crawler down the toilet, rather, “It ended up bringing the game a lot of attention and the number of Wishlists soared." Nicoletti said the name change was “the best accidental marketing” the developer could have hoped for. According to an earlier report by Automaton Japan, the Japanese language Steam page for The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles was named Shitty Dungeon back on August 8. By August 13, Japanese speaking users had begun discussing the topic on X and had reported it on the official Discord server. It’s still not clear how or why this mistranslation happened, but it’s worth noting that the pre-release Japanese language demo of the game had some awkward machine translations when it was picked for Tokyo Game Show’s ‘Selected Indie 80’ in September. The developers announced that these issues would be fixed in the full release, and it appears the ‘shitty dungeon incident’ occurred around this time. This amusing mistake made the indie game stand out from the crowd of new Steam releases. It soon became a topic of discussion on Japanese social media. According to Nicoletti, this contributed to an increase in Wishlist numbers for the then-unreleased game. After all, a title that seems to proudly proclaim it's bad can make people curious as to whether that’s really the case. However, the quality of the game did not stink after all, and The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles currently has a 'Mostly Positive' rating on Steam. Reviewers have been praising its funny dialogue, satisfying gameplay loop and the overall care put into its development. Japanese speaking commenters on X have also praised the demo and the full game for being surprisingly better than its initial Japanese title suggested. “Humor that lives up to the name,” and “great, detailed pixel art,” are among the plaudits given to the indie title. One Japanese language review on Steam noted that, “Despite the title Shitty Dungeon making me think it was a joke, it is actually quite well made.” The reviewer said that because they'd made a blind buy, “It wasn’t quite what I expected but the combat system is pretty interesting.” They also praised the game’s balance between humorous dialogue and tense combat. Although good localizations are preferable, translation errors have produced some weirdly memorable dialogue over the years. If it hadn’t been for mistranslation, such lines would never have become so iconic. Lines like Zero Wing’s “All your base are belong to us,” and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night’s “What is a man? A ********** little pile of secrets,” have endured beyond their source games to become well-known memes. Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance writer who previously served as editor, contributor and translator for the game news site Automaton West. She has also written about Japanese culture and movies for various publications. View the full article
A leak has revealed that Disney sidekicks are coming to Fortnite and that it could be a way for the company to add previously unlikely characters to the Battle Royale game. Fortnite introduced pets back in Chapter 1 Season 6. Bonesy was the first **** to make an appearance in Fortnite; he became available on the second page of the Season 6 Battle Pass. After this, a few other pets were added, but eventually, this type of cosmetic seemed to disappear completely. View the full article
There's nothing quite like involuntarily losing all the gear you have grinded for in a video game, and ARC Raiders is looking to change things up. Account and inventory wipes are commonplace in extraction shooters where players can hoard gear to become all-powerful, so they have been viewed as a necessity up until now. But for Embark Studios, the devs behind ARC Raiders, a new method is afoot. Here's everything there is to know about wipes in ARC Raiders and the special feature called Expedition Projects. Table of contentsDoes ARC Raiders have wipes?ARC Raiders - What is an Expedition Project?ARC Raiders Expedition Project scheduleARC Raiders Expedition Project rewardsDoes ARC Raiders have wipes? Image via Embark Studios Yes, ARC Raiders has something like a "wipe," but it's not a mandatory one forced upon all players. Instead, the game uses a system called Expedition Projects that make it optional. "Just to make it clear, we absolutely see the benefits a global wipe provides," ARC Raiders design director Virgil Watkins explained. "Veteran players can experience the game fresh, the economy is reset to the baseline, and all players have about the same level of capabilities. At least for a little while." This is because, according to Embark, mandatory wipes don't "respect the investment of those players who do not have as much time to play overall," so the studio is trying to strike a balance. ARC Raiders - What is an Expedition Project? When you reach level 20, you unlock the ability to "reset" your character's progress similarly to the Prestige system in Call of Duty, but with the flavor of "wipes" like in other extraction shooters such as Escape From Tarkov. If you don't want to do this, you don't have to. Here's a quick outline of what you keep and what you lose when your Raider departs on an Expedition: This is what is resetThis is what is keptStash Upgrade Progress Inventory items Blueprints Coins Player level Skill Points Raider Den Workshop QuestsUnlocked maps Unlocked Workshop Stations Codex entries Raider Tokens Cred Raider Decks progress Active leaderboards Trials Cosmetics Personal event progress Bonus Skill Points earned from Expeditions Bonus Stash Slots earned form Expeditions "The Expedition Project will operate on a repeating cycle of roughly eight weeks," Embark explained. "During the course of these eight weeks, players can contribute toward and make progress on their Expedition Project, which will overall be a somewhat large time investment. At the start of the eighth week, the ability to finalize the project will become available and will remain available for that entire week. If a player has fulfilled all of the necessary stages of the project, they will be able to commit to completing the Expedition during this *******." Any Project not completed in the time ******* will have its progress moved to the next time phase window. ARC Raiders Expedition Project schedule The schedule for ARC Raiders' first Expedition Project is as follows: Oct. 30 to Dec. 14Caravan Construction and Supply Phases availableDec. 15 to 20Finalization Phase OpensDec. 21Completed Caravans departARC Raiders Expedition Project rewards Screenshot via NEXON Embark Studios says it's still "finalizing" what you get when you depart on an Expedition, which is the entire point of wiping for those who wish to do so, but the dev has teased rewards such as this: Permanent account unlocks for each completed Expedition.Unique cosmetic rewards for each completed Expedition.Account “buffs” that are applied for the duration of the following Expedition cycle.Sequential completions of the Expedition Project increase the magnitude of these buffs, up to a limit. The post How do wipes work in ARC Raiders? Expedition Project, explained appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Opinion | Cronos: The New Dawn isn't trying to be "Dead Space at home", but it shows why all good survival horror games have a taste of one anotherView the full article
While Standard Magic: the Gathering languishes under the lash of the tyrant Vivi, I've been fooling around in Alchemy. MTG: Arena's digital only format isn't widely beloved, and it has definitely hit some **** notes in its lifetime, but the more frustrated I am with Standard, the more I appreciate what Alchemy has to offer. And I'm only partly saying that because the latest balance patch has made my **** deck suddenly way better. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This budget alternative to MTG's The One Ring isn't so budget any more, with a 750% price spike MTG Avatar The Last Airbender release date and latest news MTG Avatar: The Last Airbender is the best entry point for newbies we've seen in a long time View the full article
Fortnite is rolling out another crossover with a beloved science-fiction horror franchise for Halloween, teaming up with Alien to add the iconic Xenomorph as a skin. The battle royale's annual "Fortnitemares" event pulled out all the stops in 2025 to stand as one of the game's biggest Halloween events yet, with loads of new content and skins. Fortnite added more than 20 skins to the game throughout its Halloween festivities, including crossovers with Scooby-Doo, Friday the 13th, and Scream among others. Now, Epic Games is sending off the event with one more horror tribute. View the full article
On October 31, Final Fantasy 14 shared the first glimpses of its upcoming 7.4 content update, titled Into The Mist. Patch 7.4 for Final Fantasy 14 will launch on December 16 on all platforms and will be highlighted by the final tier of The Arcadion raid series, as well as some highly requested quality-of-life changes. View the full article
Arc Raiders has only been out a day, but it has already surpassed a Steam concurrent peak player count of 264,673, making it one of the biggest extraction shooters ever on Valve's platform. Given Arc Raiders ended its recent 'Server Slam' playtest with big player numbers on Steam, developer Embark Studio was likely braced for a bumper launch day. Which is just as well, as it's currently one of the biggest games on Steam; just Battlefield 6, Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, PUBG, and viral hit Escape from Duckov clocked up ******* 24-hour peaks. This means more people played Arc Raiders on Steam in the last 24-hours than even free-to-play titles like Apex Legends and Marvel Rivals. The true number of players Arc Raiders has will of course be ******* than its Steam count, as it also launched on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. Neither Sony nor Microsoft make player numbers public. It's also worth bearing in mind that Arc Raiders launched mid-week, so the expectation is for its player number to grow as the game heads into its first weekend. For now, we can say the launch is truly impressive on Steam, where Arc Raiders has a 'very positive' user review rating after over 8,800 reviews. It'll be interesting to see how Arc Raiders fares when perhaps one of its biggest competitors, Escape From Tarkov, debuts on Steam next month. Another key competitor could be Marathon. Arc Raiders' design director previously said it was fortuitous timing to have Bungie's extraction shooter launch a playtest around the same time as its own, calling it "a great A/B test for us." Earlier this week, Embark insisted it wasn't worried about Arc Raiders coming out between Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7, insisting: "we believe the game can launch there." “I know. The insanity,” CEO Patrick Soderlund told The Game Business. “People may look at that [Arc Raiders' release date] and say, ‘What the hell are they doing?’ We have spent a lot of time looking at this from multiple angles and you know, for right or wrong, we believe that the game can launch there. This is the start of a long journey. It needs to start somewhere.” Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article
We have good news for patient Silent Hill fans who have been waiting for a chance to play Silent Hill 2 Remake on an Xbox console — a new rating listing has popped up on the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). While the ESRB already had the horror game listed, of course, it previously only provided a rating for the game on PlayStation 5 and PC, giving a 17+ rating on account of its blood, gore, ******* themes, strong language, and violence. And now, a similar rating has been added to the site specifically for the "Xbox Series" platform. It's unlikely to be a surprise to most — we already knew that the remake of the horror game was a year-long console exclusive for PS5, and that expired last month — but it's good news nonetheless given Konami itself had been a little coy about when we may see the port release on Xbox Series consoles (and silent completely on the highly anticipated Born From a Wish DLC). Silent Hill 2 Remake has sold 2.5 million worldwide, which pushes sales of the franchise overall to 10 million. IGN's Silent Hill 2 Remake review returned an 8/10. We said: "Silent Hill 2 is a great way to visit – or revisit – one of the most dread-inducing destinations in the history of survival horror." Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto recently opened up on why Konami revealed three new Silent Hill games after a full decade of silence, saying the publisher was keen to stress to old fans and new that it was "serious" about resurrecting the flailing horror series. Of all the projects revealed since that 2022 showcase — Silent Hill: The Short Message, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Silent Hill f, Silent Hill: Townfall, and media projects Silent Hill: Ascension and the upcoming movie, Return to Silent Hill — the majority have been received well by critics, fans, and new players alike, suggesting it was a gamble worth taking for the Japanese publisher. Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article
A blast from the past returns in style, with Serious Sam 2 from Croteam recently getting a huge 20th Annviersary Update and now it has been Steam Deck Verified. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Despite my goth demeanour, I am, what they call in the 'biz, a big old scaredy-cat. But even I have to admit I'm eyeing up this spooky Halloween Humble Bundle that's chock-full of banger indie horror games... Read more.View the full article
The NZXT H7 Flow RGB is one of our top PC case recommendations for anyone wanting to build a really stylish yet cool-running PC without spending a lot. It's a great buy at its normal price of $149.99, but currently, you can pick one up for just $119.99, making it an absolute bargain right now. In our NZXT H7 Flow RGB review, we praised its eye-catching design, excellent cable-tidying features, easy-to-use tool-free panels, and the fact that it comes with three 120mm RGB fans included. That's why this NZXT model is the top choice for a case under $150 on our best PC case guide. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Save a huge 63% on this super light NZXT wireless gaming mouse, now just $29.99, if you're quick NZXT H3 Flow review - a sleek, compact PC case for a great price Save a huge 33% on this gorgeous NZXT AIO CPU cooler with an LCD, now a bargain View the full article
A very nice selection of games here ready for Halloween with the Indie Fears Humble Bundle that makes it a top deal! Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
For the first time in five years, Steamforged Games has released a new team for the miniature wargame that launched the company, Guild Ball. The Lumberjacks are a new minor guild that will be available both as physical, made-to-order models, and as STLs to 3D print at home. They'll be joined in cyberspace by the entire Guild Ball miniature range, which will be available as STLs for the first time ever. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: I can't decide if this $500 board game console is the worst idea ever, or the best The 15 best board games in 2025 - reviewed by our experts 200+ spicy Truth or Dare questions for couples, FWBs, and dirty game nights View the full article
Xbox Game Pass has added the free-to-play looter shooter Terminull Brigade for subscribers to enjoy on their Xbox Series X/S consoles. The online cooperative hero shooter takes players to a futuristic digital world called The Nullverse, where Rogueteers do battle against shadowy algorithms that are threatening existence. Teaming up with others makes success much more likely in Terminull Brigade, and now PC Game Pass players will have a larger pool of potential team members to pull from. View the full article
Mushrooms and Pillows are two necessary components in ARC Raiders that are required to complete Scrappy's final upgrade. Both these items are available at different locations on the map, but roaming around aimlessly is going to make your life difficult. You'll find guaranteed spots for both Pillows and Mushrooms, and this guide will provide you with all the necessary information. Table of contentsHow to get Mushrooms in ARC RaidersHow to find Comfortable Pillows in ARC RaidersHow to use Pillows and Mushrooms to upgrade ARC RaidersHow to get Mushrooms in ARC Raiders Mushrooms are pretty elusive items that are easy to miss. Unlike Lemons, Mushrooms typically spawn on the surface of other items. I have also found them on tree trunks in specific locations. You can find them in the Dam Battlegrounds map. Remix by Destructoid via Embark Head into the Hydroponic Dome complex, and you should find some in the stagnant water. Alternatively, the mushroom spawn can happen right outside the Dome. They will always alter the two positions in their spawn. I have also marked two additional locations. You'll find fallen tree trunks at those locations, and the Mushrooms will spawn on them. These are the best spots to find the required amount of Mushrooms. How to find Comfortable Pillows in ARC Raiders While it's easier to find Pillows in ARC Raiders, the process can be grindy. You'll have to scout the residential areas and buildings in different locations. I found success in Buried City, but you can find it from any house building on any map. You just have to be lucky. How to use Pillows and Mushrooms to upgrade ARC Raiders You'll need 12 Mushrooms and three Very Comfortable Pillows to get the final upgrade for Scrappy. However, you'll also need Apricots (also required for an earlier upgrade for Scrappy). Once you have 12 Apricots and the rest of the resources, you can then use them to train and upgrade Scrappy to level five. The post How to find and use Mushrooms and Pillows in ARC Raiders appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
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