More than 1,200 video game journalists have left the media in the past two years and haven’t returned to the industry, it’s claimed. That’s according to data supplied to VGC by Press Engine, a popular PR tool used by developers and publishers to distribute codes and press releases to a global database of journalists and content creators. According to Press Engine, more than 600 journalists who regularly covered video games at major outlets around the world have disappeared from their database in the past 12 months. Read More... View the full article
Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Haunted Floating Festival event has gone live, with five tricky puzzles to be solved. The event puts a mysterious floating island above your valley, where it will stay until November 11. During this time, you can teleport to the island, which is full of Halloween decorations, and discover its five difficult puzzles. Read More... View the full article
SummaryThe best brainrots in Plants vs Brainrots in terms of $/s generation are 67, Lemeowzio, Los Mr Carrotitos, Gattolini Owlini, and Cerberinno Hotdoggino.Rarest brainrots are 67, Gattolini Owlini, Esok Sekolah, and Lemeowzio.You can obtain rare brainrots from the threadmill, Meme Eggs, Fuse Machine, and during Admin Abuse Events.All brainrots can be traded with other players by gifting them, but this can be risky since there is no proper trade system in the game yet. The main point of Plants vs Brainrots is collecting super rare and powerful brainrots for your collection. Now, since even the rarest, Secret and Limited, brainrots are not equally powerful when it comes to generating $/s, we decided to rank the best ones in our Plants vs Brainrots brainrot tier list below. Table of ContentsSummaryPlants vs Brainrots Brainrot Tier ListList of Best Brainrots in Plants vs BrainrotsS-Tier BrainrotsA-Tier BrainrotsB-Tier BrainrotsC-Tier BrainrotsD-Tier BrainrotsHow to Obtain the Best Brainrots in Plants vs BrainrotsHow to Trade Brainrots in Plants vs BrainrotsPlants vs Brainrots Best Brainrots FAQs Plants vs Brainrots Brainrot Tier List Ultra rare Brainrots S [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] Rare Brainrots A [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] B [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] Common Brainrots C [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] D [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] In the above Plants vs Brainrots brainrot tier list, we ranked each brainrot based on their $/s generation and overall rarity. With that in mind, 67 is currently the best brainrot available, as it only spawns during Admin Abuse events, and with a mutation to boot. Brainrots such as Lemeowzio and Los Mr Carrotitos are also very valuable, since you need to sacrifice very rare plants in order to obtain them from the Fuse Machine. List of Best Brainrots in Plants vs Brainrots Limited brainrots with mutations have insanely high $/s generation. By collecting a lot of rare brainrots, you won't have to worry about having enough cash to purchase rare plant seeds ever again. [/url] [/url] [/url] In the list below, you can check out how much $/s each brainrot on our tier list generates and how to obtain them. Besides the regular obtainment method, each brainrot can be traded with other players, so we included the trade values for the non-mutated versions in the list as well. S-Tier BrainrotsBrainrot$/sObtainmentTrade Value $16.7k/s Admin Spawn 750 $35k/s Fuse Machine 200 $25k/s Meme Egg 300 $31.2k/s Fuse Machine 120 $5k/s Unobtainable 500 $7.5k/s Meme Egg 65A-Tier BrainrotsBrainrot$/sObtainmentTrade Value $5k/s Boss Spawn (Rebirth 6)50 $4.5k/s Boss Spawn (Rebirth 5)40 $3.75k/s Regular Spawn 65 $3.5k/s Boss Spawn (Rebirth 4)35 $3.75k/s Regular Spawn 55 $5.5k/s Regular Spawn 50B-Tier BrainrotsBrainrot$/sObtainmentTrade Value $5.2k/s Regular Spawn 40 $2.5k/s Meme Egg 32 $3.5k/s Regular Spawn 30 $3.3k/s Regular Spawn 25 $3k/s Regular Spawn 22 $3.1k/s Regular Spawn 15 $2.8k/s Regular Spawn 6C-Tier BrainrotsBrainrot$/sObtainmentTrade Value $1k/s Meme Egg 5 $2.4k/s Boss Spawn (Rebirth 3)4 $1.8k/s Regular Spawn 4 $1k/s Boss Spawn (Rebirth 2)3 $375/s Boss Spawn (Rebirth 1)3D-Tier BrainrotsBrainrot$/sObtainmentTrade Value $375/s Boss Spawn 2 $1.2k/s Regular Spawn 2 $1.8k/s Regular Spawn 2 $1.2k/s Regular Spawn 1How to Obtain the Best Brainrots in Plants vs Brainrots You need very high DPS on every lane in order to defeat bosses consistently. The Whirlwind card knocks back all brainrots when it procs, and it permanently slows them until they are defeated. You can instantly defeat all enemies currently on the track by activating the Brainrot Invasion story event. Cards and potions increase the DPS of your plants exponentially. [/url] [/url] [/url] You can obtain most of the brainrots in Plants vs Brainrots by simply defeating them when they naturally spawn. Boss brainrots and brainrots that spawn during Admin Abuse events can have an insane amount of HP, which makes them almost undefeatable. Still, you can beat them by maximizing the DPS of your plants while using gear items to slow them down. The Whirlwind card can help slow down brainrots as well. However, if it pushes the same brainrot back more than two times, they will probably never get in range of your plants again, as they will be too slow. There is one trick that allows you to defeat all brainrots currently present on your island, and that is triggering the Brainrot Invasion story event. Keep in mind that these story events are limited in number, so make sure to leave one unactivated in advance. If push comes to shove, you can pay 49 Robux to use one of the lawnmowers in the back of your garden to defeat all brainrots in that line instantly. How to Trade Brainrots in Plants vs Brainrots You can trade with other players by gifting plants and Brainrots to each other. In Plants vs Brainrots, there is no dedicated trade mechanic. So, the only way to trade with others is by gifting plants and brainrots to each other. Essentially, you have to either trust the person you are trading with or rely on a middleman service to complete a trade. Both of these can be risky in their own way. You can post trade offers in the #looking-for channel on the Plants vs Brainrots Discord server. Keep in mind that since S-tier brainrots are extremely rare, you and other players can expect to overpay for them. That concludes our tier list of best brainrots in Plants vs Brainrots. Let us know which brainrot you think is best and why in the comment section below. Also, make sure to check out our Plants vs Brainrots codes for some in-game freebies. Plants vs Brainrots Best Brainrots FAQsView the full article
Arcane Embrace was Destiny 2's first burst-fire shotgun when it released last year, and for this Halloween, it's back with classic combinations and other new options for a god roll. While most guardians may be looking for the new Gunburn Kinetic SMG this Festival of the Lost, Arcane Embrace may also be worth the chase—especially if you're enjoying Haunted Altars and not hitting a softlock. If you have a god-rolled one from last year, the core of this weapon's perks hasn't changed, but the overhauled pool gives you a lot more room for general use and some great alternatives for the third column. Here are our Arcane Embrace PvE god rolls based on the perk table listed by [Hidden Content]. Arcane Embrace PvE god roll Holofoil is the rarest drop, but T5s aren't bad either. Screenshot by Destructoid Barrel: Corkscrew Rifling, Smallbore, or Polygonal RiflingMag: Tactical Mag, Appended Mag, Flared Magwell, or Alloy Mag.First perk: Fourth Time's the Charm, Envious Assassin, or Reconstruction.Honorable mentions: Dual Loader, Rapid HitSecond perk: Precision Instrument, Voltshot, or Surrounded.Honorable mentions: Aggregate Charge You can tune your Arcane Embrace for two main roles: boss/elite damage or regular orange-bar cleaning. For boss damage, it's hard to beat our god roll of Fourth Time's the Charm paired with Precision Instrument. With these, you can continuously hurl bricks at enemies. The former refunds ammo into your magazine, and the latter increases precision damage after landing consecutive hits. Arcane Embrace's double-shot archetype means you're getting two stacks of Precision Instrument per burst, and Fourth Time's the Charm will trigger every two bursts if you're landing crits. This means every two bursts, you get an extra one for free, since the ammo refund from this perk doesn't consume your reserves. In the right conditions, you can fire up to 28 rounds without having to reload—22 of them with max Precision Instrument stacks—without any setup required. Aggregate Charge can be a backup choice if your target is affected by three elemental debuffs, too, but we're sticking to our tried-and-true god roll. Envious Assassin and Reconstruction may also work here since they'll overflow your magazine, and that may be enough to get you through a damage phase without that much reloading. We'd still take Fourth Time's the Charm due to the ammo generation, however. If you're looking for an Arcane Embrace god roll focused on more general play, however, your options broaden considerably. In addition to the other perks, Dual Loader and Rapid Hit can help you manually load your magazine more quickly, and you open up a suite of other damage perks. Surrounded gets more chances to activate, since you'll often have other enemies around you. Voltshot gets more utility for clearing adds or jolting enemies, but keep in mind Envious Assassin and Reconstruction may interfere with it since it only procs after a reload. For Arc builds, Rolling Storm lets you top off bolt charge, though we recommend skipping it if you're looking for a subclass-agnostic god roll. How to get Arcane Embrace in Destiny 2 You'll likely spend a lot of time in Haunted Altars anyway. Image via Bungie This horrifying shotgun is available as part of Festival of the Lost, Destiny 2's Halloween event. The 2025 edition runs until Nov. 11, so there's a limited window to get it. Portal rewards from FOTL will drop one tier above your usual limit, giving you a little help farming for higher-quality versions of this shotgun. It didn't return between this year and the last, so this may be the only chance at getting this gun for a while, though Bungie has already introduced another weapon in this archetype since The Edge of Fate. The post Arcane Embrace god rolls and how to get them in Destiny 2 appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, now finally out after years of turbulence, has received a lukewarm response from critics and players alike. Only 55 percent of reviewers on Steam would recommend the game, with dissenters saying everyone deserved a whole lot better. "This is not Bloodlines 2, this is Vampire: Seattle preying upon the Bloodlines name," reads one of the most popular negative reviews under Paradox Interactive's latest titles, which barely scraped the 60 average score mark on Metacritic upon release. The game, wrought with issues and production hell for nearly a decade, has been praised in some respects, chiefly the story, but criticized for its overall lackluster content, especially compared to the first game. Between 2015 and 2020, VTMB 2 was being spearheaded narratively by its predecessor's chief writer, Brian Mitsoda, who wound up fired "unexpectedly" around COVID times. Since then, the game has switched creative directors, meandered through development hell, and somehow landed on shelves despite all odds. Though the first game was by no means a stellar launch, VTMB 2 has few things going for it, lacking even basic functions like weapons, an inventory system, RPG elements, bonus dialogue or skill checks. At least it looks good, though. Screenshot via Paradox Interactive All of the above were the strongest points of the original game, save perhaps for the overall combat and inventory, but those weren't its focus anyhow. A great RPG tells a great story, true, but it also lends itself to the player and their character to shape and influence the world around them, which the sequel just does not truly allow. An RPG without stats or a robust, branching dialogue system influenced and informed by your character is no RPG at all; that's just how the dice rolls. And many people seem to agree with that sentiment: the game is being labeled a "sequel in name only," developers are getting called various names, with most considering it a "disappointment," even when it does "work" in certain aspects. It's simply a barebones experience, and when compared to the original—launched over 20 years ago—it's laughable, really. To have fewer options than a game old enough to drink is not a good look, and it's salt on fans' wounds: those fans who have waited two entire decades to step into the World of Darkness once again and look at it through a fresh pair of eyes. But it seems they'll have to stick to the good ol' days of Troika, as Paradox has tried (and failed) to step things up. Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches! The post Once again, the long wait led to heartbreak for fans of this classic vampire RPG series appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Chaos Zero Nightmare is now available worldwide, and it arrives with a massive list of characters to pick from. Often popularly known as the 'Slay the Spire' gacha, CZN's characters have different rarities and roles. You'll mostly be rolling with a team of three, and not all are built equal. This guide will help you get your priorities sorted when it comes to team-building and which characters are worth rerolling for. Table of contentsComplete Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN) characters tier listS-tierA-tierB-tierC-tierComplete Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN) characters tier list I have used four tiers to separate all the characters available in Chaos Zero Nightmare. S-tier characters are the best choices irrespective of the situation.A-tier characters are powerful in their own right, but will rely slightly on factors like team composition.B-tier characters are useful characters if you can raise their Manifest Ego by a large amount.C-tier characters have glaring weaknesses and should be avoided as much as possible. Remix by Destructoid via Tiermaker Here's a quick overview of how the tier list appears, and let's dive into more elaborate explanations. Characters to be assessed: Hugo, Lucas, Luke S-tierKayron: Kayron's greatest strength is his flexibility, since he isn't a pure DPS. He can easily act well as a hybrid DPS, does decent single and multi-target damage, and the Exhaust mechanic has its own use, especially against bosses who are hard to take down. His moves also don't really depend much on your team composition.Khelipe: Khelipe is arguably one of the best tanks, and yet, she has amazing damage potential. Her abilities mostly do AoE damage as a bonus, and don't rely on mono-element-based teams. She can break even the hardest of enemies quite easily, and you can gain AP with her abilities (allowing you to use more cards every turn).Rei: While Rei is merely a 4-star character, her kit is extremely useful. She can use Exhaust to draw more cards. I have also found it extremely easy to get dupe units of her, and she gains healing ability at Manifest Ego level 2. That makes her a complete support unit, and the ease with which you can build her up plants her in S-tier for me.Magna: Magna is one of the best tanks currently in the game. Her attack raises with her defence; the kit is easy to understand, and she fits well into any team. Her shields are also excellent when you want to protect your team.A-tierNia: Nia might be one of the best support characters to include in your team, but her use-case scenario is slightly limited. Ideally, you'll want to pair her in a team that has at least one high-damage attacker who can also multi-strike. That will make the most out of her abilities, but she is still a decent support choice, all thanks to her follow-up attacks and occasional heals.Mei Lin: If you're using a Passion-focused team, Mei Lin is the best support to use. She deals Tenacity damage that gains more AP, and this ability makes her viable for the meta in the long run. You can consider her to be S-tier if you're using a Passion-focused team.Cassius: If you are playing with a team that relies on specific cards to win, Cassius could be a good choice. His abilities consistently allow you to draw more cards and shuffle what you have. However, he lacks in other areas, putting him in the A-tier.Selena: Like Kayron, Selena is pretty flexible in terms of how she operates, but is usually more efficient when you're pairing her with other Passion-based characters. I felt that she struggles with other elements, which is why she's at the A-tier.Mika: Available from the start, Mika is a pretty reliable support that fits well in teams where you'll need a lot of heals. However, she might feel redundant in the late game as most of your other characters will be able to offer heals.Renoa: Renoa's kit entirely depends on how frequently you can pull Dire Bullet. She's an amazing single-target nuker, but you'll need Dire Bullet in your hands to make her perform up to her potential. You can combine her with someone like Cassius to get better results.Beryl: Beryl's lack of AoE is made up for by her ability to cause large amounts of burst damage, which is top-notch. You can even retain her cards to do more damage or reduce their costs, allowing her to do more attacks in the same turn.B-tierTressa: It's easy to obtain Tressa, and she works well in teams that rely on follow-up attacks. You can spam her Shadow Daggers that don't cost anything, but her damage falls off against bosses.Maribell: While Maribell is easy to build, her shields feel underpowered in the current meta. I like her counterattacks, but her damage relies on the shields (which feel a tad bit weak for my liking).Veronica: A good sub-DPS who can summon Ballistas that do a lot of damage. She can work well with someone like Renoa, as she can pull out cards of other characters and use them for herself if required.Rin: Rin is an excellent choice against bosses, but you'll have to make sure she's in her Dark Cloud stance. Doing so in a battle is heavily luck-reliant, which puts her at B-tier.C-tierOrlea: While Orlea has decent abilities, managing Retain is very difficult. Her mechanic means that you'll have to prevent your hand from being full. Other support characters are better and easier to master.Owen: A beginner DPS who any other damage-dealer on this tier list can replace. His kit is just inferior in every area, which means you should avoid using your resources on him.Amir: Amir's damage relies on her defence, which is the poorest of all tanks in the game. This reduces her potential to a large extent, and I haven't found a single team composition where she works well. Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches! The post Best Chaos Zero Nightmare characters tier list (CZN) appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
The narrative-driven comedy game Dispatch is officially out with its first two episodes. While we're still waiting for the other six episodes that will come out in the next three weeks, we already know what to expect from romance options in the game. Keep in mind that this article will get really spoilery from now on, so if you haven't played the first two episodes of Dispatch yet, you might want to do so. The only confirmed romance option The only character you can romance in the first two episodes of Dispatch is Blonde Blazer, and it's quite a simple scene. In the first episode, as Robert is telling Blonde Blazer about his origin story, she approaches him, takes off his mask, and you get the option of making Robert kiss her. If you do, they quickly kiss before stopping and feeling embarrassed about how quickly things are moving between them. At the end of the second episode, when you discover Blonde Blazer has a boyfriend, her awkward reactions to the encounter and her gesturing for you to ignore his invite to join them for dinner are a clear signal she has feelings for Robert. While it's unconfirmed, I would bet this means you can develop Robert and Blonde Blazer's relationship further in future episodes. The rumored second romance option Some people really want Invisigal as a romance option. Screenshot by Destructoid While unconfirmed, the Dispatch community believes Robert will also be a romance option with Invisigal. This isn't clear in the first options and isn't confirmed by the developers, so treat this as a rumor. However, the game indicates there is something about the relationship between the two characters that will impact the story. When Robert and Invisigal argue in the office, the player gets the notification that "Invisigal will remember this." While it's unclear exactly if this affects your chances of romancing her in the future, it proves that something about Invisigal is key to how Robert's story will develop. Other types of romance Aside from these two options, nothing in the first two episodes indicates other romance options, which doesn't mean they don't exist. Dispatch's narrative style likely means romance options will be restricted and player agency will be limited, so don't expect Baldur's Gate 3 levels of love on this one. We will update this story as new Dispatch episodes are released. The post All Dispatch romance options we know so far appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
It may not make a lot of sense that your survivalist post-apocalyptic duck needs a rod to learn how to fish in Escape From Duckov, but neither does the rest of the fowl-filled apocalypse so I'll roll with it (even if I think fishing minigames are the worst)... Read more.View the full article
Normally $799, the Asus Vivobook 14 has dropped to a record-low $479. It features a 10-core i5-1334U CPU, 24 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB NVMe SSD. At 14-inch and just 3 pounds, it's a lightweight option for daily productivity. Other highlights include a privacy shutter, USB-C, HDMI, and two USB-A ports. Read Entire Article View the full article
Priorities. That's what managing a medieval city is all about. Farms are important for long-term survival, but fishing and gathering makes more sense if people need food quickly. Chopping logs into planks means construction on new buildings can commence, but if people are freezing in their homes, that timber should be turned into firewood instead... Read more.View the full article
What's worse than a Nazi? A Nazi that's stolen your dog. That's the scenario you find yourself in at the start of Darkenstein 3D, a new boomer shooter with a retro feel that's a love letter to the early Wolfenstein games. Filled with vengeful fury at losing your bestest boi, it's time to go on a rampage - a rather unusual rampage, at that. While we've seen plenty of these projects appear in recent times, harking back to the good ol' days of Doom, there's one major difference with Darkenstein 3D: it's totally free. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
I miss Arc Raiders. At the time of writing, it's been three whole days since its Server Slam wrapped, and I've thought about little else. Thankfully, its full launch is just around the corner, but Embark is making a few tweaks before the big day based on what it learned during its recent open playtest. Alongside tweaks to visuals following concerns of a downgrade versus its Tech Test earlier in the year, and a rebalancing of its flying Arc machines, there's unfortunately some sad news for those of you that rinsed the Server Slam's biggest exploit. You won't be able to parkour your way into the Dam Tower loot cave anymore. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Arc Raiders Hatch Key explained I didn't think Arc Raiders could win against Battlefield 6 and ****** Ops 7, but then I got struck by lightning and now I believe Best Arc Raiders builds - all Raider skills View the full article
Valve is a notoriously opaque company. We know that developers can float between projects. We know that it shadowdrops new games like Deadlock without the usual marketing push. And I strongly believe that In the Valley of Gods, Campo Santo's follow-up to Firewatch, is probably never happening now that it's been swalled up by the Valve machine. The inner machinations, however, are often a mystery. Many hope developers are working on Half-Life 3 as we speak. Or Team Fortress 3. Or Portal 3. Or all three. That'd be one hell of an orange box to release unexpectedly. But what at least some of Valve has been cooking up for the past months is a Steam calendar. Great. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Over 500 Steam Next Fest demos used generative AI, and I've never felt more disappointed When is the next Steam *****? New Steam study alleges that Valve's store is home to extreme right-wing "wars" View the full article
Warframe is a bit of an enigma. To spectators it's a fast-paced, uber-complicated hack and slash fest, with billions of resources, a dictionary's worth of bizarre words, and an aesthetic that fuses traditional Egyptian-esque golds with art deco-style patterns (and that's before you look at the frames themselves). In 2025 alone we've seen the glam rock-inspired Temple and spider-like Oraxia, and now living mushroom Nokko joins the fray. 1999 has come and gone, its grimy '90s feel now relegated to the history books, and now all eyes are on The Old Peace, a more traditional Warframe story. It's been quite the rollercoaster, to say the least. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Warframe codes October 2025 and how to redeem Warframe's huge new update, The Vallis Undermind, adds an adorable ******* frame Warframe's Caliban Prime finally arrives after those epic The Old Peace teasers View the full article
Superheroes doing super-mundane stuff? Sure, why not! Dispatch puts you in control of Robert Robertson, formerly known as Mecha Man, as his mech has been sidelined in the narrative decision game from AdHoc Studio. The dev is comprised of many TellTale Games devs, so you know what to expect in this title going into it. Dispatch made big headlines with some of its voice cast, including Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul voicing the main character, but he's just the beginning of the impressive list of voices. Here's all of the voice actors we know of so far. Dispatch voice cast Screenshot by Destructoid CharacterActorYou may know them from:Robert Robertson / Mecha ManAaron PaulBreaking Bad (TV series) - Jesse PinkmanInvisigalLaura BaileyThe Last of Us: Part II - Abby Marvel Rivals - ****** Widow Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - Mary-Jane WatsonChaseJeffrey WrightWestworld (TV series) - Bernard The Batman (film) - Jim GordonSonarCharlie WhiteMoistCr1TiKaL / Penguinz0 on YouTubeBlond BlazerErin YvetteHades II - Scylla, Dora The Wolf Among Us - Snow WhiteMalevolaAlanah PearceCharalanahzard - Santa Monica Studio game dev, former journalistPunch UpSean McLoughlinJacksepticeye on YouTubePrismTHOT SQUADMusicianFlambaeLance CantstopolisStand up comedianTBDTravis WillinghamCritical Role Marvel Rivals - Doctor Doom Marvel's Avengers - ThorTBDMatthew MercerCritical Role Resident Evil 6 - Leon S. Kennedy TBDJoel HaverYouTuber and Filmmaker More info about Dispatch and its cast will be revealed as new episodes launch, including any additional characters or actors that pop up. Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches! The post Dispatch voice cast – All voice actors in Dispatch so far appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
The Max 87 Base Icon Upgrade SBC is now live in FC 26, and it's your best gateway to get a guaranteed icon in Ultimate Team. For most of us, the icon we receive should be the first one in the squad (discounting the Ultimate Team pre-order rewards). While there are many amazing cards to obtain, the reward pool only includes items rated up to 87. This guide will help you with the complete list of rewards before you choose to invest your resources in the challenge. Complete list of FC 26 Max 87 Base Icon Upgrade SBC rewards There are plenty of cards you can potentially get from the following list, but the final result will be random. Hernan Crespo ST 86Gianluca Zambrotta RB 86Roy Keane CM 86Sol Campbell CB 86Cha **** Kun ST 86Sissi CAM 86Juan Veron CM 86Ashley Cole LB 86Luis Hernandez ST 86Larsson ST 86Michael Essien CDM 86Genaro Gattuso CDM 86Nemanja Vidic CB 87Davor Suker ST 87Frank Lampard CM 87Claude Makele CDM 87Iain Wright ST 87Fernando Torres ST 87Emmanuel Petit CDM 87Patrick Kluivert ST 87Robert Pires LM 87John Barnes LW 87Ian Rush ST 87Frank Rijkaard CDM 87Xabi Alonso CDM 87 As attractive as this SBC is, it requires a lot of fodder. If you get the fodder from the market, you'll have to spend a lot of coins. Some of the icons available from this SBC are worth less than the potential investment. Hence, only attempt this challenge if you're willing to take the risk. With Ultimate Scream coming soon, it could be worth waiting and holding on to your fodder for the time being. Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches! The post All FC 26 Max 87 Base Icon Upgrade SBC rewards appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
You can reroll in Chaos Zero Nightmare using a Guest account. The first moment when you can pull characters from banners is after about 20 minutes of gameplay, when you clear the Chaos tutorial and see a message saying the Lobby has been unlocked. When you go to the Lobby, CZN's tutorial will seem to force you into starting your first Battle Mission. You can, however, click away to return to the lobby and start rolling (or Rescuing) characters. Before you start, claim all launch event bonuses from the Mail. You can get them by tapping the hamburger button (☰) on the top right of the lobby, then selecting the mail icon on the right-side menu. Also, get all the Achievement rewards by tapping the cards icon next to that hamburger button in the lobby. This way, you'll have maxed out all free rewards needed to pull for a five-star in the early game of Chaos Zero Nightmare. Best banner and characters to pull and reroll for Once you enter the Rescue menu from the lobby, you should pull from the Special Rescue Request banner. It's the third banner on the list, the one that guarantees you a five-star character after 50 pulls. The five-star characters with the best reroll value are Mei Lin and Khalipe, with Kayron and Hugo also being good alternatives. They all have great AP cost effectiveness, strong buffs, or simply big damage and AoE cards. The right banner to pull from. Screenshot and editing by Destructoid. From all the rewards you've collected in the Achievements and from the Mail, you should have almost enough Rescue Anchors to do these 50 pulls. You'll have enough Crystals to buy the rest and secure your first five-star character. If you're obsessed with optimization, you can instead pull from the Normal Combatant Rescue banner first. But the odds of naturally pulling any five-star Combatant are 1 percent, or 0.1 percent for each specific target. If you get them, though, you still have the Special Rescue Request for a second guaranteed five-star. I still don't recommend this because you can clear game content with any combatant team early on, making this high level of optimization unnecessary and a massive drag with CZN's 20-minute reroll cycles. How to reset your account to reroll Start fresh by resetting the server. Screenshot and editing by Destructoid If you didn't get the five-star character you wanted from the Special Rescue Request, do the following to erase your account data and reroll in Chaos Zero Nightmare: Go to the LobbyTap the hamburger button (☰) on the top rightTap the Gear icon on the right-side menu that pops up to open the Settings menu. The Gear is the second icon from the bottom up.Tap the icon with a generic person shape, which will open the Account Settings.Select the "Reset server" button on the bottom rightType in your account nickname to confirm you want to erase your game data.Create a new game with a new Guest account. You now have to play through all the tutorials from scratch until you unlock the Lobby again, when you'll claim all the Mail and Achievement rewards to roll for the Special Rescue a few more times. How to bind your guest account after rerolling If you're rerolling with a Guest account, remember to bind it to an email after getting the Combatant you were chasing. You can do so in the same Account Settings menu you used to reroll: Tap the hamburger button, the Gear icon, and go to Account Settings.Next to "STOVE Account Management", tap "Go Now"Select "Upgrade to Member"Choose your favorite method to bind your account and never lose it again. You can choose from Email, Google, Apple, Facebook, Naver, and Line.Complete your platform-specific instructions, and your account will be bound and safe.Rerolling in Chaos Zero Nightmare is not worth it Unlike other gacha games, Chaos Zero Nightmare doesn't give you resources early on to pull from its rate-up banner, only from standard ones. Also, from the Closed Beta Test, all five-star characters are viable choices in most team comps in the early and mid game, with none of them being an overwhelmingly powerful choice compared to the others. That's why rerolling in CZN is not worth it. The only reason to do so is if you really like one of the characters and absolutely want to start your playthrough with them. In that case, go for it. If you don't care, just keep whatever five-star you get from the Special Rescue, and you'll be completely fine. The post How to reroll in Chaos Zero Nightmare appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
World of Warcraft recently rolled out a new hotfix full of adjustments to herald the arrival of Legion Remix Phase 2. These bug fixes, along with the second phase of World of Warcraft: Legion Remix, will all be live when servers come back up after weekly maintenance. View the full article
Издательский холдинг Hobby World провёл в Москве большую презентацию своих новинок, среди которых настольные игры, коллаборации с популярными франшизами и видеоигры. Среди анонсов – начало краудфандинга Middara и настольная игра по мотивам сериала "Сергий против нечисти". View the full article
Borderlands 4 looks like a big hit in the U.S. at least, where it has outperformed Borderlands 3 in terms of money made. U.S. video game data company Circana said Gearbox’s looter shooter was the best-selling premium video game of September, debuting as the third best-selling game of 2025 so far. It was September’s best-seller on both the Xbox and aggregated PC storefront charts. Most importantly for publisher 2K Games, Borderlands 4 generated the highest launch month dollar sales of any title in the franchise’s history, nearly 30% higher than the previous best, Borderlands 3. It’s worth noting this stat isn’t about unit sales, rather revenue generated. Borderlands 4 launched at $69.99 (eventually, after a weird kerfuffle online about whether it would jump to $80), with the Deluxe Edition priced $99.99 and the Super Deluxe Edition at $129.99. At its launch in September 2019, Borderlands 3 cost $59.99 for the standard edition, $79.99 for the Deluxe Edition, and $99.99 for the Super Deluxe Edition. It's also worth noting that Borderlands 3 was a PC exclusive to the Epic Games Store for six months after its release, whereas Borderlands 4 launched across PC via Steam as well as consoles. So, we don’t have hard sales figures yet (2K Games has made no announcement so far). But according to Circana, Borderlands 4 was the first Borderlands title to launch as the best-selling game of its release month, so there’s that. There were encouraging signs for Borderlands 4 when it came out last month. It set a peak concurrent player number record for the franchise on Steam (neither Sony nor Microsoft make player numbers public). But it has suffered from performance issues that have contributed to its ‘mixed’ Steam review rating on Valve’s platform. Gearbox has issued a series of patches since launch, but fans are waiting for the Borderlands 4 ‘Day 30 Update,’ which is due out later this week. NBA 2K26, by the way, is 2025’s best-selling game year-to-date, ahead of Capcom’s Monster Hunter: Wilds. Helldivers 2 was the fourth best-selling game of September on Xbox platforms, after debuting third during its August launch month. Helldivers 2 ranked as the sixth best-selling game overall in September and was 19th for the 2025 year-to-date *******. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
Lords of Waterdeep, the classic 2012 board game based on Dungeons and Dragon, is getting reprinted by Renegade Game Studios. A new pre-order page on the publisher's website has listed copies for $55, and it promises an April 2026 release date. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: All DnD classes explained How star D&D player Whitney Moore went from being cast in the worst movie ever made to a lead seat at Critical Role DnD's Forgotten Realms creator keeps revealing canon breast milk flavors, and we wish he would stop View the full article
I'm not a man. Not any more. I have ascended beyond humanity. The weakness of my flesh has been transfigured, changed. You may call me grotesque, but I know I am pure. For I have achieved daemonhood, my blades are swift and brutal as the whims of the gods whom I serve. No servant of the false Emperor can stand in my... Oh, crap. What's that? I've been nerfed? My strength curtailed and blades dulled? That's pretty much how my latest playthrough of Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader has been going, as my dastardly adventurer makes pacts with the dark gods and dances through combat practically unopposed. At least, that's what she was doing until developer Owlcat patched the game's most broken archetypes. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: My favorite Warhammer game is 50% off right now, but you'll have to be quick Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader fixes Yrliet romance and other, less important stuff Huge Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader update lets you snag Lex Imperialis ally early View the full article
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