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World of Warcraft has revealed more details about how the first month of Mists of Pandaria Classic will go, confirming that the Mogu'shan Vaults raid will arrive at the end of July. Starting July 1, World of Warcraft Classic players will be able to test out the revamped talent system and start playing as the Monk class. View the full article

We test Dragon Quest XI S, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Builders, Builders 2, Treasures, Monsters, and more on Switch 2 to see how the more powerful hardware may or may not improve the experience via backward compatibility. View the full article

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has seen a major player boost following the recent "Battle for Tertium" update, jumping from an average of 10,000 players to 43,000. The update launched on Monday, June 23, which is when the peak occurred. While the numbers have been steadily dropping since then, they’re still much better than what Warhammer 40,000: Darktide had been averaging over the past year. View the full article

What are the new Persona 5 The Phantom X codes? If you're keen to jump into the Persona 5 spinoff now that the global release of the gacha game is here, you're going to need all the free goodies and rewards you can get. Here are the latest codes. Persona 5 is one of the best RPGs on PC, and Metaphor ReFantazio was one of the best PC games to emerge from Atlus in 2024, so we're excited that a new Persona 5 game is here. You take on the role of new characters, and some old ones return, too. Persona 5 X codes are particularly handy to get hold of in-game currency and items to use on banners for the chance of getting your favorite character, so here are all active codes. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Persona 5 The Phantom X release date is set, as the new JRPG heads to Steam View the full article

Fresh War Thunder patch notes are here for the new Leviathans update, which brings dozens more vehicles to the tremendously popular free Steam war game. Gaijin Entertainment's latest overhaul bolsters the combat simulator with a vast haul of tanks, SAM vehicles, aircraft, and battleships, including some of the most famous names in naval warfare. There are also new map updates, the introduction of a multi-vehicle SAM system, and interface overhauls such as a dedicated radar control screen and extra action panel buttons. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best plane games and flight sims on PC The best simulation games to play right now The best WW2 games on PC 2025 View the full article

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. A new rumor has suggested that Intel is looking to replicate the success of AMD's groundbreaking 3D V-cache technology by adding similar functionality to some of its next-gen Nova Lake gaming CPUs, a move that could allow the chipmaker to offer seriously competitive gaming performance compared to AMD's best processors for the first time in years. That would be seriously good news for Intel, which hasn't had the best few years. As our Intel Core Ultra 7 265K review shows, the company simply hasn't been able to compete against AMD to produce the best gaming CPU lately, even if its latest Arrow Lake CPUs have seen modest improvements since launch. Meanwhile, problems with older 13th and 14th-gen Intel CPUs, which sometimes suffer from catastrophic failures, have caused damage to the company's reputation, despite issuing CPU fixes later on. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Next-gen Intel Core gaming CPU range set to have up to 52 cores, suggests leak This new budget Intel CPU is the "perfect choice for gamers" according to leak This rumored new Intel gaming GPU could take on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 View the full article

There's been some controversy surrounding a few upcoming features for Doom: The Dark Ages recently, but the game's director has quickly put some rumors to rest by clarifying what the team has planned for the game's QuakeCon update and how these upcoming changes will affect gameplay. Though Doom: The Dark Agesisstill quite new, it has already received a variety of patches that have brought several tweaks to certain weapons, enemies, and gameplay mechanics, and the game's developers have made it clear that they plan to bring much more to the title in the future. View the full article

The next Minecraftupdate will introduce a brand-new painting and music disc, which has been detailed in a recent news post on the official Minecraftblog. The painting depicts Steve's **** wolf Dennis from the film, while the music disc plays the Lava Chicken tune. View the full article

Now Playing | I've done myself a disservice in giving up on Oblivion all those years ago, and now I get itView the full article

Phantom Blade Zero's developer confirmed that the game is neither a Soulslike nor a traditional hack-and-slash, but something entirely different, an amalgamation of different genres the studio has tentatively dubbed “Wuxia Action Game.” A six-minute gameplay trailer for Phantom Blade Zerowas first displayed at a PlayStation event in January earlier this year, followed by an announcement trailer in May, signaling a ramping up for the game’s marketing. View the full article

The 2025 Call of Duty game was revealed to be Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7, a direct sequel to the series' most iconic title, ****** Ops 2. Many past characters and even certain actors are returning in ****** Ops 7, and all this hype had me thinking about where it all began: Call of Duty: ****** Ops 1. This game was released a whopping 15 years ago, in 2010, and, strangely, remains the highest-rated ****** Ops title, with an 87 on Metacritic. View the full article

Marvel Rivals is about to ramp up its hero release schedule in a big way starting in July 2025. With season three, the hero shooter from NetEase Games is going to begin releasing a new hero every single month. If that sounds daunting, it's because it absolutely is for any live-service game maker, and it will be very interesting to see how the developer handles Marvel Rivals' balancing moving forward. Screenshot by Destructoid There's no shortage of heroes for Marvel Rivals to potentially add into the game. The Marvel universe has literally hundreds of characters to choose from, and with a new hero coming each month starting on July 11, they will be coming fast and hard. After Ultron launched at the end of May, there's already 39 playable characters in the game just about seven months after launch, but there are even more that are coming and have been previously data mined. Here's a short, non-exhaustive list of just some of the heroes who have been found within the files and could be coming soon: DeadpoolProfessor XRogueColossusJean Grey/PhoenixCyclopsCaptain MarvelAngelaArmorDaredevilForgeNightcrawlerJubileeGambitWhite FoxThe Hood And so I ask you, Marvel Rivals gamers, who from this list do you hope to see next? Who do you want to see even if they're not on the list, and what role (Vanguard/Duelist/Strategist) do you think they fit best into? Keep in mind that the in-game lore is heavily hinting at Jean Grey/Phoenix coming in season three, so who else would you want to see soon? Let us know in the comments and poll below. The post Which data mined hero do you want next in Marvel Rivals? appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Team Fortress 2 has been neglected by Valve for years, its last major update releasing nearly eight years ago in 2017. Aside from the occasional technical updates and small community content inclusions, TF2 hasn't seen much new stuff since Jungle Inferno, but that is perhaps about to change. In a strange, barely understandable but nonetheless in-character blog post, Valve announced a new major update for the game's co-op vs. AI game mode, Mann vs. Machine. The devs made the announcement indirectly, via a short story, asking players to submit their own custom-made maps and missions to Valve by Aug. 27 so they would be included in the update. Later on in the story, via a tale of Ancient Greece and stone tablets, Valve also indicated a second part of the update would arrive by Halloween, and that submissions shouldn't all be Halloween-themed (TF2 has been getting generally just minor Halloween updates over the years and not much else). This new update is worthy of joy, no matter how "original" it turns out to be. Screenshot via teamfortress YouTube Channel So, given how the story reads, this new Mann vs. Machine update could entail a mix of a ton of community-made content (but actual content, like maps and missions, not skins and hats) and original stuff created by Valve itself, to be implemented into the game in two batches. This would mark nearly 12 years since the last substantial update to Mann vs. Machine and some eight years since some proper original, operation-sized content was added to Team Fortress 2 itself. The game has been drier than gunpowder for a long, long time, and Valve seems finally inclined to reinvigorate its classic 2007 title (yes, it's been nearly 20 years since Team Fortress 2 came out). It could also be an inauguration of something greater. If this new update isn't entirely composed of community-made additions and Valve actually puts in the extra effort to make it more original than not, we could be seeing the first of many content updates in Team Fortress 2, a game that refuses to die and dwindle despite all the negligence. Or, well, it could just be the one janitor at Valve trying to patch something up from what the community gives him, giving us false hope that TF2 is on its way up from the pits. The post After almost 8 years, Valve is finally adding new original content to Team Fortress 2 appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

Fishing is one of several new additions in Palworld that will allow you to increase the count of Aqua Pals in your collection. Added as part of the Tides of Terraria update, fishing isn't directly related to the collab. Instead, it has been added to the list of core activities that you can complete in the game. In fact, you can also assign a Pal to fish for you. But let's first check out how you can fish inside the game. How to fish in Palworld To fish in the game, you'll need to have a Fishing Rod set. Here are the different types available in the Technology tree. Beginner Fishing SetIntermediate Fishing RodAdvanced Fishing Rod I have also added the technology level and individual ingredients of all the recipes. ItemTechnology unlock levelIngredientsBeginner Fish Set15Paldium Fragments 20 Pal Fluids x6 Ingot x16 Fiber x16Intermediate Fishing Rod29Paldium Fragment x30 High Quality Pal Oil x10 Cement x10 Fiber x30Advanced Fishing Rod45Paldium Fragment x70 High Quality Pal Oil x20 Pal Metal Ingot x15 Carbon Fiber x30 Next, you're going to need bait. So far, I haven't found a natural spot where you can fish without it. There are four types of baits available in the current version: Simple BaitHigh Quality BaitDeluxe BaitAlluring Bait Screenshot by Destructoid Baits of higher rarity will have better chances of grabbing the rarer Pals, but you'll also require more ingredients. Once you've added the Fishing Rod and bait to your inventory, you're all set for fishing. First, move the rod to your equipment slot (just like you would for your pickaxe or gun). Screenshot by Destructoid Press your RT/RMB to aim and shoot the fishing line.Wait until a fish takes the bait. A meter will appear on your screen after a double exclamation mark.The fish (represented by a symbol) will be moving either right or left on the meter. You'll have to press the buttons accordingly to match the fish's movement.As you keep the fish's symbol within your bar, you'll gain progress until you successfully catch it. (If you ever played Fisch on Roblox, this will be extremely familiar.) That's pretty much all you have to do to become an expert angler in Palworld. The post How Fishing works in Palworld appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

After meeting the many objects you can bring to life around your home in Date Everything!, you may be wondering if there's a way to give these characters more rather than leaving them stuck as static objects. Luckily, you can use Realization Recipes to truly bring them to life. The Realization Recipe system isn't explained very well, and is a fairly complex process to solve. Knowing all of the requirements for it makes it much easier to master, so here are all the Realization Recipes you need in Date Everything!. Table of contentsDate Everything! character Realization RecipesWhat are Realization Recipes in Date Everything?Date Everything! character Realization Recipes Screenshot by Destructoid Every Dateable has a unique Realization Recipe in Date Everything!, so you need to learn what each character values to successfully Realize all of them and finish the game. Here is every Realization Recipe needed for all characters you can meet around your house. NameImageSmartsPoiseEmpathyCharmSassAbel650756540Airyn651008500Amir2040608050Arma808065025Artt1000100500Barry Styles050902090Bathsheba0406050100Beau609007030Ben-Hwa0100050100Betty001007575Beverly606006070Bobby4040406565Bodhi Windbreaker251510100100Cabrizzio6050401000Cam7080801010Captain Jaques Pierrot09009070Celia2050905020Chairemi707007040Chance800608030Curt & Rod408504085Daisuke10100902525Dante0500100100Dasha35100253555Deenah/Daemon11111Diana656565550Dirk80008090Dishy1000050100Dolly100070080Dorian751007500Doug20100302080Drysdale85009075Dunk Shuttlecock3030708040Eddie & Volt650851585Fantina2525508070Farya100075750Florence2050905020Freddy Yeti4565204080Friar Errol707070400Gaia8520652060Hanks0500100100Harper5070255550Hector2535857530Henry Hoove7020707020Hero-Hime3565356550Holly6060604030I, Ronaldini7520555050Jean-Loo Pissoir5010000100Jerry10551006520Johnny Splash0751005025Keith5050505050Keyes8585203525Koa10801004020Kopi8015856010Kristof701008000Lady Memoria080803060Lucinda Lavish11111Luna/Connie75100251045Luke Nukem80808055Lux0500100100Lyric1004004070Mac9020703040Maggie1004507530Mateo Manta5451001000Mikey Transaction100100100100100Miranda00709090Mitchell Lynn7525307050Monique808008010Nightmare4510035700Parker Bradley10105080100Penelope8020704040Phoenicia3001003090Prissy Plastique6580302055Rainey8020703050Rebel0704040100Reggie80800090River4545456550Rongomaiwhenua807060400Scandalabra25152090100Shelley5050505050Sinclaire00005Skylar Specs6060604030Sophia30852015100Stefan9050801515Stella2050905020Stepford6570109015Teddy020909050Telly40455015100Textbox-Chan955100050The Sassy Chap45303045100Timothy Timepiece9015456535Tina8060406080Tony2050406080Tydus Andromache909520405Tyrell5025806035Vaughn Trapp5025806035Wallace2010080500Washford15View the full article

Daggerheart, the hot new Dungeons and Dragons rival on the block, shared new playtests on June 24 that are stuffed with additional character options. This includes upgrades to its two previous playtest classes, two brand-new classes for testing, six ancestries, and six community options. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dungeons and Dragons in meltdown as ex-lead designers join rival Daggerheart Hot new DnD rival Daggerheart drops free rules for everyone to play with DnD rival Daggerheart just released, and it's already playtesting new classes View the full article

WWE 2K25 has released the Dunk & Destruction Pack, the second of five planned DLC packs planned for this year's entry in the wrestling game franchise, including its three NBA guest stars. Players in WWE 2K25 will now be able to take to the ring as four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal and two popular stars of today in point guards Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks and Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers. View the full article

Marvel Rivalshas adjusted its ranked surrender system, allowing players to more easily escape matches that have been ruined by troublemakers. Currently in its second season, named Hellfire Gala, Marvel Rivalsrecently added Ultron to the game's roster as the latest support character. The mechanical villain followed in the footsteps of mutant Emma Frost, who was brought to the game earlier in Season 2. View the full article

Bandai Namco Entertainment has revealed new details surrounding the gameplay for Digimon Story: Time Stranger, including battle systems, Digimon personality types, and player abilities. Announced during February's PlayStation State of Play livestream, Digimon Story: Time Stranger is the first new game in the Digimon Story series since Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory was released in 2017. View the full article

Stalker 2 presents you with one of the most unforgiving videogame environments ever made. The Zone is closed off and decrepit, but also filled with plenty of danger. Whether it's mercenaries, mutated animals, traps, or scientific anomalies, the world really is out to get you. With new weapons, system revamps, and further improvements to the A-Life system, however, the newest Stalker 2 update gives you more ways to fend off the horrors. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best Stalker 2 mods Huge Stalker 2 update makes the entire FPS game feel more realistic and lethal Massive Stalker 2 update repairs hundreds of crashes View the full article

President Takashi Kiryu backs the team to come together and get the MMO back to where fans want it to beView the full article

Anti-MTX "Experiments" will start next month with Treasure Hunter being disabledView the full article

What are all the Borderlands 4 legendary weapons so far? Fortunately, Gearbox has confirmed that legendaries are rarer and harder to obtain in Borderlands 4, making them feel well earned when encountering a tough boss fight or randomly stumbling on them thanks to sheer luck. Both Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3 had a tricky time with finding the right balance when it came to legendary loot, and although there are some returning fan favorites, it's the new inventions we're most looking forward to getting our hands on in Borderlands 4. As the Borderlands 4 release date approaches, we've already seen some of the legendary weapons coming to the looter shooter. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Borderlands 4 skill trees are so big they eclipse the size of BL2 and 3 combined Borderlands 4 system requirements Borderlands 4 pre-orders confirm it isn't an $80 game after all View the full article

Crisol: Theater of Idols aims to blend Bioshock with Resident Evil-style gameplay in a horror FPS influenced by classical Spanish folklore. I crawled through abandoned streets, popping zombie-like enemies with guns that used my blood for bullets, ducking in and out of derelict storefronts looking for the ever-reliable genre staple bolt cutters, and dodging powerful enemies along the way. While Crisol showed more to set itself apart from stalwarts in the genre during my hands-on demo, its weapon designs and distinct aesthetic in particular left me interested to see more. Exploring a horrific, reimagined version of Spain called Hispania, Crisol’s world and character designs blew me away – especially the guns. Here, your blood is your health and your ammo, so reloading each gun triggers a spine-tingling reaction like when your handgun’s handle bristles with little needles, drawing blood from your hand, or when needles stick out of the base of your double-barrelled shotgun’s barrel, waiting to trade health for survival. This push-and-pull forces you to keep tabs on both to keep yourself from wasting either and landing yourself in a sticky situation. You can pick up healing syringes to help restore ammo, but Crisol also encourages you to drain the blood from dead bystanders, killed by your mysterious foes, to heal and reload. Crisol also encourages you to drain the blood from dead bystanders, killed by your mysterious foes, to heal and reload. The gun designs themselves are cool too; gilded with red accents, they add a gothic pop of color that stands out, but doesn’t clash with the environments I saw in my short demo. The environments, on the other hand, didn’t have nearly as much character to them. While the trailer promises some pretty cool-looking set pieces, the dark streets of Hispania I wandered didn’t offer much deviation from the norm. That’s surprising considering just how well-designed the enemies and guns are. Crisol doesn’t waste any time throwing you into the action. Within seconds of picking up the controller, lurching, puppet-like enemies stumbled towards me. Low light revealed unsettling details in their mask-like faces as they approached, eventually collapsing under my gunfire. Each enemy I encountered (or at least each one I was able to kill) reacted based on which part of their body I shot; crawling headless after I kneecapped them, and popped their heads. Both of the blood-soaked firearms I tried have an older feel to them, more like the oomph of the original BioShock than the punchy crack of the guns found in most contemporary shooters, though Crisol’s trailer (and weapon wheel) promise a seemingly diverse arsenal of sanguine shooters. After making my way through a few city blocks, absorbing blood from dead bodies and popping zombie-like critters blocking my path, I came across a locked gate with a winch. Locked by a padlock with a chain – classic! Like clockwork, I set out looking for the bolt cutters I’d found in half a dozen survival horror games before. But before I could start looking, some kind of gigantic, arcane cyborg – a towering mass of blood-soaked bones and clanking machinery with a mask of a woman’s face crying blood – picked me up and tossed me around. The beast chased me down the street to the window (conveniently) of the hardware store, but couldn’t touch me once I dove in. Safe for now, I grabbed the bolt cutters from the back storeroom and every coin in the cash register and set out to snip the chains that kept me from safety. But the beast was back at my heels practically the moment my feet hit the dirt road, hurling threats my way as it hunted me down. I hope Crisol doubles down on these two different kinds of survival horror to produce layers of tension between the blood-for-bullets combat and high-stakes stealth in the full release. Crouching to minimize the noise I made, I found a shortcut through a fish store, making a bunch of noise at one end before cutting through the store, snipping the chains, and cranking away at the winch to open the gate in front of me. I heard the creature thudding towards me, and just pushed away in the quick-time event faster, hoping I could squeeze through instead of running back to cover. The gate opened with just enough time to spare; I rushed out of the courtyard to safety, the gate snapping shut before my assailant could catch me. This puzzle-like stealth section, though very simple, added a lot to my demo. I can see the ways this could evolve into a tense blend of stealth and shooting if I eventually need to dodge ******* enemies at the same time as popping the smaller, stoppable ones with my sanguine arsenal. I hope Crisol doubles down on these two different kinds of survival horror to produce layers of tension between the blood-for-bullets combat and high-stakes stealth in the full release. While I enjoyed my demo well enough, I felt like I hadn’t seen anything new beyond the Bloodborne-like, health-for-ammo trade-off and some really cool weapon and enemy designs. I’m sure puzzles and progression will begin to differentiate themselves from Resident Evil as the game gets more complex. But I didn’t get to see much of that in this demo, which was clearly very early in the campaign. Still, I have a feeling Crisol: Theater of Idols will be worth checking out for its distinct take on survival horror with a Spanish flair. View the full article

Spartan Survivors is coming to mobile and Xbox later this year, and PS5 in the futureView the full article