Arthur Morgan actor Roger Clark has recently confirmed on Twitter that he knows what the important upcoming Red Dead Redemption news is about. For a few days now, players have been wondering what Rockstar will announce for the massively popular Red Dead Redemption series due to some comments made by John Marston’s actor—and now Clark has stirred the pot even more. View the full article
We've jumped around the Call of Duty ****** Ops timeline a fair bit already - the six games we've had so far have taken us from the Cold War to the year 2070 and back again, plus several spots in between. The upcoming ****** Ops 7 lands on a near-future point between ****** Ops 2 (which was set in 2025) and ****** Ops 3 (which played out across the late 2060s), and clearly features lots of advanced tech, judging by last week's reveal trailer. This setting, combined with leaks and rumors, has led to many people theorizing and hoping that an advanced, ****** Ops 3-style movement system would return for BO7. However, it's now been confirmed that there won't be that big of a gameplay leap, movement-wise, from ****** Ops 6 to ****** Ops 7, with no wall-running or jetpacks. However, it will feature an "evolution of Omnimovement." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Call of Duty ****** Ops 7 release date estimate, trailers, story, and latest news Call of Duty ****** Ops 7 is coming, and we're going back to the future View the full article
A new Genshin Impact leak has revealed the appearance of a mysterious character named Ineffa, who is rumored to arrive in the next update. It seems Genshin Impact will continue its pattern of releasing a new five-star character in every update since the arrival of the Natlan region. View the full article
If, like me, you ended up keeping a bit of an eye on MindsEye once its release popped into view like a weird mind portal, you might remember one of the execs behind it causing a fuss with some Discord comments alleging bots were being used to bad mouth the game. Well, in a twist that'd be strange for other games, but feels pretty par the course for this one, developer Build A Rocket Boy's now denied that it's been using bots to say nice things about MindsEye. This wasn't totally out of the blue. Some folks had spotted some posts about the game with suspiciously similar wording. Read more View the full article
The Path of Exile Secrets of the Atlas launch has largely marked a successful return for the free Steam ARPG, but it's not without issues. While it works on the next PoE 2 update, developer Grinding Gear Games addresses some of the disruptions affecting the Diablo rival's new season. It also lays out a handful of balance changes, with nerfs incoming for overpowered mercenary skills that are blowing up players in an instant, and some buffs for memory skills. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Path of Exile flies past PoE 2 as the free Steam ARPG's new update lands Path of Exile 3.26 gets ******* right before launch, as GGG adds mercenary renown Path of Exile 3.26 pushes the free ARPG away from PoE 2, so both can coexist View the full article
On Steam and other aggregators, Mindseye reviews remain relatively unenthusiastic. The debut game from Build A Rocket Boy, the studio created by former GTA, Red Dead Redemption, and Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies, Mindseye has been criticized by both players and publications, which cite issues with technical performance, repetitive mechanics, and uninteresting visual design. However, on some platforms, including social media, posts have appeared that have a more positive timbre, likening Mindseye to the launch version of Cyberpunk 2077 and praising the game's narrative premise. In several instances, these posts have the exact same wording and punctuation, and are characteristic of bot-generated comments uploaded by fake accounts. In response to suggestions that it has engineered these posts to spread favorable sentiment about Mindseye, Build A Rocket Boy emphatically says it does not and will not use bots. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Mindseye review scores mean it's now the worst-rated game of the year so far Mindseye dev is "heartbroken" about technical issues, outlines extensive fixes Mindseye reviews hit 42% as GTA producer's latest goes viral for wrong reasons View the full article
You don't often see a gaming laptop for a price this low, while still offering a decent spec, but this $648 MSI gaming laptop deal genuinely delivers the goods. Not only does it contain a proper Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 gaming GPU, but it even includes a fast 144Hz screen, 16GB of RAM, and an Intel Core i5 CPU. You'll have to be quick, though, as Walmart says there are only a few left in stock. The laptop version of the Nvidia GPU in this MSI Thin laptop is quite unusual, as it contains the same core spec as the desktop GeForce RTX 4060, whereas you usually expect the laptop models to have a lesser spec. That's not the case here, though, with the GPU in this laptop giving you 3,072 CUDA cores and 8GB of dedicated GDDR6 VRAM, just like the desktop card - the only difference is that the laptop model has lower clock speeds. I've seen this laptop's price drop below $700 before, but I've never seen it go this cheaply before, making it one of the best gaming laptop deals I've seen. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Wow, this $199 Intel Core i5 CPU deal includes a free 240mm AIO cooler and Civ 7 Another Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 gaming GPU cable has melted, despite precautions MSI Claw ditches Intel exclusivity, reveals new AMD gaming handheld View the full article
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Date Everything is all about meeting characters around your house. From your bed, walls, and windows to items scattered around, there are a whole lot of people to talk to, including a mysterious entity, Shadowlord. This one may be peculiar, but it's also pretty funny. Table of contentsShadowlord location in Date EverythingHow to romance, befriend, and hate Shadowlord in Date EverythingShadowlord location in Date Everything There are a few ways you can learn about Shadowlord. Phoenica and Maggie will both give hints about his existence, telling you there is a permanent, unnatural shadow within the house that seems out of place. With this hint in mind, you can find and meet Shadowlord by interacting with the shadow cast by the globe in your living room. Within the same area where you met Maggie during the tutorial, you'll find a room with a piano, fireplace, and a globe next to a door, with an especially dark shadow on the floor. Interacting with this will summon Shadowlord, known ingame as xxXShadowl0rd420Xxx. Screenshot by Destructoid You can interact with Shadowlord at any time during the day. Although he'll suggest visiting during the night, you can spot the globe's shadow at any time, allowing you to interact in the morning, afternoon, or night, depending on your preference. How to romance, befriend, and hate Shadowlord in Date Everything After meeting Shadowlord, he'll initially appear in your Date-A-Dex at number 97 as "xxXShadowl0rd420Xxx." Like other dateables in Date Everything, you can achieve a friendship, love, or hate ending with Shadowlord that influences your interactions. Regardless of the route you go, you can advance your relationship status with Shadowlord by talking to him each day. Visit him regularly to learn more about him and respond to his stories in any way you wish. Beyond this, how you react is entirely up to what ending you're going for. Screenshot by Destructoid Your first option is to romance Shadowlord and become lovers. As he recounts his backstory about the Great Cataclysm, Dark Armaments, and past comrades, engage with his stories and ask for more information. Occasionally, you'll find flirtatious options to pick. As you talk to him more, he'll open up to you, revealing his true identity along the way. Once he does, continue showing care in a loving way, and he'll eventually start to love you. If you prefer befriending Shadowlord, be friendly toward him without making any flirtatious remarks. Your interactions will be mostly the same as the romance route, with you being interested in his stories and empathetic toward his past. However, you won't make romantic advances like you would in the first route. Lastly, you can get Shadowlord to hate you. Throughout your time with him, you can express complete disinterest in his story, telling him that the interactions *****, and even call him a loser. Anything disrespectful toward him will eventually lead to him hating you. Although this sounds bad at first, it can at least lead to some unexpected outcomes, depending on which other dateables you've met. The post Where to find Shadowlord in Date Everything appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Speedrunners are already breaking FNAF: Secret of the Mimic mere days after release, with some even beating the game in four minutes, proving once and for all that when it comes to the speedrunning community, anything is possible. Of course, the legendary small time is only made possible by a glitch, but it's still pretty fascinating to see how it's done, and also, how quickly speedrunners were able to find out this information so quickly after the game's initial release. [Hidden Content] For the initial three minutes, you play the game normally. Get out of your truck, enter the gate, and enter the facility to watch the opening musical performance. It's only after you finally get into the backrooms that the game shows its glitchy secrets. Players discovered that by going into a locker next to a specific mascot costume, you can perform a glitch where the player exits and reenters the locker, forcing the player's model into the air. Once in the air, by pausing the game in a specific way, the game will shoot you into the ceiling and start to load a different part of the game entirely, which so happens to be the final chase sequence through the burning facility at the end of the good ending of the game. It's pretty wild to see this happen and be done so easily, with most speedrunners trying to get a world record in the margin of seconds at the time of writing. We expect the developers to patch out this amazing glitch that has led to the game being speedrun so quickly in a alter patch, but for now it's pretty easy to replicate and can be performed by pretty much anyone with some basic instructions. Letting you get the achievement for beating the game before going against any of the game's major bosses, from Big Top to the Mimic itself. The post You can beat FNAF: Secret of the Mimic in under five minutes appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
There are many unique characters you can meet around your house in Date Everything!, all of which are disguised as common household objects. Some of these characters are trickier to find than others, as they appear as items you may not know to check, as is the case with Doug. Doug is by far one of the toughest characters to meet and is maybe the single trickiest guy to track down. He's a really interesting Dateable to know, though, so here's how to find Doug in Date Everything!. Table of contentsWhere to find Doug (#98) in Date Everything!What is Doug in Date Everything?How to romance Doug in Date Everything!Where to find Doug (#98) in Date Everything! Screenshot by Destructoid You can awaken Doug by staring at the wall behind the stairs for 30 seconds with your Dateviators on. This process looks completely different from awakening all other Dateables around the house, so it's pretty tricky to solve and get done. Here are the exact steps you need to follow to find him. On the first floor, walk around to the back of the stairs near the dining room. Turn and face the yellow wall that's directly behind the stairs, as pictured above. Your exact location doesn't matter too much here, so just face the wall as directly as possible and you'll be fine. Equip your Dateviators and look at the wall. Do not press the interaction button while looking at this wall because it won't work. You cannot summon Doug by throwing hearts at him like you can for all other characters.Stare at the wall for a full 30 seconds without moving. As soon as 30 seconds have passed, Doug will appear in front of you so you can start chatting it up with him. Every time you wish to see Doug again, you have to follow these same three steps. He never appears any faster than 30 seconds, so patience is key for summoning him. He does sometimes seem to take a bit longer to appear, so just keep your character still and he'll eventually show. What is Doug in Date Everything? Doug is the personification of existential dread. He's less of an object and more of a concept, although he is tied to the one specific wall, so he's one of the most unique Dateables you can meet around the house. How to romance Doug in Date Everything! Screenshot by Destructoid If you want to achieve a love ending with Doug, you essentially need to stand up for yourself and not let him treat you badly. Going along with everything he says in an attempt to please him results in a friends (with benefits) ending, so be sure to get real with him and have some tough conversations if you are hoping to find love. You need to be nice at first, then once you know him a bit better, get more real with him. I recommend waiting to do so until around the conversation where he wants to watch cars crashing on Vidbucket. This is the best point to choose honesty if you want love rather than friendship with him. To find more Dateables you can romance, you may want to learn how to unlock the attic. You also might be interested in learning all voice actors in Date Everything! and what other projects you know them from. The post How to find Doug in Date Everything! appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
It’s official, Springtrap, the villainous animatronic from the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise, has made its debut in the asymmetrical horror Dead by Daylight, where players can now control “The Yellow Rabbit” as a playable killer. Dead by Daylight first hit the gaming scene back in 2016, boasting thrilling multiplayer action in one-versus-four matches, where someone takes on the role of an iconic killer from the growing horror genre to hunt the remaining survivors. View the full article
You are a thirteen year old stuck in the shape of a T, arms aloft forever - what do you do? Well, in To A T, you simply go on living your everyday life. This kid-friendly town explorer is both a low-stakes comic adventure and a commentary on living contentedly with a disability despite daily struggles. As the only T-posing kid in school, you are also the target of three bullies, whose mockery and mimickry give your teen pause before heading out the door to school. This is mainly a story of how those bullies come to understand your troubles and appreciate some of your more far-fetched abilities (turns out spinning very fast allows you to fly, like a helicopter - who knew!) But it also takes a dip into truly silly territory, becoming more of an outlandish movie and less of an actual "game" as things go on. Read more View the full article
Sandustry seems a bit like the excellent Noita but a factory sim. Here every pixel is a simulated resource to use. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Director of the upcoming Elden Ring Movie, Alex Garland, is on his seventh playthrough of FromSoftware's epic fantasy RPG, and has revealed the boss he found the toughest to take down. Speaking to IGN ahead of the release 28 Years Later — the zombie apocalypse film he has written 23 years on from penning the first movie in the franchise — the Ex Machina and Civil War director revealed which of all of the famed foes in Elden Ring that he has settled on being the most difficult: Malenia, Blade of Miquella. “It's Malenia who's the tough one”, Garland explained. “I'm now on my seventh playthrough of that game. I've leveled up, I've got lots of juice, and a cool sword, and stuff like that, and I just throw myself at them again, and again, and again, and again.” “That was the technique I learned with Dark Souls," he continued. “It's not that you get better, it's more like monkeys and typewriters. You just keep doing it, and eventually, one day they're dead.” /www.instagram.com/p/DLBdKNBi8ig/embed But it turns out, Garland never had quite the trouble with Starscourge Radahn, instead offering his very own game help guide on how to take down the gravity magic-harnessing horseman. “Radahn's really easy”, stated Garland. “I thought Radahn was quite easy, because as long as you sort of activated the people who can assist you in that fight, they get on with fighting him, and they take off whatever it is, half his energy, and you finish him off. It's all about activating those little summon signs dotted around.” Can we expect either of these bosses to appear in A24's upcoming Elden Ring film adaptation? Well, as you may expect, Garland gave us no details on what he plans to do with the project. Indeed, we know next to nothing about the Elden Ring movie, which is in the works from Garland as writer and director, Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco, and A24. Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin, who helped create the original Elden Ring, is attached as a producer on the movie, as is Vince Gerardis. DNA’s Peter Rice will also produce, along with Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich from DNA. There’s no word yet on how involved FromSoftware or game director Hidetaka Miyazaki will be. What do you think the story of the Elden Ring movie should be? I, for one, think it would be smart to tackle a prequel based on the events of The Shattering, rather than the story of the game itself. Got your own idea? Let us know in the comments below! Simon Cardy is a Senior Editor at IGN who can mainly be found skulking around open world games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing at the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social. View the full article
As you climb up the various ledges of PEAK, you'll eventually come across a jungle biome that spawns an abundance of different foods from bananas to honey, but certain creatures stand in your way. Bees, for example, have become pretty notorious. If you even get close to one of their hives, you'll be chased down by them and they will slowly chip away at your stamina and health, inflicting poison damage. Players have had a pretty hard time losing them due to their speed, though there is a way to deal with them. Somewhat. How to escape Bees in PEAK If you even get close to a hive, bees will begin to chase you in PEAK near instantly. You can use this opportunity to let your friends grab the hive for any food or achievements you are after, but once the bees are chasing you, be prepared to be on the run for a while. When I was testing this, the bees seemed to chase me for a random ******* of time at varying speeds. Sometimes they'd chase me for up to 30 seconds, but they were slow, so I could run away, whereas other times they were insanely fast and lasted for what seemed to be forever. There's no telling which one you will encounter, but it feels like bees are a bit bugged, at least from what I could tell. And even then, it feels like sometimes bees would disappear randomly, too. So, how I deal with them is pretty simple: if one is chasing me, I tend not to climb, as climbing is slow and bees chip away at me while I'm climbing, leading to my death. Instead I run around a large area where possible in circles, keeping my distance until I ever get far enough away from the bees that they give up, or they randomly despawn or get stuck inside a rock due to a glitch (yes, this has happened to me more times than I like to admit.) Once I had a bee follow me for what felt like way too long, only for them to disappear, and when I went back to the hive, there were no bees on it, so I took it and ran on the off chance they'd spawn back. It was a good day. So to sum it all up, if bees chase you, pray you have enough space to run around until they give up and create distance from them to de-aggro. Hope it helps! The post How to deal with Bees in PEAK appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
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The best thing about Steam's Next Fests nowadays is that there are so many games. The most terrifying thing about Steam's Next Fests nowadays is that there are so damn many games. It's no surprise then, that according to calculations by developer Chris Hanney and the GameDiscoverCo newsletter, the latest summer Next Fest continued a trend of substantial year-on-year demo number growth. Hanney, a dev on Space Pirate Trainer and Shredders among others, has had a go at pulling the numbers on the numbers of demos uploaded to Steam during each next fest running back to 2019's Game Awards-adjacent first edition. Read more View the full article
Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7 publisher Activision has confirmed that the next entry in the series will not have wall-running or jetpacks, despite previous leaks and rumors claiming otherwise. Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7was revealed to the world earlier this month during the Xbox Games Showcase, and while the cinematic trailer didn't give fans any information on the shooter's Multiplayer, Activision has now revealed some interesting new pieces of information surrounding the game's upgraded movement system. View the full article
The developers of Dune: Awakening have just released a patch in response to player complaints about the game's PvP zones. Folks were annoyed because they kept getting crushed to death by other players piloting an ornithopter (Dune's big flying bug vehicle). It was irksome because it's difficult to damage said vehicle or fight back in any meaningful way. The devs solution is pretty straightforward: "Players no longer receive damage when hit by vehicles". The same patch also addresses respawn times in PvP areas. Read more View the full article
Warner Bros. Games has restructured into divisions dedicated to four key franchises: Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, and the DC Universe. On Tuesday, the company confirmed it had promoted Warner Bros Games Montréal studio head Yves Lachance to oversee Harry Potter and Game of Thrones games, while NetherRealm studio head Shaun Himmerick will oversee Mortal Kombat and DC games. The restructuring comes during a ******* of significant overhaul at Warner Bros.’ games division. Earlier this year, Warner Bros. Interactive president David Haddad left the company, following a 12-year tenure. Read More... View the full article
Relics are the potent items that can give your Nightfarer an extra boost on every run of Elden Ring Nightreign. There is also, as it turns out, a limit on just how many you can have stored up in your hideaway. One user on the r/Nightreign subreddit posted an image from their Elden Ring Nightreign game today, with a special message appearing over their attempts to start an expedition. "Cannot launch expedition: Too many relics in possession," read the message. "Please use the relic rite menu to sell off spares." You can't play if you have too many relics byu/Scufozzover1 inNightreign .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } The user u/Scufozzover1 didn't specify exactly how many they had, only ball-parking an estimate of "upwards of 1000 maybe." It's easy to theorize this might be related to a general 999 item limit, but unless you'd like to grind out that many relics, it's unclear where the limit actually is. There are plenty of reasons to clear out your relic storage, mostly for resources. Though if you're just playing run after run of Elden Ring Nightreign I could see losing track of just how many you've accrued. Comments in the thread have brought up an old critique of Elden Ring Nightreign: the need for relic management. As more relics flood in, it can become a little difficult to keep track of what's what, or adding additional filters that could better sift through the pile. It's already a bit of a hassle for me now, as I've built up a decent stockpile of basic relics, so I can't imagine what it's like for this Redditor and their apparent hundreds upon hundreds of relics. Maybe this won't be an issue for most players now, but as the weeks and months of Nightreign roll on, it might be worth keeping an eye on. At the very least, it's a good reminder to clean out your unused relics every now and then. We’ve got plenty of Nightreign tips and tricks to help you take down all the eight Nightlord Bosses, and if you’re wondering how to unlock the two locked Nightfarer Classes, check out How to Unlock the Revenant and How to Unlock the Duchess, plus How to Change Characters. Eric is a freelance writer for IGN. View the full article
EA Sports has announced a maintenance on June 18 for multiple football titles, including EA FC 25 and the servers are down for a significant duration. This is the first major maintenance of June, following a minor one in the first half of the month. EA Sports hasn't declared an exact reason behind today's maintenance, which could be related to the upcoming Title Update 16. Once the servers are taken down, all forms of online matchmaking will be temporarily suspended. However, the developers have also announced when the servers will return online. Table of contentsEA FC 25 Server Maintenance schedule (June 18)Which EA FC 25 modes will be unavailable?EA FC 25 Server Maintenance schedule (June 18) The maintenance on June 18 begins at 8:00AM UTC/1:00AM PST/3:00AM CT/4:00AM EST. Matchmaking as been locked 30 minutes prior to the start of the maintenance. Once done, you can't take part in any form of match that requires online connectivity/matchmaking with random strangers. [Hidden Content] If there are no delays, the maintenance will be four hours long. As per the published schedule from EA Sports, the servers should be back up at 12:00PM UTC/5:00AM PST/7:00AM CT/8:00AM EST. Typically, there haven't been any incidents related to unannounced maintenance extensions this year, so we can rule that out for the time being. Which EA FC 25 modes will be unavailable? Any modes with online matchmaking are now disabled. You might still be able to enter modes like Ultimate Team, but you won't be able to start a match. Trying to matchmake will result in an error message, which will remain in place until the server maintenance is complete. You can try out the Career Mode, which lets you play as a manager and player. Certain objectives, like completing matches, will reward you with Seasonal Points in Ultimate Team (and fast-track your Season 8 ladder progression). This mode doesn't require an internet connection, which is perfect for occasions like server maintenance. Once the maintenance is over, you can enjoy modes like Ultimate Team and Online Friendlies without any further disruptions. The post EA FC 25 Maintenance (June 18): When will the servers come back? appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
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We've jumped around the Call of Duty ****** Ops timeline a fair bit already - the six games we've had so far have taken us from the Cold War to the year 2070 and back again, plus several spots in between. The upcoming ****** Ops 7 lands on a near-future point between ****** Ops 2 (which was set in 2025) and ****** Ops 3 (which played out across the late 2060s), and clearly features lots of advanced tech, judging by last week's reveal trailer. This setting, combined with leaks and rumors, has led to many people theorizing and hoping that an advanced, ****** Ops 3-style movement system would return for BO7. However, it's now been confirmed that there won't be that big of a gameplay leap, movement-wise, from ****** Ops 6 to ****** Ops 7, with no wall-running or jetpacks. However, it will feature an "evolution of Omnimovement." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Call of Duty ****** Ops 7 release date estimate, trailers, story, and latest news Call of Duty ****** Ops 7 is coming, and we're going back to the future View the full article