Kinetic Games has confirmed that June 24 will be a very exciting day for all the Phasmophobia fans out there. The developer has revealed a massive new Phasmophobiaupdate, which is set to drop in late June. View the full article
Phasmophobia's next major update is officially slated for release on June 24, and it's completely overhauling how a variety of major gameplay features work. The Chronicle update is reworking how evidence collection functions, adding a new type of equipment, and so much more. This update is by far one of the biggest ones we've seen yet, as each new type of equipment completely reshapes how investigations function. The new item included in this one is a Sound Recorder, and ghost hunting is about to get a whole lot scarier because of it. Image via Kinetic Games The Sound Recorder brings with it the ability to capture sound evidence in any contract you tackle in Phasmophobia. Like all other equipment, this item has three Tiers, with each one steadily upping the quality of the object, making it easier and more efficient to use. With this item, you can record all kinds of paranormal sounds, including ones from ghost events, the Spirit Box, Parabolic Microphone, and all other forms of audio you encounter throughout your investigations. Since the Sound Recorder is adding an entirely new way to capture audio evidence, the journal is undergoing a complete redesign to go with it. The photos tab is replaced by a more general media tab. It's organized into three sections—photos, videos, and sound recordings—to efficiently capture all forms of evidence you come across. The value and labeling system for evidence will be vastly upgraded in this update, so it should finally give you proper rewards for capturing quality evidence. Before this update, you could capture a full-on ghost photo and not even have it recognized. With Chronicle, unique evidence will be treated as it should be, which means plenty of cash and XP earned for the first capture of each evidence. Image via Kinetic Games With the new equipment and gameplay systems combined, every moment is an opportunity to capture compelling evidence. You can record live footage as ghosts throw objects around, photograph some properly labeled ghost models, replay chilling Spirit Box noises, track Ghost Orbs, and so much more. Investigations are overall much more immersive, detailed, and dedicated to rewarding you for your efforts, thanks to these improvements. The Chronicle update releases on June 24th, and all of the new content will be live to explore as soon as it's available. As exciting as this update is, there's also plenty more to look forward to throughout the year after it, some of which was teased alongside the Chronicle update announcement. Phasmophobia's next planned update is a complete rework of the Grafton Farmhouse map, similar to the Bleasdale Farmhouse overhaul that launched back in March 2025. While Bleasdale Farmhouse got a fancy upgrade, Grafton Farmhouse is getting the exact opposite treatment with a much more dilapidated and run-down redesign. A sneak peek of what one area will look like was shared alongside the Chronicle update news, and it already looks downright terrifying. Image via Kinetic Games Beyond this update, there's also a new small map in the works, the complete gampley overhaul with Horror 2.0, and the biggest update yet in the works, so there's lots to look forward to throughout 2025 if you're seeking some fresh spooky experiences. The post Phasmophobia’s Chronicle update promises plenty of spooky summer fun appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
A commemorative plaque given to developers to celebrate the release of Concord is currently up for auction at a Goodwill store in the US. The plaque, which will have been given to members of the game’s development team to mark its full release, contains the game artwork, a game disc and the name of the developer. The plaque being auctioned contains the name Chelsea Grace on it, and says “Founding Freegunner, Northstar Crew, Worldwide Concord Launch, August 23, 2024”. Read More... View the full article
Elden Ring Nightreign comes out tomorrow, May 30, meaning that your wait to sample a thing we thought was quite good is almost over. Before you hop into classic ER to fight one last Malenia battle for the road, it's worth checking out the contents of the game's first patch - Version 1.01 - which FromSoft has handily deployed about a day early. Read more View the full article
I wouldn't blame you for thinking Deltarune—the follow-up to Toby Fox's incredibly good Undertale—is already out. Its first two chapters have been on Steam for some time, bundled together as a demo, but the whole thing hasn't officially been released just yet... Read more.View the full article
When those first bars of Tom Petty's Love Is a Long Road rang out against a sun-kissed cityscape in late December 2023, the world changed for GTA 6 anticipators. For those keen and waiting fans, the first trailer for the next long-awaited entry in Rockstar's crime simulator series offered a glimpse of what lay ahead. Finally, it was real, thereafter fueling reams of speculation about its characters, its setting, its mission structure and its inevitable deluge of unscrupulous side quests that will define our return to Vice City... Read more.View the full article
Elden Ring Nightreign has long been known to take place in a parallel world to Elden Ring, but it's unclear exactly how deep the two realms' connections go. Both clearly feature the eponymous Elden Ring, and the various Roundtable Holds indicate that there are spatial similarities beyond Limveld's passing resemblance to Limgrave, but there has yet to be any concrete evidence of a shared timeline. There is, however, a minute detail in one of Nightreign's trailers that confirms some very important events from Elden Ring also took place in its continuity. View the full article
Xbox Game Pass has added two new titles, including Metaphor: ReFantazio, one of the highest-rated games of 2024. The additions conclude what is so far the most content-packed month of 2025 for Microsoft's subscription service, which has seen 17 new Xbox Game Pass releases, excluding Standard-tier-only additions. View the full article
NVIDIA have today officially released their GeForce NOW native app for the Steam Deck, to give a better experience than using a browser with more features. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Star Wars Battlefront 3 is unlikely to happen as an internal emailed leaked online reveals EA's future plans, with no mention of a new Star Wars title outside of Respawn Entertainment's third Star Wars: Jedi game. Fans of the series are currently petitioning for a third entry by giving 2017's Star Wars Battlefront 2a massive player resurgence, but the community's efforts look like they could be in vain. View the full article
The modders at Tamriel Rebuilt have been building the rest of Morrowind for over two decades now, and the project just put out its ninth and largest expansion in the form of Grasping Fortune, which adds on an enormous chunk of the mainland province that stretches all the way down to its southern border. It's a behemoth, and its crowning jewel is the city of Narsis—capital of the wheelin' and dealin' House Hlaalu... Read more.View the full article
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Destructoid, I have something I need to get off my chest that feels petty the more I think about it, but has become a ******* concern as a physical video game collector. Why on earth of the Switch 2 boxes, and box art, so darn ugly? I adore collecting physical media and having a shelf of content to pick out during my time off. I enjoy looking at my collection of games, books, and the aesthetic it gives off. But the Nintendo Switch 2 boxes aren't cutting it for me. For those who haven't seen the Switch 2 box art yet, they are red with a thick label at the top of the box with the Switch 2 logo dead center, with the game's box art underneath it with all the usual bells and whistles you'd expect to see. I get it. Nintendo had to do something to make the box art different from the Switch 1 so consumers didn't pick up a Nintendo Switch 2 box and think it would work on the older system, but the more I look into the box art for day one and year one games, the less appealing I've been finding it. [Hidden Content] This feeling was heightened by the recent reveal of the Pokémon Legends Z-A Switch and Switch 2 Edition boxes. The Switch box art is minimal and gorgeous, letting the art pop out with a small Switch 1 logo. The Switch 2 version, though, feels condensed, and don't even get me started on the massive text box at the bottom of the Switch 2 edition games that feel like an eyesore. I think for these versions, I would rather buy the Nintendo Switch version and pay for the upgrade fee digitally so that I have a piece of physical media that I care about. But I can't help but wonder if it's just a me thing, or if others share the same views. Let me know in the comments below what you think. The post Is it me, or is the Nintendo Switch 2 box art really ugly? appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
With the bold changes of Civilization 7 splitting opinion, you might be on the hunt for your next favorite 4X game. Stellaris Biogenesis impresses with some creative origins, but my eyes are now on Endless Legend 2. Set to hit early access this summer, and more than a decade after the original won my heart with its unique and distinctive factions, Amplitude Studios and Hooded Horse continue their reveals with the much-anticipated return of the first game's most defining conquerors, the Necrophage. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Famed fantasy 4X sequel Endless Legend 2 is finally close, a decade later Fantasy 4X sequel Endless Legend 2 unveils new machine hivemind The Aspects The first Endless Legend 2 faction drops stranded spacefarers into the 4X sequel View the full article
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The rough time for the gaming industry continues, with a report that EA have cancelled the ****** Panther game along with closing Cliffhanger Games. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
GSC Game World, the developer behind the popular STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl sequel, has teased some new goodies coming to the shooter via update 1.5. STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl was first launched in 2024 and serves as the fourth main game in the STALKER series, and the first entry in 15 years after 2009’s Call of Pripyat. View the full article
Interview | Warhorse Studios' Jan Valta and Vojtěch Nedvěd unpick the process of creating a powerful audio landscape in their respective lectures at Digital Dragons 2025View the full article
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN arrives today by FromSoftware and thankfully it will work on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck even with the anti-cheat. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Elden Ring Nightreign’s release is just hours away, and publisher Bandai Namco has detailed its day-one patch, which makes some important changes to the game. Patch 1.01 is out now, Bandai Namco said, with the multiplayer spin-off set to go live on May 29 or May 30, depending on your timezone. Check out the Elden Ring Nightreign global release times for more. The patch, Bandai Namco said, improves “handling” of playable characters, makes balance adjustments, tweaks text, adds character scenarios, and adds to the soundtrack. There are bug fixes in there, too. “This update brings gameplay and stability improvements to ensure an optimal experience for your first steps in Limveld,” Bandai Namco said. You’ll know you have the latest version of the game on launch day if you see ‘Ver. 1.01’ displayed on the bottom right of the title screen. In IGN's recent interview with Elden Ring Nightreign director Junya Ishizaki, the development lead discussed the choice to lean on solos and trios as the core experience options. When asked why there's no option for a pair of players to drop in together without a matchmade third player, Ishizaki said it was overlooked. "The simple answer is that this is simply something that was overlooked during development as just a two-player option, so we're very sorry about that," said Ishizaki. "As we said before, we set out to make this a multiplayer co-op game for three players, balanced for three players, so that was the main focus and it's at the core of Nightreign. "Of course, I myself as a player understand that and often want times where I'm just playing myself, so this is something that we considered from the start," Ishizaki continued. "And so we did put a lot of effort into creating this experience that was playable for solo players in as much as the rules and new systems allowed. So in putting all our efforts into that aspect, we kind of overlooked and neglected the duos aspect, but this is something that we are looking at and considering for post-launch support as well." So if you're playing with just your favorite duos partner, be ready to accept a random third into your lives. Who knows? You might match up with someone pretty good at the game. Check out these crucial Elden Ring Nightreign tips and tricks we put together from the network test — and keep an eye on the IGN Nightreign wiki for plenty more guides when the game launches. Elden Ring Nightreign update 1.01 patch notes:Improved handling of playable charactersSoundtrack addition and adjustmentsText adjustmentsBalance adjustmentsAdded character scenariosBug fixes 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
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Time to update your apps! Pokémon Pocket's newest set, Extradimensional Crisis, launched on Thursday, bringing with it 103 new cards for deck brewers to tinker with. We've picked the five we think have the most potential to make a big showing in the meta. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Pokémon Pocket set coming May 29, with a truly evil Guzzlord ex New Pokémon Pocket deck finally crushes Giratina in huge 3,000 player tournament These evil Pokémon Pocket decks prove Celestial Guardians is a set for trolls View the full article
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Phasmophobia's next major update is officially slated for release on June 24, and it's completely overhauling how a variety of major gameplay features work. The Chronicle update is reworking how evidence collection functions, adding a new type of equipment, and so much more. This update is by far one of the biggest ones we've seen yet, as each new type of equipment completely reshapes how investigations function. The new item included in this one is a Sound Recorder, and ghost hunting is about to get a whole lot scarier because of it. Image via Kinetic Games The Sound Recorder brings with it the ability to capture sound evidence in any contract you tackle in Phasmophobia. Like all other equipment, this item has three Tiers, with each one steadily upping the quality of the object, making it easier and more efficient to use. With this item, you can record all kinds of paranormal sounds, including ones from ghost events, the Spirit Box, Parabolic Microphone, and all other forms of audio you encounter throughout your investigations. Since the Sound Recorder is adding an entirely new way to capture audio evidence, the journal is undergoing a complete redesign to go with it. The photos tab is replaced by a more general media tab. It's organized into three sections—photos, videos, and sound recordings—to efficiently capture all forms of evidence you come across. The value and labeling system for evidence will be vastly upgraded in this update, so it should finally give you proper rewards for capturing quality evidence. Before this update, you could capture a full-on ghost photo and not even have it recognized. With Chronicle, unique evidence will be treated as it should be, which means plenty of cash and XP earned for the first capture of each evidence. Image via Kinetic Games With the new equipment and gameplay systems combined, every moment is an opportunity to capture compelling evidence. You can record live footage as ghosts throw objects around, photograph some properly labeled ghost models, replay chilling Spirit Box noises, track Ghost Orbs, and so much more. Investigations are overall much more immersive, detailed, and dedicated to rewarding you for your efforts, thanks to these improvements. The Chronicle update releases on June 24th, and all of the new content will be live to explore as soon as it's available. As exciting as this update is, there's also plenty more to look forward to throughout the year after it, some of which was teased alongside the Chronicle update announcement. Phasmophobia's next planned update is a complete rework of the Grafton Farmhouse map, similar to the Bleasdale Farmhouse overhaul that launched back in March 2025. While Bleasdale Farmhouse got a fancy upgrade, Grafton Farmhouse is getting the exact opposite treatment with a much more dilapidated and run-down redesign. A sneak peek of what one area will look like was shared alongside the Chronicle update news, and it already looks downright terrifying. Image via Kinetic Games Beyond this update, there's also a new small map in the works, the complete gampley overhaul with Horror 2.0, and the biggest update yet in the works, so there's lots to look forward to throughout 2025 if you're seeking some fresh spooky experiences. The post Phasmophobia’s Chronicle update promises plenty of spooky summer fun appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article