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Thanks to the efforts of one glorious modder, there’s a whole new reason to play Dark Souls again. The Seamless co-op mod, released in April, lives up to its name just like it did for Elden Ring. No longer do you have to suffer FromSoftware’s bizarre multiplayer functionality—you can finally take an uninterrupted road trip through Lordran with your friends like god intended, and I lost a whole weekend doing just that... Read more.View the full article

One of the most impressive achievements in Marvel Rivals is a Lord icon you get for mastering a specific character. The final milestone of character proficiency, Lord icons are alternate artworks of heroes that show up during matches for your allies and enemies to see. Those with Lord icons have spent tons of time grinding a character, but there are ways to skip the tedium of earning Lord status. View the full article

New leaks have revealed that Treyarch's canceled Ultimate Spider-Man 2 game would have featured an expanded map and made Green Goblin a playable character. Although the project was scrapped nearly 20 years ago, the newly surfaced details suggest it could have been a much more ambitious game than the initial Ultimate Spider-Man. View the full article

A new Genshin Impact video leak has revealed the synergy of the upcoming character Skirk with some other characters, including the recently released Escoffier and the Hydro Archon. Before each new update, Genshin Impact enters a beta phase that includes most of the upcoming content, such as new characters, weapons, and regions. View the full article

Aria T'loak is one of Mass Effect's more interesting non-crew characters, a ruthless asari who runs the asteroid station of Omega. She first appears in Mass Effect 2, assisting Shepard in locating some new companions and navigating Omega's criminal underbelly. She shows up again in the third game, seeking the Commander's help in retaking Omega from Cerberus and offering her assistance against the Reapers in return. View the full article

It isn't always clear whether you should attack every enemy in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, particularly when it comes to optional enemies such as the White Nevrons you run into throughout the game. White Nevrons are a unique enemy type that are not hostile and actually have associated quests available if you interact with them. These quests typically involve tracking down a unique quest item in the local area, or completing a challenge of some sort. View the full article

Nothing beats the sounds of virtual industry. Whether it's the clang of carts on redstone rail in Minecraft, the gentle hum of a Satisfactory conveyor belt, or the chaos of miles of facilities in Factorio, watching the fruits of your industrial labor bloom is a reward unlike any other. If, like me, you're always on the lookout for your next opportunity to engage in some video game manufacturing, then, you need to give Foundry a try. Currently in Steam Early Access, the game's second update just introduced myriad new ways to play, and it's even 50% off right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Satisfactory competitor Foundry lays cable with first big update Paradox's free-form answer to Satisfactory has entered early access New building game to rival Satisfactory and Factorio hits Steam soon View the full article

Warframe, like any long-running MMO or live service game, is overwhelming. What started as a third-person action game where you take control of bio-mechanical suits has grown into something much, much *******. Digital Extremes has spent the last 12 years throwing everything but the kitchen sink into Warframe, with fishing, dating, hoverboards, and just about anything else you can imagine already in the game. That's why, throughout 2025, the team is going to make Warframe much easier to understand for new players. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Warframe codes May 2025 and how to redeem Warframe Twitch drops and how to claim What comes after Warframe 1999 can be "weird, but not wrong," dev says View the full article

We're in a golden era for action RPGs at the moment. Last Epoch currently has my attention, but Path of Exile 2 continues to make great strides forward, its predecessor is gearing up for a new chapter, and Diablo 4 Season 8 is as robustly reliable as ever. If you love smashing mobs and snagging loot, however, you'll want to make time for Titan Quest 2. The upcoming Greek fantasy ARPG recently closed the doors on its first big playtest, and in its wake developer Grimlore Games offers fresh feedback and an update on its release plans. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Titan Quest 2 is on the hunt for playtesters as ARPG sequel nears launch Greek fantasy Diablo challenger Titan Quest 2 is adding a rogue class for launch Upcoming Diablo rival Titan Quest 2 promises no loot boxes or P2W mechanics View the full article

Two new boss rush modes are due on May 15View the full article

Rarely have I been so instantly enamoured with a game as Straftat, a gleefully chaotic micro-FPS created by two brothers who couldn't find a decent deathmatch shooter to play. Straftat pitches two players against each other in lightning-paced 1v1 duels. Less of a throwback and more of a distillation of the classic deathmatches of yore—particularly Half-Life with shades of Quake and Unreal in there too—it features dozens of weapons, 150 small yet wildly inventive maps, and a wonderful selection of hats, all for the low, low price of nothing... Read more.View the full article

Duskfade looks beautiful, frantic, and just close enough to PS2-era action platformersView the full article

I love a clunky-**** videogame title. Some may argue that videogame names should be kept simple and punchy, like Doom or Quake or BioShock. I would counter that your videogame isn't truly a videogame unless the name has at least two punctuation marks in it. I'm talking Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines, or my personal favourite, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution. If you don't have to pause for breath while saying it, it isn't a proper videogame... Read more.View the full article

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Timberborn is yet another example of just how brilliant the city-building genre is right now. Mechanistry's beaver-themed management sim lets you construct a water-powered metropolis for the world's most engineeringly-minded rodent, constructing dams and aqueducts, powering your city with waterwheels. All that, and it's still in early access, with subsequent updates adding mechanised beavers and disgusting polluted water... Read more.View the full article

The latest Humble Bundle gathers eight critically acclaimed from Xbox Game Studios and is selling them for $10. The bundle, which is simply titled Xbox Games Studio Bundle, contains PC Steam codes for eight games that were previously published under the Xbox Game Studios banner. It includes such titles as Remedy Entertainment’s Quantum Break, Insomniac’s Sunset Overdrive and Moon Studios’ Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Read More... View the full article

"The only thing we knew how to do was just auto-attack, which is really bad"View the full article

Tech experts say The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has significant performance problems across all consoles as fans wait for a much-needed patch. Oblivion Remastered has enjoyed a hugely successful launch, with over 4 million players and a ‘very positive’ user review rating on Steam. However, if there’s one issue that continues to crop up, it’s performance problems. Digital Foundry has run an extensive analysis on Oblivion Remastered on all console platforms and found the game to have significant problems across the board. DF’s Thomas Morgan said of Virtuos’ Unreal Engine 5 overhaul: No platform is spared of issues: whether it's PS5, PS5 Pro, or either Xbox Series machine, all struggle with traversal hitches while roaming the open world. Secondly, there's major sub-60fps frame-rates, where I've also discovered that performance slowly degrades with more playing time - quite possibly down to a memory leak. And finally, software freezes are the icing on the cake, with all PlayStation and Xbox platforms crashing to the system menu on loading a save one too many times. How does this manifest itself in-game? According to DF, a “charged” playthrough with more continuous play time behind it performs worse than a fresh boot. Cycling through saves also introduces bugs in the charged play through, Morgan revealed. And this is particularly curious: this also leads to the camera position being too high while riding horseback. You can fix this by resetting the game. The discovery of performance degrading over time as a result of a potential memory leak is of particular concern. The crashes on loading a save too many times is a significant issue, too. The hope of course is that Bethesda addresses these problems sooner rather than later, especially as players spend more time with the expansive fantasy role-playing game and are more likely to run into these performance problems. “It's a dire position for any remaster to be in and developer Virtuos needs to address the game's stability - the crashes - as a priority,” Morgan continued. Digital Foundry asks some tough questions in its analysis, suggesting Oblivion Remastered was “rushed to market.” There also seems to be a discrepancy between versions, with a hotfix released for Xbox Series X so far unavailable for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro. That’s a damning assessment of Oblivion on console, but what about PC? DF had already issued its analysis of the PC version, calling its performance “dire.” It’s worth checking out DF’s analysis in full for more. Despite the performance issues, Oblivion Remastered is a hit. It became the third best-selling game of 2025 in the U.S. after just one week on *****, having shadow-dropped on April 22. Oblivion Remastered trails only Monster Hunter: Wilds and Assassin’s Creed: Shadows at the top of the 2025 sales chart. Oblivion Remastered, developed by remake specialist Virtuos using Unreal Engine 5, has a long list of visual and feature improvements. It runs at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second, as you'd expect, but other changes are more meaningful. Everything from the leveling systems to character creation, and combat animations to in-game menus have been improved. Meanwhile, there's lots of new dialogue, a proper third-person view, and new lip sync technology. The changes are going down well with fans, some of whom believe Oblivion Remastered would be more accurately described as a remake. Bethesda, however, has explained why it went down the remaster route. Now the game is out in the wild, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered players are warning newcomers to do Kvatch before the level scaling makes it an absolute nightmare. We’ve also got a report on a player who managed to escape the confines of Cyrodiil to explore Valenwood, Skyrim, and even Hammerfell, the rumored setting of The Elder Scrolls VI. And be sure to check out our comprehensive guide to everything you'll find in Oblivion Remastered, including an expansive Interactive Map, complete Walkthroughs for the Main Questline and every Guild Quest, How to Build the Perfect Character, Things to Do First, every PC Cheat Code, and much more. Wesley is the *** News Editor for 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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A long-lost action-adventure game from the early 2000s - Captain Blood - finally made its way to modern platforms on May 6 after being stuck in development purgatory for over a decade and then abandoned. Being such an old game, Captain Blood expectedly has its quirks and oddities, but publisher SNEG has defended them as integral tenets of its very charm. View the full article

Whirling Waltz is the flagship event in Genshin Impact 5.6. It has three main story acts, and you can find and interact with certain characters after completing each act. You can find the locations of all the characters you can meet during the Whirling Waltz event. All character locations in the Whirling Waltz eventDay 1 character locationsIfa and Ororon Screenshot by Destructoid After completing the first act of the Whirling Waltz event quest in Genshin Impact 5.6, you can find Ifa and Ororon talking to each other near Hotel Debord in the Court of Fontaine. Neuvillette, Wriothesley, and Cacucu Screenshot by Destructoid Neuvillette, Wriothesley, and Cacucu are in Neuvillette's office in Palais Mermonia. You can't talk to them directly, but watching their interaction is worth it since it is pretty funny. Navia, Escoffier, Kinich, and Ajaw Screenshot by Destructoid Screenshot by Destructoid [/url] [/url] [/url] You can find Navia, Kinich, Ajaw, and Escoffier at the Chevalmarin Film Fantasyland event location. The lattermost will be at her counter in the food stall, but you might miss her if you've started her Story Quest. Day 2 character locationsNeuvillette and Wriothesley Screenshot by Destructoid The second act of the event story ends in Neuvillette's office, so you can interact with him and Wriothesley right away. The latter cracks a joke, but the Iudex doesn't find it funny, which is funny to watch. Kinich and Ajaw Screenshot by Destructoid After interacting with Neuvillette and Wriothesley, use the nearby Statue of The Seven to teleport outside the building and look to your right to find Kinich and Ajaw. Their banter is always fun to watch. Ifa, Ororon, Cacucu, and Escoffier Screenshot by Destructoid Head to the Chevalmarin Film Fantasyland to find Cacucu, Ifa, Ororon, and Escoffier at the food stall. Navia Screenshot by Destructoid You can find Navia in the same place near the food stall. We will add all the character locations for day three once the final quest is out in Genshin Impact. The post Genshin Impact Whirling Waltz character locations appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

In this episode, Chao reviews Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You Emotional, while James & Adam tackle their backlogs with Lies of P & Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, respectively. View the full article

The Starfield Community Patch team is struggling to find volunteers to help maintain the project and ensure its long-term viability. The current situation is a discouraging sign for Bethesda's space-faring game, hinting that Starfield may lack the staying power of the studio's earlier open-world RPGs. View the full article

Grinding Gear Games has offered a preview of the next Path of Exile 2 update, denoted by version number 0.2.0h. The upcoming patch will largely be geared toward Path of Exile 2 endgame and quality-of-life improvements. View the full article