Goddess of Victory: NIKKE takes a ride on the surface for its 2025 winter event, revealing new character alternates of launch-era Nikkes and other goodies. View the full article
Following recent crossovers with everything from Daft Punk to The Simpsons, Fortnitehas just revealed its next major collaboration. This time, it's the popular fantasy series Percy Jackson — more specifically, the material from the second book and the upcoming second season of the streaming adaptation. View the full article
Epic Games has revealed that Fortnite will be collaborating with the hit Disney+ show Percy Jackson and the Olympians, which will include a brand-new island that promises to give fans of the franchise a unique experience. Fortnite recently released Chapter 7 of the popular battle royale, bringing new features like a self-revive item, drivable reboot van, wingsuits, and surfing to the title. New seasons almost always come with a wide variety of fresh collaborations, which has definitely been the case with Chapter 7 Season 1 so far. View the full article
Humble Bundle is perhaps one of the best ways to expand your Steam library, adding to that never-ending backlog of games you have never played but paid for with hard-earned dosh. However, if you let your key sit unredeemed for too long, it seems Humble will replace it with an Epic or GOG one. As per Reddit user mikasa_tsukasa, who first spotted this change, Humble Bundle will replace unused Steam keys with Epic Games Store or GOG keys instead, issuing no notice in the process. It remains unclear as to why this is happening, or how, and we reached out to Humble for a comment but did not hear back by the time this article was written. Theories of why this would happen are already running rampant, and suffice it to say that players are by no means happy to hear this. The Epic Games Store is generally unpopular among gamers, despite its many advantages and benefits, including free weekly games. GOG, on the other hand, while also not so present in the market, does have its own set of goodies, including the fact that all games sold on it are DRM-free, i.e., they are yours as soon as that purchase goes through. Humble is one of the best ways to get games for cheap, but some exploit that for personal gain. Image via Humble Bundle No license can ever be taken away from you, nor will the game ever become unusable or unplayable, no matter what happens to the company that made it or the servers it's hosted on. It's the closest thing we have to physical media and classical game ownership. GOG and Epic Games nevertheless lack many features that Steam has, though it also has to do with the tremendous brand loyalty Valve has built for over two decades. These preferences for Steam could precisely be the reasons why Humble Bundle is replacing more valuable keys that could end up on third-party marketplaces like G2A. If your Steam key is just sitting there unused, chances are you've put it up for ***** on one of these marketplaces, trying to make back some of the money spent on a Humble subscription and tremendously decreasing publisher revenue in the process. Publisher pressure could have also played a role. Major companies that collaborate with Humble will want Steam keys kept strictly away from any kind of third-party sales, preferring to sacrifice Epic Games Store and GOG keys instead and to leave Steam keys for official use only. Of course, all of this is just speculation, and we have reached out to Humble for comment. We will update this article when and if we get a response. In the meantime, be sure to use those Steam keys you might have lying around your Humble Bundle, including those small games you're probably never going to play. At least they'll stat-pad your Steam game count, which we all know gives the biggest bragging rights in the world. The post If you don’t use your Steam key, Humble Bundle will apparently replace it with Epic or GOG instead appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
You can finally watch Kill Bill's Vol. 1 and 2 together, as it was meant to be. The Whole Bloody Affair rules for the most part, but it also features one of the most damaging insults imaginable to movie lovers, itself, and Tarantino's legacy: a Fortnite tie-in. Once the credits roll, viewers will be treated to something called The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge. It's an animated short about the sister of that ball and chain-wielding psycho girl that the Bride kills in Vol. 1. Yuki's Revenge is likely to immediately entice the unaware with its promise of rare Kill Bill content, but something's weird right off the bat. Despite its cool faux stop-motion CGI looks, it just doesn't feel like a Kill Bill animation, and we know that because the movie we'd just watched features a straight-up fantastic anime segment. Everything here is too by-the-numbers, and the short takes exactly zero risks to give us any really memorable action moments. I have seen thousands of way more memorable highlights on actual Fortnite. Also, I just have a hard time believing this is a long-lost piece of Kill Bill lore, and that Tarantino truly is the person who directed this. Still, that's who IMDb lists in the role. Regardless, none of it really adds anything new or exciting to the whole bloody affair, down to its complete bloodlessness, Fortnite's clean crystal shard hit markers and all. [Hidden Content] The only good thing I have to say about The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge is that they at least had the decency of leaving it as an after-credits scene. Like, if you're about to add new stuff, why not just add the deleted scene where Bill himself actually gets to show off his skills against the always amazing Michael Jai White? Somehow, that scene never made it into the mix. That's likely because it would make the film run for too long, but, well, I guess that wouldn't be that big of a deal with a movie that's already four and a half hours, plus that egregious 10-minute add-on. [Hidden Content] Lately, Quentin Tarantino has been going viral for his inexplicable Paul Dano disses, as well as for criticizing The Hunger Games for ripping off the Battle Royale novel and film. I understand lighting a fire large enough to pull everyone's attention to the "new" stuff you're pulling out. Still, I'll never get cheapening your beloved film so hard, especially in a way that also rips off Battle Royale, and in a much lamer way. The post Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair has an addition so dumb you won’t believe it appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
ARC Raiders' expeditions are almost here, scheduled to open on Dec. 17. This is the game's unique version of server wipes that, instead of clearing everyone summarily, allows players to "prestige" and gain extra rewards. A lot of these rewards are based on the value of your Stash, with more money meaning more rewards carrying over to your next raider. So, here's how you can check it and deduce what rewards you qualify for. How to check Stash value in ARC Raiders The sell tab very clearly states the value of your entire inventory, so long as you select it all yourself. Screenshot by Destructoid Currently, there is no straightforward way to check the value of your whole Stash. However, what you can do is select every single item in your Stash manually using Multi-Select, and then right-clicking (or pressing the relevant button on your console) to open up the sell tab. In the tab, the exact value of your entire stash should be displayed. This is at the moment the only way to check your stash outside of manually adding up the stated value of each individual item or stack. As Expeditions draw closer, the devs will probably introduce a much easier way to see your Stash value, probably at the Expedition screen itself. As you check up on your stocked up cash, you should know that each million in the bank equals a bonus skill point for your next raider after your current one departs on the Expedition. So, you have a week and a half to score five million coins to maximize skill point gain from the prestige. The post How to see Stash value in ARC Raiders appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
There have been countless PlayStation games over the years, with many of the best going on to become widely acclaimed and talked about for years. Despite many of the greatest PlayStation games receiving their fair share of remakes or remasters to bring them into the modern era, just as many great games have fallen through the cracks over the years. View the full article
Level-5 has announced the next few Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road updates for all platforms in addition to version 1.4.2 out now on PS5, PS4, Xbox, and Steam. View the full article
ARC Raiders just announced that its first Expedition wipe has been delayed by a couple of days, effectively giving players just a little more time to prepare before the window closes. As mentioned in a post on the official ARC Raiders X account, the Expedition window will now open on December 17, 2025, two days later than its original December 15 date. View the full article
Total War: Warhammer 3 has received its latest DLC, Tides of Torment, which expands on various factions in the game and introduces a few new lords, alongside other goodies. Of course, the DLC is a great addition, and yet another expansion to the overall great core experience that Warhammer 3 provides. It's a game with countless factions, lords, and units, with gameplay variability that is seldom seen in other titles, including Total War ones. But while the vastness of the map, the sheer number of unique experiences you could have, and the variation between them are all fine and dandy, one aspect continues to be ignored by CA, despite the countless released DLCs. And that, my friends, is the diplomacy. Diplomacy in Warhammer 3 is the shallowest I have ever had. It essentially boils down to random AI prompts for alliances or trade, getting declared on by a nation on the other side of the planet, or extorting the AI for money every turn if available. Warhammer 3's characters are diplomatic powerhouses that never stop to think twice about anything, it seems. Image via Creative Assembly There is literally zero incentive to engage in diplomatic communication with other nations, at least not if they aren't also controlled by conscious humans. In fact, I don't know if I could even say that there is a diplomacy in Warhammer 3, which could better be described as a rudimentary skeletal construction that resembles diplomacy but is far removed from the actual thing. This all stood out to me so sharply after I had recently tried out Three Kingdoms, a game which CA continues to ignore and pretends never happened, despite its containing some of the best and most interesting mechanics ever added to a Total War game. The most interesting of all, however, is the diplomacy. You can hire spies, send them to others' courts, recruit enemy spies and generals to your side, ruin a nation from within, engage with your own court, retain the loyalty of your officers, lose their loyalty and get betrayed, make strategic offers or demands, and so on and so forth. The diplomacy system is so well-developed and detailed that I cannot for the life of me understand why it was cut from subsequent TW releases. If anything, the sheer volume of playable factions in Warhammer 3 would lend itself perfectly for immense diplomatic depth, with each faction handling things differently. Sure, a core system of mechanics could exist for all factions and, much as the game does right now, they could vary at least in some respect between the individual nations. It would fill the immense void and gap where diplomacy ought to be in Warhammer 3, which is now as surface-level as it gets. Of course, WH3 has other issues that are generally lacking, particularly when it comes to sieges and the campaign map, but I feel diplomatic mechanics are the worst of them all. Sieges are getting at least some attention right now, with a** ladders no longer being a thing, but that's only a start toward something good, rather than a proper improvement. Unfortunately, diplomacy hasn't even had a band-aid fix, let alone a notable update or expansion, which leaves the game in a sorry state no matter how much other aspects are updated. More DLCs are to be added to WH3, one in the summer next year and one or more after that, so let's pray to all the gods, Chaos included, that someone in CA has the bright idea to start digging deeper in the game's core, rather than stretching it out as widely as possible with the depth of a puddle. Well, maybe Medieval 3 will solve these issues, or whatever new Total War game CA is saving for the The Game Awards. The post Total War: Warhammer 3’s new DLC enriches the experience—but one aspect of the game is still in the gutter appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
The Chance Creator Evolution is live in FC 26, allowing you to upgrade a card of your choice in Ultimate Team. The latest evolution might not offer plenty of upgrades, but it's cheap to unlock. Moreover, it's a great evolution to slap on one of your midfield items, and it adds stat upgrades along with a new playstyle+. Let's look at the best candidates for this evolution based on the requirements and the offered upgrades. Table of contentsFC 26 Chance Creator Evolution requirementsFC 26 Chance Creator Evolution upgradesBest players for Chance Creator Evolution in FC 26FC 26 Chance Creator Evolution requirements Here are the requirements for the Chance Creator Evolution in FC 26. Overall: Max 85PlayStyle: Max 10PlayStyle+: Max 1Not Position: GKFC 26 Chance Creator Evolution upgrades The Chance Creator Evolution has only two levels of upgrades. To obtain the boosts, you’ll need to complete specific tasks. Level 1 upgrades Overall: +1Vision: +18|88PlayStyles: Long Ball Pass|6 Level 2 upgrades Long Passing: +20|90PlayStyles+: Long Ball Pass|1 Level 1 upgrade requirements Play 2 matches in Squad Battles on min. Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events) using your active EVO Player in game. Level 2 upgrade requirements Play 2 matches in Squad Battles on min. Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events) using your active EVO Player in game.Best players for Chance Creator Evolution in FC 26 You can include a wide variety of items in this evolution. I have considered cards that will benefit the most from the offered upgrades. Josha Vagnoman ThunderstruckGeovany Quenda Joga BonitoRafa Mojica Joga BonitoMatthews Ultimate ScreamYan Couto Joga BonitoUnai Lopez **********Raso ThunderstruckHojberg CaptainsZielinski Captains These are arguably some of the best options you can include in this evolution. You don't need to include them in any previous evolutions; the final versions should be eligible for more upgrades in the future. The post Best players for FC 26 Chance Creator Evolution appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
So-called boomer shooters make up a whole FPS subgenre now—but what about their multiplayer counterparts, the arena shooters of old? Most of them are ruled by diehard niches of expert players or straight-up unplayable today. Unreal Tournament 2004 has spent a long time somewhere between those two categories: it boasts a legendary albeit small modding scene but has been unavailable to buy on digital storefronts for years. As of this past week, though, that's set to change... Read more.View the full article
The first Arc Raiders wipe is almost upon us, and the good news right out of the gate is that it isn't mandatory. While many progression wipes in games like Rust and Escape From Tarkov affect all players, Embark Studios has decided to allow you the choice whether you take part in the reset, sending your current Raider out to pasture, or continue on with everything you've already unlocked. But it's just confirmed what we'll get for taking the leap, and honestly it's going to be a hard temptation to resist. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hey Arc Raiders, a free Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 could be yours, and all you need to do is say why you deserve it You could get Arc Raiders, my favorite multiplayer game of the year, for just $1 if you're lucky The Arc Raiders equivalent of the Fortnite double pump has been banished from the game, and I couldn't be happier View the full article
Pacts represent the different classes that are there in Soulframe, and you can pick between several options. While the choices at the start will be slightly limited, you can have more options by unlocking the more advanced pacts. This guide will give you a brief idea about all the pacts and how you can unlock them. How to unlock all pacts in SoulframePactHow to UnlockTethrenBeginner pack that's unlocked by default. You can pick this pact by pledging to Courage. You can unlock it later by joining the Kith of the Kings Faction and then obtaining it through Faction Standing. OsceldaBeginner pack that's unlocked by default. You can pick this pact by pledging to Spirit. You can unlock it later by joining the Alca's Children Faction and then obtaining it through Faction Standing. SirinBeginner pack that's unlocked by default. You can pick this pact by pledging to Grace. You can unlock it later by joining the Silent Rose Faction and then obtaining it through Faction Standing. OrengallThis pact is unlocked by completing the Shewolf Snared fable. Once done, visit Tuvalkane to craft the Prengall Pact (Bond Level 3 or higher). Garren RoodThis pact is unlocked by completing the Torment Stag fable. Completing this fable is relatively easy as of Preludes 12, but that can change in the future. Once done, speak with Tuvalkane to craft Garren Rood. Ode TempestThis pact is available to players in the Silent Rose and Alca's Children factions. To do so, you'll have to advance to Rank 5, and purchase the pact from the respective Favours Shop with the required Faction Standing. MoraThis pact is available to players in the Silent Rose and Alca's Children factions. To do so, you'll have to advance to Rank 5 and purchase the pact from the respective Favours Shop with the required Faction Standing. BromiusUnlocked as a reward after finishing Waste Bear fable (visit the Tuvalkane after finishing the fable to craft the pact). Pacts are the closest thing to classes in Soulframe, and they have their unique skills, strengths, and weaknesses. You should pick one that you feel most natural with. Your options will be limited when you're just starting, but that problem will resolve on its own as you clear more in-game content. This guide is updated till Preludes 12, but we could get more options in the future. If we end up getting new pacts to unlock, I will update the information on the table above. The post All pacts in Soulframe and how to unlock them appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
PlayStation Plusis a great subscription service for players looking for the best value in gaming right now, and while the catalog includes a ton of great games that are widely discussed and hugely popular, it's also chock-full of hidden gems that nobody talks about. View the full article
What's the best inventory system in PC gaming? Resident Evil 4's grid-based briefcase has certainly echoed through the generations, though you could argue it simply builds upon work done in PC games like Deus Ex and System Shock 2. A cursory Internet search also brings up suggestions like Minecraft for its simplicity, and Death Stranding for how deeply inventory management is intertwined with the core experience... Read more.View the full article
With Path of Exile 2 The Last of the Druids, Grinding Gear Games is implementing the last 'new' addition to the roster of PoE 2 classes, and it's taking large steps in the right direction to join its predecessor as one of the best RPGs on PC. There are still four members of the original lineup yet to join the fray in the sequel, however: the Marauder, Duelist, Shadow, and Templar. That amounts to a third of the possible options, and includes some real fan favorites. However, according to game director Jonathan Rogers, there's a good chance at least one or two might not make the cut in time for the Path of Exile 2 1.0 launch. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Path of Exile 2's Druid class is just as impressive as we dreamed, but I'm equally excited for the return of Atziri The new Path of Exile 2 Druid class is about to transform the ARPG, and you can try it for free Path of Exile 2 release date estimate - when does PoE 2 leave early access? View the full article
When you look out at the post-Vivi standard Magic: the Gathering meta, what is there to see? There are Badgermoles burrowing their way into a variety of decks, and the Avatar Kuruk is helping Dimir strategies waterbend their way to victory. That makes sense, those are both powerful Mythic Rare cards, but why are there so many boomerangs flying everywhere? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This 24-year-old MTG card's price spiked 600% thanks to a ferocious free spell combo with Avatar's Iroh Deceptively powerful Avatar MTG card's price spikes 200% after powering up the Dimir Bounce deck MTG's Badgermole Cub might fulfil my worst fears about Universes Beyond View the full article
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Goddess of Victory: NIKKE takes a ride on the surface for its 2025 winter event, revealing new character alternates of launch-era Nikkes and other goodies. View the full article