It’s been over 6 years since Team Fortress 2 received a major update. But don’t worry, Valve hasn’t forgotten about its popular class-based FPS franchise. In fact, the Half-Life creators have approved a new TF2 DLC for Funko Fusion aka that Funko Pop-themed video game coming out later this year. Yay...? Read more... View the full article
After establishing a high bar in earlier episodes, The Acolyte’s fourth installment struggles to maintain the momentum, suffering from a mix of standard writing, camerawork, and performances. Unfortunately, it also exhibits a number of tropes that are causing the Hollywood machine distress industry wide. Read more... View the full article
In the tradition of many modern games, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance offers two different versions of the game to purchase: The base game, which costs $59.99 USD, contains the additional ****** subquest DLC packs that were made available for the original 2021 release of Shin Megami Tensei V and the Digital Deluxe… Read more... View the full article
Just because you can grab an audience with a name like Star Wars doesn’t mean you can keep their attention. With its third episode, The Acolyte introduces a theme so big and so important—religion—that if the show doesn’t take it seriously in the coming episodes, it may lose mine. Read more... View the full article
The Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword is a Colossal Sword that you can find in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. You’ll need to spend a decent amount of points on both Strength and Arcane to use this *******, but if your build benefits from what it brings to the table, you’ll likely find it worth the… Read more... View the full article
PlayStation Stars is one of Sony’s most bizarre initiatives in the PlayStation 5 era. The program lets you earn coins you can use to buy games on PSN, as well as collect virtual figurines that can only be viewed inside of the PlayStation app. And the whole thing has been broken since the beginning of June. Read more... View the full article
It’s July 1, folks. You know what that means? Pride Month is over and all the corporations who told us we were welcome to spend our money at their businesses are about to fold up their rainbow flags and forget about the gays and theys until next year. But ***** not, we have one buffer to cushion the fall as the country… Read more... View the full article
At last year’s Game Awards, ***** pulled a crazy move and announced not one, but half a dozen revivals of beloved series that have been dormant for a long time. Chief among them was a new Crazy Taxi game, and we’ve finally gotten the first details about it, namely that it’ll be a large scale multiplayer game in a vast… Read more... View the full article
It hasn’t taken long for players in Final Fantasy 14 to get attached to the new expansion Dawntrail’s most important NPC. Launching in Early Access on June 28, it takes us all to the new location of Tural, to help the adorable Hrotghar Wuk Lamat in her own adventure. While it still feels too early to read overall… Read more... View the full article
The Deadly Poison Perfume Bottle can only be obtained in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. This ******* is an excellent choice for those going for a poison-focused build, but you may be locked out of getting this item if you move the DLC’s storyline too far before purchasing it from a specific NPC. Read more... View the full article
A few years on, it’s oddly hard to remember how difficult it was to get hold of the most recent generation of games consoles. On their release in November 2020, both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X were incredibly scarce, thanks to an imperfect storm of covid, global chip shortages, and supply chain issues. At the… Read more... View the full article
It was the chair heard around the world, or at least around CEO 2024. Alex ‘’Dyloch’’ Ruiz had just cemented his place in the Mortal Kombat 1 grand finals at the Florida-based fighting game tournament when he decided to get up, grab his chair, and casually fling it into the audience in what might be one of the least… Read more... View the full article
If you keep dying in Elden Ring’s new Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, we’ve got a tip that may help make you more resilient against the dangers of the Land of Shadow. We’ve also got a primer on how to explain the whole Dr Disrespect situation to the normal people in your life, explainers for Shin Megami Tensei V:… Read more... View the full article
Toys ‘R’ Us—or, more accurately, the brand’s reanimated corpse—made waves this week with the release of an AI-generated ad that inadvertently reveals so much about this era of widespread “enshittification.” Our piece on that, as well as a lament for the way expiring licenses are ******** Forza Horizon 4, a celebration… Read more... View the full article
This week’s top stories centered around Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm, as Midnight Society, a gaming studio he co-founded, cut ties with him, YouTube cut off monetization on his channels, and he admitted that he had sent “inappropriate” messages to a minor, resulting in his ban from Twitch in 2020. Read on for our… Read more... View the full article
The developers behind Space Marine 2 have announced that a planned multiplayer beta has been canceled as the team wants to focus all of its attention on the retail game and its launch. And after the last few years, which saw many big games launch in rough shape, this sounds like a smart move. Read more... View the full article
FX’s The Bear has returned with its third season, dropped in its entirety on the streamer on June 27. The stunning cooking drama starring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri has been one of the best things on television in recent years, an indulgent feast of spectacular camera work and acting. Unfortunately, Season 3’s… Read more... View the full article
Overwatch 2’s tank role has been in an awkward spot since the sequel took one of them out of the mix. Where once the role prioritized team-wide defense, Overwatch 2 has built and reworked tanks to be frontline brawlers. Since then, the role has been in constant flux as Blizzard has tried to better define the role. In… Read more... View the full article
A man from New Jersey was charged with attempted second-degree ******* over the weekend after he flew to Florida and attacked another gamer with a hammer allegedly over a dispute in an MMORPG, according to police. Read more... View the full article
When the ***** did you get into Yu-Gi-Oh? Where were you all when I was the last holdout of my middle school lunch ******* trying to do synchro-summons because I thought they were the coolest thing in the world? I ask this because there has not only been a discernable uptick in the trading card game and video games’… Read more... View the full article
The Sword of Night is a Katana that is only found in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. It’s an excellent ******* for Dexterity builds seeking something fresh, but it’s worth noting that getting it will require you to complete a relatively lengthy quest. If you’re up for it, though, this ranks as one of the… Read more... View the full article
Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s 2022 open-world action RPG, just dropped its first and only DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, bringing with it a few dozen hours of combat, exploration, and exposition. Erdtree is perhaps FromSoftware’s most lore-heavy creation yet, offering explicit details on the fallen gods and fearsome foes of… Read more... View the full article
How are we at the end of June already? Can time slow down? No? Okay. Fine. Well, at least we’re at the weekend, so that means (hopefully) you have some free time to spend on video games. This week we’ve rounded up an eclectic mix of eight games worth checking out as you shelter from the heat (assuming it’s hot where… Read more... View the full article
The Firespark Perfume Bottle can only be discovered in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. This ******* scales well with Dexterity and ***** damage, making it an excellent choice for a melee/pyromancer hybrid build. If that’s up your alley, you’re in luck—you can score this unique ******* within the first few… Read more... View the full article
Cyberpunk 2077 takes place in Night City, a fictional metropolis in California meant to embody the endgame of America’s capitalist excess. Corporations run everything, people have to resort to a life of ****** to get a step ahead, and the only pockets of solace are found in community, because the systems will do… Read more... View the full article
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