What is Shadestalker armor in Destiny 2?

If you’ve been playingDestiny 2for long enough, you’ll know that not all armors are created equally. While all armor tends to have random rolls for its stat distribution, specific armors can have additional bonuses. ForEpisode: Revenant, a new set of armor is mentioned in the seasonal artifact but isn’t properly explained. Here’s what Shadestalker armor is inDestiny 2. Where to get Shadestalker armor in Destiny 2 Shadestalker armor isone of two sets of armor added with Episode: Revenant....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Miranda Davis

What is the highest item rarity in Diablo 4?

Diablo 4item rarity explained Just a week after its release,Diablo 4has already become Blizzard’s fastest-selling game of all time. And as throngs ofplayers venture into the Sanctuary, they will encounter a vast array ofinteractive items. However, not all items are created equal. At the beginning of their journey, players are likely to find less powerful items, but as they progress, the frequency of obtaining relatively powerful items increases. Diablo 4,like most loot-based titles, employs a rarity system to determine the value of loot....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Kevin Price

Wolfenstein II seems to be a whopping 23 GB on Switch, much bigger than initially listed

Originally it was slated for around 14GB Bethesda is typically the king of debuting new insane file sizes for consoles. The PS4 and Xbox One require installs regardless of whether or not you own a game on physical media, so carving out space for 40GB, especially before external HDD solutions were available for PS4, was a pain. While the Nintendo Switch doesn’t necessarily have that same problem, it can get rough fighting for space on an SD card, especially when some games require an additional download....

June 24, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Luke Schwartz

World of Warcraft’s long-awaited Chains of Domination update is out this month

Chains of Domination is live on June 29 World of Warcraftplayers have been either logging in very sparingly these past few months (myself included!), or not at all. While I really enjoyed the most recent expansion, the lengthy content drought has been killer. It makes sense! But withFinal Fantasy XIVstill delivering,World of Warcraftwasn’t really pivoting itself as the premiere MMO this past year. Hopefully Chains of Domination changes that. Yes, Chains of Domination, the update that’s been taking quite a bit to roll out,is actually ready on June 29....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Jessica Tate

Activision closing down mobile studio The Blast Furnace

Creators of the Call of Duty: Strike Team mobile game The Blast Furnace was Activision’s mobile studio based out of the UK, where they madeCall of Duty: Strike Team, Pitfall,andWipeout. Their mobile plans evidently didn’t pan out as they had hoped, as the studio will be closing down by the end of the month. Activision was exploring options to keep the studio together, but after weighing their options, including the potential sale of the studio, they’ve had to shut them down....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Nicole Berry

Apex Legends story mode has stepped it up a bit

It’s gotten better since the first week Afew weeks ago we checked inon the new story mode inApex LegendsSeason 5, the “Broken Ghost.” And the verdict there could be distilled to “neat, but shallow.” Still, the model appears to be working well for Respawn, as it has reported itsbest player retention rate yetfor the battle royale. Requiring players to log in and play on at least five separate days (or pay extra) to keep up with the weekly episodic narrative has had its intended effect....

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 729 words · Ruth Harris

Beat Saber is adding six Green Day songs

(That’s why they performed at The Game Awards) Beat Saberand Green Day– what a peculiar pairing. Announced after a live performance at The Game Awards 2019, the band is bringing six of its songs to the realm of VR saber slashing. The Green Day Music Pack will cost $9 and it’s launching on Oculus Quest and Rift tonight. Beat Saberis also getting 360° and 90° levels. They’re “custom engineered” modes that “open up the playing field and radically change the game,” according to Beat Games....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Robert Miller

Beautiful and unwieldy Xbox Ones for the Chinese New Year

Banana controller! The Chinese New Year is rapidly approaching, beginning on February 8 (thanks, Wikipedia!), just little more than a week away. Microsoft commissioned eight local artists from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to design Xbox Ones to commemorate the arrival of the Year of the Monkey. All of their fantastic designs can be seen in the gallery below. Interestingly, only two artists didn’t add any sort of bulk to the console, instead opting to only paint on it....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Laura Hebert

Bethesda apologizes for messing up recent Fallout 76 event, adding ‘additional challenges’ in response

‘We can’t grant you replacement S.C.O.R.E. directly’ As soon as the last patch forFallout 76dropped, players knew there was something rotten inDenmarkWest Virginia. People were finding out thatthe new S.C.O.R.E. systemwas a bit busted,among other issuesand bugs. Bethesda is fixing it, but the end result might not satisfy people who pumped endless hours into the patch before finding out it was bugged. After apologizing for the rollout, the development team states: “While we can’t grant you replacement S....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Terry King

Black Ops II: Choice, non-linearity, and sandbox gameplay

When Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia told me thatCall of Duty: Black Ops IIwould be about choice, non-linearity, and sandbox gameplay, I thanked him for the easy article headline. Indeed, it’s a wonderful set of buzz words to associate withCall of Duty, not least for the fact thatCall of Dutyhas never been associated withanyof them before. InBlack Ops II, however, Treyarch wants to change that. For the first time in the series,Black Ops IIis going to offer divergent story paths with choices, allowing players to affect the outcome of the campaign rather than be guided along a linear path....

June 23, 2025 · 7 min · 1481 words · Emily Jacobs

Carmageddon website counting down to … something

Carmageddonis a game more famous for its controversy than anything it actually did as a videogame, replacing the slaughtered civilians with zombies in various releases. See, you got extra time on the race clock by running over pedestrians. Fun! Anyway, we haven’t had aCarmageddongame in 8,000 years, but a countdown appeared onthe series’ official site, which is scheduled to end on June 1. Square Enix owns the domain now, and it’s entirely possible that a brand new game could be in the works....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Terry Dawson

Child of Light, Far Cry, and more Ubisoft PC games in big GMG sale

35 titles at historic low prices Now through Monday morning, PC gamers can pick up Ubisoft titles at el cheapo prices in GMG’s Ubisoft Weekend Sale. In total 85 titles are up to 80% off and many are either at or beating their previous low prices. A full breakdown of the sale can be foundhere. Below, we’re also listing 35 titles at new low prices plus a few other notable picks....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Adrian Hensley

Ciaphas Cain reading order

TheWarhammer 40KCiaphas Cain novel series, written by Sandy Mitchell, is one of dark humor and action as we follow the vibrant career of Commissar Ciaphas Cain. But what is the best way to read this rich series? Table of contents There are only two ways to read theCiaphas Cain series, in the order of which they were published, and in the chronological order of events. In this case, the publication order is almost objectively the best order in which to read this subversive series....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 616 words · Christopher Anderson