Microwave your enemies in Ghost Recon Online

Ubisoft just rolled out a new trailer for their upcoming free-to-play shooter,Ghost Recon Online.The video details the assault class, its weapons, armor and — OH MY GOD YOU CAN MICROWAVE PEOPLE! As much fun as futuristic shotguns and assault rifles sound, Ubisoft Singapore is seriously appealing to my inner child. You know, that mischievous one that used to put random objects in the microwave to watch them contort, catch on fire and occasionally ruin the machine entirely....

June 13, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Nicole Anderson

More info is here on Destiny’s companion app, coming with the beta

I wonder what the adoption rate is for second screen experiences The cat is out of the bag so to speak onDestiny. Although we knew next to nothing about it just a few months ago, we’ve since seen the PS4 alpha, and now pretty much everyone and their grandmother is going to get in on the beta this month. Bungie has shared a bit more info off to IGN regarding the companion app, which will arrive for testing with the beta....

June 13, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Scott Hall

New app lets you control your Xbox from a Windows Phone

If you scoured your Xbox 360 for every new update you could find, you may have found a new setting under the console settings. The “Xbox Companion” setting allows you to, you guessed it, enable aWindows Phone 7linked to your Gamer Tag to remotely control your Xbox with the aptly named Xbox Companion app that launched yesterday. The app is a free download, by the way. I checked out the app for myself yesterday on my HTC Trophy, which was connected to the internet via my phone’s service provider while my Xbox was connected to a separate network....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · William James

New map and weapon arrives in Splatoon 2 for new Splatfest

Get an education at the Shellendorf Institute Some new additions are hitting Nintendo’s arena-shooterSplatoon 2this week, preparing fans for the weekend at the start of the first global Splatfest of 2018, which will see Action battle Comedy. Already available on the colourful shooter is a new map. The Shellendorf Institute is a museum of artifacts, no doubt gathered by legendary lore character Ammoses Shellendorf, hero of The Great Turf War. Eagle-eyed players have already spotted a selection of classic Nintendo hardware on display among the Institute’s ink-stained walls....

June 13, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Jason Young

New Music Album : FRACTURED

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger and the Chopin of my heart Alphadeus has produced a new album. It’s worth your time. Want to see your own stuff appear on the front page?Go write something!–Occams Electric Toothbrush] Hello friends. I’d like to share with you my most recent album released today. It’s calledFRACTURED. FRACTUREDis a concept album idea I’ve had for at least a year, possibly two. The idea was to write two different types of albums, one focused on emotion, the other on logic, and combine them....

June 13, 2025 · 5 min · 966 words · Ryan Rogers

New Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Mystery Gift codes are rolling out, and last until October

More free items are available now Although the game still could use some cleaning up, Game Freak is doing a decent job of keepingPokemon Scarlet & Violeteventsand promos running: even if most of the latter are fairly small time. Well, there’s Spotted by JapanesePokemonplayers via Pokemon Company emails (including this tweet from Twitter user ShxQ183ag88QPe6, who screenshotted the email), these new codes dole out items for the game, and can be redeemed once per save file....

June 13, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Leah Martin

Ninja Theory is tackling mental illness with Hellblade

Fear is the mind killer WithHellblade, a small team within Ninja Theory will attempt to tell a psychosis-infused tale about a Celtic warrior named Senua who is struggling to cope after a traumatic Viking invasion. It’s still presented as a third-person action game (for PlayStation 4 and PC), but that’s the idea, anyway. The group sought guidance from Paul Fletcher, a psychiatrist and professor of health and neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, who says, “True understanding of mental health is not simply about books, lectures or verbal descriptions but from deeper engagement on all levels....

June 13, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Johnny Pitts

No one’s talking about Lo Wang’s sweet bomber jacket

Fashionista! There are 17 new minutes ofShadow Warrior 3gameplay today and you probably know exactly what you may expect from it. Lo Wang prepares way too much “demon tartar” with a katana, some guns, and hisBulletstorm-like kick. Lo Wang claps back at one of Zilla’s proverbs with “The older the asshole, the louder the toots.”Shadow Warriorisn’t surprising anyone with a tonal shift toward the serious and respectful. However, we should be surprised by Lo Wang’s slow build toward fashionista with each passing game....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Billy Santana

One player thinks Fallout 76 might be hiding a convoluted secret ending

This will take some coordination [Spoiler Warning:The entirety of this post contains spoiler material concerning the details ofFallout 76‘s final quest.]Fallout 76ends on an unremarkable note. The final quest tasks players with summoning and taking down the Scorchedbeast Queen. “Ends” is a not-quite-applicable word here becauseFallout 76doesn’t really end. It keeps going, asking that you and your friends kill the Queen over and over in pursuit of marginally better loot....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Darrell Obrien

PlayStation Now beta invites are rolling out, uh, now

Did you receive your special beta access? The PlayStation Now streaming services that will let you play PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3 games over the internet on your PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and other supported devices such as tablets, smartphones, and direct to televisions. Usershave been sharingtheir beta invite emails online, which details that users will need to have their PlayStation 3 system connected to the Internet directly via Ethernet, and that they need at least a 5Mbps connection speed....

June 13, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Mary Douglas

Prep your dead-eye for Red Dead Online’s new Target Races

It’s high (speed) noon Rockstar continues to add new features, gear, weapons and modes to the online beta of their wild west sequel,Red Dead Redemption 2. A new update introduces an all new activity in the form of “Target Races”. Players will take part in what could be considered a cross between a biathlon andThe Wild Bunch. Although ostensibly a standard horse race, racers will have to keep their steed’s stamina up by shooting down various targets with an evolving arsenal of weapons, from bow and arrows, to revolvers and high-velocity rifles....

June 13, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Kyle White

Pump You Up EA FC 25 Evolution: Best players to use

The Pump You Up Evolution is live inEA FC 25, and you can complete it to upgrade a card of your choice. This evolution costs 25,000 coins to complete, and this guide will provide you the information about the requirements and upgrades. Having the information will allow you to make the best decision possible. EA FC 25 Pump You Up Evolution requirements Here are the requirements for Pump You Up Evolution inEA FC 25....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Angela Taylor

Rare: ‘Don’t judge Banjo-Threeie on screenshots alone’

As you might have heard, Rare sprung something of a massive leak yesterday with regards toBanjo-Threeie. At first it was a trickle, withtwo screenshotsdribbling out onto the Internet, but now a veritable torrent of bear-themed imagery has threatened to drown us all. Now, with screenshots invariably come judgment, and gamers have been quick to draw their own conclusions as to whatBanjo-Threeiewill be about. According to Rare, however, the armchair analysts are dead wrong....

June 13, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Jeffrey Estrada